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Vice-President Areas 1,2,3 ........ .]. Cra ig Ellis '38 ...

Vice-President Areas 4,5,6 ....... _R . O. Kasten '43 ...................... Union W ire Rope Co .. _.............................. 1962 21st and Manchester Ave . Ka nsas City 26, Missouri ...... 1015 Wilshi re Boulevard ............................ 1962 Los Angeles 17, Californ ia

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.. .. James W. Stephens '47 ............. Missouri Public Service Co ... ... _................ 1962 10700 East 50 Highway Kansas City 33, Missouri

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.. Paul T . Dowl ing '40 ............... Nooler Corpora tion ..... . 1400 South Third St. Louis 4, Missouri

Executive Secretary ....... Francis C. Edwards . Ed itor, "MSM ALUMNUS"

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DIRECTORS AT LARGE ...... ,Tennessee Gas & O il Co ., P . O . Box 25 11, H ouston , Texas .... 1962

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..Bennett D. Howell '50 33 13 South Pittsburgh, Tulsa, Oklahoma ..... Kenneth F. Anderson '42 1114 Commerce St., Room 1909 Dallas 2, Texas

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President's Column Issued bi-monthly in the interest of the graduates and former students of the School of Mines and Metallurgy. Subscription price, $1 .50, included in Alumni Dues . Entered as second-class matter Oct. 27, 1926, at Post Office at Rolla, Mo., under the Act of M arch 3, 1879.

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Another Alumni Association year is drawing to a close and by all existing standards, must be considered as a reasonably successful one. Since this is being written prior to the official close of our fiscal year on October 31 , exact data are not available but we are reasonably sure that our financial receipts will slightly exceed our expenditures for the second straight year

and we can point with reasonable pride to the fact that over 2,300 alumni will have freely and willingly contributed to the 1960 Alumni Fund. The number of contributors to the 1959 -Alumni F und slightly exceeded the number thus far last year but that can be at least partially attributed to the fact that a new Alumni Directory, was published during 1959 and was

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distributed to all contributors of that year. We know that this directory is an effective tool for all alumni and further we know that it generates considerable additional interest in the Association in many who would no~ normally contribute. Our total of over 2,300 participants this year, however, is the largest "off year" parqcipation in the history of the Association. The, average contribution was by far the largest and the total monies collected: wiII also prove to be the highest in our history. Despite all of these record accomplishments during the past year, the Board of Directors is not fully satisfied. Perhaps we are perfectionists, but we will not be fully satisfied un til we have reach an ultimate goal of having complete participation of ALL living alumni. This goal cannot be reached alone through the ~ffort.s of the Board of Directors ana our Executive Secretary. The achievement of such a goal can only come though the help of each individual Alumnus. We fully realize that the desire to participate in the activities of the Association must be present in each Alumnus and that each and every one can be "sold" only if the Association can offer something of interest and worth to him individually. In order that our Association may grow and develop to its full potential, the officers and directors must be advised of your desires. We would all greatly appreciate hearing from you. Would you please take a few moments to drop a line to me or Ike Edwards, or to any member of the Board and tell us of your ideas as to how to make the Association of more value and greater interest to you? HERE'S TO A BIGGER, BETTER, STRONGER M. S. M. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN 1961. P . T. Dowling '40 President MSM Alumni Association THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION'S NEW FISCAL YEAR BEGINS NOVEMBER 1.

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Nuclear Reactor at MSM Nears Completion; All Departments Have Interest in Operation The first nuclear reactor in Missouri is nearing completion of the M$~ campus. Under present plans this reactor should be open for classes and public inspection at the beginning of the spring semester. It will be used entirely as a teaching facility and will not be used in any way to produce heat or electricity. As a teaching facility, it will be used to study the properties of metals under bombardment of neutrons and with this greater understanding of metals' properties extend the range Âˇ of their uses. Although the new building may look as if it might house a pile-type reactor, the reactor is of the swimming pool type. It is so named because the main reaction takes place in a sunken pool, where water or heavy water is used to produce the speed of the neutrons, which is necessary for a more efficient reaction. In the pile-type reactor the main reaction takes place at ground level in a huge heap, or "pile" with solid materials used to slow down neutrons.

The paper work and red tape connected with obtaining permission and funds necessary to begin construction were handled by the Nuclear Engineering Advisory Committee composed of , Dr. Epplesheimer, chairman ; D r. Mi1e~, Dr. Fuller, D r. Planje and Dr. Webb, committee members. This committee, working with Dean Curtis L. Wilson, obtained fu nds from three sources: The Atomic Energy Commission, The University Fund, and special legislative funds. Metallurgy students, Nuclear Engineering Option and Physics majors will be especially interested in the reactor for they will have classes in and concerning it, but practically every curriculum on the campus is connected with it directly or indirectly. Civils wiII be concerned with its construction ; Electricals with its operation; Metallurgists with metals tested; Mining engineers with providing the right ores; Mechanicals, with the design of its equipment, and Physics majors with the theory.

Fall Enrollment of 3,091 Tops last Year; MSM Student Body Largest in History The fall enrollment for the 1960-61 &cademic year at MSM again has increased and reached an all-time high At the close of registration there was a total of 3,091 students compared with a total of 3,049 at the close of the registration in 1959. The enrollment broken down into class groups lists 747 freshmen , 669 sophomores, 775 juniors, 717 seniors, and 162 graduate students. The remainder of the enrollment are uncla:ssified and special students. There are 23 students working on their doctorate on the MSM campus. The Mechanical Engineering Department has the largest enrollment with 661; Electrical Engineering is second with 657; next is Civil Engineering with 582; Chemical Engineerjng 298; Metallurgical Engineering 277; Science, Physics 174; Mining Engineering 159; Science, Geology 65 ; Engineering 60; Science, Chemistry 58; Ceramics 55, Nuclear Engineering 1. These figures do not include the

National Science Foundation In-Service Institute of 28 high school teachers who attend night classes. Again the School of Mines and Metallurgy has an increase in enrollment which has been consistent since the drop of enrollment in 1953. This was the year of the low ebb after the peak year of 1949.

Much Research Being Done by Faculty, Graduate Students Current research in all the departments at MSM has been summarized and a report will be published in the Engineering College Research Review. The report will appear in the next issue of this publication. The report reveals that presently there are sixty-four faculty members and eighty-nine graduate students doing research at MSM. During the past year $133 ,000 was spent on research and of this amount $75,000 came from the Federal Government.

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has been made to Dr. Mervin J. Kelly '14, retired Chairman of the Board of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. As Dr. Kelly will not be able to attend the Fall General Meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Award will be presented at the 1961 Winter General Meeting of the Institute. It was made to Dr. Kelly "for outstanding contributions to the technology of telecommuncations; as a distinguished organizer and an eminent leader." The Kelly award was established by the Bell Telephone Laboratories to

phone Laboratories in 1925. During his first ten years he was a research physicist in thermionic emission, gaseous discharge phenomena and electron dynamics. In 1934 he was appointed Development Director of Transmission Instruments and Electronics and the Director of Research in 1936. When World War II broke out he was placed in charge of the over-all war research and development efforts of the Laboratories, including radar, sonar, gunfire control and bombsight projects. In 1944, Dr. Kelly was named executive vice-president of the Laboratories, president in 1951 and chairman of the board from January 1959 until his reti rement later that year. Dr. Kelly has had a long career in public and militay service and has been honored by many societies and organizaHons. He is a fellow of AlEE, IRE, the Ameri~ can Physical Society, the Acoustical Society of America and a member of other engineering and philosophical societies.

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Dr. Mervin I. K elly be presented annually in the field of telecommunications. It is administered by the Recognition Awards Committee of AlEE. Dr. Kelly, a 1914 graduate of MSM ,;-ith honors and a bachelor of science degree, taught physics and studied mathematics at the University of Kentucky for two years, then earned his doctor of philosophy degree in physics at the University of Chicago. At the same time he was assistant to Professor R. A. Millikan, participating in the famous "Oil Drop" experiments for measuring the charge of electrons. Dr. Kelly began his professional career in the Engineering Department of Western Electric Company which was incorporated into the Bell Tele-

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cording unit-delicate enough to record the sound of a man's footsteps over one-half mile away has been given to MSM Mining Department by Mobil Oil Company. Students a nd instructors will use the equipment for the actual fi eld resea rch work as part of the school's expanding geophysical program. The equipment is designed to record sound waves reflected upward from underground forma tions as deep as eight miles. With this data it is possible to accurately map the type, sizf and depth of subsurface structures. Such information is valuable in petroleum and mining exploration work. Mobil Oil's gift consists of a threequarters-ton truck with a complete set of electronic recording gear , blasting equipment nee essay to send sound waves into the earth and geophones to string out on the ground to pick up the reflected sounds. Dr. George B. Clark, Chairman of the Mining Department, said, "the gift is a significant addition to our research and training facilities. It will enable us to provide our students with a training progam more complete than ever before." Mobil Oil Company, a division oi Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc., furnished the equipment from its Geophysical Services group headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

E. E. Faculty Members On Editorial Staffs Two members of the Electrical Engineering staff are on the staffs of national publications . Dr. Roger E. Nolte, Chairman of the Department who was recently appointed to succeed Professor Lovett as Department Chairman and retired, is a consultant on the staff of the IRE Student Quarterly. The circulation of this publica tion is approximately 18,000. Professor C. J. Grimm is the consulting editor of the Electrical Engineering Digest. This magazine has a circulation of about 35 ,000. October 1960

The Rio Grande Steel Products Company of Albuquerque , New Mexico, of which Walter T . Jones '37 is president, has established a $5,000 scholarship at MSM. This schola rship, which is to be spread over four years a t $1,2 50 per year, is a memorial to Albert E. Buck, a former president of the Rio Grande Steel Products company and a gradu<:.te of MSM in the Class of 1925. Buck was killed in an airplane accident some few yea rs ago. The scholarship is made available to an incomi ng fres hman with definite need for financial aid, who plans to enroll in either metallurgical or civil engineering. The student must be single and must have the desire to participate in inter-collegiate athletics. T he reason for the stipulation regarding athletics is, according to President Jones, that Buck himself was an outstanding athlete while on the campus of MSM. And Mr. Jones is of the opinion that a student with athletic training has many desirable advantages iE his favor after graduation due to the competition through athletics and his exposure to the necessity of taking counsel and obeying regulations. Dean Curtis L. Wilson announced that the first Albert E. Buck scholar would be Jay Wray Alford, a graduate of the Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon , Missouri, where he was an outstanding scholar and athlete during his four years in high schooL He has enrolled in metallurgical engineering as a freshman, and subject to satisfactory progress , his scholarship will be renewed for the full four years of his undergraduate work.

