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published every other friday for the employees of s1ndia corporation, contractor to the atomic energy commission • VOL. II, NO. 3 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO FEBRUARY 6, 1959 Dr. Kelly to Reti·re from BTL; Is Named Chairman of Board ••u.r. :,~;4-6 Dr. Mervin J . Kelly, President aa,::r.:q\' I(!J of the Bell Telephone Laboratories JtVld zm·i'< JJ,;;£; 5IX QOO· from 1951-1958 and Chairman of JliUll.:J" lOC·IIl ~ U;Wl liOO the Board of Directors since nee. •.oo lOO·OOO· jW,) 31 , 1958, will retire Mar. 1, 1959. Dr. Kelly IS one of the nation's leaders in the field of industrial research . Dr. Kelly began his Bell System career in 1918 as a research physi• cist with the research division of the Western E:lectric Company's Dr. Mervin J. Kelly engineering department. This de• • Ends -11 Years of Service w ith The Bell S)'slem, Ma r. 1, 19 59 partment was later incorporated as Bell Telephone Laboratories. After serving as Director of Vacuum Tube Development and as Director of Transmission Instru• OCTOBER, 1952, marked a visit by Dr. Kelly to Sandia Corpora• ments and Electronics, he was tion. At this time Pres. D. A. Quarles explained Sandia Corporation named Director of Research in employees' Red Feather Campaign drive to Dr. Kelly, left. Center 1936. He became Executive Vice are Frederick R. Lack, then Vice President of W.E. Radio Division President in 1944 and President of and Sta.nley Bracken, President ()f Western Electric Company. the Laboratories in 1951. Dr. Kelly has had wide exper• ience not only in research and Pres. Eisenhower Praises Dr. Kelly development programs relating to communications, but also in For National Defense Contributions projects for the Armed Forces. The following message from the President of the United In the course of World War n, States was read at the Jam.es Forrestal Memorial Dinner in Bell Laboratories converted al• New York Jan. 29. President Eisenhower was the first re• most completely to military re• cipient of the award in 1953. search and development pro• * * * * grams, all of which were under Please give my greetings to members and guests of the Dr. Kelly's guidance. National Security Industrial Association gathered in honor of More than 1,200 such research Dr. Mervin J. Kelly. and development projects were carried out for the Armed Forces. In the presentation of the 1958 James Forrestal Memorial These programs amounted to some Award Dr. Kelly's contribution to the defense of the nation is $175 million dollars during the TRAVEL has been very much a part of the life of Dr. M. J. Kelly given special recognition. The career of this gifted and dedicated war period. and Mrs. Kelly. They are sh()wn here preparing to leave New York scientist is an inspiration to all to put their talents to fullest use. Bell Laboratories has continued City on a recent trip. Mrs. Kelly has accompanied Dr. Kelly to Albu• It is a pleasure to add my congratulations and best wishes. its research and development for querque on several occasions and has made many friends here. Dwight D. Eisenhower. the military, along with normal Bell System programs. Dr. Kelly has directed these programs, and "BTL, AlEE Award has worked closely with the mili• tary to make their use of the Lab• Of Achievement oratories most effective. He has also advised the U. S . Atomic En• ·Is Established ergy Commission on its military research and development pro• Bell Telephone Laboratories and grams . the American Insti,tute of Elec• Dr. Kelly received his B.S. de• trica-l Engineers have announced gree in 1914 from Missouri School the establishment of an award of of Mines and Metallurgy, the M.S. achievement in the field of tele• degree in 1915 from the University of Kentucky, and the Ph.D. from • eeommunications, to be known as the University of Chicago in 1918. the Mervin J . Kelly Award. He has been awarded eight honor• The award is named in honor ary doctorates by American and Qf Dr. Kelly, formerly president European universities in recogni• and now chairman of the board tion of his distinguished contribu• tions in the fields of science and of Bell Laboratories, who will re• defense. tire on March 1 after 41 years of He holds honorary Doctor of .scientific a.nd admintstra;tive ser• Engineering degrees from his vice with the Bell Telephone Sys• alma mater (1936), New York tem. Dr. Kelly is a Fellow of the University ( 1955), Polytechnic American Institute of Electrical Institute of Brooklyn (1955) Engineers and has been active in and Wayne State University Institute affairs for 33 years. He (1958); honorary Doctor of is internationally recognized as Science degrees from the Uni• one of the world's leading scien• versity of Kentucky : 1946) and tists a.nd research administrators, the University of l'ittsburgh whose distinguished achievements ( 1957), and an honorary Doctor have played a large part in the of Laws degree conferred by the advance of telecommunications U n i v e r s i t y of Pennsylvania during the past four decades. (1954). In November 1957 he was awarded an honorary doctor's • The Kelly Award will be made degree from the University of annually by the American Insti• Lyons. tute of Electrical Engineers to an individual who has made an out• In addition he has received nu• standing contribution to the ad• merous high awards from the U.S. vancement of the art of telecom• government and private enter• munications. The prize will consist prises The most recent is the of a bronze meda.l, a cash stipend James Forrestal Memorial Award of $1000, and a certificate. The IN APPRECIATION of his contributions to Sandia tion of the plaque was handled by Richard Strome, which was presented Jan. 29. first award will be made by the Corporation, the above plaque was presented to Dr. Technical Art Division, and Charles E. Runyan. He has served on the Board of American Institute Qf Electrical Kelly by J. P. Molnar, President of Sandia Corpor• Specialities Department. The plaque was made in Directors of Bell Laboratories since Engineers in 1960. The award is ation. The plaque reads: "To Mervin J. Kelly from the Plating and Heat Treatment Section (4221-3), 1944. In addition, he was a direc• being swnsored by Bell Labora• Sandia Corporation-established through his fore• Pattern and Foundry Section (4221-4) and Printed tor of Sa;ndia Corporation since tories but will be administered sight of the needs of our nation's defense and Circuitry Section ( 4233-3). The plaque contains Feb. 26, 1952, resigning on Dec. solely by the Institute. guided by his wise and inspiring counsel." Prepara- scenes of Sandia activities familiar to Dr. Kelly. 31, 1958. PAGE TWO SANDIA LAB NEWS FEBRUARY 6, 1959 Helps Community Concert Democracy In Action Mrs. Frederick Rupp (whose husband works in 4120) has been To have lived and not to have participated in the named Sandia Base team cap• events of that' time is not to have lived at all. tain for the annual Community Concert Association drive. A new experience was had this week by many Sandia The drive will run from Feb. Corporation employees, their wives and friends. They partici• 16-21. Anyone wishing to re• pated in the first interchange of opinions and knowledge under new their subscription or obtain the "Great Decisions - 1959" program. a new one for the concert series These discussions, which are being held nationwide, are can contact Mrs. Rupp, ext. 31185, or Mrs. P. J. Broullire, the most comprehensive national debates in our country's his• AL 6-7486. tory. They are concerned with a re-examination of fundamental foreign pol icy issues. These small groups of friends and neighbors meeting in Best Wishes Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ozmina (2721- • homes are true examples of enjoying a privilege of democracy. 2) will observe their 27th wedding The right to disapprove, criticize and object will be unfetter~? anniversary on Feb. 14. in these discussions. It is expected that much constructive cntl• Mr. and Mrs. G. Whitehill cele• cism will result. brated their 23rd wedding anni• And the opinions of the individuals in the group will not versary on Jan. 11. Eloine works be lost. At the close of each week's discussion (after the first in 2721-3. week) individual participants will fill out a "ballot" wit_h his Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bledsoe opinions. These will be collected and tabulated for the c1ty of (5120) observed their 15th wed• ding anniversary on Jan. 29. Reporter Julia Bode interviews Lynn M. Barker (1261) Albuquerque and the results will be s~nt to the State Der:>ary• On Feb. 17 Mr. and Mrs. Don ment, Senate Foreign Relations Comm1ttee and New Mex1co s Morrison (5126) will observe their congressmen. 