The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine University of Maine Alumni Magazines University of Maine Publications 1-1970 Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 3, January-February 1970 General Alumni Association, University of Maine Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation General Alumni Association, University of Maine, "Maine Alumnus, Volume 51, Number 3, January- February 1970" (1970). University of Maine Alumni Magazines. 542. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/alumni_magazines/542 This publication is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Maine Alumni Magazines by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Maine january/february 1970 Washington • H.E.P. Commission Report • Pulp and Paper Foundation • Student Action Corps Please note: We regret that the following scan was the best we were able to obtain using our normal reproduction process. The inner margins are not readable due to the method of binding. For information about accessing the original printed volume, contact Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. U. of M. mall in the grip of an ice storm Photo by Al Pelletier The Maine Alumnus vol. 51 no. 3 january/february contents Pride and Vision 2 Class Notes 17 HEP 8 Campus Capsules 29 30 New Legislation Innovative Program and Tuition Boost 9 On Campus 31 Winter Commencement 12 Student Action Corps 35 Alumni News 13 Sports Feature 36 Obituaries 15 Sports Round-up 40 staff alumni council Donald M. Stewart ’35, Editor Donald F. Collins ’49 Susan (Johnson ’67) Gaudet, Class Notes Raymond R. Couture ’51 Bob Haskell ’71, Editorial Associate Stanley H. Cowan ’70 Arline K. Thomson, Art Direction Dwight B. Demeritt, Jr. ’51 John R. Dyer ’41 Gordon I. Erikson ’43 Robert L. Fuller ’38 Mrs. John R. Furman ’38 (Mary-Hale Sutton) Oscar R. Hahnel, Jr. ’44 credits Ralph L. Hodgkins, Jr. ’59 Harry R. Mayers ’30 Photos: Al Pelletier, Jack Walas, Bob Haskell Mrs. Donald W. McIntosh ’50 (Margaret M. Mollison) Mrs. Alan F. Merritt ’59 (Margaret E. Mahar) Mrs. John M. Ness ’32 (Edith Talbot) Linda H. Nixon ’70 Mrs. Vincent E. Poeppelmeier '40 (Alice Ann Donovan) Mrs. Bernard P. Rines ’49 alumni association officers (Priscilla J. Thomas) Robert P. Schoppe ’38 Kenneth F. Woodbury ’24, President Mrs. C. Donald Stebbins ’46 (Louise E. Perkins) Albert M. Parker ’28, First Vice President Mrs. Allan G. Stewart ’62 Mrs. Mildred (Brown ’25) Schrumpf (Mildred E. Simpson) Second Vice President Carl R. Toothaker ’39 Herbert A. Leonard ’39, Clerk Mrs. John J. Turbyne ’34 (Fern Allen) Edward H. Piper '43, Treasurer Scott B. Weldon ’52 Donald M. Stewart ’35, Executive Director James F. White ’30 Maurice E. Littlefield ’60 Carl A. Whitman ’35 Susan (Johnson ’67) Gaudet, Assistant Directors John B. Wlodkowski '64 The Maine Alumnus, published five times a year in September-October, November-December, January- February, March-April and June-July by the General Alumni Association, Alumni Center, University of Maine, Orono/Orono, Maine 04473. Editorial and Business offices at Alumni Center. Donald M. Stewart, publisher. The General Alumni Association, Kenneth F. Woodbury, president, is an unincorporated association, classified as an educational and charitable organization as described in section 501C3 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code. Total number of copies printed per year, 105,000. Average per issue, 21,000. Send changes of address to the business office six weeks prior to the next issue. Advertising rates on request. The Maine Alumnus is sent to members and to other subscribers, subscription rate, $5.00 per annum. Member American Alumni Council. Second class postage paid at Orono, Maine. Pride and vision... the University of Maine Charles E. Crossland ’17 A birthday cake with twenty big, bright that date, several meetings had taken place dur candles might well be a feature of the next an­ ing 1948 and 1949 to form the basis for thew nual luncheon meeting of the University of ture strength. Perhaps the session of greatel Maine Pulp and Paper alumni when they meet importance was held August 10, 1949 in thedj in New York City on February 17. Why? Because fice of President Arthur A. Hauck at which™ it was at the meeting of that association that J. industry alumni were present in addition I Larcom Ober '13 announced the organization of President Hauck and six University staff mem the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Founda­ bers, one of whom was Professor Lyle C. Jennes I tion. He had been chosen by a group of pulp and 1925 M, then head of the Chemical Engineer^ paper alumni whose pride and vision was des­ Department, who has always been an enthus tined to bring about achievements which today astic and