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lafdyeHe alumnus news
published for the alumni of lafayette college
September 1971
easton, pa.
kidd awards
to be made at
homecoming
"Homecoming 1971" will again
feature the presentation of awards to
distinguished alumni and outstanding
faeulty members. The two-day weekend
will be capped by the Lafayette-Bucknell
football game.
Following a 6 p.m. social hour at the
Holiday Inn in Bethlehem on Friday,
October 22, the Founders-Homecoming
Dinner will be held. Dr. K. Roald
Bergethon, president of the College, will
speak. President Bergethon spent the
summer in Europe under a grant from
The Danforth Foundation awarded him
last year.
George Washington Kidd Awards will
be presented to four alumni who have
distinguished themselves in their careers:
John G. Fuller '36, Letters; Dr. F.
Wilbur Gingrich '23, Education; Philip
L. Greenawalt '34, Banking and Finance;
and Dr. Alan A. Scheer '45, Medicine.
This marks only the second year these
awards have been given. Mr. Kidd was
the first man to receive a degree from
Lafayette College, in 1836. Following
graduation he worked in St. Louis, Mo.,
and New Orleans, La. In 1868 he went
to Houston, Tex., where he became
secretary of the Board of Trade and
Cotton Exchange. He was the promoter
of the "deep water to Houston" project
and became one of Houston's outstanding citizens. In the latter part of his life
he came back to campus many times and
before his death returned his original
diploma to the College for its historical
records.
Three surprise awards will also be presented to faculty members: the Thomas
Roy and Lura Forrest Jones Superior
Teaching Award; the Christian R. and
Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award; and the Student Council
Superior Teaching Award.
On Saturday, October 23, a Glee Club
concert will be presented in Colton
Chapel at 10:30 a.m., followed by a new
feature, a "Tailgate Clambake" on
Freshman Field, sponsored by the Lehigh
Valley Alumni Club and starting at
11 a.m.
A noon soccer match will be held at
Metzgar Fields, with Lafayette facing
Swarthmore. The football game, on
Fisher Field, will start at 1:30 p.m.
Following the game, fraternities and
social dormitories will hold open houses.
(continued on page 2)
The wrecker's crane thrusts into a familiar skyline as demolition of part of the north stands begins
trustees give
approval for
natatorium
A brake cable was then attached to
the rear of the mobile hulk to keep it
from gathering momentum and crashing
into the Kunkle Hall of Biology, as some
skeptics feared it would, or into the Phi
From beneath the stands, the wrecker's ball on impact
moving day for phi psi house
attracts spectators, tv cameras
In what was probably the most intricate and certainly the best observed engineering feat performed on the Lafayette campus in many years, the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity house was picked
up and moved a thousand feet this
summer.
The 625-ton, three-story, stone and
wood frame structure was moved from
its original site near the quadrangle,
where it had been located since the fall
of 1909, to the rear of March Field.
Before they could move the building,
workmen had spent nearly all of June
building a temporary but portable foundation of wooden beams and steel girders
in the basement. Then they carefully
freed the house from its thick stone
foundation, using air hammers.
news adopts new format
In an attempt to give alumni
more news about the College and
one another, without increasing
costs, this new format for the
Lafayette Alumnus News has been
adopted.
Like the aims, the changes are
two-fold.
While the size of the News has
been increased—instead of four
pages it will be from 12 to 16, and
the page size is larger—the
Lafayette Alumnus Magazine will
be reduced to 32 pages.
Because production costs of the
magazine have risen sharply in
recent years, it has been increasingly necessary to limit its size. There-
With the decision to include the natatorium as part of the new physical
education-athletics complex, the Lafayette College Board of Trustees embarked
on its most ambitious building project in
the history of the College.
Approval of the entire $4.9 million
project, which includes construction of
the large fieldhouse-natatorium and
renovation of Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, came after the ground breaking
ceremony held during reunion weekend.
"The trustees decided to go ahead
based on the progress of the $25 million
'On Lafayette' campaign to date and the
anticipated receipt of the Ruef estate, of
which they learned last spring," Gary A.
Evans '57, vice-president for development and director of alumni affairs, said.
Another significant factor, Mr. Evans
noted, was the generosity of a number of
trustees who doubled their original gifts
to the campaign in order to make this
move possible.
Lafayette President K. Roald Bergethon announced last April that John W.
Ruef '01 had left the College a legacy of
nearly $3.8 million, the largest sum of
money from an individual in the
College's history. Mr. Ruef specified that
the money be used for construction.
Following the trustees' decision to add
the natatorium to the previously announced fieldhouse project, the construction contract for the entire plan was
granted, in early August, to Irwin &
Leighton, Inc., of Philadelphia.
While the shovels of earth turned
during the June ground breaking symbolized the start of construction, the
physical magnitude of the fieldhouse was
not brought home to the interested
onlooker until nearly half of the north
stands and the wall behind them were
dramatically demolished last month to
make way for the building.
Indeed, one Easton alumnus watched
aghast as the wrecker's ball battered
down the entire top portion of the visiting teams' stands. He dashed over to
Markle Hall and into the Office of
Public Information, insisting that the
contractor was knocking down more of
the stands than he was supposed to.
The alumnus was, alas, mistaken. According to the Office of the Athletic
Director, the wrecker's ball eliminated
2,494 of the 5,507 seats in the north
stands. Instead of the approximately
18,000 spectators Fisher Field had been
able to accommodate, it now can seat
about 15,500.
(However, only two games played
there normally attract "full houses": the
fore, the class notes, which made up
by far the largest part of the magazine, will no longer appear there.
They will be printed instead in this
less expensive format.
The News, which will appear
four times a year, will allow more
space for class notes and will also
provide timely news of events and
people connected with the College.
The Alumnus Magazine will continue to appear quarterly and will
contain in-depth features about the
College and its alumni.
It is hoped that this change will
provide alumni with more of the
kind of news you want. Write and
let us know what you think of it.
As the building remained seemingly
precariously balanced on the stacked
wood and steel, 56 large truck wheels
were positioned in a triangular shape
under the girders.
Early on June 30, steel cables attached
to three huge winches mounted on heavy
trucks were connected to the girders and
the slow process of moving the house
began.
The incongruousness of the sight of
the massive building moving ponderously down Sullivan Road to its new
site drew a constant flow of spectators
(not all of them employes of the
College) who stood behind the lines
security men had marked off, perched
on the roofs of nearby buildings,
sprawled on the grass under shade trees
or sat on folding chairs they had
brought with them.
One alumnus, an engineering graduate of the Class of 1950 who lives near
campus, said he took a day off from
work to watch the delicate task.
The curved path of the building was
continuously covered by wooden planks
to help distribute the tremendous load
over a wider base and provide a smoother
route. The winches then tightened the
cables simultaneously to inch the building forward slowly. Once it had been
pulled up the slight incline from its
former foundation site to Sullivan Road
near Olin Hall of. Science, the path was
downhill—but only literally, not
figuratively.
more alumni
give more,
but miss goal
"If it is possible to have a successful
fund even though the goal was not
achieved, then we certainly had one,"
wrote Anthony L. Conrad II '43, Annual
Fund chairman, to each of the more
than 950 alumni workers on the
1970-71 campaign.
What encouraged Mr. Conrad and
others who worked on the fund drive
were the increase in giving by alumni,
compared to that of the two previous
campaigns, and the "substantial increase
in the number of alumni donors over
last year's results."
Mr. Conrad, who was named president
and chief operating officer of RCA last
June, has agreed to serve again as chairman for the 1971-72 campaign in the
hope that "this year's experience will
provide a base for building stronger
fund programs in the years ahead."
Final figures for the last campaign
show that 3,225 alumni contributed
$145,679, a 17 per cent increase over last
year in the number of donors and a 5.4
per cent increase in dollars given. Gifts
from friends, parents and businesses
brought the total to $192,908, down
slightly from last year's total of $199,295.
Mr. Conrad points out that many
alumni are also making gifts to the
"On Lafayette" capital campaign for the
new physical education complex, the
health center and student residences.
The increased support bodes well for
the 1971-72 campaign when the goal
must be raised to $250,000 to meet
rapidly escalating costs, he adds. The
natatorium
is added to
new project
ANNUAL FUND
Cash Received Through June 30, 1971
June 30,1971
Num ber
June 30,1970
Amount
Number
Amount
Alumni
3225
$145,679.14
2749
$138,206.33
Friends
107
12,961.38
133
21,564.63
Parents
290
17,927.88
281
17,152.83
12
1,325.00
3
300.00
Business
Foundations
3 '
—
3634
$177,893.40
3168
8,000.00
$185,223.79
Matching Gifts
15,014.71
14,071.68
Total Cash
$192,908.11
$199,295.47
total goal last year was $225,000,
$175,000 for alumni alone.
Total gifts and grants to the College
increased from $1.5 million in 1969-70
to $2.1 million last year, according to
Edward P. Hoffer, director of
development.
The "On Lafayette" campaign, which
was given a tremendous boost by the
$3.8 million legacy from the estate of
John W. Ruef '01, has reached nearly
$16.5 million toward its goal of $25
million. These funds are earmarked for
new and improved physical facilities,
endowment and current operations
during the campaign.
Special gifts campaigns have been
scheduled for Hazleton, Pa., September
9, Robert W. Gicking '52, chairman;
Reading, Pa., September 13, Leon A.
Miller '54, chairman; Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
September 23, Louis R. Bravman '54,
chairman; and Scranton, Pa., October 5,
William J. Oliver '37, chairman.
The special gifts drive for the Harrisburg, Pa., area got under way July 13
with Theodore R. Banks '26 serving as
chairman.
four alumni to receive kidd awards at homecoming dinner
(continued from page 1)
Raymond L. Howe '54 is Homecoming
Committee chairman.
Mr. Fuller, a freelance writer from
Westport, Conn., is a novelist, playwright, columnist, critic and television
and film writer, director and producer.
He is the author of seven books, two
short-run comedies on Broadway and has
contributed to such magazines as Saturday Review (for which he wrote the
"Trade Winds" column for ten years,
1957 to 1967), Look, Saturday Evening
Post, Playboy and Reader's Digest.
Mr. Fuller has written, directed and
produced award-winning documentary
specials on the major television networks
and has worked on over 75 films at home
and abroad. Recently he has been producer of the highly regarded "The Great
American Dream Machine," which
appears on the National Educational
Television network.
He is listed in Who's Who in America
and Contemporary Authors.
Dr. Gingrich is a professor of Greek
at Albright College in Reading, Pa. A
FULLER
GINGRICH
GREENAWALT
Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lafayette,
where he won the Coleman Biblical
Prize and Bloombergh German Prize, he
earned his Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago.
Co-author of A Greek-English Lexicon
of the New Testament and Other Early
Christian Literature, which is used
throughout the English-speaking world,
he is a renowned Biblical scholar.
Among awards Dr. Gingrich has
already received is the Lindback Award
for Outstanding Teaching at Albright
in 1965. He is listed in Outstanding
Educators of America for 1970.
Mr. Greenawalt is president, chief
executive office and director of The
Kissell Company of Springfield, Ohio, a
subsidiary of Pittsburgh National Corporation.
A cum laude graduate of Lafayette, he
joined the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Savings
Bank in 1934 as a page boy. He became
assistant cashier in 1949, assistant vicepresident in 1952, vice-president in 1955,
vice-president in charge of mortgage investments in 1957 and executive vicepresident in 1959.
In 1962 he joined Kissell as senior vicepresident and director, assuming his
present position just last year. Mr.
Greenawalt is an officer, member and
former member of numerous banking,
real estate and financial boards. He has
also written articles for various publications, primarily The American Banker.
He is listed in Who's Who in Finance
and Industry, Who's Who in the Midwest and Ohio Lives.
Dr. Scheer, who was elected to a
three-year term on the Lafayette College
Board of Trustees in July, is a nationally
recognized authority in the field of
otology and otologic research-surgery. In
1965 he was awarded the Billings Gold
Medal by the American Medical Association in recognition of his work on
deafness.
After completing only two years at
Lafayette, he entered New York University College of Medicine in 1943 and
graduated with an M.D. degree in 1946.
A pioneer in reconstructive ear surgery, he has developed micro-surgical
techniques and instruments for teaching
his techniques and has contributed over
30 articles to the literature of the surgical
relief of deafness.
He is the director of the New York
Foundation for Otologic Research and
Conducts a private practice in New York
City. He resides with his wife and two
children in Scarsdale, N.Y.
SCHEER
(continued .from page 1 )
Lafayette-Lehigh game and the Easton
High-Phillipsburg High game.)
Spectators at any of the five home
football games this season will see the
early stages of construction in the northeast corner of Fisher Field. Structural
steel is expected to be erected during
October and subsequent months, with
the shell of the building ready by thé
beginning of 1972. The project is to be
completed in the spring of 1973.
College officials say the expanded and
improved facilities will meet Lafayette's
needs for its physical education, intercollegiate athletic, intramural and recreation programs.
The new, three-story building will be
400 feet long by 165 feet wide. (Before
the natatorium was added to the plans,
the structure was to be 321 feet long.)
The interior playing area will be covered
with Tartan, a synthetic material on
which Lafayette's basketball, indoor
track and wrestling teams will compete.
The surface will also make possible
indoor practice in football, baseball,
soccer, lacrosse, tennis and golf. Permanent seating for basketball and wrestling
matches will be 3,400, with space for 600
more temporary seats.
The natatorium will be at the east end
of the building. It will feature a six-lane
racing pool, 75 by 45 feet, and a separate diving pool, 50 by 35 feet and 12 feet
deep. There will be two one-meter diving
boards and one three-meter board in the
diving pool, and each pool will have an
underwater window for instructional
purposes. Seating in the spectators'
gallery will accommodate 400.
The bottom of the diving pool will be
about level with the ground floor of the
fieldhouse, with the entrance to the
spectators' gallery on the third floor of
the building.
In addition to playing and practice
facilities, the first floor of the fieldhouse
will contain offices for coaches, a lounge,
a lobby and display area, refreshment
stands and public rest rooms.
Team rooms for basketball, wrestling
and track, as well as rooms for the use
of football teams playing at Fisher Field,
will be on the second floor. A training
room, sauna, laundry and equipment
rooms and separate lockers and showers
for women and men will be located there
also.
The wrestling practice room and space
for mechanical equipment will be on the
third floor.
The fieldhouse will be available for
such special events as convocations and
concerts and could seat approximately
9,000 when the full floor space is used.
Lafayette's present gymnasium, built
in 1924, will be renovated to provide
space for fencing, squash, handball,
weight lifting and intramural sports. It
will also offer improved facilities for
physical education and free play.
The College will also construct new
parking facilities on Freshman Field,
adjacent to the present gymnasium.
These spaces and additional parking
planned for other campus sites will
accommodate visitors to the fieldhouse
and to Fisher Field.
As the largest single building project
in the history of the College, the fieldhouse will cost more than twice the $2.08
million required for the David B. Skillman Library, completed in 1963 at preinflationary prices. Before the natatorium was added to the plans, the trustees
had announced on February 13 that the
project would cost approximately $3.75
million. However, Donald U. Noblett,
vice-president for physical planning and
operations, emphasizes that a number of
contingencies, alternatives and other
factors are included in the $4.9 million
currently estimated for the project.
The first few feet were the hardest—and the most exciting
Balanced and waiting for wheels
Darby Duryea '72, Phi Psi president, being interviewed for television
The curious watched for hours
house moved
ponderously
to march field
Delta Theta fraternity house, as one wag
said he hoped, it would.
After three days, the 15 to 20 workmen had moved the building to within
a few yards of its new site on March
Field. It was finally set in place on
July 8.
While there was never any doubt
that the structure would arrive intact,
officials insisted, the College did insure
it in transit with Lloyd's of London for
|310,800. This sum was in addition to
insurance taken out by the mover, C.
Van Howling of Wellington, N.J.
D. Darby Duryea '72 of Ormond
Beach, Fla., the fraternity's undergraduate president, was one of three fraternity
brothers who worked for the moving
crew.
A television news team from a Scranton-Wilkes-Barre station, WNEP-TV,
came to the Lafayette campus on July 1
to film the house being moved. While
here, the newsmen interviewed Mr.
Duryea, in his working clothes, and the
film clip was featured on that evening's
television newscast.
Moving the house cost $56,500, according to the Office of Physical Planning
and Operations. Preparing the new site,
creating a parking lot there and running
in and hooking up utilities to the, house
were additional expenses.
A new foundation and cellar were
expected to be completed by the start
of classes so the fraternity could occupy
the house in September. The building
accommodates 25 students.
It was moved to provide space for an
anticipated future expansion of David
B. Skillman Library.
Workmen break for lunch—under the house
The fraternity house at its new site on March Field
Our Bob is spending the summer in
beautiful Maine.
Pete Lefjerson's wife, Sofia, is still in
the Greater Naples Nursing Home, and
while she is holding her own, Pete never
likes to be more than a few hours away
from Naples. He, therefore, could not
attend our 56 th reunion, but he sent his
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Harold, B. Croasdale
warmest regards to all of the gang.
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Mrs. Walton Killough of Hackettstown,
N.J., greatly enjoyed our 56th
I wrote a lot of letters to our classmates
alumni reunion at Lafayette in June. It
and got two good replies—from Jerry
was my pleasure to join her many relaMatson and John Rumbaugh. And so
tives and friends at a reception on the
herewith I present Jerry, who has acQueen Elizabeth II before she sailed for
quired some beautiful hummingbirdEurope in June, when she toured the
wildflower stationery: "No news here,
British Isles and especially Scotland.
except I am ridiculously well at 83 and
Allan P. Kirby has recently been in
my doctor says I should be good for 120.
the Morristown Memorial Hospital for
I play catch and pitch and bat with the
a routine check-up. His son Fred is head
neighboring kids. I seldom hear from
of I.D.S.Inc., the nation's largest group
College associates except (Milt) Cederof mutual funds.
quist '12 who has been most kind and
helpful. I do little driving since Edith's
Harvey T. Harrison's son, Harvey, Jr.
death, but if I ever get to go places it
'49, is an executive manager of
will be to see you both and your restoAllegheny Air Ways on Long Island.
ration, which must be a great satisfaction.
Bob Ellis has three sons, all married.
Write again, hope this finds you well,
His oldest is the distributing manager of
Jerry." John writes, "We arrived in the
the Toyota Automobile Co. in
North Carolina country June 19 and it
California.
has rained more or less each day to now
Dick Diamond's son, Joseph I..
(July 12). Between rains it is beautiful—
Diamond, Jr. '51 is a very efficient
4,200 feet elevation with a wonderful
secretary of the board of trustees of
view and cool nights, 50 to 60° F. HowDelta Upsilon fraternity at Lafayette.
ever, we both agree the Poconos are
He is also a leading attorney in the firm
better. This fall we fly to Pittsburgh,
of Crawford and Diamond, in Wayne,
rent a car and bum around a few weeks.
Pa.
From now on we fly and then rent a car
Joe Deegan, who missed our 56th, is
—no more long drives. Very best to
spending a few months in sunny Spain.
you both, Rummie."
His son is Judge Joseph F. Deegan, Jr.
Lovey Carr of Elizabeth, N.J., is
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Joseph W. Craft, Jr.
slowly improving from the accident in
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which he broke his leg last winter. His
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son James is a southern division manager
of Avon Products in Atlanta, Ga.
