Dickinson Alumnus, February 1958

Selected Highlights from this Issue: 
  • The dedication of the new Allison Methodist Church was scheduled for April 1958.
  • Dickinson appointed Dr. Henry L. Yeagley as head of the department of physics.
  • Attorney Katherine Smith Carpenter (class of 1925) became the first woman elected as President of the Lycoming County Law Association.
  • Dr. John H. Harris Jr. (class of 1948) invented an artificial chest for X-ray experimentation.
  • Dr. Ellsworth R. Browneller (class of 1945) became medical director of the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
  • Lewis F. Gayner (class of 1931) became manager of manufacturing of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Division of Continental Can Co., Inc.
  • Professor Charles C. Sellers reviewed Robert L. D. Davidson's (class of 1931) new book, War Comes to Quaker Pennsylvania.
  • Jane Lehmer Alexander (class of 1951) became the first women elected as President of the Borough Council of Dillsburg, PA.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) died while on a trip to French Equatorial Africa. 
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Year: 
1958
Volume: 
35