Dickinson Alumnus, December 1958

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The new C. Scott Althouse Science Hall and the renovated Tome Scientific Building were formally opened and dedicated during Homecoming. 
  • Dr. Horace E. Rogers (class of 1924) became the new Chairman of the Chemistry Department after the death of Dr. Ernest Vuilleumier.
  • Jack H. Caum (class of 1934) made the first public announcement that a new high school in Wilmington, Delaware would be named in honor of John Dickinson.
  • Dr. Paul R. Burkholder (class of 1924), the man who discovered chloromycetin, sought the cure for cancer in mold.
  • Ruby R. Vale (class of 1896) donated $150,000 to cover the construction of a new city hall in Milford, Delaware.
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Dickinson Alumnus, December 1958
Year
1958
Volume
36

Dickinson Alumnus, September 1958

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • President William W. Edel (class of 1915) and trustee Frank E. Masland Jr. (class of 1918) traveled to Carlisle, England and took part in the 800th anniversary celebration of the granting of the royal charter for that city.
  • Professor Frederic W. Ness (class of 1933) published a book that discussed the difficulties of recruiting students for the teaching profession.
  • Dr. Ewart M. Baldwin (class of 1940) became general manager of the Semiconductor Corporation in Palo Alto, California.
  • Harry C. Zug (class of 1934) became president of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
  • John Lamb McIntire (class of 1937), official representative of the American Public Relations Association, attended a conference in Europe with industrial and professional leaders.
  • Dr. Lewis H. Rohrbaugh (class of 1930) was selected for a special assignment to Peru by the International Bank for the Reconstruction and Development (World Bank).
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Dickinson Alumnus, September 1958
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1958
Volume
36

Dickinson Alumnus, May 1958

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The cornerstone laying ceremony for Althouse Hall was held during the Priestley Day Celebration, in which Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky received the Priestley Award
  • Rev. Robert J. Thomas (class of 1940), pastor of the Rockefeller Memorial Methodist Church in Syracuse, New York, was selected to spend six weeks in Ireland as the exchange pastor of the Donegall Square Methodist Church.
  • Gilbert Malcolm (class of 1915) wrote a biography of Bishop Robert Nelson Spencer (class of 1903) titled Seed for a Song.
  • Miss Sophia M. Steese and Colonel Charles M. Steese (class of 1907) donated a collection of General James G. Steese's (class of 1902) papers to the College.
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Dickinson Alumnus, May 1958
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1958
Volume
35

Dickinson Alumnus, February 1958

Selected Highlights from this Issue
  • The dedication of the new Allison Methodist Church was scheduled for April 1958.
  • Dickinson appointed Dr. Henry L. Yeagley as head of the department of physics.
  • Attorney Katherine Smith Carpenter (class of 1925) became the first woman elected as President of the Lycoming County Law Association.
  • Dr. John H. Harris Jr. (class of 1948) invented an artificial chest for X-ray experimentation.
  • Dr. Ellsworth R. Browneller (class of 1945) became medical director of the Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia.
  • Lewis F. Gayner (class of 1931) became manager of manufacturing of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Division of Continental Can Co., Inc.
  • Professor Charles C. Sellers reviewed Robert L. D. Davidson's (class of 1931) new book, War Comes to Quaker Pennsylvania.
  • Jane Lehmer Alexander (class of 1951) became the first women elected as President of the Borough Council of Dillsburg, PA.
  • General James Gordon Steese (class of 1902) died while on a trip to French Equatorial Africa. 
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Dickinson Alumnus, February 1958
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1958
Volume
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