James B. "Jim" Ramage, IM '37, C.L.U., has been cited by his company for the record 1959 sales of the district which he heads. His district of the Henry C. Johnson Agency sold a heavier volume of assured home ownership mortgage loan plans (total loans involved $4.2 million) than any of the 640 districts in the U. S. Ramage also led his district to second place in overall Equitable Life sales for 1959. The unit, under his leadership, has taken honors prior to 1959 in both mortgage loans and life fields. NEWS BY CLASSES-conr/nued ' C | | William B. Erb, IE, has been elected **U president and a member of the Board of Directors of Polyco, Inc., plastics manufacturer in Smyrna, Georgia. Theodore M. Forbes, Jr., Chem., is a partner in the law firm of Gambrell, Harlan, Russell, Moye and Richardson. His business address is 825 C & S Bank Building, Atlanta 3, Georgia. R. G. "Bob" Larsen, IE, a group supervisor in duPont's Kinston plant, methods and planning section, has been transferred to Wilmington, Delaware as assistant to the production manager of the Dacron-Textile Rayon Manufacturing Division. Earl S. Wirtz, IE, died March 1 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident several days earlier. At the time of his death, Mr. Wirtz was a plant industrial engineer with the Ethyl Corporation in Pittsburg, California. ' C I Carl J. Kaminsky, Jr., EE, has been v I appointed development engineer in site test equipment design with IBM at Kingston, New York. His home address is Birch Street, Forest Glen Park, Kingston, New York. Ralph Z. Parks, IM, is now pastor of Bethsaida Baptist Church in Riverdale, Georgia. His home address is Route 1, Riverdale. /. L. Pentecost, CerE, is co-author of a technical paper which appeared in the March issue of the American Ceramic Society Bulletin. The paper was entitled "A 4000° F Laboratory Kiln With a Unique Temperature Control System." He is chief research engineer on the Development Engineering staff of Aeronca Manufacturing Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland. ' C O Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. **£. Norris, ChE, a daughter, Xaura Claire, March 29. Mr. Norris is pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville, Tennessee. His address is Box 332, Madisonville. Engaged: Charles Hicken Pauly, Phys, to Miss Mary Ann Robb. The wedding will take place in May. Mr. Pauly is with the Washington, D. C. office of Westinghouse Electric. Married f John B. Powers, ChE, to Miss Patricia Ann Giovanoni, November 28. Mr.
Powers is with Shell Chemical, Plastics & Resins Division in St. Louis. Their home address is 3150 St. Catherine Street, Floressant, Missouri. ' C O Martin Clark, EE, received his *JO masters degree from North Carolina State College in February. He is now a member of the Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Burlington, North Carolina. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Hartman, ChE, a son, Donald, Jr., January 19. Don is a technical salesman for Shell Chemical Company. Their home address is 8124 York Avenue South, Minneapolis 20, Minnesota. Daniel J. Tolan, Phys, died March 10 in an Atlanta hospital. At the time of his death he was an engineer with the Kollsman Company in Atlanta. ' E l Born to: Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Castro, *» • EE, a daughter, Ana Maria, January 16. Mr. Castro is Southeastern Regional Engineer with International Telephone and Telegraph's Kellogg Switchboard and Supply Company in Atlanta. Their home address is 6350 North Hampton Drive, N.E., Atlanta. Engaged: Arthur Andrew Lamas, CE, to Miss Tassie Irene Soublis. The wedding is scheduled for May 1. Mr. Lamas is president of the Lamas Company, Inc., an Atlanta building construction firm. ' E C Fred P. Powell, TE, is associated *J*J with the Atlanta branch office of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company in Atlanta and Sandy Springs, Georgia. Robert A. Rives, ME, is a partner in the general insurance firm of Rives, Massey
and Hedges, with offices at 223 Peachtree, Atlanta. Born to: Mr. and Mrs. Talbert E. Smith, Jr., IE, a son, Spencer Holland, March 10. Engaged: William Harman Taylor, Jr., AE, to Miss Linda Richards. The wedding will take place June 24. Mr. Taylor is with the Trio Manufacturing Company of Forsyth, Georgia.
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released from the Navy in May and will return to work with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. Engaged: Franklin Pierce Prosser, Chem, to Miss Brenda Lau. The wedding will take place June 18. Mr. Prosser is working on his doctorate at Penn State University. Engaged: Lt. Dewey Wayne Waddell, Jr., EE, to Miss Charlotte Adams. The weddingtook place April 17. Lt. Waddell is stationed at Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia. i r i Clyde A. Bullard, Jr., CE, Marine w 1 Aviation Cadet, is undergoing preflight training at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. John A. Curtis, ME, has been named sales representative in the Indianapolis (Indiana) district of Allis-Chalmers Industries Group. Married: Robert Lee Groover, IM, to Miss Dorothy Ann Boothe, April 9. Mr. Groover is with Brooke Distributors of Miami, Florida. Lt. Marion T. Heeke, USA, IM, recently participated in an annual service practice firing at the McGregor (N.M.) Firing Range. He is assigned to the 59th Artillery Headquarters Battery in Portsmouth, Virginia. Lyman A. Johnson, Jr. has been appointed a representative of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is with the P. L. Bealy Smith Agency in Atlanta. Mr. Johnson lives at 2389 Lanier Place in Atlanta. Married: Allen M. Lubel, ME, to Miss Iris Mazor March 5. Their address is 2627 South Lane, Birmingham 9, Alabama. Married: Gerald Earl McQuaig, EE, to Miss Edna Gail Leach. Robert H. Probert, IM, has been named sales manager of Sel-Rex Corporation's new Atlanta office. His business address is 1000 Peachtree, N.E., Atlanta. Engaged: Lt. Robert Lee Thompson, USN, IM, to Miss Sandra Wells. The wed-
William R. Johnson, EE '37, has been named a fellow in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers ". . .for contributions to the development of a major electric generating and transmission system." Johnson is presently chief electric generation and transmission engineer for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of San Francisco, Calif. He is a past president of the San Francisco Section of AIEE and a member of the International Conference on Large Electric Systems. TECH ALUMNUS