THE FACULTY

For faculty members summers have traditionally been a time to recharge batteries. This might mean travel, the chance to do some unhurried research for a paper that was put aside during the academic year, some vocational and avocational reading, a chance to attend professional meetings, and, yes, some loafing. The pace has quickened considerably since education became one of the active Cold War battlefields.

This summer faculty members were much busier with sponsored research, professional traveling, summer teaching, and consulting chores. And in 1963, for the College as a whole, there will be no summer hiatus; the summer term will take care of that. Meanwhile, since the last faculty column in June, there have been new appointments, new honors, and new grants to report.

Three faculty members were awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Fellowships for this academic year. They are David M. H. Kern, Associate Profes- sor of Chemistry; Joseph J. Ermenc, Pro- fessor of Mechanical Engineering in the Engineering Sciences Department and at the Thayer School; and John A. Menge, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Profes- sor Menge will study and do research on recent advances in economic theory at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Col- lege. Professor Ermenc, studying the evolution of technology, will visit Uni- versity College, London, industrial es- tablishments in England, and the prin- cipal museums and libraries in England, Germany and France. Professor Kern, a specialist in electrochemistry, will con- tinue his studies at the Institute of Polar- ography in Prague.

Prof. Kenneth W. Cooper of the Medical School was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at the academy’s 182nd annual meeting in Boston. Professor Cooper, whose interests are genetics and cytology, was one of 110 new fellows elected. The academy was chartered by the Common- wealth of Massachusetts during the War of Independence and its membership in- cludes some 1800 national and interna- tional leaders in the sciences and arts.

Other recent faculty honors were the awarding of first prize in a national com- position contest sponsored by the Ameri- can Guild of Organists to Milton Gill, Assistant Professor of Music and College organist. His “Toccata for Organ” won him a cash award and publication of the work by the H. W. Gray Cos., Inc. of New York. . . . George R. Dalphin ’47 won the 1962 Honors Award of the Ge- ography and Map Division of the Special Libraries Association at its meeting in Washington, recognizing his services as editor of the Division’s Bulletin; and he was also elected chairman of the Divi- sion for the coming year. .. . Prof. Elmer Harp Jr. was recently appointed to the Research Committee of the Arctic Insti- tute of North America A professor- emeritus, Harold R. Bruce, was also re- cently honored. His alma mater, Beloit College, awarded him its distinguished service citation at the time of his 50th reunion.... Dr. Lyman Page of the Medical School was one of four win- ners of Postdoctoral Research Scholar- ships given by the American Cancer So- ciety. Dr. Page came to Hanover in July from the U. S. Public Health Service’s Poison Control Branch where he was as- sociate director. The scholarship is part of a program designed to prepare young scientists for careers in cancer investiga- tion.

Two members of the History Depart- ment participated in the 55th annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley His- torical Society in Milwaukee. Prof. Rob- ert Riegel chaired a session on 19th Cen- tury feminism and Harry N. Scheiber read a paper on “Urban Rivalries and Internal Improvements in the Old North- west 1820-60.” . . . Prof. Robert G. Lan- den delivered a paper on “City-States as the Factor in Persian Gulf History” at the annual meeting of the American Ori- ental Society held at Harvard An- other historian, Prof. Louis Morton, lec- tured at Rice University’s series on “American Political Tradition.” He also participated in discussions of the Social Science Research Council in New York relating to problems presented to his- torians by the growing abundance of new data, new methods, and new concepts.

Robert Dentler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, presented a paper, “Critique and Further Proposals,” at the annual conference on the National Council on Family Relations at the University of Connecticut. .. . Prof. Walter H. Stock- mayer of the Chemistry Department taught a two-week course at the Humble Oil & Refining Company’s Lectures in Science and Engineering. His topic was “Physical Chemistry in High Polymers. ’ Fifty-three new faculty members have joined the College’s staff for the 1962-63 academic year. Five have been added to the Thayer School faculty and six to Tuck School.

The new appointments, listed by de- partment, are:

Air Science; Capt. Paul W. Arcari, A.B, Trinity, Assistant Professor. Capt. Merritt J. Swinney, B.S. Peru State Teachers College, Assistant Professor.

