r 1 'he untvcrstty 01 Cntcagoij •,magazme .. �A3/2- May1967The Biological Sciences: 1967 and Beyond...... "" ..1967 Reunion! June 7-10The University of ChicagomagazineVolume LIX Number 8May 1967Published since 1907 byTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOALUMNI ASSOCIA nONPhilip C.White, '35, PhD'38PresidentC. Ranlet LincolnDirector of Alumni AffairsConrad KulawasEditorTHE ALUMNI FUNDJohn R. Womer, '35ChairmanHarry ShollDirectorREGION AL REPRESENTA nVESEastern Office39 West 55 StreetNew York, New York 10019(212) 757-1473Marie Stephens3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1510Los Angeles, California 90005(213) 387-2321(Mrs.) Marianne Nelson485 Pacific AvenueSan Francisco, California 94133(415) 433-4050The University of ChicagoAlumni Association5733 University AvenueChicago, Illinois 60637(312) 643-0800 ext. 4291.Annual subscriptions, $5.00.Second-class postage paid atChicago, Illinois.All rights reserved. Copyright 1967 byThe University ojChicago Magazine. ARTICLES2 The Biological Sciences: 1967 and BeyondA pioneering teaching and research building8 The Quantrell Teaching AwardsThe nation's oldest awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching10 The San Francisco China ConferenceA Center for Policy Study event for San Francisco alumni16 The New AgeHuston SmithDEPARTMENTS19 Profiles22 Quadrangle News26 Faculty & Staff28 Club News29 Alumni News35 MemorialsThe University of Chicago Magazine is published monthly, October through June by the Alumni Association for alumni and the University faculty. Editorial contributions are welcomed.Front Cover: Electron photomicrograph of a single unit disk isolated from the outer segmentof a retinal rod in the eye of a frog. The white spheres are latex particles of known diameter(2,800 angstroms, or a little more than a hundred-thousandth of an inch), added for calibration.Photo courtesy of Dr. Humberto Fernandez-Moran.Inside Cover: A class meets outdoors in the south-west corner 0/ the Quadrangle, near theClassics building and Goodspeed Hall.Photography Credits: Front cover, inside cover, and pages 2-7, 9,22, and 28 by The Universityof Chicago; pages 10, 11, 13, 14, 21, and 25 by Stan Karter.The Biological Sciences:196 7 and BeyondA cure for cancer, heart disease, and other major killers... some control of the aging process ... the conquest ofmental illness ... the manufacture of enough food to feedall the people of the world.University of Chicago scientists are in the forefront ofwork leading directly toward such goals. Three of the coreunits involved are the Departments of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Microbiology. All three have outstandingteaching and research faculties, but presently are hamperedby inadequate facilities and a shortage of space.The University plans to remedy these deficiencies by constructing an eleven-story Basic Biological Sciences Laboratory on the north side of 58th Street between Drexel andEllis Avenues. Construction costs have been estimated at$8,550,000. Grants and matching funds totaling $6,050,-000 are available, leaving a gift need of $2,500,000.This gift is being sought during the Campaign for Chicago,the first phase of a ten-year program of academic improvement. The Campaign's first goal, a three-year target of$160,000,000, includes a number of major componentsincreased student aid and faculty support, new studentresidence halls, a Center for the Arts, new athletic facilities,and the Joseph Regenstein Library.The Basic Biological Sciences building is in the top prioritysection of Campaign goals. No university can build andmaintain a strong faculty for modern teaching and researchin the sciences unless it provides up-to-date facilities. Chicago has always fostered a great scientific effort: 28 Nobelprizes, including two in 1966, have gone to men connectedwith the University. The planning for the new building hasbeen going forward at a time when there is a great deal ofoptimism about the biological sciences.A short time ago some scientists doubted whether thestudy of living systems from the standpoint of chemistryand physics would ever give us a description of life. JamesD. Watson, a Chicago alumnus who shared the Nobel Prizefor Physiology and Medicine in 1962, put it this way:"There was reluctance to believe that the three-dimensionalcomplexity of the living cell could be reduced to the unemotional and sterile events in a chemical test tube."But now it is believed we are close to knowing what isgoing on in a living cell-rather than simply studying thestructure that existed when the cell perished as it wasprepared for study under a microscope.2 Above:' Robert Langridge, Professor of Biophysics, studyingan x-ray diffraction pattern.Facing Page: A drawing of the Basic Biological SciencesLaboratory, an eleven-story structureto be built on 58th St. between Ellis and Drexel A venues.4 A consuming interest centers on the large molecule thatcontrols the life and growth of every living cell. Moleculesof living matter, much too small to be seen with any opticalmicroscope, are being studied and manipulated. Thesemolecules determine the way simple components are builtup into complex units; how they store and transfer energy;how they code and reproduce genetic instructions.Studies of this kind are centered in the Departments ofBiochemistry, Biophysics, and Microbiology.Biochemistry is the study of the structure and function ofthe chemicals that take part in the processes of life. TheUniversity's Department of Biochemistry was founded in1919. It has fifteen full-time faculty members, and anotherfifteen hold joint appointments with other departmentswithin the University. Normally there are about sixty-fivegraduate students and one hundred undergraduates working in the Department, plus a dozen post-doctoral Fellows.Biophysics comprises all physical knowledge and theoriesof the architecture and activities of organisms or groups oforganisms. It uses techniques of modern physics=includingspectrometry, crystallography, electron microscopy, andradioactive tracers. The Department of Biophysics wasestablished as a Committee in 1954 and as a Department in1964. It was one of the first academic groups in this country devoted to the subject. The Department includes sevenfull-time faculty members, ten post-doctoral Fellows, andtwenty-five graduate students.Microbiology is the study of the behavior of individualcells and cell components, largely through the investigationof fungi, algae, and viruses. This Department-establishedin 1910, and one of the first in the country-has eight fulltime faculty members, ten post-doctoral Fellows, and abouttwenty-eight graduate students.Over the years, the University has made important contributions in the basic biological sciences. A sampling showsthat at Chicago:- The first studies of the biochemistry of the malaria parasite were carried out. It was demonstrated that anti-malarialsubstances act on the carbohydrate and protein metabolicprocesses in the parasite.-The mechanism of the synthesis of cholesterol in the liverLeft: Prof. James W. Moulder, Chairman of the Department ofMicrobiology, transferring a cell culture infected with psittacosis.was delineated. Cholesterol is of importance in arteriosclerosis and heart disease. For this and subsequent researchon the biological synthesis of cholesterol, Konrad E. Blochreceived the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicinein1964.-The bacterial nature of the organisms- causing the diseases trachoma and psittacosis was established. In additionto their medical significance, these discoveries helped establish the modern belief that bacteria and viruses are ofseparate evolutionary origin.-The cause of Rocky Mountain spotted fever was discovered. Bacteria known as rickettsiae were found to causenot only spotted fever but epidemic typhus and other humandiseases.-Early work on the self-purification of streams markedan outstanding advance in the science of sanitation.-Further work in sanitation led to the organization of alaboratory to study food and to ensure safe supplies of milkand water for cities.- The bacterial and chemical causes of staphylococcusfood poisoning were first demonstrated.Present research projects cover a wide range. Many investigators are studying the way information is stored andused within the living cell by means of large molecules.For example, cells withinthe human body which differ inboth function and appearance nevertheless contain preciselythe same genetic information in their chromosomes. Whyis it that only part of this genetic information is translatedinto action by any given cell? How is it that the same initialcoding of information can produce cells of different form,purpose, and organization? In what form is informationarranged within the cell nucleus? How is it that codingsometimes becomes jumbled? An understanding of the lifeand death of cells, the onset of malignant growth, the repairof tissues, and the nature of heredity will stem from knowl- 'edge of the coding system in the cell.Work is proceeding on how simple substances within eachcell are built up into the enzymes and nucleic acids thatcontrol all bodily functions. Special efforts are being madeto understand the chemical nature of the small portion ofthe enzyme molecule responsible for its immense and particular activity.A clearer grasp of the role and function of hormones isbeing sought. The therapeutic use of hormones and hor- mone-like chemicals is sure to be extended, particularlyinto the realms of personality and mental functioning.Many investigations center around metabolism. Preciselywhich genes direct the function of enzymes in causingenergy-giving chemicals to be utilized? A far-reaching studyon the connective tissues is under way. Work is proceedingon many anti-tumor drugs, and several compounds havebeen found which have profound effects on cell metabolism.The development of a theory to account for this phenomenon will almost certainly point the way to cures for sometypes of cancer.Perhaps the most important biochemical reaction of all isphotosynthesis-the mechanism by which carbon dioxideand water are converted to sugar by sunlight. If the mysterycould be solved, it might be possible to create an artificialphotosynthetic device to produce food.Studies are being conducted on the nature and mode of .action of viruses that dissolve cell tissues. The nucleic acidof these viruses controls their infectivity and reproduction,Device for counting bacterial colonies.5Model of the Basic Biological Sciences Laboratorybuilding (right of center) as it willappear in relation to neighboring structures.Across 58th Street from the Laboratory is AbbottHall. The Administration Building is atupper left. The towered structure at left is thenew Henry Hinds Laboratory for the GeophysicalSciences, now under construction on EllisAvenue just north of the Press. The above modelrepresents a tentative working plan for the area.6 These agents are responsible for a type of virus infection inwhich the host cell is genetically altered rather than destroyed. A similar alteration occurs in the transformationof a normal cell to a cancerous cell.Dr. Charles B. Huggins received the 1966 Nobel Prize forPhysiology and Medicine for his work on the role of hormones in cancer therapy. This research is continuing inmany new directions within the Division of the BiologicalSciences. The work on molecular structure of ProfessorRobert S. Mulliken, who won the 1966 Nobel Prize forChemistry, has implications for the biological sciences.His continuing research could explain aspects of such substances as proteins and enzymes. Both Huggins and Mulliken have been members of the University faculty forforty years.These investigations will be continued in the Basic Biological Sciences building. This new structure will utilize themost modem construction and planning techniques to provide optimum conditions for teaching and research.It will be one of several new units within the University'sScience Center, a complex of buildings that, when completed, will include the Hospitals and Clinics as well as thephysical and biological sciences facilities.As many facilities as possible within the Basic BiologicalSciences building will be used in common by the threedepartments, including laboratories, animal quarters, conference rooms, and analytic equipment. It is expected thatthere will be at least thirty-six research units within thebuilding. Each will cost approximately $105,000. In eachunit a senior faculty member can set up a range of experiments relating to the problems he is investigating. He willlead a group of research associates and graduate studentswho may work as individuals, as a group, or in conjunctionwith other groups, depending upon the requirements ofeach situation.The building is designed to allow maximum flexibility inthe layout of research areas. Some scientists are engagedin studies which require much more space than others.There will be easy movement of staff-and ideas-from oneresearch project to another.Every effort will be made to encourage the exchange ofideas, experimental results, and theory among men indifferent specialties, and to give each faculty member thegreatest possible scope for creativity. Each graduate studentDr. Humberto Fernandez-Moran, Professor of Biophysics will be able to learn by actually doing research with experienced guidance.There will be a variety of special facilities. Considerableefficiency can be achieved by special units serving the laboratories where delicate equipment can be maintained.Since much work is advanced and unique, entirely newinstruments and equipment frequently must be devised andconstructed.Constant temperature rooms will be utilized for experiments which require a precisely controlled environment. Aconstantly warm atmosphere is needed in one area toprovide perfect growth conditions for colonies of bacteria;another room must be kept near freezing to keep sensitivesubstances from disintegrating.A laboratory for media culture will be included in thebuilding. The biochemist who wants to maintain a puregenetic strain of a cell must grow colonies in isolation fromall other organisms. Such studies are carried out in mediaculture laboratories, which must be equipped with highlyefficient air filters to prevent contamination of the culturesby air-borne organisms.A small library with standard reference works and currentpublications in the biological sciences will be maintained.This facility will have links with the planned Science Libraryand the new $18,000,000 Joseph Regenstein Library, forwhich construction will soon begin.A variety of other facilities are expected to be included.Planning for the building is still under way, and every effortis being made to provide the highest degree of flexibility.Most of the facilities present excellent gift opportunities forindividuals interested in creating a memorial to a friend ora family member.No description of the building, however, can outline adequately the importance that it will have for the University.It will be not only a home for three major Departments butalso a tangible symbol of Chicago'S commitment to excellence in teaching and research.The donor who provides the $2,500,000 needed for construction will have the satisfaction of selecting a name forthe building and of taking part in a program of immensehumanitarian significance. He will stand with the scientiststhemselves in the struggle to overcome disease and afHiction.There can be few more satisfying roles for the individualto play. []7TheQuantrellTeachingAwards1967 Quantrell Award WinnersPresident George W. Beadle on May 19 announcedthe 1967 winners of the Quantrell Awards:-Michael J. Murrin, Assistant Professor of Englishand of College Humanities, a UC faculty membersince 1963, whose field