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President ..._.....................................R. O. Kasten '43 ....................... Armco Steel Corp. ................. 1968 7100 Roberts Kansas Ci ty, Missouri 64 125 Executive Vice-President ............... James

J. Murphy '35 ............. M urphy Company ................._................... 1968 43 76 Olive Street St. Louis, Missouri 63 108

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Vice-President Areas 1, 2, 3..........J. Craig Ellis '3 8 ...................... 3 10 Woods E nd Road ................................ 1968 Westfield , New Jersey Vice-President Areas 4, 5, 6......... Joseph W. Mooney '39 ... _.. _.. 7383 Westmoreland .................................... 1968 University City 30, Missouri Vice-President Areas 7,8, 9.......... William B. Fletcher '34 ... _...... 1208 1 Smallwood ........................................ 1968 Downey, Cali fornia Secretary-Treasurer ........................ Dr. Thomas R . Beveridge '42 .Department of Geological Engineering .... 1968 University of Missouri at Rolla Rolla, M issouri 65401 Executive Secretary .......................Francis C. Edwards .................. MSM Editor, " MSM ALUMNUS " Grzyb 9th & Rolla,

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This Centennial Emblem was designed by Robert v. Wolf '51, Associate Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. Mr. Wolf's description of the emblem is given on Page 3 .

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3...._....... 0. W. Kamper '3 5 ............... _............................... Pennsylvania, W. Va., Ohio, W . Pa., ....._............... 1966 Ky., T enn ., Ind. (Except 608 Villavista, Pittsburgh 34, Pennsylvania Chicago I ndustrial Area) 4 ............ F rank C, Appleyard '3 7 ........... _.. _..................... N. Ill. , Chicago I ndus trial Area ............. _...... _....... 1966 1209 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, Ill. in I ndiana , Wise., Mich., Minn" Province of Ontario 5............ Richard H. Bauer '52 ........... _............................... S. Ill " E. Mo., 5 Sappington Acres Drive St. Louis 26, Missouri

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6............ Bennett D , Howell '50 ........_.. _............................ Iowa, W. Mo" Nebr. , Kan " Okla ........................... 1968 55 18 South 66th East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma

L ._ .. _... Robert M . Brackbill '42 ......................._...... _.......Texas, Arizona, New Mexico ............................... _.. 1967 Texas Paci fi c Oil Company Box 74 7, Dallas, Texas 8............ F. W. H eiser '39 ...... .

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The Univers ity of Misso uri at Ro lla is on th e move. The largest engineer ing sch oo l wes t of the Miss iss ippi River, U .M .R. is recognized in every fie ld for its accomplis hments . R o lla is second to Georgia T ech among the state-s uppo rted techni ca l univer sities in th e United States. R o lla's civil and metallurgica l engi neerin g departments are the largest in the country. R o lla ra nk s ninth in the nati o n in w1d ergraduate enginee ring enrollment.

With a projected student enrollment of 7,000 by 197 0, eve n more progress will be expected . N ew dormitories and class r oo ms , m o re scholars h ips, better eq uipm ent and increased fa culty must fu lfill st udent demand . if the challenge is m et, R olla's future g r owth will earn it even greater rec ogn it ion tlu-ough its o utsta nd ing grad uates prod uced by an o utstanding sc hoo l.

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T o implement this developme nt , the $69 million challenge program h as been launched in conjunction with the UniverSity'S centennial in 1970 . This need was fo reseen alm ost tw o years ago by Pre s ident Ellis, Chance ll or Baker and other cam pus lead ers.

As a state s uppo rted institution, returns wil l come mainly from state and fed era l funds but private funds wi ll be solicited also. It is generally recognized that private and state unive rs ities ar e becoming more alike and s tate univers ities hav e need for privat e funds just as d o private univer s ities. These funds are needed to meet important demands fo r quality and serv ice which ca nnot b e m et from state and federa l funds because of lega l restric ti ons or leg is lative policy.

$8,500 ,000 including m oney for: buildings, $6,58 1,000; sch o lars hips, $53, 1 79; fellowships, $75 ,370; trai ning g rants, $693,09 1; traineeships, $54, 774; researc h grants, $365,202; equipment grants, $456,470; mi sce llaneous depart me nts gifts, $ 39,760; s upp lemental cash , $86,328; and resel-ve for the n ew Student Uni on, $44,591. This leaves the ba lance required to meet the Centennial Cha llenge goa l at $60,91 1, 494.

The U .M.R. Centennial Cha llenge cam paign looks to private g iving for a relatively sma ll percentage of the overall r equirement, but upwa rd s of $4 mill ion wi ll be sought from this source and hopefully much m o re will b e realized . The comm itment of privatefunds wi ll be almos t entirely to the direct ben efit of the studen t. For example, the top pri or ity for use of private fund s is fo r an urgently n eeded expansion of the Student Union . This $3,500,000 b u ilding cannot be b uilt w ith state money.

A 7 00-student d ormit ory w i 11 be erected on the campus w ith funds pr ovided by Karl H asselmann, H ous ton, T exas, Class of 1925 . Th e gift was announced during the centennial kick off luncheon. With fo ur years to meet t h e centenn ial goa l, U .M.R . has already achieved about 10 per cent of its $69 million . It won 't be an easy drive. Ins pired by its academic exce llence, the University of Mi ssouri at R o lla will reach its Challenge Pr ogram goal in 19 70 .

L. R. Cochran Brig . General U.S.A. (Ret.) Executive Directo r Centennial Program

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The Centennial Emblem on the cover is , very appropriately, in a genera l ci rcular s hape, for the circl e is symbo lic of completeness and contin uity;thecompleti o n of a ce ntury of ed ucati on an d servic e and the smooth contin uity w ith which trans ition from the first to the second Cl:ntury of the institution wi ll take placl:.

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It is appro priate that the MSM , the initia ls by which o ur ins titut ion was known for so many yea rs , appea r to radiate from the same point upon which April 1966

the UMR is centered, for this is indicative of the same tradi ti on , the same service, the same effectiveness for which ou r institution has and wi ll stand, whatever its name may be.

Symb 0 1ic of the inil uence that the m odern UniverSity has in a ll techn ological fields and the str ong force that it exerts on the so lut ion of the va ried problems, the initial s, UMR a re b o ld, cen trall y located and provide the on ly h o rizonta lly al igned lettering in the emb lem.

The intertw ining of the initial let terS of the schoo l name is very appro priate, ind icating the closenes s of relati ons hi ps and the nllllual s upport, loya lty and inte res ts of th e Unive rSity, the Stat e of Missouri and the city of R o lla. Appropriately, the M is the larg est of the three initial s, in recogniti on of the State as the creator and pri ma ry s upp ort ing inf1 uence of the UniverSi ty in R o lla. The M may also be cons ide red t o be a recognition of th e s enior sch oo l of our Un ivers ity at R olla: th e Sch 0 0 1 of Mines and Metallurgy .

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Centennial Challenge Program Launched A $69 million challenge program was launched on St. Patrick 's Dayatthe University of Missouri at Rolla in conjunction with its 100th anniversary in 1970.

To fulfill the growing demands of an increasing student enrollment, the University will seek funds for development in student aid, faculty development, offcampus programs, research, building projects and equipment.

Stressing that the program is based on the studied needs of students and faculty in maintaining educational excellence, the fiscal campaign is geared to all possible sources of income. Although on ly a small percentage of the overall requirement is to be met from private giving, upwards of $4,000,000 will be sought from this source. Top priority for use of private funds is for an urgently needed expansion of the Student Union which cannot be financed with state money.

Inaugurating the campaign, Dr. Elmer Ellis, president of the University of Missouri System, said , "The Univers ity of Missouri at Rolla has the po-

tential of doing for Missouri what MIT has done for Massachusetts and California Tech and the University of California have done for the State of California. " Dr. Ellis predicted that the achievement of the centennial goal will increase the production of undergraduate engineers and scientists and that growth will be experienced in graduate degrees and research which will bring about a brighter day for the State of Missouri and its industrial, economic and cultural stature.

He pointed out that the increase in federal aid to private universities has diverted resources which would have otherwise gone to public institutions, forcing them to seek private support.

However, the efforts of the University to make its needs known to the General Assembly and the State Commission of Higher Education will not diminish, but will be intensified. It is expected that private gifts will hel p stimulate more adequate support from state and federal sources.

The drive will be allocated to four major areas: (1) Student aid, $12,000, 000; (2) Faculty development and offcampus programs $624,700; (3) research, $22,403,000; and (4) Building projects and eq uipment , $34,333, 460.

The program was conceived by Dr. Mer! Baker, Chancellor and Dr. Elmer Ellis, President of the University of Missouri System. James J. Murphy, St. LouiS, Missouri, a 1935 graduate of the school at Rolla, will serve in the dual roles of chairman of the Centennial Committee and Campaign Chairman .

Enoch R. Needles of Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, New York and Kansas City, will serve as honorary chairman of the Centennial Challenge Program. Mr. Needles is a civil engineering graduate of the school in the Class of 1914.

The Governor of Missouri, the Honorable Warren E. Hearnes, has stated his support of the program and has commended the University for its efforts to obtain outside financing to supplement s tat e appropriations and federal aid.

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blue W She B gantic second The Centennial Challenge Program was officially launched at a luncheon March 1 Tlh, in Rolla at the Crystal Room of the Carney Manor Motel. Dignitaries at the speakers table, left to right, are: General l. R. Cochran, Executive Director of the program ; Gene Sally, official representative of Warren E. Hearnes, Governor of the State of Missouri ; Dr. Elmer Ellis, President of the University of Missouri System; Dr . Merl Baker, Chancellor of University of Missouri at Rolla; Dr. Curtis l. Wilson, Dean Emeritus, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy; Karl F. Hasselman '25, prominent alumnus and donor of 700-man dormitory for UMR; James J. Murphy '35, Chairman of the Centennial Committee and General Chairman of the Centennial Challenge Program.

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workmanship award with its presentation of "Remember the Alamo." The Campus Club was awarded the or iginality prize for the float depicting " NeceSSity is the Mo ther of Invention."

In add ition to the fifteen floats entered in the parade there were many other celebrities and attractions to entertain the spectators.

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Sigma Pi w o n the h on ors of having the fl oat which carried the Queen candidates. Other units of the parade were Shriner motorcades from Rolla and Springfield, and special cars carrying Chancell or Baker and fami ly, Mayor Eugene Northern and the former St. Pat's who ret urned this year for a rew1ion retracing their paths of for mer years.

