The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus @ NOTRE 0 A BLESSING FOR I960 DAME See Father Hesburgh's message (overleaf) and picture story, "The International Atom" ALUMNUS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORSE^ Officers FRANCIS L.LAYDEX, '36. Honorary President WILLIAM E. COTTER, JR., '41 President JULES K. DE LA VERGXE,'33 Club Vice-President RAV-MOND W. DURST,'26 Class Vice-President LEO J. VOGEL, '17 Fund Vice-President NOTOE JAMES E. ARMSTRONG, '25 Secretary' ©I Directors to 1960 LEO J. VOGEL, '17 DAME 286 Magnolia Place, Pittsburgh 28, Pa. RAYMOND W. DURST, '26 840 Lathrop Ave., River Forest, III. JULES K. DE LA VERGNE, '33 413 Pere Marquette Bldg. ALUMNUS New Orleans, Louisiana WILLIAM E. COTTER, JR., '41 114 Laurie St., Duluth 3, Minnesota Volume 37 Number 5 December * 195? © Directors to 1961 Editor James E. Armstrong, '25 JOSEPH R. STEWART, '22 Managing Editor John F. Loughlin, '48 Kansas City Life Insurance Co. Box 139 Kansas City 41, Missouri CHARLES E. ROHR, '30* Rohr's, nil Chester, Cleveland, Ohio JAMES H. SHEILS, '35 On the cover: McManus and Walker 39 Broadway, New York, New York , JOHN C. O'CONNOR, '38 A BLESSING FOR 1960 1000 Fidelity Trust Bldg. _ Indianapolis, Indiana ^ On October 5, 1959, following the Third Directors to 1962 JAMES J. BVRXE, "43 General Conference of the International Byrne Pl>^vood Company Royal Oak, Michigan PAUL J. CUSHING, '31 Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna where Hydraulic Dredging Co., Ltd. we represented the Vatican, Frank 14th & Broadway, Oakland, Calif. WALTER FLEMING, JR., '40 Fleming & Sons, Inc. Folsom and I had the wonderful opportu­ P.O. Box 1291, Dallas, Texas ^ W. EDMUND SHEA, '23 ^ nity of visiting His Holiness, Pope John Third National Building Dayton 2, Ohio XXIII. In the course of our conversa­ Gliaimien of the 1959 Committees tion, I requested his special blessing for W. E. COTTER _ Executive J. K. DE LA VERGNE Club Activities the University and all the members of its R. W. DURST_ Class Activities L. J. VOGEL alumni Fund, Foundation and Gifts far-reaching family. He said he would R. W. DURST Preparatory •Sc/toofo L. J. VOGEI Placement and Job Counseling • give this special blessing with all his C. E. ROHR* Inter-Alumni Affairs J. R. STEWAtcT.J'restige and Public Relations J. H. SHEILS Religion and Citizenship heart. For the Alumni, cherished and im­ J. R. STEWART AND J. H. SHEILS Nominations portant members of the Notre Dame fam­ J. C. O'CONNOR Budget and Finance L. J. VOGEL Resolutions ily, the cover picture is a memento of *Deceased the occasion. • This magazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Notre Dame, Notre ^^ Dame, Ind. Entered as second class mat. ^JV tcr Oct. !, 1939, at the Post Office, Notre Dame, Ind. under the act of Aug. 24, I9I2. f^eace Prospects Prosper Russian scientists and engineers visiting Argonne National Laboratory paused for a press conference featuring (1. to r.) Father Hesburgh, Argonne policy advisor; Prof. Vasily Emel- yanov, director of USSR's administration for atomic energy, leader of the Russian group; John A. McCone (LL.D. '59), chairman, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, and Argonne * Through Director Dr. Norman Hilberry, co-chairman of the tour with Fr. Hesburgh. THE /NTERNATIONAL ATOM It soon became apparent at Vienna incidents Were Averted When U.S. and Soviet that Prof. Emelyanov \vas in charge of nuclear development in the U.S.S.R., Nuclear Chiefs Met With a Vatican Chaperon the Russian .counterpart of U.S. AEC Chairman John McCone. Amazement reached its peak when • Father Hes- IN HIS CHRISTMAS MESSAGE Presi­ papal authorization has permitted him dent Eisenhower called for "open and a freedom of association forbidden to burgh's invitation to a diplomatic peaceful partnership . between all most delegates. He has used it dra­ Mass at the Cathedral •was accepted peoples," and in his State of the Union matically. not only by the entire Soviet delega­ message he reported evidence of "a tion but by representatives of all the At the early sessions Fadier Hesburgh somewhat less strained period in the Balkan satellites as well. The gospel was struck by the general aloofness to •lationships between tlie Soviet Union was read by Archbishop (now Cardi­ the Russian delegation. Resolving to and the free world." To many, in­ nal) Koenig in all the major confer­ make a break-through, he approached cluding Notre Dame's president. Rev. ences languages — including Russian— Prof. Vasily Emelyanov, a mild-man­ Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., the and its ideas were praised by a dele­ nered delegate known to him only as best evidence of this improvement is gate whom Father Hesburgh knew to a distinguished physicist and a mem­ the gi'owing