Thayer School

The first week of October is here, as these notes are taking form, and Hanover is as we all well remember her. There is a full moon over the campus, and the first hard frosts have convinced the freshmen that winter is here. Students are still talking about the perfect game in our win over Penn, played under the full color of the fall foliage on Velvet Rocks. Classes are well under way; in fact, under the three-term system, a tenth of the term passes every week.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Ed Sherrard was again violinist in the Estival Quartet this past summer. This group presented highly successful and enjoyable concerts in New Hampshire and Vermont. The Sherrards then turned in late August to a quite different type of physical activity when Ed and Betty spent two weeks in Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, and included a trip in a rubber boat down the Green River.

It is a pleasure to call attention to several recent contributions of Thayer School authors. Dana Low CE'55, was co-author of "Physical Characteristics of Drainage Basins" in the March 1960 Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE. Charlie Hitchcock CE'39 was co-author of "Public Liability and Treatment Plant Safety" in the August 1960 Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation. In the July 1960 issue of Civil. Engineering is an article by Joe Gilchrist CE'51, "Design Chart for High-Strength Penstocks." Also Sam Florman CE'46 has published a second, most provocative article, "The Civil Engineer: The Space Age's Forgotten Man" in the August 1960 issue of American Engineer, the NSPE Journal. Incidentally, New Hampshire last spring established a branch of the National Society of Professional Engineers, becoming the fiftieth state to join.

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Joe Ermenc is most active in the literary world. He was the author of "Avant-Garde Capitalism in France," in The French Review, December 1957, and, more recently, of "Convergence of Liberal Arts and Engineering Education" in the April 1960 issue of the American Society for Engineering Education Journal. He is presently hard at work, under contract with the American Oxford Encyclopedia, to write several articles on "Lives of Great American Engineers."

Somewhat belatedly, but nevertheless enthusiastically, I wish to announce the birth, to Magge and Larry Schwartz EE'59, of twin boys on April 18, 1960. Larry is with Airborne Instruments, and the home address is Hicksville, Long Island. Also, as a potential Thayer student, Daniel James Henegan was born on May 15, 1960, to Ann and Paul Henegan CE'49, their third boy.

On August 6, 1960, Harvey Graves EE'51 was married to Nancy Ray Copp at Pittsburgh. Our best wishes go to Harvey and Nancy.

The careers of Thayer alumni continue to progress at a rapid rate. Recent visits and communications inform us that Al Graves CE'48 has been elected a director of the Philadelphia Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Congratulations Al! Harry Graves CE'47 is now manager of Ward Cabin Company, manufacturers of Northern Cedar Log Homes. Harry visited Thayer School for a few minutes in August before heading back to Houlton, Maine, his headquarters.

It is a complete coincidence that the three Graves should come together in this way in these notes. The file is sequential rather than alphabetical. Therefore, I can report that Alan Jackson TT'53 writes from Geneva, Switzerland, that he is now directing his own company, International Research Consultants, Inc., with offices in Geneva, Detroit, Montreal, Chicago, and presents a most challenging prospectus to American business executives.

Your correspondent would appreciate news of your whereabouts, and your engineering, literary, civic, and family activities.