KALAMAZOO Special Scholarship Program for COLLEGE "Forgotten" Middle-Income Students

By W. Haydn Ambrose, BULLETIN Assistant to the President for Church Relations and Director of Financial Aid Vol. LXIII June, 1968 No. 3 In today's academic marketplace, financial assist­ dents, sometimes encouraged by their parents, are Second-class postage paid at ance to students has become one of the largest rationalizing in favor of the seemingly less expen­ Kalamazoo, Michigan. items in the college budget. The combination of sive state schools. Published bi-monthly, beg. Feb. for alumni; concern for the worthy student of limited financial In order to encourage these students, particu­ in September as the status and the availability of an increasing amount larly the children of alumni, to give more serious College catalogue. of private and public monies for such aid has cre­ consideration to Kalamazoo College, the Board of Editor: Marilyn Hinkle '44 ated a picture undreamed of in financial-aid circles Trustees through its Executive Committee recent­ a decade ago. ly authorized and encouraged the College's Office Yet, between the affluent student who needs of Financial Aid to: ( 1 ) Explore ways and means no financial assistance and the youth from the of demonstrating to these students how available lower-income brackets who suddenly finds it eco­ state and college financial-aid resources are short­ nomically viable to attend a quality private college, ening the gap between private and public educa­ there stands a forgotten student in a forgotten tion costs; (2) Exercise greater flexibility in ascer­ family. Call his family "middle-middle income"; taining need and awarding aid to students in spe­ call them "the $12,000-$18,000 class"; call them cial categories, such as alumni children, who may the "backbone class in American society." These not qualify for aid by the usual criteria; and ( 3) are the families who are not expected to give token As a beginning, increase the size of the awards amounts -but to make sacrificial gifts - to the available to Stone Honor Scholars and, where pos­ Community Chest, the hospital building drive, and sible, make campus jobs and long-term loans the annual budget of St. Mark's Church. Add to available to these students. this the living standard expected of this middle­ As you discuss the choice of a college with your management man on the move, and one is not sur­ children and those of your friends, encourage them prised to hear him say, "I don't care what the com­ to choose the college of their choice, not the college puter shows. I can't pay $3000 a year to educate they think they can afford. Kalamazoo is interested each of my three children!" in the student who believes in academic excellence, At Kalamazoo College we have become increas­ concerned citizenship, and the contributing of both ingly concerned in recent months about these for­ to the life of the College and the world. This stu­ gotten parents in the $12,000-to-$18,000 salary dent is often the son or daughter of alumni. He is bracket. Ruled out of participation in federal and often the top high school student and the potential state loan programs, and often eliminated from leader and leaven on the college scene. Private edu­ scholarship assistance by the usual "need factor" cation has much to offer him. Kalamazoo College procedures, the private schools are losing these wants him in this academic community and is try­ students ( many the children of alumni of these ing to be flexible enough in its financial-aid pro­ private schools) to the public institutions. Stu­ gram to enable him to come. Election Results Commencement Highlights

Charles E. Garrett, ]r.

Kenneth H. Krum

Announced at the Alumni Council ]ohn Crowe Ransom, meeting on Commencement weekend founder of the Kenyon were the results of the spring election. Review and distinguished The new officers of the Alumni Asso­ poet and teacher, ciation include Kenneth H. Krum '45, Magna cum laude graduates shown on the steps of Stetson Chapel include delighted his audience with Cheryl Kraft, Evanston, Ill.; Marilyn Rehberg, Midland; Ellen Tangent, the reading of his poetry. The president, succeeding Dr. Maynard M. Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Susan Wolofski, Detroit; and Robert Purkey, Allegan. Commencement dinner, Conrad '36; Alfred J. Gemrich '60, Receiving degrees on June 16 were 223 seniors. which followed, vice-president; Mary Murch McLean specially honored him. '61, secretary; and executive commit­ tee members Joeine Dipple Green '62, Richard G. Haas '42, Richard D. Klein '53, Jane Gilmore Maloney '59, and Edgar F. Raseman '36. Charles E. Garrett, Jr. '42 was elected alumni­ trustee to succeed Dr. Burton L. Baker '33. Among write-ins, Richard Smoke '67 drew around 20% of the alumni­ trustee vote.

