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Engineering - Science
Centennial Convocation
Officers
President: Robert C. Duffy, '26
President-Elect:
George Weitzman, '31
Treasurer: John N. Schlegel
Secretary: Joseph E. Bell, '28
Asst. Secretary: Wallington J. Ricketts,
'32
Executive
Committee
of the Alumni
Council
Robert C. Duffy, '26, chairman
C. Edgar Snyder, '29 (1966)
Edward J. Miersch, Jr., '49 (1966)
J. Sheldon Schmolze, '33 (1967)
William G. Wilson, '24 (1967)
Christopher F. Solliday, '40 (1968)
Charles E. Hugel, '51 (1968)
Arthur Phillips, Jr., '29 (1969)
Allan P. Kirby, Jr., '53 (1969)
Edwin M. Kelly, Jr., '39, past-president
Committee
Chairmen
Preston J. Beil, '31, Magazine
Donald G. Veitch, '56, Ten Year Club
Representative
Wm. G. Wilson, '24, NSC
Representative
Edwin Kelly, '39, Athletic
Representative
Bernard Marklein, Faculty
Representative
Clair Mosser, '33, Class Reunions
Alumni
OPENING
"Science and Engineering—
Progress and Problems"
Trustees
Hugh H. Jones, '27 (1966)
George H. McKean, '30 (1966)
Herbert P. Harkins, '34 (1968)
John W. Landis, '39 (1968)
George H. Decker, '24 (1970)
Monroe F. Dreher, '22 (1970)
T H E
L A F A Y E T T E
by
Dr. H. Guyford Stever
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P r e s i d e n t , C a r n e g i e I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y
T
hose of us whom you have
honored t o d a y by making us
your newest alumni, join with
you in celebrating 100 years of science and engineering a t L a f a y e t t e ,
and especially in honoring those farsighted citizens of your college comm u n i t y who set a new course, t h a t of
education in science and engineering,
100 years ago, a t a time when only
a h a n d f u l of colleges and universities
had t a k e n up engineering the application of science, and not too m a n y
were far along in science itself.
For this occasion I have read carefully of those events of 100 years ago.
As one who has spent a large fraction of his career as a member of
a university faculty in science and
engineering, in m y mind's eye I can
see the meetings of t h a t small group
of faculty of L a f a y e t t e , an arts college, 100" years ago as they talked
over the pros and cons of establishing a College of Science and Engineering. And I was particularly interested to read the petition which
t h a t faculty presented to the Board
of Trustees of L a f a y e t t e in 1865
which began " T h e faculty would respectfully request the attention of
your honorable body to the desirableness of organizing a scientific course
of study in this college, and conferring the degree of bachelor of science
on such as shall complete it."
I t was interesting to follow the
reasoning in t h a t document for such
a request—the increased interest in
students in technical matters, the demands of industry and business in
the region around the school, the
competition of polytechnic schools,
commercial academics, and agricultural colleges, as well as the broadly
based universities and other a r t s colleges which were also embarking on
technical courses. I t was also interesting to observe the faculty concern, a concern we share today, t h a t
those students who chose professional
education in science and engineering
should not fail to touch base with
the humanities and social studies,
and t h a t the faculties in those areas
should have an important voice in
the curriculum given to science and
engineering.
And, speaking as a relatively new
college president, I can just see the
excitement in President Cattell's life
when, before the 1866 Trustee meeting to consider t h a t faculty petition,
he learned of your benefactor's, M r .
Pardee, second great gift to L a f a yette, $100,000 for the endowment of
a scientific course.
To determine the progress made
by science and engineering in the in-
tervening 100 years and to delineate
the problems created by t h a t progress
demands a careful look a t the state
of science and engineering a t t h a t
time so momentous in the history of
L a f a y e t t e . J u s t as an examination
of the activities of faculties, presidents, and trustees of colleges and
universities of t h a t time convince me
t h a t college and university affairs
today are not very different, so also
does a search of the state of the art
of engineering and science convince
me t h a t we should have a much
greater respect for all t h a t had been
accomplished a t t h a t time, and the
depth of thought and imagination in
action displayed then by the great
men of our field.
T h e two fields of endeavor, which,
before 1866, had acquired their
modern names of science and engineering, are traced back to two
primitive urges of m a n — t h e search
for, discovery and systematizing of
knowledge of nature, which t o d a y we
call science, and the conversion of
knowledge and practical experience
to useful purposes, which t o d a y we
call engineering.
Throughout recorded history, these
two activities occasionally touched
one another, but mostly they progressed independently. One can find
m a n y such examples as Archimedes,
one of the great founders of the science of mechanics and hydrostatics,
helping by his engines of war to hold
off for three years the R o m a n s from
capturing his Syracuse; or the dependence of navigation and its three
children, exploration, travel, and
commerce; or the astronomy and
mathematics of the ancients; and
later on the use of permanent magnetism discovered by the Chinese in
the eleventh century. Still engineering and science were not really intimately joined until the nineteenth
century in which L a f a y e t t e College's
science and engineering were born.
I n t h a t century civilian engineering
as a profession emerged with the
consequent realization of the importance of scientific and technical education as a prerequisite for the work-
shop life engineer. Also in the nineteenth century emerged a new
method of approach to the achievement of engineering progress, t h a t of
the application of science.
Professional engineering, the earning of one's living by practicing engineers, had emerged during the
seventeenth century in France, and
engineering schools in the eighteenth
century, actually by 1747 all the
early ones ceased with the French
Revolution. T h e modern version had
its beginning in 1794 in the Ecole
Polytechnique. I n 1840 only two
American schools t a u g h t engineering,
the United States M i l i t a r y Academy
a t West Point and the Rensselaer
School a t Troy. T h e passage of the
Morrill Land G r a n t Act in 1862, designed to stimulate the creation of
additional technological schools by
the granting of lands from the public
domain, together with the greatly intensified interest in technology resulting from the Civil W a r , caused
a n increase in the ten y e a r s from
1862 to 1872 from six to seventy colleges and universities giving courses
in engineering.
Science and education of course
had been intimately intertwined since
the beginning of education, theirs being something about the discovery
and ordering of knowledge which
brings the teacher-student relation
to its highest form.
So the s t a r t of science and engineering a t L a f a y e t t e and in m a n y
other American colleges and universities was actually in the midst of
a period of growing intimacy between science and engineering, a relationship which broadens and deepens even today, and which seems to
have led us to a condition as expressed by Alfred N o r t h Whitehead,
" T h e point is t h a t professionalism
has now been mated with progress.
T h e world is now faced with a selfevolving system, which it cannot
stop."
I n m a n y ways p a t t e r n s of our lives
in science and engineering, p a t t e r n s
we think of as characteristic of our
era of engineering and science, were
old h a t in those days. M o s t engineers and scientists of t o d a y enjoy
and a t the same time are plagued by
This address by Dr. Stever o p e n e d the Centennial
Convocation o n April 1 5 - 1 6 . A report of the other
addresses and events will a p p e a r in the n e x t issue.
those already present and he demonstrated certain diseases such as anthrax, chicken cholera, silk worm
disease were caused by specific microbes. B y 1865 Lister had heard of
Pasteur's experiments and two years
later was applying the results to surgery by using carbolic acid as an
antiseptic. D a r w i n ' s Origin of the
Species had been published for several years. Finally those who combined adventure with science, the explorers, were pushing closer and
closer to the northern and southern
extremes of our globe.
Dr. H. G u y f o r d Stever
the proliferation of the scientific
journals t h a t are available to them
as well as the growth of the scientific
societies from which those scientific
journals come. A recent article has
pointed out t h a t the number of scientific and professional journals has
been increasing approximately at an
exponential r a t e of a factor of ten
for every 50 or 60 years since 1700.
When engineering and science came
to L a f a y e t t e , scientific journals
which still exist today were already
200 years old. T h e Journal
des
Savants was first issued in P a r i s in
1665 and three months later The
Philosophical
Transactions
of the
Royal Society came into being in
England. So by 100 years ago already several of those increases by a
factor of 10 had occurred.
T h e whole 19th century was a
very rich period in science.
One
hundred years ago, physics had progressed for electricity and magnetism
and electromagnetism were well
along. Michael F a r a d a y ' s work had
been done, and he was to die only a
y e a r later. Clerk Maxwell was in
one of his most productive periods.
M a t h e m a t i c s was a rich field; Sir
William H a m i l t o n had just died,
having carried on the work of such
great predecessors as LaGrange, Le
Place. Chemistry was well along;
D a l t o n ' s atomic theory had been
enunciated two decades before, and
Meyer and Mendeleef were about to
begin the ordering of the elements in
the atomic table. Thermodynamics
was well along with its insight on the
conservation of energy, and the kinetic theory of gases; and the phase
rule and its application to metallurgy.
Organic chemistry had already had
its roots well laid; physiology and
bacteriology were in a rich period.
Then years earlier Pasteur had
shown t h a t the presence of bacteria
could be traced to the entrance of
germs from outside or the growth of
E n g i n e e r i n g had also progressed,
possibly even farther t h a n science
relatively speaking. Some fields of
engineering were very old—construction and building of roads and buildings and ships and canals and war
machines and great monuments and
tunnels and mines and railroad
tracks were well known. T h e application of mechanics to machines had
been well devised, and the Industrial
Revolution with its freeing of m a n kind from animal and water power
in the use of the steam engine and
with coal as a p r i m a r y fuel, had been
developing for a century and a half.
Industrialization and urbanization
had already started, and the demand
for p r i m a r y fuels was growing exponentially then as it is t o d a y . T h e
Iron Age had started transportation
into its modern era with the railroad
and the iron cladding of ships. T h e
Steel Age was just about to s t a r t
with its overwhelming production
which really began to change the
face of this nation with the construction of the railroads to the west.
T h e particular technological needs
of the region around L a f a y e t t e
showed out clearly in the fields in
which the first professor of engineering and science were selected here
a f t e r the founding gift and the origin
of the new science and engineering
leaders. I quote from The Biography
of a College by D a v i d B. Skillman,
" T h e new courses offered required
substantial accessions to the f a c u l t y ;
they were immediately made.
To
the chair of Mining and Metallurgy
was called Reverend H e n r y S. W a s h burn, L L . D . Recalled to his alma
M a t e r was Reverend T h o m a s C.
Porter where he succeeded D r . Green
as Professor of N a t u r a l Science to
t a k e the Chair of B o t a n y and Zoology. T o the Chair of Geology and
Mineralogy—Charles H e n r y Hitchcock; William G. Meigs, a recent
graduate, who since his graduation
had been connected with the Reading
Railroad, was appointed to a tutorship in Engineering. And another
great in L a f a y e t t e tradition entered
the faculty, J a m e s W . Moore, Easton
born, graduate of the class of '64, was
appointed t u t o r in M a t h e m a t i c s . "
There were five faculty additions, one
in Mining and Metallurgy, one in
B o t a n y and Zoology, one in Geology
and Mineralogy, one in Engineering,
and one in M a t h e m a t i c s .
As this t a l k is developing, one
would think nothing had come a f t e r
L a f a y e t t e started education in Engineering and Science. B u t much has.
Let us s t a r t by examining fields of
great interest to this region. Coal
was one of the kings of Pennsylvania.
To t h a t important p r i m a r y fuel has
been added oil and the nuclear fuels
of uranium and thorium.
Though
Bessemer and Siemens had already
designed their converters for steel
making, most of the accomplishments
of the steel age have occurred since
then, again heavily centralized here
in Pennsylvania.
Another great
structural material, aluminum, was
added
and
again
Pennsylvania
played an important role. Though
some of us worry too much t h a t the
new metals, such as titanium, t h a t
come in to use through advanced
research are too expensive to achieve
widespread use, we m u s t remember
t h a t the top of the Washington
M o n u m e n t was constructed of aluminum then because of its r a r i t y and
expense and was such a special thing
to do—at t h a t time, aluminum cost
more per pound t h a n titanium does
Those in Metallurgy and
today.
Materials Science can t a k e h e a r t t h a t
iron, steel, and aluminum, and other
existent metals and materials are not
the last of the great revolutionary
materials devolpments.
T h e Science of Electricity and
Magnetism was well advanced 100
years ago but not much had been
done with its application. I n 1837
T h o m a s D a v e n p o r t originally a
blacksmith in Vermont, m a d e the
first electric motors t h a t were used
in industrial work. His motors were
used for drilling of iron and steel and
turning wood in a small shop. And
an electric boat was built by a Germ a n born physicist H e r m a n MoritzH e r m a n n de Jacobi, of St. Petersburg, Russia, with 128 cell b a t t e r y
having platinum and zinc electros.
By and large, the use of electricity
had not pushed forward very much.
I t was some years after, in 1879,
t h a t Charles Francis Brush introduced the arc street lighting, and
T h o m a s E . Edison began work on his
incandescent lamp in 1877. From
then on the development of electric
power pushed forward a t a rapid
pace, and we use it for everything
from hauling immense t r a i n loads of
coal, to brushing our teeth.
The
electricity revolution is indeed well
on its way.
Though Science and Engineering
and industries associated with them
and their impact on the h u m a n society were definitely in the rapid
growth rate era a 100 years ago, this
growth has continued so t h a t the laying down of new ages is characteristic
now. T h i n k of all the special ages,
the special eras, the special revolutions, t h a t we can name t h a t have
started in these 100 y e a r s ; I have
just started with the Electricity Age,
the Steel Age, the Oil Age, the N u clear Age. B u t there is the age of
electronics, the age of the telephone,
the radio age, the television age, the
space age, the computer age, the plastics age, the antibiotics age, the air
age, and w h a t have you. And so as
we t h i n k back to those days 100
years ago we really should congratulate our earlier colleagues here a t
L a f a y e t t e , for t h e y did accurately
foresee the wonders of science and
engineering, and in educating young
men in these fields L a f a y e t t e College
has helped to bring about these
changes.
I don't want to repeat the mistake,
so often made by scientists and engineers, in claiming outright, or even
implying, t h a t all these advances by
m a n k i n d are solely due to science
and engineering. Other fields of hum a n endeavor, politics, business, finance, law, and a host of others have
also progressed and h u m a n energy
there deserves much credit too.
M a n y of the advances t h a t have
been m a d e in this 100 years, without
which, by the way, I would not like
to live, nevertheless, have brought
with them their problems. M o s t of
these problems go far beyond the
capability of the engineer or the scientist to solve, though they can play
their p a r t . For example, the problems of over population in some areas
of the world which are brought about
not so much by the increase in the
birth rate but the decrease in the
death rate—and this has come about
because of the miracles of medicine.
This problem can only be solved by
education of the peoples of the world
to handle their population growth
and the application of the social sciences will be key here.
Urbanization is a direct result of
progress in technology from two
points of view—the great demand for
the workers in the cities to handle
the industry which results from all
this advance and the release of people
from the f a r m s because of the great
efficiency brought about by modern
progress in agriculture, t r a n s p o r t a tion, food packaging, and preservation. So the problems of urbanization, sociologic,
transportation,
housing, u r b a n design, beautification
problems, all can in p a r t be chalked
u p against engineering and science.
A particulary acute problem which
I guess is characteristic of our times,
or a t least we are paying more attention to it t h a n ever in the past,
is t h a t which has to do with handling
the wastes from our growing population, our growing industry, producing more and more goods per capita,
and increasingly concentrated in urban areas. Some wag has pointed
out t h a t an affluent society is an effluent society. And the effluents go
into our air, our water, and our land,
poisoning these from the standpoint
of beauty, health, and usefulness for
the future.
Of course, the problems are not
really so new as some of us would
like to think. For example, the word
smog was first publicly used in England in 1905, of course to apply to
the London smogs, which, as I understand it, are different from the Los
Angeles smogs, though equally aggra-
A talk leavened with l i u m o r . . .
vating. And the smog problem is no
longer characteristic of a few isolated
great industrialized cities where both
industries produce and use power
and urban dwellers are heavy users
of petroleum in transportation; it is
characteristic of whole regions of the
country. I recall recently, as I took
off by air from Pittsburgh to Washington to H a r t f o r d and Boston and
back to Pittsburgh, reading in a
weather report t h a t a section of the
country stretching from west of
Pittsburgh, north to Albany, south to
Norfolk, Virginia, and east to Boston
would be covered with intense smog.
I flew over much of this region and
it was so covered. And I have often
flown down the coast of California
and noticed smog way north of Santa
B a r b a r a and as far south as San
Diego and east into the desert of
P a l m Springs.
Those of you in Pennsylvania
know the stream pollution problem
t h a t has been created by the mines
and industry, but also other beautiful pax-ts of our land have the same
problem. One can go into northern
New England where the great paper
mills are placed along these wilderness rivers, deadening the rivers with
their chemical effluents as far as fishing, canoeing, and other water sports
are concerned, and also because of
the odor making them unpleasant to
live along. Biologists and naturalists
are now worrying about the effect of
our insecticides revolution on wild
life. People who generate nuclear
wastes wonder where we should store
it, whether it should be shot into
outer space, dropped to the bottom
of the ocean, or buried in a deep
mine.
Possibly we are noticing these
things more now, because all the
wonderful technological revolutions
we have had, have made us economically strong enough to do something
about them. Affluence you know,
does change an outlook on these m a t ters. If you look at the cities of old,
there were many beautiful parts of
them, where the extremely wealthy
lived there wasn't garbage in the
streets and the houses were well kept
and painted, and there were lovely
parks. The average person of those
ancient days lived in filth. And possibly the real reason why we consider ourselves in a critical condition
with respect to all of these wastes is
because we can afford now to do
something about them.
I once told a friend of mine, in
Civil Engineering, where sanitary
engineering has found its home in
many engineering colleges, t h a t he
was indeed a lucky fellow for a 100
years from now the only kind of
engineering of importance to anybody would be sanitary engineering,
the handling of our wastes.
Everbody can get in the act on
solving the problem of the effluent
society. Politicians, engineers, scientists, college professors, industrialists, doctors, everyone is needed. The
problems are complex. Great strides
can be made by individuals as far as
figuring out what kind of things can
be done. B u t great strides can only
be made by great corporate bodies,
industry, local, state, and national
governments to do something about
them. Great strides have been made
by great individuals in the past.
The electrical precipitators which
are well known in industrial processes were invented by a college
professor, a professor at Carnegie
Tech helped a great deal in pointing
out where the smoke sources were in
Pittsburgh, a California Institute of
Technology professor figured out the
composition of Los Angeles smog and
pin pointed its source primarily from
automobile exhaust; Rachel Carson,
a scientist, played an important role
in calling attention to the dangers
of insecticides.
Wherever one turns in modern life
one finds a boone to mankind,
brought forth from science by engineers in an industrialized society,
which if misused or everused, can turn
into a threat to mankind's future.
The most evident of course is t h a t of
nuclear power, its beneficial name,
or nuclear warfare, its harmful name.
The scientist and engineer, whether
in academies, industry, government,
whether acting professionally or as
a citizen, does have a special role.
The educated scientist and engineer
does have a special role, but in playing his role he is tested in his ability
to join with all the other segments
of society to tackle a problem t h a t
everyone shares. And I would say
t h a t if the engineering and science
which is to come out of places like
Lafayette for the next 100 years
wanted to pick something t h a t is
really important to do, helping on
these technology created problems
could be it.
Honorary Degrees Awarded to Five at Science-Engineering Convocation
PRESIDENT BERGETHON CHATS W I T H M E N HONORED W I T H DEGREES:
CAPT. WALTER M . SCHIRRA, J R . , AN ASTRONAUT; D R . G L E N N T .
SEABORG, C H A I R M A N OF T H E A T O M I C E N E R G Y C O M M I S S I O N ; D R .
H . GUYFORD STEVER; E L M E R W . E N G S T R O M , CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER, RADIO CORP. OF A M E R I C A ; AND D R . LLOYD V . B E R K N E R ,
BOARD C H A I R M A N , GRADUATE RESEARCH C E N T E R OF T H E S O U T H W E S T .
1 9 6 6 Reunion Chairmen
Arrange Program to make . . .
Big Play for Off-Year Classes
FF-year reunion classes will
find t h e 1966 reunions on
June 3 - 4 particularly attractive. I n developing t h e p r o g r a m for
t h e " 1 " a n d " 6 " classes G e n e r a l R e union C h a i r m a n Clair Mosser, '33,
and his c o m m i t t e e h a v e injected f e a t u r e s t h a t should m o v e m a n y of t h e
off-year a l u m n i to r e t u r n t o t h e
campus this year.
T h e Friday night on-campus buff e t supper which got off t o such a
successful s t a r t last y e a r h a s been
rescheduled for t h e m a i n dining room
of M a r q u i s H a l l . A n d r e w Rossetti,
'34, c h a i r m a n for t h e O f f - Y e a r
Classes, will h a v e good food in a
b e a u t i f u l setting and music by P a r k e
F r a n k e n f i e l d . If you are inclined t o
be skeptical a b o u t t h i s being a swinging p a r t y , ask one of t h e m e n who
a t t e n d e d t h e initial v e n t u r e last J u n e .
C h a r l e s A r m s t r o n g , '25, who gave
the song fest a g r e a t lift last y e a r ,
will serve as c h a i r m a n for t h a t a f f a i r
and will h a v e H a r o l l d Stahle, '51, as
song leader. W i t h P a r d e e now rebuilt a n d looking t r u l y handsome,
t h e song fest will m o v e b a c k t o its
t r a d i t i o n a l location " . . . in f r o n t
of
"
S a t u r d a y night p a r t i e s for t h e offy e a r classes generally are determined b y t h e classes themselves b u t
as a special a t t r a c t i o n t h e m a i n
floor of t h e P o m f r e t C l u b h a s been
reserved for t h e O f f - Y e a r Classes.
D i n n e r - d a n c e music will be supplied
by P a r k e F r a n k e n f i e l d .
Cost per
person:
$6.00, including g r a t u i t y .
Yes, reservations are required in a d vance. N o t i f y t h e A l u m n i Office.
Color will be in a b u n d a n c e . F o r
the S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g downtown
p a r a d e and t h e a f t e r n o o n procession
to F i s h e r Field t h e " 1 " a n d " 6 "
classes are setting a new high in
q u a l i t y a n d color.
T h e South P h i l a . String B a n d ,
g r a n d champion of t h e n a t i o n a l l y
televised P h i l a . M u m m e r s ' P a r a d e ,
will be b r o u g h t t o t o w n b y t h e Class
of '26.
T h i s group w a s on t h e
c a m p u s five y e a r s ago a n d p u t on a
show unexcelled b y a n y other group.
O
history of t h e Y . F . W . N a t i o n a l
C h a m p i o n s h i p s t o win its g r a n d title
t h r e e y e a r s in a row, winning it in
D e t r o i t , a n d t h e n d e f e n d i n g it successfully in M i a m i and a g a i n in
Minneapolis.
Old t i m e f a v o r i t e s such as t h e
f a m e d Allentown B a n d a n d t h e local
high school b a n d s will be in t h e line
led by M a r s h a l l Orion Reeves, '18.
If y o u e n j o y p r i v a c y , H o u s i n g
C h a i r m a n S t a n l e y K u l a i t i s , '41, will
be able t o give it t o y o u t h i s y e a r .
T h e class c h a i r m e n voted t o h a v e
T h e high honor won j u s t t h i s p a s t
J a n u a r y b y this group bedecked w i t h
costly costumes is proof t h a t t h e y
will be j u s t as good as t h e y were
five y e a r s ago.
A challenger in t h e f o r m of t h e
R e a d i n g B u c c a n e e r s Senior D r u m
and Bugle C o r p s is being sponsored
by t h e Class of '36. T h i s b a n d m a d e
its first a p p e a r a n c e on t h e L a f a y e t t e
c a m p u s last y e a r w h e n t h e Class of
'15, a i m i n g t o h a v e t h e best in t h e
c o u n t r y for its 50th, b r o u g h t it t o
town. T h i s corps is t h e first in t h e
1966 R E U N I O N
RESERVATIONS
(for off-year classes)
Please make the following reservations:
Friday, June 3, buffet, 6:15 p.m.
Marquis Hall
© $ 3 .00*
$
@ $6.00*
$
Friday night
@$2.00
$
Saturday night
© S 2 .00
$
Saturday dinner-dance, 6:00 p.m.
Pomfret Club
* Includes gratuity
Dormitory Rooms:**
** Wives can be accomodated
M a k e checks payable to Lafayette Reunion
Committee and mail to the Alumni Office
Name {print)
Total $
Class
Street
City
Note:
State
ZIP
All reservations filled on a "first-come, first-served basis."
oomplete sets of k e y s m a d e for all
d o r m i t o r y rooms. I n s t e a d of h a v i n g
to look for a d o r m i t o r y j a n i t o r every
t i m e y o u w a n t to lock or unlock
y o u r door, you will be given y o u r
room k e y w h e n y o u register.
I t is t r u e t h a t b a n d s are f r o t h a n d
i n d i v i d u a l room k e y s of m i n o r i m p o r t a n c e b u t t h e y are indicative of
t h e a t t e n t i o n being given t o t h e '66
reunions. T h e class c h a i r m e n k n o w
t h a t t h e principal a t t r a c t i o n of t h e
reunions will b e — a s it a l w a y s h a s
been—the o p p o r t u n i t y to greet a n d
c h a t w i t h old f r i e n d s and a c q u a i n t ances. T h e use of college d o r m s and
t h e a d d e d c r e a t u r e c o m f o r t s encourage this.
A w a l k a r o u n d t h e campus, a l w a y s
b e a u t i f u l in J u n e , a n d a s c r u t i n y of
t h e new buildings, a n d those u n d e r
construction, also should be p a r t of
y o u r own schedule. I t will increase
y o u r p r i d e in t h e physical a p p e a r ance of t h e College.
A combination lecture a n d discussion session a t t h r e e o'clock on F r i -
CLASS
REUNIONS
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
9:00 A.M. to 9 P.M. Registration—•
Pardee Hall
10:30 A.M. Commencement
12:00 noon. Alumni Council—Watson Hall
12:30 P.M. Luncheon, Seniors, Families, Alumni—Marquis Hall
3:00 P.M.—4:30 P.M. "Symposium—
Pardee Auditorium
4:00 P.M.
Baseball, Varsity vs.
Alumni
5:00 P.M. Class and fraternity dinners
6.15 P.M. Class of 1832 D i n n e r Marquis Hall
7:30 P.M. Song Fest—in front of
Old Pardee
9:30 P.M. Smoker—Fisher Field
9:30 P.M.
