Dickinson Alumnus, May 1949

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) joined 14 other Americans on a tour of Israel.
  • Dr. Carl C. Chambers (class of 1929) was appointed acting Dean of the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering. 
  • Dr. Janet A. Kelley (class of 1924) published a new book on higher education (College Life and the Mores).
  • Francis G. Wilson (class of 1914) became Principal of the William Penn High School in Harrisburg.
  • Dr. Corneille Heymans, who won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1938, was one of the distinguished guests on campus for Founders day.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1949
Year
1949
Volume
26

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1949

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924), a scientist at Yale, discovered a new antibiotic (Chloromycetin) by examining soil from Venezuela.
  • Fortune magazine named Joel Claster (class of 1914), president of Luria Brothers and Co., as a "Key Man in Metal Salvage Industry."
  • Dr. Albert L. Demaree (class of 1923) developed new courses for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) units at Dartmouth College and other institutions.
  • Rev. Everett F. Hallock (class of 1930) was appointed Superintendent of the Newark District of Newark Conference of the Methodist Church.
  • Dickinsonians held all of the judge and prosecutor positions in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
  • Rev. Dr. Frederick B. Harris (class of 1909) was elected as Chaplin of the United States Senate. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1949
Year
1949
Volume
26

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1948

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Roger H. Steck (class of 1926) was appointed Director of Public Relations.
  • William H. Cheesman (class of 1904) retired after half a century of working with the U.S. Government.
  • Dr. Robert L. D. Davidson (class of 1931) became assistant dean of the Community College and Technical Institute of Temple University.
  • Lloyd W. Johnson (class of 1903), after forty years of teaching at Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, was elected Headmaster of the school.
  • The Alumnus highlighted the Tome Scientific Building and the accomplishments of the science faculty.
  • A record number of international students enrolled for the 1948-49 academic year.
  • The College acquired a letter written in 1803 by the architect of Old West, Benjamin Latrobe
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1948
Year
1948
Volume
26

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1948

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • John F. Bacon (class of 1938) was named head of the Ten Year Development Program.
  • Dean Josephine Brunyate Meredith (class of 1901) retired from Dickinson after 28 years.
  • Burnett "Bo" Olcott McAnney (class of 1913) was named managing editor of the New York World-Telegram.
  • Rev. Dr. John Wesley Lord (class of 1927) was elected as Bishop by the Northeastern Jurisdictional Conference of the Methodist Church.
  • Trustees named George Shuman Jr. (class of 1937) as Treasurer of the College.
  • Rev. Roy T. Henwood (class of 1926) became Superintendent of the Oneonta District of Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Church.
  • Alumni donated a portrait of the late Professor Leon Cushing Prince (class of 1898).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1948
Year
1948
Volume
26
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