Gone from our ranks is Spencer Danby,
My son, Dr. Harold Colyer Conklin,
a fine Lafayette man whose passing we
who is a professor of anthropology at
mourn. Always back for reunions, alYale, is the only Conklin listed in the
ways in attendance at the Philadelphia
1971-1972 first edition of Who's Who In
alumni annual, always on-the-line at
annual giving time, Spence passed away The World.
on July 8. He leaves one son, Spencer,
Jr. '41; five grandchildren and two
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Frank Schlough
great-grandchildren. Spence was a civil
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engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Waldwick, N.J. 07463
for 43 years.
A fine letter from Dave McWilliams
The Class of 1916 did itself proud in
came in response to an invitation to a
support of the 1970-71 Annual Fund,
golden wedding anniversary party given which closed its books on June 30.
me by my two daughters. Dave tells the
Although a couple of donors from last
interesting story of the McWilliams
year did not contribute, we gained more
family: Lorna and their two sons, Dave, than we lost. The class total was $2,533
Jr. and Peter are all three successful
from 22 classmates. This compares with
lawyers. Dave, Jr. has four daughters
$2,130 and 20 respectively in 1969-70.
and one son; Peter has two sons and a
I thank you and Dick Logan (our
daughter. Congratulatory letters also
fund
manager) thanks you in the
arrived from classmates having already
following
words:
celebrated their golden wedding anniIt's hard to be felicitous
versary: Margaret and Ed Chesley and
With begging notes solicitous.
Ruth and Burt Shupp.
T o those who've given year by year
Burt tells of a letter from Gib DanneMay their rewards be royal.
hower who, back from a business trip to
T
o those who've passed without a tear
Los Angeles, now is leaving on the 17th
question they be loyal.
We
for a trip to Russia. We received some
So
slip
the knot of purse strings tight
good photos taken by Gib at the 57th
And next year add your "widow's
reunion of the Old Standby Class of '14.
mite."
Great news from Frank Schlough '16,
president of the 50 Year Club, regarding
Although the attendance at Easton in
the fine work of Burt Shupp in the
June was only nine, I'm glad to report
1970-71 Annual Fund. Nineteen hunthat our inquiries brought responses
dred fourteen did splendidly, up in both from nine others. Most of these were
donors and dollars from the year before. recorded in the summer issue of the
Eighteen out of 33 classmates put us in
Alumnus and the others are in these
the top 10 in percentage and dollars.
notes. I neglected to record the fact that
Kip Evans '17 (who considers himself
part '16) was back for reunion and sat
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Howard S. Conklin
with some of us at the club dinner on
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Friday night.
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Plainfield, N.J. 07061
This from Fred Luhr.- "I have felt
Heiks and Te Paul's son, Father William very well since the first of the year due
to very good care from my youngest
H. Paul of Waretown, N.J., not only
serves the Episcopal parish there, but he daughter and much greater activity with
a new hobby—weaving rugs.
spends most of the week in Atlantic
City helping in welfare work among
"I have no news to give about alumni
foreign inhabitants.
or old Lafayetters except one. I feel
obligated to tell you that I am proud of
Robert Dallas McManigal's son, Bob,
my son who is back from Asia after an
Jr. '50 is the manager of the fluorescent
extended two years on his 20-year retirelamp division of the Westinghouse
ment program. He was the officer in
Manufacturing Co. in Bloomfield, N.J.
He can never be President of the United charge of the improvement or development of the Air Force Command in
States because he was born in Japan
Iran. He spent two hitches in Vietnam
when his father was a vice-president of
and made 100 missions over the Ho Chi
the Westinghouse Manufacturing Co.
about
alumni
Minh trail. I can appreciate the tension
and danger that he experienced, since I
saw service in 1918 as an Air Force pilot
in command of a squadron. I am glad to
have him back home.
"I am sorry to miss our 55th but I
could not make it because I am dependent on my daughter to get me
around. I do not drive anymore and I
have no car. But I am happy to follow
the progress of Lafayette through our
publications."
Frank Hammond wants to know,
"Anyone interested in bowling? My
main hobby now is bowling in a league
for senior citizens, 65 or over. In May I
went to Orlando and competed against
teams from all over Florida. Our mixed
team of two women and two men from
St. Petersburg won the ninth annual
Suncoast Senior Bowling Tournament
and $77.26 prize money. Do regret
unable to attend the reunion more than
anything."
Leon Stone wrote the following:—
"Since I retired in 1966 I have not
driven many long trips in our auto,
especially in the last two years. My
eyesight is failing slightly each year. My
son-in-law and daughter drive us up to
our summer place in New Hampshire.
Although Ruth and I are 78 years old
we are in fairly good health. We are
fortunate that we are both still surviving
since we met 63 years ago in high school
in Newton, N.J.
"I have enjoyed a full life in an
academic profession which no doubt
was crystallized in my plans for the
future while I was a student at
Lafayette. I remember old Professor
Hardy and Billy Owen when we were
freshmen. I used to sit and look at them
with great reverence and affection,
envying their long pleasant years of
academic life, among the scenes that
became a part of them. In fact we all
held all our professors in great respect.
We were proud to have the privilege of
being a part of the College whose
traditions and history had become a
part of us.
"It does not seem that I have spent
more than a half century, 55 years,
around Yale under five presidents. But
throughout my long academic career, I
never witnessed anything like the disgusting actions of certain groups who
have invaded the halls of our colleges
and universities recently. I had never
thought this possible among men and
women supposedly carefully selected for
higher education, but at the same time
possessing all the qualities of the lowest
gutters of our society. What bothers me
even more is the damage that tolerance
of these actions provides the opportunity
for those whose motive is to destroy.
"When the academic standards are
lowered intentionally, while selecting
students from so-called underprivileged
groups, I believe there is no quicker way
of destroying education in general. We
have too many examples already of what
happens. I am sure Bergethon and the
Deaths
1901 Albert K. Detwiller 6-19-71
6-3-71
1905 John G. Atwood
1908 John A. Conlin
4-14-71
1912 Walter C. Barnes
6-12-71
7-8-71
1914 Spencer Danby
1918 Roy B. Karn
12-16-70
Douglas L. Smith
12-8-71
1924 Paul E. Eddowes
8-13-71
John N. Mauchline 6-21-71
1927 S. Yohe Veile
7-4-71
1928 Charles A. Jones
1-6-71
Melvin S. Readinger
5-71
1929 David W. C. Rothrock
?
1933 Edwin T. Chase III
6-14-71
1939 Joseph C. Danec
7-15-71
1940 Arthur R. Rogers
12-70
Trustees at Lafayette will not let that
happen in one College anyway. I don't
know how the coeducational program is
working out at Lafayette during this
first year. I have no objections to coeducational development but when I read
the Alumnus number devoted to the
issue some time ago, I thought that
many of the arguments put up for it, by
not only students but some of the
faculty, were as illogical as any I had
ever read. If a scientist was handicapped
by such thinking, he would be out of
business after he published his first
paper. In fact, I sat down and wrote a
long letter to Lloyd (Felmly) and my
typewriter broke down in the midst of
it. It took so long to have it fixed, I
never sent the letter. God bless and keep
you all in good health."
y -t r r
Rev. William F. Wefer
1 / 3 3 Morgan Circle
JL /
Swarthmore, Pa. 19081
Grace and Dan Ross report a most
interesting five-week trip to Africa. Four
years ago, they traveled with a group
but this time they were alone except for
their guides. Accommodations included
hotels from first to fourth class, lodges
in national parks, and, on several occasions, tents in safari camps. After covering four countries in West Africa, they
flew to the animal countries of Uganda,
Kenya and Tanzania and then ended
their visit with Ethiopia. They were in
Uganada at the time of the coup but
were not seriously inconvenienced since
they were on safari. They met with road
blocks but their driver-guide seemed to
know how to answer all inquiries. On
one occasion, a road block had been set
up for agricultural inspection and the
person in charge removed two tsetse flies
from their car. Dan lists 25 different
species of wild animals which they saw
while riding in a small, two-engine,
propeller plane, Mercedes cars, landrovers and jeep. It must have been the
trip of a life time.
Howard Memory reports that Earle
Snyder was in the hospital in March for
an arm infection. All tests proved negative and Earle is back in circulation.
Forrest Graves has been installed as
commander of the Pennsylvania Veterans
of World War I at the recent state
convention, held in East Stroudsburg.
He was the chairman of the convention.
y -1
/ y
JL
George T. Woodring
705 Reeder St.
Easton, Pa. 18042
Your scribe greets you, on this, the first
issue of a new College publication.
Would be very glad to have your comments on same.
Heard from Frank Tamborelle that
he unfortunately lost his wife last
October. The Tamborelles would have
been married 50 years this past July.
Frank is now living with one of his
daughters. Although he does not get out
of the house much, because of arthritis,
he still enjoys watching basketball and
baseball on TV. His constant companion
is a toy French poodle named Melissa.
Frank would be happy to hear from any
and all of 1919—if you're in the neighborhood he asks you to call and have
lunch.
Don Young is still living a quiet and
most pleasant retired life on his farm
where he grows more stuff than his wife
and he and the neighbors can eat. He
cuts more firewood than can be burned
in their two fireplaces. Numerous short
trips to New York and one or two longer
jaunts a year add variety to their living,
but provide no news worth reporting.
Don says, "What else can you expect
from a fully retired 73-year-old
ex-professor?"
Tom Forbes finds the mountains
getting higher, the trout streams swifter
and after nine holes of golf he heads for
the locker room. He is in excellent
lafayette o wes you
4 months this year
During the past year the College has
had to make a number of economies in
all areas of its budget, including its
publications. (You are holding one
example of those economies now.)
Another example, and one which has
already elicited well over 100 inquiries
and complaints at the Public Information Office alone, was the decision not to
publish a Lafayette College calendar this
year.
The calendar, which began with the
month of September and ran through the
following August, consisted of a dozen
81/2-by-11-inch pages with a seasonal
College scene pictured on one side and
the days on the other. The block representing each day had the College-related
event scheduled for that date printed
on it.
The Information Office, which has
produced and distributed the calendar
in recent years, had 6,000 of them made
last year. They were avilable at no charge
to students, faculty and administrative
personnel and to local alumni, businessmen and residents who came to campus
requesting them. Two weeks after they
were ready, the entire supply had been
depleted.
As the end of August approached,
more and more of those who had been
using the calendar all year realized that
there were only a few more days left
before the calendar would be useless.
They wanted to know when the next one
would be ready.
Have you ever tried to get an eightmonths-old calendar in September?
computers course
added to evening
college program
The College calendar isn't being printed
woman admissions officer
among new staff members
Twenty-one new faculty members,
coming from as near as Bethlehem, Pa.,
and as far away as Eugene, Ore., joined
the Lafayette College staff for the start
of classes earlier this month.
There are also three new members of
the administration, one of them an attractive young woman who is the first
of her sex to serve as an admissions
officer at Lafayette.
Among the new faculty is Dr. William
M. Dobriner, Charles A. Dana Professor
small enrollment may jeopardize
future of alumni summer college
"I can't understand why more alumni
don't come. This was a most enjoyable
and stimulating weekend."
That's how one alumnus described
the Lafayette College Alumni Association's second annual Family Summer
Seminar, held on campus from July 16
to 19.
Last year 66 alumni, wives, parents of
undergraduates and children—toddlers
to teenagers—attended. This summer
only 23 adults and 13 children registered.
Even if the other nine adults and two
children who had to cancel out because
of illness at the last moment had attended, the totals would have been disappointingly low.
But, the numbers were the only part
of the program that were low, according
to participants. Enthusiasm, interest and
involvement in the discussions—in class,
during coffee breaks, at meals and after
hours—were high in every response.
While adults and teenagers attended
seminars led by College faculty members,
younger children had sports clinics and
a recreational program to occupy them.
There were playschool activities and
babysitters for the youngest members
of the families.
This year's seminar subjects were:
"Student Sub-Culture"; "Walt Whitman
and the Modern Poets"; "Zionist Movement and the State of Israel"; "ThirdWorld Leadership and Goals"; and
A course for people interested in acquiring a general non-technical understanding of the uses of computers has
been added to the Lafayette College
Evening program which began
September 9.
The course on computers for nontechnical people includes elementary
computer programming, the use of general computer "language," and the examination of the economic, social, political and technological impact of computers. There will be opportunity for
actual "hands on" experience with the
IBM 1130 computer.
Another innovation this year is the
introduction of a Saturday morning
course on biological concepts for those
this year
concerned about ecology, as well as
teachers, high school seniors and others
interested in biology from either an academic or avocational viewpoint.
During the fall semester, evening
courses will also be given in anthropology, art, astronomy, chemistry, civil
of Sociology and head of the Department engineering, economics and business,
engineering science, English, governof Anthropology and Sociology, who
ment, history, mathematics, mechanical
came to Lafayette from Hofstra Univerengineering, music, philosophy, physics
sity where he was professor of sociology.
and psychology. All Lafayette College
Others, their assignments and where
evening
courses provide academic credit
they taught or studied prior to joining
which may be applied to programs leadLafayette include: Henry B. Avery, ining to the bachelor's degree or transstructor in history, University of Michiferred
to other colleges and universities.
gan; Dr. Christine A. Consentino, assistant professor of languages, Columbia
Evening programs leading to a bacheUniversity; Mrs. Maressa F. Greenstein,
lor's degree are available in chemistry,
instructor of languages, University of
economics, electrical engineering and
Oregon; John K. Hampson, instructor
mechanical engineering. The time rein mathematics, Lehigh University.
quired for evening students to complete
work for a bachelor's degree varies, but
Also, George P. Hoskin, instructor in
students taking courses in the fall,
biology, Lehigh University; Mitchell H.
spring,
and summer sessions may earn a
Kellman, instructor in economics, Unidegree in eight years. More than 115
versity of Pennsylvania; Richard D.
Koelsch, instructor in economics, Lehigh people have done so since the evening
bachelor's degree programs were begun
University; Theodore Kornweibel, Jr.,
in 1953.
instructor in American civilization and
history, Yale University.
More than one hundred companies
grant
scholarship aid to qualified emAnd, James McCormack, instructor in
ployes who enroll in Lafayette College
psychology, University of Alberta; Rado
evening courses.
Pribic, instructor of languages, Vanderbilt University; Walter P. Saukin, assisThe new introductory course on comtant professor of civil engineering, City
puters and the Saturday course on bioUniversity of New York; and Dr. Mary
logical concepts were developed, as other
Schild, assistant professor of psychology,
courses have been, in response to reUniversity of Virginia.
quests from Lafayette alumni and others
in the Easton area.
In addition, two officers in, the United
States Army, Capt. Gary F. Koch and
"These courses," said Dr. David S.
Capt. Dennis A. Malone, will serve as
Crocket, dean of special programs,
assistant professors of military science.
"illustrate the fact that the evening proCapt. Koch is a graduate of the Penngram seeks to be a service to adults in
sylvania Military College and Capt.
the area who either wish to work toward
Malone, the University of Washington.
a bachelor degree by evening study or
In the athletics and physical education would like to take special courses in
their own personal fields of interest."
area, six new men joined the College
earlier this year as replacements for
other coaches-instructors. Dr. Thomas R.
Davis, head basketball coach, came to
Lafayette from American University
where he was assistant basketball coach
for two years. Neil E. Putnam, head, footA professor and two students from
ball coach, was an assistant football
Lafayette took a week-long cruise in July
coach at Yale for six years before being
aboard the Woods Hole Oceanographic
named Lafayette's coach.
Institution research vessel, "RV
Putnam's coaching staff includes four
Gosnold."
new assistants: Joseph E. Paul, offensive
Dr. Richard W. Faas, associate proline, previously Cambridge (Ohio) High
fessor
and head of the geology departSchool head coach; Joseph D. Sarra, defensive backfield, head coach at Southern ment, and honors students David Toth
Columbia High School in Catawissa, Pa.; '72 of Throop, Pa., and Charles Nittrouer '72 of Langhorne, Pa., spent the
Steven J. Schnall, freshman coach, assisweek
obtaining cores and grab samples
tant at PMC Colleges; and Robert J.
from the bottom sediments of the WilVanLancker, defensive line, assistant at
kinson Basin. This basin, an elongate
Adrian College.
depression on the continental shelf up
The three new members of the adto 860 feet deep, is located about 60
ministrative staff are John A. Falcone
miles out in the Gulf of Maine.
'60, vice-president for finance and treasMr. Toth spent the remainder of the
urer of the College, formerly treasurer
summer analyzing the sediment cores for
at Connecticut College; Miss Dorothy
their organic matter content. Mr. NitV. Huddleston, assistant director of adtrouer examined the microfossils of the
missions, college counselor and registrar
cores and grab samples.
at George School in Newtown, Pa., for
two years; and Tom M. White, director
Their work is part of the joint Lehighof public information, formerly director
Lafayette Sea Grant Project, which seeks
of public relations at Educational Testto establish the Wilkinson Basin as an
ing Service, Princeton, N.J.
East Coast geotechnical test range.
"Post-Colonial Americas and the
Cuban Revolution."
Samuel B. Craig, Jr., assistant professor of education, directed the seminar
for the second successive year. Ralph W.
Hackett '45, chairman of the Continuing
Education Committee, while unable to
attend due to family illness, assisted in
preliminary planning. William E.
Greenip '44, alumni secretary, was
administrative coordinator.
In addition to the intellectual stimulation of the seminar classes, participants
commented favorably upon virtually
every aspect of the weekend: the friendliness and cameraderie of the group; the
willingness of the faculty to continue
discussions long after classes ended; the
meals; the play (Fiddler on the Roof at
Camelback Playhouse); the picnic and
baseball game on the Quad; and the
Sunday morning interfaith worship
service on the Kirby House lawn with
College chaplain Pete Sabey.
Indeed, the most distressing part of
the weekend for several alumni and their
wives was the fear that this summer's
would be the last such seminar if more
alumni and friends do not request, sign
up for and, most importantly, attend
subsequent ones.
The Executive Committee of the
Alumni Association will evaluate recommendations before deciding the future
of the event.
Family summer seminarians at lunch on Kirby lawn
students, professor
take geology cruise
about
alumni
weekend. Monterey Peninsula Herald
pictured Mrs. Frank Cortright, who was
in charge of celebrity housing, with
comedian Jonathan Winters.
At "Ike's" table, besides his daughter
and son-in-law Darius Keaton, were Mr.
and Mrs. Voltaire Perkins, the Jack
Beettses, the Robert Stacks, the Edgar
Bergens, and the David Winsoms, Jr.
We are grateful to "Bean" for forwarding the preceding information regarding
the Cortrights.
Cy and Essie Fleck have enjoyed an
extended tour. We hope they will share
some of their experiences with all of us.
Just to whet your appetite think up
questions to ask them regarding Iceland,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,
Russia, Germany, Holland, England and
Ireland.
health but gradually slowing down. He
put a deposit down on that Philadelphia
alumni trip to Spain. Tom feels he
would enjoy sitting in the sun for a week
along the Mediterranean and playing a
little golf there. At present Grace is
taking an enforced rest due to breaking
an arm on a recent trip to North
Carolina to visit the grandchildren.
Bill Ross and Louise spent February
at Mountain Shadows in Scottsdale, and
March in Lajolla. Louise had a little
back trouble but is now "back on the
beam." They both enjoy chasing the
Willard T. Williams
little ball around. At Christmas time
318 Livingston Ave.
they took the six members of their
Lyndhurst, N.J. 07071
daughter's family on a vacation at Rock
Sound in Eleuthera for two weeks.