Kalamazoo College's new $600,000 swimming pool was dedicated during Commencement weekend . The facility includes a 75' by 45' swimming pool with underwater lighting and observation windows, with a seating capacity President Weimer K. Hicks is shown with honorary degree recipients, city of 280. A classroom, locker and shower rooms, and a patio complete this planner Constantinos Doxiadis and theologian Harvey Cox. new campus addition. Calendar of Events

July 28­ National Juniors and Boys August 4 Tennis Tournaments, Stowe Stadium. July 30 Discussion of plays to be presented by the Festival Playhouse '68, 7:30p.m., Dalton Theatre. Aug. 1 College Lecture- "The Poor Kalamazoo College alumni who graduated in 1918 returned to the campus People's Campaign: An for their 50th anniversary during the College's commencement exercises. Evaluation," by the In front, from left: Helen M. Hudson, Redlands, Calif.; Avis Thomas Paz, Reverend Andrew Young, Ann Arbor; J. Letitia Ruddock Carroll, Lansing; Wilma Weeks Rorich, Bat­ Executive Vice-President, tle Creek; Charlotte Wenzel Sadlier, Three Lakes, Wis.; Dorothy Harter Southern Christian Smith, Chesterton, Ind.; Frances Wood Rouse, Otsego; and Elsie Randall Leadership Conference, Aikin, Omaha, Neb. In rear, from left: Theodore Hoekstra, Kalamazoo; 7:30p.m., Stetson Chapel. Mildred Tanis Harris, Kalamazoo; Richard G. Hudson, Kalamazoo; John C. Walker, Sylvania, Ohio; William P. Woodward, Claremont, Calif.; Herman Aug. 2-3 Festival Playhouse '68 ­ F. Kurtz, Atlanta, Ga.; Marian Monteith Hudson, Kalamazoo; Russell E. "Oh, What a Lovely War" by Bowers, Grand Rapids; and Iris Easterbrook Breyding, Valparaiso, Ind. Dr. Charles Chilton, 8:00p.m., Woodward and Mrs. Ann Monteith Johnson, Penny Farms, Fla., 1915 Dalton Theatre. graduate, were honored by the College's Emeritus Club for their achieve­ Also August 22 and 23. ments. Woodward was instrumental in founding the International Insti­ Aug. 4 Vespers- an experimental tute for the Study of Religion in Tokyo and served as its director of rdearch liturgy, 6:30p.m., until his retirement. Mrs. Johnson served as a missionary in the Persian Stetson Chapel. Gulf in 1917. Her'missionary years are retold in her books "A Tool in His Aug. 5, 12, Summer recital series, Hand" and "Pearls Are Made." Aug. 19,26 8: 15 p.m., Recital Hall. Aug. 9-10 Festival Playhouse'68 ­ "The Memorandum" by Vaclav Havel, 8:00p.m., Dalton Theatre. Also August 17. Aug. 14 Lecture by Paul Foster, author of "Tom Paine," 7: 30 p.m., Dalton Theatre. Aug. 15-16 Festival Playhouse '68 ­ "Tom Paine" by Paul Foster, 8:00p.m., Dalton Theatre. Also August 24. Aug. 25 Choral Vespers, 6:30p.m., Stetson Chapel. Aug. 29 College Lecture - "Caste in Contemporary India," by Dr. Joseph Elder, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 7:30p.m., Stetson Chapel. Aug. 30 Film -"Fahrenheit 451," 6: 30 p.m. and 8: 30 p.m., Recital Hall. · Sept. 3 Summer Recital Series, The photo above shows one of the display cases in Upjohn Library devoted 8:15p.m., Recital Hall. to memorabilia of Dr. Maynard Owen Williams '10, late foreign editor of Sept. 11 End of Summer Quarter. National Geographic. His Collection was officially acknowledged and viewed. Center for Urban Studies A Center for Urban Studies has been established at Kala­ On Campus & Off mazoo College and will be directed by Dr. Raymond L. Class Notes Hightower, chairman of the department of sociology and anthropology and former Kalamazoo mayor. The Center is CLASS OF 1910 aimed toward making meaningful contributions to pos­ CHAUNCEY E. HOPE was killed on June 17 when sible solutions of urban problems. An advisory committee struck by a car as he crossed the street in front of his home of prominent citizens and experts in urban studies is to near Kalamazoo. Mr. Hope received a M.A. degree in math­ be formed to guide the activities of the Center. Dr. Dan­ ematics from the University of Michigan in 1912. He had iel Moynihan, nationally known director of the joint Har­ been engaged in dairy farming and business. Among the vard-MIT Center for Urban Studies, has agreed to serve survivors are his wife, the former INEZ KROGEN '10, 2 sons as consultant for the program. Two recent grants will as­ and 2 daughters, 14 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchil­ sist in setting up portions of the overall program - a dren, and a sister, VIRGINIA HOPE HOWELL '18. $10,000 grant from the Department of Labor, and a grant of $6,600 from the U.S. Office of Education. CLASS OF 1918 JAMES M. SHACKLETON passed away on June 4 in Saginaw, Mich. He was executive vice-president