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President ........................................R. O. Kasten '43

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These buildings are two of the five being constructed on the campus. The remaining three are rapidly taking form. The Library should be dedicated next Spring, the Mechanical Engineering, next Fall and the Auditorium-Gymnasium in the spring of 1969.

Issued bi-monthly in the interest of the graduates and former students of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy and the University of Mi ssour i at Rolla . Subscription price, $1.50, included in Alumni Dues. En· tered os second-class matler October 27 , 1926, at Post Office at Rolla, Missouri under the Act of March 3, 1897.

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The State was cited for University of Missouri space sciences program by Dr. Walter R. Hibbard, Jr. in the dedication of the new materials research building on the Rolla campus . Dr. Hibbard; director of the United States Bureau of Mines, was the key speaker for the ceremonies. He talked on "New Vistas in Materials Research."

advancing, may be said to have matured to the point where progress is no longer materials-limited . Nuclear power p\ants have reached an advanced stage of development, and. will be COmmonplace by 1980 . Space travel continues to make specialized material demands, but will rely less upon new materials research and development as it a pproaches maturity, " he said.

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Dr. Hibbard praised Missouri for the program 'which advances the national space effort and contributes uniquely to the academic objectives of the University ." The new building will house the Graduate Center for Materials Research of the University Space Sciences Research Center . Hibbard called it a " milestone on the road for the quest of scientific and technical knowledge." Ceremonies were held Oct. 30 in the Civil Engineering Auditorium at UMR. Ab o ut 200 persons from across the United States attended as guests were welco med by UMR Chancellor Mer! Baker. Dr. John C. W eaver, Univer sity of Missouri president, spoke at a noon luncheon after the dedication. Hibbar d termed materials research a critical discipline in the ex tension of man's kn owledge . " Since earliest historic time, man 's cultural advancement has depended m o re and mor e upon the effective utilization of nature's heritage of bas ic materials, " he said. "This age of technology is characterized b y man 's ability to utilize raw materials fully and to adapt them to a g rea t variety of specialized applications . "

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He mentioned the new vistas of materials research. "A major benefit of the basic research done at UMR in the new materials research laboratory will be to solve materials challenges that are not yet apparent, but that will surely manifest themselves in the future ," he predicted. He feels that the next great era will be the "Age of Social Reform . " 'With rapidly increasing population and demands of civil rights , equal opportunity and better standards of living, the need will be for new and plentiful low cost materials for hOUSing, transportation, communication , food production, recreation and entertainment , " he said. "The new age will require enormous amounts of low-cost durable materials for the manufacture of literally millions of products to meet the needs and desires of an important public. " Hibbard said "the opportunities for materials research in the coming era are far reaching ." Dr. Hibbard is an internationally known metallurgical engineer who has headed the U.S . Bureau of Mines in Department of the Interior since D ec . 1, 1965. His appointment to the office by President Lyndon B . Johnson followed notable s uccess es in careers in education and r esearch and devel opment, and in d ir ecting metallurgy and ceramics research fo r the General Electric Co mpany. H e is a graduate of W es leyan Uni versity and h o lds a d octor of engi neer ing degree from Yale Univer sity. He is president of the American Institute of Mining , Metallurg ical and Petroleum Engineers and has received the

institute 's Raymond Award and the James Douglas Gold Medal. H e is the author of numerous scientific papers. The three-story materials research building provides 30,000 square feet of floor s pace for laboratories and graduate student and staff offices . It was constructed with about $1 million from the State of Missouri and the United States Office of Education . Pleasant R. Smith , a member of the Board of Curators, University of Missouri, accepted the keys of the building from Rex Becker of Froese, Maack and Becker, building architects from St. Louis , Mo . After the cerem onies , a tour of the new facil ity was held and the dedication pr ogram was concluded with a noon luncheon . Dr. J o hn C. Weaver , President of the University of Miss ouri was the s peaker at this occasion .

The new building which h as been recently constructed on th e fo rmer par king area at 16th and State Streets is a three-sto ry structure which provides 30 ,000 square feet of floor space for laboratories and graduate student and staff offices . Funds for the $ 1 million structure were received from the State of Miss o uri and the U. S. Office of Education . The fl exible, multi-disciplinary materials science laborat ory will h o use the Graduate Center for Materials R esearch of the UniverSity-w ide Space Science Research Center. At the sym pos ium held in conjunctio n with the dedication of the building a total of 20 papers by nat ionally o utstanding scientists were presented in the five technical sess ions. The theme was "Materials Research - Pr oblems and Pr os pects . " T he Monday ses sion was enter ed ar ound " Appl icatio ns of the Powder Meth od in X-ray Crystallog r aphy to So lid State Res earch ." The Tuesday sess ions concerned elect rochemistry and high temper atur echem istry. 3

Physics Research Facilities Dedicated; Department Gets Half Million Dollar NSF Grant Dr. Daniel ]. Zaffarano spoke at the dedication ceremonies of UMR's new physics research facilities, October 21. A meeting of the Missouri Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers was held on the campus after the dedication. Dr. Zaffarano's address concerned "The Information Explosion in Physics - A Controlled Chain Reaction. " He is physics division chief of the Ames, Iowa, laboratory of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and distinguished professor and chairman of the department of physics at Iowa State University. He is a consultant at the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Office of Education. Dr. Zaffarano is the author of more than 25 scientific pa pel's. The new physics facility was completed for use last spring . The east-west walls of the physics building were extended to allow 16,000 additional square feet for 10 research laboratories and office and equipment space. The addition was constructed with $500,000 in funds authorized by the 72nd General Assembly of the State of Missouri. Dr. Harold Q Fuller, Chairman of the UMR Department of Physics, presided at the dedication. Dr. Merl Baker, Chancellor of UMR, welcomed the guests and keys of the building were presented by T. M. Hoener, of the firm of P. John Hoener and Associates, St. Louis, architects for the addition, to Oliver B. Ferguson, president of the University of Missouri Board of Curators. Mr. Ferguson in turn presented the keys to Dr. John C. Weaver, president of the University of Missouri, who tendered them to Chancellor Baker. The new facility was open to visitors from 10 a.m . to 4 p.m . At the meeting of the Missouri Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, papers were presented by ten Missouri college physics professors. A

UMR has been awarded a $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for use in its physics department. This grant is part of $2 million awarded to four universities under a national program des i g ned to improve the quality of science and engineering research and education. Lehigh University of Bethlehem, Pa., received $550,000,Marquette University of Milwaukee, Wis., received $540,000 and the University of Houston (Texas) received $420,000 . This three-year award will enable UMR 's physics department to increase its present staff from 18- to 24 . Dr. Harold Q Fuller, department chairman, said this increase will include an experimentalist and theorist in atmospheric physics, atomic and molecular physics and in solid state physics. In addition, funds will permit the department to purchase needed research equipment and supplies, to enlarge its staff of laboratory technicians and to increase its support of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Fuller said the department will also establish a new seminar program using visiting lecturers, a faculty development program consisting of summer leave for faculty to undertake research at more advanced laboratories, and a visiting scientists program to further research development on the UMR campus. This is only the second group of grants made under the fairly new NSF program. In making the award, the research foundation stipulated that it must be used in a specific area of science or engineering in which strength already exists and is sufficient to serve as a base for substantial attainment of excellence. Financial participation by institutions, receiving the award is recognized as part of the program. These NSF funds are limited to institutions that now have graduate programs in science education. The UMR grant was based on carefully considered plans, developed by the University, to support long term objectives of improving its scientific and engineering program .

