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IN THIS ISSUE ••• Established 1929 WI'H a little late getting to you with this Issue of THE ALUMNUS.
September, 1957
Vol. XXIII
No.3
With homKomlng later this year than In tho past and with t"l• i11ue traditionally tumed over to homecoming, publication date was
Bro. Elmer C. Ladcner, SM Mary Shay, '44 Richard F. Beach, '52 Joseph J. McLaughlin
pushed back a f - weeks. We'll resume early·lnoth...,.onth publica·
Alumni Director
lion with the December number •••.
Alumni Secretary
Pepper Wilson's "50 Yean of Football" story w• one of tho last
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lnfonnatlon In Juno to become public relations director for tho Cincinnati loyals pro basketball team. We think yov'll onloy his history
"lintued u INlCOild dus matter April IS, 1940, at the Post Office, at Daytoa, Ohio. under the Act of March 3. 1879." For wills and bequesu, the lepl tide of the corporation is
of football at SMI, SMC and UD ••••
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"The University of Da)'tOG; Dayton, Ohio.'' Published Quarterly for the University of Dayton Alumni Association by the Public Relations Office, University of Daytoo. 300 College Park Avenue, DaytOn 9, Ohio. Subscription price $2 per year.
ture -·d llko to make a regular part of tho magazine. If you have any comments on topla you fMI would be of llltorest to follow alu-, drop us a t.w llnos for tho Iofton col11111n • • • •
My dear Alumni and Alumnae: Again it is my pleasure to address a few words to you, the uold boys and girls" of the University. At this time of the year our thoughts are naturally turned to the annual Homecoming Day and the joy of meeting all of you again. I wish to extend to all of you a cordial, gracious, and sincere invitation to visit your Alma Mater on this occasion. There are so many things that I would like to write about but space does not permit it. We shall save all the news until we meet you in a few months. The present faculty and students are extremely grateful to you, the graduates of the past, for your continued interest in and support of the University. May Almighty God and His Blessed Mother keep all of you in good health, may They prosper your endeavors and accomplishments, and may your lives perpetuate the lessons which you have learned in daily contact with Them.
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50 YEARS OF FOOTBALL By Pepper W ilson
CALLED IT RUGBY .. . and in the beginning it T HEY was banned. When the weather proved too rough and raw for baseball in 1904, the senior students of St. Mary's Institute-so history tells us-"bought a rugby football and commenced practice." Apparently the practice was as rough as the weather, however, because school authorities soon banned the sport. But, in 1905, the "rugby mania took a mighty hold on all students" and restrictions were lifted. The SMI Regulars were formed with the late William Schoen as captain, manager and left halfback. Three games were played that fall of 1905 as SMI, fore-runner of the University of Dayton, launched its modest football program. The SMI team lost its opening garne 6-5 to the Riverdale Athletic Club despite Red McKenny, SMI right end's "magnificent run of 80 yards, bringing the ball within five feet of Riverdale's goal" from where "a mass play followed, Schoen being pushed over the line for the first touchdown." McKenny, however, failed to kick the extra point and Riverdale's right halfback, Nuess, ultimately scored and kicked the winning point. SMI played a team from Tippecanoe City (now Tipp City, just north of Dayton) in a home-and-home series, with SMI losing the first game 11-0 and the second 36-5. Thus SMI had to wait for the opening game of its second season, 1906, to register its first football victory as it defeated Germantown, 29-0, and went on to win five and lose one game with one of its conquests being a 36-0 victory over Wittenberg College, its first collegiate opponent. Dr. James C. Freshour, who had refereed SMI's first game in 1905, took over as the school's first coach in 1906. The line-up of that first team fielded by SMI in 1905 was : Floyd Foster, LE; Joseph May!, LT; William Kraemer, LG; Paul Wenigman, C; Charles Schaefer, RG; Earl Smith, RT; Pat McKenny, RE; William Ryan, QB ; William Schoen, LH; Bernard Topmoeller, RH, and Rex Emerick, FB. Later, the first season roster included Clem Rosenbach, RT; August Waarich, LG; Louis Clark and William Irwin, LT; Leonard Mulligan, LH ; John Monnig, RG, and Thomas Graham, RE. Through the years, SMI's schedule continued to grow, both in number of opponents and in caliber of opposition. The nickname Regulars was replaced by Saints, and as the seasons progressed the institution's teams were known as the Hilltopperi, South Parkers, Red Devils, and just plain Varsity. SMI became the University of Dayton in 1921, and in 1923, at the suggestion of Bro. Charles Arns, SM, adopted the name Flyers-a logical selection since Dayton, home of the Wright Brothers, is the home of aviation .
A number of "national" figures as well as prominent local men directed the Dayton football fortunes from 1906 until 1922. From the national scene were Nelson Talbot, later a brigadier-general in the U.S. Army, and Rollie Bevan, late head trainer at West Point. Besides Dr. Freshour, other coaches included Orville Smith, Louis "Foose" Clark, Charles Way, Van F. Hill and a prominent Dayton athletic figure, Harry Solimano. The school's first spring football practice was inaugurated in April, 1922, under Charles Way and the first frosh football squad was formed in 1926 with Armin Mahrt as coach. CAME OF AGE AT UD in 1923 with the FOOTBALL appointment of Harry C. Baujan, a Knute Rockne product, as head coach. A new era was launched in which the Flyers became one of the nation's outstanding small college teams. In its new football stadium in 1925, UD defeated John Carroll University of Cleveland 17-0 in a dedication game witnessed by Rockne who had coached both Baujan and his assistant, Arthur "Dutch" Bergman, at Notre Dame. From 1923 until1942, Baujan fielded respected, feared, winning teams at UD. Football was discontinued during the 1943,44-' 45 seasons because of World War II, but the Flyers returned to the gridiron for a 6-3 season under Baujan in 1946. With Baujan as coach, UD won 124 games, lost 64 and played eight ties. In 1947, he retired from coaching and became the school's first full-time athletic director. Joe Gavin, later slain by a berserk gunman in a Dayton bank, became the second of four straight Notre Dame graduates to coach at UD (Gavin's 1951 team became the University's only bowl team. The Flyers dropped a 26-21 decision to Houston University in the Salad Bowl at Phoenix, Ariz., Jan. 1, 1952.) Hugh Devore, now chief of the pro Philadelphia Eagles, headed the Flyers in 1954 and 1955, and Bud Kerr became the fourth Notre Darner to take charge, moving in for the 1956 season. The University is a member of the NCAA but has no sectional league ties. The Flyers' stepped-up football program has brought advancement to the "major college" bracket as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Bureau (NCAB) and the Football Writers Association of America. UD was elevated to the major ranks last year and this fall moves into its second season as a "major." The football record from that first team of 1905 through the 1956 season included 401 games of which the Flyers won 235, lost 151, and tied 15. The 1957 team will be the 50th the school has sent into competition. This, then, is the Golden Year of football at UD -a sport that was banned almost before it was started. September 1957
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Pessimistic Tom: His Usual Self
Ever-pessimistic Tom Blackburn is his usual self this fall. He isn't looking for a world beater. Instead, he says: 'We are rebuilding again." He has a point. For one thing, there are three sophomores who may be in the starting lineup against Morris Harvey December 4. For another, the Flyers won't be as big as they usually are. Looking at the possible starting sophomores, we find that Terry Bockhorn, Arlen's brother is 6-2 ; Frank Case is 6-2 and Joe Kennelly is 6-8. Kennelly figures to be the only " big" man in the opening cast. Arlen Bockhorn, starting his third season, is 6-4, while Don Lane, whom Blackburn says will be one of the country's better backcourt men this winter, is only six feet. Case was the leading scorer for the freshman team last winter. He tallied 488 points for 21.2 average on a combine which won 16 and lost eight. Kennelly was the second highest point-getter with 305 tallies or a 13.3 percentage. Terry Bockhorn played only 12 of the 24 games but managed a 15.2 average, or 182 markers. Lane, despite his size, was third in scoring on the well-balanced varsity club last winter. His improvement was steady during the 1956-57 campaign and Blackburn will bank heavily on him for the team direction this coming season. Arlen Bockhorn's point-making will be important in the early stages of the campaign. He is the big man with experience. If he can up his 11 .8 average by four points, Blackburn's task will be a little easier during the December competition. There is a strong possibility that 6-8 Mike Allen will break into the starting lineup. Blackburn hasn't decided on his starting pivot man but the battle for the center spot will be a two-pronged affair between Kennelly and Allen. Jack McCarthy, 6-5 and a dependable sub last season, will figure highly in the early season skirmishing. If the sophomores do not develop, McCarthy more than likely be on the floor at the opening whistle. 4
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A third Bockhorn, Harold, will be ready for action this season and there could be three Bockhorns on the floor at the same time. Paul Shafer, Ray Atherton and Dick Bogenrife are the other varsity veterans still on the squad. Another important sophomore aspirant is Hank Josefczyk.
