Missouri S&T Magazine, February 1968

MSM Alumni Association University of Missouri - Rolla

BY WINONA ROBER TS Mrs. j. Kent Roberts came with her Civil

Rolla, Missouri 65401

Engineenng professor husband to the R olla campus over 20 years ago, and, silice 1964, she has been active as a joumalist with the Public Illj01matiolZ Office.

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Has progress spoiled the good old MSM camp us?

Come walk with me on the campus and take a look around.

An alumnus who hasn 't returned to his alma mater for a few years ~oul?n't help but be impressed by the signs of growth and progress. In all dlrectlO.ns there are modern new buildings - occupying the old sunken garden, the ~Ite of the post World War II student apartments, the old dri ll field, the parking lot on the west side of the campu s. The sounds of even more construction echo around the campus.

The upward sweep of the entry cover to the new Electrical Engineering Building reflects the forward growth pattern of the Rolla Campus where tradition and currency mi x to meet the demands of quality scientific and engineering education for tomorrow's leaders _ _ . a growth in wh ich all alumni of Rolla may take righ tful pride.

Issued bi-monthly in the interest of the g raduates and former students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallu rgy and the Unive rsity of Missou ri - Rolla. Subsc ri ption price, $ 1.50, included in Alumni Dues. En tered a s second-cla ss matter October 27, 1926, at Post Off ice a t Rolla , M issouri unde r th e Act of Ma rch 3, 1897.

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Once the visitor becomes accustomed to the fact that most of the former free spaces on the old campus are now occupied ~y n~w buildings, h owever , he can orient himself to a campus which in many ways IS still unchanged .

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The South mall, the original campus of the School of Mines and Metallurgy , remains the most unchanged, at least from the outside. T he old Ro lla Building, the first home of MSM, except for the weathering of the years, must still look much the same as it did to the first School of Mines students almost 100 years ago. Only the inside has been changed.

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The building no longer resounds from the noise of students hurrying to and from clas ses . Now it is used mostly for administrative offices, some of which have been brought up-to-date with handsome wood paneling . The Old Chemistry Building which flank s the Rolla Building on the west also has an additional function besides providing chern labs. It now houses the Graduate Schoo l offices, and offices of the social sciences department. On the east is the only m o dern structure, the Chemical Engineering and Chemistry Building.

The Chancellor 's Residence whic h

has served the school in various roles through the years sti ll stands behind the iron picket fence on the corner of 11 th and State Streets . It has been painted gray-green instead of white, but otherwise the exterior is much the same.

It too has been renovated and red~corat~d on the interi or. With its soft beiges and greens and tasteful furni shings, it is a far cry from the days when it was a b oys' d orm itory.

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On the east section of the campu s, gray, ivy-covered o ld Norwood Hall still commands the so uthern border of the campus, its sundial marking the sunny h o urs as it ha s for so man y years in the past. It contains the geology department and some physics laboratories and offices. Still standing at the top of the inclin e from the so utheast corner of the campus on 12th and Pine is the old Metallurgy Building.

No longei' used by metallurgy, except for the foundry laboratory it is now MSM Alu mn us

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Standing on the main mall of the campus, yesterday 's student will find that quadrangle almost enclosed now with a mixture of the old and new.

Most of the big old trees that once lined the walks are gone and in spite of being enclosed by more buildings , the central area looks larger and has a feeling of openness.

There are signs of the campus beautillcation program now in progress, with new plantings of trees and shrubs , new walks, and grass planted on some of the bare cross-campus short cuts.

The first thing the visitor will notice in the central campus area is the almost-finished imposing library building at the north end of the mall. Dominating the central campus area, the

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beautiful four-story brick edifice is a fitting replacement to the old Jackling Gymnasium. Rising up behind it and to the west is the new three story buff brick Graduate Center for Materials Research Building.

Opposite the library, on the south end of the mall, is the Student Union Building, a modern structure of glass and buff brick which was erected in 1959. Already outmoded, the building will be expanded into a UniverSity Center, the primary goal of the Centennial Challenge Campaign.

On the west side of the quadrangle, the Mechanical Engineering Building is expanding, with the original building undergoing a facelifting which will give the entire structure the look of a Single modern new building. The new addition, which nearly triples the original, almost completely closes the gap between it and the Mining Building to the north and cuts off Harris Hall on the west.

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On the east side of the mall, Parker Hall remains as the hub of the University's administration, contain ing offices of the chancellor and many of the administrators. One big change - several years ago the old auditorium was removed and that area now holds the registrar 's office with its tons of records. Moving the library, which is on the second floor, will make room for still other administrative offices.

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Remember the romantic sunken garden on the east side of the campus, with the little stream and beautiful climbing roses? It, too, has been diminished to make room for academic needs.

First inroads were made in 1960 when the nuclear reactor was built on the west edge of it. Now the new physics building and its even-newer addition bound it entirely on the north. However , part of the garden still remains, and it is beautiful in the spring with flowering trees and roses .

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Those former vacant spots north of the sunken garden which held the barracks apartments after World War II and the Korean conflict have been utilized, too. The buff brick Civil Engineering Building occupies the corner where Pine Street jogs, and the Electrical Engineering Building tops the slight rise to the northwe.st.

Perhaps the biggest change on the campus, however, is that it has now spread to p laces the campus has never been before. Surrounding the campus pro per in former residences adjoining the campus are University offices. The Extension Building is on the corner of 11th and Park Streets , student per-

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Chancellor Merl Baker before the Rolla Building, granddaddy of them all, with its construction bl ock proud ly declaring nearly a century of service to Rolla students.

sonnel and traffic control offices are in the two houses on th e corner of Rolla and 12th, and there are more offices in other houses on Main Street.

Downtown in the O ld Beu hler Building are the UMR p lacement office and the Rock Mech an ics Research Center. Upstai r s in the building across the street to the north are the offi ces¡ of th e_Alu mni Association, Centennial program and p ub lic information.

The b iggest cu rrent constr u ction. project is one that is also off th e camp u s proper - an im posing n ew sp orts complex on what was formerly the east side of the golf cou rse . Tenn is cou rts, baseball diamond s, etc., h ave already been con str ucted . Fo otball stands o n the n ew J ackling Field were erected ju st off 10th Street befo r e the 1966 season and will later be doubled . Now a huge, multipurpose auditorium-gymnasium is going up at the co rne r o f )3ish op an d 10th. This building will be of buff brick with a gross ar ea of 90,0 0 0 feet and a seating capacity of 5400.

A few of the W o rld War II surp lus b arracks buildings still d o t the campus, filling a desperate n eed for offices and laboratory facilities. However, these w ill b e removed as new constr uction permits .

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The Materials Research Building (top) thrusts westwa rd from t he nearly-completed library (background) which occupies Jackling Gym's former location . A new athletic complex is rising at 10th and Bishop (below). The space age is evid en ced by the Nu clear Reactor Building (upper left), and ever- important Civil Engineering enjoys a new home (upper righ t), all evidences of the Rolla Campu s growt h "in step with our time."

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MIS SOU RI AT ROL LA THE UN IVE RSI T Y OF Meial luc:gy o f Missour:i Schoo l of Mines a nd /band ed 1870 as tAe Un ioersi ty 1 RO LLA, MISS OUR I 6S40 AREA CODE 314

Dea r Al umn us: are kno wle dge ab l e of the I n mos t pro bab il ity , you ach iev ed ten nia l Com mit tee to be pro pos ed goa l s of the cen d a ll l sec ond cen tur y. We sho u at the beg inn ing of our as pus cam ts of the Rol l a be pro ud of the ach i eve men i ste red eg r e hav ts den stu and the the a l umn i, the fac u l ty oth er t arab l e to, or abo ve , mos ach iev eme nt rec ord s c omp i on . sim ilar g rou ps in our nat us , ten nia l Goa l s are amb i tio Yo u may fee l tha t the cen tic lis rea are se the t g est s tha but pro gre ss to dat e sug l atin g them wil l b e mos t st i mu of nt eme iev ach t tha and the of ent opm l e in the dev to a ll tho se i nte r est ed i s imp orthe f i nan c i a l cam paig n of s ces suc The . pus cam ." nce elle exc "ma rgin of tan t to hel p ach iev e the , the g row ing va l ues of As i mp orta nt as thi s i s n in the dev elo pm ent of tio ipa con ti nu i ng a l umn i par tic exp res sio n eat er imp orta nce . The the c amp us i s eve n of g r ll a Ro the in nce fide and con of sup por t , ent hus i asm , l be wil nds ind ust r y and frie c amp us by the alum n i, by e wid ty i s ver Uni nci es , the v i ewe d by the fed era l age ica tiv e ind as i ur so Mis of re off ice rs and the Leg isl atu ce the cam pus . The con f i den of the hig h pot ent ial of oth er our ce vin con l wil re fut u wh ich you exp res s i n our ild i ngs , bu n i inc rea sed i nve stm ent med ium s of sup por t tha t ent stm nve i an be rat ion s wil l fac ilit ies and ann ual ope ri , sou Mis of te sta e th to d end s whi ch wi ll pay gre at d ivi nat ion . to our reg ion , and to the

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Student engineers and scientists at UMR were told, Jan . 21, that they are the brightest hope for the future of our nation's health. Gordon E. Weiss, director of comprehensive health planning in the State of Missouri Department of Community Affairs, spoke at a convocation recognizing students who have comp leted degree requirements at UMR this past semester.

Weiss praised UMR for its interest in environmental health. "Missouri ' is fortunate to have a resource such as UMR to help with state efforts in comprehensive health planning, " he said.