5245 on Rolla Campus And St. louis Center U .M.R. has 5,245 students enrolled at the beginning of this academic year . This is an increase from the 4,847 enrolled last year at this time. The figure includes the 503 students enrolled at U .M.R.'s St. Louis Graduate Engineering Center, an increase from the 400 enrolled a year ago. Not included in the total are 273 students enrolled off-campus. These are cooperative engineering training students in their industry semester and students receiving credit for courses offered by the Extension Division. The enrollment figures were compiled from a four-campus report showing that University-wide enrollment for the year is 40,337, compared with 37,210 enrolled a year ago. The count of individual students was made at the end of four weeks of classes on the four campuses. Enrollments on other campuses include the University of Missouri, C olumbia, 20,124 an i ncrease from 18,669 a year ago; the University of Missouri at Kansas City, 8,418, an increase from 7, 8 91 a year ago; and the University of Missouri at St. Louis, 6,550, an increase from 5,803 last year. At. U .M.R., the seniors led the classes in enrollment increase w ith 1,009 enrolled this year compared to 839 last year. Following the seniors in increase were the juniors with an enrollment of 892 compared to 786 last year, and the graduate school with an increase to 916 from 819. A total of 1,052 freshmen and 1,041 s o ph omores are enrolled . A total of 134 women are on campus compared to 123 last year. All divisions show a numerical increase over last year. The School of Engineering enrollment is 3, 361 compared to 3,139 last year. The School of Mines and Metallurgy has 453 emolled, a jump from 437 last year, and the School of Science has 667 this year compared to 613 last year. Humanities and social sciences have 114 students compared to 93 last year . The

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9800 Engineers, Scientists To Be Needed in Next Decade by St. Louis Firms A recent survey of 104 St . Louis companies sh ows a need for 9,820 techno logically oriented ·college graduates in the next ten years. The survey was conducted by Dr. Lynn Martin, director of institutional research at the University of Missouri at Ro lla. Over 1 70 St. Lo uis companies were queried as to their needs for engineers, scientists and technologically oriented lib eral arts graduates between now and 19 77. Those questioned included large ind ustries, department stores, banks and small businesses . Over 60 percent of the companies replied to the questionnaire . According to the s urvey, a total of 8 ,19 8 bachelors degree holders will be needed in acidition to 1,301 masters degree and 32 1 Ph.D. degree personneL At the bachelor 's degree level, the greatest need will be for mechanical engineers. This is followed by a need for electr ical engineers, civil engineers, chemical engineers and m etall urg ical eng ineers. Engineering administration leads the list needed at the mas ter's degree level. At the Ph.D. level, chemists are the m ost needed. The year of greatest technological manpower needs in St. Louis is ex pected to be 19 77, climaxing a gradual

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progres< ion or manpower needs each year from 1967 . Other manpower needs of thes e St. Louis companies over the next ten years will include aerospace engineers, architects, ceramic engineers, computer sci e n c e personnel, engineering mechanics, environmental engineers, geological engineers, geologists and geophys icists, mathematicians, mining engineers, nuclear engineers, petroleum engineers, phys icists and humanities and social studies graduates.

Two Department Names Changed; Aerospace Degree Is Approved Th e names of two departments have been changed and one new degree h as been added at UMR. The UniverSity of Missouri Board of Curators recently approved the changes and the degree . The department of mech anical engineering is now the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and will grant a B .S. degree in aerospace engineering. The department of metallurgical engineering has become the department of metallurgical and nuclear engineering. The changes and n ew degree are effective now . According to Dr. Thomas R. Faucett, chairman of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, the name change and new degree recognize the increased interest in the aerospace field. He says this will enhance the offering of the B.S. degree in m echanical engineering. Rolla has granted a B.S. in mechanical engineering with an aeronautical engineering option for ab out 10 years. This option was changed to an aerospace engineering preference program in 1964. Students in this preference program will continue to receive B.S. degrees in mechanical engin eering with a strong background in aerospace engineering . Students wish ing to specialize in the aerospace engineering field will receive the B.S. in aerospace engineering. About 200 UMR students now indicate interest in the field. The new degree program will alIowan increase of course offer ings and new faculty in the area fo r future expansion . The first degree may be grant-

ed in June of 1969. The new Mechanical Engineering Annex now under constr ucti on will include new equipment to b e used in aerospace research. Dr. Harry W. Weart, chairman of the department of metallurgical and nuclear engineering, says the name change indicates the increasing importance of the nuclear engineering field. According to Dr. Weart, the department will add new courses and faculty for future expansion. D egrees are offered in the area at all levels. A total of 40 students are studying in nuclear engineering at the undergraduate level with 15 pursuing graduate nuclear engineering degrees. Dr. Weart says the name change should encourage an even greater student participation in the field. The University of Missouri, Columbia, has also changed the na me of its department of mechanical engineeri ng to the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering, effective in January, 1968.

Department Chairmen Appointed for Yea r Chancello r Merl Baker has announced the list of faculty members who will serve as department chairmen d uring the 1967-6 8 school year. Appointm ents are on an annual basis. Five of the department h ead s are new appointees this year. They are Dr. John Rob ert Betten, eiec:trical engineering ; Dr. J Je R . Foote, mathematics ; Pr ofessor lJewey Allgood, physical educati o n; D r. Marvin Cain, social sciences, and Col. John M . Fras s rand, military science. Reapp Ointed as d epartment chairmen were Dr . R ob ert E. Moore, ceramic engineering ; Dr . Mailand R. Str unk, ch emical engineering ; Dr. William H. W eb b , ch emistry; Dr. Joseph H. Sen .. ne, civil engineering ; Dr. Thomas R. Beveridge, g eological engineering and geology; Dr. J C. Pogue, humanities. Dr. T. R. Faucett , mechan ical eng ineering; Professor R. F . Davids on , engineering mechanics; Dr. Harry W. W eart , metallurgical engineering ; Dr. Ernest M. Spokes , mining and petroleum engineering , and Dr. Harold Q Fuller, physics. 5

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.... a look at the educated American Some leaders in higher education have proposed that every student be permitted to borrow enough money to pay his way through school and to repay some of it by obligating a percentage of his income for life to the lending agency. The proposal is made seriously. Somewhere during recent history men responsible for balancing the books of colleges and universities discovered that they could not continue to g ive ed ucation away with out someone - either legislators and taxpayers, or parents and philanthropists - paying for it. The number of students attending universities prior to the end of World War II was small enough to allow existing resources to meet demands. Not so today . Both the numbers to be taught and the volume of new knowledge to be exposed contribute to the financial nightmare faced by the university. Life indenture to pay for higher education is one way to assure that those who ' have taken advantage of advanced learning will pay for that privilege. It would, of course, be much nicer if those who benefited from higher education voluntartly ..repaid some of the investment made in them by others . It would be much more pleasant if those

who have been takers wo uld become givers so that future generations might h ave the privilege of taking, also. Certainly, someone - the taxpayer or the philanthropist or both - had given generous ly to all ow you to get a degree. Everyone who has attended a college or university in this century has been the beneficiary of someone else's generosity :- No one h as paid the full cost of his educati on. Everyone, regardless of his sch ool, has been "on sch olarsh ip. " It is hard to envision any stud ent graduating from a college or university today who is unable to show his appreciation for the privilege of higher ed ucation by making gifts to his sch ool. Even military service is a shallow excuse, for it is not necessary to make large gifts to exhibit a mature resp onsibility for the value of being ed ucated. Each alumnus must consider the relative value of those things important to his life and happiness. No yo ung man would expect a new car or a color television set without paying for it; yet , many expect several thousand dollars to be spent preparing them for a more affluent life without a thought to replacing even a few dollars of that amount voluntarily !

The o lder alumnus has had an o pportunity to capitalize upon his advanced education and has a proportionately greater responsibility for helping to repay the investment made by others in his academic preparation for life.

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degr ee from MSM andM.S. degree from Washington University. H e was commiss ioned in the Army Reserve in May 1940, comm issioned in the Regular Army in June 1942. H e was called to active duty in March, 1941, and served in the European Theater of Operations in World War II.

Governor Leber, appointed as Canal Zone chief executive in February this year, has been Lieutenant Governor and v ice president of the Panama Canal Company from June 1961 to April 196 3. He served as Ohio River D ivision Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, with headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1963 to July 1966. From then until his appointment as Governor, he was Director of Civil Works in the Office of the Chief of Engineers.

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The promotion of Canal Zone Governor W. P. Leber '40, to the grade of temporary major general has been announced in Washington, D. C.

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Paul Ponder Directs Student Services Paul P onder h as r eturned from a year 's leave-of-ab sence from UMR t o assume th e expanded position of director of stud ent services .

Th e National Academy of Engineering is a private organization that shares the responsibility given the National Academy of Sciences b y Congressional Act of Incorporation in 1963 to advise th e Federal G overnment , upon request, in m atters of scien ce or technol ogy. New m embers are elected on ' the basis of outstanding contributions to engineer ing theory and practice or to the pio n eering of n ew and developing fields of technology. The total membership is now 1 88 .

Ponder, wh o h as been on the UMR administrative staff s ince 1955 , s pent the past yea r wo rking on a Ph .D. degree in education al administration at the Univer Sity of Missouri, Columb ia .

