Dickinson Alumnus, May 1956

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Commencement 1956 marked William W. Edel's (class of 1915) 10th anniversary as President of the College.
  • May Morris (class of 1909) retired after serving as the Librarian since 1927.
  • Dr. John J. Ketterer (class of 1943) was named Dean of Men at Monmouth College in Illinois. 
  • E. Laurence Springer (class of 1924) helped develop the Pingry School as headmaster, including their move to a large campus in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  • Lt. Col. John A. Norcross (class of 1933) delivered a baby without any medical equipment, using "backwoods obstetrics" on a military plane crossing the Pacific.
  • Rev. Dr. Everett F. Hallock (class of 1933) moved to Dallas, Texas, to become supervisor of the American Leprosy Mission's southwestern area.
  • Scenes from the College campus and the Joseph Priestley collection played "important roles" in a half-hour, made for TV film entitled "The Joyful Lunatic".
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1956
Year
1956
Volume
33

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1956

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Edgar R. Miller (class of 1920) and Dr. Elizabeth Bucke Miller (class of 1923) left for Nepal to serve as medical missionaries.
  • Dr. John W. McConnell (class of 1929) was named Dean of Cornell University.
  • Henry E. Harner (class of 1929) was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth, the second Dickinsonian in Pennsylvania Governor George Leader's cabinet. 
  • Dr. E. Roger Samuel (class of 1910) was named "General Practitioner of the Year" by the American Medial Association.
  • Donald H. Goodyear (class of 1923) was appointed General Manager of Manufacturing for the G.R. Kinney Shoe Company.
  • Eugenia Learned James (class of 1939) won an acclaim in England as an Heraldic artist. 
  • The Board of Trustees reaffirmed their position on "intoxicants," which included a complete ban on the possession or use in any College property, dormitory, or fraternity house.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1956
Year
1956
Volume
33

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1955

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Col. Richard H. Ellis (class of 1941) crash landed a plane in Europe after both engines simultaneously failed and the windshield cracked. Ellis was not injured.
  • J. William Stuart (class of 1932) was elected Vice President, personnel, of Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., in Brooklyn, New York.
  • Winfield C. Cook (class of 1932) toured the Orient and Antipodes at the request of the United States government.
  • Alpha Chi Rho marked their 50th anniversary while Phi Delta Theta celebrated their 75th anniversary. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1955
Year
1955
Volume
33