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HThe main problem in life is not necessarily knowing what to do, but creating mental discipline to do what we knew we ought to do when we know we ought to do it."

--- Dr. William S. Lowe The ninety-sixth annual Commencement exercises and Baccalaureate were held May 25, in the new Multi-Purpose Building.

Dr. William S. Lowe, President of A.P. G r e e n Refractories Company, Mexico, Missouri, was the Commencement speaker. He advised the some 850 g r a d u ate s to use the i r scientific reasoning in solving the problems ofhumankind.

physics, or any other laboratory project. In every committee meeting which I have attended which reached proper conclusions , we always started with what was the purpose of the meeting. We attempted to define the problem, the o bject of the experiment. We discussed the alternatives available. We tho ught through the vario u s alternatives . We

ciples of the Judeo-Christian re i igi on," he said.

Mr. Lowe was conferred the Doctor of Engineering (Honoris Cau sa) degree. He joined A.P. Green Refractories in 1949 , as executive vice president and general manager , and was elected presid ent in 1955. H e is also director of the following: The A. P. Green Refractories Company and its s ubsidiaries, the A .

B . C h ance Compan y, Centralia, Missouri; the Norfolk and Western Railway Co .; the First Nati onal Bank, St. Louis, Mo .; William Woods College, Fulton, Mo.; the Missouri Public Expend iture Survey , Jefferson City, Mo.; and the Missouri and the United States Ch ambers of Commerce. He was national president of the Refractories Institute, Pittsburgh , Pa., from 1955 to 1957 and president of the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce from 1961-63.

850 Receive Degrees at June Commencement

" When you were a student at UMR, you wrote engineering and science laboratory experiments like this," he said, "first, you listed the sub ject of the experiment, then , a listing of the apparatus , equipment or tools to be used .

Then you meticulous ly spelled out the procedure that had to be followed toward the objective , using the equipment available. Then yo u tabulated the results of the experiment. Then came the most important part of the entire sequence - a discussion of results , or what you found. "

Life's problems can be solved much in the same way, he told them. " In every successful mental process, you must inevitably foliow the same mental procedures as are spelled out in the first co u r s e of in or ganic chemistry,

With the completion of the new Multi-Purpose Building the school for the first time in years has had an adequate indoor facility for commencement exercises.

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went through the procedure toward some kind of result. Then we reached a conclusion and then discussed the results - what the impact would be on all other people around us."

The main problem in life is not necessarily kn owing what to do, but creating mental discipline to do what we knew we ought to do when we know we ought to do it," he said.

Lowe also told the graduates that we Before h e joined A .P . Green, Mr. can learn fr om those who have lived Lowe was superintendent of the small before us. " In engineering and sci- appliances manufacturing division of ence, our progress is due solely to the the General Electric Company, Bridgefact- that we are eternally going from port, Conn.; assistant to the vice presithe known to the unknown . However , dent for manufacturing of SKF Inas soon as we move over into the world dustries Philadelphia , Pa. ; president and of humanities we seem to deny the ex- chairman of the board of Winsted istence of any wisdom accumulated by Hardwar,e Manufacturing Company, the generations who have gone before." Winsted , Conn.; general manager and In conclusion he told the grad uates treasurer of American Transformer Co., that our social o rder is established on Neward , N . ].; vice president of Warthe basis of the Judeo-Christian re- ing Products Corp., and consultant to ligion. "It just might be that in the Claude Neon and Reeves Ely laborayears ahead, the salvation of ou r nation tories Companies. He is a registered will depend upon the degree to which we professional engineer in Missouri and as people, as citizens, as companies and a member of the National and Missouri as a nation accept and live by the prin- Societies of Professional Engineers.

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Dr. William S. Lowe, the Commencement speake r, is President of the A. P. Green Refractories Co ., Mexico, Missouri, a position he has held since, 1955. He is also director of A. B. Chance Co., Centralia, Mo. , the Norfolk and Western Railway Co., the First National Bank of St. Louis, Mo., William Woods College, Fulton, Mo., the Missouri Public Expenditure Survey, and t he Missouri and Uni ted States Chambers of Commerce .

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JUNE 1969 Number 3 ON THE COVER

1969 COMMENCEMENT --- Top Left: President Jo hn Weav er, Chancellor Baker, Dr. C. B. Kentno r and Dr. Lo we in the academic pro cession. Top Ce nter: James ]. Mu rphy, President of the A lumni A sso ciatio n prcse nts Fawlt y A ward to Dr. Geo rge Clark. Top Righ L: Dr. LO lllc addresses graduates. Left Ce nter: Pa rt of near capa city audience attending commence ment. Right Ce nter: Chancellor Me rl Bak er and memb ers of th e Board of Curators, Pleasant Smith, William C. Mye rs, Jr. , and fudge Robert G. Brady .

Lower Left: Graduat es and. Jawity a:ssembled in front of the Mult iPurpose Building. Lower Cenle r: 50 Yea r alu mni, Wa lter LoUman and J. Walter Sc ott, Class of 1919.

Lower Right: The fa culty in th e academic pro cession.

Issu e d bi · monthl y in th e inte rest of th e graduat es and form e r stud e nt s of th e Mi sso u ri Sch oo l of Min es and Me tallu rgy and th e Univ e rsit y of Mi ssour i - Rollo. Sub script io n price , $1 .50, includ e d in Alumni Du es . Entere d a s se cond clas s mail e r Octob e r 27 , 1926, at Po st Office at Rolla , M issouri 65401 , under th e Act of March 3 , 18 97 .

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Rev. Spainhower Bacca laureate Speaker The Reverend James 1. Spainh ower of Marshall, Miss ouri , was the speaker at the Baccalaureate Service , Sunday, May 25 . Reverend Spainh ower is the minister of the Christian Ch urch in

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B osworth , Missouri, and the state representative fr o m Misso uri's 117th District. " Each of us has a unique per sona lity wh ich is o u rs and ours alone," h e to ld th e g raduates . " W e have 24 h o urs in every day and as many days as G od gives us life. To a very great extent we can detel·mine the attit ude we w ill take toward th ose days. How much personal satisfacti on we receive fr o m living those days, n ot to menti o n h ow

m uch good we can d o fo r other s , depends directly on the extent to wh ich we fulfill dynamically o pp o rtunities to lead m eanin gful lives. " He told them that the pr ob lems of ma nkin d are many, and effective so lutio ns are few. "We m ust realize tha t to work o ut solutions is tedi ous and often exasperating . When we d o come to the realization that ulti mate an swers which completely solve mankind 's vexing pr oblems are imp oss ible of ach ievem ent in this tem poral hab itat we call life, the temptation to despair becomes very great. T he real test - do we have en o ug h fait h in th e essential wort h and ultimate meaningful ness of God's creation to do the best we can an d then, when we see we can not fin ish the task, to tr ust in him an d in others who sh ar e o ur fai th to carryo n ?"

"Resolve to make a mature acceptance of your respons ibility as a hu man being," he told them. "Th is yo u m us t d o, not to save the wo r ld , fo r yo u can n o m ore save the wo rld than o ur fo refa thers could . T h is yo u mu st do to save yourselves fr o m the terrible fa te of m eaninglessness wh ich awaits th ose who refu se to co me to terms with themselves and the G od who mad e us all. " MSM Alumnu s

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John A. Walker '50 , General Superintendent of Operations , Armco Steel Corporation , Kansas City, Mo. , Metallurgical Engineer.

Walter E. Lewis

Walter E. Lewis '47 , Research Director , Twin Cities Research Center, U.S . Bureau of Mines, Twin Cities, Minn. , Engineer of Mines.

Robert M. Brackbill

Robert M. Brackbill '42, Senior Vice President, Texas Pacific Oil Company, Dallas, Texas , Petroleum Engineer.

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James P. Sloss

James P. Sloss '35, President, Sloss Drilling and Production Company, Alliance, Ohio, Petroleum Engineer.

Michael Witunski

Michael Witunski, Director of External Relations , McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. , Aerospace Engineer.

Thomas ]. Stewart, Jr., ' 34, President, Minerals , Pigments and Metals Division, Chas. pfizer & Co ., Inc., New York, N .Y. , Chemical Engineer.

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Eugene J. Daily

Eugene]. Daily ' 36, President and Director of Engineering, Daily and Associates, Engineers , Inc., Champaign, Ill., Civil Engineer.

Joseph W Rittenhouse '49 , Group Vice President , Electrical Products , Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Chcago, Ill. , Electrical Engineer.

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Robert D. Bay '49, Director of Technical Services, Laclede Steel Company, St. Louis, Mo., Engineering Manager.

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Delbert R. Cox '49, Chief Structural Dynamics Engineer , McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. , Engineering Mechanics.

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Edmund L. Mengel '49 , Plant Manager, Universal Atlas Cement Division, U.S. Steel Corporation, Fair-born, Ohio, Mechanical Engineer.

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Honorary Degree Awarded to Charles Kentnor, Jr. Mr. Charles B. Kentnor, Jr. '24, President and Ch airman o f the Board, W.S. Rockwell Company, Fairfield, Connecticut, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineerin g degree at commencement.

Dr. Kentnor joined the Rockwe ll Company in 1932 as a sales engineer.

In 1943, he assumed the position of preSident and, in 1959 , he became chairman of the board.

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Prior to joining the company, he served as industrial sales engineer with the Laclede Gas Company , St. Louis , Missouri, and construction superintendent and sales engineer for Surface Comb ustion Company, of Toledo , O hio.

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In community affairs in the Bridgeport, Connecticut , metropolitan area, Dr. Kentnor is Chairman of the B oard of Park City Hospital , a member of the executive committee o f the Board of Trustees at the Unive r sity of Bridgeport, director of the Bridgeport YMCA, mem ber of the Board of Manager s of Fairfield YMCA, past director of the Junior Achievement program of western Connecticut , past director and president of the Fairfield Community Chest, member of the Advisory Board of the Connecticut National Bank, in Fairfield, past president of the Fairfield Board of Trade and past preSident of the Fairfield Rotary Club .

He is currently an executive reservist of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Business and Defense Services Administl'ation and a member of the National Ass ociation of Manufacturers and the Bridgeport Manufacturers Association .

He is past chief of the Industrial Heating Equipment section of the National Production Administration .

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Two members of the Class of 1919 return to receive their 50-year recognition awards . J. Walter Scott (left) is shown with Chancellor Merl Baker and Wolter Lottman (right).

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He is a membe r of the Ame ri can Society of Metals, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Chemists Club of New YOl'k City.

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Alumni Association Presents Award s to Faculty T he AIu mn i Association's A wa r d s for fac ul ty "Ou ts tand ing in Teaching" and "Outsta nding in Research " were presented at a banq uet, May 24.

