Thayer School

THE largest convocation of engineers ever to be held took place in Chicago during the first ten days of September in observance of the hundredth anniversary of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Parenthetically, 1952 also marks the hundredth anniversary of engineering instruction at Dartmouth, civil engineering courses having been first offered in the Chandler Scientific School which was established in 1852. The Centennial of Engineering in Chicago offered a ten-day program of symposia, technical papers, historical reviews, special exhibits, entertainment and social events organized by the central "Centennial" management and by over sixty engineering societies which joined in the celebration of ASCE's hundredth birthday. Your correspondent spent five days at the Centennial, attending Centennial symposia and meetings of the ASCE, ASEE, Engineers' Council for Professional Development, and the Engineering Manpower Commission. During this period, I ehjoyed visits with most of the Thayer School alumni attending the meetings.

Augustus Ayers '07, this year's president of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers, in his capacity as chairman of ASCE's Construction Division, was in charge of the program sponsored by that division and presided at some of its meetings.

Byron McCoy '34, as chairman of ASCE's Power Division, had arranged the program of that division, presided at some of its meetings, and presented a paper on "An Historical Review of the Power Division." I spent a pleasant evening with Byron and wife Louise attending the musical presentation "From Adam to Atom" in the theatre of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry depicting the development of engineering and the engineering profession through the ages.

Thorndike Saville '15, dean of engineering at New York University, presented one of the outstanding papers at the Centennial Symposium on Education and Training. The title of his paper was "Achievements in Engineering Education."

Allen Richmond '15 attended meetings of ECPD and ASCE as an official representative of ASCE. Al's most recent contribution to the literature of the society, of which he is assistant secretary, was a manual published last summer entitled "Job Evaluation and Salary Surveys." Although the manual is officially authored by a committee, the introduction states that "The work of compiling this manual was performed almost entirely through the devoted efforts of Allen P. Richmond Jr., personnel officer in the headquarters office of the Society." Al and I attended the "smoker" of the ASCE and I had other opportunities for visits with him at the meetings.

Also attending meetings of ASCE were Samuel Hobbs '13 and Bob Tracy TT'49. Bob has recently resigned his position with the H. F. Darling Construction Company (Herb Darling '27, owner) in Buffalo where he has been located since graduation.

Another alumnus with whom I visited was Allison Dunn '22, engineer with the National Park Service. There were undoubtedly other alumni at the meetings and I am sorry that I do not have a complete list.

Alumni who returned to their school to attend the ASEE meeting in Hanover last June included the following: Morton Withey 'O5, dean of engineering at the University of Wisconsin; Thorndike Saville '15, dean of engineering at New York University; HaroldLockwood, professor of power engineering at Thayer School 1921-1931, now head of the department of engineering at Trinity College; Bill Allison '18, head, civil engineering department, Clarkson College of Technology; Howard Emerson DC'23, head of the department of industrial engineering at the University of Tennessee; Luther Oakes '00, member of the Thayer School Board of Overseers and chairman of the Board of Winston Brothers Company; Frank Cudworth '03, Thayer School overseer; Dick Schmelzer DC'28, chairman of public relations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Fred Welch '08, civil engineering department, State College of Washington (retired); Hank Muller DC'35, assistant to vice president, Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Other summer and early fall visitors included Bob Keane CE'48, George Hartmann ME'50, Mike Pender CE'50, Dean Lamson '36, Gordon Granger '31, Allen Van Wie TT'42, Tom Streeter TT'48, Ben Johnson TT'51, Don Jorgensen TT'52, Alan Wright ME'52, Gil Nelson CE'50.

Marriage announcements which have not previously appeared in this column include the following: Barbara Lois Johnson to John Formica ME'50 in St. Justin's Church, Hartford, Conn., April 19.

Ann Louise Selinger to Paul Henegan CE'49 in Saint Agnes' Church, Rockville Center, N. Y., September 6.

Elizabeth Louise Omholt to Ben Johnson TT'51 in the Community Lutheran Church, Stone Harbor, N. J., August 13. Mrs. Johnson's former home was in Overbrook Hills, Pa. The wedding was practically a Thayer and Tuck reunion with Don Bursch TT'51, BobMcllxuain TT'51, and Bob Mauk ME'51 among the ushers. Ben is an ensign USN assigned to destroyer duty.

Joan Mae Beckett to Kevin Trainers TT'52 in Denville, N. J., July 19. Kev is working for DuPont at the Savannah River Plant and he and Joan reside in Aiken, S. C.

Helen Audrey Ferry to Second Lieutenant Peter Bixby TT'52 in Calvary Church, East Orange, N. J., August 26.

Helen Frances Smith to Gilbert Nelson CE'50 in the Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, Md., July 19.

Mary Wilkinson Steele to Joseph J. Ermenc, Thayer School professor of mechanical engineering, in the Memorial Church of Our Father, Foxburg, Pa., June 30. Professor and Mrs. Ermenc traveled through England and Europe on their wedding trip returning to Hanover for the opening of College. They are living at 25 East Wheelock Street.

Jean Lee Flood to Charles Y. Hitchcock, Jr. '39 in the Knox Presbyterian Chapel, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 6.

Our department of arrivals lists the following additions to the Thayer School family:

Lynn Florence to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eckerson ME'49, June 14.

Cynthia Jane to Mr. and Mrs. EdmundByrkit CE'47, August 1.

Ingrid Elizabeth to Mr. and Mrs. KosterFrosig CE'52, September 5.

Jean Rose to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg '43, July 17.

Brian Richard to Mr. and Mrs. CalvinGurney TT'47, July 27.

Karen to Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Bellesheim TT'52, September 25.

RECENT APPOINTMENT: Clark C. Sorensen '36, formerly director of personnel w th Karris-Seybold Co., in Cleveland, has been made assistant to the president. A Tuck graduate, Sorensen returns each year to lecture on general management and personnel administration.