of academic interest is thepoetry and drama of the Englisn Renaissance;-Paul J. Sally, Jr., Instructor of Mathematics and inthe College, a UC faculty member since 1965, whosearea of interest is in group representations;-David B. Wake, Assistant Professor of Anatomyand. of College Biology, a UC faculty member since1964, whose field of interest is the study of the evolution of living organisms above the species level;-Gilbert F. White, '32, SM'34, PhD'42, Professorof Geography, a UC faculty member since 1956, former president of Haverford College, and an authorityon water conservation and flood control.8 In J 930, five surprised members of the University facultygot raises in their salaries just because they were outstandingteachers. The increases, particularly welcome in the depression years, came from a fund established by an anonymousalumnus-who had thereby created the nation's first teaching awards.Seven years later the endowment fund was increased, andthe awards were formally given as three annual $1,000prizes, a change made to underscore the importance ofundergraduate teaching and to direct greater attention to it.The patron still remained anonymous, but many discerningpersons in the University suspected Ernest E. Quantrell,alumnus, Trustee, and lifelong advocate of excellence inteaching. Quantrell had indeed established the awards: hefelt that many forms of recognition and prizes existed forachievement in research, while outstanding teaching generally went unrewarded in American education. The prizes,he said, were to encourage the teaching not only "of scholars and research workers, but also young men and womenfor intelligent participation and leadership in business,civic, and professional life. I hope the awards will result inconstantly improving our faculty who teach undergraduates."In 1952, Quantrell again added to the principal of thefund, so that four prizes could be given annually. The following year he consented to disclosure, and, soon afterthat, to the formal naming of the awards, which he hadcontemplated doing only in his will. Since 1954 the prizeshave been known as the Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell A wards, in honor of Quantrell's parents.Ernest Quantrell was born in Union Center, Indiana, onMay 8, U�81, and died November 16, 1962, at the age of81. In 1901-when the University was nine years old-hearrived on campus as a freshman and was introduced to theteachers he later would refer to as "one of the greatest faculties in the history of American education." He was a "C"man on the track team, a member of Owl & Serpent, President of the Reynolds Club, Class Treasurer, and a memberof Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He left the University in1905, without taking a degree, to join the bond departmentof the Chicago Savings Bank. By 1919 he was vice-president and eastern manager of the investment firm of Halsey,Stuart and Co. In 1928 he established his own investmentoffice in N ew York, where he had long been a vigorousleader in alumni club activities and in many civic pursuits.In 1908 he had married the former Lulu Morton, '06,whom he had known from his campus days. They had twodaughters, Virginia and Jane, and a son, Morton.In 1929 he was elected a Trustee of the University, aposition to which he gave unusually devoted interest. Hewas one of the early recipients, in 1942, of the AlumniCitation for Public Service. He had a personal interest inthe Reynolds Club, which he had served in his student daysas an officer on the executive council. When the Clubneeded funds to improve the University A venue entrance,he quietly made the necessary contribution. From his excellent and noted art collection he installed a score of Currierand Ives prints in the north lounge, a variety of fine paintings in the south lounge, and a dozen original Frost huntingscenes in the. coffee shop. A frequent visitor to the AlumniHouse, he sent a dozen Frederick Waugh sea paintingsfrom his collection when the lounge was redecorated. Be-Ernest E. Quantrell as a Trustee of the University (left)and as '05 Class Treasurer in 1904 (from Cap and Gown). cause of his insistence on anonymity, the full extent of hisinfluence on the University may never be known. After hisdeath, the Quantrell family in 1964 contributed $325,000toward the renovation of Cobb Hall, a gift that provided thefirst major impetus to the over $2,000,000 project.EeSident George W. Beadle said: "Ernest Quantrell gavemuch to the University and to education, always quietlyand without seeking recognition. The Quantrell Awards,through emulation at other institutions, have had an impacton undergraduate education far beyond the Quadrangles.Mr. Quantrell served the University with generosity, affection, and vigor, setting an example for all who hope tofurther education. It is especially gratifying to all of us whovalue his memory that his family, with equal disregard forfanfare or publicity, has carried on the spirit of his generosity and dedication."Prospective recipients of the Quantrell awards are recommended to the President of the University by the Dean ofthe College, who reviews nominations from the Masters ofthe Collegiate Divisions, from advisers, and from students.Each year all graduating students receive a written requestfor nominations, and an open letter in the Maroon invitessuggestions from all students. The Dean of Students and theDean of Undergraduate Students advise the academic deanin selecting from the nominations. The first recipients, inJune, 1938, were William T. Hutchinson, Joseph J. Schwab,and Reginald J. Stephenson. Since that time, 102 men andwomen have received the prizes.Ernest Quantrell summed up his educational philosophylong ago in an address to the annual trustee-faculty dinner,which was condensed in the March, 1932, issue of TheUniversity of Chicago Magazine. He said: "The success ofa university depends on its product, and its product consistsof students trained to lead happy, proficient, useful, andunselfish lives. To obtain this product, a good faculty isessential, and constitutes the most important part of auniversity ...."We have had, and still have great teachers, but we willhave still greater ones." 09Lday'S relations between Communist China and theUnited States may profoundly influence world affairs forgenerations to come. In recognition of the importance ofthe subject, a year-long study of China was the inauguralproject of the University's newly-established Center for.Policy Study. The China study began in March, 1966, andculminated in February, 1967, with two international COIfferences on campus.The following month, the Center and the Bay Area Clubcooperated in presenting a day-long conference in SanFrancisco, March 18, in which six University of Chicagoscholars summarized the February meetings and led discussions with the more than 350 alumni who attended. Theconference's objectives: to place in historical perspectivethe current Chinese internal crisis and to examine the policyalternatives for the United States in Asia.Justice Stanley Mosk, President of The University ofChicago Club of the Bay Area, served as conference chairman and welcomed participants and guests to the openingsession. Charles U. Daly, University Vice President forDevelopment .and Public Affairs and Director of the Centerfor Policy Study, was moderator of the panel discussions.Panelists for the morning session, "Background toCrisis," were Robert Dernberger, Assistant Professor ofEconomics; Ping-ti Ho, the James Westfall ThompsonProfessor of History; and Tang Tsou, Professor of PoliticalScience. Following are condensed accounts of their statements.Ping-ti Ho: One measure of China's importance is its sizeand the location of its frontiers. China must be regarded asa geographic as well as an ethnic entity. During the period1644-1912, the outlying areas such as Manchuria, InnerMongolia, Koko Nor, Chinese Turkestan, and Tibet weregradually absorbed. With the great population buildupnow reaching 700 million people, 40% of them young-andwith its vast physical size, China was bound to make itsimpact felt in the modern world.Left: Over 350 alumni and guests attended the conference.Right: Justice Stanley Mosk, President of the BayArea Club, welcomed participants to the morning session. TheSan FranciscoChinaConference11Certain institutional features have characterized the governments of China. Though there has been a civilian ideal,every dynasty to rule China was founded on militarystrength. Now, the army in China is going to playa decisiverole again. Past Chinese rulers always had the means tobypass the institutional checks that their governments hadhad on them, and Mao Tse- Tung has been trying to do thesame. There is no evidence that China is ready to accept agovernment system which is not easily identifiable by asingle charismatic leader-the emperor or its moderncounterpart.Some of the principles of Confucianism have played a partin China's political and social development. Men are notequal, these principles say. There is a natural hierarchy ofmen, who differ from each other by their intelligence andability. But Confucius did advocate that "in education thereshould be no class distinction." The gradual implementationof this social ideology did help common people to ascendthe social ladder in later dynasties. After the civil serviceexaminations were abolished in 1905, the opportunitystructure for the poor diminished.In the light of historical circumstances, the intention ofMao's Proletarian Cultural Revolution somewhat makessense. It has the intention of eventually helping the poor torise again in the social structure according to their personalmerits, not their backgrounds.Tang Tsou: In order to discuss the question of continuityand change in Chinese political development, we must compare the present political system with the traditional politicalorder from various perspectives. The system as a wholehas changed. The Marxist-Leninist-Maoist regime is characterized by total mobilization of the population and extension of total political control down to the grass roots level.In contrast, the domination by the elite over a passivepopulation was the central feature of the Confucian, authoritarian government-However, certain parts of the Chinesepolitical tradition have persisted. An element in the "people's culture" which the Chinese Communists. seek topreserve is the latent anti-bureaucratism of the commonpeople which erupted during peasant rebellions.The forms of the traditional and the contemporary systems are similar. In both, ideology has a pervasive influence;the ruling class is a well-defined group; and a single bureaucratized organization plays a dominant role in the society. But the content of the ideology, the goals of the regime, andthe values of the ruling class have changed. The explicitorientation of the Chinese government is totally modern,while it derives implicit support from tradition.The Chinese Communist political system had been fairlystable and effective. But, with the Cultural Revolution, ithas suffered a serious disruption. The Cultural Revolutioncan be seen not so much as a cultural revolution but as aMaoist restoration, i.e., as an attempt by Mao to restore hisauthority, using revolutionary tactics to achieve his goal.Up to 1958-1959, there was unity among the charismaticleader, the ideology, and the party organization. Now theleader is using the Red Guards and the Army to purge theleaders of the Party organization at all levels, thus disrupting the core of the political system. After the failure of theGreat Leap Forward, Mao's policies and political thoughtwere criticized by intellectuals both in and out of the Party.He lost effective control over the Party organization andpolicies. Mao feared that if unchecked, the views of theseintellectuals would soon lead to the triumph of revisionismin China. Echoing Mao's view, Foreign Minister Chen Yisaid: "Khrushchev used the intellectuals to restore capitalism . . . We are attempting to eliminate the intellectualclass."Robert Dernberger: Economists have been playing thenumbers game in regard to China. Official Chinese production figures seem optimistic, while other sources seem tounderestimate production. However they are in agreementas to the general economic trends in recent years. Therewas a high rate of growth in 1952-57, a general decline from1958-62-with a crisis in 1959, 1960, and possibly 1961-and an economic recovery in 1963-65.The rate of growth in 1952-57 couldn't be maintained.The Soviet loans were running out, and increases in agricultural production were too low to continue the exportsnecessary for the purchase of industrial imports. The risingrate of growth would have continued as long as it waspossible to borrow money and grow enough food.Figures show that, after ten years, China has restored itslevel of production. However, the potential for growth ismuch larger today than it was in 1957. Some evidence ofthis is China's nuclear development. In 1965 the first plantdesigned and built wholly by the Chinese was opened.Also, . the quality of Chinese manufactured products im-proved greatly in the 1960's.Per capita consumption in China is high among the underdeveloped countries. More important, the variance in percapita distribution, which is hidden by average figures, islower in China than in other underdeveloped countries,such as India. Even in times of severe crisis and famineconditions in China, 1,900 food calories per day per capitawas maintained. A famine condition without starvation ishistorically unusual. How well off are the Chinese? That isa psychological question. The picture isn't rosy, but numbers don't tell the whole story.Question from the audience: How reliable are the reportsof chaos in China? What is really happening? What will bethe outcome?Tang Tsou: If carefully read, Chinese Communist publications are good sources of information on what is happening. There is undoubtedly political and social turmoilin China. Party traditions and rules an� being broken one after another. The minority in party organization is imposing its will over the majority. The tradition never to usenon-party groups to disrupt the party organization is beingbroken. Work has stopped at times-the workers in electricplants and the stevedores on the docks, for example. Therehave been many reports of officials being promoted to highpositions in the Party-then no further mention was made ofthem in official publications or they were reported to havebeen criticized in wall posters.Ping-ti Ho: Even though Chinese policies-like the onesthat allowed the suspension of millions of youth from school-don't seem stable or rational to us, their ultimate goal isto have more peasants go through to college.Robert Dernberger: The present chaos is chaos in termsof the bourgeois majority. Now the minority is consideredthe majority. Remember that in some areas-South America, for example-the presence of students in the streetsisn't regarded as chaos.13United States relations with China were the subject ofa luncheon address by Hans J. Morgenthau, the Albert A.Michelson Distinguished Service Professor of PoliticalScience and History and Director of the Center for the Studyof American Foreign and Military Policy. Morgenthausaid that superstitution has obscured our view of China andAsia and has led us astray in our Foreign Policy.We have a basic, constant interest in Europe, he said, inthe maintenance or restoration of the balance of power:Like England, we believe a hegemonial rise of one countryin Europe is a threat to us. In a less clear fashion, a similaridea guides our thinking on Asia. We supported ChiangKai-Shek as a counterweight to Japan, for example.The Communization of China in 1949 shocked us becauseit defied our calculations regarding the balance of power