From reports reaching us it seems that
Bill sees "Sud" Palmer almost every
those of us fortunate to attend our class
Wednesday at the weekly meetings of
reunion enjoyed themselves.
the "Retired Men." He spent a couple
Bob and Susan Laycock took a threeof weeks at the Greenwich Hospital with
weeks' trip to England.
a minor heart ailment. Now seems as
Pick and Bev Michler are going to
good as new again!
Saratoga Springs for a month.
Ned Griffith writes that he and his
Bob Dawson is recovering from a
good wife spent a quiet winter in Forty
stroke. We wish him well and hope his
Fort. They are now alternating between
recovery is complete.
here and their summer cottage, with
Ron Crater is showing Lafayette to
always some of the grandchilden on
his
grandson.
hand to keep them busy.
Rose
and Bill Williams took a short
Orme Hiltabidle was very much in
business
trip to Denver and Kansas City.
evidence at the ground breaking ceremony held for the new athletic complex.
It was held immediately after the football scrimmage on Saturday of Alumni
Day. Orme worked hard for this. A
Frank Schlough '16
$5,000,000 field house and natatorium is
58
Crescent Ave.
now on the way. Work already is under
Waldwick, N.J. 07463
way with completion by February, 1973.
Many months of planning and financing
The 1970-71 Annual Fund came to a
efforts have finally paid off. Orme would halt on June 30—short of its goal. The
like to urge personally the continuation
total amount contributed was $192,908
of support and development of increasand compares with 199,295 received in
ing interest in the College affairs and
1969-70. These figures include gifts
events. He plans to attend all the home
received from parents, friends and
games of a top flight football schedule
organizations, together with matching
this fall.
gifts. Our goal for this year was $225,000.
In a letter to Bill Ross, Gary Evans
The portion of the above from
'57, vice-president for development at
alumni, in which we in the Club were
the College, tells of Ron Moyer '71,
particularly involved, was as follows:—
basketball co-captain, and his wonderful
All Alumni
1970-71
1969-70
performance both semesters of his senior
Dollars
$145,679*
$138,206
year. Ron was a nominee for the OutDonors
3,225
2,749
standing College Athletes of America,
Participation
22%
20%
and was given honorable mention on the
Fifty Year Club
All-Middle Atlantic Conference basketDollars
$ 16,297*
$ 16,173
ball team. But the splendid job he did
Donors
244
229
academically was most outstanding. He
Participation
40%
38%
was named to the Dean's List for his
*The goals for these were $175,000 and
performance both semesters. Ron was
$21,950.
recently married, and has accepted a
We sincerely thank all contributors
position teaching social studies and
and all who joined in the solicitation for
coaching at Hopkins Academy.
His faculty advisor notes, "Mr. Moyer gifts. Although not substantial, there
was a gain in both gifts and in the rate
gets along very well with his fellow
of giving by Club members. Let's strive
students and faculty members. I have
found him most cooperative at all times. for a continuation of this trend.
Dr. Albert Knecht Detwiller '01 died
He has been a good student, a person
June
19 at Rockaway Point, N.Y. He
who can work on his own when given an
was
born
in Easton on December 7, 1879.
assigned task, and seems to have common
His brothers were William K. '92 and
sense and leadership ability."
Frederick K. '04. Dr. Detwiller trained
. A copy of the letter to Bill Ross was
as a surgeon at New York City Hospital
sent to your scribe, and I am sure you
in 1906-08 and studied medicine abroad
join me in pride that Ron Moyer's
in
1908. He was a pathology assistant at
education at Lafayette was made possible
Russell
Sage Institute of Pathology
by the generosity of Bill Ross and
(1908-10), was an assistant in medicine
members of the Class of 1919.
at Vanderbilt Clinic (1910-12) and was
a pathologist at French Hospital in New
York (1911-26). He was chief medical
Fred L. Keller
examiner and director of the examining
141 Parker Ave.
staff of the Life Extension Institution of
Easton, Pa. 18042
New York from 1912 to 1923, became
consulting pathologist at French Hos"Bean" and Lily Leininger took their
pital and then took up private practice
usual summer vacation at Big Moose
Lake in the Adirondak Mountains. They in internal medicine and consultation
missed our annual reunion dinner at the in New York City.
Country Club of Northampton this year
Dr. Detwiller served in World War I
because he was a contestant in the U.S.
and attained the rank of colonel. He was
Senior Golf Tournament at Apawamis
well known in his field and the author
Club in Rye, N.Y.
of two books on intestinal medicine. In
1951, Dr. Detwiller received a doctor of
The Eastwood Celebrity Tennis
science degree from Lafayette. He was
Tournament completely took over the
a member of Zeta Psi.
Pebble Beach scene for the July 4th
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50 Year Club
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rca, republic steel, Saturday review
name lafayette men to top posts
Three prominent Lafayette alumni,
including a trustee, a former trustee and
a former chairman of the Publications
Committee of the Lafayette College
Alumni Association, have again made
headlines in the business world.
Trustee Anthony L. Conrad II '43, an
executive vice-president of the RCA
Corporation, was named president and
chief operating officer, effective August 1.
Former trustee Willis B. Boyer '39,
president of Republic Steel Corporation
since May of 1968, hasi been named its
chief executive officer as well, effective
September 15.
CONRAD '43
BOYER '39
In the words of Robert W. Sarnoff,
chairman and chief executive officer of
RCA, Mr. Conrad will "oversee our dayto-day operations."
Mr. Boyer, who received an honorary
doctor of humane letters degree from
Lafayette in 1965, served as a trustee
from that year until 1970.
He joined the huge steelmaking firm
as a clerk in 1937, advancing to assistant
treasurer in 1946, treasurer in 1953 and
a vice-president in 1960.
A native of Pittsburgh, he resides in
Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Mr. Veronis, who served as chairman
VERONIS '48
John J. Veronis '48 and three partners
purchased the prestigious Saturday
Review magazine on July 10.
Mr. Conrad, a former president of the
Lafayette Alumni Association and chairman of its 1970-71 and 1971-72 Annual
Fund campaigns, was named to a fiveyear term on the Board of Trustees of
the College in 1970.
He has been with RCA for 25 years,
most recently as "Executive Vice-President, Services," in which capacity he was
responsible for the RCA Service Company, RCA Global Comunications, the
Hertz Corporation, Random House and
all RCA educational activities.
of the Publications Committee, was one
of four men who paid a reported $5.5
million for Saturday Review, which has
a circulations of some 650,00, and the
trade-book division of the McCall Publishing Company.
Previously associated with Popular
Science, Field and Stream and Woman's
Day, he was named president of the
magazine division of the Curtis Publishing Company in 1963.
In 1967 Mr. Veronis became president
of Communications/Research/Machinery Inc., which published highly
regarded Psychology Today magazine,
amone others.
Dr. Detwiller is survived by his widow,
the former Margaret J. O'Dowd, and six
of seven children including a son, Albert
Jr. '49. He was a well known and frequent visitor to the campus and many
readers will remember seeing him at
reunion last June, which he attended
with Mrs. Detwiller and two grandsons.
He was the only member of the Class of
1901 to return for its reunion and was
recognized as the oldest alumnus in
attendance. His death marks a milestone
in the annals of the Alumni Association.
Rev. Albert Negley Wolff '04 died at
Louisville, Ky. on April 10. He was born
at Hagerstown, Md., on December 27,
1879. After receiving his A.B. degree
from Lafayette, he attended Princeton
Theological Seminary and Louisville
Seminary, where he received the bachelor
of divinity degree in 1909. He served
churches in Louisville, Wray and
Denver, Colo., and Waco, Tex. He was
moderator of the Denver and Waco
Presbyteries and was very active in
Presbyterian affairs. He retired in 1952.
John Griffith Atwood '05 died June 3
in New Britain, Conn. Born on April 9,
1883, at Albany, N.Y., he received an
A.B. from Lafayette and a Ph.D. from
New York State Teachers College at
Albany in 1908. He taught and served as
principal for six years at Altamont
(N.Y.) High School and then four years
as instructor in physics and chemistry at
the Amsterdam, N.Y., high school. He
became head of the science department
at the Gilbert School in Winsted, Conn.,
retiring in 1953. After retirement he
moved to New Britain, where he was
credit manager for the Ratcliffe Oil Co.
He is survived by his widow, the former
Mildred G. Lee and by three sons, David
of Madison, Wise.; Douglass of Delhi,
India; and J. Warren of Winsted. Also
surviving are ten grandchildren, one
great grandchild and a sister, Mrs. Louis
Hayford of Pittsburgh.
John Albert Conlin '08 died in Wilton
Manors, Fla., on April 14. He was born
in West Elizabeth, Pa., on June 4, 1885.
He was employed by the Carnegie Steel
Co., Pittsburgh. He is survived by his
widow, May. He was a member of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Walter Carl Barnes '12 died at his
home in Wellesly, Mass., on June 12. He
was born at Perth Amboy, N.J., on
September 21, 1889. His brother was
Edward H. '04 and his uncles were
Stephen G. '73 and James W. '80. He
received an A.B. degree from Colorado
College in 1912 and was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa. In 1913-16 he was a Rhodes
Scholar and received an A.B. degree
from Oxford University in 1916. Professor Barnes taught history in several
colleges in the West, including the University of British Columbia, University
of California and University of Oregon,
also at Smith, Wellesly and Wheelock
Colleges in the East. In 1960, he retired
as a professor at Wheelock. He is
survived by his widow, Jane, and by a
daughter, Mrs. Morey Stearns.
Roy Buchanan Karn '18 died December 16 at South Orange, N.J. He was
born on December 3, 1895, at High
Bridge, N.J. He graduated as a chemist
and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In
World War I, he served as a private in
the Engineers Reserve Corps. He was
employed by Taylor Wharton Iron and
Steel Co., Easton, as a chemist, as a
superintendent by Gelien and Co., New
York, and by Dehlo and Stein, Inc.
(chemicals), Newark, where he became
manager and chief chemist. Outside
activities included national chairman for
the wheelchair division of the Shut-In
Society, Inc., New York. He is survived
by his widow, the former Alice Murken.
Howard Webster Simmons '18 died at
Cambridge, Md., on May 15. He had
been in the commercial banking field
during his working years. He is survived
what's happening at lafayette?
September
9
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FIRST DAY OF INSTRUCTION
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m., Rutgers at home
*FILM: "Cul-De-Sac"
SOCCER, noon, Columbia at home
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m., Columbia at home
28 SOCCER, 3:00 p.m., Princeton at home
October
1 *FILM: "The World of Apu"
2 SOCCER, noon, Delaware at home
CROSS COUNTRY, 2:00 p.m., St. Joseph's at home
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, 2:00 p.m., Bucknell at home
FOOTBALL, 3:30 p.m. at Drexel
5 ALPHA OMEGA PLAYERS, 8:00 p.m., Colton Chapel
6 LECTURES-CONCERTS, 8:30 p.m., Colton Chapel. Helen
Boatwright, soprano
8 NSC WORKSHOP (through Oct. 9)
SOCCER, 3:00 p.m., Gettysburg at home
•FILM: "High Noon"
9 PARENTS' WEEKEND
CROSS COUNTRY, 11:00 a.m., Cornell-Rider at home
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m., Delaware at home
13 AUDUBON WILDLIFE FILM-LECTURE, 8:00 p.m., Colton
Chapel. "Tidewater Trails" by Charles T . Hotchkiss
15 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, 2:00 p.m. at Penn
CROSS COUNTRY, 3:00 p.m. at Colmubia
SOCCER, 3:00 p.m. at LaSalle
*FILM: "Shame"
16 FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m. at Penn
17 COLLEGE CHURCH, 11:00 a.m., Colton Chapel. Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg, guest speaker.
18 PUBLIC FORUM, 8:00 p.m., Colton Chapel. Rabbi
Arthur Hertzberg, guest.
20 SOCCER, 3:30 p.m. at Moravian
22 HOMECOMING (through Oct. 23)
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, 3:00 p.m. at Columbia
CROSS COUNTRY, 4:00 p.m. at Gettysburg
•FILM: "Death is Called Engelchen"
23 SOCCER, noon, Swarthmore at home
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m., Bucknell at home
24 LECTURES-CONCERTS, 3:00 p.m., Colton Chapel.
Chicago Symphony String Quartet
27 SOCCER, 3:00 p.m. at Muhlenberg
JONES FACULTY LECTURE, 8:30 p.m., Pardee Auditorium
29 FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, 3:00 p.m. at Rutgers
CROSS COUNTRY, 4:00 p.m., Brown-Fordham away
*FILM: "Stolen Kisses"
30 SOCCER, 11:00 a.m. at Bucknell
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m. at Kings Point
Freshmen at one of the summer orientation sessions
sabbatical leaves granted:
diverse study plans listed
Eleven members of the faculty have
been awarded sabbatical leaves during
the 1971-72 academic year.
Dr. Bernard Fried, associate professor
of biology; Dr. Morrison Handsaker,
professor of economics and business;
Donald R. Jenkins, associate professor
of mechanical engineering; and William
G. McLean '32, professor and head of
the department of engineering science,
will be on leave for the first semester.
Dr. J. Marshall Brown, professor and
head of the department of psychology;
H. Maurice Carlson, professor and head
of the department of mechanical engineering; Dr. Richard W. Faas, associate
professor and head of the department, of
geology; Dr. Paul A. Pfretzschner, professor of government and law; Dr. Alfred
E. Pierce, associate professor of economics and business; and Dr. Joseph A.
Sherma, associate professor of chemistry,
will be on leave the second semester.
Dr. Richard E. Welch, professor of
history and chairman of the international affairs program, will be on leave
for the full year.
Dr. Fried, who joined the Lafayette
faculty in 1963, will complete work in
progress on the development of several
parasitic flatworms. He will also pursue
a two-month period of training at a
governmental laboratory in Puerto Rico,
working on the problems of human
parasitism.
Dr. Handsaker will lecture and study
in Japan. He has been a member of the
faculty since 1946.
Prof. Jenkins, a faculty member since
1947, will engage in research and study
in the area of engineering instrumentation as related to atmospheric pollution resulting from the combustion of
fuels, particularly those used in the
automotive field.
Prof. McLean will study the effects of
changing over to the metric system of
measuring, particularly as the change
relates to engineering education. He has
taught at Lafayette since 1937.
Dr. Brown, who joined the faculty in
1954, plans to study and travel in western Europe and will present a, paper at
the International Congress of Applied
Psychology.
Prof. Carlson will study in the environmental science field, particularly in the
area of air pollution and of devices to
reduce the amount of particulate matter
being discharged into the atmosphere.
He has been a member of the faculty
since 1957.
Dr. Faas, who joined Lafayette in
1964, will pursue research on board a
deep sea ocean drilling vessel, the
"Glomas Challenger," as a member of its
scientific party. For two months the ship
will perform deep ocean drilling operations from Australia to Ceylon.
Dr. Pfretzschner will go to Ireland to
study political socialization, the process
by which adolescent children absorb
their political knowledge and values of
the system. He has taught at Lafayette
since 1949.
Dr. Pierce, a member of the faculty
since 1957, will continue research on
mergers in the United States, particularly their impact on small businesses.
Dr. Sherma will engage in research on
the analysis of pesticides in water, crops
and soils, and the effects of pesticides on
various organisms. He will also conclude
work on his fourth book. Dr. Sherma
has been at Lafayette since 1958.
Dr. Welch will pursue a general study
of the influence of the Spanish-American
War on the changing leadership in the
Republican Party.
November
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SOCCER, 3:00 p.m., Lehigh at home
L I T T L E THEATRE, 8:30 p.m., Hogg Hall. "Our Town"
will be presented through November 6.
*FILM: "Juliet of the Spirits'';
CROSS COUNTRY, 11:00 a.m., Colgate-Rutgers away
SOCCER, 1:00 p.m. at Rider
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m. at Gettysburg
SOCCER, 3:30 p.m. at Rutgers
CROSS COUNTRY, 4:00 p.m. at Lehigh
PHILOSOPHY COLLOQUIUM, 8:00 p.m., Pardee
Auditorium
FRESHMAN FOOTBALL, 2:00 p.m., Lehigh at home
•FILM: "Viridiana"
SOCCER, noon, Ursinus at home
FOOTBALL, 1:30 p.m., Colgate at home
*Fine Arts Society Films are shown each Friday evening during the school year
at 8:00 p.m. in Pardee Auditorium.
college hosts conference for prospective engineers
About 50 high school juniors and
seniors joined high school teachers, industry representatives, Lafayette faculty
members and students in a three-day
conference entitled "What's Engineering
All About?" on campus in late June.
The conference gave the high school
students a closer view of engineering as a
profession and the study of engineering
as an academic discipline, said Professor
H. Maurice Carlson, head of the
mechanical engineering department, and
Dr. Clarence E. Prince, acting head of
the electrical engineering department,
co-chairmen.
Discussions, field trips, laboratory
demonstrations and films were part of
the program. Students had an oppor-
tunity to talk with engineering professionals and to investigate a wide variety
of engineering areas.
Samuel T. Hudson, president and
chairman of the board of J. E. Brenneman Co., Philadelphia, elected "Engineer of the Year" in 1971 by the 50 Delaware Valley technical and professional
engineering societies, gave the conference keynote address.
Area industry assisting in sponsoring
the conference included International
Telephone and Telegraph Corporation,
Electron Tube Division; Pennsylvania
Power and Light Company; Metropolitan Edison Company; Mack Truck Company; Ingersoll-Rand Corporation; and
J. T. Baker Chemical Company.
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by his daughter, Mrs. W. N. Baumann
of Cambridge. He was a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Douglas Lee Smith '18 died December
8 at Kingston, Pa. He was born on December 3, 1894, at Punxsutawney, Pa.
He was a sales representative in the construction field before retirement. He was
active in Boy Scouts, the YMCA and
other activities, including the Wyoming
Historical and Geological Society. He is
survived by his widow, the former Ruth
Polk, and by two daughters, Mrs. R. C.
Higgins in New York State and Mrs.
Mitchell of Warminster, Pa.
I confess to having neglected to report
the reunion activities of 1918 in the
summer Alumnus. Belatedly, I report
that the Club dinner on Friday night
was attended by Lew and Mrs. Dolan;
Frank and Mrs. Klein; Herb and Mrs.
McCracken; Doctor Metzgar; and Okey
and Mrs. Reeves. Bob Gerstell, Associate
'18 attended the Alumni Luncheon and
Ed Dawson registered on Saturday.
Harold Woods sent in his registration
fee and "attended" in absentia. Sorry to
be so late with this news, and I hope I
didn't miss too many.
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Joseph H. Adleman
Easton Hotel
Easton, Pa. 18042
It's time now to set aside the first weekend in June for our big one— the 50th.
We here begin planning for it in
October with other meetings to follow.
If you have any suggestions, send them
now. We'll be mailing details from time
to time.
Glad to report that your reunion
chairman John Bennett has recovered
from a recent illness and is getting in
shape for the heavy.
Sorry to advise you that Elsie Carty,
our old bookstore and postmistress pal
who gave aid and comfort to many a
'22er passed away at age 89.
Dr. Joseph R. Kidd
71 Old Beiden Hill Rd.
Wilton, Conn. 06897
The final report of the Annual Alumni
Fund campaign indicates that 1923 has
43 contributors, which is 32% of our
class. The amount that has been contributed is $2,326. I am grateful to those
who contributed to the fund and also to
those classmates who acted as class
agents; they did a splendid job. I hope
that we'll be able to raise that percentage
figure next year and in years to come.