He quoted a friend of his, Dr. E. B. Konecci of the University of Texas, who said that many states do not have this degree of science and engineering competency upon which to rely in their efforts to institute comprehensive en-

vironmental health programs . UMR establi shed an environmental health research center in 1965 and had conducted research in the field for many years prior to that.

Weiss quoted President Johns on in his 1965 health message to Congress in stating that some of our major environmental health problems include air and water pollution, I nadequate housing and excessive densities of population. He encouraged UMR students to take interest in such national issues as disaster protection, fire control and desalination of water.

Weiss is chairman of the Governor's Committee for Vocational Rehabilitation Planning and is a member of the Governor's Advisory Council on Alchoholism. He has been executive director of the Missouri As-

sociation for Mental Health and executive secreta ry for the Governor's Interagency Committee on Mental Retardation. He was appointed to his present position in 1967 and is the author of n umerous health publications.

Over 265 students were honored at the convocation for having comp leted B.S., and M.S. and Ph.D. degree work at UMR at the end of the fall semester. Students w 0 recaps and gowns. Their names and degrees were called and they were congratulated by Dr. Merl Baker, UMRchancellor. These students will receive their degrees at the May commencement exercise, as in the past.

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Parents and relatives of the students, facu lty and guests attended the 2 p.m. ceremony in the Rolla High School Gymnasium.

Industrial Interact Fund Receives First Contribution The Southeast Missouri Mining and Milling Division of the St. J osep h Lead Company is the first contributor to the new Industry Interact Fund at UMR .

A $2,500 check was presented to UMR officials by L. W. Casteel '38, the company's division manager.

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The Industrial Interact Fund was initiated to further expand exchange program between national and Missouri industry and the UniverSity. Potential uses for the fund include increased industry-university aligned research semi nars and short courses to be given by both UMR and industry on topics of mutual interests, development of UMR courses to better train graduates to meet industrial needs and the interchange of ideas at conferences set up for university atld industry personnel.

According to Chancellor Mer! Baker the fund allows the Rolla campus to go beyond existing programs which provide industry the maximum benefits of instructional, research and other resources at UMR. Conversely, the fund will all ow UMR to benefit from greater inSight into industrial needs. " This pr ogram has been designed wi th much fl exibi lity," the chancell or said, "so that

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it may be shaped to meet the desires of both indu stry and UMR. " The two will mutually decide on h ow funds will be spent.

Mr. Casteel stated, "The UMR Industry I~teract Fund offers a uniqu e opportunity for industria l participation in the fie ld of ed ucation. "

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Donald E. Henderson '59, has been named the recipient of the Outstanding Young Engineer award for 1968 by the Topeka, Kansas , chapter of the Kansas Engineering Society. He is a civil engineering graduate and is now employed as a sales engineer for Armco' Steel Corporation in Topeka. Henderson is vice-president of the Topeka chapter of KES and state society chair-

States Senator Jennings Ra~dolph, of West Virginia, was the, principal speaker at the Engineers ' Week meeting of MSPE. The award was given in recognition of outstanding professional leadership in engineering, direction of the Metropolitan Sewer District and for Mr. Mattei 's initiative in promoting a legislative program to strengthen the engineering registration law.

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Ozark Chapter Honors Plank R. David Plank '59, has been named "Young Engineer of the Year" by the Ozark Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers at the chapter's Engineers ' Week meeting held in Springfield, Missouri . The speaker was Durward G. Hall of Springfield, member of Congress from the 7th Missouri District.

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ciety of Professional Engineers held in Cape Girardeau.

The award to the Malden engineer acknowledges accomplishment in engineering and community service. Gregory, a graduate in civil engineering, has been resident engineer on interstate highway projects for the Missou ri Highway Department in Mississippi, Scott, New Madrid and Pemiscot counties. He lives in Malden where he serves on the board of directors of the First National Bank of Malden.

President Gene Penzel '55, preSided at the meeting. Dale Carney' 49, received an award of appreciation in recognition of his service as president of the society .

Honored by Rolla MSPE Jerry R. Bayless '59, has been named the " Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year" by the Rolla Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers.

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man of the Professional Engineers in Industry Section. He is on the Streets and Highways Committee of the Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce.

Mrs . Henderson is the former Carolyn Pietsch , of Rolla, and was secretary in the Alumni Office, on the campus, for some time.

The Hendersons live at 3329 Westwood Drive, Topeka, and they have three children.

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Jerry Bayless plishment in the engineering profeSSion and outstanding community services.

Mattei Honored in St. Louis Peter F. Mattei '37, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Sewer District, St. Louis, received the award "Engineer of the Year" presented by the St. Louis Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers . United February 1968

Gets Title at Cape Donald B. Gregory '58, has been awarded the title and certificate of "Young Engineer of the Year" at a meeting of the Southeast Missouri So-

Bayless is president of the Rolla Chapter of MSPE and is an assistant professor of civil engineering at UMR. He has been on the faculty since graduation.

In addition to his work in MSPE, he is active in the American Society of Civil Enguleers, American Society 9

for Engineering Education, American Concrete Institu te, Society of Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Chi Epsi lon and he gives much time in assisting prospective students. He is faculty ad visor to the UMR chapters of Chi Epsil on and MSPE . His interest in civic affairs leads him to be a charter member of the Ro lla Optimist Cl u b and presently he is its secr etary-treasurer. He is a member of the Roll a Chamber of Commerce.

Jerry and his wife, Shirley, have two children, David, 2'li years, and Jennifer , 9 months.

Palmer Moues Up In Consulting Firm c.

C. "Pete" Palmer '40, has been appointed executive vice-president in charge of administration for the St. Louis-based firm of consu lting engineers, R. W. Booker & Associates. Palmer, 50, retains th e title of corpo rate treasurer. H e also is president of

those of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum , Architects.

The firm 's home offices are at 1139 Olive Street.

Palmer , a native of New London , Missouri, joined the Booker firm in 1950, after 10 years with th e Tennessee Valley Authority and the Houston office of Ambursen Engineering CorpOl¡ation. The Palmers , Pete, Sammy and two children, live at 1641 Andrew, Warson Woods, St. Louis, Missouri.

Hoi t a Vice President Of Gen eral Electr ic Fred M. Holt ' 35, General Manager of the Appliance Com ponents Division of the General Electr ic Company with headquarters at Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been elected a Vice President by the Com pany' s Board of Director s.

Mr. H olt was nam ed Division Gener al Manager last May 1 st, after having been appo inted Deputy Division Gen-

tric Company. 11:ior to his as ignment at Fort Wayne, Mr. Holt was General Manager of the Household Refrigerato r Department at Appliance Pa r k, Louisville, K y.

Hoi t is on the Board of Director s of the Uni ted Community Ser vices of Al len, County, Inc., a member of the Al location Committee of those service , the Chan1 ber of Commerce of Fort Wayne, a director of the Indiana-Purdue Foundation, a Directo r of the Fort Wayne National Bank, Chairman of the Board of St. Mary's Community 11' oject, and a mem ber of the Hoosier Committee for Veter ans.

Mr. Hoi t received his B. S. degree at UMR in Electrical Engineering and in 1967 his alma ma ter conferred upo n him the Honorary 11'ofessional Degree - Electrical Engineer.

OCTOBER 18-19 REUNIONS

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pence & Weinel, Inc. , vice-pres ident and treas urer of R. W. Bo oker & Associates of Maine, Inc. , both Booker subsidiaries; and vice-president and assistant secretary of Allied Engineers and Architects, a firm which merges the skills of the Booker organization with 10

eral Manager in Jan uary of 19 67. Hi s Division has manufacturing operation s at Fort Wayne and Tell City, Ind. , DeKalb and Morrison , Ill.; Holland , Mich. ; Tiffin, Ohio; Murphreesbo r o, Tenn.; Jone s boro , Ark ., and Bridgeport, Conn.

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UMR recently received $25,000 from the estate of Ml'. and Mr s. Norman A , Stocket to establish a scho lar shi pfund . in their name. UMR freshmen engineering studen ts f r o m St. Francoi s County, Mi sso uri , will be eligible for the scho lar ship each yea r.

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UMR Gets Bequest Fr om Stockett Estate

Mr. and J\lrs. Stockett were residents of Bonne Terre, 1i ssou ri, where he was general mill superintend en t for the St. Joseph Lead Co. He was a graduate of the Mo ntana chool of Mines . Stockett was chairman of the St. Louis Sectio n of the American Institu te of J\lining , J\[etallurgical and Petroleum Engineer s an d a charter and honorary member of the Engineer s Club of Rivermines, 110.

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CLASSES OF 1923, 1928, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1963 LUNCHEONS AT NOON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19

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Mexico Civic Leader Is Un iversity Curator Pleasant R. Smith, b u siness man and civic leader in Mexico , was appoin ted to the Board of Cu rators in 196 5.

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For 15 years he was territorial manager for Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company. He has an interest in the 2,000 acre A. C. Farms in western Audrain County, and serves as secretary.

He is secretary of Gallaher-Smith Feutz Realty Inc ., Mexico, Missouri.

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After graduation from high school at Union, Smith entered the University of Missouri - Columbia, in 1941.

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In Petroleum Courses UMR ranks eleventh in the nation in enrollment in petroleum engineering and ninth in total degrees conferred to date.

These rating s are based on reports in Petroleum Engineering schools of the Un ited States - 1968 , a publication of the SOciety of Petroleum Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. UMR is the only university in the state of Missouri offering petroleum engineering.

St. Louis Judge on Board of Curators Robert G . Brady of Kirkwood , apP?i-nted to the UniverSity of Missouri Board of Curators in January, 196 7, is a commissioner of the St. Lo ui s Court of Appeals and formerly was a member ' of the Missouri House of Representatives from Cape Girardeau.