16th wedding anniversary. Speaking of Reporters John Foster Dulles says of the Great Decisions-1959 pro• gram: "The problems our count~y _faces in its international re• New Homes 100 News Sources Help Julia Bode lations are indeed complex and d1ff1cult. If we are to meet them, Mr. and Mrs. Les Dye (4123) it is fundamental that our people inform themselves o~. the moved into their new home at Keep Stories Flowing to Lab News Dec1s~ons issues involved and the avenues open to us. The Great 10801 Prospect NE on Feb. 1. The problem of serving as Lab N.D., when it was 30 below with a program seems to me to be an effective and typically Amencan Another new home owner is News reporter for more than 100 40 mph wind blowing assured way of working toward that end." E. T. Schreiner (2543-3), now liv• employees in three divisions of her that she wanted to live some• ing at 520 Maderia NE. 1260 in separate locations fails to place warm. A Sandia brochure Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lindsay faze Julia Bode. depicting a desert sunset con• (1455-3) have moved into their "Of course I receive lots of help vinced her. She came to the Cor• new home at 11005 Elvin NE. • from the division secretaries, but poration in August 1956 only a still I enjoy meeting other mem• few months after getting her col• Toastmasters Compete bers of our organization," she ex• lege degree. Three Sandia Corporation em• plained. She enjoys dancing, bridge, ployees will compete in the Feb. 12 Julia's previous experience with sewing most of her own clothes, speech finals of Toastmaster's newspapers was at the University and has recently taken up skiing. Sandia chapter 765. of South Dakota where she was On week-ends when there is no The finalists are Bob Nelson business manager of both the snow in the mountains, Julia loves (4421), Nate Wineberg (2543), Art school paper and the humor mag• to prowl through Indian pueblos Redlinger (2713) and Fred Boop azine. She has been a Lab News or ruins. of Albuquerque. reporter since last June. The speakers are assigned sub• A native of Rapid City, S.D., a jects by drawing. visit to see relatives in Minot, Congratulations Speaks to Scouts Born to: Members of three Boy Scout Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Gro• troops (182, 391 and 285) heard Weddings and becker 0621-2) a daughter, Leslie D. M. Fenstermacher (5224-1) Marie, on Jan. 20. speak on amateur astronomy and Engagements Mr. and Mrs. Wesley B. Estill telescope making during a meeting 0622) a son, Shannon Edward, on Jan. 24 at the Armory. Valentine's Day hias been ohos• Jan. 18. The lecture was one of five pre• en as Bat Gralllalhan's wedding Mr. and Mrs. R. P. McKnight sented during the ali-day program. day. She will ibe ma.rrEta Kappa Nu. tors of Sandia Corporation. • Vice Chairman of the U. S. Air problems of continental defense Foreign Member of the Swedish Federal Agencies Force's Scientific Advisory Board, against atomic attack and to make Royal Academy of Sciences. 1950-1954. recommendations and programs. Chairman of a National Acad• Advisor to Secretary Finletter of (1953) emy of Sciences committee formed Miscellaneous the Air Force on the organization Member of Hoover Commission at the request of Secretary of Member of the New York City JUNE, 1953, Dr. Kelly visited and expansion of its research and Committee on Business Organiza• Commerce to survey research and Health Research Council. Sandia Corporation and is shown development work. tion of the Department ' 1954) of development activities of Depart• Trustee of the Alfred P. Sloan here visiting with D. A. Quarles, ment of Commerce. Foundation. then Corporation President. 1952 Chairman of the National Trustee and member of the cor• Academy of Sciences ad hoc Ad• PGl'ation of Atoms for Peace Member of the Board of Direc• visory Committee to the Secretary Awards, Inc. tors of Bausch & Lomb Optical of Commerce on the appointment He has been on the Board of Company. of a permanent director of the Directors of the Prudential Insur• Director of the Economic Club National Bureau of Standards. ance Company of America. of New York. In 1953 he headed a committee for Secretary of Commerce to study effectiveness of the Bureau of Standards and to make recom• Some of the Nation's Highest Awards mendations concerning its organi• zation and programs. Presented Dr. Kelly for Services Since 1952 he has been a mem• A grateful nation has recog• Medal of Industrial Research ber of the Bureau of Standards' nized Dr. Ke1ly's contrdbUJtions to Institute Statutory Visiting Committee, and its wa!flare and some of the ooun• For his "ddstingui.Shed leadership chairman of the committee since • try's highest aJWial'ds, both gQvern• in indUSitriaJ. rese84"cih, joining the 1954. ment and priV'a!te, have been be• Educational Institutions mind! of lthe scientist and the hand stowed upon :him. of the technologist to serve the Life Member of the Massachu• Below are honors he has earned: security and well being of mankind setts Institute of Technology Cor• and for outstanding personal con• poration. Presidential Certificate of Merit tributions to ·Illation& securi.ty." Member of the executive com• * • • mittee of Massachusetts Institute Presented in recognition of his contributions to World War II ef• Ohristopher Columbus Inter• of Technology in 1956. fort. Dr. Kelly, beginning in 1938, national Communications Prize Chainnan of the Visiting Com• mittee of the Department of Phys• became increasingly active in re• Awarded in October, 1955, for search and development for the his contr~butions to international ics at MIT. CONFERENCES with military officials have been a frequent thing miLitary. He directed more than communications. in Dr. Kelly's life of service to the U. S. government. This photo• Member of New York Univer• sity's Advisory Board to the In• $175,000,000 of work done by Be11 • • • graph was taken on a recent visit at S~~;ndia Laboratory. Left to stitute of Mathematical Sciences. Telephone Lalbomtories for the John Fritz Medal right: Maj. Gen. William B. Canterbury, Commander, Air Forces Trustee of Stevens Institute of millita11y durin!g lthe war. To be a-warded: in 1959 for "his Special Weapons Center; Dr. Kelly; and Dr. Julius P. Molnar. Mhievements in eleCJtroni.cs, lead• Technology. * • * Chairman and then a member ership Of Ia great industJriaJ re• of the Advisory Council to the De• Air Force Association Trophy search lrubomtory, and for his con• ltriburoions .to rbhe defense of the partment of Electrical Engineering ". . . for diiSitilllguislhed service country through science and at Princeton University. 100 air power in the field of rOOclhnology." Members of the Advisory Com• science." • * • mittee for 1958-59 of the Colum• bia University Advanced Science * • • 1958 James Forrestal Memorial Writing Program. Award Air Force Exceptional Service Alwarded by the Nationa-l SeCU!I.'• Members of the Advisory Coun• Award cil of the Executive Committee of ilty Industrial. Association Jan. 29, the Society for History of Tech• From the Secretary of the Air 1959, for his accomplishments in nology, Case Institute of Technol• Force 1in July, 1957. £Withering Amerkan defense. ogy. Member of the New York City Editorial ... Board of Education's Advisory Committee on Science Mutpower and chairman of a subcommittee We Wish Him Well • • • on the Role of Industry and Col• If any one person can be considered the founder of Sandia leges. Corporation it is Mervin J. Kelly, for it was he who recommend• Member of the Advisory Coun• ed to the AEC in 1949 that Sandia Laboratory be operated by cil of the Patent, Trade-Mark, and an industrial organization which had experience in integrating Copyright Founda!tion of the research, development, and manufacturing. Later, when the George Washington University Bell System assumed this responsibility, Dr. Kelly took a deep from 1954-1958. Professional Societies interest in all phases of Sandia's operations, and was particularly Fellow of the American Physical influential in guiding the growth and development of its sci• Society. entific and technological activities. In the period from 1948 VISITS TO SANDIA LABORATORY have been frequent for Dr. Fellow of the Acoustical Society through 1958 he made 33 trips to Albuquerque, most of them M. J. Kelly during his years on the Board of Directors of Sandia of America. involving very detailed reviews of our technical program - as • Corporation. Here he confers with Dr. J. W. McRae, who was Fellow of the Institute of Radio many who participated in them will well recall. president of Sandia Corporation during the years 1953-1958. Engineers. His influence was felt through the wise and inspiring counsel he gave those who had dealings with him in these years, through his support of Sandia programs in the many government groups with which he worked, and through his Fellow Scientists Praise Dr. Kelly membership on the Corporation Board of Directors 1952 through 1958. In his outstanding career with Bell Telephone Laboratories, from engineer to President, he was devoted to the advancement For Contribution to Program of science and technology. He achieved notable success in the application of this new knowledge to the advancement of the Fellow-scientists the nation over are expressing words of praise for Dr. Kelly on art of communications and the strengthening of the nation's the occasion of his becoming Chlliirman of the Board of Bell Telephone Laboratories. defense. He has been called upon time and again by the U. S. Through his years of work with the Laboratories he has been in contact with large Government, by colleges and universities and by private en• numbers of men in the technical and scientific world. All know of his contribution terprise and has generously contributed his great talents. to his natiO!ll. "Tireless, demanding and inspiring" were the very apt Following are words of two men in this area who have worked closely with Dr. Kelly and know him well. adjectives used by Francis Bello to describe Dr. Kelly in a recent Fortune article on Bell Laboratories. The long list of his public Mervin Kelly first visited Sandia Laboratory, then Z My association with Mervin Kelly started back in the service activities appearing elsewhere on this page, his 33 trips Division of the LASL, in 1948 as a consultant of the 1940's before Sandia Corporation was formed, and be• to Albuquerque and his ability to absorb hour after hour of • AEC to review the organization and program of the fore my own Army Research and Development days. briefings on technical and administrative matters, testify to Dr. Laboratory. We were a very young and small group We have done a good deal of work together, and I with large national responsibilities hence an inde• count him a personal friend. Many times I sought his Kelly's "tireless" energy. Those who worked for or directly pendent evaluation by a recognized authority was advice on problems not related to the Bell Telephone with him can fully vouch for his "demanding" characteristics. very much in order. Laboratories, and as those who know him would guess, Finally, the many and great achievements of his career would A year later when we became a Corporation under he always expressed his view5 willingly, articulately and the Bell System, Dr. Kelly started his program of semi• soundly. It always has been an inspiration t!) be asso• not have been possible