Thayer School
As THIS IS BEING WRITTEN, March 8, we are enjoying very pleasant spring weather in Hanover, but being a skeptic, I have no doubt that we will suffer a relapse before you read about it. Meanwhile the construction work on the new additions is proceeding quite satisfactorily. The foundation walls and column footings are just about finished, so that the work of setting steel and laying brick can be started as soon as the contractor decides that the weather can be trusted.
Our spring term starts next Monday. We will have with us as a new member of the faculty, Edwin A. Sherrard, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Sherrard is a graduate of McGill University, class of 1924, and has followed a career of industrial engineering, recently with National Railways Munitions, Montreal,. P.Q. His extensive experience in manufacturing and machine shop engineering work will be invaluable in setting up and organizing the new manufacturing processes laboratory in the Thayer School. Mr. Sherrard is no stranger to Hanover having resided in Norwich three years prior to 1940, during which time he was well known in local music circles.
Another new faculty member will come to Thayer School on April 1. Mr. J. Albert Wood, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. Mr. Wood is a graduate of Cornell University 1928, holds a Master's degree from Rochester University 1932, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell 1935. He has been a member of the faculty of M.I.T. since 1935 and Assistant Director of the Radar Laboratory since 1941. Mr. Wood will supervise the installation of the new electrical laboratory equipment and take over the electronics field of the electrical engineering course.
The total enrollment for the coming term is 75, of which 17 are civilians, 2 are V-12 and the balance NROTC. The following Thayer School men have returned to complete their engineering work and are enrolled this term:
Binney Tower '44, candidate for the EE degree; Hank Parker '45, Roy Stifler '45, and Paul Breck '44, candidates for the CE degree: Arthur Lynn '44, candidate for the A.B. degree.
It is my sad duty to report the death of Lt. (jg) William V. Jones '44, on February 4 on Guam. Lt. Jones was Officer in Charge of CBMU 511. He was on a tour of inspection of water supply installations for the Naval Air Base at Agana and was overcome by gas while oil the bottom of a pump well. Lt. Jones was the son of Professor R. W. Jones of Hanover. Funeral services were held at the Air Base, February 6, and burial was at the Army and Navy Cemetery on Guam.
Jack Guenther '42, with the Public Works Dept. USN, Shoemaker, Calif., expects to be discharged about April 1.
Larry Falls '43 was discharged from the Army December 28, after service in Germany, and is now at home in Maplewood, N. J.
Buff Williams '43 is teaching Mechanics at University of Wisconsin. Ellsworth Weed '24, T.W.A. Engineer, has just sent us a memorable night photograph of Fontana Dam under construction. The photo will be a welcome addition to our collection.
Philip Lock, Tuck-Thayer '43, visited Hanover recently. Lock was recently discharged from the Army after service in the European Theatre and also in the Pacific where he was a commissioner connected with War Criminal Trials at Manila. He expects to enter law school in the fall.
Bob Aldom '44 writes us from Calicoan Island, P. I. He is enjoying some practical construction work and met George Dyke '44 on one of the jobs. Bob is planning to return next fall to complete his Tuck-Thayer work.
Ted Bush '44 now located in Kyushu, Japan, also is considering returning for Tuck-Thayer work.
