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Member
News
Olson                Schroeder
Kunz                 Fisher
The Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel ran a
photograph of thirty-three members
of the family of Harvey Edmunds '11,
gathered for an annual reunion which,
this year, was also the observance of his
ninetieth birthday. Edmunds is a former
vice-president of Pacific Public Service
and served for ten years on the county
planning commission.
William A. Walker, Sr., '18, vice presi-
dent of Madison's Union Transfer
Co., was honored recently by the Wis-
consin Movers Association for his leader-
ship and service.
Roy A. Bowers '36 has retired as dean
of the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers
University after twenty-seven years in
that post. He will stay at his desk
through this academic year until a new
dean is chosen.
Charles H. Fenske '38, Madison,, has
been named a vice-president of opera-
tions and engineering at Oscar Mayer's.
The College of Pharmacy at Ohio State
has renamed one of its buildings after
Lloyd M. Parks '38, who has been
the college dean since 1956.
Earl Jordan '39, Chicago, who stepped
down last month as chairman of our
board of directors, is slated to become
president of the insurance industry's
General Agents and Managers Conference
this month. Earl is general agent for
Massachusetts Mutual in Chicago.
The National Committee of the Inter-
national Electrotechnical Commission has
   appointed Robert C. Mierendorf '39 to
   its executive committee. He is a corpo-
   rate senior staff engineer with Square D
   Company, Milwaukee.
   Robert W. Bray '40, associate dean of
   our College of Agricultural and Life
   Sciences, is the first recipient of an
   award from the American Meat Science
   association to honor those who have
   made "extraordinary and lasting contri-
   butions" to the industry.
   Robert M. Bolz '44, president of Oscar
   Mayer & Co., is the new vice-chairman
   of its board, and takes on responsi-
   bility for its firms in Venezuela, Japan
   and Spain.
   John R. Burke '47 has been named
   U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, a former
   British protectorate on the northeast
   coast of South America. A foreign serv-
   ice officer since 1956, he's been deputy
   chief of missions in Bangkok, Thailand
   for the past year.
   A. Paul Bowman '49, group vice-president
   of Oscar Mayer, has been put in charge
   of its wholly owned subsidiaries.
   Students and faculty at the University
 of Illinois voted Robert G. Spitze '54
 one of six faculty members to receive
 $1,000 awards for excellence in teaching.
 Travenol Laboratories, Deerfield, Ill.,
 appointed James L. McCollough '58
 its assistant director of manufacturing
 engineering.
 Ralph W. Olson '58, Pittsburgh, moves
 up to manager of energy planning for
 PPG Industries' glass division. He's been
 with the firm since graduation.
 Corning Glass Works promotes John A.
 Buch '59, Elmira, N.Y., to the sales
 managership of its consumer products
 division.
 Norman A. Campbell '61, Narragansett,
 R.I., professor of pharmacy administra-
 tion at the University of Rhode Island,
 earned the state pharmaceutical associa-
 tion's A. H. Robins award for outstand-
 ing community service.
 Carol Hoppenfeld Hillman '61, New
 York City, has been named corporate
 director of public relations for Burling-
 ton Industries, Inc.
 Raymond S. Bruhn '63, now of Vicenza,
 Italy, has been a teacher for the past
 eleven years in overseas schools of
 the U.S. Department of Defense. His
 work has brought him to schools in
 Germany, Turkey, the Philippines, Japan
 and Sardina before the. recent move
to Italy.
   Club
   Programs
   Coming events as reported to
   our offices by deadline for
   this issue.
   Cedar Rapids: Nov. 12-Bus trip
   to Madison for Wis.-Iowa game.
   $20 per person covers bus fare and
   game ticket. Info., Richard M.
   Smith, 4405 Westover Rd. SE,
   Cedar Rapids
   Detroit: Oct. 15-Trip to Ann
   Arbor for Wis.-Mich. football game.
   Info., Wade Crane, 642-2134
   Eau Claire: Oct. 9-Trip to Madi-
   son for Wis.-Illinois football game.
   $28 per person covers fare, ticket,
   beer, box lunch, dinner at the
   Dells. Res., Jack Bartingale, P.O.
   Box 882, Eau Claire
   Los Angeles: Sept. 14-Kickoff
 meeting. Sheraton West Hotel, Wil-
 shire Blvd. Buffet, cash bar; 1977
 Badger hockey films. $6 per per-
 son. Res., Ken Krueger, 822-2500
 New York: Oct. 6-Big Ten Party
 Nov. 15-Evening at the Metro-
 politan Museum. Info for both
 events: Jim Goetz (office)
 914/359-7730
 Twin Cities: Sept. 28 and Dec. 8-
 Guthrie Theater Nights. Info.,
 Ted Hickman, (office) 370-4304
 Monday noons during football
 season, football movies at Long-
 horn Restaurant, 14 S. 5th Street.
 Lunch at 12:05; films at 12:15.
 Info., Ted Hermann (office) 770-
 5437
 Washington, D.C.: Oct. 2-
 Beer/brat Scholarship Benefit.
 4-8 p.m. at home of Mrs. Jerry
 Nestingen, 4829 Bending Lane,
 N.W. Info., Martha Lewis,
383-1431
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