through his "tireless" personal efforts annual visits to keep in touch with all of our R & D ciated with such a dynamic, brilliant and rationally alone, or by "demanding" similar effort from his immediate activities. Over the next nine years he cont·inually minded individual who also is a delightful and stimu• associates, but clearly depended upon his "inspiring" many to demonstrated a searching interest in our work and his lating friend and companion. I shall certainly miss his follow his advice and leadership. memory of details covered in the previous chapter vigorous visits to Albuquerque. never ceased to amaze those who talked with him. This Kenner E. Hertford, Manager The people of the United States and of all the world are deep seated interest has always been a morale builder Albuquerque Operations Office, AEC indebted to Dr. Kelly for his unselfish devotion to public as we knew that in Mervin Kelly we had a strong sup· service. We at Sandia are particularly grateful to him for his porter who would not lose an opportunity to help counsel, his guidance, and his contribution to the important build our reputation in national technical circles. R. W. Henderson job we are doing for the nation's defense. We wish him well Vice President Development in the years to come. PAGE FOUR SANDIA LAB NEWS FEBRUARY 6, 1959 Credit Union Votes Dividend, Elects Officio Is Members of the Sandia Labora• tory Federal Credit Union voted a. 5 per cent dividend totaling $179,- 494 at their annual January meet• ing. Other business included election of new members to the board of directors, credit committee and su• pervisory committee. New board members are J. S. Miller (4113) and A. W. Goris (1217), who will serve for two • years. Re-elected were W. E. Prek• ker (6021), D. S. Tarbox (4540), NON-PARTISAN GROUPS in• and R. W. Whitson (5521-D. L. E. DEMOCRATIC PARTY WORK• terested in good government ap• Lamkin (2700), J. T. Dempsey ER for many years, Robert peal to Ruth Farley (4761). She (6021-1), Gel1trude Byrne (4623-4) REPUBLICAN PARTY SUP- ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS is a foll"mer discussion group Hawk (5429-1) took over last ·aJild J. J. Mi·chnovicz (4762) are PORTER is E. K. "Gene" Gard• include Richard A. Bice, Sandia leader in the local chapter of the holdover board members. ner (4213), who has been chair• Corporation Director of Field month as chairman of precinct League of Women Voters, which R. A. QueUe (4621-1) was nam• man of precinct 44 for the past Testing, who has served on AI• 37, div,ision E. He is also chair• strives to inform members of ed to the credit committee to serve two years. He also served two buuerque City Commission since man of the Democratic Grass state and national policies with R. P. Campbell (4841) and years as a division chairman in 1954. He came to Sandia Lab• Roots Committee. Ten years ago through study, and she is secre• C. C. Hunt (4333), who were not former precinct 39. At Sandia oratory in 1949 from Los Alamos tary of the executive board of he was hired by Sandia Labora• up for election this year. Corporation for six and one-half Scientific Labortary and has the Citizen's Committee, which R. J . Guerin (4113-2) is the new years, he is supervisor of the taken an active interest in tory following graduation from seeks good city government member of the supervisory com• Planning Division, Model Shops. non - partisan civic activities. college and is now a supervisor. through support of candidates. mittee L. H. Best (4122) was re• elected and H. C. Redding (4132) is a hold-over member. Irs Your Country and It's Your Tax Money ASM Presents T-Day's approaching-and San• getting things done.) Your most Lecture Series dia Corporation people, like mil• effective weapon in the fight for • lions of their countrymen-people good government, is, of course, the At University from every walk of life, section of ballot. If you're not satisfied with the country, creed, color, occupa• things as they are, you can effect Part Two of an educational lec• tion, and side-of-the-tracks--are a change on election day by vot• ture series, "Engineering Metals" sitting down with varied assort• ing for candidates whose ideas, is being presented by the Albu• ments of scribbling paper, pencils, and ideals, square with your own. querque C'ha.pter of the American bills, forms (long or short), maybe But that's not enough. You Society for Metals. The two hour even an accountant, certainly with can't be politics-minded once or lectures are held at 7:30 p.m. in furrowed brows and grieved ex• twice a year on election day, and Room 101 of the Chemistry Build• pressions, to figure out their 1958 then wait complacently for voting ing, University of New Mexico. income taxes-payable by T-Day, time to roll around again. Good "Metals--What They Are, In• April 15. government is a day-to-day af• ternal Structure, Physical and Chances are, you're one of 'em fair. Mechanical Properties," introduc• and chances are, you're finding Instead of waiting for the next tory lecture of the series, was pre• sented Feb. 2 by Denton T. Doll, that federal income taxes alone election to "turn the rascals out,'' took a sizable chunk of the dough why not see to it that they don't Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. On Feb. 9, Dr. G. U. Greene, you made last year. Not to men• get in office in the first place. New Mexico Institute of Mining tion state income taxes, sales tax• Join a political party, the party of your choice, and by making your• and Technology, will present "Al• es, entertainment taxes, and taxes loys--What They Are and Why We and more taxes on gasoline, tobac• self heard, work for its betterment. DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASJ helped elect George Abouselman Actively involved in your party's Use Them." co, telephone service, jewelry, al• L. P. Wil1'on 0621) will present (2232-1) as mayor of Bernalillo, defeating long-term incumbent. ~ou coholic beverages and so on and af.fairs, can lreep it clean and "How Metals and Alloys Are Fab• George took office last April for a two-year term. This was his f.irst efficient by helping to build its so on and so on. It takes a lot of ricated" on Feb: 16. venture into politics. He has worked for Sandia about nine years. platform from the solid timbers of money to pay for your share of the Dr. Samuel L. Hoyt, Battelle honesty, progress, economy and services provided by federal, state Memorial Institute, will present A lot of money. community need. Then nominate "Failure of Metals" on Feb. 23. 2nd Term 'Continental Classroom' and local government. party standard-bearers who you All of the lecturers will return If you're the average working tJhink will come closest oo putting on Mar. 2 to form a panel to an• TV Credit Course- on KNME-TV man or woman, you have to work these thi!Ilgs across. swer questions that might have two hours and 29 minutes every Help Financially including American Telephone and arisen during the series. Second term of the Atomic Age day (according to Tax Foundation, But if you cannot spare the The series is offered free to all physics course, "Continental Telegraph Company. Inc.) just to pay your taxes. That time to work for a party, you can Enrollment applications are members and student members Classroom," for college credit will adds up to more than three help it nevertheless, by making fi• of ASM. Others may attend the available from Staff Training and start on KNME-TV Feb. 11. The months out of every year-or to nancial contributions. Small dona• series for a cost of $5 per session. Education Division 4631, Bldg. 301, second semester will be devoted ex• more money than you pay for food tions from community-minded cit• F. R. Sweet 0217), ASM secre• clusively to atomic and nuclear ext. 45157 or from the Extension or housing or clothing or trans• izens help to keep the "big money" tary, may be contacted for further physics. Division, UNM. Although college portation or amything else. boys from "buying out" a party. information or for registration credit is given for completing the Dr. Harvey E. White, professor Where's the Money Go? Just ask yourself how much it's forms. of physics at the University of course, Sandia's Educational Aids wor.th oo you to have good, honest program does not apply. When you invest that kind of government, then send along a California in Berkeley and a con• money in a new home or car or sulta~nt to the Atomic Energy check. ASME Members even a new television set, you And once you get the right peo• Commission, will again be the na• probably shop around, ask ques• To Hear Talk on tional teacher. A number of guest Surplus Electrical ple in office, be sure to keep them tions, get the facts-to be sure you informed about how you're think• Cryogenics Feb. 18 •leoturers, d.n:cluding Nobel Prize Connectors to Be are getting the best possible buy. ing. They're there to represent A two-part program is scheduled winners, will assist him. , Sold by Corporation But what about that money you The program is sponsored local• you, and they can't do an effective for the New Mexico Section of the • are purttinrg into 11Jhe government? job unless they know how you ly by the University of New Mexico Six lots of surplus electrical con• American Society of Mechanical Ever make an honest attempt to stand on the various issues. A and the Albuquerque P u b 1 i c nectors are offered for sale as sur• Engineers Wednesday, Feb. 18. find out whether it is being wisely simple, hand-written note to your Dinner meeting at 6 p.m. at the Schools. Nationally, the program is plus property by the Sandia Cor• spent? Probably not. If you are Congressman, Assemblyma:n, may• Triaiilgle Restauraillt rwi!H preceed co-sponsored by the American As• poration Salvage Yard. like most of us, you are so ac• or or district water commissioner the technical session to be held at sociation of Coll~ges for Te•acher Interested employees are urged customed to paying taxes that you is often enough to swing an issue. 