Philip J. Brown reports that he has
cut down on his many activities since
retirement. Presently he is a member of
the board of managers of the Staten
Island YMCA, serving on the physical
and grounds committees, and Phil and
his wife, Anne, continue as directors of
the local Red Cross Chapter. Phil's
daughter, Nan, is teaching in Anniston,
Ala., at an all-black school and finding it
a real challenge. His son, Phil, Jr. '50,
has been made the president of Marsh
and McLennan International and
director of the parent company. He is
the father of six children, three of whom
are Little League baseball players.
Francis D. Calley and his wife still live
at 154 Woodland Drive, Huntington,
W.Va., and he claims to be the oldest in
point of residence in that section of the
city. He has two daughters, one of whom
is a widow, and seven grandchildren.
His son-in-law is news editor of the
Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald and was
recently sent to several Iron Curtain
countries for work for the Kettering
Foundation. His younger daughter lives
in Valdosta, Ga., where she has one son
at Valdosta State College. Another son
has just been graduated from Emory
University, and her third son is married
and will enter Georgia Medical School
this fall, having been graduated from
the University of .Georgia.
J. Harold Gibb writes that it is great
to be alive and to realize in some
measure the invaluable benefit of our
early days at Lafayette. Harold has
retired and is living in Ebensburg, Pa.
He has one son who will enter college
this fall, another doing graduate work,
and a third in the U.S. Army, having
deferred his graduate program until
after his Army stint. He plans to return
to Lafayette for our 50th in two years.
Dr. Robert Hoppock is still living in
Manhasset, N.Y., and continues his
teaching at New York University. His
professional specialty is occupational
information, and his major contribution
is a college textbook on the subject.
Their daughter, Joan, and her husband
and three children live nearby in Port
Washington, so that they are able to visit
Bob and Peg frequently. Bob will
retire in 1972.
One of our prominent classmates who
gets around a great deal, Charles U.
Hummel, wrote from his summer home
in Dorset, Vt., that he and his family
including seven grandchildren are well
and that he plans to return for our 50th
reunion. Mickey and his wife took a
South Pacific cruise last winter, and
when the SS President Wilson was in
Los Angeles for a day, he tried unsuccessfully to get in touch with Mike
Gazella. During the cruise Mickey and
his wife visited Tahiti, New Zealand,
Australia, Bali and Hong Kong. During
the winter they live in Florida, where
they see Ned Reiley frequently. Mickey
reported a very successful alumni meeting in Boca Raton last winter which was
attended by Dr. Bergethon and Joe Bell
from George Mairs, who is in the security business in St. Paul, Minn., and
who plans to return for our 50th. George
spends the winters in Naples, Fla. Len
has heard also from Charlie Blakelock,
who has retired and now lives in
Weatherford, Tex., and who also plans
to return for our 50th.
Otto P. Robinson, who is president
judge of the 45th Judicial District of
Pennsylvania in Scranton, writes that
the work of the courts is extremely heavy
at this time, and he very often works 12
to 14 hours a day. In addition to his
judgeship, he is a member of the Pennsylvania Judicial Inquiry and Review
Board, which hears and decides issues
involving errant justices, judges and
magistrates. He also serves as the juvenile court judge. Otto and his wife have
one son and one daughter, hoth living
in Scranton, as well as Otto's mother,
who is 95 years old.. Otto, Jr., after
taking an engineering degree at M.I.T.,
decided to study law and is now a practicing attorney in Scranton. Otto plans
to attend our 50th reunion. He sees Jack
and Campbell Collins occasionally and
reports that Campbell was hospitalized
last winter but is back at work again.
Thomas E. Waters, who was back for
commencement and the trustees' luncheon, entered the hospital the following
Sunday for minor surgery and was out of
his law office for two weeks. Tom has
recovered nicely and has enjoyed golf
with both Andy Kaye and Ned Reiley.
Tom wrote that he is looking forward
with anticipation to the new format for
alumni notes. He is afraid that the
Alumnus will become a house organ for
the College instead of following history
and precedent as an alumni magazine.
Other classmates, including myself, share
this same fear.
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Another prominent and successful
classmate is Merrick Jackson, who for
the past ten years has lived with his
wife, Shirley, in Bronxville, N.Y., a
location that is ideally situated for both
work and pleasure. Shirley is director of
the speech and hearing department of
St. Barnabas Hospital, and Merrick
continues as president, Direct Lines,
Inc., Communications Counseling, in
midtown Manhattan. Merrick has recently produced the inaugural issue of a
magazine called Arrival for the National
Passenger Traffic Association.
Andrew H. Kaye has retired from
business and is living in Jerico Manor,
Jenkintown, Pa. Andy plans several trips
this fall and winter, and in the meantime he is taking things easy and playing
golf. Logan Grupelli and his wife visited
Andy recently, and Andy sees Tom
Waters from time to time.
Ralph and Elizabeth Lilly were vacationing in Vermont this past summer
and saw Mickey Hummel. Later they
visited with Ray Jacoby '26. Next year
Ralph and Elizabeth plan a vacation in
Germany and Italy, which will include a
Rhine cruise, a stay at Lake Como and
longer visits in Venice and Florence.
Last year they toured England and
Scotland. The Lillys have made a hobby
for the past 20 years of entertaining
foreign guests, both teachers and students whom they have previously met in
Europe or elsewhere. This past year
their guests have included two German
teachers, two English teachers whom
they met in Nottingham last year and
an Austrian student.
Leonard L. Matthews, who retired as
executive director of the Red Cross in
1966, continues to enjoy his retirement,
living with his wife, Helen, in Manchester, N.H. Len continues as a Red
Cross volunteer, and he and Helen are
active with the Bloodmobile unit and
with "FISH," which involves driving to
clinics and hospitals people who are
unable to provide transportation for
themselves. After living through a very
severe winter last year in New Hampshire, Len and his wife have decided to
return to Phoenix, Ariz., for their winter
vacation this year. Len reports hearing
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Elmer E. Huhn
37 E. Plumstead Ave.
Lansdowne, Pa. 19050
Laurence H. Eldredge, veteran Philadelphia lawyer, author and civic leader,
moved to San Francisco on August 8 to
start a new career at age 69.
Larry, who was admitted to the bar in
Philadelphia in September, 1927, will
become a professor of law at Hastings
College of the Law, an affiliate of the
University of California. Last academic
year, he was visiting professor of law at
Hastings where he taught torts and a
seminar in medical jurisprudence. He
was offered a permanent post. All fulltime professors at Hastings must be at
least 65. Most are former members of
other law school faculties; more than
half are ex-law school deans. Larry is the
only faculty member selected in recent
years from active practice. The college,
with an enrollment of 1,300 students, is
the third largest day-time law school in
the nation.
Larry will lecture on preparation for
trial at a National College of Advocacy
under the joint sponsorship of the
American Trial Lawyers Association at
the college from August 29 through
September 4.
He was a full professor of law at
Temple University at 25 and later
taught at the University of Pennsylvania.
In World War II, he was a lieutenant
commander in the Coast Guard. During
past years, he has been president or
chairman of many organizations including the Lafayette General Alumni Association (1961), Better Business Bureau
of Philadelphia, Episcopal Hospital and
the Philadelphia Arts Alliance. He was
a Phi Beta Kappa. He has been a member of the Union League, Philadelphia,
since 1934. At commencement in 1970,
Larry was given an honorary degree of
Doctor of Letters by Lafayette.
During an interview with the Philadelphia Bulletin, Larry stated that he
loved to teach. He regards this new
career as a real challenge. He said, "I
want to help train future leaders, if I
can." The alumni of the Philadelphia
area, with a feeling of sadness on losing
him to California, extend their heartiest
congratulations!
John N. Mauchline, mechanical engineer, T a u Beta Pi, of Phillipsburg, N.J.,
died unexpectedly at his home on June
21 this year. A member of ASME, his
career was as engineer for Ingersoll-Rand
Co., where he was chief draftsman in
the turbo division until his retirement
in 1964. He was a member of the Pilgrim's Presbyterian Church in Phillipsburg. Our sincere sympathy is extended
to his wife, Helen, who survives him.
We regret to report the death of Paul
E. Eddowes at his home, 38Q Leigh Rd.,
West Palm Beach, Fla. 33405. He and
his family moved to Florida from Abington, Pa., following his retirement as
owner and operator of the Star Industrial Laundry, 2629 Jefferson St., Philadelphia, Pa. Following graduation from
Lafayette, where he was a Phi Delta
Theta, Paul entered the laundry business as a partner and vice president.
Our sympathy goes to his wife, Helen,
and other members of the family which
includes three sons, two sisters and five
grandchildren.
Casper P. "Cap" Kaffke and wife,
Emma, made a motor trip from their
Sarasota, Fla., home to New England
this past summer, to attend a wedding
of a granddaughter. Since his return to
alumni calendar
Alumni will be mailed detailed information concerning events scheduled
for their respective areas.
Central Pennsylvania
November—Annual dinner held in
Harrisburg the week of the Lehigh
football game—a joint effort with
Lehigh alumni.
Florida Goldcoast
December, January and FebruaryRegular annual luncheon meetings
held. February's program will feature
new head football coach, Neil Putnam,
as speaker.
Lehigh Valley
Luncheon meetings with speakers from
the College will be held the third Tuesday of each month at the Elks Club, 31
So. 8th St., Allentown. Phone Sherwood
Clause '56 at 437-5477 for reservations.
Metropolitan New York
December 3—Annual New York theater
party for the benefit of the Harry Peck
'30 Scholarship Fund. For information, phone Mark Weisburger '55 at
(212) 565-7870 days or (914) 7230945 evenings.
Northeastern Pennsylvania
November 17—Annual dinner the week
of the Lehigh football game.
Philadelphia
Luncheons every Wednesday at 12:30
p.m. at the Poor Richard Club, Juniper
and Locust St. Beef Cummins luncheon,
October 20, will feature Olav B. Kollevoll, director of athletics, as speaker.
Reading
November—Annual dinner held the week
of the Lehigh game—a joint affair with
Lehigh alumni.
South Jersey
October—Annual dinner for area guidance counselors in late October.
Trenton
October—Middle Three dinner (with
Rutgers and Lehigh alumni) featuring
Dr. Bergethon as speaker.
Washington, D.C.
October 15—Wine and cheese party from
8 to 10 p.m. at Grosvenor Park Apartments Penthouse, Rockville, Md. Call
David A. Zohn '51 at home (301)
493-9403 for details.
November 6—Pre-game gathering at the
Gettysburg Holiday Inn at 11:30 a.m.
Call Robert Buchanan '61 at home
(301) 589-0407 or office (202) 3921298 for information.
board adds students,
faculty to committees
dr. donald prentice,
former trustee, once
acting president, dies
Four Lafayette faculty members and
four students have been selected to serve
on four committees of the College's
Board of Trustees during the 1971-72
school year.
The committees and those who will
serve on them are: athletics and student
affairs—Dr. Winfield Keck, professor and
head of the physics department, and
Anthony L. Conrad III '72, English
major from Philadelphia; development
and alumni affairs—Dr. William W.
Watt, Francis A. March Professor and
head of the English department, and
Scott D. Jackson '72, history major from
Harrisburg, Pa.; educational policy—Dr.
David L. Hogenboom, associate professor of physics, and Robert B. Moser '72,
economics major from Maplewood,
N.J.; grounds and buildings—Dr. B.
Vincent Viscomi, associate professor of
mechanical engineering, and Francis L.
Mustaro, Jr. '72, history major from
Springfield, Pa.
Ralph K. Gottshall '27, chairman of
the Board of Trustees, selected the
faculty members from names recommended by the full faculty and the students from names recommended by
Student Government. Dr. Keck is the
only holdover from last year.
The trustees voted in September of
1970 to include faculty members and
students as voting members of these four
committees. In addition the board voted
to invite the clerk of the faculty and the
president of the student governing body
to attend board meetings as nonvoting participants.
watson houses coeds
(only) this year only
Lafayette entered its second year of
coeducation with 113 freshmen women
scheduled to arrive on campus for the
start of classes on September 9. T o accommodate them Thomas J. Watson
Hall underwent minor renovation and
was converted into a women's residence
hall.
With the scrapping of the "freshman
guadrangle" concept—the housing of
freshmen separately from upperclassmen
—Watson Hall will be home for 118
women, evenly divided between freshmen and upperclassmen.
"New Dorm," the still unnamed
dormitory completed in 1966 and
"feminized" for Lafayette's first coeds
last year, will again house 143 women
students, also mixed by classes.
The use of Watson Hall, the gift of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Watson in
1949, as a women's residence is scheduled
to last only for the current year. For that
reason the modifications were quite
minor, according to a spokesman in the
Dean's Office, and many of them were
necessary maintenance.
These included painting the interior,
hanging curtains at ground floor windows and adding a kitchenette, some
furniture, an intercom system and a
reception area.
Beginning in September of 1972, according to present plans, women will
occupy South College and New Dorm,
and Watson Hall will again house men.
gremlins at work
Due to an error, the dates
printed on the applications for
tickets to the Gettysburg and
Kings Point football games and
sent to all alumni were
reversed.
George E. Davidson '51,
assistant to the athletic director, said the correct date for
the Gettysburg game is October 30 and for the Kings Point
game, November 6. Both are
away games for Lafayette.
Donald Bishop Prentice, 82, former
Lafayette College faculty member, dean
and acting president, who later served
as a member of the Board of Trustees
and as emeritus trustee, died on July 29
in Waterbury, Conn.
Dr. Prentice served at Lafayette from
1917 until 1931 as assistant professor,
professor, chairman of engineering, dean
of the college and acting president. In
1931, he became president of Rose Polytechnic, Terre Haute, Ind., a position
he held until his retirement in 1948. He
was a trustee of Lafayette from 1952
until 1969 and served as emeritus trustee
since that time.
A graduate of Yale University, Dr.
Prentice received an honorary degree
from Lafayette. He held numerous offices
in the American Association of Engineering Education, the Scientific Research Society of America, the New York
Academy of Science and the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers. He also
served as a trustee of Rose Polytechnic
and as a director of the Merchants
National Bank of Terre Haute.
Dr. Prentice is survived by his wife
and three daughters.
Warren Cole '71 and hovercraft during television
interview
hovercraft makes tv news
The moving of the Phi Psi house was
not the only campus event which drew
the attention of a television news
reporting team this summer.
In July television camera crews from
two Philadelphia stations, KYW-TV and
WPVI-TV, as well as one from WNEPTV in Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, visited
Lafayette to film a demonstration of the
hovercraft developed by five Lafayette
mechanical engineering seniors.
Warren D. Cole '71 of West Hartford,
Conn., drove the machine before the tv
cameras set up on Freshman Field and
then discussed the device with newsmen.
The demonstration and interviews were
telecast on all three stations.
In addition to Mr. Cole, those who
designed and built the craft were:
William B. Brecht '71 of Bryn Mawr,
Pa.; James V. Davidson '71 of Durham,
N.C.; Timothy B. Ely '71 of Pelham,
N.Y.; and Peter J. Kennedy, Jr., '71 of
Sea Girt, N.J.
dispossessed, he improvises
temporary return to nature
Not everyone on campus found the
schedule for moving the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity house to his liking.
One Phi Psi fraternity brother, William V. Hanzalek '71 of Ramsey, N.J.,
had planned to live in the house while
attending the six-weeks' summer session
to complete requirements for his B.S.
degree in metallurgical engineering.
"When the workmen shut the electricity and water off, it didn't bother me
too much. But, those air hammers early
every morning did it," Mr. Hanzalek
said.
He had to move out of the house, but
he had no other room. So, he pitched a
tent on the lawn in front of the Phi Psi
house and near the main entrance to
the Skillman Library.
Mr. Hanzalek said no one bothered
him or asked him to move for about
three weeks. He slept in his tent, got up
for classes at about 8:30 a.m., gave up
smoking and started running every afternoon with the track coach, William L.
William Hanzalek '71 at home
Donahue.
"I just want to get in shape. I feel
He was given until the end of the
pretty good," Mr. Hanzalek said midway week—it was a Tuesday—to strike his
through the summer session.
tent and find other lodgings or pitch it
At about that time, someone evidently where it would be less noticeable:
i.e., behind Watson Hall.
notified the Dean's Office that there was
a "squatter" on campus. (Mr. Hanzalek's
When his predicament became known,
tent was less than a hundred yards from
several people offered Mr. Hanzalek
the John Markle Administration
temporary, but somewhat more comBuilding.)
fortable accommodations.
The 1924 Melange was dedicated to
Dr. Prentice. The dedication reads: "To
Donald Bishop Prentice this volume is
dedicated. An inspiring teacher, an
honorable Christian gentleman, a loyal
friend, he has always stood for the things
which are worthwhile. We are better
men because of our contacts with him,
and as we go forth from Lafayette we
shall miss his quiet courtesy and helpfulness. We sincerely hope that he will
achieve every success that the world can
give."
'deferred admission'
lets students apply now
but matriculate later
Secondary school students who plan a
year of non-academic pursuit before enrolling in college may secure Guaranteed
Deferred Admission to Lafayette, according to Richard W. Haines '60, director
of admissions.
"Guidance counselors and admissions
officers are learning that for some students a year away from formal education
can enhance a student's 'growth' and
make him a better college student,"
Haines said.
Students who plan a year of employment, social service, foreign travel or
some similar activity are eligible for
Guaranteed Deferred Admission to
Lafayette.
The usual application procedure is
followed, but in addition the applicant
submits a statement outlining his plans
for the year between secondary school
and college. If accepted, the student is
guaranteed admission the following
September. In turn, he is obligated to
enroll.
Lafayette has offered Guaranteed Deferred Admission on an informal basis
for some time, according to Haines. The
program has been formalized because
"more students are looking for experiences outside the classroom," Haines
said.
Only one or two students in each of
the last five or six years have been admitted under the program, Haines said.
He expects that eight to ten students a
year will be granted Guaranteed Deferred Admission in the future.
"This program may prompt students
to investigate non-academic opportunities they might have let slip by in the
past," Haines said.
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Florida, Cap experienced another attack
of illness, but has weathered the bout
sufficiently to play a limited number of
holes of golf once or twice weekly.
Howard A. "Ham" Morris, of Erdenheim, Pa., spent a week in the hospital
in late July for a checkup. He missed, an
annual special social function at the
Officers Club, Philadelphia Navy Yard
on August 5, although he is fast regaining the old powerhouse action. Lest you
forget, Howard is not Navy, but a
colonel in the National Guard, Artillery.
Donald B. Clark and wife, Dorothy,
took an extended motor trip through
Canada in August. Don, who is president
of the Philadelphia Alumni Association
of Lafayette College, had many of the
association's fall activities well organized
prior to their departure. Presently, Don
is trying to increase attendance at the
association's weekly luncheon, every
Wednesday 12:15 to 2 p.m., at the Poor
Richard Club, Juniper and Locust Sts.
This is an invitation to any '24 men in
the area or passing through Philadelphia
to drop in any Wednesday and join the
group for a get-together luncheon.
Frederick R. Brant, of Landisville, Pa.,
(west of Lancaster) is one chap who
makes a customary monthly visit to the
above-mentioned weekly luncheon for
enlightenment as well as enjoyment. On
August 10, Fred and Helen entertained
Bill and Mildred Wilson on the occasion
of Bill's birthday. While the girls relaxed, Fred and Bill enjoyed a spirited
game of golf at a nearby country club.
In deference to the occasion, Fred had a
poor day and Bill won, although both
were reported as tallying somewhat
over 100.
