Six Alumni Awards Bestowed

SIX of Dartmouth's, distinguished graduates were honored with Alumni Awards at the annual meeting of the General Alumni Association, June 14, during reunion week. The presentations, on behalf of all Dartmouth men, were made by Guy P. Wallick '21, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council.

The Alumni Awards are made by the Council each year to Dartmouth men who have been distinguished in their careers and have demonstrated faith and devotion to the College by loyal and distinguished service to the purpose for which it stands. To each recipient Mr. Wallick presented a small replica of the silver Wheelock Bowl after reading a citation. The six men honored and their citations follow:

WARREN CLEAVELAND KENDALL '99

You were born in the little Vermont railroad station called "Pompanoosuc" not far up the river from Hanover. Your father was Station Master and by the time you were 12 you filled in on the telegraph key and started to amass the vast knowledge of railroading that was to become of great importance to your country in two World Wars.

You entered railroading with the Boston and Maine immediately after graduating with the Class of 1899. Later in your service with the Association of American Railroads in Washington you undertook the awesome job of shepherding the country's freight cars in order to transport troops and material in the vast shuttle service that laced our nation. You were the man at the top with the ability to anticipate the needs for cars in the thousands and marshal behind you a host of railroad workers, urging them to load and unload and "keep 'em rolling."

Your energy and abilities have been applied assiduously to Dartmouth affairs, also. You have been president of the Dartmouth Association of Washington, the secretary and life-long shepherd of your Class, president of the Dartmouth Alumni Council, and recently you founded and are now the president of the Dartmouth Club of Sarasota.

The Boston and Maine honored you by renaming the Pompanoosuc station Kendall." Now, Dartmouth men everywhere are honored to place your name on this Alumni Award.

CHARLES ALBERT PROCTOR '00

You were raised in a home with a view of Dartmouth Row - the house built by your great-grandfather Ebenezer Adams, Class of 1791, Professor of Learned Languages. Your grandfather was a professor of mathematics and your father taught Greek. Your uncle taught astronomy and your brother was a mathematics instructor. You served on the Dartmouth faculty for 38 years and your two sons were graduated from the College. And there are eleven more on your family tree with Dartmouth numerals after their names.

You are a noted ornithologist; as a photographer, your superb studies of birds are recognized among the best ever made; as an athlete in college and graduate school you excelled in football and tennis and in golf you have always been the scourge of the Hanover Country Club. You were a pioneer in skiing in this country and many times have been spoken of as the Father of American Skiing. Your long-time service as director of officials at Dartmouth Winter Carnivals and as chairman of the Outing Club's Board of Trustees has been vitally important to the development of Dartmouth winter sports.

But all these activities were extra-pedagogical - your central interest has always been your students. Those who know insist that your brilliance could have led you to excel in any field, but we here assembled, in behalf of all Dartmouth men, affirm with this Alumni Award our thanks to you for your rich life as a teacher of Dartmouth men.

JAMES FRANK DRAKE '02

You have played a vital role in supplying the energy for a vigorous nation in both peace and war. For 22 years you held positions of great importance with the vast Gulf Oil Corporation. In 1955 you resigned after five years of service as chairman of the board and seventeen years as president. But you have served not only at the sign of the orange disc. The industry as a whole has recognized the importance of your leadership and in 1956 you were presented with the gold medal of the American Petroleum Institute for distinguished achievement.

You served your nation both as a commissioned officer and a civilian worker at the highest level of industrial service. And with it all, throughout your rise from your first position on the Springfield, Massachusetts, Board of Trade to the top of your industry you remained close to your College and to your fraternity, Theta Delta Chi. You are a Dartmouth son who has travelled fast because you had far to go. Your pace continues almost unabated with advancing years.

We are grateful that you now pause with us to receive this Alumni Award from all men who share with you an undying interest in Dartmouth College.

CARL FREDERICK WOODS '04

Shortly after your graduation in 1904 you started working for Dartmouth College and you have never let up - although you have managed to crowd in a few other activities along the way.

You served Dartmouth first as an instructor in chemistry and then started a Dartmouth career outside of Hanover that has embraced the presidency of the Alumni Council and the presidency of the Boston Alumni Association. You served as the president of the General Association of Alumni, a trustee of the Dartmouth Educational Association, the secretary of the Dartmouth Club of Winchester, the president of the Dartmouth Athletic Council and as a member of the Dartmouth Development Council. And you have been a long-time leader in the affairs of the Class of 1904.

And now those other extra-curricular activities: From the chemistry classroom you went into industry, government and finally into the broad field of industrial management. From 1920 to 1947 you were president and director of the Crosby Steam Gage and Valve Company, and many other companies have sought your wise counsel as a member of their boards. You are now chairman of Swank, Inc., and are president and director of the Massachusetts Business Development Corporation.

For two careers, both full and satisfying, both motivated by your wish to serve your fellow men, we say well done with this Dartmouth Alumni Award.

WALTER POWERS '06

On the occasion of your twenty-fifth reunion you said, "My tale is soon told. I always intended to become a lawyer, and I did; and I still am. I passed through a period of being a pretty poor one, too." Although your colleagues would take issue with you in that judgment, they would agree that you are a lawyer; you are - and there are such people - a lawyer's lawyer.

You were an outstanding undergraduate at Dartmouth and have remained close to the College since your graduation - as president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association of Boston, vice-president of the General Alumni Association, and now president of your class.

Your concern for the law has been manifested by your work to raise the standards of legal education. You have been a president of the Massachusetts Bar Association, an officer of the Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners, chairman of the National Conference of Bar Examiners, and a director of the Boston Legal Aid Society.

In Boston, and beyond, you personify the best of Dartmouth. For this her sons now bestow the fitting honor of an Alumni Award.

HARRY HODGES SEMMES '13

You are an outstanding lawyer in that land of many lawyers: Washington, D.C. Your success as a lawyer and your services to Dartmouth College would be reason enough to address you today. But there is an even larger story that here bears telling.

After receiving your degree in law from George Washington University in 1916, you entered the Army as a private. You were soon commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant, and participated in some of the heaviest fighting in France. You received a DSC at St. Mihiel; an Oak Leaf Cluster to the DSC at the Argonne; a Purple Heart; and you were decorated by the Italian government. You were discharged from the service in 1919 as a Captain and returned to the practice and teaching of law in Washington.

You re-entered the Army in 1942 as a Lieutenant Colonel, were made a Colonel in 1944 and later received the Star of a Brigadier General. You received another Oak Leaf Cluster for the DSC for heroic action in French Morocco, the Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star, another Italian decoration, and honors from Brazil and the British.

You have been a fighting officer in the great tradition, and your comrade-in-arms in both wars, General George Patton, relied heavily upon you. Your biography of Patton, published in 1955, is one of the great war documents of our time.

Your postwar work as vice-chairman of the National Security Committee is still another service performed for your country.

In respect and pride, Dartmouth men now are honored to present you with this Alumni Award.

Those honored with Dartmouth Alumni Awards at the June 14 meeting of the General Alumni Association were (1 to r) Warren C. Kendall '99, Prof. Charles A. Proctor '00, J. Frank Drake '02, Carl F. Woods '04, Walter Powers '06 and Harry H. Semmes '13.