Jim Lavanche, new Flyer assistant football coach, comes to us from Emory & Henry College in Emory, Va. He also is phys . ed. teacher.
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Hi. Not many of you know me. I'm new here. Got my job because Pepper Wilson is now Peeping in Cincinnati for the Royals, a professional basketball team. Oh, yes, my name is Joe McLaughlin. Hope we get to know one another well ... Might be well for me to tell you from the outset that our Golden Year football press book, with some extra special background and history on your school's football program, is now available for 60 cents. Remember ? We told you about it in the June issue . .. Hey, you might not believe this but good old Humphrey, or I should say Junior Norris, has lost 30 pounds since his basketball-playing days at UD .. .. no, he isn't sick. Far from it. He's still a robust baseball player and pretty good radio announcer, too ... Carmen Riazzi, last winter's basketball captain, visits his friends frequently these days. He's an insurance agent for the Central Assurance Agency in Dayton ... Last we heard from Vic Kristopaitis, the punter extraordinary of last fall's football team, he was hanging on the San Francisco 49ers camp. He writes that big Leo Nomellini, former All-American center Minnesota, can't pronounce his name so calls him : "Kilpatrick. " Say you Clevelanders might like to take in the Cleveland Browns - Washington Redskins' pro game Sunday, November 3. Our Flyers' band, 60 men strong, and 25 marching co-eds will perform at that game . .. Jim Palmer, one of our ex-basketball players, was in recently. He's staying amateur. He's going to play and work for the Caterpillar Tractor Co. of Peoria, Ill., one of those strong AAU teams . .. We're going to be looking for you at Homecoming, November 9, against North Dakota State. Big doings planned for that day in Our Golden Year of football. We know Jim Brown of New York and the Farrells of Orange, N . J. are coming. How about you? Our University of Dayton Flyers' 60man band, directed by Maurice Reichard, and complete with 25 Marching Coeds, will entertain the fans between halves of the Cleveland Browns-Washington Redskins pro football game at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, November 3.
Staff Members Celebrate Golden, Silver Jubilees IVE members of the University of Dayton faculty and staff this year marked significant anniversaries as Marianists.
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They included golden j ubilarians Bro. Thomas J. Price, '11 , professor of English, and Bro. Michael B. Grandy, '16, professor of physics, both of whom pronounced their first vows as members of the Society of Mary Aug. 31, 1907. Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversaries of their vows were Bro. Cletus C. Chudd, '35, associate professor of chemistry; Bro. Jerome A. McAvoy, '36, until recently University comptroller, and Bro. Edward Prochaska, director of buildings and grounds. The Alumni Association of the University of Dayton extends its congratulations to these men who together have given 175 years of dedicated service as Apostles of Mary.
BRO. PRICE
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BRO . PROCHASKA
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Get Set Alums • HE red (and blue) carpet is out. It'll T soon be homecoming time again. And all you members of the classes of '32, '47 and '52 (and of course the "oldtimers" from '07)-this is your year. Come Nov. 9, the campus is yours. Not only the anniversary classes, but all UD, SMC and SMI alumni are being invited back to the hilltop for the weekend celebration. Each year, homecoming gets bigger and better. Here's what is planned for you this year: • An informal coffee-drinking, get-reacquainted session in the cafeteria beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing 'till noon; • The colorful, spectacular parade through downtown Dayton featuring
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THE BIG WEEK END'S A-COMIN' bands, marching groups and upwards of twenty-five floats, built by students around a "fairy tales" theme ; • Following lunch, the Flyers' clash with the North Dakota State Bisons-a new-comer to the UD schedule-in a game that promises to give returning grads plenty of thrills, particularly in this, the fiftieth year of UD football; • The crowning of the 1957 homecoming queen by the president-a regal occasion accompanied by performances by the Marching Band and Coeds and the Flyerettes; • In the especially-decorated-for-theevent fieldhouse, the president's evening reception where the chill of the afternoon is banished and good fellowship prevails; • Afterwards, the annual banquet and alumni association meeting - excellent food, introduction to all of the anniversary classes, installation of new members on the alumni board of directors ; • Continuation of the social hour till the wee hours; • The solemn portion of the week end -the annual Memorial Mass in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception offered for deceased members of the alumni association. Now don't forget that date-Nov. 9. See you then!
HOW ABOUT A FEW MEMORIES from the days when this year's anniversary classes were busy on the campus completing their work for that degree . . . 1931-3 2 ... Enrollment, 605 ... John Connelly was class president, editor of the UD News, won the president's debating cup and was valedictorian ... Art Routzong was also an editor of the News and the Daytonian . . . Dick Frankensteen, Bob McBride and Bill Hoefler wrote "Gypsy Moon," the musical comedy given at the Art Institute which was "a complete success, financially and artistically" . . . The football team compiled a record of five wins, three defeats and one tie ; the golf team won the Ohio Intercollegiate title, and the basketball team finished the season with a 3-12 record .. . Cato's Vagabonds played for the senior farewell at the Greenwich Village club in May ... Barry Dwyer edited the annual municipal report of the city of Dayton and was salutatorian at the commencement ... Ohio Governor George White was principal speaker at that commencement . . . 1946- 4 7 ... Leland Schmidt was class president . . . Jim Whalen headed the student council and edited the UD News . .. Football was resumed after a threeyear absence during the war-record for
the season: 6 and 3 . . . The basketball team won four, lost 17 ... Harry Baujan became athletic director, Joe Gavin took over football and Leonard Thomas Blackburn was hired as basketball coach . . . The business annex, chemistry annex and student union building went up ... A new cafeteria in the basement of Chaminade Hall opened ... Registration was 1,844 . . . Joe Mori was president of CABOS . . . Eleanor Kurtz was a member of the CWO board ... Bert Heckel was president of the debating society . .. John Westerheide headed the Math club . . . King Bradow edited the Exponent . . . Don Butler gave the valedictory in June and Judge Edwin G. Becker was principal speaker ... Frank M. Tait was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science ... 1951-52 . .. Bill Kehl was class president, Jack Bramlage was student council president ... Bill Huth edited the Exponent ... The football team won seven lost two, then went on to the Salad Bowi .. . The basketball Flyers won 24, lost three, then went on to the NIT, beating NYU, St. Louis and the Bonnies, losing in the finals to LaSalle ... the baseball team turned in a perfect 8-0 record ... Pete Boyle and Mary Ellen Nagle were king and queen of the Senior Farewell at Lakeside . . . Charlie Brandt was valedictorian as the 379 members of the class received their degrees in June ... Dr. Howard Bevis, president of The Ohio State University, was principal speaker ... James M. Cox, Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering were awarded honorary degrees . . . FOR ALL OF YOU, it's been twenty-five, or ten, or five years since students days . .. Now's the time to come back ... It's homecoming time ... The big week end's acomin' . .. Hope we see all of you Nov. 9!
Program SATURDAY MORNING : Coffee, Parade, Lunch. SATURDAY AFTERNOON: Homecoming Game, Halftime Ceremonies, President's Reception, Annual Meeting, Social Hour. SUNDAY MORNING: Memorial Mass.
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Wit Around the country ... AY was a busy month for alumni M chapters. Bro. Elmer Lackner, alumni
CHICAGO-Standing, left to right, Jim Winter, Mrs. Jim Winter, Mrs. John Ladner, John Ladner, Bill Smith, Herb Hart. Seated, left to right, Mrs . Michael Schube, Mrs . Bill Smith, Fr. Seebold, Bro. Lackner, Mrs. Herb Hart. (Photo by Mike Schube.l
director, traveled to Chicago, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Louisville and Detroit, meeting with alumni, their wives and friends in a series of special gatherings. Accompanied to several of the meetings by UD President Fr. Andrew Seebold, Bro. Lackner gave each group a brief report on the 1956 campaign for Wohlleben Hall and the science building, a report on other activities on the campus, and showed a color movie taken at last year's homecoming celebrating. Cleveland's meeting took place at that chapter's fourth annual Communion breakfast which began with a Solemn High Mass in the St. Joseph high school chapel celebrated by Fr. Seebold, assisted by Fr.