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The first place trophy for the St. Pat's parade was awarded to the float of " The '59-e rs, " with the theme "Thar She Blows. "

St. Pat's Parade Draws Record Crowd

Mis s Shar on Sievers, of Cape Girardeau, was the se lection from the twenty-six candidates. Miss Sievers represented the Tech Club. She is a senior at Southwest State College .

A special attraction in the parade was the Eight-Hors e Hitch of Clydes dales of Anheus er-Busch Brewing Company.

On Saturday, March 19, the Miners once again paraded up Pine Street in honor of St. Patrick. St. Pat, with h is entourage of guards , was escorted on the traditional manure spreader, and this antiq uated vehicle led the parade.

The largest crowd ever to witness a St. Pat 's parade was present to see a record number of fl oats.

This year the theme of the parade was "famous quotations ." First place was won by the '5 gers with a great blue wha le following the theme of 'ThaI' She Blows." Sigma Phi Epsilon 's gigantic mules and covered wagon took second place honors under the banner " G o West Yo ung Man . " Third place was awarded to Beta Sigma Thi's jumping Beatles who warned that "The British Are Coming. " In addition to the three first place tr o phies, additional trophies were awarded for both originality an d workmanship. Phi Kappa Theta won the April 1966

The second place float in the St. Pat's Parade was awarded to Sigma Phi Epsilon's theme "Go West Young Man ."

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Hasselmann Donor Of New Dormitory

Queen Sharon Sievers and St. Pat's representative, TKE John Henry, presided on their throne during the ceremonies at the Armory.

A 700-st udent dormitory will be erected on the cam pus of UMR with funds provided by Karl Hasselmann '25, of Houston, Texas.

The gift was made contingent with the University's being able to resolve certain legal aspects.

The announcement of plans for the dormitory was made at the formal launching of the Centennial Program, March 17.

Mr. Hasselmann , who has retired as president of the Salt Dome Production Company, Houston, received his B.S. degree in mining geology and the professional degree of Engineer of Mines in 1945 . He is a former president of the MSM Alumni Association.

Though the Salt Dome Production Company went out of existence January 31, 1966, Mr. Hasselmann is still active in the oil business as a participant without operating properties.

He has an extensive "spread " near Raymondville, Texas, the "El Rancho Karlo, " where he and his wife spend a great deal of their time.

The Hasselmanns left in April for an extensive tour of Europe which will take them behind the iron curtain. They expect to return in late summer.

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He served as director, vice president and president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1946 , he was named president of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers and later was eleqed president of the American Road Builders ' Ass ociation and the engineers' J oint Council.

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Dr. Ellis Honored by Banquet at UMR A banquet attended by the faculty, student body, alwnni, friends, and representatives of industry, education and the board of curators was given in h onor or Dr. and Mrs. Ellis at the Student Union on March 17.

DJ:. Ellis who has been president of the University of Missouri since April 1, 1955, after serving the previous academic year as acting president , and the first president of the University of Missouri System, will retire in September upon reaching the mandatory retirement age.

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The more than two hundred who gathered to honor Dr . and Mrs. Ellis were reminded by the speakers that the honored guest's leadership played a major role in helping UMR to become one of the nation's leading universities in engineering and science, with the establislunent of the university system during the administration, the maj or capital imprOlements at Rolla during the past eleven years, the great increase in enrollment and the faculty which has grown from 128 to 286, and the many, many other advancements

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on the campus under his presidency.

A gift from the faculty was a portrait of Dr. Ellis by George Carney.

The alumni association presented him with a colored photo album recording the highlights of the evening. A bound volume of letters and other memorabilia from organizations were among the other gifts received by the Ellis'.

Dr. Curtis L. Wilson, Dean Emeritus of UMR, was the master of ceremonies for the occasion and ' principal speaker of the evening.

Chi Epsilon Honors Needles Dr. Enoch R. Needles '14, senior partner of the firm, Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, consulting engineers of Kansas City and New York, has been awarded a national honorary fraternity.

The honor has been conferred upon only 26 men in the 44-year history of the national fraternity. Dr. Needles was nominated at the nation ..

Two UMR professors took part in the program in New York. Paul Munger '58, associate professor of civil engineering and member of the Supreme Council of Chi Epsilon, participated in the elevation ceremonies, and Jerry Bayless '59, assistant professor of civil engineering, and the advisor of the UMR Chi Epsilon chapter , presented Needles with a recognition award from UMR. Dr. Needles is alsoahonor member of the UMR chapter.

St. Louis Globe Features UMR UMR was featured in the April 24 issue of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine.

The cover was a color picture of Chancellor Mer I Baker and Student Council President Al Ponnwitz standm'g in front of the Rolla Building.

F'o ur inside pages were devoted to the story and pictures of the school. This magazine ' section has been mailed to all contributors to the Alumni Fund.

The Alumni Office has additional copies. If you would like to have a copy one may be secured by writing the Alumni Office at Rolla .

We wish to thank the Globe Democrat for the honor extend ed to the school and the fine w 0 r k of Shirley Althoff in writing the story and Dick Weddle, their outstanding photographer.

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Women Graduates Have Proved Themselves ttSpecial Breed" B\' Winona Rob ert s When t h e Univer s ity of Misso ur i Sch o o l of Mines and Metallurgy opened its do o rs in 1871 , th ere was one girl am o ng the 22 beg innin g st ud ents .

In the interv ening 95 years, altho ugh ther e have a lways bee n wom en enroll ed, the ratio has n 't increased much.

This year , the female enrollm ent reach ed the 100 mark, setting an a ll-t ime rec o rd.

Several months ago, in preparation for the Centennial Ca mpa ign iss ue of the Alumnus, qu es ti o nnaire s were mailed to all know n living wo men graduates of th e School o f Mines and the Univer s ity o f Miss ouri at Rolla .

Thirty-fo ur of th os e quer ied replied.

Their experiences c overed a range of alm os t 60 years , the o ld es t a lumn ae h a v in g grad uated in 1911, and the yo u nges t in the s u mIll.e r of 1965.

Tw enty-tw o had math or science degrees; ten, engin eering, and two had received d egr ees in English, offered her e during th e '20 's and '3 0 's .

In add ition to tactual information as to d egree , family and profeSS ional ac hievement, alumnae were asked for comments on why they had chos en MSM for th eu' co llege wo rk , their reaction s to being a female student on an al mos t all-male campus , and any s pecial benefits gained from attend ing sch ool here; how they felt they were received in the profess ional wo rld , their o pin ion s as to opportuni ties for women englneers and scientis ts , and s uggestions for future development of U.M.R.

as one of the boys" once they had proved themselves in the cl ass r oom . Incidentally, 14 of the group married "Miners," and s ix oth ers married engi neer s or scie ntists who are not R o lla a lumni.

In answer to a related question , none of the women reported lack of acceptance in th eir careers, although some remarked that they had to prove themselves capab le.

Thirty-one of th ose who answered have been active at s ome time in their chosen field or related field s . Eighteen h ave chi ldren , and most of th em had interrupted th e ir careers while their chi ldren were yo ung, some res uming work after the ch il d r en were o ld er.

One-th ird of the group has ea rn ed advanced degrees , six at U.M.R. and fiv e e lsew her e. Several others r eport ed some g rad uate wo rk o r additiona l degrees in oth er field s . Fifteen have s pent some time as classroom teachers, wit h several making teaching a career.

Most of those who ans wered didn't st op at the form ques tions . Their observations on life on the Rolla camp us, and in theu- profess ions as they Ulvad ed trad iti onally mal e territory m ade interesting and provacative reading.

S o many of the women h ave achieved distinction that it would be unpossible to list them all. Eva Hirdler Greene, who received her B.S. in 1911 , wr ites that she is "st ill carry ing on, profes sionally, which brings much joy and inner sat isfactio n into my life. ' After a distinguished engineering career , Mrs .

Greene entered a n ew field, whi ch she calls " human eng ineer ing." Combining her engineering background wi th p o s t grad uate wor k s pecializing in psychology and apt itude meas ur ements, Mrs. Green developed a system of "h uman eng ineermg " w ith the view of g u iding the in div idua l to become mor e s uccessfully res pon s ive to his circ um stance and experience. For three years sh e has b een a faculty member of the Golden State Univers ity in Ca lifornia.

On one poin t th ey wer e unan im.o us : in the ir res pect for theu- alma mater and th e qua lity of the ed ucation they rece ived h ere. Most c(lmrnented w ith good humor on th e d i..Jic ulties of life on an almost all-ma le camp us, s uch as lack of hOUSing an d facilities for women st udents . A few felt th ey were res ented by the m en students , but most reported a s trong degree of acceptance

Many oth er s havedistmguished then'lse lv es thr o ugh profess ional activiti es, and participation m commun ity affairs .

Of th e more recent g r aduates, six were chosen las t year for inclus ion in the 1965 ed ition of Olitstandllig Youllg IV omel/ of AlIlmcCl . Th ey were Leila M. Th o mpson, '60; Barbara Ruth Patterso n , B .S. '60, M.S. , '65; Laura Lee Bosnak, '63 ;

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Martha Carolyn F ow l e r, '61; Caro l Elizab eth Kuhn, '62, and Geo rgina Overall, '63 .

Th e reputation of MSM and the convenience ill being close to th eir h omes were most oft en lised as reasons fo r com illg to Rolla, with cost and type of c urricu la also frequently m enti on ed .

Seven of the post-war group came here as student wives with their hus band s.

Mos t felt that they had gailled somethmg special from attending MSM . Most rep orted that the most im portant thing they r eceived was an excellent ed ucation and the pres tige of a d egree from a school of high r epute in engineering and science. Severa l listed that they had profit ed fr o m th e high academi c standards and ill learn illg to get along w ith m en .

Most of the writers agreed withJeanne Ll oyd Arras, '44, the first woma n to receive a degree in elect rical engmeerUlg , wh o sa id: " N o one can explain what it is that MSM gives to its alumni which is ver y specia l, but none of u s contests the claim that th e sch ool offers an education inferi o r to none, and that it somehow provokes a lastin g feelillg of loya lty that is unique. " The feminine "Miners" were almost unanimous in the feeling that o pportLU1iti es are mlprovmg and are now e:x cellent for women m science and engineerillg.

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U .M.R. 's future developmen t was that the sch ool increase and upgrade humanities, many menti oning the ab ility to communicate as essential for today 's sc ientists and engineers. H owever , s uch increased emphasis in the hum an ities was n ot d esir ed at any diminishing of th e quality of the technological ed ucation offered . " G ood teaching" is of paramow1t importance at U.M.R.,some emphasized, e.-xpress ing a wish tha t its impo rtance not be overlooked as the sch ool ex pands into grad uate and research fields . More concern fo r the woman st udent ran thr o ugh many of the s ugges tions, including better dormitory fac ilities, women 's spo rts activities and o rgan izati ons, more women teach ers and a women's adv isor .