Reception,
Alumni,
Wives, Friends, Women's Auxiliary—Marquis Hall
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Registration—Pardee Hall
10:00 A.M. Parade—Downtown Easton
11:00 A.M. Alumni Forum—Pardee
Auditorium
11:00 A.M.
Women's
Auxiliary
Luncheon—Easton Motor Hotel,
$3.50
12:30 p .M. Alumni Luncheon—Gymnasium
3:00 P.M. Procession to Fisher Field
3:30 P.M.
Baseball, Varsity vs.
Kings Point
6:00 P.M. Class Dinners
6:00 P.M. Class of 1832 DinnerDance—Pomfret Club
d a y is t h e first general a l u m n i e v e n t
on t h e p r o g r a m . P r o f . D e a n Alfange,
specialist in constitutional law in t h e
d e p a r t m e n t of G o v e r n m e n t and L a w ,
will give a lecture on " C o n s t i t u t i o n a l
M y t h o l o g y and R e a l i t y . " H e will
speak for 45 m i n u t e s a n d t h e n will
become a m e m b e r of a t h r e e - m a n
panel to respond to questions f r o m
the floor.
M a t t e r s of civil rights, b o t h in t h e
N o r t h a n d in t h e South, a n d S u p r e m e
C o u r t decisions, t h a t affect all citizens so personally will be a m o n g
those items examined f r o m t h e viewpoint of constitutional law.
T h e lecture to be held in t h e new
P a r d e e a u d i t o r i u m on F r i d a y a f t e r noon is designed t o s t i m u l a t e y o u intellectually. Y o u will be encouraged
t o p a r t i c i p a t e b y a s k i n g questions
f r o m t h e floor. A m e e t i n g of t h e
b r o a d - b a s e d A l u m n i Council, t h e
a l w a y s p o p u l a r F r i d a y n i g h t Smoker
a n d t h e final Spring p r a c t i c e scrimm a g e of t h e football t e a m also are
p a r t of t h e 1966 reunion p r o g r a m .
W h e n you r e t u r n , m a k e y o u r first
stop a t P a r d e e H a l l . T h e new lobby
in t h e center section will be used for
registration and as R e u n i o n H e a d quarters.
Lacrosse: Maybe a W i n n e r ?
Robert Smith, Director Sports
B
A C K I N t h e spring of 1926 a
group of L a f a y e t t e s t u d e n t s
w e n t out and bought t h e m selves some lacrosse sticks, a couple
of balls, a n d some ill-fitting u n i forms. T h e y f o u n d five t e a m s willing, if n o t downright eager, to p l a y
t h e m a n d t h u s lacrosse w a s launched
at Lafayette.
T h e wearers of the M a r o o n lost
all five games in 1926 a n d did not
score a single goal. T h e results of
t h a t first season a p p a r e n t l y set a
p a t t e r n for t h e y e a r s t o come, a
p a t t e r n t h a t m a y finally be broken
40 y e a r s later.
T h i r t y - t w o t e a m s h a v e represented
L a f a y e t t e in lacrosse d u r i n g t h a t
t i m e and t h e y ' v e been d e f e a t e d so
often t h a t t h e words "lacrosse" a n d
"loss" h a v e become a l m o s t s y n o n y mous. T h e L e o p a r d s h a v e won only
51 games a n d lost 220 in 32 seasons
and t h e y ' v e never finished a c a m paign w i t h a winning record.
Bill Riffle, who is now in his second season of coaching t h e L a f a y e t t e
stickmen, t h i n k s all t h i s m i s f o r t u n e
m a y come to an end t h i s y e a r . H i s
t e a m won two of its first f o u r games
and he felt t h e L e o p a r d s h a d a 50-50
chance in each of t h e last seven
games.
E v e r since t h e e a r l y d a y s of lacrosse t h e t e a m has h a d an incredible
v a r i e t y of coaches. I n c l u d e d in the
s t r a n g e a s s o r t m e n t was a lawyer, an
English
teacher,
an
engineering
teacher, a n d a soldier. Riffle, the
coach a t t h e m o m e n t , is an I n s t r u c t o r
in Physics.
T h e lawyer, t h e l a t e W i l l i a m W .
Asch '25, a n d t h e engineering teacher,
C h a r l e s L. Best, were t h e m o s t successful, t h o u g h neither considered
f o r s a k i n g his profession for a career
Information
in lacrosse coaching.
L a f a y e t t e lacrosse e n j o y e d p e r h a p s
its greatest m o m e n t in 1931. T h a t
spring a sophomore goalie n a m e d
J a m e s D y s o n , '33, won Ail-American
honors for L a f a y e t t e . D e s p i t e his
brilliance in t h e goal, L a f a y e t t e had
a 2 - 7 record. D r . D y s o n r e t u r n e d
to his a l m a m a t e r in 1947 a n d is
now M a r k l e P r o f e s s o r a n d H e a d of
the D e p a r t m e n t of Geology, b u t he's
never t a k e n a crack a t coaching.
Asch never p l a y e d lacrosse, b u t he
became interested in t h e game and
began coaching in 1935. H i s first
t e a m t u r n e d in a 4 - 4 record, t h e
first of only two t e a m s in history to
r e a c h t h e .500 level.
Asch cont i n u e d to coach until 1941 and his
1939 t e a m recorded t h e most victories
ever b y a L a f a y e t t e lacrosse t e a m ,
five.
I n 1937 Asch got some coaching
assistance f r o m a y o u n g English instructor who h a d p l a y e d lacrosse a t
Harvard, William W. Watt. W a t t ' s
coaching (and occasional p l a y i n g )
d i d n ' t do L a f a y e t t e too m u c h good,
however, a n d t h e t e a m finished with
a 1 - 8 record. D r . W a t t , now F r a n c i s
A. M a r c h P r o f e s s o r a n d head of t h e
d e p a r t m e n t of English, h a s lately
confined his efforts to " s p e c t a t i n g . "
L a f a y e t t e suffered t h r o u g h a n u m ber of d r e a r y seasons until D r . Best,
now associate professor of M e c h a n i c s
a n d Engineering F u n d a m e n t a l s , t o o k
over in 1956. T h e L e o p a r d s were
4 - 4 in his first y e a r . I n 1957 t h e y
slipped to 2 - 6 a n d D r . B e s t retired
to his l a b o r a t o r y in 1958.
T h r e e coaches, including M a j .
R a l p h G i r d n e r of t h e M i l i t a r y Science d e p a r t m e n t , followed in t h e
next six years, before Riffle took over
t h e v a r s i t y in 1965, a f t e r h a v i n g
coached the freshman team the year
before.
Riffle, who was a standout at
Union College and the most valuable
player in the 1963 North-South AllStar game, isn't concerned about
Lafayette's lacrosse history, only
about its present and future.
"We've had more and more boys
coming out for varsity and freshman
because each year and their interest
and hard work is starting to pay off,"
Riffle said. "We still don't get the
players with high school or prep
school experience, but we are getting
more real athletes who can leam the
sport and play it well."
This year's team is improved tremendously over last year's, according to Riffle, and next year's should
be even better.
The midfield is the strong point
of the 1966 team. The Leopards
have three full lines, giving them unusual depth, and most of these players will be back in 1967. Sal Jesuele,
a co-captain, is Lafayette's top midfielder and he has a chance to make
this year's North team in the AllStar game.
Dick Linthicum, a senior, is L a f a yette's top man on attack and he
was tied with Jesuele for the scoring
lead after four games with six goals.
"Our attack is much better because
of creaseman Jim Turner and because we have good scoring balance,"
Riffle said . Turner, a junior and
Joe
two improving sophomores,
Iiagy (nephew of the late Edward
Ellis, '34) and Steve Yince, should
excel next year.
L a f a y e t t e lost most of its top defense men from last season, but re-
tained co-captain Laird Ivlinger,
the All-Middle Atlantic Conference
goalie last year. Klinger has 68
saves in four games and also has a
shot a t the North-South All-Star
game.
"Defense is still our weak point,
but it has come along with Walt
Pedowitz doing a good job," according to Riffle. "Three sophs—Willie
Lohman, John Magee (grandson of
John Magee, '13) and Lew Staples
(son of Robert Staples, '37)—are
limited in experience, but they're
improving."
Though there has been a mixed bag
of coaches, inadequate practice and
playing facilities, and a general feeling t h a t lacrosse was the "poor relative" in the athletic program, L a f a yette's lacrosse players have almost
always shown a great deal of spirit
and enthusiasm in their games. Who
knows what a winning season might
do?
Slimmer Math Institute
A six-week summer institute in
mathematics for secondary school
teachers will be held on the campus
beginning June 20.
Supported by a $46,980 grant from
the National Science Foundation,
the institute will be the eighth such
summer study program at Lafayette.
F i f t y mathematics and science teachers from junior and senior high
schools will be selected for the program consisting of lectures, discussions and addresses by guest mathematicians.
Each participant m a y earn six
graduate credits under the program.
Dr. Albert Livingston, assistant professor of mathematics, is the director.
BASEBALL
April
1—Colgate
2—Moravian
4—Bowling Green
5—Amer. Univ.
7—Bider
8—Colgate
9—St. Joseph's
12—Albright
14—Bucknell
16—Butgers
19—Delaware
22—Bucknell
23—Gettysburg
27—Delaware
28—Temple
30—Villanova
May
3—Butgers
4 American Univ.
7—Lehigh
1 1 — P e n n State
14—Lehigh
28—Princeton
31—Seton Hall
June 3—Alumni
4—King's Point
19-12
1-4
3-4
8-1
0-3
4-5
9-4
11-0
7-0
11-1
4-0
H 3:30
H 3:30
H 3:30
H 3:30
H 2:00
H 3:30
A 3:00
H 2:00
H 3:30
A 2:00
H 3:00
A 2:00
H 4:00
H 3:30
Track
Five of the ten lettermen who
paced the 1965 track t e a m to victories over Gettysburg, Bucknell, and
Lehigh and a season record of 3 - 5
will be back for the season now
underway.
All five are juniors:
Ralph Eberly, hurdles; Peter Hughes,
javelin; William Staeger, jumps;
William Stanley, two mile; and E a r l
Vigne, weights.
Coach Arthur Winters has high
hopes for a winning season. And
things look even better for a year
from now. I n his squad of 30 there
is only one senior. There are eight
juniors and 21 sophomores.
Among the sophomores is J o h n a than Barnes, Branford, Conn., who is
expected to break both the 440 and
880 college records before he gradu-
ates. Out of the 48 starters in the
ICAAAA 1000 yard run in Madison
Square Garden this winter, Barnes
turned in the 11th best time.
Coach Winters expects to have
better balance in the distance and
with more depth in the jumps and the
javelin but will be weak in the
sprints.
This will be the 22nd year t h a t
Arthur Winters has coached the
track team. He will retire in J u n e
from this job after compiling the enviable record of 78 wins against 51
losses. Of the 21 seasons completed,
the record is 12-6-3.
TRACK
April
May
2—St. Joseph's
52-87
13—Temple
51-89
16—Gettysburg
78-62
47-93
19—LaSalle
23—Bucknell
A 2:00
H 4:00
26—Colgate
29 /
A
r Penn Belays
H 3:30
4—Butgers
A 2:00
7—Lehigh
jjj J-MAC @ Delaware
LACBOSSE
April
May
9-7
2—Lebanon Valley
2-16
6-—Penn
10-5
13—Dickinson
2-10
16—Swarthmore
5-6
20—Stevens
23—Fairleigh
H 2:00
Dickinson
A 4:00
26—Delaware
A 3:30
28—F&M
A 3:30
4—Colgate
H 2:00
7—Lehigh
H 2:00
14—Drexel
GOLF
12-6
April 12—Muhlenberg
11-7
14—Haverford
1-6
19—Butgers
22—Colgate &
Lehigh @ Lehigh
A 1:30
A 1:00
25—Swarthmore
H 2:00
29—Albright
A 3:00
2—Penn
May
A 1:30
3—Moravian
H 2:00
5—Bucknell
9—MAC @ Lehigh A
TENNIS
8-1
April 12—St. Joseph's
cancelled
13—LaSalle
5-4
16—Temple
51/2-31/2
18—F&M
2-7
20—Haverford
H 2:00
23—Butgers
A 3:00
26—Bucknell
A 3:00
28—Moravian
Il 2 : 0 0
30—Albright
A 2:30
May
4
Swarthmore
A
»-7—MAC (Lehigh)
A 3:00
10—Lehigh
A 3:00
12—Muhlenberg
95tli Annual Dinner
T h e 95th annual dinner in Phila.
was held on April 1 a t the Union
League with G. Fried Wilson, '40,
president, in the chair.
Speakers
were President Bergethon and Senator W a y n e D u m o n t , Jr., '35, who
spoke in the same vein as t h e y had
two weeks earlier in N e w York City
(see report of t h a t dinner).
F r a n k Truscott, '17, trustee of the
College and recipient last J u n e of the
alumni Distinguished Service Award,
introduced the Senator.
F a c u l t y and administrative officers
from the College who attended were:
Pres. K. Roald Bergethon, Admission Director G a r y E v a n s , '57, Prof.
Lawrence Conover, '24, Prof. William H a r t , '27, Prof. Samuel Pascal,
'27, Prof. William McLean, '32, Prof.
H a r o l d Streeter, Athletic Director
Olav Kollevoll, Donald Noblett, H a r vey B a t d o r f , '28, and Charles Staples, '46.
Also present were members of the
Executive Committee of the national
Alumni Association who m e t in
Phila. earlier in the day.
Robert
D u f f y , '26, national president is a
former president of the Phila. Assn.
D r . Ross Crane, '13, and Douglas
Krebs, '26, were applauded for their
records of dinner attendance without
a miss.
New officers elected were: President R o b e r t Woodcock, '50; Vicepres. F. Carl Meyer, Jr., '35; Treas.
Spencer M a n t h o r p e , '58; Secretary
John W y n n , Jr., '50; Corres. Secret a r y Elmer H u h n , '24.
N. Y. Dinner
T h e largest group to attend a New
York dinner in recent years gathered
on M a r c h 18 a t the N.Y.U. Club to
greet President Bergethon and to
hear an address by Hon. W a y n e D u mont, Jr., '35. A total of 43 classes
were represented.
Taking advantage, perhaps, of new anti-discrimin a t o r y laws, a wife of one of the
members was present a t the otherwise
all-male dinner.
Guests from the campus included
D r . Harold Streeter, D r . Samuel
Pascal, '27, Prof. William McLean,
'32, director of engineering, Ole Kollevoll, director of Athletics, Donald
Noblett, director of Development,
and G a r y E v a n s , '57, director of Admissions.
A moving and memorable tribute
to the late D r . R a l p h Cooper H u t c h i son, '18, president of L a f a y e t t e 194557, was delivered by D r . Bergethon.
Senator D u m o n t directed the main
Metropolitan N.Y. A l u m n i P r e s e n t Theatre Party Check
M A R K W E I S B U R G E R , ' 5 5 , C H A I R M A N OF THEATRE PARTY, P R E S E N T S A C H E C K TO D R . B E R G E T H O N
TO M A K E T H E A M O U N T N O W I N T H E N . Y . S C H O L A R S H I P F U N D $ 4 4 , 4 0 0 .
ADDING THEIR
B L E S S I N G ARE F R E D G E H L E , ' 5 5 , N E W P R E S I D E N T SUCCEEDING ALBERT K R O N M A N , ' 3 7 , AND
H O N . W A Y N E D U M O N T , J R . , ' 3 5 , GUEST SPEAKER.
thrust of his remarks to a plea for
the educated m a n to enter and devote himself to the cause of good
politics.
Retiring president Albert K r o n man, '37, reported the re-establishment of an uptown luncheon club to
complement the one held downtown.
Both are held bi-weekly. T h e progress of the T h e a t e r P a r t y , a program
without equal in any college or university, and the Scholarship F u n d
were touched upon. H e stated t h a t
one of the undergraduates at L a f a yette is there only because of the
financial
help available from the
fund which now tops $40,000.
New officers are: Fred Gehle, '55,
president; T i m T a m b l y n , '42, and
Charlie Myers, '56, vice-presidents;
B r a d H a i t , '56, treasurer; Bob Zimet,
'60, secretary; H a r r y Peck, '30,
Alumni Council Representative; and
M a r k Weisburger, '55, T h e a t e r P a r t y
Chairman.
Easlon Area Football Coaches
Some t w e n t y high school football
coaches in the area centered on
E a s t o n and with a radius embracing
Allentown on the west and H a c k e t t s town on the east, were guests a t a
dinner sponsored by the E a s t o n Area
alumni club. Athletic Director Ole
Kollevoll, H e a d Football coach Ken
B u n n and his staff, and the Admissions staff also were guests a t the
informal session aimed a t furthering
a w a r m relationship with these men.
Charles Spaziani, '54, was chairm a n of the dinner committee named
by club president Clyde Teel, '29.
Room Rents Go Up in ' 6 6
Tuition Increase in ' 6 7
Tuition and room rent charges are
being increased. Effective this coming September the annual room
charges will be increased from $350
to $400. Tuition fees will rise from
$1600 to $1850 per year but this r a t e
will not be effective until September
of 1967.
I n m a k i n g the
announcement
President Bergethon noted t h a t a
comparison of L a f a y e t t e ' s tuition
with those a t other privately supported institutions "whose programs
are of the same high levels as those
offerred a t L a f a y e t t e " show t h a t tuition rates a t L a f a y e t t e " h a v e consistently been held as low as possible."
H e went on to say t h a t trustee action establishing the increases "was
necessitated by the determination to
offer our students quality living and
learning conditions as well as by general conditions beyond our control."
T h e tuition increase set for 1967-68
"is imperative if the quality of staff
and work a t the college is not to be
eroded by the acute and costly competition for well-qualified college
teachers. I n addition, sophisticated
learning in all disciplines requires
larger investments in laboratory
equipment and materials as well as
in library resources and other services."
For the students now in residence
and receiving financial aid the college expects to increase its assistance
so t h a t they will be able to complete
their education.
Science-Engineering
Cross Department Lines
A symposium aimed at encouraging an interchange of ideas and information among the various disciplines in science and engineering a t
L a f a y e t t e was held M a r c h 25-26.
Title for the symposium was " T e m perature Regulation of the Body."
Sponsored jointly by the departments of Mechanical Engineering and
Biology, the program ranged from a
presentation of basic principles to
sophisticated dialogues. Seven prominent scientists and engineers led
discussions ranging from how a m a n made heart will function, to a description of the artificial environments humans will need to exist on
manned space centers.
At the opening session D r . William K. H a r l a n , Jr., Easton physi-
cian specializing in internal medicine, and fluid dynamics expert
Robert T. Jones, head of medical
research at the Avco-Everett Research Laboratory near Boston, were
the speakers. D r . H a r l a n presented
a basic explanation of circulation
and the circulatory system and M r .
Jones spoke on his work in developing an artificial ventricle for the
heart.
At the S a t u r d a y morning session
the biologist-engineer t e a m of D r .
Donald E k b e r g and C l a r k V. D o h ner from the Missile and Space Division of the General Electric Co. a t
Valley Forge, described their investigations in overcoming the environmental control problems of a manned
space station.
At t h a t same session D r . Donald
M c D o n a l d of the Research Institute a t Philadelphia's Presbyterian
Hospital, an authority on blood flow
behavior, presented his latest experimental findings on the transportation
of energy by the blood stream. .
I n the closing session D r . Russell
Squires, who works with the Aerospace Medical Research D e p a r t m e n t
of the U.S. N a v a l Air Development
Center, Philadelphia, discussed his
successful a t t e m p t s to isolate t h a t
portion of the central nervous system which detects the fall of body
temperature.
T h e last speaker was D r . Herndon
Dowling, curator of reptiles and
amphibians a t the N e w York Zoological P a r k . H e described experiments
which indicate t h a t snakes and other
cold blooded animals employ behavioral techniques such as shivering
and selective basking in the sun to
regulate their body temperature.
Philippine President Marcos
Confers Honor 011 Arnold, ' 3 7
T h e Malay
Mail, published in
Singapore, carried a three column
picture of R o b e r t Arnold, '37, with
the story: "A Singapore company
executive has returned here from
M a n i l a 'surprised and delighted'
with the Distinguished Service Star
conferred on him by President M a r cos at his inauguration."
M r . Arnold, now Relations M a n ager of Mobil Oil, M a l a y a , had
fought side by side with Filipino
guerillas during World W a r I I and
was a wartime friend of the new
president of the Philippines. H e and
his wife attended the presidential
inauguration in J a n u a r y a t Governor
Marcos' invitation and it was a t this
time t h a t he was honored. (In 1957
S a m e C o l l e g e — S a m e Day
O N TUESDAY M A R C H 2 9 A GROUP OP LAFAYETTE UNDERGRADUATES PICKETED T H E FEDERAL INSPECTION OF T H E R O T C AS A M E A N S
OF PROTEST AGAINST COMPULSORY MILITARY
TRAINING AND T H E U . S . POLICY I N VLET
NAM.
T H A T SAME DAY ANOTHER GROUP OF S T U DENTS LOADED INTO A SMALL VAN 5 0 0 I T E M S
DONATED BY T H E P H Y S I C S DEPARTMENT AND
S E N T T H E M OFF TO TUSCALOOSA, ALA. TO BE
DISTRIBUTED TO D R U I D H . S . AND S T I L L M A N
COLLEGE, TWO NEGRO I N S T I T U T I O N S I N DESPERATE NEED OF S U C H SURPLUS E Q U I P M E N T .
AYIC3R
thé Philippine government awarded
him the Gold Cross and M i l i t a r y
M e r i t Medal.)
R o b e r t Arnold puts it this w a y :
" D u r i n g World W a r I I M r . Marcos
was a battalion commander earning
a highly distinguished war record
and was the most highly decorated
Filipino w a r veteran. I was milit a r y commander of three of the
provinces of N o r t h e r n Luzon and m y
operating base in 1944 and 1945 was
President Marcos' home town, B a t a c .
We became friends."
T h e words of the citation are in
DEATHS
1898
James MacFarlane—6/22/65
1902
Otto F. Theis—12/65
1910
Raymond T. Pierson—1/21/66
1911
Jeremiah A. Klotz—2/6/66
Lester N. Shellenberger—3/14/66
1913
Louis Creveling—2/5/66
1917
Benjamin G. Dann—2/18/66
1918
(Dr.) Ralph C. Hutchison—3/15/66
1919
Sylvester VanS. Howell—2/20/66
Paul L. Keating—12/9/65
Henry G. Richter—3/31/66
1921
Theodore S. Clark—3/19/66
1922
Otis R. Seaman—2/5/66
1923
Lewis B. Henderson—2/12/66
1924
Isaac J. Bobst—3/5/66
1926
Tameharu Munakata—2/65
1927
Dominic L. Gentilesco—12/31/65
1928
Edwn A. Spence—12/27/65
1931
George E. Shanno—3/26/66
1939
Robert 0 . Wolf—2/28/66
1942
George M. Henry, Jr.—1/65
1944
P r a n k J. Eisberg—1/24/66
1961
Richard D. Perry—3/26/66
sharp contrast to Arnold's modesty.
I t reads, in p a r t :
" T h e Distinguished Service Star is hereby
awarded to Col. R o b e r t Arnold,
S I G C Army of the United States for
exceptionally meritorious and valuable service rendered in a position of
responsibility in N o r t h e r n Luzon,
Philippines, from Dec. 7, 1941, to
J a n . 8, 1945. W i t h keen professional
ability, indomitable courage, aggressive leadership, and keen devotion to
d u t y Col. Arnold contributed greatly
to the success of the resistance movement and the Philippine Liberation
Campaign."
His son, Jim, is on campus as a
sophomore.
Vaskelis to Succeed
Streeter, Language Head
D r . Bronius B. Vaskelis, Russian
linguist, has been named head of the
d e p a r t m e n t of languages effective
September 1. Currently an assistant
professor, he will be advanced to
t h a t of associate professor when he
assumes his new responsibility.
L a s t year D r . H a r o l d Streeter, current head of the department, reached
the age of 65 which is the normal
time when d e p a r t m e n t heads relinquish such posts. H e was asked
to continue for this year and will
remain as a teaching member of the
d e p a r t m e n t for the coming year.
D r . Vaskelis has continued to
expand the program in Russian which
was initially broadened in 1959. H e
has been teaching courses in the Russian short story, Russian literature
and advanced Russian conversation
and composition as well as element a r y and intermediate Russian. This
program is one of the very few offered in colleges of L a f a y e t t e ' s size
anywhere in the middle Atlantic
area.
Parenthetically, T h o m a s Rosenberg, '66, center on the football team,
is the first L a f a y e t t e student to m a j o r
in Russian.
Born in Lithuania, D r . Vaskelis
completed secondary school in Luebeck, Germany, before emigrating to
C a n a d a in 1947. H e worked as a
laborer and carpenter while studying
a t the University of Toronto, where
he earned an A.B. in 1958 and a
M.A. in 1961. T h e following y e a r
he enrolled a t the University of
Pennsylvania t o work toward a
P h . D . which was awarded him in
1964. D r . Vaskelis is associate editor
of Lituanus,
an English-language
Lithuanian quarterly for arts and
sciences. H e is considered an authority on Russian and Lithuanian
P r o f . Vaskelis
symbolist poets, with his P h . D . dissertion in t h a t area.
A bachelor, he is faculty resident
in the D . K . E . house.
Downing, '51, Coach of Year
F r a n k Downing, '51, star q u a r t e r back as a Maroon undergraduate, has
been named high school Coach of the
Year and his M i a m i Coral P a r k H.S.
t e a m won the Gold Coast _ (Florida)
Conference
Championship.
His
t e a m had a record of 9 - 2 . I n the
playoff game with N o r t h Miami H.S.
his charges won the game on a 59
y a r d run in the last minute.
This is remarkable for the simple
reason t h a t Coral P a r k is only three
years old. T h e M i a m i Herald wrote:
"Coral P a r k , unlike some schools, is
not blessed with a large number of
large players. I t s backfield with the
exception of D o n Cermeno, could
play on a 140-pound optimist t e a m . "
T h e writer then states:
"Downing
compensates for the lack of size by
using films, tapes, and recordings on
spirit."
Books From Hindman, ' 1 0
Twenty-one cartons of books from
the extensive library of D r . William
B. H i n d m a n , '10, are now being cataloged and p u t on the shelves of the
college library.
A t the invitation of D r . H i n d m a n
a library staff member spent two
d a y s a t his home in Farmington, Pa.,
to select the books t h a t would complement those now in the Skillman
Library. D r . H i n d m a n had a special
interest in history so the volumes
brought to E a s t o n are mostly in t h a t
field, ranging from rare to current.