1500 NDEA Fellowships To Be Offered in 1961 Under Title IV of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 , the United States Commissioner of Education was authorized to award 1500 grad uate Fellowships in 1960 to graduate students accepted for study in approved graduate program. There are four National Defense Education Act Fellows on the M. S. M. campus in the approved program

leading to the Ph. D . degree in Engineering Physics. These Fellows are Terry E. Carrell ; Russell V. Cochran '59 , Russell received one of the Alumni Association Schola rships during his undergraduate study ; Lionel D . H ewett and J ay Hiatt. Carrell is a gradua te of M onmouth College, Hewett is from T exas A & I , and Hiatt is a graduate of the Alton Branch of Southern lllinois U. The purpose of this progra m is to assist graduate students who a re preparing themselves to teach in the Nation's colleges and universities. One of these Fellowships is normally a three-year award , providing a sti pend of $2,000 fo r the first year, $2,200 for the second year, and $2 ,400 for t he third, plus an additional allowance of $400 a year for each dependent. A Fellowship holder is to devote himself on full-time basis to his study or research during the academic year. Another aim of Title IV of the National Defense Education Act is to improve the graduate facilities in the United States . A program to be approved must be new or an expansion of an existing program. The program leading to the doctorate in Engineering Physics on the M. S. M . campus is a new program being initiated this fall. The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy will receive $2,500 for each Fellow to support the program. There will be 1,500 more NDEA Fellowships awarded for grad uate study in 1961.

Danforth Foundation Invites Applications The Danforth Foundation, a n edu · cational Foundation located in St. Louis, Mo., invites applications for the tenth class (1961) of Danforth Graduate Fellows from college senior men and recent graduates who are prepar · ing themselves for a career of college teaching, and are planning to enter gradua te school in September 196 1, for their first year of graduate study. The Foundation welcomes applicants fr om the areas of Natural and Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities and all fields of specialization to be found in the undergraduate college. These appointments are fundamentally "a relationship of encouragement' throughout the yea.rs of graduate study,

carrying a promise of financial aid within prescribed conditions as there may be need. The maximum annuai grant for a single Fellow is $1,500 plus tuition and fees charged all graduate students; for married Fellows, $2,000 plus tuition and fees charged to all graduate students with an additional stipend of $500 for each child . Students with or without financial need are invited to apply. A Danforth Fellow is allowed to carry other schola rship appointments, such as Rhodes, F ulbright, Woodrow Wilson, Marshall, etc ., concurrently with his Danforth Fellowshi p, and applicants for these (Jppointments a re cordially invited to apply at t he same time for a Danforth: Fellowship. Qualifications of the candidates a re: men of outstanding academic ability, personality congen ial to the classroom, and integrity and character, including serious inquiry within the Christian tradition. All applications, including the recommendations, must be completed by January I S, 19 61.

Frazier Stewart Promoted By Chicago Banking Firm Frazier M. Stewart '40, has been promoted to second vice president in the commercial banking department at Continental Illinois National Bank and T rust Company, Ch icago , Illinois. He joi ned Continental in 1959 as petroleum engineer in the oil and public utilities division. Earlier he had been chief engineer for Alex W . McCoy Associates, T ulsa, Oklahoma, and was associa ted with Pan American Petroleum Corporation. Stewart is a member of the Society of Petroleum E ngineers, AIME , American Association of Petroleum Geologists, a nd of Tau Beta Pi a nd Phi Kappa Phi, honorary engin eering and science fra ternities. H e has written technical papers for several oil industy publications. He resid es a t 328 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, Illinois.

Wheelock New Secretary Of Engineers Council Leroy K. Wheelock has been elected secretary of E ngineers J oint Council , replacing Esworthy P. Lange, who resigned March 1, to become Executive

Secretary of the American Institute of Industrial E ngineers. Wheelock was assistant secretary of the Engineers Joint Council since 1956 , a nd more recently, Executive Secretary of the Engineering Manpower Commission of the Engineer Joint Council. Wheelock, a mining engineer, is a graduate of Iowa State College and received his master 's degree in 195 2 from the Missouri School of M ines. He practiced engineering until 1956. The new secretary's activities have included undergro und mining, mining equipment consultant, a nd fi eld geology in urani um prospecting. He is a member of the AIME, ASEE, the Committee on Specialed Personnel, Office of Civilian Defense Mobilization, and the National Defense Execu ÂˇÂˇ tive Reserve .

1960 Graduate Given Pan American Award Anthony Del Prete '60, has been appointed as the Pan American Petroleum Foundation fellow in geophysics at the University of Utah for the 196061 academic year. He will study for his M. S. degree in geophysics. His fellowship at the University of Utah is one of 16 offered a t IS colleges a nd universities for the 1960-61 academic year by Pan American Petroleum Foundation, Inc. Each Pan American Petroleum Foundation fellowship is without restrictions, leaving the fellow free to pursue any type of research he and his faculty advisors select within the defined fi eld of study . The fellow is not obligated to the foundation or the founder in any way, ei ther during the tenure or a t any time afterward . The fellowships carry a stipend of $1,500 for the academic year a nd covers costs of tui tion and fees . Fellows are selected by the institutions where the fellowships are offered. Mr. Del Prete's academic achievements have earned him membership on the H onor Roll and brought him a n award as the Outstanding Geology student while a t MSM . He is a member of Sigma Gamma Epsilon and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. H e is a veteran of the U. A. Army Signal Corps a nd his career plans call for employment as a geophysicist with a n oil company.

Fick Gets Higher Post With Western Electric Armin F. Fick '41, assistant engineer of man ufacturing for the Western E lectric Company, has been named ;tSsista nt manager of the company's Omaha, Nebraska, works. Fick, who received his B. S. degree at MSM is also a graduate of the University of Chicago where he received his Master's degree in 1956. After graduation at MSM, he joined Western E lectric at the Hawthorn Works, Chicago, Ill . He became an engineer upon his return from military se rvice in 1946, a nd promoted to department chief of engineering in 1951. T hree years later he advanced to assistant superintendent in engineering and in 1956 was appointed superintend ent of manufacturing engineering. Mr. Fick is a member of the American Society for Metals and the American I nstitute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers .

New Social Fraternity Comes to MSM Campus A new na me has been added to the list of na tional social fra ternities on the MSM campus. It is the Phi Alpha Colony of the Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, better known as S. A. E. , and it is quartered at Eighth a nd State Streets in what was formerly the Null and Son Funeral H ome. The ground work began last year by Mike Deen , a transfer student from Westminster College , Fulton , Mo., who had attended the leadership school a t S. A. E. national headquarters. S. A. E. was founded by Noble Leslie DeVotie a t the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. The colony is a part of the na tional fra ternity with a purpose of creating a new S. A. E. chapter. The organization will remain a colony until the social a nd scholas tic requirements are met that a re established by their national headquar ters. M ike Deen is the president; Art Ruff, vice-president ; Leona rd J albert , treasurer ; and John Banks, recorder.

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On August 4, the Sierra-Mojave Section had its second summer outing.. a steak fry at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Conrad. The informal get-together was held in the yard of the Conrads' house. "Doc" of the Chemical Engineering Department at MSM, worked at the U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, at China Lake, California, this summer. This was the third summer that Dr. Conrad has worked at NOTS in the Propulsion Department. Each person present cooked his own s teak to taste on a large outdoor grill. Then after the steaks, with all the trimmings, all enjoyed home-made ice cream. An informal chit-chat followed the remainder of a most enjoyable evening, thanks to the Conrads. Those who attended are: Mr. and Mrs. Gary Davis '57; Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson '31, Mr. and Mrs. John Feemster '56; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Herrick '58; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Holder '56; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Holman '57; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mettenburg '57; Mr. and Mrs. John Miles '56; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Slates '56 ; Mr. and Mrs. Max Smith '58; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith '58 ; Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Van Buskirk '54; Mr. and Mrs. Ron Vetter '58; Phil Roper '57; and Jim WeimhoIt '58.

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The Wichita Section of the MSM Alumni Association was reorganized, August 7, after several years of a dormant state. Professor G. G. Skitek who was in Wichita employed at Boeing. Airplane Co., last summer, organized the key alumni in the area and, arranged for a meeting at Linwood Park on the above date. . Professor Skitek presided at the first meeting until a temporary chairman, Richard Edwards '59, was chosen to preside. Ike Edwards, the Association's executive Secretary, was present and spoke to the group on the purpose and objectives of the organization and Alumni Sections. Campbell Barnds '55, gave

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a brief talk on the benefits of the local organization. Temporary officers were chosen to submit to the new group a slate of officers to be voted upon by the alumni at their next meeting. At the second Section meeting on August 26, at Joyland Park, a slate of officers, and a constitution were presented and voted on by those present. The officers chosen were: Chairman, Richard Hopper '58; Vice Chairman (Membership), Richard Edwards '59; Vice Chairman (Program), Campbell Barnds ' 55; Secretary, Ben Roseberry '60; Treasurer, Floyd Long '59; Sergeant-at-Arms, Ken Stuckenschneider '59. There were approximately 27 alumni and their families at the organization meeting and 20 attended the meeting on the 26th of August. There are approximately 60 MSM alumni in the Wichita area.

