RETIRING FACULTY

CHAUNCEY N. ALLEN '24, Professor of Psychology, will leave the classroom this June, but he will continue his more than 35 years of clinical-counseling services to the small Northern New England communities around Hanover. A versatile and engaging teacher who many alumni will remember from the introductory course, Psychology 1, and Psych majors especially from courses in mass communication and personnel psychology, Professor Allen has practiced what he has preached, to the benefit of many thousands of rural school children—and, in the past decade, to industrial workers in the area. An ardent philatelist since his days at Columbia University, where he gained his Ph.D., he has found time to write about stamps as well as many articles for professional journals in psychology. At Dartmouth since 1925 and a full professor since 1940. Professor Allen typically hints at Peace Corps involvements and work in South Korea to come - all of which hopefully may be reported in Class Secretary Allen's column in this magazine.

W. WEDGWOOD BOWEN, A.M. '46, Professor of Biology and Curator of Zoology at the Dartmouth College Museum, has taught courses in entomology, graphics, ornithology, biology, and zoology since joining the faculty in 1934. A graduate of Downing College, Cambridge, England, he served as deputy curator of the Sudan Museum in Khartoum before coming to this country. In 1936 he was named Curator of the Dartmouth College Museum which, under his leadership, has steadily expanded its collections and services to become a first-rate teaching facility. Appointed to the rank of full professor in 1946, Professor Bowen has also been actively involved in his own research interests. For the past ten years he has worked on evolutionary problems relating to the changes from dark to nearly white of beach mice that inhabit the coastal beaches of Alabama and Florida, most recently with the support of a grant from the National Science Foundation.

ROBERT M. BEAR, A.M. '42, Professor of Psychology and Supervisor of Aptitude Testing and the Reading Clinic for the Office of Student Counseling, has been a re-teacher as well as a teacher. For hundreds of Dartmouth men, the turning point in their academic work was Professor Bear's remedial reading class. Recognition of his considerable research into techniques for effective reading extended across the seas as well as across the nation. On several occasions he was called to Paris to run special programs. In this country a pamphlet entitled How to Get the Most Out of Your Textbook was distributed to 150,000 freshmen in 350 colleges and universities in 1947. Among his many other publications was the book, The Social Functions of Education, published ten years before. Professor Bear joined Dartmouth's faculty in 1929. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Washington and Lee University and his doctorate from Ohio State.

WING-TSXT CHAN, A.M. '43, Professor of Chinese Culture and Philosophy and Co-Director of the Comparative Studies Center, was born in Canton, China. After graduating from Lingnan University, Canton, he came to the United States to gain his Master's degree and his doctorate at Harvard. He returned to Lingnan as Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Philosophy until 1935 when he went to the University of Hawaii, from which he came to Dartmouth in 1942. An outstanding teacher whose courses in Asian religion and philosophy have been characterized by undergraduates as "rough but fascinating," Professor Chan is also acknowledged' as a leading scholar in his field. In one year alone, 1963, he published four important books: The Way of Lao Tzu; The Platform Scripture, TheBasic Classic of Zen Buddhism; A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy; and Instructions for Practical Living and Other Neo-Con-fucian Writings by Wan Yang-ming. Constantly in demand as a lecturer, a participant in major scholarly conferences, and as an author, Professor Chan has won Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foun- dation grants, headed the Humanities Division for four years, and has made important contributions in the development of the Comparative Studies Center programs.

GEORGE E. DILLER, A.M. '47, Professor of French Language and Literature, was honored this March by the French government by being named "Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes academiques" for his contributions to French education and culture. A member of the Dartmouth faculty since 1936, Professor Diller, who served on three different occasions as chairman of the Department of Romance Languages and Literature, was instrumental in establishing the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program in France in 1937. A graduate of Princeton in 1926, he worked in Paris and New York in foreign securities trading before returning to his alma mater to earn his doctorate. The author of many articles on French literature of the Renaissance, Professor Diller also co-authored, with the late Prof. Charles R. Bagley, a book, La France d'autrefois et d'aujourd'hui, and, with Prof. Ramon Guthrie, two books, French Literature and Thought Since the Revolution and Prose andPoetry of Modern France. He plans to establish residence in the Côte-d'Or region of France.