Dr. Mueller is Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight , U .S. Nationa l Aeronautics and Space Administration, wi t h h eadqu arters in Was hingt on, D. C.

Dr. Mer! Bak er , U MR chancellor, states , " the entir e area of stu dent services is b ecoming increasingly imp ortant because a large segment of the student 's educati on takes place outside of regular classes . Pr ovid ing adequate services for students is not only impor tant for their social development but for their better academic performances . "

Dr. Mueller, was awarded an h onorar y d egree, Doctor of Engineering, at UMR in 1964 , for his profess iona l accom plishments and contributi on to his country 's manned s pace flight pr ogram.

Col. ladd Heads Arm y En gineers at Tu lsa Colonel Harley W. Ladd '4 0 , will b eco me act ing district engineer for the Tulsa District of the Corps of Army Engineers, effective Novemb er 15, 1967 . CoL Ladd presently is deputy division engineer of the Pacific Ocean division at Hon o lulu, Hawaii. The Tulsa District is one of five in th e so uthwestern division and cons ists of Oklahoma and small parts of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, T exas, New Mexico and Colorad o. Among other things it includes the $1 billion Arkansas River navigation project. Ladd is a native Missourian born at Mountain Grove, enter ed the Arm y Air Corps in 1941 as an aviation cadet and during Wor ld War II, h e served as an aviation officer in Tex as . After the war, he was discharged as a major in the r eserves but entered

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In his new position, Ponder w ill serve as coordinator for all student services including student personnel, aids and awards, student health, band, intercollegiate athletics and placement. Each service will retain its own dir ector wh o will work und er Ponder 's direction.

Dr. Baker said the new organization will allow Pond er and the University to provide even better student s ervices than in the past. H e said Ponder has proven his leadership in the various facets of stud ent services while holding previous positi ons on campus and is well qualified for this increased responsib ility . At UMR, Ponder has served as assistant registrar , r egistrar and director of admissions, assistant d ean , and assistant to the chancellor. He ho lds an A .B . degree fr om W estminster College and a master of education d egree from UMC.

International House Established on Campus The campus now has an International House. It is located at 508 W est Eigh th Street and houses 21 boys, mostly from foreign countries. The furnishings in the h o use , in a greater part, the Army as a captain in th e ' Cor p s of Engineers in 1947. Since that time h e has seen service in Japan , Korea , and Europe as well as the United States .

were made possible through the generosity and contributions from R o lla citizens. At present eleven coun tries are r epr esented at the International House : K o r ea, China, Bolivia , Ind oneSia, Tur key, Lebanon , Mexico, Sierra Leone, India, Peru, and the United States . Several new United States studen ts wo uld be welcome for the second semester to pr ov ide a well-r ounded exchange of cultures . Since one of the impOl·tant obj ectives of the I nternati onal House is to h elp fo r eign student s to feel a part of the community , this is an o pp o rtunity for th e people of Rolla to make an outstanding contributi on . The B oard of Trustees who supervise the house includ es Dr. Ch arl es A. J ohnson, Pr ofessor of MathematiCS , Dr. M . E. Findley, Professor of Chemical Engineer ing and Dr. Samir B. H an na, Professor of Chemistry. Among items of furnishings that are still needed to complete the h ouse are item s for the kitchen and a television and stereo set .

On AFl-CIO Board J ohn H. Lyons '42, has been named a vice-pres ident of the federation and a member of the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO . Lyon s is general president of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron W orkers , a post h e h as h eld s ince 1961. He b ega n as an iron wo rk er apprentice in Cleveland 30 years ago and h e received his B .S. d egr ee in m echanical engineer ing at MSM in 1942. After wartime se r vice in the A ir F o rce, h e wor k ed on constructi o n job s thr ough out th e United States until 195 4, wh en he joined th e iron worker s ' staff as a general coordinator. N ow 47, he is a vice pres id ent of b oth the Building and Construction Trad es and Metal Trad es D epartments of th e AFL-CIO and is a m ember of the federation's I nternal Dis put e s PaneL In 1964, Pres ident J ohnson app ointed hi m ch airman of the Labor Advisory Committee of th e President 's Committee on Equal Employment Opp ortunity. 7

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Ferguson is vice president and a director of the New Era Bank at Fred ericktown where he is a member of the Library Board and a past president of the Rotary Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the St. Lo uis Press Club and a past p resident of the Southeast Missouri Press Association.

Ferguson is ed it or and publisher of the D emocratic-News at Fredericktown , having taken over the interest of h is late father, 0 .]. Ferguson, in 194 6. He is president of the Miss ouri Pres s Ass ociation for 1967. After grad uation from Ce nt ra l Methodist College with an A .B . degree in 1937, Ferguson entered the University's School of Journalism, receiving a B .]. d egr ee in 1939.

H e served in the Army Air Corps in 1943--44, and then for the following two years he was news chief of the Office of War Information at Beirut, Lebanon.

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Ferguson married the former Miss Virginia Ryan, ofSalina, Kan., in 1940. She is a graduate of Stephens College. They have a son, Richard, a 1963 graduate of the University's journalism school, who is associated with h is father in the newspaper business; and two daughters , Mrs. R obert Barnhart of Kansas City, and Sally, at home.

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Dr. Proctor Enthusiastic About Education in Turkey A new unofficial goodwill ambassador from Turkey to Missouri is Dr. Paul D. Proctor, who recently resumed his duties as dean of the School of Science at the University of Missouri at Rolla. For the past year Proctor has held a United Nations (UNESCO) ass ignment at the Middle East Technological Univers ity at Ankara.

Turkey, with the remainder mostly from other Mideastern countries. Chosen from among the top five per cent of high school graduates, these students are the academic elite, intelligent and eager to learn, the dean said. Enrollment is limited to 5,000. All courses are taught in English.

Dean Proctor is enthusiastic about his assignment there , about Turkey's potential as a country and above all, about the Turkish people.

Although Dr. Proctor 's original assignment was to help inaugurate programs in geology and mineral resources research , it quickly expanded. In addition to setting up laboratories and formulating course work in the geological area, he taught four senior and graduate courses in that field. He als o prepared a detailed report for a graduate' school to be initiated this year, and served as a member of the dean's council review ing and reporting on progress of the University after 10 years of operation.

"They are ambitious , industrious, proud of their country and willing to work for its future, " he says.

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Dr. Proctor regards Turkey as having one of the greatest potentials for tourism of ' any country in Europe or the Mideast. He speaks as one who

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kn ows. During their year ther e, the Proctors drove over 12, 000 m iles , covering all of Turkey except the remote areas of the n ortheast. At the en d of their tour of duty, they traveled an additional 12 ,0 00 miles in Eur o pe, visiting some of the major mining and clas s ic geological areas. They also toured the Mideast, incl uding the Holy Land. "Most of the histo rical s pots in Turkey have hardly been touched, " Dean Proctor explained . The ancient city of Troy has recently been unearthed . Excavations are continuing at Ephesus and other major cities of Turkey's ancient civilization which date back to earliest recorded history. The UMR dean was accompanied by his wife and three of their four children. The children attended American schools in Ankara and Lane, the oldest of the three, graduated from high school there. Another son , Paul , who has been in Norway as a missionary for the past two year, joined them in the latter part of their European tour.

UMR Rates High Among Engineering Schools UMR ranked eighth among the nation's 267 undergraduate engineering schools in the total number of bachelor's degrees granted las t year and first in two fields, civil eng ineering and metallurgical engineering. The University'S high rating is reo ported in the current issue of the J ournal of Englileering Education. The repo rt was prepared by the U.S. Office of Education, based on degrees granted during the 1965-6 6 academic year. The Rolla campus , which specializes in engineering and science education, continued in first place for undergrad uate engineering degrees among unive rsities west of the Mississippi River. It has also been among the top ten undergraduate engineering schools in the country for many years. In total number of degrees granted, including all undergrad uate and grad uate degrees, UMR was 12th nationally. The University was 18th, among the 9

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167 graduate engineering schools, in master's degrees awarded. The relative N ati6nal position of UMR among all institutions granting degrees in other engineering fields follows: Bachelor's degrees granted: mechanical engineering, fourth of 188; mining epgineering, fifth of 26; electrical engineering, 20th of 202; chemical engineering, 27th of 130. Master's degrees granted: mining engineering, second of 19; civil engineering, sixth of 114 ; chemical engineering, sixth of 105; metallurgical engineer ing , 11th of 52 ; mechanical engineering , 17th of 124 ; electrical engineering, 33rd of 133 . Metallurgical engineering totals also include ceramic engineering, materials engineering and materials science degrees .