Judge Brady received his LL. B. degree from the University of Miss o u r i - Colu mbia in 1948, when he was admitted to the Missouri Bar. H e was president of his graduating clas s. H e had received his A .B. degree from Southeast Missouri State College befor e serving overseas with the United

Based on 19 67-68 enrollments, the Rolla campus is 11 th of 25 in undergraduate enrollment and also 11 th of 23 in total enrollment ( undergraduate and graduate ).

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With one of the oldest petrol eum engineering program s in the country, UMR has granted a total of 614 degrees to rank ninth nationally. The first petroleum engineering degree was awarded in 1934 as an option in the min i n g engineering department. In 1966, a separate degree in petroleum engineering was authorized and the department becan1e the department of mining and petroleum engineering.

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Army Air Corp s, in the Aleutian Islands. He returned to the University and in 1949 received the degree of B.S. in Business Administration. As a University student he was a member of the business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi , earned four varsity letter s in basketball and was co-captain of the 194849 team .

H e served three yea rs o n the City Council in Mexico and three yea r s with the City of Mexico H o using Authority as vice chairman . H e is vife commissio ner, Little Dixie D istrict , Boy Scouts of America.

Mrs. Smith is the former Donna Feb r uary 1968

To Attend Seminar in Italy Dr. Robert E. Carlile, associate professor of petroleum engineering, will attend a two-week seminar on underground natural gas stOt-age, May 1 325, in Milan, Italy.

Dr. Carlile is o ne of the 50 partici pants from thr o ughou t the world invited by the North Atl antic Treaty Organization to d o postgraduate study on advanced techniques in this area.

NATO suppo rts the Seminar.

Risk of Union. They have a daughter , Barbara Elain, and three son s, Pl easant D. , Randy Jay, an d Scott Ray.

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States Marine Corps from 1942 until 1945.

Judge Brady was secretary of the Governor 's spec i a l legi slative road commission. After leaving the legi Slature he was a member of the citizens' advisory council on the J oi nt Legislative Educatio n Study Committee. He practiced law in Cape Girardeau until hi s election in 1956 to the Cape Girardeau Court of Common Pleas. Three year s later he was appointed to the St. Louis Court of Appea ls.

Mrs. Brad y is the former Miss Therese Gorg of Cassville and Union.

The Braays were married in 1945 and have fo ur children.

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UM R Instru m ents Record 'Quakes in

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A II Parts of W orld Rolla is about as far away from Bombay as you can get It's not much closer to Sicily. But in McCo rmack Cave , seven miles fr o m Rolla, the whole world i at hand.

The UMR eismographs, located in rhe cave, record nearly every earth trem or that occur from all parts of the globe. J ust recent! y, they picked up tremors from the di astrous earthquake in Sicily. In December, they recorded the earthquake near Bombay, India. Three years ago , these instruments really went berserk when an earthquake occurred near Rolla.

The seismograph complex is part of the UMR Geophysical Observatory which also includes a campus laboratory. The seismogr aph station was established here in 1961 as p art of a g overnmen t project for the detection of nuclear explosions. Today it is part of a Cen tral U nited States seismic network.

The UMR tation includes six seismographs; short and long period intruments for ve r tical, o rth-South and East- West measurements of earth tremo r s. In addition to the McCormack Cave equ ipment, U MR has a photographic laboratory for developing seismograms (graphi c p ictures recorded by the ins trument ).

A UMR W1dergraduate, Don Fielding (cand idate for the B. S. degree in geology) visits McCormack Cave dail y to secure the records and replace charts on the instrumen ts. The eismic information is complied by Dr. Paul Dean Proctor, Dean of the School of Science and acting head of the observatory.

Periodically, the seismic record s are sent to the Coast and Geodetic Survey in Wa hington, D. c. , and associated universities. The data is used to study the tructure of the earth, the character and inten ity o f earthquakes, t!1eir locati o n and their possible causes. Basic research i now underway on earthquake p redicti on .

During the icllyearthquakesonJanuary 14 and 1.5 , in wh ich over :no per ons lost their lives, the UMR sei mograph s rec rded 16 earth hocks in 12

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Capt. Alle n L. Affolter '62 (left) d ist rib uting Christmas gifts to Viet nam children .

Affolter Sparks Project Captain Allen L. Affolter '62, is an advisor to the Regional Forces of the rmy of the Republic of Viet am .

In a project initia ted by the We ley Weds, a married students group of 34 hours. The second series of the Sicilian quak e were recorded on J anu ary 2.5 with significant tremors for two ho urs and strong aftershocks for some seven hours later.

The Indian earthquak e cau ed tremo r s fo r a duration o f about an hour and :n minu tes. The relative low frequency of the seismic energy here, between two and three cycles per second, res ulted in the passage of the tremors without appreciable no ti ce to Misso ur ians.

T he ear thq uake near Rolla in the fall o f 196.5 cau ed the h ig hly ensitive instruments to be thrown completely off scale, maki ng it imp ssible to stud y the wave motion. Today, additi onal instruments call ed trong motion seismome ters can record large ampli tudes near her e.

Lo ng range plan call for expansion of the Geophy sical Ob ervatory wi th equipment to monitor earth tides, mag netic field s, geo thermal characteristic o f the state, telluric curren tS and some meteorological even t .

the Wesley Foundation, o n the UMR campus , a Christmas party wa provi d ed by Captain Affolter, December 23, 1967 , for 1,000 children, dependents of the Vietnamese Army per onne!'

Mrs. Jan Affolter, the wife of Captain Affolter, wa the project chairman and coordinated the so licitati on of bu sine ses, individual and o rgani zation s in Ro lla. T he fi nal tally of gi ft sen t for distributi 11 wa : 1,100 Wonder Books ; 1 100 co loring book; 1,100 boxes of crayons; 1 ,.500 balloon s; 1,100 bar s o f hotel-size soap; 1,000 pencil s and an assortme nt o f used toy and book s.

B.S. in Management Is Approved Separation of engineering managemen t int a new department at U IR ha been app roved by t~e Board of Curato r s .

The board, governing body for the University of Missouri, announced that the new Department of Engineering Management at UMR will bec me effective July 1. U ntil then , thi area of study will remain within the Department of ocial cience.

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The B.S . degree in engineering management at Rolla was app roved by the board in February, 1967 , although the program didn't actually get underway until the following September. T he M. S. in this field was fi r st offered in Rolla in 1965 but wasn 't added to the St. Louis Grad uate Engineering Center curr iculum until last fal L T here are now 42 students in the undergrad uate p rog ram , 21 in the master 's program on campus and 160 pursuing this M. S. degree at the St. Louis center. Both programs are under the direction of Associate Profes sor Bernard R. Sarchet.

The M.S. degree requires courses in mathematics , computer science, management, social sciences, humanities and engineering. Professor Sarchet said it is designed to equip men of excellent technological backgrounds with a broad k nowledge in functional areas of industry. This combined education provides prime candidates for future management positions, he cqncluded .

Professor Sarchet pointed ou t that this new mas ter 's program offers an ex cell e n t opportunity fo r previous graduates to increase their chance of advancement by returning to Rolla to pursue this degree. Opportunity is also available in St. Louis for those working in or near there to take co urses in the evening leading to this master 's degree. There are already 160 men enrolled in this program at the St. Louis Graduate Engineering Center.

This new B.S. degree provides a basic technical education in the natural sciences and mathematics equivalent to any engineer, plus any introduction to the functional areas of management.

These graduates will be especially useful to the technically based industries in functional areas such as production , marketing, market development and personneL

He also pointed out the availability of the bachelor's degree for the sons of alumni. For the youths who have an inclination to work with people and are interested in an education to fit them for the technically-based industries , this offers an outstanding opportunity, Sarchet added. It is designed to meet the growing needs of industry in this computer age.

Pay at Highest level Students comp leting B.S. degree requirements in January from UMR started on jobs at an average of $772 per month . This is the highest B.S. level average starting salary ever fo r UMR graduates .

The figure was $ 3 7 higher than that averaged by U MR B.S. graduates in J une, 1967 . M. S. degree recip ients receive on the ave rage of $ 100 to $15 0 per month more than B.S. degree holders wit h Ph. D. recipients averaging about $400 more per month than B.S. level graduates. J obs were mostly engi neering and science pOSitions in industry .

A salary of $1,000 per month was the highest received by any B.S. s tudent in January - going to a mechanical engineering major. This was fo llowed by $890 in metallurgical engineering, $885 in ceramic engineering and $875 in mining engineering (geophysical engineering option) and petroleum engineering.

All B.S. level graduates received starting salaries in the $700 to $800 and above brackets.

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Named to the group are Dr. John Bruce Miles , '55, Dr. Donald Frank H abe r '56, Raymond H. Frankenberg '58, Herbert W. Schroer '60, and Roger L. Feaster '57.

The honorees were selected for distinguished service in their fields by a 14-man national board of editors . Nominees were made by Jaycee chapters and college alumni associations across the country . The men are between the ages of 21 and 35.

"O utstanding Young Men of America" is an annual project of the Outstanding Americans Foundation. Honorees' names and biographies will be printed in the fourth edition of the book, to be published May 15.

Dr. Miles is associate professor of February 1968

mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri - Columbia. He holds M.S . and B .S. degrees in mechanical engineering from UMR and a Ph. D. degree from the UniverSity of Illinois.

While at UMR he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi honorary, the St. Pat 's Board and the basketball squad . He was president of the junior class and was grad uated number one sch olastically in his class. He has worked in fluid mechanics research at General Electric in Schenectady, N. Y.; and has been professor of applied science and applied mechanics at Southern Illinois University. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Aaron J Miles of Rolla.

