Dickinson Alumnus, December 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees started planning for a new women's dormitory and authorized improvements in other areas of campus, including repairs to East College and renovations to chemical laboratories. 
  • The Faculty approved plans that allowed World War II veterans to enroll every eight weeks throughout the school year.
  • Donald E. Austin (class of 1938) was freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp at Batvia, Dutch East Indies, after three years.
  • Robert M. Fortney (class of 1920) was elected president judge of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. His opponent was John L. Pipa (class of 1922). 
  • Major Frederick B. Schaeffer (class of 1942) piloted one of the B-29s that made aviation history with their non-stop flight from Chicago to Tokyo, Japan. 
  • Colonel James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) received the Legion of Merit for his work in the Panama Canal zone during the war. 
  • A number of Dickinsonians were involved in the Manhattan Project, including Ray Henry Crist (class of 1920) and Fred L. Mohler (class of 1914).
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • After three years as a Japanese Prisoner of War, Chaplain Alfred Cookman Oliver Jr. (class of 1907) was rescued and met with his old friend, General Douglas MacArthur, in the Philippines.
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Lt. Peter Marco (class of 1932), Capt. William P. Reckeweg (class of 1937), Lt. Val D. Sheafer Jr. (class of 1943), Lt. Thomas Lloyd Rockwell (class of 1945), and PFC Samuel T. Harvey (class of 1946).
  • The General Alumni Association donated 140 books for a library on the SS Dickinson Victory
  • Clara J. Leaman (class of 1913) sailed from Philadelphia to start her missionary work in India.
  • The Alumnus published "Conway: Humanitarian, Critic, and Man of Letters," Dr. Frank Gees Black's (class of 1921) paper on Moncure Conway (class of 1849).
  • Rev. W. Lynn Crowding (class of 1925) was appointed a District Superintendent in Central Pennsylvania.
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