scientific cooperation be­ be a member of the Russian secret ber of the Russian Academy of Sci­ police. tween the U.S. and U.S.S.R. in the ences. Prof. Emelyanov was touched exploration of the earth, space and — by the attention, and a friendship grew, It remained to bring atomic chiefs particularly — "atoms for peace." with frequent correspondence and ex­ McCone and Emelyanov together. An agreement was progressing in the next ^In his role as permanent Vatican change of gifts. To shocked American delegates who reminded him of Rus­ session to bring atomic know-how to representative to the International all nations, but hopes seemed dashed Atomic Energ)' Agency, Father Hes­ sian treacher)' Fadier Hesburgh i-eplied that as a Catholic priest he was aware by a series of diplomatic blunders. burgh has had an opportunity to wit­ Somehow by-passed in invitations to ness this coopei-ation and more than of Communist atrocities toward fellow priests and Catholics, but that his faith the American reception. Prof. Emelya­ once has had a part in bringing it nov made a speech bitterly denouncing about. Since the agency's 1956 organi­ taught hatred for sin and love for tlie sinner — especially for one's enemies. American policies. Enraged, Chairman zational meeting in New York his McCone delivered the crowning insult — refusal to attend the Sowet recep­ tion. Father Hesburgh' and Frank Folsom attended both parties and got both men to admit their excesses. They agreed to meet in the "Vatican" suite on the morning of McCone's departine for the U.S. They had a friendly chat, followed by attendance at a second diplomatic Mass. P.S. The agreement was signed by the U.S.S.R. (Continued on page 18) Photographs used in this article are On top of the heavy water research reactor Chairman McCone and Father Hesburgh con­ official photos, available through the sult diagrams as another host. Dr. Walter Zinn, former Argonne director (back to camera), courtesy of Argonne National Labo­ explains operations to Russian guests, members of the USSR Academy of Sciences. ratory. Notre Dame Alumnus, December, 1959 3 his representative in the contacting of from your the Local Alumni Clubs, a program^ annual, organized development of Club 8dito rial Comment Alumni Secretary contacts with the University, advo­ cated by recent Boards. "The mills of the gods grind slowly." now under the direction of Rev. Louis 7. Local Alumni Club organization J. Thornton, C.S.C. This mill is no different in the above has been fostered by all the Boards, respect than others. The tliought \vdth the outstanding development of stems from the 4. The Alumni Fund was originally the biennial Council of Local Club recent meeting b^un by the Alumni Board in 1929- Presidents and the publication of the of your Alumni 30, under the stimulus of the late Frank Manual for Local Alumni Clubs, i^ Board — the 12 Hayes. Under Alumni President Harrj' suiting in the e.\tensive s>'Stem of ac­ loyal alumni, F. Kelly the program was reinstated tive alumni club organizations now as a permanent annual giWng program elected by you, numbering 175, in the U.S. and in 1941, and provided documentation who represent abroad. and a solid basic structure for the your interests in Notre Dame Foundation which the the planning and 8. Similarly, the Board has annual­ University launched in 1947 through e.\ecution of an ly advanced the development of the James E. Annstrong the Alumni Board, headed by the outstanding and dvTiamic Harr)' G. Hogan, its presi­ Class organization. By advocating a growing alumni program. dent. nominal, low-cost alumni contribution Board members are elected for three- at Reunion to defray actual Univers^ year terms, and few of the major pro­ outiay, the Board changed the informal 5. In the mid-30's, the Alumni Of­ loosely organized reunions held in con­ grams initiated by the Board have ma­ fice was enhsted by the Universitj' junction with the Commencements to terialized within the lifetime of a given registrar to assist in student recruiting. the major, separate annual Reunions Board. From this program the Alumni Board of the 5-Year Classes which now bring subsequently developed the Prepara- To pay deser\-ed tribute to tiie work 1,000 alumni back to live on the cam­ tor)' School Committee for high school of this group over the years, and to pus for three days each June. The \'isits, and the Universit)' now has a give you some idea of the actual con­ biennial Conference of Class Secretaries growdng national program of high tributions made to the University and is a further implementation. to you by tiiese representatives of yours, school visits and personal interviews of All of the above highlights repfli let me risk the charge of hom-blo\vdng prospective student applicants, directed sent major programs.