The Archives of The University of Notre Dame 607 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 574-631-6448 [email protected] Notre Dame Archives: Alumnus James E. Armstrong, '25 Editor John N. Cackley, Jr., '37 Managing Editor John F. Laughlin, '48 Editorial .Assistant ALUMNI APPOINTED Class Secretaries Meet TO TRUSTEE BOARD Two new alumni members and one member-at-large have been appointed! For Campus Conference to the University's Associate Board o£ Lay Trustees. All but a handful of tlie ALUM­ Angeles, Calif., and John P. Dcasy, '56, They are William R. Daley, Cleve| NUS' 46 year-round "foreign" corres­ of Chicago, 111., led a general discussion land financier and industrialist; Joseph pondents from coast to coast and bor­ of "Special Class Problems." I. O'Neill, Jr., Midland, Texas, inde| der to border congregated at tlie Mor­ Reunion class secretaries discussed pendent oil operator; and Alfred C? ris Inn on the Notre Dame campus the plans for dib coming June with local Stepan, Jr., president of the Stepaiv weekend of Januar)' 17 for the 1957-58 reunion chairmen of the various classes. Chemical Co., Chicago. O'Neill and biennial Class Secretaries Conference. Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Stepan, the alumni appointees, have Arriving Friday, the secretaries were executive vice president of the Uni­ been extremely active and prominent guests of tlic new officers and board of versity, and James E. Armstrong, Sec- in alumni aff'airs. directors of the Notre Dame Alumni retar}' of the Alumni Association, were Daley is president of Otis and Co., Association at a reception and smoker die main speakers at tlie dinner which vice president and treasurer of the in tlie Mahogany Room. Newly-elect­ officially closed the conference. Most Portsmouth Steel Corp., and board ed board members were introduced by of tlie class secretaries remained on cliairman of die Cleveland Indians. He new President Francis L. Laydcn, '36, campus for Sunday Mass at Sacred has been a member of the Advisory and Honorar)' President J. Patrick Heart Church before departure. Council for the College of Commerce and in 1954 established a $10,000 in­ Canny, '28. Board and secretaries Among class secretaries attending the conference watched a premiere showing of "Notre were; James E. Sanford. *15, Chicago, 111.; Grovcr vestment fund with which commerce F. ^fiIIer, '16, Racine, Wis.; James H. Rj-an, '20, school students actually purchase secur­ Dame Football Highlights of 1957." Rochester, N. Y.; Louis V. Bniggner, and James R. Meehan, '24, South Bend, Ind.; John P. Hurley, ities as part of their training in finance. " The class secretaries were up bright '25, Toledo, O.; Rudy Gocpfridi, '26, South Bend, and early Saturday morning for Mass Ind.; Louis F. Buckley, '28, Milton, Mass.; Prof. Joe O'Neill, '37, served as president Laurence F. Staudcr, '29, Notre Dame; James T. of the Alumni Association during 1956. celebrated in tlie Alumni Hall chapel Doyle, '31, E»-anston, 111.; James K. Collins, '32, by Rev. Thomas J. O'Donnell, C.S.C., Shaker Heights, O.; Joseph A. McCabe, '33, Eran- As an undergraduate he was a member ston. III.; T. Edu-ard Carey, '34, Rocky River, O.; of the varsity football and basketball of the Notre Dame Foundation. Fol­ Franklyn C. Hochreiter, '33, To%won, Md.; Robert F. En-in, '36, Grossc Pointe, Midi.; Joseph P. teams. Prior to entering the oil business lowing breakfast tlie secretaries em­ Quinn, '37, Andover, N. J.; James N. Motschall, barked on a hea\'y schedule of panelSj '39, Detroit, Mich.; James G. Brown, '40, and Joe was a special agent for the Federal James F. Spellman, '41, New York, N. Y.; William Bureau of Investigation. In addition workshops and discussions. Mark Hickcy, '42, Chicago, III.; John L. Wiggins, '43, La Canada, Calif.; George A. Barisdllo, Jr., to his alumni activities he has been The opening session of the confer­ *44, Bradley Beach, N. J.; AI Lesmez, '45. Garden serving with the Advisor)' Council for ence began with a discussion of "The City, N. Y.; Jack Miles, '47, South Bend, Ind.; Herman A. Zitt, '48, Dayton, O.; Robert J. Kling- the Law School. Class Column" led by Louis F. Buck­ enbcrger, '51, Fort Wa\-ne, Ind.; Harry L. Buch, Al Stepan, '31, an Arts and Letters ley, '28, of Boston, Mass., and James '52, Wheeling, W. Va.; Thomas W. Reedy, '53, Northfield. 