major factor in the work of the Founi may have exceeded even their fondest expecta­ tion. tions. As so often happens, the creation of I Charles E. Crossland ’17— More and better trained manpower for their Foundation was a by-product of that meetin Director of Communications rapidly growing industry was of major concern which was called primarily for the purpose! for the Pulp and Paper to them. It was natural that they should return discussing the possibility of establishing a 1 Foundation. to their Alma Mater which offered the first pulp year pulp and paper curriculum, as conceives and paper curriculum in the United States. by the late Philip S. Bolton '13. Before that nJ An article in the January 1951 issue of the ing concluded, however, Frederic A. SoderbeJ Maine Alumnus opened with these words — "A '25 suggested that consideration be given tool group of University of Maine alumni connected ganizing a Foundation to work with the Univerl with the pulp and paper and allied industries sity in further developing its pulp and paperj which has been largely responsible for the crea­ program, which was offered by the Universal tion of the new University of Maine Pulp and in 1913. The idea met with the hearty approve! Paper Foundation, has set a record of helpful­ of the group and Mr. Soderberg was request™ ness to the University which will stand through to present a plan. the years as a monument of their devotion to Out of this discussion and subsequent commit! their Alma Mater." tee meetings, the University of Maine Pulp ani That those who established the Foundation Paper Foundation was born in 1950 and become "builded well" is evident from the impressive ac­ a tax exempt corporation in 1953. The objective complishments of the organization as measured of the Foundation as stated in the By Laws are by its progress and prestige today. almost identical to those as adopted when the ( But before talking about results, let's look back Foundation was organized. Those objectives ore to find what transpired prior to February 22, 1. To interest students in preparing for careen 1950. Although the announcement was made on in the pulp and paper industry. 2 p and Paper Foundation To provide financial assistance in the form ins, grants and scholarships for students )lan to enter the pulp and paper industry. To assist in developing a curriculum of ad- d study which will attract students and men business who may become leaders in the tional phase of the pulp and paper indus- To encourage promising students to elect a ulum emphasizing operational manage- To help to augment the staff in pulp and William H. Chisholm—President of instruction with highly qualified personnel, the Pulp and Paper Foundation since w, nearly twenty years later, how has the 1967. lotion measured up to these objectives? • will permit mentioning only some of the ghts of which Foundation officers are just- )ud. isting Students eresting students to prepare for the pulp japer and allied industries is no less a prob- orpulp and paper companies than for other ifacturers and phases of business which to- seem to have lost some of their attractive- to youth. However, while the enrollment in leering nationally and at the University has i off rather sharply during the last decade umber of students taking the pulp and pa- jrograms at the University has been main- d as in the nineteen fifties. This is accepted le acid test of the effectiveness of Founda- Frederick A. Soderberg ’25—“Father” J. Larcom Ober ’13—president of the of the Foundation and president from Foundation from 1950-1961 and Hon­ activities in this field. Through a carefully 1961-1967. He has served as Chair­ orary Chairman of the Board of Di­ lulated program developed by the Founda- man of the Board of Directors since rectors. Educational Relations Committee, pulp and 1967. 3 paper mills have held luncheons and dinner fessorships established, one the Louis Calder! meetings for students and teachers largely in fessorship given by the Louis Calder Foundal Maine, but occasionally elsewhere. The vast and the other the Gottesman Professorshipgr number and variety of opportunities for capable by the D. S. and R. H. Gottesman Foundaf and well trained engineers and scientists are For several years the Foundation has been presented through publications, slides and mo­ ing the University $28,000 a year for suppoi tion pictures together with speakers from the teaching and $10,000 for the operation of industry, the University and the Foundation. Gottesman Computer Center for the pulp Usually several hundred students and teachers paper industry. The Foundation has contrib are contacted each year. The Foundation too, has a total of $427,000 for support of teaching sponsored or co-sponsored financially a Junior equipment.