Severa l of the women drew on their ow n e.-x periences to advise the com ing generation of girls. Most agreed w ith Laura Lee Morey B osnak who said, "I am grateful that I had an oppor tunity to study at MSM and urge any girl wh o enj oys s tudying science and engineeri ng to pm- s ue th ose fields, at U .M.R. , if possible ."

Only one or two disagreed. One said she wo uld not repeat the experience because " I co uldn 't move with o ut the entire sch ool k n owing abo ut it. " H owever , s he fe lt that she had received a b etter educati on than shewou ld have from another school.

An other commented that her years at MSM we re "fun , mental fun. " H ow ever, she dep lored having the kind of mind which seeks s uch an education. " It is not a normal female way of life, and since she must eventua lly fit in the female pattern, preparing for anything else leads only to frustration.

It is a very difficult feat to be socially womanly and pr ofession ally male, " she said.

One of the former coeds referred to the female " Min er" as a "s pecial breed."

As we app roach o ur centennial year, the A I u m nus salutes t hat "s pecial breed," with the feeling that , indeed, the woman graduates of this sch ool have been very, very special. May they increase in numbers and influen ce !

Ap ri l 1966

Electron Microscope UMR h as recently instal led an electr o n microscope in the D epartment of Meta llurg ica l En g ineering .

Prev ious st ud y of the struct ures of m etals at UMR has been mostly res tr icted to the use of optica l micr oscopes wh ich are limited in their ab ility to r evea l struct ural d eta ils found in m etal s pecimens. With the installat ion of the new microscope, these s pecim ens can be exam ined with much greater resolution of ultra fine str ucture .

Also, due to the hig hly advanced des ign of the unit , interna l imperfections which influenc e the behav io r of meta ls may b e studi ed.

The electr on microscope laborat orv was remodeled from a machine s h op and stor age a rea th r ough a grant fr om the National Science Foundation. A vacuum evaporator which will be used in conjunction with the electron micr o~ sc ope was also p m- chased as the res ult of a grant from NSF .

The electr on microscope laboratory is under the directi on of Dr. H .P. Leighly, Jr. , associate professor of metallurgical engineering. Dr. Leighly plans to use the inst rument to study im perfections developed as the result of radiation damage and also as the result of plastic deformations .

St. louis Science fair Awards Two Scholarships to UMR T wo St. Louis area high sch ool seniors have been awa rded scholarships to UMR as awards for thei r w irming entries in the Post Dispatch Greater St. Louis Science Fair.

Fletcher Glancy, of H azelwood Senior Hi g h School, wo n a four-year scholarship with incidental fees for his dis play entitled, " Group Theory: Re presentational Systems and Applications."

Carl Scott Srury, of Mehlville Senior H igh School, wo n a two-year scho larship with incidental fee s, for his exhibit , "Cavendish's Experiment for D etermining Constant of Gravitation. "

Talent Groups on TV Tw o ta lent groups from UMR have been fil med for a statew id e telev is io n pr og ram "Cam pu s T alent '66," sponsored by the So uthwes tern Bell T eleph one Company. S ixteen groups from 1 3 colleges across the state were chosen for this pr ogram.

The Kappa Alpha Singers, a vocal and instrumental folk g r oup, and the J aguars, instrumental jazz gro up were c h asen by Corinthian Productions, H o uston , Texas, the producers of th e perform ance.

Student Union Director Honored William Kratzer, )r., du·ector of the Student Unio n at UMR, has been el ected r egio nal representative for the Assoc iat ion of College Uni ons Int ernational.

Kratze r will re present a fo ur -state region comprised of Missouri, Kansas, N eb raska and Oklah oma o n the executive b oard and will coordinate the regiona l conference to be held in December at Southwest Missour i State College in Springfield .

Kratzer became director of the Stud ent Union here in 1959. Previous ly, he directed the Student Uni on on the Columbia campus of the Unive rs ity.

A New Jackling Field The new football field at UMR will be n amed J ackling Field to continue the recognition of Daniel Cowan J ackling for his ge nerosity in giving the Univers ity the land now known as J ackl ing field which will be used for campus buildings.

The new football field will be located ad jacent to the s ite of the new multiple purpose b uilding, auditori umfield house, west of Bishop Street and so uth of Tenth Street.

Architects plans for the auditori umiield h o use h ave been approved by the Board of Cm-ators.

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A Day on the Campus-- Thirty Years After Graduation

By Salll1lal A. Be'r mi '34 Since the preceding Tuesday this trip was o n my mind. I couldn 't let myse lf ta ke this idea too erious ly becau se any 011(: of a dozen things co uld void this trek; anyone of a hundr ed whim s cou ld drive this zany desire o ut of my head . So, I just let it li e fa llow. Then I broached the idea gingerly to my wife and daug ht er . And, what do you know!

N ot on ly did they g ive their con sent, but also were they ext remely e nthus ias tic, a nd co mpletely sy mpathetic with thi s desire.

Thus , I sta rted at nin e A.M. on a partia lly bri lli ant day , and headed wes t toward the Alma Mater which had bes towed o n me a degree m o re than 3 1 years ago. As I asce nd ed the fo othills of the Ozarks, late Autumn paraded he r exq uis ite finery every mil e of the way: red s and flam es , go lds and br ow ns of every s h ade and description, punctuated here and ther e with th e greens of the pine and the cedar. What a paradise of color is Autumn in the Ozarks!

It was easy to m us e to the steady purring of my sma ll but dependable automobi le. I knew that there were but a few "profs" left from my era, and that there were n ot goi ng to be many, if any, " o ld grads. " This was " Engin eers Day," and it wa s designed to parade the sch ool, its faculty, and its accomp li hm ents, to prospective st udents and to their parents ..Now, the student body numbered 430 0 , and the sch oo l till had room and eq uipm ent for many more bright and alert minds .

In my day th ere were less than 500, and we boa ted of two women sch o lars .

This year there are more than 100 we ll -th o ug ht of fema les maj oring in th e scien ces .

I projected a temporary program for mys elf. I wo uld arr ive at 11 A.M. and wou ld leave at 3 P.M. The four h o urs would be divi led between talking to the proF: an d to people I r emem bered; to brow ing around the ca mpus and the familiar h aun t of my yo uth; to walking s lowly up and down the seven or eight blocks of the bu iness district; to chattiJ1g with others whenever I had the chance.

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In the registration room I got a tlu"ill just putting down "class of '34," and marking "grad " under the box "ot her. " (Y o u were s upp osed to check wh ether you werea "s tud en t ," " pa rent, " or "other "). This r eg istration automatically gave me status, b eca use the name ca rd the g irl typed for me was white, and signifi ed "grad," in contrast to "yell ow" for stud ent , and "p ink " for parents .

In a large room lined with tab les and c h a ir s, th ere were d oze ns of young ters asking hundreds of que tions of profs o n the s ubject closest to their hea rts. I made my way to the Mining a nd Petr o le um Engineering tab le, abo ut w hich n o yo ungster gather ed, but wh ich was graced by the prese nce of two d istingu is hed gentlemen .

I intr oduced myself, and with that s im ple action initiated four hours of the most delightful , n os tal g ic, and rewarding exper ien ce th at I have ever had .

Th ey were ex tr emely charm ing, and s howed de light (in words and manner) that I had made the trip. T h ey as ked me questions of the past, and I answered with words that painted p iCtures that I had not loo ked at, for 10, these many years . I co uld see event so c l ear ly. So, conversationa lly, we traversed thes e 3 1 years forward and b ackwa rd and forward again. The head of th e Mining Department then joined us, and volunteered to g ive me a per sonal guided tour of his domain, and I accepted with pleas ure.

H e s howed me the modern wonders which had b een added with th e pass ing of ti me, and I could on Iy sh ake my head in amazement. The mind of m en h a I ind eed progressed to the pGint of incred ulity, even to an " o ld grad " with a B.S. degree in Min ing and Metallw-gy.

I met an associate mining professor fr o m England, who had majored in ITlining for exactly the reas on that I had: to travel, and to have the privilege of seeing o m s trange, aweso me, and exot ic world , at close h and. He fulfilled

his amb iti o ns . He worked in Austra lia, India , Sou th Africa, South America, in th e Sahara, and in Germany, before coming he re to teach.

Now I leis urely paced the familiar wa lks, and po nder ed the information I had r eceived. My minerology professor h ad died s uddenl y from a heart attack last year. My life- lon g friend, the registrar, had retired, and had suffered a bad fall which hampered hi walking conSiderab ly. My Lith ology pr ofessor had had a coronary, and was retired, but was st ill livin g nearby.

I s hunned thenewbuildings of which the Univers ity was justly proud, and headed straight toward wonderfu l, ma r ve lous N orwood H all. It still had those incr ed ible wooden flo ors, st ill . hi gh ly po l is hed . They were a welcome contrast to the newer til and marble h alls .

Th e lect ure r ooms ap peared to be complete ly the sa me, and I went straight to my former seats . I pau sed in awe and wonder by th e fabulo usly filled r ock and m ineral samp le ca es , gat hered fr 0 m every loca le f this crusty E a rth of o ur s, so neatl y identified, catal og ued, and ex p lained.

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Then came m y planned wa lk down the business section of town . cott 's was sti ll there, (second and third generation , n o do ub t) but the others were all new. I sat down at two diffe rent food counters for IwlCh , but the hel p we re of the newer breed, and they were in no hw-ry to give service. A half hour later I seated myself at the co unter of the Hotel Coffee Shop. H ere, the eld er ly, neatly uniformed wait re s,

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I made my way to the Sigma Nu house, intending to say hello to t he son of a friend of o urs, but h e was n 't there. I had jus t miss ed him by a few minutes. H owever, the seven o r eight fraternity br oth ers o n the fr ont po rch , made me f e e I ve r y welcome , a n d I enjoyed myself ver y much . They told me of life o n the cam pus n ow, and they listened attentively to my stories of 3 1 years ago. Do yo u want to know so mething? There really wasn 't much differ ence . Th e sam e w ild ideas occur now as did then , the same hard work exists now as existed then , and the same des ires to learn and to get ahead are prevalent in all eras . The one notable difference was m oney: ther e just was n 't any in 19 34. I waved my hand in a cheerful farewell fr o m the bott om of the steps , and the Sigma Nus just as happy, said "good-bye " in uni son from the p o rch. This was a ve ry en j oyable interlude.