Dr. Dudley Thompson, Dean of the Faculties, accepts a check for $3,000 from E. M. Kane '44 (left) and V. T. McGhee '44 (right) representatives of the Phillips Petroleum Company. Kane is assistant director for project analysis for the national gas and gasoline department and McGhee is director of technical planning for the exploration and production department . The Phillips Company gives this fund to support and encourag,e professional growth and development of students and faculty in engineering and the physical sciences and in related fields of importance to the petroleum' and petrochemical industries.

The national total of 51,795 engineering degrees conferred during the 1965-66 academic year was the largest since 1949-50 . Included were 35,815 bachelor's , 13,677 master's and 2,303 doctor's degrees. The bachelor degree total represented a decrease of over two per cent from the previous year, although master's and doctor 's degrees reached record levels. The ten institutions awarding the most bachelor's degrees in engineering were: Purdue University, 945 ; University of Illinois, 754; Georgia Institute of Technology, 634; University of Michigan, 615; Newark College of Engineering, 603; Pennsylvania State University, 578; North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 534; UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT ROLLA, 532; University of California (Berkeley), 509; and University of Minnesota, 479.

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The UMR chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity has been named the m 'o st outstanding Pi KA chapter in the country by its national fraternity council. The St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Pi KA has been named the most outstanding alumni chapter of the fraternity. The awards were presented at the MSM Alumnus

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ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS WANTED For information about th ese pos itions, please contact Ass istant Dean Leon Hershkowitz, Placement Office, UMR, Rolla , Misso uri 6540 1.

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the fraternity included six in Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges, nine in professional societies, nine in service organizations, and two with athletic letter s. In service activities for the community, the house had 90 per cent participation in a community blood drive. Members of the fraternity gave Christmas parties for und er privileged children, repaired the St. James Boys Town athletic field and solicited Rolla residences for the muscular dystrophy drive. The St. Louis Pi KA Alumni Chapter received special citation at the National Pi KA convention held recently in St. Louis . The club published an area alumni directory, holds monthly meetings and assists area college chapters in Pi KA activities. Receiving the awards at the leader-

DATA PROCESSING - Manager and operations programmer. Large glas s corporation in Ohi!. Refer File No.45. ENG INEERS - Petr oleum , geological, chemical and mining in gas company aquifer storage operation in the midwest. Refer File No. 46. ENGINEERS - Sales. Large steel company in St. Louis area . Refer File No. 47. METALLURGICAL - Fact o r y in Monterrey, Mexico prefers nationals of Mexico o r o thers fluent in Spanish. Salary open. Refer File No. 49 . VICE PRESIDENT-ENGINEER Major metal producer and fabricator with experience in steel , copper, brass or aluminum industries. Excellent position . Refer File No. 50. CONTAINER CORPORATION Engineers and scientists, experienced and R. & D. Salary commensurate with education, experience and ability. Refer File No.5 1. ENG INEERS - La r g e machinery company. Sales, service diesel engines, senior design engineer, product development chemist. Refer File N o .5 2. 11

DEVELOPMENT ENG INEER - E. E.; M.E.; Chemistry and Semi-conductor device design . Electronic corporation in Indiana . Refer File No. 56. ENG INEERS Application and project, controls corporation in St. Lo uis area. Refer File No. 60. MINING OR M.E. - Interested in the science of rock breaking , d esign and d evelopment equipment. Refer File No.57. CHIEF ENGINEER ASSISTANT Manufacturer of amusement and carnival equipment. Refer File No. 61. GLASS WORKS TECHNICAL STATISTICIAN - Working with R. & D. and engineering staff. Refer File No . 62. ENG INEERS ALL TYPES - Large electric company, experienced and nonexperienced. R efer File No. 63. OIL COMPANY - Manager trainee, research , sales, chemist, programmer and production engineers. Midwes t location . Refer File No. 65. RESEARCH SCIENTIST - Pyrotechnics and d iversified int o textiles and chemical pr od ucts . East Coast. Ref~r File No. 66 . ENGINEERS - C.E., E. E., M.E., and Industrial management, steel company in the St. Lo uis area. Refer File No. 68. CERAMIC ENG INEERS - Manufacturer of capacitor materials, comp o nents design and applicati ons in Indiana. Refer File N o. 69. MINING - Phosphate, four years of ex perience in non-ferrous strip mining . R efer File No. 67. PAINT COMPANY - Polymer and organic chemist in northern United States. Refer File No. 70. CHIEF ENGINEER - Toheadgrow ing department. Manufactures .and markets preciSion switch es, motors, timers, and counters . M.E. or E.E. with 15 year s experience, good salaries . Refer File No. 94 . CHIEF ENGINEER - Mining com pany und ergr o und s urveying , engineering design, construction, safety wo rk and aSSigned pro ject work. Refer File No . 96 . PAINT COMPANY - Chicago area,

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E.E. or M.E . - Assistant to manufacturing superintendent. Experienced, electric company in the Chicago area. Specializes in high-voltage circuit interruption. Refer File No. 74.

Blue Jay Cove, Brentwood, Mo. where William is a Civil Engineer for Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates .

GLASS COMPANY - M.E ., E.E. and Ceramic Engineers - located in central Indiana . Refer File No. 79 .

Lt. Craig Valentine '62 and Miss Caroline Ann Dunbar, of RiverSide, California, .were married in the chapel of the First Methodist Church in Riverside, October 6, 1 967 . The bride received her bachelor of science degr ee in mathematics and phys ics from Colorad o State University and is a mathematics teac:her at Alessandro Junior High School, in Sunnymead, California . T h e groom is serving with the Air Force at March AFB near Riverside.

RESEARCH INSTITUTE - Chemists and Chemical Engineers in the midwest area . Refer File No. 84. ENGINEER - Estimating steel and concrete structures and metal w ind ows and siding in the St. Louis area. Refer File No. 85. CERAMIC ENGINEER - ,Brick company in Arkansas. Refer File No. 86. GYPSUM COMPANY - Pr oduction engineering als a quality control in northern United States . Refer File No. 87. TRACTOR COMPANY - Engineer s of all types in the midwest area. R efer File No. 73. CHEMICAL COMPANY - Scientists and engineers, locations throughout the United States . Good pOSitions open. Refer File No. 82. RUBBER COMPANY - Acoustic scientist, industrial engineer trainee , product, adhes ives, and chemical engineers . Experienced and non-experienced. Refer File No . 90 . CH.E AND CHEMISTS - B.S. and graduate degrees, east coast. Refer File No . 9l. ANALYST - Senior systems , data processing division s and commercial marketing department of large com-" pany. Refer File No. 92.

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Thomas H . Strickland '66 and Miss J udy Kins ey of Marion , Ill inois were married July 29, at Cape Girardeau, Mo . The newly weds are now residing at 3200 Raible Ave ., Anderson , Ind . Ke ye s - Alco rn

William James Keyes, Jr. '67 and Mis s Mary Dean Alcorn of Carbondale, Illin ois we remarried September 3, 1966 . They now reside at 171 3

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Warren Earl Krueger '66 and Miss Betty Jane Stowell were married in O lathe, Kansas, September 9, 1967 . Warren is a student and assistant instructor at the University of Missouri , Columbia and the newly-weds reside at 1402 Wilson, Apt. No.2, Columbia . Ma rchbanks - La wton

Martin March banks '59 and Miss Terry Daw n Lawton , of Portland , Or egon, were married June 24, 1967. 'Mrs . Marchbanks graduated from the U. of Oregon, in 1966, with an art major. Martin is a metallurgical engineer with Idaho Nuclear Corporation and they res ide at 274 Pine , Idaho Falls, Idaho. Ca rstens - Durk in John Carstens '66 and Miss Frieda Durkin were married July 29, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. John is assistant professor of phys ics at Western Illin ois University of Macomb.