Dr. J o h n Levinson, ' 4 9
A Volunteer Doctor in Vietnam
V
I E T N A M brings to mind immediately armed conflict in
rough terrain and booby t r a p s
in the towns. Seldom if ever, would
it bring to mind a physician who
periodically makes the 12,000 mile
round trip from the United States as
a volunteer to help with the sick.
Such a m a n is D r . J o h n M . Levinson, '49, highly skilled physician
specializing in gynecology and obstetrics with a flourishing practice in
Wilmington, Del.
D r . Levinson's first trip to South
Vietnam was in 1963 when he spent
a month in Saigon under a program
sponsored by Medico (Medical I n ternational Cooperation Organization founded by Peter D . Comanduras and the late D r . T h o m a s
Dooley). H e returned to Saigon and
D a N a n g in 1964 and again in February of this year.
His visit of just two months ago
was spent in Saigon with another
volunteer physician D r . Alfred B.
Swanson, G r a n d Rapids, Mich., who
also was m a k i n g his third t r i p to
t h a t country. Among their accomplishment were permission from the
Minister of H e a l t h to s t a r t the first
family planning clinic in Indo-China
and permission to s t a r t the first
poliomyelitis immunization program
in South Vietnam.
D r . Levinson
writes: "Some of our time was spent
in the Mekong D e l t a where we
visited various hospitals, and some
of the last surgery I performed was
on civilians who were casualties from
a m o r t a r barrage, a rather far cry
from gynecology."
There are a number of full-time
physicians and nurses stationed in
eleven countries around the world
working under the Medico banner.
These people are paid a small stipend. Various specialists, serving
for a period of about one month on a
rotating basis, go on a completely
voluntary basis. On his first trip
to Vietnam D r . Levinson paid all of
his expenses, i.e., transportation,
meals, lodging, etc. H e realized t h a t
if the transportation could be paid,
more physicians would volunteer
their time. Subsequently, through
the efforts of persons interested in
Medico, some congressmen, and himself, the Agency for International
Development, p a r t of the State Dep a r t m e n t , supplied the t r a n s p o r t a tion on a six months trial basis for
those doctors staying two months.
D r . Levinson has not been able to
stay for the full two months period
so he has continued to p a y all of his
expenses, including transportation.
I n Vietnam the volunteer doctors
spend most of their time in the operating room, performing operations
unfamiliar to the local physicians
and teaching as they operate.
In
addition there is bedside teaching,
lecturing, clinic work, and ward
rounds. D r . Levinson says the work
m a y be on a very primitive level or
a very sophisticated level, depending
upon local conditions and personnel.
F r o m an article written for the
J o u r n a l of the American Medical
Association D r . Levinson provides
material which points up the need for
medical programs. "Of the approximately 750 physicians in South Vietnam, 470 are in military service,
leaving but 280 for civil practice.
These few m u s t serve a population
of 15,000,000 in a country ravished
and terrorized by Communists.
"Civilian hospital facilities, p a r ticularly in the provinces, are severely overloaded. There are only
about IV2 beds per 1000 population
and bed occupancy by two or three
patients is not infrequent . . .
As in most emerging countries of
the world, diseases flourish because
of poor sanitation, inadequate nutrition, lack of knowledge of basic personal and community health practices in a culture not fully prepared
to accept 20th century concepts for
health and medicine. "
D r . Levinson said t h a t diseases seldom seen in N o r t h America abound
and are serious problems in South
Vietnam.
T h e m a j o r causes of
death are malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal diseases, pneumonia, meningitis, typhoid fever, diseases of infancy, and a wide range of intestinal
parasitism. H e said t h a t statistics
reported in 1958 showed t h a t of all
children born, half will not reach
their fifth birthday.
T r a c h o m a is widespread and is reported t h a t perhaps four-fifths of the
population has been infected a t one
time or another. Other infectious
diseases, says D r . Levinson, are bacillary and amoebic dysentery, smallpox, tetanus, rabies and leprosy. I n fection with parasites, intestinal or
other types, is almost universal.
Roundworm, hookworm, and tapeworm are common as are oriental
liver flukes.
W i t h respect to drinking water,
D r . Levinson reports t h a t not even
the largest cities have drinking water
which is considered safe at the source,
since these supplies are apt t o become contaminated through infiltration of ground water into leaking
pipes. I n rural areas, some families
collect rainwater in large cisterns to
use for drinking, others draw it from
crude wells. Most, he says, depend
on the polluted waters of irrigation
ditches, canals, streams and shallow
pools which are also used for bathing, laundering clothes and watering
animals.
On the subject of diet, D r . Levinson says t h a t as in all of southeast
Asia, rice is the principal foodstuff
with fish, manioc, maize and sweet
potatoes consumed with or in place
of rice. T h e fish, frogs and shellfish
abound in the ponds and waterways
of the delta lowlands and in coastal
waters. Sugarcane juice is used for
sweetening while raw sugarcane is
consumed as candy. " I n the average
household, poultry or pork back is
served two or three times a week, but
beef, priced out of reach, is rarely
eaten. W a t e r buffalo, raised chiefly
as d r a f t animals, are not a p r i m a r y
source of food and are rarely eaten
until they become too sick or too old
to work . . .
" T o some extent the traditional
Vietnamese cuisine reflects Chinese
influences in the choice of foods and
methods of preparation. T h e educated elete of the cities have devel-
One C o m m o n Goal—Caring f o r the Sick
oped a preference for French cooking, although their members continue to serve rice and fish sauce with
such meals . . ."
D r . Levinson has given of himself
and his specialized talents. B u t he
thinks he has gained something. I n
a personal letter he wrote:
"This
has m a d e me f a r more appreciative
of everything I have in life and I
have greater realization of w h a t a
great privilege it is to be an American. I t dawned on me t h a t being
patriotic was not being old-fashioned,
and t h a t as a physician, I had a
wonderful opportunity to m a k e a
contribution t h a t m a n y could only
dream about. Through all of this,
I have become firmly convinced of
the t r u t h of an unoriginal i d e a — t h a t
dollar wise one of our greatest forms
of foreign aid would be in upgrading
the health conditions in underdeveloped countries, knowing t h a t this
might help combat communism more
effectively t h a n any method tried
thus f a r . "
T h e story could end here on a
high note. B u t it goes higher. D r .
Levinson found t h a t various organizations were interested in his experiences, views on the situation, and in
seeing his Kodachrome slides. This
took the form of lecture and slide
presentations. H e said: " I t finally
dawned on me after m y twentieth
t a l k it might be wise to ask for a
contribution and have the money
used for some of m y pet projects."
H e set u p a simple non-profit organization called A I M (Aid for I n t e r national Medicine) and named himself as founder.
T h e money raised has enabled him
to establish a chemotherapy center
for choriocarcinoma in Saigon and
also in D a N a n g and is t r y i n g to
meet the daily needs for drugs which
m a y cure this rare form of cancer
so prevalent in V i e t n a m . I n addition he has bought two tons of rice
for the An Lac Orphanage, so close
to the heart of T o m Dooley. His
gifts to the Vietnamese bear only one
string: t h a t the recipients are informed t h a t they come from Americans who are personally interested
in their fate. Anyone who wishes to
join him in this enterprise, now being
incorporated for tax free gifts, should
write to him a t 1411 N o r t h Van
Buren St. in Wilmington.
D r . Levinson has other interests.
H e has also visited Tunis, capital of
Tunisia, to survey the area for f u t u r e
obstetrical and gynecological programs. Closer to home: he's president of the L a f a y e t t e Club in Wilmington.
CLASS NOTES
'07
R U S H T . LERCH
216 Burke St.
Easton, Pa. 18042
The basis for this column is that every
cloud has a silver lining. The cloud was
the list of correspondents accorded praise
in the Jan. issue of the A L U M N U S for maintaining their class columns over a long
period of time without a break. Thru
oversight, it now develops, my name was
omitted.
M y research of old copies on our bookshelves (a housewife's headache) reveals
the silver lining. In March '47 I sent to
Joe Bell a news clipping announcing the
marriage of Dan Snyder to Mrs. Blanche
Dixon. Joe printed it as a contribution by
Rush Lerch, tantamount to sticking out
my neck. At the ensuing 40th reunion our
'07 fellows thrust upon me the job of official class correspondent. A continuous performance thereafter, excepting 6 deliberate
omissions in '59, because the writer had the
notion that after the 50th Reunion class
news no longer warranted a space in the
ALUMNUS.
Joe Bell noticed the gap and
came to my home to rid me of that idea.
With no current news to report, the oversight resulting in this discussion is the
bright side of the cloud which gives us this
present column—just a way of saving face!
'09
HOWARD W . FIELDS
307 Burton Rd.
Oreland, Pa. 19075
Received a card from Bill Ross who is
one of our older members. He says there
is no excitement in his life as he and his
wife are living in a very fine Retirement
Home in LaJolla, Calif. He sends best
wishes to all the '09ers.
A note from "Ducks" Lathrop says he
has just passed his 79th birthday, and while
once he thought a man was old when he
reached his 80th year, now he thinks that
90 is the age when one begins to get old.
"Ducks" was always fond of walking. He
reports that since he has given up practically all of his consulting work, he frequently takes a hike into the woods for
his health—which is of the best.
"Wag" Green usually feels there is
nothing new or interesting to write about
but his wife, Katherine, occasionally sends
me interesting news about him. Recently
she sent me a newsletter of the Cal. Acad,
of Science which contained an article about
him. "Wag" is Scientific Asst. in the Dept.
of Entomology of this society. The article
mentions t h a t his favorite pastime as a
youngster was collecting insects, animals
that were later to be a bane and boom in
his life.
After graduation he took over the management of a 200 acre apple and peach
orchard on the outskirts of Easton. His
interest in entomology continued but after
two decades it was dampened by the appearance of a tiny European pest, a two
spotted mite for which there was no known
control. The trees of the orchard were defoliated; the orchards undoing. A trip to
San Fran, in the late 40's found "Wag"
paying almost daily visits to the Dept. of
Entomology of the Cal. Acad, of Science.
His interest was the cause of the head of
the Dept. offering him a job and he be-
came a good and reliable member of the
staff. His particular interest lies in beetles.
He, his wife, 2 children and 2 grandchildren
live in San Carlos. He is an avid bridge
player, a Giant baseball fan (radio only)
and a lover of classical music.
To me this brief sketch of "Wag's" life
since college is most interesting. Wish that
others would send me a similar sketch of
their life.
Received an unexpected letter which I
thought was so interesting that I will pass
it on to you. I t starts: "I do not know
you b u t I feel I do because of the column
you wrote in the N o v - D e c . Laf. A L U M N U S
which I picked up in the reading room of
the hospital in Daytona Beach, Fla., where
I am receiving treatment for a coronary.
You started the first sentence by saying:
'I must write about myself as only one of
the fellows answered my request for news.' "
He goes on to say that he does not have
much news b u t he will try to make the
letter interesting, and that since I graduated in '09 I must be well on in years and
my activities must be limited. He tells
me of his family, his activities, and his
limited education. He ends by saying he
hopes his letter has brought a bit of sunshine to me for it made him feel better for
doing it.
There are two things about this letter
that interest m e :
(1) How did the
A L U M N U S find its way into a hospital reading room? and (2) Why did a complete
stranger feel sorry for me because my classmates didn't answer my request for news
and feel that I needed cheering up?
Now maybe you fellows will wake up
and answer my request for news. Have
received notes from two others which I will
include in my next column.
'10
C O L . FREDERIC H E R R
Stonehenge
Stanton, N.J. 08885
Liz Coons under date of Jan. 5, '66, was
good enough to send me this letter as a
result of my appeal to members of the
Class to give me some news of their own
activities.
The Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
Times-Leader
Evening News recently published a series
of articles captioned "Newspaper Days of
Fifty Years Ago are Recalled by Former
Editor."
They were written by Isidor Coons who,
following his graduation, found employment as a cub reporter on the staff of the
Evening News in his home town. During
the next 7 yrs. until the outbreak of W.W. I
in '17 he served his paper in every staff
capacity including city editor and editorin-chief. His articles reflect the life and
activities of a once major industrial community of that far off day.
After service as infantry Lieutenant in
W.W. I, Coons became a pioneer in philanthropic fund-raising campaigns. He remained in this field for 4 decades and is
credited with having directed national,
local and overseas "drives" that produced
a total of 500 million dollars. Retired
now, he resides at Woodmere, L.I. Many,
many thanks Liz.
As you can see by the above Liz has had
a distinguished career which, unfortunately,
many of us did not know about.
I also received a letter from Agnes
Barrett. I quote: " M y mother-in-law's
father was a Corporal in the Civil War.
George and his brothers, R a y and Sam,
used to tease him about being a high private in the rear rank. W h a t does that
mean? I think I can answer that by giving you my own present status. For 6 yrs.
I was Chrm. of the Hunterdon Cty. Chapter, ARC. This was followed by being a
member of the Bd. of Dir. for 6 yrs. After
that I held no office. When people asked
me about my status, my answer was: 'I
am only a private in the rear ranks.' "
The following in Agnes' letter may also
interest you. "When m y oldest grandson
was in the Coast Guard and was up in the
vicinity of the North Pole, he said sometimes there would be as many as 200 Russian boats of one kind or another nearby
and just one American boat, the ice-breaker
he was on."
Harvey Batdorf was kind enough to invite me up to visit him one Sat. about 5 or
6 wks. ago. He showed me the ground
acquired by the college north of College
Hill, after which we had lunch at the
Pomfret Club.
There are many interesting things to see
at the campus. A trip back during June
week would most certainly prove interesting to all of you who have not been
back for some time.
We of Hunterdon Cty. lost one of our
best Alumni and civic-minded people in
the passing of Les Howell, '19. We will all
miss him greatly.
'11
HAROLD B . CROASDALE
Delaware Water Gap,
Pa. 18327
Dr. Jeremiah A. Klotz, highly regarded
in his profession, passed away on Feb. 6.
He had offices in E. Greenville for 27 yrs.,
then was plant physician with Du Pont, in
Wilmington, Del., until retirement 10 yrs.
ago. He earned his M.D. degree from the
U. of Cincinnati Med. School, and served
with the Army Med. Corps in France before taking up private practice. Surviving
are his wife, Isabel, a physician-son, a
daughter, and 2 grandchildren.
Dr. Bob Christman writes from Newfoundland, Pa., that he does a little work
to keep mentally and physically occupied,
mostly office work, and mostly in the
summer.
Bill Howard wrote that there had been
plenty of rain in Los Angeles but at this
writing the weather is fine. "Just got over
the flu. Have had a stroke and may be
down but am not out. . . . Sorry I can't
attend our June reunion."
Guy Smith from Oamptown, celebrated
his birthday on Feb. 25. He wrote: " M y
doctor has nixed boat or plane trip for the
present."
From our Pres. Joe Williams: "Hope
Chris Siebert was able to see Chas. Boas,
Arch Richmond, and John Rumbaugh in
Fla. I had to go to the hospital, second
time in a year and came away OK."
Jesse Shelling says he has had two light
strokes and doesn't get around very much.
From D. Lige Stewart: "I read of the
activities of our classmates with great
pleasure. They are an active and successful group . . ."
From Jerry Matson: "Terrific blizzard
3 days in Feb. Several fatalities and great
damage . . . roads closed for days . . . except for our concern for outers it was snug
and warm by our fireplace. . . . M y wife
says family is news so: 4 sons, 3 in W.W. 2.
Chris Siebert: "After being snowbound
5 0 Year Club R e u n i o n
T h e young men in the classes of
'16, '21,"'26, and on down to the boys
of '56 and '61 are being matched this
J u n e 3 - 4 program for program and
vigor by the men who have already
celebrated their Golden Reunion.
I t is of no surprise t h a t the men
in this category look, walk, think,
and act younger t h a n did the men of
the same age 20-30 years ago.
I t m a y be a surprise to learn t h a t
the number of men ranging from '90
to '15 who now q u a l i f y for the 50
Year Club totals 582.
Gilbert Dannehower, '14, heads a
committee expecting 100 of this
group to be on hand for the 1966 reunion. Some of these men and their
wives will have quarters a t nearby
hotels and motor courts; others will
be housed on the campus.
T h e men will be encouraged to
participate in all of the regular
events on the program but will be
able to do things as a group if t h e y
so desire. T h e y will be housed in
M a r q u i s where they can relax and
renew their friendships.
Special
tables will be reserved for them at
the S a t u r d a y luncheon. A f t e r the
ball game the men and their ladies
are being invited to President Bergethon's home for refreshments just
prior to a festive dinner a t M a r q u i s
Hall, the closing event on a good
week end. Reservations should be
addressed to Gilbert Dannehower,
'14, c / o Alumni Office.
we finally got to Fla. Fishing good in
beautiful Indian River and perfect weather
now."
Our 55th comes along on June 3-4!
Experienced Nine." As Lafayette's 1912
b.b. capt. and shortstop, he likes that news.
He starred also in French Bible. During
the past when this column has tried to
carry a note about our Hon. classmate,
Joseph E. Bell, '28, H '12, Editor-in-Chief
of. A L U M N U S and Director of Alumni Affairs, he has deleted it. Your corr. believes
that '12 men would like to have him allow
the following to appear: On Jan. 22, Joe
addressed Dist. 2 of the American Alumni
Council meeting in Atlantic City. Dist. 2
includes 827 mbrs. (fund directors, magazine editors, alumni secretaries) from 324
institutions stretching from Ontario thru
the Virgin Islands. He was retiring as
chrmn. of the Dist. after 2 yrs. in that
office. Subject of his address: "The Great
Boom Ahead in Alumni Work." (Your
corr. has heard from 2 alumni sectys. of
other educ. insts. about the very high
esteem in which Joe is held by his compatriots.)
'12
JOHN D.
WEST
211 Elm St.
North Reading, Mass.
01864
Ralph and Lillian DeKay spent chilly
(middays) in St. Pete. Found Stan Bachman with temporary bronchitis. Lunched
with the Chet Murtaughs in their beautiful home. Wrote: "It made one feel that
it is vastly important to cherish friendships
thru the years." Lillian is to have eye operation in April; wishes our prayers and
will be having them. Lou Griffith wrote
Ralph in BDay Card response, that he is
an active Chrmn. of Bd. of Riley Stoker
Corp. (Numerous plants in U.S. and affiliated operations abroad.) What a constitution ! Ironwood fiber crossed with sequoian
longevity. Looks young, too.
Ben Fillmore writes: "Hard winter here
(Scranton, P a . ) ; snow and cold. I keep
pretty busy: 2 or 3 bank mtgs. a wk. and
to club 2 or 3 times a wk. with old friends.
I hope to be at our 55th in 1967; my grandson graduates from Lafayette that year. I
hope we have a better football team next
yr. and win a few more games. 12 to 14 of
us meet at Lafayette luncheon once a
month. Tom Steele, '14, and I are always
on hand." (Corr's note: I would like to
have some of Ben's "Hard Winter.") E. H.
(Dutch) Maier, on Dec. 15 had successful
excision of melano-carcinoma from his
back; and on Jan. 2 returned to hospital
for skin graft 9 X 5 in. which was taken
from his left leg. Ouches us to think about
i t ; but Dutch is made of stoical stuff. How
calmly, quietly and efficiently he managed
our 50th. Bill (Val) Hill"attended the
Lafayette luncheon at Pompano Beach
where the Hills have a home. Bill knew
that Joe and Kitty Bell would be at the
luncheon and said graciously that he came
to thank Kitty for her hospitality at our
50th. None will forget the garden party at
the Bells; and, of course, Kitty. Joe reports: "Bill plays golf 3 to 4 times a wk.
and in the 80's; looked well, and his exuberance was like a breath of fresh air."
Class Pres. Seedy Cederquist forwarded a
N.Y. Times newsclip: "Lafayette to Field
'13
ROY P . WILSON
114 E. Genesee St.
Wellsville, N.Y. 14895
Henry Anderson, brought us the first
news; and later, a letter from his son and
a clipping from the Easton paper, forwarded by George Waterbor, confirmed the
death by automobile accident of Classmate
Louis Creveling. The sympathies of all
the classmates go out to Mary Creveling
and her family and this correspondent has
written to Mrs. Creveling expressing those
sympathies. Acknowledgment of our note
has been received. Lou's father was of the
class of 1875 and he had a brother in 1905.
Lou's son, Lt. Col. Louis G. Creveling, advised that his father had very much enjoyed our 50th reunion and had been looking forward to future '13 reunions.
"Les" Gay, in acknowledging receipt of
B.D. card, advised that contrary to this
correspondent's opinion, he really enjoyed
visits into southwestern U.S. and thought
it would be rather a splendid idea to return much of the property to the Indians,
from whom we "appropriated" it.
A Christmas card and letter from Morris
Evans advised that wife Enola is badly
troubled with arthritis and he surely wishes
there were a cure for it. So say we all.
The Evans celebrated their 50th wedding
anniv. on Oct. 12, last. Congrats to them.
Rex Altschuler wrote early in January
that he had lunch with brother Bob who
appeared in good condition. Rex is having
eye trouble similar to that experienced by
this correspondent.
We finally have some news from "Deacon" Bird. "I am writing from our subsistence homestead in the backwoods of
Fairfield Co., Conn., where my wife, Ted,
and I are too comfortable and lazy to
emulate the travels of Monty Crowe, et al.
My chief occupation seems to be warring
on the rabbits and woodchucks that infest
the garden. Manage to find time to do
some part-time consulting work in N.Y.C.
and Wash., worry at finishing the writing
of a couple of books and conjure with town
budgets as a member of the local Bd. of
Finance. Our small granddaughter, who
travels from London to visit us each summer considers me a talented farmer, so I
do have some claim to distinction." We
appreciate this witty news from "Deacon."
The Wilsons expect to spend the month
of Apr. at Lake Worth, Fla. Will be seeing
the Wolbachs at W. Palm Beach and
Taite Darlington at Boynton.
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J O S E P H W . CRAFT, JR.
100 Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Ambler, Pa. 19002
The '14 mail bag did a thriving business
in Jan. and Feb. which is pleasing to you-all
as well as your scribe. From Toronto came
a letter from Dave McWilliams telling that
on New Year's morning he learned that
wife, Lorna, and son, Peter, were both
named in Her Majesty's Honor List as
"Queen's Council learned in the Law."
The first time that a mother and son received the honors together. Son, David,
received the honor 3 yrs. ago. Among
Lorna's citations:
Past Pres. of the
Women's Law Society and the lone member
of the Upper Canada Law Society to volunteer in the Canadian WACS during
W.W. II. She still finds time with her law
practice to cook a meal for him now and
then [Dave says that].
Burt Shupp spent Christmas with his
grandchildren. H a d lunch with Gordon
Kelly and they had a fine get-together
with their ladies. Burt retired from Dutch
Boy paint, took a job with Valspar, then
retired again and now has the Financial
Secy, job with a large Congregational
church. Says he: "They wanted a good
presbyterian for the job." Later Burt sent
me a clipping from the editorial page of
the Chicago Tribune.
Headed "Deserved
Success" it tells of the fine relations between faculty and students at Lafayette.
Clark Evans and I exchanged B.D. cards—
Jan. 15th. Gib Dannehower is off again,
Zurich and Vienna on business, Spain and
Portugal for fun. Letter from Buddy Hart
tells of Earl Cline's death in June of '64.
Earl had 2 children—Walter, in Dallas, and
Ruth (Mrs. Don Wright), in Anchorage.
Buddy and Myrtle write grand long letters
and tell all about their prides and joys.
Card from Bob Eshelman tells of great
pleasure with 6 grandchildren—none in the
wet stage any more and they are just
wonderful. Vince Smith wrote a biography
of his life in 1965—a real rugged year for
Vince. He says that from a comfortable
chair he entertained 51 guests at a Christmas party at his grand, big "Old Stone
House." 51 voices from "Holy Night"
down to " M y Gal Sal." Bill Herr writes,
"Still on my feet and spend time as Cochairman, Greater Hazleton Chamber of
Commerce Comm. on Education, promot-
ing high quality education in the enlarged
Hazleton Area School Distr.
Remember you are members of the 50Year Club and Gib counts on you to return in June. Feb. 19th was a big day for
Lafayette sports—5 victories: basketball,
wrestling, swimming, fencing and hockey.
I remember such a day back in the winter
of '14. And did we celebrate—with Karldon free lunch and plenty of songs until
management threatened to throw us out.
'15
HOWARD S . C O N K L I N
P.O. Box 375
Plainfield, N.J. 07060
When Ed Anderson, Bob Ellis and I
ate lunch together on Jan. 26th, in South
Orange, N.J., Bob related some very interesting events of his extensive flying career
in which he often went beyond the call of
duty.
On March 3 Bob Ellis and his son Barry,
Laf. '60, plan to drive down South for a
3 wk. auto trip. Bob expects to call on
several of our classmates now living in Fla.
Howard W. Fields, Laf. '09, is the
brother-in-law of Rush Lerch, Laf. '07,
who is a brother of mine in the Delta U.
fraternity. We 3 are all correspondents for
this wonderful periodical, The Lafayette
ALUMNUS.
When Howard Fields recently
visited L.I., he noticed an advertising sign
for a cemetery on a road near Patchogue,
N.Y., the town where I was born in 1892,
which impressed him very much. It read,
"Drive carefully, we can wait."
Butch Furry, thanked me for sending
him our sincere sympathy upon the death
of his noted sister Hedda Hopper, who
succumbed to pneumonia on Feb. 1. Butch
recently had dinner with Allan Kirby and
Bob Conahay just before they went South
for the winter, where we hope the mild
climate will keep them both in good health
for many more years to come.
On Feb. 10 I attended my first lecture in
the new beautiful Pardee auditorium.
On Sat., Feb. 12, our classmate Sylvester
Comstoek Smith, had the honor of announcing the marriage of his daughter,
Thalia Barbara, to Elbert Ervin Husted,
III, at Saint George's Church, Maplewood,
N.J. The bride, a graduate of Smith College, is a member of the Junior League of
the Oranges and Short Hills, and past pres.
of the Women's Aux. Assoc. of Lafayette
College. Mr. Husted, III, a graduate of
Princeton, is Exec. Vice Pres. of the Fibers
and Fabrics Div. of the Union Carbide
Corp. of N.Y.
In the Jan. issue of "The Capital Lafayetter" Clinton Hemmings, Laf. '32, stated
that he was glad to welcome Lewis B.
Wyekoff, Laf. '15, who lives in Rockville.