Alumni Hold Luncheon

At Metals Congress MSM alumni held a luncheon during the national meeting of the American Metals Congress in Philadelphia , Pa., in mid! - October. Robert F. .Schmidt '45, Director Area No.1, MSM Alumni Asociation, coordinated the luncheon. . Present at the Metals Congress were

Dr. A. W. Schlechten and Dr. H. P. Leighly, of the Department of Metallurgy, MSM, who spoke to the alumni. Dr. Schlechten brought them up-todate on the school and particularly the Metallurgy Department. Dr. Leighly, spoke about the new nuclear reactor on the MSM campus. The attendance of thirty-five was wry good considering that as a whole attendance at the convention was off somewhat. Following are the names and data for all present: Edward Skalka '50, Crucible Steel Co.; W . J. I<.uprecht '50, ACF Industries; J. K. Elbaum '50, Haynes Stellite Co., Div. PCC; F . J . Romano '50, Pioneer Smelting Co.; R. H. Stevens '54, Aluminum Co. of America ; R. O. Franklin, ' 50 ; J. A. Hubeli '54, Laclede Steel Co.; J. D. Berwick '39 , Scovill Mfg. Co. ; M. H. Murray '3 4, Olin-Mathieson Chem. Corp.; E. E. Cornelius '48, the Bendix Corp.; H. H. Weiser '18, Nassau Smelting & Refining Co.; Elmer Gammeter '26, Babcock & Wilcox; John W. Frame '37 , Bethlehem Steel Co.; E. L. Creamer '53, Shell Co.; .R. 1'. Abendroth '53, Owens-Illinois Glass Co.; T . E. Gregory '43, Western Electric Co.; E. C. Rothweiler '52 , North American Aviation; E. T. Myskowski '41, Philco Co.; DeW. Timberman '40, Olin-Mathieson ; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, J. Pingel '44, General Sintering Corp.; A. J. Craig '50, Pitney-Bowes; J. R.

Whanger '48 , Hughes Tobl Co.; R. F. Schmidt '45 , Ajax Metal Div. , , H. Kramer & Co.; C. W. Bentley 40 , Douglas Aircraft Co.; David Mackey '40 , Simonds Saw & Steel Co.; Raymond C . Wiley '5 1, Bureau of Naval Weapons; M . R. Frey '22, Allis Cha lmers Mfg. Co.; Edward C. M iller '28 , Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab. , Union Car~ id e Tuclear Co.; J. Russell McCarron 32: Vana dium-Alloys Steel Co.; George Hughes ' 58, Radio Corp. of America; S. G. Varsos '5 5, Radio Corp of America; and Kay K. Ikeuye '46 , AmericanStandard Corp .

St. Louis Section The St. Louis Section held their annual reception and a lumni gathering at Busch 's Grove, on Clayto n Road, St. Louis, after the Miner-Washington U . football game. Though various things aaempted to interrupt a pleasant gathering, such a s losing the game a nd rain , a la rge crowd of alumni assembled to enjoy the iate afternoon and evenincr conviviality. The cabannas shelter~d most of the g roup from rain and many remained for the evening. T he Section held its ann ual dinner dance and installation of officers, August 20, at the Clayton E lks Club. Approximately 1 SO alumni , their wives and guests were present at this occasion. Dean a nd Mrs . Curtis L. Wilson 2nd Mr. and Mrs. Ike Edwards were guests from the Roll a campus. The Section 's new officers are: Richard H. Bauer ' 52 , 10032 Dellridge, St. Louis 21, is President ; Jack Eason '53, 11100 Marley Drive, Affto n , VicePresiden t; Joseph J. Reiss '49 , 9641 Arban, St. Louis, Secretary; and Ray A. Ramo '52, 10335 Edgefield, St. Louis, Treasurer. The Section is planning its an nuaL Stag Beer Bust for Wednesday, December 14 at the Anheuser-Busch Hospitality Room , 621 Pestalozzi , St. Louis, at 7:00 p . m. All alumni are invited and it would be helpful if those planI:ing to attend would call one of the section officers indicating yo ur inten tions.

Three Alumni Officers Of Mid-Missouri ASCE Three MSM a lumni are a mong the officers recently elected fo r the MidMissouri Section , American Society of Civil Engineers at a meeting of the Section in J efferson City , Mo.

Wayne S. Frame '23 , of the Union E lectric Co., Eldon, Mo., was elected first vice-president ; Chester H. Baker '55, of the U . S. Geological Survey , Rolla was chosen secretary-treasurer, and Paul R. M u nger ' 58, Instructor in Civil Engineering, MSM, is the new junior director. In addition to ~his office in the Mid ~Miss ouri SectIOn , Chester Baker is District 14 Councii Member for the Section.

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of the Department of Civil Engineering, is chairman of the local committee on a rrangements. Dean C urtis L. Wilson will give the welcome address at the Group Luncheon on Thursday and at the banquet tha t evening at the Edwin Long H ot el, Senator William B. Waters, of Liberty, M issouri, will speak on " Missouri 's Highway P rogram ."

Dunnivant Receives Westinghouse Award Alvin Dunnivant '60 , employed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation has been chosen as a recipient of a Westinghouse Scholarshi p. Each year Westinghouse elects twelve studenb for these graduate scholarships. U nder the provisions of this program Dunn ivant will take the Advanced Mecha nics Course leading toward the M aster of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. The graduate work vyill be taken at the University of Pittsbu rgh for one full year and he will receive full salary as an employee of Westinghouse . This is a coveted scholarship and it is indeed an honor to be chosen as one of the twelve. Sidney Green '59, a lso a Mechanical Engineering graduate, was awa rded a Westinghouse Scholarshi p.

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Agriculture College. At the latter school, Dr. Bosch was Chairman, Department of Paints, Varnishes and Lacquers. He has had much experience in the paint industry in the Netherlands with W. Vettewinkel and Sons, Ltd ., in Amsterdam, and the positions he held were chemist ; manager, varnish cookery; manager paint factories ; head of laboratories and vice-president. The entire period of World War II was spent in German - occupied Holland. He came back to the United States in 1946 and became a naturalized citizen in December 1951. As an authority on paint chemistry and an interesting speaker, he is in demand as a lecturer and speaker. Dr. Bosch joined the MSM faculty in 1958 and 1959 he started the popular paint short courses that are held during June and July. More than 150 students have come to the campus to attend these courses. The four courses offered are: courses for beginners; for a rchitects, paint contractors and maintenance engineers ; advanced paint and

polymer refresher seminar, and the paint course for high school chemistry teachers. These courses always have a capacity enrollment. Among the many professional societies in which Dr. Bosch has membership are: American Chemical Society, Royal Dutch Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, St. Louis Society for Paint Technology (Honorary) and the National Association of Corrosion Engineers. He is the author of some thirty publications. The Bosches, upon their arrival in Rolla, immediately began construction oi a home on the crest of one of the beautiful Missouri hills. Much of the work was done by the Bosches personally, and across the gable of this neat brick structure are the words of thei r native tongue, " NOOIT GEDAGT." Translated it is " Never thought." The Boschs never thought that they would have the privilege of living in a free country and having a home of their Gwn in the picturesque M issouri Ozarks. The Bosches have one child , a SO il , who is a senior medical student in the Medical School at the University of Missouri.

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The University of Missouri had an income of $33,517 ,210, some $3,000,000 above a year ago , with approximately half of it coming from appropriations of the General Assembly. The largest item of expenditures wa~ fo r salaries, that required a total of $20,768,003. The University did weli with its various business operations, showing a profit of on all of them. At the School of Mines a business operations profit was $126,987 from housing, athletic and student union income. Insofar as housing is concerned , the profits will apply to bond retirements. The amount owed on housing and student union loans at the School of Mines is $2,540,000 . While the university's television station showed its largest profit, it has repaid to other university funds only $8 9,425 of the $177 ,000 borrowed during five years of unprofitable operations and had repaid nothing toward the $7 53 ,000 advance made to construct a building and to purchase the original equipment.

Many MSM Graduates Successful in Professions Not Related to Their Engineering Training Someone has said that it is only a woman's prerogative to change her mind. Then too, surveys show that the average person changes jobs seven times before he finds one for which he is best suited, or he likes, or he resigns himself to stay with it to the bitter end. Whatever may be the philosophy back of it all, it remains that many trained engineers are in other than engineering professions and it is interesting to note the various types of professions they have chosen or are now practicing, and above all they are successful in these professions. In going through the files of alumni who have been trained for engineering or to become scientists, we find many who have not remained or practiced these professions and they have gone into other fields and professions which seem to be far removed from that of their training. After greater scrutiny perhaps they haven't strayed, for the training of an engineer equips an individual for many things, depending what application the individual desires to make of his training. Weare going to attempt to relate the instances where the engineer graduate is not practicing engineering per se. May we have the assistance of alumni in making this list as complete as possible for we do not have current employment and business affiliation of many alumni. With the information we have, we shall begin to list the alumni who are in other than the engineering profession. Space will not permit the entire list to be completed in this issue of the MSM ALUMNUS and it will be continued in subsequent issues. This will also permit the listing of those alumni which we do not have the information if this is sent to the Alumni Office by you who read the li st and found some missing who are in the non-engineering professions. W. H. Powell '01, a Mining Engineer, is in the lumber business with retail yards. W. C. Powell '21, another Mining Engineer, is also in the retail lumber business in Overton, Texas. Vance H . Webster '23, a Metallurgical Engineer, is the Minister , First Baptist Church, Eugene, Oregon.

