Dickinson Alumnus, December 1949

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Board of Trustees authorized building an addition to Metzger Hall and continued to plan for a new women's dormitory.
  • The College installed a tablet in Memorial Hall that was dedicated to the Dickinsonians who lost their lives during the Second World War. 
  • Lt. Commander Frances L. Willoughby (class of 1927) became the first woman physician to receive a Navy commission after serving several years in the Naval Reserve. 
  • Dr. Edmund Roger Samuel (class of 1910) became head of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania.
  • W. Burg Anstine (class of 1931) was elected president of the National Exchange Club.
  • Reviewers praised Rev. Alson J. Smith's (class of 1930) new book, Faith To Live By. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1949
Year
1949
Volume
27

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1949

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) shared experiences from his recent trip to Israel.
  • Ruby R. Vale (class of 1896) published the fourth and final volume of his "monumental" study on justice, Justice Under Law and For Humanitarianism As Foundation of Society and Challenge of Civilization.
  • May Morris (class of 1909) and Mulford Stough were promoted to the rank of full Professor.
  • The Class of 1924 donated a portrait of Professor Ernest Vuilleumier.
  • Jurgen von Oertzen (class of 1934), a German exchange student, died during the Battle of Riga in 1941.
  • Elinor G. Derr (class of 1944) had "a key role" in an experiment conducted at the University of Maine regarding children' abilities to learn foreign languages.
  • Physical Education Professor Richard H. MacAndrews retired after working at Dickinson for 38 years.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1949
Year
1949
Volume
27
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Vuilleumier, Ernest Albert
Edel, William Wilcox

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
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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