'16
F R A N K SCHLOUGH
58 Crescent Ave.
Waldwick, N.J. 07463
The ranks of '16 survivors have been
further thinned by the death of Ed Pitcher
in Boca Raton, Fla., on Jan. 28, '66. George
W. Pitcher, his son, tells the story. " M y
father, Edward A. Pitcher, died very suddenly on Friday the 28. He was hitting
some golf balls when he collapsed, dying
instantly. He was of the class of '16 and
belonged to Phi Kappa Psi. . . . M y father
is survived b y his second wife, Lillian J.
Pitcher, and by 2 sons—William M.
Pitcher, Houston, Tex., and George W.
Pitcher, Princeton, N.J." The heartfelt
sympathy of the class is extended to Mrs.
Pitcher and the family. I had a note from
Ed dated Jan. 4 in which he discussed his
plans for attending the 50th with Mrs.
Pitcher. We shall miss him.
Colin Dodd, 421 Warren Ave., Kingston,
Pa., will try to make the reunion in June.
He was glad to get some word from me on
his old buddy "Swede" Thomas and hopes
that he will be able to make it too. Dick
Unangst has a new address; 3245 Hickory
St., 0'Fallon, 111. 62269. He will not make
the 50th. I am glad to report that Earl
Smith, 225 Oak Ave., Haddonfield, N.J.
08033, is recovering very nicely from the
mild heart disturbance he experienced in
Sept., '65. I am indebted to George Alexander, 8104 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit,
Mich. 48214, for further details on the
death of Paul M. Strasburg which occurred on Apr. 30, '65.
The Nov.-Dec. issue reported Jimmie
Neighbour, 30 Clinton Ave., Arlington,
N.J., and his wife as being on the "high
seas" in the fall. Your reporter got his
dates slightly confused on this. The Neighbour's left on Jan. 19 and return about
April 8. When Jim comes back I hope to
get a report from him on the trip. I'm
especially interested to learn if he was able
to contact Sylvio "Campos" Freire when
he made a stop over in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
from whom nothing has been heard since
Chuck Ribble saw him in Sao Paulo several years ago. Chuck wrote him recently
to tell him of the Neighbour's proposed
visit and to learn if Campos will return to
Easton in June. Incidentally, Chuck and
Mrs. Ribble are leaving on Apr. 14 on the
Sagafjord for a trip to Europe and returning about May 16.
From Henry H. Thomas, Jr., 1901 N.E.
19th St., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. 33305. "Certainly surprised that Ed Pitcher has gone,
hadn't heard. Mrs. Thomas (Charlotte)
had a fall and has been recuperating so we
haven't gotten around. Awfully sorry, Ed
was a great chap. We sold our business
here. Our son, Bates, went with "Lees"
Carpet, so we sold out. Charlotte and I
are going to follow Jim Neighbour, at least
we plan to spend 2 months abroad to see
some old W.W. I locales with Charlotte.
We are going in Aug. back in Oct., will
visit Italy, France and Eng. Don't think
we can make the 50 yr. Reunion. Will see
if health permits. Best to you all." From
Frank S. Hammond, 1402'5Sth St., South,
Gulfport, Fla. 33737. "I always look forward to reading in the alumni mag some
word from classmates and friends but have
never contributed anything myself. For
several years I was a contracting builder
and then retired after 16 years with the
Autocar Co. and moved here to Fla. Just
loafing, swimming, bowling, drinking and
enjoying the warm sunshine. Miss not being able to get to football games and reunions. Sorry, will not be able to attend
the 50th for I did enjoy the 45th."
I yield the "floor" this month, on the
subject of the Reunion, to Norm Pearson
from whom you may already have heard.
By this time, most of you have your minds
made up for or against returning in June.
I hope that with most of you, it is "for."
How about it?
'17
In the last issue, I only had time to insert a brief note of the passing of our Class
Pres., Ben Dann, who died on Feb. 18
after a brief illness. The services were attended by the following members of our
class: Brownmiller, Lehecka, Memory,
Moore, Syd Smith and Snyder. Words
are inadequate to express what Ben has
meant to us ever since his election as life
pres. He personified our spirit and our
fellowship in college and during the intervening years. Following graduation, Ben
served with the AAC in W.W. I. He was
district sales mgr. for the Hendrick Mfg.
Co., Carbondale, Pa., until his retirement
in 1962 and continued as a director of the
company. He is survived by his wife,
Dorothy Colville; 2 daughters, 2 sons, 2
sisters and 13 grandchildren. We express
the heartfelt sympathy of the members of
our Class to Mrs. Dann and her loved ones.
I t is also our sorrowful duty to announce
the passing of another classmate, George
D. Kane, who died on Jan. 3 in Warren
Hosp., Phillipsburg. While he had been ill
for several months he seemed to improve
and then passed away 4 days after being
admitted to the hospital. George taught
science in Easton H.S., joined the faculty
of Phillipsburg H.S. in 1921 and served until his retirement in 1953. He is survived
by his wife, Irene, and 2 sisters. We will
all remember him. Our heartfelt sympathy
is extended to his loved ones.
Joe Quig and Mary write from San
Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico,
where they have an apt. in the Instituto
Allende. Joe is studying Spanish and both
escaped the winter in the north.
Paul Dodson, after 23 yrs., is still with
Eastman Dillon Union Securities, both negotiating and selling, in the institutional
department. Paul reports that his health
is excellent and that retirement does not
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Ed Eyerly visited Easton to see the
Lafayette-Lehigh basketball game on Feb.
2. I t was a snowy night, as we in the east
know, and since he could not get a taxi he
had to make the climb on shank's mare.
Since the textile industry continues to be
plagued with problems Ed. is right on the
ball with independent and impartial mediation—for a consideration.
Red and Freda Moore will be in Fla.
during part of Mar. and Apr., first at Eau
Gallie and then a t Naples, combining the
east and west coast. Then a motor trip
home through Ga., the Carolinas and Sweet
Briar, Va.
Arnold Klose writes, of all disillusions,
from Tarpon Springs, Fla., and reports that
the fishing has been poor.
Ed Pidcock still heads his company of
Civil and Consulting Engineers and Land
Surveyors in Allen town.
Recently, he
heard his nephew, the Rev. George P.
Morgan, preach in the Lafayette College
Church. Ed. expressed his professional approval of the renovation of Pardee Hall.
Bart Bartley sent a newsy letter from
Sun City, Ariz., where Dot and he are continuing to count their blessings amid the
beautiful, rugged mountains, outdoor living
and congenial friends. He recounts a recent trip of 275 miles to Havasu Canyon
where the road came to a dead-end, a
rocky parapet, with a sheer drop of thousands of feet. They had arranged for a
Supai Indian to guide them down an 8 mile
trail to Supai Canyon where a colony of
250 Indians and their ancestors have lived
for about 700 years. We'll continue Bart's
travelogue in the next issue.
With the passing of Ben Dann it will be
helpful to review our present Class officers.
Kip Evans, Vice-Pres.; Joe Quig, Treas.;
Cap Lowden, Marshal. Kip Evans will become acting Pres. until our 50th. Reunion
and will be our leader as we make plans for
the significant event. Let us all give him
every cooperation. Kip was the M C at the
recent meeting of the Lafayette Luncheon
Club of the Gold Coast Alumni which was
held Feb. 17 in the Coach House Harbor
Restaurant in Pompano Beach.
Emil
Zenke, of our class, and his wife, Dorothy,
drove up from Coral Gables for the
luncheon.
Recently received word from Dutch
Rahn who had visited our Andy March
in a hospital in San Jose, Calif. Andy's
wife, Josephine, passed away last Christmas. He has been blind for the past 6
years. Please write to him. Convalescent
Hospital, San Tornas Branch, 3580 Payne
Ave., San Jose, Calif.
tween his home and the College prevents
him from visiting the College on the
Hill more often to see classmates and reminisce a bit.
As Dean Martin of T V fame would
say: "keep those letters and cards rolling in, because it's so nice to hear from
you-all."
Received a note from Joe Bell concerning a Miles B. Laylon, Jr., '18. Layton
has been on the critical list in Newton D.
Baker hospital, Charlestown, W. Va., but
is improving. The note, sent to Joe Bell
from Bill McKnight, '43, requested issues
of the alumni magazine. You may address Miles B. Layton, Jr., Box 25, Charlestown, W. Va. 25414
'18
A letter to Harvey Batdorf from Bill
Ross on the Ross Foundation Class of
1919 Scholarship F u n d : "You wrote on
Dec. 8th that the $1500 previously contributed could be transferred to the Class
of 1919 Scholarship Fund. Will definitely
arrange to send at least $2500 this year
(prior to June 30) instead of the $1000
that was originally planned. This will
make up a total of at least $4000 to get
the plan underway. As originally promised at least $10,000 will be given in '66,
'67, '68 and '69, and an annual addition
of $4000 from then on. Am sending a
copy of this letter to Orme Hiltabidle so
that other members of our class might
add to the fund."
Ben McCabe writes from Ariz, that he
retired 6 years ago. Busy raising a few
Arabian horses and does considerable riding, both of which he enjoys. Keeps
busy and is in good health. Plans to attend the 50th.
John Harold Kottman died Nov. 30,
'65, at his home in Maplewood, N.J. He
was a Chi Phi and a Vet. of W.W. I. A
brother and sister survive. Harold was
69. Sylvester (Les) Howell died Feb. 20,
'66, in the Hunterdon Med. Center, Flemington, N.J. Les was a member of Phi
Delta Theta and a Vet. of W.W. I. Surviving are his widow; a son, Capt. John D.
Howell, USN-Ret.; a daughter, and 2
grandchildren. A1 Alexis sent a check to
the Development Office of Lafayette in lieu
of flowers. The money is to be contributed to the Class of 1919 Scholarship Fund.
Julius Nabb reports that George Woodring has moved back to Easton and is
enjoying himself; that Herm Grollman
is in Pakistan for a visit and t h a t Hennie
Lehr took off for a Fla. vacation; Tom
Zulick is spending lots of time a t the
Easton Anglers training his black retriever;
Hobie Heisler seems to be winning top
honors quite often a t the local bridge
tournaments; and Roy Stanton pushing
a big cigar ahead of him on his walks
around town. The treasury has a balance of $282.48, at least a start toward
the 50th.
From George P. Jones, who is in residence at the Vets. Hospital at Dublin,
Ga. He has been interested in the Extrasensory Perception talks carried on at
Duke University by Dr. J. B. Rhyne.
Give the 19i9 Scholarship Fund a lot
of thought. The beat of the long roll
is picking up and a memorial to our class
will keep us always a part of Lafayette.
Take care of your health and make plans
to visit Lafayette soon so that you will
not be a stranger among the many changes
that have taken place in the past decade.
FRANK J. KLEIN
209 Prospect St.
Phillipsburg, N.J. 08866
"William L. Courson, managing editor of
the Sentinel since Sept., '51, died in the
Rome, N.Y., hospital after collapsing at
work early in Jan. He was 70 yrs. old.
Mr. Courson was born in Picture Rocks,
Pa., in 1895. He graduated from Williamsport, Pa., H.S. and Lafayette College in '18.
He received a Ph.B. degree, and was named
to Phi Beta Kappa.
In W.W. I he was at Ft. Lee, Va., and
in '19 joined the faculty at Blair Academy
at Blairstown, N.J. In '20 he joined the
faculty at Shenandoah Valley Academy,
Winchester, Va., and remained until '26.
A member of the Sentinel staff since '27,
he was first in charge of suburban news in
charge of 60 Sentinel correspondents. He
was wire editor in '47. Mr. Courson was a
member of the NYS, Associated Press
Managing Editors Assn., the NYS Society
of Newspaper Editors, the Rome Club,
Rotary Club, Rome Zion Episcopal
Church.
He had lived in Rome since '27. Surviving are his sister, Mrs. Lawrence E. Sprout,
Rome, a nephew, Dr. W. L. Sprout, Salem,
N.J., 3 grandnieces and 3 grandnephews.
He was interred in Picture Rocks, Pa.
A glad note from Clarence F. Smith
informs me that his new address is P.O.
Box 1665, La Jolla, Calif. Clarence doubts
very much if he will be able to attend our
50th Reunion, b u t if he should happen
to come East in '68 he will be present.
H e enjoys his retired life, and plays
golf 3 days a week in the delightful Southern Calif, weather.
Hugh O. Tompkins explains that he
has not attended a reunion because primarily he has been doing a great deal
of traveling in recent years, and most
of his travels occur in the late spring and
especially in June.
Hugh expects to
achieve a status of semi-retirement by the
end of '66.
Hugh does not see many classmates
these last years, b u t does read the Alumni
magazine. He is uncertain at this time
to definitely state he is coming to our
50th Reunion, b u t hopes to attend. His
family is well, and he states he has much
to be grateful for.
Pleased to hear from Rayburn F. Smith.
I dare state that the Smiths had a most
wonderful time at our 45th Reunion. Since
that time they have moved from Lancaster, N.Y., to 18 Monterey Rd, Tonawanda, N.Y.
Rayburn adds that the distance be-
'19
T H O M A S A . FORBES
240 N. 27th St.
Camp Hill, Pa. 17011
'20
HILTON N .
RAHN
641 Belvidere Ave.
Phillipsburg, N.J. 08866
Thurs., Feb. 10 was a big day for Doc
Drake. I t was my pleasure to attend
a dinner at which our classmate was presented with the Sertoma International
"Service to Mankind Award," the highest award this well-known service club
makes annually. My wife and I shared
a table with Ray Shirer and his bride and
it was a pleasant evening all around.
During Jan. our roving reporter and
ambassador Bean Leininger was on a
.west coast junket with his bride, Lily.
He made it a point to see Ike Cortright
and his wife, Ethel. About to retire in
Monterey, Oalif., Ike is doing well. Hale
and hearty, he sends his best to all of
'20. While on the west coast Bean dropped
around to see General March, '17, who is
confined to a convalescent hospital in San
Jose. The general will be happy to see
his Lafayette friends in the California
area.
Jim Hay was much in the local news
lately (Feb. 24) when he, as chrm. of
the local joint school authority, participated in ground breaking ceremonies for
a new elementary school bldg. on the
Easton South Side.
Leininger writes that Colorado Springs
might be a good place for a post-50th Reunion, as his guests of course.
Had a pleasant evening several weeks
ago attending the Lafayette-Colgate basketball game with Harry Lennen. Lafayette won the game.
Harry, a real
student of athletics, makes his company
at these events interesting. Incidentally
Harry is back in good shape after a bout
with pneumonia during the winter past.
In one of the later issues of this column
it may be worthwhile to include a list of
all unanswered return cards. I t may be
one way of getting items for this, your
column. So dust off the desk and let's
hear.
Final n o t e : Mark your calendar now for
our annual dinner on June 4, '66, and
arrange for a trip to Lafayette.
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H . F . BONNO
Moser Building
Shamokin, Pa.
The writer has received a very encouraging note from "Pick" Michler, who
advises me that he and Bill Morrison
represented our Class a t a committee meeting on Feb. 5, for the purpose of making
arrangements for our 45th Reunion.
After the sudden death of Mike, I
searched the Melange to determine who
the V.P. of the Class was and I could
find no reference to anyone.
Michler
raises the same question and I am assuming that we have none. It begins to appear very much as though Michler, Doc
Richards, and Bill Morrison will, of necessity, be our Reunion Committee. Michler
tells me that cards will be mailed to all
classmates in the very near future. In
fairness to them, those of us who intend
to go should notify them at once.
The preliminary outline and program
for the Reunion look very good and, of
course, our Class will be given preference
by the Committee in sleeping accommodations.
Your correspondent has repeatedly mentioned that this business of writing a
column is a lonesome job. If you will
not write to me, I am at a loss to under-
stand how I can pass any information about
the Class to others, b u t since the Reunion is of tremendous importance to
all of us, I hope that the message contained here will be heeded.
Remember—it is later than you think!
'22
JOSEPH H .
ADLEMAN
Easton Express
Easton, Pa. 18042
John N. Penn, Jr., a member of the
Bd. of National Missions, Presbyterian
Church USA, has been elected to serve
as vice chrm. of the board's National
Staff.
Penn, who attended Lafayette as a
member of '22, received his degree from
Columbia Univ. He also has an LLD.
He is a Presbyterian laymen with 25
yrs. of experience as an investment banker
on Wall Street. He has been on the
staff of the National Missions Boards since
1949. A native of Waynesburg, he has
been an elder in the United Presbyterian
Church for more than 30 years. His office
and his home are in N.Y.C.
H. A. Coxe, asst. vice president of
Illinois Bell Telephone Co., has retired.
He has an M.E. degree from Lafayette
and resides in Chicago.
Mrs. Helen S. Bloom writes from Sunbury, Pa., that her husband, Charles
E. Bloom, died last Oct. 26. He was a
vice pres. and trust officer of the 1st
National Bank and Trust Co. in that
Northumberland
County
city.
Mrs.
Bloom says "he was always interested
in Lafayette and tried to interest boys
from here in the football team."
John Bennett has retired as pres. of
the H. H. Bennett Hardware Co., Easton,
and has been named board chairman.
He is planning a trip to Fla. to look up
classmates and other Lafayetters.
'23
RALPH
C.A.P. unit.
Became a test engineer
for P r a t t & Whitney. I have one daughter
and at present am living in Farmington,
Conn., P.O. Box 126. Would appreciate
hearing from the lesser known members
of '23, such as R. S. Walker, Sed Cullingham, and Ray King."
A1 Saunders joined the ranks of retirees last Oct., but continues to keep
partially active as a consultant with Interchemical Corp. His first assignment
after retiring was a trip to Eng., France,
and Germany. Under these conditions he
approves of retirement. A1 and Helen
live in Maplewood, N.J.
Ray Hood is resigning his position as
Prof, of Inorganic Chem. at Blackburn
College in June, after 10 yrs. of association
with the college.
Dr. M. M. Schisler, Florence, N.J.,
tells us he has a daughter, Mrs. Richard
Kohlmeier in Miami Shores, Fla., and
a son, Milton E., who is now studying
for a Doctor's degree. Milton, Sr. is
medical director for a number of firms in
Trenton including De Laval Turbine Inc.
He is a member of the Crescent Temple
Gideon International.
Hobbies, guess
what? Antique china figures and vases
of all kinds, mostly spelled with a capital
"V," I guess.
Kent Mitchell retired early in 1963 in
what seems to me an elegant manner.
He bought a home on 250 acres of ground
in North Sandwich, N.H., bordering on
Lake Squam. This delightful retirement
area has theaters, symphonies, lakes, mountains, and tennis which he still plays all
LILLY
2156 Brandywine Dr.
Wilmington, Delaware
19803
Guest Correspondent
LOGAN G R U P E L L I
Ross J. S. Hoffman from whom we delight to hear, writes that he is in excellent
health and even tho he is due for retirement from his professorship at Fordham Univ., he will stay on. I quote: "For
the last 15 yrs. or so I have been living
pretty much in the British eighteenth-century, have written a few studies in that
field and have another which I hope soon
to finish. This year my wife and I will
have been married 40 yrs.; she is very
well and governs me with discretion, prudence, and liberality. We have a daughter
who has 5 of her own, 3 boys, 2 girls.
Lou Hague believes I am now determined on a literary course. Lou at the
close of last year completed his first year
of retirement and managed to keep busy
and to include some fun as we all knew
he would. In Nov. he had to have an
operation on his right eye which was
successful, but he is now having a ball
getting used to new glasses. To compensate for all this he and K a y are
leaving Feb. 18 for Maco Island and then
to Delray Beach, both in Fla. They expect to be back home in Rumson, N.J. in
April.
Raymond Thomas writes: "After leaving the hill, went to Yale, then to medical school, and ended up as sportsman
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year round. In May they fly to Nassau
and Harbour Island where they have a
house and enjoy the beautiful pink sand
beach next to the Pink Sands Club for
6 mos. of the year.
F. Wilbur Gingrich writes:
My
"Shorter Lexicon of the Greek New Testament" was published by the Univ. of
Ohicago Press, Nov. 16, '65. It is an
abridgement of the larger lexicon published
in '57."
I regret to report the death of Derby
W. Moran. According to his daughter,
Mrs. Bettye Braccia, he died Aug. 14,
1965, in Lynbrook, N.Y., of a heart attack.
The writer is leaving for Calif, and will
return about April 1; any complaints will
be handled after that date.
'24
ELMER E .
HUHN
37 E. Plumstead Ave.
Lansdowne, Pa. 19050
I t is a pleasure to report that one
biog. sheet received since the Holidays
came from Dr. Roswell P. Barnes, now
retired and residing in Wyalusing, Pa.
18853. Since graduation, his career has
been in the field of religion beginning as
Minister, Univ. Heights Presby. Church,
N.Y.C., followed by exec, positions with
the Fed. Council of Churches, National
Council of Churches, and ending as U.S.
Exec. Secy, of World Council of Churches.
A Phi Beta Kappa, Ros. delivered the
Valedictory Address at our Class Day Exercises back in '24. He was pres. of the
Arrows and a member of T K A and K P K .
Prior to retirement, he was a member of
the Quill Club, Chi Alpha, and National
Arts Club. Honorary degrees and citations
include a D.D., L.H.D., a Presidential D.S.
citation in W.W. II and a D.S. citation
from the U. P. Church. Ros' children include a son, Roswell, Jr., '50, and daughter,
Margaret B. Lehrecke, a Wellesley grad.
Happy retirement, Ros, after a lifetime
of satisfaction in human relations.
Edgar W. Miller died on Jan. 23 from
a heart attack. A teacher in Easton
public schools for 33 yrs., Edgar was a
guidance counselor at the Jr. H.S., and
member of St. Paul's Luth. Chr., where he
taught S.S. and served on the ch. council
for some years. Edgar attended our 35th
reunion but ill health prevented his being
with us in '64. Our sincere sympathy goes
to his widow and members of the family.
Sumner H. Babcock, Boston barrister,
has been appointed by a U.S. Dist. Court
Judge as master in the government's suit
against McCloskey & Co. for almost
$5,000,000 damages, in connection with the
construction of the Veteran's Adminis.
Hosp. in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Laurence H. Eldredge, Phila. barrister,
has announced his resignation as pres.
and a dir. of the Phila. Art Alliance effective Mar. 16. Larry had been the group's
chief exec, officer for the past 17 yrs.
Bill Cleckner, Jr., of Camp Hill, Pa.,
was on the campus for the Rutgers game,
according to news of '51, of which class
Bill, 3rd, is an alumnus. Best regards,
Bill, and how about sending in your biog.
sheet?
Prof. Lawrence J. Conover, in case
you missed the inside cover of the Jan.
A L U M N U S , heads the Worldng Committee
preparatory to the April Celebration, making the Centennial anniv. of the teaching of
Engineering and Science at Lafayette College.
Mar. 3, at an M.O.W.W. luncheon,
Union League, Phila., Howard A. Morris
introduced for membership his handsome
son-in-law Lt. Martin Zeffert, vice pres.
of operations, Fidelity Mutual Life Ins.
Co. At the same event, H a m offered the
questionable brilliant suggestion that we
try writing a '24 column once without
names!
By the time you read this colm., Edith
and Fred Davis, Jr., of Drexel Hill, Pa.,
will be nearing the end of a trip around
the world. Fred is mgr. of the Mtge.
Loans & Real Est. dept., Provident Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Dr. Herbert R. Brown, our class pres., is
now in his 41st yr. at Bowdoin, and in June
will be the sr. member of a faculty of more
than ninety. '24 men will recall Prof. A1
Thayer, of the English Dept., who, beyond
normal retirement age, coaches the Bowdoin debate teams.
Trying to make a mail pickup and the
deadline in Easton, it is impossible to do
justice this month to the details of a most
interesting and enjoyable vacation spent in
Fla. by Mildred and Bill Wilson. The
weather was fair, the golf poor, but the
friends they met were wonderful. E m m a
and Cap. Kaffke, Sarasota, Fla., accompanied the Wilsons to Lafayette Alumni
meeting at Sarasota Yacht Club on Feb.
19, and we understand the Kaffkes with
passports renewed should be in South
America by now. On Feb. 17 Earl D.
Buck, class treasurer, and Bill attended the
Alumni meeting and luncheon at the Coach
House Harbor in Pompano Beach. No
other '24 men were present. Bill, as natl.
chrm. of the N.S.C., gave a short talk on
this occasion.
We trust Earl's wife,
Martha, by now has recovered from a
severe virus attack. E n route home, Mildred and Bill stopped at Fayetteville,
N.C., and entertained Ann and Chet
Taylor at their motel in the evening. The
following morn, they enjoyed a visit to
the Taylor mansion in the country. More
details in the next installment. How about
a word from YOU?
'25
H . FREDERICK LIPPINCOTT
30 Evans Lane
Haverford, Pa. 19041
Of the 160 in our class, 62 have returned
their questionnaire, leaving 9S of you who
have not. Please obey that impulse and
send them along.
Alan Trowbridge has been retired from
a Wall St. corp. in accounting and stock
brokerage since about 1950. He and Ethyl
have 3 children and 4 grandchildren of
which he speaks of the latter as "all obnoxious." I'll b e t ! He is apparently having trouble with his vision as he cannot
pursue his hobby of Graphic Arts, oils,
etchings, blocks.
Charles (also known as Sam) Weitzman
retired last June as teacher of Social Studies and Guidance Counselor. He and Sara
have 2 children and a grandson. He is
Secy, of Congregation Children of Abraham and a member of Elks, Knights of
Pythias, and a 32° Mason. Hobbies are
spectator sports and deep sea fishing. He
holds a M.A. and is now trying part-time
real estate sales which he finds interesting.
Fred Appell is a partner in a N.Y. legal
firm. We were delighted to see him and
his wife, Ella, a t our 40th. They have 2
sons and are members of the Riverside
Church. His bar association memberships
are American, N.Y. State, N.Y. City, and
City of N.Y. H e is a member of the
Harvard Club (N.Y.C.), Pine Orchard
Yacht and OC, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi. At Lafayette
he was founder and 1st capt. of intercollegiate varsity wrestling. Hobbies are sailing, wood carving, and gardening.
John Adams has retired from the Union
Oil Co. of Cal. and we hope he will now
show up at some of our reunions with his
wife, Muriel. They have 4 sons and 4
grandchildren. He has been a leader in
the boy Scouts, United Fund, and Red
Cross and is a Senior Warden at St. Mark's
Episcopal Church. His clubs are Rotary,
S. M. Petroleum, Santa Maria, Channel
City, Alisa Golf, and Vandenburg Village
CC. He is listed in "Who's Who in the
West" and is co-author of Evaluation of
Tar Sands of Cal," by Adams and Thompson. Hobbies are golf, hunting, fishing,
travel, music, mining, coins, and stamps.
