Associated School News
Thayer School
As this is written, the start of another year is just around the corner for the College, and the second-year Thayers and TuckThayers have already turned that corner and are here at work in our so-called summer session which is actually part of the required second-year program.
Until the beginning of the summer session, Thayer School was a relatively quiet spot. There were the usual odds and ends to be attended to following the close of one school year and preceding the opening of another; Professors Ermenc and Sherrard and Mr. Goldthwaite made a number of innovations in the equipment and schedule for the Manufacturing Processes summer course; Professor Morgan's ionospheric research project continued to produce results; and Mr. Browning established a research project under the sponsorship of the Office of Naval Research to study the stability of gasoline-oxygen flames.
Shortly after commencement, a Dartmouth-Thayer School delegation traveled to Michigan State College to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education. In addition to the usual purposes in attending such meetings, the special objective of this group was to pick up pointers for the 1952 meeting which will be held in Hanover next June. The delegation consisted of Dick Olmsted '33, assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds, EddieChamberlain DC '36, executive officer of the College; Joe Ermenc, professor of mechanical engineering, John Hirst '39, assistant professor of electrical engineering, Lee and RussStearns '38, assistant professor of civil engineering, and Margaret and Bill Kimball '29.
The faculty and staff of Thayer School remain substantially unchanged. George Taylor has been promoted to Professor of Engineering and Management and Donald Pyke has been promoted to Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics. Ray Evans EE'50 has resigned as Research Associate to accept an appointment as instructor and coach in the William Penn Charter School near his former home in Philadelphia. Blanchard Pratt EE'51 has replaced Ray as Research Associate on the ionosphere project. Professor Wood joined the project on a half-time basis during the summer and will continue on that basis throughout the current academic year. MerleThorpe ME'52 has accepted an appointment as Research Assistant and will be associated with Mr. Browning's gas flame project on a half-time basis while he remains as a second-year mechanical engineering student.
Enrollment for the coming year is expected to be somewhat lower than in recent years, though not down as sharply as the nationwide junior and senior engineering enrollment figures. It seems doubtful that there will be any appreciable inroads made in Thayer School enrollment by selective service. Out of 25 students accepted for admission to the second-year class, two were recalled to the reserves and one voluntarily enlisted last summer. None was drafted, although most are subject to future draft call. It seems clear now that the shortage of engineers has received enough nationwide publicity and attention to prevent most draft boards from calling engineering students who are in good standing and also to encourage more students to take up the study of engineering in our colleges. The September issue of Fortune magazine carried an article entitled "A Helluva Shortage of Engineers" by Lawrence P. Lessing, a member of the Editorial Board. This is an accurate, factual and informative article which will be of interest to anyone whose welfare is in the hands of the engineers, as whose isn't (adv.).
In response to a request by the Navy Bureau of Ships, Professor Morgan has submitted outlines for an extension of his ionospheric research to include the study of oblique incidence waves and the special effects of the aurora on electromagnetic waves in arctic areas. The Bureau has authorized him to proceed along the lines suggested by him and planning for this work will therefore get under way promptly.
Most of the news of alumni which can be fitted into this month's column has been carried over from the June column which exceeded the allowable and available space.
The New York Times of May 5 carried an announcement of the coming retirement of Harold O. Rugg '09 who has been a member of the faculty of Columbia's Teachers College for the past 31 years. Professor Rugg worked on engineering jobs for a few years after his graduation from Thayer School and then turned to study and teaching in the field of education where he has devoted the rest of his career. He is the author of several books which have been the center of controversy because of the progressive and independent thoughts expressed in them and he has been recognized for many years as one of the nation's top authorities on education.
The magazine Civil Engineering contains the announcement of the retirement from active government service of Verney W. Russell '07 who first associated himself with the Bureau of Reclamation 46 years ago. In observance of his retirement Mr. Russell was guest of honor at a recent dinner given by his friends and co-workers.
Belated congratulations and best wishes are now long overdue to a number of our friends.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ward '40 on the addition to their family on January 20 of Mr. David Ward Jr.
To Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Osborn TT'49 on the addition to their family on March 22 of Miss Jean Carol Osborn.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bergethon ME'48 on the addition to their family on March 30 of Miss Kirsten Bergethon. The Bergethons live in Hancock, N. H., Ed commuting to work at the New Hampshire Ball Bearing Company in Peterborough.
To Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Duba '47 on the arrival on April 13 of son Kenneth Lane Duba. Just prior to that date, Glenn received an important assignment as project engineer for Winston Brothers on their Flatiron Power and Pumping Plant project.
And somewhat more recently: To Barbara and Tom Streeter TT'48 on the arrival on July 27 of daughter Deborah. Tom is with the Diehl Manufacturing Co. in Elizabeth, N. J.