CLYDE E. DANKERT, A.M. '40, Professor of Economics, came to Dartmouth in 1930 after earning his Master's degree and doctorate at the University of Chicago. He had previously gained his A.B. at McMaster University in his native Canada. As a teacher in Labor Economics and Problems, he spoke with the experience of having served as a public representative on a number of committees under the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and as a labor arbitrator. Professor Dankert also taught courses in Comparative Economics Systems and the History of Economic Thought, out of which came an "avocational volume" on Adam Smith's relationships with other authors and an evaluation of Smith's stature as a man of letters. Other books that bear the Dankert name include An Introduction to Labor,Contemporary Unionism in the United States, and, published only last November, a volume entitled Hours of Work for which he was chief editor, also contributing a chapter. Appointed a full professor in 1940, he has also served as chairman of his department and of the Social Sciences Division as well as a member of key faculty committees.

GEORGE Z. DIMITROFF, A.M. '47, Professor of Astronomy, came to Dartmouth in 1946 from a post as Superintendent of the Harvard Observatory and, before that, teaching positions at Colorado State College, Radcliffe, and Harvard. For many undergraduates in the years to follow, the name Dimitroff and the course Astronomy 1 were synonymous. A teacher also of astrophysics and an advanced course in observational astronomy, Professor Dimitroff has been a world traveler in following developments in his field. In 1956 he spent his sabbatical leave in Western Europe, going to points as widely separated as Finland and Egypt; in 1958 he traveled to Russia; and four years later went back as part of a round-the-world study of observatories in a dozen different countries. A native of Svistove, Bulgaria, he earned his A.B. at Boston University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard. As a commander in the U.S Navy during World War 11, he worked on many research projects including the mission which investigated the atomic energy development in Germany. His open house "evenings with the stars" at the College Observatory have delighted Hanoverians, young and old.

NADEZHDA KOROTON, Assistant Professor of the Russian Language and Literature, was the first woman in Dartmouth's history to attain professorial rank. She came to the United States and Dartmouth in 1950 via Germany where she taught at the University of Munich after her escape from her native Russia. Her husband, a lawyer, had been killed by the Soviets just before the German invasion. Mrs. Koroton was raised to professorial rank in 1955, a decision that delighted many of those former students who returned to Hanover to see her as well as the College. In addition to her regular college classes in Russian civilization, history, and geography, Mrs. Koroton has also taught a weekly "community class" in the evening and a course at Lebanon College, as well as in the summer language school at Middlebury College.

CLARK W. HORCLEAR W. HORTON, A.M. '44, Director of the Office of Tests and Educational Research, began his long career in education as a research assistant in plant pathology at the University of Nebraska where he received his Master's degree in 1927, the year after his graduation from Ohio Wesleyan University. He taught botany for seven years before turning to educational research, gaining his Ph.D. from Ohio State in 1936. In 1939 Dr. Horton came to Dartmouth to set up the Office of Tests and Educational Research and to direct a new program in educational counseling at the College. In 1944 he was named Consultant in Educational Research with the rank of full professor. Among his many services to students, the faculty, and the institution was membership on the Trustees Planning Subcommittees on Community Environment and on Admissions and Financial Aid. Away from the campus, Dr. Horton has been honored by appointments to several national research boards, including the National Council of Teachers' Committee on Research and the College Board's Committee of Review for the Examinations in English.

CHURCHILL P. LATHROP, A.M. '37, Professor of Art and Director of the Hopkins Center Galleries, spent four years as a junior executive in the shoe business after earning his bachelor's degree from Rutgers. He returned to the classroom to gain his Master's from Princeton in 1928, and joined the Dartmouth faculty that year as an instructor. His Modern Art course, begun in his first year, was one of the first courses in 20th Century art offered by an American college and has been one of the College's most popular offerings, culminating recently in a yearly average of more than 300 students. He also has taught course's in Medieval Art, Renaissance Art, and Baroque and Early Modern Art. Named an assistant professor in 1932 and full professor in 1937, Professor Lathrop served his department as its chairman for ten years and was a member of two Hopkins Center planning committees and three faculty committees. He is the author of Art as Personal Expression, published in 1942, and numerous articles related to his research interests in art and is now at work on preparing his studies on "Orozco at Dartmouth" for publication. As part of his duties as custodian (and builder) of the College's art collection, he initiated the popular picture rental service.