Additional data on Tommy Allen is that
he retired June, 1959, as Dir. of Athletics
and Physical Ed. He was a 1st Sgt. in the
Army, W.W. I, and is a charter member of
the Amer. Legion. He received his M.A.
at Columbia in 1930. Hobbies are golf and
fishing. His memberships are "Y" Mens
Club, F & AM Shrine, Elks, Red Cross,
football, and baseball officials of Adirondacks and AAU.
Rit Tomlinson has retired after 40 yrs.
as mgr. of Pennsalt Chemical plants in
Phila., Easton, Calvert City, Ky., and
Cornwell Hgts., Pa. He and Helen took
a 4 week trip last summer thru Canada
and up to Hudson Bay in a trailer and expect to spend 5 to 6 mos. traveling each
year. His current base is Lake Wallenpaupack, Pa. (Lakeville) but he expects to see
Alaska, Mexico, and all points west in the
future. Good health and a pleasant retirement, Rit.
Because Vic Anckaitis has been the most
active and loyal member of our class, this
colm. has made reference to him very often.
When I sent him a questionnaire he found
his present job as Deputy Secy, and Chief
Engr. of Pa. State Highways so confining he
felt it best to send me his prepared biographical sketch. It is apparent his activities and loyalties reach into almost every
facet of community life and that his honors, citations, and leadership jobs have
made him one of the important men in the
Lehigh Valley and now have boosted him
to the state level. Here is a top Civil Engr.
who has taken his nose out of the book to
become a public servant. He has been a
leader in PTA, ASCE, Exchange Club,
Lafayette Alumni Assoc., Genl. Contractors
Assoc., Theta Xi, Easton Area School
Authority & Planning Commiss., Engineers
Club, Northampton
Cty.
Republican
Comm., Easton Hosp., Presbyterian Church
(Elder) YWCA, United Fund, LV Flood
Control, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Public
Wks. Assoc., City Mgrs. Assoc., Amer. Soc.
of Appraisers, Chamber of Commerce,
YMCA, Tau Beta Pi, and a number of
others. He has received citations for scholarship and leadership beginning in high
school carrying on thru college and into
community life. He and Henri have 2 sons,
the eldest a Cornell Univ. grad and the
younger a Lafayette undergrad.
Chuck Vaughan and Alice have 2 children and 4 grandchildren. He retired in
1962 and now keeps busy with golf, fishing,
and gardening. He hopes, after the last
Lehigh game, that "Lafayette can come
back this year in football."
After a brilliant record in W.W. I I as
Lt. Col., U.S. Army Transportation Corps.
Joe Grazier returned to a job in civilian
life with Amer. Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp. He is currently chrm. of the
Board and Pres. Earlier he had graduated
in law from U. of Pa. with honors and
taken a job with a prominent N.Y.C. legal
firm before going with Standard. H e is a
director of Bristol-Myers, Johns Manville,
1st Natl. City Bank of N.Y. and Natl. Cash
Register. H e is a m e m b e r of the Brick
Presbyterian Church, Phi Beta K a p p a ,
Order of the Coif, Phi D e l t a Phi, Bar
Assoc., and is an active Republican. His
clubs are Duquesne Univ., Greenwich Cty.
Links, Blind Brook. H e has the Order of
M e r i t from the R e p u b . of Italy, an honorary L H D from Lafayette. H e is V.P.
Bd. of Trustees of Lafayette and co-chairm a n Natl. Industrial Conference Bd.
H o b b y is golf. H e and Marion attended
our 40th.
Henry Fitz is a civil engr. with U.S. Bu.
Reclamation in Denver. His wife's name
is Elizabeth. H e is a fellow of A S C E and
m e m b e r of U.S. C o m m . on Large D a m s .
H e was a Naval L t . C o m m a n d e r in W.W.
I I . H e belongs to Amer. Legion and M t .
Vernon CC.
Bill Jones is a n electrical contractor in
Hopewell, N.J., and has a wife, Caroline,
and 1 daughter. H e is a Baptist and belongs to F & A M . As a holder of one of
the oldest G.E. franchises for m a j o r appliances he has won quite a few trips to
the Caribbean, Mexico, and Hawaii. H e
and his wife visited Europe in 1963.
Marshall Murray has been semi-retired
since 1958. He is a toolmaker and cabinetmaker in Wolfeboro, N.H., carrying on the
jobs he held in a shipyard during W.W. I I .
H e and Mildred have 2 sons and 3 grandchildren. H e formerly t a u g h t Industrial
Arts in several schools. H e belongs to
R o t a r y and F & A M .
Mark Wainwright is a mfgrs. agent who
expects to retire soon. H e has 2 daughters
and one son (Lafayette) and is a Presbyterian. H e belongs to the Univ. Club, Oakm o n t CC, Engineers Soc. of Western Pa.,
F & A M , Boy Scouts, Natl. Schools Council and L a f a y e t t e Alumni Assoc. H e rec'd
a B.S. a t Univ. of Ptsbg. in '26. Hobbies
are golf and bowling.
H o m e r Wilson, like M a r k Wainwright,
is a recent widower and we appreciate how
difficult this situation can be. H o m e r is a
service examiner for Otis Elevator Co.
H e is an elder in the Presbyterian Church,
Past Master F & A M ; P a s t C o m m a n d e r
Amer. Legion. H e was a fireman in the
N a v y in W.W. I and has a citation. H e
also has a citation for service as a selective
service board member. Hobbies are photography and astronomy.
As additional on Paul Handwerk, he
gives his wife's name as Ethel. H e is P a s t
Pres. Natl. Assoc. Secondary School Principals, Trustee, H o l y T r i n i t y Lutheran
Church, P a s t Pres. Exchange Club, Bethlehem area Boy Scouts. H o b b y is traveling.
Ros Corwin was pretty well covered in
Oct., '64, b u t we learn also he is a genl. agt.
of New England Life, Past Pres. N.Y.
Chanter of CLU, member of Southward
H o CC., N.Y. State C h a m b e r of Commerce,
former^ Pres. N.Y.C. Alumni Assoc., and
active in numerous Lafayette f u n d drives.
Hobbies are golf, bridge, travel, and refinishing furniture.
Max Potter is mgr. of Arkansas Auto
Club in Little Rock. His wife's name is
Frances and they have 2 children and 2
grandchildren. H e is an Episcopalian and
belongs to Phi Psi. H e had a brilliant
record in W.W. I I with the rank of Col.
and only retired in 1963 as a reserve officer.
His decorations are Legion of Merit, Army
Citation, Amer. Defense N . Atlantic C a m paign, Europe and East Africa German
Occupation, and W.W. I I Victory. H o b bies are fishing, bowling, hunting, and
marksmanship.
Red Rosenfeld is another retired (1957)
Colonel in the U.S. A r m y in W.W. I I with
17 military decorations. H e also retired
from the Genl. Sves. Admin, last Oct. H e
has a wife, M a r y A., and a daughter, M a r y
A., Jr. T h e y travel as much as M a r y A.,
Jr.'s schooling permits. H e is a member of
F and A M and is currently taking lessons
in rocking chair sitting.
Additional on Jack Van Vorst is t h a t he
and D o r o t h y have 3 boys. H e is Senior
Warden of Church of Our Savior, Lebanon
Springs. Hobbies are music and gardening.
A1 T h o m a s is district engr. N.J. Bell Tel.
Co. with no date set for retirement. H e
and Elizabeth have a daughter and son
(Lafayette) a n d 6 grandchildren. H e is a
Presbyterian and Pres., Hackensack Lions
Club. H e has been active in L a f a y e t t e
f u n d drives and N a t ' l Schools Committee,
also P a s t Pres. Hackensack C o m m u n i t y
Chest and chairman Library building drive.
Hobbies are civic activities and gardening.
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FRED S . B E N S O N , J R .
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65 Browning R o a d
Short Hills, N.J. 07078
This is a column which I would prefer
not to have to write. I have been saying
perhaps too much a b o u t our good fortune
as a class and thereby tempting fate.
A note from D o u g Crate on Jan. 7 told
me t h a t his brother, John, '29, had passed
away in Dec. I have written to Doug and
expressed m y s y m p a t h y and the s y m p a t h y
of the class.
After hearing a b o u t J o h n I learned t h a t
Cy Blackfan had also left us. Cy was one
of m y favorite classmates. I remember
some few years ago, sitting as part of the
congregation in the Ardmore Presby.
Church and seeing C y walk up the aisle.
We had a grand chat a f t e r the service and
did a lot of reminiscing. C y was a m e m ber of the bd. of dir. of the M a t h e r Co.,
a vice-pres. and secretary of Transportation
M u t u a l Ins. Co. and a first vice-pres. and
secretary of American Builders and Shipowners M u t u a l Ins. Co.
I received a very nice letter from Mrs.
Blackfan thanking the class for the beautiful floral tribute to C y and all of the
letters from his classmates.
A letter from Ed Willock, Jr., of Pittsburgh informed m e t h a t he had received a
note from Mrs. Munakata telling of
T o m m y ' s death in Feb., '65. H e and
T o m m y h a d kept up a sporadic correspondence for the 39 yrs. since they left school.
Shortly a f t e r the peace t r e a t y between
J a p a n and the U.S., E d received a letter
from T o m m y deploring the hostilities between our countries, and the exchange of
letters was resumed. E d also tells me t h a t
he is presently recovering from a double
cataract operation and confidently expects
to be with us a t the 40th.
I received notice from F r a n k Schlough,
'16, who sent along a clipping from the Atlanta Journal stating t h a t Dr. Stanton N.
" D o c " Bordner had died on Sat., J a n . 29.
I had heard just a few days before t h a t
Doc was in t h e hospital, very ill, and had
prepared a letter to go o u t to our classmates asking t h e m to write and cheer him
up, b u t the letter had n o t gone o u t when I
received the b a d news. Doc graduated
from t h e Univ. of P a . School of D e n t a l
Medicine in '32. H e joined the Veteran's
Adminis. as chief of dental service a t Lawson, Va. Hosp. in 1946. After active military d u t y Doc retired as Colonel from t h e
Army Reserve. H e was a fellow of the
American College of Dentists, and active in
the American D e n t a l Assoc. and in the
local dental society.
Later he held a
faculty a p p o i n t m e n t on the staff of E m o r y
Univ. School of Dentistry. Doc was undoubtedly one of the most popular fellows
in our class and it is going to be a real
loss to all of us n o t to have his h a p p y smile
and quick wit to e n j o y a t our 40th.
Joe Bell has written and told me t h a t our
Son, Fred, '59, stationed a t F t . Benning,
drove t o Atlanta to m e e t with Joe and
some of t h e other L a f a y e t t e alumni in
t h a t area on Feb. 8. I also want to complim e n t Joe on the very excellent speech
which he made before District 2 of the
American Alumni Council. I would like to
bring it with me to Reunion since it is
rather too long to discuss in the column.
However, it is an excellent piece of work
and I congratulate Joe heartily on it.
A letter from Ben Haytock telling me
a b o u t Cy Blackfan did contain good news
in regard to his own health. H e is considerably better and says t h a t he is working on the J u n e Reunion, and t h a t we have
already procured the services of the South
Phila. String B a n d which, on New Year's
Day, won the grand prize in the M u m m e r ' s
Parade.
A short note from Torrance R u g h which
he tells me is his first letter in 40 yrs. (although I seem to remember a previous
letter from Torrance which was very interesting). H e has 2 married daughters and
another engaged daughter, 2 granddaughters, and one grandson. Torrance is a t
Manlius Military School where he teaches
Latin and G e r m a n and coaches soccer and
fencing. H e says he is a retired U.S.N.R.
officer and looks forward to retiring again
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from his present job but would like a parttime collegiate job in Germany. H e hears
annually from Harold Wenlz, Bill LaMonle, and he saw Hugh Welty '27, in
Greensburg, Pa. Donald Stillman, still at
Clarkson, is another classmate Torrance
mentions in his letter. Torrance says that
he met Prof. Hunt at church recently.
George Vanderveer favored me with a
newsy letter. He will reach normal retirement age in about 2 1 / 2 yrs. He (as a lot
of us are) is wondering whether or not he
is going to want to give up his business
when that time comes, or have something
to do on an "as he pleases basis." He is
still selling sales motivation services with
Miritz, Inc. of St. Louis, covering Md.,
Wash., D.C., and some of So. Central Pa.
George writes that he has kept reasonably
well since lung surgery 3 yrs. ago. His
main complaint now is stiffness and soreness from trying to be a week-end farmer.
He plays a fair amount of golf, having
played right up until recently. His bride
is still asst. to the headmaster at Garrison
Forest School dealing with girls' colleges
and is trying to help her charges get placed
in this competitive situation.
M y faithful correspondent, Ben Bigler,
sends me a long newsy letter which I might
do well to keep until next issue.
Let me repeat the old refrain just once
more—remember, M A K E P L A N S TO
C O M E TO T H E 40TH E V E N I F YOU
HAVE TO C R A W L TO G E T T H E R E J U N E 3—4!
'27
R. E. TINSMAN
932 Sixth Ave.
Bethlehem, Pa. 18017
Feb. 27, Sun. afternoon, too nice to stay
inside so Lucia and I were clearing some
missed spots of snow on a hastily cleared
sidewalk. As I looked up from my shovel,
there she was, a gorgeous, honey-blonde
with blue eyes smiling from the depths of
her carriage, must have been all of 18 mos.
1 thought how wonderful to have a granddaughter like her—we have 3 grandsons.
Her name was Holly; her mother explained
they'd just bought the house up the street,
their name was Harter, her husband was in
the Loop course at Steel, her father had
mentioned my name. Who was her father?
Oh, J. Lawrence Grim. This beautiful
child's mother was Ellen Grim, and Holly
Harter was Jake's first grandchild, believe
it or not. So now I have hopes of seeing
Jake on his next trip from Perkasie to
Beth. I t has been a long time since our
last and very brief visit of our 30th reunion.
During Feb. from our local paper, "A
special award was presented to Nitschmann
Jr. H.S. Principal, Harold Shunk, for his
untiring work with children during and
after school hours." Honors never seem to
cease for this person who has given so unselfishly of his time and effort for so long.
From Nov. news clippings, Dr. Edward P.
Swartz, Scranton, specialist in Pathology
and Internal Medicine, has been named
Med. Advisor to the Soc. Sec. Adminis.,
Bur. of Hearings and Appeals. Ed had his
pre-med work at Lafayette and then graduated from Jefferson Med. Coll. Edward
W. Noxon continues to move with Westinghouse Electric where he was named
head of their new fluorescent light plant in
Salina, Kansas. The Noxons will move to
Salina but maintain their farm in Bloomingburg, N.Y.
A note came from Tom Betts who reported: "Nothing much new with us. I
have a small School and Office Equipment
business, which keeps me somewhat more
than busy. Also, have just completed preliminary draft of a 75,000 word novel,
which, if it eventually lands in print, will
be my first since 1941. Retirement not in
the cards at present." And from Bob
Jones: "I saw one game this past fall,
our defeat at Gettysburg and, of course,
ran into the ubiquitous Joe Bell. I had
an article published last year in the magazine of the Historical Society of Western
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, about my Murdoch ancestors of the area. My son, Bob,
'58, is with the telephone company in Norwich, N.Y.; # 1 daughter is in her 2nd yr.
as a schoolteacher and # 2 daughter is a
soph, in H.S." Bob Heilnian, Hd. of the
Dept. of Eng. at the Univ. of Washington,
wrote: "I saw your usual plea for mail in
the Jan. A L U M N U S , and thought I better
make one brief report before I forget it.
Recently I got elected for a 4-yr. term
(1966-69) on the Exec. Council of the
Modern Language Assoc. of America.
There are 12 on the Council, and the membership is over 15,000. I'm now half a year
back from sabbatical, and I think I am
about adjusted to reality. Working in a
library is so much easier than working in
office and in classroom that it unfits one
for earning a living by the usual processes.
A stubborn book is a little less taxing than
a stubborn student or colleague. Besides
the British Museum is a wonderful library,
and my wife and I like London as much as
if we were Cockneys. For that matter, we
like Seattle too: same climate. Just before leaving for Europe I finished work on
an edition of Shakespeare's
Cymbeling,
which came out during the year, and on an
edition of Hardy's Jwde the Obscure, which
is due in a couple of months; last summer,
on getting back, I worked on an edition of
Taming oj the Shrew, which is supposed to
be out in June. But since Sept. it's been
all administration. With best wishes."
Our classmate, Dr. Samuel Pascal, language prof, but also Asst. Dean wrote that
in the course of a conversation with one of
his students learned that Nick Gentilesco
had taught the boy in Mr. Vernon H.S. and
then that Nick had died suddenly during
the Christmas vacation. Sam writes: "We
were roommates for one year, and we both
thumbed our way to P'burgh to see the
P i t t game . . . sleeping in the Harrisburg
jail. What is more important, Nick came
back for all the 5-year reunions and was a
loyal member of the Class."
'28
WALT MILLS
6 Ridge Drive W.
Roslyn, N.Y. 11576
Bob Nevin III sent me a travel brochure
from the British Virgin Is. Bob is Sec'yTreas. of C of C of the BWI's, hence his
interest in this beautiful area. H e retired
end of '56 as pres. of a small mfg. co. in
the Detroit area, where he still has a home
and trys to return summers. The lovely
climate and gracious people of Tortola
obliterates time and he has become a great
procrastinator. He has 20 acres, a beach,
and is writing a book. During W.W. I I
Bob was in OWI and in North Africa and
Italian campaign was in PWB. Bob and
wife, June, have no children and as June
retains her British citizenship says this is
one very good reason for living in the
Islands.
Joe Bell reports that at the Phila. Alumni
Assoc. dance at the Merion Cricket Club
were Dan and R u t h Paul, Stew and Polly
Borger, and Lew and Dorothy Zeyher.
A note from Bill McDole who still lives
and works in Easton. He operates the
Curran Funeral Service on Washington
Blvd. and only strayed from home in 1941
when he found out the army needed good
men. Spent over 3 yrs. in service and was
discharged a Capt., Field Artillery. He
married an Easton Girl, Margaret Curran,
in Jan. '43. They have one son, Dan, who
is a junior at Notre Dame High in Easton,
plays varsity tackle, is 6'1", and weighs
215 lbs. Bill fails to say he has him headed
for the Hill. The coach could use his talents, height, weight, and all. Park Mason
is another retiree who is enjoying the good
life in Shewsbury, N.J. Has an interest in
the Colony Hotel, Montego Bay, Jamaica,
where he winters, and in the summer one
can find him on Coates Is., Malletts Bay,
Vt. I was lucky and caught him in N.J.
Daughter, Virginia, graduated from Hollins
College and there are 2 grandchildren,
Pamela and Chas.
Dr. "Charlie" Seelig who has been on
the Consulting Staff of the Eastern L.I.
Hospital since 1953, moved his office from
N.Y.C. to Riverhead L.I. He is now on
the active staff with major privileges in
Otolaryngology. Charlie received his M.D.
from L.I. College of Medicine. He interned at N.Y. City Hosp. and was in
residency at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and
Throat Hospital in 1939. Eminence in his
field is indicated by the staff appts. he has
held at the N.Y. City and French Hosps.,
Central Suffolk Hospital in Riverhead,
civilian consultant at St. Albans Naval
Hosp., courtesy staffs at Midtown and
Manhattan Gen'l Hosps.
Bankers Trust of N.Y. recently announced the election of Harry Schroeder
to V.P. and Senior Controller and with it
he assumes responsibility for the Controller's Dept. Harry, a lawyer when he
joined the bank in '36, later became ass't
controller, was elected V.P. in '60 and V.P.
and deputy controller in '63. He is a graduate of St. John's Law School, '33, and
served as a Lt. in Infantry during W.W. II.
Harry is a member of Military Ord. of
W.W. and Disabled Amer. Vets, and of
Amer. Academy of Pol. & Svc. Sciences,
the Tax Instit. of Amer. and others. He
lives in Morristown, N.J., with wife, Janet,
and their 4 children.
In my article on Dick Johnston, Jan.
issue, I misspelled his name by omitting
the "T." It is J O H N S T O N and I apologize for the error. Dick wrote chiding me
about it. I was delighted to hear from
him since he finished by saying: "See you
in'68." How about YOU?
'29
R I C H A R D PORTER B R O W N
909 Jordan Drive
Brielle, N.J.
Gordon MacArlhur and Fran, his pretty
and gracious wife, have been very popular
at our reunions and enjoy coming to
Easton. Gordie reports that on May 18
last year they had a brief but very enjoyable visit from Lew Conarroe. Lew stayed
overnight with the MacArthurs, being enroute to Rockport, Mass. Gordie said Lew
was in tip-top shape, riding a non-powered
bike, and was playing lots of tennis. How
is that for stamina! Why can't I work out
a deal whereby Lew will go out and exercise away my extra 20 lbs. These diets are
no f u n !
Other visitors to the MacArthurs were
Ray MacKay and his nice wife, Vi, who
were staying in Branford, Conn., and took
time to call on the MacArthurs. They all
had a nice evening.
When passing thru a classmate's town or
B r u n n , '28, D r e x e l
In December David J. Brunn, '28, was
elected president of Drexel Furniture
Co., Drexel, N.C., one of the country's
largest quality furniture manufacturing
companies.
In addition, he will continue as marketing chief for the parent
corporation, Drexel Enterprises, Inc.
Prior to joining Drexel in 1952 his
entire career was in retail home furnishings with W. & J. Sloane, NYC. At the
time he joined Drexel he was general
manager of Sloanes, New Yok and suburban stores, and was vice-president of
the corporation.
city, stop and visit. Your thoughtfulness
wiil be appreciated.
Gordie and Fran visited Carlisle, Pa.,
with their daughter, Jennifer, who was considering Dickinson College. On the return
to Conn, the next day, the family stopped
at Lafayette to enjoy the football game.
These few victories spread over much too
long a period are eagerly discussed and
treasured.
Gordie said they bumped into Tom
Pomeroy and Artie Phillips and his wife,
Virginia, after the game and before they
drove back to Branford that Sat. evening.
Heather MacArthur, the older daughter is
studying at the Univ. of Geneva in Switzerland. Their son, Don, is married and
located in Fredericton, Brunswick, Can.
Gordie, Jr., is studying for his C.E. degree
at the Univ. of New Brunswick.
The letter closed by Gordie saying that
when anyone mentions Easton, Fran
streaks for the car and is ready to go; this
dates back to her enjoyment of the 35th
reunion.
Had a note from David "Duke" Rothrock telling me he had read our Jan. colm.
with interest but he had a slight "correction," which was very welcome because as
you must all realize I am a most diligent
searcher for the truth (?).
Duke corrected me by saying he was
leader of the college band and not of the
Lafayette Generals. Sorry, Duke—I knew
he was a member of the Generals if not
the leader. I find that Duke did have his
own orchestra from 1951 thru '59, which he
ran in addition to his work in the field of
investments. The band had considerable
success on Long Island and was especially
popular at the West Side Tennis Club.
In giving the orchestra history Duke
mentioned that they had played 2 full
summers at the Avon Inn at Avon-By-TheSea, N.J. With that news I went over to
see my near neighbor S. T. (Bud) Penna,
'31. Bud now owns and manages the Avon
Inn, a very successful, popular, and good
hotel not far from Spring Lake, N.J. Following the death of Bud's father, Bud and
his brother, John S. Penna, '39, operated
the Inn. John died and now Bud runs it
and very well.
The poiDt is that when I showed Duke's
letter to Bud Penna he recalled that it was
Joe Harty, '27, leading the Generals at the
time they played at the Inn who persuaded
Bud to go to Lafayette. Bud said he was
impressed with Joe and the other Lafayette
fellows as they played throughout the
summers. He said his plans were to attend
Princeton but he changed his mind and
chose Lafayette. Bud was an outstanding
student under Doc Rogers. He was captain of the wrestling team, made K R T ,
and earned other honors. He was followed
by his brother John, '39, who also had a
distinguished career at Lafayette and later
in business prior to his untimely death.
Well, isn't that a story, a college orchestra doing an outstanding recruiting job
for the college.
Other items brought up by Duke's letter
of correction pointed out that Vinney
Natelli, '28, was a good pianist in the
group. Duke said Yinney's other occupation was reporter for the Easton Express.
The next leader was Joe Harty for 2 yrs.,
then came John Kemple who led the instrumental club as well as the Generals.
Tune in next issue for a full and detailed
report from classmate, Maurice W. Cogan
(Maurie) that well-liked and happy guy
who decided the big green of Dartmouth
could be mixed with the big maroon of
Lafayette.
Y
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GEORGE S . L U M B A R D
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441 Argyle Drive
Alexandria, Va. 22305
Rod Harper reports from Buffalo: "As
you know George, I went thru college with
the idea of going into the industrial furnace business. 1930 was not a good time
to get a business started, so I worked for
the power company for some 14 yrs. until
the business climate improved. However,
during those 14 yrs. I studied furnaces and
started doing some active designing and
selling of furnaces. I definitely went out
on my own in '44 and have been fortunate
in my association with a fine group of
people resulting in our Harper Electric
Furnace Corp. having grown steadily over
the years. Last year we received our greatest number of orders in the history of the
company which is forcing us this year to
buy a new and much larger plant to
double the floor space. We will probably
double the number of employees in the
manufacturing end of the business this
year. I am fortunate in having 2 lovely
daughters and a fine son. Both girls are
married, the older has 2 sons. My son,
John, is working for the company in the
furnace field. Sorry, George, it has not
been possible for me to attend many of the
reunions but maybe in the years to come I
will be more fortunate and be able to get
down to see the games." We know you
will Rod. I t will be good to see you again.
Max Kramer, from Hollywood, Fla.,
says: "Was on duty in my liquor store
last night and minding my own business
when a very distinguished looking character
came in. The vdlc turned out to be
George McKeen. I learned that he is out
of the Chevvy racket and living in Ft.
Lauderdale, a short piece down the road.
The news of his retirement was quite
frustrating for I had been dishing up a
plot against McKeen Chevrolet Co. based
upon an incident at our 35th reunion. During the buffet supper which touched off
30's activities—Geo. approached me saying: "Hey M a x ! ! ! Got any whiskey?"
The class had supplied only beer for the
buffet and some of the wives attending
were resentful. I hurried out to my car
and soon returned with a case of bourbon.
Thus was the good name of '30 upheld.