PITTSBURGH-Seated, left to right, Mrs. Michael Hannegan, Mrs. Jim Pflum, Janet Grentz, Freel Neumann, Mrs . Ray Austin, Mrs. Grentz, Fr. Lawrence Yeske. Standing, left to right, Ray Austin, Bro. Ed Spang, Jim Pflum, Bob Unverferth, Michael Hannegan, Bro. Fred Hartwich, Bro. Lackner, Fr. Julius Falk, Tom Hanlon, Jim Birtle, Bro. Michael Voelker. (Photo by Fred Hiehle.l
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CLEVELAND--At the speakers' table, left to right, Wright Bryan, editor of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, who was principal speaker; John Bohan, Bro. Lackner, Fr. Seebold, Dan FitzSimons, Paul Regan. (Photo by Bro. Joe Walsh.!
Aloysius Bedel, president of St. Joseph's and Fr. Thomas Bodie, president of Cathedral Latin school. Breakfast followed in the school cafeteria at which Wright Bryan, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was principal speaker. Photographs taken at all the meetings except at Detroit are shown on these pages.
PHILADELPHIA-Back row, left to right, Bro. Jerome Parr, Ray Kohl, Bill McHugh, Jack Brennan, Bro. Lackner. Second row, left to right, Frank Mcfadden, Glenn Wolf, Bill Reynolds, Charles Schiavo, Jim Blake. Front row, left to right, Mrs. Charles Schiavo, Mrs. Ray Kohl, Mrs. Glenn Wolf, Mrs. Bill Reynolds.
National Board . . . members of the class O ofNE'5HUNDRED 7 have subscribed to the University 's first endowment fund program announced in the June issue of THE ALUMNUS. Each of the group bought a $300 twenty - year endowment life insurance policy payable to the University. By 1977, these policies will amount to $30,000-a very commendable class gift. A twentieth-year reunion will be held for the class at which time the subscribing (Continued on page 18)
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF THE CLASS OF
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"Put away the free lunch, Daddy,. here come the Brothers' boys!" These excited words of warning by the daughter of a Brown street saloon keeper in the early 1900's remain fresh in the mind of one William T. Mahoney, SMI '07, who fifty years ago, with his classmates, was awarded his diploma in the old gymnasium and went on to make his way in the world. It will be nostalgic memories such as these-some humorous, some sad-which surviving members of the class of '07 will be recalling these months as they prepare for the fiftieth anniversary celebration of their graduation from St. Mary's Institute, forerunner of the present University of Dayton. That free lunch incident, according to Mr. Mahoney, went something like this : "I recall making field trips in civil engineering, generally in the vicinity of Oakwood Cemetery. If we got a chance, we would slip into one of the saloons on Brown street and with a nickel beer consume a dollar's worth of free lunch. Being the first one in the saloon on one occasion, I heard the keeper's daughter run in saying, 'Put the free lunch away, Daddy, here come the Brothers' boys! ' " Mr. Mahoney, retired since 1941 and living in Chattanooga, Tenn., also recalls among his fond memories of SMI days the hours spent on the basketball court: "We played basketball in those days in our baseball pants and jerseys ... After the successful 1906 season (successful financially, also), we thought we deserved shorts like the other teams were wearing, but Fr. Meyer, the Provincial, ruled them indecent .... "
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MR. MAHONEY IS ONE of a number of the class who plans to return to the campus Nov. 9 for the group's fiftieth anniversary. Who are some of the other members of the class? In Dayton, there are Earl Smith, an engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force base; Frederick Bradmiller, a retired pattern maker; John Hampel, a retired electrician; H arry Solimano, an attorney with offices in the Reibold Bldg., who in later years coached four seasons of UD basketball, producing two undefeated teams; Joseph Ferneding, now also retired; Ed Hanbuch , an accountant at the Sucher Packing Co., and Charles Whalen, retired attorney and businessman. In other parts of the country are Paul Wenigman, in River Forest, Ill., who works with the City of Chicago; William Irwin, now in Buffalo, N.Y.; William Kroemer, retired and now living in Houston, Tex.; Bro. Tom Poitras, SM, now teaching at the Marianist Preparatory school in Beacon, N .Y. ; Arthur Regan, a tool sales engineer in South Bend, Ind.; John Zuber, in Columbus, 0 ., and E.J. Wright, of Fostoria, 0 . Several members of the class are deceased and will be remembered particularly in the Memorial Mass to be offered on Sunday of the homecoming week end. They include Lawrence Janzen of Cincinnati; Daniel Moran of Lima, 0.; William Schoen of Chicago; Aloysius Schaefer of Dayton, and Fr. Clement Wulf of St. Louis, Mo. We have lost contact with William Obermeier, originally from Louisville, Ky., and famed athlete Rex Emerick, who at last word was residing in South Milford, Ind.
WHEN THE LIVING MEMBERS of the class get together in November, plenty of reminiscing, such as that of Mr. Mahoney, will be taking place. They'll recall, for instance, the " day scholars' lawyer," Fr. Canning, who went to bat with the president for the group whenever they stepped off the straight and narrow; their life on the campus ("One thing that stays with me from that time to now is that when I awake in the morning I say 'Deo Gratias' in answer to an imaginary prefect's bell and 'Benedicamus Domino,'" says Mr. Wenigman); "the wonderful school, the outstanding teachers, the tough discipline, the long hours, the serious work and serious play that together helped to build character and develop mind and body," as Mr. Whalen recalls. Some of those outstanding teachers whom members of the class will well remember include Bro. Adam Hoffman ("Boy, he was a teacher,' ' says John Hampel emphatically), Bros. Tom Carr, Pete Schlitz, George Hart, Lawrence Drufner and Henry (Porky) Hemmert, and Frs. Frische, Tragesser and O 'Reilly. And they'll recall, too, the commencement exercises at which they were awarded their diplomas. Mr. Whalen was salutatorian and Mr. Mahoney valedictorian. And they'll be reminded of the bright sayings describing each member of the class in the yearbook published in 1907 : Bradmil/er: " A proper man as one shall see in a summer's day." Ferneding: "Too civil by half." Hampel: "His heart was in his work." Kraemer: "An affable and courteous gentleman." Mahoney: "The center of our admiration." Regan: "Deep-sighted in intelligences, ideas, atoms and in-
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fluences ." Solimano: "Whate'er he did was done with so much ease in ' him alone 'twas natural to please." Smith: "I am a part of all I have met." Wenigman: " Imagination rules the world." Whalen: ' 'I'm learning-great; in height-abbreviated." THE '07 BUSINESS CLASS numbered seven, several of whom we hope will be back to the campus for homecoming. They include Hubert Braun of Chicago; Albert Goldcamp, secretary of Goldcamp Hardware in Ironton, 0.; Arcadius Maher, a retired merchant in Greenville, 0.; Bernard Maher, owner of the Maher Coal and Ice Co. in Defiance, 0.; W. M. Neat'y, who's with the Standard Register Co. in Dayton; William Pflaum of Daytona Beach, Fla., and William O'Conner of Dayton, who died in 1955. There were four members in the high school class of '07: Joseph Heim and Horace Sutter, both of Dayton; William Weber of Cincinnati and Walter Zuber of Columbus. These men, we hope, also will return for the Nov. 9 get-together. WHEN ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVES CALLED on him at work in Dayton, Mr. Hanbuch expressed the wishes of the University in regard to the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the class of '07. Said Mr. Hanbuch: ''I'm really looking forward to Nov. 9 .. . I hope the whole class of 1907--one hundred per cent-will return to Dayton for the occasion ... " That's our hope exactly. All the university is looking forward to seeing again "the old boys." Welcome back, after fifty years, golden jubilarians!
• • W illiam Kroemer
Bro. Tom Po itra s
John Hampel
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Class Notes • • • a&ouf you and your classmates •••
Prior to '20 Lawrence Strattner, '11, stopped in Dayton recently on his way to South Vietnam where he is looking into the pulp and paper situation. Leon Anderson, '15, has moved from Richmond to Antioch, Calif.
The '20s Back in Dayton from overseas is H enry Stang, '21. Dick Sayre, '24, has recovered well from a heart attack suffered in May, according to word from Mrs. Sayre. He resigned as plant manager of the Heekin Can Co. in Cincinnati where he had been since 1924. They are living in Newtown. UD Prof. Joseph A verdick, '24, is new Advocate of Fr. William P. O'Connor Council, K. of C., in Dayton. Southwestern Portland Cement Co. announced in Los Angeles the appointment of John B . Alexander, '25, as its research and chemical director. Jo e Goetz, '27H, is new vice president of Ron Associates, an advertising and public relations firm in Washington, D.C. Vinc ent Riley, '27H, has moved from Albany, N.Y., to Plainfield, Ind., where he's state sales supervisor for the General Cigar Co. He and the Mrs., Dorothy, now have three boys: Rodger, 18; Neil, 16, and Ted, 12. Back from overseas, Col. Bill Nunn, '28, is at Fort Knox.
