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BROWN 

ALUMNI MONTHLY 



FEBRUARY 1966 




SUCCESSION IN 
THE PRESIDENCY: 

Heflner and Keeney 



BOARD OF EDITORS 

Chairman 

C. Arthur Braitsch '23 

V ice-Chairman 
George R. Ashbey '21 



Garrett D. Byrnes '26 
Donald Campbell '45 
Warren L. Carleen '48 
Carleton Goff '24 
Prof. I. J. Kapstein '26 
Stuart C. Sherman '39 

Managing Editor 
Chesley Worthington '23 

Assistant Editor 

John F. Barry, Jr., '50 

Editorial Associate 
Hazel M. Goff 



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FEBRUARY 1966/VOL. LXVI NO. 5 

In This Issue: 

THE STORY OF RAY L. HEFFNER: 
Jan. 22: Something Was Happening in University Hall 
The President-Elect's Encounter with the Faculty 
Press Conference: First Questions, First Answers 
Biography: the Preparation of a College President 
Indiana University Will Miss Its Dean of Faculties 
The Educational Philosophy of Our 13 th President 



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FRONT COVER 



IN OCTOBER. 1955, our cover showed the two faces on the left helow. for 
Barnaby Keeney had been elected to succeed President Wriston. This month 
we have resorted to the same device for an issue deahng with another suc- 
cession in the presidency at Brown. This time, the face superimposed is that 
of Dr. Ray L. Heffner. While this is the first occasion for using his picture 
and name in our magazine, it will be our great pleasure to advert to the 
subject again and again in the years ahead. 




THE NEXT 
PRESIDENT 



ON THE CAMPUS of Indiana University at Blooming- 
ton, Brown University found its 13th President. By 
vote of the Corporation on Jan. 22, Dr. Ray L. 
Heflner was elected to succeed Dr. Barnaby C. Keeney on 
July 1. The President-designate will be 41 years old on the 
7th of next month, a scholar who earned three degrees at 
Yale before moving to Indiana in 1953 to teach Elizabe- 
than literature. 

Since 1960, however. Dr. Heflfner's offices have been 
dominantly administrative. For the last three years, he has 
had duties corresponding with those of the Provost at 
Brown, as Vice-President and Dean of the Faculties at 
both the State University of Iowa and at Indiana Uni- 
versity. In the latter post, to which he was called in July, 
1964, he has been responsible for administering the aca- 
demic budget of $40,000,000 and represented the Presi- 
dent in a number of capacities at home and in inter- 
university relationships. 

Dean HefTner's story is our preoccupation this month. 
It is told in elaborate detail because of the unusual way in 
which his experiences and background have prepared 
him for his career. His qualifications for service at Brown 



Presidents of Brown University 

1765-1791 James Manning. 

1797-1802 Jonathan Maxcy. 

1804-1826 Asa Messer. 

1827-1855 Francis Wayland. 

1855-1867 Barnas Sears. 

1868-1872 Alexis Caswell. 

1872-1889 Exekiel Gilman Robinson. 

1889-1898 Elisha Benjamin Andrews. 

1899-1 929 William Herbert Perry Faunce. 

1929-1937 Clarence Augustus Barbour. 

1937-1955 Henry Merritt Wriston. 

1955-1966 Barnaby Conrad Keeney. 

1966 — . Ray Lorenzo Heffner. 

In addition, the University had the following Acting 
Presidents, either ad interim or pro tempore: 1791-92 
David Howell. 1792-97— Jonathan Maxcy. 1802-04— 
Asa Messer. 1826-27— Alvah Woods. 1840-41— Alexis 
Caswell. 1867-68— George Ide Chace. 1892— Benja- 
min Franklin Clarke (also 1896-97 and 1898-99). 
1912-13— Walter Goodnow Everett. 1931-32— Albert 
Davis Mead. 1936-37 — James Pickwell Adams. 



become very obvious as one learns of his life and the 
range of experience it has afforded in such a short time. 
Our only hope is that we have told his story as well as 
it warrants. 

Since the summer months, the quest for a new President 
of Brown has been the absorbing task of a busy committee 
which Chancellor H. Stanford McLeod '16 and John 
Nicholas Brown, Secretary of the Corporation, had been 
authorized to name. They chose three other members of 
the Corporation to serve with them: Dr. W. Randolph 
Burgess '12 of Washington, D. C; Judge Alfred H. Jos- 
lin '35 of Bristol, R. I.; and Mrs. Bleike Sheldon Reid 
P'27 of Hanover, N. H. 

A larger advisory committee included: Gordon E 
Cadwgan '36 of Boston; Dr. Leonard Carmichael of 
Washington, D. C; Brackett H. Clark "28 of Rochester 
N. Y.; Mrs. Robert W. Kenyon P'39 of Warwick, R. I. 
W. Easton Louttit, Jr., '25 of West Greenwich, R. I.; 
Donald G. Millar '19 of New York; Leon M. Payne '36 of 
Houston; Judge Fred B. Perkins '19 of Barrington, R. I.; 
Harold S. Shefelman '20 of Seattle; and Thomas J. 
Watson, Jr., "37 of Greenwich, Conn. 

The target date for finding their man was by the end of 
the calendar year, and they stayed remarkably on sched- 
ule. Having sought recommendations from many sources, 
they ended the summer with 150 names on the first list of 
potentials. This was reduced through a series of screening 
sessions as one candidate after another was investigated. 

Dean Heffner was invited to Providence twice in the late 
fall and early winter, the last time on Dec. 29. The per- 
mission to present his name to the Corporation as the 
committee choice followed soon after the New Year, and 
the meeting of the Corporation was promptly called. 

The committee not only did its work thoroughly but 
with complete secrecy, an amazing feat considering the 
magnitude of the task, the frequency of meetings, and the 
interviewing of possible candidates. It was a long while 
before there were even any lively rumors, and some of 
them must have startled the committee when they gained 
what little currency they did. 

One report, however, which we find entirely credible, is 
that the Corporation expressed its hearty thanks to Chair- 
man McLeod and his committee for their intensive, ju- 
dicious, and successful search. This will not be the only 
vote of thanks from the company of Brunonians. Our 
feeling is that this gratitude will grow through the years of 
Ray Heffner's presidency. 



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THE PHOTOGRAPHERS weren't there 

by accident. Their presence gave the cue. 



"Something is happening in U.H." 




"THEY SAY the Corporation's meeting. It could mean the new President.' 




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RAY HEFFNER grinned at them, 
and they grinned at him. 



THEY KNEW what the stranger was. 
even if they didn't yet know who he was. 



"It's the next 
President!" 




THE TIP that something was happening in University Hall 
came in the presence of a cluster of photographers wait- 
ing outside as noon approached on Jan. 22. There had been 
enough speculation all week to give a clue as to why they 
were there. The first students who stopped to inquire had 
their suspicions confirmed. They stayed, attracting others as 
the noonhour break in the day's midyear exams began to 
populate The College Green. 

By the time President Keeney emerged from University 
Hall with the attractive stranger, a couple of hundred students 
in the crowd knew what he was even if they did not yet 
know who he was. Though not expecting to find them there. 
Ray Heffner grinned at them, and they grinned at him. A 
cheer went up and continued, yielding to applause as the 
party moved off across the walk in front of Faunce House. 



With the presidential pair were Chancellor McLeod and 
John Nicholas Brown, Secretary of the Corporation, all 
on their way to a special meeting of the Faculty in Car- 
michael Auditorium. The encounter with the students was not 
a brief one, for the speed of the convoy was determined by 
the pace of Dr. Keeney and his crutches. But it was a good- 
humored, well-photographed transit. "Give us a wave," asked 
a camera man from the Journal, and Dr. Heffner obliged. He 
responded all the way to the warmth of the unstaged 
welcome. 

Later in the afternoon, three of the Editors sought him out 
to present two heavy bound volumes of the Brown Daily 
Herald for the last two years. It was a gesture, to which the 
President-elect responded with an honest pleasure. "We'll 
get to know each other," he said. 



FEBRUARY I9(iG 



As the President-Elect 
faced the Brown Faculty 



THE Corporation has just elected Dr. Ray L. Heffner 
as the 13th President of Brown University," said 
H. S. McLeod '16 without further ado when Dr. 
Keeney called the special meeting of the Faculty to order 
and gave the Chancellor the floor at 12:15 on Jan. 22. A 
notice to the Faculty had been distributed a few days before, 
and no one had doubted the reason for it. Every seat in 
Carmichael Auditorium was filled; some men were standing. 

The Chancellor read some sections from the report he 
had given to the Corporation within the hour, mostly bio- 
graphical details about Dean Heffner that suggested his ex- 
perience, together with some estimates of his quality. When 
the Chancellor had finished, he walked to a side door and 
ushered in the Secretary of the Corporation and the President- 
elect. The welcome was immediate and warm. 

While Dean Heffner's usual practice is to speak only from 
notes, he read a carefully prepared manuscript for this oc- 
casion, and it was an effective statement, heeded with complete 
attention by his audience. Dr. Heffner began by saying he 
had accepted the election with "mixed emotions of pride and 
humility." He was especially happy that tradition required 
that he meet immediately with the Faculty. 

"Among the major factors in my decision to accept this 
position," he went on, "are the pride and confidence I feel 
in this Faculty — in your distinction as scholars, in the educa- 
tional leadership you have shown, and in your devotion to 
Brown University and to the highest ideals of academic serv- 
ice. I am proud that as of next July I shall be a member of 
this Faculty, and I look forward to working with you in the 
years ahead. 

"These years, I am sure, will not be easy. Institutions of 
higher learning today are being asked by society to do more 
than ever before — in research and public service as well as in 



preparing students to play their parts in an ever more com- 
plex world. Competition for outstanding Faculty members, 
for needed funds, even for properly qualified graduate stu- 
dents is keen, not only from established universities but from 
a host of 'emerging' institutions, both publicly and privately 
sponsored. Students across the land are restless — uncertain 
about the values of the society they are entering, and impatient 
with the universities which are trying both to preserve and to 
criticize these values. 

"With Strengths That Are Almost Unique" 

"But we are confident that Brown can look forward to these 
decades of challenge and competition with strengths that 
are almost unique. Here, as at few other universities, the 
importance of freedom as the foundation of higher learning 
has been understood for over 200 years. It is engraved in our 
charter, and it is part of the air we breathe in the land of 
Roger WUliams. I was delighted to learn that the statue on 
the dome of the State Capitol here in Providence represents 
'the Independent Man,' to remind us constantly that we must 
provide the environment in which independence of mind and 
spirit can flourish. 

"Here, as at few universities, a great Graduate School and 
two fine undergraduate Colleges have developed as parts of 
the same organic whole. Brown is not splintered and frag- 
mented; the relationships between research and teaching, 
among graduate, undergraduate, and professional education, 
are here intimate and fundamental. Here, as at few universities, 
'liberal education' has been understood as a pervasive and uni- 
fying concern for high standards and freedom of inquiry, 
not as a narrow insistence upon traditional disciplines. Here, 
as at few universities, the glorious past represents a quicken- 
ing spirit, not a dead hand stifling initiative. The pioneering 




MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY listening as the Chancellor identified the next President of Brown. 

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THE NEXT PRESIDENT and his predecessor as Dr. Ray L. HefFner was presented to the Brown Faculty. 



relationship with Tougaioo, the exciting new program in 
Medical Science, the growing concern for parts of the world 
outside America and Western Europe, are examples of the 
continuing spirit of Brown at work on new problems and new 
issues. 

A Unanimity About Future Directions 

"The excitement of Brown today, as well as the solid 
strength of its Faculty, the excellence of its student body, the 
loyalty of its alumni and friends, the growth in endowment 
and in needed physical facilities, are due in large measure to 
the leadership of President Keeney, and before him of Presi- 
dent Wriston. Neither of them needs my praise, for their 
places in the history of Brown and of American higher 
education are secure. But, at this time and before this body. 
I want to express my gratitude for the Brown they have been 
instrumental in building — a Brown that can look to the 
future, strong, free, and unafraid. 

"I have been told by members of the Corporation that a 
recent survey showed a remarkable unanimity among mem- 
bers of the Faculty and the Corporation about the general 
directions of growth and development at Brown in the years 
ahead. I am pleased to learn this, but not too surprised. To 
me, the guidelines for the future seem clear. Specific deci- 
sions may still be difficult, but the course charted in the last 
two decades is in general the right course, and we need 
not pause too long to ask, 'Where are we, and where are we 
going?' 



"Do not worry, then, that your new President from out of 
the West will try to upset all of Brown's cherished traditions 
overnight, or to make Brown into 'Multiversity State.' I will 
not guarantee you that nothing will change, for I am sure 
that changes will be necessary. But, though I am not a 
Brown alumnus and have not served on this Faculty, I think 
I understand something of the special spirit that is Brown, 1 
pledge to you to be true to it. 

"Outsiders Wlio Do Not Wisli to Remain So" 

"Even if I have managed to catch some of the spirit, I will 
still need to learn an enormous amount in a short time if I 
am to serve you effectively as President — about policies, tradi- 
tions, and programs, but most of all about people. When my 
wife, my two little boys, and I move here in July, we expect 
to work very hard at learning to know you as well as we 
can — your scholarly interests and ambitions, your educational 
ideas, your personalities. I ask your patience with outsiders 
who do not wish to remain so. I ask your help in this learn- 
ing process. 

"I am pleased that Dean Stoltz has agreed to remain as 
an administrative officer of the University and to continue 
to give to me and to you his wise counsel and leadership. I 
have not yet been able to speak with other Deans but hope 
to do so soon. (Dean Heffner met with the top administrative 
officers in U.H. that afternoon. — Ed.) Some new members of 
the administrative staff must be appointed, because of the 
retirement of others who have given long and devoted service. 



TEBRUARY 1966 



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AS THE CHANCELLOR presented Dr. HefFner to the Faculty. 



These new appointments will be made for a specific term of 
years, so that the new appointees can see whether we can all 
work together effectively. 

"I wish that I could join you now, to learn as much as 
possible about the University before I take up my duties. 
This is, however, impossible, since I have commitments at In- 
diana University. But President Keeney and I are absolutely 
confident that there will be no loss of momentum in this 
transitional period. President Keeney and Dean Stoltz will 
make decisions and commitments in the next few months 
without consulting me, and it is entirely proper and necessary 
that they should. We shall honor those decisions and com- 
mitments exactly as we should if I had been a party to them. 
It is much more important that the University not slow down 



its pace of development than that the President-elect be con- 
sulted at every turn. 

"Next summer, then, I shall be proud and happy to join 
you as a member of this Faculty, and especially proud to be 
attempting to follow in the footsteps of Barnaby Keeney. He 
is a hard man to follow, for few men have his wisdom and his 
wit, his solid judgment and his flair for leadership. But I 
pledge to you my very best efforts toward the greater glory 
and the balanced development of this already great Univer- 
sity." 

He Left, No Longer a Stranger 

It had been a simple statement — a profession rather than 
oratory — but it was revealing. And it had a good ring. 

The Chancellor lightened the atmosphere by telling a story 
about the Heffners" arrival in Providence (we've stolen it 
for "Small Talk" on page 31). There was a quip from the 
floor from an old friend of the Chancellor. President Keeney 
told Dean Heffner he wished the authority vested in him 
would let him designate his successor as the "14th President," 
skipping number 13. 

"I've never regretted taking the job," Dr. Keeney said, 
"not for more than a day at a time. I wish as much for you." 