Ever since that incident I have been
scheming to drop in at the McKeen
Chevvy Agency and after the usual amenities say "Hey, George!! Got any Chevvies?" I figured the least he would come
up with would be an Impala with back-up
lites. So what Happens? He retires!!
Pretty sneaky—I call it."
And from Paul Schoonmaker in Altoona, we hear: "Sorry I couldn't make
our 35th, but other things, mostly grandchildren got in the way. If I'm still alive
and kicking, will be there for our 40th.
Not much news on myself, still selling.
All 3 children now married and have 5
grandchildren which ought to keep me up
among the leaders in the dept. 3 more
yrs. of work, then retirement to golf and
travel." Thanks, Schoonie, for bringing
us up-to-date. We'll be looking for you
come June, 1970.
Old Scottie Conner, formerly of Marietta, S.C. writes from a new address in
No. Fort Myers, and says: "Not too
much to say. Have been semi-retired since
'59 due to high blood pressure. Both of
our boys and girl are married and have
produced 10 grandchildren.
(Schoonie,
please note!) We took our Volkswagen
Camper over to Europe last year and
traveled from Scotland to Italy to Protogola, 11,000 miles in 4 mos. Would
recommend this trip for all of our labor
leaders and other agitators. They would
love USA." Thanks for the news, Scottie, and just one thing, just where is Protogola?
Bill Pilgrim writes from his beloved
Atlanta: "I'm celebrating my 15 years
with Continental Can and I must say that
it has been a happy and rewarding association. My title is Southern Regional
Credit Manager, covering Philly, Atlanta,
and Houston credit districts. This takes
me as far north as South Jersey and all
of Pa. With the latter I hope to visit
Easton more often. All of my travel is
by air which is, in itself, compensating
although at my age (58) it gets rough at
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times. Still married to my first wife, Connie. 30 year anniversary coming up soon.
2 daughters, Susan and Jane, one grandson 2 1 /a by Susan. Jane is single, transferred after 2 years at Univ. of Ga. to
Atlanta School of Art and doing well. Received my LLB from Atlanta Law School
2 years ago. Will retire in 7 yrs. and probably stay here, at least part-time. We
love Atlanta." That's a lot of news, Bill,
particularly that LLB. At your age it's
terrific.
From Johnnie Stouffer:
"I never
thought I would miss a 5 year reunion—
but my son had been in Saigon for a year
and was due home about that time. I am
looking forward to the next one (my Gawd,
our 40th). I'm in a rut. The only classmate I ever see is Guy Lee and he always out-argues me. I was interested in
that communication from Dick Ross.
Boy, the iron in his blood has certainly
turned to lead in his
He used to
be a flyweight when we took those tennis
trips. Hope you are well and happy. I
am still a school supt. and trying to cope
with youth—it's really wonderful. Too
bad it's wasted on those who don't appreciate it. I am still Green and Dirty.
Also this—A letter from Red McLaughlin written on our class stationary for our
25th. He writes: "Thanks for your reminder note. Time slips by too fast at this
stage of life. Had planned to get back for
the 35th last June but business plans cancelled me out. Still working with Curtis
Wright, Wright Aero Division, at Wood
Ridge, N.J., project engineer in jet engine
development. Had a 5 yr. stint with CW
Research Div. in the mtns. of Pa., near
State College from '57 to '62. Older daughter, Sandy, is married to a N.Y. lawyer (Lehigh man, no less) and works as a visiting nurse in N.Y.C. Younger daughter,
Judy, is in her last year at Columbia Sch.
of Nursing. Wife is hale and hearty and
is settled down in the old routine with
our many old friends in this area. We get
back to "The Hill" once in a while. Last
visit was the 100th game in '64. As you
can see from the notepaper I still have
a few mementos from the 25th. See you
in Easton someday." Thanks so much' for
your newsy letter, Red, and we hope that
someday means June, 1970.
'31
PETER A .
KUHN
279 So. Metape Cir.
Bound Brook, N.J. 08S05
Leo and Dorothy Knapp stopped in
and told us a bit about their recent European trip and assured us that they would
both be in Easton for our big 35th. They
also complained that your correspondent
can't read and, on checking, I was inclined
to agree with them. I wrote: " . . . added
2 more grandchildren to make 5; a boy
to our daughter and a second son to Leo,
Jr., '54." I t should be; a boy to our
daughter and a second girl to son, Leo.
Sorry, Leo, Sr., for the error; shouldn't
this really be in the col. of the hirsute,
Ray Howe, '54?
The letter was from Jack Salandi and
was drawn in ink. I quote: "Your note
in the A L U M N U S sounded so sad that I
decided to do it. I am printing because
every drug store has trouble with my prescriptions. Since last reunion I have been
confined once to hosp. with a bum ticker.
O.K. now but I have to take a lot of
time off from the dear ole dental office.
This makes a lot of patients happy. Son,
John, class '68 Laf. joined Alphi Chi Rho.
Youngest son, Bill, frosh at Monmouth
Coll. in N.J. He refused to go with older
brother.
Oldest son, Bob, made me
Grandpa again. We now have 3 grandsons and I will have to fight with their
father (Fordham Pharmacy, '61) to get
them in a good college. Still work with
N.S.C. when I can but spend most of
spare time cruising Barnegat Bay in small
cabin cruiser with a fishing pole in my
hand. See you in June for the 35th."
Thanks, Jack, for a nice bit of news.
One letter has been received from Ed
Thomas, our class prexy and reunion chairman. By the time this col. reaches print
additional letters will have been received
by you with all the details. Also, by that
time, I hope that you will have sent in
your deposits and made your reservations.
I t should be a ball and the old saying
still goes: "the more the merrier."
The energy and enthusiasm of some
people will never cease to amaze me.
George Weitzman is, as you know, prexyelect of the Alumni Assn., he's a busy
lawyer, he's active in all fund drives, and
yet the guy has time for this: "A hurried one-fingered note: Sorry you did not
get to kick-off dinner N.Y. Univ. Club.
Over a dozen men responded promptly
to the reservation for our reunion this
June—35th—Golly. First one with our
member of Bd. of Trustees, Fritz Leinbach. At Fdrs. Day dinner i sat with our
honorary degree recipient, John Partridge,
of Columbia Gas who told me he would
try to make this reunion. Pres. Ed.
Thomas has taken over the general chairmanship of our reunion. Dutch Schaible
is doing the food. (Corr. note: What?
Nothing but baked goods?) Bill Daub,
the uniforms. I've got the reservations.
Ed is attending all the reunion meetings.
Publicity by you will help—in the A L U M NUS class notes." Here you are, George,
and I hope that you have been kept really
hopping with reservations.
Received postcard from Tom Wintersteen, Naples, Fla. "Have now been retired for about a year. M y wife and I
moved into our new home in Naples in
Oct., '65. Best wishes to all of you a t the
35th." How about giving those wishes
in person, T o m ? You could even visit
Port Carbon while you're up north.
Finally, there's still time to make contributions to the Dr. W. M. Lewis Class
of '31 Memorial Scholarship Fund. See
you in June.
J
J O H N R . LJNDSEY
A
1667 Northern Blvd.
Roslyn, N.Y. 11576
Just back from a pleasant trip to Europe (couple of days in Paris, 6-day meeting in Geneva, couple of weeks in Rome,
Naples, Positano, Ravello, Paestum, Ischia, to drop a few names).
From Winthrop B. Schenk: Gobby—
oops! Win, he signs himself, reports with
the pride showing through that his son,
Peter, has been accepted at Lafayette and
will enter College this coming fall. He
adds: "Our daughter is married and living in Long Island. I hope to sell my
house (in E. Orange) this spring and
move into a smaller home, perhaps near
the Jersey Shore. I fully expect to be on
the campus this coming June and will
try to get some of our classmates from the
Jersey area to join me."
Emerson Asch's note is even brisker.
As a former pres. of the N.Y. Alumni
Assn. he invited me to the annual N.Y.
dinner March 18 to hear Wayne Dumont,
'35. I hope to give you a report in the
next issue. Emerson, who lives in Westbury, L.I., is a partner in the N.Y.C. law
firm Christensen, Asch & Condon.
From Frank Bamako, the Bethlehem
barrister, whose conscience moves him to
write in hopes of getting the '33 column
back to fatter and saucier proportions.
Frank has been for a good many years
Manager of Compensation and Safety for
Bethlehem Steel Corp., charged with administration of the Company's programs
in workmen's compensation, safety, public liability and property damage claims,
and fire prevention. W h a t many of you
may not know is that lately Frank's been
playing a hot hand in politics and as Chrm.
of the Beth. Republican City Committee
scored heavily in the 1965 city elections.
But let Frank tell it: "I've taken an increasing interest in community activities
in Beth, over the years, and serve on the
Exec. Bd. of the Boy Scouts, as a director
of the Bethlehem Club, and of the Bethlehem Bldg. & Loan Assn. Recently I
accepted the Chairmanship of the Beth.
Republican City Committee." And here's
the punchline: "A really hot campaign
in 1965 for mayor and council kept me
occupied, but we elected a Republican
mayor in a 2-to-l registered Democrat [sic]
City." I can't resist an aside: Anybody
who uses Democrat as an adjective has to
be a Republican.
Frank's also busy with assignments growing out of his associations with the American Iron and Steel Institute, Bd. of Directors of the National Safety Council,
National Assoc. of Manufacturers, and
several State Self-Insurers' Associations.
He also writes: " M y marital status remains the same: i.e. one wife, one son—
a senior at Northwestern Univ. and one
daughter, a freshman at Endicott Jr. Coll.
in Beverly, Mass. Frank adds a cryptic
note: Incidentally, about 2 years ago I
spotted you in Cristo's in N.Y.C. on Lexington Ave. Since you were fairly well
occupied, I decided to leave you alone."
M y first impulse is to deny indignantly
having been in Cristo's in at least 15 years.
But the sober part of my minds tells me
Frank is right; that I was attending an"
American Hospital Assn. meeting in that
neighborhood about that time (1963, I
think). But is it possible that I was unapproachable? I shudder, from a fairly
safe perch on the wagon, to think about
it.
Not so long ago I had a very nice note
from John Lindsay Ritehey of Mercersburg, Pa. The other day I opened an
envelope from the alumni office and out
tumbled a couple of newspaper clippings.
John was dead at 56. Dec. 10, in Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Bait., he'd been a patient for 5 weeks. For the last 20 yrs.
he had had his own insurance agency in
Mercersburg, representing the New Eng.
Mutual Life Ins. Co., Before his service
in W.W. II he was employed by the Greencastle Packing Co. and Fairchild Aircraft
Corp. After the war and until his death
he conducted his own insurance agency.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Katherine
Hitchman Ritehey, a son, and 3 stepsons.
I also have word of the death of Robert Bruce Bowie of acute coronarv occlusion Dec. 20 He lived at 670 Hilltop
Drive, Stratford, Conn.
Donald E. Harman, 54, of Tunkhannock, Pa., died Dec. 26, in Tyler Memorial Hosp., Tunkhannock. He was mgr.
of the Tunkhannock-Griffin Construction
Co. Surviving are his widow, 2 sons, 2
daughters, and 3 grandchildren.
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GORMAN
307 S. River St.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702
Bill Yount added a nightcap to his report on the 100th L-L week end. On his
way home to Charlotte, N.C., while keeping up with N.J. Turnpike traffic, he was
ambushed near Camden, together with 5
other drivers
After paying his fine he
had an uneventful trip. However, in 3
wks. he received notice, from N.J., that
he couldn't drive in the Garden State for
30 days. This didn't bother him as he
had no intentions of returning there. But
alas, the long arm of the N.J. law reached
down into N.C. and Bill was hit with a
30 day suspension and put on probation
for 6 months in N.C He says "So help
me, I felt like a criminal, even though it
was my first ticket in 24 yrs. I was a t
the mercy of Ann and my friends to get
me about for that 30 days. Ann and I
have never agreed on her method of driving, so my having to beg rides from her
was hectic. It's all over now, but I have
learned to believe in highway signs. I
also recommend it to all my friends." A
postscript said:
"He says we do not
agree about my method of driving. T h a t
is true. However, I have never been
separated from my driver's license. Ann."
Erv Newman writes: "Am glad to respond to your call for news items. First,
I am sorry to hear you are a medical retiree, b u t your activities indicate an interesting second career. I suppose my
biography is fairly typical. We will celebrate our 25th wedding anniv. next summer. Our daughter will be graduated from
U. of N.C. next June. Our son is a soph,
at U.C. State. I am a Branch Chief in the
Engr. Div. of the Atomic Energy Comm.
at Oak Ridge, Tenn. Will have completed
30 yrs. of Federal service in Jan. Do you
have the addresses of Daniel MacMurray
and Lester Milligan?" Thanks, Erv, and
1 hope that Mac and Les answered your
letters.
Bob Trout notes: "News is scarce. M y
17 and 14 year old boys and I just returned from several days skiing at Elk
Mt.n. M y L sweater, from wrestling is
still mistaken for Lehigh until they see it
zooming down the slope. Then I remark
that it is maroon, not brown, and worn
by a scintillating youngster too lithe to
be a 135 lb. wrestler. Wish some of my
classmates could help me persuade my
135 lb. Steve to head for college, The
College, next fall." Any volunteers can
get in touch with Bob at Pickering Rd.,
R D #2, Phoenixville, Pa.
The Bob Blums, Dunwoody, Ga., have
two sons. Bill, 22, was graduated in Jan.
from U. of N.C. Dick, age IS, is a sr.
in H.S. and hopes to enter either U. of
N.C. or U. of Ga. next fall. Bob continues with IBM, as he has since '34, in
sales. His wife, Sally, the former Sarah
Mildred Harvey of E. Stroudsburg, Pa.,
teaches in the Fulton Co. school system.
This system handles all the Fulton Co.
schools outside at Atlanta. As a hobby
they raise some Hereford cattle (7 on the
hoof and 4 in the oven) on their 32 acres.
Charley Johnson sent a postcard from
The Trelawny Club in Jamaica, BWI, with
2 beautiful stamps with a shell decor. First
one who asks may have them. Of course
I expect a little news in exchange. Charley says: "Resting here from my busy
practice. Excellent. First grandson just
arrived, Charles I I I , probably will be Lafayette, '86. See you at the reunion." God
willing I'll make the reunion, Charley.
However, Helen and I are expecting our
first grandchild to arrive in Indianapolis
about the end of May. If the newcomer
will schedule his arrival time properly I'll
be in Easton on June 3 and 4. Why don't
a few more of you take a few days with
old friends. You'll enjoy it.
AI Roach zeros in from the St. Lucia
Beach Hotel in Castries, St. Lucia, BWI.
"We didn't make it to Venezuela, but we
did get to Port of Spain, Trinidad. We
drove to Miami, flew to Trinidad, and
have spent a week on the Island of Tobago (Reputed to be the locale for Robinson Caruso). This week we are in St.
Lucia. In the past we have spent a fair
amount of time in the tropics and semitropics, but are finding each island out
here a delightful new experience.
The
lush vegetation, wonderful swimming, and
endless variety of colorful fish we have
seen while snorkelling on the coral reefs,
have been most enjoyable. We are leaving soon for St. Petersburg, Fla., where
we will have an apt. at the Tides Hotel
at N. Redington beach, until the end of
April. We'll be happy to see any Lafayette Alumni there." Nice of you to write
again, Al. Best of everything to you
and Ruth.
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CHAKLES T . S H I P M A N
II
21 Dryden Terrace
Short Hills, N.J. 0707S
I was both surprised and pleased to receive a newsy letter from Steve Knight:
"As you have observed, I am with Johnson & Johnson and have been for over
21 yrs. Our offices are across the street
from Rutgers Univ. from which I obtained
an M.A. degree some years ago. Very
convenient! Still married to the original
spouse. We have 1 son who has 3 of his
own. I have often wanted to get back
to meet some of my classmates and other
friends of my college days, but invariably
some business commitment has interfered.
Nevertheless, I have had the chance from
time to time to meet some old friends,
and also some new ones who are Lafayette men."
A note from Carl Bassett states:
"Nothing to add to previous report. Still
practicing law in Bait. Wife, son, and
daughter well."
Bernie Grubin turns up residing within
walking distance of my office and writes
the following: "Nice hearing from you.
I ought to drop in on you one day since
I live on Prospect St. in East Orange. I
praotice dentistry at 22 Ball St. in Irvington. I have one son, age I6V2, a junior
at Newark Academy. I hope this helps
you." Thanks, Bernie, all news helps,
and stop in and say "Hello."
From Butler, N.J., Kenn Carpenter
gives us this report. "Am current Head
of Science Dept., Butler H.S. Teach modified PSSC Physics and Chem. Advisor
for 15 yrs. of First Science Fair in N.J.
high school. Just finished a 3 year term
as Tercentenary Chrm. for Butler Borough. Just one full year out of a 6 yr
term as C D - D C Director of same borough.
Sailing instructor at summer camp on Lake
Morey, Vt. Have one son, 8 yrs. Drake
Ranney.
Wife, Ann-Jeannette Ranney,
currently employed by Argus Publishing
Co." I t sounds like you'll keep out of
mischief, Kenn. Thanks for the card.
Colton Hand replied to our general
letter saying: "Here's strength to your
right arm. I'm still trying to keep U.S.
Trade policy as "lily white" as certain
Pennsylvanians and others will permit.
There are few dull moments here in the
State Dept. where I operate as Asst. Chief
of Special Trade Activities & Commercial
Treaties Div. Got into local politics as
an independent and organized 18 precincts
HENRY McKEEN & SON
INCORPORATED
ESTABLISHED IN 1 896
DONALD T. PURSEL, '24
PRESIDENT
FRED W. Z1LKER
FRANKLIN T. OLDT
VICE P R E S I D E N T
VICE
PRESIDENT
GEORGE F. COFFIN, '51
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
6O N. FOURTH STREET
EASTON, PA.
to.successfully elect a County of Fairfax
Supervisor, We won over the Democrats
by a 9 vote margin out of 6500 cast. 3
kids now: a daughter, age 13, another,
T/z, and a boy, almost 6. I envy you
grandfathers." Thanks Colton, and please
note your childrens' ages have been updated' due to the late printing of your
note.
Dave Schwimmer does such a good
job of condensing we'll print his card exactly as written. "Living in Teaneck, practicing medicine in N.Y.C. Assoc. Clinical Professor of Medicine at N.Y. Medical College. Consultant at Manhattan
Eye & Ear Hospital & a t Monmouth Med.
Recently
Center (Long Branch, N.J.).
authored chapter on 'Algae & Medicine'
with brother, Morton, '48, in book 'Algae
& M a n ' sponsored by NATO. 3 children:
Betty working on Ph.D. at Univ. of Cal.,
Georgia, freshman at McGill, and Mark,
in Jr. High. Saw Doc Willis H u n t several weeks ago—he's very busy!"
Lowell Gardner writes from Phillipsburg, N.J., saying that for the past 15
yrs. he has been an independent insurance
agent and broker. He has 2 children; his
son finished college and his daughter is attending Douglass. He further says he has
an aversion to reunions which explains
his absence from our last. I hope he
changes his thinking. He doesn't have
far to travel.
Bob Darlington writes from Bridgeport,
Conn., where he is V.P. Sales & Engineering at Whitman Mfg. His wife, Jean,
is busy in community affairs, his son, Robert, Jr., 23, is working for a living and his
daughter is attending Wheelock College
in Boston. Thanks for the news, Bob.
John Weaver writes: "I am still employed by Raybestos-Manhattan Inc. as
a Ohem. Engr. I have been working
there since graduation. We have only
one son, Glenn, who will be entering College in the Fall. We are not sure, as
yet, just where he will enroll. Once in
awhile I meet an old acquaintance from
Lafayette b u t haven't met many of our
classmates in recent years."
Bill Rusk reports that he is co-owner
of "The Circlon" and has been since 1940;
lives on Fairway Drive in Easton. His
wife, Joyce, is R.N., Mt. Sinai. They have
3 children; Richard, age 29, David, 20,
and Dianne, 18.
Guffy Pugh writes from Scranton where
he teaches science at Kingston High
School. He's been married 30 yrs., has a
son, 29, who also teaches. He has a granddaughter, 1V2, and as we who attended the
reunion will remember, Guffy was there.
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ROBERT G . A S C H
R . D . #2
Altamont, N.Y. 12009
Herb Johnson was sworn into the office
of Mayor of Glen Ridge, N.J., on New
Year's Day. His wife and mother had
front row seats for the inauguration. While
not involved in municipal affairs, Herb
continues to serve as a chemist at H.
Kohnstamm Co. in Brooklyn.
The plans for the 30th Reunion are in
full swing. John Doremus the chairman,
is being assisted by Carl Veit, Max Smart,
Gene Clapp, and several others. We have
reserved Soles Hall and Gates Hall for
our gathering place, overnight accommodations, and banquet facilities. Wives are
welcome. The costume has not been decided upon, but will be appropriate. John
has spoken to many of the class members
and has incorporated the best suggestions
and ideas into the plans. You will be
kept up-to-date by flyers.
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WILSON E . HUGHES
1030 President Ave.
Fall River, Mass.
Our congratulations to 14 of our classmates and their wives! It's their silver
wedding anniversary during this calendar
year! Of those married in 1941, 3 couples
will have already celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by the time you read
this.
First down the aisle in 1941 were Ed
Maxfield and Pete Blank's ('39) sister,
Ruth, on January 3rd. Now there are 5
Maxfields with the addition of Donna, 23,
Richard, 20, and James, 15, in the intervening years. E d joined the Air Force
in April, '41, worked his way up to Major,
flew missions over Europe winning four
medals and seven battle stars. E d lived
in Calif, when he was a student, b u t now
the family lives in Old Westbury, L.I.
On January 20 were Katherine Vosseller and Canning Pelouze. Their marriage was blessed with a son, Richard,
now 21, and in his last year in college.
Canning was already in the Army at that
time. Eventually he became a Lt. Col.
before his retirement. He is now an
office mgr. in Albuquerque, N.M., their
sixth residence since their marriage.
March 29 saw Bob Banks and Doris May
Schindler wed. They recently moved to
Washington Crossing, Pa. after living all
their married life in Trenton. T h e y have
3 sons, Bob, Jr., 21, a senior in college,
Richard, 19, and Bill, nearing 14. The
whole family vacations together summers
at Long Beach Island.
Jacqueline Rector, a June bride, changed
her name to Mrs. Robert Stringer. A
fine family ensued, Bob, Jr., a Harvard
grad, now 23, David an Amherst grad, now
22, Candace, 18, in college and Johnny, 14.
in college, Bob was a Zete and served
ably on many I F dance committees. He
now makes Jell-O, lives in Darien, Conn.,
and has a yacht named Candy Jack I I I .
During W.W. II he was a P - T boat capt.
Bob states: "We're still happily married."
Joe McLellan and Jeanette Tuzinski
were married on July 7. David, now 14V2
came along afterwards to complete the
family circle in 1951.
Mary E. Clark became Mrs. Harvey
Marsland on August 30. Since that eventful day, they have added William, 21,
Robert, 19, and Carol, 14, to the family
roster. Harvey is pastor of the Wayne
(Pa.) Methodist Church and a trustee
of Methodist Hospital, Phila.
It was "Bundles for Britain" and old
destroyers too when Hudson Thomas and
Grace B. Gauger were married that year.
Still happily married, Hudson spends his
spare time making furniture and puttering around his Johnson City, N.Y. home
under "the shade of an old apple tree
with a martini."
First of the 3 Sept. brides was Agnes
Marcantoni. She became Mrs. Tony Forchielli on Sept. 13. Later along came
Philip, now 10, and in the fifth grade at
Hanover (Pa.) grade school. Agnes is
sec'y of the Newcomers Club and Tony
is a scoutmaster.
Bill Hintelmann took for his spouse
Miss Virginia Tompkins. They have lived
happily ever after with their 3 kids, Patricia, 23, a Marymount college grad, William, III, 19, and Mary, 17. Bill is senior
partner in the firm of Wm. Hintelmann,
real estate and insurance, Rumson, N.J.
Miss Jessie Hughes (no kin) and B o b
Bull were married about the time he
finished military services with the 102nd
Cav. One girl, Toni, now 19, came along
in the late forties. Bob is mgr. of export
6ales for Creole Petroleum.
With the tumbling of the leaves, the
Oct. 11, 1961, weddings of John Well»
and Aram Avakian occurred on the very
same day!
Johnny married Laura E .
Spaeth and begot Carol, now 21, and a
senior in college and John S., 18. In
college John was pres. of the Phi Delts,
a stalwart of the 150 lb football team and
a member of the "Pony Chorus." Remember? John's now a chem. engr. for
Esso. Aram married Janet Schlenker and
they have a son, Bob, now nearly 20. Aram
is an oriental rug merchant in N.Y., t h e
best pistol shot in Floral Park, and our
most decorated war veteran.
On Nov. 8, David Marshall of Louisville, Ky., wed Miss Joan Renaud of M o n treal, Can. for richer or poorer. As it
turned out " H a m " didn't do badly at all,
rising from ins. agent to plant mgr. for
Universal-Rundle in a dozen years or so.
They now have two handsome children,
David Bruce, 16, and Meredith Jean, 14,
both in high school. " H a m " wins all sorts
of trophies in sports car rallys. Joan is
an author, duplicate bridge champ, and
political lecturer to "Y" teenagers.
When Ed Marsh and Rebecca J a n e
Weaver were married, it was only one
week before Pearl Harbor. Little could
they imagine what has happened since!
Three wars, rockets to the moon, and
Ed Jr., 21, who should now be a senior
at Lafayette, John, 17, and David 14. Ed
now practices law in Pittsburgh and R e becca is on the Womens' Bd. of the 1st
Presby. Church and Westmoreland Hospital.
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V I N C E N T J . STANLEY
P.O. Box 1092
Rochester, N.Y. 14603
David J. Smith is now living in Bryn
Mawr, Pa. His son, Stephen D., graduated from Lafayette in '65 and is going
to the Univ. of Penn Sch. of Dental Medicine. Dave is the Exec. Vice Pres. for
the Foster Wheeler Corp. and he has been
working there for the last 25 yrs. Sailing, swimming, and tennis are his hobbies. Dave also has 2 other boys—ages
14 and 22.
Harry M. Voglesonger of Riverton,
Conn, has 2 children—ages 13 and 22.
He is now working for the Smith-Gates
Corp. Harry's hobbies are nature, records,
jazz, & opera. I don't know why he accuses me of having designs on his wife.
He evidently has a swimming pool as he
is interested in a swimming pool heater.
However, he in turn wants to sell me some
melting cable.
