Alumni

Jack Robert Strange is a member of the Class of 1948.

Stephen Jules Szekely is a member of the Class of 1949.

William S. Thomas is a member of the Class of 1935.

Dr. Craig Ringwalt Thompson is a member of the Class of 1933.

Edmund Goodale Young is a member of the Class of 1948.

Professor David I. Gleim carries the college mace as he leads the academic procession at a Commencement around 1955. President William Edel ('15) and Boyd Lee Spahr ('00) are directly behind Professor Gleim.

Alumni from the Class of 1920 celebrate their Thirty-fifth Reunion during Alumni Weekend in 1955.  Sadie Mindlin is in the back row, sixth from the left.

Members of the Class of 1920 pose for a group photo at their thirty-fifth reunion in June 1955.

Stock Hall in St. Paul's Lutheran Church is the location of the banquet celebrating the Twenty-fifth Reunion of the Class of 1930.

Wearing feathered headdresses the Class of 1930 is seated in Alumni Gymnasium during their Twenty-fifth reunion in June 1955.

A student receives her diploma from President William Edel ('15) in the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955.

Honorary degree recipient Robert Calder Gates ('15) speaks with President William Edel (right) during Commencement on June 12, 1955.

Russell E. Marks is a member of the Class of 1926.

Professor Benjamin D. James ('34) is installed as the Richard V. C. Watkins Professor of Psychology and Education on February 19, 1957.  The professors holding the chair from left to right are Donald Graffam, Horace Rogers ('24), George Shuman, Cliff Mayfield, and Charles Peterson. 

View of College Librarian May Morris (Class of 1909) with President William Wilcox Edel (Class of 1915) at an event in 1956. Morris retires as a librarian in 1956. 

Dr. Elizabeth Bucke Miller is a member of the Class of 1923.

Rolland Leroy Adams, a member of the Class of 1927, in April 1956.

Professor Benjamin D. James (Class of 1934) greets Cadet Warren Peaslee Palzer (Class of 1957) on July 16, 1956 during ROTC Summer Camp at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Dr. Edward Teller (second from left) receives the Priestley Award from President Edel (far left) on March 28, 1957 for his work in thermonuclear energy. 

Second from right: National Cylinder Gas Company Vice President W. Roberts Wood, presenting cash grant. 

Far right: Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis L. Strauss

View of Sumner Mathias Drayer (center) at the unveiling of his portrait, standing beside President William Wilcox Edel (Class of 1915).

Drayer is a prominent member of the Board of Trustees and was awarded a degree by appointment as a member of the Class of 1902. 

Benjamin R. Epstein, a member of the Class of 1933, in September 1957.

Professor Horace Rogers ('24) teaches a chemistry class in Althouse Hall in 1958.

A group of international students on the steps of Old West with Professor Milton E. Flower ('31) in 1958.

President William Edel ('15) and Charles R. Ream, the Men's Lacrosse Coach, hold the National Championship Trophy in 1958.

Bishop J. Hesley Ford (Class of 1927) preaches during the dedication of the William Clare Allison United Methodist Church in April 1958.