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This 'n' That About Our Alumni
Prof. Sukumar Achtya of the Univer-
sity of Calcutta returned for a visit in
Madison from Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1983,
following attendance at the International
Conference on Photochemistry at College
Park, MD the previous week. He has been
a visiting research worker in Prof. Wil-
lard's group in '55, '65 and '77.
Leslie H. Andrews, BA '27, PhD '32,
Pittsburgh, repeats that he and his wife
are still in good health and able to do the
things they have been doing for the past
16 years since retirement. They have two
grandsons at UW-Madison.
William Antholine, BS '65, is asso-
ciated with radiation biology and bio-
physics at the Medical College of Wiscon-
sin in Milwaukee.
Rolland A. Aubey, BS '49, particularly
enjoyed recent newsletters which dealt
with John Ferry, Dr. Meloche, and Sorum.
Rolland is with Nekoosa Papers, Inc. in
Port Edwards, WI.
Paul R. Austin, BA '27 with a Cornell
PhD in '30, reports being impressed by
still finding over 20 names of people he
knew and likes to hear about.
George Bailey, BA '09, was a long-time
friend and former plant manager of a Du
Pont facility in Perth Amboy, NJ.
John C. Bailar, Jr., professor at the
University of Illinois, reports appreciating
the Badger Chemist since it keeps remind-
ing him of the many close connections
between Wisconsin and Illinois over the
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of the last fifty years. Besides keeping
busy researching the chemistry of mul-
tiply-bonded silicon compounds, Bob is
also active as a lay minister of the Prairie
Unitarian Society of Madison and is on
the National Board and Vice-President
of Zero Population Growth, Inc.
Howard E. Zimmerman presented one
of the Plenary Lectures at a symposium
in honor of Harry Gunning's retirement
at the Annual Canadian Institute of Chem-
istry Meeting in Toronto in June, 1982. In
April, he traveled to England to give a
Plenary Lecture at the Annual Royal
Institute of Chemistry Congress in Lan-
caster, England. Other lectures he gave
while in England include Colloquia at
Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and
the concluding lecture at the Annual Post-
graduate Seminar given by English photo-
chemical graduate students in London.
Hyuk Yu visited the Korea Research
Institute of Chemical Technology in Dae-
jeon, Korea for three weeks in June. Hyuk
has also presented lectures during the year
at University of Utah, Stanford, and
Eastman Kodak.
decades, He reports that Kelsey Cook and
Alex Sheeline who took degrees at Wis-
consin are now at Illinois. John was also
able to come up with the whereabouts of
Eugene Brimm, BS '38, who took a PhD
in '40 at Illinois. His address is 18121
Allegheny Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705. He
is retired but doing some consulting.
Frances Baird, MS '61, and Wallace
Baird, PhD '63 (Dahl), sent a check but
no letter.
Al Baker, PhD '64 (History of Science),
continues as librarian at USC where he
reports that Marcie is associated with the
neurosciences program.
Clayton L. Baldwin, MA '40 (Schuette),
who is retired from Sunkist in California,
reports a visit to Newark, DE, where a
son-in-law is with Thiokol.
Robert Baldwin, BA '50 (PhD '54 Ox-
ford), reported that it has been a quiet
year.
David E. Bennett III, PhD '69 (Cur-
tiss), reports that he is still at Sandia
National Labs and was recently elected
to the Board of Directors of the National
Rifle Association.
William F. Benusa, BS '57, MS '59,
wrote from Verona, PA, "enjoy the an-
nual updates."
Mary Leutzow Bernard, BA '49, reports
that she continues teaching at West Aurora
High School in Illinois where she does
Honors Chemistry and Introductory
Physical Science.
Douglas E. Berryman, BS '65, reports
that he received an MS in foods from the
UW Department of Food Science and
Technology in '67 where he did work on
pigments and cranberries. He spent the
next two years as a Captain in the Army
Medical Service Corp. supervising a clini-
cal chemistry lab in San Francisco. Since
that time he has been with Nekoosa Papers
in Port Edwards, WI, where he is senior
analytical chemist. Doug reports that
other Badger Chemists in R&D at Nekoosa
are Rolland Aubey, BS '49, and Warner
Boortz who did graduate work in '59.
James P. Bershas, PhD '75 (Vedejs),
sends greetings from central Ohio and the
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
Warren Biggerstaff, PhD '48 (Wilds),
sent a long letter from Fresno where he is
at California State. Warren reminisced
about the TA days when he taught for
Profs. Walton and Krauskopf and later
with Sorum. He was drafted into the
Medical Corp. in '44 and returned to
Madison in the summer of '46. He recalls
at that time the temporary building (T-13)
which was constructed on Linden Dr. and
housed four organic labs, a stock room,
and an office. Warren supervised the
TAs there with Mike Klein as his mentor.
The Fresno U. now has 15,000 students
and 20 Chemistry staff members. Warren
hasn't been back to Madison very often,
but reports enjoying a visit with Al and
Caroline Wilds about 3 years ago, at which
time he couldn't believe the changes
which had taken place in Madison.
Toby Block, PhD '76 (Fenske), and her
husband, Jerry Greenberg, who postdoced
in Molecular Biology in the mid-70s,
report the birth of a daughter who was
eagerly awaited by her brother Mark.
Susan D. Boettger, BS '74 (PhD '79
Cornell), is with Bristol-Myers in Syra-
cuse. She reports that her colleague, Wil-
liam Gruenbaum, PhD '75, both failed
to receive number 29 of BC despite having
communicated in the last two years. Sorry
about that, Ed.
Edward Bohiman, MS '41, is now re-
tired and living at 27 Ona Rd. Lake Tansi
Village, Crossville, TN 38555. Prior to
retirement he had worked at the Oak
Ridge National Lab since the war years.
He visited Prof. Willard on Aug. 20, 1983.
Joseph Bragin, PhD '67, is serving as
Associate Dean for Academic Resources
and Professor of Chemistry at Cal State
U. in Los Angeles.
Eugene Brimm, BS '38 (PhD Illinois
'40), whose whereabouts we claimed not
to know last year, sent in the relevant
This 'n' That item under Willihnganz
with the mailing label which brought him
BC 29 on which was written, "Yes you
do." The Editor's face is red, revealing
that it is time to quit because he no longer
controls his own operation.
David Britelli, BS '66 (PhD Illinois '69),
has been on the staff of Central R & D at
DuPont's Expt. Sta. where he sees many
UW alumns daily. Is involved in organo-
phosphorus chem and application of MO
theory.
Barry G. Brueggeman, PhD '80 (Schrag)
was one of the alumni who received a
defective Badger Chemist. He has recently
moved to the Cleveland area and is senior
research chemist at B. F. Goodrich where
his research is in applications develop-
ment for dispersion PVC.
Janet Weber Bruhn, BS '33, was recently
in communication. Janet is one of the
last students to take her degree in Chem-
istry Commerce, a program which was
initiated in the early '20s by Prof. Mathews.
She is the wife of Hjalmer Bruhn, who
was Professor of Agricultural Engineer-
ing for many years at the UW.
Ray Brumblay, PhD '38 (Kahlenberg),
reports that their youngest recently grad-
uated with a BS in nursing. This is the
first time in 22 years that he and Lolita
did not have one or sometimes two child-
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