Thayer School
THE second semester opened with the same enrollment as the first semester with the exception of one first-year -mechanical engineering student who dropped out at midyear and with the addition of two former students who have returned for the continuation of their studies. George P. Gendron, originally T-T '49, is now enrolled in first-year electrical engineering, and John L. Bennett 46 is enrolled in first-year civil engineering.
The writer attended the Moles Annual Dinner in New York City on February 9 where Luther S. Oakes 'OO received the Non-Member Award for outstanding achievement in the construction industry. This was a very impressive ceremony attended by approximately one thousand outstanding engineers and construction men who paid well-deserved tribute to Mr. Oakes' fine career in their industry. The dinner was attended by several Thayer School alumni including Frank E. Cudworth 02, John S. Macdonald '14, Paul J. Halloran '20, and Evan B. Lyon '25.
On the day following the Moles Dinner a meeting of the Board of Overseers was held in New York with Luther S. Oakes, Frank E. Cudworth, Richard E. Pritchard '15, and the writer in attendance. Because of a conflict with the annual meeting of the Boston Alumni Association, President Dickey was unable to attend the Award Dinner or the Overseers' meeting. The other member of the Board, Charles F.Goodrich '06 is spending the winter with Mrs. Goodrich in Lake Placid, Florida.
A good letter recently received from DelbieField '47 reports that he is keeping busy as manager of processing and fabrication for the Marsh Steel Corporation in Kansas City. He and his wife, Coral, are living at 700 Ward Parkway in that city.
Cornelius Meaney '19> who has been with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey since graduation, now holds the rank of Captain and is located in the Washington office as Chief of the Division of Tides and Currents. He resides at 3618 Military Road NW, Washington
Nelson McClary TT '44, after serving as Lt. in the South Pacific area from 1943-46. acted as chief mate in the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1946 to 1948. Since then he has been construction supervisor of the Arctic Operations Project of the U. S. Weather Bureau with headquarters in Washington, D. C.
Dick Whikehart '47 is an instructor at the Case Institute of Technology where he received the degree of Master of Science in Civil Engineering last June. He lives at 17716 Naragansett Ave., Lakewood 7, Ohio.
Barney Tomlinson '36 spent the Carnival weekend in Hanover. Fred Davidson '15 spent the weekend of February 20 at the Hanover Inn with "the famous class of 1914-"
A letter from Jim Hughen '48 reports that his work with the J.E. Greiner Cos. in Baltimore has included design for the substructure of the proposed Mystic River Bridge between Charlestown and Chelsea, Massachusetts which received some publicity in the January issue of Civil Engineering. Congratulations are in order to Jim on his recently announced engagement to Doris Ann Miller of Hagerstown, Maryland.