of the former Bank of Kalamazoo before moving to Saginaw in • Summer Opportunity Program 1934. He was named president of the Saginaw State Bank in 1938 and was made a senior vice-president of the Mich­ The Independent Colleges Opportunity Program (ICOP) igan National Bank when the Saginaw bank became part is sponsored on six private college campuses in Michigan ofit in 1940. He retired as senior vice-president in 1961, but by the Association of Independent Colleges and Univer­ -remained on the bank's board of directors. Among the sur­ sities of Michigan. The Kalamazoo College program is fi­ vivors are his wife and a brother, PAUL SHACKLETON '14. nanced by grants from Kellogg Foundation and the Amer­ DR. CROSBY D. EATON passed away on January 28 ican Baptist Board of Education. It is a college readiness in Detroit. He received his M.D. degree in 1922 from the program for high school seniors who need specialized aca­ University of Michigan and served as a physician in De­ troit for many years. Dr. Eaton specialized in the treat­ Ralph W McKee '34 demic and financial assistance to go to college. The staff this summer includes Mr. and Mrs. Walden. Baskerville. ment of diabetes and was chief in diabetic and endocrine He is guidance counselor at Kalamazoo Central High departments at Grace Hospital in Detroit. Among the sur­ Alumnus' Royalties to College School. Dr. John Freund, from Kings College in Wilkes­ vivors are a SOn, DR. CROSBY JOHN EATON '51, and a Barre, Pa., and Mr. Thomas Asmus, from Western Mich­ daughter. Several years ago, research at St. Louis University led Dr. igan University, are also staff members. Dr. Haydn Am­ DR. HERMAN F. KURTZ represented Kalamazoo Col­ Ralph W. McKee, 1934 Kalamazoo College graduate, to be brose is coordinator of the program. lege at the inauguration of Frederick Corbet Davison as a co-discoverer of Vitamin K. Negotiations now culminat­ President of the University of Georgia on May 11. ed allow the University to turn over Dr. McKee's royalties in the amount of $50,000 to Kalamazoo College. Dr. Mc­ CLASS OF 1919 Kee's generous contribution speaks to the importance of ALBERT T. HUIZINGA passed away on June 8 in La philanthropic support of one's alma mater. Dr. McKee and Going to Yugoslavia Grange, Ill. He was born in India, the son of Inissionaries, his wife (Jeriene Ward '35) live in Pacific Palisades, Robert P. Nash '69 and Dr. Raymond L. Hightower have and after interrupting his college studies to spend time in Calif.; he is assistant dean of the Medical School at UCLA. been selected to participate in the American-Yugoslav the Navy, graduated magna cum laude in 1919. He worked Seminar this summer, where social, political and econom­ in several banks in Chicago from the time of graduation ic aspects of the two countries will be discussed. Nash is until 1932 when he became assistant treasurer of Mont­ one of 18 American students selected, and Dr. Hightower gomery Ward & Co. in Chicago. Since 1943, he has served will be among four American faculty members at the as vice-president, treasurer and director of the National seminar. Supply Co. in Pittsburgh, now a division of Armco Steel Co. He was a member of the Adventurers Club of Chicago for 40 years and published magazine articles on banking, financial advertising, hunting and fishing. Among the survivors are two daughters, a brother, JAMES '29; two New Center Director sisters, MARY HUIZINGA LARSON '22 and WILHEMINA HUI­ Robert Winblad, associate director of the Center for Man­ ZINGA LANAM '21; and four grandchildren. Preceding him agement Studies at Kalamazoo College, assumed the di­ in death were a sister, RUTH HUIZINGA WEBB '34, and a rectorship of the Center, July 1. He succeeds Dr. John L. brother,JoHN'22. Komives who will become director of the Center for Inde­ pendent Venture Management, Milwaukee, Wise. Winblad CLASS OF 1923 was appointed to his current post last January and came DR. MARSTON s. BALCH is co-author of a new book, Snapped as the Kalamazoo College Alumni Tour departed from Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. where he was man­ Theater in America: Appraisal and Challenge, published for Portugal, Spain, and Italy, are, ,[eft to right, Mrs. Don­ ager of new product development. The Center for Man­ by Dembar Educational Research Services, Inc., in June. ald Anderson, Kalamazoo; Donald Anderson, Kalamazoo; agement Studies, an activity of Kalamazoo College, pro­ Dr. Balch, who retired last year as chairman of the depart­ Mrs. Neveda Godbold, Belleville, Ill.; Miss Jeanne God­ vides special courses for management level