inAsia. From this time on, we opposed China. We made twoerrors in this: (1) In an attempt to draw on historicalexperience, we made a mechanical move. We comparedChina to Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia. We looked at China as a traditional imperialistic power as we hadlooked at Germany and the USSR. But China is nationalisticin its foreign policy. (2) Traditionally China has not acquired territory by outright takeover, but by cultural means,by the impregnation of cultural values in new areas. Chinahas operated by traditional, not communist, principles.Their expansion has been by cultural attraction. The maininstrument of Chinese expansion has not been crude annexing of border states, but by rather delicate tributary relationships, with surrounding belts of independent governments subservient to China.Chiang and Mao share many nationalistic views. Forexample, they both maintain that Taiwan is part of China.They only differ on the small matter of who ought to governChina.Our view of all Communists as part of one monolithicmovement is unrealistic. Our government believes thatHanoi and Peking and the Vietcong are all related andcontrolled by Peking. But they regard their nationalisticNorton S. Ginsburg, Charles U. Daly (moderator), Hans J. Morgenthau, and Albert Wohlstetter discussed alternatives for u.s. China policy.14concerns as more important than their communistic similarities.Panelists for the afternoon session, "Policy Alternatives,"were Norton S. Ginsburg, Professor of Philosophy; Professor Morgenthau; and Albert Wohlstetter, UniversityProfessor of Political Science.Norton Ginsburg: The formulation of an American policytoward China requires an understanding of China's ownforeign policy, and particularly the Chinese perception ofits role in world affairs. This perception involves bothideological and traditional elements. The traditional elementmay be described as a model spatial political systemSinocentric, Asian-oriented, zonal, roughly concentric,without formal boundaries, with a marked distanceintensity relationship between power and territory, andseparated from the rest of the world by indifference orignorance. Reconciliation of this traditional imagery withMarxist ideology is a major problem in the Chinese formulation of a foreign policy.America's China policy should take into account thestrongly Asian-orientated cast of the model and the fact thatChina's own policies will vary for each of its several zones-China itself; an Inner Zone of Asian client or tutelarystates; an Outer Zone of less intimately related Asian states;and, then, "All the Rest" of the world, divided into developed and poor. Thus, foreign intervention in the InnerZone will elicit far greater reaction from the Chinese thanactivities in the Outer Zone, not only because the formeris nearer China, but also because the traditional Chinese"sphere of influence" includes it. Differences also may existeven within given zones, depending upon the historical relationships between China and the countries within them.There is, therefore, a greater Chinese sense of involvementwith Korea and Vietnam than with, say Burma, though alllie within the Inner Zone.Albert Wohlstetter: China's five tests show it can manufacture uranium 235, an element much harder to makethan plutonium 239 and better adapted to H-bombs. Chinaneeds H-bombs to compensate for the inaccuracies of itsfirst-generation rockets. It has already tested mediumrange rockets (one carrying a nuclear device) and is urgently pressing for long-range ones. It may test an ICBMthis year and, if so, achieve a small initial operation beforethe end of the decade-and substantial numbers of ICBM's some years afterward.China achieves this nuclear force at the expense of itseconomy and its military strength. Its per capita GNP hasdeclined in the last ten years and it lacks logistic supportto project its conventional military strength outside itsboundaries. Nonetheless, countries on its periphery-suchas India and Japan-feel menaced by China's growingnuclear force. These countries feel a strong impetus towardnuclear self-protection, an attitude that will increase unlessthey. feel fairly sure of nuclear protection by someone else.This is why India (popularly associated with supra-nationalism and nuclear disarmament) and Japan (the first objectof nuclear attack and a country with a constitution formallyforbidding any capacity to make war) have experiencedgrowing internal debate and support for getting bombs oftheir own. Some countries now stipulate many conditionsfor signing a non-proliferation treaty, either plainly to delayit or to provide themselves with an exit. Their objectionsreveal a genuine concern, however, for their nuclear safetyand raise the issue of how committed are the large nuclearpowers, especially the United States, to protecting nonnuclear powers from nuclear coercion.Nuclear commitments to protect others-whether formalor informal, bilateral or embodied in a potentially universalcollective security treaty-are necessary to inhibit the spreadof nuclear forces. Nuclear spread would make this a muchmore dangerous world. The risks in such continuing commitments by the United States are smaller than the risks toit of nuclear spread. China's ICBM force is not likely to beable to retaliate after a major power attack or even to doany substantial harm in a desperate first strike, providedthe major power has put in a rather cheap but reliable thinarea ballistic missile defense. Nuclear stability in Asia willrequire nuclear commitments from powers outside Asia.Morgenthau: We must consider our policies toward Chinaof the past fifteen years. Many of them work only becauseChina has not yet become too strong. We should ask: howabout when China gets strong-will our policies be adequatethen?Wohlstetter: Our policies can be adequate if we choosethem responsibly. The United States can defend itselfagainst Chinese ICBM's by more responsible means thanbombing, by a defense that does not depend on our initiating a nuclear war. 015The New AgeHuston SmithHuston Smith, PhD '45, is professor of philosophy atMassachusetts Institute of Technology. (His wife is theformer Eleanor Wieman, '43.) He is author of Condemnedto Meaning (Harper & Row, 1965), The Purposes ofHigher Education (Harper & Row, 1955), and The Religions of Man (New American Library, 1958). This articleis taken from a new book by The University of ChicagoPress, Rockefeller Chapel Sermons, compiled by DonovanE. Smucker. Mr. Smith's sermon was given on the twentieth anniversary of the achievement of the first selfsustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University.Twenty years ago it bappened. Here, on this spot. Mindand matter, locked in the most intense and desperate embrace ever essayed, gave birth. Stagg Field was the manger.And the child? A savior-monster the like of which manheretofore could contemplate only in story. Fire, steel, andpestilence were welded into one; Prometheus, Daedalus,and Pandora incarnated as Fermi, Compton, and Zinno Andonce again myth became history.As a result we stand as new men in the face of unknownthings. Turning our gaze in the arc of peril, back acrossthe two decades that have intervened and forward towardthe road ahead, what shall we say? What is the word forthat day and this, the sermon for this score of years? Howshall we use these dangling hands, these words that drawus on like dreams?First, surely, for praise. For we are still here--a factwhich in itself is a near-miracle. Considering the tensionsthat have riven our world and the destruction they couldso easily have brought down upon us, our presence is atribut�to God or man, as you choose, probably to both.But what after praise?The light of an exploding atomic bomb. is said to appearbrighter than a thousand suns. The interesting question is,Has its flash thrown any light on the human situation?Against the backdrop of the mushroom cloud does manstand silhouetted more distinctly?16 I propose that we ponder this question through fivethoughtful comments on our new age.The first comes through Robert Oppenheimer. Deepwithin the solitary wastes of New Mexico's deserts on themorning of July 16, 1945, he stood witness to the first testbomb which he had himself so largely engineered. As hewatched the tremendous light envelop the heavens, followed by the deep growling roar, two lines from the Bhagavad-Gita flashed across his mind:I am become death,The shatterer of worlds.Or, as another translation has it:I am come as Time, the waster of peoples,Ready for that hour that ripens to their ruin.Peril. Peril unprecedented. This was the age's first andobvious disclosure. Or rather reminder, for early man hadknown life's precariousness. Crouched at his campfire,circled by beasts of prey, early man knew well what it wasto live facing the yawning jaws of destruction. But we hadforgotten. The insulations of science--against cold throughcentral heating, against famine through granaries, againstdisease through medicines-had bred illusions of securityin us. Suddenly the props were removed, and again wesaw ourselves where, in fact, man's life has always beensuspended by a thread over 70,000 fathoms.There is a wisdom which says that to be aware of life'sprecariousness is a gain. It is the wisdom which asks us tothink how we would live the remaining hours of any dayif we knew that they were to be our last. The wisdom thatunderstands how confrontation with death can dissolve thepettiness, pretense, selfishness, and superficiality whichcharacterize so much of our normal unthinking years. "Soteach us to number our days that we may apply our heartsunto wisdom." Teach us, that is, life's brevity, its insecurity, so that in the wisdom of this knowledge we may turnour hearts to things most worthy of the time that doesremain.If the first memorable words on the Atomic Age underscored our peril, the second, understandably enough, proposed retreat. Lewis Mumford advised that we treat nuclear weapons as "unconceived and inconceivable." As Ido not recall the full context in which Mumford used thisphrase, it might be unfair to saddle him with its surfaceimplications. Yet its straight-forward simplification epito-mizes one important response to the atomic age. It was alla mistake. The power and possibilities nuclear energymakes available to man are too much. Once hubris assertsitself, nemesis is inevitable.To this position there are three replies: it is irrelevantnow; it was impossible then; and it is unseemly whenever.It is irrelevant now because history cannot be repealed; thepoint of no return was passed before Mumford's wordswere uttered. By now the realities of the atomic era laparound us in missiles, medicine, and power plants, as partof our daily life. It was impossible then, because had weleft nuclear power untouched, the Nazis would not have.The basic point, however, is that this is no stance for man.Suppose anyone of us had been given dictatorial power in1940 to mark the nucleus off limits for mankind forever.Would he have done so? Should he have done so? Manwants to know, and he wants to enlarge the sphere of hisautonomy, including control of nature. Being embedded inhis makeup, these drives will out; the fact that they involverisks will not deter their advance. In this sense the irreversible decisions were made neither on December 6, 1941,when the Metallurgical Project of The University of Chicagowas authorized, nor in the summer of 1945, when the decision was made to drop the first bomb. The irreversibledecision was the decision to create man.A third notable word on man in the atomic age wasspoken by Robert Hutchins. Appearing on The Universityof Chicago Roundtable of the Air on the Sunday followingthe Hiroshima blast, President Hutchins used the Frenchphilosopher Leon Bloy's phrase "the good news of damnation" to say, "It may be that the atomic bomb gives thegood news of damnation; that it may frighten us into thatChristian character and those righteous actions and thosepositive political steps necessary to the creation of a worldsociety not a thousand or five hundred years hence, butnow."Seventeen years have passed since those words werespoken, and truth requires us to say that the hope theyvoiced was unfounded. It appears that man is not a creature easily frightened into virtue. For one thing, he canapparently get used to anything. "Total war," "the absolute weapon," "overkill"-how smoothly these words flow fromour lips, how softly they fall on our scare-logged ears, howcoolly we can now read Herman Kahn's guide to the playing of international Russian roulette. Live long enoughunder the sword of Damocles and eventually you ignore it.The other flaw in the "news of damnation" theme lies inits exaggerated faith in the efficacy of negative motivation.Fear, we should never forget, has fascination; at least it isnot dull. Moreover, its object is rarely inevitable. Consequently, fear alters behavior less than do desire or love, apoint Thomas Chalmers saw clearly in his classic sermonon "The Expulsive Power of a New Affection." The moralseems to be that we shall not get the world society we needout of fear of what may happen in its absence. We shallget it when we want it.Le fourth observation takes the form of an image. Inhis study of the decision first to make the atomic bomband then to drop it, Robert Bachelder likens nuclear weapons to an irritant grain in an oyster. Just as the oysterconstructs a pearly coat to protect itself against its irritating intruder, so the human race is now engaged in tryingto build up a coat to contain the colossal irritant nuclearweapons represent in its body politic.This image of the oyster is suggestive in several ways.For one thing, the oyster cannot expel the sand grain. Thissymbolizes the fact that the world cannot get rid of nuclearweapons-cannot dismantle them through disarmamentagreements, say. The only hope is to contain them, that is,to get them turned over, eventually, to an internationalpolice force. For, given the jungle atmosphere of international politics today, no nation is going to reduce its strengthuntil there exists a supernatural power to which it canlook to safeguard its rights. Consequently, apart fromsome form of world government, disarmament is a mirage,and talk of it does no more than "give to airy nothing alocal habitation and a name." Whether the nations willsucceed in evolving the requisite world authority is anopen question. If they do, it will in truth be the pearl ofgreat price. "Great price" in a double sense: in its cost tous in imagination, effort, and the transcending of parochialloyalties and in its inestimable worth to us in assuring the17continuance of human history.Finally there is the simple truth of Albert Einstein's reminder that "the real problem is in the hearts of men."Left alone, missiles will, of course, do nothing; they willrest quietly on their launching pads. What needs to becontrolled is us.Men's minds, however, should be added to their heartsin Einstein's statement: it should read, "the real problemis in the hearts and minds of men." It would be wonderfulif mankind could "go critical" in humaneness-if a chainreaction of charity could lead to a veritable explosion ofglobal love. But this appears not to be a possibility. Instead, heart and head are going to have to work patientlyand in complement as we seek to preserve this great andlovely world in which we have been given, thus far, to live.How much influence the mind has upon the heart-reason has on virtue-is a moot question. But it is appropriate that, gathered as we are on a Sunday morning on auniversity campus, we reaffirm the fact that it has some.Facts do not give us our faith, but they certainly influenceit; witness the numbers who are currently beguiled by certain facts of science into