BIRTHS Capt. and Mrs. Gene C. Rizer '6 0, are parents of a son, Stev en Michael, b o rn June 25, 1967. The hither is stationed at Long Binh, Vietnam. His address is HQ-USARV (G-4)P&O,APO, San Francisco, 96375 . Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Ell ison '66, b egan their himily upo n the arrival of Sims Edgar , on March 10, 1967 . The huher is a pr oducti on engineer with Skelly Oil Company, Houston, Texas. They reside at 171 3 13th MSM Alumnus

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Street, Bay City, Texas. The mother, Bonnie, a jou rnalism graduate at U . of Mo., Columb ia, probably has found it necessary to curtain the pursuit .of her profess ion for a short time to see that Sims Edgar gets the proper start in his new world. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis M. Neyers '65, have their second child, Amy Elizabeth, born June 10, 1967. Her brother, David, is two years old. Dennis is metallurgical supervisor at the General Motors Division of Central Foundry, Danville, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Robert S . Smith '65, are pleased to announce the birth of Barry Stephen, August 21, 1967. The new father is currently a project engineer in charge of such projects as water eHluent neutralization and reclamation, refinery land reclamation and oil blending facilities for his employer Shell Oil Company. Houston Refinery, Deer Park, Texas. Their address is 1312 London, Pasadena, Texas. Dr. and Mrs. David D. Yang, '62 , have their first child, Allen K. H. Yang, born September 5, 1967. Dr. Yang is an assistant pr ofessor at Texas A.M. College. Their mailing address is Box 2095, Prairie View, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. D . W. Heineck '53, have their fourth son, born in May, 1967, and named Richard Alexander. Their total children is now five. They moved to Eaton, Pennsylvania, in August, where Mr. Heineck is director of manufacturing for the Alpha Portland Cement Company. Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. O'Brien '63, have a new son, their second, born on their third wedding anniversary, June 20, 1967. Michael is business methods supervisor, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, St. Louis , Missouri with residence at 5547 Sanpiper Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen '62 , are prou d parents of their second child, David Alan, born May 28, 1967. T h eir dau ghter is 4 years old. Also in May, the new hither received a promotion to supervising foreman, plant training school, at the Ohio Bell Telephone Company. Their North Almsted address is 26984 Driscoll Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Bill O. Wilbanks '62, belatedly advised u s of their daughter Octobe r 1967

Laura Ellen, who arrived June 17, 1966. Bill has been transferred to the R ussell , Kansas District Office of Cities Service Oil Company. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Reuck '62, have a daughter, Tonya Rhea, born June 8, 1967. They reside in Bishop, California, where the hither is assistant highway engineer with the California Division of Highways. Their address there is 280 Grandview Road. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gerard '54, have a new addition to their family, Robert Spencer , December 14, 1966. Their other sons are, Steve, 12; Jim and Jack 4; and their daughter is Julie, age 9 years. The Gerards moved to Decatur , Georgia, in March, fr 0 m Whittier, California. Jim is Assistant Manager of the Union Special Machine Company in Atlanta. Their Decatur address is 1 35 Merrill Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Roberts '63, adopted a baby boy, Derek Christopher. Carl is an electronic engineer with the analysis and evaluation group, Navy Fleet Missile Systems, Corona, California, with residence at 10943 Endicott Drive, Riverside. Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Smith '65, 7913 N.W. 27th St., Bethany, Oklahoma, are parents of Linda Marie who arrived August 25, 1967. Michael is district parts sales representative for Caterpillar Tractor Company . Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence '66, welcomed James Miles, October 14, 1966. They are living in Columbus, Ohio, 173 OA Barstock, Court. T h e fat her is an industrial engineer with Owens-Illinois . Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Papin '60, began their himily upon arrival of Ann Marie, born April 24,1967. Mrs . Papin, is the former Mary E. Brueggeman. Thomas is also with Owens-Illinois, Inc., b ut is in Alton, Illinois, in their R&D laboratory as a supervisor. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bertcrello '60, brought their family total to four, March 16, 1967, when their third daughter arrived, born in Algiers, Algeria. Michael is with Dowell-Schlumberger (Eastern) Inc ., as division engineer. They vacationed in the United States during the middle east crisis and upon return they were relocated in Tripoli, Libya. Their address is P. O. Box 2216, Tripoli, Libya.

DEATHS N apole o n B. La rsh ' 2 1

Napoleon B. Larsh '2 1, affectionately known as "Po" by his many friends and associates, died in Midland, Texas, February 8, 1967 , at the age of 69. As a result of his death, the Permian basin oil province of West Texas and New Mexico lost a frontiersman who contributed much to its vast development. He entered MSM in 1915, spent two years in Chile with the Braden Copper Company and returned to graduate in 1921. H e entered the o il business in 1924 which was his main interest until his death. Aside from his accomplishments as a geologist, "Po" is remembered for his warm human qualities - a gentle soft spoken man but firm in his convictions. He is sur vived by his wid ow, Mary Ruth; a daughter, Florence, of Midland and a son, John , of Odessa, Texas . James S. Reg er ' 29

James S. Reger '29, died February 28, 1966. He underwent an operation for a lung cancer in September 1965, and never regained his ' health . He is survived by his widow , Grace, residing at 1600 Sigma Chi Road, N.E. Albuquerque , New Mexico, and two daughters. Ha rold L. Ba i ley ' 21

Harold L. Bailey, '21, age 70, died August 3 1, 1967, at the Phelps County Memorial Hospital, R olla, Mo. He was born in Virginia, Ill., and graduated from Rolla with a B.S. degree in mining engineering. For many years he was an executive with the Bell Telephone Company and Postal T elgraph Company. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II and at the time of his retirement, in 1950 , he was a civilian engineer for the Department of the Navy. He is survived by his wid 0 w , Alma Spradling Bailey, a daughter, Mrs. Joanne H. Mayberry , of Ro lla, and a brother , Gene of Rockfor d , Ill. Jam es W . Aitt a ma '3 9

James Wilbur Aittama '39, d ied September 3, 1967, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. 13

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German Garcio Lozano '11, age 77, died in Mexico City, Mex ico , September 14 , 1967 . K. I. Ozbi len ' 50

Kaya Ilhan Ozbilen '50, died December 5, 1965. James S. Casale '64

Captain James S. Casale '64 , was killed in Vietnam on May 29, 1966. William D. M .eyer, Jr. ' 63

William D. Meyer, Jr. '63 , died in Houston , Texas, October 21, 1967 . He had served with the U .S. Air Force s ince March. H e is s urvived by his mother, Mrs. Mildred Geiger of Florissant, Mo.; a brother , J erry G eiger, and a sister, Mrs. Jim Travis, of Fort Worth, Texas.

Alumni Personals 191 4 Clyde W. Hall and his wife are leaving San Francisco, October 21, on the S.S. Mariposa for a South Seas tour New Zealand, Australia and Pacific Is lands. This will be a 42-day voyage. The Halls still reside in Florida, the Mease Manor in Dunedin. J ohn N. Webster is r etired and living in San Antonio, T exas. He advises he is having a r o ugh tim e with arthritis and it gets n o b etter fast in s pite of indocin and tandarill plus other medications. H e even had a bl ood test for possible gout but flunked that o ne. H e had his ow n com pany, general merchandise, in Winner , South D ak ota and his bu siness was purchased in 1947 by an Omaha, Nebraska firm and the business was added to their chain of merchandise marts which was perhaps the first of the chain type west of the Missis s ippi Riv er.

191 6 Fred Gratts is st ill phys ically fit and is out of doors as much as p oss ible doing any kind of work . His address is 43 Washington Circle, Lake Forest , Illino is. 1 920 William W. W eigel is an ex plora14

tion geologist for Minerva Company , Fluors par Division, s upervis ing drilling pr ojects in Arkansas and K entucky. H e retain s his h ome at 19 Branch Street, B onne T erre, Mo .

192 4 W. E. J. Knight r etired Octob er 1st , after nearly 3 0 years as plant manager of Stauffer Chem ical Company's D om inquez Plant.

192 1 F. H . Taylor , 102 3 Orleans Ave., Keokuk , I owa, is a city alderman and mayor protem fo r the City of K eokuk. M. S. Bad o llet delivered a sc ientific paper at O x ford University, in England in July . Over 100 scientists were present. While in Europe he did r esearch on his family name and was able to trace ancestors back to 136 1. Mr. Bad o llet resides at 35 Farragut Road, Olainfield , N. J.

192 2 H. W. Hurd, 601 Ray Ave., Escandida , California, is retired and enj oying wonderful southern California. H edoes a great deal of fishing , both ocean and inland. Walker E. Case and wife, just r eturned from an extens ive motor tri p to northwest Canada and United Stat es . H e visited with Dr. Vance Webster '23, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Eugene, Oregon. Walker, a form er senior engineer with American T elephone and Telegraph Company, is n ow living at 39 15 W oodcrest Drive, Flor issant, Mo . Thomas G . W eir is retired and living at 415 Nicholas Lane, Santa Barbara , California.