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He has served on the Oklahoma State fac ulty.

Dr. Haber is a professor at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He holds M.S. and B.S. degrees from UMR and a Ph.D. degree from Okalhoma State University. While here he was a member of the American

Schroer is an engineer with Will Tao and Associates of St. Louis. He holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from UMR where he was a member of the American Society of Mechanica1 Engineers and the Society

Frankenberg is consulting engi neer and owner of Frankenberg and Associates in Hermann. He holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in civil engineering from UMR and was a member of Chi Epsilon honorary and the American Society of Civil Engineers while hb-e. He !-las worked as instructor and assistant professor at UMR. His parents are Mr. and Mrs . Frank Frankenberg of Marthasville.

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of Automotive Engineers. He has been empl oyed as an engineer with Heagler and Company of Rolla and PanamaWilliams Corp. of Bethany. H e was the outstanding engineer of the Rolla chapter of the Missouri Society of Professiona l Engineers (MSPE) last year.

Schroer is originally fro m Troy , Mo .

Feaster is a field engineer with the Portland Cement Association in St. Joseph. In 196 7, he was the MSPE o utstanding yo ung engineer from St. Joseph. He hold s a B.S. degree in civil en gineer ing from UMR and while here was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers , the M Club, St. Pat's Board and was vice president of his sophomore class . Feaster is from Palmyra.

What Is a Freshman ?

What is · today's college freshman like? UMR freshmen participated in a national survey conducted by the American Council on Education at 252 colleges and universities. A total of 185 ,848 e n t e r in g freshmen par ticipated.

The answers revealed that four-fifths o f the Rolla students had a high school average of B- or better. There were 85 percent who cited UMR's academic reputation as a maj or influence in their choice of our school (compared to o nly 58.7 percent nationally). In fact , almost two-thirds of the students were so sure UMR was the school for them that they didn't apply to any other college. Only 45 p ercent of the national group applied to only o n e college.

The UMR freshman was even more definite in their career ideas. Only 1.5 percent listed themselves as undecided , compared with 10.7 percent nationally. Fewer than one percent could foresee the likelihood that they might become college dropouts .

The new Rolla campus students also displayed unu sual financial independence . Over one-third expected to finance the mainr part of their first year from person~l swings or employment.

Les s than half expected to d epend largelyon parental aid and 70 percent expressed som e concern about financing their education.

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questions , here is a partial portrait of the 19 67 UMR freshman : H e was at least 18 years old b y D ecember 31 (97.3 percent) .

Eighty percent expect to major in engineering.

Physical sciences majors , 8.8 percent.

Mathematics or statistics majors, 3.9 percent.

He is probably from this area (95 .1 percent from the North Cent ral region of the United States ).

His father may b e in any of many lines of work, but chances are better than one to four that h e is a businessman. One in five of the fathers are skilled workers , and 11 percent of the students plan to follow in their fathers ' footsteps and major in engineering.

At this pOint, 42. 3 percent expect to get a master's degree and another 15.3 percent intend to go on for a doctor 's degree.

Four-fifths can already use a slide rule well.

Forty-two percent can type at least 40 words a minute.

Forty-seven percent can playa musical instrument.

High school varSity letters in sports were won by 43.2 percent.

Twenty-three per c e n t were presidents of student organizations.

The crop of freshmen are quite human since 76.8 percent confessed that they had been late with homework asSignments, 60 percent said that they had slept or dozed in class , 59 percent had been tardy and 58 percent had argued with a teacher in clas s.

Sports Stars Are Also Honor Students Brawn and brains do g o hand-inhand at UMR. UMR athletes in eight varsity sp o rts have earned fall semester grades which hover around the honor li st mark. Two varsity athletes have made 4. 0 's - the best grades possible at UMR. Apparently those who have the fleetest foot have also the fastest minds -

cross country men earned a 2.95 average grade point. This placed them well within the honor list category - 2.75 and up . Runners-up were the tennis, track and golf teams with 2.8 9, 2.86 and 2.77 grade point averages. Of the approximate 20 0 who participate in UMR intercollegiate athletics, 37.8 percent made the hono r roll. Over 50 percent of athletes in baseball, cross country, track, golf, tennis and rifle were on the honor list.

According to Coach Billy Key, director of athletics, high marks are no new thing for UMR athletes - in sports or studies. " Athletes have always made good grades here," he said , "but this year 's athletic grade point average of 2. 5 6 is outstanding. This just proves that physical and mental prowess often go hand-in-hand ," he said.

One of the most outstanding examples of all-round top achievement is Bob Nicodemus , a 5 ' 11" junior fullback who can list to his credit perfect 4.00 grade point averages for four consecutive semesters . The m echanical engineering stu dent leading Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association rushers last fall. H e has 114 carries for 422 yards and 6 touchdowns for 36 points. He broke a UMR record for three touchdowns in one game. Next year, h e will be co-captain of the football team.

When asked about his study schedule he said, " I study whenever I have the tim e. " Apparently h e doesn't have much time - fo otball training consumes about two hours per day in addition to h is activities in the Theta Tau, Pi Tau Sigma and Tau Beta Pi honoraries, the Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity , M Cl ub and the Blue K ey service organizati o n. H e h olds a General MOtOl·S Scholarship at UMR. Another 4.0 athlete las t fall was Jim Hellwege, chemical engineering freshman from Brentwood (his parents are Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hellwege , Jr. of 9324 White Ave .) Jim's perfect grades were earned while participating in the varsity cross country team. He works out on the ·t rack about two h o urs a day and also participates in seve ral UMR activities - The American Institute of Chemical Engineers , Phi Eta Sigma hon prary, M Club and Intercollegiate Knights servi ce organi zation .

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Miner Cagers Have Best Season With 13-10 Record It was a stop and go season for the U niversity of Missouri - Rolla basketball squad as the Miners finished their most successful season ever with a 1310 record.

Coach Billy Key 's Miners won two more games this year than any other team in UMR history. The team also finished in a tie for third place in the MIAA Conference with a 4-6 record. " It was an unusual season for us ," Coach Key commented. " Our young men played stretches of great ball, then would hit slumps of a week or more when things didn't go so well."

UMR opened the basketball season with six straight victories , including a tournament trophy. Then the Miners dropped four straight, won two in a row, lost three consecutive games, went on a five game winning streak, then closed the season with three defeats.

In the closing string, the Miners dropped a tough 64-62 decision to the MIAA Conference champ ions, Springfield, in Rolla . " This one was a heartbreaker for us and we just couldn't seem to come back in the two concluding non-league matches, " Coach Key added. The last tWo contests included a 55-52 loss to Southwest Baptist at Bolivar and a 94-69 thrashing at the hands of McKendree Coll ege in Lebanon , Ill. Three young athletes played their final season this year with the Miners.

They we re Randy Vessell , John Head and Loris Piepho.

Vessell, the team cap tain, led UMR in scoring for the third straight season as he became the fourth highest scorer in Miner history by topping the 1,000 point mark this year. He averaged 16 po ints a contest in the 23 games this

year. Randy is a 5 -10 guard from Farmington .

Piepho and Head finished tied for fourth in sco ring this season with 7.7 averages. Piepho, a 6- 3 forward from Hobart, Ind., was the squad's second best rebounder on the season, averaging 8.2 a contest. Head, 6-4 forward from Carlyle, Ill. , was the team's third best rebounde r with a 7.8 norm. John also set the season high in rebounding with 19 against Missouri Valley.

As a team, the Miners averaged 70 . 3 points a contest to 68 .9 for opponents.

UMR hit for 43 percent from the field to 39 percent for all opponents, and out-rebounded fo es of the seaso n, averaging 51.2 to 45.2. In MIAA Conference action the Miners scored at a 68.8 clip while opponents registered 69 . 3 points a game .

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Football Co-Captain Drafted by Green Bay Packers January 3 1 , 1968, was just another day for most people but for football Coach Dewey Allgood and Tom Owens , an o utstanding Miner lineman for the past four years, it was truly a "redletter " day.

Dewey was informed by a telephone call from the world champion Green Bay Packers that Tom Owens was chosen as their n umber eight draft choice.

Tom , not usually an excitable person , was "floating on air" when he heard the good news . His first impr ession was one of unwilling belief.

Conference and yet came up with the highest draft choice of any conference team.

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On the Miner football field Tom has lettered four years and in three of those years was on the MIAA All-Conference second team . He 's not a flashy player, but has worked hard to develop the techniques of a complete football player.

Tom Owens comes from a football fami ly, which probably has a lot to do with his success. His brother Paul was captain of the Southeast Mis souri State College , C a pe Gi rardeau , squad in 1963 , and his cousin, Don , played seven years of defensive tackle for the St. Lo uis Cardinals .

For Tom, January 3 1, was a memorable day as football has played a major role in his life. From the time he was cut from the freshman football squad in high school, his personal ambition has been to be an outstanding athlete on the gridiron and on the above date his greatest dream had come true .

Dewey Allgood was also a very happy man as he saw one of his first recruits as head coach start his journey into the pro field. This is quite an accomplishment in athletics at UMR since the Miners placed last in the MIAA

most as a UMR athlete . Earlier , in his sophomore year , the UMR Boosters ' Club selected Tom as lineman of the year. To top this off he has also been co-captain of the Miner squad for the past two years.

Statistically, Tom is a 6' 3" s eni or who weighs in at 245. One of the first things that Green Bay's coach asked Dewey was whether or not T om could tip the scales at 260. This pr ob· ably indicates that he will have to start in the tackle position.