It was a good encounter. We shouldn't say it was a test 
that Dean Heffner came through ("with flying colors," of 
course), for it wasn't a test in the usual sense — just an intro- 
duction. And yet this Faculty had a big stake (as did all 
constituencies in the University) in the choice the Corporation 
had made. It was a forthright meeting, then, rather than an 
inspection; it was more than an acceptance. Dean Heffner left 
the hall no longer a stranger. We liked what the President- 
elect had said, and we liked his looks. 




THE SPEAKER: Chancellor McLeod The topic: Roy L. Heffner. 

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''NEXT SUMMER I shall be proud and happy to join you," Dr. Heffner told the Faculty. Its Secretary, Prof. Richard A. Dobbins, is at right. 



Acceptance 

Dr. Hefjner's response before the Corporation 



IN SELECTING ME as the thirteenth president of Brown Uni- 
versity, you have offered to me a great honor and a great 
opportunity. 1 shall attempt in every way possible to 
merit the honor and to make the most of the opportunity. 

Brown University today is truly a great institution. It has 
a fine tradition, celebrated in the recent Bicentennial cere- 
monies, of high standards and of high ideals of education and 
service. In its original Charter of 1764 and ever since, Brown 
has demonstrated that freedom is a fundamental attribute 
of higher education, and that only in an atmosphere of re- 
sponsible freedom can learning take place. 

Under President Wayland and ever since, Brown has shown 
the way to the rest of the world in defining by practice the 
true meaning of "liberal" education. For Brown's liberal 
curriculum is not one which excludes new fields of knowledge 
and confines itself narrowly to traditional patterns. It is, 
rather, one which welcomes new ideas and new disciplines 
alongside the old so long as the highest standards of scholar- 
ship are maintained. In the establishment of Pembroke Col- 
lege, Brown showed the world that education for women need 
not be separate in order to be excellent; it need not lose its 
individuality in order to be integrated. 

However glorious its past. Brown today is a nobler uni- 
versity than ever before. To a degree almost unique among 
major universities, it has maintained its coherence, its in- 



tegrity, its soul, in the age of the "multiversity." Due largely to 
the leadership of President Wriston and President Keeney, 
it has grown enormously in prestige and has shown an in- 
creasingly progressive spirit. It has continued to produce 
leaders for government, business, and industry as well as 
scholars. It has kept up with the great world, but it has never 
been dominated or intimidated by outside forces. Brown's 
glorious past has provided inspiration and a living spirit for 
the present and future; it has never been a dead past, re- 
straining development or stultifying initiative. 

Brown University today has a most distinguished Faculty. 
It has a carefully-selected student body, equal in ability and 
in desire for learning to the best in the land. Due to the 
generous support of alumni and friends, it is rapidly acquiring 
the libraries, laboratories, and other buildings which are so 
badly needed. Through the leadership of John Nicholas 
Brown and the Building Committee, the new structures now 
rising are as beautiful as they are useful One of the greatest 
strengths of Brown is this Corporation, a body of men and 
women truly outstanding in ability and in devotion to the in- 
stitution they serve. 

For these reasons, I am happy and proud to accept the 
opportunity you have offered me to join this distinguished 
Faculty, these fine student and alumni bodies, and this great 
Corporation in service to Brown in the years ahead. I need 
not remind you that the next two decades will be exciting and 
challenging ones for Brown as for all universities. But we 
have every confidence that Brown can meet these challenges, 
and I shall try to justify the confidence you have shown in 
me today. 



FEBRUARY 1966 




TARGET of cameras and questions: Dr. HefFner in Gardner House on Jon. 22. 



The Press 
Conference 



for the President-Elect 




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PRESS CONFERENCE: 

First Quizzing, 
First Answers 



WHEN DID YOU FIRST KNOW you would be President 
of Brown University?" "This morning," said Ray 
Heffner. 

It was a precise answer, given with a smile while he was 
meeting the press on Jan. 22 within three hours after the 
Corporation had elected him. Seated, pipe in hand, he talked 
readily to the crowded room in Gardner House, friendly and 
at ease, attentive to each question in the middle of the ac- 
companying photography. 

Dean Heffner agreed, of course, that there had been 
earlier intimations about the presidency. He'd met members of 
the selection committee from Brown and other members of 
the Corporation in conversations that became progressively 
more specific. The matter had taken several weeks, during 
which time he and Mrs. Heffner had twice visited Providence, 
and the decision had been made not long after the Christmas 
holidays. 

Dr. Heffner was reminded that his predecessor had said 
that a college president's first 10 years in office were his best 
— 10 years were enough. A man who had finished 10 years 
was better than a beginner to judge this, Dr. Heflner sug- 
gested. "But many presidents have served effectively for 20 
years or more. After all. Brown has had only 12 presidents 
in 200 years. I wouldn't think there was an absolute on this. 
I'll just try to make the first 10 years among the best." 

What were some of his initial impressions of Brown? First, 
the look of the place, obviously — beautiful. Brown was for- 
tunate in the magnificent tradition of the older buildings, but 
he liked the newer architecture, too, with the Rockefeller 
Library as an outstanding example. He was excited by the 
glimpses he'd had of those buildings still in the planning 
stage. "The Corporation is very fortunate," Dr. Heffner said, 
"in having John Nicholas Brown's taste and ability to rely 
on in the selection of architects and in the over-all planning 
for the future." 

The Move to Brown from a State University 

With so long an experience in great State universities, did 
he think it would be hard to adjust quickly to a privately- 
supported institution like Brown? The differences were less 
marked than they once were. Dean Heffner explained. The 
money an independent university seeks from the Federal 
government or a foundation is not unlike that which the State 
university asks for from the Legislature. The problems are 
similar in each type of institution, and many of the responsi- 
bilities. While serving as Indiana's representative on the Com- 
mittee on Institutional Cooperation, he had observed that the 
differences were not so much between public and private as 
in other respects. The State universities were committed to 



offer a much broader range of courses, including more train- 
ing at the sub-baccalaureate level. "Brown," Dean Heffner 
said, "has properly defined its role; its effort is much more 
concentrated." 

To several questions. Dean Heffner replied that it was too 
early to give a definite answer. This was the case with a ques- 
tion of concern about rising tuition costs: he was worried 
about the trend, but it would need study and decisions with 
specific reference to Brown. Again, it was "too early" to 
have formulated any goals. The Corporation and Faculty 
at Brown had refined their thinking; the Committee on Con- 
sultation between Corporation and Faculty had been active; 
he would examine their material. "This is all very new, you 
must realize." 

Later, when Newsweek asked him about references in his 
talks before both Corporation and Faculty to "changes," 
Dean Heffner said he had not meant to imply he had any- 
thing specific in mind just yet. It was just inevitable that 
there would be changes in any dynamic institution, but these 
would be in accord with the spirit of Brown's traditions. 

If Brown Grows, Its Integrity Must Remain 

"Brown has a better opportunity than most institutions to 
integrate its teaching and research," he said, "and to integrate 
its undergraduate and graduate instruction. So many places 
have become so complex that this integrity suffers. In par- 
ticular, the undergraduate is apt to be neglected when things 



The President 

TT E HAS such petquisites as these: 
A-lAn inside track to LL.D.'s, 
A large and handsome rent-free house, 
A part-time maid to help his spouse, 
A special fund for entertaining, 
Fare paid (first class) whenever planing, 
Two secretaries well equipped — 
Sharp-minded and sharp pencil-tipped — 
Guest memberships in sundry clubs. 
With steam baths and relaxing rubs — 
Much else, in fact too much to mention. 
Besides a quite substantial pension. 

What does he do to earn all these? 

He merely pacifies trustees. 

And students, faculty, old grads. 

Townspeople, also Moms and Dads, 

And keeps his health and keeps his sanity 

And isn't heard to use profanity. 

And, living in a goldfish bowl. 

Next day can be filet of sole: 

Unlike professors whom he hires. 

He has no tenure, walks on wires. 

And if he falls, he's out, he's gone. 

While they — some sad, some glad — stay on. 

— From Going Aroiiml in Academic Circles, by 
Richard Armour. Copyright 1965 by Richard Armour. 
Used by permission of the McGraw-Hill Book Com- 
pany. 



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get out of balance. Brown has an opportunity and obligation 
to lead the field in the right direction." 

In the Gardner House press conference, Dean Heffner 
said something similar in answer to a question whether he 
thought even the small colleges had a duty to enlarge in the 
face of the general demand for higher education. "Probably 
so," he said. "If it is possible for Brown to grow a bit without 
changing its basic character, there would seem to be an obli- 
gation for it to do so. I obviously do not possess all the facts, 
but I would assume limited expansion was possible. But 
growth would not be justified at the expense of other things; 
Brown must preserve the integrity of its character, the fine 
relationship of the two Colleges and Graduate School, the 
pervasive sense of the philosophy of the liberal arts — to sug- 
gest only a few of Brown's special qualities." 

What about the "rift between science and the humanities?" 
Dean HefTner feared C. P. Snow had done us some disservice. 
The President-elect did not think the split existed in American 
scholarship to the same degree it did in Britain. As the disci- 
plines become more specialized, communication grows more 
difficult; but the problem of communication is as real between 
a physical chemist and a biochemist as between a chemist 
and a philosopher. 

Would he do any teaching at Brown? Dean Heffner didn't 
know. His last teaching was two years ago for a class of 150 
at the University of Iowa. "It was valuable to me to partici- 
pate again in the central learning process, but I'm not sure 
it was fair to the students. I'm not keeping up in my field 
any more. I don't have as much to give as one wholly com- 
mitted to a specialty through research and reading." 

What had he to say about a university's responsibilities to 
society apart from education? "We all feel a sense of obliga- 
tion beyond teaching," Dean Heffner replied. "Most Faculties 
afford consultants to business and industry, men are on leave 
to serve the Government, and the role of service is an ex- 
panding one — in the community, the nation, and the world. 
The Brown-Tougaloo relationship is an excellent example, of 
course. I had a chance recently to see what some university 
contract teams were doing in Africa. All this is fine, expected; 
but a university's first responsibilities to society remain in 
education and research." 

What About the Role of the Undergraduate? 

With a number of undergraduates present from WBRU, 
Brown Daily Herald, and Pembroke Record, one of them 
turned to a favorite student topic on College Hill and else- 
where these days: Shall students be given a greater role in 
making the decisions which afTect their lives as undergradu- 
ates? 

Dr. Heffner phrased his answer with some care. First, he 
expressed his pleasure in the "wonderful welcome" which 
had developed with the impromptu applause as he emerged 
from U.H. after his election; he appreciated the "warm feel- 
ings" there shown. As for the question of student involvement 
in governance: "Brown undergraduates have been represented 
to me as responsible, and, of course, I shall pay some atten- 
tion to their expressed thoughts. But policy-making, by law 
and tradition, is vested in the Corporation and Faculty — they 
cannot delegate it. I shall consider specific proposals, of 
course. Would I expect to meet with student groups? Cer- 
tainly. Would the Corporation? I'm not so sure this is ap- 
propriate." 

The question was rephrased: would the new President 




DR. HEFFNER made friends during his hour with the press. 



involve students more in planning and policy? "I shall en- 
courage expression of student sentiment and will consider 
the students' ideas." He stopped at that. "Period?" asked the 
questioner. Dr. HetTner smiled and nodded. 

Did he believe in a university acting //; loco parentis'.' "It 
has to for some students at certain stages. Obviously, there 
is less supervision of graduate students who are 24; supervi- 
sion of girls of 18 has to be broader. This is the standard 
pattern, justified by experience: as students grow older, they 
tend to become more responsible." 

The Rest Are "Envious" of Ivy League Athletics 

Asked for his ideas on intercollegiate athletics. Dean Heff- 
ner mentioned his own involvement in fencing and lacrosse 
as a Yale Freshman and said: "The rest of the country envies 
the Ivy League for its concept of the role of athletics. Stu- 
dents get a good deal from intercollegiate sport, whether 
they are spectators or participants. By being one focus for 
alumni loyalty, it builds support. I'm glad, at the same time, 
that the Ivy group has not gone so far as the Big Ten." 

Would he concern himself with all areas of the University 
program? Yes, though administrative delegation was inevitable 
and desirable. Dean Heffner thought President Wriston and 
President Keeney had set a good pattern on administrative 
responsibility. 

The President-elect said, in answer to a final question, that 
he hoped to visit Providence before July when he moves 
East for good. "There is a great deal to learn, in too short 
a time." He would have to schedule such visits with care, for 
Indiana University was entitled to his best efforts during the 
transition period. Dr. Keeney was still President of Brown 
University until June, but Dean Heffner hoped to prepare 
himself further for his new challenge in the interval. 

Dean Heffner made friends during his hour with the press. 
His sincerity and ability were apparent as he expressed him- 
self thoughtfully, articulately. "There's nothing phony about 
him," said one reporter later. "His modesty doesn't keep him 
from giving an impression of confidence and competence," 
said another. 

Dean Heffner had obviously learned a great deal about 
Brown during the short time his attention had been directed 
our way. But, in giving opinions, he stayed within the limits 
of his information. Some attractive limbs were without a 
tenant during this period of introduction. 



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THE STORY OF RAY 



Sylvanus' Children 

WHEN YOU START TALKING about Ray Hcflfner, you 
begin with his family. He does himself, and it plays 
no ordinary part in his story. Nor is it an ordinary 
family. A career in education has been the inclination of 
most Heffners of the last two generations, with an impressive 
and revealing aggregate of college degrees. It was a family 
tradition built up through industry and commitment of an 
extraordinary sort. 

It would be hard to find a family to which education has 
meant more or which has been so wholehearted in respond- 
ing to a vocation in educational service in return. 

Dean Heffner's father was the late Prof. Ray L. Heffner, 
the Spenser scholar who was on the Faculties of Johns Hop- 
kins University and the University of Washington. (Though 
named for him. Dean Heffner has not used the "Junior" in 
recent years.) His mother is a retired school teacher, resident 
in Bloomington, Ind. 

Though Ray Heffner was an only child, there were nine 
Heffners in his father's generation. All were graduated from 
the University of North Carolina. Most continued in graduate 
work, five of them finding professions in education and two 
in medicine. All had good schooling provided through the de- 
termination of their father. 

He Took an Hour Off on Christmas 

There is admiration and appreciation in Dean Heffner's 
voice as he speaks of Grandfather Sylvanus. The latter was a 
country storekeeper in Maiden, N. C, where Ray Heffner, 
Sr., was born. Grandfather Heffner tended shop from 7 in 
the morning until 9 at night, 365 days a year. "He took off 
one hour on Christmas," Dr. Heffner says. With five daugh- 
ters to educate among the nine children, Grandfather Heffner 
moved to Greensboro when they approached college age, so 
that the women's branch of the University would be more 
accessible. 

Uncle Hubert Heffner, formerly Chairman of the Drama 
Department at Stanford University, is "Distinguished Service 
Professor" of Speech, Theater, and Dramatic Literature at 
Indiana University. He edited Davy Crockett and Other 
Plays for the Princeton University Press with Isaac Gold- 
berg, and he is co-author of a handbook for non-profession- 
als, Modern Theatre Practice (Crofts). To Houghton Miftfin's 
Introduction to Literature, he contributed the section on "The 
Nature of Drama." His son. Prof. Hubert Heffner, Jr., is a 
Professor of Engineering and Associate Provost for Research 
at Stanford. 

Hubert, Sr. and Ray, Sr., were particularly close, with 
parallel scholarly interests. Indeed, since illness delayed the 
older brother's education for a year, they might have seemed 
twins when they were classmates at Chapel Hill. Both acted 
in the University Theatre there, and Ray at first was also 
tempted toward speech and drama as his academic field be- 
fore deciding on literature. 