EDWIN A. SHERRARD, A.M. '52, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was born in Montreal, Canada, and received his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering from McGill University in 1924. Before joining the faculty at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering in 1946 as an assistant professor, he had a successful career as a construction engineer, including service for six years as General Manager of Consolidated Pipe Co. of Montreal. During the war years he served as Assistant Engineer of the National Railways Munitions Co., also in Montreal. In 1952 Professor Sherrard was appointed to the rank of full professor. Professor Sherrard is also well known to the Hanover community as an accomplished violinist. He has been concertmaster of the Dartmouth Community Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Estival Quartet, and has performed with various other musical groups in the area. Mrs. Sherrard also retired recently as librarian of the Rare Books Department at Baker Library.

ALVIN L. PIANCA '23, Professor of Italian, left Hanover for two years to earn his Master's degree at Harvard, returning in 1925 as an Instructor in Romance Languages to begin his 41 years of service as a member of the Dartmouth faculty. In 1931 he was named Assistant Professor of Spanish and in 1940 became Professor of Spanish. Seven years later he was appointed to his present title of Professor of Italian. Professor Pianca's research interests have taken him to the Alliance Francaise in Paris, to the Centro de Estudios Historicos in Madrid, and to the University of Puerto Rico. In 1945 his book, Practical Spanish Review, co-authored with Prof. Foster E. Guyer, was published by Appleton-Century-Crofts. A member of several national associations in his field, Professor Pianca has been responsible for building up the collection of Italian books in the College library. His success in the classroom was duplicated at home as his two children are both now college teachers of Spanish studies.

JOSEPH G. POLLARD '23, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Assistant Medical Director and Physician to Dartmouth athletic teams, has been responsible for the health of all athletes on DCACsponsored teams since 1934. A familiar figure to football fans who have seen "Doc" Pollard caring for the injured at hundreds of games home and away, he is even better known to those alumni between the Classes of 1935 through 1957 who remember with certain nostalgia having "gone out from Pollard's 'smut' class." A football player himself for the Big Green under coaches Spears and Cannell, Dr. Pollard attended Dartmouth Medical School and Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons before returning to Hanover to intern at Mary Hitchcock Hospital and to join the Dartmouth staff in 1931. His experiences as medical supervisor of the College's physical education programs and as adviser on student health have been shared with others in articles on sports injuries and health programs in colleges in a number of professional journals. He is a member of the American, Grafton County, and State medical societies, the American College Health Association, and the American Colleges Society of Sports Medicine.

ELMER A. LAMPE, Instructor in Physical Education and Assistant Coach of Football, had his first contact with Dartmouth when as an Ail-American end at the University of Chicago he played his last college football game against the famous 1925 Dartmouth national championship team. After very successful years of coaching high school football and basketball in Indiana and Illinois, he repeated his successes in similar coaching positions with Carleton College and Carroll College. He came to Dartmouth in 1946 after eight years at the University of Georgia as head basketball coach of a team that was twice in the Southeastern Conference basketball championships and as assistant football coach of elevens that took Rose Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Sugar Bowl triumphs. He was Dartmouth's varsity basketball coach from 1946 through 1950 and varsity football end coach for 14 years under Coaches Tuss McLaughry and Bob Blackman, turning out such outstanding players as All-East ends Red Rowe, Monte Pascoe, Dave Moss, and Scott Palmer. He resigned his coaching duties in 1960 but has continued to scout for the varsity team, assist with the freshman team, and to serve as an associate in the Physical Education Department.

THOMAS F. KEANE JR., Instructor in Physical Education and Coach of Golf, attended Northeastern University and was assistant golf professional at the Winchester, Mass., Country Club before joining the Dartmouth staff in 1922. Over the past 44 years Tommy Keane has coached many varsity golf teams to the finals of the Eastern Golf Championships, including one championship in 1941. An amiable professional, he has added much to the skill and enjoyment of golf for the many undergraduates and community residents who have taken up or polished the game under his keen eye. He has also coached freshman hockey and taught handball and hockey in addition to golf as part of his duties in the College's Physical Education Department. The first president of the New Hampshire Golf Association, he is also a charter member of the New England Section of the Professional Golfers Association of America.