An historical fact is presented for
those classmates who may have had the
questionable good fortune to have
weathered their freshman year in East
Hall, where Herb Brown and your
correspondent spent a most active period
of orientation. The archives disclose that
the "factory" was built and ready for
occupancy in 1874 at a cost of $300 per
room. The college received a, 6 percent
return on its investment. East Hall was
torn down in 1930 to make way for
Gates. All East Hallians can be proud of
contributing to that venture!
WATSON '26
Fred S. Benson, Jr.
65 Browning Rd.
Short Hillsg N.J. 07078
I am reminded, as I look over my file,
that I had intended to read at the class
dinner, the notes I had received from
Florence Whitehouse and Edith Van
Saun thanking me for the letters I had
written them on behalf of the Class
expressing our sympathy. I will just say
that they were very gracious notes from
very great ladies.
Some of the comments I didn't have
space for, in the reunion issue: Wilbur
Piper and I discussing the "state" of
education in general (I got the impression that Wilbur is glad to be retired);
Ray Jacoby expounding on the beauties
of his new home on Lake Champlain,
making it sound so good that I, for one,
am going to do my best to take advantage of his kind offer to have us visit;
Taylor Finley and I talking about our
last meeting in the Diplomat in Hollywood, Fla.; Rick Rohrbach and I
reminiscing about the old Martien A.C.
which fielded one of the most versatile
teams in all intra-mural football history;
Dutch Hoene discussing his activities in
animated fashion (Dutch is another one
who believes in an active retirement);
among the wives we had a chance to talk
with a little more often were the very
gracious wives of Bob Smith (one of the
first to greet us), Martin Evoy and Don
Stillman. It was certainly good to have
them with us.
The remainder of those present at our
reunion are going to help me write my
next column (they don't know it yet),
because I didn't have enough of a chance
to talk with them at any length.
A note from Mrs. Don Donaldson of
Tucson, Ariz., tells us more about
Howard Hock, whose death was announced at our class dinner. Howard
had been with General Aniline and Film
Corp. in New Jersey, and had lived in
Tucson since 1954. He is survived only
by his sister, Mrs. Donaldson.
Gorman Roof just missed my deadline
for the spring issue, but he tells us he is
serving as interim minister of the Paoli
Presbyterian Church, and that he has
been on retired status since August 31,
1968, after .serving as Presbytery executive of Lehigh Presbytery. He says some
nice things about my work as a "scribe"
for which I thank you, Gorman.
Scotty Lewis wrote a nice "postreunion" letter and also sent along an
account of the elevation of Bill Watson
to the post of president of the trustees
of Great Northern Iron Ore Properties,
which trust is one of the largest owners
of iron ore acreage in Minnesota. Bill
joined Great Northern in 1949 as a
research engineer. He became manager
of mines in 1960 and executive vice
president of trustees in November, 1970.
Dinty Moore tells me he is well—still
in the cement business and couldn't
come back in June because of something
that came up suddenly.
Torrence Rugh was in Maine on the
day of our reunion doing ground work
on his move (permanent) to Maine,
they have acquired 100 acres of woodland and three acres for their home,
which they are settling and adding to,
to be able to welcome grandchildren.
Their beaver pond is a source of delight
to old and young.
Pat Gallagher was somewhat "bunged
up" at the time, with a collection of
bruises and abrasions and a slight concussion, (he doesn't say from what) but
has nothing permanent.
Harry Latimer expressed great regret
that he couldn't be with us, but a
younger sister has been very ill, and
besides, Harry was called upon that very
time to give some recommendations to a
board of directors for whom he has done
consulting work. Harry suggests that we
get together in the near future for
dinner, which we will try to do.
Jack Sharpless tells us that he and his
wife were on a 32-day trip to the Mediterranean at the time of reunion. They
got back on July 2, via the Cristiforo
Colombo. Jack says retirement is fine
timewise, but with inflation and taxes,
not so hot financially.
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Herbert C. Yahraes, Jr.
Stissing Rd.
Stanfordville, N.Y. 12581
Finding ourselves near Baltimore, Dixie
and I made a long-deferred visit to Floyd
Flickinger. He and his wife, Geneva,
both teach. Floyd also organizes and
extends his tremendous collection of
Americana, the heart of which includes
travel accounts, diaries, journals and
letters. It's on shelves and tables, in
packing cases and filing cabinets and
even hanging from walls throughout the
house.
Autographed pictures include those
of Woodrow Wilson and Theodore
Roosevelt. He has book collections on
furniture, buildings, religion, gardening
and journalism throughout American
history. Also, collections on Middle
Atlantic States' and southern history and
American biography, with many autographed and sometimes annotated
specimens of American lit.
Floyd's particular interest is in the
American Revolution. He has the country's largest private collection of holograph material on Revolutionary War
hero Daniel Morgan. (Morgan was born
in New Jersey near Easton. The
"Mammy" of Mammy Morgan's Hill,
librarian Maurice Filson once told Floyd,
was General Morgan's stepmother.
Floyd is not so sure.)
He hopes to arrange for the collection
—including over 8,000 books, thousands
of other items, even some precious early
furniture—to go to a college while he is
still alive.
Floyd is a member of the Maryland
Bicentennial Commission for the Commemoration of the American Revolution
and chairman of its historical committee;
the Commission of Maryland Folk Life;
and the advisory council of the Maryland Commission on Negro History. He
spent ten years with the National Park
Service in charge of developing Yorktown, Jamestown, Petersburg and
Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia;
Kings Mountain and Cowpens in South
Carolina; and Guilford Courthouse and
Moore's Creek in NortK Carolina.
This summer Floyd had a graduate
seminar on "Middle Atlantic States Life
and Culture." This winter his teaching
will include a seminar for educators in
the Maryland county education system
on "Introduction to Modern Thought."
Geneva's includes a course for future
teachers on "Educational Ideas in Historical Perspective." They are an ideational pair and we spent an entrancing
afternoon.
After 40 years in the practice of
medicine, Herb Carter retired on January 1. He and Frances have moved from
Pennsburg, Pa., to the Poconos, where
their address is Effort, Pa. 18330. They
have one son and four grandchildren.
earned his law degree at the University
of Michigan.
Bob Heilman received an LL.D. from
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, at the
convocation observing the college's
125th anniversary. During the same
weekend, he delivered the lecture at the
annual Phi Beta Kappa convocation at
Grinnell. A few days later he was
honored at a farewell dinner celebrating
his 23 years as chairman of the department of English, University of Washington, where he will continue as professor
after a year abroad.
Dan Krick retired two years ago—
from companies in the stevedoring, contracting, and coal dock businesses, in
Philadelphia—because of a heart condition that caused him also to give up
golf. From now on, he and Vivian will
divide the year between an apartment in
Devon, Pa., a cottage at Buck Hill Falls,v
and a condominium they bought last
winter in the same Florida town as the
Herb McCrackens. From Oct. 15 to May
15, their address is 1710 So. Ocean Blvd.,
Delray Beach, Fla. 33444. The rest of the
year it is 224 Liberty Mews, 1027 Valley
Forge Road, Devon, Pa. 19333. Dan,
who weighed 240 pounds all through
college and most of the years since, is
down to 175 and plans to stay there.
He and Vivian also plan to be in Easton
for the 45th.
The words from Tom Carlson are:
"The class of '27 must have a well
attended and successful reunion in '72."
He adds, as chairman of the reunion
committee, "Our plans will be made
with this objective." Tom's address is 86
Lighthouse Drive, Inlet Colony, Jupiter,
Fla. 33458, and he's the mayor. More
news later. Meanwhile, the dates to hold
are June 2, 3, and 4, 1972.
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Walt Mills
6 Ridge Drive W.
Roslyn, N.Y. 11576
Honors again to Henry Brown. During
reunion weekend he received the Joseph
Yohe Veile died July 4 in Easton Hos- E. Bell Alumni Distinguished Service
Award. Henry is past president of the
pital. He had retired in 1969 as NorthMorris-Essex Alumni Club and former
ampton County Court administrator, a
area chairman of the National Schools
post he had held for four years. PreCommittee of Lafayette. He's class repviously he had been a member of the
county prothonotary's staff for 38 years. resentative on the Alumni Council and
class fund manager, and has been active
He was a dahlia fancier and had been
honored by the American Dahlia Society in civic and professional organizations.
Henry retired in 1969 as appraisal engifor having developed and named several
neer with New Jersey Bell Telephone.
varieties of that flower. He maintained
He is married with three children and
formal gardens at his home on Freeseven grandchildren. Last spring he
mansburg Ave., Easton, and at his
moved to Sparta, N.J., and is enjoying
country home. Yohe was a songwriter,
his retirement thoroughly.
too, and he wrote plays for amateur
theatrics.
The only other members of our class
at
reunion were Paul Wendt, who was
After 25 years with the Industrial
visiting with the Bells on his way from
Molasses Corp., Larry Houston was
Georgia to his summer place in Oregon,
retired in June 1967 and two days later
Joe
Bell and the irrepressible Harvey
decided to become a consultant in the
Batdorf.
same field. He is still consulting, and
Howard Hoffman recently retired
happy and busy. T o clear up a mystery,
he was indeed on campus the last several from Southwestern Bell Telephone in
St. Louis, Mo., where he was general
Junes but was largely unseen because he
plant extension engineer.
managed only to attend special dinners
at his House. The Houstons, who live in
Harp Scanlon wrote me from Istanbul,
Demarest, N.J., hope to join the Philly
Turkey, where he and his wife are
alumni on their trip to Spain in October. enjoying a second honeymoon. He is
getting used to Turkish customs, has
Among the classes from '20 through
purchased a modern apartment there
'29, ours ranked first in the number of
and plans to do some traveling in the
gifts (64) to the '70-'71 Alumni Fund,
second in the percentage of givers (39), Mid-East before returning to the munand third in the total given ($3,237.67). dane life in the New York District
Attorney's office.
The gifts included one in memory of
Frank Nixdorff, who died in 1960.
Charlie Pittman writes, "Last NovemThere were eight more donors than last ber my wife and I left on a six-weeks'
year. Hal Shunk and his assistants
trip which took us to New Zealand,
should be pleased.
Australia, Hong Kong and Guam. We
spent Christmas and New Years on
Among those getting honorary degrees
Guam with our daughter and family."
in June were two classmates. Monte Paul
His son, Charles '61, is doing research in
"Sam" Smith was honored by the
chemistry at the University of Alabama
Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa.,
with associates who are mostly graduate
with a juris doctor degree. He has been
students. He recently had an article
a professor of law at Dickinson for more
published and many industrial organthan 20 years, a post from which he is
izations are interested in his work.
now retiring. He also heads a law firm
Charlie also attended an affair in Pittsin Norristown, Pa., where he lives. In
burgh honoring "Stoney" Jones '25,
addition to teaching and practicing law,
which he says was the largest alumni
he has written four major texts on
turnout in western Pennsylvania in
inheritance and estates, and he helped
many a year.
develop the statutes relating to Pennsylvania's inheritance and estate tax. He
about
alumni
(continued, from page 10)
Ernest Ihloff died on April 8, while
serving as a deacon in the traditional
Maundy Thursday service at his church.
He retired in January from Hartford
Special Machine Co., Simsbury, Conn.,
where he had been production engineer
for over 15 years. He is survived by his
wife and two sons, Charles E. '55 and
Robert W.
Charlie Jones died January 6. He had
retired in October, 1970, from the
General Precision Equipment Corp.,
Tarrytown, N.Y., as manager of the
employees' retirement plan. He is survived by his wife and two daughters,
Elizabeth Ann and Barbara Jane.
Lew Zeyher reports that his former
roommate Pete Readinger died in
Caracas, Venezuela, last May. Pete had
been visiting in the U.S.A. not long ago
and Lew, I believe, had seen him at that
time. Lew sees the Bill Houldin family
frequently and had lunch with Ned
Kilpatrick in June.
Our class continues to diminish and
our sympathy goes out to the families of
those no longer with us.
SHERIFF '29
'29
Richard P. Brown
909 Jordan Dr.
Brielle, N.J. 08730
Sorry fellows about the lack of '29 notes
for the last several issues. I lost my sister
late last year. She lived in Easton and,
some of you may recall, entertained our
class at our 25th reunion.
Sorry to report that the news of our
class has had many notes of sorrow. We
all will miss loyal, popular and smart
Duke Rothrock, whose death came unexpectedly. He was very successful in the
securities business side of Marine
Midland Bank.
You will be sorry to hear of the loss
that came to our classmate Gordie
MacArthur, whose wonderful wife, Fran,
died last year. We remember how gracious, charming and enthusiastic she
was, a truly gracious lady who gave
much to make those about her cheerful.
We all offer Gordie our sincere
sympathy.
Word comes in a roundabout way that
Edie Sheriff is enjoying his retirement.
Fred Morgenthaler and his good wife
are off on another torn:, I was told.
Art and Virginia Phillips have been
busy sailing most of the summer and
entertaining the children and grandchildren, who came all the way from
Arizona and Colorado to visit—great
children and grandchildren.
Ephraim Schechner has been doing an
important job in Northern New Jersey
raising money for Lafayette. Montford
H. Smith took on the important job of
class financial agent and did a good job.
They have changed a lot of things at
Lafayette, including now our alumni
magazine. I guess our class notes did not
fit in well with the profound and heavier
news of the administration and faculty.
Personally, I am opposed to the move
and the change, think it accomplishes
nothing for the good of alumni or the
College. Guess I will always have a
point of view.
Would appreciate a few lines or a
word or two from '29ers. Perhaps it
would make it a bit easier to see we get
something in our space. Hard for me to
write only about guys we lose. Please.
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Peter A. Kuhn
279 S. Metape Circle
Bound Brook, N.J. 08805
Our 40th reunion is now naught but a
memory but to some 40 of us a very
pleasant one. Being one of the
"depression" classes it was fitting that
our "uniform" consisted solely of a hat!
The jackets to accompany said hat were
ordered in plenty of time but got lost en
route and never did show up—no big
thingl With our portly paunches and
World War II precision we marched
smartly through the famous Easton
circle. It was a fun weekend and those
of you who did not return were missed
by those who did. Doubtless your ears
were burning.
Following is a list of those
who were present some time or other
over the weekend. With wives: Arena,
Bluhm, Beil, Caruso, Daub, Dumont,
Johnson, Feinberg, John Fox, Hoffman,
Knapp, LaBate, Masterton, Putney,
Russell, Schaible, Schnitzer, Tuten,
Wenzel and Weitzman. Those who returned stag: Betts, Callaway, Bryan,
Cresse, Jackson, DeVita, Charlie Fox,
Howard Hays, Hills, Kuhn, Michaels,
Newton, Quimby, Schults, Snyder, Silverman, Stretton, Shields, Jack Thompson,
VanDerbeck, and Willauer. At our excellent banquet at the Northampton
Country Club we had as guests: Joe and
Kitty Bell '28, Harvey Batdorf '28, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Wendt '28, and Dr. and
Mrs. Herb Harkins '34. Our thanks for a
great reunion to the committee which
included: Weitzman, Daub, LaBate and
Schaible.
It is most gratifying to see the improved position of 1931 in the standings
for the Annual Fund. All credit for this
showing must go to Ed Phelps who
really did a job as class fund manager.
Ed was unable to attend the reunion so,
naturally, he was reappointed to the job
for five more years.
Every time a deadline approaches the
College sends a news item or two. In
recent years the name of John Partridge
has appeared with regularity. This time
we have word that John has been
elected chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of Columbia Gas
System, Inc.
It was reported in a previous column
that Leo Knapp had retired. Not so, he
still toils for Western Electric but has
moved to a so-called retirement community in New Jersey.
Hank Bluhm has retired after a 40year career in public education, 39 of
those years, in the Scotch Plains/Fanwood (N.J.) system. Hank completed
his working days as assistant superintendent of schools in that system.
Happy days, Hank, and keep up the
efforts for the NSC.
Harold Anderson tried to retire from
Wamsutta Mills last February. However,
he was asked to continue as a consultant
and writes, "So I devote from one to
three days at work, which seems to
please everyone. It seems that man is not
equal to retirement."
Dr. David Feinberg has been elected
president of the Pennsylvania Society of
Internal Medicine and George Weitzman has been elected president of the
Conference of County Bar Officers,
Pennsylvania Bar Association. Congratulations to both of you.
John Fox advises that his son is entering his senior year at Lafayette. He is
the fourth member of his family to
attend Lafayette. Joe DeVita also has a
son presently in school at Easton. If
there are others let's hear about them.
T o our retiring class president, George
Weitzman, thanks for a job well done!
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Shel Schmolze
261 Briarcliff Rd.
Ridgewood, N.J. 07450
Once again Harry Snook leads off our
class notes. We hear now that not only
has Harry received another honorary
degree— this time from Suffolk University—but he has been named to the
Boston University Board of Fellows. The
bravman, hughes new alumni officers
The twq new top officers of the
Lafayette Alumni Association were
elected at the Reunion Weekend
luncheon.
Louis R. Bravman '54 was installed as
president, after having served the previous year as president-elect, and Dr.
Wilson E. Hughes '38 was named
president-elect.
Mr. Bravman, of Kingston, Pa., was
the first recipient, in 1967, of the Clifton
P. Mayfield '09 Outstanding Young
Alumnus Award. A former chairman of
the Ten-Year Club, he is also a past
president of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alumni Association. He has been
extremely active over the years in capital,
annual fund and class giving campaigns,
frequently serving as chairman of area
drives.
He has served as class correspondent,
class fund chairman and president of
his class. A member of the Executive
Committee of Alumni Council, Mr.
Bravman is also an active and ardent
member of the National Schools Committee. He also served last year as chairman of the Publications Committee.
A frequent visitor to campus yearround, his warm handshake and ready
smile are well known to all who meet
him.
After earning his bachelor's degree
with a major in economics, Mr. Bravman
took his master's degree at the University
of Pennsylvania. He is an executive with
The Bravman Company of Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
Dr. Hughes earned his M.D. degree
board is composed of alumni, parents of
students and friends of Boston University who consult with and advise the
university trustees on matters of curriculum, planning, development, community relations and public relations.
Received a note from Stan Thomas
advising me of the death of our good
friend Ted Chase on June 14. Our
deepest sympathy goes to his wife,
Bertha, and their three children, Edwin
T. IV '69, Lois and Alex C. II.
Stan has retired as of July 1 after
26 years with the Atlantic-Richfield
Co. and he and his wife have bought a
condominium apartment in Lake Worth,
Fla. They're down there now looking
forward to a very outdoorsy life—golf,
tennis, fishing, swimming, etc. Stan
writes that his wife can probably outdo
him in most of those activities, so he may
have to go into training. Sounds like
fun, though.
The campus is looking beautiful and
I hope that each one of you will be able
to make it back for at least one visit this
fall.
WESSELL '34
Jerry Miller
10207 Third St. East
Treasure Island, Fla. 33706
I hate to repeat a write-up on any of our
classmates, especially when I have not,
as yet, contacted all of our classmates,
but these two merit a repeat performance because of all the honors achieved.
Dr. Nils Y. Wesse 11, president of the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York
City, was principal speaker at Nasson
College's 59th commencement. He has
directed the activities of the Sloan
Foundation since 1968, and previously
was president of the Institute for Educational Development.
He joined the faculty and administration of Tufts University in 1939 and
served as president of the University
BRAVMAN '54
at Yale University in 1942 and is pediatrician-in-charge at Truesdale Hospital,
Fall River, Mass., where he also resides.