Two other uncles went into medicine: Dr. Reid Heffner 
is a gastroenterologist in New York's Westchester County; 
Dr. Baine Heffner is in general practice in Burlington, N. C. 
Three aunts of the Dean are teachers: Prof. Madeline Heffner 
is on the Faculty of Contra Costa Junior College in San 
Francisco, after having taught at Goucher College. Two 
others are teachers in elementary schools in Greensboro, 
N. C. Another sister in that generation did graduate work 
before marriage; she and a fifth aunt of Dr. Heffner are 
housewives. 

While Teaching Together, They Were Married 

The Dean's mother, the former Gladys Lillian Gordy, is 
a graduate of Maryland College. That baccalaureate is her 
only degree, though she was a graduate student at the Uni- 
versity of North Carolina and Johns Hopkins. She met her 
future husband when they were taking advanced courses at 
Chapel Hill. When they decided to get married, both took 
jobs in Asheville, N. C, and taught there before and after the 
wedding so that they might finance the rest of their educa- 
tion. 

Mrs. Heffner retired only recently after having taught for 
two lengthy periods in Baltimore high schools as an instructor 
in Latin and English. She was teaching in Baltimore when her 
husband died in 1942. At that time she went to work in the 
Department of the Interior in Washington, D. C in an 
editorial capacity with the Bureau of Mines. It was her duty 
there to rewrite reports of specialists and interpret their re- 
search for public information. After the war, she returned 
to the Baltimore School System. Living in Bloomington now, 
she is happy in the academic atmosphere there, with many 
friends of her own as well as a son and brother on the 
Faculty of Indiana University. 

Ray Heffner, Sr., became one of the world's authorities on 
Edmund Spenser. He took his Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins with 
a thesis on the 16th Century English poet. He did some 
graduate work at his Alma Mater, the University of North 
Carolina, and later, while teaching at Northwestern, took 
some courses at the University of Chicago. 

As an undergraduate at Chapel Hill, although attracted 
at first by geology and later the drama, Ray Heffner, Sr., 
came under the influence of the Spenser scholar. Prof. Ed- 
ward Greenlaw, and became a disciple. "Graduate education 
in those days was more highly personalized." Dean Heffner 
suggested as he talked of his father. "The professor-student 
tie was very strong. Consequently, when Greenlaw moved to 
Johns Hopkins, Father and Greenlaw's other graduate stu- 
dents all went along with him to Baltimore." 

The disciple did his master proud, for he was to become 
the editor of the Variorum Spenser. He edited Greenlaw's 
Studies in Spenser's Historical Allegory for the Johns Hop- 
kins and Oxford University Presses. 

We failed to mention one important incident that oc- 
curred while Ray Heffner, Sr., was still a graduate student 
at Chapel Hill. Actually, the incident took place in Durham. 
N. C, "because that's where the hospital was." Ray Heffner, 
Jr., was born there on Mar. 7, 1925. 



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HEFFNER 

Broadway School 



RAY Heffner, Jr., did not cast a vote in the family deci- 
sion to move to Maryland in the fall of 1925: he 
.. was only six months old. Baltimore was thus the first 
home he remembers, and he was to stay there until 1938, 
for, after earning his Ph.D., his father remained on the 
Faculty of Johns Hopkins. 

Until he was 13, Ray attended the Oilman Country School 
in Baltimore. He worked on the newspaper, debated, played 
football and lacrosse, and wrestled. "This does not indicate 
any particular talent," the Dean warns. It was just in the 
Oilman tradition that everyone took part in sports and other 
activities. 

The Depression years found Faculty families comparatively 
secure and well off. even on modest salaries, and the Dean 
recalls that he bought his first bicycle on the first day of the 
Bank Holiday (for $7). Since Johns Hopkins had no summer 
school in those days, the Dean's father taught elsewhere, 
often taking his family with him. Thus, by the time he was 
ready for high school, the boy had seen a good bit of the 
United States, from Pasadena (where his father spent a 
summer at the Huntington Library) to Florida (when his 
father was a summer lecturer at Gainesville). The father 
spent one year alone in Spenser research in Ireland and 
England; in 1937 he took the family with him to England 
and France. 

In 1938, when Professor HefTner accepted an appointment 
at the University of Washington, the family moved to Seattle. 
Here the boy attended a public high school, in a completely 
diflferent environment from that at Oilman. Though Broad- 
way High School no longer exists, it was a remarkable insti- 
tution, in the heart of the city and its oldest. 

Broadway was known for its good students, many of them 
highly-motivated children of Japanese-American parents. 
Though the Nisei represented only 40% of the student body 
of 450, year after year they provided the Class Valedictorian 
and Salutatorian. One of them in Ray's Senior year was his 
friend, Harry Amaguchi, now a colleague at Indiana Uni- 
versity as Chairman of the Department of Psychology. 

The Apostate Explained to His Old Teacher 

Invariably, more students from Broadway High won na- 
tional competitive scholarships than from any other Seattle 
school. Though it was not in the University district or hardly 
in an affluent neighborhood, it boasted a strong corps of 
good teachers and a solid curriculum. It offered economics, 
for example, an unusual high school subject in those days, 
and a course in the Calculus, which the University recog- 
nized as the equivalent of its own introduction. Heffner 
enjoyed Classics and, in studying Latin, probably used the 
famous Orammar of Brown's Albert Harkness. 

"But the man who almost made a physicist out of me," 
Dean Heffner says, was James M. Mount. His former high 
school teacher in Seattle retired only last month, receiving 




honors as he did so from many of his old students. When 
he wrote to offer his own appreciation recently. Dean Heffner 
told a bit about his career: 

"Inspired by your example and stimulated by your fine 
teaching, I went to Yale in 1941 with the firm intention of 
becoming a physicist. . . . My apostasy was due to my con- 
sidered judgment that I had more talent in the humanities 
than in science but also to my impatience with some of the 
teaching in the sciences at Yale, which never seemed to 
me to approach the high standard you had set at Broadway 
High School. Even though I have devoted my career to Eng- 
lish and have not become a scientist, I have never forgotten 
the inspiring experience of sitting at your feet for a short 
period of time." 

Dean Heffner's yearbook from Broadway High contains 
many inscriptions of friendship and compliment. Though he 



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The Heffner Story 



went out for football and was inclined to heft as a boy, he 
soon discovered he was not Varsity material. Rather, he 
distinguished himself as a student and was President of the 
Honor Society and Debate Club. He won a silver medal in 
the "University Extemporaneous Contest'" and was a member 
of the Chess and Latin Clubs. The first listing on the page 
of scholarship awards in the yearbook is that of "Ray L. 
Heffner, Jr.. Yale.'" 

The story of how Heffner found his way to Yale is an 
interesting one. Broadway had a dedicated teacher named 
Margaret Simpson who took it upon herself to identify the 
most promising students. Though this was before guidance 
became a school profession, she maintained her own library 
of college catalogues, her own files and records about indi- 
viduals. When her attention was called to a student in this 
way or through the Faculty grapevine, she would summon 
the boy or girl to give practical encouragement. She was 
right in most cases. 

The day she called Ray to her office, she said, "You're a 
Sophomore. It's not too early to plan your college educa- 
tion. Have you thought of going to Yale? (He hadn't.) Here 
are the requirements." And his school courses were planned 
from that point to prepare him for New Haven. A Yale 
scholarship award upon graduation made it possible for him 
to go. Off he went in the fall of 1 94 1 . 



The Resolute Physicist 

THE 16-YEAR-OLD Ray Heffner who arrived at Yale with 
the Class of 1945 was a bewildered Freshman. "I 
didn't know a soul. I didn't know what I was doing," 
he remembers. His room was "the most unattractive one on 
campus," on the fifth floor of Lawrance Hall. Since rooms 
which required the longest climb were the cheapest, the fifth 
floor was tenanted mostly by "bursary boys" on scholarship. 
"The room must have been an afterthought," the Dean sug- 
gests, for it had an odd, L-shaped layout which meant that the 
two roommates were out of each other's sight at their desks. 
"We were supposed to furnish the place except for the bed, 
chair, and desk, but we didn't have any money — and we 
didn't know how to do it anyway." 

Heffner helped finance his Freshman year by acting as "a 
traveling drugstore." Working for the enterprising Senior who 
ran the Student Supply Agency, he made the rounds of dor- 
mitories, lugging a big basket of drugs and sundries, candy 
bars, soaps, blades, toothpaste, and such for sale. Sometimes 
orders had to be filled for items not in stock, and he usually 
finished by midnight two nights a week. 

His Counselor Promised to Pray for Him 

As a Freshman, Ray Heffner was on the fencing and la- 
crosse squads, getting his numerals. Any boy who grows up 
in Baltimore develops the basic knack of handling a lacrosse 
stick, he points out, and this gave him some edge on other 
candidates. But he didn't feel he was good enough to con- 
tinue with the sport at the Varsity level, though he's always 
liked the game. Incidentally, he looks forward to watching 



hockey at Brown, for he was often in the stands at the New 
Haven rink. 

On the basis of his happy experience in high school, a 
physics major was still his intention, though he had no 
course in the field as a Freshman. When he took his bat- 
teries of aptitude tests, they showed he really belonged with 
humanities and languages — the graphs plotted his bent for 
science and applied science 'way down. Though shaken, the 
student didn't believe what the tests revealed. Stubbornly, he 
was going to show them: it was physics for him. "I'll pray 
for you," said Prof. Maynard Mack, his Freshman adviser. 

Mack and the tests were right, and it was justice that a 
course which Mack taught should have set Heffner's proper 
course for him. He looks back with admiration on the ex- 
perimental seminar in English which Professor Mack devel- 
oped in his study in Davenport College during two hours 
each Wednesday. "There, green Freshmen were exposed to 
a situation such as graduate students might encounter. He 
worked the devil out of us. We had to write a paper a week, 
and I think that for the whole first semester I didn't get to 
bed on a Tuesday night, as I worked right through on the 
papers. But it was a tremendous educational experience." 
Later Heffner adopted and copied the Mack seminar in his 
own teaching. 

The $100 Had to Be in Cash 

Heffner's Freshman studies won him the New York Yale 
Club Prize, a medal. And the $100 Hurlbut Prize he also 
won was welcome, too, though Dean Heffner points out that 
the competition attracted an entry of only three contestants, 
since the award was based on a stipulated exam in both 
Latin and mathematics. The lumping of the two subjects still 
excites Heffner's wonder. He remembers the scene in the 
Bursar's Office when he was called in to receive the money. 
The young lady was paying it out in $10 bills when the 
thought of carrying so much in cash appalled the student. 
Couldn't he have a check? No. that would be "most ir- 
regular." 

In his Sophomore year, Heffner became a member of Say- 
brook College, where he was to be in charge of its college 
library with its 12,000 volumes in a half-dozen rooms. With 
four student assistants, he checked circulation, helped select 
new books with the undergraduate library committee, and 
managed the book fund. 

Even more demanding was Heffner's work as student aide 
to the Master of Saybrook, Prof. Eliot Dunlap Smith. The 
latter's interest was human relations in industry, and he had 
hopes of developing students as future executives. When he 
brought his friends to New Haven to lecture in Saybrook 
College, it was Heffner's assignment to receive these VIP 
guests, set up chairs for the meetings, and generally handle 
the staff arrangements. Professor Smith required a typed 
report on each meeting (substance, attendance, reaction, 
etc.). He required it that night, and Heffner had to slip it 
under the Master's door ready for use at his 7 o'clock 
breakfast the next morning. Here was more good experience 
for the student. 

As a Sophomore, Heffner devoted most of his attention to 
physics and mathematics, tests or no tests. Mack or no 
Mack. He still resisted the temptation toward English as a 
field: he was going to be a scientist. 

Three years in the Navy gave Heffner time to reflect and 
change his mind. 



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Pacific Dynamite 



THE Navy eventually decided it wanted Ray HefTner. 
He had entered Yale at 16. When he turned 17 in 
March. 1942. America had entered World War II, and 
he showed up at the Navy recruiting station in New Haven 
in a vain attempt to volunteer for service. "They just 
laughed at me because I was so near-sighted," he recalls. 
"They told me to go back to my studies." Unhappy and 
restless then, he realizes they were influential, formative 
years just the same. 

Oddly enough, his father had had a similar experience in 
World War I. Ray Heffner, St., had entered college at the 
age of 14, in knee pants. Earlier, in his small country school, 
the teacher had given special attention to each pupil and 
moved him along as fast as he was ready to advance. The 
senior HefTner was thus 16 at Chapel Hill in 1918, discon- 
tented not to be in uniform. Falsifying his age, he got to the 
officers" training program at Plattsburgh briefly, until his real 
age was discovered. He was unwilling to go back to college, 
though. He took a hobo trip through the West, harvesting 
wheat in Kansas and fruit in California. Not until the War 
ended did he go back to his books. 

At any rate, the Navy which had not wanted the young 
volunteer in 1942 accepted Ray, Jr., when he was drafted 
in June, 1943. His myopia was no bar to service with the 
Seabees, which he elected in preference to an opportunity in 
the V-12 program. After boot camp at Peary in Virginia. 
Heffner went off to California and then to Eniwetok in the 
Central Pacific with the 110th Naval Construction Battalion. 

It was a good outfit, the Dean will tell you, made up 
largely of construction workers from all over, bossed really 
by the CPO's who got a job done. The first big assignment 
for the 1100 men was a race against the Japanese to build 
a coral air strip. 

The Battalion Book, Contract Completed, which covers 
the years 1943 to 1945, had such notations as these about 
Eniwetok: "The fighting is all but over, and our mission on 
this rock is about to begin. On this coral speck in the Pacific 
we will build a great naval base for future strikes against 
the enemy. . . . This was to be the air strip from which the 
Battle of Truk would be fought and from which reconnais- 
sance flights over the Marianas would originate at a later 
date. . . . Blasting coral for surfacing was a never-ending 
job. Dynamite, draglines, and dump trucks — these were our 
fighting weapons. . . . The first plane lands (this was after 
the 18 days it took to complete the strip). . . . The job is 
finished here, and scuttlebut has at last come to a focus. It's 
practically definite now that our next job will be in the 
Marianas." 

How to Open a Case of Dynamite 

The hard manual work was good for him, Heffner recalls, 
though the shifts usually ran from 12 to 15 hours a day. 
Heffner looks back on the war years with some appreciation, 
though his specialty was not exactly practical preparation for 
a future college presidency. After some time as a stevedore, 
he became a member of a dynamite crew. 

Heffner will never forget his first assignment with the latter 
under a big Swedish coal-miner from Illinois. The crew boss 




left him with some cases of the explosive and said: "Open 
them. I'll be back." Heffner read the safety instructions on 
one box and set about cautiously to follow them. Five min- 
utes later, he was still gently tapping his first case with wedge 
and mallet trying to loosen the cover when the Swede re- 
turned. 

"There isn't time for that." he said. "Let me show you 
how to open a case right." He picked it up and slammed 
it down hard enough to break it. "Won't it explode?" asked 
the young Seabee. "Not if you catch it on the corner," was 
the reply. 

Heffner soon learned the trick and shortly got the rating of 
gunner's mate 3/c, which is what the Seabees called a dyna- 
mite man. "I'm sure this was horrifying to the real gunner's 
mates in the regular Navy." the Dean says. 



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On Eniwetok they had the greatest incentive to get 
planes operating from there before the Japanese could re- 
store their own bombed-out strip on Truk. "The word was 
that if the Japanese finished first, we were through." The 
Seabees won that duel, and the Americans moved forward 
from the Mashalls into the Marianas. 