Biological Sciences: Andrew P. Nelson, B S. College of Forestry, Syracuse Univer- sity, Ph.D. California, Instructor. Evelyn S. Spiegel, A.B. Temple, Ph.D. Pennsylvania, Research Associate. Charles F. Wurster Jr., B.S. Haverford, Ph.D. Stanford, Research Associate.

Chemistry; James F. Hornig, A.B. Har- vard, Ph.D. Wisconsin, Associate Professor. Roger H. Soderberg, A.B. Grinnell, Ph.D. Instructor. Hyuk Yu, B.S. Seoul Na- tional University, Ph.D. Princeton, Research Associate. Alexander Kaczmarczyk, A.B. American University, Beirut, Ph.D. Wash- ington University, Assistant Professor. Bright A. Lowry, 8.5., M.1.T., Research Associate. Classics; Marc R. Gutwirth, A.B. New York University, M.A. Harvard, Lecturer. Economics; lan A. Stewart, A.B. and M.A. Queen’s University, Canada, Instructor.

English; Todd K. Bender, A.B. Kenyon, Ph.D. Stanford, Instructor. James Clancy, A.B. San Jose State, Ph.D. Stanford, Profes- sor and Director of Drama at Hopkins Cen- ter. David A. Hansen, A.B. Swarthmore, M.A. Cornell, Instructor. Richard A. Lan- ham, A.B. and M.A. Yale, Instructor. Dar- rell L. Mansell, A.B. Oberlin, Instructor. Rudolph R. Storch, A.B. Oxford, Assistant Professor'.

Geology: Wilfred F. Weeks, B.S. Illinois, Ph.D. Chicago, Visiting Assistant Professor. Arthur H. Lachenbruch, A.B. Johns Hop- kins, Ph.D. Harvard, Visiting Associate Pro- fessor, spring term.

German: Kurt Reckmann, Ph.D. Gottingen, Visiting Lecturer.

Government: James* Barros, A.B. and M.A. Columbia, Assistant Professor. Roger H. Davidson, A.B. Colorado, Instructor. Martha L. Derthick, A.B. Hiram, Ph.D. Radcliffe, Lecturer. John C. Donnell, A.B. University of Washington, M.A. Columbia, Assistant Professor. David Kovenock, B.S. and M.S. Wisconsin. Instructor. Kalman H. Silvert, A.B. and Ph.D. Pennsylvania, Pro-’ lessor.

Great Issues; Michael K. O’Leary, A.B. Southern California, M.A. Princeton, In- structor. Alexander Sedgwick, A.B. Har- vard, Instructor.

History: Robert Forster, A.B. Swarthmore, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins, Associate Professor. George I. Juergens, A.B. Columbia, M.A. Oxford, Instructor. Franklin R. Salford, A.B. Harvard, A.M. Columbia, Instructor. Mathematics: Abram S. Besicovitch, edu- cated at University of Petersbourgh, Russia; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Visit- ing Professor. Mischa Collar, Ph.D. Chicago, Visiting Professor. William E. Ritter, A.B. Harvard, Ph.D., M.1.T., Instructor. Walter A. Rosencrantz, A.B. Chicago, M.S. Illinois, Research Instructor. William E. Slesnick, A.B. Oklahoma, 8.5., U.S. Naval Academy, M.A. Harvard and Oxford, Assistant Profes- sor. Michael Voichick, A.B. Oberlin, Ph.D. Brown, Research Instructor.

Music: Mario di Bonaventura, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Music at Hopkins Center.

Naval Science; Lt. Ronald J. Johanson, A.B. Harvard, Assistant Professor. Capt. Richard W. Parker, 8.5., U.S. Naval Acad- emy, Professor. Lt. Cmdr. Warren H. Mer- rill, 8.5., U.S. Naval Academy, Assistant Professor. Cmdr. Henry R. Wilson, 8.5., U.S. Naval Academy, Associate Professor. Philosophy: Pell S. Ardal, Visiting Lec- turer, winter and spring terms. Physics: John N. Kidder, B.S. California Tech, Ph.D. Duke, Assistant Professor. Psychology: Rogers Elliott, A.B. Brown, Ph.D. Illinois, Assistant Professor. W. Peter Janicki, A.B, Centre College, Ph.D. Prince- ton, Assistant Professor. Victor E. McGee, B.Sc. University of Natal, Ph.D. Princeton, Assistant Professor.