His son, John, is a member of the Class
of 1973.
An alumni officer of Sigma Chi,
fraternity, Dr. Hughes has been his class's
correspondent since 1958. He served as
an at-large member of the Executive
Committee of Alumni Council from
1966 to 1970. A member of the Friends
of David B. Skillman Library, he has
donated several books to the Library,
including a fine Civil War collection.
Dr. Hughes was an enthusiastic advocate of the Alumni College programs in
1967 and 1968 and was instrumental in
organizing the first Lafayette College
Family Summer Seminar in the summer
of 1970.
As president-elect, he, along with Mr.
Bravman, attends all Board of Trustee
meetings during his tenure. Dr. Hughes
is additionally on the Trustee Committee on Development and Alumni Affairs.
Like Mr. Bravman, Dr. Hughes is an
active NSC member.
from 1953 to 1955. He was so well liked
that the Tufts Library was named in his
honor in 1965. He earned his M.S. from
Brown University and his doctorate
from Rochester University and was a
lecturer in psychology at Harvard
University.
An honorary doctor of letters degree
was awarded him by Bates College in
1968 and other honorary degrees have
been conferred upon him by Tufts,
Boston College, Boston University,
Northeastern University and Brandeis
University.
Currently he is a trustee of the JFK
Library and a director of the Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co. and the Polaris
Fund, Inc.
Nils lives in an apartment at 230
East 79th Street, New York City.
Daniel L. Golden achieved his honors
in the field of law.
He was commended on a successful
year as president of the New Jersey State
Bar Association in the New Jersey Law
Journal and presided at the 73rd annual
meeting of the association. A past president of the Middlesex County Bar
Association, he has practiced law in
South River for over 30 years.
He earned his LL.B. from Rutgers
and shows his loyalty to both schools by
having served as past president of the
Lafayette Alumni Association for his
area and serving as a member of the
Rutgers University Law School Alumni
Council.
Lafayette recognized his achievements
in the legal profession by presenting
him with the George Washington Kidd
Award last October.
He and wife Evelyn, live at 29 Wilcox
Avenue, South River, N.J., and have two
children, a son, Roger, and a daughter,
Leslie.
It was a delight to hear from Rev.
William Floge and Howard Hill.
Rev. Floge and his wife, Caroline, live
on Star Route, Montague, Mass. 01351.
They have two married children, Caroline, 27, and Samuel, 26. Bill is pastor of
the Moores Corner Church, Moores
Corner, Mass. Besides his religious
duties, Bill tries to keep active by play-
about
alumni
ing golf. From his description, the improvement seems to be in the wrong
direction. My golf seems to be on the
same plane as his, so when I play,
maybe, like Bill, I should carry a camera
and lunch and enjoy the woods.
Howard Hill and Barbara, his wife,
live at 38 Cranbury Rd., Westport,
Conn. 06880. They have three children.
Susan, the oldest with two boys, 5 and
8, is living in St. Paul, Minn. Pamela,
next in age, is single and doing freelance
writing in California under the pen
name of "Amy Hill." Dave, the youngest, is in his junior year at Brown University, and expects to work this summer
on a tunnel project at Loveland Pass,
near Denver, Colo.
Howie's health is excellent and, when
he has time, he enjoys back packing,
jogging and tennis. The American Can
Co., for whom he works, moved out of
New York to Connecticut which was a
big break for Howie, as it eliminated his
need to commute.
Howie tells me that their Connecticut
home is a convenient waystop to New
England and he would enjoy friends'
taking the time to stop and say, "Hello."
He is looking forward to our '74
reunion.
The news is rather meager this time
as the response to my cards was very
poor. I expect to contact every classmate
before my term as class correspondent
expires, so if you haven't been contacted,
do not feel that you have been overlooked. Eventually, you shall hear from
me. Even before you are contacted, if
you have news I would appreciate a card
or note telling me about yourselves.
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Paul M. Aaroe
301 Hardwick
Belvidere, N.J. 07823
Dick Child has retired to Florida and is
living at 6790 Burning Tree Dr.,
Seminole (just North of St. Petersburg).
Earl F. Tygert, Jr. has been in independent missionary work mostly in
Japan for years. He is now reported to
be at Franklin, Pa., at least temporarily.
Two of his six children are still in
Japan.
Wendell Good who practices law in
Erie, Pa. is going into his third term in
the Legislature, which, as of this date, is
going through a very difficult summer
session. Both children are married and
the Goods have three grandchildren.
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Robert G. Asch
R.D. #2
Altamont, N.Y. 12009
Chet Eddy spent two years in Germany
doing graduate work at the University
of Greifswald. He taught for many years
in an Indiana high school. Presently he
is head of the language department and
German master at Haverford School.
Paul Kinney is a chemical engineer.
He spent eight years with G.A.F. in
Easton in research and development.
The next 17 years were with the Celanese Corp in various capacities. Last fall
Paul retired in the wake of a consolidation and cost reduction move. He is
now with The Rainville Co., a plastics
manufacturer in Middlesex, N.J., as
manager of school equipment sales. Paul
and Beulah have a son, Paul, Jr. '66,
who spent a year at the University of
Massachusetts, took his master's at
N.Y.U., and is in information management at Pratt Institute. A daughter took
up physical therapy at Ithaca College,
and is married to an Air Force captain
stationed at, Forth Worth. Paul's hobby
is Japanese gardening. He is on the
executive committee of the Society of
Plastics Engineers.
"Dutch" Dworsak is vice-president of
Ampion Corp. of Long Island City, a
distributor of institutional supplies. He
is married to Dorothy. Daughter Gale is
married and has one child. Son Todd
graduated from the College of Advanced
Science, Canaan, N.H., worked with the
State Conservation Department, is now
with Ampion as a chemist, is married
and has a boy.
Frank Jones lives in Old Greenwich,
Conn. He has been with the New York
Daily News since 1936, and is a salesman
in the retail food department. Son Frank
went to Villanova, is with a computer
firm in Connecticut, is married and has
two children. Son Kenneth graduated
from Notre Dame and is serving in
the Army.
Gene Clapp's son, Gene, Jr., attends
the University of Pennsylvania. He is on
the varsity crew.
Herb Johnson has been with the
chemical firm of H. Kohnstamm in
Brooklyn since graduation, and is now
production manager. He married Pat in
1942. He was a first lieutenant in the
Marine Corps during the war. Their
daughter Pam attended Louisiana State
University, and is with a management
consultant firm in Los Angeles. Son
Duane is a student at N.Y.U. majoring
in cinematography, is a music buff and
plays lead guitar in a combo.
Bill Jackson has been with Babcock
and Wilcox for 35 years. He is president
of the Diamond Power division in Lancaster, Ohio. The firm makes boiler
cleaning equipment and closed circuit
television. Bill is married to the former
Natalie Hale. Their son Bill went to
Wilmington College in Ohio. He is in
the Army serving as a forward observer.
Daughter Patty attended Bradford
Junior College and Katherine Gibbs
school and is working in Montreal.
Dr. Ray Ford is head of the English
department at Kutztown State College.
He is married to Elinor. Their son,
Allen, attended Kutztown and is living
and working in Philadelphia. Daughter
Virginia is married and living in
Allentown.
Lee Lowe is manager of two branches
of Franklin National Bank in Long
Island. He and his wife Estelle have two
children: Lee '62, working with G.E. in
Valley Forge, and Tom, who attended
Nichols College in Massachusetts and is
with the contracts division of Grumman
Aircraft.
"Hank" Mahaffy has been with United
Airlines since graduation. He was at
airports in Salt Lake City and
Bethlehem-Allentown. From 1941 to
1946 he was in the Air Force, serving in
Kunming, China, as a major. He was at
Akron airport in 1947, was in Hawaii
for many years, and is now customer
services manager at Municipal Airport,
San Jose, Calif. Son Fred is a dentist in
Hyattsville, Md. Son Lloyd is with
United Airlines as a systems and
methods analyst in San Francisco. Son
Don graduated from Lafayette in 1971.
Daughter Helen is a student.
John Doremus sold his electronics
firm to a Minnesota outfit. He is in the
process of moving from New Jersey to
the Minneapolis area. His son graduated
from Lafayette in 1971. Daughter Jill is
a senior at Syracuse University.
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R.K. Duer
342 Malaluka Rd.
Venice, Fla. 33595
Our Alumni Secretary, Bill Greenip '44,
has asked me to be class correspondent
pro tern until the election of new officers
during our 35th reunion, June 2-3, 1972.
Unfortunately, the only time I will see
any of you is at reunion time; there will
be no casual meetings around the Eastern Seaboard (once I did bump into Mel
Haines in the Atlanta Airport), but the
price of mail has gone up only two
cents! In that regard, I'm constantly
impressed by the job being done by
Jerry Miller, the correspondent for '34.
He lives in Treasure Island, which is
only 85 miles up the line; and I'll bet he
doesn't bump into many classmates
either.
So please send me your news—you
know the kinds of things you like to read
about your friends—to the above address,
and we'll work to make the 35th the
biggest and best yet.
the new experimental New Monmouth
School in Middletown, N.J., three years
ago. Sam Re writes, "I'm now general
manager of the petroleum department of
Esso engineering. My daughter, Rosemary, graduated from Tufts and teaches
English at Salem, Mass. Daughter,
Janet, graduated Pitt and teaches English at Franklin High, Philadelphia.
Son, John, is a sophomore at Emerson in
Boston and son, Sam, hopes to enroll at
a New England College this fall after a
tour in the Air Force. I now have a
home at New Seabury on Cape Cod on
Nantucket Sound. Alice and I spend as
VERNON '38
much time there as we can, playing golf
and boating. We sold our home in
Scotch Plains, N.J., and live in an
apartment in Cranford."
"Still with Esso," writes Harry Rice,
"doing campus recruiting. The rest, of
Wilson E. Hughes
the time Marian and I split between our
1030 President Ave.
apartment in New York and our home
Fall River, Mass. 02720
in Riverton, Pa., a country farmhouse
Talked to Tony Forchielli on the phone built in 1842 on 25 acres and bought by
us in 1964 and completely remodeled
while he was up visiting his brother
by us last year with an additional wing
Americo '43 in Cumberland, R.I. He's
almost the size of the original house plus
running again this fall for township
a patio. I've been fortunate most years
supervisor in Bethlehem, Pa. His wife,
to get to the bush in Northern Quebec
Agnes and son, Philip, 15 (a junior,in
for excellent trout and salmon fishing."
high school), were with him. He still
A1 Rothseid sends a bit of news about
works for Western Electric in
son,
Andrew, 13, who will enter the
Bethlehem.
Choate
School, Wallingford, Conn., this
Ed Helwick pens: "About to take off
fall.
From
Tom Russell this hilarious
for East Germany, Hungary and Czechocard:
"What
a full year! We built a new
slovakia—my first venture behind the
bi-level
home
on i/2 acre here in Whipiron curtain. Still teaching Poli-Sci to
pany
and
moved
in last June, just 10
12th graders at Culver City (Calif.)
minutes
from
my
lab (Flintkote). A
High School. We're rather proud of our
month
later
the
laboratory
was abaninnovative program highlighted by an
doned and I was transferred to CorporUrban Problems Seminar with top
speakers from throughout the state. Wife ation R and D in White Plains, N.Y., as
project manager. The plush office is
Terry as lovely as ever and still execugreat but I have to drive 130 miles a day.
tive secretary for U.S.C.'s Aerospace
I don't know how long my nerves will
Safety Division. Son Bob finished first
take it! We are crazy about the new
year at U.C.'s Hastings Law School."
house and hate to move. My children
Elected to the board of trustees of
want to move back to Verona to be with
Lycoming College was Harvey Marsland. their friends. We don't know what to
Harvey has been pastor of Covenant
do."
United Methodist Church in SpringNorm Seidel has formed a law partfield, Pa., and was recently made district
nership
of Seidel and Cohen with Daniel
superintendent of the Eastern PennsylCohen '65. Fuzzy Vernon has been made
vania Conference of the Methodist
president of Carbon products division,
Church. For many years he was at
Union
Carbide. He's been with the comWayne, Pa., and was instrumental in
pany
ever
since graduation. Burt
building and consecrating a million
Williams gave up private practice to
dollar-'church there.
become diagnostic radiologist at the
A family run-down by Grover
University of Pennsylvania, spending
Moscowitz goes as follows: "Wife—Bea
most of his time at the Veterans
received her master's in library science
Administration Hospital there.
at C. W. Post; Chief Children's Librarian at Bethpage, N.Y. Sons—Rick
(Grover III) first-year Brooklyn Law
A. George Mallis
School, Jim, sophomore at American
71A Allen St.
University in Washington, D.C. Me—
Springfield, Mass. 01108
executive vice president Downtown
It is with a deep sense of personal sorrow
Brooklyn Association 16 years, attorney
that your class correspondent must in25 years. Hope to see you all at our
form you of the death of Joe Danec on
35th in '73."
July 15. Joe died of a heart attack in
"We have moved to the shore and
Bryn Mawr hospital. T o his wife,
enjoy our year-round life as clam digDorothy, and to his family we all extend
gers," writes Jack O'Brien, "Our oldest
our heartfelt sympathies. In Joe's passdaughter and her husband are taking
ing each of us who knew him has lost a
our two grandsons to Taiwan for two
piece of himself. At the time of his death
years so we will miss them. Our second
Joe was vice-president of Starlite Indusdaughter is also married and expects to
tries, Inc. of Rosemont, Pa. He was a
get her master's from the University of
graduate chemical engineer and was a
Pennsylvania. Her husband is in law
member of the American Society of
school and hopefully will eventually
Metals and the American Society of
join our firm. As you know, our Tom is Mining and Metallurgical Engineers.
still at Lafayette with your son, John. I
Prior to joining his last firm Joe spent
talk to Bob Wick quite regularly. His
considerable time in research with
son and daughter are both grown up.
various companies. We recall Joe workHank and Jean Holste were down to
ing for the Norton Company in Worvisit us February 27 and we tried to call cester some years ago. At College Joe
Don Coughlin, who was getting married
was a member of Delta T a u Delta
on that day, but couldn't get through
fraternity.
to him."
Noted recently that there was an
"Appointed to Calvary United
article on Vin Stanley and his company
Methodist Church, East Orange, N.J., in in the Greater Rochester Commerce of
1968," says Mark Odenwelder, "became
Rochester, N.Y. Always nice to have our
trustee of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting
classmates in the limelight.
Association in 1966 and its executive
John Landis has once again done us
vice president in 1971. Oldest son John
proud.
He was recently elected as presiMark, Jr. married to Carolyne Cleary in
dent of the prestigious American
1967. Grandson John Mark III born
Nuclear Society. John is presently the
1968 plus granddaughter Susanna in
president of Gulf General Atomic Co. of
1970. Younger son, Paul, a PCV in
California
and one of the leading lights
Ghana—visited him in October 1970
in the use and development of nuclear
there."
energy in the world.
Bill Pazecky got married four years
ago to Joan Foster Smith. He took over
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George F. Wilson, Jr.
23 Stratford. Ave.
Aldan, Pa. 19018
Dave Henderson has recently been
appointed vice-president-upstate of New
Jersey Bell Telephone Co. with headquarters in Newark.
The appointment was made as the
company announced a change in its
structure to provide new upstate and
downstate territories. Dave joined Bell
in 1941 as a student engineer. He later
served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps
in Africa and Italy during World War
II. After the war he returned to Bell and
held several positions in the plant department before being named division
plant manager-Hudson in May 1961. He
became assistant vice-president of personnel in November 1961 and vicepresident-staff in 1965. He was promoted
to vice-president and general manager
of the company's metropolitan area in
1968, holding that post until the present
promotion.
Walter and Alice Macht recently
moved into a new home in the Media,
Pa., area.
I see Philadelphia lawyer Shunk
Brown at the weekly luncheon of the
Philadelphia Alumni group. Walt
Macht is another classmate who is usually in attendance at these Wednesday
luncheons.
This year will be my son Fried's last
year at Lafayette. Time really flies. In
the past few years Lafayette has admitted
girls to a once all-male institution. The
girls have now taken over the New
Freshman Dorm and Watson Hall. This
year, seniors, including Fried, will be
moving into Easton Hall. In our stay at
College, Easton Hall was strictly a freshman dorm. Because of the influx of gals,
Lafayette needs a new dormitory, among
other things, in these changing times.
Keep in mind the cocktail party after
the Lafayette-Lehigh game will be at the
Dowers' home in Allentown, Pa., not
Bethlehem, as indicated in the last issue
of the Alumnus.
FARRELL '41
C. F. Troxell, Jr.
Rt. 1, Box 470
Excelsior, Minn. 55331
The Notos, Tony and Jane, will be
teaching again this fall—he'll continue
in the Easton system and the bride will
commute to Phillipsburg each day. She's
also the organist at Grace United
Church on the hill. Without his help
we'd have no news of the reunion. I had
to press him under the wire this past
June when I got ill again, and Tony
submitted the following:
"Our 30th has come and gone, but the
melody lingers on. Those who answered
rollcall to all or some of the activities
were Barron, Becker, Berlau (all the way
from Ft. Smith, Ark.), Bigar, Cole,
Collins, Conly, Fast, Fishbone, Fogelson,
Heinze, Huselton, Kennedy, Kernis,
Kulaitis, Krebs, Lancaster, Lanning,
Lazarus, Martin, May, Michelson, Noto,
Rock, Shaul (from Boca Raton, Fla.),
Rev. Snyder, Bill Snyder (from Houston,
Tex.), Swick, Taggart, Tomczuk, and
Wiest. If I missed anyone, please let me
know. I assure you the oversight is
unintentional.
"The weekend was an artistic success
and we came out of it financially
solvent. According to the facetious Craig
Kennedy, the Class of '41 earned two
dubious distinctions: As a class we were
voted the least talented singers at the
step-singing (now held in Colton
Chapel), and our parade uniforms were
judged the worst seen in recent years
(green and white vests and green derbytype hats). By the way, the weather was
wonderful all weekend.
"Thanks are due Kennedy, Kulaitis,
and Rock for planning the weekend
activities. Also, to Swick, our valient
class treasurer. A special nod of thanks
to Mrs. Stan Kulaitis, who attended to
many details, especially those concerning
the ladies. Still another resounding vote
of thanks to the Fishbones for hosting
the gang Saturday afternoon at their
lovely home—the drinks and the weather
were great.
"Kulaitis was elected chairman of the
35th planning committee (succeeding
Kennedy), as well as our class's representative to the Alumni Council.
"Bill Greenip '44 was the speaker at
our class dinner. He enlightened us on
some of the problems that have faced the
College in recent years. A lively question-and-answer session followed, but
Bill fielded all queries flawlessly (a few
roundhouse curves were batted his way).
Saul Barron's talented daughter and son
entertained prior to Bill's remarks.
Among other offspring at the dinner was
Carl Becker's son, a member of the '71
graduating class. Where have the years
gone!
"A number of the lads had their wives
with them. Among them was the wife of
your pinch-hitting correspondent—I
married the former Janet Howells of
Phillipsburg on May 8, 1971. How's that
old adage go? Better late than never?"
Our thanks again to Tony.
Sad news was delayed in arriving at
our desk from Easton in the form of the
untimely passing in July, 1970, of Dick
Kleinknecht in Connecticut. He was
active as a Sigma Nu at College and
served in the Army during World War
II. As a salesman for Flintkote Co. of
New York he covered New England. His
wife, Marjorie, and two girls, Wendy
and Lynn, survive. Members of the class
extend belated sympathies to all the
family.
