Prof. Ravmond llaulund Promotions of nine faculty members at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, have been announced by Acting Dean or Faculty Romeo L . ~toruzzi. Trustees have approved the ad· vances in rank as of July 1. Three are to professor, five to a ociate profe~sor and one to ass1stant professor. To Professor Dr. Raymond R . Hagglund oC Kendall Road, Holden, from associate professor to professor of mechanical engineering. James Hensel of Zero Montvale Road, from associate professor to professor of EngUsh. Dr. Armand .J. Silva of 6 Franconia St.. from associate professor to professor of civU engineering. ,To Associate Professor Dr. Herbert Beall of 79-11 Park Ave., from assistant professor to assoc1ate professor of chemistry. Dr. Ronald R. Biederman of Vernon, Conn., from assistant professor to associate professor of mechanical engineerina. Dr. Van F .W. Bluemel of 50 Armington Lane, Holden, from assistant professor to &88ociate professor of physics. Dr. Robert A. Peura of 4 Short
Prof. Jamts Htn<if'l professor to associate professor of electr1cal enganeermg and life sctences. Hamon C. Scott of 39 Paradox Dr., from assistant professor to assoc1ate professor of computer science. To :\ssistant Proft'S or Ralph C. Bowden of 188 Henshaw St., Le1cester, from instructor to ass1stant professor of history. Dr. Hagglund was graduated from WPI in 1956, received hls master's degree in 1959 and took his doctorate at the University of Illinois in 1962. He has been on the
Prof. Armand J . Sllve Prof. Hensel 1s a graduate of Yale in 1941 and received his master of arts at Universtty of .Maane 10 1958, when he was appointed to the WPI faculty. Dr. Silva, who IS head of the WPJ department of civil engineering, was graduated from University of Connecticut in 1954, rece1ved his master's there in 1956 and his doctorate in 1965. He taught at UC onn before beconung an instructor at WPI 10 1958. Dr. Beall IS a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in 1961 and received his doctor or philosophy at Harvard. He has been on the WPI
.\ M,oc. Prof. Herbtrt Bl'lll Dr. Biederman was graduated from Uni\·ers1ty of Connecticut in 1960 and rece1ved two master's degrees and his doctorate there, where he also taught for six years tx>fore coming to WPI In 1968 . Dr. Bluemel is a graduate of the Unlven;ity of Michigan in 1956 and rece1vcd his master's and doc· torate degrees from University of Illinois. He has been at WPI since 1966. Dr. Peura was graduated from WPI In 1964 and took his master's and doctorate degrees at Iowa State University, where he was a duate assistant and fellow
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Prof. Scott us graduated from Amencan International College m 1953 and receiVed his master's degree at University or Massachusetts, where he also was a graduate assistant before leaching for three years at Leh1gh. He has been on the WPI faculty since 1957. Prof. Bowden is a graduate ol North Carolina State Univers1ty an 1962 and received a master's degree at Queens College <C.U.N.Y. >, He taught at Ken· nesaw JuniorColJegefor two years before joining the WPI faculty in
Dorm Comm. Makes Decisions by JobD FlbPatrtck
Last week the Dorm Committee held two important meetinp. On Monday tentative ldeu were formulated fOI' the allotment of room.1 for the fall. Upon reading of the Open Fonun notel cll.lculeloo developed on houa1.ng for blacb and &lrla, ml.xina of freshmen and uppercluemen, and interest In the new Ellsworth and Fuller T ownbouaea. Steve Martin, stated that a vut majority of girls favored remaintna in Riley. They allo iDdleated a preference for mJxed flocn iD Riley (both boya and girls, uppercluamen and freshmen.) A ecattered number of gtrla picked Stoddard aa a leCODd chaice, and a few said they would not mind livinlln Daniela. The opinion at the committee waa that one Ooor In Stoddard abould be aet aide for girls. The remaini.ng girla, locluding all ff"'!!hman girJa, should be bouaed in Rlley. It was atated that tb1a would prevent fresh. man lirb from beiDa l.aolated from the main part of the campus. ln reference to blac.kl, it wu uaumed that they would have guaranteed housing. The question was raised as to tbe fairneu of arbitrarily giving them an entire floor rather than splitting them up among aeveral noon. It wa• ap-eed to consult with tbe blacka and Jearn their preference. The c<mmittee decided that after the &irla were accommodated, the remaining rooma In Riley would be set aside for freshmen first This decision waa made in order that freshmen could be oHered the less expensive housing. It was mentioned that perhaps some upperclassman could live on mixed floors In Daniela or Morgan. Feedback wu requested of the dorm representatives on the number of residenC. who would want to live In those two dorms and on the number of residents who planned on living in Ellsworth and Fuller. It waa also agreed to contact fraternities and commuters on these questions. The second meeting or the week coosisted ~final decisions on the topics ci Monday's meeting. The first order of business was the results of the two poll!. Out of the students who were reached in the
poll forty stated a desire to live in Ellsworth and Fuller and thirty or m~ stated that they wouldn't
mind living in Daniels or Morgan. Another reaction from students polled was that in general they had no objectl008 to mixed freshman and uppercla•man
floors. The question ol having extra penona in E and F apartments wu answered by Dean Trask. He atated that next year resident. in both dorms and apartments will sign a leue aareelDI that the number of persona in a room or apartment Ia limited to the number It wu intended for. In the case ol apartments he clarified that if a penon leaves an apartment and the remaining persons refuse to accept a new resident ( for example, a tranafer student who is aaalgned to that apl,) the remaining reaidenb must abeorb tbe cost ol the peraoo wbo baa left. ln tbe event that no new student ia aaaigDed to that apartment absorbing this cost will not be required.. The most important result of the meetlnp turned out to be the construction of room allotments for the fall . This week an open sian up will begin for the Ellsworth and Fuller T ownhouees. Students will aign up u groups <or as indlvidua.ls in the caM ol thoee wbo have no particular people with wbom they wlsb to get an apartmenl) In the event that there are more people signing up for apartments than can be a~ commodated, a lottery will be put into effect. A lottery will be conducted for rooms in the other dormitories. Sign up for this lottery will also begin this week. Student& signing for Ellsworth and Fuller may not enter the lottery for the other dorma, and vice versa. Students have the option to indicate preferences on their lottery caret Daniels and Morgan may be indicated as one of these preferences. U there are Qot enough students requestinl tbeee dorms It Is possible that upperclassmen wiD be housed in only Stoddard and Ellsworth and Fuller. A deposit is requested for thoee slpinl up for E and F or the dorm lottery. Information conceml.ng this and other detalls of the lottery is contained elsewhere in the WPI Newtpeak. For anyone
desiring to live with a grcup of frieodl in a dorm It ia suaested for eec:b student to indicate the aame fiOOI' and donn a• lbelr preference. It ia expected to be able to facllitate moat of tbele IJituatiOIIS. It 1a remincled that graduate students are eUgible for all hCJUiinl with tbe ume stipulations as undergraduates. Dorm Committee cbalrman Ken Makowski usured that there will be ample time to lip up for housing. However, lt 18 hoped to have the lottery as 11001'1 u pouible after vacation.