7:30p.m. in Rm. 100 of the Biology Education and the National to inspect the property and submit rarely stop to think about where, bids prior to 2 p.m. Feb. 25. Items And there are a thousand-for• Building of the University of New Broadcasting Company with as• or for what, your hard-earned one other ways of making sure Mextco. sistance by the Ford Foundation are to be sold as lots or individ• money's going. ually. The Salvage Yard is open that you get a "good buy" for your "Cryogenics" will be discussed by and leading American corporations Well, obviously you cannot go to tax dollars. A booklet soon to ap• Carlton J. Walker, Jr., of Arthur during the noon hour week days. Washington, or even your state Additional information is avail• pear on the Sandia Corporation D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. capital. and supervise the spend• booklet racks, entitled "What the Cryogenics is the science 0[ re• W. J. Howard Named able from either R. K. Leahy or ing. But that's no reason for tak• G. W. Browning (both 2242) ext. New Congress Means to You," is frigeration and methods of pro• 2nd V. P. Livermore ing a fatalistic, whatta-ya-gonna• packed with good ideas. Be sure ducing very low temperatures. 22174. do attitude. to give it a look. In the meantime, Reservations to attend the meet• Chamber of Commerce You can find out whether you remember-it's your country and ing may be made by contacting W. J. Howard (8100) was in• are getting the most for your tax your cash. Gene Gardner (4213), ext. 31156 . stalled as second vice president of Technical Paper by dollars by keeping abreast of is• the Livermore Chamber of Com• A. J. Quant Available sues that affect you, your family merce recently at the annual joint and your illieigh!bons, thing.s like Sandia Corporation Ranks High in dinner of the Livermore and Pleas• From Two Sources schools, foreign affairs, national anton groups. "A Castable Polyurethane," tech· defense, the cost of living and pol• Fire Prevention Activities Contest • Chamber officers were installed pjcal paper by A. J. Quant 0625- itics. You'll find that it's pretty by Edward W. Sipe, California 1), is now available as a Sandia easy these days to keep well in• Fire prevention activities of The contest was judged on the State Chamber of Commerce Cen• Corporation Reprint, SCR-54 or formed-through newspapers, Sandia Corporation during the basis of year around fire preven• magazines, radio, TV, forums rand tion activities. Under the direction tral Coast District Manager, in a from the Office of Technical Ser• year 1958 won high honors in a ceremony at the Castlewood Coun• vices, Department of Commerce, discussions. of H. H. Pastorius and Ted Rosen• national fire prevention contest try Club. Washington 25, D.C. Decide for Yourself wald of the Inspection and Fire When he became a member in The paper describes work per• Listen to both sides of the var• sponsored by the National Fire Prevention Section 4542-1, Sandia 1956, Mr. Howard was the first formed by Mrr'. QUJan.t in ious issues, then decide for your• Protection Association. conducted year around fire inspec• Livermore Laboratory executive to the Casting Resins and Adhe• self whether things are being han• Sandia Corporation placed four• tions, fire drills, extinguisher dem• represent Sandia Corporation on sives Section of the Organic Ma• dled in the right way. teenth in the Industrial Division ~nstrations, lectures, displays and the Chamber of Commerce. In ad• terials Division. He developed a And if they're not, you can do competing against 104 North a fire control education campaign. dition to Mr. Howard, R. E. type of elastomer with thermal something about it. (If this wasn't American industries. The Salton At Salton Sea a similar program Poole (8000), C. W. Campbell shock resistance and reasonable a free country, you'd have to like Sea operation of Sandia Corpora• was conducted by H. V. McNab• (8200) and R. E. Dewhurst (8233), processing characteristics from it or lump it, but this is America tion placed eleventh in the same ney, Fire and Safety Division also represent the Corporation. commercially available materials. and there is an American way of category. 4582-2. Amateur Mobile Radio Fans of Caravan Club FEBRUARY 6, 1959 SANDIA LAB NEWS PAGE FIVE Launch New Year With Full Slate of Events Tom Marshall (1265), Program The first public service activity dio Relay League, the outstand• Director for the Amateur Radio of the Caravan Club for the year ing national amateur organiza• Ca1·avan Club of New Mexico, has was performed on Jan. 3, when tion. The Caravan Club is affili• announced general plans for club radio communications of the club ated with ARRL. activities for this year. Topping were used to dispatch trucks en• Secretary-treasurer of the club the schedule are public service ac• gaged in the annual Christmas is Tom Banks (5252), who has tivities, speakers and fun nights . tree "pickup and burn," spon• extended an invitation to all lo• For the first business meeting sored by Explorer Scouts of the cal amateurs to join with the of the year, held at the Radi• area. A number of members, the Caravan Club. The club, organized ation Lab of Lovelace Clinic on majority of whom were Sandians, in November 1953, has two major Jan. 28, the guest speaker was participated for approximately objectives-fraternal activity and Einar Morterud (5523) of the lo• nine hours in this activity. participation in emergency and • cal Civil Air Patrol Wing. Mr. Charles M. Butler <7111) will public service work. Morterud discussed radio com• give a talk on the Amateur Radio R equirements for joining the munications systems of the CAP, Emergency Corps of the American group are to have a mobile station and how they are used to handle Radio Relay League in the near operative on a frequency of 29.6 both routine and emergency traf• future. The AREC is comprised of • megacycles, to contact two mem• fic situations. thousands of amateurs through• ber stations mobile-to-mobile on Scheduled at a later date, "Doc" out the nation who have expressed this frequency, and to attend a Meredith, local amateur operator, a willingness to make their equip• monthly business meeting of the will show motion pictures and lec• ment and services available during group, held on the fourth Wednes• ture on his recent visit to the periods of emergency, such as day of each month. A member's Virgin Islands, where he visited storms, floods, lost person search• roll call is held on 29.6mc each Danny Weil, a British amateu~· es. Mr. Butler is the Emergency Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., and the who is making an extended trip Coordinator for the Albuquerque scheduled activity for the evening to small islands throughout the area. commences at 8. Annual dues are world. Other activities will be auc• $3. The purpose of Mr. Well's trip, tions, swap nights, demonstra• Although the club urges mobile called a DX-pedition in ham tions of new amateur equipment, hams to join with them, Tom lingo, is to provide amateurs tours, movies, and participation Banks reports any person inter• with radio contacts to areas not in nation-wide amateur events ested in visiting the meetings or normally having ham stations. sponsored by the American Ra- taking part in the club activities FIRST BALL, officially opening Sandia's mixed bowling league at Livermore, is rolled by Charles W. Campbell (8200). He made a DX is the hams' term meaning a is welcome to do so. long distance radio contact. spare, finishing off the seven pin on his second roll. Kibitzers are C. F. Quate to Jim Eagan (8151-1), league president, and Bob Eisele (8114-2), • Supplemental Life secretary-treasurer of the Livermore Laboratory bowling league. R. A. Harris Retires Speak to Members Insurance Certificates After Eight Years at IRE Feb. 16 Sent to Employees LASL Scientists to Give Talks Sandia Corporation Of Supplemental Group Life Insur• c. F . Quaroe, Director of Re• ance certificates have been sent to At Sandia Research Colloquium Taking it easy at home is Rob- search 5100, will discuss "Para• all participants by Employee Bene• ert A. Harris, who retired Jan. 31 metric Amplifiers" at a meeting of fits Section 4622-1. Los Alamos Scientific Labora• being distributed at the presel)t after eight bhe Albuquerque-Los M.amos Sec• Those receiving the certificates tory scientists will present two time. years at Sandia tion of the Insbitute of Radio En• are requested to check the bene• programs for the Sandia Corpora• Anyone desiring information on Corporation as gineffi·s Monday, Feb. 16. ficiary designation and spelling of tion Research Colloquium during tickets should contact Don Rauber a painter(2232- Mr. all names. If there are clerical February, Craig Hudson (5111), (4722) , Colloquium secretary, ext. 2). Quate was formerly Assist• ant Direotor of Electronics and errors the certificate should be re• Colloquium chairman, reports. 