believing that mechanism, epiphenomenalism, and behaviorism outline man's true statusin the universe. Mind meshes with heart on more proximate levels as well: witness the accepted distinction between self-interest (a heart-directed way of life) which isenlightened (intelligent) and that which is not (unintelligent) .It has become an axiom of political theory that nationscannot act contrary to what they conceive to be in theirself-interest. But no task is more important than to keeppushing the intellectual question, "How far can we movein the direction of humane action before our self-interestis, in fact, compromised?One specific item will illustrate my point. In his preparedstatement to the press two days before Thanksgiving, President Kennedy let pass a small, yet in its, way fine, opportunity to contribute to the international goodwill which isas vital to our interest as to the Soviets. Speaking on thestate of the Cuban crisis, and with the eyes of the nationupon him through television, he said, "May I add this final18 thought in this week of Thanksgiving: there is much forwhich we can be grateful as we look back to where westood only four weeks ago-the unity of this hemisphere,the support of our allies, and the calm determination ofthe American people."Why not grateful also for the reasonableness of the Soviets during these weeks when the world swung low in itsarc of danger? Grant that it was in the Soviets' self-interestto be conciliatory; the fact remains that not all nationshave proved capable of acting in their own reasonableself-interest. Realism and appreciation are not contradictories. Mr. Kennedy had acted with great realism; for thishe deserves our heartfelt thanks. It would have cost himlittle to crown this realism with generosity and appreciationto help ease the world's vicious circle of hate and guilt.Unilateral disarmament may be bad politics, but we havecome to a sad time if our tit-for-tat world allows no roomfor occasional ventures in unilateral nobility.We asked, "Has the atomic age thrown any light onman?" The answer is "Yes." It provides no insights whichare absolutely new, but it brings into clearer relief somepoints we had sensed only dimly or had seen and forgotten. It underscores life's precariousness. Frail as a reed,crushable as a moth, man has become, to our knowledge,the riskiest venture in all creation. It clarifies the directionof human history, the thrust of this history toward knowledge and control which refuses to be halted by prospectsof danger, however great. It reveals the inadequacy ofnegative motivation. It previsions the possibility of man'scollective life, the possibility of a genuine world orderwhich has become infinitely relevant while remaining infinitely problematical. Finally, it shows us where' the human problem lies, how deeply inward that problem is, howradically free man is to do with his gigantic options whathe will, and how mind and heart will mesh in every decision he makes.Let me close with these lines from Meister Ekhart:"There is no stopping place in this life-no, nor was thereever one for any man, no matter how far along his wayhe'd gone. This above all, then, be ready at all times forthe gifts of God, and always for new ones." 0ProfilesAristide Zolberg"I was finishing high school in Belgium.Without money it was very hard to get acollege education in those days. I had readsome magazine stories about how it waspossible to work one's way through collegeinthe United States. I believed them, andthat's exactly what I did."Aristide Rodolphe Zolberg was born June14,1931, in Brussels, where his father wasa manufacturer of leather goods. The.Jewish family split up during World WarII and Aristide was sent to live with relatives. His parents remained in Belgium,and his father was sent to a concentrationcamp, where he eventually died. After thewar, his mother urged him to go to NewYork, where the family had relatives. Although he was reluctant to leave the country where he. had been born and raised,the prospect of being able to work his waythrough college changed his mind. In 1948,he came to the United States.Zolberg washed dishes, worked at summer resorts, did translating, tutored inFrench, and finally won a scholarship toColumbia University. He received hisbachelor's degree from there in 1953. Thatyear he married his Viennese-born wife,Vera, whom he met in N ew York.As an undergraduate at Columbia, Zolberg had become interested in decolonization and the end of imperialism. "I becamevery much interested in the fundamentalproblem of what happens when institutionsthat are peculiar to the West get transplanted outside of their historical, cultural,and social context. Could these be graftedon to other societies?" This was a majortransformation in the contemporary world,and his interests in sociology, political science, and social philosophy prompted himto learn more about it. When Boston University offered a new program in SubSaharan African studies, he decided to gothere.After earning his master's degree from . Boston in 1956, Zolberg came to The University of Chicago. "A number of us atColumbia had always looked upon Chicago as our spiritual home, as a placewhere intellectual life is taken seriously ina way that few other universities do. Here there is a kind of full engagement in intellectuallife. In the midst of the University'sproblems with urban blight in the 1950's,I think it stood out even stronger. At thattime it was the chief attraction in comingto Chicago."19Zolberg was working on a study of theIvory Coast for his PhD when DavidApter, who had done a study on Ghana,joined the faculty. The two neighboringAfrican states, alike in many ways yet withdifferent colonial backgrounds-Frenchrule versus British rule-intrigued Zolberg,and he decided to do a companion-comparison study to Apter's. He and his wifespent fifteen months in the Ivory Coast,living in an urban slum area. "In a senseI was doing field work twenty-four hoursa day," he recalls. "It was an extremelyimportant learning experience and a goodlaboratory for examining certain problems." He also began his collection of modern African art while there.With early ambitions to be a newspaperwriter, Zolberg sees a relationship betweenjournalism and the social sciences. "I chosethe social sciences primarily because itafforded me the opportunity to dig into asubject rather than just report on it."I am a political scientist primarily because political problems interest me. Theway in which I study these problems resembles very much the way in which asociologist would study them. When I firststarted graduate work I had a hard timedeciding whether to be a sociologist ora political scientist. I'm not sure what thegrounds were for the final decision, but Ithink that I realized that as a sociologist Iwould have to give attention to a lot ofthings which I might not be interested inat all, more things than as a political scientist. Since I grew up professionally at atime when political science was beingtransformed, it became quite obvious aftera couple of years that I could be a socialscientist dealing in politics."The interdisciplinary tradition at Chicagois important to Zolberg, "Here I'm less ina specific department than in the Divisionof the .Social Sciences, and this meanssomething. It means more than just a lotof interdisciplinary committees and thelike. Here there was and is a real interdisciplinary community of social scientistsin which one can grow. And this traditionhas grown stronger right up to the presentday."20 Benson Ginsburg"In high school I had intended to becomea journalist. I was editor of the schoolpaper and a photographer on the side-Isold high school sports photos to the localnewspapers. When I went to college, myfather advised me that, since I would bereading and writing all my life, I ought tostudy science, something I wouldn't belikely to pick up on my own. I thoughtthat was a rather good idea, and I followedit. Once I started taking biology, I knewfrom the first course that it was what Iwanted to do."Benson Earl Ginsburg, PhD'43, WilliamRainey Harper Professor of Biology in theCollege and Professor in the Division ofthe Biological Sciences, has had a lifelonglove for animals, starting with the rabbits,birds, cats, and dogs that were his family'spets and continuing to the laboratory animals that he breeds for his research ingenetics. His laboratory wolves haveb-ought a great deal of publicity, most ofwhich, he feels, has only obscured thescientific interest of his work. "People likeanimal stories, and wolves are thought ofas wild and a little exotic. Actually, wolvesare very easy to work with, and they'renot vicious. They're shy, highly sociable,intelligent, and friendly. They're just niceanimals, very much like dogs." Ginsburgrecently completed a study on breedingguide dogs for the blind, outlining ways toselect away from characteristics-such asprotectiveness, which is good for a familyor a guard dog-that hinders good guidework.Ginsburg's research hinges on "makingsimple biological models of gene action inthe nervous system." By careful breedingit is possible to produce large numbers ofgenetically identical laboratory mice. Byfurther breeding of mutants, it is possibleto produce mice which differ from the"normal" group by only one or two genes.Ginsburg's studies show that different genetic strains of mice may react quitedifferently to their environments. In oneexperiment for example, a certain strainof mice would show markedly aggressivebehavior as adults if they were handledroughly when young. If handled gentlythey would not develop the aggressivecharacteristics. But genetically differentmice were unaffected by differences inhandling. With mixed breeds, such ashumans, it is impossible to predict the reactions to stress with any certainty and"those who have guilt feelings about theway they have managed their children maytake some comfort from this fact.""Another thing that we are beginning tounderstand is why there are such things ascritical periods in early development forthe acquisition of certain kinds of behavior. In very precisely controlled geneticsituations we find that part of the metabolicmachinery of the brain will show a spurtof development over a period of one ortwo days. Before that spurt, certain behavioral things don't happen, while afterwards they do. We have evidence thatthere are timing genes that can set thoseperiods forward and back.""I feel we're sitting on the threshold-thepresent way of doing things is going toseem like alchemy twenty-five years fromnow. We are coming very close to the agewhere we will be able to get at serious behavioral problems in a thorough-goingway. Genetics interacts with everythingthat happens to you. Things like schizophrenia will very soon be explainable notin terms of a schizophrenogenic mother,but, as some research is already suggesting,in terms of genetically influenced autoimmune responses to brain proteins."Ginsburg was born July 16" 1918, inDetroit, where he was raised and schooled.He received his bachelor's (cum laude) andmaster's degrees from Wayne State University. He and his wife, Pearl, weremarried in 1941, and they have threedaughters, two of them, Judith and Deborah, in the College and the third, Faye, inhigh school. When Faye was seven, Lookmagazine did a story on her and her father's laboratory as part of a series on howscience looks through a child's eyes. "Theyspent a day following her around the lab,and, of course, her idea of what to doaround the lab was to play with all theanimals." Ginsburg still indulges in photography as part of his work and as ahobby when the family goes camping together. He used to breed and train airedalesfor show and now the family has a goldenretriever."I came to the University in 1941 simplybecause I wanted to work with SewallWright. At that time I knew only twothings about the University: I knew aboutWright and I knew about Robert Hutchins.I liked Wright because he treated me asa mature investigator, and I had the sameexperience with the late Professor Allee.I had an opportunity to work with Alleeas his research assistant, and he agreed tolet me introduce some genetic variablesinto the behavior experiments that he wasdoing. This I believe, is characteristic ofThe University of Chicago that a graduatestudent with ideas can talk to an eminentprofessor and be given the opportunity to try out his ideas and to have a genuinelyintellectual relationship. Graduate studentscome here feeling, as I did, that a five orten year apprenticeship is necessary, butthey're plunged immediately into the scientific enterprise. As a student I was nevermade to feel that my ideas were the leastbit presumptuous. I was here a year andI was publishing with Allee and doingthings I never dreamed of. My ideas werebeing discussed professionally and I wasbei ng made part of a professional team.""I have different preferences for teachingundergraduates and graduate students. Ilike to teach undergraduates when theyfirst move into biology. I like their freshness and, I suppose, their naivete. I like thefact that I can stimulate their early attitudes toward biology. When they becomegraduate students and are ready for serious professional work, then begins a mutual stimulation. I have learned as muchfrom my graduate students as they havefrom me. I've visited and lectured elsewhere but never have found students soconsistently good as they are here." In 1943 Ginsburg received his PhD anda faculty appointment as an instructor inCollege Biological Sciences. Three yearslater he received a Quantrell award forexcellence in undergraduate teaching.Ginsburg taught first in the Hutchinssurvey courses, then took part in the organization of the College's three-year N atural Sciences program, later serving asits chairman for six years, following theinitial chairmanship by Joe Schwab. "Itwas an exciting program, really an experimental laboratory. We were not satisfiedin teaching undergraduates about science.You don't teach them about literature orabout drama. We kept asking ourselves,'why is science so remote?' We tried tobring actual scientific investigations toundergraduates instead of just teaching byrote and textbooks. This philosophy ofteaching is being adopted by high schoolsand has become the prevailing philosophyin science education. We get more andmore new students who have been influenced by our philosophy, and I think itwas this university that pioneered."21Quadrangle NelsCharles D. O'ConnellO'Connell Named Dean of StudentsCharles D. O'Connell, Jr., Director ofUniversity Admissions and Aid, has beenappointed Dean of Students effective July1, 1967. He will succeed Warner A. Wick,who is resigning to resume full-time teaching as professor of philosophy. O'Connell,who came to the University in 1946 as agraduate student, joined the Office of Admissions staff on a part-time basis in 1952.In 1958 he was appointed Director ofAdmissions and Assistant Dean of Students. A year later he was appointed Secretary of the Faculties, and, in 1961, heassumed the added responsibilities of Assistant Professorial Lecturer in English.He is active in numerous professionalorganizations and is a frequent contributorto college admissions and financial aidpublications.22 As Dean of Students, O'Connell will coordinate activities of the offices of thedeans of students in the graduate divisionsand professional schools, the dean of undergraduate students, admissions, financialaid, advisor to foreign students, physicaleducation and athletics, official publications and dissertation secretary, registrar,student health service, student housing,student activities, and career counselingand placement. The Dean of Students alsois ex-officio Chairman of the Committeeon Fellowships and Scholarships and amember of all committees on the curriculum in the College, the divisions, and theschools.GNP Forecast Errors-Forecasts of U.S.gross national product (GNP) showed anaverage error of about $10 billion between1953 and 1964, according to Victor Zarnowitz, Professor of Economics and Finance in the Graduate School of Business.Zarnowitz's statement appears in his book,An Appraisal of Short-Term EconomicF orecasts, published in March by the N ational Bureau of Economic Research anddistributed by Columbia University Press.The book contains the findings of a studyhe is directing for the National Bureau.Though an average error ofI $10 billionis only two per cent of the average level ofGNP, Zarnowitz observes, it is approximately forty per cent of the average yearlychange. The latter figure is the more significant measure of forecasting performance, since prediction of changes is theprimary objective of short-term forecasting.The annual and quarterly forecasts byeconomists were more accurate than simple extrapolations of past values of grossnational product or industrial production.This, the study finds, has not been true ofall forecasts or at all times. In the yearsdirectly following World War II, forecastswere generally less accurate than extrapolations.As the span of the forecasts increases,their accuracy diminishes. Errors are relatively small for forecasts of the next quarter or two, but forecasts for four or more quarters ahead, the study finds, are generally inferior to extrapolations of recenttrends.Most forecasts have underestimated thegrowth of the economy, Zarnowitz observes. He notes that underestimates weretypically largest for the beginning of arecovery from a business recession, whengrowth rates tend to be particularly high.Moreover, the record of quarterly forecasts does not indicate an ability to predictthe timing of the turn several monthsahead. A significant improvement of forecasts, Zarnowitz believes, could be madeby better use of trend projections. Thisapplies especially to forecasts of series thathave grown at a steady rate, such as consumption.Zarnowitz concludes that "Improvementsin the record-keeping practices of forecasters are badly needed. The recordsshould include not only the forecast butalso the estimated present position, sinceerrors in the latter are as a rule substantial."Extraterrestrial Intelligence?