C. H. Bendheim is quite a productive
fellow with 5 children, ages ranging from
5 to 19. He is Pres. of Philipp Brothers
Chemical, Inc. His hobbies includes nonspectator sports and traveling. He also
advises that he is the grandfather of a
baby girl.
Gerry Sargent is a chaplain in the M a rine Corp at Camp Lejeune, N.C. He has
2 girls, one attending Mary Washington
Coll. and the other just graduated from
high school. Gerry has remained in the
Navy since 1943. He likes golf and duplicate bridge. He adds the following
comments: "Deployed with the Second
Marine Div. on Steel Pike during Oct.
and Nov., 1964, to Heluva, Spain. During the deployment, ship went into 2 liberty ports, Balboa, Spain, and Brest,
France. This was my 3rd time in France
but had never been to Paris so took advantage of the opportunity while in Brest
and went to Paris for 5 days. Sorry I
missed 25th reunion b u t t h a t was the
time I was being transferred from the
Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
where I had been stationed for 2 yrs., to
the Second Marine Div."
Ed Weisle is of Massapequa, N.Y. He is
Genr'l Sales Mgr. of I. E. H. Mfg. Co.,
Inc. He facetiously states that his hobby
is keeping the grass cut.
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GEORGE F . W I L S O N , J R .
23 Stratford Ave.
Aldan, Pa. 19018
W h a t is this I hear about Hunter Jaggard, my co-worker for Mobil Oil Co.?
Is it true that you are being transferred
to our Beaumont, Texas, refinery after all
those years at Paulsboro ?
Phil Bailly—What's new with Studebaker now t h a t they have stopped production of their autos: What make is
now in your horoscope?
The 95th Annual Banquet of the Phila.
Alumni Assoc. was held at the Union
League on April 1 here in Phila. Wayne
Dumont was the speaker of the evening.
Our Phila. Alumni Association holds its
weekly luncheons at the Poor Richard
Club, 13th and Locust Sts. Any member of '40 who is in or about Phila. at that
time drop in and meet old friends—everyone is welcome. Shunk Brown, Walter
Macht, and your correspondent are usually on hand. The food is good and the
companionship stimulating.
Editor's N o t e : Fried modestly didn't
say that he performed nobly at the 95th
dinner as pres. of the Assn.
Tom Triolo, the youngest son of Joe
Triolo is now at Peddie School. He is
a great athlete and a good student. Joe,
I hope Tom puts Lafayette on his list of
colleges for this year.
Any progress on the redevelopment of
downtown Easton as yet? Dick Grifo,
one of the prominent members of the
Authority, probably has the answers.
Easton, like Phila., would greatly benefit by a facelifting, I believe. By excluding all traffic from the "circle" in Easton
the crowded conditions existing now would
be eliminated and the people could shop
in peace. Now it's a problem just to find
a parking space on a busy Saturday morning. I think this renewal program would
also encourage the people to shop more
downtown than is the case at the present
time. Now many of the people, instead
of battling for a "space" downtown, prefer to do their buying at the various shopping centers on the edge of town. Good
luck, Dick, on this program. Easton needs
something like this!
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C . F . TROXELL, J R .
Rt. 1 Box 470
Excelsior, Minn.
By this time all of you have gotten the
news of our impending 25th reunion from
Craig Kennedy, our very able reunion
chairman. Most of all at this stage of
the game he needs manpower to help organize each area for coverage to contact
all available classmates and to urge them
to return on June 3-4.
At each 5th year reunion returning men
have increased in number, and in the
added zest for fellowship and class achievement new bonds have been made that
may not have existed in the previous 5
yrs.—In short, it does you good to see
the old gang. All of us are too busy these
days making a buck to enjoy life; here
is your chance, so see you in June at the
home of the Maroon 1
Please help out when Kennedy, Rock,
Kulaitis, Swick, Fast, Hughes, Collins,
Fishbone, Cole or any of the area men
ask for your manpower or brainpower or
both. This corner will act as a clearing
house as to who is returning and any
other important general info.
First of all, will Sharps Shipnian let
us know where he is; somehow we misplaced his current address. Also we would
like to see some of the lads from the West
Coast with us this trip. We have quite
a contingent out that way and as far as
we can recall no one has showed up to
date at any of our clambakes from that
locale, so what do you say Lane, Ritter,
Boone, Sigman, Househerg, Gehman,
etal?
Our pal, E d Sickles, '40, pens in to advise he and his child bride of many years
are now grandparents and live in N.J.
after a stint in suburban St. Louis.
Thanks for remembering us at X-mas with
your kind word for all our crew TOO.
A note postmarked Huron, S. Dak.
(yes, the home of Hubert Humphrey's
drugstore) brings the word t h a t Bill
Taggart left P R R in '64 after 25 yrs. of
service to sell for Fairmont Railway Motors who make railroad maintenance eqpt.
and 'the hi-rail attachment t h a t enables
cars to ride rails and hwy. Bill, Jr. is a
soph, at Muskegum College (alma mater
of John Glenn), T o m plays football for
Lyons Twp. Hi in La Grange, 111. (where
Tag lives) a,nd young Harry is a 5th grader.
For relaxation the family goes camping—
hope you can get up this way some time.
Good to hear from you, kid, and glad
minute inspection of a R a n d McNally revealed our Minn, hiding places (only 20
miles west of Mpls.).
Just in from Craig is word that Larry
Marchetti will help recruit in the Detroit
area for the June bash. Thanks for your
help and keep those Dodge assembly
lines rolling in the meantime.
In the T V world George Schaeffer is
still garnering E m m y s for his Hallmark
Hall of Fame shows. N o t long ago they
had a re-run of Magnificant Yankee which
helped him cop E m m y #5—not bad for
the old Marquis player alum. Keep up
the good work.
RUSSELL
HOPKINS
1506 CALLOWHILL ST., PHILA.
Western Union has pegged Pete Schenk
a veep for govt, communications systems.
Since '64 he has risen to >this post with
this top-notch firm. He had been with
Mitre Corp. and Raytheon before his
association with WU. Pete lives in Arlington, Va., these days. Hope you can make
it in June.
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ARTHUR T . BEACH, I I I
73 Huntington Bay Rd.
Huntington, L I . , N.Y.
11743
Bob Howard beginning his 20th year
with N.J. Bell Tel. Bob and Elaine live
at 74 Cromwell Court, Berkley Hgts.,
N.J., with their 3 children. Bob, Jr., is
at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham,
Mass. Bob gets to see Bill Richtmyre
quite often. Bill has been named Chief
Engr. of Linde, Griffith Corp. with hdqtrs.
at Port Newark. Scudder Mackey writes
from Binghamton, N.Y., where he is
mgr. of Experimental Coating and Emulsion Lab. at Ansco. Scudder has a Vissla
pointer as a hunting companion which
ought to make Bill Tinsman jealous.
Ed Devoe now at City Attorney's Office
in Flint, Mich. Recently resigned his
judgeship at Cadillac. Home address 1323
W. Carpenter Road, Flint, Mich. 48502.
Gil Sawyer moved to Dallas last Fall,
ran into B o b Johnston who was marching many scouts around the Texas plains.
Gil would like to hear from any of you
in the Dallas area. George Easley reports
George I I I is going to Hotchkiss school
next year.
Just a reminder. Ogden Sherwood was
a football star at Hotchkiss way back
when. George is involved with the bull
market at J & W Seligman and Co.
We were all pleased to see Marv
Perskie elected to N.J. Legislature from
Cape and Atlantic Counties.
Gov.
Hughes spoke at a dinner to pay tribute
to Marv's election. He is the first democrat to win this office from his area in
31 yrs.
I was having lunch with a couple of
government engrs. at Peter Luger's Restaurant in Bklyn not long ago. I had paid
my check and was finishing my coffee
when the waiter handed me another bill
and said "Gentleman at the end of the
room would like you to take care of this
for him." Who did I spy b u t Rollo Roberts, my old roommate. Times haven't
changed much except he didn't have an
ugly date to stick me with.—he was good
at that years ago. Old Rollo looks in
great shape.
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In a year we will have the big 25th—
yo"u will soon be hearing from chairman
Nick Durgom and his committee of
Bob Ott, Walt Zirinsky, and Fred Hoo-
'43
CARL J . M U L L E R
211 Tulip Drive
Massapequa Park, L.I.,
N.Y., 11762
Further details from the New Canaan
Advertiser about Bob Conroy's new appointment in N.Y. for Geyer, Morey, Ballard, Inc.
Herman Albrecht, '46, and Taz back for 2
months from Naha, Okinawa—a coincidence—he, sitting at my desk this afternoon, the termination of Gemini 8 not
far from there tonight.
Phone call from Charlie Koppen in
Phila. Letters from Pete School in Chicago, Bob Paterson, and John Thomas,
'45s, from Pittsburgh and Brussels respectively. Had lunch with Dick Thorp and
Norb Osterland, '42, today, both of Sperrv
and Hutchinson. Dick saw Hal Boddorff,
'44, recently on the street here in N.Y.C.
P a t Hess, Warren's wife, writes of the
death of her father and a heart attack for
Warren's mother. P a t and Peter, her son,
spent a magnificant 5 weeks in Greece and
Italy last summer. Pete will probably
not go to Lafayette, seeking a business
administration program at some school
where it is available.
George Polhemus of Willow Grove
writes of an engagement ring Christmas
Eve to Jane Elizabeth Hall of Neptune
City. This to be the first marriage for
each. Since Betty wants to continue
teaching, the honeymoon is delegated to
a school holiday.
'44
DAVE GERARD
1305 Waynewood Blvd.
Alexandria, Va. 22308
Bill Greenip is grandfather, twice, both
boys. I got a long letter postmarked Amman, Jordan, where he and his family
have been since June '62. Now he's planning to return to the States in July to
settle down in the Washington area. (This
calls for a party.) Here's an extract, written by Bill's wife, Del:
"Bill has been busy with his student
counseling and scholarship programs. (He
works for American Friends of the Middle
East.) He is also occupied with his small
mechanics school down in the Jordan
Valley. Much of his time is taken up
by programming Americans visiting Jordan, hoping that their experiences here will
increase in some measure Arab-American
understanding. He continues to work on
improving his Arabic and intends to study
the difficult language when he returns to
Washington. His principal hobby is hiking, which has him clocking about 50
miles a month. In March, Bill begins his
tenth year with A F M E and he hopes to
continue in the interesting work for another decade."
V A G A B O N D R A N C H . Granby, Colorado. For
boys 13-17 who have outgrown regimented camp.
20th summer. Ranch-travel-work program. 10day Wagons West Caravan In J u n e . Conn, to
Colorado. Ranch a t 9200 tt. Riding, pack trips,
skiing, climbing school, backpacking, geology, gold
mine, fishing, rlflery. All boys work. Veteran
staff. Elective camping trips Yellowstone, Sierras,
Southwest, Canadian Rockies, Idaho
fishing.
Separate western travel program for girls 13-18.
Write or call: Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Pavek, R u m s e y
Hall School. Washington, Conn., 203-868-2162.
The Blairstown (N.J.) Press has given
us an item. Matt Tirrell has won a promotion with the N.J. Power and Light Co.
He's an engineer at the Gilbert Generating Station, plays golf at Harkers Hollow,
and is the father of 3 children.
A sad note came in from Fred Berdux,
'50. Frank J. Eisberg died on Jan. 24,
and was interred in Cedar Hill Memorial
Park, Allentown.
'45
GEORGE R . B I R D
3 N. Bryn Mawr Place
Media, Pa. 19063
Reunion Chm. Chet Hindenach recently received a very wonderful promotion with Bell Tel. Chet, formerly General
Services Mgr. in the Phila. Area, was
named General Operations Mgr., Western
Area, with hdqtrs. in Pittsburgh. This is
a big step upward for Chet and we wish
you the very best, old buddy. You Pittsburghites give him a call, and become reacquainted.
Carl Meyer, '35, recently chaired a very
successful event for NSC in the Phila.
area at the Marriott Motel hotel. Outstanding athletes in the locality—Philadelphia, Bucks, Delaware, Chester, and
Montgomery Ctys.—were identified and
asked to come for an evening of learning
about Lafayette. We had a fine turnout
of these men and their dads. Representatives from the college included: Gary
Evans, Olav Kollevoll, Ken Bunn, and
all of his coaches. Each man said a few
words, we showed movies of the LafayetteGettysburg football game and made arrangements to take many of them as
wanted to go, on up to campus the following Sat. Refreshments were served
afterwards climaxing a very enjoyable
evening. Carl, you are to be commended,
sir, on a really fine effort. I t was my
pleasure to have worked on this with you.
I managed to get up to campus with a
few high school fellows on that following
Sat. and watched our charges walk off
with honors in four events—varsity basketball (Colgate), freshman basketball
(Univ. of Pa.), varsity wrestling (Swarthmore), and varsity swimming (Swarthmore). That, my friends, is the way to
impress prospective freshman! We had
a good day all around.
I want to publicly thank another NSC
member, Alain J. Neves, '51, who is working in the Upper Merion H.S., for bailing
us out of a tough situation. We had 3
high school lads who wanted to visit the
campus—as a result of the Marriott affair. At the very last moment we got
hung up for a driver to take the fellows
up and A1 stepped to the fore.
Well, lads, I would like to go, on, but
I'm plumb out of news! If you can't
or won't write, call me if you are anywhere near Phila.
Maybe this would
spark some news. M y home tel. no. is 215LO 6-5671. The office no. is 215-446-4209.
Even though we are "off year," let's keep
in mind Reunion scheduled for June 3^4,
1966. Some of us will be there, so keep
your plans flexible.
'48
A . H . WERNER
7 Twin Oak Road
Livingston, N.J. 07039
This issue I can be a name-dropper.
Bobert M. Klitgaard, was promoted to
Mgr. of Beth. Steel Corp.'s Leetsdale,
Pa., fabricating works. Bob has been with
Beth Steel since graduation, working first
in Pottstown, Pa., and then being transferred to Alemeda, Calif. Bob resides at
Camp Meeting Road, R.D. #3, Sewickley,
Pa., Box 176.
Also, learned that Peter Malloy, Jr.,
has been named General Agent of a
new Allentown, Pa., agency of Lincoln
National Life Ins. Co. Peter and his wife,
Kathleen, live a t 2034 Jennings St., Bethlehem, Pa. with their 4 children.
Scouting is a way of life for Bobert M.
Fee—Bob has been named the new scout
executive for the Robert Treat Council,
Boy Scouts of America, responsible for administering the Council's scouting program
in Newark, Belleville, and Irvington, N.J.
for its 7,300 registered scouts. Bob, his
wife, and 7 children resides at 38 Grant
Avenue, Pompton Lakes, N.J.
The mailman also brought me a newsy
letter from my classmate, Kaye Cressman.
Kaye comes from my hometown, Washington, N.J. and for over 5 yrs. had his own
commercial foto studio. Then for 4 yrs.
Kaye taught school and then went in the
field of selling. According to the Melange,
Kaye had ambitions to enter the journalism field, and he is now connected with
the Free Press, a Phillipsburg, N.J. Weekly
selling advertising. Good Luck, Kaye, and
thanks for writing. Wish more members
would get the message and W R I T E .
'49
M E L TEETS
2364 Cambridge S.E.
Grand Rapids, Mich. 49506
James C. Davis, Jr. has been promoted
Assistant to Works Chief Engineer at
Gary Sheet and Tin by U.S. Steel. Jim
is married and has 2 sons, William and
David. At this point I assume they have
moved from Pleasant Hills, Pa., to Gary.
John T. Dally has been elected Mayor
of Pen Argyl and assumed his duties as
of Jan. 1 this year.
Congratulations to you both.
Not much news for a class of our size,
so don't wait for the other fellow to send
news of his doings send yours now.
'50
J O H N S. W Y N N . JR.
90S Merion Sq. Rd.
Gladwyne, Pa. 19035
These notes should be a good study in
concentration. Right now John Wynn,
III, 3 5 /e yrs old is "assisting" with the
writing. Anyhow here goes. Here's a
freebe from Bussell Carlson on a postcard
from Riviera Beach, Fla. He says: "I am
with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Florida Research & Development Center in West
Palm Beach and am a Sr. Design Engr.
Married and have 3 kids, 4, 3, & V>.
Haven't been able to make any reunions
for several yrs. but hope to some day."
Paul Hastey writes: "Have been with
Chgo Rawhide, oil seals and industrial
synthetic rubber parts, since '54 as Sales
Engr. Cover Western Conn., Lower N.Y.,
and one account in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Actually home 95% of time enjoying New
Eng. living with wife, Roby, veteran of 3
semesters at March Field.
Daughters,
Roby, 11, and Holley, 9, and son, Paul, 4.
(Was about ready to petition L.C. to
turn co-ed.) Have been a sports car buff
b u t presently feel skiing is the only salvation for the frustrated and overworked
executive with pistol shooting for the summer days. Have been and am now involved with various local clubs not be-
cause I enjoy it but because 'letting
George do it' doesn't get it done my way
and you don't know George."
Janet Dearden writes for husband, Ken.
"I am (Ken—that is) presently employed
by Moore Survey Corp. here in Shrewsbury where I have been since Nov. 56, as
Office Engineer. M y wife, Janet, my 3
daughters, Debra, 8 yrs., Diane, 6 yrs. &
Donna, 5 yrs. and I reside at 4 Pratt Lane,
Shrews, having moved here 5 yrs. ago."
Here's one from Lowville, N.Y., from
Dr. John C. Herrman. He relates " I
have been here 1 yr. I am Chief (&
only) Surgeon & Pres. of Med. Staff
(Lewis County Genl. Hosp). Have wife,
Mary, and 3 girls, ages 12, 9, and 3V2.
Am active in Scouting. We need more
doctors. Have not seen any Lafayette
men for many years. Best wishes."
And last a note from Charley Montague. "After graduation I went to work in
the stationery & office equipment business that my father started in 1895 (the
oldest in the Easton area). I am now
president of the firm. M y wife, Ruth, is
from Raubsville, Pa., and we have 3 children, Charles, Craig, and Chiara, 10, 7, and
IV2. Golf and boating are pet sports."
Your editor has been asked to head
the 5 cty. area for the annual giving campaign and I'm quite lucky to have Bill Wilson, Carl Meyer, John Shellenberger, Joe
Diamond, and Mark Michel in charge of
Montg, Phila., Bucks, Delaware, and
Chester counties. They really do a good
job.
'51
HILTON N . R A H N , JR.
3640 Mark Twain Circle
Bethlehem, Pa. 18017
This month's class news has an international flavor. T o m Sparta writes: " M y
family, Irene, 3 girls (13, 11, and 10) 2 boys
(6 and 4), and I are now living in Milan,
Italy, where I am Gen. Mgr. of Dow
Chemical Spa which is the local operating
company of Dow Chem. Approx. 125 employees are located here. Prior to moving
here in Jan., I lived in Athens, Greece, for
2 yrs., where I was Regional Mgr. of Dow
Operations for the Middle East. Before
that I was in Zurich as Special Chemicals
Sales Mgr. for Dow Europe. We have
been living overseas now 5 yrs. and enjoy
it very much. Would be happy to see any
" '51'era" who happen to come to Milano."
Even farther away is Harry McAlpine,
who has been with the political section of
the Amer. Consulate in Singapore for the
past yr. This is his 4th sojourn in the
Orient, residence in Korea, Taiwan, Hong
Kong, having preceded his Singapore stint.
Recently Harry spoke on Lafayette at a
college night at the Singapore Amer.
School. Geo. Davidson would appreciate
your recruiting a couple Asiatic Soccer
stars, Harry.
Closer to home, Steve Slampyak and
family, including 2 young sons, are living
in Warminster, Pa. Steve just left Philco
Corp. to take an engineering position at
A. E. L. Corp. in Colmar, Closer still,
Geo. Cosgrove was recently appointed Dir.
of Mfg.—East by Alpha Portland Cement
Co. in Easton. Geo. has had occasion to
do a good bit of traveling the last few
years, and reports all stories to the effect
that there is more action in Paris and Las
Vegas than in the Lehigh Valley are true.
He'll supply details in June. Also in
Easton, Elwood Malos was reecntly appointed 1st Asst. Dist. Atty. for Northampton Cty. Elwood, his wife, Marjorie,
and their 3 children live on college hill.
Another lawyer, John Rufe, of Silverdale,
Pa., was recently admitted to the Courts of
Bucks Co. John took his law degree at
Duke. He and wife, Barbara Jeanne, have
1 daughter.
Bob Harbers may well hold a class
record. How his wife, Jo, found time to
write me a full page letter, I'll never know,
for they have 8, count them, 8 children.
Bob has been in the childrens' apparel field
for the last 13 yrs. and is now a manufacturer's agent. (Obviously, he's one of
the industry's best customers.) He maintains an office in Charlotte, N.C., and
services the Carolina-Va. area. The Harbers' home is in Albermarle, N.C.
Casey Bruinooge put down his CE's
transit long enough to write that he is now
living in Livingston, N.J., where he's Chief
Cost Engr. for the Construction Div. of
Foster Wheeler Corp. Casey has spent a
good part of his career in field work but
is now mostly doing site visits. This, he
hopes, will enhance his chances of making
the big 15th. Casey has 2 daughters, aged
12 and 5. Jack Vanderbilt capably represents our engineering grads in the aerospace field. He works for Hamilton Std.
Div. of United Aircraft in Windsor, Conn.,
where he is responsible for the design of
propellent handling trailers for the Gemini
and Saturn programs. He and Marge have
2 daughters, aged 7V2 and 5. Jack also expresses a hope that he'll be on the hill
June 3-4.
Don Whiteley is doing volunteer work,
as he's trying to personally contact all '51
K D R ' s in re the 15th. Good luck, Donald.
Don's been working for Atlas Chem. Ind.
in Wilmington, Del., for the last 6 yrs.,
where he handles all psychological testing
for the Co. He's regularly in touch with
classmates Larry Snyder, Jack Stelwagon,
and Hal Hulka. Through the local Laf.
Club, of which he was pres. for 2 yrs., Don
sees many other alumni. He and wife,
G O R D O N B . B R O W N , '24
MASON WILLIAMS, '50
Gwen, are also parents of 2 girls.
For inside info, on the improvement of
the breed, the man to see at the 15th is
Kirk Steen, who has been training horses
on N E tracks for the past 4 yrs. Kirk's
group closed out '65 as leading money
winners at Narragansett, R.I.
A March campus reunion meeting found
'51 represented by Closs, Cosgrove, Diamond, Duffy, Rush, Schofield, Stahle,
and yours truly. Afterward we toured new
McKeen dorm, which shapes up as an ideal
facility for our residence and post-smoker
party in June. Dr. Chas. Best has consented to join Doc Marklein as our faculty
guest. Duffy reported at the meeting that
he had received close to 75 affirmative replies. Will you be there to help us top the
lOth's sterling achievements, which included water Olympics and the chairman's
(un) forgettable address? See you then.
'52
CYRUS FLECK, JR.
409 Pierce St.
Easton, Pa. 1S042
It gives me great pleasure to report that
Bob Gicking has been elected President
and a Dir. of the Hazleton Nat'l Bank
which services Northeastern Pa. with its
main office and four branches throuhgout
Luzerne and Carbon 'Ctys. Bob has been
associated with this bank for the past decade and most recently served as First Vice
Pres. Always at the forefront in community activities, Bob is active with the
Boy Scouts and has been instrumental in
attracting new industry to the Hazleton
area. In addition, Bob has been a loyal
leader in Lafayette fund campaigns.
While glancing through the Sunday edition of the New York Times, I spotted a
quote from another President, Roy P.
Raizen, who states t h a t television advertising is the motivating factor for a child.
Roy claims that there is not another way
you can reach the child as well and as
rapidly. Roy is Pres. of the Transogram
Co., one of the world's largest toy manufacturers. Last year Transogram which has
a plant in Easton, grossed more than
$18,000,000 in sales.
Another local based company, IngersollRand, is the employer of 2 classmates who
have made recent headlines. Dick Murgas
has been appointed supt. of production and
production control at the Mocksville, N.C.,
plant. Dick previously has been manufacturing office supervisor in the rock drill
div. at the company's Phillipsburg plant.
Henry G. Conkey, Jr., recently was sent
up to Toronto, Can., to form a new industrial resale group for Canadian Ingersoll-Rand. First of all, Henry joined Union
Carbide in '52 and paid taxes in Pittsburgh,
Port Washington, L.I., N.Y., Charleston,
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We^t Va., and Washington, D.C., and then
back to sailing on the Long Island sound.
The Conkeys are the parents of 2 sons,
Henry I I I , 12; Stephen, 10; and Suzanne
Marie, 8. The Conkey family thoroughly
enjoys the boating and fishing which are
available and accessible on the many beautiful lakes of Ontario.
Dick Rose also brings us up-to-date with
a letter noting his family and job credentials. Dick is working with the Great
American Ins. Co. in N.Y. as a supervisor
in the computer programming dept. The
Rose family has been busy moving into a
new home at 101 High St., Ramsey, N.J.
Joanne and Dick are still on the diaper
team with Melinda, 7 mo., Douglas, 21 mo.,
and precocious Kathy at 4Va is being
groomed for babysitting duties.
Dick
notes that Don Magruder has returned to
the west coast.
From the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of
the U.S. Attorney, comes the announcement that a son, Donald Jr., has joined the
Donald S. Smith family in Washington.
He has been registered with the Class of
19S7 and a baseball uniform has been
ordered.
Russell A. Osswald is an internal auditor
for the Jamaica Water Supply Co., a large
private utility operating within N.Y.C.
Russ and wife Sylvia live with their daughter, Karen, 6, in Uniondale, L.I., N.Y.
Bob Nisliiyama, who represents the
AMP, Inc. in Japan, comes to Harrisburg
every few years, but has not been back to
the campus.
John Neary became a recent bridegroom
when he married the former Omele Edsert
in Auburn, N.Y. John is employed in the
Apollo support dept. of the G.E. Co. in
Daytona, Fla., where the Nearys will reside.
Phi Psi Tom Melchers is a District Mgr.
for McGraw-Hill, Inc. specializing in advertising space sales. Tom is married to
the former Marlene Anne Nyrey and
proudly claims 3 deductions, Keith, 7,
Christine Anne, 5, and Richard Scott, 2.
Another big man in the sales marketing
mix is Pat Patrizio who is advertising mgr.
for Franco-American Products Div. of
Campbell Soup Co. P a t reports 2 midget
league halfbacks, Paul and Mark, who are
aged 9 and 8.
