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Johnson, Dwight A. (ed.) / Wisconsin alumnus
Volume 51, Number 1 (Oct. 1949)
With the classes, pp. 27-33
Page 30
(Continued from page 29) Robert W. DAWLEY, 52, pioneer in the developement of a standardized sterile white rat for experimental stu- dies, died July 11 in Madison. Pharmacist George KNOBLAUCH, 50, died June 4 at the Wood veterans hos- pital. His home was in Plymouth. Mrs. A. S. Robinson (Vivian Mary REINERTSEN) was recently named president of the North Shore (Milwau- kee) PTA council. Sverre Lind ROLLAND, 51, d i e d March 28 in Los Angeles following a series of operations. A new book, Mathematics of Circuit Analysis, by Ernst A. GUILLEMIN was published in June. Dr. Guillemin is a professor of electrical engineering at MIT and a consultant in electronics. 1923 ..... .......... W Wisconsin's only flying grandmother, Mrs. E. H. MYRLAND (Isabel CAMP), Montello, was featured in the Wiscon- sin State Journal last July. Eta Kappa Nu engineer, Newell E. FRENCH, 49, died June 14 in Pitts- burgh where he was rate *manager for the Duquesne Light Co. Ex-Badger crewman, Raymond C. KLUSSENDORF, published a 4-page article, "Education in Veterinary Medi- cine," in the Federal Security agency's Higher Education last April. New Methodist minister at Barron is the Rev. Harold A. ALLISON, veteran chaplain who served in the Battle of the Bulge. He is a graduate of the college of agriculture. Phi Delta Phi Edward H. BORGELT has been appointed Wisconsin attorney for the Chicago and North Western Railway system. 1924 ..... ......... ..w Col. Louis B. RUTTE has been as- signed to duty with the Far East com- mand in Yokohama, Japan. A clinic building is being erected by Dr. Milton TRAUTMANN, Prairie du Sac. Dorothy M. LAWTON, 48, newspaper- woman for the Racine Journal-Times, died June 23. In 1946 she won a na- tional press award for the best women's page in a daily or weekly paper. Kenneth L. MUIR, Denver, was last January commissioned a Major in the reserve engineers corps. Mr. Milton H. ERICKSON has left Wayne university, Detroit, for Phoenix, Ariz., where he had established a pri- vate practice of psychiatry and psy- chotherapy. 1925 ..... .......... W Prof. Harold J. TORMEY, head of the St. Bonaventure (N. Y.) college chemistry department, received an hon- orary doctor of science degree at the school's commencement exercises. Dr. Irwin GRIGGS, Gladwyne, Pa., has been promoted to professor of Eng- lish at Temple university, Philadelphia. Effie Jane WHEELER, 52, died June 14 in West Chicago, Ill. Joseph FEUCHTWANGER ended a 15-year association with the Homer Laughlin China Co. to become vice- president in chaige of sales -for Royal China, Inc., Sebring, Ohio. New assistant to General Mills vice- president is Louis B. FALB, Minne- apolis, former divisional manager of Gold Medal flour. 1926 ....... ......... W "Uncle Ray" COFFMAN, whose chil- dren's newspaper column is the most widely circulated in the world, moved with his family to near San Francisco in August. A well-known Madison clubwoman, Mrs. Patricia McGARTY Werrell, 49, died May 22 after a short illness. Lieut. Col. J. W. FITZPATRICK is teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. New address: Mrs. Elmer C. RECK, Box 153, Grand Marais, Minn. Dr. Robert Elmer SCHADE, '44, a general practitioner, died June 29 at his home in Milwaukee. 30 1927.. ...... ......... W Sauk County Agent Dave WILLIAMS is given credit in a Wisconsin State Journal article for helping make Sauk prairie look less like a dustbowl. His solution and that of a former county agent was "trees-thousands upon thou- sands . . . locking the moisture in the soil . . ." New director of the University school of nursing is Margery J. MacLACH- LAN, former executive secretary of the Chicago Community Nursing Council. Dr. L. Sidney EAGLEBURGER, 53, Amherst, was found dead at the wheel of his car after it had struck the rear of a pickup truck June 18 near Stevens Point. John CULNAN, editor