923 Wayne S. Frame, s upervising engineer-hydraulic operations, wit h the Un ion Electric Company at Bagnell D am, Mis souri r etired in Octob e r. Frame, as a yo ung engineer worked for the contractor wh o built Bagnell Dam at O sage, Missouri. After the plant became o perative h e took the post of hydrographer in 19 3 1 with the Company's O sag e staff. H e was aSSigned to the H ydraulic Engineering Department in 1945 where he was named H ydraulic Engineer-Osage in 1960. He advanced to his final position in 1961. H e is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Misso uri Society of Professional Engineers. H e and his wife will continue to live in the home they built in the Lake of the Ozarks area.

192 6 W. Irwin Short , 2329 McNary Blvd ., Pittsb urgh , has r etired as Professor and Chairman of the D epartment of Civil Engineering , U. of Pittsb urgh , after 35 years . H e states h e is busier than ever w ith yard work , golf, traveling and som e s itting. H arry C. Birchard, 300 South Ve rnon, D earb orn, Michigan , advises us of the death of his wife , Margaret , on April 15 , 196 7. Mr. Birchard is on th e executive staff of th e Campb ell G roup ( H.F. Campbell Co.)

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192 9 Orville W. Morris is comb ust io n engineer at the Ashland, W o rks , Armco Steel Corp ., Ashland , K entucky. The Morris' son g raduated from the U. of K entuck y, in 1961 , w ith a degree in chemical engineer ing and received hi s law degree from George Washingto n Un iverSity in 1967 . After four years in the Government Patent Office, h e is now a patent attorney w ith PPG Indu stries in th e general office in Pittsburgh , Pa. The Morris' res ide at 9 11 Edgewood Ave. , Ashland. J oe William.son , J1'. is owner and principal engineer of Williamson & As sociates , Cons ulting E ngin eer s, St. Lou is, Mo. Joe has been in engineering private practice ever s ince h e left R o lla 38 yea r s ago. 1 9 3

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932 J ohn A. Pollak retired from federal government service last December and accepted the position of construction engineer with the Tennessee Department of Public Health on February 1, 196 7. His addres s is 6448 Brownlee Drive, Nashville.

193 3 T. O. Seiberling just completed and moved into, quote "a new shack back in the middle of the woods with the hoot owls." He is a real estate engineer with St. Joseph Lead Company. His mailing_ address is P. O. Box 347, Bonne Terre, Mo. October 1967

1 9 3 4 W. B. Fletcher, 12081 Smallwood Ave., Downey, California advises he's a S.O.G . (Silly Old Grandad).

193 5 Richard]. Dobson retired from the Shell Oil Company after 31 years and having held the positions of chief exploration engineer, division production manager, area production superintendent and manager of exploration and and production in Indonesia. Since July 1st, he is vice president in charge of producing investments (acquisition of oil, gas and mining properties) for Austral Oil Company, 2700 Humble Bldg., Houston, Texas . 1 9 3 9

C. E. Boulson, general manager, Sho-Me Power Corporation, Marshfield, Mo., has been elected National Chairman of the Farm Electrification Council. 1 940 Thomas J. Griffeth was transferred to the Hannibal, Missouri, plant of Universal Atlas Cement, Division of U.S. Steel Corporation, fr om Fairborn, Ohio, April 1, 1967. He is plant manager of the Hannibal plant which is the most modern and computer controlled plant in the United States. His new address is 1908 Harrison Hill. 1 9 4 1

Robert Schoenthaler is a contractor in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He and Washington Adams, also of '41 who works for Collins Radio Corp., Dallas Texas, have remained close friends and have visited each other frequently since leaving the campus. Last year Bob attended Washington 's daughter's wedding and this year Washington reciprocated and attended the Schoenthalers ' daughters wedding in June . Their Oklahoma City address is 2625 N. W. Grand Blvd. 1 942 Lt. Col. Bailey W. Hager has recently received assignment instructions to the Combat Development Command with station at Ft. Lee, Virginia. His current assignment is Command En-

gineer with the USA Support Command at Qui Nhow , Vietnam . His stateside address is 202 Nottingham Dr., Colonial Heights, Va. Julian A . Fuller has just returned from an extended trip to his offices of Reynolds Guyana Mines , Ltd. , in Guana, South America. Mr. Fuller is Vice President and Manager of Mines , Reynolds Mining Corporation, Bauxite, Arkansas . W. ]. Lawler, 17 Bonita, Piedmont , California, says after five years in Germany spent in organizing a new company to produce aluminum sheet plat e and extrusions for the EEC countries he and his family are happy to hav~ the opportunity to live in the land of abundant conveniences. He is director of reliability Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, Oakland.

194 3 R. Kent Comann is manufacturing manager Pabco Gypsum D i v is i o n , Fibrebord Corporation , 475 Brannan Street, San Francisco, California. His residence address is 1391 Halwalt Drive, Los Altos .

1 944 Philip M. Dampf has been promoted fro m Plant Superintendent of the Loraine Plant of the Electromanganese Division , Foote Mineral Company, to Production Superintendent of both Electromanganese Plants in Knox ville, Tennessee. His Knoxville address is 7814 Chesterfield Drive .

194 6 William A . Rutledge has been named General Manager of General Electric Company's Specialty Motor Department in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The announcement was made by Fred Holt ' 35, Manager of the Component Products Division. Rutledge brings nearly 20 ye ars of experience in the motor business to his new position. H e joined General Electric after graduation in the T est Engineering Program in Fort Wayne . Following ass ignments in K okomo , Indiana, and Schenectady, N. Y ., he returned to Fort Wayne in 1947 as a design engineer in the Fractional Horse15

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power Division. He served in the Army for two years and returned to Fort Wayne in 195 O. He was transferred to marketing in 1955 , which took him to Los Angeles. In 1956 he returned to Fort Wayne as a product planner and the next year was named ManagerProduct Planning and Product Service. In 1961 he was made Manager-Manufacturing Engineering for Unitized motors. In 196 2 h e was appointed Manager-Engineering which he held until the recent promotion.

ing. Previously Fields was with the Joy Manufacturing Company where he has held a number of aSSignments in sales and marketing since 1953 . Hi s most recent assignment was as manager . of distributor development. H e also was with the American Zinc Company as a plant engineer. His new address is 79 Sidney St. , Cambridge , Mass.

Bill Gammon in the Taj Mahel Hotel in Bombay. Nick's address is 1921 Sharon Road, Meadowbrook , Pa. Donald G. BeBolt has been named manager of products of the new division of the A.B. Chance Company , Centralia, Missouri. He will supervise the division 's product managers, product assistants and advertising and sales promotion managers. DeBolt worked six years in electrical product catalog design before joining Chance in 1956. Beginning as a product promotion specialist for power switching equipment, h e was promoted to product manager, electrical apparatus in 1958.

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Bennett D. Howell is fuel sup e rvisor for the Public Service Com pany of Oklahoma and executive vice president for Trans-Oklahoma Pipeline Company. His residence address is 5518 So uth 66th E. Avenue . 1 947 C. M. Pomeroy, in marketing research, E. 1. du Pont de Nemour and Co., Inc ., was elected and serving as Most Wise Master , Wilmington Chapter of Rose Croix, 18 degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry District of Delaware. His residence address is 15 N . Cliffe Drive, Wilmington.

