Dickinson Alumnus, May 1953

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Alumni Council recommended that the Board of Trustees allow women to serve as Trustees.
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) compiled a list of Dickinsonians who served as judges in Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1953.
  • Joseph G. Hildenberger (class of 1933) was appointed as United States attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
  • Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924) received the Joseph Priestley Award for the discovery of chloromycetin.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1953
Year
1953
Volume
30

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1953

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Elvin R. Simmill (class of 1927) became Speaker of the House Assembly of New Jersey while Walter V. Edwards Jr. (class of 1938) was elected to the State Legislature of Arizona.
  • Dr. William E. Kerstetter (class of 1936) was appointed President of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.
  • Judson L. Smith (class of 1939) became head of the Baltimore Agency of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U.S.
  • Lois Horn Silver  (class of 1927) enjoyed an "interesting and varied" business career after graduating from Dickinson. 
  • Trustee Boy Lee Spahr (class of 1900) donated letters from Presidents George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison to the manuscript collection.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1953
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1953
Volume
30

Dickinson Alumnus, December 1952

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Captain Ralph E. Lower (class of 1944), a veteran of the Second World War, was killed while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea.
  • William R. Woodward (class of 1934) received a patent for an instrument to a ship's position at sea.
  • Several Dickinsonians won seats in the House of Representatives, including S. Walter Stauffer (class of 1912) and Edward J. Bonin (class of 1833).
  • The first edition of Dickinson College Service Plates, which featured designs of Old West, the Old Stone Steps, East College, and Denny Hall, were released for sale by the Wedgwood company in England.
  • The Library Guild created two memorial library funds with donations of almost $5,500.
  • Sidney W. Bookbinder (class of 1935) was elected National Judge Advocate of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1952
Year
1952
Volume
30

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1952

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The Class of 1952 provided funding for an electric score board at Biddle Field.
  • The dedication ceremony for Drayer Hall, which had a dining room for 200 students on the lower floor as well as a lounge with fireplaces and a grand piano, was held on Founders Day in May 1952.
  • M. Brandt Goodyear, who entered the College as a member of the Class of 1919, graduated with the Class of 1952 after taking a thirty year gap to serve as an officer in the US Army.
  • Around 200 students, including 83% of the men in the Class of 1956, enrolled in the Army ROTC unit at Dickinson.
  • Dr. Paul E. Smith (class of 1930) was sent to Iraq by the US State Department to assist with the implementation of the Four Point Program.
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) became an honorary Freeman of the City of Carlisle, England.
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1952
Year
1952
Volume
30