'30-'34 After several months in this country, during which time he was able to visit in Dayton, George Weed, '30, has returned to Japan. He's with DuPont. Manley Farm , '30, and his wife spent six weeks in Hawaii last summer. W illiam Hamilton, '30, moved from Irving, Tex., to Oklahoma City. F rank Dierker, '31, has moved from Dayton to Mansfield. Manager of a new office of States Marine-Isthmanian Agency, a steamship company in Beaumont, Tex. , is Ed Cost ello, '34. He had been dock superintendent for the Port of Beaumont since 1946. Ed was cited for playing a "major role in the port's development." Charles Brinkman, '34, was named a member of the press die group of the metal equipment division, Business and D~fense Services Administration. After 25 years of federal commissioned
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service, Lou Tschudi, '34, was promoted to full colonel. He's deputy chief of staff for personnel at 35th Air Division, Dobbins AFB, Atlanta, Ga. Mik e Bobal, '34, has moved from Cleveland to Findlay. BIRTHS: Second daughter, Patricia Eileen, to Mr. and Mrs. J. F red Howe, '34, in May .... Eighth child, fifth son, Douglas William, to Dr. and Mrs. R. J . Deger, '34, Apr. 30.
'35-'39 Col. Walt Hab erer, '35, is chief of the reserve components division, G-3 Section, Hq. Fifth Army, in Chicago. Leaving Dayton, Floyd Leichtle, '35, is now in Imperial Beach, Calif. Robert Jones, '35, was a campus visitor from Silver Spring, Md. S. J. Alexander, '36, is working on the Titan missile with the Martin Co. in Littleton, Colo. Residing with his family in Depew, N.Y., J. R. Valente, '36, is supervisor and instructor of art in Akron Central high school. Married in 1954 to Adele Mioducki, he now has two children: Mary Martha, born Apr. 1, 1955, and Andrea Marie, born June 4, 1956. Richard Duffy, '36, has moved from Lima to Lawrenceville, Ind. ; Lt. Col. Ralph Conners, '36, from Dayton to Baltimore, and Oliver Saettel, '36, from Cleveland to Mount Prospect, Ill. Joe Martin , '37, is in the finance section of Delco in Dayton. Recent campus visitor was Michael B. Schube, '38, who's with Schube-Soucek commercial photographers in Chicago. Dr. Charles Strader, '38, is practicing dentistry in Dallas, Tex., where he recently moved from Lewisburg, 0. A few changes of address: Harriet Morris Carr, '38, from Dayton to Clayton, 0 . ; Hazel Stokes, '38, from Dayton to Miami, Fla., and John McLaughlin, '38, from Merchantville, N.J., to Bardstown, Ky. BIRTHS: Second child, fir st daughter, Margaret Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. H eckman, '38, June 5 .. . . First child, Mary Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sprauer, '39, May 27.
'40-'44 Maj. Gustav Aker land, '41, living in Annapolis, is stationed at the Air Research and Development Command in
Baltimore doing radar work. He has a part in planning the Air Force airborne radar program. His son, Gus III, is now 5. The major has been on active duty since Korea and hopes to get his Regular AF commission soon. Bro. Joseph Concannon, SM, '42, won his MS degree in education in June from St. John's University, Brooklyn. Lt. Col. Gene Stalzer, '42, was transferred from the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Va., to the Strategic Air Command at Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Tex. A letter from F red Lange, '42, tells us that he was appointed regional sales manager for the Ditzler color division of Pittsburgh Plate Glass. He manages salesmen in 16 states with his office located in Kansas City, Mo. Living in Mission, Kans., he has two children, boys, ages 8 and 2.
Bob K essler, '43, sends this rundown on his family : Twins, Bob and John, are 10; Bill is 5 ; Barney, 3, and Tom is one. They're in Dayton. Paul Schauer, '43, moved to Creve Couer, Mo., from Boston. He's with Monsanto. And Maj. Rober t Schmidt , '43, moved from Arlington, Va., to Mountain View, Calif. At Wright Air Development Center, Stan Sagan, '44, is a branch supervisor in plans and operations. A daughter, Deborah Eleanor, was born in September of 1954 when he and the Mrs. returned from Austria and Italy where he'd been with the Air Force. Changes of address: Louise Hammond Van Horn, '44, from Dayton to Park Forest, Ill., and Louis Synck, '44, from North Caldwell, N.J., to Amarillo, Tex. BIRTH: Fourth child, third son, Nicholas John, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Wolf (Fran ces Timmer, '40), Feb. 8.
'45 Residing in Racine, Wise., Jim Alder is with Abbott Lab&in North Chicago as a biochemist. He had formerly been with Armour Labs in the U.S. and Argentina. Dr. Ed C. K. L um is an orthopedic surgeon with the VA hospital in Oakland, Calif. He plans to return to Hawaii in 1958 to work at the Shriners Hospital for crippled children. Dr. J erry Grismer is a member of a 20man medical center in Minneapolis where
he's specializing in general surgery, heart and chest. The family : two boys, two girls. BIRTH: Son to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Finke, in June.
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'47 Joseph B erry is with North American Aviation in Los Angeles. Living in Pleasantville, N.Y., David Etzler (Kathryn Kunka, '44) is an account executive with McCann-Erickson advertising agency in charge of sales promotion for Liggett and Myers. Son Davie is in the sixth grade; daughter Vicki is three and a half and Johnny is one and a half.
'49 Jim Gill, father of four children, is practicing law in Akron. Alice Crauder is administrative assistant in charge of elementary education for Mad River township schools in Dayton. New staff physician for Goodwill Industries in Dayton is Dr. J. D. Voehringer. George Faulkner is newly elected president of the Dayton chapter, American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters. BIRTHS: Third child, first daughter, Anne Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. John Schooley, June 8 .... First child, daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beel (Lois Kappeler), in July . . . . Son, George Donald III, to Mr. and Mrs. George Moon, June 16.
'50 At Syracuse University, Ed Maj is working on his MBA. Joe Schell was awarded his PhD in mathematics by Indiana University and was initiated into the Society of the Sigma Xi. The Ohio State University granted Jerry Lee his BS in pharmacy and Martin LeBoeuf his DDS, both in June. Dr. LeBoeuf has opened practice in Dayton. Capt. Buddy Gaier, at last word, was attending the associate advanced course at Fort Benning, and Capt. Ben Ambrose, who had been at Benning, left for California for ROTC duty. Two notes from Standard Register: Jim Schmitt, who joined SR immediately after graduation, was named supervisor of the order department at the Atlantic Division plant in York, Pa. (plant manager is another alumnus, Harry Heider, '26) and Ed Fiely, formerly internal auditor at the .Dayton plant, was named plant accountant (top financial post) in the firm's new midwest division at Fayetteville, Ark. Dr. John Finke is out of the service and practicing in Cincinnati. Now in Chestnut Hill, Mass., Rod Kreitzer is a sales representative for the Baker Furnace Co. in the New England area. Two girls in the family.
THE HAYES'S: Front row, left to right, Tommy, Darlene and Vicki; middle row, Judy and Herbert, Jr.; back row, Betty, holding Rickey, and Capt. Herbert, '43. The captain has been reassigned to Korea from Louisville Maple high school where he'd been professor of military science and tactics.
John Shaeffer is new accounting machine territory manager of NCR in Lima. He had been with the company's Toledo branch office. Dr. Dan Romer is a resident in pediatrics at University Hospital in Columbus. Ed Moss writes that he has been managing one of seven yards of the Bader Lumber Co. in Gary, Ind., since 1953. In the meantime, he and Yvonne have been bringing up Bernard (6), Thomas (5), Yvonne (4) and Michele (2). They are living close to the beach on Lake Michigan. Tom Graham, his wife Laverne, two sons Tim and Kevin and a daughter Mary are living in Forest Park, 0. Tom is with G E in Cincinnati. In Massillon, 0., Dick Hose is in his seventh year with Goodyear Aircraft Corp. "Family is doing fine. Mary Ann is 5, David is 4 and Tim was 2 in September." His sister Ann enrolled at UD this month. MARRIAGES: Raymond Deiter married Mary Jane Schmidt, May 4 . . . . William Holzmann married Leona Mandrell, Feb. 15 . . . . Frank Raso married Dorothy Heyob, June 22 . BIRTHS: Third child, first son, Douglas Louis, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Link, Apr. 27 . . . . Daughter, Barbara Anne, to Capt. and Mrs. Ed Maj, Apr. 26 .... First child, Michael John, to Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly, June 8 .... Third child, second daughter, Martha Jane, to Mr. and Mrs. John Grismer, May 31 ... . Son,
Seth Michael, to Rabbi and Mrs. Sanford Shapero, Apr. 19 . . . . Son to Mr. and Mrs. Clement Spraley, in May .... Second child, Margaret Agnes, to Mr. and Mrs. Eric McCarty (Vera Seiler), May 9 .... Third child, first daughter, Laura Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Osterfeld, June 29 .... Son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schaefer (Mary Lou Lienesch, '51), July 9 .... Son to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bolton, in May.