1 949 Nick Holloway is plant manager of the Vick Manufacturing Division of Richardson-Merrell Inc. , Hatboro, Pa. He was recently transferred to his present position from RMI's International Manufacturing Division. While in India on a company assignment he ran int o

194 8 Robert E. Held is Director of Technical Services, Office of Civil DefenseRegion 2, Olney, Maryland. Robert, his wife Zelia, son Bruce, age 17 and daughter Carol Ann , age 10 years, moved to their new home at the above address in August after nearly 13 year s in Lawrence, Indiana, where his assignment was Post Engineer at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Les ter Fields has joined Simp lex Wire & Cable Company's Power and Control Division as manager, market16

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Clarence C. Houk , Superintendent , Missouri Barite Operatio ns, Baroid Division , National Lead Com pany, ha s been appointed a member of the Misso uri State \Vater Pollution Board representing the mining industry in Missouri. This is a six year appointment. M1'. H ouk resides at 299 Nickolson Drive, Potosi , Mo. Paul A. Haas presented two papers at the CNE Symposium , October 2-3, in Turin, Italy. He visited five nuclear laboratories in Europe while on th e continent. His papers concerned "SolGel Pr ocesses for the Production of Ceramic Nuclear Fuels. " Paul is group leader , Union Carbide Nuclear , Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

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John F. Strong has been elected vice president-engineering Cook Coffe Company, 16501 RocksideRoad,Maple Heights, Ohio. Mr. Strong joins the rapidly expanding food and merchandising firm after eight years with the George S. Rider Company, engineers and designers, where he was vice president of operations for the past two year s. His pOSition is a new executive post. After four years with the Ohio State Highway Department, Mr. Strong was employed by Bethlehem Steel Cor poration . Going to Cleveland in 1957, he was associated with The BodwellLemmon Company, contractors, until he joined Rider in 1959. Ellis C. Henry, Jr. , S1, Louis ' Traffic Commissioner since 1959, has resigned to accept a position with the new Department of Transportation in Washington, D. C. Mr. Henry is 42, is married and the father of seven children.

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Joseph H . Geers, product manager , Johns-Manville , Pipe Division, after a little over two years stay in South Carolina has been transferred to the East Coast and the Geers are mak ing their home at 30 Colburn Road, East Brunswick, N. ].

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tion of the. Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of American Value Engineers . He is teaching value analysis for th e University of California at their extension division in Santa Barbara. His wife is an English teacher in the schools. They have four children, Donald , 18 years; Charles , 13 years; Robert , 1 2 years and their daughter , Sharon is 10 . Donald is wit h the U. S. Navy at Port Hueneme , California. They live in Oxnard, 1810 Arlene Avenue .

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Arthur A. Dasenbrock , ass istant project engineer with Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation is in Bomb ay , India, where his company is constructing a $60 million petrochemical complex.

James L. Knearem in manager Advanced Plans and Programs , Hercules , Inc., Alleghany Ballistics Laboratory, Cumberland , Maryland. His company transferred him from Salt Lake City , Utah last February. He is in charge of marketing and solid propulsion un its and composite structures. T he Knearems live at 12 Forest Drive , laVale, Maryland.

Donald R. Brown has been elected president of the Channel Island Sec-

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the Missouri State Highway Department at Kirkwood, Missouri . He succeeds John W. Laytham '28 who h as been promoted to the head of the department's division of right of way at Jefferson City. Roberts started working for the Department as a s ummer employee in 1951 and became a full-time employee upon graduation in 195 3. He has served as an .::ngineer inspector at Springfield ; as a senior engineer in the Division of Planning and as district maintenance engineer at Jefferson City. He became District 6 operations engineer in December 1965. He is married and the Roberts' have tw o children, Cindy 12 and Mark 9. They res ide at 10066 Kalinda , Kirkwood.

1 954 Daniel E. Groteke has been promoted to chief metallurgist-chemist of the development and engineering lab orat or ies , plumbing and heating division, American Standard, Inc., Louisville , Kentucky. Their address is 2524 Tennyson Ave. Kenneth D. Cole is resident engineer U.S. Corps of Engineers , WrightPatterson Area Office, Dayton , Ohi o. His area covers the state of Ohio, parts of Pennsylvania and Indiana. His Dayton address is 4601 Nowak Ave.

195 5 Fred S. Kummer , PreSident, Kum mer Construction Company, is completing the Library and Material s Research Building on the UMR campus and starting the construction of the addition to the Mechanical Engi neering Building and the Multi-purpose Building for h is alma mater. Fred's company is located at 9109 Highway 66, Crestwood , Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. John R . Van Buskirk is branch head at Pt. Mugu, California. The Van Buskirks have four children , and they reside at 205 East Nectarine St., Oxnard, California. Ralph T. DaviS, Jr. has been pr omoted to Manager Training Systems by the California Ordnance Center of Honeywell, Inc., at Wes t Covina . Honeywell at its West Covina location 17

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designs, develops and manufactures com plex training systems . These systems include surface ships, anti-submarine warfare attack trainer, fleet ballistic missile attack center, and sonar tacticle team trainers, etc. Mr. Davis has just completed an assignment as program manager for the design for some of the above. The Davises reside at 1016 East Flamingo Drive, Glendora, California.

195 6 Bruce R. Doe, branch representative, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, is listed in the latest edition of Who's Who in the West.

1 9 5 8 Kerry R. Withrow, was recentlyappointed General Underground Storage Engineer for Northern Indiana Public Service Co. after working as a Gas Engineer since joining the company in 1963. He resides at 1607 Chicago, Valparaiso, Ind ., with his wife Sharon, a daughter, Sheryl and a son, Kelly. Captain Kenneth R. Schultz is an MBC Staff Officer in the NORAD Combat Operations Center inside Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs, Colorado. His address is HQ, NORAD (NCOC) Ent AFB, Colorado. Bob Capps, 712 N. 2nd St., Lamesa, Texas, has the State Farm Insurance agency in Lamesa, and will be much busier after October 1st when he assumes the responsibility of vice president of the Lamesa Chamber of Commerce. Major John J. Schiermeier is commanding officer of USASTRA TCOMCONUS Facility, Camp Roberts, California . This is one of the two Army fixed 'satellite terminals that operates with the Defense Departments Communications Satellites . His address is 620 Tucker Ave., Paso Robles, California.

195 9 Lucien M. Bolon, Jr., was recently transferred to the Washington office of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Mr. Bolon holds the title of Highway Engineer, Utilities Staff Right-of-way and Location Section. The Bolons reside at 5616 Bloomfield Dr., Apt. T-3, Alexandria, Va.

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George E. Uding is general manager at the Masonite Corporation, Towanda, Pennsylvania. The Udings moved to Towanda from Chicago, Ill., last November. He formerly was with Proctor & Gamble and Continental Can. Their address is 512 Third Street. Robert Jude Baker received his Master's degree in Physics at St. Louis University this past summer. Marvin Hudwalker was recently promoted to Division Engineer of the City of St. Louis, Water Division, Design and Construction Section. His St. Louis, Mo., address is 3962 Bowen.

1 960 Ronald Lee Miller, who is with duPont, in Florence, South Carolina, is teaching an evening course in civil engineering at the University of South Carolina. His address is 1600 St. Anthony Avenue. Harold W. Kosten recently bought into Power Drive Equipment Company, 11566 Plumhill Drive, . Cincinnati, Ohio, and is co-owner. The company is manufacturer representative in power transmission equipment. Also new at the Kosten household is Dawn Marie, born May 22,1967. Eugene E. Mertl, 2301 Bookshire Drive, Champaign, Illinois, is working on his Masters in Business Administration at the U. of Illinois . He is an engineer with U .S. Industrial Chemical Company, Tuscola, Ill. Ronald C. Lawrence is a design req uirements eng in e e r at McDonnellDouglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo. Ronald married the former Julia Bradley, June 8, 1963, and they have a daughter Elizabeth Ann, and a son, David Bradley. Ron is a student at the UMR Graduate Center in St. Louis working toward his Master's in E.E. Their Florissant address is 6 Santa Cruz. Captain Ronald Carver recently completed his tour of dl,lty with the U.S. Army and has accepted a pos ition with the American Institute for Research at Silver Spring, Maryland. Carver also has a Ph .D. degree in psychology. He is married and the Carvers have a daughter, Melanie.

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196 1 Donald Dean Myers was awarded a Master's degree in Business Administration at the Summer Commencement held at St. Louis UniverSity. Donald William Burlage has moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Lot 22, 103 Hargrouge Road, to work toward a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the U . of Alabama. He is on an educational leave of absence from the Sperry Rand Corporation, Space Support Division at Huntsville. Wayne L. Sievers is a teaching assistant at the University of Kansas and studying toward his Ph .D. in nuclear physics. In Lawrence they reside at 2nd and Arkansas, Lot. 10. T. Jack Nickerson is with the U.S. Army Communications Zone, Europe, Chief, Management Assistance Branch, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller, APO New York, 09058. . He, his wife, Nita, and daughter, Sandra, moved from Orleans, France, to Worms, Germany, withJack's organization as a part of the U.S. Forces relocation from France. They spent the month of July in the United States on vacation after completing 2 years overseas. They plan to spend two more years in Europe. He was recently promoted to the above position. Their mailing address is ODCS Comptroller, Hq USACOMZEUR, APO, New York 09058 . Thaddeus F. Flood received his Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington UniverSity last May. He is an engineer with CondustronMissouri, 2600 N. 3rd St., St. Charles, Missouri.

