Thayer School
Those who have the interests of Dartmouth's Winter Carnival at heart but lack the true chubber's blind faith in divine support are very worried people these days when, with only a day to go before the first ski event, Hanover is, to all practical purposes, snowless and Dartmouth's fine new ski trails at Holt's Ledge are little better off. As usual, a considerable number of Thayer School faculty will be responsible for officiating duties where, when, as and if the ski meet takes place.
The Wah-Hoo-Wah department of this MAGAZINE scooped this column by publishing in last month's issue the announcement of the elevation of Bill Kendall '33 to the post of Vice President and General Manager of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Bill had formerly occupied the position of Assistant to the President and that's information which the Wah-Hoo-Wah editor didn't give, anyway.
Mac Corner '44 has been named Assistant to the Vice-President in charge of the assigned product section on U. S. Steel's American Bridge Division in Pittsburgh. Mac has been with U. S. Steel since 1946 and prior to this new appointment had been Contracting Manager of Specialty Products.
Another Thayer alumnus who has distinguished himself with U. S. Steel is Jim Dunn '35, now Manager of the American Bridge Division.
Art Diemer CE'48, who has been with the Design and Construction Division of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation ever since graduation, located generally south of the Mason and Dixon line, came back north last fall as project engineer on the new 51-story office building going up at 270 Park Avenue for the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation. Art doesn't exaggerate when he says, "This is a terrific job that a civil engineering student dreams about." He has served as project manager on a number of chemical plant installations, but this is his first office building. One interesting phase of the project is that three-quarters of it will be constructed over the New York Central train room. The Diemers' new home address is 9586 243rd Street, Bellerose, N. Y.
Jack Devor '42, who is Purchasing Agent for Union Carbide and Chemical Corporation, will be responsible for purchasing activities for the new office building and he and Art have teamed up on the job.
Doris and John Fondahl CE 48 are the proud parents of a second daughter, Gail Andrea born October 31. John is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Stanford and Doris reports that they "love it here on the Peninsula." John spent his vacation last summer working for the Pacific Bridge Company in San Francisco. Their home address is 935 Spencer Way, Los Altos.
The annual meeting of the American Society of Civil Engineers at Pittsburgh last fall had a substantial Thayer School flavor with meetings and papers presented by Al Richmond '15, Russ Stearns '38 and ChuckWay CE'48. Al opened the Student Chapter Conference, Russ presented a paper entitled "Aircraft Operations on Floating Ice Sheets" at the Technical Conference of the Air Transport Division, and Chuck presented a paper entitled "Unique Structural Features of the Penn-Lincoln Parkway" at a joint session of the City Planning, Highway, and Structural Divisions. A written presentation of this subject, authored by Chuck, appeared in the October 19.56 issue of Civil Engineering Magazine.
A good letter from Chuck which came last fall has been waiting for an opening in this column. He and Stella have three children, Stephen and Stephanie, who are in school, and "two-year-old brown-eyed Susan at home, making life a joy?? for Stella." Chuck was named an Associate in the consulting engineering firm of Richardson, Gordon and Associates with offices in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. He spent two and a half years in Ohio on the construction of a section of the Turnpike and is now located in Pittsburgh. Commenting on the value of his Thayer School education, he has written, "The broad education both in liberal arts and in engineering are the essential elements of an engineering education. Specialization can come at any time in any field by study and training beyond the formal schooling. I am glad to see the Thayer School policy further confirmed by the recent announcement by President Dickey."
Steve Olko CE'47 has recently announced the opening of his office as consulting engineer on foundations, port works, highways, airfields, and structures at 50 East 42nd Street, New York City.
X am indebted to Bob Adams '20 for the following clipping concerning an extracurricular activity of one of his classmates which appeared in The New York WorldTelegram and Sun under the headline "Weather Whips Weather Fans," and datelined Buffalo, January 17: "Zero temperatures curtailed attendance at the regular meetings of the Western New York Weather Society last night. Only nine shivering members showed up and President Heber Ashley said he guessed the rest 'just didn't want to venture out in this cold and ice.' " We are happy to note that President Ashley made it, anyway.