'51 Calvin Conn is an electrical engineer with Standard Electric Products in Dayton. OSU granted Jim Funkhouser his MD in June. Costas Goltsos co-authored a paper on evaporative-gravity cooling for electronic equipment given at the first national convention on military electronics in Washington in June. He's with Raytheon in Suburdandale, Mass., living in Newtonville. Family: three daughters. Jim Bothe is in Corning, N.Y., as a chemical engineer in the Vicor division of the Corning Glass Co. He has a daughter, Anne Marie. Out of the Marines, Franny Quinn (Frannie Dershem, '50) is in South Braintree, Me. Jim Trentman is with United Toolcraft in Dayton as an accountant. Transferred by Chrysler from Michigan to Newark, Del., Harry Parr is manager of administrative methods at the Delaware assembly plant. Howard Monnin is with the aircraft
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nuclear propulsion department of GE in Cincinnati. Dr. Flavian B ecker is back in Cincinnati from Colorado Springs, Colo. With Monsanto, Bob Ford is in Decatur, Ala., as a senior er.g-ineer working with textile fibers. B ill Miller informs us he is now living in New Orleans. Since last November, he's been with Pan American Petroleum as a geologist, doing offshore exploration work. University of Illinois granted him his MS in geology in June, 1955. MARRIAGES: Howard Otto to Theresa Ann Wuerstl, May 11 . . . . Robert Sherman to Marilyn Elizabeth Hutt, in June .... Beverly Whisler to Robert F. Schwieterman, July 6. BIRTHS: Daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Leschansky, in May .... Third child, second son, William James, to Mr. and Mrs. Tom W eisman (Clara Rohr) , July 19 . . . . Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ohmer, in July .... Son to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hickey, in May .... First child, Michael Richard, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Payne (Jeannete S imon), Jan. 8, 1956, and second child, Patrick Lee, Mar. 17, 1957 . ... Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. James Uttermohlen (Mary Ellen Hagan, '49), in June . . . . Third child, son, to Mr. and Mrs. James J . Trentman, June 14, 1956 .... Fourth child, third son, to Capt. and Mrs. Bill H erlihy, in May .... Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Robert T eyber, June 15 .... First child, daughter, to Dr. and Mrs. Norman Rose, in May . . . . Second child, first daughter, Mary Elizabeth, to Mr. and Mrs. L ee Falke (Peggy Greenwood, '55), May 6 . . . . Fourth child, third daughter, Mary Katherine, to Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Otten, May 3.
He and Mary have "three beautiful children" : Fred ( 4) , Anne Marie ( 3) and Peggy (1 . Jimm Horvath was named director of public relations for the Dayton and Montgomery County Community Chest. For three years, he had been assistant director. He and Mary Ann now have two sons, Matt and Mark. Jimm Dr. Mary L. Theodoras has opened her practice of obstetrics and pediatrics in Dayton. Back home in Painesville, 0., after a few months in Florida, Bill Conley is with the sales department of the Lintern Corp. He and the Mrs. expect their second child in November. Claire Heimann is working for Department of the Army in Germany and France as a recreation leader. At Fort Benning, Jim Hannon is a flight leader in the Third Division aviation company. He's scheduled to go to Europe in March. Charles Baxter is coaching and teaching in Pickaway Township, living in Columbus. He now has two girls and a boy.
H. P. Koesters is with the field service department of Lear, Inc., in Grand Rapids, Mich. Dr. Tom File is with the Ophthalmology department at University hospital in Columbus. Dr. George Baujan is in general practice in Dayton. Also in general practice in Dayton is Dr. John Pruzzo, who's with Drs. Glen Hoffman, '48, and Ed L eschansky, '51. Yale granted Bill Huth his LLB and he's now associated with Kelley, Drye, Newhall and Maginnes in New York City. Another new LLB, this from Wayne State in Detroit, is Bill Clinard. He was scheduled to take his Michigan bar exam this month. Jim K eil has been transferred from the Cincinnati office of IBM to Detroit where he's assistant district sales manager. In June, he presented the electrical engineering department at UD an electronic circuit experimentation kit to be used in training engineers in the design of computer circuits. In addition to teaching fifth grade at McKinley school in Columbus, Ind., Joan Crowe Elkins is doing private tutoring. MARRIAGES: Dr. Lee Like to Sue Recker, June 22 . . . . Helen Robinette Johnson to Alan K. Rice, June 15 Lawrence Shively to Betty Jeane Lilly, Aug. 3.
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'5.2 1st Lt. Charles Zimmer was transferred from ROTC duty at Fordham University to the advanced course at Fort Benning. Tom Anderson, married to former Nancy York, is with United Airlines in San Leandro, Calif. Back in Dayton from San Antonio, Paul Osweiler is at Wright Air Development Center as an employe utilization officer. Joe Reardon, during the summer, was in Atlanta, Ga., as southeastern sales manager in the family products division of International Latex. He and Charlene now have three children- Ronald, 7; Richard, 5, and Cathleen, 3-and are expecting another in October. He had planned to be transferred back to California in September. Dr. L ee Like, granted his MD in June by Ohio State, is interning at St. Rita's hospital in Lima, 0. For the past four and a half years a stylist with Chrysler, Tom Bertsch has moved from Toledo to Oak Park, Mich.
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JUNE COMMENCEMENT exercises at the University of Pittsburgh school of retailing brought together five UD alumni. Left to right are Tony Papa, '56, Bill Thesing, '56, Prof. Charles W. Whalen, '42, Carol Wortman, '56, and Bob Lowden, '54. Tony, Bill and Carol were awarded master's degree in retailing (Carol with honors) and Prof. Whalen was named an honorary member of Eta Mu Pi, national retailing honor society. Bob is a member of the Pitt faculty.
BIRTHS: Second son, Alex Victor, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rybeck (Erika Schulhof), July 11 .... Third child, second son, Michael Eugene, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turner (Eugenia Wilson), May 9 . . .. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Zaenglein (Mary B eth Wood, '44), June 30 . . . . Third child, first daughter, Karen Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. Emery Csizma, July 2 . . . . First and second daughters, twins, Melissa Anne and Melinda Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kern (Paula Shay), July 5 . . . . First child, James Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Luby, June 5.
'53 Iowa State granted Bob Eberts his PhD in physical chemistry in July and he is now with the research and development division of the Wyandotte Chemical Corp., in Wyandotte, Mich. Dr. Ronald Goenner passed his dental exam in Columbus and now will spend two years in the Navy. Dr. Lou Goetz is interning at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Dayton; Dr. WaUer Barnes, with an MD from Northwestern, is interning in Evanston, Ill., and Dr.
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.. . AND AT UC THREE University of Dayton alumni were honored recently by the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Robert G. (Spike) Stachler, '51 a member of the college's class of 1957, won two scholastic prizes and was elected to the Order of the Coif, a national legal honor society, membership in which is based upon distinction in scholarship and student activities. The prizes were $100 for attaining the highest average in his class and $25 from the alumni for being the student with the highest grade in the subject of trusts. Spike, by the way, has accepted a position with the law firm of Taft, Stettinius and Hollister in Cincinnati. Another member of the class of '51, Thomas Folino, was honored as the student who in the faculty's judgment made the most satisfactory progress during his final year. Martin Scharff, '56, was awarded the $50 Paxton and Seasongood prize in the college's case club competition. Another former UD student, Mrs. Ruth Ann Stachler, was honored at the same time for her scholastic achievements at UC.
Peter Press got his MD from Ohio State in June. Back in Dayton from South Euclid, 0., Jim Lemming is in civil service. Sr. M. Rosalie Smith, SPSF, is director of nursing at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Covington, Ky. She won her MS in nursing from Catholic University last year. L. D. Brown is in Urbana, Ill., working on his doctorate. With the NCR sales branch in Saginaw, Mich., Charles Neil says he's "head officeman as a result of Bro. Nagle." Tony Evers is out of the army and living in Lakewood, 0. Eavey's Co.'s new director of personnel is Calvin Weaver. And Robert Mason is personnel manager at Joyce Cridland in Dayton. Dick Bellmyer, at Gem City Savings in Dayton for two years now, has a son, Danny, 2. Sylva Bauer is with the office of the Air Attache, U.S. Embassy, APO N.Y. MARRIAGES: Lucille Albers to Earl Newton, March 2 . . . . Laurence Brown to Mary Lou Musser, June 14 . . . . George Aiple to Carole Ann Doyle, June 22. BIRTHS: Third child, first son, Robert John, to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eberts, June 18 .... Son, William Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Spatz, July 14 .... Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fox, July 13 . ... Daughter, Cynthia Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wagner, July 14 . . . . First child, Barry, to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Weaver, in May .... Second child, daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cunningham (Marlene Fischer), June 30 .... Second child, first daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schaefer, Jr., July 15.