One Way to Enjoy an Admirars Inspection 

On Tinian it was more of the same, for 12 battalions of 
Seabees were carving out nine parallel bombing strips from 
which the B-29s were to carry the war to the Japanese home- 
land, evenutally with the atom bomb. The Seabees were 
under an Admiral, whose inspection trips were frequent. It 
was the delight of the dynamite men to time their blasts when 
he would arrive, standing in his amphibious jeep "like Wash- 
ington crossing the Delaware." His reception was in the 
form of a Chiefs classic order, "Fire in the hole!" General 
Washington usually had to sit down. 

The Battalion Book continues the story of the 110th: 
"Again we have schedules to meet and goals to reach. An- 
other advanced base must be dug and blasted out of the mud 
and coral of Tinian. We found our new Island 'X' quite 
different. The most obvious things were the lack of dust and 
the presence of mud. Short men had to be carried in the 
chow lines. . . . Tons of dynamite and thousands of yards 
of coral hauled from pits several miles away have affected 
quite a change. Soon fields, that only a short time ago were 
covered with sugar cane, began to look like an air strip." 

(When Howard S. Curtis listened to Dean Heffner's 
stories of the war period during our visit to Bloomington, 
the Secretary of the University admitted that he saw new 
possibilities for certain ceremonies at Brown in the future. 
Ground could be broken for new buildings with a "fire in 
the hole!" The Dean dispelled that idea promptly. "I'm 
not a gunner's mate any more," he said. "1 couldn't even 
blow up stumps on some farm land we used to have south of 
here. There wasn't much precision in our work; we just 
blasted away with heavy charges.") 

Dean Heffner has some battle stars in his war record, for 
the Seabees were in combat areas. But, he points out, the 
hazards were occupational, rather than from enemy action. 

Jeep-Driver Wanted to Shake His Hand 

While on Tinian in the spring of 1945, Heffner put in an 
application for a special Navy program in Oriental languages 
he'd read about in a personnel bulletin. The course was sup- 
posed to prepare one for military government, and, despite 
the cynics in the battalion, he heard from his bid. A month 
after his application, he was drilling on the air field when a 
messenger drove up in a jeep. He took off his gloves and 
said to Heffner, "I want to shake the hand of a man who's 
getting off this rock. You were supposed to be in Boulder, 
Colorado, day before yesterday." The delayed orders had 
finally caught up with the Seabee. 

His assignment was actually to Stillwater and Oklahoma 
A & M (today it's Oklahoma State University). One of 500 
selected for the Navy's Japanese program there, he was a 
yeoman 2/c for three months, then got his commission as 
an Ensign in Naval intelligence. "After nine months of the 



course, we were supposed to go someplace to learn how to be 
officers," but the end of the war led to the closing of the 
school first. Ensign Heffner was discharged in June of 1946; 
he later was promoted to LT(j.g.) in the inactive Reserve. 

Though he had become fluent in the Japanese language, he 
had no chance to use it, for the Navy did not get the occupa- 
tion duties it seems to have expected. To his sorrow and oc- 
casional embarrassment. Dean Heffner has found since that 
the language so intensively acquired has left him just as 
swiftly and completely. 

The retired Ensign was glad to find a summer job to 
earn a little money toward his return to college. He toiled 
as a section hand for the Pennsylvania Railroad between 
Baltimore and Washington, using a jackhammer to ram 
rock ballast under the ties. After a few weeks, he was offered 
the job of assistant foreman, but he explained that he wasn't 
interested in railroading as a career. When he nominated 
another member of the 12-man crew, his stock went up with 
the rest of the laborers. 

Back in New Haven 

THE w.\R YEARS had given Ray Heffner some opportunitx 
to think about his future. By the time he returned 
to Yale as a Junior, he was ready to admit at last that 
those aptitude tests had been right. He settled into English 
literature as his academic discipline without further resist- 
ance — indeed, with the whole-hearted enthusiasm he seems 
capable of bringing to bear on his commitments. With the 
exception of one year of trial teaching, he remained at Yale 
until he received his Ph.D. in 1953. 

As had been the case so often before, he responded to 
good teaching. The Professors and their influence don't 
isolate themselves from this point on in Dr. Heffner's mem- 
ory, for his concentration in English in his upperclass and 
graduate years tends to make one sequence of them. He 
speaks of Brand Blanshard, the philosopher under whom he 
studied epistemology; William K. Wimsatt, whose seminar in 
literary criticism he took; Robert Calhoun of the Divinity 
School Faculty, who taught a basic course in the histor\' 
of philosophy in the College; Maynard Mack, of course; and 
Douglas M. Knight. Heffner was one of Knight's first stu- 
dents when the young Assistant Professor was giving an un- 
dergraduate course in the epic. Knight, who has since been 
President of Lawrence University (whence Dr. Wriston came 
to Brown) and now of Duke University, gave a strong rec- 
ommendation on behalf of his friend and former student to 
the Brown President-hunters. 

Some Good News for the Measles Patient 

Heffner was in the hospital with measles in his Junior year 
at Yale when he received notice that he had been elected 
to Phi Beta Kappa. Another honor came in his election to the 
Elizabethan Club, which carried with it the privileges of shar- 
ing the amenities of that well-endowed institution, including 
its library, speakers, daily tea and cheese, and garden parties. 
He was tapped for Scroll and Key, the second oldest of Yale's 
Senior societies. 

Heffner was appointed to the Board of Deacons of Yale's 
Battell Chapel, where he enjoyed the association with the 
famous Rev. Sidney Lovett. He knows Chaplain William 



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Sloane Coffin, Jr., well, too. Dr. Lovett's successor. In the 
annual Budget Drive, Yale's counterpart of the Campus 
Chest, Heffner was Captain for Saybrook College (to which 
he had returned) . 

His roommate for the last three undergraduate years was 
Robert C. Christopher, now a Senior Editor of Newsweek. 
They began as Sophomore roommates and, despite the war 
interval, stayed on schedule with each other and wound up 
for their last two years as well. Their friendship has con- 
tinued close. 

Governor John H. Chafee of Rhode Island was a Yale 
contemporary with whom he was acquainted, though they 
were not intimate friends at the time. John Lindsay, New 
York City's Mayor, he knew better. Another friend was 
Homer Babbidge, now President of the University of Con- 
necticut, whom he hopes to see more often when he's back 
in New England. 

Secretary of the PU's "Labor Party" 

To a Yale man, you would need offer little explanation 
when you say that Ray Heffner, as an undergraduate, was 
Secretary of the Labor Party in the Political Union. We, 
however, found it illuminating to turn to the 1948 Yale 
Banner. "The Political Union," said that yearbook, "was 
originally designed to serve as a training ground for men 




DEAN HEFFNER: During the wor he'd had a chance to think about those 
aptitude, tests. He hod to admit they were right, after all. 



interested in developing political techniques, and to arouse 
interest in political matters among undergraduates. ... Its 
three parties represent a spectrum of student opinion, all of 
which hold caucuses, issue platforms, participate in debates 
(often with outside speakers), and nominate candidates in 
the hotly-contested battles for control of PU offices." 

The three parties were the Liberal, Conservative, and 
Labor groups. Again a quote: "The Labor Party presents a 
stronger appearance within the Union (with some 25 regular 
members) than in the University, where its adherents num- 
ber only 4% of all undergraduates. Its leaders characterize 
it as 'predominantly Anti-Wallace' and its platform has a 
strong 'New Deal flavor.' " A student poll that year reported, 
among answers to questions, the following: "Do the activities 
of the PU have any effect on your political thought? Yes 
13%, No 87%." 

The Banner's article on Saybrook College had Ray Heffner 
as its author. He reported the popularity of the Master, its 
reputation as a "house of melody," and its pride in turning 
out more Seals for fall inter-college athletics than the resi- 
dents of any other college. "Not all the gaiety was officially 
organized," said our reporter further. One photo was cap- 
tioned, "Perennially genial Prof. Grant Robley gets the word 
at the Christmas party." He was getting it from Heffner. 

Heffner received his A.B. in 1948, graduating with honors 
and with his name listed in the Commencement program 
under "Philosophical Orations," a top non-speaking honor 
based on his grades. His thesis and special exam were in Ben 
Jonson's comedies (the thesis, later expanded, was pub- 
lished). 

It Took Dexterity to Sell Ice Cream 

After graduation, his father having died earlier, Heffner 
went back to Seattle to collect his father's books there but 
also hoped to find summer work. When a big Boeing strike 
put a premium on jobs, he took one selling ice cream as a 
"Melody Man." This meant steering his little vehicle with 
one hand while he played a sort of xylophone with the other 
— between sales, which meant most of the time because it 
was a cold, rainy summer. "This was another lesson in being 
an entrepreneur," Dean Heffner recalls, for he had to rent 
the vehicle and pay for spoilage, keeping only a percentage 
of the take. Each night he and a friend had to count their 
coins to see whether they had made enough to afford a full 
Chinese dinner or only a bowl of noodles. 

It was fortunate that, when he returned to New Haven as 
an A.M. candidate the next fall, he held a Yale College Fel- 
lowship and later a Sterling Fellowship. He lived for a time 
as a Counselor in a Freshman dormitory, McClellan Hall 
(near the more famous Connecticut Hall, which it matches). 
He looks back on this as an "instructive" experience, for he 
had 20 Freshmen assigned him to advise on academic and 
personal matters. 

Heffner did his doctoral dissertation under another favor- 
ite Professor of his. Dr. Louis L. Martz, Chairman of the 
English Department. The student wrote his thesis on Michael 
Drayton, the Elizabethan poet (actually, he focussed on pas- 
toral literature, with Drayton as a representative). And this 
is the point at which to mention the fact that the Heffner 
family pet is a large, companionable, and venerable Connecti- 
cut dog, acquired at dissertation time. They call him Mike. 
His full name is Michael Drayton Heffner. We hope he likes 
Power St. 



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THE HEFFNER FAMILY; Left to right, the Dean; Christopher, 4; David, 6; and Ruth Cline Heffner, in their home in Bloomington. 



The Incident of 
The Green Pen 



BUT we've jumped ahead of our story. After receiving 
his Master's in 1950, Heflfner was advised to take a 
year oflF before committing himself to the Ph.D. and 
a career in education. There was no opportunity at Yale in 
those days to do any teaching: one who wished to test his 
aptness for that had to go elsewhere. Heffner sought his 
answer at the University of Kentucky and found more there 
than he had bargained for. 

The Sexiennial Record of his Yale Class thus listed him 
in 1951 as an Instructor in English at Lexington. He was 
teaching Freshman composition and a Sophomore survey of 
English literature, getting paid $3000, and living in a rented 
room. But everything else seemed unimportant when he dis- 
covered Miss Ruth Adele Cline. 

She was from Paris, Kentucky, a 1947 graduate of Oberlin 
who had earned her A.M. from the University of Kentucky 
the previous June. She had remained to teach while she con- 
tinued with her graduate work. One formidable job given 
her was a special class in English for 28 flunking athletes. 



They passed. (What a smart administrative move it had been 
to put a girl like her in charge of their tutoring!) 

"She was so beautiful and attractive that I wanted to know 
her better as soon as I had spotted her," Dean Heffner will 
tell you. "The Chairman of the English Department didn't 
know that she was one reason I had asked permission to 
start a magazine for Freshman writing." The announced pur- 
pose of The Green Pen was to provide the young writers 
with an incentive beyond the classroom — publication. 

When approval was given, a Board of Editors was ap- 
pointed, and Heffner suggested that Miss Cline be asked to 
help supervise the project. The Chairman agreed: "It will be 
good to have her brought closer to the students." "I didn't 
tell him," says Heffner, "that my idea was to bring her closer 
to me." They had to be together one night each week. 

The Green Pen Aided in Two Decisions 

The personal objective worked out just fine, but there were 
some risks connected with the pedagogic project. "I 
was very green on University regulations," Dean Heffner 
admits. He hadn't realized that he had taken on the actual 
underwriting of the magazine venture himself. It had neither 
budget nor backing; there would be preliminary expenses 
for a secretary, paper, and mimeographing — but no income 
in advance of sales, if any. A big campaign was decided on, 
in which posters for The Green Pen were plastered all over 
the Campus, even on trees (in itself a violation). The Ad- 



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ministration screamed its fury, but the whole edition sold out. 

The venture lasted for several years, even after the depar- 
ture of the advisers, but Dean Heffner suggests that literary 
excellence was not the only factor in the success. Authors, of 
course, bought the issue that included their own work; others 
bought copies to inspect samples of what the Department re- 
garded as good themes. 

At any rate, by the end of the year Ray Heffner had 
learned that he wanted to spend his life teaching English, and 
he wanted to spend his life with Ruth Cline. They were 
married in June, 1951, and returned to New Haven to get 
that doctorate. 

The Heffners had an apartment on Oak St. at first, then 
moved into the community life of Armyville, a Quonset hut 
enclave of the sort our Browntown residents will remember. 
It was a good sociable place but a neighborhood for serious 
study, too. Since Ray's G.I. Bill years had been used up by 
then, Mrs. Heffner took a job in research for the Human 
Relations Area File which Yale was conducting. (Her under- 
graduate major had been in sociology and anthropology.) 

They got by, but they saved no money in the process. The 
summer after he got his Ph.D., Dr. Heftner brought home a 
paycheck by working nights for the Armstrong Rubber Co. of 
West Haven, assembling inner tubes. "One of America's 
best-educated assembly-line laborers," Davis W. Griffith 
called him in one of the good features he wrote as a public 
information officer at Brown about Dr. Heffner last month. 

'Get Away from the Ivy' 

THROUGH Dean Heffner's conversations about his 
college days runs the theme of appreciation for good 
teachers who stirred his interest and guided him. He 
spoke, for example, of the late William C. DeVane, Dean 
of Yale College, "a wonderful teacher" whose Sophomore 
survey he took and, as a graduate student, his survey course 
in Victorian literature. It was to Dean DeVane that he went 
for advice after he'd completed his doctorate and was con- 
sidering offers to teach. Heffner could have stayed on at 
Yale in the English Department or gone to his father's Alma 
Mater, the University of North Carolina. 

Instead, Dean DeVane urged him to accept an offer from 
Indiana University. With his three degrees all from Yale, 
Heffner needed broader experience, the Dean told him. Indi- 
ana was a fine institution, in the Middle West, growing in 
vigor and prestige; its English Department was strong. "Get 
away from the Ivy atmosphere." said this adviser. "Get away 
for a time, at least. If you're any good and if you want 
to later, you can come back." 

When Dr. Heffner went to Indiana University in 1953, it 
was as Instructor in English, which was the title he held at 
Kentucky, too. He was promoted to Assistant Professor in 
1956 and to Associate Professor in 1960, holding that ap- 
pointment until he went to Iowa in January, 1963. 

In his 10 years of active teaching at Indiana he taught 
world literature, which was a Freshman course he ran on 
the seminar system; an introduction to poetry, for Sopho- 
mores; and courses in Shakespeare, 17th Century poetry, and 
Elizabethan drama, all of which he offered for both under- 
graduates and graduates. 

At Indiana University. Mrs. Heffner continued her schol- 
arly pursuits. She served as a research assistant to Prof. 



The Heffner Story 



Thomas Sebeok, internationally known in linguistics, helping 
him edit a series of monographs on the countries of Eastern 
Europe. More recently, she has been a research assistant to 
Prof. S. Y. Teng, working on books on 19th Century Chinese 
history. She also served as Assistant Editor of Indiana Maga- 
zine of History, a University publication edited by Prof. 
Donald F. Carmony. In addition to sharing in the activities 
of the First Baptist Church in Bloomington, she is on the 
Board of the Humane Society. 