personnel in ment of drama at Tufts University, is professor of drama frey, East St. Louis, Ill.; Mrs. Maynard Conrad, Kalama­ the Kalamazoo area and southwestern Michigan. During and Fletcher Professor of Oratory at Tufts. In 1966, he zoo; George C. Vaughn, Waterloo, Iowa; Mrs. Charles Har­ 1966-67, the Center conducted some 23 courses, both on­ and the Tufts Arena Theater were presente..d the Margo per, Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. George C. Vaughn, Waterloo, campus and in-plant, for 536 persons. Jones Award for encouraging new American playwrights Iowa; Edward Tilbury, tour escort; Mrs. Mildred Doering, and the production of new dramas. Detroit; Miss Lillian F. Weller, Flint; Miss Mirian Darling, Flint; Mrs. Alma Bache,lder, Kalamazoo; Mrs. Eleanor CLASS OF 1924 Rich, Lansing; Mrs. R. B. Morrison, Walled Lake; Mrs. More Briefs ... MISS MABEL PINEL retired as assistant principal at Floyd Eberly, Kalamazoo; Floyd A. Eberly, Kalamazoo; Flint Central High School in June. She began teaching at Mrs. C. ]. Schweiss, Kalamazoo; and C. ]. Schweiss. Their Dr. Frances Diebold, professor emeritus of biology, who Flint Central in 1926 as activity and service teacher. She return in early April brought reports of an exciting and retired last year after 44 years of service, was honored at taught French for several years and then Spanish, prior to interesting trip! the annual meeting of the American Baptist Convention being named dean of girls in 1947. She was appointed as­ in Boston. She was cited for her contributions to teaching sistant principal in 1960. She plans to continue working and scholarship, at a higher education luncheon in her with teen-age girls. honor ... Kalamazoo College has received a $12,000 Na­ DR. ROY L. WORKMAN passed away· at his home in tional Science Foundation grant, to be matched by the Kalamazoo on June 17. He graduated from Loyola Uni­ College, for the purchase of a $22,000 plus "nuclear mag­ versity School of Dentistry and interned in oral surgery at netic resonance spectrometer." Kalamazoo College is be­ the University of Michigan prior to opening his office as a lieved to be one of only a few colleges in the nation to re­ dentist in Kalamazoo in 1927. He is survived by his wife, ceive a NSF grant toward the purchase of this equipment a sister and a brother. . . . The College has received an unrestricted grant of DR. WILLIS DUNBAR is author of the article on Kala­ $1,000 from the International Nickel Company, Inc.... mazoo which appears in the current edition of Encyclo­ Two seniors have won NSF graduate fellowships - Agnis paedia Britannica. Kaugars, Kalamazoo, who will study topology at MIT; and Robert Purkey, Allegan, who plans to study bio-chemistry CLASS OF 1925 at Stanford University ... Two Kalamazoo College stu­ DOROTHY M. scoTT has retired from teaching at dents have been accepted into a special marine biology Kalamazoo Central High School, after serving for the past program to be held in Santa Barbara, Calif., this summer 40 years. with the assistance of a $28,410 NSF grant. Robin Wicks, Franklin Lakes, N.J., and Paul Friedrich, Midland, are CLASS OF 1932 among the 24 students participating, under the coopera­ LARRY BALCH is employed by Mager Scientific, Inc. tive sponsorship of the Great Lakes Colleges Association, of Ann Arbor, Mich. of which Kalamazoo is a member college . . . Kalamazoo College has been awarded a $6,771 State Board of Educa­ CLASS OF 1933 tion grant to conduct a series of conferences for local gov­ KENNETH s. HARGIE passed away on June 9 in Kala­ ernmental officials in the use of metropolitan councils in mazoo. He was employed as sales promotion manager of solving areawide problems. Dr. Wen C. Chen is the di:pec­ the Humphrey Products Division of the General Gas Light tor of the program administered by the Greater Kalamazoo Co. Among the survivors are his wife, a son, and a sister. Chosen for their contributions to campus and community Area Project under the auspices of Kalamazoo College ... programs, the above women were selected by their fellow Marilyn Rehberg, Midland graduating senior, and James CLASS OF 1934 coeds to be honored at the Mother's Day weekend cere­ Server, Muskegon junior, were the recipients of the 1968 ROBERT o. BOCK has accepted a position as director monies. "Most Outstanding Senior Women" are (back row, Maynard Owen Williams Essay Contest prize, awarded to of aerospace systems with AMBAC Corp. in Santa Ana, left) Thana King, Manistee; Ann Wiemers, Cherokee, students writing the best essays about their foreign study Calif. Iowa; Sue Dean, Westbury, N.Y.; (front