South Windsor Bank and Trust Co.
has named Jim Farrell as chairman of
the board. He and the family live in
West Hartford, Conn., while he serves as
secretary and director of four local firms
in the South Windsor area.
From Benton Harbor, Mich., we get
the scoop that Lamonte Shipman is
marketing vice-president of Heath Co., a
ham radio manufacturer with stores
around the country. His son plays football backed up by a daughter who is a
cheerleader at St. Joe.
Another promotion recently came
through for Bob Broadhurst to manager
of the commercial department for the
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. He and his
family still live in Ridgewood, N.J. Rev.
Wally Baum is now supervisor of therapy at the Bethany Children's Home in
Womelsdorf, Pa. It is affiliated with the
United Church of Christ. Leave it to
Cindy to relate that Hank Hagerman
(her dad) got the 1970 Marketing Excellence Award for the National-American
Wholesale Lumber Association. Representing the Southeast—they live in
Pensacola, Fla.—he was one of ten forest
products marketing men chosen in the
U.S. and Canada.
Great to see 1941 in the news, too,
with the contributions all of you made
(those who did know their names) with
the money raising for the College. Phil
Rock was also in on the deal; he's with
Middle West Service Co. in Chicago
now. They are a management and engineering consultants firm and Phil is a
vice-president. He resides in Barrington,
III.
This will be wound up with the good
word from Jack Steele that one and all
from '41 are welcome at Ft. Worth or
Dallas ("we're located half way in between") and to the Steeles' in Arlington,
Tex. T o continue, daughter Christy just
graduated from TCU and Lee, the son,
is studying architecture at the University
of Texas. Jack has been with the Bell
Aircraft Co. since the end of World War
II and he and his wife, Kelly, are now
real Texans. About the only '41er he's
met in his wanderings is Bill Snyder
whom he sat next to for four years
in College.
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Carl J. Muller
211 Tulip Dr.
Massapequa Park, L.I.,
N.Y. 11762
Bob Packer, of Dieges and Clust, Providence, New York and New Jersey offices,
was named chairman and chief executive
officer in June. He has been with the
company since 1946, is chairman of the
Twenty-Four Karat Club of New York
City, director of the Jewelers Vigilance
Committee and a newly-appointed director of the Narragansett Electric Co.
Maury Bolmer, outgoing president of
the alumni association, presented two
alumni awards at a campus luncheon
meeting on June 5. George H. Hoerrner
'60 of Annandale, N.J., received the
Clinton P. Mayfield '09 Outstanding
Young Alumnus Award. Henry B. Brown
'28 of Sparta, N.J., received the Joseph
E. Bell '28 Distinguished Service Award.
Lenny Baker, recently manager, safety
services at Brookhaven Laboratory, has
been appointed a secretary of the Royal
Globe companies, with executive supervision of the countrywide loss prevention
and control department.
Skip Grifo called to state that Ward
Foods has appointed him president of
the snack division and he will have to
relocate from Montclair to Detroit. He's
really hopping to find a place before
school starts for the kids.
Art Kadish (Kenny home from
Korea), Charlie Koppen, Maury Bolmer
(vacationing in Michigan), Dick Thorp,
Dick Weidener '44 (off on a trip), John
Hird and Fred Wilhelms '44 (Lindasummering in Montana) checked in by
phone—letters from Russ Smith and Bob
Patterson '45. The family out to Bedminster, N.J. to visit the John E.
Thomases '44 for day—Barbara back
from year of school in France. Herman
Albrecht '46 home from Okinawamother died.
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William E. Greenip
Lafayette College
Easton, Pa. 18042
Art Edmunds lives in Windsor, Pa., with
his wife, Julia, and daughters, Sharon
and Marsha. Art is pastor of the Grace
United Methodist Church in Windsor.
Gus Gills resides in Kennebunk, Maine,
with his wife, Audrey, daughter, Katharine, and son, Bob, Jr. Katharine is
attending Wittenberg University. Gus is
an institutional sales analyst with Putnam, Coffin and Burr in Portland. Tom
and Betty Haire and their brood, Nancy,
Beverly, Marcy, Douglas and John reside in Oak Park, 111. Tom is vicepresident-marketing with Norman Albin
and Associates in Chicago. The Haires
have a new lakeside cabin which keeps
them very much occupied. Daughter
Nancy is at Hanover College and
Beverly at Florida Southern. Tom has
helped organize some alumni functions
in the Chicago area. George Hartwell,
his wife, Bunny, and their children,
Douglas, Gary and Louise, reside in
South Hadley, Mass. George is product
manager for Dunham-Bush Inc. in West
Hartford, Conn., the original home of
Gus Gills.
PROBERT '45
•
R. Bruce Lutz, Jr.
1132 Old York Rd.
Abington, Pa. 19001
Willard B. Richards (Huck) died May
29 of a heart attack in Palmerton Hospital. His home was in Palmerton where
he was a chemical engineer with the
New Jersey Zinc Co. for 24 years.
He graduated from Blair Academy
and Keystone Junior College before
coming to Lafayette. Born in Scranton
and a Navy veteran of World War II, he
was a member of the St. John's Episcopal
Church. Survivors are his wife, Constance (Lesher), and two sons, Jeffrey C.
and Willard B., Jr., both at home.
At Lafayette he was an "L" winner in
baseball and football and in Palmerton
he held the office of vice-president of the
Area School Authority and also the
Blue Ridge Country Club.
Roger J. Probert has been appointed
vice-president of operations and merchandising, Toshiba America, Inc. For
the past year he has been director of
marketing communications for Toshiba.
Prior to joining Toshiba he was with
Doyle, Dane, Bernbach Inc., a New York
advertising agency.
FIELDS '51
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Hilton N. Rahn, Jr.
3640 Mark Twain Circle
Bethlehem, Pa. 18017
The Rahns had the recent good fortune
to enjoy the fine hospitality of Bob and
Marion Barbero at their Cazenovia,
N.Y., home. Bob joined Grey-Syracuse,
an investment casting foundry in Manlius, a year ago and is now vice-president
for sales.
Haskell (Bugs) Stanton, like Barbero
a Kappa Sigma and metallurgical engineering grad, is now superintendent of
blast furnaces at National Steel's Great
Lakes division Zug Island operation.
Curtis (Bud) Ruddle, Jr. has been
appointed electric superintendent of
Philadelphia Electric's eastern division
with headquarters at the utility's Warminster service building. He began his
employment with Philadelphia Electric
in 1951 as a junior engineer and was gas
superintendent when named to his new
position. He and his wife, Margaret,
reside in Newtown. They have one son
and two daughters.
David Gaim of Greensburg, Pa., was
named manager, engineering services,
advanced reactors division by the Westinghouse Electric Corp. He joined
Westinghouse in 1959 as a senior scientist and comes to his new position from
that of manager, technical service labs.
Dave is married to the former Nancy
Webber of Merchantville, N.J. They
have three children.
Leonard Fox, who is manager of
operations control, RCA Astro-Electronics Division, Princeton, has been
elected a member of the board of directors of the New Jersey Taxpayers
Association, Inc. He is responsible for
financial contractual and administrative
functions of the Princeton Division.
Len, his wife and three children reside
in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Laurence Fields, national director of
labor-management trust funds for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith,
New York, was principal speaker in the
1971 series of institutes sponsored by the
National Federation of Health, Welfare
and Pension Plans. He was recently
elected to the advisory board of directors
for the National Federation.
Dr. Bruce C. McQuarrie of Auburn,
Mass., was the first recipient of the
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alumni
Harold J. Gay Chair in Mathematical
Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Bruce has been on
the WPI faculty since 1960 as associate
professor of mathematics. He received
his master of arts in 1956 from the University of New Hampshire, and received
his Ph.D. at Boston University in the
spring of this year. He began teaching
math in 1951 at Tucson Indian School.
Bruce served as a visiting lecturer at
Boston University in 1963 and as instructor on leave from WPI at Texas A& M
University in 1969-1970.
Dudley Giberson of Easton was the
subject of a recent story in the Express
which told of his possibly tongue-incheek plan to levy tolls on trucks violating the College Hill no-truck ordinance. Dud estimates he can collect
$34,500 per month of which he would
take 10 percent, giving the rest to the
city. He states he would be willing to
leave his present post of manager of
accounting services for Ingersoll-Rand
Co. Besides his interest in traffic control,
he is also a member of the Easton Area
School Board.
Harry Heck, an ex-Eastonian now living in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., has been promoted to regional director of the northeast region for McNeil Laboratories Inc.
He will be responsible for sales in the
Boston, Rochester, Newark and New
York districts. He is married to the former Nancy Moss of Easton. They have
three daughters. Harry joined the pharmaceutical manufacturing company in
1959 as a salesman and was promoted to
sales training manager in 1965. He was
appointed New York district manager
in 1967.
Yet another local, Jim Swartz, is now
head of fuels coordination at Humble
Oil Company's Houston, Tex., headquarters. Previously he was process
superintendent operations department
at the company's Bayway refinery,
Linden, N.J.
SCHWARTZ '52
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Cyrus Fleck, Jr.
409 Pierce St.
Easton, Pa. 18042
The mail freeze is on and the class
commentary has been relegated to the
alumni newsletter so the news this
month is brief.
Bert Schwartz has been promoted to
vice-president for system planning for
Con Edison of New York. Bert went to
Con Edison in August of 1968 as special
assistant to the chairman and was
elected assistant vice-president for purchasing and fuel in August, 1969. After
graduation, Bert matriculated at Columbia University where he earned his
master of science degree in industrial
management. Bert is married and the
father of one child and resides on East
78th St. in New York City.
From time to time I receive a newsletter from Walt Jacoby who has been in
the Middle East with the National
Alliance of Lebanese YMCA's. As a
matter of interest I am happy to include
several excerpts from a recent letter:
"The YMCA in Lebanon has grown
tremendously this past year, and this has
been most satisfying. Our children
recently participated in the first Aquarama Show of the Beirut YMCA. More
than 100 youths participated in a
demonstration of progressive swimming
skills, in a fine water ballet program and
a demonstration of the lifesaving and
scuba diving programs.
"The Y's program with international
volunteers has also expanded this year.
As we have indicated in the past, the
Lebanese YMCA is quite effectively
using young adult volunteers from
Europe and North America to teach
English and to develop programs in
small villages and at the YMCA centers.
"Contacts with some other national
movements this year, have been interesting experiences for Walt. In cooperation
with the YMCA Center for International Management Studies,
he has helped to develop management
seminars for middle management in
Spain and Turkey, as well as continuing
the program in Lebanon. We hope that
similar programs may be instituted in
some other YMCA countries in the area
as there is a real need for training of
middle management people in developing countries."
College classes began on September 9
with approximately 1970 students including about 250 women. During the
summer the Phi Kappa Psi house was
moved from its present location to a
new site on March Field next to the
D.K.E. house; construction for the new
fieldhouse has begun and the upper
portion of the north stands on Fisher
Field has been demolished with 15
rows remaining.
I look forward to seeing many of you
at one of the five home football games
and ask you to reserve June 2-3 for a
rousing 20th reunion.
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Joseph L. Jones, IV
145 Cabot St.
Beverly, Mass. 01915
Dr. Ronald H. Fishbein was named
assistant dean of admissions at the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine. Graduated
from Yale University School of Medicine
in 1959, he interned at Grace-New
Haven Community Hospital, New
Haven, Conn., and was a resident in
surgery in Baltimore City Hospitals
from 1958-63. At the same time he was a
fellow in surgery at Hopkins Medical
School, is now a staff surgeon at the
Johns Hopkins Hospital and an attending surgeon at Dinai Hospital and the
Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
Roche G. Burgio has received his
doctor of education degree from Lehigh
University.
Vince Walsh is the eastern regional
sales manager for Raychem Corp. in
Chevy Chase, Md. He, his wife Susan,
and daughter, Jennifer, reside at 8709
Bunnell Drive, Potomac, Md.
Roger Murray, Jr. is a marketing
specialist, in the nitrogen products section and explosive division of Atlas
Chemical Industries, Inc. in Wilmington, Del. Roger is a member of the
Chemical Market Research Association,
Wilmington Country Club and trustee
of the Wilmington Montessori Association. He received his M.B.A. in marketing at the University of Pennsylvania in
1961. He resides with his wife, Kaye, and
children, Eric, Melissa and Robin, at
2729 Newell Dr., Wilmington.
R. Laird Sommerville, Jr. is senior
vice-president with the Central-Penn
National Bank of Philadelphia, Pa. He
is a member of the Union League of
Philadelphia, St. Andrews Society of
Philadelphia and a director of the
Urban Club. Laird resides with his
wife, Mariann, and children, Robert,
Margaret and Susan, at 308 Woods Rd.,
Glenside, Pa.
Robert S. Downing is president of the
Downing Industrial Advertising, Inc. in
Pittsburgh, Pa. His twin brother,
William, also graduated from Lafayette
in '53. Bob is a member of the University Club and Press Club of Pittsburgh.
He resides with his wife, Ann, and
children, Bruce and Kathi, at 163
Foxcroft Road, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Edward D. Greaves is a pediatrician
with the Sterling-Rock Falls Clinic in
Sterling, 111. Ed also graduated from
Temple University School of Medicine
in 1957. His brother, William, graduated
from Lafayette in '59< Ed is a director of
Sinissippi Mental Health Center and the
Community General Hospital in Sterling. He and his wife, Madelyne, reside
at 1201 Ave. D, Sterling, 111., with their
children Paul, Mark and Jean.
Richard B. Polhemus resides at 33420
Coachman Lane, Solon, Ohio, with his
wife Shirley and five children. Dick is a
partner with the C.P. and Associates in
Cleveland, Ohio. They are management
consultants.
Eugene C. Pullano is president of the
Pullano and Sons insurance agency in
Citgo, 111. He is vice-president and director of Old Heritage Life and chairman of the board for Pro's Pizza, Inc.
Eugene's father-in-law, William Bracken,
Sr. graduated from Lafayette in '28 and
his brother-in-law William Bracken, Jr.
also graduated in '55. He resides at 6951
Lorel, Skokie, 111., with his wife Mary
Louise and their five sons, Arthur,
William, Ricky, Mike and Eugene.
56
Neil Alexander
278 Iven Ave., 3C
St. Davids, Pa. 19087
Well, "Gang," the usual letdown prevailed after the big 15th; however, the
summer is well behind us, and now it is
time to test your ballpoint with the
above address.
Russell Buzby has been named director of International Merchandising,
Celanese Fibers Marketing Co. of New
York. He's been with Celanese for about
seven years. He married the former
Gloria Landry of Absecon, N.J. They
have four children, William, 15,
Patricia Ann, 13, Linda Sue, 9 and Mary
Ellen, 6.
Rus Bone of Colonia, N.J., has been
named second vice-president of TIAACREF New York. He joined that organization in 1958.
Tom Tellin has been appointed to
general manager of the master etching
division of Standard International Corp.
of Andover, Mass. The master etching
division is located in Lodi, N.J. and
Tom resides with his family in that
town.
TROXELL '56
Ray Troxell has carved a very illustrious career in the educational field.
Recently, he was selected to be a participant in the 1971 International Educational Seminar; he is listed in a detailed biographical sketch of "Leaders in
American Education." After receiving
his M.A. degree in international relations and another M.S. degree in educational administration (both from
Lehigh), Ray went on to distinguish
himself with numerous teaching honors
(1962—Outstanding Teachers Award;
Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation
Award—1963, etc.). He married the
former Barbara L. Foulk and has three
daughters, Gayle, Pamella and Lynn.
My business brings me into contact
with many people locally (Philadelphia
area) and, often enough, I have occasion
to talk with (via phone) or see Lafayette alumni who are not members of the
"great class," but possibly should be
mentioned in our column. This might
help other correspondents to track down
alumni and get up-to-date information
on them. Some recent contacts were: A1
Rhodes '53 (Scott Paper Co., Philadelphia, Pa.), Andy Duckworth '54 (Duckworth Co., Chester, Pa.), Bill Powell '52
(General Electric Co., King of Prussia,
Pa.), Ken Price '63 (Westinghouse
Electric Corp., Lester, Pa.), Bill Petrecca
'57 (Computer Communications Co.,
Delancey PI., Philadelphia , Pa.), Roy
Robson '64 (self-employed, Ambler,
Pa.), Dr. Robin Roark '52 (Edward N.
Hay Associates, Philadelphia, Pa.).
Certainly hope to be able to have
more of our class in the next issue, but
that depends on you! A thoughtful, short
note now saves a long, arduous letter,
later.
MOSS '57
'57
STONEBACK '57
Gary A. Evans
632 Chestnut Terrace
Easton, Pa. 18042
It is good to report that several members
of our class have received promotions in
recent months.
Carl Albero has been promoted to
commander in the United States Navy.
He is now the chief engineer on the
"John F. Kennedy," this country's newest aircraft carrier. The carrier has 25
officers and 700 enlisted men. The ship
has recently put to sea and Carl has a
long period of sea duty coming up.
In the Army, Bob Moss has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. Bob is now
living at Fort Monroe, Va. Prior to that
he had a tour of duty in Vietnam preceded by a teaching experience in the
ROTC unit at Gettysburg College. Bob
and his wife have four children, three
girls and one boy.
In Hartford, Conn., Bill Metzgar has
been named assistant secretary, underwriter department, in the casualty and
surety division of the Aetna Life and
Casualty Co. Bill is also an active member of the Lafayette Alumni Club in
the Hartford area.
A promotion has also been received by
Howard Stoneback who is with the Ford
Motor Credit Co. in Philadelphia. He
has been appointed manager of the
Philadelphia branch office. Howie has
had a number of positions in his career
with Ford.
From the midwest comes news on
Andy Wilson. He has been promoted to
the position of midwestern territorial
manager in industrial products sales for
the Scott Paper Co. Prior to this he was
the Chicago district manager for the
same company. Andy has been with
Scott Paper since graduating from
Lafayette.
Only a brief column this time—but
all good news.
'59
Howard A. Bernstein
6 Fairway Dr.
West Orange, N.J. 07052
Dr. Bernard I. Blumenthal is starting a
year's residency at St. Christopher's Hospital, Philadelphia in pediatric radiology. He just completed a residency in
radiology at Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia.
David S. Bennet received his master of
business administration from the University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara,
Calif, on June 12.
Dr. Richard S. Vacca of Richmond,
Va., was one of four new members to be
appointed to the Diocesan School Board
of the Diocese of Richmond. Dick is an
assistant dean in the School of Education
at Virginia Commonwealth University.
He received a master's degree in secondary education at Duke University and
has also done graduate work in history,
economics and education at Montclair
State College, New Jersey, and Seton
Hall University, New York.
about
alumni
John A. Harobin
15 Juniper Place
Matawan, N.J. 07747
'61
The attendance at our 10th was so large
that this column has to again be devoted
to those who returned in June.
Denny and Carol Hiebert drove from
Randallstown, Md., where Denny is vicepresident of Dynamech Corp. Bob
Pollock is assistant plant manager of
Degen Oil and Chemical Co. in Jersey
City. Bob and Teddy live in Warren,
N.J. Boice McCain just moved back to
the East Coast and is now working for
International Nickel Co.
Bob and Hildegard Stevenson live in
Glenwood, N.Y., where Bob works as a
retail marketeer for Gulf Oil. Bob
Bogart is vice-president and partner of
an engineering consulting firm in Flemington, N.J. Bob has been listed in
Who's Who and is active in more organizations than I could possibly list. I
hope I have not left out any returning
alumni.