20245. Mr. Harris !Riadio Researoh, Bell Telephone turned to the section. The certifi• Dr. Theodore Cutter will discuss All Colloquium meetings are and his wife !Ja.boratories. He has been rut San• cate number should be the same as propelling space vehicles by the held at 9:30a.m. in the basement live at 306 Tru• dia since Jan. 1. your employee number. use of large, yet exceedingly thin, conference room of Bldg. 802. man NE and The meeting will begin at 8 If participants wish to change sails that would be pushed through they plan to beneficiaries or if the participant p.m. in the Electrical Engineering the solar system by radiation from stay in Albu- has changed name, the certificate Building leoture hall, Univer&1ty of the sun. Title of the talk is "On Livermore Bowlers R. A. Harris querque. They should be brought to the section Solar Sailing." No tickets are re• have four sons New Mexico. It is sponsored by for endorsement. Elect Kay Schall the IRE Professional Group on quired to attend this meeting and two daughters, all married, J . D. Mafit, supervisor of the which is scheduled Feb. 11. Kay Schall <8232-2) has been living either in New Mexico or Fort Microwave Theory and Technique. section, cautions that the certifi• elected vice president of the San• Tuesday, Feb. 10, T. L. Pace Feb. 18, Dr. Herman Hoerlin, Worth, Tex. cates should be kept in a place will discuss "Certain Aspects of dia Mixed Handicap Bowling (5221) will discuss "Electronic League. Jim Eagan (8151-1) is Mr. Harris loves to fish and in known by both the insured and the Teak and Orange Shots." Tickets Distance Measuring Theory and president and Bob Eisele (8114-2) the spring he might start a small beneficiary. The certificate must are required for this meeting. A TeCihnique" at a meeting of the is secretary-treasurer. business. But right now he just be surrendered before paym.,nt or new issue of Colloquium tickets is wants to sit down and think about IRE Professional Group on Telem• change of beneficiary can be Leading the 14-team league at the future. etry and Remote Control. The made. last report were the Boondogglers, meeting will 'be held at 8 p.m. in Employees who have not received Welcome captained by Chuck Newmyer the EE Bldg., UNM. their certificate are asked to notify (8162-1 ). Livermore Laboratory dio Relay League, the outstand- Section 4622-1. Newcomers Basketball Team Wins Jan. 19-30 Albuquerque Two Employees Back Over Rod Lab 41-38 Arlene M. Blozek ------·------·------4142 After Army Service Diane D. Carson ·---·---·------··----·----- 4142 This season's undefeated Liver• Ruth B. Cates ·---·------4623 Two more employees have re• Margaret A. Crawford ------4561 turned to their jobs at Sandia more Laboratory basketball team Henry De Ruyver ·------·------·-··------4253 won over the Radiation Laboratory Bettye R. Garrard ·------· 2541 Corporation following release from lois H. Gentry ·---··--·------·----·---·------·-4132 military service. recently. This was Livermore Lab• Joan R. Gillon ------2713 oratory's first basketball win over Emma D. Hollingsworth ------4623 Edward J . Graeber had been Florence F. Keough ·------4623 with the Corporation six months the Rad Lab in two seasons. Both Frank E. McCulloch ------1625 teams are competing in the Liver• Gloria N. Mickelson ------2525 more area recreation league. John D. Patrick Jr. ·------1614 Thomas l. Patterson ------4132 The Sandians won 41 to 38, scor• Johnye F. Robinson ------·------··------· 4211 Sonya S. Smart ----·------4142 ing 21 points in the second quarter Dorothy A. Wiening _____ ------4623 to lead by 11 points at halftime. Dorothy B. Widman _____ ------4623 Mike Ferrario (8114-1 ) led the California • D. E. Brown Irvington ------8223-1 scoring with 14 points. James R. Rego livermore ----- ______8232-1 Carolyn J. Kersey, livermore ______8231 -1 Previously the Sandia team Dale R. Anderson, livermore .. 8232-1 trounced General Electric of San Paul R. Coronado, Livermore ...... 8223-1 Norman B. Curry, Hayward _ ___ 8234-1 Ramon 67 to 39. Jim Blanchard Thomas l. Roy, Livermore ...... 8224-3 (8123-3) picked up 14 points that Sylvester Grisby, Oakland ______B224-3 E. J. Graeber David Stea game, closely followed by Arnold Indiana John l. Newton, South Be"d _ ___ 4253 when he was called into service. Schuknecht (8213-2) with 12 Kansas points. Royce R. Bewley, Wichita __ 4253 He was in the Army Ooo·ps of En• Michigan gineers for two years, stationed "BEST IN SECURITY" plaque is presented by W. Lee Hancock Frank Petrini, Detroit ------8223-1 mainly at Fort Belvoir, Va. Now (left), AEC-ALOO Director of Security, to Paul W. Ager, Assistant New Mexico he's back in Chemical and Spec• Rutledge Carter Dies Tony Satraplus, Los Alamos ...... 2551 Manager for Advance Planning, Albuquerque Operations Office. Pennsylvania troscopy Section 1622-1. In St. Louis, Missouri Nelson E. Caulkins, Will iamsport ____ 4411 David Stea came to work for Funeral services were held in Washington Sandia Corporation in September Joseph E. Stiegler, Seattle _ 8122-2 1957. He recently returned from Middleberg, Va., Jan. 23 for Rut• Advance Planning Wins AEC-ALOO Wisconsin ledge Carter, 57 , Staff Assistant in Charles C. Comito, Milwaukee ____ 8114-2 six months' duty with the Army Returned from Leave Signal Corps in Fort Monmouth Sandia's Military Publications Di• First Annual Security Competition Priscilla R. Benelli, Albuquerque ____ 4762 vision I. Edward J. Graeber, Jr., Denver, Colo. 1622 N. J. His job is in the Statistic~ Mr. Carter The Office of Advance Planning gree of security involved in an in• Norma J. Emptage, Albuquerque __ 4623 and Evaluation Division 1592. died Jan. 20 in won the AEC-ALOO's first annual fraction were all considered in de• St. Louis, Mo., security performance competition termining the winning organiza• • where he was and was presented a plaque em• tion. stricken while blematic of its safe handling of en route back to classified documents during 1958. his job in Albu• Even though the Headquarters AWS Meets querque follow• is within controlled Sandia Base Sandia Corporation's all-time safety record ing an absence and has its own 24-hour a day se• A demonstrrution of the Airco• of 105 days without a disabling injury ended of three months curity guard, the annual competi• matic continuous wire-fed welding due to illness. tion was set up to emphasize any process and other types of welding Tuesday morning, Jan. 27, 1959. Rutledge Carter He had been "security infraction" such as a wUl be the program fm• a meeting employed at the classified paper being left on a of the Albuquerque Ohapter of the Corporation as a catalogue compil• desk overnight or a safe not prop• American Welding Society Feb. 12. er from June 1951-July 1954, then erly closed. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. HERE'S WHY ••• was rehired in February 1956. Factors such as total number at the Uncleared Shop of ACF In• A Corporation employee, riding as a passenger in a Survivors include his son in of infractions, number of em• dustdes on po• ment 4630. ration in July "Don" was 1950 immedi• hired by San• ately after re• dia Oor>poration ceiving a Bach• in October 1950 elor'•s degree in and his first Business Ad• awo years were m in i s ·t r a• ·in employment bion from the • and placement work. He next University of New Mexico. spent four years as a personnel In October 1951 "Bob" was pro• devel:opment specialist, then was moted ·to section supervisor and named \Supervisor of Staff Train• five yoors .ago he was 3Jdvanced to ing and Ed.rucrution Division in division supervisor. He hrus he3Jd• June 1956. ed Technioal In!ormation Division, While he3Jding that division he Accounting Division and Cost Di• was instrumenJtal in organizing vision. the Management Deve}opment While a member of Development program. Staff Sel'Vices organization he set A graduaJte of Belloit (Wise.) IUp ·the c81Se cost system which is College, he received a BA degree still being used. rln cultlu!ral anthropolJOgy in the iHe sel'lVed in •the Air Force for !f!ield of human relations in indus• 10 months dn 11945. try. Bob ds a member of .A!l.pha Krup• pa Psi, professional businesiS fra• Don is a member of Plhi Beta ternity, Phi Kappa Phi, scholoas• Kappa, •schoLastic h o no r a .r y, tic honorary, Beta Alpha, account• Omicron DeLta Kappa, le3Jdership ing honomry, and Phi Sigma Iota, honorary, and Pi Kialppa Delta, romance language honorary. speedh honorn.ry. His memberships in profe.ssional groups dnclude ·the Industria.l RelaJtions Research As• BUD FISCHER'S DIXIELAND band was half made Karnowski (1626) continues at the piano. Guitar • sociation, American Society of Col. P. H. Drake up of Sandians when this picture was taken. LeRoy player R. M. Elder (1472), no longer with this Training Directors and American Petersen (4510) still plays drums and Maurice band, is now playing with the Wampus Cat Band. Society for Public Administmtion. Tells lAS About Space Horizons "Looking Towa,rd Space Hori• Scientist and Musician- Dual JAMES L. DOSSEY to supervi• zons-A Mission of the Air Force sor of Section 1262-2, Fuzing Sys• Academy," a talk by Col. Paul H. tems Division. Drake, will be presented to the Al• buquerque Chapter of the Institute Role Enjoyable tor Sandians "Jim" started working at San• of the Aeronautical Sciences Feb. Relaxation through music is a lo at the Eastman School of Music Bud Fischer's Dixieland Six has 17. Col. Drake is head of the ther• dia Laboratory practice followed by many sci• Preparatory Department and has at the piano Maurice Karnowski modynamics Dep't of USAF Acad• entists, businessmen and others played with the local symphony 0626), a chemical engineer, and in June 1949 emy. and continued working under high pressure. six years. LeRoy R. P:otersen <45 10 ), ex• This meeting will be the first of until January Many prefer to listen to hi-fi re• Symphony Supporter pediter, at the drums. Mechanical the local lAS chapter which plans 1953 when he cordings, others like to play in• An enthusiastic symphony sup• Engineer Jim Caldwell 0285) plays to become recognized by the na• struments in their homes for their porter is Philip Wesson, former the trumpet in his own combo of was called into tional organization. Alan Y. Pope own enjoyment. Still another group Sandia General Attorney, Treas• five pieces with Howard Sloane military service. (5140) as president heads the list prefers the camaraderie of other urer and Secretary, who retired in (2723), tool and gage inspector, at He returned to of temporary officers. Others are: musicians and the reactions of an 1955. He started playing the violin the ivories. the Full - Scale Warren Curry (5144), treasurer, audience. Sandia has all of these. with the Bell employees symphony Jack Shearing has a Sandia ac• Test organization here a year ago. Bill Keeler 0282), meeting com• Albuquerque's Civic Symphony in New York and switched to viola countant and a mathematician While specializing in telemetering mittee chairman, and G. A. Fow• is a natural outlet for musicians in 1952 when he joined Albuquer• among his 10 band members. instrumentation Jim participated ler (5000), member of the Board who love classical music. Members que's symphony. Marvin Hunt (5135) plays the in most of the overseas and con• of Directors. include: