Thayer School
Don't forget the annual meeting of the Dartmouth Society of Engineers at the Dartmouth College Club in New York Tuesday evening, October 25. The social hour will start about 5:30 and will be followed by dinner, a brief business meeting, and the usual opportunity for your correspondent to discuss the State of the School and for you to shoot questions at him. Note especially the day of the week. It was the thought of members of the Executive Committee that it might be well to avoid any conflict with weekend plans by changing from the traditional Friday to an experimental Tuesday. A large turnout is hoped for.
Thayer School's school year got under way on August 17 when first-year students signed in for the summer session. This year's class is somewhat larger than recent classes with a total enrollment of 37. Mechanical engineering and Tuck-Thayer lead the figures with thirteen and eleven, respectively, the balance being evenly divided between civil and electrical. The second-year class numbers 24, the electricals and Tuck-Thayers being in the plurality column.
Welcome back to active duty on the faculty this year after one-year leaves of absence are Eddie Sherrard, professor of mechanical engineering, and Russ Stearns '38, professor of civil engineering. Professor Sherrard spent his leave of absence in visits to engineering schools across the United States and in England and in supplementary travel in Europe. Professor Stearns devoted the year to research for the Corps of Engineers' Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Research Establishment with headquarters in Wilmette, Illinois. His position was Head of the Snow and Ice Applied Research Branch and his work took him on trips to the northern reaches of Canada and Greenland.
Continuing on leave of absence for the coming year is John Minnich '29, professor of civil engineering. Professor Minnich devoted the past year largely to consulting engineering activity including a major responsibility for the design of the much-publicized Texas Towers for the Atlantic radar net. He and Mrs. Minnich spent a couple of spring months in New Zealand, traveling byway of Hawaii where they visited Cline Mann '45 and PeteNottage CE'51, bringing back fine reports of both of these former students and their hospitality.
Reported regretfully is the loss by resignation of two strong members of the Thayer School faculty, John Hirst '39, assistant professor of electrical engineering, and Don Pyhe, assistant dean and assistant professor of applied mechanics. Professor Hirst has accepted a position with the Maxim Engine Company, manufacturers of fire-fighting equipment located in Middleboro, Mass., and Professor Pyke with the Ramo-Wooldridge Company, consulting engineers located in Los Angeles. Both men have served Thayer School with the highest degree of effectiveness and loyalty and, deeply as their loss will be felt at Thayer School and in the Hanover community, we are happy that they have found such excellent opportunities for self-advancement and service in industry and engineering.
Charles Kingsley Jr., after serving for two years as visiting professor of electrical engineering, had returned to his post at M.I.T. from which he has been on leave of absence. Professor Kingsley, through his professional competence and personal attributes, occupied an important position in our faculty and made valuable contributions to our program, and the Kingsley family were popular members of the Hanover community. Our best wishes go with them as they return to their permanent home.
Carl Long, instructor in civil engineering, and Joanna Margarida Tavares were married at Falmouth, Mass., on July 23 and spent the balance of the summer on a wedding trip through Europe. "Jo" who was a visitor to Hanover on several occasions last year is welcomed as a full-time resident.
Three younger members of last year's staff have left to begin their professional careers in industry and engineering. Bill Conway CE'54, instructor in civil engineering, has accepted a position with the Raymond Concrete Pile Company; George Krall ME'55, graduate assistant in research, with General Electric; and Tom Ritner EE'55, teaching fellow, with Westinghouse.
We are happy to welcome to the Thayer School faculty Raymond Fred Mosher, visiting professor of electrical engineering. Professor Mosher's undergraduate and graduate degrees were taken at M.I.T. and his background includes eighteen years in industry with Bell Telephone Laboratories, the Western Massachusetts Electric Company, and General Electric, and seven years of teaching at the University of Vermont.
William B. Macurdy EE'56 is another welcome addition to the faculty as he undertakes an appointment as teaching fellow while engaged in part-time study for his Master's degree.
The first full-fledged pre-reunion Thayer School reunion, held on June 16 and 17, was well attended and was voted a highly successful experiment by all present. It was agreed that this should become an annual event and that Thayer alumni of all classes, not necessarily limited to classes having college reunions, should be included in future years. Those in attendance last June included: Russ Rice '16, John Pendleton '17, Bill Kimball '29, John Minnich '29, Ed Brown '34, Ed Hill '35, Paul Rogers '35, W. D. Lamson '36, Barney Tomlinson '36, Al Doolittle '36, Bob Aldom '45, Tom Candler '45, Vic Smith, Jr. '45, Larry Goldthwaite, Millett Morgan, and Don Pyke.
Other visitors to the School during the summer included: Jack Martin CE'51, Phil Thompson '09, Fred Munkelt '09, Walter Harriman '09, Frank Cudworth '02, Charlie Goodrich '06, Dick Pritchard '15, Allen Hazen '40, Alan Terrill CE'55, Rex Moulton, Dick Livingston ME'44, Whitney Eastman '11, Henry Torpey EE'49, Walt Lane ME'5l, Herb Darling '27, Bob Barr '42, Tom Barr CE'50 and Bob Mcllwain TT'51.
Congratulations to: John Foote CE'51 on his marriage July 30 to Ellin Virginia Brown in Forest Hills, N. Y.; Lefty Leavens TT'54 on his marriage August 27 to Doris Jean McCartney in Bay Village, Ohio; to Bruce Matheson CE'55 and Mrs. Matheson on the arrival of Bruce, Jr. on July 14; to John Sirois ME'53 and Mrs. Sirois on the arrival of Peter John on July 20.