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T h e recipient of an Outstanding Teacher was chosen by student balloting and the honorees for Outstanding Research were chosen b y an anonymous facu lty committee. T hey were selected for their r esearch - both fundamental and applied - conducted while faculty members here. Emphasis was placed on publication s and papers accepted for publication. Patents , research grants and books were considered as well as relevance of the research results to the fie ld of endeavor. Specific achievements as well as consistent recent record of high quality research req uired.

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nerica n eiet)' of 1emi stS Dr. Louis Lund and James J. Murphy .

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Dr. George B. Clark, Direct o r of Rock i'vlechanics and Exp los ives Research Center and Pr o fesso r o f i\ lining Engineering . Dr. Clark is currently engaged in resea rch in basic p rocesses of rock di si ntegration, ex plosives technol o g y, wave mechanics in rock and related dynamic r ock mechanics . The research center whi ch he directs has pr ojects in p r ogress in areas of static and dynamic r ock mechanics . He will be the director o f a THEM IS project in the center beginning September I, s upported by the Department of Defense, which involves an extension of research performed by personnel in the center. Dr. Clark has numerous pub li cations in basic r ock mechanics .

Dr. Louis Lund, Pr o fe sso r o f Physics, has resea rch interests in the area of theory of liquid s with emphas is on the und erstanding of th e structure of! iqu id s and its relation to the phenom ena of pha se transition s . H e is associated with the G raduate Cente t· for CI oud Phy s ics Research of the Space Sciences Resea rch Center. H e is a CO-invest igator on a National Science Foundation s upported pr o ject on theo retica l stud ies of n u7

cleation phenomena of ion clustering.

Dr. Don Frizzell , Professor of Geo logy has spent several decades on paleontological research, first in ind ustry and later at the university level.

For the past twelve years, his research has involved the otoliths of extinct and living fishes , a fie ld that has b een rel atively untouched in the Americas. These ea rstones are m uch more abundant than fish skeletons and they contribute both to the knowledge of fishes and to the solution of some geological prob lems.

He has published more than 65 papers o n su ch different fossils as mollusks, on e-celled organisms of various kinds and plates of sea-cucumbers .

Dr. Conrad Retires, Now Professor Emeritus Dr. Frank H. Conrad, of the department of chemical engineering, retired in May and will become professor emeritus of chemical engineering on September 1.

Dr. Conrad has served on the UM R faculty for 33 yea r s - first coming to the campus in 1936 as assistant pro-

Dr. Conrad 's pr ofess ional affiliations include the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (fo r which he has been student chapter counselor at UMR), the American Chemical Society, the American Society fo r Engineering Education , the National and Missouri Societies of Professional Engineers, and

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Special recogmtlOn was given to the Golden Anniversary alumni at the alumni banquet held Saturday evening of the commencement weekend. The entertainment directed by Mrs . Martha Procto r , brought back memories of 1919 and ended with a 1969 theme.

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There were fifteen grad uates in the class. Two of the fifteen found it possible to return to the campus and to pers o nally receive their 50-year Recognition Award. They were: Walter F. Lottman , of St. Lo uis , Missouri, and J. Walter Scott, D ow ners Grove, Illinois.

Four others were contacted but were not able to attend. They were: Tho mas R . Crawford, Paola, Kansas; Raymond J. D owd , St. Louis , Missouri; Thomas C. Morris, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, and Paul D. Wilkinson, T erre Haute , Indiana. The addresses of two other members, if living , were not known.

They are Joseph Duga and Vivian X. Smiley.

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T h e Class of 1919 was honored at commencement commemorating their 50th Anniversary.

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fessor of chemical engineering. He was pro moted to associate professor of chemical engineering in 19 37 and to pr ofessor in 1947.

Before coming to UMR, Dr. Conrad served as chemist with the Standard O il Company of California in Richmond, Calif. and as chief chemist and manager with the Northwest Testing Lab o ratories in Seattle, Wash . H e obtained B .S. and Ph .D. degrees inchemical engineering from the UniverS ity of W as hington where he served as teaching fell ow in chemical engineering and chemistry and as associate in chemical engineering. He has served as summer cons ultant for the U. S. Steel Corp., Gary, Ind ., and for the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Statio n in China Lake, Calif., for five years. He has also been a summer process deSigner with the Monsanto Compan y, St. Louis.

the Alpha Chi Sigma organizations. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Miss o uri.

He is a member of the Society of the Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi lambda Upsil on honoraries, the Alpha Phi Omega service organization, Scabbard and Blad e, and is listed in American Men of Science, Who's Who in Engineering , Who Kn ows and What, and Who's Who in America .

He is the author of numero us publications and papers in his field.

Dr. Conrad has been a member of the R o lla United Fund Board for nine years and served as chairman from 1960-62 . He is immediate past presid ent of the Rolla Lions Club and is a fo rmer deacon and elder of the First Christian Church in Rolla.

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As a mem b er of the T heta Xi social fraternity, D r. Con rad has been adviser to the Alpha Psi chapter at UMR since 1949 .

H e was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1923 to 1962 wh en he retired as Lt. ColoneL He served on active d u ty during World War II for n early fou r years .

He and Mrs . Conrad , the fo rmer Miss Mercedes E. Wason of Seattle, are the parents of David A. Conrad of St. Louis and Mrs. R uth M. Hess of Affton .

The Conrad s will continue to r eside at 11 0 6 Rolla Street and for mer students and frie nds may contact h im ther e.

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A ssista nt Dea n - Placement Leon H ershkowitz, left, receives a citatio n f rom the Ca terp illa r Tracto r ' Co. , presente d b y Norw ood Snowden of Ca terpilla r.

This is one of man y memorabilia he received at a dinner held in his honor, M a y 27, a t th e Carney M ano r Crystal Ballroom . Dean Hershkowi tz retires Se ptem be r 1.

D r. Richard Warren became emeritus pr ofessor of physics at the end of May. Dr. Warren joined the UMR staff in 1957 as assistant professor. Before comin g here, h e taught at Michigan College of Mining and Technology , Purd ue University , Wes t Virginia Institute of Technology , the UniverSity of Arkansas, and Middle Georgia College.

He holds a B.S . in mechanical engineering and a Ph .D . in physics teaching from Purd ue University and an M.A. in education from Columbia Univers ity. H e is a member of the American Society fo r Engineering Ed ucation , the American Association of University Professors , the American Association for the Advancement of Science , and the Am erican Association of Phys ics T eachers . H e is listed in Who's W h o in American Colleges an d is the author of n umer ous publications in h is field .

Dr. and Mr s . W arren res ide on Edgar Star Ro ute. H e is a m ember of the Shrine Club .

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Faculty members who become Professor Emeritus, left to right, Dr. Marti n Straumanis, Assistant Dean Leon Hershkowitz, Dr. Frank Conrad and Dean Wouter Bosch. Dr. Richard Warren was not present when picture was ta ken.

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Dr. Martin Edward Straumanis will become professor emeritus of metallurgical engineering effective July 1.

Dr. Straumanis has taught in the field of corrosion and electro-chemistry at UMR for some 20 years and is the author of abo ut 150 published papers in the field. He has done research as a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation at Gottingen, Germany , and as a Fullbright professor at the Vienna Institute of Technology. He has served on the staff of the UniverSity of Latvia and the Institute of Metal Chemistry at the University of Marburg.

Dr. Straumanis is a member of the American Ceramic Society, the American Crystallographic Association, the Institute of Metals, the German Bunsen Gessellshaft, the Society of the Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Alpha Mu honoraries and the Missouri and New York academies of sciences. H e is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Engineering, the American Men of Science, Leaders in American Science and Who's Who in the Midwest. He holds a Ph.D . in physical chemistry and M.S. in chemistry from the University of Latvia .

38 Get Master's From St. louis Graduate Center Thirty-eight St. Louis area engineers completed work at the St. Louis Grad uate Engineering Center of the UniverSity of Missouri - Rolla and received a M.S. degrees in commencement exercises on the Rolla campus Sunday (May 25).

This brings to 78 the number earning degrees through the center s ince it began in September, 1964 . During the past semester 700 students have been enrolled in s ix areas of engineering; civil, electrical, engineering mechanics, engineering administration, mechanical, metallurgical, and pr opulSion and space.

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Architect's Drawing of Proposed University Center

Jun e 27, 1969 The Board of Directors of the MSM A lLLmni Association has authorized Ine to make a statement co ncerning the Centennial Challenge Program and the MSM A lumni Association 's endo rs ement of capital gifts of Alumni for the building of ~he University Center: The Board re cognizes the ext re/11.e need for a Unive rsity Center on the Rolla Campus and co ncu rs with th e top priority assignment giv en to this proje ct.

We believe that it is especially appropriate that Alumni of th e School undertak e the gift financing needed to build this University Center in our Centennial Yea r of 1970.

Many of the Directors of your Association have, as individu.als, already accepted positions of responsibility and lea dersh ip in the Centennial Challenge Program and have whole-h ea rtedly endors ed the Unive rsity Center project.

We ask that you r contribution to the Ce ntennial Challenge Program be assigned to the Unive rsity Center. Over 260 of you r fellow alurnni have already made gifts in this /11.anner.

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Awa rd of Merit to Henry D. Monsch Henry D _ Monsch '29 , staff metallurgist, Specifications and Statistical Analysis Department, Metallurgist and Quality Assurance Division , Aluminum Company of America , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received the Award of Merit of the American Society for Testing and Materials , at the society's 72nd annual meeting at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, June 22-2 7.

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Established 20 years ago by ASTM, the Award of Merit is given to recognize individuals who have rendered d istinguished service to the society. Monsch received the award "for his long , diligent efforts and contributions to both the domestic and international field of standardization for light weight metals and alloys within ASTM and other national engineering organizations."

mill product development. Since 1952 , he has been concerned with the administration of specification activities on Alcoa metal products .

A personal member of ASTM, Monsch is active on a number of the

The results were most fruitful. Five Thailand applicants wer e qualified by Dr. Rice and co mpleted the Engineer in-Training ex amination. Twenty-two applicants qualified for the Profess ional Eng ineer examination .

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Mr. Monsch 's entire professional career has been with the Aluminum Company of America. From 1929 to 19 52 , he was assigned to plants in several locations and was involved in the establishment of fabricating proctices, sampling and testing procedures for production quality control, alloy and

Examinations have ever been offered in the Far East or in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Darling broadened his charter and not only included other non-O ICC engineers in the Bangkok examinations but also effected arrangements fo r Dr. Rice to visit Saigon and give examinations to OlCC Vietnam pers onnel.

Mr . D arling r eceived letters of commendation from the OICC and the No rth Carolina State Board . He was als o cited by the Engineering So ciety, at a luncheon, for his professionalis m and fine work in the field.

Arthur Schwarz Heads Steel Plate Fabricators society's technical committees including B-6 on Die-Cast Metals and Alloys , B-7 on Light Metals and Alloys , and B-8 on Electrodeposited Metallic Coatings and Related Finishes. He is also on the U.S.A . National Committee 70 on Light Metals and Alloys of the International Organization for Standardization. He is also a member of the American Society for Metals, Society for Automotive Engineers , American Society for Non-destructive Testing, American Society for Quality Control, and the American Ordnance Association.