Gilbert lenert (4412), a Joe Abbott 0522), an electrical trumpet and Tim Preston 0592), tinental nuclear test series. The lAS is the representative drafting engineer who received his engineer, and his wife, Geri, !have the baritone sax. Marvin also is a During three years in the Air society in America for engineers, violin training at Wisconsin Con• both played with the Civic Sym• member of the New Mexico Brass Force Jim was an AFSWP liaison designers and technical specialists servatory of Music; M. A. "Pete" phony for a number of years. Two Ensemble. officer to Sandia Corporation. in all the sciences related to the Palmer (5216), who works in opti• other Sandia wives, Ruth Grothe Robert H. Richardson ( 4411), He also worked nearly two years design and development of air and cal measurements, studied the eel- and Abigail McVeety, also play bass fiddle, and Robert E. McDer• as local test administrator for Av• space craft. The organization has with the symphony. mott <2722), guitar, bongo and vo• co Manufacturing at their research 14,000 members. Lighter Side calist, bring Paul Muench's band and advanced development divi• The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Educational Aids On the lighter side, J. J. "Mike" up to six pieces. sion in Albuquerque. at Leonard's Restaurant. Reserva• Applications Should Michnovicz (4762 ), Photo andRe• Wampus Cats production Division supervisor, A little off the musical beat is Jim received both his BS and tions should be made prior to Feb. 11 through Bill Keeler, ext. 20147. Be Filed by Feb. 13 plays accordion and leads the six• the five piece Wampus Cat band, MS degrees in Electrical Engineer• year-old MBC trio; Tommy Kelly which appears on TV, radio and ing from the University of New Applications for Sandia Corpor• ation Education Aids benefits (2554), manufacturing engineer, before clubs. R. M. Elder 0472), Mexico and is a member of Phi slaps the bass fiddle in his own who works in design development, Kappa Phi, scholastic honorary, H. V. Finston Speaks to should be filed prior to Feb. 13, according to W. H. "Bill" Bailey five-piece group; Lab News photo• strums the guitar and W. F. Sigma Tau, engineering honorary, All E on Management grapher Bill Laskar (4762-ll , Stearns 0625), who does labora• and the Institute of Radio Engi• of the Staff Training and Educa• tional Division 4631. drums and leads his own combo, tory work in plastics, "plays" the neers. Decision Making Application forms are available and Sol Chavez (4512), machinist. washtubs. "Management Decision Making from Division supervisors and plays trumpet and trombone and The American Legion Drum and and the Industr'ial Engineer" will should be turned in through nor• has a nine-piece band. Bugle Corps has C. E. Foster be discussed by Dr. Howard V. Most any group that plays for (2541), Travis Bogue , Mike Zownir (4252) and • JACK R. SUBLEIT to m3Jil!lll.g• questions may be referred to Bill, er of newly-created Manufaotur• the Albuquerque Area Chapter of Bldg. 301, ext. 45157. Coronado Club probably has sev• Sol Chavez (4512) among its li.ngDevelop• the American Institute of Indus• eral Sandians on the bandstand. members. ment Quality trial Engineers Feb. 16. Control and Dr. Finston, a former Sandia Sandia Safety Man Admin is• Consultant, is Assistant Professor Speaks to Members tration Depart• of Industrial Administration and ment 2560. Marketing in the College of Busi• Of Forest Service During his ness Administration, University of New Mexico. Elio Cultreri of the Safety Engi• eight years with neering Depa.rtment (4811-1) was Sandia Corpo• The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Silver Spur Restau• the principal speaker at a meeting ration Jack has rant, 5600 Central Ave., SE. For of Forest Service officials from worked the en• reservations contact Jack Cejka New Mexico, Arizona and west tire time in M!anufaotur.ing De• (4611), exit. 32161. Texas, held in Albuquerque last velopment Engineering. He was month. appointed a sectli.on supervisor in Purpose of the meeting was to December 1951 and !has been a Non-Credit Course discuss the Service's accident pre• division supervisor \Since August vention program, with emphasis 1954. In Accounting for directed! toward training for fore• He received a BS degree in In• Secretaries at UN M men. d'llStrial Engineering at Tems The University of New Mexico, Technological College in 1942 then • in cooperation with the Albuquer• ASQC Members to entered Gerreral Elootrlic's test en• que chapter of the National Sec• gineers tra.inlinlg program. Before retaries Association, will sponsor Hear Speaker From lewving OE in 1951 to come oo a non-credit course in secretarial work at Sandia Col'!p()ration he LASL Rocket Division accounting starting Feb. 3. Albuquerque Section of the was with rtJheir Lamp Development The class will be offered every I.Jaborn·tory in Cleveland, Ohio. American Society for Quality Con• Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and will trol will meet Monday, Feb. 16, at Jack served two years in t!he be taught by Perry T. Mori of the 8 p.m. at the Albuquerque Na• Navy during Wol'll.d War IT as an University. tional Bank Building, East Central assistant gunnery officer on a de• The course is open to all secre• Branch. sbroyer. taries and other interested persons. The program will feature a He lis a member of the Ameri• Further information may be ob• speaker from the Rocket Division STRING QUARTETS are one of the most enjoyable ensembles, can Institute of Industrial Engi• tained from M. H. McMichael, as• of the Los Alamos Scientific Lab• according to many musicians. Looking over a Mozart score are neers and is a ·registered profes• sistant director, UNM Extension oratory, according to Ken Bricker (L to R) Gilbert Lenert, Joe Abbott, M. A. "Pete" Palmer and ISionrul engirreer in New Mexico. Division, CH 7-0391, ext. 208. (5531), publicity chairman. Philip Wesson (center front). All play with the Civic Symphony. ..------~---~---·----

FEBRUARY 6, 1959 SANDIA LAB NEWS PAGE SEVEN In Recognition of Sandia Service 15 Year Award Ten Year Pins • Marion A. Lantz Einar H. Morterud Arthur E. Jones Laurence J. Chavez William 0 . Bramlett 4411 5523 4764 4741 4842 Jan. 6, 1944 Feb. 7, 1949 Feb. 9, 1949 Feb. 9, 1949 Feb. 10, 1949 Five Year Pins Thomas E. Stone 2551, Earle A. Paxton, Jr. 8221 Mary D. McClure 4721, James L. Foreman 4741; Maude S. McCarthy 4623, H. G: Jebl1ck 2713, Powell M. Henderson 4842, W1ll1am S. Brady 4424. Willard I. Neese 4411, Ernest W._Hall 4411 , Donald F. Wilkes 1473, Flonan L. R1ckert 2723, Albert L. Ming 4581, Elmer D. Wh1tener 4581, Charles W. Tarbit 2713, K. E. Helmstadter 1625 . Two Year Certificates Feb. 7-13 Lyle T. Davis 4761, Pearl E. Payne 8211, L. J. O'Connell 1541, Shirley L. Wells 8212, Jean H. lvarson 8221, Robert C. Anderson Alazada M. Lambert Rudolph C. A. Sadler Earl V. Shannon Leroy W. Paulson 4412, Leroy R. Plumley 4412, Duane A. Benton 4842 1463 5213 4742 I 44 Feb. 11, 1949 Feb. 16, 1949 Feb. 16, 1949 Feb . 18, 1949 ~~thew J. Roach 4412, W. L. Hawkins, Jr. 4412 Robert B. D:ck 4412, Clyde H. Hughes 4412' Almon D. Fackrell 4412, Julian A. Lovato 4411; JohnS. Williams 4412, Joseph B. Meland RUNNERSUP in the playoffs for the championship of the Sandia 15 i?~in G Pytlik 8114, Marvin M. Plugge 2533 Corporation Employees Golf Association are shown here with Vernon E: Kemp 1613, C. Wolfinbarg.er 1544, trophies awarded last week. From left, are Dennis S. Chavez (4742), Vern B. Johnson 1451, Lawrence B. Sm1th 5232, Ronald K. Bump 5523. . Charlie Chavez (4742) and Maury Chavez (4131), who were win• William 0. Clark 8111, Ralph J. N1~be 1 ners of B Flight of the Evening League. A Flight Winners are 4411, Lorraine Craven 2231, B. N. Porterf17ld • 2525, Beatrix Schowers 4761, John R. Ce1ka (continuing in line) Dick Clark (5512) and Howard Lindell (5533). 4611, Ralph E. Sanders 2233. Feb. 14-20 Richard B. Hosley 4152, M. L. Thompson 4211, Geraldine M. Becker 2222, H. L. M~c­ Sandia Employees Present Papers Pherson 4842, Michael G. Gregor~ ~132, Wm• ford E. Watson 1283, John McMdlm 523~ .. Ray L. Stinson 4251, Joseph . P. Darg1n1s To Various Audiences in Country 8132, Theresa F. Phelps 4152, An1ta E. Seaver 4142, Julia A. Knisely 1591, John A. Carroll, Technical papers have been pre• Banister (5150 ) was presented at Jr 2211 Clifford T. Schafer 1611. ·Earl H'. Sallie 4261. Edward N. Villella 4742, sented at a number of conferences a Physics Colloquium at Arizona Charlene Holley 4762, 0. Blondell Henk 4623, recently by Sandia Corporation State College, Tempe, Arizona. Roy R. Carlson 2553, Herschel! B. Young 4422, employees. D. W. Grobecker 0621) pre• Ronald H. Estey, Jr. 2722. George W. McClure 4511, Martha R. Newby "Free Oscillation Variable Re• SEnted "Welding Progress and 2231, Joy L. Sea burn 4621, E. Anthony Ryan Problems at Sandia Corporation" 1263, Marvin E. Bush 5232. Jack E. Edwards flection Dynamic Rig" was pre• 1245, Norman A. Herbst 2722. sented by J. C. Weydert (5143) at during an AEC Welding Commit• the lOth meeting of the Super• tee Meeting in Hanford, Wash., Sandia Employees Basketball League Standings sonic Tunnel Association in Buf• and "A Test Approach to the De• Won Lost falo, N. Y. termination of Aluminum Weld 2400-1 9 1 Strength Characteristics" at an 2500 8 1 "Economic Ordering Quantity" 1 AEC Welding C'ouncil at Richland, 7400 8 by R. D. Flaxbart (4570) was pre• 4100 7 2 Washington. 5200 7 2 sented at the Third Material Man• 3 The following two technical pa• 5500 6 agement Workshop at the Univer• 5100 5 4 pers have been added to the San• 1600-1 5 5 sity of California Radiation Lab• 4 5 dia Corporation reprint series: 1400 oratory, Berkeley, Cali-f. 1200 3 6 GOLF CHAMPS of the Sandia Corporation Employees Golf Associa• "A Transistorized Current-Con• 2700 3 6 "Project Plowshare" by Dorris 2400-11 0 9 tion are shown here receiving trophies from F. J. Given, Vice Presi• trolled Oscillator for DC-Excited 1600-11 0 10 dent, Administration 4000. The team came out on top of the Week• M. Hankins (5112) was presented Strain Gage Application" by C. E. 2100 0 10 at a meeting of the Society of Individual Scoring Leaders end League and then defeated the winners of A Flight and B Flight Land (5223). Avg. Points Military Engineers in Albuquer• "Factors in the Design of an Team Per Game of the Evening League to take the championship. L to R are George que. Ken Flynn 5500 31.7 Environmental Chamber Inside of Fred Millsap 5200 26.6 Horne (4153), Mr. Given, Homer Pierce (4152) and Dan Freshman "Particulate Dynamics R esearch a Reactor Irradiation Cell" by T. Louis Sanders 2400-1 21.9 John Vick 1200 19.7 (4171). High point of final playoff was Mr. Pierce's hole-in-one. at Sandia Corporation" by J. R. B. Morse 0661).