I glanced at m y watch and n oted (w ith o ut dismay) that in another h o ur my tr ip into Nostalgic Past, would come to an end.

Unfortunately, the retired geology professor was not at h om e. I left my card w ith a note and went away feeling disappointment , and wondering if I would ever see him alive again .

I was in luck with m y other call.

The retired registrar and his w ife were a joy to visit. Other than his infirmity in walking , he looked remarkably welL W e chattered like magpies. Ruth , Noel and myself, kept the air filled with events that one or another remembered.

Names, dates, and incidents popped up as though a memory machine had br oken o pen . This contemp orary h ad passed on, an out-h o use was sto len and burned, the exciting days of the St. Pat celebrations, the bonfire gatherings , the h eroic deaths of so many in World War II , and so much more.

We were all r eluctant t o end s uch an idyllic get-together , but we finally s aid good-bye. To their exhortations to come again and to bri ng my family with me, I say "yes." I left their apartApril 1966

ment filled with a mixture of gladnes s and sad ness.

r eCipIent of a National Science Foundatio n Fellowship for graduate study toward a Ph.D . degree. He will enroll at the University of Arkansas this fall.

In addition to the sat isfying feeling I took h o me with m e, I found th e answer to the age-old quest ion that haunts everyone. ' Where, or wh ere, ar e the wond erful days of yes ter-year? " I found them wh ere I had put them , alth o ug h I didn 't kn ow it at the time.

They are to be fo wld in the accumulated memories I had placed in the Colonel Charles "Chuck " Yeager, back of m y head. Eve ry single one of the first man to fly faster than the speed of so und, was the featur ed speaker at them are there: the goo d and the bad , a student space sympos ium sponsored the hap py and the sad , the h eroic and the ig n oble, the sweet and the poign- by the Univer s ity of Missouri Space ant bittersweet. They are all standing ! Sciences Research Center in coopera there, like the toys of Little Boy Blue, tion w ith the UMR Graduate Center "since h e kissed them and put them for Materials Research and the National Aeronautics and Space Administr ather e. " tion.

Space Symposium features Yeager and Drummond

Munger Honored as HAdvisor of the Year" Profes sor Paul Munger '58, associate professor of civil engineering, UMR, has been recognized as " Faculty Advis or of the Year" at a dinner honoring faculty advisors to student organizat io ns , held at the Student Union .

Munger was nominated by Beta Sigma Psi, a social fraternity, which he has served as advisor for the past three years.

In the nominating article, Munger was lauded for helping the organization with its scholarship and financial problem s, and for his interest in the individual stud ent. The organization has increased in size and scholastically, it has risen fr om near the bottom to the top s pot in rating for the past three sem esters. He was also responsible for the ground-work in laying plans for a new house for the fraternit y.

Because of his o utstanding work, Beta Sigma P.3i awarded Professor Munger a life-time membership, an h onor s eldom bestowed by the group.

Munger has also been faculty sponsor of Chi Epsilon, national civil engineering h onor fraternity and is on that organization'S national board . He was recently named "Young Engineer of the Year " by the Rolla Cha pter ofMSPE, the organization which he is now serving as pr es ident; and he is a 1966

This symposium br o ught more than 1,000 high school students to the UMR campus from a seven-state area .

Accompanying C ol. Yea g e r were Floyd Drummond '52, ]-2 Rocket Engine Project Manager of the Marshall Space Flight Center , Huntsvi lle, Alabama, and Paul Gardner , NASA Educational Programs Divis ion career counselor.

Col. Yeager s poke to the group of young potential scientists and engineers on the "Development of the X -Series Experimental Aircraft, " an a d van c e d s pacemobile demonstration lecture w ith a number of new approaches to an und erstanding of the space effort.

Floyd Drummond '52 , who received his degree at Rolla in Electrical Engineering , talked to the group on " uunch Vehicle Engineering Development. " Mr. Drummond joined the research and development team at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1959, when h e accepted a p os ition as project engineer with the Army Ballistic Missile Agency at Redston e Arsenal. He was an instructor at R o lla from September 1954 to]anuary 1956, when he joined North American Aviatio n, Inc. Paul Gardner held a career guidance and planning discus s ion for the benefit of high school students in the Student Union Ballroom.

The famous Bonestell paintings on the exploration of outer space were on exhibit during the symposium.

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federa I Grant for Addition To Mechanical Building The U.S. Office of Education has approved a grant of $21 3,975 fo r cons truction of a graduate addition to the Mechanical Engineering Building.

The Miss ouri State Assemb ly has previo us ly appropriated $900,000 toward th is construction. The orig inal req ues t to th e Federal G overnment was for $225 ,000 . The architects for this b uilding are Sve rdrup & Parcel Associates, St. Louis, Missouri.

Co-op Students To ps in Grades C o-o p students topped all group grades at UMR for the fall semester with a 2.69 grade p oint average. Of the classes, seniors averaged 2.65 ;junior s, 2.43; so phomores, 2.32; and fr es hmen, 2.13. Grade p oint average for the entire undergraduates was 2.32.

The all-independent average of 2.38, topped the fraternity average, 2.28. The dormitories averaged 2. 38 .

Of all the res idence halls, H o use 2 in McAnerney Hall, av eraged the highes t grade point with a 2.62.

Beta Sigma Psi and Kappa Sigma topped all fraternities with a 2.46 grade point average. Pi K appa Alpha was second with 2.44 and Acac ia third w ith 2.41.

The Shaml'ock Club let club s with a 2.5 1 average. pus Club was second with Prospectors ' Club third with

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Southern California Section Th e Southern Califo rnia Section met on Saturday night, March 19, at the Redwood House, Los Angeles to celebrate the birthday of St. Patrick. The only business of the evening was the r e-n aming of the alumni g r o up. It was changed to "Southern California Section-Barney Nuell Chapter. " The food, conv iviality and comp anions were all first rate. The following is a list of those " loyal s o ns" wh o attended the m eeting: Mx. and Mrs. Bruce Dillon '56; Mr. and Mx s. Joe Geers '52; W. R. Groschan '26 ; Mr. and Mx s. Ji m Gostin 12

'44; Mrs. Eva H. Greene '11; C.E. ''Ted '' Graves '56; Mr. and Mxs . Scoville H ollister '1 3; Mx. and Mx s. Tom Harsell '39 ; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Beech '62; Ml'. and Mrs . Don Huseman '43; Mr. and Mrs . Nate Jaffe '41; Mr. and Mrs . W arren J o hnson '5 0; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hayser '16 ; Dr. Maurice Suhre, Jr. '56; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Quinn '56; Mr. and Mrs. Jim T errell '32; Mx. and Mrs . Tom W eir ' 22; and Mx . and Mrs. Joh n Wilms '43.

The Secti o n welcomes all Miners and their ladies to their meetings, the kind you will all enjoy . Please advise D on Huseman '43. Section Ch airman, St. Lo u is B earing Company, 333 Eas t " B " Street, Wilming to n, that you are in the area or recently m oved into the area.

New York Alumni Gather During the annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers in New York, N.Y., the Rolla alumni gathered at the Bras s Rail Restaurant on 7th Avenue for an alumni dinner.

There were fifty alumni, fac ulty and g u ests present. Larry A . Spanier '50, was the master of ceremonies and the group enjoyed talks by Chancellor Baker and Dl'. Curtis L. Wilson, Dean Emeritus of the school.

Those in attendance were: ]. Craig Ellis '38 ; Mx. and Mrs . Larry Spanier '50; Mr. and Mxs. T. J. Stewart ' 34; S . I. Megeff '5 0 ; Wm. McEvilly '5 1; Fred M. Springer '4 9; L.K. Wheelock '52; Mr. and Mxs . John F. Winter '51; Irv ing Klaus '50; Gerald Stevenson '59; Colin Rose '4 0; Mx. and Mxs. R . Edgar '33; Ed . Skulka '50; Bill McGovern '60; H erb Kalish '43; Mx. and Mrs. H .W. 'Flood '43; R . Fahrni '65; J.W. Rabetto '35; T. D emopoulos '58; Mx. and Mx s. P.A. Dennie '4 0; Ed Braun '49; Frank Tao '64; Charles H . Lambur '33; Gord on P.K. Chu '64; J am es Murphy '56; Mr. and Mxs. James Jac o bs '39; Blake Ca ldwell '50; Spence H ansen '62.

Faculty members attending were: Dr. Merl Baker; Dean and Mrs. Curtis L. Wi lson; Ike Edwards; Dr. Pa ul Proctor ; Dr. Ernest Spokes; Dr. H .R. H an ley; Dr. T om O 'Keefe ; Professor B ob Wolf; Dr. and Mxs. James Scott; Pr ofessor Ray Mo rgan; Dr. Anton Bras unas and Dr. H arry W eart.

National Capital Section T he N ational Capital Section of the Alumni Association had a fine get-tog ether to celebrate St. Patrick 's Day on March 1 8.

The fo ll owing alumni in the area were present : Charles Jennings '30; Charles Huhr e '3 0; Gordon Raymer '49; Melvin H udson '58; James Cooper '5 1; D onald Maday '52; Fred Dickey '64; Wilfred R odman '3 7; J ohn Pollak '32 ; Carl T h ye '57; S. Thomas Dunn '62 ; R ober t Simmons '36; Burr Turner '38; Oliver J ones '49; Robe rt Fis h er '3 6; T om Hughes '4 2; Joseph Kolasch '55; and J .B. Toomey '49 .

The N ational Capital Section has r eg ular alumni luncheons on th e first Tues day of eac h month at the Black Sadd le in Washington , D.C. , 709 18th Street, N.W. J ohn B . Toomey , 2316 Jefferson Davis Highway, Alexandria, Virginia is the Section 's President. His phone is K Ing 8-8300.

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ENGINEERS WANTED F o r information conce rni ng the pos itions listed b elow write o r contact Assistant D ean Leon H e rs hko w itz, UMR , R o lla, Misso uri.

M.E.: E.E.: CHEM. - At o mic Energy, Electrical Transmiss io n and Distribution; Cons tructio n Machin ery; Engi neMaterial H andling; Farm Equipment ; Genera l Pr oducts; Researc h; ManufactW'ing and International Divis ion s of large machinery m anufact w-in g com pany. Refer Fil e No. 290 .

MET . - Plan t D epartment Supervisor; Chem ist; 4 to 10 yea r s ex p er ience . Co mpany located in Northern Idaho . Refer File No . 29 1.

