Brother Bancroft Directs lima Binational Center By CHARLES K. HENDERSON, Alpha Mu '51 Assistant Director of Public Information Denison University Dr. Robert L. Bancroft, associate professor of modern languages at Denison V niversity in Granville, Ohio, has been granted a two-year leave and assigned as director of the Lima Binational Center in Lima, Peru, under a grant from the United States Information Agency in Washington, D. C. He is a 1935 graduate of the University of Washington, where he became a member of Pi Kappa Phi in 1935. He also holds an M .A. Degree from Washington and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. In his new post he will be working with a board of trustees composed partly of native Peruvians and partly of U.S. citizens residing there. The Center is an autonomous institute established under Peruvian law and known locally as the Instituto Cultural Peruano-Norteamericano. On his staff will be a director of courses and another person responsible for developing programs for university students. Both are also USIA grantees. Additional staff members include about 15 to 20 locally employed teachers .
Columbia Centennial. Last year he covered some 30,000 miles and dozens of Far Eastern ports. Brother and Mrs. Deen and the five little Deens live at 1105 Prince Edward St., Fredericksburg, Va. CAPTAIN GEORGE J. OSSORIO, Chi '48, is now in the Army. His address is Hq. 504th Military Police Bn., Fort Gordon, Ga. LT. COL. K. A. VON VOIGTLANDER, Alpha Theta '29, Michigan State University, is Public Information Officer, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, N . M. His address is 2427-A 24th Loop, Sandia Base, Albuquerque, N.M. ARMY 2D LT. ALBERT J. TUMMINELLO, JR., Beta Omicron '56, Northwestern State College, has completed the nine-week officer basic course at The Transportation School, Fort Eustis, Va. Brother Tumminello's home address is 1000 Texas St., Leesville, La. ARMY 2D Lt. EDWARD F. VAN ZANDT, JR., Alpha Zeta '55, Oregon State College, has completed the 17-week field artillery officer basic course at The Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla. Brother Van Zandt's home address is 1034 Ford Ave., Erie, Penna. AR.My 2D LT. STEVEN D. SPROTT, Omega '56, Purdue Unrversrty, has completed the 12-week officer basic course at The Chemical Corps School, Fort McClellan, Ala. Brother Sprott's home address is 509 S. Van Buren St., Auburn, Ind . ARMY PFC. DONALD F. SOLFRONK, Beta Sigma '58, Northern Illinois University, recently participated with other personnel from the 4th Armored Division's 144th Signal Battalion in annua l Army training tests in Germany. Brother Solfronk is a photographer in the battalion's Headquarters Company in Goppingen. Brother Solfronk's home address is 2215 S. 60th Ct., Cicero, 111. ARMY 2D LT. JOHN A. BARKATE, Beta Omicron '57, Northwestern State College, has completed the 12-week field artillery officer basic course at The Artillery and Missile School, Fort Sill, Okla. Brother Barkate's home address is 212 W. Lincoln St., Su lphur, La. 24
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According to a recent report, more than 2,000 persons are enrolled in the Insti tute, incuding Peruvians studying English language courses and United States citizens living there studying Spanish.
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Dr. Bancroft reported that an annua l training seminar for Peruvian teachers of English is conducted, the President of Peru having designated the Center as the sole agency authorized to hold such semi nars in Lima. Lectures, concerts, movies, exhibits, and recreational activities are also on the schedule. In addition the Center acts as a screeni ng agency for persons in Peru seeking grants and scholarsh ips under the Exchange of Person's program of the U.S. D epartm ent of State. Before joining th e D eni son faculty in 1954, Dr. Bancroft was a teaching fellow at Washington, 1946-47; lecturer in Spanish at Columbia, 1948-50; tutor of Spani sh at the College of the City of New York, 1948-49; instructor in Spanish at Washington Square College of New York University, 1950-54.
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ARMY 2D LT. DAVID L. NORRIS, Alpha Upsilon '54, Drexel Institute of Technology, recently completed the officer basic course at The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, V a. His home address is 9119 Ridgefel Ave., Pittsburgh, Penna.
PROFESSIONAL and EDUCATIONAL BROTHER ARMAND J. MOREAU, JR., Epsi lon '53, D avidson College, has become Pastor of Round Hill, Second Opequon, and Clearbrook Presbyterian churches in the Winchester, Va., area. Brother Morea u is living in Winchester at 603 Woodland Ave. BROTHER HARRY G. BRITT, Mu '57, Duke University, is servi ng as Associate Pastor of Wesley Methodist Church in D allas, Texas. When thi s report was being written, he was planning to enter Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University last September. Last Winter he was married to Miss Frances Hardwick of Duke University and Wil· li amston, S. C. Their address is 1927 D eerpabh Dr., D allas 16, Texas. BROTHER JAMES WORKMAN CULBERTSON, D elta '30, Furman University, is now a Professor in the D epartment of Medicine at the University of Tennessee in Memphis, Tenn. BROTHER MARION M. YOUNG, D elta '33, Furman U ni· versity, is associated with the Cumberland Clinic Foundation in Crossvi lle, Tenn., and is now President of the Board of Directors. This is a group clinic which serves an area of several cou nti es on the Cumberland Plateau.
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