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Arthur S. Schwarz , vice-chairman of the board of Nooter Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri, was recently elected president of the Steel Plate Fabricators Association at their an nual meeting in Las Vegas , Nevada. The association, organized in 1933, is comprised of

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Mr. Darling succeeded in arran ging for Dr. Robert B. Rice, Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, to come to Bangkok to administer both the Engineer-in-Training and Professional Registration Examinations.

This was the first time Engineer-inTraining and Professional Registration

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poration si nce 1935. He has his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and was awarded an honorary professional degree from UMR. He is active in many national and local organ izations s uch as the American Red Cross , Boy Scouts of America , Playgoers, the Engineer 's Club , and he is currently on the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St .

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The mission , designated Apol lo 10 by the National Aeronautics and Space Admin istration , took ast r ona uts Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young and Eugene A. Cernan int o an orbit ar o und the moon.

Fewer Hours to Be Required for B.S. Engineering Degrees

Thompson is an electrical engineering graduate and he jo ined ASA in 1 964. He and his wife , the fo rmer Paula Beasley of Charleston , Missou r i, now reside at 465 Greenway Avenue , Satellite Beach, Fl o rida.

The numb er o f ho urs requir ed fo r b achelo r o f science degrees in engineeri ng has b een decreased from 14 3 to 1 32, effective the 1969-70 academic year .

Highest Honors to Michael Hartung, Bourbon, At Commencement

Dr. J. Stuart J o hns on , D ean of the School o f Engin eeri ng , and Dr. T.J. Planje, D ean o f the Sch ool of Mines and Meta II urgy, repo rt that this change reflects a year a nd a half of intens ive stud y of all thirteen engineering degree pr ogram s o ffered at U1lR and fo llows a national trend toward red ucti o n of r equirements for B .S. in engineering degrees .

Other changes were mad e to allow greater flexibility for the stud ent transb oring to Ul1R and for stud ents wh o a re und ec id ed o n a s pecialty . The fr es hman yea r will b e esse ntially the sa me fo r each o f the engineering curricula and the soph omo re yea r is the sa m e except fo r a max imum of nine h o urs of d epartm ental req uirements .

Hartung had a perfect 4 .0 grade point average in electrica l engineering subjects for four years' work, wit h an overall grade point of 3.97 out o f a p oss ible 4.0. Some 64 4 other bachelor 's degree recipients competed with Hartung for the honor.

Wi lli a m J. Th o m pson '59, an engineer at th e natio n 's Spacepo rt , had a key ro le in the la unch o f Apo ll o 10, fr o m K enn edy Space Ce n te r , Fl o rid a.

T h ompson i ma nager o f the contract techn ical manage ment offi ce of the Launch Vehicl e Operati o ns D i rector ate. Th e o ffice h e ma nages was r es p o n-

H e plans to purs ue a g rad uate degree in electrica l engin eering . H e is a son of Mr. and Mrs . R oy H ar tung of Bo urbon.

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Michael Hartung of Bourbon , Missouri , received the highest h onor award ed to the member of the graduating class having the highest average grade .

He was award ed a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering .

Hartung was recently chosen as the o nly student in the country to r eceive the Fo rtes cu e Fellow ship awarded by th e Institute of Electr ical and Electro ni cs Engineers . At th e ti me, Dr. J. Stua rt J o hnson , d ean of the Sch o ol of En g ineering , said that " Hartung 's achievement is o ne of wh ich the department of electrical eng in eerin g and the whole ca mpus can be pr o ud. " Hartw1g ha s al s o held a Curator 's Scho lars hip and a Caterpillar Schola rs hip at UMR. H is hon o rs have includ ed membershi p in the Phi Eta Si g ma , Eta Kappa u , Tau Beta Pi and Phi Kappa Phi h o no rarie .

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It is ex pected that th o usands of alumni and friends of U MR will participate in the centennial events . Please submit any ideas fo r programs to Dr. Atchley .

The centennial events office is l ocated in Library 316-17. The te leph o n e number is 364- 36 79 .

Prope r events are ve ry impo rta nt to pr ov ide enhanced recogniti o n of the cam pu s . T hese events will trans late the cam pus to the publi cs which it serves .

D r. Atchl ey was ch osen fo r thi s impo rtant r Ie becau e o t h is xcell ent know led ge of the facu lty intere t a nd fo r h is ab ili ty to relate to the ex ternal pu b li cs whi ch are 0 im po rtant to the campus.

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Student-faculty committee participaCommittees on which students now tion is a formal method of providing serve are athletics , library, loan funds , student representation in administration public occasions, campus facility planand policy-making, Ponder pointed out. ning, effective teaching, and faculty However, it is not the only means of awards, general lectures, high school student-faculty communication. Ponder and college liaison, housing, student and student leaders agree that it may advising, student leadership, Student Union expanSion, traffic safety, Uni - not necessarily . be the most effective. versity calendar, Who's Who and special committees on awards and scholarGood Relationship Seen ships. Students also serve as voting Student leaders see the good daymembers of the scholarship and conto-day relationship between students and duct committee if req uested by a stufacu lty as the most important factor in dent appearing before the committee. the continuing student-faculty dialogue.

"This increased involvement of stu-, Contributing to this rapport, students feel, are the smallness of ~he student dents has not been motivated by a parbody, the common interests of faculty ticular event or student demand," exand students (with most students majplained Paul Ponder , director of stuoring in engineering or science), labdent services. "Student participation oratory situations where students and evolved as a natural result of a good student-faculty relationshi'p , with the stu- faculty get better acquainted on an informal baSiS, the Chancellor's informal dents willing to take responsibility and Jun e 196 9

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In many ca6es, the responsibility was delegated to the students before they asked for it."

coffee chats and meetings with the Executive Forum (organization of presi dents of major student organizations), the staff of the Student Services and Student Personnel offices who are rated by students as "the best in the state", and the general open-door policy of the faculty and administration both locally and ' on the University-wide level.

On the Rolla campus the Student Council serves as a vehicle for getting the student viewpoint before policy making groups both at a local level and statewide through the Intercampus Student Council.

Student Participation Welcomed , Although student leaders fee l that there is currently "no problem" in stud~nt-faculty communication, they are already making plans for solving possible difficulties which may arise with a larger and more diverse student body.

They would like to see the "opendoor '" policy widened to include voting membership on more committees, They think more students should be involved in univerSity affairs, and that there should be more campus-wide participation in student government.

So far as faculty and administrators are concerned, the student participation is welcome. Student Services Director Ponder believes that mutual respect and a maf'~ re attitude on the part of both students and faculty members are primary factors in the successful studentfaculty cooperation. " As a result, students and faculty have been able to enter into discussion to achieve concrete progress in improving UMR and its program ," he said.

"The formal representation of students on committees is not so much the key to this success as an example of the progress achieved over a long period of time because of these attitudes. " 13

ALUMNI NEVVS Southern California The Southern California Section of the AI umni Association held their 1969 St. Pat's celebration, March 22, at the Long Beach Yacht Club.

Fifty-three were in attendance at the orgy. Some came to watch, some came to be orgified, and some came to refresh their memories as to what the orgy was all about.

Arwind Desai '66, finally showedup and proved that he is not only a fine after dinner speaker, but a good salesman as well - he "invited" his boss and wife to the orgy, provided that they drive him the 200 miles, round trip, to the meeting. However, almost everyone else came by their own carriage, and the number is increasing.

If you could taste the orgy size prime rib, and pick fruit from the grapevine and from the banana and peeled orange trees, and hear the fabulous music of the Captain's Orchestra, you too would understand why the attendance is increasing.

The next meeting wi ll be October 18, 1969 , at the Long Beach Yacht Club.

Power '43; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Quinn '49; Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ruemmler '38; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Schmitz '33; Mr. and Mrs. John Wilms '43.

John Wilms is to be congratulated for thi s most successful meeting. He is the Section president and his address is 825 South Ardmore, Los Angeles, California 90005.

Rocky Mountain The Rocky Mountain Section had a great St. Pat's cocktail party and buffet dinner, with 30 couples attending at the Ted Heiser's home. The new Section officers for the coming year were elected: Dr. Dean Kleinkopf '51, 1022 South Beech Drive, Denver, is the new President; George J. Decker '39, Star Route 2, Box 340, Upper Bear Creek, Evergreen, is now Vice President, and the Secretary-Treasurer is George Deutman '50, 8672 West Warren Lane, Denver.

Northwest Section

Among those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Karl A. Allebach '27; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boscia '51; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Burrows '58; Mr. and Mrs . Ed . Cawthorne '51; Arwind Desai '66; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fletcher '24; Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Fowler '59; Mr. and Mrs. Tad Graves ' 50; Mr. and Mrs . James D. Gostin '44; Mrs. Eva Hirdler Greene '11; Mr. and Mrs. Shay D. Huffman '54; Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Huseman '43, and son Don, Jr.

The Northwest Section of the AI umni Association met at Pier 91, in Seattle, Washington for their Spring meeting.

The annual election of officers was held and the new officers are: Marvin Byington '65, President; Peter H. F. Maisch '62, Vice President; and Rohn Abbott '66, Secretary-Treasurer. The good attendance is attributed to the greater number of graduates in the northwest and a greater interest in the organization.

Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Jaffe '41; Mr. and Mrs. Welby King '42; Mr. and Mrs. AI Krainess '50; Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Kruger, Jr. '56; Mr. and Mrs. Laurel G. Linn '4~; Rex Monroe '32; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. " Bill"

Those who attended this meeting were: Mr. and Mrs. Rohn D. Abbott '66; Mr. and Mrs. George Bast '62; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brunjes '59; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Byington '65; Glen

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Mr. and Mrs. Art Kruse '50; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lower '65; Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. F. Maisch '62; Mr. and Mrs. C. Dean Martin '64; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. "Roy" Perry '40; Mr. and Mrs. Les Spanel '59; Mr. and Mrs. Stephens R. Strauss '68; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilson '62; and Mr. and Mrs. Ken Woodruff '58.

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Ark-La- Tex Section The Officers Club, BarksdaleA.F.B., Louisiana was the setting for the Spring meeting of the Ark-La-Tex Section May 17. The hors de oeuvres for the social hom were furnished by Mr. and Mrs. John Livingston and Mr. and Mrs. David Flesh. This was a postponed meeting that was scheduled to be held in Little R ock, Arkansas, April 23.

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Future meetings were scheduled and the Summer Meeting will also be held at the Officers Club, Barksdale A .F.B., July 19. The Fall Meeting will be in Little Rock, and the Winter Meeting at the Ramada Inn, Minden, Louisiana.

The dates w ill be arranged later .

