Thayer School
Carnival is here with a reasonable supply of somewhat dirty snow on hand. The weather this winter in Hanover has been cold, to say the least, with temperatures reaching 35 degrees below zero at least once. Jim Speck '67 escaped from Hanover in January to participate in the University Games in Europe. Jim is a star ski performer in cross-country and jumping, and an M.S. candidate at Thayer. Hector Motroni '66 writes from a warmer part of the world, Caracas, Venezuela, where he is engaged in a research project in his Master of Engineering program. Hector finds Caracas "beautiful and pleasant," which can be taken several ways.
Dick Whikehart '47 and Ruth visited Hanover last fall with son Richard, a senior in high school. Three younger Whikeharts remained home in Cleveland where Dick is Vice President of the Consulting Division of the McDowell-Wellman Engineering Company. The company activities are very broad including consulting and design, manufacturing, and contracting. It has just been called to our attention that Mike Pender '50 enrolled 23 new members in the American Public Works Association and by doing so won two free trips last fall to Expo '67. We can think of no one more qualified to maneuver in the crowds at the Montreal Fair than Mike with his three years of management experience at the New York Fair. Mike continues to meet the problems of Hempstead, L.I., head on as Commissioner of Public Works.
Dana Low '55 moved to the New York office of Tippetts, Abbett, McCarthy and Stratton from West Virginia in January, which forced him to miss the Highway Research Board Meeting in Washington. Dana has completed several transportation studies for TAMS including one for Somersworth - Dover, New Hampshire. Mike Kistler '60 recently made a major decision in changing the direction of his career. He requested demotion from Lieutenant j.g. to Ensign in the Navy Reserve so that he could enter the Navy Medical Reserve Program which accepts only ensigns. Mike is in his fourth year of medicine at the University of Washington and will serve his internship and residency while in the Navy.
Dale Runge '65 has now added to the notes which appeared here in February. As a result of his varied experiences in Chile, both in dealing with students and in studying the social and economic aspects of the city, Dale has decided to study urban planning. He emphasizes his desire to broaden and deepen his knowledge and awareness of the human side, as well as the technical aspects of the city problem. Dale's experiences in Chile in the Peace Corps continue to be very broadening. An example was his indirect involvement in the strike by the militant students which he observed to be a local manifestation of the current student unrest throughout Chile.
George Revitz '47 is a partner in Westchester Construction Inc., of Washington, D. C. This development firm has designed and constructed many fine buildings in the Washington area. George has been particularly active in the development of suburban apartment communities. Adjunct Professor of Engineering Fred Sanger presented a paper, "Ground Freezing in Construction" to the ASCE National Meeting on Structural Engineering in Seattle, Wash. Fred's paper has now been published in the January 1968 Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, ASCE. Fred, who is a member of the professional staff at the U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab in Hanover, has begun a two-week lecture tour in Canada at the invitation of the National Research Council of Canada. He will travel from coast to coast lecturing to students and professional societies on frozen-ground engineering.