Roger Hunt recently received an M.S.
in engineering from Penn State. Gerry
Paist earned a doctor of education
administration from Harvard. He is
assistant dean at Westfield State College
in Massachusetts. Dave Schutter has
been promoted to technical supervisor at
Pennsylvania Power and Light, Sunbury
Station. Charley Ross has signed as
coach of the Trenton, N.J., Pat Players
in the Eastern Professional Basketball
Association.
John Rock was promoted to second
vice-president by Mutual of New York.
John and family live in Wayne, N.J.
Dick Kline is now vice-president, southeastern region, for Lehigh Portland
Cement Co. Dick is responsible for
manufacture and marketing of the company's products in his area.
The above new address for me is
effective October 15th.
•
HARTMAN '62
SARUBBI '62
Ken Poppe
2 Deletta La.
Westport, Conn. 06880
Frank Sarubbi is working for the petrochemical department of Texaco in New
York and lives in Convent Station, N.J.,
with his wife Peggie and their three
children. Frank has received two outstanding honors recently: first, he has
been elected president of the Chemical
Industry Association of greater New
York; and second, he was voted the
"Outstanding Jaycee of the Year" by the
Morristown Junior Chamber of Commerce. Wallace Hartman has been
appointed to the position of assistant to
the president of Mayco Oil and Chemical Company in Bristol, Pa.
Dick and Fran Pilch announced their
newest addition—Lansing Robert—an
eight pounder born on July 23. Bob and
Marie MacFarlan welcomed a ninepound boy—Justin Drew—on August 9.
Our best to both families.
'66
Earl Peace, Jr.
360 Taylor Ave., Apt. 16-E
Easton, Pa. 18042
I returned from a three-week honeymoon in Canada's Maritime Provinces
to discover that this summer has been a
big one for weddings involving "holdouts" from Soles Hall. Rich Steinmann
was married to the former Lillian
Blecher of Plainfield, N.J., and Dick
Ulsh was married to the former Elizabeth Walker of Berea, Ky.
And while I'm on the subject of men
from Soles Hall, Dave Nixon has been
promoted to the position, of senior development project engineer in the engineering development section of Product
Research and Development for the Scott
Paper Co. It's fortunatq for Dave that
this was a "slow news" month so I could
get his entire title into this article without exceeding my space limitations.
Diederik VanRenesse competed in the
Pan American Games in Cali, Columbia,
with the U.S. Field Hockey Team. He is
married to the former Katheryn Jones.
Lenny Sarver, a captain in the U.S.
Army, spoke before a luncheon meeting
of the Mount Vernon Lions Club.
Lenny presented his views on the future
of the American military, but did so
from the standpoint of a private citizen.
While several of us evidently took the
big plunge this summer, John Crittenden and his fiancee, JoAnn Ralph, are
planning an early fall wedding.
Conn. He received a master's degree in
management science from R.P.I. in 1970.
He and his wife and daughter, Wendy,
are living in Southington, Conn.
Nick Azzolina gave the address at the
annual reserve officers commissioning
ceremony held at Lafayette June 4. He
had served two years in the Army after
graduation, including 21 months in
Germany. He attained the rank of first
lieutenant prior to his discharge.
Sam Martin writes that he and his
wife Jaquie now have two children,
Scott and Heidi, born in June 1969 and
June 1971 respectively. Sam received his
Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering from
Ohio State in June and is now working
as a materials engineer for Link-Belt
Speeder Division of FMC Corp. in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. Sam reports that John
Young is working for St. Joseph Lead in
Pennsylvania and that Tom Shirley was
working on a Ph.D. in physics at Ohio
State.
Barry Gaines sends a post card from
Guadalajara, Mexico where he is brushing up on his Spanish prior to entering
medical school at the University of
Guadalajara.
Georgetown University Law Center.
George N. Holzapfel, Jr., of Elizabeth,
N.J., wed Barbara Kuna on May 30.
June 5 saw Stephen G. Clouser of
Toms River, N.J., wed to Karen J. Triel.
Following the reception they left for a
honeymoon in Jamaica.
A pair of Painted Post, N.Y., people,
James B. Shaw, Jr. and Gail Mitchell,
were married on June 12. Two weeks
later Jim entered Army basic training.
BATCHELOR '71 MOYER '71
Ronald E. Moyer and Elizabeth
E. Rodgers were also married on
June 12. After a honeymoon in
Ontario, Canada, they will make their
home at Jones Rd., R.R. 2,
Amherst, Mass.
Edward S. Shinbach
William S. Fensch and Gail L. Young
150 Ashbourne Rd.
were wed on June 19. Following the
Columbus, Ohio 43209
reception, they left for Tennessee. They
will reside at 158 E. Madison St.,
As might be expected two years after
graduation, many of our classmates are Collingswood, N.J. Also on the
19th Carl D. Lundberg and Suzanne
completing work toward advanced
MILUNEC '67
V.
Evans were married. Carl is from
degrees. John Caruso received his master
New Canaan, Conn.
of science degree in biology from
Robert Walker and Betsy A. Prunest
Tulane and is now continuing work
were wed on July 10. Following a
for a Ph.D. in systematics.
honeymoon in Wildwood, N.J., they
Paul Bogden is entering his second
will return to Easton and reside at
year at Georgetown University Dental
1915 Lehigh St.
Philip B. Eppard
School in Washington. Brother Ken
40 Washington Park
Stephen W. Ferry and Kathy
is in his second year at Columbia
Newtonville, Mass. 02160
Business School. And, Jon Sideck recently Whitman, both of Rochester, N.Y.,
were married. And class president Doug
This past June several of our classmates received his MBA from the same
Hull
married Lydia.
institution.
received advanced degrees. Among those
And
now to some of the more interBoth
Van
Bergen
and
Ed
Ahart
are
that I have heard about are the
esting activities of us bachelors.
begining their final year of law school.
following:
Van is at Fordham while Ed is at
Speaking of bachelors, Kevin Batchelor
Jack English received his M.D. from
of Narberth, Pa., has become an
the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of Cornell. Ed was recently married to
Catherine Folk. They plan to reside in
enterprising painter hauling in the loot.
Penn State. He will be serving his inNew Jersey after he receives his degree.
In September he will enter Temple
ternship at the University of Colorado
University
Business School. Just
Frank
Schwartz
is
beginning
work
for
Medical Center of Pathology. A1 Chriswatch
out
for
the IRS.
an
MBA
in
marketing
at
Harvard.
man received his M.D. from George
Prior to enrolling, Frank was assistant
Washington University School of MediCharlie Bachus recently received a
to the president and media director of
cine. He will intern on a rotating basis
$1,000 fellowship from the Phi Gamma
Stanley Kolker and Associates of
at Washington Hospital Center,
Delta Education Foundation. He is one
New York. He has also studied film
of 12 June graduates who were
Washington, D.C.
selected for this honor on a nationwide
Gerald Miller received his M.D. from production evenings at NYU. Dick
Mueller
was
awarded
a
master
of
arts
basis.
Charlie will enter the graduate
Hahnemann Medical College and will
degree
in
June
from
Drew.
program
in clinical psychology at
serve his internship at the Hahnemann
Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
Jay Kelsall, his wife and two
Hospital. He is married to the former
Bob Griffin of Erie, Pa., reports that
Mary Ann Krutsick of Phillipsburg. Bill daughters now reside in the Midwest.
Jay is a technical service engineer for
he will begin working with a small
Vonroth has been awarded his M.D.
group of people organizing a free
degree from the College of Medicine and Fiberfil Division, Dart Industries, in
Evansville, Ind. He deals with fiberglass Summerhillian school in Akron, Ohio.
Dentistry of New Jersey. He will begin
Ken Christy will start his alternative
surgical internship at the Martland Hos- reinforced thermoplastics. Formerly,
Jay was with Shell Chemical.
service in September in Chicago doing
pital in Newark. He, wife, Irene, and
social work.
daughter, Kimberly Anne, currently
Marriage has claimed four more
make their home in Nutley. Vin Carif
members of the class. Harry James
Mike Volpe spent the summer as a
also received an M.D. from the College
and Debra Zoccola had a June wedding Congressional intern working for
of Medicine and Dentistry of New
in Easton. They plan to reside in
Presidential aspirant Sen. Henry Jackson
Jersey. He will join Vonroth in a surLebanon, Pa. Art Lillicrapp married
of Washington. Mike will attend
gical internship at Martland Hospital.
Jessica Ross on the same day.
Georgetown Law School.
Also involved in June ceremonies
Dr. Barry Milunec has received his
Gary Greenfield and Steve Zamore
were Larry Bittner and Bill Evans. Larry traveled throughout Europe this past
D.M.S. degree from the University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. wed Ethel Miller in Easton and will
summer. In the fall Gary enters Cornell
He and his wife, Helen, will be stationed reside in Lansdowne. Bill married
University Law School while Steve
Cynthia Dally in Bethlehem. They will
with the Dental Corps at Grissom AFB,
begins his second year as a medical
Ind. Jay Farrell received an M.S. degree live in Lake Hiawatha, N.J.
student at Jefferson Medical College in
from Rutgers in June. Marvin Kalt
Philadelphia.
Word comes that Rick Van Name is
received a Ph.D. in anatomy from Case
headed for California after being
Jerry Wein of Port Chester, N.Y.,
Western Reserve University. He will
discharged from the Army as a first
worked on a key construction job during
become a post-doctoral research fellow
lieutenant.
the summer (he was in charge of the
at Yale in September.
keys). Jerry will begin law studies at
Two marriage announcements have
Fordham Law School.
Arthur H. Goldsmith
reached me. Richard Band was married
Dick Bondy of North Salem, N.Y., has
42 Wilcox Ave.
to Robin Wells on May 23 in New York
begun a management training program
South River, N.J. 08882
City. On June 19 Ernest Reamer and
for General Cigar Corporation in
Linda Mattson were married.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Marriage appears to have become the
Last December Dick and Harriet
favorite and most frequent preoccupaDarrell Johnson will attempt to make
Kraybill became the parents of a baby
tion of both the post and pre-graduation his mark with the Schuylkill Coal
boy, Christopher. Dick is still working
period. The best of luck and love to all Crackers in the newly-formed Seaboard
for the Pennsylvania Department of
those herein mentioned as well as
Football League. We wish the former
Environmental Resources as a geologist
those who skipped our notice.
Leopard split end sticky fingers.
working on water pollution control.
Larry H. Mitchell and Wendy L.
As for this class correspondent, after
Jack Waller is the labor accounting
Lyon were married on May 28. They
a summer course in educational adminismanager for the hardware division of
plan to reside in Washington, D.C.
tration at Rutgers, I will begin the study
The Stanley Works in New Britain,
where Larry will begin study at
of law at Temple University .
•
•
77
putnam counting on strong defense to win statum named
head coach
of wrestling
By THOMAS F. BATES
Sports Information
Director
Leopards aren't supposed to change
their spots, but that saying won't hold
true for the Lafayette species this fall.
Quite offensive-minded the past two
years—21 school records were set in 1970
alone—the Lafayette football Leopard
will sport defensive spots in 1971, a
change made more by necessity than
choice.
First-year coach Neil Putnam believes
the Leopards "can hold our own
defensively. But on offense we're quite
inexperienced. We have the potential to
develop a good passing game which
could enable us to open things up."
Putnam's biggest concern this fall will
be a problem that is not new to
Lafayette football. "We're quite thin at
some spots," he points out, "which
means injuries could prove crucial as
the season moves along. We have a small
squad numerically, 50 to 55 players."
Putnam is looking for immediate help
for the offense. Graduation claimed
seven starters from last year's team,
including the principals in a strong
passing attack, and five members of the
offensive line.
A somewhat brighter picture can be
developed for the defensive unit. There
are six returning starters, including a
veteran secondary which Putnam feels
"is one of the best around." He also has
enough veterans and good sophomores
to develop a solid defensive line.
T o replace All-East quarterback Rich
McKay '71, Putnam is looking to either
Doug Johnston '73, a reserve last year, or
highly-regarded Tim Grip '74. Johnston
came along well during spring drills,
and Grip is a threat as both a passer and
runner. He threw for 701 yards and
eight touchdowns in five freshman
games in 1970.
A third possibility is Jack Hickl '72,
McKay's back-up last year. Hickl had a
knee operation in the spring and his
status is still uncertain.
Putnam expects to join a pair of
veterans with some promising newcomers
for the running attack. Pete Tonks '72,
team co-captain and an excellent
blocker, and Doug Elgin '73, were
stalwarts last year. Tonks is a fullback
while Elgin plays tailback. The latter
showed flashes of brilliance as a sophomore and Putnam hopes he'll be a
durable runner in the backfield.
Two of the newcomers are sophomores
—Tony Giglio and Frank Campbell.
Giglio will play wingback where he will
see action as both a runner and receiver.
Campbell is the team's biggest back—
6-1, 215 pounds. Frank Gorman '73, a
transfer, is also expected to help at
tailback. Jack Herchold '73 is another
wingback possibility because of his
speed.
The Leopards are without experienced
receivers for the first time in a number
of years. Bob Baumann '74 and Steve
Shuart '74 are the top contenders at
split-end, with Baumann holding an
First-year coach Neil Putnam watches a practice session intently
edge because of his speed. Larry Haertel
'73 showed enough in spring practice to
line up at tight-end with Chet Benash
'73, a converted fullback, pressing him.
With only two starters returning to
the offensive line, Putnam is doing a
major rebuilding job. The starters are
Steve Huntzinger '73, a strong tackle,
and Keith Enscoe '73, a guard who has
been bothered by injuries. Another
letterman is guard Phil Noto '72. Mike
Donnelly '72 re battling Larry Fabina
'73 for a tackle slot and Harry Norton
'74 is a possible starter at either guard or
tackle. Mike Kelly '72 and Jim Nolan
'74 are the centers.
The only returning starter on the
defensive line is Joe Person '72, an end
whom Putnam says plays "the option as
well as anyone I've seen in college." T o
guard the other flank, Putnam will turn
to either Jeff Burger '72 or Mike
McSally '73.
Letterman Ron Farabaugh '73 and
Bob Plangemann '72, a reserve last year,
are the top prospects at defensive tackle,
but breathing down their necks are a
pair of 230-pounders, Eric Bucheit '74
and Cornell Wright '74.
Jamie Muntz '72, a regular linebacker
for two years, will move to middle guard
this year and will be helped by Steve
Barnett '74, a 210-pounder.
Even with the move of Muntz, the
linebacker corps is quite solid. Rugged
Don Meyer '72 returns along with
another letterman Dick Cramer '72.
And Putnam was pleased by the efforts
of Gene Thaw '74 during spring drills.
Lafayette's greatest experience and
best depth is in the defensive secondary
where five lettermen are returning.
Three of them are starters—co-captain
Ed DiSalvo '72, the "Leopard" or
roverback, and halfbacks Jon Cureton
'72 and Barry Hughes '72.
Fran Mustaro '72 moves in at safety.
Reserve strength lies with letterman Joe
Lane '73, Mike Lyness '73 and Tom
Kubler '74.
Overall, the picture could be brighter.
But Putnam, who came to Lafayette
after six years as an assistant at Yale,
says, "we're not conceding anything."
athletic leaders are tops
in the classroom as well
Ten varsity athletes at Lafayette
proved that their leadership qualities
applied not only in the field of sports
competition but in the classroom as well.
The ten, all captains or captains-elect
of Lafayette athletic teams, headed a
group of 48 varsity athletes at Lafayette
who were named to the Dean's List for
the second semester of the 1970-71
school year.
The ten included the co-captains of
last winter's basketball team, Ron Moyer
'71 of Philadelphia, and Jay Mottola "72
of Tuxedo, N.Y., and Peter Tonks '72
of Manasquan, N.J., co-captain-elect of
the football team. Mr. Mottola also will
co-captain the basketball team in 197172 and will be the 1972 varsity golf
captain.
Other captains named were: S. Scott
Rodde '71 of New Canaan, Conn., swim-
ming captain; Brian Rourke '71 of
Medford Lakes, N.J., wrestling captain;
W. Marshall Prettyman '71 of Ridgewood, N.J., fencing captain; Daniel
Thomas '71 of Allentown, Pa., crosscountry captain; and Thomas Roberts
'71 of Coudersport, Pa., golf captain.
Other captains-elect making the
Dean's List were Dale Keenan '72 of
Washington, N.J., and Ken Hartmann
'72 of Annapolis, Md. Mr. Keenan will
head this fall's cross-country team while
Mr. Hartmann will be co-captain of
the 1972 lacrosse team.
Mr. Rodde was one of three athletes
to achieve a perfect 4.0 average. The
others were William Sprecher '71 of Mt.
Joy, Pa., and Robert Donofrio '71 of
Bricktown, N.J., both varsity football
players. Mr. Sprecher, a tackle, won an
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and
was named to the Academic All-America
first team. Mr. Donofrio, a halfback, was
selected to the Academic All-America
second team.
most alumni children ever
enroll with freshman class
As admissions criteria get stiffer'each
year, sons and daughters of Lafayette
mer^ must be better prepared in order to
gain acceptance to their fathers' alma
mater.
But, apparently these students are
equal to the task: the largest number of
alumni children ever (52) have enrolled
with the Class of 1975.
That figure represents better than ten
per cent of the entire class of 517
students.
Arthur Statum, Jr., has been appointed head wrestling coach at Lafayette.
Statum had been acting coach in the
sport since January 12 when George
Azar resigned to join the football coaching staff at the University of
Pennsylvania.
Under Statum, the Leopard wrestlers
won nine of 10 matches to finish with a
10-3 season's record, the best at Lafayette
in 15 years. His team also finished fourth
in the Middle Atlantic Conference
University Division championships.
Statum, an All-America end at North
Carolina A & T State University, first
joined the Lafayette staff on a part-time
basis in 1968 when he was appointed
assistant freshman football coach. He
became a full-time member of the
faculty in 1969. Statum will continue to
serve as assistant freshman football coach
and as an instructor in the Department
of Physical Education.
Statum was a public school teacher in
Bethlehem for five years before coming
to Lafayette.
He was the first Negro to receive the
Arthur Statum, Jr.
Marion Grace Brown Award, presented
annually to an outstanding individual
or team from Bethlehem for achievement in amateur athletics.
Statum was a district wrestling champion while a student at Liberty High
School in Bethlehem. He then went on
to North Carolina A & T where he won
All-America honors in football and
captured the NCAA heavyweight boxing
championship. He was graduated from
A & T in 1953.
While serving in the Army from 1953
to 1955, Statum was a member of the
Fourth Army wrestling team and was
selected to compete in tryouts for the
U.S. wrestling team in the Pan
American Games. However, the Army
later switched him to the boxing tryouts
where he finished as a runner-up.
From 1955 to 1961 Statum was physical director of Hayes-Taylor YMCA in
Greensboro. He earned his master's degree at North Carolina A & T in 1958.
letters
fire and ice
As a member of the DKE fraternity I would like to protest the
move of the Phi Psi house to
March Field adjacent to our new
house. Many years ago we had to
burn down our house as an excuse
to move to our new location. By
doing this we moved away from
our next-door neighbor's gray barn.
Now they are following us across
March Field on wheels. The best
that will happen from all this is
that our snow ball fights will be
,able to be resumed.
- J o h n S. Wynn, Jr. '50
(Pictures of the house moving appear on page 3.)

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