To Fran and Mike Pender CE'50 on. the arrival on July 31 of Michael Roger junior.
To half of the mechanical engineering class of 1947 who were married during the summer. Alex McPherson was married on June 10 to Thelma Stafford at the Christian Church in Gravity, lowa. Paul Staples was married on September 1 to Patricia Ann Lynch at the Church of the Annunciation Rectory in Brookline, Pa.
Tuck School
DEAN Herluf V. Olsen's many friends will be pleased to hear that he is slowly regaining his strength after an illness which has confined him to bed throughout the summer months. Since he will have to be inactive for an indefinite period during his convalescence, Olie submitted his resignation as Dean early in September. Nat Burleigh, appointed acting dean, has assumed his new duties and is hard at work familiarizing himself with the numerous responsibilities of the position.
As reported elsewhere in the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, Olie is to rejoin the faculty in his capacity as Professor of Business Cycles and Forecasting once he recovers from his illness. Tuck men who know these two grand gentlemen will be wishing them the best of everything in the months ahead.
From August 5 to 18 the Tuck School was host to the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management of the National Association of Credit Men. This group met at Tuck for two weeks of intensive work in the fields of credit management, financial policy, administration, and executive development. Approximately 160 men from the fields of credit management, corporation finance, and banking were here from all parts of the country. Lou Foster and Jack Griswold of the Tuck School faculty participated in the work of this school, and reported a very successful and beneficial session.
The first of September the American Institute of Accountants sponsored a Northern New England Accounting Study Conference meeting at Tuck for a period of three days.
The faculty has been involved in a number of interesting activities which have not been reported previously because of space problems. John Griswold, in addition to serving on the Credit School faculty, has been doing a good bit of work for the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company in connection with rate and capital structure problems.
Lou Foster, who earlier this year served with the Atomic Energy Commission as a consultant in the office of the controller, spent the summer as Regional Accountant for the Office of Price Stabilization in Boston. His responsibilities on this job have included staffing the regional office and the seven district offices in New England.
From April to June, Ed Gruen spent about two days a week in Washington with the Defense Production Administration, where he was consultant to the Director of the Requirements Committee staff. This summer Ed has been working on a research project concerning the economics of wood waste utilization. In this program, he has the support of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank and the Committee of New England of the National Planning Association. The project has involved a great deal of field investigation, and has taken Ed into many of the paper-making and lumbering centers of Maine and New Hampshire.
Jack Walters left for Europe in June to participate in the Brussels Conference of the International Management Congress as rapporteur for the National Management Council. Jack prepared a report entitled "Job Evaluation in the United States" for presentation before this group. While in Brussels, he was a member of the international panel which discussed this aspect of personnel management. During the latter part of the summer, Mrs. Walters joined Jack in France where they had an opportunity to see several of the French ECA students who studied at Tuck during the past year.
AI Frey, now serving as managing editor of the Journal of Marketing, spent about six weeks in New York studying various aspects of advertising. Al was with Young and Rubicam during most of this period on a Fellowship received from the Foundation for Economic Education. While in New York, he managed to see many Tuck graduates in the retailing and advertising fields.
George Woodworth, who had a sabbatical leave during the second semester, taught at the University of Michigan during the summer months. Following completion of his work at Michigan, Woodie went to New York on a Fellowship granted by the Joint Committee on Education of the American Securities Business. He was one of ten professors of finance awarded this Fellowship for 1951. In addition to his other activities, Woodie has been serving since May as public-interest director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. This is the central bank for member savings and loan associations, savings banks, and insurance companies located in New England.
Bob Davis has been on the staff at Champlain College during its summer session doing work in the accounting field. Bob will be on leave during the fall semester, and will be working on his doctorate degree at the Harvard Business School.
After serving during May and June with the OPS as consulting economist for the transportation public utility and fuel division, Harry Duncombe joined that organization June 15 for a year, during which time he will be on leave from Tuck.
Since early in July, Karl Hill has been working in the office as acting assistant dean.
Nat Burleigh has been busy with consulting work and his duties as treasurer of the Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital. He took time out the first of July for a fishing trip with Mrs. Burleigh and Bill Tetrick T'39,
On September 1, Len Morrissey T'48 joined the Tuck faculty as Instructor in Statistics and Accounting. Since graduating, Len has taught in the College as a member of the Economics Department, and has served a year as assistant to the Treasurer of the College.
TUCK SCHOOL OVERSEERS: Members of the new Board, shown at their first meeting, are (I to r): front row—H. R. Lane '07, Harvey P. Hood '18, chairman, and Albert Bradley 'l5; back row—Kenneth W. Fraser '3l, President Dickey, Charles J. Zimmerman '23, and Senator Ralph E. Flanders (Hon. '32) of Vermont.