CERAMIC - Manufactur ing Manager w ith s ucc essful administrative experience in th e prod uction of ceramic products . Los Angeles area . Around 4 0 yea r s old , good sa lary. Refer File No .

292 CERAMIC - M.S. or Ph.D. Interest in and mastery of the phys ical ch emistry of oxide systems . Applied R&D concerning use of refract ories in steelmaking processes . Refer Fil e No . 293 .

E.E.; C.E.; CH.E .; Sales , product m.anager, prod uct ass istants , air cond itioning , project engineer, civi l engineer , mining engin eer. L'uge gyps um com.pany. Refer File No. 294.

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ENGINEERS - SCIENTISTS - All Field s . Exper ienc ed and non-experienced . Excellent pOSitions, and salaries throughout the U .S. R efer FileNo . 296 .

CH .E. - B.s.; M.S.; an d PhD. labo ratory of techn ical and res earch d epartm ent of large o il company in T exas .

Scope of wo rk broad. All types of process and product development. Refer File No. 297.

M.E. - Plant engineering staff mi ner als and chemical corporation. Two or Apr il 1966

thr ee years ex perience in mechanical ins pectio n and corr osion contr o l activities. Refer File No. 298 .

M.E . - Boiler Sales Engineering D epartment of machine company. Works w ith oth er engineers in th e ana lys is of pu rchas ing s p ecs ., selection of acces so ry eq uipment and preparation of pr oposa ls . R efer File No. 299.

ENGINEERS - M .E.; E.E .; MET. E.; D es ig n develop m ent aut omated equipment , digital logiC Ci rc uit ry, so lid stat e elect r onic compo nents. Located in Illinois . Refer Fi le No.1.

ENG INEERS - M.E. chief eng ineer.

35-45 yea rs . 10 o r more years experienc e. Manuiactul-er producing wi d e var iety of ferrous lTleta l comp onents .

Chief m etallurgical engineer and quality control manager need by same m an ufact urer. Refer File No.2.

ENG INEERS - Cons ul ting firm. D es ign engineers in heavy industrial products particularly for pulp and paper industry. Rapidly expanding , n ee d s engineers in all di sciplines . So uth east U .S. Refer File N o . 3.

PAINT TECHNOLOGY GRADS: Lea ding manufacturers and distr ibut or of titan ium oxide pigments in Canada.

Based in Canada, R efer File No.4 .

ENG INEERS - Mechanical deSign , stress a n alysts, materials app lication, qual ity con t l' 0 1, instrumentation and s ub-{:ontract administrato rs .

Exper ienced. Good salaries . Luge elect rical com.pany. Refer File No . 5 .

ENG INEERS - NASA has vaca ncies to Houston, Cape Kennedy and Beth page , L.I. New York . Fl ight system_s, systeITls tes t, mechanics, mi ss ion op erati o ns; Data systems; control and guid ance; reliability, etc. Refer File N o . 6 .

CER. E. M.E. - Missour i r efractories Manage laborato ry and pr oplant. duction quality cont r ol, d esign and layout work in machine sh op and maintena nce departme nt. Refer File N o.9.

ENGINEERS - All disc iplines . B.S. ; M.S.; Ph. D. Luge o il company . Recent g rads and experienced . In Pennsylva nia. Refer File No .1 O. ENGINEERS - Product & Pl an t D es ign . Plant Engineering. R&D. Quality and Prod uction Control. Large tractor company . Refer File No . 11.

MARRIAGES Pietsch - Jackson

Ervin Pietsch '65 and Miss Linda L. Jackson, of Decatm, Illinois, were married March 5, 1966 in the First Lutheran Church in D ecatm. Th e groon. is all. engineer with the Mue ller Company , Decatur, and the bride is a graduate of Southwest Mi ssomi State C o llege, Springfield.

Hoffm e ister - Pi e rce

Jack Hoffmeister '62, and Miss Carol A . Pierce, of Los Angeles, California, were married December 18, 1965. Jack is assistant highway engineer, California Division of Highways . The ir new addres s is 678 S o uth First Ave., Apt. 5, Covina, California.

Stokely - W iegman

W.S. Stokely '62 , and Miss Myrna Wiegman, of Chicago , Illinois , were married April 2, 1966. Mrs. St okely teaches at the kindergarten level in the Chicago s uburbs. Mr. St o kely is a des ign er with the Illinoi s Ce ntral Ra ilroad in Chicago. The co uple res ide at 707 North Pine, Chicago, Illinoi s.

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NUCLEAR PHYSICIST - Ph.D . or eq uivale nt ex perience. Armed Forces Radi o logy Research Ins titute. Ea st coast.

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Lt. and Mrs. Clarence Philip Wagn er '64 , announce the birth of a daughter , February 27, 1966. His daughter and w ife, the former Mary Nina Pfeffer, a registered nurse ar e wit h him at his as s ignment in Hanau , G er many. Their address is 568 Engr. Co., APO, N ew Yo rk , N ew York 09165.

C.E. ; M .E.; C H.E. ; CHEM.; MATH. - Large oil com.pany . S'Cperienced and non-ex perienced . Mo s t o penings in semi- rill-a l N ew J ersey, so me T exas g ulf coast. R efer File No.9.

Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Willyard ' 6 2 , have a new son, D erek Shawn, b orn March 1 2, 1966. This is their second son. Jeffery will b e three years o ld in April. D on is an engineer in the inte13

grated circuits department , Texas Instruments , Inc., Dallas , Texas. Theiraddress is 1324 Cottonwood Drive , Ricl).ardson , Texas.

Mr. an d Mrs. George Knight '51, ad0pted George Leister Knight, on Augus t 24, 196 5 . George Leister was born June 16, 1965. The father is assistant pr o duction manager, J.e. Steele and Sons, Statesville, North Carolina.

The Knights reside at 130 3 Forest Park Drive , Statesville.

Mr . and Mrs. Sylves ter W. Braswell '65, 16 Edgewood R oad, Manor Haven, Port Was hington , N ew York, began their family upon the arrival of Anne Margaret, December 23, 196 5.

Sylvester is with Grunmann Aircraft Company, Lo ng Island , N ew York.

Mr . and Mrs. William Baldwin '51, ado pted Page Marshall Baldwin, March 11, 1966. He was born February 10 , 1966. The proud new parents live in Tallahassee, Florida, 240 Carlton Court.

Bill is with Big Bend Engineering Company. " Bev " h as her work cut out for her tending to the demands of Page Marshall.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Price '64, are parents of a girl born February 22, 1966. Charles is a results engineer at the Central Illinois Public Service Company , Grand Tower, Illinois . Their mailing address is Box 177 .

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rouse '6 2, have a new son, J ohn Douglas, born March 1 2, 1966. This is their third child. Richard is with Truax-Traer Coal Company, Coffeen , Illinois, and is underground foreman. They live in Hillsboro with a mailing address Box 435.

Mr . and Mrs. Everett H. Vannoy '64, are proud of Melissa Ann who arrived February 11, 1966. The father received a promotion at Delco Radio, Kokomo, Indiana . He is now in charge of electrical design of all auto radios built by Delco. His residence address is Rte .

5, Box 405 Kokomo.

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Lodholz '60, have advised the alumni office of the second son, Ronald William, who arrived at their home December 18, 19.65. William is in data processing at ARO, Inc. Arnold AFS, Tennessee .

They live at 604 Cumberland in Tullahoma .

Mr. and Mrs . John W. Padan '5 5, announce the arrival of their first child Lisa Marie, b orn December 29, 1965 : J ohn is a mining engineer with the U.S .

Bur eau of Mines. The Padans n ow reside at 5028 57th Ave., Apt 101 Baldensb urg, Maryland .

Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Fuller '57, 4722 Rouge Court, Alexandria, Va ., welcomed Amy Elizabeth, November 14, 1965 , their first child. B ob is a NRCNAS Post-d octoral Res earch Associate at the U.S. N aval Res earch Lab oratory, Washington, D .e.

Mr. and Mrs. J oe Dryden '51,have a daug hter, Amy Elizabeth , born November 11 , 1965 . The father is chief engineer, Bix by-Zimmer Engineering Company, Galesburg, Illinois. Their res idence is at 1015 North Cedar, Galesburg , Illinois.

Dr. Gary K. Patterson '6 0 and Barbara Lay Patterson '6 1 , have a son, Sean Kent, born August 17 , 1965.

Gary is an assistant pr ofessor in chemical engineering at UMR., and B arbara is a housewife. Barbara received her B.S. degree in Chemistry and M.S. in 1965. They reside at 205 South Olive, Rolla.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Murry '5 1, began their fam ily with D o uglas Richard, who arrived June 10 , 1965 .

They live at 12538 Larkwood Drive, St. Louis, Missouri. Richard is a design engineer at Moloney Electric Co. Mr . and Mrs . Gerald L. Stevens on '59, are the proud parents of Lynne Anne, born November 25,1965 . They are living in Stamford, Connecticut, 1011 Stillwater Road . Gerald is engineering pr oject m~nager, International Minerals and Chemical Corp.

Mr . and Mrs. Richard A. Martin '64, are parents of a son, Scott Andrew, b orn March 19, 1966, at the Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, California . They live at 14961 Dickens,Apt. 7, Sherman Oakes, California.

Mr. and Mrs . T .A. Corcoran, Jr. '5 5, welcomed T.A. Corcoran III , born March 26, 1966, in Farmington, New Mexico . Currently the father is engaged, in an operation that is boring an irrigation tunnel to carry water from Lake Navaio to the Navajo Indian Reservation to Ship Rock, New Mexico. He is a mining engineer with experience in

molybdenum mining in Climax, Colorado, gold min i n g in B onanza, Nicarag ua and copper mining in White Pine, Michigan. Their address is 2612 Eas t 23 rd Street.

DEATHS Robert B. Fisher, Jr. '53

Captain Robert B. Fisher , Jr. ' 53 , passed away unexpectedly, Febr uary 26 , 1966, from complications followingthe Asian flu. H e is s urvived by his wid ow, R osemary, Box 213, Linden, California.

Ronald M. White '26

Ronald M. White '26 died December 14 , 1965, after suffering a heart attack.

He was residing at 1005 N eri, Vandalia, Ohio . He was D irector of Aviati on, Dayton Municip al Airport, D ayton , Ohio.

J. Emmett Mitchell '23 Emmett Mitchell '23, died December 18, 1965, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis , Mo.

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Robert L. Robb '65 Robert Lee R obb '65, d ied Novemb er 1 8, 1965.