196 2 Floyd S. Hall received his M.S. degree at UMR last year and is now working on his Ph.D . He received a Naval Civil Service Fellowship Grant. Blair A. Rowley is elated over their move back to Missouri. He is a biomedical engineer in the Missouri Regional Medical Program at the University of Missouri, Columbia. They have three children. The twins are Barbara and Juanita who are 9 months old and Chris is 3. Their new home is at 101 Edgewood, Columbia. 18

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Harold L. Kuhn and Carol Henderson Kuhn, of Detroit, Michigan, were alumni office visiters in October. Harold and Carol met at UMR while students and were married after graduation. Both are employed by Parke-Davis & Company . Harold is a M.E. grad, a project engineer and Carol who received her degree in physics, is a programmer-analyst. Their residence is at 21211 Centennial, St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Paul D. Plavnick is enrolled fulltime at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary after three years at General Dynamics. His Ft. Worth, Texas, address is 1221 Elaine Place , N .E. 19 6 3 Michael Francis Nolan received his M.S. degree in Business Administration at St. Louis University this summer. Lonnie J. Shalt on graduated from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School in June, passed the Missouri Bar Examination, and is in general practice of law in Kansas City, Missouri. He is with the law firm of Popham, Thompson, Popham, Trusty and Conway, 1300 Commerce Trust Building. Russell W. Smashey published a research paper in the Transactions AIME, Vol. 239, April 1967 , entitled, "The Carbide Phases in MAV-M200. " Russell is a research metallurgist with General Electric, Flight Propulsion Division, Materials Development laboratory, Cincinnati, Ohio. Martin T. Bruns has been promoted to group head at Collins Radio Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His address is Suite W-1, 2047 Blair Ferry Road. Dallas L. Brown is a structural engineer with General Dynamics Corporation , Ft. Worth Division. He is in the F-ll1 Flight Test Program at AFFTC, Edwards AFB, California, residing at 44024 North Division Street, Apt. 6. 1964 Captain Richard M. Dodson, Hq., 106th Signal Group, APO, San Francisco 96238, advises he finally has the command of a company but, quote Rich, , What a place to do it." He is in command of Co. D, 459th Sig. Bn. (CA) .

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Ronald A. McCauley, graduate assistant at Pennsylvania State University, Ceramic Science Department, received his M.S. degree in ceramic science in June and was also promoted to 1st Lt. in the U.S. Army Reserve in June 1967. His address is 936 E. College Ave., State College, Pa.

J 0 h n P. Shewchuk was recently transferred fro m General Electric's Communication Products Department where he held aSSignments in product and inventory control systems design and product engineering. Now at the metallurgical products department they are developing a new process for manmade diamond production. They are living at 11912 East 13 Mile Road, Warren, Michigan.

1965 Terence N. Martin has been elected President of the National Capitol Section of the MSM Alumni As s ociation. Terence is senior assistant sanitary engineer, National Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland. His residence ad: dress is 7505 Democrac y Blvd. , Bethesda. Alexander

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Peace Corps in Nyeri, Kenya, Africa. He is teaching mathematics and biology in the 9th and 10th grades and chemistry and physics in the 11th and 12th grades. He organized "Operation Upbound " Kiangoma Institute tor Elementary Education at the school during vacation periods. Later h e added an Institute for Higher Education. The institutes have b een so successful that they have been adopted by all Peace Corps Kenya Projects. He expects to return to graduate school in 1968 , in bio-medical engineering. His address is P.O. Box 358, Kiangoma Secondary School, Nyerl, Kenya, Ndca. Warwick W. Doll w ill receive his Master's degree in Polymer Science and Engineering at Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland , at the end of October and will continue on for a Ph.D. in the same department. His address is Apt. B-1, 13715 Terrace Road, East Cleveland, Ohio . Lt. j.g. Norman R . Meyer entered the Navy last April and was commissioned in August. His aSSignment is assistant planning oHicer at the Naval Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto , Rico. He marr ied the former Miss Carol Hahs, June 18, 1967. His address is Box 21, U.S. Naval Station, FPO, New York 0955l. David C. Karr was inducted in the Army May 2, 1967, at St. Louis, Mo ., and attended Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. After Basic Training he was assigned to Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory,

Hanover, New Hampshire. He is a mechanical engineering assistant in the Measurement Systems Research Branch. R.F.D. No . 1, Hartland, Vermont is his address. 1 9·6 6

Charles R. Borgman, Thornton Trailer Park, Lot 55, 6500 Cochiti Rd. S. E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, is presently enrolled in Sandia's Technical Development Program. This is a halt time work and hal!' time school program. H e plans to complete requirements for a master degree in E.E . at the UniverSity of New Mexico in June of 1968. Jerry D. Kreitner is a graduate student at the University of Alaska in glacial research. H e .was employed by Laclede Gas Co., as a geologist prior to his return to school. His address is Geology Department, U . of Alaska , College, Alaska. Dady Jal Patel is at the Georgia Institute 'of Technology working toward his Ph .D . in atutomatic controls, He has a graduate teaching assistantship. His last employer was Beaunit Fibers, where he served in the capacity ot project engineers. Presently his address is 611 Park Drive, N. E., Atlanta . Edward David Hayes is an electrical systems engineer with the Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New York. He received this promotion last April. Harold E. Fiebelman arrived in Vietnam in March and received a promotion to 1st. Lt. in May. He is with the

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CONUS Facility , Camp Roberts , California. This is one of the two Army fixed 'satellite terminals that operates with the Defense Departments Communications Satellites. His address is 620 Tucker Ave., Paso Robles, California.

Ronald married the former Julial Bradley, June 8, 1963 , and they havel' a daughter Elizabeth Ann, and a son, David Bradley. Ron is a student at· the UMR Graduate Center in St. LOUiS l working toward his Master's in E.E.1 Their Florissant address is 6 Santal Cruz .

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Lucien M. Bolon, Jr., was recently transferred to the Washington office of the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Mr. Bol on holds the title of Highway Engineer, Utilities Staff Right-of-way and Location Section. The Bolons reside at 5616 Bloomfield Dr., Apt. T-3, Alexandria, Va. MSM Alumnus

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Captain Ronald Carver recently com pleted his tour of duty with the U .S.1 Army and has accepted a pos ition! with the American Institute for Re-I search at Silver Spring, Maryland . Carver also has a Ph .D . degree in psychology. He is married and the Carvers have a daughter, Melanie.

70th Engr. B , (c) HHC, Ane Khe, Vietnam, APO San Fransicso, California 96294. Dale D. Marriott entered the U,S. Air Force in May, commissioned on August 21, 1967, b'om the Otlicer's Training School at Lackland AFB Texas. He is presently stationed a~ Laughlin AFB, Texas for pilot training. His a-:ldress is Yucca Trailer Village, Del Rio, Texas. Balgopal S. Podder has been granted a Research ASSistantship in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the U. of Mo., Columbia and is working toward his Master 's degree. William F. Bland was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force in January and is stationed at the Air Force Weapo ns Laboratory Development Divis ion-Mechanical Branch, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerqu e, New Mex ico. The Bland s have a new daughter, Cynthia Marie, born Jun e 25,1967, Anselm Y. Siao joined IBM at Kingston, New York, alter serving as a systems representative for 15 months at RCA Electronic Data Process ing in St. Louis, Mo. His wile, Sharon '66, is visiting her parents in MalaYSia . Hi s Kingston address is 174 West Chestnut, Apt. 4. Bruce W. Eberle is engineering specialist, turbines and compressors, Gulf Oil Corporation, Port Arthur, Texas, and he lives at 3101 14th Street. Charles T. Bryant has moved to Huntsville, Alabama, to begin work with Rocketdyne Field Services concerned with Lance battlefield miss ile development testing at the Redst one Arsenal.

1 967 Mohsen Hekmat is a graduate st udent at the University of Southern California working toward a Ph.D. degree in petroleum engineering . His Hollyw ood address is 7714 Woodrow Wils on Drive. G. H. Mohajir, who is with the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Compahy, Shattuck, Oklahoma, has been promoted from assistant petroleum engineer to associate petroleum engineer. MSM Alumnus