'54 Recent campus visitor, Charles Brandt is with the Monarch Logging Co., in San Antonio, Tex. Virginia Johnson was in Europe during the summer, attending the International Council of Nurses in Rome. Back from Korea, Vern Weber and wife were campus visitors. Their son is now two years old. Ed Tate has been discharged from active duty and is teaching math at Wayne Township high school, living in Kettering. Janette Stetson is in Lynnfield, Mass., where her husband is a scientist with A VCO in Boston. Daughter Katherine Anne is almost two now. Dick Witt is back in Dayton after a hitch with Uncle Sam. Bob Recker has returned from overseas where he spent a good part of 16 months in Korea as an investigator and clerk for the I Corps IG. At last word he had expected to go to work for a funeral home in Tiffin, 0. Paul Korns is music director at Jackson high school, Campbellstown, 0.
In Cuyahoga Falls, 0., John Seitz is with General Tire and Rubber Co. He won his MBA from Ohio State in June. The family : two boys. Ed Hoebich won his LLB from St. John's University, Brooklyn, in June. Working toward his PhD in chemistry, Leonard B eck is at Ohio State. MARRIAGES: Catherine Mueller to Lt. Philip Bonomo, June 22 . . . . Kathleen Girard to Robert Gauby, June 15 . . .. Paul Korns to Mary Louise Wright, July 7 .... Sonja Okeson to Lt. Harold Gegel, July 20 . . . . James Mueller to Mary Carolyn Haley, '57, June ~5 . . . . Vincent Paul to Joanne Mary Schweller, in August. BIRTHS: Second child, first son, Leonard Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beck, July 28 .... Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald O'Connell, June 29 .... Second child, first son, Patrick Daniel, to Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Dwyer, May 7 .... Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Rataiczak, June 29 . . . . Daughter, Pamela Sue, to Mr. and Mrs. Gene Warning, June 4 .... Second child, daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Pedicord, in May .... Second child, first son, Timothy Patrick, to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Byrne (Jacqueline Tangeman), Apr. 5 . . . . Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wittmann, July 4.
'55 With an MS in chemical engineering from University of Illinois, Victor Herbert is a design engineer in the project division of Standard Oil in California. Genevieve Tolentino is teaching nursing arts at Los Angeles County General Hospital school of nursing. In Mineola, N.Y., Leonard Goldman is with Electronics Corp. Joseph Bronder won his MA from Washington University, St. Louis, in June. Alan Berens got his MS from Purdue. And Lowell Ford is in his third year at Ohio State med school. 1st Lt. Don H epp, recently promoted, is a supply officer with the 24th Division in Korea. Dan Meiring is also in Korea, with an engineer outfit. At last report, Bob Huelskamp was a clerk in the finance section at Fort Ben Harrison, Ind. Lt. Jim Poelking, back from overseas, is at Fort Riley, Kans. MARRIAGES: Steve Stewart to Jeanne Graul, '56, Aug. 24 .... Therese Rusnak to Norman Schmidt, June 22 .... Ruth Wyen to John R. Beckman, Aug. 24 . .. . Patricia Jacobson to Dick Palmer, June 29 . . . . Armand Martino to Sally Ann Payne, August 10 .... Joan Elizabeth Brennan to Gerald Talbot, June 29. BIRTHS: First child, Kathy Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. James Phlipot, May 11 .. .. Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. William Walsh (Shirley Gehring, '54), in July .... First child, Katherine Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Horwath (Martha Louise Jauch), May 31. September J957
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BOB HEISTERMAN SAVES THREE FROM FIRE ONE of the best stories about a UD alumnus in many a day occurred several months ago when Bob Heisterman , '53, saved three persons from a burning home in Dayton. Though rather late, we feel the account, as told in the Dayton Daily News by Staff Writer John Gooch, bears retelling. Headed "Man Describes Perilous Rescue," the story read: "Driving by on his way to work, Bob Heisterman, 26, of R.R. 3, Brookville, noticed clouds of smoke and flame rising from the roof of the two-story frame house at 864 S. Euclid av. "He asked neighbors if he might help and then went about saving the lives of
'56 Pfc Bob Rosenswee t is at Fort Meyer, Va . . .. . Lt. Ed R enneker is at Fort Lewis, Wash., as is Lt. Jim Kennedy, now commanding officer of a headquarters company in a medical battalion ... . Lt. Glenn Bothe is on the staff of the Army Anti-Aircraft and Guided Missile school at Fort Bliss, Tex ..... Lt. Bob Fiely is at Fort Bragg and living with his family (Jeanne Marie, born July 22, 1956, and Virginia Joanne, born June 21, 1957) Fayetteville, N.C. Joe Orth, still with Hughes Aircraft in California, visited the campus. Gene Weaver is a probation officer in Montgomery County juvenile court. He and his Mrs. were expecting their first child in September. Jim Gessell (Mary Louise Knorr, '54) is with McCall's in Dayton. They have a daughter, Annette Marie. MARRI AGES: Bill Uhl to Cynthia Fetters, July 13 .... Michael Karpiak to Dolores Wuerstl, Aug. 24 .... Robert Wilhelm to Anne Wagner, '57 July 27 . . . . Anita Beacham to Kenneth Bible, Aug. 31 . . . . Lawrence Ko ehler to Nancy J. MacMillian, June 8 . . .. Patricio F errara to "Julie Geis, June 15 . . . . Phil B each to Mary Varley, June 29 .. . . Bill Thesing to Joan Marie Moore, '55, July 13. BI RTHS: First child, daughter, to Mr.
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two children and their grandmother. "Heisterman said that he came by about 8: 15 a.m. on his way to work as a student salesman at the National Cash Register Co. when he noticed the fire. Neighbors in front of the home told him that there were 'children in the house.' " 'I tried to get in the front door, but the inside was too far gone," Heisterman related. 'I rushed around to one side of the house and noticed an old lady and two children on the roof.' " 'Two unidentified men-one a cab driver - lifted me to the roof of the home. I picked up the children and dropped them into the arms of the two men below and then helped the woman get down . Then I leaped off,' Heisterman said." Another two small children and a 66year-old woman died in the fire.
and Mrs. Andrew Dixon (Sara Pfarrer) in May .... Daughter, Maureen Joan, to Lt. and Mrs. Jim K ennedy, June 12 .... Son, Stephen James, to Lt. and Mrs. Glenn Bothe, April 13 . . . . First child, James Joseph, to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Paxson, July 9.
'57 Jerome Lochtefeld is with the Sandia Corp. in Albuquerque, N .M. J erry McAvoy (Marge Butler) is at Fort Knox. Dave King did a short stint with Fairbanks, Morse and Co. in Cleveland before reporting with Bob W endling to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. Thakorlal Gandhi is working toward his master's degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Missouri. With the research department of Monsanto in Dayton are Jim Downing and Roland Dolle. Mary Ann Krampe is living in Cincinnati where she's on the executive training program with Shillito's. John Argeros is with the Cream Crop Dairy Farm in Palmetto, Fla . At Los Angeles International Airport, Phil Holthenrichs is with North American Aviation. Billy Smith is coaching at Adrian, Mich.
MARRIAGES: Dick Me inhold to Dolores Mae Williamson, June 15 . . . . Harry Koerner to Mary Gail Hallerman, Aug. 31 . . . . Francis Cash to Claudette Zinsz, Aug. 24 .... John Burke to Nancy Marshall, June 22 .... E ug ene Guglielmo to Marilyn Drake, June 29 . . . . Carlos Koffroch to Shirley B ernier, June 22 .... John Sacksteder to Mary Vyszenski, June 22 ... . Dora Weimer to George Sakalas, Aug. 3 .... John Shea to Arlene Boehmer, June 15 ... . Kathleen Neumann to Ronald Seipel, June 22 .... Stan Dawicke to Mary Lou Vocke, Jan. 26 . ... J erry McAvoy to Margaret Butler, May 25 . . . . Jim Merck to Mariellen Schaaf, Feb. 2 .... Margaret Powers to Paul Kronauge, July 20 .... Mildred Tomanocy to Samuel Walters, June 15 .. .. Linus Fiely to Elizabeth Ferdelman, June 22. BIRTHS: First child, daughter, to Mr. and Mrs. John O'Reilly, in April . . . . Daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lanasa, in May .... First child, Kimberly Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Graham, Jun. 10.
at deadline . Lt. Col. Donald A. Kersting, '39, is one of 200 senior officers selected by the Army to attend a ten-month course at the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., that services highest educational institution. Don had been with the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army in Washington. Bob Wilhelm, '56, has left Brown and Brockmeyer, is now in production control at Inland in Dayton. Marlo T ermini, '52, who has been basketball coach at Holy Name high school in Cleveland, is new supervisor of physical education, health and safety with the Board of Catholic Education in Cleveland. A note from Jim Hartigan, '55 informs alumni that he was awarded his master of science degree by Purdue in August (major in biochemistry) and has accepted a position as a research chemist for Eli Lilly and Co. in Indianapolis. Clete Moorman, '52-'56, teaching at Cottonwood-Oak Creek high school in Cottonwood, Ariz., has become the father of his first child - a daughter, Ellen Marie, born Aug. 9. Fred Kroger, '47, is now co-owner and president of Main Line Supply Co. Inc., in Dayton. Bill Bruening, '57, is in training with Cutler-Hammer in Milwaukee. He hopes to be assigned soon to one of the company's branch sales offices. Recent campus visitors were Mr. and Mrs. W. J. M. Sachs, '38. He's now with W . J. M. Sachs Interiors in Shreveport, La.