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R oberts '28 , announced they were making plans to spend about 18 months in Oran, Algeria. Gerald has accepted em'ployment MSM A lumnus

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Jim Forgotson '39; Mr. and Mrs. John Moscari '51; Mr. and Mrs. Denver Patton '52; Mr. and Mrs. C. E.McGaughey '50; MI'. and Mrs. Regan Ford '23; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mays ' 32; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Thompson '32; Mr. J. c. Salmon '22 and Mr. Sidney Norris '54.

On Sunday morning, following the meeting, a "going away" breakfast honoring Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Roberts was held at the Officers Club with twenty-one present.

Houston Section The Houston Section paid allegiance to the Engineer 's patron saint with a St. Pat 's party, at the Briar Club , in Houston , Texas. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Rex Alford '40; Mr. and Mrs. James B. Chaney '48; E. R. Fogarty '47; Mr. and M.rs . Russell E. Frame '46 ; Mr. and Mrs. Gerald. C. Godzwon '57; Mr. and Mrs . Joseph J. Long '68; Mr. and Mrs. Dan W Martin ' 52; Mr. and M.rs. John W. Shute '49; Mr. and Mrs. R . A. Tappmeyer '47; Mr. and Mrs. RobertThornton '59 and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Paul '43.

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UMR to Aid Saigon University UMR and the Agency for International Development, Washington, D. c. , have initiated contractual negotiations on the long term project of developinga quality engineering university in Saigon , South Vietnam.

The draft contract has been approved by the Board of Curators.

Dr. Robert E. Carlile , Director of the UMR International Center advises that UMR will provide a initial team of three engineering faculty and one American secretary to go to Vietnam about September 1.

The team will make a complete study of the Phu Tho College of Engineering, presently located at the National Technical Center. Based on the findings of the study, the team will develop a master plan for the orderly expansion of engineering education within a minimum of six months of arrival.

They will assist in developing the policies and procedures of efficient use of existing engineering training faci lities in Saigon in order to progress toward the goal of increasing the number , type and quality of trained engineers needed in Vietnam. They will also assist in the development of curricula, preparation of course materials , development of faculty, and improvement of instruction in the four existing fields of study, namely, electrical, chemical, civil and mechanical engineering to the extent possible under the limitations of the number of team members imposed under the contract.

Dr. Carlile says that as the local conditions and the stability of the economy and manpower availability improve in South Vietnam, the contract provides for additional staff as is deemed prudent to the achievement of the goals of the contract. Future plans propose the training of Vietnamese faculty and students in the United States.

Last November , a three-member team from UMR made a preliminary survey of engineering ed ucation in Saigon under the auspices of AID. The team

reported its findings to AID and the UMR facul ty . Making the trip we re Dr. Carlile, Dr. Lynn Martin , Directo r of Instituti o nal Studies and Dr. Aar on J. Miles , D ean Emeritus of Enginee ring.

Educato rs from South Vietnam , w ith AID officials, later vis ited UMR. Dr. Merl Baker, Chancellor o f U MR , stated , engineering educati o n is recognized by both the government and the people of Vietnam as one o f the m os t vital components of post war development.

B. S. Graduates Aoerage $836 Monthly Salaries UMR May graduates with bachelor of science degrees started out in jobs at an average salary of $836 per month.

According to Leon Hershkowitz , as sistant dean of p lacement, this is the highest starting salary average UMR bachelor's degree graduates have ever received.

January UMR graduates at the bachelor's level started out in jobs at an average salary of $8 18 per month,while UMR bachelor of science graduates a year ago May, started out in jobs at an average of $ 7 8 7 per month.

Those receiving master's de g r e e s from UMR in May, started out in jobs at an average of $1,091 per month.

Ph.D. recipients started out at an average of $1 ,400 per month.

The highest starting salary received by a bachelor's degree recipient went to a civil engineer ($1,000 per month).

This was fo llowed by a chemical engineer and a ch emist who drew $975 per month and a mechanical engineer at $950 per month.

Chemical engineers and chemists at the bachelor 's level drew the highest average starting salaries ($870). These were fo llowed by geophysicists and mining geophysicists ($860), mining engineers ($850), metall urgical engineers nuclear option - ($845), and electrical 15

engineers and mechanical engineers ($842). No graduate received a starting salary lower than $ 750 per month.

Graduates who had participated in the cooperative engineering science trai ning program (those who alternated semesters of school at UMR with semesters of work at industry) drew average starting salaries higher than the UMR over-all bachelor's average.

They started out in jobs at an average salary of $8 59 per month.

Most of the graduates went to wor k for industries. The major type of industry chosen by the graduates was that of chemicals, drugs and allied pr oducts.

This was followed by electronics and electrical instruments, petroleum and allied products, and ae rospace and comp onents.

Funds for UMR in St. louis Bank Sought The Business Office has been info rmed that a savings account exists at the Firs t Nati onal Bank in St. Lo uis in the name of the Association for the Advancement of the School of Mines and Metallurgy.

The account was o pened April 28, 19 39, with those auth o r ized to make withdrawals as J ohn H . Dunn, treasurer; Hursey J. Cross, president, and C. R. Leslie, vice president. B oth Dunn and Cross are deceased , and the where abouts of Leslie is unknown. Mrs. Cross desires the funds to be turned over to UMR.

If anyone knows of the association or successors to the association or any

s im ilar ass 0 cia t i on, please contact Joseph D. Wollard, UM R bus iness officer.

Enrollment In Summer School Up 17 Per Cent Summer school enrollment is up 17 percent over last summer.

A total of 1,096 students are on campus. There were 935 enrolled for the 1968 summer session.

There are 95 freshmen enrolled, 149 sophomores, 128 juniors, 370 seniors, 220 graduate students working toward master 's degrees (including 115 enrolled in special National Science Foundation - sponsored institutes) and 134 working for Ph.D . degrees .

UMR Scientists' Experiments Interest British Press Research on abnor mal water, conducted at UMR, has made news in England.

The Lond on Times, of April 1, comments on a paper by three UMR faculty members, published in the March 29 issue of Nature, an English scientific journal covering all disciplin es . The article, "A Probable Structure and Formation Me c han ism of Anomalous Water " was written by Dr. J oseph T. Zung, Dr. Richard T . Bolander and Dr. J ames L. K assner, Jr. , of the Grad uate Center for Cloud Physics Research of the Space Sciences Research Center Rolla.

T he research reported was supported by the Office of Naval Research, which has recently awarded a grant of $45,000 for additional investigation through January 30, 1970 .

The Times article foll ows: " An explanation of h ow ordina ry water can exist in two forms has been produced by three scientists at the Center for Cloud Physics Research at the University of Missouri - R olla, and is published in the current issue of Nature.

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oncile several series of inconsistent experimental results on the properties of liquid water reported in the past few years fr om several laboratories but chiefly from the Soviet Union. The inference from some of this work is that o rdinary water can exist in two forms , one normal and one anomalous.

dinary water arise from the way in which large numbers of molecules are interconnected in constantly changing molecular arrangements . Water molecules consist of a single oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms , and the geometry of their arrangement is such that o ne molecule can lose a hydrogen atom to . a second m olecule and acquire a hydr o"The first hints of such a possibility gen atom from a third. This means came ' two years ago with reports that that many of the h ydrogen atoms must water condensed in fine capillary tubes be thought of as being shared between made of quartz could be between 20 large groups of molecules. and 30 percent more dense than or"Th e proposal put forward by Bodinary water. The same experiments lander, Kassner and Zung is that anosuggested that this anomalous liquid , malous water, if it exis ts , may consist chemically identical with normal water, of more or less permanent arrangeis 15 times as viscous, much less prone ments of groups of four water moleto vaporize but much more easily excules held together in more or less perpanded on heating. manent clusters . One interesting pred iction from this theory is that the den"Since the first rep orts of these unsity of water constructed in this way us ual properties, attempts to repeat the should b e roughly a quarter greater experiments have been carried out in than that of n ormal water, which is several laborato ries. Although there have in agreement with the claims made of b een some suggestions that the first it. o b servations are reproducible the dif"N o thing in the new theory will be ficulty of repeating them in other labregarded as proof that an omalous water oratories has been considerable and the exists; but n o d o ubt the model that existence of anomalous water is still has been suggested will encourage those open to d o ubt. who ar e searching for ways of pr od ucing the Russian experiments."

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Dean Aaron J. Miles Named Fellow In A.S.M.E. Dr. Aaron]. Miles '30, Dean Emeritus of the School of Engineering, has been named a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

To qualifY for this honor, thenominee must have acknowledged engineering attainment with 25 years of active practice in the profession or in teaching of engineering and must be a member of ASME for 13 years. Promotion to the grade of Fellow is made only on nomination by five fellows or members of the society to the council for approval by the council.

Dr. Miles has been active in the teaching and administrative profession for over 35 years. He has been a member of ASME for 40 years.

Dr. T homas R. Faucett, Chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, stated "to Dr. Miles must be attributed many achievements in both engineering and education. He is recognized as an authority not only in his major area of heat transfer but also in the areas of mining and petroleum engineering. He has published many articles in these various areas and has served as consultant to numerous industrial companies and gov~rnment agencies.

Dr. Aaron J. Miles (second from right) is presented a certificate designating him fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by Dr. Donald E. Marlowe, president elect of ASME, and dean of engineering at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D. C. Others are from left: Lee E. Stickler, chairman of the St. Louis Section of ASME, and Dr. Ralph L. Scorah, professor in the University of Missouri - Columbia department of mechanical and aerospace engineering. The presentation was made at the meeting of the St. Louis Section of ASME at the Cheshire Inn, Clayton.

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"As a result of his efforts and leadership, the department of mechanical (now mechanical and aerospace) engineering grew extens ively in both size and quality of program. During his chairmanship, from 1942-1965, the department developed into one of the largest mechanical engineering departments in the nation and added graduate degrees of M.S. and Ph.D. to its offerings .

"With all the involvement in administrative work as department chairman and dean , he has maintained a close contact with the students -undergrad uates and grad uates alike."

1969 Homecoming October 24-25 June 1969

Back row, left to right: Alan Carson, Jim McCracken, Fred Parks, Don Traut and Coach Bud Mercier. Front row: Mike Sease and Bill Knauf.

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litle, croWl Awards were presented at the All-Sports Banquet at the Carney Manor on May 17 at which Paul Hornung, famous football star, was featu red speaker. The honored athle tes, left to right, are : Dennis Smith (baseball), Wayne Lewis (basketball), Don Duren (cross country ), Ken t Florence (football lineman), Larry Oliver (football back ), Robert Hill (rifle team) , and Barry Koenemann (track) . Not present to receive their awards were Fred Parks (golf) and Dan Mullens (tennis ).

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Paul H o rnung, an all-American at Notre Dame and an all-pro with the G r een Bay Packer s, was the featured spea ker at this fo urth annual affair.