row, left) Roberta experiences ... The summer quarter, now underway, Nevitt, Forest Hill, Md.; Sue Kilborn, Decatur, Ill.; and brings back to the campus the 180 sophomores who spent CLASS OF 1936 Carol Spiro, Columbus, Ohio. ' the spring quarter in off-campus work or social service re­ ELINOR JACKSON LYON passed away on May 9. She lated to their fields of study; 44 students who spent the had been a lifelong resident of Richland, Mich. She was a spring quarter in foreign study. Also on campus are the member of the First Baptist Church and the Gull Lake 198 juniors who took part in the fall and winter foreign Country Club. Among the survivors are her husband, three study program, returning to the campus last spring from daughters, including JUDITH LYON STUUT '58, her mother, Ford Support for Humanities Program centers in 18 cities in nine foreign countries. a brother and two grandsons. Supported by a $40,000 Ford Foundation grant, Kalama­ zoo College will launch a faculty development program in the humanities with particular emphasis on faculty-stu­ dent collaboration. The College is among 61 four-year lib­ eral arts colleges - and the only one in Michigan - to share in the $2.7 million grant. The $40,000 sum will be matched by a contribution from the College over the next four years. From the fifth year on, the College will con­ Carl R. Christensen '63 tinue the program with its own funds. The funds will be used for grants-in-aid to individual humanities faculty members for research, study in new disciplines, refresher courses and other opportunities for intellectual stimula­ tion. The program will start this fall. Frederick M. Hudson '56 Marston S. Balch '23 CLASS OF 1939 CLASS OF 1960 MARGERY CONNABLE ZELLER and her-husband, Vic­ tor, left for the Netherlands on July 2, where they will be MR. AND MRS. KENT B. MONROE announce the birth DR. T. THOMAS WYLIE ( Hon. ) has been named living for the next two years while he is teaching in an of their first child, a son, Scott Kent, on June 4 in Urbana, director of Senior Services, Inc. in Kalamazoo. He was international school for children of foreign businessmen. Ill. Kent received a doctorate in business administration minister of the First Baptist Church for 30 years before ALAN F. HEATH received a doctor of laws degree on from the University of Illinois on June 15. The title of his retiring in 1965. Since then, he has been involved in a June 7 from the University of Colorado. He received a doctoral dissertation was "A Method for Determining Prod­ capital fund raising program of the American Baptist Con­ legal aid certificate at an honors luncheon for University vention. Senior Services is the coordinating body for vari­ uct Line Prices with End-Price Constraints." He has ac­ of Colorado School of Law Students. cepted a position as assistant professor in the School of ous programs to assist the elderly of Kalamazoo. It was MISS ANNE c. DOTY and Robert C. Kloosterman formerly directed by BEN GRAHAM '25 who resigned in Business Administration at the University of Massachu­ were married in the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Kala­ March. setts beginning in September. mazoo on June 21. Ann will teach in the Gull Lake Com­ ARLETA TURNER WARNER is cashier and vice-presi­ munity Schools this fall. dent of the First National Bank of Lawton, Mich. CLASS OF 1961 FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT L. SHEARER is a C-123 MISS ELLEN R. WELLS and Richard A. Meyers were Provider pilot stationed at Phan Rang Air Base in Vietnam. CLASS OF 1940 married on June 15 in the First Baptist Church of Wau­ JEFFREY H. BEUSSE received a M.A. degree in EQg­ DR. M. FOREST ASHBROOK (Hon.) passed away on kegan, Ill. Ellen is a German teacher at Waukegan Town­ lish literature from the University of Idaho this spring. May 6 in Phoenix, Ariz. Dr. Ashbrook was pastor of the ship High School, and her husband is an athletic coach at He is working on his doctorate at the University of Wash­ First Baptist Church of Kalamazoo from 1927 to 1935. He Big Hollow Grade School in Ingleside, Ill. ington, while his wife, the former MARGARET PORTER '67, then became executive director of the Ministers and Mis­ DAVID F. PELLEGROM has been appointed superin­ is teaching high school mathematics in Seattle. sionaries Benefit Board for the American Baptist Conven­ tendent of the Methyl Bromide Plant at The Dow Chemical MISS SUSAN E. HAYES and IRA S. HARTMAN '67 were tion in New York. While in New York, he served as execu­ Company in Midland. Dave has been employed by Dow married on June 22 in the