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, December 1945
Year
1945
Volume
23
People
Steese, James Gordon
Other Topics
World War II
SS Dickinson Victory

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1945

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees approved a recommendation for the construction of a new women's dormitory on the Mooreland campus. 
  • Dr. George H. Armacost (class of 1926) was elected president of the University of Redlands in California. 
  • Lieutenant J. E. Kennedy (class of 1942) sunk five ships of a Japanese convoy in a single night.
  • Rev. Gaither P. Warfield (class of 1917) and his wife published their eye-witness account of the Nazi occupation in Poland in Call Us to Witness. 
  • Sgt. Charles Walter Benner Jr. (class of 1944), along with 32 other soldiers, escaped from a prison camp in Germany with 32 other soldiers and walked 500 miles to safety. 
  • Whitfield J. Bell Jr. (class of 1935) became associate Professor of History at Dickinson.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1945
Year
1945
Volume
23
Organizations
Board of Trustees
Other Topics
Housing
World War II

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
Other Topics
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