Washington alumni honor One ne of the University's most distin- Methodist Bishop W. Angie Rhodes Scholar just before he sailed guished graduates, Rep. Carl Al- Smith, who gave the invocation ; Maj. for Oxford (another Rhodes Scholar bert, majority leader of the U .S. House Gen . E . L. Mike Massad, Ardmore, that year was Dean Rusk, whom Carl of Representatives, was honored in commander of the 95th Reserve Divi- Albert met aboard ship, forming a July by his fellow Oklahomans at a sion and a member of the Alumni Exe- friendship which has lasted through black-tie dinner at Washington's Sher- cutive Board, who led the salute to the the years) ; a picture of Albert in the aton Park Hotel. More than 1,000 per- flag, and Oklahoma's U.S. senators, Army during World War II ; another Mike sons attended the affair, sponsored by Monroney and Fred Harris . with his bride, Mary, just after the the Oklahoma State Society, of which With about 50 other congressmen war, and the freshman representative the OU Alumni Club of Washington was the entire Oklahoma delegation in two seats away from another frosh is a part. The guest list was impressive, the House-Ed Edmondson, '40ba ; named John F. Kennedy in that con- including four cabinet members, Jed Johnson, '61ba ; , gressional class of 1947 . Pictures in- Speaker of the House John '17 ; , and . cluded a proud father with his daugh- McCormackmack,SOcongressmen, anumberof Among those attending was another ter Mary Frances, a 1966 Oklahoma senators-and, oh yes, the President On Sept. 6 Rep. Albert suffered a Cherry Blossom Princess at the an- of the and his wife coronary attack. Today he is recover- nual festival in Washington, and with dropped by to pay their respects to the ing satisfactorily in Washington . son David, an avid baseball fan, at the man who has risen higher in the federal prominent Oklahoman, Mrs. Perle opening game of the season. One of the government than any Oklahoman . Mesta, who sometimes attends parties. most popular shots was the class pic- The evening began with a reception The Albert family-Rep . Albert, his ture of the Bug Tussle (later named given by the OU Alumni of Washing- wife Mary, his daughter Mary Fran- Flowery Mound) student body, with ton, headed this year by Bradley G. ces, and son David-listened as the the present majority leader and future McDonald, '56ba, a Washington at- "Little Giant" was praised by his Speaker of the House in the front row. torney. The dinner was emceed by friends in government . The President entered unexpectedly NBC's Frank McGee, who attended One of the features of the program after making a special 10 p.m. tele- OU while he was with WKY-TV in was a showing of "lantern slides" of vision appearance to announce the . At the head table were events in Mr. Albert's life, narrated by "settlement" of the airline strike, Secretary of State Rusk and Mrs. Mr. McGee. The scenes included a which later was rejected by the union Rusk ; Attorney General Katzenbach ; 1908 portrait of Ernie and Leona Al- members. Mr. Johnson praised Mr. Al- Postmaster General O'Brien and Mrs. bert's baby boy, Carl, and a 1966 pho- bert as a man of great intellect and O'Brien ; Secretary of Housing and tograph of the majority leader with common sense. "Anybody," said the Urban Development Weaver and Mrs. President Johnson. Also shown was a President, "who comes from a place Weaver ; House Majority Whip Hale picture of young Albert as a student at called Bug Tussle, Oklahoma, is bound Boggs ; Minority Whip Leslie Arends ; OU ; a shot of the newly named to have practical sense."

Notable non -alumni paying tribute to Rep. Albert were President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk, shown greeting Rep. Albert's son David, 11 . At right top are fellow alumni Sen. Fred Harris (left) and Maj. Gen. E. L. Mike Massad and Mrs. Massad of Ardmore. Below, Rep. Ed Edmondson, '4Oba, and Mrs. Edmondson visit with speaker of the House John McCormick, whom Rep. Albert will probably succeed.

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