-Sir JohnEccles, Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Physiology and 1963 Nobellaureate in Medicine and Physiology, tolda Rotary Club audience in Chicago, March14, that he believed man is the only intelligent life in the universe.Sir John argued that the odds are extremely unfavorable for the spontaneousdevelopment of any form of life, and thatthe further development of man's enormously complex brain and central nervoussystem occurred in spite of "a fantasticimprobability." Similarities in the geneticcode mechanisms of all living things onearth suggest that life on this planet started just once, Sir John said. He does notbelieve it could happen again on any of theestimated 100,000,000 planets in the galaxy where environments favorable to lifeare presumed to exist.Sir John also was pessimistic on the possibility of interstellar travel and communications. The nearest star believed to haveplanets is twelve light years away.Faculty Salaries-A survey by the American Association of University Professorsindicates that the dozen highest-payingschools have raised their average facultysalaries by six per cent over those of the1965-66 academic year. Average salariesat five institutions are now in the $15,000bracket: Harvard University, $15,700;The University of Chicago, $15,445; Parsons College, $15,123; Stanford University, $15,120; Hebrew Union College,$15,063.Othello Seminar-Approximately 250 Chicago area high school students participatedin the character analysis of Othello, one ofShakespeare's tragic heroes, in BreastedHall on March 25. This was the first meeting of the 1967 series of Saturday Seminarsin the Humanities at the University. In atandem lecture, Virgil Burnett, Instructorin Art, showed color slides of Venetianarchitecture and dress, and James D.O'Reilly, Director of the University andCourt Theatres, gave dramatic readingsfrom the play.'According to Burnett and O'Reilly, acharacter in a play cannot be understoodfully by approaching him only in an academic sense. The elements of text, decor,direction, and performance must be revealed in their interlocking functions inorder to make the character understandable. Burnett and O'Reilly have used thisapproach to dramatic literature in theteaching of a course in theatre, first offeredby the University in Winter, 1967.Burnett has i11ustrated numerous booksand has designed the set decors for severalChicago productions. Before joining theUniversity faculty in 1964, he taught at theArt Institute of Chicago and at the U niversity of California at Berkeley.O'Reilly has played the role of Othelloseveral times in the theatre and on tele- 'vision. He also has written scripts fortelevision documentaries and adaptationsof classics for drama series. He joined thestaff of the University and Court theatresin 1962 and was appointed director in1964. Vice Presidency Shift-The appointmentof Charles U. Daly as Vice President forDevelopment and Public Affairs has beenannounced by President George W. Beadle. Daly has served as Vice President forPublic Affairs since Autumn, 1964. Hisnew appointment, effective May 31, combines his past duties with those of RichardF. O'Brien, who is resigning to return toStanford University as Assistant to thePresident. O'Brien served as Vice President for Planning and Development sinceMay, 1964, when he came to Chicagofrom Stanford.President Beadle said: "We are sorry tolose Dick O'Brien, who has been a talentedCharles U. Dalyleader. However, we are pleased thatCharles Daly will be taking over leadership of the University's developmentactivities. Chuck has been involved in theplanning of our Campaign since its inception, and he thoroughly understands theUniversity's needs. He is a man of ideasand energy, and he has the respect offaculty, students, trustees, and alumni."As Vice President for Public Affairs,Daly's responsibilities have included public relations, community relations, publications, alumni affairs, and specialassignments. In addition to these duties,Daly now will assume leadership of the Campaign for Chicago, the University'Scurrent drive to raise $160,000,000 in athree-year period. He also will be responsible for development planning, annualgiving programs, and the alumni fund.In accepting the appointment, Daly said:"The Campaign for Chicago has set anencouraging pace so far. We are determined to maintain-sand even to increase-this rate of progress. Dick O'Brien, theUniversity's Trustees, and the Campaign'svolunteers have built a solid base forfuture efforts. Fortunately, Dick hasagreed to remain here until June 30, tohelp with the transition before moving toCalifornia. He is a good friend and we'llall miss him."Daly will continue to serve as Directorof the University'S Center for PolicyStudy. The Center conducts in-depthstudies of major public issues and has justcompleted a year-long examination ofChina.Before coming to the University, Dalyserved in the White House as Staff Assistant to the late President John F. Kennedy and to President Lyndon B. Johnson.He was a member of the four-man Congressional liaison team directed by Lawrence F. O'Brien, now Postmaster General.Earlier, in 1959 and 1960, Daly hadbeen a Fellow in. the American PoliticalScience Association's program for Congressional studies. At that time he workedin the offices of the then Senator John F.Kennedy and the then RepresentativeStewart L. Udall. In 1961, Daly waseditor of publications for Stanford University'S highly successful $100,000,000fund-raising program.Daly was born May 29, 1927, in Dublin,Ireland. He received his AB, with honors,from Yale University in 1949 and his SM,with honors, from Columbia University in1959. He served in the Navy in WorldWar II and in the Marine Corps in theKorean conflict; when he was decoratedwith the Silver Star and the Purple Heart.He is married to the former Mary Larmonth of Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada. They have two sons, Michael, 15,and Douglas, 13, and the family lives inKenwood, near the University. campus.23$500,000 IBM Gift-The University hasreceived an unrestricted gift of $500,000from the International Business MachinesCorporation, The latest major gift to' theUniversity's $160,000,000 Campaign forChicago was announced by President. George W. Beadle, who said: "The significance of this grant extends beyond themuch-needed dollars, for we take it to' bean expression of IBM's confidence in thefuture of this University."Gaylord Donnelley, Trustee of the University and National Chairman of theCampaign for Chicago, said: "Both theUniversity and education in general havelong been the recipients of IBM's generoussupport. This new gift, corning from Dneof the nation's leading corporations, willreinforce the University's efforts to' provide excellence in intellectual instruction,educational innovation and research."As of February 28, 1967, a total of$8,249,913 in corporate gifts had beenmade to' the Campaign for Chicago, abDuthalf of the corporate goal.Biomedical Careers=Approximately 200high SChDDl juniors and sixty of their teachers got a first-hand look at modern medicalresearch .and practice at the University'seighth annual Biomedical Career Conference on March 11. The purpose of theConference is to' reach able students whohave an interest in biology and medicine,but who have not yet made a career choiceand who may be unaware of the opportunities for study in these rapidly growingareas of science.The students and teachers are selectedfrom fifty-four high SChDDls in Chicagoand the metropolitan area. The SChDDlsinvited vary from year to' year to' give aswide a representation as possible, BiDIDgyteachers in the high SChDDls choose thestudents to' be invited.During the day-long session, the studentsattended demonstrations in the laboratories of members of the Division of theBiological Sciences. Each student visitedtwo of twenty-five planned demonstra-24 tions, including X-ray techniques in thetreatment of cancer, radioactive isotopesused to' trace insulin in the bloodstream ofa patient, and the use of computers inmedicine.After lunch at Hutchinson Commons,Joseph J. Ceithaml, Dean of Students inthe Division of the Biological Sciences,spoke abDut admission to' the Division andthe possibilities of financial aid. The students then attended a clinical conferenceon rheumatic heart disease and a paneldiscussion by nine faculty specialists involved in the study of the disease, moderated by President GeDrge W. Beadle.Lab School History Published-The History of the Laboratory Schools, by Ida B.DePencier (Quadrangle BDDks) has beenpublished, sponsored by the SChDDls' Parents Association. The book relates thefounding of the SChDDls by John Dewey in1896 and the subsequent growth and development of the SChDOls and of Dewey'spioneering principles. The author taughtat the Laboratory SChDDls for thirty-threeyears until her retirement several yearsago, The book will be available to' alumniat a special pre-publication price of $4.25until July 31, 1967. The regular price is$4.95. It may be purchased at the discountprice from the Parents Association, TheUniversity of Chicago Laboratory SChDDls,1362 E. 59th St. Chicago, Ill. 60637.Nomad Study-Maurits van LDDn, a Research Associate in the Oriental Institute,is studying what motivated the nomads ofthe Syrian steppes to' leave their wild habitat and invade the towns some 4,400 yearsagO' -. He hopes to' find the answer to' thisproblem in the ruins of the ancient cityof Selenkehiye on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. With thesupport of a $28,200 grant from the National Science Foundation, van LDDn isconducting a three-month excavation atthe site to' study the nomad settlementwhich is known to' have taken placethroughout the Near East about 2400 B.C."In particular," he said, "we would like to' gather information which would makeit possible to' decide between two diametrically opposed theories on the causeof this settlement." These theories are:that the nomads invaded the settled areasin a destructive movement which ternporarily suspended development Df civilized urban life; Dr that urban gDvernments forced the nomads to' settle on thefringes of the city-states in actions CDmparable to' those seen in the Near East inthe 1920's, when government military aCtions settled the nomads.Selenkehiye is one of about 50 ancientsites in the Euphrates Valley. All will beflooded by the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates when it is completed in 1972. Thissituation pDses much the same problemfor van LDDn as did the Aswan Dam forthe Oriental Institute's Nubian ExpeditiDn in Egypt. Existing historical evIdencemust be found before it is IDSt forever byflooding. According to' van LDDn, Selenkehiye is a Bronze Age city dating frombefore 2200 B.C. and was occupied forabout 500 to' 600 years. Preliminary excavations on the one-third by one-quartermile site in 1965 indicated that the cityhad been walled with large limestoneblocks cut from nearby cliffs. At twopoints, excavations for modern irrigationchannels have revealed two other citylevels below the visible surface level. "Thetwo lower levels both ShDW evidence ofdestruction by fire. In the deepest levelwe found pottery which seems to' belongto' the period around 2400 B.C.," v�nLDDn said.Facing Page: The April 10 dinner at theOriental Institute in honor of the Presidentof the Republic of Turkey. From left areHis Excellency President Cevdet Sunay:his interpreter; Mrs. William R. Polk; HisExcellency Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs; James H.Douglas, University Trustee and toastmaster at the dinner; Provost Edward H.Levi; and, in right foreground, Mrs.Cevdet Sunay, The dinner was sponsoredby the Center for Middle Eastern Studies,directed by Professor William R. Polk.Faculty & StaffHarold E. Bell was appointed Comptroller of the University effective April 1. Hecomes to Chicago from the University ofMichigan where he was Director of Management Services. Bell fills the vacancyleft by Donald L. Cartland, who served asComptroller of the University from 1957until his death in 1964. Arthur Lincicomeserved as Acting Comptroller since Mr.Cartland's death. In his new position, Bellis responsible for supervising the financialrecords and accounts of the University. Heis responsible to Gilbert L. Lee, Jr., VicePresident for Business and Finance.Bell received his SB degree in accountingfrom Wayne State University in 1948 andhis Certified Public Accountant's licensein 1951. He was associated with PriceWaterhouse & Company, an internationalaccounting firm, from 1948 until 1958,when he joined the staff at the Universityof Michigan.In announcing Bell's appointment, President George W. Beadle said: "It is essential that the University maintain competentleadership in its business and financial affairs, as well as in academic areas. Mr. Bellbrings to Chicago an amply demonstratedability to contribute to our business andfinancial operations as the University plansfor its future."Norman M. Bradburn, a social psychologist, has been appointed Director - ofthe National Opinion Research Center(NORC) effective April 1. Bradburn, whowill retain his present position as AssociateProfessor of Behavorial Sciences in theGraduate School of Business, has been aSenior Study Director at NORC since1961. He has directed several major research projects, including studies of thecareer plans of college graduates and thefactors involved in psychological wellbeing. The results of the latter study arecontained in Reports on Happiness, published