Thayer School

Christmas vacation is over, and the first classes of the second term have now been held. Students returned this January to find a foot of snow on the ground, and many took off immediately for the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme. Under the three-term system, with final exams completed before vacation, everyone begins January with a clear slate.

It was a shock to the many friends of Phil Coykendall CE'26 to learn of his sudden death on December 7. Following his retirement from the CEC, as a Navy Captain, Phil had been the superintendent of the Hanover Water Company and was directing an expansion of the system to provide a third reservoir.

A recent R.P.I. Quarterly contains an announcement of the promotion of Dr. Chineng Shen to full professor. Shen is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and is in charge of an extensive graduate research program. Another past member of the Thayer faculty, Arthur "Bud" Daniels, President of New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc., is pictured in the company magazine presenting graduation certificates to the third class of New Hampshire's Technical School.

Ron Rose ME'53 visited Thayer in the fall as the proud possessor of a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, received from the University of Pittsburgh last summer. Ron and family, including a son and daughter, ages 3 and 1, live in Pittsburgh where he is with the Navy Atomic Division of Westinghouse. Congratulations, Ron. Harvey Graves EE'51 is also with Westinghouse in Pittsburgh in the Commercial Atomic Division.

Charlie Schneider TT'58 and John Hirst CE'39 were seen at Thayer this fall. Charlie is traveling representative for National Carbon Company in New England, as well as Metropolitan New York, which gives him an excuse for football games and skiing here. John is in Middleboro, Mass., designing fire trucks, particularly aerial ladders, and has patented several unique and valuable features. Mike Pender CE'50 has accepted a position as Assistant to the Executive VicePresident of the New York World's Fair 1964-65 Corporation. He was with Madigan-Hyland for ten years engaged in feasibility studies for several major New York facilities including the Thruway. Irving Clark ME'57 left us a note but no news.

Professor Joe Ermenc recently received a certificate from President Eisenhower and General Hershey citing him for five years of service on the Manpower Committee on Scientific, Engineering, and Specialized Personnel. Professor Ed Brown CE'35 has completed several programs sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service in Radiological Health. Ed holds a commission as Senior Sanitary Engineer in the Reserve Corps of the Public Health Service.

Al Graves CE'48 has moved to New York City to join The Master Builders Company. John Hughes '44 sent word that he is vice president of Harrigan Roller Company of Baltimore. These are printers rollers, not to be confused with paving rollers such as the one driven down Tuck Mall by the Thayer summer school class of 1955. Dick Colson EE'59 is overseas as the Hughes Aircraft representative with the 32nd Artillery Brigade.

A good letter was received some time ago from Frank Cudworth CE'02, Overseer Emeritus, describing his travels from Florida to Massachusetts to California, where he and Mrs. Cudworth are finally located in Los Gatos with son Bill's family. Frank's description of the fruits, nuts, and flowers growing within reach makes this reporter wonder a bit about the fatal attraction of all the snow outside the window. Ed Bergethon ME'45 and Peg are also in California where Ed is general manager of the Reed Instrument Bearing Company of Los Angeles.

Dick Fawcett CE'57 has applied for his Ohio Professional Engineer's license, and is very busy in the expanding activities of the Joseph A. Sturrett Company, Canton, Ohio, particularly in the highway field. Dick, Jane and Lisa, age 2, enjoy Canton a great deal. Bob Price CE'48 writes that as a structural engineer with Lummers Company of Newark he is involved with chemical plants, oil refineries, and heavy industrial structures. The Prices announce a second son born in June 1960. After a two-year "vacation" with the Navy in the Pacific, and eight years with the Mergenthaler Linotype Company during which he helped to develop their electronic typesetter, Linofilm, Ralph Roth TT'49 entered the newspaper business. He is now business manager and vice president of the Grand Forks (N. D.) Herald. Ralph, Barbara, Mark, 4, and Harold, 6, live in Grand Forks and love it. John Cooper '31 reports a busy career around British Columbia in consulting and management. He has been primarily concerned with mine leasing and examination, geophysical surveys, and engineering for hydroelectric plants. John reports that Ed Stiles CE'14 received an accolade from the people of Nelson, B. C., for being the driving force behind the new hospital in Nelson. Ed is the retired chief engineer for the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company.