Dr. Heffner received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1960 
which enabled him to spend a year at the British Museum 
working on some aspects of Shakespearean tragedy. An 
earlier grant had permitted him to spend the summer of 
1954 at the Huntington Library in California. His studies 
there resulted in an article on the "Unifying Symbols in the 
Comedy of Ben Jonson," published in a volume entitled Eng- 
lish Stage Comedy (Columbia University Press, 1955). An- 
other great library he knows is the Folger, where he had a 
grant to explore the pastoral poetry of the English Renais- 
sance for his Yale dissertation. Dr. Heffner also taught for 
a summer ( 1957 ) at the University of Colorado. 

His First Taste of Administrative Worli 

The Indiana English Department asked him to develop an 
Honors Program that would involve outstanding students in 
independent study and research. This led to similar leader- 
ship in setting up the more comprehensive Honors Program 
for the whole College of Arts and Science. It was Ray Heff- 
ner's success with this that led the Dean of the Faculty, 
Dr. Ralph L. Collins, to involve him more and more in ad- 
ministrative work. While continuing to teach. Heffner gave 
part-time to duties as one of two Assistant Deans of the 
Faculty; on the retirement of the other Assistant Dean, he 
became the full-time Associate Dean. 

He served in this office, however, for only six months. He 
resigned on Jan. 31, 1963 to accept a vice-presidency at the 
State University of Iowa. Actually, he succeeded the retiring 
Provost at Iowa City, though he had the new title of Vice- 
President for Instruction and Dean of the Faculties. The 
Provost had been Harvey H. Davis — not to be confused with 
Brown's Harvey N. Davis '01, late President of Stevens 
Tech. 

The opportunity at Iowa was a good one for a young man 
still in his 30's, and the Heffners went there with every in- 
tention of staying. But, when his friend and mentor. Dr. 
Collins, died. President Stahr invited Heffner back to Indiana 
to succeed him. It was a difficult choice to make between 
two fine institutions. Heffner recalls, but Bloomington seemed 
"more like home." He'd grown up in teaching there and 
served an apprenticeship in the business of administration. 

In July, 1964, he was back in Indiana with the title he'd 
had in Iowa; Vice-President and Dean of the Faculties; he 
was also a full Professor of English, though, as it turned out, 
he did not resume his teaching. At the time of his return. 
President Elvis J. Stahr said; "His great ability and his 
standards of academic excellence, combined with his previ- 
ous experience in the Dean of Faculties Office here and more 
recently at another major university, make him a natural 
and ideal choice for us." 



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77?^ Heffner Story 

On the job 
at Indiana 
University 



As Dean of the Faculties, Dr. Heffner was the prin- 
cipal academic officer under the Presidents of both 
i- Indiana and Iowa Universities. It would be impossible 
to draw up a complete job description that would include 
all he does, but some of the items suggest the degree of 
responsibility which has fallen to him, in both day-to-day 
routine and the area of long-range problems. 

Take the one matter of Faculty relations, as one example. 
With a Faculty of 1500 at Indiana, he has been responsible 
for appointments, promotion, and tenure. Of the 200 hired 
during the year, Dean Heffner interviewed nearly every one. 
This meant, after the Department Chairman and the Dean of 
the College had nominated a candidate. Dr. Heffner inspected 
his credentials and spent a half-hour or hour with him. (At 
least one was hired away from Brown, by the way.) Faculty 
appointments, made within the framework of recommenda- 
tion by the Departments and Schools, are then proposed by 
Dean Heflfner for approval by the Board of Trustees. 

Companion to the recruiting of Faculty is the necessity of 
retaining it in the face of competitive demands. Indiana Uni- 
versity boasts that it encourages individual initiative in the 
Faculty, trying to keep the machinery of organization to a 
minimum. Each member advances on the "basis of merit," 
with no fixed salary scale. Dean Heffner has held many indi- 
vidual conversations with Professors on the subject and 
participated in many individual decisions. 

Perhaps we should insert a parenthetical comment at this 
point: We are describing in some detail the duties which have 
been Dean Heffner's at Indiana University. We do not mean 
to infer that any past practice is an index as to what his prac- 
tices will be at Brown, for he is very careful not to announce 
goals or procedures which will govern him in the future 
until he is thoroughly grounded in his new situation. We are 
merely explaining his responsibilities as they have existed; 
we are describing the role at Bloomington which I.U. policies 
have required of him. 

A $40,000,000 Budget to Administer 

At Indiana and Iowa, over the past several years. Dean 
Heffner has played a prominent part in the selection of new 
Deans of Medicine, Business, Law, Nursing, Education, Arts 
and Science, and the Graduate School. For a short time in 
1965, he served as the Acting Dean of the Indiana Graduate 
School. 



A member of the Faculty Council, which meets every two 
weeks at Bloomington, Dean Heffner presides in the absence 
of President Stahr. He's been concerned with development 
of new academic programs and with the reorganization of 
various parts of the University. He is Chairman of the Space- 
Assignment Committee, but in addition to allocations there 
is the problem of the creation of new facilities as well. This 
has led the Dean into the area of fund-raising, for only 
$38,000,000 of the University budget of $104,000,000 is 
covered by State appropriations. 

Dean Heffner has administered the $40,000,000 academic 
budget at Indiana University, covering the main campus in 
Bloomington, the regional campuses elsewhere, and the Med- 
ical Center in Indianapolis. The total I.U. budget is adminis- 
tered by him when the President is away, and Dr. Heffner, 
one of the youngest Deans of Faculties in the Big Ten, is 
authorized to make many decisions in Dr. Stahr's absence. 
He conducts conferences on budgets with the various Deans, 
to arrive at the over-all total. He does approve curriculum 
changes, though this appears to be only a pro forma pro- 
cedure for the most part. 

Talking with visitors from Brown in January about his du- 
ties as Dean of the Faculties, Dr. Heffner used a device he 
says he has found helpful in such cases of explanation: he 
told what he had been doing in the hour and a half before 
we met with him. Obviously, it would be improper to be 
specific here, but the appointments covered a wide variety of 
cases: accounting matters. Faculty Council minutes, personal 
problems of Professors, Departmental relationships, a pro- 
fessional hiring, a retirement, and a tour of a musical group. 

President Stahr delegates many things to the four Vice- 
Presidents, including Heffner, and it is the latter's responsi- 
bility to determine much of what passes up to the President 
for his personal attention. He represents the President in a 
number of inter-university ways, too. Dean Heffner is, for ex- 
ample. Chairman of a group of Vice-Presidents from the 
four State universities in Indiana, including Purdue, Ball 
State, and Indiana State University as well as Indiana Univer- 
sity. TTie group's function is a coordinating one. 

The Big Ten's Big Venture in Cooperation 

On a larger scale, the Committee on Institutional Coop- 
eration performs the same role for the Big Ten universities 
plus the University of Chicago. Dean Heffner is I.U.'s agent 
on this important and influential academic confederation. 
(The Executive Secretary of the CIC, incidentally, has been 
asked to attend the next meeting of the Ivy League Presi- 
dents' group to tell how the CIC functions in the Big Ten 
context; there has been some talk about broadening similar 
relationships among the Ivy institutions.) 

Among programs worked out by the CIC has been an in- 
terchange of graduate students to let them benefit from 
special courses, teachers, or facilities on campuses other than 
their own. An example of cooperation is a joint, rotating 
summer program in Oriental languages. Meetings of spe- 
cialists have been arranged, library cooperation has been ex- 
tended. Dean Heffner points out that two of the 11 institu- 
tions in the CIC are privately supported — Chicago and 
Northwestern. 

Dean Heffner has had a leading role in the development of 
Indiana University's programs in foreign languages and in- 
ternational studies, two areas in which the University is a 
national leader. Late last month it received a $3,000,000 



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grant from the Ford Foundation in support of the interna- 
tional studies. '"At Indiana University the development of for- 
eign languages has a top priority," Dr. Heffner says. 

Some of Indiana University's special strengths have in- 
volved it in overseas programs, linking it with Thailand, Peru, 
Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union, among others. It was 
qualified to help Nigeria with a program under AID aus- 
pices that dealt with audio-visual aids in such fields as public 
information, agriculture, health, and education. The prob- 
lem has been to reach the working farmer and others at the 
end of the line. 

When the 13 institutions with AID programs in Nigeria 
were invited to Nigeria last fall. Dean HefFner went in place 
of President Stahr as I.U.'s delegate. A companion, inciden- 
tally, was President Vernon R. Alden '45 of Ohio University. 

USAID/Nigeria was host for 10 days to this group com- 



THE PREMIER of Eastern Nigeria, Dr. M. I. Okpora (left), entertained the 
visiting American educators at dinner during the USAID meetings tost fall. 
At Dr. Heffner's right is President Vernon R. Alden '45 of Ohio University. 
Group at left was at Succa University. 

prising top echelon officers from universities, research or- 
ganizations, and consultants which have contract teams serv- 
ing in Nigeria. With a charter plane at their disposal, they 
met with Government officials and the Vice-Chancellors of 
such Nigerian universities as those at Lagos, Abadan, Ifl, and 
Succa. 

At an official dinner given by the Premier. Dean Heffner 
sat at table with him. Barely two months later, Mr. Balewa 
had been kidnaped and killed in the overturn of the Gov- 
ernment. "It is chastening to look back," Dean HefFner said 
during his Providence visit in January. "We had no notion 
that the Nigerian revolt was imminent." 

It was Dean Heffner's particular pleasure to encounter 
many Indiana University alumni during his travel about the 
country (he was thoughtful enough to bring back photos of 
them for the Indiana Alumni Magazine) . 

Brunonians will look with added interest at a new book 
called The University Looks Abroad: Approaches to World 
Affairs at Six American Universities (Education and World 
Affairs. $2.50). Describing the programs at Indiana Univer- 
sity (as well as at Stanford, Michigan State, Tulane, Wiscon- 
sin, and Cornell), the I.U. section quotes extensively from 
Dean Heffner. 

Consultant and Examiner in Accrediting 

In the United States, Dean Heffner has visited many other 
institutions as an examiner and consultant for the Com- 
mission on Colleges and Universities, North Central Asso- 
ciation of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The NCA is one 
of the most influential of its kind, a voluntary grouping that 
dates from 1913. In his role with it. Dean Heffner has gained 
insight and experience in the accrediting process and been 
able to inspect and advise a variety of institutions: a junior 
college in Kansas, two former teachers' colleges which are 
now universities, Jesuit and Presbyterian urban universities, 
two Dominican seminaries, a land grant university in the 
Southwest, and a liberal arts college in Ohio. 

The Sunday after our visit to Bloomington, for example, 
he left for four days at the University of Tulsa, which was 



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LIGHTER MOMENT at the Brown Faculty meeting on Jan. 22 found the 
President and Presldent-Elect enjoying a quip from the floor. 



seeking accreditation for its worl< at the doctoral level. 
Though the founding members of the NCA have not been 
visited themselves in the past, they will be henceforth every 
10 years. Dr. Heffner will be in the group which goes to the 
University of Chicago in this connection later in 1966. He 
was a consultant to Northern Michigan University with 
reference to its M.A.T. program plans, and he examined the 
Ph.D. program at the University of Detroit under the NCA 
aegis. One interesting inspection of this sort was at Stillwater. 
Okla.. where he had taken his Japanese studies as an intelli- 
gence officer at the end of World War II. 

"It's good to have an outside team inspect what you are 
doing," Dean Heflfner commented. "It's a remarkable and 
rare institution where others won't find anything worth cor- 
recting or improving." 

An Administrator Has to "Say a Few Words" 

Dr. Heffner has been called on increasingly to speak be- 
fore many groups at the Indiana campus. He appeared before 
the local Chapter of the American Association of University 
Professors, of which he is a former member of the Executive 
Board; he spoke at a conference on language labs. In his 
church in Bloomington, the First Baptist, he told the Roger 
Williams Fellowship about "The Professor as a Person." In 
the near future he goes to Atlantic City to meet with the 
alumni of the I.U. School of Education as guest speaker. 
Numerous professional, student, and alumni meetings have 
heard him. 

He appeared recently, as previously, before the Board of 
Aeons, the student leaders on the Bloomington campus. It 
serves as sounding board for student opinion, the principal 
involvement of undergraduates in policy matters. He has at- 
tempted to bring more students onto University committees 
and made a few such appointments — on the Convocation 
Committee, for example. 

Several years ago Dean Heffner taught a course in con- 
temporary literature to Indiana business men enrolled in 
the University's summer Executive Development Program. 

In addition to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Dean Heff- 
ner is affiliated with the Modern Language Association of 
America, of whose Spenser Group he is a former Chairman 
and Secretary. He has been called to Washington regularly 



as a member of the National Advisory Council on Nurses 
Training, which helps administer the Nurses Training Act of 
1964. Other memberships include: the Renaissance Society of 
America, the Shakespeare Association of America, and the 
American Association of University Professors. 

Just as he has had fond memories of the Professors who 
influenced him at Yale, Heffner says. "So do I feel a great 
debt to the fine teachers I've had in the field of academic ad- 
ministration." He cites such men as Herman B. Wells, 
former President of Indiana University and now its Chancel- 
lor and President of the I.U. Foundation; Elvis J. Stahr, In- 
diana President; the late Virgil Hancher, President of the 
State University of Iowa; and the late Ralph L. Collins, Dr. 
Heffner's predecessor as Vice-President and Dean of Facul- 
ties. "I learned much from them all." 

Four Estimates 

Some Statements on the Selection of Ray L. Heffner 
as President-Elect of Brown University 

Barnaby C. Keeney, 12th President: 

DEAN Heffner is especially well qualified to serve as 
President of Brown University. His experience as a 
teacher, scholar, and administrator, together with 
his unusual ability and high standards, make an exceptional 
combination of resources and offer a great promise of suc- 
cess." 

Elvis J. Stahr, President of Indiana University: 

"Ray Heffner has contributed greatly to both the strength 
and spirit of Indiana University; he and his attractive family 
will be greatly missed. His standards of excellence in schol- 
arship and teaching have maintained the finest traditions of 
his distinguished predecessors in the Office of the Dean of 
Faculties. His personal integrity and unselfishness, his 
thoughtfulness of others, his capacity for hard work, his 
loyalty to what is best in American education and his dedica- 
tion to making it even better, combined with innate common 
sense and a mastery of the art of the possible, fit him su- 
perbly for the presidency of a great university in these chal- 
lenging times. We at Indiana University congratulate Brown 
on her good fortune, and we wish for Ray all of the successes 
and satisfactions that can come to one who nobly strives in 
a noble cause." 

H. Stanford McLeod, Chancellor: 

"A search lasting over six months to find a worthy suc- 
cessor to Barnaby Keeney has ended. The selection com- 
mittee believes Dean Heffner eminently qualified to carry 
on the work of his brilliant predecessors and to take Brown 
to even greater heights." 

John Nicholas Brown, Secretary of the Corporation: 

"The future of Brown will be secure in the strong, able 
hands of President-elect Ray L. Heffner. The committee's 
long and arduous search is most happily consummated in 
the nomination of a man who has had his academic training 
in a sister Ivy League university and his training in adminis- 
trative experience in large midwestern State universities. 
Dean Heffner's youth, scholarship, and integrity assure the 
leadership which Brown University deserves." 