This is one of the largest Baptist churches on the West Coast. Harry Wainwright '56, a Metallurgical Engineer, IS a Methodist minister at Bayonne, N . J. Donald Witzl '51, a Mechanical Engineer. is an Evangelical and Reformed minister in the East. Don made the Life Magazine, July 2, 1956, while a minister in Seattle, Washington. Leonard E . Diechman '49, a Chemical Engineer, is in the Jesuit Order and is now at St. Mary's, Kansas. Donald R. Smith '51 , a Mining Engineer, is a Roman Catholic priest at a parish in Fonda, Iowa. Clarence Lambelet '43 , a Ceramic Engineer, is a clergyman of the Episcopal Church, New Brunswick, N. J. Robert L. Mann '46, Civil Engineer, is a minister in the Methodist Church. Vernon E. Schmidt '51, Electrical E ngineer, also is minister of the Methodist Church, Waynesville, Mo. Donald C. Brand '44, Mechanical Engineer, is a minister, Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Kentucky. Barney Nuell '21, Chemical Engineer, is in the insurance business, Los Angeles, California. Carl G. Stifel '16, Mining Engineer, is in the real estate business in St. Louis, Mo. Hardin O. Henrickson '34, Civil Engineer, is a Medical Doctor, practicing at Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Rex Z. Williams '31, Metallurgical Engineer, is President of the Rolla State Bank, Rolla, Mo. Bemis S. Followill '31, Metallurgical Engineer, is President of the First Federal Savings & Loan Association, Columbus, Ga. Hector J. Boza '11 , Mining Engineer, former Vice-President of Peru and now Peruvian Ambassador to France. Jules P. Colbert '21 , Civil Engineer , is Dean of Students, University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Leon H. Goldman '20, Chemical Engineer, Pres. Goldman-Wyman Co., Furniture, St. Louis, Mo . J. C. Salmon, J r. ' 22, Mining Engineer , is leasee, Caney Lakes Resort, Minden, La.

Charles Clayton '38, Metallurgical Engineer, has the Clayton Savings and Loan Association, Hannibal, Mo. Robert C. Lange '37, Chemical Engineer, is Vice-President, F. B. Powell Lbr. Co., Rolla, Mo. Roland W. McFarland '40, Mining E ngineer, has a Chevrolet Agency at Quincy, Ill. . John T. Sturm '32, Civil Engineer, l~ owner, Sturmville Lbr. Co., Imperial, Mo. Percy H. Crecelius, Jr. '58, Electrical Engineer, is with The Navigators, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Andrew T. Aylward '36, Civil Engineer, has an administrative position with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Horace T. Mann '48 , Mechanical Engineer, is with the National Security Agency. Francis K. M . Hunter '27 , Mining Engineer, is a stock broker, 3 6 Wall Street, New York 5, N. Y. Millard K. Underwood '26, B. S. in General Science , is now a practicir.g physician in Rolla. Henry E. Gross '28 , Mining Engineering, is owner of Gross Maps & Guides , a map-making concern in St. Louis, Mo. George Sonewald , Jr. '54, Mining Engineer, is now owner of Sunny Wall Flower & Garden Shop, Rolla, Mo. Thomas E. Smith '51, Metallurgical Engineer, is a patent attorney at 77 E. Washington St., Chicago, Ill. Homer L. Leonard '23 , Mining Engineer, is an attorney with offices at 50S Perry-Brooks Bldg., Austin, Texas. Homer C. Kerr '21, Mining Engineer, is a pharmacist at the Rolla Drugs, Rolla, Mo. Bert Menke '35, Chemical Engi~ neer, has the Menke Printing Company, 1804 Chouteau, St. Louis, Mo. Robert E. Murray '45 , Chemical Engineer, is an attorney-at-law, St. Louis, Mo. Rafael E . Valesco '20, Metallurgical Engineer, has the La Vencedora Mexican Food Products Co., San Antonio, Texas. Harry C. Page '29, Electrical Engineer , patent attorney, Cleveland , Ohio . Ca rl G. Penzel '55 , Civil Engineer , is a jet flight instructor, NAAS, Kingsville, Texas. Richard J. Followill '40, Metallurgical Engineer , is on the Army Aviation Test Board for helicopters, Ft. Rucker, Alabama.

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James L. Miller Transferred To San Francisco by Norton Co. James L. Miller '48, has been appointed a refractories engineer for Norton Company in the San Francisco, California, area. Mr. Miller joined Norton Company in 1951 and was formerly a refractories engineer in Illinois and Missouri. He is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the American Ceramic Society and he served in the U. S. Navy for three years prior to joining Norton. Norton is the world's largest manufacturer of abrasive products, including grinding and cutting wheels and sandpaper. The company, this year is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and has 24 plants in 11 countries.

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NFFS Advances With leadership of Nevins Marvin E. Nevins, Jr. '41, president, Wisconsin Centrifugal Foundries, Inc., Waukesha, Wisconsin, has just concluded a term as national president of the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society by presiding over the organization's annual meeting October 12-15 2.t the Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N. C. During Nevins' term, the Society's approach to building casting sales and increasing profits, initiated the

previous year, was designated the Marketing - Technical- Cost Program and further developed. The Program is designed to help NFFS member firrns across the country: determine their customers' needs and meet them effectively; develop more efficient production methods which keep costs down; increase quality and improve service; measure costs accurately to insure that castings are sold at reasonable profi t; use selling techniques that convince customers of the value and applicability of non-ferrous castings. Major advance in the marketing and technical phase of the M-T-C Program during the past year has been the retaining of Dr. R. A. Flinn, Professor of metallurgical engineering in charge of Cast Metals Laboratories, University of Michigan, as Society technical consultant, and approval of a book to be written by him to aid casting users. Tentative title of the book is "Copper, Brass and Bronze Castings--Their Properties and Application ." The book is expected to assist designers and users of copper-base alloy castings in achieving fullest use of the advantage of the many alloys of copper and all available casting processes, as well as aiding in planning and purchase of pattern equipment, and clarifying foundry - customer relations. A second volume will be devoted to aluminum-base alloy castings. Two new developments in the cost work of the society inaugurated during Nevins' term are a study of fiveyear trends in operating costs based on quarterly cost comparison records of member firms and the Business Analysis & Profit Evaluation Report. The report provides non-ferrous foundries for the first time the ind'1strywide financial ratios as a guide t c) fiscal management. The 1961 Annual Meeting of the Non-Ferrous Founders' Society will be held September 17-21 at Shawnee Inn, Shawnee on-Delaware, Pennsylvania. The Non-Ferrous Founders Society is the national trade and management organization of the non-ferrous casting industry which produces $1.5 billion worth of brass, bronze, magnesium, nickel and titanium alloy castings annually.

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Plaque Presented To Professor Lovett P rofessor 1. H. Lovett was presented with a plaque exp ress ing the appreciaE ngin eerin a D epartment for 39 years of servi ce to the School a nd the Department. T he presentation was made a t the ann ual banquet o f the St. Loui s Sec(, . of th e American In stitute o f E lect ncal Eng in ee rs and four joint AIEEIRE bra nches in M issou ri a t W ashin gton U ., St. Luui U ., U ni vensity of M i souri , a nd th e M is ouri Sc hool of M in es . The speake r of the evening was Ferr is R. umm ers, W estin ghouse Co rporati on , St. L o ui s, Mo. The pl aq ue will be d isplayed in th tu lent R ad ing R oom in the E lec trical E ngin ee rin g Bu il ding at MSM.

Electrical Dept. Sends Many Groups to Meetings F ive fac ulty m mbe rs a nd four st ude ltS of the E lectri ca l E ngin eerin g Departm ent a ttended th e fall meetingof t he Amer ica n Ins ti tu te of Electri cal Engineers a nd the Natio nal E lectronic Co nference which a re held conc urrently each fall in Chi cago, I ll. The fac ulty tha t atte nd ed we re: Dr. Roger Nolte; Profes or . J. Grimm a nd G. G . Stite k ; Tnstructors J. J. J oh nso n a nd J. C. mith . The students who attended we re Harol] B ra ly , T m Bohl ey , Wm . H. Slocum a nd Don Mannbeck . Jame Jo hnson is chairman of D is 路 l ri ct Execu live omm ittee for lucien t A tiv iti es, D is tri ct 7. D uring the fall other members of the fa ulty will a ttend I rofessional meetings. Profe sor Geo rge McPhe rhison will attend a onfe rence in ca go , 111. , on application of di gital cu mputer to powe r equil ment design. Lela nd L ng a nd \Villi':lIll As hworth will repre en t lhe E leclri cal E nginee ring D epartm ent a t th M id -Ame ri ca El ec troni c on ference in Ka n a ity, Mo., event! of t he s taff pla n lo all nd a joint co nference o n the use of compute rs in power syste ms 01 era lion tha t will be held in t. Lou is, Mi ssouri . E ight fa. ulty memb rs a. ttend ed a lub of t. meeting at the Eng inee r Lo ui. whi ch was hel I jointl y witiJ AlEE a nd IRE that dea I t with 111 ic rominituri zation o f elec troni c circ uits.

Three From Campus Attend Tau Beta Pi Anniuersary Karlheinz C. Muhlbauer ' 56, Assista nt Professor in the Mechanics Depa rtment a nd faculty adviso r of Tau Beta P i a nd two stud ents attended the 75th Anniversity at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tau Beta Pi was found ed at Lehigh U niversity in 1885, a nd it is one of the t-ldest, and most nota ble honor soc iet~ es excl us ively for enginee rs in existfop,ce . The Misso uri Beta chapte r h as been on the MSM campus since 1906 a nd has been a goal of every conscientiou s stllden t. Mem bers a re taken from the upper one-eia hth of the junior class and from the upper one- fifth of the seni or class . To stimul a te schola rship , T a u Beta

1'l elects the ou tstand ing fr eshma n ; to Slimula te engineering sc iences, the soci(路ty makes awa rd s to the ann ual scie nce fa ir of di stri ct hi gh schools . Tau Beta Pi is in strumental also in expressing s tud ent opini on through school surveys of questions which ma y arise durin g the yea r. Another ve ry important part of Tau Beta Pi is the brotherhood <md th e promotion of profess io na l ethi c~ a nd id eals o f a nd for its members .