He capped the evening with remarks o n the life of Vince Lombardi, former coach of the Packers, and several humorous anecd otes about Max McGee, his roommate at Green Bay for ten yea r s.

Mel Bloch, presiden t of the Booster Club, was master of ceremonies. H o no red g ues ts were Dr. J o hn C. Weaver, Presi dent of the Un ivers ity of Misso uri , and Mrs. W eaver, C hancell or Mer! Baker, UMR , and Mrs. Ba ker. After brief remar ks by Chancell or Baker and President Weave r 's hig h praise for the UMR athletes , ca lling them among the best in Misso uri and commending them for their mora le and enth usiasm, at hl etic h onors were awarded for the past sch oo l yea r .

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R obert Steele, of the Engineers' Club, received the Intramural Athlete of the Year Award.

Stan Notestine was the recipient of the " M " Club 's Gale Bullman Award.

This award is presented to an athlete who exemplifies certain traits of high character b oth o n and off the field .

Stan has had an o utstanding track career at UMR as a distance runner.

Bob Nicodem u s was presented wi th a special award for outstanding sch o lastic achievements. T h e award, a scholarship granted by the National College Athletic Association, .~o to p athletes wh o are top students. Nicodemus had the highes t g rad e point average of any athlete in A merica th is year.

Denn is Smi th received the b aseball award. A freshman , he had the highest batting average of any member of the sq uad this year.

Wayne Lewi s, cap tain of the basket-

ball team and a four yea r letterman , was presented the basketball award.

Don Duren was h onored with the cross country tro phy.

Freddie Parks, fo ur-year letterman received the golf trophy. He had the lowest average on the squad thi s season ta king 74 strokes per r o und, and was the medalist in the MIAA tour nament w hich helped the Miners win the meet this yea r.

Football awards went to midd le g uard Kent Florence, "Lin eman-of-the-Yea r " and Larry Oliver, "Back-of-the-Year. " Robert Hill, captain of the r ifle tea m , received first h o n o r s in that fi eld .

Dan Mullens, an o utstanding freshman product this yea r , was awarded the tenn is trophy.

Barry K oenemann was the r ecipient of the track tr op hy.

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MIAA, Regional Titles To Miner Golfers The Miners golfers won the MIAA title, the NCAA Midwest Regional crown, at \Vaterloo, Iowa , and finished in 11 th place in the NCAA College Division on the University of ew Mexico golf course in Albuquerque.

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The UMR team became progressively better each day of the four-day tourney starting in 16th place .

Coach Bud Mercier had only the highest of praise fo r the Miners. "The atmosphere there was strictly professional and the Miners made a fine showing ," Mercier remarked.

ENGINEERS AND SCI ENTISTS WANTED F or information concerning the positions listed below , please contact Assistant Dean-Placement, Leon Hershkowitz, UMR, R olla, Missouri , 65401 .

CERAMIC E. - CHEMIST - Electric company. Processing and molding of Steatite pottery material plus application of glazes , cements , silicone and June 1969

epoxy resins. Refer Files No . 78-79 .

M.E. - Experience in combustion preferred. Analyzing the range of melting and heat treating processes in steelmaking and solving quality problems.

St. Louis , Mo. , area . Refer File No. 80.

MET. E. - Interested in working in process and/or product development.

Electrical products division of company.

Midwest. Refer File No. 81.

ENGINEER - Nuclear department of company. Provide wide variety of services primarily for utility clients the world over. Refer File No. 82.

DATA PROCESSING - Staff consultant. Advising clients in all matters relating to data processing, selection of equipment, training personnel, etc. Refer File No. 83.

MINING-MET-Ch.E.-C.E. and M.E. - also considered for positions in Chilean mines. Refer Files N0. 84-85-86.

MINING-M.E.-C.E. - Design engineering with silica company . Refer Files No. 87-88-89.

M.E.-E.E.-LE. - Project engineer in plant producing polyethylene and polyvinylchloride plastic films which are printed and fabricated into packaging material. Refer Files No. 90-91.

ENGINEER - Structural or civil with 10 years experience. French and Spanish languages desired but not required . Foreign travel. Five figure salary.

Refer File No. 92.

ENGINEER - M.E . or C.E. with interest in nuclear structures engineering. Refer Files No. 93-94-95.

METALLURGIST - B.S. or M.S. physical-mechanical metallurgy research requiring 3 to 8 years' experience in mechanical properties t est i n g. B. S. foundry practice research. 0 to 5 years' experience or interest in casting, gra phite permanent molds, new mold material. Refer File No. 96.

MET. ENG. - Chicago subur1:J. Salary to $13,000. Process engineer. Follow project from inception to finished product. Refer File No. 97.

E.E .-LE. - Manufacturing Manager metal fabrication for consumer and industrial markets. Head ten production functions and assume plant management responsibility. 8 to 10 years of related line and staff production experience. Refer File No. 98-99.

RA TE ENGINEER - With utility company. Engineering degre and wor king toward MBA. Midwest. Refer File No. 100.

MINING - 5 years' experience in coal mining. Vice presidents staff advisor in coal mining. West coast. Salary open. Refer File No.1 01.

ENGINEERS - Most all disciplines.

Electrical company. Industrial applications , statistician, prod uct prom o tion supervisor, sales, Midwest. Refer Files No. 102 thru 108.

ENGINEERS - Oil Compan y. Also analysts and programmers. With and without experience. Midwest. Refer Fi les No. 110thru 115.

MINI NG - Engineer or geologist ; entails maintenance of prod uction and performance Statistics, surveying , su pervision or blasting , and other duties as assistant quarry superintendent. West coast. Refer Files No . 11 6-1 1 7.

ENG INEERS - Most all disciplines.

In the east. With and without experience . Salaries good. Refer Files No .

11 8 thru 1 27.

CHIEF ENGINEER - Manufacturer of lubricating devices . Manage product engineering, testing, prototyping and field service functions. 5-7 years minimum at project engineer or supervisory level , deSign , development, lub ricating devices. Chicago-based. Refer File No. 1 28.

MBA - Budget analysis and operations research. Refer File No. 129 .

ENG INEERS - In fie ld s of nuclear power generating equipment, pressure vessel fabrication, heat transfer and fluid flow. Other fields welding engi neering, or metallurgy eq uivalent, stress and thermal analysis and applied mechanics. Refer Files No. 1 30- 1 3 1-1 32 .

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MARRIAGES Cummins-Thomas

James L. Cummins '67, and Miss Nan c y Virginia Thomas, of Baxter Springs , Kansas , were married October 4, 1968. The bride is a grad uate of Kansas State College, Pittsburg, and ha s been teaching in the elementary sch ool system of Shawnee Mission , Kansas. T he groom is a design engineer with Eagle-Picher Ind ustries , Inc., in the electro nics division at Joplin , Miss ouri.

His mailin g address is P. O. Box 281, J o plin.

Jagtiani-Advani

Arjan S. J agtiani '66 and Miss Aruna K. Advani wer e married September 5, 19 68, in Bo mbay, India. Arjan met his bride while h om e on a visit. They ar e living in New Yo rk, N.Y. , 60-11 Broadway, W ood sid e and he is an assistant engineer fo r Ebasco Services , In c.

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1st Lt. Lynn E. Meinershagen '67

and Miss Karen F. Stanley were married March 29, 1969 in Tucson, Arizona.

Lt. Meinershagen is presently in Vietnam at the Pleiku radio station. Mrs. Meinershagen is residing at Fort Huach uca , Arizona.

Sluzalis-Liebrenz

Lawrence L. Sluzalis '59 and Miss Lumilla Jean Liebrenz were married December 28, 1968, in the Mother of God Catholic Church, Denver, Col orado. The bride is a graduate of St. Cloud State College, St. Cloud, Minnesota and is a teacher in the Jefferson County Schools in Denver. The bridegroom is employed by the Marathon Oil Company in Denver. Their new home addres s is 2595 South Sheridan Street.

BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. William H. Branum '65 belatedly announce the arrival of a s on, Brian Howell , September 10,1968 .

William is on active duty with the U.S.

HELP US KEEP YOUR ADDRESS CURRENT If your address has chan ged, complete and tear out this slip and mail it immediately to MSM A lumni Association, Rolla , Mo . Thanks .

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Army. During th is time he will use Box 240, Route 1, Hornersville, Mo. , as his address.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Ragsdell '66, have their second son, Thomas Baker, born February 21 , 1969. The father is now senior associate engineer in Product Engineering, International Bus in e s s Machines , Austin, Texas. Thomas and his older brother, Keith , are in training for the ' 88 Olympics . The Ragsdells ' address is 2906 Delrobles, and they say " YouAll come to see u s."

Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Burkhalter '67 , are new parents of a son , Karl Frederic, born April 20 , 1969 . 2nd.

Lt. Burkhalter, U.S . Army Chemical Corps, 5th Army, Ft. McClellan, Alabama, was assigned to Ft. Riley, Kansas, June 1, for his first assignment.

Mr. and Mrs . Robert H. Shlutow '65, welcomed thei r first born, Stephen Todd, May 6, 1969. They reside in Uncasville, Connecticut, 104-C Woodland Drive. Robert is a field engineer with the Bechtel Corporation.

2nd Lt. Ronald F. Zauner '69 and Mrs. Zauner announce the arrival of Jonathan Paul , April 5, 1969. Lt. Zauner is stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood , Mo ., and is a training officer assigned to D-1-4th Engr. AIT Bde ( Sp. ) Their residence addres s is 3 Totten Street.

Mr. and Mrs. Morris N. Botkin '6 7, are parents of a son, Morris L, born January 30 , 1968. The father is an associate engineer at McDonnellDouglas , St. Louis , Mo. The Botkins reside in Bridgeton, Mo., 15 016 W oodford Way.

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Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Marshall '66, have a second daughter, Pama la Jane, born June 20, 196 8. They resid e at 511 East High, Ebenburg, Pa., where the father is a systems engineer at the Bethlehem Mines Corporation.

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Dr. and Mrs. Harry]. Sauer, Jr. '56, welcomed the arrival of Valerie Joan, May 21, 1969. Valerie has three brothers and four sisters. Harry is professor of me c han i c a I engineering at UMR. The Sauers reside in College Hills, Rolla.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Kreitner '66, are parents of a daughter, born in November 1968. Jerry received his M.S . degree in Geology at the University of Alaska, on May 19, 1969. He is an exploration geologist, Union Oil Company of California. They reside in Anchorage, 3307 Boniface, Lot I-B. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony E. Satta '68 , adopted Michelle Lee, at the age of 2 months , on February 27 , 19 69. They live in Crestwood, Mo. , 970 Elmont Lane. Anthony is a research engineer with the Carboline Company.