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Indiana Will 
Miss the Dean 



THE GREATEST TRIBUTE to Ray Heffner is the reluctance 
of the Indiana associates to have him leave. He has 
demonstrated his ability with each fresh task entrusted 
to him. It was. for example, his work in developing an Hon- 
ors Program at Indiana which first revealed his capacity for 
administrative planning and execution. When the Univer- 
sity of Iowa called him for its chief academic post. Indiana 
took advantage of the first opportunity to call him back. 

His position corresponds with the one we know as Pro- 
vost. As Dean of the Faculties, he has been responsible for 
administering an academic budget of some $40,000,000 of 
the whole operation. 

In speaking of Dr. Heffner's capacity as an administrator, 
his colleagues speak of his sympathetic understanding of peo- 
ple, his grasp of problems, his initiative in proposing, his 
receptiveness to the ideas and viewpoints of others, and his ac- 
ceptance of responsibility. They tell of his sense of organiza- 
tion, his ability to get things done. He has been conditioned 
all his life to hard work, and he has a zest for his job. 

Some of the visitors from Brown spent as much as eight 
or ten hours at a stretch with Dean Heffner recently. One 
found no trace of the phony in his words or his make-up in 
all that time. He meets people easily, genuinely, with a 
modesty that is an attractive companion to confidence. There 
are none of the mannerisms of one who is trying to establish 
himself as a "character." 

He has the gift of inspiring trust as well as respect from 
associates. One gets no sense of personal ambition of the 
ruthless sort; he has. rather, a capacity for kindness and 
thoughtfulness, a sense of justice. He appears wise, rather 
than shrewd. He can be grateful, for he has benefited much 
along the way from the unselfishness of others; but he has 
earned his own way always. 

The Way the Dean Prepares for Speeches 

It was something of a shock to find so little on file in the 
way of manuscript for his many addresses. This means no 
lack of preparation, for he speaks from good notes, express- 
ing himself with felicity, originality, and clarity. In conversa- 
tion, he is gifted in exposition, and his sense of humor is com- 
panionable. 

When three of us from Brown descended on Dean Heffner 
to get his story for use in the press and these pages, we 
talked some of employing a tape-recorder during the inter- 
view. Strangers to him before, we decided against it, lest it 
inhibit him as it does some persons. We needn't have wor- 
ried, and a moment came when we missed the certainty of 
the device. 

He was speaking about academic freedom, with his ideas 
pouring out at some length with conviction and simple elo- 
quence. We all tried in vain to keep up with him, but our 
notes don't begin to represent his statement. All we can say is 
that it was gospel for those who know Brown and Rhode Is- 
land. And he rebuked us for taking for granted something so 
precious as this tradition. He was impressed with the fact that 




the statue on the State House in Providence is that of "the 
Independent Man." "Do people remember it's there?" 

The Heffners" home in Bloomington is gracious, comfort- 
able, and hospitable. It is decorated with taste, with some 
leaning toward the Oriental in art and (since his most recent 
educational mission abroad) toward the African. Mrs. Heff- 
ner, of course, is more than an ornament to it, for it has a 
healthy, happy atmosphere to which she contributes easily. 
Admitting to the unusual in having "no hobbies" in the gen- 
erally accepted sense, Ray Heffner doesn't hide the fact that 
his real hobby is spending all the time he can with his family. 
He and Mrs. Heffner enjoy their children; they all enjoy 
being together. The town of Bloomington knows them as 
good neighbors and good citizens. On one wall of a sun- 
porch is a considerable collection of toy soldiers Dean Heff- 
ner made when he was younger. Having seen the collection 
of Mrs. John Nicholas Brown in Providence, one of the 
world's best, he makes no claim about his own, but he had 
fun with it. A cabinet of stones suggests some interest as an 
amateur lapidary on the part of someone in the family, too. 

The last teaching Dean Heffner has done was two years 
ago at the University of Iowa when he lectured to 150 under- 
graduates in a Shakespeare course and met another group of 
15 in a seminar that included some graduate students. "It's 
possible to teach well in a large class," he told us, in answer 
to a general question on the subject. "The give and take you 
get in the small class is useful, too." 

It is conventional for the college administrator, when re- 
cruited from the Faculty, to mourn his lost days of scholar- 
ship, for he turns in another direction from the teaching and 
research that meant everything before. This is no cliche 
with Ray Heffner as he owns to regret that he has moved 
farther and farther from the classroom. Incidentally, he ex- 
pressed the hope that he might arrange some affiliation with 
the English Faculty at Brown, just so he'd have a "Depart- 
mental home" here. 

On the other hand, he honestly enjoys the challenges of 
administrative work. "I like the range of interest and the sig- 
nificance of decisions," he told us. "Someone must devote his 
energy to looking at the institution as a totality. When you 
adjust your previous Faculty point of view, you also sur- 
render some of your independence as well as your scholar- 
ship. But you gain the total point of view. It's fun." 



FEBRUARY 1966 



25 



Comments 
by Ray 
Heffner 





isji a 




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ONLY LAST April, Dean Ray L. Heffner was featured 
on the cover and in the leading article of the Indiana 
Alumni Magazine (which is, incidentally, one of the 
country's best) . It was illustrated with a dozen candid photos 
by Jerry Mitchell of the Indiana University News Bureau. 
These and others taken especially for us were made available 
through the extraordinary generosity of that well-staffed and 
well-equipped agency under James R. Jordan, Director of 
Public Relations. 

In a question-and-answer presentation in the alumni maga- 
zine. Dean Heffner discussed the role of the Faculty at I.U. 
and talked about certain popular "rumors" about the shortage 
of Professors, the role of the graduate assistant, the "publish- 
or-perish" dialogue, and the relation of research to teaching. 
An introductory statement pointed out that the answers apply 
to Indiana University. But they are also revealing of convic- 
tions held by the man who will be Brown's next President. 

Dean Heffner doubted that the shortage of university teach- 
ers could be overcome in the near future because of the time 
factor in their preparation. With requirements for the Ph.D. 
so common, he pointed out that a person can seldom gain 
this degree from a recognized university under five or six 
years after the Bachelor's. "It is usually longer since there 
is a dissertation to write and defend, languages to master, 
comprehensive examinations throughout the time, and usually 
an involvment of time and expense of $35,000 to $40,000. 
Many of our Departments and Schools are now wanting and 
demanding post-doctoral work of two or three years after 
the doctorate is obtained. 

"There is, moreover a great demand for the services of 
personnel with Ph.D.'s in government, industry, business, and 
even in the military services. In most cases, the salaries 
offered are beyond those offered in higher education. With 
the advancement of knowledge, too, the college teacher must 
be better prepared. The doctorate is just the beginning for the 
college teacher. He can never stop learning." 

Why the "Triple-Threat" Professor Is Sought 

In choosing a Professor, what qualities did he look for? 
"What Chairmen and Deans desire is a Professor who might 
be called a 'Triple-Threat' man. The three areas are usually 
defined as teaching, research, and public service. But I would 
prefer to say that we look for a man who has a lively interest 
in continuing to learn himself, and also has a lively interest 
in helping others to learn, whether they be Freshmen, gradu- 
ate students, or citizens of the State who desire continuing 
education." 

What, on the other hand, does the Professor want in a 
university? "The answer to this must be general, of course. 
However, he is interested in a salary where his family might 
have a standard of living comparable to some extent with 
his training. Secondly, he is interested in a school which 
is strong in his discipline, and where his colleagues will be 
men recognized in his discipline. He also is interested in the 
library, research facilities, the types of students with whom 
he will work. He is looking for a place to 'grow' in his disci- 
pline, as well as teaching from his particular competence." 

What about all the talk on "publish or perish"? "I can't 
comment on specific cases. However, I don't believe I have 
known an outstanding Professor who didn't want to publish. 
Basically, when a Professor publishes his work in a book 
or a scholarly journal, he is willing to have his work chal- 
lenged by his colleagues. The other thing he does is to make 



a contribution to his discipline. Publishing keeps a Professor 
alert, and the outstanding Professor knows this. To para- 
phrase another's statement, sad will be the day when a Pro- 
fessor becomes satisfied with his teaching methods, what he 
knows, or when he stops publishing. Usually when the Pro- 
fessor becomes satisfied, he is no longer as effective as a 
teacher." 

"His Best Teaching While Doing Research" 

We might as well ask about the Professor and research, 
since this is also often in the news, said the interviewer. ""The 
reason there is so much criticism about research and writing is 
that, unfortunately, too few understand the real approach to 
teaching and learning on a university campus. A Professor 
might be doing his best teaching while he is doing research. 

"If the only thing a Professor had to do was to be a 
parrot of the knowledge which someone else had discovered, 
this business of university teaching would be simple. How- 
ever, the Professor must inspire or set an example for his 
students through his own thirst for knowledge. As my late col- 
league. Dean Collins, said some time ago, 'The master Profes- 
sor must hunger for truth and hate error.' The outstanding 
Professor is interested in research, whether it be in the library 
or the laboratory, because he is searching for the truth. This 
thirst must be passed on to his students. Learning is at its 
best when students are associated with scholars." 

Throughout the country, there is talk and often criticism 
about the role of the graduate assistant in teaching under- 
classmen. Would Dean Heffner comment on this? "This 
is also a field which is somewhat misunderstood. First, let me 
say that the words "graduate assistant" are no longer appro- 
priate. At Indiana University we now use the title 'Teaching 
Associates.' The University could not get along without the 
fine work which our Teaching Associates do. 

"I suppose it would be ideal to have only Distinguished 
Professors teaching at the University. But, for one thing, 
they are not available; secondly, it would be impossible to 
afford such a Faculty. On the other hand, if the University 
did not take an interest in helping young college teachers get 
started, the supply of senior Professors would soon be ex- 
hausted. (Dean Heffner may also have had in mind his own 
period of trial teaching at Kentucky. — Ed.) 

"Teaching is one of the finest and most challenging arts. 
If the University is to continue to grow, we must continue to 
attract and develop outstanding teachers in all the disci- 
plines." 

Some Quotations from the Heffner File 

Selected from other sources, the following quotations ex- 
press further thoughts of the President-elect: 

On Educational Administrators: "They are an amusing 
group. They spend much of their time trying to convince 
businessmen, farmers, architects and engineers that the way 
to acquire the most competence in their fields is through 
general, theoretical education — not through practical, on-the- 
job training or through trial and error. And yet no university 
dean or president will admit that you can study the theory 
of educational administration; we all believe you simply have 
to learn by doing." 

On Teaching and Research: "We must say firmly that we 
do believe that teaching and research must be intertwined in a 
great university, because they are both manifestations of the 
same spirit — the spirit called 'love of learning.' " 



FEBRUARY 1966 



27 




THEY'D HEARD the news, and 
the impromptu assembly of students 
outside University Hall broke up 
after getting their first glimpse 
of the President-Elect on Jan. 22. 



On the Nature of a University: "All its members, from the 
greenest Freshman to the most distinguished Professor, are 
engaged in learning, in seeking the truth. All learn from and 
with each other. A university is not, or never should be. 
simply a place where those who think they have the answers 
pass them on to others. The Faculty member, then, values 
most the class from which he learns most, and that is the 
class which demands the most of him, and also the one 
whose members bring to it the richest diversity of backgrounds 
of experience. ... It is evident that the neophyte truth- 
seeker must come to the institution and to the men who are 
actively seeking truth themselves, and that he cannot go to 
some expert in the communication of truth who has no first- 
hand knowledge of its discovery." 

On Scholars and Businessmen: "I do not believe that 
businessmen and academics are fundamentally so different as 
we are supposed to be. Our day-to-day experience is differ- 
ent, to be sure, and there is no question but that it is much 
easier to define an immediate purpose for a profit-making 
institution than for one which seeks more broadly to serve 
society. But I doubt that as individuals we really differ in 
the things that count the most — in our basic values, in the 
things we all seek for ourselves, our children, and our world. 

"And I doubt that the institutions we serve are really at 
opposite poles. A great corporation knows full well that it 
has considerable obligations to its employees and to the gen- 
eral public as well as to its shareholders. The existence of 
the profit motive cannot possibly make things as easy for 
the managers of a large corporation as those of us engaged in 
non-profit-making enterprise might suppose. The hierarchy 
of aims of the corporation, I feel sure, cannot be given in a 
simple list which will remain constant for all time, but must 
be continually hammered out through management decisions. 

"On the other side, educational administrators need to de- 
velop many of the skills of the business executive, since they 
are always dealing with resources which are too limited to 
achieve their vast objectives and which must be husbanded 
carefully. We. too, when we make up our budgets and choose 
between alternative educational developments, must decide 
whether to sacrifice short-term accomplishments in order 
to gamble on the greater payoff in the long run. For there 
is a payoff which must be foreseen and calculated as care- 
fully and accurately as possible in educational as well as in 
business enterprise. It is a payoff not in dollar profits, but in 
productive research performed, in students prepared for 
vigorous professional careers, and in other types of service 
to the state and the nation." 



THE ROLE 
OF TRUSTEE 



THE Indiana University Board is made up of only 
eight Trustees, five named by the State and three by the 
alumni. (Brown, you will remember, has 12 Fellows 
and 42 Trustees on its Corporation.) Dean Heffner spoke 
of his relationship with the Indiana Board in a talk he 
gave recently at the graduation exercises in the Executive 
Development Program at I.U. 

"One of the reasons I enjoy my job as an educational ad- 
ministrator is the opportunity I have once a month to meet 
with our Board of Trustees and help the President and Vice- 
Presidents present our educational plans. 

"Like most such bodies, our Board consists of lawyers, 
publishers, physicians, and business men — not professional 
educators. The necessity of explaining to them what we want 
to do and seeking approval is extremely valuable for us. We 
might occasionally believe that we could accomplish our aims 
more rapidly if we were not required constantly to seek au- 
thorization from such a group. In our hearts, we believe that 
the system of control by lay Boards of Trustees is one of the 
great strengths of American higher education. 

"The medieval European university was in essence a com- 
pletely independent and self-governing assemblage of schol- 
ars. The almost inevitable tendency of such a university is to 
grow remote from the society which supposedly it serves. At 
the opposite extreme, we have seen in many parts of the 
world a thing called a university which is not independent at 
all but which is entirely responsible to the state bureaucracy. 

"The American State university, like most things Ameri- 
can, is a unique combination and compromise which has 
functioned remarkably well. It has managed to preserve the 
essential independence and freedom of the Faculty to pursue 
the truth, wherever it may lie. while it gives to the people of 
the State, through elected representatives, a real voice in the 
planning for higher education. 

"The American State university has proved itself much 
more responsive to the needs of society than the university 
built more exactly on the European model. The success of the 
former has been due to the institution of the lay Board of 
Trustees, an institution borrowed, I believe, from the business 
corporation." 



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FEBRUARY 1966 



29 



Some Heffner jottings 

FEW YOUNG MEN have known so many college campuses, 
but this does not mean that Ray Heffner was an aca- 
demic vagabond. He was born to the campus, knew 
campuses through his family, and has seen his share of cam- 
puses himself as a student, Navy officer, teacher, and admin- 
istrator. 

He has thus been familiar, beginning with campuses where 
his father taught, with: Johns Hopkins, the Universities of 
Washington and Florida, Yale, Oklahoma A & M, Kentucky, 
Colorado, Indiana, and Iowa. In addition, he has spent time 
in research at the British Museum and the Folger and Hunt- 
ington Libraries. 

Indiana University has had three Deans of Faculties. The 
first was Dr. Herman T. Briscoe. The second was Dr. Ralph 
Collins, who introduced Ray Heffner to administrative work 
and made him an associate in his office, first in a part-time 
capacity and later full-time. On Dean Collins' death in the 
summer of 1964. Dr. Heffner was recalled from the Univer- 
sity of Iowa to succeed him. 

