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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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1945
Year
1945
Volume
22
People
Conway, Moncure
Oliver, Alfred Cookman (Jr.)
Marco, Peter
Reckeweg, William P.
Sheafer, Val D. (Jr.)
Rockwell, Thomas Lloyd
Harvey, Samuel T.
Leaman, Clara J.
Black, Frank Gees
Crowding, W. Lynn
Organizations
Alumni Association
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World War II
SS Dickinson Victory
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The S.S. Dickinson Victory, named in honor of Dickinson College, was launched in California.
  • The US Navy signed an agreement with Dickinson to house up to 500 sailors in Conway Hall .
  • Dr. Thomas S. Dunning (class of 1874), the oldest alumnus, died at the age of 94.
  • Commander Reuben L. Sharp (class of 1922) and Private First Class Lester T. Etter (class of 1934) received the Bronze Star Medal. 
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Lt. John T. S. Och (class of 1937), Captain A. Leonard Hymes (class of 1935), Lt. Charles C. Nickel (class of 1937), Lt. John Robert Herdic (class of 1944), and PFC Frank Evans Jr. (class of 1946).
  • The Alumnus reprinted Norris M. Mumper's (class of 1912) article "New Hemisphere Airports Unite The Americas," which had originally appeared in the US Navy Magazine.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1945
Year
1945
Volume
22

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as the 21st President.
  • Fighter pilot Capt. Samuel F. Hepford (class of 1940) returned home to Pennsylvania on leave after 150 mission against Japan.
  • Several alumni were killed in action, including Major John Owing Cockey Jr. (class of 1940), Lt. Norman C. Watkins Jr. (class of 1944), and First Lieutenant John W. Ell (class of 1940).
  • Clayton G. Going (class of 1937) published Dogs at War, which described the activities of "America's first war dog army. "
  • Thelma M. Smith (class of 1935), a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, published "Feminism in Philadelphia, 1790-1850" in the July issue of Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1944
Year
1944
Volume
22
People
Prettyman, Cornelius William
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World War II

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1944

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees appointed Professor Cornelius William Prettyman (class of 1891) as Acting President after President Fred P. Corson (class of 1917) resigned following his election as a Bishop of the Methodist Church.
  • The College rented the new Phi Delta Theta fraternity house for use as an additional dormitory for women.
  • Corporal Walter H. Marshal (class of 1943) died after the USS Hamilton, a transport ship, was sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean. Lt. Jack Bright Spangenburg (class of 1939) was killed in action in Italy.
  • Staff sergeant Charles Walter Benner (class of 1944), who had been reported as missing in action, was actually a prisoner of war in Germany.
  • Lieutenant Colonel Richard H. Ellis (class of 1941) honored after completing 150 combat missions in the South Pacific. The Alumnus reprinted an article from Cosmopolitan that focused on Lt. Col. Ellis ("No Peace in These Skies" by Lee Van Atta).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1944
Year
1944
Volume
22
People
Prettyman, Cornelius William
Corson, Fred Pierce
Other Topics
World War II