The University of Dayton Alumnus, December 1956

University of Dayton eCommons The nivU ersity of Dayton Magazine Marketing and Communications Winter 12-1956 The niU versity of Dayton Alumnus, December 1956 University of Dayton Magazine Follow this and additional works at: http://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_mag Recommended Citation University of Dayton Magazine, "The nivU ersity of Dayton Alumnus, December 1956" (1956). The University of Dayton Magazine. 31. http://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_mag/31 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Marketing and Communications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The University of Dayton Magazine by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. ON - DECEMBER 1956 -..~.,._.s AN ANNOUNCEMENT ••• Eatablllhed 192t THE ALUMNUS 11 more than happy to announce your IIICiftlage caNI the blrlhl of your new aclclltf0111. However, Vol. XXII Deeembet lf$6 we'd like to IIICiko ca request: H you wllh to have that IIMN'rlago or that birth lilted In theN pa... , pl0010 Mnc:l such annouiiCMiellll to tho .....,, Including call IICIIMI, Dick hctch. '52 ....................... ..... ........ caNI clclll yean cappllcablo. Jelnes F••• , ........ Wilton .......... lp4Nts lciJtot For lftltonco: John H. Smith, '55, IIM!Irrlod Jocan AM Jonee, '56, St. Sobclllfan Church, Norfolk Va., Nov. 26. Or: Third child, IOCHCI 1011, William Michael, to Mr. caNI Mrl. John H. Smith, '55 (Jocln Jono1, '56), 4071 Crott vlow Av., Norfolk, Yea., Sept. 20. We'd like to follow ca llmllcar procedure In our ''In Mom orlcam" column. We particulcarly urge our calumnl to Inform us of dHthl In their fcamlll01 caNI of follow calumnl. MCifty thanks for your cooponatfonl December 1, 1956 My Dear Alumni and Alumnae: It seems as though it were yesterday that we met so many of you at the Homecoming celebration. It was a wonderful day and an inspiring get-together. We did lose the football game but that did not seem to matter. In fact, the thing that struck me most ih conversing with you about the past was not the trivial things that come and go with campus life but the things that carry over into your lives after graduation. These latter experiences have helped to formulate your philos ophy of life. It is, indeed, imperative that we have a proper philosophy of life to carry us through the troublesome times in which we live. In the past few weeks we have seen the whole world disturbed by the unprincipled policies of nations who refuse to live in brotherhood under God and who deny to their fellowmen their God given rights. Our own country is blessed in its orientation toward God, with an acknowledgment of our trust in Him and our gratitude to Him for His many blessings bestowed upon this nation. We are particularly conscious of these advantages when we contemplate our dedication to God and our fellowmen as expressed in our university's motto. Your happiness will always be yours if this formula of serv ice to God and country inspires your life. We inject these thoughts in this letter because by the time you receive it, we will be close to the Christmas Season with its promise of " peace to men of good will.'' This peace can be based only on love of God for Him self and of our fellowman for the sake of God. That every blessing may come to you during this blessed Christmas Season and for every day of the New Year is the wish of Your President, V. Rev. Andrew L. Seebold, S.M., Ph.D. million-dollar •tory ••• Research at the University of Dayton has grown into a mil lion dollar business. Individual projects, first begun at UD on an organized basis some seven years ago, have grown to such magnitude that a central office-the University of Dayton Research Center has been set up to handle the rapidly expanding service. Announcement of the formation of the Research Center came September 1 from the Very Rev. Andrew L. Seebold, SM, UD president. As Fr. Seebold pointed out, the center becomes a part of the recently organized Community Service Center, together with the Division of Specialized Educational Serv ices, discussed in the September issue of THE ALUMNUS. The The Research Center will centralize the negotiation and ad ministration of research services performed by the university for government and industry. At present, the majority of Research work being done on the campus in the various research proj ects is under government sponsorship. Research activities on the campus-over and above the indi vidual projects which have been undertaken by a number of Picture the faculty-are centered in several "projects." These include "Project Globe" and "Project Delta," the two largest research ventures; an electrical engineering department project and. a psychology department project. at Delta's primary effort is centered in classified experimental programs. Project Globe is engaged in computation and data reduction. The electrical engineering department is experi menting and evaluating tubes, transistors and other semi UD conductors. The psychology department is conducting research in human engineering problems. THE PRESENT research program actually began in 1949 when data processing and computational services were initi ated by Fr. Charles Collins and several members of the mathe matics department. This was the beginning of Project Globe. In 1952, Dr. Kenneth C. Schraut, chairman of the mathematics department, organized Project Delta. Both have grown rapidly. At the present time, the university is performing work un by John C. Bramlage der some twenty research and development contracts. These are being sponsored by the Department of the Air Force, the Jack Bramlage, a UD grad of Department of the Navy and several industrial organizations. the cla.ss of '52, is an adminis The greatest portion of the research activities is sponsored by trative assistant in the newly the Wright Air Development Center. UD's proximity to this organized Research Center on center of the Air Force's research program has contributed the campus. largely to the success of the university's research activity. 3 Research activities at the university are highly diversified Many students have been helped financially through part and extend into practically all fields of physical science. More time work on the projects and many have gained valuable ex work in the fields of the social and biological sciences are in perience from solving actual engineering problems involved in the plans of the research center. the research. As a result many students with experience on UD's research projects have received credit for the experience Because of the great diversification in the research pro and obtained better offers from employers upon graduation. grams, personnel now employed on various projects include aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical en gineers; physicists, chemists, statisticians and psychologists; Project work also has been to the advantage of the faculty electronic, mechanical and instrumentation technicians; art since it has helped enable them to gain practical experience ists, draftsmen, and photographers. Wherever possible and and keeps them abreast of the latest developments in a number feasible, personnel requirements for the different projects are of fields. It also provides supplementary remuneration for fac filled by utilizing qualified members of the faculty and stu ulty members enabling them to receive a total yearly salary dent body on a part-time basis. Some twenty-five faculty mem that is more competitive with salary scales of other organiza bers and 300 students are working on various projects in addi tions, thus encouraging more educators to remain in the teach tion to the forty-five full-time personnel. ing profession. the growth of research, at a glance . .. 1 , 100~--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~ 1 , 000~---------------------------------------------------------------------- 900 1------1 RESEARCH GROWTH in 800~---1 Thousands of Dollars 700~---1 Fiscal Years 1949-1956 600~----------------------- 500~---------------------------------------- 400~--------------------------- 200~------------------ 1ool------------------- 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 4 DOLLARWISE, research at UD has grown at an unbelievable rate. As the graph shows at a glance, growth has been steady and now has a value 273 times the original value when first begun in 1949. Here are the figures: 1949 ............................................................ $ 3,821 1950 ............................................................ 26,042 1951 ............................................................ 34,361 1952 ............................................................ 272,721 1953 ............................................................ 862,589 1954 ···························································· 809,571 1955 ............................................................ 962,624 1956 ...................................... ...................... 1,045,276 EIGHT-YEAR TOTAL ..........................$4,017,006 Heading the center is John R. Westerheide, '47, who, prior to this appointment, was director of Project Delta. Mr. West erheide joined the staff of the University in January, 1952, and was one of the original members of the Project Delta group established at that time by Dr. Schraut. Before re John R. Westerheide, '47 turning to UD, Mr. Westerheide was associated with the Director UD Research Center General

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