Memorials Richard G. Crippen, PetE,
retired from Texaco after 45 years, then spent 10 years as executive director of the Conservation Committee of California Oil Producers. He was a member of Marion Lodge 130, Scottish Rite, Society of Petroleum Engineers, California Independent Oil Producers Association, and Independent Oil Producers Agency. He was also a member, deacon, elder and trustee of Arcadia Presbyterian Church, fSept. 7,2001
subaltern and later as company commander of the Civilian Conservation Corps camps at Sunbeam and Skull Creek, Colo. Knock also served at the Pensacola, Fla., and Corpus Christi Naval Air Force Base. He was an instructor and executive officer of the University of Oklahoma Naval ROTC unit and at Balboa, Canal Zone, on the staff of the commander of the Panama Sea Frontier. fJuly 18, 2001
Richard H. Knoebel, ME, fFeb. 26, 2001
Eugene Deppe, CE, f March 12, 2001
John B. Nolan, CE, was
Warren E. Hagan, CE, fSept 1, 2001
Francis P. Hercules, EE, fSept. 4, 2001
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Wm Robert M. Ponder, PetE, tJan. 10, 2001
J.W. Robbins, NDD, fUMR notified of death Sept. 20, 2001 1951
Robert Weinel, CE, tAug. 28, 2001
employed as a civil engineer by the Illinois Department of Transportation and was the state engineer for historical bridges. He served in the U.S. Army in the 43rd Engineering Division and later in the VII Corps Headquarters “Jayhawks.” Nolan was an emeritus member of the First Christian Church and sang in the choir for more than 40 years. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks Lodge 158, American Genealogical Society, Audubon Society and was a founder of the Springfield (111.) Camera Club. fSept. 26, 2001 1953
in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was stationed in Japan following the war. He then graduated from MSM-UMR and was employed as a ceramics engineer with Kaiser Refractories until his retirement in 1982. Even after retirement he continued to work in the ceramics and steel industry with Refractory Services Corp. in Indiana. In 2000 he retired again. Bender was a lifelong member of Kiwanis and a past officer of several different local chapters. He was a member of numerous professional engineering societies and associations. fAug. 30, 2001
Daniel (Clyde) C. Knock Jr.,
CE, was a civil engineer with the Illinois Department of Transportation from 1952 to 1973. From 1977 to 1979, he was a part-time instructor in the civil and environmental engineering department at Lincoln Land Community College. He served in the U.S. Navy as a
Nathan E. Crockett, GGph, tNov. 30, 2000 1955
Earl Bunney, EE, fJune 27, 2001
Lee Coffee, NDD, worked part time for
KTTR radio station while studying mechanical engineering at MSM-UMR, and discovered he wanted to pursue a career in broadcasting. He built his broadcasting career in St. Louis with many of the major radio and television stations in the city. fOct. 22, 2001
Erhard M. “Butch” Neumann, MetE,
former cyclist who was part of the 1956 U.S. Olympic Team in Melbourne, Australia, and a member of the 1957 World Cycling Team. He specialized in races of at least 100 miles. Neumann worked 36 years for a St. Louisarea metallurgy company before retiring in 1998 and moving to Draper, Utah. In 1996, Neumann carried the Olympic torch in St. Louis as it made its way to the Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Ga. tJan. 28, 2002. 1959
Itsu Arimura, Phys, received
his Ph.D. in physics from Purdue University in 1966 and worked for the Boeing Co. in Seattle, Wash., until his retirement in 1990. tJuly 24, 2001
John H. Bender, CerE, served
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Charles E. Tackett, GGph, fJuly 4, 2001 1961
John A. Straatmann, MetE, fJuly 19, 2001
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James A. Zychinski, EE, was
in the Honor Society while attending MSM-UMR. After graduation he went to work for Union Electric. fJuly 14, 2001
Donald B. Harbert, MetE, fM ay 20, 2001
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