First Baptist Church of Worces­ tive director of the construction program for the National since receiving a master's degree in business administra­ ter, Mass. Council of Churches headquarters. He was a member of tion from the University of Michigan in 1963. He and his the Board of Trustees at Kalamazoo College from 1930 to wife have two children, Kathryn Ann, age 4, and Jeffrey, CLASS OF 1966 1938. Among the survivors are his wife, two sons, and age 2112. PHILIP A. RICE received the degree of Master of five grandchildren. Arts in Teaching at Wesleyan University on June 9. CLASS OF 1962 TERRY M. BROWN has completed his training as an CLASS OF 1943 Army medic and has been assigned to an Army hospital in MR. AND MRS. STEPHEN A. FERRARA (MARILYN SZPI­ Japan for an eighteen-month tour of duty. DR. H. LEWIS BATTS, JR., executive director of the ECH '61) announce the birth of a daughter, Kierith Marie, HELEN HEIDEL received her M.A. degree in interna­ Kalamazoo Nature Center and professor of biology at Kala­ on February 12 in Elmhurst, Ill. tional relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Ad­ mazoo College, was elected president of the Wilson Omi­ MISS JACQUELINE L. KUILEMA and Lt. Leonard W. vanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., in thological Society at its 49th annual meeting in Carbon­ Necaise were married at the Air Force Academy Chapel, June, after studying in Bologna, Italy, and Washington, dale, Ill., in May. Dr. Batts was editor of the quarterly Colorado Springs, Colo., on November 11, 1967. She is D.C. She is spending the summer in Washington working journal published by the society, "The Wilson Bulletin," staying with her parents presently while her husband is for Congressman Del Clawson of California and assisting from 1959 to 1963. on duty in Vietnam. in research on non-tariff-barriers to trade at the Brookings Institution. CLASS OF 1945 CLASS OF 1963 Miss Dianne E. Byrn and DAvm G. MURRAY an­ RICHARD D. TEDROW, named president of Upjohn MR. AND MRS. ROBERT L. BRACKENRIDGE (SUSAN nounced their engagement on June 2. They are planning Intemational a year ago, has been named, in addition, to WOTILA '65) announce the birth of a son, Dean Robert, on an August 1 wedding in Vancouver, British Columbia, a vice-pr~idency of The Upjohn Company. May 20 in Kalamazoo. Bob is assistant director of the Canada. David received a M.B.A. degree from the Colum­ career-service program at Kalamazoo College. bia Graduate School of Business in June and is assistant CLASS OF 1947 Miss Cherilyn Joyce Smith and CAPT. CARL R. to the technical director at Armour and Co., Chicago. SAMUEL FOLZ is heading the budget committee for CHRISTENSEN have announced their engagement and plans MISS JOELLYN N. ROSE and Jack E. Ellis were mar­ the Kalamazoo Community Chest. He is associated with for a September wedding in Fresno, Calif. Carl, an elec­ ried on June 22 in the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo Container Corp. tronic warfare officer, received the Distinguished Flying Kalamazoo. She has been teaching perceptually handi­ MILES BATTERSON was named to the Forward Plan­ Cross for extraordinary achievement during aerial flight capped children and will be studying under a graduate fel­ ning Committee of Civitan Intemational at their conven­ over North Vietnam. He is now stationed at Griffiss Air lowship at the University of Kansas this fall. tion in Denver. He is the outgoing vice-president and Force Base, N.Y., in a unit of the Strategic Air Command. SUSAN THOMPSON o'HAIR is attending Wayne State treasurer of International Zone 6. MR. AND MRS. LOREN CAMPBELL (JANA KENNEDY) University and plans to receive her B.S. degree in nursing announce the birth of a son, Erik Charles, on May 24 in in December. CLASS OF 1948 Ann Arbor, Mich. CLASS OF 1967 MISS GEORGINE L. IRVING and Atland A. Erickson MR. AND MRS. ROBERT G. PEASE (DOROTHY CROAK) MISS SHERYL KAY SINCLAIR and ROBERT J. PURSEL, have adopted a daughter, Maura Elizabeth, hom on Sep­ were married on June 1 in Palo Alto, Calif. She is a senior JR. '66 announced their engagement on May 6. They are biologist at Syntex Laboratories in Palo Alto. tember 11, 1966. The family resides in Evanston, Ill. planning an August 17 wedding. Sheryl is a graduate stu­ JAMES ORR, who is a Parchment high school teach­ ELEANOR HUMPHREY PINKHAM was elected presi­ dent at Western Michigan'University, and Bob is a teach­ er, has announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomi­ dent of the Kappa Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, national honor er and coach at