in the state department of health for 19 years, believes life begins at 55. He resigned Sept. 1 to "strike out again while I'm still young and find something with more future." New governor of the southeastern dis- trict of the Lions club is A. M. BEARDER, owner and editor of the Lake Geneva Regional News. 1928 . .........W Lt. Col. Ralph J. SCHUETZ reports he has made the regular army his career; he is in Germany. Milwaukee's section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers has elected C. P. FELDHAUSEN, Cutler- Hammer, Inc., as secretary-treasurer. John C. DOERFER, city attorney of West Allis, was nominated last July for membership on the state public service commission. Sociology Prof. John R. BARTON'S wife, former University faculty mem- ber, has been named director of the governor's commission on human rights. She is Rebecca Chalmers Barton., Robert Newton SCHLAG died April 27 in 'Sioux City, Ia., after a brief illness. 1929 ......... W Lowell E. FRAUTSCHI has been re- elected president of the Madison Com- munity Welfare council. Atty. Robert R. MURPHY is listed as an incorporator of Tilton Gardens, Inc., Madison. First job is construc- tion of a $1,660,000 housing project in Milwaukee. Edith A. FRIESE, Milwaukee, died Aug. 17, 1948. Williard L. MOMSEN on Sept. 1 be- came a general agent of Northwestern Mutual, Milwaukee. He is a "W" club man and former member of the Iron Cross, White Spades, Tumas, and Car- dinal Key societies. Lt. Col Franklin W. CLARKE ended an official Alaskan tour in September and returned to the States. He will move from Madison to Fort Belvoir, Va., early next month. 1930. ........ ......... W Former Cashier Ray F. SENNETT is now a vice-president of the Security State bank on Madison's East Side. Harley J. POWELL, Watertown su- perintendent of schools for seven years, was released from his contract so he can accept a similar position at Wau- watosa. Tokyo, Japan, is the destination of Dorothy D U N N, Marshfield English teacher the past four years. She will teach with the Army Air Force Troop Information and Education program. Two Mrs. Earl COOPERs, Mrs. Earl I. (Margaret RUPP) and Mrs. Earl J., 118, were subjects of a humorous profile in the Milwaukee Journal last summer. The former is a noted harpist and teacher of harp in the Music hall annex; the latter teaches piano in the next office down the hall. Theta Phi Alpha Dorothy BROWN and Daniel S. Maher, Monroe, were married Apr. 30 in Madison. They are making their home in Monroe. &/idcctdint $7/amnas& Wins Awards WsCOIASI m u the i99 la ine n n I n ' p ublicationS t THREE AWARDS YOUR WISCONSIN ALUMNUS didn't win all the national awards for US and Canadian alumni maga- zines, but it won three of them- more than it took any other year. The above certificates are for first place in reporting, first place in edi- torial achievement, and an award of merit as one of the "10 best" for its feature articles. This is the fifth consecutive year the Alumnus has won an award for editorial achieve- ment. LATE LAST JULY, the American Alumni Council held its annual conference at Williamsburg, Va., and awarded the Wisconsin ates Alumnus three certificates for good work in the ontc'ronriee of renortino. opinion, and feature ar- ticles. The Alumnus and the Ohio State University Monthly both ranked in general excellence among the "first 10" throughout the US and Canada. Top- ranking "magazine of the year" and winner of a special trophy was the Dartmouth college magazine of Hanover, N. H. Other "first ten" magazines were the California Monthly, Deerfield Alumni Journal, Emory Alumnus, Princeton Alumni Weekly, Rutgers Alumni Monthly, Vassar Alumnae Magazine, and the Journal of Wor- cester Polytechnic institute. Circulating among 18,000 Badger alumni, the Wisconsin magazine is issued monthly except for August and September. With this October issue it begins its second half cen- tury of publication. WiSCONSIN ALUMNUS 2 0
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