Brother Murray graduated from the University of Wisconsin college of agriculture, and following his graduation, he became county agent of Adams county. In 1931 he began working in the stockyards as a solicitor and later became superintendent of traffic. He became active in Republican affairs, and served as chairman of the Shorewood Republican Club and then as county chairman for four years starting in 194 7. He was also chairman ~ the party for the 5th congressional district at the same time. He was a brother of the late Reed F. Murray, U. S . Congressman from the 7th district, also a Wisconsin Acacian, and after his brother's death in 1952 there was considerable pressure on him to seek his brother's post. He chose not to make the race, however. Brother Murray was a member of the Tripoli Shrine, the Manawa Masonic Lodge, the Wisconsin Civil Air Corps, and the Radio Farm Directors Assn. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, two sisters, and a brother. JAMES A. BOUCEK
Lt. James A. Boucek, Kansas State '49, was killed in an aircraft accident at Eglin AFB, Florida, on Apr il 3, 1954. Lt. Boucek was raised on a farm near Ottawa, Kansas, and was very active in 4-H and Future Farmers of America. He received the State Farmer award and was elected as Secretary of State Association for Future Farmers of America in 1947. Upon entering Kansas State College he enrolled in Agricultural Education and pledged at Acacia Fraternity. On May 27, 1951, James received his Bachelor of Science Degree, and enlisted in the U. S. Air Force the next day. He was graduated as pilot from a Jet Training School and received his commission at Webb AFB, Big Springs, Texas, on Oct. 25, 1952. His assignment was to pilot the F86 Jet in Korea and he completed 52 combat missions when the Armistice was signed. He was awarded the Presidential Citation and the Distinguished Flying Cross. After returning to the U. S. he was assigned to a Testing and Operational Center at Eglin AFB, Florida, where the accident occurred when he was at the controls of an F84 Jet and collided with a T33, only a few hundred feet above the ground as both were coming in for a landing on the same r unway. Lt. Boucek was 24 years old at the time of his death. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Boucek, a brother Ronald, and a sister Marcina, of the home in Ottawa, Kansas, and another brother, Bill Brion, assistant professor of Physical Education at Ottawa University. AUTUMN, 1955
Br Connubio EDWIN R . MAXsON, Arkansas, to Miss Mary Hassell, June 5, Fayetteville. DoNALD W. PowELL, Denver, to Miss Lucretia Faye Dolve, July 13, Billings, Montana. RoBERT P . HoDAM, Illinois, to Miss Sonja Clark, August 21, Bement, Illinois. PAUL MANAHAN, Illinois, to Miss Geraldine Knight, September 19. EVERETT PATTERSON, Illinois, to Miss Kay Farrow, June 11. SAMUEL H . SHOCKEY, Illinois, to Miss Virginia Carol Hunter, August 6. RoBERT M. WHITE, Illinois, to Miss Eunice Jean Reace, July 9, Chicago. NoLAN G. CRAWFORD, Miami, to Miss Helen L . Beaupain, July 3, Terre Haute, Indiana. RoBERT W. BoYD, Minnesota, to Miss Charlotte Anderson, June 18, Duluth. WILLIAM DuDLEY, Minnesota, to Miss Jane Chandler, June 5, Charles City, Iowa. RoGER McFARLAND, Minnesota, to Miss Pat Gay, Moose Lake, Minnesota. THOMAS PERSON, Minnesota, to Miss Karene Michels, July 16, Mankato, Minnesota. CHARLES WHITEHEAD, Minnesota, to Miss Ann Duhurst, June 18, Stillwater, Minnesota. JoHN M. CALEF, New Hampshire, to Miss Shirley Ann McKenna, Sept. 5, Dover, N.H. JoHN T. ENGLAND, New Hampshire, to Miss Adelaide M. Miller, June 6, Bronxville, N.Y. JERRY W. FERNALD, New Hampshire, to Miss Marjorie Anne LeFleur, July 23, Portland, Maine. RICHARD C. KEENE, New Hampshire, to Miss Jean Elizabeth Millane, October 8, Hanover, N. H . JoHN T. LYON, JR., New Hampshire, to Miss Joyce Ann Glascock, June 12, Virgilina, Virginia. WARREN C. LYoN, New Hampshire , to Miss Nancy Blythe Winton, Sept. 3, Peterborough, N. H. LAWRENCE H . McKENZIE, New Hampshire, to Miss Thelma Alice Richardson, July 9, Malboro, N. H . PAUL R. OESER, New Hampshire , to Miss Ann Ivey Wilson, Sept. 3, Fort Jackson, S. C. RICHARD F . PARNIGONI, New Hamp-
shire, to Miss Joan Louise Star r , Aug. 20, Barr e, Vermont. HARRY S. PATTEN, New Hampshire , to Miss Roberta Pennett, Sept. 10, Durham, N.H. WILLIAM J. WALKER, New Hampshire, to Miss Merilyn Kimball, Sept. 10, Nashua, N. H . DoNALD D. MuELLER, Northweste1-n, to Miss Patricia Jean Coyle, June 21, St. Louis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Gleason, Illinois, a son, Michael Talbot, July 2. To Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Hall, Illinois, a son, Gregory Lee, July 19. To Mr. and Mrs. Jack K. Mainey, Illinois, a daughter, Kathryn Sue, June 1. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thwaites, Illinois, a son, Mark Albert, June 30. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Coloney, Kansas State, a son, Steven John, July 19. To Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Kellett, Minnesota, a s<;m , Robert John, in August. To Mr. and Mrs. Ross E. Hall, N ew Hampshire, a son, Richar d Stuar t, Dec. 10, 1954. To Mr. and Mrs. Alden Lovell, New Hampshire, a son, Mark Alden, June 27. To Mr. and Mrs. Char les L . Tufts, New Hampshire , a son, Hugh James, Sept. 29. To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Witham, New Hampshire, a daughter, Elizabeth, May 19. To Mr. and Mrs. Harold A . Barton, Oregon State, a daughter. To Mr . and Mrs. Robert G. Bell, Wisconsin , a son, Robert, in May. To Mr. and Mrs. Dav id C. Hass, W isconsin, a son, Gregor y David, in August. 23