Dean Heffner was deeply impressed by the members of 
the Brown Corporation he met during the overtures about 
the presidency. He has spoken since of the stature and quality 
of Trustees and Fellows he came to know, with the devotion 
to Brown that could call on them for so much time and 
effort, and particularly with their informed understanding, 
though they are laymen, of higher education. 

There are two boys in the Heffner family, David (born 
Aug. 29, 1959) and Christopher (born Apr. 7, 1961). They're 
going to miss a grand tree-house in the yard next door. The 
four-year-old is in kindergarten in Bloomington, the older 
son in the first grade, and their schooling in Providence was 
a concern of Mrs. Heffner when she knew they were all 
moving east. On the afternoon of the day Dean Heffner was 
elected President of Brown, the mother accompanied Mrs. 
Keeney on a visit to Gordon School in Providence. The ap- 
pointment had been made in confidence only on behalf of 
"the wife of the next Brown President," name unspecified. 

So that the Office of the Secretary at Brown might have a 
photo of the whole family, the camera men from the Indiana 
University News Bureau came at the end of the lunch inter- 
val, and the boys were home from school. They were fasci- 
nated by the apparatus for photography and recording but 
also aware of their father's central part in it. When Dean 
Heffner had finished a short "sound-on-film" statement for 
later use on TV in Providence, the older boy rather shyly 
moved to his father's chair and put a hand on his back. It 
was a nice, natural gesture of pride and affection. 

The Heffners look forward to finding a place near the salt 
water for their Rhode Island holidays in future. 

Dean Heffner presided at a recent "teach-in" on Viet Nam 
at Indiana University. The student-sponsored affair had at- 
tracted such attention that a national network undertook 
to cover it for television in some detail. But the Dean insisted 
that the presence of the crews might change the character of 
the affair by distracting the audience from the fundamental 
discussion and encouraging participants toward circus tac- 
tics. The campus gave the Dean credit for allowing only 
such coverage as would not alter the nature of the evening. 

Two of those with whom the Heffners deliberated about 
coming to Brown were President Emeritus and Mrs. Henry 



M. Wriston. Mrs. Wriston had been Dean of Women at Ober- 
lin at the time that Ruth Cline, later Mrs. Heffner, was a 
student. "I don't remember you well," Mrs. Wriston told 
her during the New York visit. "And a Dean will tell you 
that is good." 

Mrs. Heffner will find an Oberlin classmate on the Brown 
Campus when her husband arrives as President. Arthur F. 
Lindberg, Personnel Director, is also Oberlin '47. 

Mrs. Heffner made her debut on radio in Bloomington, 
Ind., recently in unexpected fashion. The Heffners owned 
seven acres of land south of town at the time, and she 
wanted some advice on the grass from the County Agent. As 
she sat down in his office, she found that he had been on the 
verge of making a tape for his regular broadcast. He greeted 
her by saying into his microphone. "Here's a lady now with 
a problem. What is your problem, Mrs. Heffner?" They dis- 
cussed it. 

No Trustee could have cast his vote with more pleasure 
than Harold S. Shefelman "20 did when he came on from 
Seattle to help Brown elect its new President. He had voted 
for Ray Heffner before. A graduate of Yale Law School 
who practices law in Seattle. Shefelman was asked by Yale 
to serve as a member of its regional scholarship committee. 
As such he helped choose Ray Heffner for the scholarship 
which meant he could and would go to Yale. 

At least three College Presidents Dean Heffner will have 
as neighbors when he comes to Brown are no strangers. Dr. 
Homer Babbidge of the University of Connecticut and he 
were friends as undergraduates at Yale. Dean Heffner has 
known Dr. Francis H. Horn of the University of Rhode 
Island for many years, while Dr. William C. Gaige of 
Rhode Island College and he got to know each other in 
Nigeria last fall. 

The past year has been one of extraordinary activity for 
the Committee for Consultation between the Corporation and 
the Faculty. There was a high degree of "consultation" dur- 
ing the period when Brown University was looking for its 
new President and, as a preliminary, reviewing some of its 
goals. The Chancellor, H. S. McLeod '16, is Chairman of 
this Committee, ex officio. The other Corporation members 
are: Judge Alfred H. Joslin '35, Dr. W. Randolph Burgess 
'12, and Henry D. Sharpe, Jr., '45. The representatives elected 
by the Faculty are: Profs. W. Freeman Twaddell, Edward A. 
Bloom, and Daniel C. Drucker. 

One of the few to whom the choice of Dean Heffner was 
made known in advance of the Corporation meeting was 
William A. Dyer. Jr., '24, Vice-President and General Man- 
ager of the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News. He 
generously opened the resources of the newspapers' "morgue" 
to us in our quest for biographical data and later assisted 
in general publicity about the announcement in his area. 

We have mentioned elsewhere our indebtedness to several 
on the Indiana University campus who lent every aid at the 
time of the election of the next President. We should not 
neglect to thank an old friend. Alumni Secretary Claude 
Rich. "I'm glad to see you," he said when he greeted us in 
Bloomington. "But I don't like why you're here." 

An unscheduled encounter in Bloomington was with Wil- 
liam S. Armstrong, Executive Director of the Indiana Foun- 
dation, for the negotiations were still a secret on both our 
campuses at that point. He asked, "What are you doing here?" 
and then added, "Seems to me we've had a lot of visitors from 
Providence here lately." 



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Delayed reunion . . . 

THE DAY he was elected President of 
Brown University began inauspiciously 
for Ray L. Heffner. Since he met with the 
Indiana University Trustees until five 
o'clock the afternoon before, Mrs. Heflfner 
had come on to Providence in somewhat 
more leisurely fashion ahead of him. As 
the Chancellor later told the Corporation 
and Faculty, an "old member" of the cor- 
poration met Mrs. Heffner at the station, 
took her over to the Sheraton Biltmore 
Hotel, and saw her to the suite there. 

In keeping with the elaborate precau- 
tions, to guard the identity of the next 
President until he was elected, the room 
had not been engaged in his name but in 
that of Howard S. Curtis, Secretary of the 
University. Inasmuch as he had given the 
key to the "old Trustee," there was no 
problem about Mrs. Heffner's access to 
Room 1565. 

But, when Dean Heffner arrived at 1:45 
a.m. after his plane trip, it was not so 
simple for him to get in. "The gendarmes 
said "No soap,' " was the way Chancellor 
McLeod described it. The night clerk in- 
sisted there was no room in the name of 
Heffner. The latter had to phone Howard 
Curtis, who had to assure the hotel that 
the President-elect should be allowed to 
join his wife. 



Parlor photos. 



y it's human to look at things primarily 
from your own point of view. An Indiana 
University staff photographer, taking pic- 
tures of Dr. Heffner for the benefit of the 
Brown aimouncements. must have known 
what the Dean's departure was going to 
mean to I.U., but the only comment was 
on how this was going to affect him (the 
photographer) personally. A member of 
the First Baptist Church in Bloomington, 
which the HefTners also attend, he said: 
"Gee, that means we've got to get a new 
usher." 

> MRS. HEFFNER was Watching calmly and 
with good grace while movie and still 
cameras invaded her living room to get 
new photos of the Dean. The crew was im- 
pressively efficient as it sought the variety 
of poses for different purposes — press, TV, 
and (among others) this magazine. 

When one shot was taken for a particular 
purpose we had in mind. Dean Heffner 
said: "I guess 1 shouldn't have been smiling 
for that one. If you want to do it over, I'll 
try to look more serious." 

From the back of the room, Mrs. Heff- 
ner had a suggestion for the photographer. 
She said, quietly: "Ask him about the 
budget." 

> BOTH DEAN HEFFNER and Prof. Robert 
B. Kugel laughed heartily when they shook 
hands after the Faculty meeting at which 
the former had been presented to his 
future colleagues at Brown. Dr. Kugel is a 
member of the Division of Biology and 
Medical Sciences, and he had known Dean 
Heflfner when both were at the University 
of Iowa. The reason for their amuse- 




ment, however, was this: Only two days 
before they had sat side by side at table at 
the University of Indiana, and Dean Heff- 
ner had given no intimation of his future 
plans. 

> EACH TIME the question was asked, the 
answer grew more preposterous. Each time 
someone inquired of President Keeney in 
January why his foot was in a cast, it 
seemed to provide him with a new chal- 
lenge. Off he'd go in a new direction, 
seldom pre-fabricated. Even if they were 
true, we wouldn't print some versions. In- 
stead, we repeat merely one of the less 
fanciful replies: "I'm lame. What do you 
expect of a lame-duck President?" 

Why was his foot in a cast? We wouldn't 
spoil Dr. Keeney's fun by telling you. 

> WE WERE with Primus III, the writer of 
the beguiling "College Pump" in the Har- 
vard Bulletin at the time of his discovery 
and eagerly awaited his mention of it in 
print. We quote: 

"Not entirely erased from the black- 
board in the briefing room of Brown's 
Marvel Gymnasium the morning of the 
Harvard football game was the legend, 
'Next to of course God, America I love 
thee.' " 



The Inside Dope 



> WHEN SPECULATION about Brown's new 
President was at its height in Rhode Island, 
Prof. Charles Smiley went to speak in 
Pawtucket before the local branch of the 
National Secretaries' Association. As he 
began his talk, he remarked that several 
present worked on the Brown Campus. 
"They are very discreet people," he said. 
"They all know who the next President 
will be, but not one has told me." 

Professor Smiley then startled them by 
saying he was going to announce the 
President's identity, since he had not been 
sworn to secrecy. His candidate: Prof. 
Josiah S. Carberry. (That relieved those 
who knew and baflfled those who had never 
heard of Brown's famous myth.) 

Dr. Smiley, it proved, had another 
source of information, for a groundskeeper 
told him all about the scheduled meeting 
of the Corporation. Dr. Smiley asked who 
was going to be elected. "I haven't heard 
yet," said the B&G worker. "But as soon 
as I hear, I'll let you know." 

> JIMMY BRESLIN wrote in the New York 
Herald Tribune on Jan. 6: "This morning, 

as New York City begins the sixth day of 



the huge transit strike. Mayor John 
Lindsay is in the bargaining room at the 
Americana Hotel. Mayor Lindsay, who in- 
tends to stay in the bargaining room until 
this strike is ended, has at his disposal in 
the room a television set on which he can 
view the annual Brown-Cornell football 
game." 

He'd have to do more than bargain to 
get the game on Jan. 6. 

> BEN HAZEN '31 has been cited here be- 
fore as one who encounters amusement in 
his teaching in a Brooklyn school. The 
other day he told of a question in an ex- 
amination which read: "Give the definition 
of a Monsoon Season." One answer 
showed the pupil was trying, for he wrote: 
"It's the only time of the year you can 
hunt Monsoons." 



Kennel Passage . . . 

> QUITE A FEW ALUMNI have made sure we 
saw the story in the New York Times 
about the two college girls who wanted 
to occupy dog kennels on the superliner 
United States so that their passage to 
Europe would only cost them $50 apiece. 
They were serious in their application for 
doghouse berths, offering to don St. Ber- 
nard or collie suits, but the United States 
Lines said "No." 

A company spokesman said the denial 
was on ethical ground. "Can a society and 
a steamship company survive on decep- 
tion?" the answer read, in part. Acceptance 
of the application could bring about "a 
dreadful chain of events," and "people 
would travel as cats, birds, excess baggage, 
and even tangerines." 

A postscript to the letter invited the 
young ladies to buy regular tickets and 
added that "since Harvard, Yale, and 
Brown men did not travel in dog kennels," 
the girls' trip as ordinary passengers should 
be much more enjoyable. Though the news 
story did not say so, the line's letter was 
written by Vincent M. Love '54, who is 
in the Conference-Passenger Department 
of the United States Lines. He is certainly 
not in our doghouse. 

y "some UNIVERSITIES have no sense of 
proportion and make as much fuss over 
picking a new President as they do over 
hiring a football coach." — Bill Vaughan in 
his column, "Starbeams," in the Kansas 
City Star, as forwarded by Richard C. An- 
derson '49 of Prairie Village, Kan. 

BUSTER 



FEBRUARY 1966 



31 




NEW HEADQUARTERS for Brunonians in New York are identified by the 
bronze tablet at the entrance from the Hotel Commodore mezzanine. Flank- 



ing it are Charles E. Hughes '37, A. I. A., left, and Word H. Jackson '32, 
A.I.D., who designed and executed the decor in the Club Rooms. 




RALPH M. PALMER '10 hos been named an honorary member 

of the Brown Club in New York. He is seated here under the 

Universiy arms at the Christmas parly. At the left is his 

classmate, Mcxwcll Earus, former Trustee. Next to Palmer 

is Lyman G. Bloomingdo'e '35, Chairman of the 98th Annual Brown 

Dinner ^n New York. Club President John E. Flemming '33 

completes the group, seated at the extreme right. 



AT THE BROWN 
CLUB'S NEW HOME 
IN NEW YORK 



EXPANSION PROGRAMS for the New York Club 
benefit from the leadership of such members as 
the three below: left to right— Samuel T. Arnold, 
Jr., '45, Membership Chairman; Frank C. Prince '56, 
Activities Chairman; J. L. Danforth '52, Secretary. 




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The Next President 

ALTHOUGH Ray L. Heffner has been 
. elected as the next President of Brown 
University, most Brown Clubs will have to 
wait until the fall, at least, before they can 
extend a welcome to him as an official 
guest of theirs in their home areas. Asked 
if he would be open to such alumni in- 
vitations, he said in January he would have 
to go slow. No lack of appreciation is 
meant; he just has a busy winter and spring 
ahead of him in handling the details of de- 
parture from Indiana University and in 
finding some time to learn more about 
Brown and his duties here. 

Even more. Dean Heffner is aware that 
the months between now and June belong 
to President Keeney. The Keeney calendar 
is taking shape as Brown Clubs schedule 
their tributes to him in the light of his im- 
pending retirement. 

Dean Heffner may make one exception 
to his understandable decision about Brown 
Clubs. The Brunonians in Indiana, with a 
special interest in the presidential designa- 
tion, have expressed the hope that Dr. 
Heffner may find it possible to meet with 
them before he leaves the State. Normally, 
their activities center in Indianapolis. But, 
for such a combined send-off and welcome, 
another location might he chosen so that 
alumni in Louisville, Terre Haute, and 
other centers may also take part more 
readily. There are a score of Brunonians 
right in Bloomington, where Indiana Uni- 
versity is located. 

Dr. Heffner told us the Hoosier meeting 
might be feasible, if it would be under- 
stood by other Brown Clubs why he could 
not accept any other invitations. We told 
him Indiana would seem to have a unique 
claim. 

R, I. Sets BCK Dinner Date 

The BCK Farewell Dinner, a tribute 
to Brown's 12th President, Barnaby C. 
Keeney, by the Brown Club of Rhode Is- 
land and the Pembroke Club of Provi- 
dence, will be held on Thursday, Mar. 31, 
at the Sharpe Refectory, according to a re- 
cent announcement by Club President Ed- 
ward Bromage, Jr., '27. It is expected that 
500 alumni, alumnae, and their husbands 
and wives will gather for this occasion. 

Preliminary plans were mapped at a 
January meeting held in the Turks Head 
Club. Twenty-four alumni and alumnae 
attended this session, presided over by 
Chairman Bromage, including 14 past 
Presidents of the Brown Club. Alexander 
A. DiMartino '29 agreed to fly back from 
his winter vacation in Florida to act as 
toastmaster for the affair. Representing 
Pembroke on the committee are Mrs. El- 
liott E. Andrews '48 and Mrs. Allan R. 
Bellows '49. Final arrangements will be 
announced in the next issue of this maga- 
zine and in a general mailing to all Rhode 
Island alumni and alumnae. 