Mr. and Mrs. WilUam Crow '68 , have their third child, a daughter , born November 20, 1968. They are now in the St. Louis area and their new address is 12204 Bennington P I ace, Bridgeton, Mo. The y have bee n in Wichita , Kansas and William was with Cessna Aircraft. His new position is associate engineer wit h McDonnell Douglas Corporation.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Chervitz '64, have their first child, a son, Chad Aric, born May, 8 , 1969. The father is with International Business Machines, and was recently promoted to special project system engineer and assigned to Army NAPALM Project. They live at 1524 Shoemaker, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and Mrs . William F. Jud, Jr. '61, announce the arrival of Stacy Ann, April 19, 1969. They are living in Silverton, Colorado, 933 Empire. Bill is chief geologist, Silverton operations, Standard Metals Corporation.

Mr. and Mrs. George]. Tate '67, welcomed Wade Alan, May 31, 1969, their first child. George is lead engineer, quality evaluation, Honeywell, Inc., and their address is 4809 Rutledge, Edina, Minn.

Jun e 1969

Texas Ex-Governor Pays Tribute to Eugene Warren

DEATHS Emil L. Beyer '16

The following is an editorial written about the late Eugene W. Warren '50, by the former Governor of Texas, Price Daniels, Sr. "The untimely death of Eugene W. Warren was a great shock to Liberty (Texas) and a real loss to our community. He will be missed not only because of his active participation at the forefront of civic development, but because of his good humor and friendly spirit toward his fellowmen , both young and old.

"Gene Warren loved Liberty . While serving as city engineer, he planned and supervised construction of streets , utility improvements and other developments. Later, as owner of Warren Engineering Company, he planned and engineered many subdivisions and water developments. At the time of his death he was serving as engineer for the Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District, Dayton and Canal Company, and the city of Liberty on special water projects which will add much to the prosperity and growth of the area. " In many ways he was an unusual man for our day and age. In spite of a busy professional life, he took time to visit with his friends. He had great spiritual faith and was not ashamed to show his loyalty to God and his church.

He was a patriotic citizen who was proud to speak of devotion to his country. He had faith and interest in the young people of the community.

Those who knew him were his friends.

Many attended his last rites. His faith and beliefs were not unusual, but the time he took to act on them was quite different from the indifference and neglect that plague many of us in the busy routine of our existence.

"The tribute paid to him by his ministers, friends, and fellow members of the Liberty Masonic Lodge and Totary Club testified to the high esteem in which Gene Warren was held in this community. His place will be hard to fi ll in the hearts and minds of his many friends. He will be missed, but he will be well remembered."

Emil Lucius Beyer '16 died January 5,1968.

August W. Gleason '15

August Wilhelm Gleason '15, died December 26, 1968, He was residing at Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico , at the time of his death. He joined the Standard Oil Company of California, in March 1917, as a stillman on the first Burton stills that were erected at the pressure stills. From September 1917, until December 1918, he served in the U.S. Army and returned to Richmond , California in 1918 as a foreman in the operating divisions until 1920. In 1920 , he went to the EI Segundo Refinery and was operations foreman in several divisions until 1930, at which time he became an assistant superintendent of the Light Oil Division. In 1936, he became superintendent of the EI Paso Refinery. In 1943 , he became Manager of Operations of the Pasotex Pipeline at EI Paso, Texas. In 1944, he was named Superintendent of Process Development and Control at Richmond. In 1950, he joined the California R&D Company as Manager of Operations at the Livermore Research Laboratory in Livermore California. He retired January 1, 1953 . He is survived by his widow.

Frank A. Crippen '33

Frank Arthur Crippen , Jr. '33, died September 1 3, 1968.

Eugene W. Warren '50

Eugene W. Warren '50, age 46, died suddenly at his residence in Liberty, Texas, May 10, 1969. He was a civil engineer and owner of the Warren Engineering Company. He also did the engineering work for the county and the City of Liberty. He was a member of the First Methodist Church, Liberty Rotary Club, Masonic Lodge, and a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Survivers are his widow, Dorothy Gay Warren, a daughter, Gay, age 13 , and 21

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hi s parents Mr. and Mr s. C. W. Warren , Mill Springs, Miss our i. Hi s widow will contin ue to res ide at 2309 Centennial, Lib er ty.

Reinhardt Schuhmann , J r. '33

D r. Re inhardt Sch uhmann , Jr. '33, died October 1 2, 19 68 . H e was cha irman of the d epartm ent of metall urg ical engineeri ng at Purd ue U ni vers ity, Lafayette, In d iana.

Shi rley A. Ly nch '2 8

Shirley A . Lynch '28, age 68, died May 9, 1968, in D allas, T exas . H e re ti red severa l years ag o as head of the geology d epartmen t at Texas A & M Univer s ity. H e was a native of G irard , Illinois an d was formerl y head of the geo logy d epar t ment at Arling ton State U nive r s ity . H e wa s a member of Tau Beta Pi and the American Associati on of Petr o leum Geologi sts .

Su rvivors are h is wid ow, two dau g hters and fo ur g rand children .

A ll en S. Rei che rt '4 4

Allen S. Reich ert '44 died of leukemia , Decem ber 2, 1967.

J o hn T. Haz e le tt '47

John T. Hazelett '47, d ied Feb r uary 26, 1969 .

Herbert McCu llou gh '42

Herbert McC ull o u g~ '42, d ied March 25,1969, ofa heart attack.

Lo rin T. Putman '0 7

Lorin T. Putman '07 . T he al umni office received a notice of Mr. Pu tman's death . T h e date was :1Ot given . He resided in Beckley, West Virginia.

was k illed in a cras h of a Mex ican Airlines p lane, June 4, 1969, on a fli g ht fr o m Mexico City to Monterrey. Barnard , age 39 , a civil engineer , had just been tra nsferred to Mexico City fr o m Kitchener , O ntari o, Canada , by the B. F. Goodr ich R u bber Company. He had been co nferring with architects on a new p lant to be built at G uadalajara . He had been with B.F . G o odrich on proj ects in Monr ovia , Liberia , Africr and with Ka iser Bauxite Co mpany in Jama ica. H e is s urvived by h is wid ow , Betty , a s on , Charles R. Barna rd III ; his father, Charles R . Barnard '20 ; h is m o ther Dr. Neva Barnard, a reti red m ember of the mu s ic faculty of Oakland City College; a br other , Ma jor W il lia m R . Barnard , serv ing in Vietnam and an other brother, Dr. K en neth E. Barnard, H ou sto n , Texas .

Richard R. Hynes '39

Richard Rhod es Hynes ' 39 died in El Paso, Tex as, May 14 , 1969.

Alumni Personals 191 4 J o hn H . Web ster writes that " I a m tak ing, under a i\'1.D. 's car e, va rious m ed icatio ns to r elieve so mewha t, pain from ar thritis in my r ight h ip and knee, an d an o ld broken shin bone and do th ey eve r give me a bad time l O utside of these infirmities, I seem to be 10 0% . 1 hear fr o m quite a few of the 0 1' timers . Does the Meteor still r u n thro ug h Rolla)" (The Meteor was the n ame of a passenger train on the Frisco.) Mr. Webs ter lives at 2523 W. Kings Highway, San Anton iO, Texa s .

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Pau l R. Coo k '07

Pa ul Richardson Cook '07, d ied August 12,1969. He res ided at411 Smith Street, Brook lyn, N .Y. Royal S. Webster '03

Royal S. Webster '03 . His death was repor ted to the Alu mni Office . Dateand place was not g iven.

E. Row land Tragitt , a retired engineer, h as moved back to Ph oenix, Ar izo na, 3804 W. Myrtle Avenue, from Ca lifo rni a. On March 1, 1969, he retired as Chief i\ Iining Engineer for Regio n III (Arizo na and New Mexico) of the U.S. Forest Service. Row land and i\lary will welcome a call from any and all al umni .

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Charles R. Barnard, Jr . '56

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Dr. H arry H. Kess ler, preS ident of Ha rry H. K essler & Associates, Inc .,

t. Lou is, Miss ouri , has anno unced the

acq uis itio n of the Dayton Fo und ry Co mpany, So ut h Gate, Ca li fo rn ia. Th e Da yto n Fo undry is a manu fa cturer of So rb ocast Metal and duct il e ir o n. T he fi I'm produ ces appr o ximately 7, 000 tons of qua lity castings per ann um with sa les of ap pr oxi mately S3, 00 0, 000.

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1 925 Dr. Bertie Lee B r ownin g and i\ [rs .

B rown ing we r e alu mni o ffice visito r s in April. Mr . Br own ing has r eti red after many years with the paper indu stry. His last p OS itio n was w ith the I ns titute of Paper Chemistry. H e has wri tten three boo ks that are used as textb ooks . T hey are "Chemist ry of W ood ," "Meth o ds of Wood Chemistry," and "Ana lySis of Paper." T he Br o wnings res id e at 21 Cherry Co urt, Ap pleto n , W iscons in .

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1 9 2 7 J ames F. Smith, former vice pr esid ent-alumina and red ucti on, has been named seni or vice p reside nt , Anaco nda Aluminu m Co m pa ny. He sta rted hi s career with Anaco nda in 1927 at the firm 's electr o lytic cop per r efi ne ry in G reat Fall s, Montana , as a fo r ema n, and adva n ced th ro ugh the yea r s to research chemist, furnace superi ntendent and assistant s u perintende nt of the refinery. In 195 3, he was tra nsferred to the position of p r od uction s u perintende nt for the new al u mi n um reduction operations at Colu mbia Fa ll s, i\[ontan a. He was named p la nt manager in J uly 1958 , and in 1962, he was given add itional responsib ilities as vice p resident of the reduction division . He moved to Anaconda Aluminum's Lou isvi ll e h eadquarters in 1966 as vice presidentalumina and reduction.

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1 928 R. P . Baumgartner is retlrlng Aug ust 1, after 39 plus years wi th Westinghouse Electric Corpo ration. H e is manager of the h igh power labor ato ry.

The Baumgartne rs plan extensive travel in the next two years and he w ill do some work as a consu ltant. T heir add ress is 635 Cascade Road, Pittsb ur g h , Pa.

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193 0 Elmer F. Cirkal, 6461 Rosemont, Fort Worth, Texas is with the Flood Plain Manage~ent Services of the Corps of Engineers. His son is in Law School, University of Texas , and the daughter is attending the University of Oklahoma .

Verne Alexander, Regional Hydrologist , Weather Bureau, Central Region , Kansas City, Mo., received a letter of commendation from the Secretary of Commerce for "execution of duties in connection with the fl ood danger which faced the Midwest this Spring was outstanding. Your prompt recognition of the situation , and your subsequ ent action in meeting it, were in the highest traditions of the U.S . Department of Commerce. "

193 5 John E. Harrod is now General Superintenden t, Youngstown District , U .S. Steel Corporation. The Harrods ' address is 5184 Westport Drive , Youngstown, Ohio .