in 1965. He is currently directing a26 nationwide study of integrated neighborhoods. Bradburn succeeds Peter H. Rossi,who resigned after seven years as Directorof NORC to become Chairman of theDepartment of Human Relations at JohnsHopkins University.S. Chandrasekhar, the Morton D. HullDistinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Physics, has been named one ofeleven recipients of the National Medal ofScience for 1966. The award, the highestthe federal government can bestow forscientific achievement, was granted forS. Chandrasekhar Chandrasekhar's "numerous superb contributions to stellar astronomy, physics,and applied mathematics, and for his guidance and inspiration to his many studentsand colleagues."Dr. Luis A. Cibils of Western ReserveUniversity has been named Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology atthe University. Cibils, a native of Paraguay, received his MD degree from theNational University in Ascuncion, Paraguay, in 1950, and did postgraduate workin obstetrics and gynecology at the Universities of Madrid, Spain, Paris, France,and Concepcion, Chile. He has receivedtwo prizes for his work and is the authoror co-author of over two dozen articlesin scientific journals.Pierre Demarque, Associate Professor ofAstronomy and Astrophysics, has beenawarded the Helen B. Warner Prize forAstronomy for 1967 by the Council ofthe American Astronomical Society. Theprize, which carries a cash award of $500,is given annually to a resident of NorthAmerica under 3S years of age who hasmade a significant contribution to astronomy during the preceding five years.Demarque received the prize for his accurate calculation of detailed models oflate-type stars. In its citation, the Societysaid: "Demarque's calculations ... represent theoretical work of first rank, physically correct and mathematically accurate,that constitutes a major contribution to atimely and significant problem."Dr. George W. F. Edgar, an authorityin neurology, has been appointed VisitingProfessor of Anatomy and Pediatrics. Dr.Edgar, who is Chief of the Neuropathological and Neurochemical Departmentof the Institute for Epilepsy Research atHeemstede, the Netherlands, will spend ayear at the University.Tetsuya Fujita, Professor of Meteorology in the Department of GeophysicalSciences, has received the MeisingerAward of the American MeteorologicalSociety. Given annually, the Awardhonors an individual for a researchachievement which is, at least in part,aerological in nature. Fujita received theAward for his work in analyzing severelocal storms.Harold M. Mayer, Professor of Geography, has been appointed to a four-yearterm on the Northeastern Illinois PlanningCommission.Philip E. Montag, AB'58, chairman ofthe social studies department of the Laboratory Schools, has been appointed actingprincipal of University High School. Montag succeeds Willard J. Congreve, whoserved as principal at University HighSchool for the past seven years. Montag, anative of Iowa, joined the social studiesteaching staff of University High Schoolin 1959. He and his wife live at 5521 S.Blackstone Ave.Dr. Frank W. Newell, Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the OphthalmologySection, has been elected President andChairman of the Association of UniversityProfessor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Newellgave the Fourth Annual Edwin B. Dunphylecture on April 3 in Boston, before a jointmeeting of the Massachusetts Eye and EarInfirmary Alumni Association and theNew England Ophthalmological Society.Norman Perrin, Associate Professor ofNew Testament Studies in the DivinitySchool, has received a $1,000 prize fromthe Christian Research Foundation, Inc.,Marblehead, Massachusetts, for his manuscript, The Teaching of Jesus. The workdeals with historical reconstruction andreinterpretation. Perrin, who joined theDivinity School faculty in 1964, won theaward under the category of "a majorunpublished composition of book lengthon the ancient church." Subsequent to theaward, Harper and Row published thework with the title Reconstructing theTeaching of Jesus.G. N. Ramachandran, a leading Indianscientist and internationally-known authority on protein structure, has beennamed professor of biophysics effectiveMay 1, 1967. He will be in residence atthe University for the Spring Quarter ofeach academic year through 1972. Mr.Ramachandran also will remain on thefaculty of the University of Madras, India,where he is professor of physics, Dean of the Faculty of Science, and Director of theCenter of Advanced Study in Biophysicsand Crystallography.Dr. Henry T. Ricketts, '24, Professor ofMedicine, received the George HowellColeman Medal of the Institute of Medicine on January 18, during the Institute's51st Annual Meeting in Chicago. TheColeman Medal is awarded periodicallyby the Institute to "a physician or medicalscientist who has rendered valuable service to, and special effort in behalf of, thecommunity over and above his professional duty and responsibility." Dr. Ricketts has served on a large number of civicorganizations involved in the field of public health, among them the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago and severalAdvisory Committees of the ChicagoBoard of Health. Dr. Ricketts is the sonof the late Dr. Howard Taylor Ricketts,the distinguished UC faculty member. Hehas been with the University since 1933,and has been Professor of Medicine since1949.Dr. Douglas R. Shanklin has been nameda Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecologyand of Pathology, effective April 1, 1967.He was an Associate Professor of Path-·ology and Pediatrics at the University ofFlorida College of Medicine. Dr. Shanklinis an authority on the embryo and thenewborn infant and has conducted extensive research on the experimental production of hyakine membrane disease.Richard G. Stern, Professor of English,novelist, and playwright, has been awarded a grant by the National Foundation onthe Arts and the Humanities to enable himto complete a book now in progress. Thegrant will free him from his academic duties for the year 1967-68. He will remainin Chicago to work on his novel.Stern is the author of four novels and abook of short stories, all of which havereceived favorable reviews. He has hadarticles and reviews published in morethan 30 newspapers and magazines hereand abroad and recently finished a playon commission from the Repertory Theatre of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. Dr. Joseph R. Swartwout has been namedan Associate Professor of Obstetrics andGynecology, effective January 1, 1967. Heformerly was a member of the faculty atEmory University School of Medicinewhere he directed a massive family planning program at Grady Hospital amongthe lower income population of Atlanta.He also has conducted a series of basicresearch projects on lipid (fat) metabolism in the field of reproduction. Dr.Swartwout is the author of more than adozen scientific reports and has contributed two chapters to medical books.Robert B. Uretz, PhD'54, an authority onthe effects of radiation on cell structureand function, has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Biophysics.Uretz, a member of the University's faculty since 1954, succeeds Raymond E.Zirkle.Edward Wasiolek, professor of Russianand Comparative Literature, and BernardWeinberg, Professor and Chairman of theDepartment of Romance Languages andLiteratures, have been appointed WilliamH. Colvin Research Professors in the University'S Division of the Humanities forthe academic year 1967-68. Robert L.Scranton, Professor of Classical Archaeology, was appointed Colvin Research Professor for 1968-69. Professorships areawarded annually to one or more facultymembers in the Division of the Humanitieswho are engaged in writing projects. TheProfessorships free the faculty membersfrom their normal classroom duties to allow them to concentrate on their projects.Joseph S. Wright, President and ChiefExecutive Officer of the Zenith Radio Corporation, has been named Chairman ofthe Council on the Graduate School ofBusiness. The 51-member Council advisesthe School in its efforts to anticipate andserve the changing needs of Americanbusiness. Wright succeeds David M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Board of Continental Illinois National Bank and TrustCompany. Kennedy resigned to accept theChicago-area chairmanship of the Campaign for Chicago, the University's threeyear, $160,000,000 fund-raising drive.27BaltimoreGeorge R. Hughes, Professor of Egyptology and Associate Director of the Oriental Institute, introduced and commentedon the film, "The Egyptologists," onMarch 23.San DiegoBruno Bettelheim, the Stella M. RowleyProfessor of Education and Principal ofthe Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School,spoke on "The Changing Role of Childrenand Adolescents in Today's Society" onMarch 13.OmahaGeorge R. Hughes Professor of Egyp-tology and Associate Director of the Ori- Professor George R. Hughes (wearing glasses) chats with Omaha alumni, March 17.ental Institute, introduced and commentedon the film, "The Egyptologists," onMarch 17. Prior to the meeting, Univer-sity Trustee John F. Merriam held a din-ner party in honor of Mr. Hughes at theOmaha Club.Club NewsDallasRay Koppelman, Associate Professor ofBiochemistry and Master of the CollegiateDivision of Biology was guest speaker onMarch 29.Minneapolis /St. PaulAn alumni committee of two teams meton March 18 to interview eight high schoolstudents from the area who had beennominated for the Hennepin County Trustee Scholarship to the College. This scholarship is given annually in seventeenschool districts around the county and isawarded on individual merit with no regard to need. All candidates for thescholarship are admissible to the college.Each team was composed of two alumniand one member of the Admissions OfficeStaff.PhoenixRobert G. Page, Associate Professor ofMedicine and Associate Dean, Division ofBiological Sciences, spoke on "ChicagoStudents From Where I Sit" on March 20.Prior to the talk, Dr. James Fritz, Tucsonalumni chairman, gave a dinner party inhis home in honor of Dr. Page.28 MilwaukeeBenson E. Ginsburg the William RaineyHarper Professor of Biology and Professorof Biological Sciences, spoke on "NewFindings Concerning Heredity and Behavior" on March 22. His talk, which wasaccompanied by films of some of his work,followed a dinner in his honor.TucsonRobert G. Page, Associate Professor ofMedicine and Associate Dean, Divisionof Biological Sciences, spoke on "ChicagoStudents From Where I Sit" on March 21. MiamiGeorge R. Hughes, Professor of Egyptology and Associate Director of the Oriental Institute, introduced and commentedon the film, "The Egyptologists," onMarch 22.St. LouisGeorge R. Hughes, Professor of Egyptology and Associate Director of the Oriental Institute, introduced and commentedon the film, "The Egyptologists," onApril 2. His talk followed a brunch inthe Louis IX Room at Union Station.1967 Reunion! June 7-10Alumni New811Loren C. Petry, SM'll, PhD'13, wasawarded an honorary degree for work ofdistinction in the field of biology fromEarlham College at its May, 1966, commencement. Since his retirement fromCornell, Mr. and Mrs. Petry have becomeinterested in wildlife conservation areason Cape Cod, where they live. They havedone much to establish and maintain a nature museum there.19Waltman Walters, MD'19 (Rush), emeritus senior surgeon of the Mayo Clinic, andemeritus professor of surgery in the MayoGraduate School of Medicine, has beenappointed vice president of the Pan-American Surgical Association for a two-yearterm.20Hilary S. Jurica, SM'20, PhD'22, chairman of the biology department at St.Procopius College, Lisle, Ill., has beenhonored by the Carnegie Institute of Technology, which hung his portrait in theRachel McMasters Miller Hunt BotanicalLibrary. Father Jurica is known amongbiologists throughout the United States forhis Jurica Biology Series of charts forhigh schools and colleges. He was the firstBenedictine monk of St. Procopius Abbeyto receive a PhD degree and the firstBenedictine in the United States to receive one from a secular university.24Phil E. Church, '24, chairman of the department of atmospheric sciences at theUniversity of Washington, Seattle, has received the Charles Franklin Brooks awardfor outstanding services to the AmericanMeteorological Society.Stewart V. Van Berschot, X'24, retiredJan. 1, 1967, from the Continental National American Group of insurance companies, Chicago. Mr. Van Berschot, whohad been vice president in charge of thegroup's mortgage and real estate departments, had been with the group for thirtythree years. He plans to act as a real es- tate consultant for properties in Florida.26E. T. Hellebrandt, '26, professor of manazement at Ohio University, also is seniorp�rtner in Management Research Associates. A major activity of the firm is theconducting of general business management simulation exercises for both individual companies and inter-company�roups.27Myron I. Boylson, MD'27, was appointed assistant professor of health science andstaff physician in the health service at theUniversity of I!linois in November, 1966.Prior to his appointment, Dr. Boylson wasa senior grade physician at the VeteransAdministration Hospital, in Marion, Ill.Albert W. Meyer, '27, PhD'30, has beenappointed executive secretary of the Plastics Institute of America, Inc. Mr. Meyerhas had more than 35 years of experiencein plastics, rubber, and chemicals, including research and development on vinyl,polyester, synthetic and natural rubber,agricultural chemicals, and radiationchemistry. He is the author of many technical articles and four publications on thestructure of synthetic rubber.28John F. Cusack, '28, an attorney andcivic leader, has been reappointed byMayor Richard J. Daley as a member ofthe Department of Urban Renewal in Chicago for four years. He has served on theboard for one year, filling an unexpiredterm.29William C. Crow, AM'29, a marketingspecialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was made a knight in the FrenchOrder of Agricultural Merit. In a ceremony at the French embassy in Washington, D.C., Mr. Crow was honored forproviding advice and assistance to Frenchfood-distribution specialists in developingand planning a national system of wholesale food-distribution centers. Mr. Crowreceived the honor from Jacques Leprette, French minister to the United States.Clarence Henry Faust, AM'29, PhD'36,received an honorary doctor of humaneletters degree from LaVerne College at itsseventy-fifth anniversary convocation. Mr.Faust is past vice president of the FordFoundation and past president of the Fundfor the Advancement of Education. He andhis wife live in Claremont, Calif.30Eleanor A. Davis, '30, AM'38, anEnglish-journalism teacher at York HighSchool, Villa Park, Ill., has received second prize as "Journalism Teacher of theYear," an award sponsored by the WallStreet Newspaper Fund program. MissDavis has been teaching journalism for 26years.Franklin D. Elmer, Jr., DB'30, and hiswife, Margaret Nelson Elmer, PhB'27, returned in March from a study trip onracial problems in Rhodesia, South Africa,Australia, and New Zealand. An unexpected alumni banquet resulted when theirhost and guide in Port Elizabeth, SouthAfrica, turned out to be Christopher Murray, AM'61, public relations director forGeneral Motors of South Africa. Rev.Elmer writes that a potentially highly unstable racial situation exists in Rhodesiaand South Africa, while little communication between Negroes and whites andmuch fear and resentment on both sides.Rev. Elmer is minister of the interdenominational Woodside Church in Flint,Mich.C. Malcolm Moss, JD'30, general counsel of the American Life Convention, addressed the 10th annual Arizona InsuranceDay conference, February 25th, at