Felix Z. Meeks '23

Felix Zo l1i coffer Meeks '23. Th e alumni office h as been advised of his death.

David L. Forrester '11 David Lawton Forrester '1 1, died March 29, 1965 in Stuart, Flor ida.

H is early mining days were spent in Arizona. Later he went to the Philippine Islands, coming o ut just before the Japanese invasion. At the outbreak of World War II , he went to Washington , D.C. , wher e he remained until his reti rement in 1957. Hewas a pioneer in the flotation process and developed o ne of the firs t s uccessful mattless flotation cells known as the " Forrester Machine" and widely used tlu'oughou t the world. He has many other firsts to his credit. While in school he was very active in all activities. He was quarterback on the football team for two years and was St. Pat at the third St. Pat 's celebration at the School of Mines .

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He was a native of St. Louis, Missouri.

He worked for a number of mining companies and as a draftsman at St. Louis City Hall and Salt Lake City, Utah City Hall before starting a homestead north of Custer, Montana, in 1913.

When his older children were ready for high school, the Griffiths moved to Edgar, Montana, in 1920, where Mr. Griffith became superintendent of schools. He was there two years, then moved to Valier and was superintendent of schools until 1927, and then became superintendent of schools of the Stockett-Sand Coulee school system until his retirement in 1948. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold Duffy, of Turlock, California, and Mrs. Edward Hermes, Paradise, Montana; and three sons, Dr. Frank, aresearch chemist for New Jersey Zinc Co., Palmerton, Pa.; Robert, of Columbus, actuary for the Nationwide Ins u ran c e Co., and Richard, of libby, Montana, a forester for the St. Regis Lumber Co.; two half-brothers and a half-sister.

H. O. Hendrickson '34

Dr. H a r din Or land Hendr icks on '34, age 54, died April 18, 1966. Dr. Hendrickson received his B.S. degree at Rolla in Civil Engineering. In 1943, he received his M.D. degree frorI). the University of Louisville. He had practiced medicine in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, with his father, since 1945. They operated the Poplar Bluff Hospital for many years. He served as an M.D. in the U.S. Navy during World War II. John F. Hosterman '22 John F. Hosterman '22. The alumni office has been advised of his death.

He has been residing in Huntsville, Texas, and we had as his address there R.R., Box 28A. Raymond A. Wilks '48 Rayburn A . Wilks '48, died February 1, 1966 from a heart attack. He was principal staff engineer, Standard Oil of Indiana, Whiting, Indiana, and resided at 6603 Illinois Avenue, Hammond, Indiana.

Alumni Personals 192 4 J.E. Jett, 408 Sue, Houston, Texas, has retired as geophysicist with the Pure Oil Company because of his health.

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Edwin R. Morris '12 , died March 14, 1966, at his home in Oelwein, Iowa, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Mr. Morris had been chief chemist for the Chicago Great Western Railroad for 37 years until his retirement a number of years ago. He is survived by his widow, Rose, 41 ThirdStreet,N.W. , Oelwein' two sons Dr. Robert L. at the Stat; University'of Iowa, Iowa City, and William H., a professor at the State Teachers College, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

James N. Foster '25

James N. Foster '25, died March 12, 1966, at his home in Pompano Beach, Florida. Mr. Foster, up to his retirement in October 1963, served as Manager of Plant Services Departments of Mallinckrodt Chemical Works.

April 1966

Dr. Paul Weber has been appointed Vice President for Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology for the University Sys tern of Georgia. Dr. Weber has been at Georgia Tech since receiving his M.S. degree at MS. 1 9 3 1 W.H. Wamsley left the U.S . Borax Company , in 1965, to assume the position of mine superintendent for Mr. Goldsworthy Mining PTY Ltd. at their new iron mine, open pit, in Western Australia. His address is Box 84, Port Hedland, Western Australia .

Charles E. Ross, on March 17, 1966, completed 35 consecutive years with the Corps of Engineers. On April 1, 1966, he completed 30 consecutive years in the Hydraulics Branch. Mrs. Ross is employed in same office as Personnel Staffing Specialist and she has completed 24 years with the Corps. At present Mr. Ross, is assistant chief,

hydraulics Branch, Huntington District, P.O. Box 2127, Huntington, West Virginia.

193 2 W.A. Gallemore, 324 West Main Street, Lebanon, Illinois, was recently promoted to Chief, Hou:;ing Management, DCS/Civil Engineering, Hq. Military Airlift Command, Scott AFB, Illinois.

1 9 3 3 T. O. Seiberling, real es tate engineer, St. Joseph Lead Company, BonneTerre, Missouri, also owns and operates Seiberling Engineering and Surveying Company, Box 347, Bonne Terre, Mo. Ellen Woodman Doll has a change in position at the Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Charleston, West Virginia. She has been a mathematics teacher. Effective February 1st, she is a full-time guidance counselor. Her address is 814 Beach Ave., Charleston.

Charles H. Lambur has continued his devotion to the sport of Judo. He has the following res ponsibilities: USA Olympic Committee; USA National Maccabiah Games Judo Chairman; Mettopolitan AAU Chairman; NYAC Judo Chairman and Club President. His activities we r e highlighted w hen he coached and managed the 4-man Judo team that represented the USA in the World Maccabiah Games held in Tel Aviv in August 1965. The team won three out of the possible four gold medals. He was also tournament director and organizer of the Judo competition for the World Maccabiah Games. He was awarded a gold medal and received other honors for his services in the above Games. He was also organizer and Tournament Director for the annual North-South Judo Championship and the MetropolitanAAUJudo Championship. In addition to all of this he is president of Schneider of Paris , Inc. His company purchased a new acreage at Cliffwood, New Jersey, erected a new factory and will occupy it in July.

Their previous facilities were in Newark.

He has spent several weeks in Europe coordinating activities with their associated companies in France, London and Austria. The business and administrative offices are maintained at 303 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Charlie was a Mercier when in school, which changed to Theta Kappa Phi and is now Phi Kappa Theta.

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193 4 Sa m A. Bermi , a min iJ1 g eng ineer, ca lled at th e a lumni o Ffice a nd pres ented a dis ertatio n which Y0 U w ill fin d el ewhe re in this is s ue . Ver y good , we th o ug ht. Sa m is n o lo nge r a minin g eng ineer and has n 't been fo r man y yea r. H e is in th e ins urance b us iness and is n o w ge nera l age nt fo r the Mid la nd N ati o nal Life In s urance Com pa ny .

His address is 845 W a rd e r , Uni ve rs ity C ity, Mo .

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G ran t W. Sc ha umbur g ad vises that his da ug hter Anll g rad uated fr om We lles ley o ll ege, in 1964 , and was m arr ied Au g u t 29, 1964 to o nrad A. Pli mpto n , ;t H a rva rd g rad uate. G ra nt Jr. is a junio r at H arv ard Co ll ege. Grant S r. is wo rks in d u tri al e ng ineer , U.S. Steel C o rp. , Geneva W o r ks, Pr ovo, Utah. T he Sch a umburg s live at 2 1 8 0 N o rth 22 0 Eas t, Pr ovo .

Arthur L. Mc C la nahan , Mr s . Mclan ahan a nd Ar thu.r , Jr. wer e a lu mni o ff ice vi itors in April. Arthu r, Jr. is a s o ph o m o re in hig h sch oo l and is plannin g fo r co ll ege tra in in g in ch e m is try. W e a re lo o king f rwa rd to see ing him aga in in a co upl e of year s . Ar thur , r. has bee n bac k fo r seve ra l yea rs and needl e s to say th er e ar e ma ny cha nges . H e is an en g ineer with Gr uma n Airc raft Eng inee r in g Co r porati o n , Bet h page, L.I. , N ew Yor k. His ad dress is 1 18B ri xto nR ad ,Ga rd en C ity, New York .

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H erbe rt O . K im mel, 18 25 Mclntyr e, Reg in a, Sask., Canada, vis ited the cam p u in A pril. H erb and fami ly have bee n vi iting in T ucso n , Arizo na, an d ca me by R o lla o n th e ir r o ute home .

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194 1 G eo rg e R. Co uc h has bee n nam ed ass i tant to the ge nera l ma nager of the W es tern Min in g D ivi io n o f K en necolt Co pper or po ratio n. Mr. Co uc h has b een a I r o ject eng in eer , s ince la t May, for W e ter n Mining D ivis ion s , w hich in c lud e K enn ecott ope rat ions in Utah , N eva da, A rizon a a nd N ew Mexico . T he pa s it io n o f ass istan t to the ge n16

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era l manager has been vacant s ince las t yea r. Mr. Co uch , 266 4 th Ave nue, Sa lt Lake City , Utah , was vice pre ident and m anager of o perati o ns fo r Mo lybd enum C o rp o ratio n o f Ameri ca, N ew Y o rk , before jo inin g K enn ecott. H e a ls o has bee n empl oyed by Am e rica n Metal C lim.ax, Inc .; Mag n eSium Redu cti o n C o .; N ati o nal Lead Company and Carn eg ieIllin o is Stee l Co rp o rati o n.

neer ing , Te lephone and Data D e partme n t, Page C o mmunicat io ns Engineers , Inc., 33 0 White H aven St. , N.W., Was hingt o n, D.C. H e is r es po n s ibl e for all m icr owave multip lex, central office and o uts id e plant teleph on e and date engi nee rin g . His com pany is a w or ld -wid e co mmunicati o n sys tem. His res idence address is 1672 Tra pp R oad , Vienna, Virg inia.

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Dr. J.A. Cr oo ks to n has been elected a Vice Pres id ent of th e co rp or ati o n , A .P . Gr ee n Refr act ori es Co m pa n y, Mex ico, M . Dr. Cr oo ks to n has been a n empl oyee of A.P. G ree n Refr acto ries s ince Aug ust 1, 1955, and was Directo r of Res ea rch unti l hi s recent pr o m.otion . H e r ece ived his B.S. and M .S . d egrees at R o ll a a nd hi s Ph.D. at the Uni ver Sity o f Illi nois . While at the U. of Illin o is , he was o n an A.P. G r een Co mpan y fell ows hip. Befor e jo in ing th e G r een o rga n iza ti on , h e was e mployed by A. C. Spark Plug Divi s io n of G ener a l Moto r s C o rp. , and by H arbi s o n-W alke r R efrac tories Co ., wh ere h e was the administr ative ass istant to th e Res earc h Directo r. H e has h e ld th e fo ll owing p os itio ns w ith his present employer; Cer amic En g ineer ; in O ctob er 1956, he b eca me Manager of N ew Pr od uct D evelo pm ent and in Marc h 1 96 1 , Director of R es ear ch. H e is a r eg ister ed pr o fess io nal en g ineer , a fellow of th e Ameri can C eram ic Soc iety, and a m emb er of Tau B eta P i, S ig m a X i and Ke ram o ¡. The Crooks to ns h ave tw~ child r en , Jim , Jr. , wh o attend s W es tminster Coll ege, F u lto n , M o ., an d Denn y, a s o ph o mor e at Mex ico Hig h Sch ool.

