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
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1955
Volume
33

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1955

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Dr. Robert L. D. Davidson (class of 1931) became President of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
  • Dr. Wilson D. Wallis (class of 1907) published a comprehensive anthropological study of a Native American tribe in Canada titled The Micmac Indians of Eastern Canada.
  • Elizabeth A. Swaim (class of 1954) received the Rotary Grant award to study abroad at the University of London.
  • Trustee Boyd Lee Spahr (class of 1900) delivered a speech to the Dickinson Club of Philadelphia entitled "I Know Of None Better."  
  • Ruth E. White (class of 1904) published a new book titled History of the Methodist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1792-1954.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1955
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1955
Volume
32

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1955

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • Trustees and Methodist Church officials adopted plans for a new church located on the Benjamin Rush Campus, which would replace the Allison Memorial Church that was destroyed during a fire.
  • Paul E. Smith (class of 1930), after returning from his assignment in Baghdad, Iraq, was quickly appointed as Regional Training Officer for the Near East and African Division of the Foreign Operations Administration.
  • Robert L. Myers Jr. (class of 1917) became Pennsylvania's Secretary of Banking.
  • Samuel W. Witwer Jr. (class of 1930) won "plaudits of all newspaper editors" in Illinois for his work in election campaigns in 1954.
  • Henry E. Harner (class of 1929) was appointed Deputy Secretary to the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  • With 54 alumni enrolled in medical schools, Professor Charles C. Sellers reflected on founder Dr. Benjamin Rush's career as a physician.
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1955
Year
1955
Volume
32