Thayer School
More and more interest and concern are being expressed in the Thayer School, and at Dartmouth in general, about the relationship between social values and technology. The responsibility of the engineer to evaluate the influence of technology on the public wellbeing and, in fact, his responsibility to take the effects of technology into account in pursuing his profession have been stressed increasingly here. During the Winter Term, Visiting Professors James Christensen and Charles Wakstein have directed a Dartmouth Experimental College course on this subject, with members of the Thayer School and Dartmouth faculty participating. For example, this week Associate Professor A. O. Converse joined Col. J. D. Calhoun, USAF, Development Officer for the SST, in a discussion of "Problems of Value in Technological Decision-Making in the Civil Sector." The major point discussed was the evaluation of the effects (benefits and costs) of technological development upon different social groups. The Thayer School has also expressed its interest, and willingness to participate, in Dartmouth projects centering in urban areas, particularly the ghetto, in order to contribute to the identification of problems and their solutions in this major domestic crisis.
Herb Darling '27 recently attended the fifth annual safety luncheon sponsored by the New York State Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America. Herb is the immediate past president, and Joe Arborio D'37 is the president of the New York State Chapter. Joe is president of John Arborio, Inc., Poughkeepsie, N. Y., of which John Arborio '39 is vice president. This firm has been engaged in the construction of interstate highways in New York and adjoining states.
Two Thayer School alumni active in transportation research have received honors this year. Joe Wattleworth '60 was a recipient of the Highway Research Board Award given to authors of outstanding papers at the Board's 1967 Annual Meeting. At the HRB annual meeting this past January, Joe again presented three papers, as co-author, dealing with the analysis of freeway operations and the design of sophisticated control systems for interchanges. Bob Foote '48 has been chosen by the Port of New York Authority to receive its Howard S. Cullman Fellowship for 1968. This award will relieve Bob of his duties as Manager, Tunnels and Bridges Research Division, so that he can devote the full year to a study of "the future in road traffic and, more generally, land transportation at the Port of New York." His application paper, "The Next Forty Years in Land Transportation at the Port of New York," spells out the need to develop an appreciation of change and its impact on the metropolitan area with emphasis upon the shaping of Port Authority policies.
In response to an earlier note in this column, Coleman Colla '58 writes that he left IBM, where he was a sales representative, in August 1966 to join Standard Computer Corporation in Santa Ana, Calif. He is presently Manager, Information Services, which includes systems and data processing, publications, and technical training. The firm designs, maufactures, sells and services medium-to-large-scale computers. Coleman's letter is very much appreciated, especially since it corrected his class designation. Incidentally, a new Thayer School Alumni Directory should be published next year so please answer the request for personal data promptly. Also, if incorrect class or other information appears in this column, accept my apologies in advance and send the correct data.
Emerson Houck '58 stopped at Thayer last fall while in Hanover to lecture at Tuck School. Em is now on the Dartmouth Alumni Council and continues as Class Agent, while working for Eli Lilly and Company in Indiana.
Shortly before Christmas we were visited by Clem Edgar '65 who has joined the Scott Paper Company as a research engineer. Clem is working on the development of processes and the machinery to make plastic cups. He is also involved in recruiting for Scott and was at Thayer to arrange to meet students. Roger O'Kane '60 also spent a couple of days in Hanover discussing his firm, Warner-Swasey, with students. Roger is located in Philadelphia and mentioned that three or four other Thayer graduates are with Warner-Swasey. Harris Chadwell '47 has been appointed Manager of Engineering by the Armour Grocery Products Division of Armour and Company. Chad joined the firm in 1961 and, before his new appointment, was Project Manager, Engineering Department.
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Porteous '67 have pleasure in announcing the birth of Neil Andrew on February 18, 1968. Congratulations! Andy, who was the first to be awarded Thayer School's Doctor of Engineering, is a lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
We call to your attention the three special summer courses presented by the Thayer School: Information Theory, July 1-12, 1968, given by Dean Myron Tribus and Prof. Paul T. Shannon of Thayer School and Prof. Ronald A. Howard of Stanford University; Reverse Osmosis, July 8-19, 1968, given by Dr. S. Sourirajan of the Division of Applied Chemistry, National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa; and Two Phase Flow and Heat Transfer, July 15-26, 1968, given by Prof. Graham B. Wallis of Thayer School and Mr. John G. Collier of Atomic Power Constructions Ltd., England. If you are interested in registering for these excellent programs contact the Dean of Summer Programs at Dartmouth College.
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