Chelsea, Mich., High School. nation for the 47th District seat in the Michigan House of SOciety for librarians, and ARDITH BOEKELOO EMBS '43 was Miss Ann L. Pellott and WILLIAM D. JONES were Representatives. He is presently serving as vice-chairman elected secretary. The Graduate Studies Council of West­ married on May 25 in the First Methodist Church of Kal­ of the Kalamazoo County Democratic committee. em Michigan University named Eleanor as the Alice Lou­ amazoo. He is attending the University of Michigan Med­ MISS MARGERY W. HAYES and Erwin H. Miller were ise LaFevre Scholar of the School of Graduate Studies for ical School and is teaching tennis at Lake Macatawa this married on June 22 in the First Baptist Church of Wor­ the year of 1968 at their Honors' Convocation in April. summer. She is public services librarian at Upjohn Library. cester, Mass. E. JOHN GRAICHEN was recently promoted to the NICHOLAS W. MEDENDORP and Dr. Wayne Wright rank of Captain, U.S. Army, in ceremonies held at the are co-authors of an article entitled "Acoustic Radiation CLASS OF 1950 U.S. Army General Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany. He is from a Finite Line Source with N-Wave Excitation," which appeared in the May issue of the Journal of the Acoustical ­ WALTER R. MCCONNER is assistant to the director among the first in the U.S. Army to attain the rank of of the Chicago Youth Centers. Captain after having served only twelve months in grade Society of America. Research conducted during his senior as a 1st Lieutenant. He received a direct commission into independent project formed the basis of the article. Nick CLASS OF 1952 the Army Medical Service Corps in May, 1966, and after is now a graduate student at Case Western Reserve Uni­ versity. DR. RICHARD L. MEANS is the author of an article completing the officer basic course, was assigned to the MISS INESE BRUTANS '70 and RONALD A. SHARP were that appeared in the May I issue of The Christian Century. hospital in Frankfurt, where he is serving as adjutant. married on June 22 in Kalamazoo. Ron has received his Entitled "Man and Nature: The Theological Vacuum," the ALAN c. HUTCHCROFT represented Kalamazoo Col­ master's degree from the University of Michigan and will article points out the need for a critical appraisal of what lege at the inauguration of Rhoten A. Smith as president men are doing to the natural environment through tech­ of Northern Illinois University on May 24. teach English at Westem Michigan University in the fall. RONALD R. ATKINSON is WOrking on his Ph.D. de­ nological growth. He has also authored an article entitled gree in African history at Northwestern University while "Research Versus Teaching: Is There a Genuine Conflict?" CLASS OF 1964 his wife, the former CATHERINE COLES '69, is attending the appearing in the May issue of Liberal Education. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS THOMAS J. HAYWARD com­ University of Illinois Chicago Circle Campus. pleted a twelve-week course at the Defense Language In­ MISS JANICE E. WILLIAMS received a Master of Arts CLASS OF 1954 stitute's Branch at Ft. Bliss, in April. He received instruc­ in Teaching degree from Oberlin College on June 10. RICHARD C. FLEMING received his Ph.D. degree in tion in the Vietnamese language, culture and history dur­ Miss Joanne K. Hrabonz and THOMAS R. BROWN entomology from Michigan State University on June 9. He ing the course. were married on June 28 in St. Joan of Arc Church, St. is a member of the faculty of the biology department at JANIS KLEBERS is co-author of a paper which was Clair Shores, Mich. Tom is attending University of Mich­ Olivet College. presented at the 1968 Army Science Conference held in igan Graduate School of Business. June at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He is a MISS MARY ELLIOTT '69 and LESLIE PITTS an­ CLASS OF 1956 physicist in the Electromagnetics Effects Division of the nounced their engagement on June 28. Leslie is doing JOHN c. FRUEH has been elected vice-president­ U.S. Army Mobility Equipment Research and Develop­ graduate work in physics at Georgetown University, Wash­ controller in addition to re-election as assistant treasurer ment Center. The paper is titled "Calculations of the Hori­ ington, D.C. of Avis Industrial Corp. in Madison Heights, Mich. He zontal Electric Field from a Predetermined Magnetic Field at an Air-Earth Interface." CLASS OF 1968 joined th~ company in 1966 as controller. KAREN FOXWORTHY received her M.A. in guidance MARTHA RAWLINSON BARCLAY is assistant super­ FREDERIC M. HUDSON received a Ph.D. degree from visor