193 8 E. B. Lanier has been promoted to the position of manager of the Humble Oil & Refining Company plant at Bayonne , N . J. Operations manager

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until May 15, Lanier became a member of the Bayonne staff in 1956, moving from the Baltimore Refinery to head the mechanical department. FolJune 1969

lowing a n umber of higher admin istrative' assign ments, he was named.. h ead of petroleum operations in 1963, and in April 1966 became operations managel' . He first joined the Esso company at Baltimore in 1947. He spent three yea rs with Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in refining engineering and inspection positions, before entering the U.S. Army in 194 1 , serving with the Army Corps of Engineers attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Foll owing discharge he head ed the Petroleum Pipeline Section of the War Department 's Engineering Research and Development Laboratories . He was recently appointed by Bayonne 's mayor to the city's Ind ustrial Commission. He is a former director of the Bayonne Hospital and acted as chairman of the House Committee. In 1968, he helped to organize the Harbor Pollution Abatement Committee for the Newark BayBayonne area and currently serves as its secretary. For a number of years, he worked with the Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard and State Department of Health on water improvement problems. The Laniers' address is 119 Chestnut Hill Drive , Murray Hill, N.J.

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John Hall Livingston is Deputy Chief, Engineering and Construction Directorate, Hq. 2nd Air Force , BarksdaleAFB , Louisiana. John has been elected president of the Shreveport Chapter, Louisiana Engineering Society for 1969-70.

His residence address is P. O. Box 155 , McDade , Louisiana.

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur M. Clarkson, a member of the U .S.A.F. Reserve , attended the 40th Annual Aerospace Medical As sociation meeting in San Francisco , California. He was among 1 ,500 active duty and reserve Air Force personnel ass igned in the medical service field who participated in the series of programs o n the latest advancements in the medical as pects of aviation and space travel. Colonel Clarkso n is a bioenvironmental engineer at Ent AFB,

Colorado; ho is a veteran of Wo rld War II. H e and his wife, Vivian, res ide at 9 18 Eighth Avenue,Helena,Montana.

1 940 Vernon E. Unger, Vice President and General Manager, Davis Tool Co ., a Division of Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Co. , was a campus vis it or in April. He is located in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin.

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John J. O'Neill has been named vice preSident, plastics, in the Chemicals G r 0 u p of the Olin Mathies on Chemical Corporation. Hi s headquarters address is 460 Park Ave., New York, N.Y .

194 2 Robert M. Brackbill , former Vice President of Production , Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc. , 1700 One Main Place, Dallas , Texas , has been promoted to Senior Vice President of that company.

John C. Allen, after four yea r s as Vice President of Daniel , Ma nn , J ohnson & Mendenhall, in Los Angeles, California , and Tokyo, Japan, has established his own company; he is president of Engineering Management Company and is m oving to Singapore . His address is 16 Stevens Road , Singa po r e 10.

1 944 Kenneth W. Schoeneberg and hi s daughter , Debbie, were alu11U1i office visitors in May. Ken is now Executive

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Res ear c h Engineer , Association of American Railroads Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, 3 140 South Federal Street. His residence address is 6924 No rth Ashland Blvd., Chicago.

Vernon J. Pingel was presented with the Western Electric Innova tion Recognition Award at their First Ann u al Award s Dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, with m o r e than 1 ,5 00 engineers attending. H e is a Senior Metallurgica l Engineer at Western Electric.

He was h onored for his o riginal research work in the stud y of the h eat treatment of powder metallurgy magnetic all oys that h as resu lted in o btaining previously unknown knowledge about this material which will ena ble s pecific and predictab le properties to be impar ted to these alloys by controlled heat treatmen t during manufacturing . His broad industrial experience has made him a recognized authority in th e field of powder metallurgy. H e is a life member of Tau Beta Pi and is in "Wh o's Who in Engin eering. " Six patents pertaining to metallurgical developments ar e credited to him.

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Dr. James L. McKelvey, D ean of the Sch ool of En gineering and Applied Science, Was h ington Univers ity, St. Lo ui s, Mo ., was one of six U .S. members of a committee that arran ged an internationa l plastics conference in London , England, June 16-1 7. It was spon sored jointly by the U.S. Society of Plastics Engineers and the British Plastics i nstitute , and had as its theme, " Polym ers in High Performance Appli ca tions," concerning high p erformanc e in terms of s uch limitations as material properties , processing characteristics , fabrication sys tem s or economics . Dr. McKelvey is known for hi s work in polymer technology and engineering and is the author of the widely used b ook, " Polymer Proces sin g."

1 9 4 8 J ohn F. McCarthy, chairman of the civil engineering department , St. Louis University, becam e s uper intendent of

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the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's Bi ssell Point treatment plant,June 1. McCarthy has been with St. Loui s University since 1955. He previo usly taught at UMR and holds Bachelor 's and Master 's d egrees from R o lla. The Bissell Point plant, at the foot of East Grand Avenue , in North St. Loui s, is the largest of the district's two maj or sewage treatment plants.

194 9 J ohn W. Shute h as been appoi nted Chief Geologist for the Houston , Texa sbased Bosco Middle East Oil Corporation. Bosco is expanding its activities in the Middle East, particularly in Libya where it hold s Concessions 134 and 1 35 totaling 1.3 milli on acres in the Sirte Basin. Shute form erly was Regional Geologist for Humble Oil and Refining. Prior to that he was with Esso International with aSS ignments in the Middle East, South America and at Esso's headquarters in New York. He is a member of the Houston Geological Society and AAPC. H e is also active in the Houston bas ed Association of Foreign Geologists. He will have his headquarters in the American Building. The Shute fami ly, wife Jean and three children, have b een reside nts of Houston for the past two years .

crushed ston e products principally for highway constructi on in orth Central Texas.

1 9 5 1 Larson E. Wile, pr oject engineer, Lynchburg Foundry Co ., Division of Woodward Corporation, Lynchbu rg, Va., received the American Foundry Society'S "Award of Scientific Merit ," at the 7 3rd Casting Congress of the American Foundry Society h eld in Cincinnati , Ohio, May 5 to 9. The citation read in part ". . for significant technical advancements to the cast m etals industry thro ugh the furtherance of the s hell and hot box processes ."

Robert E. Vansant , a specifications manager with Black & Veatch, consulting en gineers, has been elected v icepresident of the Con struction Specificati ons Institute, a techni cal soc iety of architects, engineers , material s uppli ers, educators, lawye r s, contractors and persons interested in specifications w riting . Vansant was a charter membe r of the institute 's Kansas City Chapter , organized in 1959. H e was a speaker at the gro u p's conven ti on last year in Denver and this su m mer will complete a 2-year term o n the technical program committee. He has been admitted to the Misso uri Bar and he is a registered profeSSional engineer.

1 950 Jack A. Cotner and family live in Caroas A. Carrill o , Mexico . Jack is a staff engineer for the Ingenio San Cristobal Sugar Company. Lerma 63A Mexico, D. F. Mexico . H e was with the Brewer Sugar Co., in Hawaii , for 8 years and was transferred to Puerto Rico, and lived there 3 years . He has been in Mexico for a year and a half. H e ma rried Pulani Brown , from Hawaii, in 1955. They have five ch ildren .

Melih S. Durusan is materials manager, petroleu m prod ucts marketing, Mo bil Oil Company, Mobil O il Turk A .S .. P.K.660 , Istanbul, T urkey. His home address is Mor Karanfil S. 7, Istanbul.

Ivan B 0 u n d s is PreSident , Ivan Bound s, Inc ., Denison, Texas . His company produces aggregates and

Eugene H. Lind sey has been appointed sen ior geologist , Dillingham Corporation. H e h as six teen years experience as exploration, resident and cons ulting geologist throughout the western U.S. , Canada , Puerto Rico and Mexico in copper, sulphur , precious metals, cement r ock , gypsum, clay d eposits, iron ore, and mercury. His experi ence covers service and consulting for major metals , petroleum prod ucts and engineering companies in the U.S., as well as government age ncies . H e will be responsib le for a ll geologic inves ti gation s for D illingham 's Mining Group and will promulgate geo logical data generated by other divi s io ns, co-ventures and con s ultants . H e will maintain hi s office in Berkeley, Ca liforn ia for a s hort time. His addr ess is 20 15 Center Street , Berkeley.

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Gerald M. Wilson has been appointed manager of oil field sales for the Northern Region of Rex Chainbelt Inc. Located in Denver , Colorado, Wilson will b e responsible for planning and promoting the sale of the firm 's oil field chain of users , distributors and equipment manufacturers . Wilson joined Rex Chainbelt in 1958 , as a sales trainee in the Los Angeles office, and has been sales engineer there.

195 2 Richard H. Bauer, who has been with G. S. R o bins Co., for eleven yea rs , has established his own business , Missouri Electrochem, Inc . The company will manufacture and distribute industrial chemical cleaners, primarily serving the electroplating trade .

T hey will also represent a number of othe r manufacturers of plating su p plies and equipment. T he new quarters is in a new building at 8013 Dale Avenue , St. Louis, Mo., near Hanley Road and Highway 40 . The new firm is now in full operation.

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Vernon D. Volker was a participant in the 5th Annual Seminar for High School Guidance Counselors held on the Rolla campus last September. He preSided at the opening luncheon. He is Evaluation Engineer Property Acquisition Department , Sun Oil Company, D -X Division, Tulsa , Oklahoma . His address is 7460 East 30th Place , Tulsa.

William H. Feldmiller and w ife , " Smokey, " and two children , Kimberly, age 12 and Jon Scott , age 11 , occupied a new home at 5972 Seabright Road, Springfield , Virginia, September 10, 1968. Bill is Assistant Branch Chief, Branch of Oil and Gas Operations , U. S. Geological Survey, Room 3223 G.S.A . Bldg., 18 and " F" Streets , N. W. , Washington , D. C.

195 5 Ronald M. Kingsbury is the new Manager Engineering Office , Wood River Refinery, Shell Oil Company, Wood River , Illinois. He began his June 1969

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the quality assurance records center and the material review b oard. He has b een employed by Westinghouse for six years .

He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society for Non-Destructive Testing and the American Society for Metals.

He was an advisor to a Junior Achievement company sponsored by the Edgar Th ompson Works of U.S. Steel, where he worked for 5 'li years befo re j oining Westinghouse. He, and his wife, Margaret, and children, Eric and Curtis reside at 4812 Havana Drive, Holiday Park , Pittsburgh.

Jack L. Feaster has been named Division Traffic Superintendent, in the St. Louis Division, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Jack joined Southwestern Bell in 1957.

Clar en ce ]. Vetter , J r., has been promoted to senio r research eng ineer, U .. S. Industrial Chemical Company, Tuscola , Ill. He joined USI as a research engineer in the pilot plant group in August 1960 . Prior to this he was a graduate assistant at UMR, and received his M.S. degree in 1960 . Mr. Vetter , hi s 195 6 wife Sue, and their three children live Herbert F. Ogle has joined the staff at 206 North Missouri , Atwood, Ill. of the Veterans Administration HosArthur]. Koelling is now Lead Repital, Temple , Texas , as chief, engiliability Engineer with LTV Aerospace neering division. He has been with Corporation, Dallas, Texas. His adthe Veterans Administration since 1960 dress is 805 Linda Vista Lane No. with assignments at the VA Center , 111, Arlington , Texas.