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LATHE AND Accessories, South Bend, 10 ICE SKATES, block " Po.thfinder", size 5V2, L1 ON EL "0" gouge track and un-coupler inch swing, will consider cosh and trade. $5. DeSelm, AL 5-2634, 513 Carlisle trade for some in "027" or sell. Niebel' CLASSIFIED Scalf, Bldg. 840, 423•1-1 , between 12 noon NEXT SE. AM 8- 1498. ' ADVERTISING and 1 p.m. only. AUTOMATIC WASHER, Westinghouse; two YOUTH B•ED w/spring, $15. Brooks, 424 white and brass table lamps. Luckett, Deadline: Friday noon prior Manzano NE. DEADLINE AL 6-2346 after 5:30. WANTED to week of publication unless P.ERCOLATOR, Merit, ne.w 9 cup, auto• FOR SHOPPING CENTER ADS ANTIQUE REED organ, walnut. Johnson, TWO OR three bedroom house in NE or changed by holiday. matic w/ weak & strong control, $13. AX 9-0006 after 5 :30. SE, reasonable. Olgin, Ext. 22251 . Spradling, Ext. 44155. Friday Noon - Feb. 13 '51 BUICK hocdtop Super, 47,600 miles, HOMES FOR PUPPIES. Two femole pups RULES '49 CHEVROLET, Y2 ton, 3-speed pickup, one owner, $400. Bock, CH 7-9483. three months old, one white and brown' new motor, mud gr.ipp tires, overloads, one fuzzy fawn-colored free. Gregory' 1. Limit: 20 words '56 VOLKSWAGEN deluxe sedan, sun Ext. 44136. ' ' trailer hitch, 6'x6'x8' insulated camper. REFLEX CAMERA, EXA, 35mm single lens roof, radio, $1395, terms. Reed, AX 9- 2. One ad per issue per person Soward, Dl 4-5487. 3. Must be submitted in writing wjCorl Zeiss Jeno f 3.5, 50mm "T" 7425, see at 9637 Morrow Rd . NE. BOY'S BIKE, 20 inch, cheap, good condi- '52 STUDBBAKER, Commander, Hardtop Tessor lens, waist level finder, everready 51 NGLE B6D and mattress, steel, $30. tion. Fletcher, Ext. 35135. 4. Use home telephone numbers V-8, R&H, overdrive, w/w tires, new case, Heiland flash gun, $58. Brion, ext. Martin, 3607 Colorado NE, AM 8-2709. CHILD CA~E in my home, 3 blocks from ,point, $350. Brewster, AL 5-9177. 41283. 5. For Sandia Corporation and REFRIGERATOR, Kelvinator, $75; table Grbson Gate, 920 Kentucky SE. Morris • AEC employees only MUSKOVY DUCKS, will sell separate or $5 GOLF CLUBS, Wilson, 5 irons, 2 woods, AL 6-0152. ' model TV, $50; Colt semi-automatic .22 6. No commercial ads, please a pair; will trade Iorge Nanny goat for .bog, bolls, tees, $40. Arnold, AX 9- col. ·pistol, 6" barrel w/holster, $35. TO TRADE house troi ler for equity in 7. Include name and organization. small pig. Gregory, Ext. 44136. 3772. Hagedorn, AM 8-3721 . house. Ewald, AL 5-7269 after 5 :30. '54 BUICK Roodmoster, hardtop Riverio, CAMP TRAILER one wheel, two point '52 ALL STATE scooter, $120. Runs very RIDERS to Son Diego and bock, leaving full power, 30,000 actual miles, Cherb, hitch, $25. Sparks, AX 9-5850 .. well. Loux, AX 9-6728. Albuquerque 2-19 or 2-20; rehxning AL 5-1891 , 1511 Hermosa Or. SE. ' 57 FORD station wagon, power steering 2-24 or 2-25, wont one or two. Beau.be FOR SALE OLYMPIA TYPEWRITER, portable with Ext. 28256. ' HI-STANDARD .22 target pistol, Smith & and brakes, automatic transmission, case, $80. Sweatman, e>t with one Martin, AL 5-7763. MODEL 94 Winchester, new 30-30, w/cose, STAUFFER, 1 year old. Kelley, AL 6-4982. or two girls located at 1212 Carlisle SE. Marsh, CH 3-2767. $60; 1/ 70 h .p . mator, new, $8; Chicago Salazar, AM 8-3123 evenings. ICE SKATES, size 2, "Alfred" figure ELECTRIC RANGE, Frigidaire 30", 5 speed roller skates, size 7, used 5 times, $15. TYPEWRITER, Royal portable and case, skates, Jackson, AL 6-0318. burners, auto. timed oven w/broiler and Myers, ext. 462.90 after 5. $15. Heckard, AL 6-4312. SIMMONS CHAIR, makes into a bed, green storage drawer, $75. Krieger, 3400 '56 FORD, Fordomotic, R&H, air condition- 40" RANGE, Roper deluxe, 5V2 hour FOR RENT brocade, $20. Sheaffer, AL 5-9473. Dokoto NE. ing, wjw tires, will trade for late Yolks• timer, fully automatic, Iorge oven, sep- 3 BDRM HOME, 1% baths, range, drapes, TRUMPET, professional caliber, super '57 HARLEY-HUMMER with windshield, wagon or Kormonn Ghio. Hunter, AX 9- arate worming oven, $75. Scott, 2912 carpets, children welcome, no pets, model Olds, w j cose, $125. Purdue, $150. Young, CH 2-1410, see a.t 1135 1089. Wisconsin NE. lease, $115, deposit required. Mozley AL 6-0802. Sunset Rood SW. PLATFORM ROCKER and ottoman, green FUEL GAUGE for 1955 Plymouth, new, $3. AX 9-4204. WHITE TABLE CLOTH, hond-<:rocheted, '55 GERMAN OPEL sedan with radio, $750 plastic, $20; drop-leaf table, w/ choirs, West, AX 9-1878. 2 BDRM HOME, completely ftxnished, 7'x5V2', make offer; gas range, clean, 0< best offer. Hynes, AX 9-0001 after $12; Mexican rocker w/rush-woven seat WASHER, Kenmore automatic, 1958 de• $125 per month, wa.ter and garbage • $55. Chavez, AX 9-0219. 5:30. and bock, $5. Gloss, AL 6-2485. luxe model, bought for $350, wiH sell for paid. Will lease. Johnson, AL 5-2250. LINED DRAPES, white w/ brown and green ELECTRIC RANGE, 1955 Kelvinotor, ol.lto• GAS REFRIGERATOR, Servel, 12 cu. ft., $225 or best offer. Sweley, AX 9-5979. design, to cover approximately 24 by motic timer, $15D. Swinney, AX 9-1614, new door gasket, best offer. Houghton, GAS RANGE, 40" Roper, $40; 30" Words 7 V2 feet, six unequal sections, $100. see at 1335 ~ichmond NE. AX 9-3386. gas .range, $35; F,rigidoire automatic LOST AND FOUND Wallis, AL 6-4241. 20" BICYCLE, girl's Higgins deluxe model, FREE WHEELING hubs, "Worn", for 4- washer, $55. rDoy, AM 8-1720 evenings. LOST: White wallet w/ID of Lugordo '54 MOTOR CYCLE, Allstate, 125 cc, $15; matched set Power Built golf wheel drive Jeeps and Jeep station MAYTAG IRONER, $35. Neubauer, AL 6- Abeyta, pearl and rhinestone clip ear• $125. Edwards, AX 9-5496, 9100 woods, $20. Smith, AM 8-1349. wagons, manual type, $15. Goy, AL 5- 7068. ring, small Swedish penknife w/ 4 blades, Woodland NE. 0402, 1845 Georgia NE. lady's pigskin glove, man's fringed scarf, COLLIE PUPPIES, AKC registered, 6 weeks '57 PONTIAC deluxe wagon., factory air turquoise screw type earring, Eastern Star TABLE SAW, .a inch tilting arbor, $25; old, one tri-<:olored female, two sable MAPLE PLATFORM rocker, $15. Niper, power steering, brakes, windows, seats, ring, 2 Ford, 2 house, 1 gas key on ring, fluorescent light fixture w/ 2 40 watt and white moles, $50 each. Kier, AL 6- Dl 4-2021. automatic trans., will trade equity for old• key w/yellow tab marked 891-1 . LOST bulbs, $5. Former, AL 5-7279. 4626 after 5:30. LUGGAGE TRAILER, heavy duty, truck er cor. Anderson, AL 6-4061 after 5 :30. AND FOUND, ext. 26149. PRECISION TOOLS, machinist and inspec• FUR COAT, tuxedo style, matched natural springs 4" channel fwme, w/ kickdown REMINGTON 300 used one season, $70. FOUND : Man's block leather gloves, tion w/tool chest, $150; for complete muskrat, size 16, $50. Seaver, AX 9- tongue rest, $85. Sikkel, AX 9-3966, Would consider trade. Morrison, CH 3- Timex watch w jred, white and block list call LeClair, Ext. 34251. 2227. 1125 Groce NE. 20 11 after 6. bond, 7 keys on ring found near Bose '56 CHEVY V-8, 210, 2-door, standard BLOND TABLES, one end, one two-tier SWING SET w/glider, 2 swings, ladder, YOUTH BED, blond, includes springs but Theatre, man's ton suede glove, door key transmission, clean, one owner, $1195. with gloss top, one cocktail with gloss shinny pole, cosh, toke down and corry, on clip. LOST AND FOUND, ext. 26149. Schellenboum, CH 3-1126, 420 Yale SE. top, $20 for all three. Hodyke, 3421 $10. Reinhart, AX 9-2887. no mattress. Brooks, AL 5-9343. NAVY RECEIVER, RMB, 2 to 20 mega• Cuervo NE, AL 6-5210. 3 BDRM HOME, Ranch Style, 2 baths, MERCURY station wagon, 1.954, Merco• cycles, sepot"ote power supply, 11 tubes, 24" GIRL'S BIKE, boy's 24" bike, each paneled den w/ fireploce, double cor- motic, power brakes, -power steering, LIVERMORE WANTED noise limited, RF Stage, $35 9,r trade. $15. Sherwood, 2326 HoHman Dr . NE, port, $950 down, FHA. Butler, AX 9- R&H, WW, $650. Samson, 2617 Gretto, 40FT. TRAILER, 2 bedroom. Isaacs, HI 7- Russell, AL 5-2791. AX 9-2169. 5626. AX 9-2443. · 4933 after 5 p.m. PA_ _G_e_e_IG_H_r __sA_ N_I_oA_ LA_B_ N_ e_w_s__ F_ es_R_u_ARY_ __:6,_1_9_s9 Sandia Laboratory Tour to Be Held For 100 Students, Teachers Feb. 11