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Tom has also established an academic reputation on the campus. His marks have put him on the dean 's list for the past several semesters in civil engineering. He has been vice-president and president of the M-Club and vicepresident and business manager for the Tech Club .

Vesse \I Named to Conference All-Stars Randy Vessell, the fourth leading scorer in all-time UMR cage history, has for the second straight year been named to the five-man MIAA All-Conference basketball team.

A senior guard from Farmington, Missouri, Vessell is a four-year letterman who for the past three seasons has led Coach Billy Key's team in scoring. In his four year s in a Miner uniform, the red-headed play-maker scored a total of 1063 points.

Team captain and last year's most valuable player, Vessell has been . the spark plug of the UMR attack for the last three years. "We will miss him greatly," was Key's lament.

The other first team picks were Lou Shepherd and Curtis Perry, from the Springfield squad that topped the Conference; Paul Omug, of Kirksville, the second place team, and Sylvester Mitchell, of Warrensburg. Rolla, Warrensburg, Cape Girardeau and Maryville tied for third place in the conference.

ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS WANTED For information about the pOSitions listed below, please contact Assistant Dean Leon Hershkowitz, Placement Office, UMR, Rolla, Mo., 65401. Also give file number.

MET. E. - B.S. or M.S. plus experience in extracting and processing of non-ferrous metals. St. Louis based firm.

Refer File No. 159.

Ph.D. - Math , Engineering, B. Adm. Advanced systems development. Large glass company. Refer File No. 160 .

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MET. E. - Foundry engineers·, tractor work , midwest company. Refer File No. 161.

MARRIAGES

ENGINEERS - All curricula. Large oil company. Many domestic locations .

Refer File No. 162.

Frank A. Deppong '61 and Miss Genevieve Hulseth were married February 17 , 1968 . The groom is district marketing engineer for Rotron Pacific, Palo Alto, California. He is responsible for equipment sales in Northern California. Genevieve is a graduate of the U . of California, Berkeley and is a public school teach,;r in Los Gatos.

Their residence is at 1041 Wood Duck Ave ., No . 1 0, Santa Clara.

ENGINEER- . Asst. municipal, midwest town, 46,000 population. Refer FileNo. 163 .

E.E. - Development, hydroacoustics, avionics, systems, senior components, senior materials and reliability engineers . Electronics division oflarge New York company. Refer File No. 164.

ENG INEERS - Process , electrochemist and electroplater, also chemical supervisor. Electric company in Chicago area. Refer File No. 165 .

GLASS CO. - Engineering, sales, and design, also research and development. Good salaries, Ohio company .

Refer File No. 166.

SANITARY ENGR. - Government agency, Missouri Basin region. Refer File No. 167 .

C.E. - County highway systems, design, chief planning and asst. planning engineers. Located in Missouri. Refer File No. 168.

ENGINEERS - M.E. or C.E., 2 to 5 years experience refining or related chemical type industries. 25 to 25 years of age. Large oil company, midwest region. Refer File No. 169.

MINING - Equipment sales. Spanish language skills and knowledge of Mexico. Refer File No. 170.

ENGINEERS - Elevator division of company, motivated toward a technical sales career. South central United States.

Refer File No . 171.

ENGINEERS - Met. E. or Ch.E. also geologist and mining engineer . St. Louis based company. Refer File No. 172.

CHEMISTS - Librarian and information specials. Large chemical company. Refer File No. 173 .

SALES - Large steel products company, C.E. or Architectural engineers are preferred. Building and highway products. Refer File No. 174.

ENG INEERS - Design, application and sales, controls corporation in the midwest area . Refer File No.1 75 .

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BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs . William R. Harris, Jr. '62 are happy to announce the birth . of their second son, Richard Thomas, January 1, 1968. William III, is 3V2 years old and their daughter , Yvette Marie is 16 months. Bill is a process engineer at Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y., and their address there is 23 College Complex Circle, Apt. 5.

Dr. and Mrs . Albert E. Bolon '61 are parents of Cynthia Pearl, born July 10, 1967 . Albert is assistant professor of metallurgical and nuclear engineering at UMR. The paternal grandfather is Harry C. Bolon '29 .

Mr. and Mrs . Arthur L. Nickless '65 , n ow have Donica Marie, born Septemb er 18, 1967. Art has been on active duty with the U.S . Army Map Service, Washington, D . c. , and just recently was separated from military duty.

Mr. and Mrs. Ervin]. Strauss '50, have added another to their fine family, Peter Chris, born June 28, 1967 , bringing their total· to three boys and two girls . Ervin · is chief electrical engineer at Gentury ' Electric Company's Sealed Motor Division , Humboldt, Tennessee .

Their address there is 2521 Vice Street .

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Mr. and Mrs. Gerald L. Stevens on '59, have their second daughter, Laura Jean , b o rn January 23, 1968 . G erald is with a management consulting organizatio n , D . J. Stark & Associates , King City, Ontario, Canada. T he Stevensons are residing at Route 1, B ox 24 , Lak eland , Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Gary K. Patterson '69 , R o ute 4, Rolla, Mo., advise us that their son Sean , 2 ~ years old , has a baby sister, Kelly Erin, born September 18, 1967. Dr. Patterson is an ass istant professor of chemical engineering at UMR. Kelly's mother, nee Barbara Lay '6 1, has her B. S. and Master 's degree in chemistry from UMR .

Kelly's grandfather is Pr ofessor O. K. Lay '3 0 , a member of the Chemical Eng ineering faculty at UMR. Mr. and Mrs . Michael]. Browne, Jr. '6 7 , have a brother for their daughter , Shelley; - he arrived February 11, 196 8, early in the morning. Bill ie, Mrs. Browne and Mike live in Dayton , Ohi o, 4736 Frederick Pike. Mike is with the Inland Manufacturing Division of General Motors. Billie was a former secretary in the Alumni Office .

Mr. and Mrs . K. M. Ragsdell '66 , welcomed the arrival of Keith, who was b orn August 24 , 1967, just a few days before they left R o lla after the father received his Master's degree at UMR last August. They are now located in Austin, Texas where K en is an associate engineer , mechanical Analysis for International Busines s Machines Corp. Their Austin address is 8110-B Exmoor Drive.

Mr. and Mrs. John O. Richey '58 , balanced the account at two and two, on D ecem b er 16 , 1967 , wh en Alicia Joyce arrived. J ohn is assistant chief engineer for the Public Service Commis sion of the State of Missouri . The Richeys reside at 1120 D arlene Drive, Jefferson City.

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with that company as works manager at th e Gypsum plants in Ohio and Michigan. In 1952 , he reti r ed an d r esided at his farm at Spring Cr eek near Duke, Missouri . H e was a member of Theta Tau and Tau Beta Pi h onor ary frat ernities and Kappa Sigma social frat ernity. H e is survived by his widow, Martha Pillman Wright, of Duk e.

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Francis Kinl ock Midd leton Hunter ' 23, died Janu ary 18 , 196 8, after many years of illness and h ospitalizat ion. His residence was at 731 Sasco Hill R oad, Fairfield, Connecticut, at the time of his death .

Hugo J. Bricker '30, died Janu ary 20, 196 8, in Clinton , Oklahoma, age 61. He was a resident of Clinton many years and was in the construction mater ials business . H e is survived by his widow Lo rraine' one son , Robert, of Clinto~ ; a daughter , Mrs. Don Ayres of California, and three grandchildren.

Graves ide services and interment were in Rolla.

Roy E. Spragu e ' 11 Roy E. Sprague '11, died December 15, 1967, after an illness of six year s .

He resided at 30150 Oakleaf Lane, Franklin, Michigan , at the time of his death. He retired in 1957 , and is s urvived by his wid 0": . Burial was in the Franklin Cemetery.

E. V. DaMotte ' 16 Edward V . DaM otte '16, a veteran of the Illin o is Highway Department for 4 1 year s, died January 20, 1968 , in Arcadia, California. H e was in the Army as an engineer, from 1917 to 191 9, with the AEF in France and saw combat in fiv e major battles. Following tw o years with the Iowa H ighway D epartment h e became affiliated with the Illinois Highway Department and was ac.iive on the ear ly major rou tes 66, 36 and 54. Prior to his retirem ent at the age of 71, he was involved in the conversion of Route 66 into a super h ighway. H e is survived by his widow , Estelle, a step-son, Warren S. Wood all , both of Arcadia . Burial was at Winchester , III inois.

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Kenneth W. Wright '20 , died August 28, 1967 , after several year s of ill health. He joined the U.S. Gypsum Company, in 192 3, and remained

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W . B. Gi ve ns, J r. '51 Dr. William Barns Givens,Jr. , '51 , who was awarded a D octor of Engineering (HonoriS Cause) degree in 195 1, died January 3 1, 1968 , at hi s Park Av enue home in New Yo rk , N. Y., age 8 1 years . H e was hon o rary chairman of the b oard of Abex Corporation.

F. T. McC ra e '3 8 Fletcher T. " Buss" McCrae '38, died Feb r uary . 9, 1968 , in the Graham H ospital , Canton, Illinois . H e is survived by his widow, Betty Smtth McCrae; three son s, R obert , of Milwaukee, W isconsin , William, serving with the U. s .

Army, and J am es, of th e h ome; his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mr s.