Unfortunately too late to be included with the story about the golden anniversary class of 1907, we received a photograph of Bernard J. Maher, member of that year's business class. We listed him in our story as owner of the Maher Coal and Ice Co. in Defiance, 0. He brings us a little more up to date. Here are a few of his "present occupations": President, 7-Up Iowa, 7-Up Omaha, 7-Up Kansas City, Memphis and Napoleon, 0.; president, Maher Coal and Ice Co., North Western Ohio Beverage Co., and Maher Management Corp., all in Napoleon, and the Neo-Ray Products and Maher Realty firms in Des Moines, Iowa. Seems his business training at SMI paid off. He plans to be on the campus for homecoming. Al Horvath , '56, was awarded his master of science degree in geology by the University of Michigan this summer and is now with the Atlantic Refining Co. in Dallas, Tex. B ernie Hickey, '49, Chicago branch manager of Fyr-Fyter, sends along an unusual birth announcement for his
daughter, Maureen O'Day, born July 21. It proclaims: " H ere's one ball of fire even a Fyr-Fyter can't extinguish .... " Formerly with General Motors, Warren Wilson, '48, has joined the Whiting Research Laboratories of the Standard Oil Co.
FR. FRANCIS J. MAY, SM, ' 11 Died in Los Angeles May 1.
FRANCIS HONG, '45 Died in the fall of 1956 in San Francisco, ac路 cording to word recently received.
NAOMI HATHAWAY, '43 Teacher in Dayton public schools. D ied m Dayton in May.
MOST REV. FRANCIS A. THILL, '14 Bishop of Salina, Kans. Died May 21. HUGH WALL, SR., '84, Hon. '34 Dayton CPA and civic leader, and one of original members of UD 's associate board of lay trustees. Died in Dayton July 18. ANTONIO COBIAN, '27 Died June 30 in Mexico. PAUL J. STALEY, ' 16H Died in Cincinnati Dec. 12, 1956 EDWARD C. SCHOEN, '03 Died in Chicago June 29. ROGER MARSHALL, ' 16 Died in Newport, 0 ., in early June. CHARLES E. DEGER, ' 25H, ' 29 Former sales manager for the Kroger Co. and had been associated with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in Toledo. Died in Toledo Aug. 23. J. RAYMOND SCHROLL, ' 26 President of the Manufacturers Equipment Co. in Dayton. Father of Shirley Schroll Cutcher, '53 (Bill Cutcher, '52). Died in Dayton Aug. 6. MAURICE D. LARKIN, ' 92 President and treasurer of the M. D . Larkin Co. in Dayton, an automobile accessories manu路 facturer. Died in Dayton July 9.
NORBERT A. HOLLENBACH, '26 Former vice president of Charles Hollenbach, Inc., in Chicago. D ied May 16 at Pistakee Bay, Lake County, Ill. JOHN L. McGARRY, (' 14H) Father of Rita McGarry Duane, '48; John L., Jr., '49 (Myra Boland, '48); Jerome J., '50, and father路in路law of Ernest Wiedeman, '52. D ied July 22 in Dayton. MRS. LORETTA FAUST Wife of Joseph L. Faust, '34. Died in Cleveland Mar. 4. MRS. KATHLEEN O' CONNOR Sister of Teresa O' Connor, '41, and Francis J. O'Connor, '31. Died in North Hollywood, Calif., June 24. JOHN M . RODGERS Father of Mrs . Helen Donise, '45. Died May 28 in Columbus. JOHN A . SACKSTEDER Father of Norbert, '15 . Died in Dayton July 15. JOSEPH J. CASTELLINI Business freshman of D ayton, died in a drowning accident Aug. 17 at Prairie D u Chien, Wise.
HENRY L. STICHWEH Father of PaulL., '24, and John A., '32 . Died in Dayton June 7. FRANCIS JACOBSON Father of Pat Jacobson Palmer, ' 55 . Died in Dayton July 21. MRS. JOSEPHINE STOERMER Mother-in-law of Richard Glennon, '50. Died in Dayton J uly 2. HONORABLE JAMES M . COX, Hon. '52 Former governor of Ohio and renowned newspaper publisher. Died in Dayton July 15. ROLAND BEVAN Head football trainer at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and 1911-12 football coach at St. Mary's College (UD ). D ied in Dayton Aug. 16. MARILYN ALBRECHT Arts sophomore of Cincinnati, died in early June in an auto accident. NICK P. NICKOLOS Engineering junior of Fairborn, died in an industrial accident while at work July 8 in Fairborn. RABBI SAMUEL BURICK Father of Si, '29. Died in D ayton May 22.
Doc W ohlleben's 1932 class of chemical engineers held a 25th anniversary reunion of their own at Lake Hope, Zaleski, 0., recently. Present with their families were
Dan Kuebel, Ed Greer, John F erree, Alison Kline and Hub ert Kline. Natalie Williams Haslett, '56, is in Japan where her husband is assigned to the Military Advisory Assistance Group in Tokyo. A mathematician at the Murray Hill (N.J.) laboratory of the Bell Telephone System, Dick Segers, '50, was married in October to Elizabeth Harrison. A letter from Wilbert H. K. (:hang, '55, brings us up to date on his whereabouts and activities. He is on active duty with the Army Signal Corps, assigned to the Army Pictorial Center in Long Island City, N.Y., as chief of the operations and engineering section, plans and operation branch, television division. After getting his master's in electrical engineering from the University of California in 1956 and prior to his entrance into the Army, he had been with Boeing in Seattle, Wash. Vernon Nieberlein, '39, with the Bureau of Mines in Missouri, is the author of a recently published study on "Low Temperature Chlorination of Columbium-Bearing Titanium Minerals."
among our alumni
A GIFT TO UD
Jim Kell, left, presents to Bro. Holian an electronic experimentation kit. See " Class Notes, 1952."
IN MEMORIAM
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NEW JERSEY-Bro. Lackner in front. Behind the table, left to right, Patty Byrne, Mr. Byrne, Charles lees, Mrs . James Mclaughlin Uane McGraw), Jim Mclaughlin, Mrs. Jim Brown, Jim Brown, John D'Atillo, Anthony D'Atillo, Heinz Friederich, Mrs. Lamke, Alexander Ott, Mrs. Alexander Ott, Mrs. Carl Lamke, Mrs. Heinz Friederich. (lito photograph.)