theUniversity of Arizona campus. He spokeon "Insurance in the Next Five Years."31H. Kamuzu Banda, '31, President of thenew African state of Malawi, recentlypresented a $1,000 contribution to theAlumni Fund. The gift enrolls Dr. Bandain the President's Fund, whose membersare contributors of $1,000 or more in unrestricted dollars. Malawi, formerly theBritish colony of Nyasaland, proclaimed29its independence on July 6, 1964. Dr.Banda, who has served as President sinceMalawi's independence, says that there isan urgent need for good teachers in hiscountry. Dr. Banda was awarded anAlumni Medal in 1963.32David M. Behen, '32, PhD'53, is resigning his chairmanship of the history department at Youngstown University to devotefull time to teaching. He was appointedchairman of the department in 1957 anda full professor in 1958. In 1964, he wasnamed a WaIter E. and Caroline WatsonFoundation Distinguished Professor. Hisspecialty is American economic historyand political theory.33Herman Bloch, '33, PhD'36, has beenappointed to the Cook County HousingAuthority. He will serve on the fivemember body through June, 1971. Thejob, said Mr. Bloch, is voluntary in thatthe members are not paid for their workexcept for out-of-pocket expenditures.Two of the projects currently in progressare a senior citizen's center in Niles, Ill.,and clearing a central business district in asouth suburban community. Mr. Bloch ischairman of the Skokie Human Relationscommission. He has served on a districtboard of education and as its president.Recently he received the BrotherhoodAward from the North Shore Human Relations councils and the Lane Bryant Citation for Community Service.Moses Lennon, AM'33, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. AirForce. Col. Lennon is a base procurementofficer at Andrews AFB, Md.34Clarence L. Cade, '34, was named Executive Officer of the U.S. Public HealthService's new National Center for Urbanand Industrial Health in Cincinnati, Ohio.Mr. Cade will head the Office of Administrative . Management.35Irwin E. Perlin, PhD'35, has been namedChief of the Rich Electronic ComputerCenter at the Georgia Institute of Tech-30 nology. Mr. Perlin, who was on the initialplanning committee for the Center, hasbeen Head of the Mathematical AnalysisBranch for 10 years. In his new position,he will direct the activities of the Computer Center which is used both for research and academic purposes.36Robert T. Kesner, '36, has been appointed director for media for the Pepsi-ColaCompany. Mr. Kesner, who has an extensive marketing background, joined thecompany in 1965 as director of marketingfor the Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling'Company. Before that he was associatedwith American Home Products, GeneralFoods Corporation, and Vic ChemicalCompany.John G. McNab, PhD'36, vice presidentof Esso Research and Engineering Company, presented a paper on a process fordeveloping quality proteins from highpurity hydrocarbons which may be used tofight the world's large and growing proteindeficiency. The paper was presented at theAnnual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, heldin Washington, D.C., late last December.Mr. Louis R. Rey of Nestle Alimentana,S.A., was co-author of the paper.37D. Eldridge McBride, '37, AM'43, Shimer College Marshal and faculty membersince 1944, has been appointed chairmanof the social sciences for the spring term.During his years at Shimer, Mr. McBridehas served on virtually every major academic committee. He is currently a member of the Committees on EducationalPolicies, Faculty Personnel, ArtisticEvents, and Lectures. He also is active inmany civic organizations.C. Herman Pritchett, PhD'37, politicalscience professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a contributingauthor to the book, A merican Democracyin World Perspective (Harper and Row).Zena Sutherland, '37, is the new editor ofthe Saturday Review's monthly feature,"Books for Young People." Editor of theBulletin of the Center for Children's Booksat UC, Mrs. Sutherland is a consultant to Robert Kesner Howard DurbinNBC station WMAQ- TV's weekly program, "Read Me a Story," which shehelped create. Her book, History in Children's Books, will be released soon byMcKinley Publishing Company.38J. R. Adams, AM'38, has been appointeddeputy executive director of the SeattleHousing Authority. Adams joined the staffin 1942 as manager of the Yesler Terraceand has been assistant executive directorsince 1947.Howard B. Durbin, '38, Secretary ofCommercial Solvents Corporation, hasbeen elected to the additional post ofTreasurer. In his twenty-seven years withCSC, Mr. Durbin has held a series of positions with diversified responsibilities in thecorporate administrative, production, andresearch areas of the chemical company'soperations. He and his wife, Hersilia, livein Greenwich, Conn.40Morris B. Abram, JD'40, has been elected to the board of directors of the JewishTheological Seminary of America. Mr.Abram also is president of the AmericanJewish Committee, United States representative to the United Nations Commissionon Human Rights, and president of theField Foundation. He was legal counsel tothe Peace Corps during its founding. Recently President Johnson appointed himco-chairman of a White House Conferenceon civil rights and employment.41Theodore R. Sherrod, SM' 41, professorof pharmacology in the University of Illinois College of Medicine, has been electedBlaise Levai Edward Batesto membership in the Institute of Medicinein Chicago. An author, lecturer, and teacher, Dr. Sherrod is particularly noted forhis research in cardiovascular pharmacology. He has lectured widely on the use ofdrugs for control of hypertension, andinfectious diseases.42Herbert B. Bain, '42, has been electedpresident of the Chicago Chapter, PublicRelations Society of America. Mr. Bain isDirector of Public Relations for the American Meat Institute, the principal nationaltrade association of the meat packingindustry.43George W. Denemark, '43, AM'47, wasnamed dean of the University of KentuckyCollege of Education in February. For thepast nine years, Mr. Denemark had beendean of the University of Wisconsin Schoolof Education and a national and international consultant in his field. His assignments abroad have included educationprojects in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico,Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and Colombia.4SSam S. Barklis, '45, MD'46, has beenappointed director of research at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, N.J.Dr. Barklis is a trustee of the New JerseyCollege of Medicine and Dentistry andrepresents the school on the New JerseyCouncil on Medical and Dental Education.He also is a member of the board of managers of Greystone Park State Hospital, amember of the editorial board of the Journal of Bacteriology, and a former consultant to the Atomic Energy Commission. 46Samuel M. Caplin, PhD'46, recently wasappointed chairman of the department ofbotany at California State College at LosAngeles. Mr. Caplin, associate professorof botany, is considered an expert in tissuecultures and is recognized for his enzymeresearch; His research projects include theuse of carrot root to study differentiation,the effect of environmental history ongrowth, and the flowering of plantsthrough tissue culture techniques.Robert A. Harper, '46, '47, SM'48, PhD'50, has joined the faculty of the Universityof Maryland at College Park as professorand head of the department of geography.He had been a faculty member at SouthernIllinois University since 1950 and chairman of the department of geography therefrom 1959 to 1967. Mr. Harper is theauthor and co-author of numerous articlesand books, and he is co-editor of M etropolis on the Move which was publishedlast year.Gladys M. Kammerer, PhD'46, a University of Florida specialist in public administration and American Government,has been appointed to the National Advisory Heart Council. She will make recommendations to the Surgeon General onprograms of the National Heart Institute,one of the nine National Institutes ofHealth.Blaise Levai, AM' 46, has joined the staffof the Joint Commission on Education andCultivation of the Methodist Board ofMissions as an editor of literature. Mr.Levai is a former editor for the AmericanBible Society in New York City.47Edward B. Bates, '47, was elected president of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company on Feb. 22, 1967. Mr.Bates started with one of the company'sChicago agencies in 1946, where he became an agency supervisor. He headedcompany agencies in Kansas City, Mo.,and Los Angeles. In 1960 he became second vice president, agency, in the homeoffice in Hartford. He was elected vicepresident of the company in 1961 and executive vice president and a director in1962. Mr. Bates is the twelfth president ofthe 121-year-old company.Otto W. Fick, AM'47, PhD'54, professorof English at California State College atLos Angeles, has been awarded a Department of State Fulbright grant to lecture inAmerican literature at the University ofLille, France. He will leave Los Angelesin September to spend the 1967-68 academic year in France. The grant was madeunder terms of the Mutual Educationaland Cultural Exchange Act of 1961,known as the Fulbright-Hays Act. Thepurpose of the Act is "to increase mutualunderstanding by means of educationaland cultural exchange to strengthen theties which unite us with other nations, andthus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic and peaceful relationsbetween the United States and other countries of the world."H. Robert Gemmer, DB'47, executivedirector of the Council of Churches of theMohawk Valley Area, Utica, N.Y., hasaccepted the position of executive directorof the Council of Churches of Greater St.Petersburg, Fla.Gary B. Lewis, MBA'47, associate professor of accounting at Illinois TeachersCollege Chicago-South, has been appointed a coordinator for budgeting, a part-timeposition in addition to teaching. Mr. Lewiswill assist the college president in collecting data for budget-related documents.Harold A. Shafter, PhB'47, SB'49, hasbeen named head of the department of internal medicine of the medical staff atLutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge,Ill. Dr. Shafter also holds an appointmentas clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.Bryon E. Snider, MBA'47, manager offactory accounting at The Goodyear Tire& Rubber Company's plant in Windsor,Vt., has been named manager of accounting for a proposed plant in Madisonville,Ky. The new plant is expected to be completed in 1967 and will produce Neolitesoling used in the manufacture of shoes.Francis T. Williams, AM'47, is an associate professor in the department of edu-31cation, Loyola University of New Orleans.He teaches graduate courses in educationaladministration and supervision.48Eleanor Allen, '48, has been promotedto associate professor of Maternal .andChild Nursing at Illinois Wesleyan University. Miss Allen joined the faculty in1965. She formerly was assistant directorof Jacksonville State Hospital.Richard T. Lamey, SM'48, has beennamed head of the biologic control andmicrobiology section at Travenol Laboratories, Inc., the domestic operating subsidiary of Baxter Laboratories, Inc. Heand his wife and daughter live in Mt. Prospect, Ill.James V. Mitchell, '48, AM'50, PhD'53,will become associate dean for graduatestudies at the University of Rochester,New York, effective July 1, 1967. A specialist in educational psychology, Mr.Mitchell joined the University of Rochester after serving on the faculties of theUniversity of Texas, Miami University inOhio, and Purdue University. While atTexas he won an award for excellence inteaching and received a national award forresearch design in evaluating the effectiveness of television teaching.Watson Parker, '48, assistant professorof history at Wisconsin State University inOshkosh, is the author of Gold in theBlack Hills (The University of OklahomaPress). The book is about the Black Hills,South Dakota, gold rush in 1874. Parker'sspecialty is the history of the Trans-Mississippi West and the mining frontier in general. He became interested in the BlackHills gold rush when he lived near HillCity, S.D., an interest which had led tothe publication of several related booksand articles.Michael J. Posig, MBA'48, has been promoted to general traffic manager of Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. Before joining thecompany in 1961, Mr. Posig served anapprenticeship with the PennsylvaniaRailroad and worked for the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company.Lawrence R. Pote, '48, a lieutenant colo-32 nel in the U.S. Air Force, has received theAir Force Commendation Medal at theAir Force Institute of Technology, WrightPatterson AFB, Ohio. He was cited fordistinguished service as a former facultymember at one of the Air Force's toplevel professional military schools. Thiswas his second award of the Commendation Medal for meritorious performance.49Leroy G. Augenstein, SB'49, is chairmanof the Michigan State University department of biophysics.Allen V. Butterworth, SM'49, has beennamed head of the Mathematics Department at the General Motors ResearchLaboratories in Warren, Mich. He hasheld managerial posts in G M's defenseresearch activities since January, 1961.Before his appointment, Mr. Butterworthwas head of the Mathematical and Evaluation Studies Department at AC Electronics' Defense Research Laboratories inSanta Barbara, Calif.James R. Frakes, AM'49, associate professor of English at Lehigh University, hasbeen named a guest reviewer for Lifemagazine. A specialist in American literature, 20th century fiction, and modernpoetry, his reviews often appear in theSunday Book Review Section of the NewYork Times, and in Book Week, a nationalliterary supplement. Mr. Frakes alsois co-editor of a short-story anthology,Short Fiction: A Critical Collection, published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.Eric H. Lenneberg, '49, AM'52, professor of psychology at the University ofMIchigan, is author of Biological F oundations of Language (John Wiley & Sons,Inc.). The book is a study of the naturalhistory of language development.William T. Price, '49, has been appointedhead of the marketing and corporate development division of the American National Bank & Trust Co., St. Paul, Minn.Prior to' his appointment he was a vicepresident of the bank.Milton Rakove, AM'49, PhD'56, associate professor of political science at theUniversity of Illinois, recently spoke: on Richard Lamey Lawrence Pote"American Foreign Policy" at a meetingof the Progress Club, South Bend, Ind. Mr.Rakove is a former research administrativeassistant at UC's Center for the Study ofAmerican Foreign and Military Policy.Nancy G. Roman, PhD'49, chief of astronomy for the National Aeronautics andSpace Administration, recently received anhonorary degree of Doctor of Science fromRussell Sage College, Troy, N.Y. MissRoman also spoke at a special convocationhonoring the 50th anniversary of thefounding of the college.William W. Rozeboom, '49, PhD'56, ofthe Department of Psychology, Universityof Alberta, Canada, is author of the book,Foundations of the Theory of Prediction(The Dorsey Press, Homewood, 111.), atext for courses in test theory.50Jean Autret, PhD'50, professor of Frenchat Texas Christian University, was promoted to the rank of officer in the Orderof the Academic Palms. The distinctionwas created by Napoleon I and dates fromthe foundation of the Imperial Universityin 1808. Jacques Dessoudres, French cultural attache from Houston, made theofficial presentation. The promotion fromknight to officer is awarded to distinguished writers, artists, and professors.Ronald Frazee, AM'50, director of theFondation des Etats-Unis, has been elected a member of the board of trustees of theCite Internationale of the Univ. of Paris.Frances O. Kelsey, MD' 50, PhD'58, wasone of eight women presented the firstHollins Medals at the 125th convocationof Hollins College. Dr. Kelsey is theFederal Food and Drug Administrationmedical officer who, in 1962, refused toAndres Kende Robert Paytonapprove commercial distribution of thedrug Thalidomide.Andres S. Kende, '50, was recently appointed a Research Fellow at LederleLaboratories, a Division of AmericanCyanamid Company. The appointmentwill give him maximum opportunity tocontinue his research in theoretical organicchemistry. He is the youngest ResearchFellow of American Cyanamid. He holdsnine patents and is the author of thirty-fiveresearch papers in the field of organicchemistry. M r. Kende became associatedwith Lederle as a research chemist in 1957and was named a Research Associate in1963.Henry A. Turner, PhD' 50, political science professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a contributingauthor to the book, American Democracyin World Perspective (Harper and Row).Arthur Uhlir, Jr., SM'50, PhD' 52, waselected a Fellow in The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers effectiveJan. 