Rowe McCrae, (M r. McCrae is of the class of 1909); a sister, Mrs . Mary Black , all of Washington , D. c. ; a half-brother, J ames, of AnnapoliS, Md. , three half-sisters, Mrs. Row ena H eflin and Mrs. Catherine Kodenda , of Rockville, Md. , and Mrs. Margaret Ricca, of Falls Church, Va. Mr. McCrae was born in Hayden, Arizona, son of Rowe and G ladys T aylo r McCrae , and grand son of the late Col. and Mrs . Charles \X'oods. H e was em ployed by the Peabody Coal Co. , Farmington , Ill. H e was a veteran of World W ar II, a Captain in the Co rps of Engin eers. H e was a m ember of the Sigma Nu fraternity , th e AIME of Il linois, Miss o ur i Society of Professional Engineers , the Far mington Am eri can Legion Post No . 140 and T oastmaster 's Club. H e worked wit h a B oy Scout group and assi sted in Littl e League and baseball prom otion. H e taught a yo ung adult group in the 17

Methodist Sunday School and served on the Grade School Library board of directors. Memorial contributions were made to the American Cancer Society.

fice. Cirkal 's son, Tom, has a Rotary International Scholarship and is attending Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. His daughter is at Oklahoma U.

College, who is engaged and will be marr ied next August to Laurence Grunstein, an alumnus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

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Enoch C. "Skipper" Young '29, died February 6, 1968, at his home, 1019 South State Street, Clarksville, Indiana. His death was caused by vacular spasma, and the illness cau sed temporary loss of speech. He is survived by his widow, Marie Pulliam Young; a daughter, Mrs . Sally Roeder, Liverpool, N. Y., and three grandsons.

James H. Delaney is a member of the Physics Department faculty at the Miami-Dade Junior College, 11380 N.W. 27th Ave. , Miami, Florida.

C. C. Palmer, vice president, treasurer and manager, production and personnel , R. E. Booker & Associates , Inc., St. Louis, Mo., advises that their daughter , Susan is graduating from the U. of Mo. - Columbia, School of Nursing, in June and will become the bride of John A. Michalevich, of Crocker , Mo ., who is in his second year of medical school.

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1 9 1 2 Mr. and Mrs. Alex Grosberg returned in January from a seven weeks tour of South America. They are living in St. Louis, Mo., at 665 South Skinker Blvd.

1 9 2 0 John L. Howendobler, 924 East Hyde Park Blvd., Inglewood, California, fell at his home and was hospitalized. He left the hospital the second week in February and is recuperating in a rest home. John is retired.

192 9 Harlow G. Jones has retired after 30 years service with Midwest Abrasive Company, Owosso, Michigan. He was vice president and director of research.

His 'address is 929 Marguerite Drive, Owosso.

1 9 3 0 E. F. Cirkal, 6461 Rosemont, Fort Worth, Texas is Flood Plains Management Services Chief, with the Corps of Engineers. Ray Runder '33, C. P. Ferbrache '33, C. H. " Slim" Beardsley and Cirkal are all in the same of18

193 3 James F. McDonald, 5666 South Yorktown Place, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is engineer production with the Gulf Oil Corporation, specializing in secondary water flooding of the Great Plain Pool of Oklahoma. He is also proud of another accomplishment, that he is the grandfather of three red-heads and one brunette.

B. J. Gross is vice president-marketing, ACF Industries ; Inc., 750 3rd Avenue, New York, N. Y. This new assignment has the responsibility of direct marketing of all divisions, rail car product, automotive fuel systems, petroleum and industrial equipment, all advertiSing, public relations and international activities.

193 5 W. J. Campbell is a project manager for Tidewater Construction Corp. , and in charge of construction of 108million-dollar paper mill complex for St. Regis Paper Company. His address is P.O. Box 430, Monticello, Mississippi.

193 7 Theodore]. Bommer, 1102 Murcia, St. Louis, Mo., is facilities engineer of U.S. Army A VCOM. Hewas transferred from John Cochran Veterans Administration Hospital, January 29, 1968, to AVCOM to be chief of installation engineering and safety division.

194 0 Sidney Capp , president ofSAS Equipment Co. Inc., 8512 Kennedy Blvd. , North Bergen, N. J. His company does demolition work throughout the country and is now working in Worcester , Mass. , among other cities. Sidney advises us that Morris Boorky '39, suffered a heart attack and we are happy to report he is making an excellent recovery. The Capps' have a daughter, Donna, a student at Montclair State

941 Robert K. Boyd, Vice President, Guy F. Atkinson Company, South San Francisco, California, and his son, Bill '68, were alumni office visitors in February.

Bob hadn't planned to visit the campus until commencement in May, when his own son receives his degree in civil engineering, but he and Mrs. Boyd, nee Oakley Watts, were called back to Rolla due to the death of Mrs. Minnie Watts, Mrs. Boyd's mother. The Boyds live at 543 El Arroyo Road, Hillsborough, California.

194 2 ]. W. Zoller is division manager, Shell Oil Company , Denver , Colorado. The Zoller's daughter, Susan, is a freshman at William Woods College , Fulton, Mo., and their son, Mark, is a junior at the University of Colorado, ]. W.'s address is 6169 W. Elizabeth Way, Littleton, Colo.

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194 3 Robert L. Ehrlich has been promoted to Director of Manufacturing of the Colgate Palmolive Corporation wit h headquarters at 300 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. He was formerly plant manager at the company 's plant in Kansas City , Kansas.

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the management of his company, The St. Louis Bearing, Inc., and is now spending all of his time as a bearing consultant, Huseman Associates, bearing technologists, 333 East "B" Street, Wilmington, California.

Jack Fleischli has been elected President of Bay City Rearing Co., Los Angeles, California. Bay City has five branches and twenty sales engineers and it is the largest bearing and power transmission distributor on the west coast. They represent some twenty leading manufacturers such as Rex Chain Belt, SKF, Timken Hyatt Co., Falk Corp., Etc . The Fleischlis have three children , Karen, age 20 , Jack, Jr., 18 and Ginger. Karen is a junior and J ack a fresh man at University of California, Santa Barbara. All of the family are avid and expert snow skiers. Their residence address is 5355 La Pasada, Long Beach.

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C. N. Hudson has been named manager of manufacturing for the newly established industrial chemicals division of Sinclair Petrochemicals, Inc., New York, N .Y. The new division is r esponsible for manufacturing and marketing all of the company 's products except fertilizer, and also for marketing some petrochemicals manufactured

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grease research at th e Harvey, Illinois res earch center in 195 O. In 1958 , he was transferred to New York as assistant manager of quality control. He has served as assistant manager of petrochemicals and manager of petrochemicals , specialty .products and quality control in the manufacturing department. He and his wife, Wanda, have four children and have residence at 66 Nottingham Drive, Springdale, Conn .

Harold G. Moe is project engineer for Camp, Dresser and McKee, of Boston, Mass. , on a project in East Pakistan. Their mailing address is P. O. B ox 502 , Dacca, E. Pakistan. They have three children. David is a senior in high school, Paul is in the 8th grade and Laura is in the 7th grade. They all at ten d the Dacca American Society School. Moe re marks that he has seen n o other Miners in East Pakistan.

1 94 9 John J. Mulligan has been appointed Chief of the U .S . Bureau of Mines, Alaska Mining Research Laboratory, in J uneau. His mailing address is P. O. Box 550 .

Robert C. H ansen , 2040 Welch Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan, is now vice president military systems , at KMS Industries , Inc. He formerly was MOL o perations gro u p director, Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, Califor nia. ( In the December issue of the MSM Alumnus we erroneously placed this item under the Class of 1944 personals and had his brother, J. Richard Hansen '44 , in this new position. J. Richard Hansen is still in Pittsburgh, Pa ., in the Applied PhYSics Department, Research and Development Center of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation).

William H. Shaw became the new engineer of District 10 , Missouri Highway Department with headquarters at Sikeston. He formerly was field liais on engineer in the Maintenance and Traffic office in Jefferson City. He succeeds W. D. Carney '49 , who was pr omoted to engineer of the Division of Bridges and transferred to Jefferson City. The Shaws have three children,

a daughter 18; and two sons , 12 and 15 . William joined the Highway Department in 1949 a~ an engineer inspector in construction in District 10; later became resident engineer and a plans designer and was transferred to the main office in 1960 , in the Division of Surveys and Plans; to Maintenance and Traffic Division in 1964 , and became liaison engineer in 1965.

J ohn E. Stein has recently become associated with the Ginther, Warren & Co ., independent oil and gas producers with their main offices in Houston, Texas. Previously he was associated with the Citronello Oil Unit and lived in Mobile, Alabama. His address now is 6006 Yarwell Drive, Houston.

1 950 Roy R. Shourd has been appointed manager of Middle East Region , Schlumberger Overseas , with headquarters in Beirut , Lebanon. This region covers the oil activities in 20 Midd le East countries. The Shourds, with their four children, reside in Beirut. The mailing address is P.O. Box 6427.

Dr. Rolland L. Hardy has accepted a position of professor of civil engineering, and professor-i.fl-char ge , instruction ari.d research in goedesy and photogrammetry at Iowa State College, Ames. Prior to his present appointment he was research geodesist with Geodetic Research Laboratory, Environmental Science Services Administration , Rockville, Maryland. He als o has been with the Department of Defense and Coordinator, Geodetic an d Cartag raphic Science Program (Evening Program) The George Washington Uni versity, Washington, D. C. Jack R Babbitt has joined Daniel Industries, Inc. , Houston, Texas, in its P:T Meter sales division. Prior to coming with Daniel , Babbitt was senior pr oject engineer for Shell Pipe Line Corporation. He has over 16 years experience in the oil and gas industry which he will apply to the sales promotion of Daniel P:T Meters th roughout the United States. His residence address is 6602 Sandstone, Houston.

Robert A. Strain has been appointed direct or of engineering of ITT Blackbur n Corporation , 1525 Woodson Road , St. Louis , Mo . He was as soc i19

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ated with Emerson Electric Co. International Telephone & Telegraph Co. acquired Jasper Blackburn Corporation last Septemb er and changed its nam e to ITT Blackburn.