The third annual tour of Sandia Group III, Chemistry, will visit Laboratory by 100 selected high Industrlial Hygiene facilities in school students and teachers will Bldg. 830. Personnel of 4961 and be held Wednesday, Feb. 11. Hon• 1621 will present lectures and dem• oring the 112th anniversary of onstration tours of Industrial Hy• Thomas A. Edison's birth, the tour giene Chemistry and Health Phys• is aimed at stimulating interest in ics and Microchemistry as applied science while at the same time to improving performance of elec• demonstrating how the sciences trical devices. In addition the stu• are integrated and utilized in San• dents will see a demonstration of dia's work. radiation monitoring techniques, Nationally, Feb. 11 is designated radiation chemistry and sanita• • "Science Youth Day." tion studies. After a welcome and brief orien• Group IV, Mathematics, will tation in t.he basement conference visit computer facilities in Bldg. room cf Bldg. 802, the students 880 and see demonstrations of the will be divided into four interest analog, digital and 704 computers groups-!, Beginning Physics, II, by 5242. Advanced Physics, III, Chemistry, Dr. James B. Fisk and IV, lHathematics. The tour will conclude with a Group I, Physics, will see a dem• question and answer session in the Dr. James B. Fisk onstration of the telescoPe facility basement conference room of Bldg. Elected President of on the east mesa conducted by or• 802 and a film of Sandia activities ganization 5242, the solar furnace not included in the tour will be Bell Telephone Labs shown. LAB NEWS PHOTOGRAPHER Bill Laskar (4762-1) displays his oPerated by 1620, and a telemeter• Dr. James B. Fisk, who has suc• picture of G. M. "Goldie" Gueldenzoph ( 4251) that won second ing demonstration by 5223. Public Relrutions Division 4731 is ceeded Dr. Mervin J. Kelly as place in the feature d.ivision of the photo-journalism contest spon• Group II, Physics, will see a coordinating the tour with school President of Bell Telephone Lab• • sored by the New Mexico Press Association. The same picture earlier demonstration of the wind tun• liaison performed by General oratories, has combined a distin• had won high honors for Bill in a competition sponsored by the nel by 5242 and the Van de Graaff Training and Education Division guished career in industrial re• Professional Photographers of America, national organization. accelerator by 5150. 4'632 . search with outstanding service to the government in the field of T. E. Zudick Named science. He has been associated with Bell Outstanding Man Laboratories for nearly 20 years 01 Year by JC's Organization Shifts'Result in and was executive Vice President Thomas E. Zudick (4731) was before his recent election. named Albuquerque's Most Out• In the summer of 1958 he standing Young Man by the Albu• Consolidations of Functions served as chairman of the West• ern Delegation rut the Geneva Con• querque Junior Chamber of Com• A series of organizational shifts tion, 4610, L. E. Fuller; Wage and headed by S. S. Har·ris (effective merce last week. He was awarded ference to study the possibility of took place this week as steps were Salary Practices Division, and Job Feb. 15). The Technical Informa• detecting violations of a possible a Distinguished Service Award for taken to consolidate related func• Evaluation and Classification Di• tion Depar>tment will include the 1958 by the group. agreement on the suspension of tions. These moves, and others vision. Security Information Division nuclear tests. Tom, a member of Sandia's Pub• scheduled for the coming weeks, Personnel Development, Benefits (4723) formerly under Plant Se• lic Relations Division, served as He was director of the Division will carry out the objectives of re• and Services, 4620, W. G. Funk; curity. of Research of the Atomic En• grouping similar functions and Personnel Development Division, Two departments retained in ergy Commission in 1947-48 and eliminate duplication wherever 4621, (formerly 4652 ) ; Services 4700 are Technical Administrative professor of applied physics at possible. and Benefits Division, 4622; Secre• Service Department, 4710, under Harvard University in 1948-49. The Personnel Director, C. H. tarial Service Division, 4623 , (to be J . W. Hook (minus the Budget and He also served for six years on DeSelm. announced several chang• transferred Feb. 15 from 4720) . Case Cost Division) and R&D Or• the general advisory committee es including the establishment of Employment, Testing and Staff dering Service Department, 4740, of the Atomic Energy Commission. a new department. Functions, 4650, K. A. Smith; Em• under L. M. Jercinovic. Dr. Fisk is vice-chairman of ployment Division, 4651; Employee The Director of Personnel has In the comptroller's organizatirm President Eisenhower's Science Records & Processing Division, four departments reporting to a new Budget and Case Oosts De• Advisory Committee and has 4653; and Personnel Testing and him, including the new Personnel partment has been established to served on other government com• Staff Functions Division, 4654. Training, Education and Research serve the entire Corporation, rath· mittees. He is a member of the L. J. Heilman, 4700, now has Department, 4630, headed by D. J. er than having one division serv• National Academy of Sciences. the title, Director of Information, Jenkins. The two present training ing the research and develooment Dr. Fisk became a drirector of Publications and Public Relations. divisions, Staff Training and organizations and other organiza• Sand!i.a Corporation on J·an. 14, Information functions grouped in General Training, and a personnel tions handling their own budg<>t, 1959. 4700 are: Technical Information research group will comprise the matters. The new department will Department, 4720, under M. K. new department. Other Personnel be managed by R. J . Blount. His Organization departments and the Linn; Public Relations Division, Sage and Sun Dancers 4731 (formerly 4625) ; Document organization will include the Case divisions they include are : Cost and Budget Division, former• Department, 4760 (formerly 4560 ), Start Festival Tonight Wage and Salary Administra- ly 4711 , headed by L. E. Aragon. As the first in a series of mov e~ At Civic Auditorium Thomas E. Zudick to consolidate warehousing and The second annual Sage and supply functions, General Services Sun Square Dance Festival, which President of the New Mexico So• Livermore Laboratory ln·vites Department (formerly 4730) under gets under way tonight, will find ciety for Crippled Children and 0. L. Wright has been transferred numerous Sandia Corporation em• Adults, Vice President of the Al• Families to See New Facilities to 2200, Manufacturing Ooera• ployees swinging their partners buquerque Jaycees, a member of tions, C. J. McGarr. One division, or otherwise participating in the the Board for the New Mexico Re• Livermore Labor8.itory h a s the uaboratory in small groups. In Field Support, was transferred to program. habilitation Center and the Coun• rpltanned a family day for Feb. 14 addition to tihe facilities of the R&D Ordering Service Depart• Tonight's program will be held cil of Social Agencies during 1958. rto open much of the Laboratory's vaJrious laboratories and shops, ment. in the square dance hall near new technicab area to families of He was a team captain of the Sal• several exhibits used in the 1958 The Drafting Programming Di• Menaul and Washington, while vation Army Building Fund cam• employees and guests. The guests vision, formerly 4726, has been the Satw·day program will be at paign and served as a solicitor for will include Lawrence Radiation New Mexico Strute Falir will be dis• transferred to 4400 , Design Serv• the Civic Auditmium. Bill Scott the United Fund drive. Lfcllbor-atory employees, their fam• played. ices Organization. In a similar 0400) and Bob Parry 0544) were Tom has been employed at San• ilies and others from the Liver• Plans for the family day were move to group related activities, on the committee responsible for dia since 1952 and has been a more a~rea. developed by ,a committee he8.ided Office Equipment Division has program planning. Bob will also • Technical Department Service Among the looal visitors will be by A. Jamieson (8212). Sub• been transferred to Plant Engi• serve as master of ceremonies for RepresEntative and Personnel Rep• w. members of reience classes an d com.m:ilttee chairmen are: Vern neering and Maintenance Organi• the final quarter of the Friday resentative in addition to his pres• 'Science clubs from Livermore and Field(8141-ll , disp•lays; W. A. Jen• zation. night dance. ent Public Relations staff position. Pleasanton high schools, leading He is currently engaged in the pro• kins(8233) , publicity; P. D. Leiser· ciltizens of the Livermore valley sen (8212-2), student tours and duction of a half-hour film, "The and press represeillta.tives from Sandia Story." One employee• guide coordination; Evelyn Foote Livermore and 'tihe Bay Area. orientation version of the movie (8212-2), inviltations; Joseph Mc• has just been completed. Group invitations have been ex• Manus (8114-4), art work, Hal tended to miJ.itary offioi8Jls in the Short (8123-2), Jim Maht (8221) , Bay Area and representatives of Dick Durham (8231-1 ), Gil Rhodes Decisions Groups various industrial activities. (8212-4), Pat Gildea (8152-1 ), and Complete First Visitors will be t•aken 'through Bob Douwhe:rty (8141-1 ). Week of Talks R. E. Hodges Elected to National Employees participating in the "Great Decisions-1959" program Council of Professiona I Photogs· 1this week discussed "ChaJ,lenges of A Changing World" to introduce Richard E. Hodges (4762-1) was tographer. Before that, he worked themselves to the eight remaining elected recently to the National for the National Gypsum Com• sessions. Council of the Professional Pho• pany in Nebraska for three yeat:s. • The small groups of Sandians tographers of America, Inc. He will He own~d his own studio for five taking part in the discussion are serve as state representative in participating in one of the most years in Fremont, Neb., after serv• the Association's Industrial divi• comprehensive national debates in ing as an Air Force photographer sion. our country's history. They are re• during World War II. He started The Council is the governing examining fundamental foreign his career as a newspaper pho• policy issues. The groups are· body of the international group, studying the issues and discussing which has a membership of more tographer. questions which pose the broad than 6,000, and includes represen• Dick recently gave a talk before challenge to U. S. foreign policy. tatives of all 49 states, the District the Enchanted Lens Camera Club They talked of the political reali• of Columbia, Hawaii and all Prov• on the "Negative-Positive Color ties of the cold war. inces of Canada. System." During his speech, he Next week the groups will be Dick, who came to Sandia Cor showed slides of how color process• SETTING UP a photography shot is R. E. Hodges (4762-1), who studying the question "Will Allian• poration almost six years ago, has ing is done, including pitfalls, and recently was elected to the National Council of Professional Pho• ces Keep The Peace." served as Sandia Lab News pho- also exhibited color prints. tographers of America, Inc. He has been at Sandia since 1953.