Romance Languages: Thomas E. Kelly, A.8., Wilkes, M. A. State University of lowa, Instructor. Royston O. Jones, A.B. and M.A. King’s College, London, Visiting Associate Professor. Helene Remond, Agre- gee de I’Universite Sorbonne, Visiting Lec- turer.

Russian Civilization; David I. Goldstein, A.B. Dartmouth ’45, M.I.A. Columbia, Lecturer in Russian.

Sociology and Anthropology: Dietrich Ruschemeyer, Dr.Rer.Pol. Cologne, Assist- ant Professor. Bernard Segal, A.B. Dart- mouth ’55, Ph.D. Harvard, Assistant Pro- fessor.

Thayer School: George A. Colligan, B.Met.E., R.P.1., Ph.D.Met.E., Michigan. Robert H. Edgerton, B.S. Connecticut, Ph.D., M.E. Cornell. Robert B. Evans, B.S. and M.S., U.C.L.A. Sidney Lees, B.S. and Sc.D. City College of New York. Graham B. Wal- lis, A.B. and Ph.D. Cambridge University.

Tuck School: Richard S. Bower, A.B. Kenyon, Ph.D. Cornell, Associate Professor of Business Administration. Alvar O. Elbing Jr., A.B. Minnesota, D.B.A. University of Washington, Assistant Professor of Business Administration. Charles S. Mayer, B.A.Sc. Toronto, Ph.D. Michigan, Assistant Profes- sor of Business Administration. George Wal- ter Woodworth, A.B. Kansas Wesleyan, Ph.D. Michigan, Professor of Money and Banking. Robert W. Hatch, A.B. Dart- mouth ’6O, M.B.A. Tuck School, Research Assistant. Charles B. Brown Jr., A.B. Brown, M.B.A. Tuck School, Research As- sistant.

F Herbert Bormann, Associate Pro- . lessor of Botany, took part in a two-day conference held at the Hudson Institute, Tarrytown, N. Y., this summer to discuss the probable ecological effects resulting from a nuclear attack on the United States. Participants included re- search specialists from universities, gov- ernment agencies, the National Labora- tories, the Rand Corporation, and the Rockefeller Institute.

According to the conclusions of the conference, the ability of man to survive in a post-nuclear war era will depend, in large degree, on his ability to foresee the ways in which nuclear war will alter his environment and his means of subsist- ence. Accordingly, an intensive research program on pre-nuclear war ecosystems, the ways in which they might be altered by various kinds of nuclear attack, and remedial actions that might be instituted before and after an attack was proposed. The conference also stressed the need for scientific manpower in those areas of biology concerned with ecological sys- tems and strongly recommended strength- ening instructional programs in ecology, systematic biology, and whole organism physiology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels in colleges and univer- sities.

among recently announced research grants were these; Prof. Robert A. McKennan ’25 received a $6,700 grant from the National Science Foundation for field studies of Alaska’s Athapaskan Indians. He planned an ethnographic study of these little-known Indians and hoped to close the last major gap in ethnographic knowledge of this tribe.

Five Tuck School faculty members re- ceived a $52,000 research contract from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for an 18-month study of hos- pital administration. Participating are Profs. Arthur B. Moss, Herluf V. Olsen ’22, Wayne G. Broehl Jr., Robert H. Guest, and John W. Hennessey Jr.

Dr. Kurt Benirschke of the Medical School heads a group that will study the mechanisms of birth defects and the way these abnormalities are caused, under a $189,644 grant from the National Insti- tutes of Health. Some of his earlier work in this field was supported by a March of Dimes grant from the National Founda- tion.

A recorded lecture, “Books and the Bad Life,” by the late Kenneth Allan Robinson, Professor of English at Dartmouth, was released last month by Spoken Arts, Inc. Professor Robinson gave the lecture in the Great Issues course a few years ago and dealt with the literature of the Twenties and such writ- ers as Faulkner, Mencken, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald.

“It is a talk,” according to Dr. Arthur L. Klein, head of Spoken Arts, “that feels so full of well-being that listening to it will make anyone ■— Dartmouth alumnus or not happy to be part of this brave new world.” The 12-inch, long-play record is priced at $5.95 and may be ordered from Spoken Arts, Inc., Box 542, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Prof. Richard Eberhart ’26 of the Eng- lish Department, reading some of his own works, will be included in a ten- record set, “Treasury of Modern Ameri- can Poetry,” to be released by Spoken Arts later this year.