Joseph H. Horsley was awarded a Master 's degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Wichita State U. last June.

H e is a research specialist with The Boeing Company and his address is 210 N. Sprice, Wichita, Kansas .

R. Norman Holme was recently promoted to sa l es manager-functional chemicals and services , Dow ChemicalLatin America, 120 Giralda Ave., Coral Gables, Florida. This is Dow 's newly est a b lis h e d Latin America corporate headquarters. Norman extends an open invitation to any old classmates to stop by and say hello now that he is back in the States after 11 year s in South America .

Dr. Robert F. Miller is with N 0randa Mines, Ltd. , Toronto , Canada , as chief geologist, and lives at 145 Wolfdale Ave., Oakville, Ontario . He was an instructor in the department of mining engineering at MSM from 1950to1952.

DHEW on the Great Lakes Basin Commission. His new assig:1ment included promotion to Sanitary Engineer Director (Navy Captain equivalent).

Captain Marshall has a Master 's degree in Public Health (Engineering) from the University of Michigan, received in 195 3, and he is a registered professional engineer in Missou ri and Pennsylvania. His new business addres s is 433 W. Van Buren, Chicago.

Charles Young, Jr. is project manager, U .S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland.

His project is Swimmer Weapons System , supervising the development of weapons for underwater demolition teams and SEALS. His address is 903 Balmeral Drive.

month tour in Guatemala working with the Inter - American Geodetic Survey, an organization w nos e purpose is to aid Central and South American countries in the production of accurate topographic maps .

Major James W. Argo has received orders assigning him as Assistant Division Engineer for the 25 th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Currently he is As s ociate Professor of Military Science at UMR. H e joined the staff at UMR in 1966 and has been serv ing as Chief of the Management Committee which is primarily responsible for the Instruction of the Advance Course Cadets .

He returned from Vietnam in 1965 , where he served as the Senior Advisor , 20th Engineer Combat Group. He wears 12 decorations and service med-

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Neal B. Dowling has just lTlOved to Lynchburg , Virginia , fro m General Electric's Auburn, New York plant.

He is Product Manager-CKT Assemblies and in charge of sales and planning for solid state control sub-assemblies . His address is 733 Mohawk Drive .

Captain Donald W. Marsh all, P.E., qas recen tly transferred from the Kansas City Regional Office U.S . Public Health Service to the Chicago, Ill inoiS, Regional Office. The Chicago Region comprises the states of Illinois Indiana Michigan, Ohio and \Visco~sin. Hi~ current assignment is Regional Program Chief, Water Supp ly Activ ities including Commissioner representing 20

Richard H. Bauer h as been appoint ed as a member of the St. Louis Coun ty Planning Commission by County Su pervisor Lawrence K. Roos. Dick is with G.S. Robins & Company, St. Louis and is also Director, Area 5 , MSM Alumni Association. The Bauers reside at 5 Sappington Acres, St. Louis , Mo. 1 9 54

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John P. Zedalis resigned from th e Agency for International Development, as Ch ief, Transportation Branch, East Asian Bureau, to take a position as \};Tashington Regional Manager, Engbuild International, Inc. His new company is doing engineering and construction work in southeast Asia. His residence is at 8723 Gateshead Road , Alexandria, Vi rginia.

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Argo and their three children w ill remain in Rolla during the Maj or 's tour in Viet nam .

1 9 5 5 Lloyd O. "Neal" Senter , pr ogrammer (Univac III ) wit h \Vestern Print ing & Lithograph ing, has been transferred from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., to Racine, Wisconsin, w ith residence at 5434 N . Erie .

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gineer, Department of Water Resources , Sacram.ento, California. Pat and Peggy , (Mrs. Couch was the fdrmer Peggy Light of Rolla), have their fifth child.

Their home is in the rural mountain community of Pleasant Valley near Placerville.

James L. Mitchell has been promoted to general manager of the Midland Manufacturing Company, effective September 1967. He formerly was chief engineer with Midland . His residence address is 3011 E. Glengarry Rd., Memphis, Tennessee.

Waymon L. Johnston recently moved to Lubbock, Texas, where he is teaching part-time at Texas Technological College and working on his Ph .D. in Industrial Engineering. His address is 2826 24th Street, Lubbock.

Robert W. Eshbaugh is president of Eshbaugh Corporation, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The Eshbaughs have three children , Janet 9, Nancy 7, and Steven 4. They just moved to 105 Clayton Road, Hatboro, Pa. This new location is nearer Bob 's business .

Fred J. Dietrich is a research as sociate in the electro science laboratory, Ohio State University. He is completing his Ph .D . dissertation in Electrical Engineering on ionospheric research.

His Columbus address is 97 E. Lakeview Ave. John T. Gelwert, 2750 Woodbine, Fullerton, California, has accepted a position as purchasing manager with Ampex Computer Products Division , Culver City.

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John O. Buchanan is resident engineer and cbef of construction for a new 50 million dollar synthetic fiber plant being built at Anderson, South Carolina for Dow Badische Company, a subSidiary of Dow Chemicai Co. , and should be completed this spring.

John expects to return to Texas after this assignment. He is senior construcFebrua ry 1968

tion supervisor of Dow Chemical Company's corporate engineering and con~ struction services, Freeport, Texas.

1 959 James L. Shoemaker has been appointed manager of fuTOW Road Construction Company's, Centralia, Illinois office.

Charles E. Tackett is field engineer with the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. He assumed this new position last August 1 st. He resides in Nazareth, Pa., R. D. No.2, Box 329A.

1 960 Lawrence E. Boston has been selected by Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor society, to receive the society 's 1967 -68 fellowship award. He will do work toward his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering at Tulane University. In addition to the $ 2, 000 stipend from the fellowship, Tulane has given him another fellowship with a $1,800 stipend.

M1'. and Mrs. Gordon R . Hyatt '60, have another son, making a total of three . Gordon is a structural engineer with Eckerlin-Klepper-Hahn, consulting engineers in Syracuse, N. Y. They reside at 123 Washburn Drive, East Syracuse.

Gregory L. Lukowitz is meting superintendent with Stainless Foundry and Engineering Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

196 1 Ira R. "Dick" Phillips has been promoted to manufacturing manager of A.B. Chance Company 's insulator division plant in Parkersburg, W. Va .

He joined the Chance Company in 1963 as a ceramic engineer and was made chief engineer of the West Virginia plant in 1965. After graduation he served 18 months as a lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers.

Lt. Col. Richard B. Spieldoch, since his graduation, has served on Titan I Missile Site Construction , Senior Construction Advisor to the Republic of Vietnam Army Chief of Engineers and to the Ministry of National Defense, Republic of China. During the second tour of service with the 82nd ABN Division, he saw action in the Dominican Republic . Currently he is dep-

uty PMS in the Military Department at UMR. Dr. Larry E. Farmer, formerly on the civil engineering faculty at UMR, now is in Atlanta, Georgia, engaged in private practice as a cons ulting engineer specializing in structural engineering. His mailing address is P. O. Box 13932, Atlanta , Ga. , 30324.

Donald D. Myers, senior mechanical engineer, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri completed the requirements for the Master 's degree in Business Adm.inistration in July , at St. Loui s University. His address is 3277 Bristolhall Drive, Bridgeton, Mo .

Nelson H. Noell is at the UniverSity of Illinois working on a master 's degree under the Air Force Institute of Technology Program. He received a promotion to Captain in May 1967.

He and his wife , Donna , reside at 443-B South Lincoln Street , Ran toul , Ill. Eugene D. Brenning has been promoted to C.E. IV -Traffic Field Engineer with the State of Illinois , Division of Highways, Bureau of Traffic.

The Brennings live at 3215 St. Francis Drive, Springfield , Ill. Eugene]. McLaughlin , who is with Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates, has been transferred from the St. Loui s, Mo ., office to the Seattle office and holds the pOSition of senior mechanical engineer. His new residence address is 2468 168th Place, N. E. , Bellevue, Washington .

196 2 John A. Kamman is an aerospace technologist (Apollo CSM Flight Controller). During th e Apollo 4 miss ion he was aS Signed as Ap ollo Command and Service Module Flight Contr o ller aboard the USN 's Vanguard instru mentation ship positioned in th e midAtlantic for th e miss ion. H e w ill se rve as flight contr o ller in th e Miss io n Control Center -Housto n on the Apoll o 6 Mission . He is at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center , Hou ston , T exas, and r esid es at 18100 Nassau Bay Drive .

James B . Roberts , has the firm James B. Robert s & As s oci ates in H o pe, Alaska. Kenneth L. San er '62 , jo in ed his firm last fall and is m anaging th e company's work at Kenai , Alask a.

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James E. Siebels, with the Department of Public Works, State of California , has recently been promoted to associate bridge engineer and is a project designer in the bridge department design office . H e lives in Sacramento, 4513 Masonry Way. Captain Lee A. Waltrip received the Bronze Star Medal during ceremonies near Da Nang , Vietnam, December 16 , for outstanding meritorious service in combat operations against h ostile forces in Vietnam from January to December 1967. He served as an advisor on Advisory Team 1, assisting the Vietnamese Army .

Larry D. Goe who is with the Chrys Ier Corporation Missile Division , Advance Systems, has been promoted from Advance Engineer I , in Chryslers Space Divis ion , Advance Engineering Branch, Guidance , Navigation and Control Group, in New Orleans, La., to Re.:.~ C ~

search Engineer Senior in Chrys ler Missile Division, Advance Systems in D etroit, Michigan.

1 963 Curtis W. Dodd completed his Ph .