of City Day-Care Centre in Toronto. Columbia University in May. His dissertation, entitled, and counseling from the University of Michigan in 1967 MISS MARCIA A. DEAN and David G. Davis were 'The Reign of the New Humanity, a Study of Christian and has been a member of the residence hall staff at North­ married on March 23 in Macedon, N. Y. She is employed Socialism in America," has been nominated for the Ansley ern Illinois University in DeKalb this past year. She is by the Stromberg-Carlson Co. of Rochester, N. Y. Prize, an award which brings with it publication by the planning to marry William Craig in Flint, Mich., on Au­ MISS KAREN A. POZNIAK and MORRIS A. CHRISTLIEB Columbia University Press. He is chaplain and assistant gust 17. announced their engagement on June 14. He will be at­ professor of religion at Colby College, Waterville, Maine. MR. AND MRS. PHILLIP W. MAST (LUELLA WILLIAMS) tending the Michigan State University School of Veter­ He has edited one book, "Careers in World Affairs," is the announce the birth of a son, Peter Williams, on Aprn 7. inary Medicine. author of several recent articles on The Death of God, and They are residing in Greenbelt, Md., where Phil is with the MISS JANICE M. BRENNER and ROBERT R. KOPEN has lectured on radical theology at several colleges and Naval Research Laboratory. Luella is planning to begin the seminaries. study of architecture at Catholic University in the fall. were married on June 22 in the Stockbridge Avenue Unit­ ROBERT B. KEYSER received his M.D. degree from ed Methodist Church of Kalamazoo. the University of Michigan School of Medicine and will MISS ANN E. MIDDAUGH became the bride of STEPH­ CLASS OF 1957 serve his internship at King County Hospital in Seattle, EN L. BOSMA '65 on June 29 in Bethany Lutheran Church, MR. AND MRS. HUGH F. MEHAFFIE, JR., announce Wash. Ft. Wayne, Ind. He received a M.S. degree from Michigan the birth of a daughter, Amy Wigginton, on June 8 in CHARLES F. HUTCHINS received a master's degree State University and is a physics engineer at Hughes Air­ Kalamazoo. in the teaching of science from Western Michigan Uni­ craft Corp., Torrence, Calif. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES BROWN (CAROLYN GUSTAF­ versity in April. MISS PAULA PRANE and LAURENCE A. SIBRACK were SON '56) announce the birth of their third child, Clark WILLIAM F. FETHKE was recently promoted to Cap­ married on June 29. They will be residing in Ann Arbor Charles, on June 21 in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Charles is an as­ tain in the U.S. Air Force. He and his wife, a 1st Lieuten­ where Larry is doing research under a National Institute sistant vice-president at the Indiana Bank & Trust Co. ant in the USAF Nurse Corps, are stationed at Fuchu Air of Health Fellowship for the summer and will be doing of Ft. Wayne. Station, Japan, where Bill is communications officer. graduate work in radiation biology. MISS FAYE VERNON became the bride of Thomas CLASS OF 1958 CLASS OF 1965 Blakey on June 29. MERRILYN CIGARD VAUGHN and Robert E. Wenner PHILLIP L. BLAIR has been commissioned as an MISS MARGARET WEBB and Charles U. Brown were were married on April 20 at All Saints Episcopal Church Ensign in the U.S. Navy and has been assigned to the married on June 22. They are residing in New York City in East Lansing, Mich. Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, D.C., where where Margaret will be teaching high school English. MARCIA YODER BROWN and family have moved to he will be working with nuclear reactors. CLASS OF 1969 Richmond, Va., where her husband is associate director KATHERINE J. DEPREE received her M.A. degree MISS KAY L. FISHER and Kenneth J. Wright were of the United Giver's Fund of Richmond, Chesterfield and from the University of Michigan in April. She had worked married in St. Mary's Catholic Church of Kalamazoo on Henrico Counties. They have two children, G. Mark, age for Vocational Rehabilitation in Jackson and Ypsilanti June 8. They will reside in Junction City, Kansas, while he 6, and Kristen, age 2. prior to returning to school. is stationed at Ft. Riley with the U.S. Army. MAGNUS A. MICHALSEN (M.A.), who is a major in MISS MIRTH M. NELSON and Robert E. Lunda! were the Salvation Army, has been transferred to Milwaukee, married in the First Baptist Church of Bloomington, Ind., CLASS OF 1971 Wis., in charge of the Temple Corps. He has been stationed on June 2. Mirth received her M.S. degree from Indiana MISS VIVA M. HAGEN and Dennis G. Pond were mar­ in Peoria, Ill. University. ried on June 28 in Faith Reformed Church, Kalamazoo. ~ z