As the twilight fades on another college
year, it is interesting to note that the 1966
seniors are faced with the same specific
problems our graduating seniors were confronted with in the spring of 1952. Class
rank, the selective service exam are back
in the headlines and of course are major
topics of discussion on campus as they were
14 years ago.
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RAYMOND L . HOWE
904 Porter St.
Easton, Pa. 18042
Guest Correspondent
JAMES R .
O'NEIL
Raymond is cavorting about the country
leading assorted brethren in Theta Delt
chants, and probably casting a well trained
eye on the financial and scholastic positions of various chapters as well, so I am
filling in with the hope that his rating does
not suffer as a consequence.
M y letter to Cary Ahí arrived as he was
waiting for wife, Nellie, to deliver their
fifth child, a boy named Peter. This makes
2 boys and 3 girls, and, if the latter look
like Nellie they will be winners. After a
hitch in the Corps, Cary and 2 partners
formed Narvon Mines Ltd. and, after many
ups and downs befitting a true Horatio
Potter, '54, X e r o x
Dr. Robert Potter, '54, has been
named associate director, applied research laboratory of Xerox in Rochester,
N.Y. In this new assignment he will be
responsible for applied research and development in various aspects of information technologies in support of the
company's facsimile, information storage, and retrieval, and computer related
product programs.
Dr. Potter joined Xerox in December
after five years at the T. J. Watson Research Center of IBM. In 1964 he had
been granted the IBM Outstanding Contribution award for work on optical pattern recognition and optical data processing. He has published over 3 0 technical papers and has an international
reputation in the field of optics.
Alger type, Cary steadfastly remains as a
Director and Sales Mgr.
Jerry Campbell, my much maligned
Freshman Year cellmate, heads the West
Coast manufacturing installation of Campbell Chain Company, and not surprisingly
is working very hard and enjoying it.
Jerry and wife, Mary Jane, have 2 fine sons,
William and Steven, ages four and one respectively. Jerry extended an invitation to
visit him in "the finest city in the United
States," and I might take him up on that.
There must be some form of show business needful of the talents and humour of
our friend, C. Farquard Moose, or Moose
W. Zipf, if you will. Until someone discovers him though, Moose continues in
Product Development with American Hospital Supply (says he is working on a gigantic bedpan for the class float at our
15th). Yeah, Yeah. Moose and wife, Jean,
live in Rumson and bathe their 3 children
in the ocean.
John Stephens writes that he attended
Univ. of Mich, for M.A. in Geology in '56,
toured 6 months with the infantry, and returned to State for a Ph.D. in Geology in
'59. John went to Ohio State in Sept., '59,
as Instructor and Curator of the geological
museum, and 2 yrs. later was promoted to
Ass't. Professor. He became Ass't. Dean of
College Arts and Sciences in '62, and in
July, '65, was appointed Ass't. Dean of
Off Campus Education. The Off Campus
Education Program consists of 5 branch
centers throughout Ohio, comprised of
3500 students, and John's major responsibilities are with budget, faculty, and general administration. John and wife, Polly,
have a son David, almost 6, and a daughter Nancy, almost 2. John, hope you make
one of the reunions soon.
While at the friendly Phi Delt maison,
Charlie Teske and I talked about Charlie's
position as Ass't. Prof, of English at Oberiin. Our conversation was more than interesting, but the venerable scholar's latest
letter is even more so. During academic
year 1964-65, Charlie went on sabbatical
leave, and Helga and son Boris, 5, journeyed with him "to Glasgow, then on to
Edinburgh, both for work in the National
Library and for the Edinburgh Festival.
A 4 day trip by car down west side of
Eng., then to London for 6 wks. reading in
the British Museum." After 10 days with
Helga's family in Rhineland, the Teskes
returned to Oberlin, where, I am told by
an old army buddy, he can occasionally be
seen and heard playing some excellent jazz
on the trumpet and maybe accepting some
occasional refreshment.
The always congenial Christopher Donner Harding, now resides in New Providence, N.J., and for the past 4 years has
been selling business insurance for Liberty
Mutual. Conner's efforts have been successful, and Mother Liberty has rewarded
the Hardings with two summer cruises; one
for 2 wks. in the Caribbean and last year
for a month in Europe. N o t bad if you
like that kind of stuff.
Henry Ambler and I studied Lebonese
Language and History with Alex and Ann
during our freshman year, and our youthful enthusiasm often propelled us through
various locked dormitory doors at midnight where we freely dispensed our knowledge. Henry's recent note admits only
that he is still Henry and still my friend.
Bill Lauder often served as our dubious
and bewildered host on these forays. He
survived admirably, and is now the proud
father of Karen, 5, Alan, 3, and Linda,
6 months. Bill and wife, Mary, reside in
Ambler, Pa., and Bill has been a Systems
Engineer at Philco Corp. since '63.
Howe has often wondered aloud to me,
"where is Carl Reiche now?" and Donner
Harding's letter freely states of his old
friend, "I know nothing of that black devil,
Carl." The scoop of the year, I almost
heard from Carl. M y secretary received
an L.D. call one afternoon from a Mr.
Reiche, but I was off attending a culture
slide. Carl never called back, and I can
only suspect that he is in the Secret Service with Henry. Perhaps U.N.C.L.E.
Not intentionally scooping Ray again,
but I have just been transferred to N.Y.C.
as District Mgr. of Sales for the Plastic
Container Division of Continental Can Co.
Sally and I hope to see some of you at one
of the fall football games. It was fun
doing the column, and my sincere thanks to
all of you for your help.
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240 Friendship Rd.
Drexel Hill, Pa. 19027
Chuck Ihloff shares his good fortune
with this column and writes that he has
recently been playing the role of a country
gentleman. For the past 6 yrs. he has been
pastor of Federated Church of Christ in
Bklyn, Conn. A member of the congregation recently donated a park-like 20 acre
estate to serve as the new parsonage. The
Ihloffs now reside in an air-conditioned
ranch home surrounded by brooks and
ponds well stocked with trout, swimming
pool, 2 tractors, and workshop which is
now filled with his tools. Wife, Joan, now
has an ultra-ultra kitchen and Cathy, 8,
and Ernie, 5, have yet to complete their
explorations. Beside the pressures of a
busy church, Rev. Ihloff serves as State
Jail Chaplain, involvement on committees
for 2 denominations, local library board,
and fire company. Chuck indicates that if
a minister is unlikely to become a millionaire, he is enjoying living like one. Incidentally, there is even a detached 4 room
guest house to accommodate any straggling
'55'ers traveling Rt. 169 in that direction.
Jack Gilbert is now a partner in the law
firm of "Boswell & Gilbert," and along
with his wife, Jean, resides in Ocean City,
N.J. Jack had previously practiced law for
2 yrs in North Jersey. He has been president of the Lions Club, trustee of the Republican Club, and member of the Married
Couples Club.
Another lawyer heard from is Phil
Weiss. He is a partner in the firm of
"Duffy, McTighe & M c E l h o n e " since the
first of the year in Norristown, P a .
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First weekend in Feb. I got a call f r o m
Chief Wheeler-Dealer Sam Jackson and
he and I attended the Reunion C o m m i t t e e
Meeting on T h e Hill. This is shaping u p
to be a really wonderful event for us, one
you cannot afford to miss. N u m b e r 10, you
know, is the really big shew, the best of
everything, the one t h a t has t h e most m e n
b a c k ; No. 5 is really for the rah-rah's, and
No. 15 and No. 20 are for the never-saydie's, b u t this one, N o . 10, is the one for
E V E R Y B O D Y . Dick Batts a n d M u m m y
R u n y o n are coming all t h e way in from
Chicago, accompanying Hunter Garbee
who has just been transferred there by
Linde. U p from D C country will be Gayle
Parker, Julian Eldridge, Bill Kent, R o n
Keyser, Rick Kuder, and Bob T h o m a s ;
from Baltimore, Bill Parr, Bob Williams,
J o h n Keller, and Dr. R o n Keyser. J o h n
Dempwolf is traveling in from Charlotte,
and Ick Green is going to close the b a n k
and zip over from St. Lou. T h e Pittsburgh
team is arriving in force, including Dr.
Jack Bocher, Nick Ceto, Bob Chamberlain, Bill Farmer, Jim Hunter, Frank
Mattison, T o m Myers, T o m Nelson, and
Seed Watts. A huge Philly contingent, led
with trombones and banners by Veitch and
Alexander, and carrying Every on their
shoulders, will j a m t h e steps a t the end of
3rd St., including, Graham, Elias, Dillon,
Dates, Arnold, Beers, Batley, Murphy,
H u m e , Kahn, Masters, Wisler, Dannehower, Blahos, Eldridge, Machiorlete,
and Dr. Akbar Samii with LSD-25 for
everyone. N o t to be outdone, the N.Y.C.
boys intend to steal the Brass Cannon from
Lehigh or Rutgers (wherever it has been
for the past 10 yrs) and b o m b a r d Paxinosa
with super-balls, contributed by Dr. Bob
Bialkin, Tony DeVincentis, Bill Romanello, Bill Florence, Joe Gottlieb, Art
Herrmann,
John
Lekashman,
Leon
Marcus, Jack Mitchell, Irwin Pasternak,
A1 Pesky, Mitch Rosenthal, Stan Schlesinger, and Joe Stamler. Pete Fogg is
coming all the way from Rosemont, M i n n . ;
can thou afford not to be there?
Incidently, Sandy Smith, Bill Cromey,
Howie Fredericks, Charlie Hock, and
Marshall Rapp will be assigned to guard
the Phi Psi house, which as you probably
will notice immediately, is now out-ofsquare with just about every building on
campus and there is genuine concern t h a t
Burcin, Fyvie, and Kozischek m a y try to
shove it around so t h a t it lines u p with the
new Library.
You can rest assured t h a t Myron Mooradian and self will be present also to receive (modestly) accolades for completing
our first 10 years as grads with a column in
E V E R Y issue of this magazine. We are
the first class in the history of L.C. to have
the benefit of the new no red-light Interstate Highways to speed us to Easton for
our T E N T H : let's A L L get b a c k ; make
the wife drive and leave the drinking to us.
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in Pleiku in the Central Highlands of Viet
N a m . Skip is treating civilians of diseases
we don't have in the U.S. There are only
1000 physicians to treat over 14 million
Vietnamese, so you might say he's got a
going practice. While Skip is enjoying the
cool highlands, Bob Moss is reputed to be
in t h e h o t D e l t a area, b u t their paths
haven't crossed.
B o b Ragot a n d his spouse, the former
Santa Colatriano of P'burg, now live a t
303 Hollyberry Rd., W. Severna Park, Md.,
with Marianne, 4, and Bobby, almost 2.
Bob spent 6 years with Westinghouse and
is in his 3rd year as a Sr. Project Engr. for
the govt, a t t h e U.S.N. Marine Engrg. Lab.
in Annapolis.
Jerry Escala left I B M and is now practicing law as an assoc. of the firm of
Fornabai & Zimmerman in F o r t Lee, N.J.,
thanks to his Seton Hall (64) law degree,
and was appointed a t t o r n e y to the Englewood Bd. of H e a l t h . H e and Mahlon
Ortman, now in private practice in E a s t
Orange, N.J. m e t in a Hackensack court
recently. Among Jerry's other recent contacts were Jack Volk and J o h n Wheeler.
Jack and Jerry are b o t h Englewood residents and fellow Zetes. J o h n and J o a n
Wheeler and 2 children are now living in
Wanaque, N.J., and J o h n is pursuing his
Ph.D. a t C o l u m b i a U.
Cpl. Paul Barkmeier, C Co., H q . Bn.,
M.C.S. Quantico, Va., has managed to visit
28 countries, including Viet N a m , and expects to be going back again before summer. Paul is in the experimental end of
communications and electronics field even
though his primary d u t y is as a radio operator. H e says t h a t despite the lures of
civilian jobs, he'll stick with the M C until
they toss him out, of old age, I hope.
Hank Darlington, who was once a good
soldier, was appointed corresponding secy,
of a group who celebrated New Year's E v e
together. H a n k and Ardella are back in
Lancaster, Pa. (114 Glen Moore Cr.). Between trips to the 8 branches (in 4 states)
of the R a u b Supply Co., for whom H a n k
toils as Industrial Div. Mgr., he cavorts
with Steve, 6, and Cindy, 4. Hosts of t h e
N.Y.E. p a r t y were Chicky and Jim Radcliff. Fortunately, Chicky didn't break u p
the p a r t y with a rush trip to the m a ternity ward, b u t less than a month later,
she became a m o m for the third time. J i m
got his degree from LaSalle and is a sales
engineer for Bay State Abrasive Co. He's
not playing basketball, b u t his golf game
is too good for a week-end duffer. Other
revelers, Carol and George Tiger, traveled
all the way from Lawrenceville, N.J.
A. S. Deichman & Co.
Deichman & McConnel
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INSURANCE SPECIALISTS AND
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Mrs. Lewis S. Beers ('25)
William S. Beers, '61
Milton S. Lippincott, Sr.
R I C H A R D F . CORTAZZO
192 W o r t h Street
Iselin, N.J. 08830
Captain Norig Ellison, 447th Medical
D e t a c h m e n t , Advisory T e a m #21, APO,
S.F. Calif., is CO of a~16 m a n med. detach.
George is reputed to have a bevy of
women working for him in D a t a Processing
a t N.J. Bell, b u t he spends his overtime
with his own dolls, Lisa, 8, and Geo. Jr., 5.
Skip Hauck is reported to be a Xerox
salesman in the Lancaster area and Betsy
and J o h n Moser and their 3 daughters live
in nearby Harrisburg, where J o h n is R e gional Comptroller for Servomation, a national vending machine company.
John Aronson took m e a t m y word and
called me a t t h e office some weeks ago to
announce t h a t he and Janice are back in
N.J. (7 P a r k Lane, Caldwell) after a period
in H a r t f o r d and Boston. J o h n is I B M ' s
Eastern Region Marketing Training I n structor in Newark. T h e children, Kristan,
K a t h r y n , and James, are 7, 6, and 5. J o h n
reports t h a t K a p p a Sigma brother Bill
Metzgar is an Underwriter Supervisor with
Aetna in H a r t f o r d , Conn., and currently
has 2 children, Stephen and Sara (h). Was
it Bill who was bragging a b o u t his wife's
cooking at our F I F T H ? Janice and J o h n
had had some contact with John Stanley,
who is living in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.,
and working for the Edwards Co., mfgrs. of
fire alarm systems and Aronson had t h e
odd experience of riding some distance on
a train in the same car as Jack Sallada
without either of t h e m spotting the other
until one had to get off. Can you imagine
the brief conversation?
J. Raymond Carey was planning another
Union Carbide sponsored trip to the F a r
East, even had his 12 inoculations, etc.,
when he was appointed Business Area Controller with the Olefins Div. and left the
Audit D e p t . H e hopes t h a t he can now reduce his traveling and devote more time to
family and community activities.
How
much more R a y could handle is questionable, since he's involved in so m a n y political, civic, youth, and church activities
already t h a t I ' m saving the list for the first
month the mailbag comes up e m p t y .
I dropped a note to the Chi Phi brothers
in J a n u a r y to let t h e m know t h a t Dick
Mudge had been placed in the capable
hands of the C a s a Colina Rehabilitation
Center at 255 E a s t Bonita, P o m o n a , Calif.,
while wife, Jill, and the children a r e a short
distance away at 2401 E . Adams, Orange,
Calif. 92667. Jill's spirits took a dip when
the medics a t the Center told her t h a t
Dick's rehabilitation limit has been m e t
and he will have to be moved to a private
nursing home shortly. Quite a shock, particularly with a husky guy like Dick. Does
anyone have any ideas on how we can
heip?
M y note provoked a letter from Jim
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"OUR 106TH YEAR OF INSURANCE SERVICE"
1966
Master's wife, Pauline, who states that
they, too, are. quite concerned about Dick's
unimproved condition. The Masters have
been in Sharon, Pa. (388 Forker Blvd) for
21/2 years. Jim is working for Sawhill
Tabular Products as Mktg & Advtg Mgr.,
is on the Operating Bd. of the Greenville
Ice Rink (although you can't tell by watching him skate), and is treas. of the P T A
and chrm. of the governments contract
committee of the Chamber of Commerce.
Their son, JB, is in 1st grade and Polly was
4 on Washington's B.D. Pauline brings up
a -timely subject: Class Reunion (She'll
(be with Jim if he gets to our BIG
T E N T H ) . With all the plans required to
make a success, we should be hearing from
Reunion Chairman Joe Volk within the
next few months. Maybe we can have an
informal get-together this June to discuss
plans, so make yourself heard if you get to
the Hill. I n the meantime, save your
money, particularly if you're going to bring
your wife!
SAE's alert! Get to the June Alumni
meeting, your president is retiring!
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EDMOND M .
KIRBY
28 Bayard Place
Newark, N.J. 07106
tioned in our Jan. column.
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BERNARD M .
STIEFEL
44 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201
This will be the last column I will be
writing from Monroe Place, Bklyn. By
the time you read this I'll be installed in
my new position in Mkt. for Xerox and
will have a new Rochester, N.Y. residence.
Another of our number is now in Viet
Nam. A1 Meihofer returned to the States
after 2 yrs. in Germany and was scheduled
for S.E. Asia in Feb. Wife, Betty, and the
children are probably settled in N.J. by
now.
Carl Metzgar writes from Florence, Ala.
where he is with Reynolds Metals. He
and Nancy announce that new daughter,
Jennifer, joined them last Aug. Also with
new jobs are Bob Duca who has been appointed Dist. Reg. Mgr. for the Orlando,
Fla. office of Texas Instruments and Bill
Bush who is now Ass't Personnel Mgr. of
The Plastic Coating 'Corp., an affiliate of
Scott Paper. This last bit of news was
passed along by Dick Goudey who is now
with United Air Lines and living in Phila.
Dr. Leslie Rawitt reports in from Calif,
where he is about to complete his residency in pediatrics. Les will then be making Lois an Air Force wife.
Spoke with Jon Clayton and Pat Leraris just last week. Jon is still with Manufacture's Hanover and he, Carole, and son,
David, are residing in East Brunswick, N.J.
Jon is in touch with Clarke Murphy who
is with Irving Trust. Clarke and wife
Susan have recently moved up to M t .
Vernon.
Leraris is now a Sales Eng. with Spaulding Fiber Co. and has just moved into
Manhattan. P a t reports the following:
Herb Kott is also a Sales Eng. with Veco
Corp. in Bowie, Md. He and Joan now
have 2 sons, Jeffrey and Brian. Roy Baker
has recently been named Western Sales
Mgr. for Automatic Controls Co. in Minn,
while Hoot Gibson is with Alcoa in Messina, N.Y. P a t has one plea—Fred LeDonne, where are you?
One last note from Reunion Chairman,
Bruce Forbes. Although this is an offyear reunion for us it would be great to
have a fine turnout in June. Bruce has
designated the Theta Delt house as a
meeting place or clearing house. If you
are coming up, stop by and see who is
there or has checked in. Why not bring
your wife or girl friend. We could make it
a real social event. In fact, if you are
coming and bring a companion drop me a
line. For future reunions we could print
the names of the couples who will be attending and possibly plan something appropriate.
Ned Finkel has commenced his new
duties as assist, prosecutor in Essex Cty.
A former U.S. attorney, he was law secretary to the Essex Cty. Dist. Court upon
his graduation from law school. So far the
editor has not engaged him in legal battle
in the courtroom. Dave Branch has recently joined the news staff of the Daily
News Record, one of the business papers
of Fairchild Publications in N.Y.C. The
personnel director foresees a bright and excellent future for him in his new endeavor.
Richard E. Repert has been appointed
exec. dir. of Family & Children's Services
of the Oranges and Maplewood. Dick, who
is married and has 2 children, lives in
Bernardsville. H e has his M.A. in Social
Work from St. Louis Univ. and obtained
vast experience in his field while with the
Army Mental Hygiene Consultation program. Jim Boettler keeps us informed
annually with an unusual bit of correspondence from the U. of 111. where both he and
wife, Marcia, are still at the books.
Matthew Liu is still teaching math at
Central State College in Wise. His wife
and 2 children accompanied him to 111. for
summer school this past year. Lonnie Van
Zandt is reported to be living in Dearborn
Hts., Mich, with wife, Peggy, and daughter
after finishing his Ph.D. in physics.
I t is not too early to start thinking about
a trip t o Easton in June, the 3rd and 4th
to be more precise. If we have enough
interest, I'm sure John Fulmer will have
something quasi-official on tap for the returnees. A Christmas letter from Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Pike was a novel and welPAUL A . LUSCOMBE
come surprise. Leslie and Lori form a wel8900 Boulevard East,
coming committee for Daddy when he returns from the industrial engineering dept.
Apt. I D
at Campbell's Soup. Pikey is an accomNorth Bergen, N.J. 07047
plished pilot and now divides his time
evenly between golf and flying. They
In Ramsey, N.J., you can now see the
also have journeyed far and near on the shingle of Huot & Ohnegian, which reprewest coast and their reportorial scheme sents a general practice law firm of which
sounds like an editorial invitation to us Don Ohnegian is a partner. Don recently
poor easterners.
Another missile from bought a house in Ramsey, moving from
Calif., this time from San Mateo where New Milford. Don and Betsy were exBob Rossman is stationed with K L M Air- pecting their first child in April as of this
lines as assistant to the west coast regional writing.
mgr. Bob plans to return in June to reDon told me t h a t Dick Beck is leading
new acquaintances and of course he will the good life down in Cape Kennedy. Dick
travel via K L M . He also plans to have works for P a n American Airlines—he aplunch with Fred Brousse who was men- parently "came down" to stay. Dick's
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renowned to be quite the fisherman with
his new boat. Dick and his wife, Elly, have
2 daughters now.
Two new Wall Streeters include Bob
Johnson and A1 Siegel. Bob recently
concluded 3V2 years in the Navy and now
is doing research at Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades
& Co. A1 is in the institutional trading department at Kidder, Peabody & Co., after
completing a stint at Commercial Union
Insurance Co. A1 has a son and daughter
and resides in Port Washington, L.I.
M y wife, Cinnie, and I bumped into
Wayne Cipriani at the base of M t .
Stratton, Vt. Wayne was the skier and
we were the tourists (actually, we successfully completed Bromley the day before
and quit while we were ahead). Wayne,
a newlywed as of August, is now a flight
engineer with T.W.A. Wayne told of a
serious football injury sustained in the
Central Park (N.Y.) football circuit.
Fellow correspondent F. H. Schlough,
'16, informs me that Jim Rauch married
the former Miss Judith Weaver on Feb.
20, 1966. Jim's now a sales engineer with
General Electric after working for Public
Service Elec. & Gas. and achieving his
master's degree at Newark College of Engineering. Mr. & Mrs. Rauch spent their
honeymoon in Nassau.
Lew Powell is now a results engineer at
the Sunbury plant of Pennsylvania Power
& Light Co. Lew's been building his own
house on a 14 acre wood lot between New
Berlin and Winfield, Pa.
'61
BARRY SHERWOOD
7 Broad St.
Red Bank, N.J. 07701
Remember to mark your calendars.
This June will be our 5th reunion and a
great opportunity to see a lot of the fellas
that were not able to make it back in the
past few years due to service, graduate
schools, etc.
Dick Herbster has forwarded a letter from John Harobin. John
has informed us that after a twenty month
tour of duty in Manheim, Germany, he
returned to begin work on his MBA. He
plans to finish at the Univ. of Fla. this
Aug.
John says that when in N.Y.C. he ran
into Mark Chernansky and Russ Pessina.
Mark is an account exec, with Y & R Advertising and Russ is working as an electronics engineer in the Westchester area.
They are still rooming together on E. 66th
street.
Craig and Joan Hadden now have two
little ones. Craig received his M.S. in
M.E. from the Univ. of Conn. He is research engineering for U.S. Steel near
Pittsburgh.
Bob and P a t Fox are living in Hackensack. Bob is with Benton & Bowes Advertising. H e received his MBA from
Columbia.
Fred McDowell is married and has one
child. Fred is finishing his research for
Columbia and working for his Ph.D. in
Geo-Chemistry.
Bill Mangels and wife, Ann, are living
in Baltimore where he is working for the
city planning commission. Bill received
his masters in Transportation Planning
from the U. of W.V.
Larry Cassel and his wife, Cecile, are
living in San Fran. He is with Pacific Bell
and sees Bill Buehler occasionally. Bill
and Warren Eberlein have an apartment
in San Francisco.
Pete Dorer is working for I B M in Allentown.
T h o m a s B. W h e e l e r , Y a l e '58
"Four years ago some of my closest
friends thought I was a little crazy when
I quit a solid job with a giant corporation to sell life insurance.
"Now, a wife, a daughter, a comfortable
home and over $4,000,000 in life insurance sales later, even the most skeptical
of these have changed their views.
"And best of all I am not caged in by the
age or ability of anybody else. My ceiling is unlimited — my income is in direct proportion to the work I do . . ."
And income consists of two factors —
commissions f r o m new business and fees
for policy renewals. Since a new agent's
clients tend to be his contemporaries, the
don't know another business
in which you can do as much good
and become as successful7
in as short a time.'
volume of new business from them increases as they progress and move up the
income ladder. But even if an agent's
new business were to remain level at, say
$1 million per year for the first five years,
his income could double during that period because of renewal fees.
W h i l e income is extremely important,
the insurance company you represent
can make a big difference, too. Ask any
life insurance man and you'll find Mass
Mutual has a reputation for being solid
yet progressive. After all, it's been in
the business for over a century and has
more than $3 billion in assets.
So if you're a person who likes people,
who wants a business of his own with
no capital outlay and no ceiling on what
he can make — and if you're anxious to
work hard for yourself — this is it.
If you are looking for the rewards T o m
Wheeler wants, the President of Mass
Mutual would like to know about it.
W r i t e him a personal letter: Charles H .
Schaaff, President, Mass Mutual, Springfield, Mass. 01101. It could be the most
valuable letter you'll ever write.
MASSACHUSETTS
LIFE
INSURANCE
Springfield,
Massachusetts
MUTUAL
COMPANY
/ organized
1851
Some oj the Lafayette alumni in Massachusetts Mutual service:
LAFAYETTE
David B. Adler, C.L.U., '17, Orlando
Frank W. Hiller, '43, Philadelphia
Frederic F. Lawall, '22, New York
Thomas J. Gasser, Jr., '51,
Philadelphia
David K. Aldrich, C.L.U., '38,
Allentown
Richard A. Faust, '56, Binghamton
Aman M. Barber, Jr., C.L.U., '59,
Allentown
Cameron D. Warner, '61,
Bethlehem
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