Homecoming Big Success Homecoming at M M was h eld Octobe r 14 a nd 15 a nd s in e thi i the Septem ber-October iss ue o f the MSM ALUMNUS ma ny of you will wonder if it was a co mpl ete fl ol s ince there is nothing in thi s issue al out the activiti es . Homecom ing was a huge s uccess b ut i t wa held too late in Octobe r to enable us to ge t a complete acco unt of the two-day celebration in this i sue. Tn ord er to get th e com pl 路 te story in. one i sue a nd n t divid e it, we a re holdin g all th e news until the Novemhe r-D ecembe r i ' ue when a full account will be given.

Three Additions to Mechanics Department Th e Mecha ni c D epartment ha ve three add iti ons to their s taff for th ~ 1960-61 <1 adeilli c yea r. As ocia te Professo r P eter G. Hansen '5 3, who has been on sabbatical Inve the I a t yea r doing work towa rd

his doctorate at Washington U., St. Lou,is, Mo. , has returned to the department. Lloyd E. Cooper '60, has been added to the faculty as an instructor and will take some graduate work toward his Master's degree. He received his Bachelor degree at MSM in Mechanical Engineering. Edward E . Homsey , a MSM graduate in Mining Engineerin g, in the Class of 1959, will be a n instructor in the Mechanics Department while taking graduate work.

Two Professors Attend Geological Congress Dr. Paul D. P rocto r, Chai rma n of the Departm ent of Geology , and Profe so r G. C . Am stutz jus t returnecl from a two weeks' meeting of the Inte rnation al Geological Congress held in CopenhaCfe n, D enmark, during August. Some 3, 500 geologists from all parts: of the world were in a ttenda nce. World-wide geological problems of s tratigra phy , correla tions, absolute age determinations, genetic problems of ores, a nd structure were main topics of di sc ussion a t the International Cong ress . P re eding the meeting the M. S. M. geologists s[ ent two weeks touring the Sw iss Alps, home o f Dr. Amst utz, in t he compa ny of AJpine geologists Dr. A rnold H eim a nd Dr. H. P . Eugster. Be fore return ing to t he campus, Pro路 fessor Am stutz a ttended a field trip in Sweden a nd Professo r Proctor went outh to France and pain to view the Py renees and Span ish mese ta .

MSM Has First Full Time Band Director T he firs t full -tim e Band Direc tor a t MS 1 is M r. D av id L. Oa kley , who come to the M ilita ry D epa rtm ent f rom rossv ille, T ennessee, whe re he was ba nd director in the hi gh school. M r. Oakley is a na tive of T enn e see a nd a gradua te of T enn essee Polytechni c In titute with the degree of B. in M usic. H e is now working toward the deg ree of D. Mu . Ed . from India na U. , and has had a year of tudy in the Ge rm a n la ng uage in the U niverity of Fra nkfurt in Germa ny. He has been band director in Tennessee MSM Alumnus

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High Schools for five years and spent four years in the U. S. Air Force. The Missouri State High School Activities Association has appointed Mr. Oakley as an Adjudicator for its musical competition festival events. He is a member of College Band Directors' National Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Education Association and Phi Mu Sigma. The present enrollment in various phases of band activities is about 70. Mr. Oakley reports that six instrumental units are being formed; a marching band, a dance band, a concert orchestra, brass choir, woodwind choir and string ensemble, with others to be added later. For those who are interested but do not meet the standards for participation, a remedial class has been formed. Building T-l has been turned over to the Military Department for use by the band, and the office of the Band Director and the band rooms are located there. Mr. and Mrs. Oakley reside at 9 N agogami Court, Rolla.

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Wilbur P. Tappmeyer '47, has joined the faculty ot the Department of Chemical Engineering at MSM , as Assistant Professor. Professor Tappmeyer comes to MSM from Southwest Baptist College, Bolivar, Mo., where he has been teaching for a number of years. While at Bolivar he was very active in community affairs. He was a charter member and past president of the Bolivar Junior Chamber of Commerce, served on the city council, deacon in the First Baptist Church and teacher of Men's and Young People's Bible Classes. He graduated as First Student from the Southwest Baptist College in 1942, with the A. A. degree. In 1945, he received his A. B. -degree in Physical Science from Southeast Missouri State College, and graduated with honors in the upper tenth of his class at MSM in 1947 when he received his B. S. in Chemical Engineering. In 1958-59 he was awarded the National Science Foundation Faculty Fellowship to complete the primary requirements for his doctorate degree

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Dr. H. P. Leighly New To Met. Department Staff Dr. H. P. Leighly, Jr., has been appointed Associate Professor in Metallurgical Engineering at MSM. A native of Illinois, Dr. Leighty received in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Illinois. During 1951-52 Dr. Leighly attended The Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology following which he was a research metallurgist in the Nuclear Technology Group of the Bendix Corporation. In 1954 he joined the staff of the Denver Research Institute and later was placed in charge of the Department of Metallurgy at the Uni,..j versity of Denver. A member of several scientific and honorary societies, Dr. Leighly is the author of a number of scientific papers on the subjects of recrystallization of metals and the growth of single crystals. Dr. and Mrs. Leighly have one daughter, Karen, age 16 months, and reside at 1013 Lynwood in Rolla.

Geology Faculty Has Two New Instructors The Geology Department has added two new instructors for the corning academic year. Assistant Professor Arthur H. Brownlow, a native of Helena, Montant, attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and graduated with a B. S. degree in geology, June 1955. H:e continued at M . 1. T. and received his Ph. D. in geology in February 1960. The other addition to the geology faculty is Hughes M. Zenor. He comes to MSM from the University of Tulsa where he was head of the Geophysics Department. He has a Bachelor degree in mathematics from Oklahoma City University, a M . S. in physics from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph. D. in physics from Rice Institute. H e is a member of Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi, and Sigma Gamma Epsilon. He has worked as a geophysicist for the Humble Oil Co., as a project en-

gineer for the Sperry Gyroscope Co., and as a consultant. Dr. Zenor also holds patents on n umerous devices he has invented in his work.

Civil Department Adds 3, Two Are MSM Graduates The Civil Engineering Department has added three new members to its faculty for the 1960-61 academic school year. Dr. Sotirios G. Grigoropoulos, Associate Professor, comes to MSM from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Grigoropoulos received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering in 1955 from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1958 f rom Washington University, St. Louis and his Doctor of Science in Sanitary Engineering in 1960 from Washington University, St. Louis. He has been a Research Instructor in Civil Engineering at Washington University and has had experience as a Research Engineer with Metcalf & Eddy Sanitary Engineers in Boston, Massachusetts, and with Ryckman-Edgerly-Burbank Consultants of st. Louis. Dr. Grigoropoulos is a registered professional engineer and a member of Sigma Xi. He is unmarried. Donald E. Modesitt, who received his B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering from MSM in June 1958, is returning to the Department as an Instructor and to work on his Master's Degree. He was formerly with the Illinois D ivision of Highways. The Modesitts have one son, Brian Dale. LeRoy E. Thompson, who received his B. S. Degree in Civil E ngineering from MSM in 195 6 is returni!':g to Llte Department as an I nstructor and to work on his Master's Degree. Mr. Thompson comes to us from the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation of St. Louis, Missouri. The T hompson'> have one daughter, Julie Kay.

Physics Department ~as Two New Staff Members Dr. Charles E . McFarland '49, and Mr. John D. Stettler are the two new members that have been added to the staff of the Physics Department. Dr. McFarland received his B. S. degree

with a major in Physics at MSM in 1949, and his Ph. D. degree at Wash路 ington U., St. Louis, Mo., in 1955. While at Washington U. he served as a teaching and research assistant in nuclear physics. After graduation he accepted a position as a senior scientist with the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory of Pittsburgh, Pa., and he was concerned primarily with experimental nuclear reactor physics. In 19..>( , he joined the Inter-Nuclear Company of St. Louis, Mo., and here Gtal t wi th nuclear reactor physics and calculations. He has several scientific publications and is a member of the American Physical Society and American Nuclear Society. Dr. and Mrs. McFarland a nd their son live at 1 McFarland D rive, Rolla. Mr. Stettler, an Assistant Professor of Physics, is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame in 1956 with a major in physics. He entered M. 1. T. in 1957 under the Whitney Fellowship and served as research assistant until 1960. He is now completing his rEsearch and writing his thesis on the topic, " Theory of Microwave Zeeman Effect in Atomic Chlorine." For his Ph. D . degree , Mr. Stettler is primarily interested in solid state physics. He is a member of the American Physical Society. The Stettlers live at 203 N. Cedar, Rolla.

Nine New Officers For Military Department Nine new members have been added to the Military Department staff since the close of the 1960 spring semester. This brings the total of military personnel now assigned to ROTC duty to 24. The changes result from the Department of the Army policy of assigning officers for a period of three years. Colonel Glenn R. Taylor, the new Department Chairman, is a native of Virginia and received his degee of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute in 1932. Captain John Anderson, here from an assignment in Korea, was graduated from the University of Arkansas, in 1950, with a B. S. degree in Geology. Captain William A. Durham, a native of Georgia, a graduate of The Citadel, with a B. S. in Civil Engineering, comes to MSM from an assignment in Germany. Captain James E. Kennedy who just

returned from duty in Hawaii, has a B. S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the U . of California. Captain Kennedy is an Army Aviator, a Ranger, and served as a platoon leader in the 3rd Division throughout the Korean War. Captain Maurice L. Northcutt, a native of Alabama, received his B. S. degree in Building Construction from Auburn . Captain Perry D . Tripp reports to MSM from duty in Germany. He is a native of South Carolina and is a graduate of Clemson with a B. S. degree in Civil Engineering. 1st Lt. Joseph D. Bennett has just completed the Engineer Officers Career Course at The Engineers School and he has also served in Germany. He received his B. S. degree in Building Construction from the U. of Florida. Master Sergeant J. L. Pitt is a native of Alabama and comes to MSM from an assignment at the Seventh Army NCO Academy in Germany. He also served in Korea , Japan and several domestic posts. Sergeant Monor C. Mabry, who was formerly assigned at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo ., and has served in Germany, TurLey, and Japan, is a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy and has the ciegree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the U. of Illinois .