111.; John P. Deasy, '56, Chicago, 111.; graduate, is a charter member of the N. Motschall, '39, of Detroit, Mich. and Lt. Charles P. Williamson, '57, Quantico, Va. Advisor)' Council for the College of Franklyn C. Hochreiter, '35, of Balti­ Local reunion chairmen included: Joseph Njikos, '23; Rev. Andrew Multrany, C.S.C., '28; John Liberal and Fine Arts. He is a member more, Md., led an open forum on the ilcNamara, '33; Prof. Edward Cronin, '38; William Earlcy. '43; John Laughlin, '48, and Thomas and former president of the Notre "Election and Role of Class Officers." Collins, '33. Dame Club of Chicago. John N. Cackley, Jr., managing editor of the ALUMNUS and NOTRE DAME, spoke on "Editorial Problems" and polled tlie group on publication policy. Notre Dame's Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Directof of tlie Notre Dame Founda­ tion, was the principal luncheon speak­ Plans for the Future er, previewing the 1958-68 Foimdation period. The afternoon business session open­ Alumni will soon receive a new brochure describ­ ed with John P. Huriey, '25, of Toledo, ing the University's program for the next ten years C; James T. Doyle, '31, of Evanston, 111., and Al Lesmez, '45, of Long Is­ and reviewing progress achieved during the peri­ land, N. Y., composing a panel on "Re­ unions." John L. Wiggins, '43, of Los ods, 1842-1946 and 1947-1957. Scheduled to be mailed from campus in the final week of February, This magazine is published bi-monthly by the University of Notre Dame, Notre this special informational booklet will also be sent Dame, Ind. Entered as second class mat­ ter Oct. 1, 1939, at the Post Onicc, Notre Dame, Ind. under the act of Aug. 24, 1912. to non-alumni friends. 2 Notre Dame AlurnnuSj March, 1958 Francis L. "Mike" Layden, '36, dis­ Joseph R. Stewart, '22, Kansas City, Board meeting, and. at various func­ trict manager for the Indiana Bell Tel­ Mo.; and Charies E. Rohr, '30, Cleve­ tions during the weekend listened to ephone Company, Evansville, Ind., was land, O. Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C, •' elected president of the Notre Dame Committee chairmen submitted re­ Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C, and Alumni Association at the board of di­ ports to the Board on club and class Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C, de- . rector's meeting held on campus in activities, the alumni fund, preparatory scribe Notre Dame's plans for the fu-. • Januar)'. He succeeds J. Patrick Can­ school relations, job counseling and ture. ny, '28, Cleveland, O., who becomes placement, inter-alumni affairs, prestige The Board of Directors will attend honorar)' president. and public relations, and religion and the next meeting in the Summer, im­ . Newly-elected vice-presidents include citizenship. They attended the Class mediately prior to the Class Reunion Edmond R. Haggar, '38, president of Secretaries Conference follo\vin? the Weekend on June 6, 7 and 8. ~ ' the Haggar Company, Dallas, Texas: , Eugene M. Kennedy, vice-president of the Bank of America, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Oscar J. Dorwin, vice-pres­ ident of the Texas Company, New ' York City. All are senior members of the board and will serve throughout "Mike" Layden Elected 1958 in these capacities. James E. Armstrong, '25, who has been Alumni Association secretary since 1926, was re-elected to the post. Association President i Responsibilities of the vice-presidents are divided as follows: local alumni club activities, Haggar; alumni class . activities, Kennedy; Foundation, alum­ ni fund and gifts, Dorwin. "Mike" Layden was an outstanding S ucceeds Pat Canny at Directors' Winter Meeting athlete at Notre Dame in the mid- ' thirties when he played halfback for the Fighting Irish and participated in varsity track. He is a member of the Monogram Club and serves as an of­ ficial in Big Ten football games each J. Patrick Canny,'retiring president of the Notre Dame Alumni Association, congratulates fall. "Mike" is a brother of Elmer his successor Francis L. "Mike" Layden (L). Others in the photo are officers for 1938, Layden, '25, former head grid coach at (lom left to right: Eugene M. Kennedy, class vice-president; Secretary James E. Armstrong; Notre Dame and one of the famed and Edmond H. Haggar, club vice-president. Oscar J. Dorwin, elected as alumni fund "Four Horsemen." He has been active vice-president, was unable to attend the meeting. in civic affmrs since moving to Evans­ ville six years ago. "Mike" is married ' and the father of three children. Ed Haggar is past president of the N.D. Club of Dallas and vice-chair- t man of the Civil Service Board. Ed is director of the American Institute of Men's and Boys' Wear. Gene Kennedy played varsity basketball at the Uni- , versity, and b a veteran of World War [ I and II. He received a law degree in :V 1922. f Oscar Dorwin graduated from Notre I Dame in 1917 and three years later I Harvard awarded a bachelor of laws ' degree to him. He was varsity baseball pitcher at N.D. and serves on the School of Law Advisory Council. Other members of the Board in­ clude: Leo J. Vogel, '17, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Raymond W. Durst, '26, River Forest, 111.; Jules K.