Au g ust R . Sav u h as an articl e in the r ecen t iss ue f " The J o mn al of th e Engin eers ' C lu b of St. Lo uis" on " Hi tor y of th e St. Louis Metal W orking Indu stry During 1964- 1964. " Th e artic le was a cond en sed ver s ion of a feature article that a ppeared in th e " Bi centennial Year B ook, 1964-66, " iss ued by the St. Lo uis C h apter of th e Amer ican Society fo r Metals to co mmen orate the Bicentennial and to present a histor ical r eview of the metal wor king indu stry thr o ug h th years .

Mr. Sav u is an eng ineer at the McD onn ell Aircraft C o rpor ati o n , St. Lo uis, Mo . H i s address is 3464 T e d m a r Ave nue, St. Lo uis .

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1 943 Alber t D eVa lve wen t to Al as ka in 1953 w ith the U.S. Ar my Eng in eer D is trict. In 1959, h e tran s ferred to the Fed eral Av iati on Agency, Alaskan Reg io n, and he is n ow a c ivil en o-ineer in p lant an d s tr uct ur es branch , Ai rways Fac il ities D ivision . In 1 96 1, h e marr ied Lu la Clark , a sch oo l teacher from G eo rgetown , Ida h o. Th e ir present address is Kinni kin n ick Str eet, An ch o ra g e, Alas k a.

Fran klin L. McC utchen has b een pr om oted to Ass is tant Di rector o f En g i-

H ackman Yee has his own con s ulting firm , H ac kman Yee & Assoc iates , 2249 So uth Brentw ood Blvd. , St. Lo uis, Mi sso mi.

194 7 Samuel H . Ll oyd, Jr. is now with San ta Fee Offs h or e, 194 1 W oodcres t Avenue, La I-Iabr a, Ca liforni a.

194 8 D o nald G. Sch m id t received a Master 's degree in B us in ess Adm ini str ation -Mar keting fr om th e Univers ity of C hicago , in March 1965 . H e is D ir ector of Research at H . K ramer & Co mpany, C h icag o, III . H is res idence ad dress is 33 0 North Grant Street, Hi ns da le, III.

194 9 Fran c is Nelson is n o w Super intend ent, Hawth orne N o . 3, K ansas City Lig ht & Power C'o mpany, K ansas City, M isso uri.

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Continent Region for the Branch of Mineral Classification, U. S. Geological Survey in Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been promoted to regional geologist.

He joined the U.S.G.S. in Tulsa in October 1956 as a geologist. In February 1961, he became the acting regional geologist for the Mid-Continent Region. Before joining the Survey, he was employed for six years as a mining geologist and engineer by the American Zinc, Lead aI).d Smelting <'Lompany, working in mining districts, in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. Mr. Johnson is a native of Joplin, Missouri. He served two years in the Navy Air Corps during W orId War II. He is a member of many professional societies and during the 1965-66 season, he served as editor of the Tulsa Geological Survey Newsletter and as a member of the Society'S publication board. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma and was approved as a Certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists. Mrs. Johnson is the former Lois Van Pool of Joplin and the Johnsons have two boys.

Fred Cochran has been promoted to Staff Superintendent, Kansas City Light & Power Company, Kansas City, Mis souri. He is in charge of all overhead transmission lines over the system.

Donald T. King received a promotion to manager, coal preparation and distribution. U.S. Steel Corporation and was transferred from Gary, Indiana, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

His new address is 2059 Menold Dr., Allison Park, Pa.

951 Clarence]. Moser is chief of quality control, Hun t e r Engineering. The Hunters have six children and moved from Phoenix, Arizona to Riverside, California, last December. Their children range from 2 years to 13 years.

Their address in Riverside is 2956 Bavista Street.

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Donald R. Brown has been a civilian employee for more than 9 years with the U.S. Air Force at Norton AFB, California, with the last 2'/2 years at San Bernardino Air Materiel Area as Value Engineering Program Project Officer. After the phaseout of SBAMA, he was transferred to the Navy Missile Center, Point Mugu, California, September 1965, as general engineer in the Quality Assurance Branch. On March 30, 1966, he was promoted to key value engineering consultant at the U.S. Naval Ship Missile System Engineering Station, Port Hueneme, California. His work is to establish a Value Engineering Program. He is a member of the SOciety of American Value Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. His address is 501 Tangerine Place, Oxnard, California.

195 2 John P. Zedalis is Chief, Transportation Branch, Engineering Staff, Bureau for Far East, Agency for International Development. He joined AID in July 1 964 as a construction engineer in the engineering staff and was appointed Chief of Transportation Branch in May 1965. He is responsible for the coordination and monitoring of all trans portation projects in the Far East, including highways, bridges, railways, ports, airfields and inland waterways.

In November, he was the U.S. representative to th e Bangkok, Thailand, meeting of the Inland Waterways Subcommittee , U.N. Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. His address is 8723 Gateshead Road, Alexandria, Virginia.

is general engineer at the Bonneville Power Administration . His residence address is 114 34 N.E. Fremont Court, Portland.

Arthur G. Baebler and his work as Head of Industrial Development , Union Electric Co., St. Louis, Missouri, were portrayed in a feature article appearing recently in the St. Louis Globe Democrat. One of the major "selling" activities of Union Electric is to lu re new manufacturing plants to the area or to keep those already in the area from moving out. Of the 210 prospects last year Art and his staff were successful in luring 40 of them to St. Louis. Union Electric Company is the "No.1 Sa lesman" selling the St. Louis area and the department headed by Art leads the selling to the large customers. Art, his wife Iva Lee, and two sons, Matthew and Andrew , live at 784 Chevron , St. Louis.

Fred S. Kummer is president of Kummer Construction Co., Inc., 10324 Hwy 66, St. Louis, Missouri. His company has been awarded the general contracts on both the Library and Materials Research Buildings on the UMR campus . In his wildest dreams he never fathomed he would be tearing down old Jackling Gym. William O'Neill is Chief of Public Works in Vietnam for the Agency for International Development. He is directly responsible for the largest Pub lic Works Division in AID. His work ranges from construction of rudimentary sanitary facilities to port development, telecommunications s y s t ems, power projects, and municipal water works for Saigon.

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Robert D. Jost is now Assistant Plant Manager, Universal Atlas Cement Company, Independence, Kansas. His address is 801 Crescent Drive .

Neil A. Fiala, engineer at Union Electric Company's Meramec Plant, in St. Louis County , has been one of ten men appointed to the position of operating supervisors at Union Electric 's new Sioux Plant.

195 5 Dr. James Mullen presented a paper entitled "Moss bauer Effect on Cobalt Oxides and Hydrated Cobalt Compounds" at the March meeting of the American Physical Society held in Durham, North Carolina.

Thomas J. Allen has moved from the State of New York to Oregon and

Bruce R. Doe is a geologist with the Isotope Geology Branch, U .S. Geological Survey, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado. Bruce was a leader of an expedition to Japan, from September 21 to November 21, 1965, under the United States-Japan Scientific Cooperation Program for the collection of rocks 17

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fr o m quarternary vo lcan ic se ries for isoto p ic st udies.

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Anth ony D el Prete, Jr. has r ece ived a N ati onal Science Fo undati o n sponsored sch o lar s hi p and will attend an academic yea r ins titute in ocea n ogra phy at the Unive r sity of W as hington , Seattle. H e ex pects to be th ere until th e s ummer of 1967. The ins titute beg in s in June.

Dr . R ob ert G . Fuller is a co-a uth or with D av id A . Patterso n of a pa per that was pr ese nt at the 1966 meeting of the Amer ica n Phys ical Soc iety held in Du r ham , N o rth Ca r o lina. The title o f the pape r is "Co lor Centers Pr od uced in Alka li H alide C rys tals by Hig h -En ergy Electro n Pulses." Fuller and Patterson are w ith the U .S . N ava l R esea rch Ltb o ratory .

195 9 C h arles S. Schneider has been tran sferr ed fr o m Wichita, Kansas, to Seattle, W as hing to n , by th e B oe ing Co mpa ny. H e is a ist ing w ith the pr o posa l on the s u personic tra ns po rt (SST). His new ad dress is 62 16 1 2 9th Place, S.E., Bellev ue, Was hington .

Fra nk lin W. Shadwell joined MH Eq ui p ment Co mp a n y, Dunca nvi ll e, Texas, as plant engineer las t N ovem ber .

M H m anufactur es h a nd l in g "K'lrts" & " K ages" a nd mech anica l sw itches for ware h o uses. His add ress in Duncanville is 3 11 Van R owe.

Capta in Fran k S. W es ton , 64th Engr.

B n . A PO , N ew York , N ew Yo rk 0923 1 , wi ll rotate to the States in May an d his ass ig n me nt will b e the Ad va nced O fficer s Co urse at Ft. Belvo ir, Virginia .

J ames P. H art m an is n ow teaching at N orth Car o lina State Univ er Sity. H is ma iling add ress is P.O . B ox 5452, Ra leig h , N. C. 1 960

Michael]. Bertorello has b een tr ansferred from Maracaib o, Venez uela, to Paris, France, w her e he is Ass istant Technica l S upervisor for D owell Sch lu mb erger. His address is in care of Dowe ll Schlu mber ger, 17 Place de Etats- Unis, Pari 16, Fra nce.

Allan L. G reg on h as been promoted to engineer in the Load Dis patching D ivision of the Prod ucti on Operation s Department, Union Electr ic Company of Mis ouri. He joined U nion Electric u pon graduation as a s tudent eng ineer in the Engineer ing D eve lopment Program . H e was trans ferred to T&D Engineering as a s istan t en g ineer in 18

Major Kerwood W. B arrand is now ass ig n ed to Vietnam. H is address is 39 th Eng r. Bn . (C) , APO , San Fr ancisco, Ca lifornia 963 1 2.

Vincent ]. Ventimig lia, sa les eng in eer, Intern ational Sales Divisio n , D enver Equipm ent C o mpany, h as r etw-n ed fr o m a nin e-week sales pr omotion tri p whi c h includ ed Malays ia, T ha iland, Singa p ore, H ong K o ng and the Philippine Is land s . Hi s add ress is 6668 Lew is Str eet, Arvad a, Co lo r ado.