Jacks on, MisSissippi, VA hospitals at Poplar Bluff, Mo ., McKinney, Texas, 195 8 and Tucson, Arizona. He is a registerJohn O . Buchanan , 126 Clover , Lake ed professional engineer and is a member of the American Hospital Engi- Jackson, Texas, is Senior Construction Supervisor, Construction Departneers ' Ass ociation . ment, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas . Last year he was the Chief 1 957 Alexand er H . Matz has been named Construction Engineer for a $50 ,000 , Superviso r of Naval Quality Assurance 000 synthetic fiber plant for Dow Ba Engineering for the 'Electro-Mechanical dische Company, in Anderson, S.c.

Division of Westinghouse Electric Cor- He had 2,000 construction workers poration , Cheswick, Pa. He has been and an office staff of 16 people under senior quality control engineer. In his his direction. While in So uth Carolina, new position he will be responsible for he was a guest speaker at the Charleston inspection instruction and documenta- Civil Engineers Club . tion requirements for quality in naval work, will investigate cost improvement methods and review all manufacturing information released to the production area on naval work, and. will direct

195 9 Kenneth A. Swans on has recently accepted a position as proces s engineer with the Martin-Marietta Corp orati on

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Colonel Raymond A . Whelan was promoted to this grade August 1968 , and selected for attendance at the Army War College. He is tentatively sched uled to rep ort for F on Leonard \'i:! ood, Missouri, in July 19 69, to command the 1 st Engineer Brigade. His present address is 513 Forbes Ave., Carlis le Barracks, Pa. Roger L. Echelmeier has his own company , Roger L. Echelmeier Company. He is a representative for Baltimore Aircoil Company, manufacturer of cooling towers and evaporative condensers, in eastern Missouri and southern Ill inois. Hi s address is 42 11 Gardenview Drive , St. Ann, Mo. Dr. Robert E. Slusher is co-auth or of an article entitled "Photom Ech oes in Gases " that appeared in the March 10th iss ue of Physical Review. He is now with the Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New J ersey.

Jam es C. Snowden received a Master 's deg ree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern Ca lifornia in 1967, an d is presently working on the Apoll o in the Atmosphere Entry Group, North American Rockwell , Space Division, Downey, California and residing in Whittier at 1 5921 Ocean Aven ue.

assigned for his second tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Vietnam . H e wi ll be an operations officer of an armed helicopter unit. H e jo ined the Army in 1961 and has served in Germany, Thailand and Vietnam. While on his first tour of duty in Vietnam , he received the army commendation medal and the air medal. . Garland K. G rechu s has been promoted to research leader in Integrated Circuit Bonding Studies as the Engineering Research Center of Western Electric Company, Princton, N. J. The Grechus' r esidence is in West Trenton, 31 Fran Avenue.

Juliu s Franklin "Frank" Krugerwas elected mayor of Berkeley, Missouri, a north St. Louis County s uburb , population some 22,000. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and an electri cal engineer at Emerson Electric Company, St. Louis , Mo. He was involved in nu mero us civic and professional activities prior to the mayoral achievement. He , his wife Marilyn, son Brian and daughter Jackie, reside at 8618 Gregory Court.

196 2 Larry G. Bauer r eSigned from Dow Chemical Company, Midland , Mich igan,

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1 963 J ames B. Robi nson left Kennecott Copper Co rporation , in Eureka, Utah , in March, to take a position as project engi nee r on the Caladay Project , wi th Callahan Mining Corporation. Their n ew residence is on Sunshine Star Route , Kellogg, Idaho.

Kenneth W. Henry currently is working on a Ph.D. dissertation in Applied Scien ce at the U . of California-Davis, Livermo r e. His Livermore address is 830 Mohawk Drive.

Brian J. Roth has been promoted to Director, Control Data Institute, International, Bockenheimer Landstr 10, 6 FrankfurtjMain, West Ge rman y. H e is responsible for all Control Data Institute computer Ed ucational Services outside of the U nited States. His address is Amselstr. 14 , 6078 Neu isenburg II , West Germany.

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Frazier Bronson and his wife , Rosalee, have moved to Philadelphi a, Pa., whe re he is in charge of laboratOry services for the Radiation Management Corporation as a consultant health physicist.

Robert Cor win received hi s M.S. degree in geoscience from the U. of Ca lifornia-Berkeley, in June.

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John W. Woodward, 3507 Greenbriar Dr., N. \V , Huntsville, Alabama, is an engineer with International Business Machines. The Woodwards have three children , Cynthia Lynn, age 8, Kristen J ean, age 3, and James Wesley, born January 2, 1969 .

Marvin D. Cook is a systems engineer with Control Data Corporation .

He and hi s wife, the former Ste lla Sobtzak, and daughter Margaret Anne, resid e at 420 Field Drive , Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ma nd , Warren , Michi gan . His address is 28394 Hoover , Apt. 3.

and has accepted a posit ion as instructor in the chemical engineering department at Iowa State University, while concurrently pursuing a Ph.D . degree in chemical engineering. His new address is Apt. 112-D, Un iversity Vi ll age, Ames.

Myron D. Bruns is an engineer for the U .S. Army Tank Automotive Com-

Ed K opask ie is employed by CalDoran Metallurgical Services, in Los Angeles , California. H e is chief metal1urgist and quality control manager.

His residence address is 20290 Lo rencita Drive , Covina.

John P. Sh ewchuk grad uated from General Electric's Advan ce Manufacturing Management Program after assignments in Virginia and Michigan. He was promoted to Program J\llanager at the N uclear Fuels Department of General Electric in San J ose, California.

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Captain John T. Parker has been graduated from the Air University's Sq uadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB , Alabama. He was especially selected for' the 14-week professional officer course in recognition of his potential as a leader in the aerospace force. He was assigned to Vandenberg AFB , California , California, as a physicist.

Dr. Alton]. Nute is a senior petroleum engineer with Texaco, Inc., at Bellaire Research Labs ., Houston , Texas . His residence address is 4515 Briar Hollow Place , Apt. 3 22, Houston .

David E. Bergt is on a two and one-half month leave as a field engineer with Schl umb erger Overseas, S.A., afte r working 16 months in Angola, Afr ica, in the offshore o il business. He is due to go to the Cameroons in July.

William R. Wilson has been promoted to Army SpecialisV5 , while asSigned to the 3rd Infantry D ivision in Germany. His wife , Renate, is with him in Ge r many.

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Secretary-Treasurer ........................ Dr. Thomas R . Beveridge '4 2

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1 96 5 Captain Dennis Heeger has arrived for duty at Ching Chuan Kang AB, Taiwan. He is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces. His previous aSSignment was at Langley AFB , Va .

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H. H. Hartzell '06 1301 Cleveland , Baxter Spri ngs, Kansas 66713

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Dr. lVIervin J. Kelly , I 4 2 Windemer Terrace, Short Hills, New Jersey 07078

Melvin E. Nickel '38 10601 South Hamilton A,'enue, Chicago, Illinois 6064 3 Paul T . Dowling '40 139 Frontenac Forest, St. Louis, 1I1issouri 631 3 1 James W. Stephens '47 406 Eas t Third , Lee's Summit, Missouri 64063

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Anthony Michael Romano was married on May 30, 1969. He and Jane Ann have their new home at 12447 Betsy Ross, Creve Coeur, Missouri and he is an ammunition development engineer at Olin Mathieson, East Alton, Illinois .

1 st. Lt. Alfred E. Klug, Jr. is Ammunition Prod uction Officer, Hq ., USAMUCOM, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey, in the Production Control Systems Branch of the Production and Procurement Directorate of the headquarters. His address is Box 7, Bldg. 151, Picatinny Arsenal.

recently at the U .S. Army Engineer Topographic Laboratories (USAETL), Ft. Belvoir, Va ., where he is serving as an R&D Coordinator in the Plans and Operations Office.

196 7 Thomas J. Sears has "been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force upon graduation from Officers T r a i n in g School at Lackland AFB, Texas. He has been assigned to Laughlin AFB , Texas for pilot training.

Major Thomas H. Buschke during the past six months has been an Advisor to the 5th ARVN Construction Group, stationed at Hoc Non, Vietnam. His address is Adv. Team 74 (Engr), APO San Francisco 76314.

2nd Lt. John D. Riley has completed a 16-week helicopter pilot course at the Army Primary Helicopter School, Ft. Wolters, Texas. He was assigned to Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia , for advanced flight training, and received the silver wings of an Army Aviator upon graduation May 6.

Raymond R. Betz was promoted from . s~cond to first lieutenant at a ceremony

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Lt. (jg) Harold E. H~ghes has just returned fro m Vietnam aboard the USCGC Ingham (WHEC). He has one year remaining in the service. He is now stationed in Norfolk, Virginia.

Milton C. Cissell received a M.S. degree from Oregon State University and entered the U.S. Army April 22 , 1969 and is stationed at Ft. Lewis, Washington.

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fice of Dow Industrial Service, Division of Dow Chemical, to the Wayne, Michigan Office, with a promotion from service engineer to sales engineer. He and his wife, Nancy 's new home is at 39545 Catner Drive, Plymouth, Michigan. He advises th'/-t the stork is appearing on the horizon for the second time.

Captain Larry Gene Harmon is with Hq. Cmdt. Sect. Hq. IFFV, APO San Francisco. He was promoted to Captain, January 21, 1969 and transferred from Artillery to Engineers on the same date. The Harmons' first child , Larry Gene II, was born October 3, 1968.

His domestic address is 514 Walters , St. James, Mo. Marine 1st Lt. Richard D. Baumann reported to EI Toro Marine Air Station, Santa Ana , California, for a sixmonth period of final advanced jet pilot training. He has been on active duty with the Marine Corps since graduation .

196 8 Gary L. Mann is on leave from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and is in Officer Candidate School , Ft. Benning', Ga. His wife, Sandra, and daughter are residing ' at 2220 TriLevel Lane, St. Joseph, Missouri.

Navy Ensign Joseph D. McKinney received his commission, U. S. Naval Reserve, upon graduation from Officers Candidate School, Newport, R.I. He will report for duty at the Civil Engineer School. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garth McKinney '43, Willow Springs, Mo. Airman Richard W. Fowler graduated at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, from the training course for U.S . Air Force radio repairman, and has been assigned to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, for duty with the Air Force Logistic Command.

Navy Ensign Bill M. Murray received his commission after graduation from the Officers Candidate School at Newport, R. 1. He was assigned to the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port H ueneme, California.

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