Cross Country Team Is Making Good Showing The Miners have a Cross Country Team which has been making a good showing the past three years in which they have been participating in intercollegiate competition. The first year they took in conference competition. The second year they placed second and this year thus far, they have participated in five meets and placed first ill three of the five. They participated in a meet of six colleges at Union University, Jackson, Il'iississippi, and won the meet with a total of 34 points, and the sixth team accumulated 150 points. In this sports activity the lowest score is declared the winner. Union University last year ranked ninth in small colleges in the country in Cross Country competition. If the team success continues the rtmainder of the season they may enter, the national meet that will be held at Wheaton College. The teams that the Miners have defeated thus far in addition to the Union U. meet are: Southeast State College, Cape Girardeau , Mo. , Westminster and Lincoln U. In the dual meet with Westminster, the Miners scored 15 points which is 2 points short of a perfect score. The team is coached by Nick Barre '59, who is at MSM doing graduate work.

Varsity Basketball Schedule

1960-1961 Thursday , Dec. 1 .. . Saturday, Dec. 3 ...... 'vVednesday, Dec. 7. Saturday, Dec. 10 .... . Thursday, Dec. 15 .. . Saturday, Dec. 17 .... . Thursday, Dec. 22 .. . Dec. 28 , 29 , 30 ........ .. Wednesday , Jan . 4 ... . friday, Jan . 6 ~londay, Jan. 9 S8turday, Jan. 14 Tuesday , J anualY 24 Saturday, Jan. 28 Monday, J an. 30 ...... . Saturday, Feb. 4 Saturday, Feb. 11 Saturday, Feb. 18 Monday, Feb. 20 Wednesday, Feb . 22 . Saturday, Feb. 25 .....

Sc路uthern Ill. U.-Alton ............................................ Alton Evangel College- Springfield , Mo. .. .. _................... Rolla Washington U. .. ................................................. St. Louis Westminster ............................................................. Fulton Harris Teachers ........................................................ Rolla U. of Tennessee-Martin Branch .......................... Rolla Memphis State .................................................... Memphis M. 1. A. A. Christmas Tournament ............ Warrensburg Harris Teachers ................................................... St. Louis John Brown University ............................................ Rolla N. E. Mo. State College-Kirksville .. .................... Rolla Central Mo. State College-Warrensburg ................ Rolla S. E. Mo. State College---' Cape Girardeau ............... Cape N . W. Mo. State College-Maryville ............... Maryville N E. Mo. State College-Kirksville ............... Kirksville N. W. Mo. State College-Maryville ...................... Rolla S. W. Mo. State College-Springfield ...................... Rolla Central Mo. State College- \~I a rren sb ur g .... Warrensburg. S. W. Mo. State College-Springfield .. ............ Springfield Evangel College-Springfield , Mo. .. .............. Springfield S. E. Mo. State College-'Cape Girardeau ............... Cape

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the Miner schedule and all are conference games. The MIAA Conference is exceptionally strong this year and the conference play does not look too encouraging.

company. Supervise automotive equipment. Midwest. ENGINEERS-M. E., E. E., P hysicists. B. S. and advanced degrees. Large corporation in eastern U. S.

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For information concern ina the positions listed below write to'" Assistantl Dean Leon Hershkowitz, MSM Rolla Missouri. "

Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Pool ' 58 , have a brother for their daughter , Debora Lynn, age 20 months . He was named Ronald Alan, born June 27, 1960. Bob is an engineer at Collins Radio Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Their address is 2725 5th Ave., Marion , Iowa. Mr. and Mrs . Don Henderson ' 59 , 4123 Locust, North Little Rock, Arkansas, have with them now, Brian Steven , who arrived October 4, 1960. Don is with the Misso uri Pacific Ra:ilroad as an engineer. Mrs. Henderson will be remembered as the iormer: alumni office secretary, Carolyn Pietsch , of Rolla. Mr. and Mrs. Tom L. Scheffler '52 177 Humphrey St. , Marblehead, Mass.; announce the a rrival of their second daughter, April 6, 1960. Their other daughter is 3 years old. Tom is an evaluation engineer at General Electric's small aircraft engine plant, LynI\ Mass. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Gratz '57, now have their second son David Shelton, born April 6, 1960. The father is resident engineer for General Services Administration. Their Richmond , Va. , add ress is 85 14 Elm Road. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Grady '59, announce the arrival of their third child, John Marshall, born August 3, 1960. Their other children are: Kim, age 5, and Leslie, a daughter , age 2. Charles is employed by the All~gheny-Ludlum Steel Corp., in their branch plant in Dunkirk , N. Y. He is metallurgist in their press plant which specializes in stainless steel. Their address is 17 Central Ave., Fredonia, N. Y. Mr. and MrSL Fred M. Springer '49, sent notice of arrival of the Springer Stork Special, 6:31 a. m ., J~ly 11 , 19~0 , with free baggage, one girl , Kathenne Marie. On hand to supervise his sister is Dale M. Springer. The father is with Maanolia Pipe Line, Midlqnd, Texas, and the new daughter can be seen at Route 2 Box: 238, Midland. '

CERAMIC ENGINEER - Development engineer as well as able teacher. Three years' experience in ceramics or glass llldustry. Involves materials investigation , ceramic to metal bonding, glass to metal bonds, hermetic enclosures and advanced technology development. METALLURGIST - Recent grad uate . Steel casting foundry producing plaill carbon , low alloy and stainless in acidlined electric furnaces. Person would be . responsible for melting , furnace maliltenance and all laboratory work. Laboratory for chemical analysis , destructive testing, sand testing, metallography work and 10 curies of cobalt for radiography. ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER - New York State. Three years' experience. CIVIL ENGINEER - Consultin a firm. Civil-Sanitary Department design of water supply , treatment and distribut}o~ , sewage and waste disposal, storm a ralilage , etc. MINING ENGINEERS- Recent graduates . Research and development work regarding mining properties. R&D on new explosive and application work of the explosive in about two years. Southern U. S. ENGINEERS-Chemists, Physics, M. E., E . E., and Met. Designer and manufacturer of equipment and components and system for the aircraft, missile and space industries. Will be working in the Cleveland area . ELECTRONIC AND MECHANICAL E NGINEERS-Research and Development Department. Men with creative ability and imagination who can assume responsibility for project and work il~d.ependent1y with minimum of superVISIOn. Bachelor Degree with minimum of 3 years experience. MECHANICAL ENGINEER-Asst. plant superintendent. Paint industry. Ohio. CERAMIC ENGINEER-Advanced degree. Research in high temperature and nuclear ceramics and development. MECHANICAL ENGINEER - Automotive assistant. Large public service

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0. S. ' 59, have their fi rst child born September 4, 1960, and he was named Mark D ennis . D on is employed a t the American Bridge Div., U. S. Steel, as a field engineer. T heir home address is 773 P olk St., Gary, Ind . Mr. and M rs. D avid E . Boring '60, announce the birth of a son, David E. Jr. , born M arch 9, 1960. D avid with Haynes Stellite and the Borings' home add ress is 9 13 J ames Dr. , K r :lmo, I nd . I\~ r . and M rs. Jo hn E. Hall ' 59, 2013 W. Lynn, Springfield, Mo ., proudly advised us of the arrival of Mark J ohn, May 15 , 1960. T his is the H alls' first. J ohn is a designer wi th the Missouri Sta te Highway Commission. Mr. nad Mrs . Robert P. Vienhage '53, now have Mary Rose, born June 16, 1960. Their address is 1931 S. Hampton, Springfield , Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Deddens '5 9, welcomed Mark Allen, born J uly 11, 1960. The father is an Explosive Sales Engineer, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., E. Alton , Ill. The Deddens live at 1223 Elm Dr. , Webster Groves, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Mitchell '57 , now have a sister, Jo Beth, for their son John Ellis, who is 20 years old. The daughter arrived July 2, 1960. The father is with Hutchen's & Son Metal Products, Inc., Springfield, Mo. The Mitchells reside at 616 N. Oak Grove, Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Morris ' 51 , have their third child, John William , born September 1, 1960. Bob is with In ternational Nickel Co., in their field c ff ice at Dayton , Ohio, and the Morris residence is a t 11408 Southland Road, Cincinnati 40, Ohio. Mr. a nd Mrs. E. Kellermeyer '59, annou nce that Kurt Geoffrey joined thei r household June 13, 1960. Mrs. Kellermeyer is the former Janet Foss of Carthage, Mo. Rich is with Western Electric, St. Louis, Mo., and they live at 556 1 Enright, Apt. 108, St. Louis 18 . M r. and Mrs. Carl B. Godfrey ' 58 , were presented with their second child , Beth Carleen, August 23, 1960. T heir son Mark is 3 years old. The Godfreys live in St. Cha1'les, Mo ., 2415 Chesstal, and Carl is employed by E merson E lectric, St. Louis, Mo. Mr. and M rs. Louis E. Astroth ' 57 , 11 62 Midland Blvd., St. Louis 30, M o., are very proud of Elizabeth 16