1, 1967. He was cited "for originalcontributions to the theory, development,and application of varactor diodes in parametric amplifiers."Burton J. Wasserman, '50, has joined theClinton E. Frank, Inc., advertising agency.In his new capacity, Mr. Wasserman willbe responsible for a variety of special assignments in the marketing area. His background includes experience with theMacManus, John & Adams agency, theCampbell-Mithun agency, and the MeCann-Erickson agency, all in Chicago.51Florence Davis, PhD' 51, head of IllinoisState University's home economics department, will retire Sept. 1, 1967, after more than 14 years with the university. Afterretirement, Miss Davis hopes to do sometraveling and resume work in the field ofeducation.Kurt Konietzko, '51, district supervisorin Philadelphia for the Narcotic Projectand Psychological Services of the Pennsylvania Board of Parole, recently spoke on"How to Remain Rational in an IrrationalWorld," at the Salisbury, Md., UnitarianFe!lowship.Morton L. Schagrin, '51, SB'52, AM'53,is on leave of absence from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, to serve full-timeon the staff of Project Physics at HarvardUniversity. He writes that he is joined byUC alumni Herb Walberg, PhD'64, andAndrew (Chick) Ahlgren, '57, AM'58, onthe curriculum development project. Mr.Schagrin recently received his PhD fromBerkeley.52William T. Keeton, AB'52, SB'54, associate professor of Biology in the Section ofNeurology and Behavior at Cornell University, is author of Biological Science (W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.). The book is atext for a first course in college biology.Mr. Keeton has been in charge of thecourse in general biology at Cornell since1958. In 1966 he received the annual Professor of Merit Award from Cornell'ssenior class for his teaching of generalbiology and evolutionary theory.Marvin Woolf, MBA'52, has been appointed director of the Laboratory forBiodynamic Research at NorthwesternUniversity Medical School, Chicago. Healso is an associate in the Department ofNeurology and Psychiatry there. .53Eugene H. Peters, DB'53, PhD'60, associate professor of philosophy and chairman of the department of philosophy atHiram (0.) College, is author of TheCreative Advance (Bethany Press). Thefirst of a series entitled "The Library ofContemporary Theology," the book is astudy of the thought of Alfred NorthWhitehead and Charles Hartshorne. Helen E. Simpson,X'53, has been namedPublic Relations Administrator for theNBC-owned station, WKYC- TV in Cleveland, O. Miss Simpson has been withChannel ·3 in Cleveland for 11 years,serving as a continuity writer and production assistant, promotion assistant, andsupervisor of on-air promotion.Dorothy Stewart, AM'53, is programassistant and coordinator for an orientation program for inactive nurses in Iowa.54Gordon Jackson, PhD'54, dean of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, recently wasguest speaker at the Presbyterian Churchof Charleroi, Pa.Robert V. Moss, Jr., PhD'54, presidentof Lancaster (Pa.) Theological Seminary,recently spoke on "The Seminary LooksAhead" at a dinner meeting sponsored bythe Western District of the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ,held in Hickory, N.C. Mr. Moss is president of the American Association of Theological Schools, which has 92 memberseminaries in. the United States and Canada.Robert Louis Payton, AM'54, was swornin on February 9. as United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Cameroon, West Africa. After his graduationfrom the University, he was managingeditor of the National Real Estate Journalin Cedar Rapids, Iowa, until 1957. Hebegan his association with WashingtonUniversity of St. Louis in 1957 and servedas editor of the Washington UniversityMagazine, Director of Information, Director of University Relations, Vice Chancellor for University Development, andVice Chancellor for Planning. In September 1966 he was appointed Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of Statefor Administration. Payton is married tothe former Pauline Schaefer, and theyhave three sons.55John A. Burns, Jr., AM'55, has won therecently established Office of the SecretaryHonor Award, presented by Secretary of33the Treasury Henry H. Fowler. The citation praised Mr. Burns' preparation ofTreasury informational materials for Congressional hearings, Treasury policy conferences, and public gatherings. He hasbeen a public affairs specialist at theTreasury for four years.Richard Siegler, MD'55, an associatemember of the Albert Einstein MedicalCenter's research Department of CellBiology, will research the role variousbody organs play in the development ofvirus-caused leukemia. The Center has received a five-year grant of $220,000 tosupport the research.56Jack J. Honomichl, AM'56, has been appointed vice president and assistant to thePresident of Audits & Surveys, Inc., inNew York City. In his new position, Mr.Honomichl is involved in new businessdevelopment and in special marketingprojects. He has contributed numerousarticles to the trade and academic presson information assimilation and its relation to decision-making.Clyde M. Livingston, '56, AM'56, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, has been decorated with a second oak leaf cluster tohis Distinguished Flying Cross for braveryin military operations in Southeast Asia.Colonel Livingston received the DFC forsuccessfully piloting his F-4C Phantom IIjet fighter on an important aerial strike ona vital barracks complex despite heavyground fire and poor weather. His otherdecorations and awards include the BronzeStar Medal, the Air Medal with seven oakleaf clusters, and the Army CommendationMedal.58Ernie Fitz-Hugh, AM'58, has been appointed Rehabilitation Services Supervisorat the Chicago Mental Health Center, oneof the largest outpatient clinics in thecountry. Mr. Fitz-Hugh has been engagedin the practice of client-centered psychotherapy for seventeen years and is one ofthe founders of the Central CounselingCenter at UC.34 Jack Honomichl Robert H ami/tonDaniel J. Reed, PhD'58, historian in theNational Portrait Gallery, has been appointed Deputy Director of the staff of theNational Advisory Commission on Libraries. Mr. Reed has taken a leave of absencefrom the Smithsonian Institution, where hehas served since July, 1965. Before joiningthe Smithsonian he was Assistant Chief ofthe Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.60Sidney P. Abramson, JD'60, has resignedas assistant U.S. district attorney to enterprivate law practice in' St. Paul, Minn.Abramson, who was the first assistant inthe U.S. district attorney's office underPatrick J. Foley, will be a partner in thelaw firm of Burns, O'Connor, Collins &Abramson.Robert E. Buswell, MBA'60, lieutenantcolonel in the U.S. Air Force, was decorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at his retirement ceremonyat Los Angeles Air Force Station, Calif.He was cited for his outstanding technicalcompetence, professional skill, leadership,and devotion to duty in support of Department of Defense space programs.J. Michael Newberger, JD'60, was oneof two young civic leaders selected to makea special three-week overseas study mission for the Combined Jewish Appeal'sYoung People's Division to learn first handthe problems facing the Jews in Paris,Casablanca, Rome, Naples, and Israel.Visits to CJA-sponsored immigrationcamps and canteens were included in thestudy. The trip was financed by a numberof leading men in the Jewish community.Mr. Newberger's wife, Charlotte, accompanied him. 61Robert S. Hamilton, MBA'61, was madea vice president of operations of theMiehle Company, a division of MiehleGoss-Dexter, Inc. Hamilton joined theGoss Company division in 1948 and heldvarious duties in the firm's engineering andfinancial departments. In 1953 he was pro":moted to production control supervisor,and he has held various responsible positions at Goss. Until his new appointmenthe served as special assistant to the executive vice president of Miehle-Gross-Dexter,Inc.62Edward D. Higgins, MBA'62, has beenpromoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S.Air Force. Col. Higgins is a C-130 Hercules aircraft commander at Ching ChuanKang AB, Formosa. He is a member ofthe Pacific Air Forces, America's overseasair arm in Southeast Asia, the Far East,and the Pacific.Lester J. Schaub, MBA'62, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. AirForce. He is a C-130 Hercules pilot atKung Kuan AB, Formosa, and a memberof the Pacific Air Forces, America's overseas air arm in Southeast Asia, the FarEast, and the Pacific.C. Thomas Smith, MBA'62, administrative associate at Baptist Memorial Hospitalin Memphis, Tenn., has been named associate director of the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis. He will beresponsible to the director of UniversityHospitals in several areas relating to hospital administration.63Harold J. Abramson, AM'63, has joinedthe faculty of the University of Connecticut. Abramson, whose specialty is socialand political organization, is a former research assistant for the National OpinionResearch Center.David P. Baier, MBA'63, has been appointed director of inventory systems andcontrol at the general offices of Joseph T.Ryerson & Son, Inc. He is responsible forthe merchandise services as well as therequisitioning and order entry sections.64T. Carter Hagaman, MBA'64, has beenelected an assistant vice president of theIrving Trust Company in New York City.Mr. Hagaman has been with the companysince 1960 and was appointed an assistantsecretary in the Corporate Services Division in 1965.Rudolph F. Rose, Jr., MBA'64, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force, has beendecorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal at Ent AFB, Colo. Hewas cited for his significant contributionsto plans for improved capabilities of current and future air defense forces.65C. F. Claassen, MBA'65, was named assistant superintendent at the University ofChicago Hospitals and Clinics. His responsibilities include the outpatient departmentand the emergency room services. 'Marianne E. Drott, AM'65, and MichaelSquyres, MBA'66, were married Jan. 7,1967. They are living at 10644 S. SeeleyAvenue in Chicago.Charles A. Edwards, '65, former assistanteditor of The University of Chicago Magazine, has been appointed assistant directorof development and public relations atSmith College, Northampton, Mass. Heand his wife, Elisabeth, and their infantdaughter are living at 81 Prospect St. inNorthampton.66A. Stephen Boyan, Jr., PhD'66, is professor of political science at PennsylvaniaState University. Mr. Boyan is researchingand teaching courses in public law. Hiswife, Catherine, '66, is an elementaryschool teacher in Huntington, Pa,Ralph C. Brendes, JD'66, was admittedto the New York state bar by the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, Jan. 9,1967. Mr. Brendes is a former RochesterTimes-Union newspaper boy who went toColgate University on a Gannett Newspaperboys Scholarship Foundation awardbefore attending The University of Chicago Law School. immorialsLaura Gano McNeill, '98, PhD'12, ofThonotosassa, Fla., died May 1, 1966.Roswell Hill Johnson, '00, died Jan. 17,1967 in Los Angeles.Walter Oscar Beatty, '01, died Dec. 20,1966.Minnie Barnard Lewy, PhB'Ol, died Dec.14, 1966.Myrtle Starbird, '04, died Mar. 22, 1967.Cecil L. Brewer, PhB'07, of ManhattanBeach, Calif., died Dec. 29, 1966.Leona Dickinson Rupp, '07, died in June,1966.A. Beth Hostetter, '08, of Mt. Carroll,Ill., died in February, 1967.Mrs. Walter A. Boyle, '09, of Henry, Ill.,died Dec. 5, 1966.Ivan Lee Holt, PhD'09, a former president of the World Methodist Council, diedJan. 12, 1967, in St. Louis, Mo.Alice Tisdale Hobart, ' 12, has died. Shewas the author of several books aboutChina, where she and her husband Earlelived from 1908-1927. "Philip E. Kearney, PhB'14, died in spring,1966.Paul G. Blazer, X'17, of Ashland, Ky.,died Dec. 9, 1966. He was a recipient ofan alumni citation.Maurice Block, PhB'17 of PasadenaCalif., died June 30, 1966.' ,Henry A. Dixon, AM' 17, died Jan. 22,1967, in Ogden, Utah. Mr. Dixon was aformer member of the U.S. House of Representatives.Harvey G. McComb, PhB'18, died Dec.24, 1966. He was professor emeritus ofeducation at Purdue University.Philip G. Planalp, PhB'18, of Chicago,died Mar. 12, 1967.Earl H. Hall, '19, SM'20, died Mar. 10,1967. Einar Joranson, PhD'20, of CouncilBluffs, la., died at the age of 83 on Dec.29, 1966.Bernard C. MacDonald, SB'20, of St.Louis, Mo., died Feb. 7, 1967. He waspresident of B. C. MacDonald & Co.Lily Bess Campbell, PhD'21, of LosAngeles, died Feb. 18, 1967. A Shakespearean scholar and the author of sevenbooks, she taught at the University of California in Los Angeles for 28 years.Hoyt Leon Roush, PhB'21, died May 1,1965.Baxter Brown, MD'24, a Buffalo, N.Y.,urologist, died Jan. 18, 1967.Harry Thomas, X'25, died Feb. 5, 1967.A. Louis Rosi, '26, MD'31, died Mar. 3,1967.Abbie Mabel Ludgate, AM'27, died July18, 1966.Lawrence P. DeBoer, AM'28, of Clearwater, Fla., died Mar. 2, 1967.A. Ludwig Lindberg, MD'28, of Tucson,Ariz., died Nov. 29, 1965.Alfred J. Weaver, PhD'28, of Alexandria, Va., died Dec. 9, 1966.Milton G. Peterson, PhB'29, died Apr.21, 1966.Michael K. Copass, JD'30, died Jan. 7,1967 in Seattle, Wash.Glen H. Hendricks, SM'33, died Mar. 5,1967.Cornelia Gouwens, PhB'34, of SouthHolland, Ill., died Feb. 23, 1967.Charlotte Burtis, AB'35, of Washington,D.C., died Jan. 26, 1967. Since 1941 sheworked for the federal government.Vernon D. Keeler, PhD'35, of BeverlyHills, Calif., has died.Woodrow J. Kash, '42, MD'45, of Chicago, died Dec. 22, 1966.Ellis H. Newsome, '47, AM'48, diedMar. 12, 1967. He was an associate professor of journalism and marketing at theUniversity of Iowa.W. Grayson Birch, PhD'51, has died.Gervase Toelle, AM'52, died Jan. 22,1967, in Niagara Falls, Ont. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1948 andtaught English at Mt. Carmel H.S. in Chicago before joining the faculty of Mt.Carmel College in 1953.35A unique water-color engravingof The University of Chicago campusSometime around 1919, artist Richard Rummell did anengraving of the University campus, made from a perspective 300 feet above the western end of the Midway.The original copper plate, in perfect condition, was recently found by an art dealer in an eastern warehouse, andrestrikes have been made available to the Alumni Association, to be offered to Chicago alumni.The Chicago engraving, measuring 15 by 22 inches, isbeautifully hand-colored in soft hues with fine importedwater colors. 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