D. in Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University, and h e is an assistant professor in engineering. at Southern Illin ois University. His address is Rte. 1, Box 59, Carbondale, Ill. Richard Jenning s has completed four years of active duty as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy Supply Corps . His duty stations were WSS Vancover LPD-2 and the Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas. He is now a mechanical design engineer with Sangamo Electric, Springfield, Illin ois. His new address is 320 South Ames , Springfield .

R. M. Salmon be.c ame City Engineer, City of Moberly , Missouri, in Jun e 196 7, after four years with the Missouri Highway Department. Ralph

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Colonel Glenn R. Taylor is a memo ber of the Department of Civil Engi. neering faculty at North Carolina State University and his new address is 2308 Champion Court, Raleigh .

196 4 Phillip D. Walthall was recently discharged from Army service as a Captain. He was an assistant flight com路 mander , U. S. Army Flight Training Center, Fort Stewart , Georgia. He spent 3 years as an army aviator and one year in Vietnam. Presently he is an en路 gineer in the chemicals technical department, Enjay Chemical Company , Baton Rouge, La., and resides at 264 Sharp Lane, Apt. 65.

Arthur H. Loeschner is an electronic engineer, instrumentation specialist with the Naval Ordnance Lab oratory , White Oak, Maryland. The Loeschners have two girls, Vicki, 3lh years and Kar en, 10 months. They live in Lanham, Maryland, 4208 Rolling View Drive.

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Narendrakumar S. Parikh joined the Foster Wheeler Corporation in Odober 1966, and is working as a develo pment engineer in the research laboratory at Carteret, New Jersey.

Robert L. Otto is a civil engineer with the Illinois Division of Highways.

He returned from Vietnam in January.

He received a Bronze Star for meritorious service while on active duty.

His Springfield, Illinois, address is 1601 Jerome .

Lt. David E. Henard, Co. B, 25th Aviation Bn, 25th Inf. Div ., is a helicopter pilot and light fire team leader.

A light fire team consists of two Huey gunships. His unit is called the Diamondheads which consists of three light fire teams and other general support aircraft.

Dale M. Kornfield after graduation went on active duty as a 2nd Lt. in the Army Ordnance Corps at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, where he completed his Officers Basic Training Course. From there he was assigned to the Army Missile & Munition Center School, Redstone Arsenal , Alabama, where he completed the Ordnance Ammunition Officer course. His assignment after graduation was near Seoul, South Korea with the 7th OrdFebruary 1968

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President .........................................R. O. Kasten '43 ....................... Armco Steel Corp.

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Vice-President Areas 4,5 , 6......... ]oseph W. Mooney '39 ... _ ..... 73 83 W estmoreland University City 30, Misso uri

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Executive Secretary ...................... Francis C. Edwards .... __ ._ ... ____ .1\I1S1\1 Alumni Associa tion , Grzyb Building, Editor, "MSM ALUMNUS" 9th & Roll a Sireets, Rolla, Missouri 65401 DIRECTORS AT LARGE

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Rex Z. Williams '3 1 .................... .

... Rolla State Bank, Rolla , Missouri .... ...................................... ..

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AREA DI RECTORS

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1.. ...... ... Law rence A. Spanier '50 .....

15 S1 F ranklin Avenue 1\1 ineola, Long Island, New Yo rk

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O. Ferrell '40 ....

1605 North 10th St. Longview, Texas

States and Provinces Embraced ............New England , N. Y., N. ]. , East Pa. Dist. of Columbia, Md., Va., Delaware, Province of Quebec

.._._ ...................... S. Ark., N. c., S. Ala. , Ga. , Fla.

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La. , Miss., .

...... ..... 0. \V. Kamper }3 5

.................... Pen nsylvania , ,,y. Va.} Ohio, \ -\T . Fa., .

Ky. , Tenn ., Ind. (Except 608 Va ll evis ta, Pittsburg 34, Pennsylvania Chicago Industrial Area)

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4 .......... Frank C. Appleyard '37 .. __ .... . ................N . 111., Chicago Indus trial Area 1209 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview, Ill. in Indiana} \Visc. ) 1vIich., Minn., Province of Ontario

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5....... ....Richard H. Bauer '52 .. ..

5 Sappington Acres Drive

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.. ........... S. Ill. , E. Mo ., N . Ark.

St. Louis 26, Misso uri 6...... ___ ... Bennett D. Howell 'SO .............. _.............. _......... Iowa, W. Mo., Nebr. , Kan., Okla ........................... 19 68 5518 South 66 th East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 7........... Robert M. Brackbill '42 .............................. _.......T exas, Arizona , l'\ew lVIexico .

Texas Paci fic Oil Company Box 747, Dallas, Texas .F. W. Heiser '39 16 Viking Drive Englewood, Colorado

...... ....... ............... I da., Montana, N. D ., S. D. , .......... ............. ...... .

Wyo ., Colo., Nev., Utah , Provinces of Manitoba, Sask., Alberta

... .. .... .. E. :Murray Schmi d t '49 .............. .. ........................ Alaska , \Vash ington , Orego n, .

California , H awai i 3353 lVIildred Lane Lafa ye tt e, Ca lifornia 94549

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EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS

H. H. H artzell '06 J 30 I Cleveland , Baxter Springs, Kansas

F. C. Schneeberger '25 No.1 Briar Oak, L ad ue, 1\iI issouri

Melvin E. N ickel '38 10601 South H ami lton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Dr. E. \V. Engelmann ' II 104 8 E. 1700 S. Salt Lake City, Utah

Dr. Karl F. H asselmann '2 5 1203 Esperso n Building, H ouston, Texas

Pau l T . Dowling '40 139 Frontenac Forest, St. Louis, 1\1 issouri

C. G. Sti fel ' 16 820 1 Maryland Avenue, St. Louis, 1vlissouri

Dr. Mervin J. Kelly ' 14 2 \Vindemer Terrace, Short Hills, New Jersey

J ames W. Stephens '47 406 East Third , Lee's Su mmitt , l\1issouri

Harry S. Pence ' 23 17 Cambri dge C t. , Glendale, :Missouri

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nance CO. (Special Ammo), 83rd Ordnance Btn (Ammo). Sixteen months were spent in Korea, where he commanded 3 platoon-sized Special Ammo Storage and Issue Sections. After discharge he went with NASA, MSFC, at Hunstville, Ala., engaged in chemical compatability studies an d flammability testing of polymer materials for use in manned spacecraft. His address is 3105 Thurman Rd., S. W., Apt. K-27, Huntsville .

wings upon graduation at Laredo AFB, Texas.

Lt. Michael ]. McGinnis received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious engineering work in Vietnam.

He is w ith the 589th Engr. Bn. Hq. Co .

James E. Strangel was promoted from 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt. USAF and assigned to the Strategic Air Command , Titan II Missile Combat Crew. His address is 151 Kentucky Cr. , Little Rock AFB, Jacksonville, Arkansas.

1st U. Conrad B. Siergas

R. L. Ricketts is a graduate student at MIT and expects to receive his Ph. D. in Metallurgy in January 1969. His address is 1135 Commonwealth Ave., Allston, Mass .

1 966 Samuel Scheer received his master's degree in engineering administration from UMR and has accepted a position with General Dynamics , Electric Boat Division , and is a nuclear quality co'ntrol engineer. His address is Apt. A4-1 , 39 Broad Street , Ext., Groton, Conn.

Captain Kenneth R . Scott is special assistant to R. F. Griffith, resident engineer at the Kays inger Bluff Dam and Reservoir near Warsaw, Missouri, and the Stockton Dam and Reservoir , near Stockton. He came to the Kansas City District of the Corps of Engineers from a year's tour of duty in Vietnam where he was assigned to Advisory Team, No.1, Hq .

MAC. 1 st Lt. Conrad B. Ster gas has received the Air Medal award for combat aerial support of ground opera-

1st Lt. H. Peter Taylor is serving with the 35th Engr. Grp. Constr. in Cam Panh Bay, Vietnam. tions in Vietnam from July to September 1967. Lt. Stergas is a helicopter pilot in the aviation section of the 35th Engineer Group.

2nd Lt. Ralph R. Lefarth has been awarded U.S . Air Force silver pilot

2nd Lt. Ra lp h R. l efarth

1st Lt. Raymond J. Walts , B Troop, 1st Vav . Div . (Air), APO San Francisco 96490, has been in Vietnam since October flying a Huey gunship and is now training on the Huey Cobra, the Army's newest armoured helicopter. His wife, Susan, and daughter Amanda Jane , born August 26 , 1967, at Ft. Rucker, Alabama, are living in Olive Branch, Illinois .

Duane H. DeClue has completed a tour of duty training with the National Guard at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo ., and is back with McDonnell-Douglas at St. Louis as a Metallurgical Engineer. His address is 109 Virginia, Crystal City, Mo. Chi Kung Yu is a project scientist with Aerospace Research Associates , West Covina, California. He advises us that he is being married April 27th, in Los Angeles. His address is 615 South El Molino Ave. , Apt. 12, Pasadena.

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Lt. John F. Lauletta is with the 52nd Military Intelligence Detachment , 11 th Inf. Bd e, Americal Div. , APO San Francisco. He was married August 5, 1967 and his wife is living at Scofield Barracks, Hawaii. John was deployed , in December , with the 11th Bde . from Hawaii to Duc Pho , Vietnam.

2nd Lt . Albert B. Spencer, J1'. is currently stationed at Edwards AFB, California, where he is a project engineer for the Air Force Rocket PropulSion Laboratory. Lt. Spencer and Miss KarGl Salzer, of Joplin, Missouri, were mal' ried January 21, 1967. Their address is 19-16 St., Edwards AFB.

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