Ann, who arrived May 14, 1960. The fa ther is with Carter Carburetor . Mr. and M rs . Robert L. Boxdorfer ' 59, had an a ddition to their family December 4, 1959, a girl , and she was named Brenda Kay . The other children are Robert Jr. , age 4, and Karen Anne, 5 years. T heir residence is at 6622 Wise Ave., St. Louis 10, Mo. Bob is with. the City of St. Louis, T ra ffic Division . M r. and M rs. Mike Vancil '60, were blessed with a second son , Randy Scot t, born August 16, 1960. Distant plans fo r Randy are for the first 4-minute miler for ole MSM . M ike is with the U . S. Steel Corp., Chicago, Ill. , as a ceramic engineer. Resi dence address: 155 19 Elm St. , South Holla nd, Ill. M r. and M rs. Leland D. Hauth are proud of their first son , Ma rk Aaron , born J uly 11 , 1960. Leland is employed with the Water Resources Div., U. S. G. S., a nd they reside a t 3604 Blair Ave., Ft. Smith, Ark. Mr. a nd Mrs. W illiam A. Schirmer '49, announce the birth of a son, Stephen William, May 3, 1960. They live at 15023 Barwood Dr., La Mirada, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Davis '57, proudly announce the birth of their daughter , Rebecca Dawn , September 13, 1960. This is their second child . Gary is with the Naval Ordnance. Test Station, China Lake, Calif. Their address is 61A Renshaw, China Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Bill M. Dalton '60, Rt. 3, Elida, Ohio, are proud of Julie Ann , who arrived May 20, 1960. This is their first. Bill is a junior process engineer with Sohio Chemical Co. MARRIAGES Hudwalke r- Green Marvin E. Hudwalker '59, and Miss Mary M . Green were married J une 18, 1960, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Marvin is with the City of St. Louis Water Division as a civil engineer in the Office of Design and Con struction. T he newly-weds are at home at 6016 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis 9, Mo. Pa~l e y- H oy t

J ohn L. Pasley ' 59, and Miss J ulie Ann Hoyt, of Kansas City, Kansas, were married uly 30, 1960, and they are making their home at 2412 E llsworth , Apt. 10, Berkeley, Cali f. John is with Sverdrup & Parcel Engineering Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Stoll-Dugan John A. Stoll ' 57 , and Miss Geraldine Dugan , of Macon , Mississippi , were married at the West Laurel Methodist Church, Laurel, Mississippi, July 2, 1960. The bridegroom is employed by the Humble Oil Co., and was recently transferred to Houston , Texas , where he will be in school for special training. Gaillard-Titetto Luciano Gaillard ' 51 and Miss Rosema ry Titetto were married las t September and their residence address is General Cordova 285, San I sidro , Lima, Peru, S. A. Lucia no is property engineer for Northern Peru Mining Corp. , Casilla 219, Lima, Peru . Eng lert-Eavens Tom Englert '60 , a nd Miss Del Rose Eavens, of West Plains, Missouri , were mar ried August 13 , 1960. DEATHS Oshe r Goldsmith '21 Osher Goldsmith '21, passed away suddenly at his home in Tyler, T exas, September 15, 1960. He is survived by his widow, Ida, residing at 2429 W. Azalea, in Tyler, and a son , Maurice and daughter, Mary Lynn. Mr. Goldsmith had been following his profession as consulting petroleum engineer, in Tyler, fo r a number of years. Mrs. Rut h Yode r '28 Mrs. Ruth Goodhue Yoder '28, died September 19, 1960. She was born in Vermont and was 58 years old at the time of her death . She was employed at the U. S. Geological Survey in Rolla, and was active in civic affairs and a member of the P resby terian Church H er activity: in the American Legion Auxiliary merited her the past presidency and several other offices. Survivors are her husband, Byron Yoder of the home, Rt. 3, Rolla; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Bradford '48, H illsboro, Ill., and Mrs. Amy West '45, Pittsfield , Mass . Walter Ga mmeter ' 16 Walter Gammeter ' 16, who for many years was principal of Beaumont High School, St. Louis, Mo. , passed away several months ago. H e had been ill fo r some t ime before his death. Ja mes H. Minshall '50 James H . Minshall '50, died March 15, 1'960. H e was employed at the

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MSM Personals 191 2 Joseph S. Irwin contends " Bus" McCrae '09, started something bragging about his grandchildren. Joe has six on hand and one in escrow. He admits that this is below any record but it will bring out some more of the more prolific (by remote control) braggarts. Joe is a consulting geologist, 2106 7th, S. W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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president and general manager of Northern Peru Mining Corp. (American Smelting & Refining Co.), Lima, Peru. He has lived in Peru the last five years after 34 years of mining work in Mexico where he was managing director of Cia. de Real Del Monte Y Pachuca, the former U. S. Smelting subsidiary. He will continue to live in Lima for the time being and his address is Javier Prado 1760, San Isidro, Lima, Peru.

191 8 E. Ross Housholder's two sons, R. Frank and Andrew L., are taking electrical engineering at the University of Arizona. The third son, Dwain, returned from Germany, in August, for discharge from the Army. Mr. Housholder has served three years on th0 Board of Registration for Engineers and Architects and vice-president of the Board. His address is P . O. Box 1107 , Kingman , Arizona.

1 920 Arthur H. Petsch retired from The Ohio Oil Co. , as of March 1, 1960, as Exploration Manage of Ohio Oil Co., of Guatemala, Guatemala, C. A., after 32 years of service with that company. His address now is Apt. 404, Aurora Apt. Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. 1 9 2 3

John H . Riddle is president of Riddle Quarries, Inc., and Riddle Concrete, Inc., 310 National Bank of America Bldg., Salina, Kansas. John would enjoy hearing from his old classmates, both Vocates and Regulars. He is sorry that he has no heirs to send to MSM. 192 6 Degan Boyd now resides at 4909 S. Cliff Drive, Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Degan is vice-president, Quality Excelsior Coal Co. Harry C. Birchard is preside,n t of H. C. Birchard, Inc., 300 S. Vernon, Dearborn, Michigan. He sold the interest in Birchard & Roberts about a year ago and is now in business with 'his son in general contracting, both commercial and industrial.

chemist at the Kansas City Pipe Line Terminal and subsequently served as laboratory foreman, terminal foreman. dispatcher, assistant superintend~nt and dispatcher, and assistant supenntenrlest of the Pipe Line Terminal Department. In 1958 he was traQsferred to the Kansas City Division Office where he served as assistant whol,~sale plant supervisor and later as division chemist-quality and inventory control. In January, 1960, he was appointed assistant superintendent of the Tank Car Department. McCurdy is married and has a son and daughter. The McCurdy's live at 8811 Leavenworth Road, Route 2, Bethel, Kansas.

193 1 Bemis S. "Bim" Followill is President of First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Columbus. He has a new residence address, 2400 Lookout Drive, Columbus, Ga. 1 9 3 3

Milton H . Herlog has been appointed vice-president and general manager of the Metals Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. Warwick L. Doll and Mrs. Doll, both grads of the class of '33, were on the campus this summer. Their son , a iunior in high school, was enrolled in . the National Science Foundation's program for high school students that was held at MSM.

193 7 Peter F . Mattei has been appointed Executive Director of the Metropolitan Sewer District, St. Louis, Missouri. Pete has been assistant to the executive director, William Q. Kehr '33. Mr. Keh r resigned to accept a position with the U . S. Public Health Service, Washington, D . C.

1 93 9 Lawrence A. Roe is Director of Mineral Processing, International Minerals and Chemical Corp., Old Orchard Road, Skokie, Ill. His son, Jerry, is a freshman in Metallurgical Engineering at MSM this year.

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Marvin C. Grisham was recently transferred from Portsmouth, N. H., to Westwego, La. , as Plant Manager for N ational Gypsum Co. His residence is at 4201 Haring Road, Metdence is at 3201 Haring Road, Metairie, La.

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been as.$igned to the Regional Office VI~ Kansas City, Mo. He has residence at 113 Avondale, Wilshire Estates, Liberty, Mo. Charles Kunz, Manager, Roll-Bond Division, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., East Alton, Ill., spoke on the Roll-Bond process at the St. Loui!) Section of AIME, October 14. He traced the development from the beginning at Olin in 1950. Prior to Mr. Kunz' present position, he has been sales engineer, chief processing engineer, mill production, and Roll-Bond process and development engineer Oliver S. North, Ceramic Specialist, U. S. Tariff Commissioner, Washington, D. c., has been issued a patent covering the use of crude vermiculite ore as an additive in cigarettes. His address is 2119 H St., N. W., Apt. 802 , Washington 7, D. C.

John S. Harrif has been appointed director of economic planning for Monsanto Chemical Company's division at St. Louis, Mo. He has been serving as manager of agricultural chemicals development for the division at Monsanto 194 3 Kenneth R. Joynt, who has been with Mobil Oil Co., in Houston, Texas, has been transferred and his address now is c/o Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. , Mobil Oil Bldg., Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

1 94 8 John L. White has been appointed City Engineer, Dubuque, Iowa, April 3, 1960. John was registered as a licensed civil engineer March 31, 1959, and as a land surveyor June 3, 1960. The White family resides at 794 Glen Oak, Dubuque. The two children are Michael and Michelle. J. Walter Wallace, General Sales Manager, National Bearing Div., American Brake Shoe Co., is now located in Meadville, Pa., since the company's division headquarters has been moved to Meadville. His new residence address is 396 Hamilton Ave., Meadville. Wally was formerly located in St. Louis, Mo . Aldon P. Annis has been transferred to the Perla Plant, Acme Brick Co., and his address now is Box 448 , Malvern , Arkansas . Joseph W. Fitzpatrick has moved to Denver, Colorado, fro m the Public Health Region III office, Charlottesville, Va., to assume the position of Chief, Water Quality Section, Water Supply & Pollution Control Program. Their new residence is at 3570 Monaco Parkway, Denver 7.