J o hn P. H ager has b een appO int ed ass is tant profess or in the D epart ment of Metallurg ical Eng ineering, Colorado Sch ool of Mines , at Gold en : H e is teach ing ex tr act i ve pr ocesses, metallurgical calc ulations and h eat and n"lass transfer in m etallurg ical sys tems . Hi s a ppo intment mar ks a n ew emphasis on fe rr ous metallw-gy in r ecognition of the s ubstantial n umber of g r aduates employed in the s teel ind ustry. Before jo ining th e Colo rad o Sch ool of Mines, Hager was r esear ch ass istant and lab oratory ins tructor at MIT , wh ere he compl eted his d octor al studies with a study of metal-s ulfid e systems . H e has been ind ustr ial eng ineer with the AVC O corpo rati on , Battell e Mem or ial Ins titu te, Uni on Carb id e metals and other industries. Dr. A.W. Sch lechten, formerly h ead of Metall urg ical Eng ineering at MSM, is th e depa rtment head at Golden.

Walter F . Powe ll , seni or as istant en g ineer in the St ores D epartment located in the D o rsett W areh ouse, Union Electric Co m pa ny, St. Lo uis Mo., h a been pro m oted to en g ineer. Powell was em p loyed with Union Electric after graduat io n a student engineer in the Engi n ee r D evelo p men t Program. H e wa transferred in 1961 to assistant engi neer in the Stores Department and was made seni or as istant engineer in 1964.

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w ith the Sandia Corpor ati o n h as been tra n sferred to Live rm or e, Ca lifor nia fr o m Albu q uerque, N ew Mex ico . Hi s address is 83 0 Mo hawk Drive, Livermo re.

Captain J ames H . Martin is vis iting in R o lla. H e has been serving in K or ea " unde r tw o h elmets, " on e, that of an eng in eer as constr ucti o n inspector for th e U .S . Army Eng ineer District and the other a flig ht h elmet of a helicopter pil ot. H e pil ots a H -23 helico pter to vis it construction si tes thr oug h o ut the Rep ublic of K orea . H is next a s ig nm ent is Ca mp W o lter s, T exas, where h e will serve as p il ot trainer in the H elicopter Sch oo l.

196 2 Ow en B. Funsch presented a pa p er on " A N ew T ech ni que Fo r Meas w-ing Fabric Stiffness" at the ACS D iv is ion of Rubb er Chem istry at th eannu al meeting in Miami Beach , Flor ida. Ply stiffness is becoming an important facto r in th e efficient op erati on of a tire factory. Synth etiC fib ers, compo wl ds and adh esives in today's tir es ten d to increase stiffn ess . Th e lar ger cor ds and thicker p ly ga uges of red uced ply ti res are also ad ding to th e tufness pr oblem .

O wen is to be marrjed Ap ril 16 , to Miss Bar bar a B ohn. She is ecretary at Goodyear T ire and Rubber Compa ny. Owen is a des ign er at Goodyea r. Th e new ly weds will live inAkr on, O hio, 1045 B. Silvercreat.

J ac k H . J ones is on s pec ial ass ignmen t by McD on nell Ai rcraft Corporation , St. Lo uis, Mo ., to Ma sachusetts Institute of T echnology as a vi iti ng staff member . H e wi ll be involved in th e d eve lopment of an automated eng in eering design ystem for large compu ters.

H e is sy tems program mer at McDonnell.

D onald R . Wi lliams is a resident engineer with Black & Veatch Conulting Engineers. H e has had this pos ition with his company s ince August 1965 . His address is P. O . Box 47, Osaeatomie, Kansas.

Rich ard E. Mant ler, Jr. comp leted requirements for a Masters degree in Bus iness Administration , in J une 1965, at Washington UniverSity, St. Louis, Mo .

H e has finis h ed the fo rmal sa les training program at En jay Chem ical Com-

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pany, a division of Humble Oil & Refining Co. His address is 14 West Elm St. , Apt. 706, Chicago, Illinois.

Major Robert L. Van Vranken is stationed in Vicenza, Italy. He has his family with him and he expects to be there for a year and a half. His address is H.H.C. USASETAF Msl. Spt. Cmd. Post Engineer, APO New York, N.Y.0922l.

Larry Gene Bauer is production development engineer with Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan. He spent six weeks in Western Europe, the summer of 1965, doing a market study for Dow on a certain product line. The study covered 11 countries. The Bauers have a daughter , Beth Ann, born in December 1964. Their address is 210 Federal , Midland.

Major Donald E. Wuerz graduated fro m the Engineer Officer Car e e r Course , Ft. Belvoir, Va., September 1965 and was assigned a Branch Chief, General Engineer Branch, U.S. Army Engineer School, Ft. Belvoir. In January he arrived in Heilbronn, Ger many, as executive officer of the 2 3 7 Engineer Battalion. His mailing address is Hq. 237 Engineer Battalion, APO, New York, New York 09176.

Russell R. Richard was released from the U.S. Navy as a salvage diving officer, December 1965 , and is now a sales trainee at Caterpillar Tractor Co ., Peoria , Illinois. The Richards had an increase in their family, January 8,1966 , on the arrival of Paul Brian. Their Peoria address is 9 3 21 North Pinetree Road.

Denny N. Bearce is working toward a Ph.D. degree in Geology at the University of Tennessee. He expects to complete the requirements by September, and at that time he and his family will move to Richmond, Kentucky, where he has accepted a position as assistant professor in the earth sciences department of the Univers ity of Eastern Kentucky. His present address is 2314 Lloyd Ave., Knoxville.

as a research assistant since 1963, and has been employed as a physicist at a forest products laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin. Robert is married and the Thurmans have two children. Their address is 217 North Blair, Madison .

a promotion to this rank at a recent ceremony at the U.S. Army Aviation Material Laboratories, Ft. Eustis, Virginia. He is working as an aeronautical engineer in the Propulsion Division of AVLABS .

Ricardo E. Proano is Assistant General Superintendent, Sto. Torible Mining Co., Av. Arequipa 1396, Lima, Peru, South America .

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1 963 David A. Mausshardt has been transferred from Los Angeles, California by the Presstite DiviSion , Interchemical Corporation. He is a technical sales representative and his new aSSignment is in the state of Washington. His new address is 16027 S.E. 10th St., Bellevue. The Mausshardts have two girls, 2 and 4 years of age .

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Vincent C. Wahler, Jr. is an engineer engaged in non-destructive testing, Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co. Vincent is married. Mrs .

Wahler is the former Jeanette Moles, of St. Louis, Missouri. The first member of their family arrived March 11, 1966, Kelly Elizabeth. Their address is 1003 Temple Lane , Newport News, Virginia.

Lt. Phillip D. Walthall just completed 9 months flight training at the Army Flight School, Ft. Rucker, Ala .

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If your address has changed, complete and tear out this slip and mail it immediately to MSM Alumni Association, Rolla, Mo. Thanks.

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Robert Ellis Thurman has accepted a position as instructor in physics at Southwest Mis sou r i State College, Springfield, effective September 1966 .

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He is now a fixed-wing pilot being assigned to Hq. U.S. Army, Saigon, Viet Nam. His address is USARV APO San Francisco, California 96307.

Jerome H. Schiesser has been advanced to Specialist 4, at the U.S. Army Materiel Command Engineer Research and Development Ltboratories, Ft. Belvoir, Va. These labs are responsible for research, development and engineering for around the clock mobility in 20 fields of military engineering ranging from bridges to mine detection devices. His address is Co. R., 3rd Bn. USAECB, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Carl Conley has been transferred by Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendoff, consulting engineers to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he is resident city planner.

John P. Ruppert completed his tour of duty with the U.S. Army. He entered service in April 1964 and was assigned in Vietnam with the combat engineers from November 1965 to April 1966. John left for Europe in April to meet his fiancee, Miss Monika Nodine, the daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. ].J. Nodine, who are now stationed in Buren, Germany, and they will be married in Frankfurt on April 29th. Lt. Gary Overlease '64 , who is also in Germany, will be the best man at the wedding. Mr. Ruppert's parents will attend the wedding in Europe and tour the continent. The couple will honeymoon in Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland. John is undecided about his civilian employment at this time.

Suresh ]. Patel has joined the Du Pont Company's Spruance Film R&D Ltboratory in Richmond, Virginia. His address is 2610 Lynhaven Ave., Richmond.

James c. O'Neal has changed his employment. He previously was Autodin Site Supervisor at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, for Western Union Telegraph Co. He has accepted a pOSition as Guidance System, Computer Design Engineer, for the C-5A, at Lockheed-Georgia Co. His new address is 2579 B ens on Pool Road, Smyrna, Georgia.

William L. Kruse is now employed by the Corporation of America on the satellite tracking ship U.S.S. General Vandenberg. He was previously employed by the Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota. His address is: U.S. General Vandenberg, FPO, San Francisco, California.

John L. Cline is associate engineer in the airplane division, The Boeing Company. He has been with Boeing one year and now resides at 2290 Kent, Des Moines Road, Des Moines, Washington.

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William J. Price worked for eight months after graduation at Lilly Industrial Coatings at Indianapolis, Indiana, as a chemist formulator until he was called to active duty with the U.S. Army. He attended the Chemical Officer Basic Course at Ft. McClellan, Alabama from January 15 to March 1966. He is presently assigned as research and development coordinator in the R&D laboratories at Edgewood Arsenal , Maryland. His mailing address is P.O . Box 169, Edgewood, Maryland .

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2nd Lt. David R. Williams is presently assigned in Viet Nam. His address is 510th Engr. Co. (M) (DS), APO, San Francisco, California 96312 .

He would appreciate hearing from his Miner friends. His wife, Joyce, is residing at 508 North Main, Kirksville, Missouri, while he is at his present assignment.

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Lt. (jg) C. Stephen Perry is presently assigned to U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, an attack aircraft carrier operating off the coast of Vietnam. He received his commission in October 1964 and just recently was promoted to his present rank. He expects to visit the campus this summer. He would appreciate hearing from his classmates. His address is W;W1, USSS Kitty Hawk (CVA63), FPO SanFrancisco, California 96601.

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Carl M. Lund has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 196667. Carl received his degree in physics from UMR and is teaching on a graduate assistantship and working on a Ph.D . d eg r ee at the University of Illinois. Woodrow Wilson recipients total 1,408 potential college teachers from different colleges and universities in the United States and Canada .

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