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members will designate how the University is to make use of the gift. Prior to leaving the campus, the class elected its alumni officers. Chosen were Peter King, Ambridge, Pa., president; Harry Koerner, Willoughby, 0., vice-president, and Joan Leff, Dayton, secretary and treasurer. All three were active in promoting the endowment fund. The National Board, which encouraged the fund, hopes ensuing classes also will adopt such a plan. THE PROPOSED REVISIONS of the constitution of the Alumni Association, presented to members during the summer for their consideration, will go into effect immediately. Though all ballots on the question had not arrived at press time, the trend was heavily in favor of the revisions which provide primarily for the addition of four members to the board of directors. Ballots for the election of the new directors will be in the hands of alumni soon (if not already) . Installation of those elected will take place at the homecoming banquet Nov. 9. WE HAVE ANOTHER honorary alumnus. He's Henry J . "Hank" Mallo y, "a gentleman and one of the most outstanding ambassadors of good will for the University. " Hank, father of three sons, all of whom are UD grads, was given the honorary title at the Montgomery County chapter ' s June dinner-dance.
president, who becomes an honorary member of the board. New vice president of the chapter is Jim Gilvary, '51, Kettering city attorney, who last year had been a m'ember of the board. Re-elected secretary-treasurer was Dee McAnespie, '51, secretary in the UD public relations department. Named directors were Dirk Beach, '52; Frank Doorley, '43; Dottie Foley, '55; Bill Hallerman, ' 52; Jimm Horvath, '52; George Humm, '40; Gene Jablinski, '51; JoanLeff, '57; AI Neff, '51; Barth Snyder, ' 31; Hank Troin, ' 52, and Ed Zweisler, '45 . Bro. Elmer Lackner and Alumni Secretary Mary Shay, '44, are honorary members of the board in addition to Suttman. A total of 345 votes were cast in the election. THE CHAPTER'S FIRST activity will be
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the annual Harvest Hop at Wampler's Barn Nov. 23. This year's hop will differ from those in the past in that the chapter hopes to make some money this time. Younger alumni seem to find homecoming banquets and the chapter's June dinnerdance too costly for their budgets. The Harvest Hop, with ticket prices held to an absolute minimum, will provide for the younger set an inexpensive evening. AI Neff and Dick Beach are co-chairmen. Other chapter plans include the annual evening Mass Dec. 8 at which time the University presents the Marianist Award; a Communion breakfast in the spring; an information series for alumni and the general public, and the June dinner-dance. Ed Zweisler and George Humm will be cochairmen for the Communion breakfast, with George Humm chairman for the information series and J1m Gilvary handling the dinner-dance.
McAnespie
Gil vary
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHAPTER'S ILL ENOUEN, ' 52, accountant with Touche, Niven, Bailey and Smart in Dayton, and past vice president, is new president of the Montgomery County chapter. Bill succeeds AI Suttman, ·48, two-term
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ANNUAL HARVEST HOP Saturday, Nov. 23
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Wampler's Old Barn
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Maurie Reichard and His Orchestra
$2.50 per couple
LOUIS~ILLE-At .this meeting were members of these UD clans in the Louisville area: the Montgomenes, the Boshops, the Athertons, the Gates, the Grieves, the Schmidts the Hauries and the Thomes. '
LETTERS Al~mni. are
invited to write the editor on any topic pertinent to the Unaversaty or. the alumni. as~ociation. Letters must be signed, though not necessaraly for pubhcataon, and will be subject to condensing.
The following opportunities are available to alumni. For more information, write Lewis A. Jones, Director of Graduate Placement, University of Dayton. Engineers (all classifications) Secretaries Secretary to company president Bookkeepers Accountants (Industry and CPA) Civil Service (many classifications) Teachers (all levels, fields) Promotion specialist Industrial relations and personnel specialist Business systems specialist Electronic specialist Sales (all classifications) Electronic computor specialist Research chemists Market specialists Maintenance director And many, many more.
Disinterested Alumni? To the editor: I hear only about 400 of our alumni voted on the election of new officers for the Dayton chapter last spring. Seems like that is a pretty poor showing for an alumni group that has about 3,000 members. What is the matter with the alumni? Why don't they take a little more of an interest in alumni elections and activities? They give pretty well to fund drives, etc., but when it comes to supporting alumni projects, they just don't come through. They are loyal to the University but they don't seem interested in the alumni association. Also, I hope you will write-up in the magazine the results of the questionnaire you sent our class. FIFTY-TWO-ER Dayton (Ed. Note : See "With the Chapters," in this issue. Questionnaire referred to went to classes of 1932 and 1947 as well as 1952 and we hope to report on the results of all three in the December ALUMNUS.)
Most Cosmopolitan? To the editor: " ... Incidentally, I noticed in the last
issue of THE ALUMNUS you spent a great deal of time on families. Of course, some I remember and others I don't. I think they all should be complimented on their very fine and very large families . However, I challenge any former student at the University to meet the far-flung and international aspect of my family. I was born in Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Nunn was born in Birmingham, Ala.; my oldest son, William A. III, student at the University of Wyoming, was born in Borger, Tex.; my second oldest son. a student at the Sullivan School, Washington, D .C., was born in East Cleveland, Ohio; my oldest daughter, a sophomore in high school, was born in Ft. Benning, Ga.; my other daughter, age 8, was born in Yokohama, Japan, and my youngest son, age 2, was born in LaChapelle St. Mesmin, France ... " COL BILL NVNN, ' 28 Ft. Knox, Ky.
A Fan To the editor: " .. . Keep up the good work. This is a terrific magazine . . . " WILLIAM BRUENING '57 Affton, Mo. '
HOMECOMING NOVEMBER 9 while on the campus lor homecoming visit ALUMNI CORNER
in the UD bookstore now available: • ASH TRAYS • PENNANTS • BLANKETS • STEINS • TUMBLERS • SWEATERS • JACKETS • T-SHIRTS • CAPS • BABY NOVELTY ITEMS and many other UD accessories
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tn Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. B Christi Parish get together!
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U. D. Locks Ghetto Attitude; Becomes Community College By GEORGE WELDON into by the cultural pattern of This week, officials of the the past century), the UniverUniversity of Dayton will ce- sity of Dayton has placed itself ment into place the cornerstone among the most progressive of the new Wohlleben chemis- Catholic colleges in the nation. try and chemical engineering * * * building. This building, in the LAST YEAR I heard Father strictest sense of the term, be- Andrew Seebold, S.M., presilongs to the people of Dayton dent of U.D., tell a group of -all of them. It is being built editors that when he first came with funds raised through a to Dayton he told a cab driver public solicitation that was di- to take him to the University rected at all the people of Day- of Dayton. ton, not just the Catholics, and "There's no such thing as a not just the .alumni of U.D. University of Dayton," the THESE FUNDS were raised driver answered. "Are you sure largely because the University you don't mean Miami-Jacobs of Dayton had proved that it or Sinclair?" considers itself Dayton's own WHEN FATHER See b o 1d community college. I know of a finally got through to him, the few ghetto-minded Catholics cabbie's face lighted up. "Oh, who resent this idea. By some you mean that little Catholic perverted logic they seem to school up on the hill," he anthink that you cannot be a full- nounced. fledged member of the comThis indicated, Father Seemunity and a full-fledged Cath- bold said, that many of the peoolic at the same time. They pie of Dayton visualized U.D. seem to thin!~ that, by becom- as having a wall of self-excluing a community college, U.D. sion around it that was higher has ceased to be a Catholic Col- than any stone or brick wall in lege. the city. IN HIS PENETRATING TODAY, with its CommYnstudy on American Catholics and ity Service Center, its expanded t'he Intellectual Life, Monsignor research program, and its ultraJohn Tracy Ellis has said that co-operative attitude toward some of the greatest faults of community problems and comCatholic colleges are that they munity projects, the University often are little more than semi- of Dayton has become a true naries for the laity, that they leader in the community. It is lack scholarship, and that they truly the University of Dayare narrow-minded institutions ton. And the community has in which Catholics tend to wall responded with e qua I openthemselves up, cut themselves mindedness, particularly in off from the rest of the world, U.D.'s recent fund drive. and talk to each other. This, he * * points out, is bad for the BUT HAS THE UNIVERChurch, the college, its stu- SITY compromised its Cathodents, and the community. An licity in any way? Has it atidea that is hiding away in a tempted to divorce itself from dark corner tends to stagnate; ' the Catholic people of the comtruth must be shared if it is munity? to be effective. Every Catholic studept who IN ATTEMPTING to break goes to the University of Dayaway from the narrow pattern ton gets a religious training that Catholic colleges in gen- based on th e Marianist tradieral have fallen into (or forced tion of education for responsi-
ble lay Catholic leadership. As a former faculty member of U.D., I was so impressed by the results of this training that I have filed away notes for a feature story on it later in the summer. EVERY NON- CATHOLIC who goes through the University of Dayton spends four years studying under men whose lives are devoted to teaching spiritual values. These non-Catholics are genuinely impressed through their contacts with priests, brothers, sisters, and laymen. They live as equals with Catholic students and form friendships with them- frequently such students have told me it is the first time they have really known Catholics. The non-Catholic students are not proselytized or indoctrinated . But they certainly leave the university without any false or libelous concepts of the Church. ABOUT A THIRD of U.D.'s day students and almost threefourths of its night students are non-Catholics. The Catholic people of Dayton might do well to think for a few moments of the tremendous influence this fact might have in correcting mis- in understandings about the are Church and in breaking down prejudice. THE CHURCH bears the name Catholic because its mission is to all men, and it is still in existence because in each age it ada:pts itself to current conditions of time and place. It is my belief that the University of Dayton, in reaching out to embrace the community, as it exists here and now, is more truly a Catholic college than many of the "seminaries for laity" that dot entirely too many hills on the American scene.