194 9 Ray N. Steckenroder, a development engineer at the IB M Poughkeepsie Product Development Laboratory, has been selected for a scholarship under the company's new program for advanced degre study. He will study for a Master's Degree in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois. IBM's new program provdies tuition and fees as well as all other benefits to the scholars, who remain regular employees while they are full-time students. In his last laboratory assign18

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ment, Ray was in charge of a department engaged in the development of a random-access storage unit fo r advanced data systems. Charles R. Boutin is an appraisal engineer with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., and resides at 5812 Norway, Dallas 30, Texas. The Boutins' two children are Jackie Ann, age 7, and Fred, 2 years. 1 950 Edward P . Kyburz has been in Chile since February working on Cerro de Pasco Corporation's Rio Blanco Project. In June 1959, he received his Master's degree from the University of Arizona and joined Cerro de PasCO! in New York before going to Chile. His address is Casilla 13320, Santiago, Chile, S. A. Frank Packheiser has been named manager of technical services for Spencer Chemical Luxembourg a subsidiary of Spencer Chemical Co. He expects to be on this assignment for a year and his address is 10 Blvd. F. D. Roosevelt, P. O. Box 364, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Sheldon I. Arenberg has moved from Chicago, II!., to Denver, Colorado. His address is 1871 S. University, Denver. Donald W. Marshall recently resigned as Public Health Engineer at Penn. State U., to accept a position with the U. S. Public Health Service in the Sanitary Engineer Commissioned Officers Corps. The new position is in the field of water supply and water pollution control and Don has

Tom Bond III is a geologist with the American Smelting & Refining Co., Apartado 721, Chihuahua, Chih, Mexico. John J. Raffone has been appointed Director of Publication for the American Astronautical Society, April 1960. His biography will appear in the 8th Edition of Who's Who in the East. J ohn has a change in his residence address: 7503 Boulevard East, North Bergen, N. J. Paul A. Freuler has changed jobs and moved to the Midwest. He is now packaging engineer in the Flour Milling Division, The Pillsbury Co., Minneapolis, Minn. His new address is 403 W. 74th St., Minneapolis 23. He formerly was in Anaheim, Calif. Richard C. Phelps was on the campus in October interviewing seniors as prospective employees of his company the U. S. Industrial Chemical Corp., Tuscola, II!. Richard is group leader in charge of Customer Service (Polyethylene) . 1 95 2 J. Roger Scrivner has received a promotion to Western Regional Sales Manager of Ledex, Inc., manufacturer of electro-mechanical and electronic components. He was formerly district sale.s manager located in Los Angeles , Calif. His new position has necessitated a move and he is now livling at 4437 Darwin Ct., Kettering 29, Ohio. Also new to the Scrivner family is a daughter, Diane Marie, born March 24, 1960. They now have two girls.

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Mort Mullins, his wife Peggy, and children Kathy, Dave and Denny, have moved into their newly-purchased home at 11093 Whitbyhall Drive, Bridgeton, Missouri. Mort is an electrical engineer for Monsanto Chemical Co., in Creve Coeur.

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inson, Ill. Oilfield Research has been operating as a sole proprietorship but it was incorporated effective October 1. Offices will also be operated in Paintsville and Greenville, Ky. The headquarters office is at 1006 Dia.mond Ave., Evansville, Ind. Marlin's address is 4131 Kensington Ave., Evansville 10. Richard L. Jones is senior engineering metallurgist in the engineering test laboratory at Convair, Fort Worth, Texas. He and his wife, Jane, recently moved into their new home at 371 2 Kimberly Lane, Fort Worth 15. 1 9 5 6

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D. D. Matson, Midwest Oil CorJX]ration district geophysicist in Midland, Texas, has been promoted to superintendent of geophysical activities for geophysical activities for Midwest in the Rocky Mountain Division and Canada. Matson, whose headquarters will be in the Rocky Mountain Division office at Denver, Colorado, has been with Midwest three years. His address IS 1855 South Garfield, Denver. 9 5 3 Donald L. Gegel, who is with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., has beeili transferred to the St. Louis area and his new address is 432 Gabriel Dr., Kirkwood 33 , Mo. Marvin W . Boyd, plant engineer Shell Oil Co., has been transferred from Shell's Area Office in Denver, Colorado, to the Elk City Gas Process and Cycling Plant. H is address is 121 Rainbow Drive, Elk City, Oklahoma. 1 9 5 4 Herbert E. Lincoln is still with Rust Engineering Co., but he has been transferred to Terre Haute, Indiana, where he is chief field engineer for the construction of a paper mill. His address is 2900 South 10th, Terre Haute, Ind. Robert A. Horine of the Turbine Maintenance group, Union Electric Co., St. Louis, Mo., has been promoted to engineer in that group. He has been senior assistant steam power plant engineer. Bob has been with Union Electric since graduation and worked for the company one summer prior to graduation. Captain James W. Agro is area engineer, Wright Patterson Air Force Base. His address is 5375 Cobb Dr., Dayton , Ohio. He has been on overseas duty in Germany. He visited the alumni office and the campus en route to Springfield, Mo., his boyhood home, and Arizona, t he native state of Mrs. Agro. T here are three Agro children, two boys, S and 7 years, and a daughter, age 3. 195 5 Herbert B. Sachs has joined the technical services department at Monsanto Chemical Company's William G. Krummrich Plant at Monsanto, Ill., after serving with Union Starch andi Refining Co., Granite City, Ill. Marlin F . Krieg has been named Manager of Oilfield Research, Inc., with offices in Mt. Vernon and Rob-

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ber firms in North America. The association will be renamed "Electrical Apparatus Service Asociation, Inc." in April 1961. Samuel S. Bowman III is with Emerson Electric and his address is 2252 S. Bluff St., Wichita, Kansas. Robert D. Eberle, after 20 years as an instructor in Mechanical Engi"eering at the V. of Alabama, and graduate work, received his Master's degree in June and accepted a position with Boeing Airplane Co., as research engineer in the aerothermodynamics unit. His address is 3443 49th Ave. S. W., Seattle, Wash. A. E. Segelhorst is now Hughes Aircraft Representative to the Air National Guard of Puerto Rico. His address is 156th Camron, Prang, Pp O. Box 3786, San Juan, P. R. 1 9 5 8

Richard H. Okenfuss received his Master's degree at the 1960 Commencement and is a chemical engineer in the Overseas Division of Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dick plans to be married in October and the bride-to-be is Miss Julia Roerkohl of Florissant, Mo. Dick's address is 7029D Glenmeadow Lane, Cincinnati . David Niedermeyer, Jr., is back state-side after a sojourn with Braden Copper Co., Rancagua, Chile, and his present address is 618 Whitworth St., Fredericktown, Mo. Robert R. Ruppert is a petroleum engineer in charge of drilling operations , consumers Power Company's Production Dept. , 4141 142nd Ave., Hamilton, Mich. His residence address is 622 West 30th St., Holland, Mich. Ray Frankenberg who taught in the

Mechanics Department at MSM, is now an instructor in the Applied SciÂˇ ence Department, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Ill. His address is Apt. 126-1 Southern Hills, Carbondale. 1 959 2nd Lt. Robert Baker, Co. D, 547 Engineer Bn., A. P. O. 28, New York, N. Y., is serving two years active duty in the Corps of Engineers and is stationed in Heidelberg, Germany. He arrived in Germany last January after 3 months at Ft. Belvoir, Va. He was originally on 6 months orders and he extended it last December and should leave Germany December, 1961. He has a Volkswagen in which he drove to Berlin and to Switzerland recently. Jerome D. Rader who has been with Boeing Airplane Co., Wichita, Kansas, has accepted an engineering position with the Springday Co., Springfield, Mo. His new mailing address is Route 2, Republic, Mo. Walter Schwenk, formerly of the U. S. Naval Weapons Plant, Washington, D. c., is now a metallurgical and welding research engineer with Gruman Aircraft Engineering Company. He is in charge of welding and heattreatment of ultra-high strength steels and the development of electron-beam welding. The Schwenks also have their first child born August 8, 1960, who was named Mark Jacob. Too, they have a change in address: 115 High St., East Williston, N. Y. Gerald L. "S teve" Stevenson, 415 Doerr Ave., Roxana , Ill., just completed a tour of active duty with the U. S. Corps of Engineers at Ft. Belvoir, Va. Steve is with Shell Oil Co ..

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at their Wood River Refinery as technologist. Robert C. Thornton, R. F. D. 4, Troy, N. Y., is with Huyck Corp., as a management trainee. Richard K. Oberlander is presently doing a tour of duty with the U. S, Army and expects to be released in December and return to his position with General Electric. Lucian M. Bolon is now on six months leave of absence from the Missouri State Highway Dept., serving as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army and stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., in the 18th Engineer Brigade. 1 960 James R . DeBoard has been appointed to the position of Mechanical Engineer in the Directorate of Engineering of the Transportation Materiel Command and he will be working in St. Louis, Missouri. Miss Lelia Mae Thompson is now working with the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering of the California Department of Public Health as a junior civil engineer. Her home address is 1460 Havenscourt, Oakland 21, California. Orville Hunter, ]., 101 N. Main St., Alfred, N. Y., is doing graduate work, at Alfred V., on a National Defense Act Fellowship. Ernesto L. Ahnert has been employed by the San Francisco Mines of Mexico, Ltd. , San Francisco del Oro, Chihuahua, Mexico. John P. Hager is attending the graduate school at M. 1. T. and is a Graduate Fellow, Department of Metallurgy. His address is Box 103-A Graduate House, M. 1. T., Cambridge 39, Mass. Kenneth W. Wood is at Cal. Tech., working toward a M. S. in Ch. E. He spent the summer at the Standard Oil (Ind.) Research Center in Whiting, Ind., in a polyolefin Pilot Plant. His address is 173 N. Wilson, Pasadena, Calif. Gene Scofield is employed at the Chevrolet Engineering Center and is in their rotational training program for two years. His address is 29103 Lorraine, Warren, Michigan. Kenneth D. Jobe, 420 E. Cherokee, McAlester, Okla., is a junior mining engineer with Lone Star Steel Co. Donald H. Pritzker has joined the produciton department at Monsanto Chemical Company's Inorganic Chemicals Division plant at St. Charles, Mo. MSM Alumnus