The Steering Committee planning the 
Commencement Pops Concert for Satur- 
day evening, June 4, also has been busy. 
The Rhode Island Philharmonic, 65 pieces 
strong, has been signed to play for the 
colorful event and the Entertainment Com- 



The Brown Clubs Report 



mittee was expected to announce its choice 
of vocalist some time this month. A list 
of close to 50 female and male singers had 
been compiled in late January by the sub- 
committee headed by Walter A. Mengel '43 
and his wife Gladys P'38. Other members 
of this group include Steering Com- 
mittee Chairman John Edgren '38, An- 
drew C. Hunt '51, Mrs. Thomas H. Dona- 
hue, 3rd, '46, Mrs. Peter Kougasian '47, 
Paul F. Mackesey '32, Frank A. Sternberg 
'50, Jay Barry '50, and Peter T. Barstow 
'57. When the program for the concert is 
being planned by this group, Francis Ma- 
deira, conductor of the Philharmonic, will 
be consulted. 

Nearly 100 alumni and their ladies 
turned out for the annual Hockey Night 
program on Saturday, Jan. 29. Cocktails 
and dinner at Churchill House were fol- 
lowed by attendance at the Brown-St. 
Nick's game in the package program ar- 
ranged by Chairman Donald M. Sennott 
'52. The annual Basketball Night was to 
be held on Saturday, Feb. 19, with a social 
hour and dinner at the Faculty Club fol- 
lowed by the Brown-Dartmouth contest. 
President Bromage and Jay Barry arranged 
this event. The dinner for the track team 
will be held at the Grist Mill on Mar. 19, 
according to Chairman Harold W. Demop- 
ulos '46. 

The Club's membership had hit 975 by 
the end of January, a substantial climb 
over the corresponding figure of 832 in 
1965. 'Every time we send out a news- 
letter we pick up 40 or 50 new members," 
President Bromage said. "With luck we 
should finally pass the 1,000 mark this 
spring." Three years ago before the news- 
letters were initiated, the Club's member- 
ship stood at 674. 

The New York Date Is Feb. 26 

With the party in honor of President 
Barnaby C. Keeney imminent, major extra- 
curricular activity at the Brown Club in 
New York has revolved around the 98th 
Annual Alumni Dinner scheduled for the 
Hotel Commodore on Feb. 26. The nov- 
elty of a Saturday night dinner-dance as 
the backdrop for President Keeney's last 
official Greater New York appearance is 
being promoted by the Brown Club on be- 
half of all alumni within a 50-mile radius, 
graduates of Pembroke, and friends of the 
soon-to-retire President. 

Plans for filling the Windsor Ballroom 
of the Commodore were launched with 
enthusiasm in January when the Com- 
mittee of 77 for the Dinner of '66 were the 
guests of its Chairman, Lyman G. Bloom- 
ingdale '35, at a cocktail party planning 
session. The chief entrepreneur will be as- 
sisted by John E. Flemming '33, Club 
President, and Jay H. Rossbach, Jr., '43, 
Treasurer, with Donald V. Reed '35 serv- 
ing as Coordinator. Trustees of the Uni- 
versity from the New York area who have 



agreed to be Co-Chairmen are: Alfred S. 
Bloomingdale '39, Patrick J. James '32, 
Donald G. Millar '19. John H. Muller '26. 
Edward Sulzberger '29, Charles C. Tilling- 
hast, Jr., '32, and Thomas J. Watson, Jr., 
'37. 

Roundball in Rochester 

The Rochester alumni enjoyed the ap- 
pearance of the Brown basketball team in 
the Kodak Classic during the holidays. A 
reception committee met the team at the 
airport upon its arrival, and, later that 
night, a reception was held at the home of 
Daniel Garr '52. Nathaniel M. Marshall 
'44 did a fine job as official liaison man 
between Coach Stan Ward and the Tour- 
nament Committee. The local alumni gave 
the Bruins strong support in the tourna- 
ment, especially in the final against Co- 
lumbia when almost the entire crowd made 
Brown the sentimental choice against the 
much bigger and stronger Lions. Coach 
Ward and his fine young men were a credit 
to the University and earned a few more 
friends in this neck of the woods. 

Off to Chicago 

The Alumni College will take to the 
road this year. Moving from the Brown 
Campus for the first time, it will be held 
in Chicago later in the spring. "The Shape 
of Things to Come" is the general topic 
under which three or four members of the 
University Faculty will lecture and lead 
discussions. 

The format combines all sessions into a 
single day, a Saturday to be announced 
shortly. With the special Faculty represent- 
ing the three major disciplines (physical 
sciences, social sciences, and humanities), 
each Professor will make a 30-minute 
presentation, followed by a 15-minute 
period of questions and answers, in the 
morning. After lunch, the Faculty will sit 
as a panel and lead further discussion and 
summation. 

Those who attended the Alumni Col- 
leges on College Hill will testify as to the 
stimulation they afforded in the past. This 
year. Brown has decided to undertake a 
pilot project further afield. If it is as suc- 
cessful as anticipated, similar programs 
will be held in other centers of alumni 
and alumnae concentration in 1966-67. 

A fee of $5 has been established, to 
cover the sessions and lunch. It is primar- 
ily to give an advance commitment about 
attendance. All alumni and alumnae are 
eligible, with wives and husbands also in- 
vited. The Chicago experiment has the 
backing of Brown and Pembroke Clubs, 
not only in Chicago but also in other 
cities within travel range. The Faculty, the 
date, and other details will be announced 
next month. 



FEBRUARY 1966 



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IN INDIANAPOLIS the Brown Club had a Christmas party for these Hoosier undergraduates. In the 
front row, with Walter J. Matthews '33, resident of the Club, ore Misses Eva Benes P'68, Diane L. 
Boon P'69, and Abby Slater P'69. Standing, left to right— John E. McMahon, Jr., '69, Frank A. Tucker, 
Jr., '69, Robert R. Skinner '66, Grant F. Shipley '67, S. Scott Mueller '69, D. Michael Holbrook '67, 
Thomas N. Bose '69, and Harvey S. Finn '67. (Indianapolis Star photo by John Crozier) 



Chicago's Busy Month 
December proved to be a busy month 
for the Brown Club of Chicago. On the 
29th, 100 alumni, wives, undergraduates, 
and guests gathered at the Racquet Club 
for the annual Christmas Party, which in- 
cluded refreshments, reminiscenses. and 
musical entertainment by the LaSalle 
Street Five Plus Two. Co-Chairmen of this 
successful event were Robert L. Fried- 
lander '59 and Donald K. Stuart "59. 

Earlier in the month, admissions com- 
mittees headed by John Christie '59 and 
John T. Swanton "50 sponsored "Introduc- 
tion to Brown" meetings on Chicago's 
North and West Sides. William E. Fay, Jr., 
'38 and Norman Pierce '33 graciously 
made their homes available for these 
events. A total of 75 Subfreshmen heard 
Admission Officer David J. Zucconi '55 
speak and then show movies of the Uni- 
versity. 

Christmas Spirit in D. C. 

The annual Christmas Party spon- 
sored by the Brown University Club of 
Washington, D. C, was held at the new 
Washington Hilton Hotel on Dec. 17, with 
more than 101) persons in attendance. In 
addition to the alumni and alumnae from 
Brown and Pembroke, this group included 
husbands and wives, friends, undergradu- 
ates, and their families. 

For the first time, a price tag was placed 
on attendance — $4 per couple and $2.75 
for singles, which just about covered the 
Club's expenses. The large turnout, despite 
the fact that a fee was charged, may be of 
interest to other Clubs around the countrv 



who are wondering whether or not to 
charge for this sort of an event. 

The party was run by our genial Presi- 
dent, H. Thomas Donaldson '54. Tom ar- 
ranged to have an accordionist present, 
and he also saw to it that Edward R. Place 
"24 had an opportunity to lead in the sing- 
ing of Brown songs, as well as songs of 
the Christmas season. At the appointed 
hour, no one wanted to leave. That"s the 
test of a good party! 

The Club is planning a number of ac- 
tivities in 1966, including a Spring Ban- 
quet, at which leading alumni in the Wash- 
ington area will be honored. Although 
President Keeney had been invited, it now 
appears that the dinner with him as guest 
will come as a welcome after he arrives 
to take up residence in the District. 

Houston's Subfreshmen Guests 
Subfreshmen, nearly 60 of them, at- 
tended a successful meeting of the Houston 
Brown Club on Dec. 28. Invitations to 
'"An Introduction to Brown University and 
Pembroke College"' were accepted by 37 
prospective Brown men and 20 prospective 
Pembrokers. In most cases, the youngsters 
were accompanied by their parents. 

Special guests at the meeting, which was 
held at Kinkaid School, were Houston's 
four Brown undergraduates and one Pem- 
broker who were home for the holidays. 
Robert Seiple "65 of the Admission Office 
spoke most effectively to the group, while 
(he film, "Invitation to College Hill,"" also 
was well received. A question and answer 
period, together with light refreshments, 
followed. 



Alumni attendance included: President 
and Secondary School Chairman William 
T. Slick, Jr., '49, Virginia Bowman Mor- 
gan P'42, Pembroke Secondary School 
Chairman; Robert I. Beck '54, Lucy Seguin 
Beck P"57, Russell B. Pierce "53, Ann 
Guerry Pierce P"58, James L. Whitcomb 
'36, Edgar J. Marston, 3rd, '61, John S. 
Dunn, Jr., '61, George M. Kuhn '36, and 
William J. Kaplan '47. 

Essex County's School Night 

Between 90 and 100 persons turned out 
for the Essex County Subfreshman Night 
early this winter. Coach Cliff Stevenson, 
successful and genial soccer coach, was the 
guest speaker, and he turned in a fine job. 
He has a winning way about him that al- 
lows him to get close to both the high 
school students and their parents. In short, 
we feel Cliff can sell Brown to anyone! 

An interesting sidelight occurred after 
the meeting. The hat-check girl at Pal's 
Place said she thought the Brown gather- 
ing was the nicest group of people she had 
ever seen there. This, of course, called for 
a double tip. Since we had named a new 
publicity director that evening, Daniel S. 
Anthony '35, he had some good material 
to work with right off the bat. Dan's ad- 
dress is 92 Mt. "Vernon Place, Newark, 
N. J. 

A Big Hit in Minnesota 
High school Seniors, their parents, un- 
dergraduates, and alumni filled the Grill 
Room of the Minneapolis Club on Dec. 
29 for the 1965 version of the Brown Club 
of Minnesota's Subfreshman Reception. 
The group of 75 in all was welcomed by 
President Thomas B. Caswell, Jr., '60, who 
introduced Vice-President Henry Johnsen 
'45, Chairman of the Admissions Com- 
mittee. Henry outlined the purpose of the 
meeting and then introduced Robert Seiple 
'65 of the Admission Office. 

Seiple made a big hit with his audience 
as he talked of life at Brown, both aca- 
demic and social. His was an excellent 
presentation. Bob then led into the show- 
ing of the film, "An Invitation to College 
Hill," which was received with enthusiasm 
by the high school youngsters. A question- 
and-answer period followed, during which 
both the undergraduates and their parents 
brought up points of general interest. Bob 
was assisted by a panel of Freshmen, the 
group including James O. Buelo of Edina- 
Morningside High, Robert G. Harada from 
St. Louis Park High, Gerald P. Crane of 
Humboldt High, and Richard J. Meiners 
from Wayzata High. An assist from the 
floor was given by Roger Firestone '67. 
Crane Bodine '52 was in charge of the af- 
fair. 

The Club's luncheon program continues 
to draw well. Earl Battey, catcher for the 
Minnesota Twins, was the guest in De- 
cember while Mrs. Mark G. Brataas, Re- 
publican State Chairwoman was featured 
in January. The time is 12:15. the place 
the Normandy Motor Hotel, and the date 
the third Wednesday of each month. Pro- 
gram Chairman for the year is William 
Moss '52. 



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BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



Keeney in Philadelphia 
With the largest attendance known 
at any annual meeting, the Brown Club 
of Philadelphia offered its tribute to Presi- 
dent Keeney on Jan. 10. By the time the 
dinner was served, 1 1 1 persons were on 
hand at 2601 Parkway. 

Club President Eugene C. Swift '42 
spoke for the alumni and alumnae present 
when he expressed appreciation of Dr. 
Keeney's years at Brown. In response, the 
latter spoke briefly but succinctly, recap- 
ping some of the memorable events of his 
career. 

Arrangements for the reception and ban- 
quet were handled by Warren Kauffman 
"59 and David B. Kauffman '62. Mrs. 
James W. Cannon P'54 assisted as Presi- 
dent of the Pembroke Club of Philadel- 
phia. 

Visitors in N.E. New York 

Alumni Secretary Paul Mackesey and 
Hockey Coach Jim Fullerton were the 
guests of honor Jan. 20 when the Brown 
Club of Northeastern New York held its 
third meeting of the academic year at Me- 
gan's Towne House in Schenectady. 
Twenty-two alumni were in attendance. 

At a brief business meeting, J. Kenneth 
Graham '45 was reelected to another term 
as President. Also continuing for an addi- 
tional year were Vice-President Townsend 
R. Morey, Jr., '52, Secretary Earl M. Bucci 
'48, and Treasurer Robert J. Thacker '46. 
The following members were added to the 
Executive Committee: Lloyd G. Briggs 
"31, Edwin B. Laughlin '43, G. Alan 
Rothschild '32, Lewis A. Sumberg '34, 
William T. Townsend '48, Richard S. Wal- 
ter '31, and Michael P. Bergen '59. 

The annual Spring meeting will be held 
in April, with the date depending on the 
speaker's convenience. A member of the 
Faculty or of the administrative staff of 
Pembroke is being sought. 




PHILADELPHIA'S HEAD TABLE as the Brown Club paid its respects to President Keeney on his retire- 
ment: left to right— Jomes W. Cannon, Mrs. Mary Easton Swift P'43, Mrs. Anne Dufour Cannon P'54, 
Dr. and Mrs. Keeney, Eugene C. Swift '42. The annual dinner was held Jan. 10. 



Elections in St. Louis 
Clarence C. Barksdale '54 has been 
elected President of the Brown University 
Club of St. Louis for a two-year term. 
Named to serve with him are Vice-Presi- 
dent Edward C. Simmons '60, Secretary 
Stuart P. Erwin, Jr.. '55, and Treasurer 
J. Kennard Streett '58. James P. Miller, 
3rd, '61 is the Chairman of the Secondary 
Schools Committee. 

In other business, the Club accepted the 
suggestion of Chapin S. Newhard '22 that 
the new President of Brown, Dr. Ray L. 
Heffner, be invited to an upcoming Brown 
function in St. Louis. Dr. Minot P. Fryer 
"36 recommended that the Club look into 
the possibility of setting up a scholarship 
for a student-athlete. President Barksdale 
plans to appoint a committee to handle 
this matter. 




AT THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION DINNER these Brown teammates sot for a picture: standing, left to 

right— John J. Pietro, Jr., '52, Herbert F. DeSimone '51, Donald R. Colo '50 (who was the featured 

speaker), Robert M. O'Day '50, Donald Campbell '45, Wolter F. Poster '50. Seated— Robert J. Macko 

'52, C. Edward Kiely '50, Louis J. Regine '48, William S. Houston '50. 



The following men were appointed by 
the President to the Club's Advisory Coun- 
cil: Newhard '22, Fryer '36, Edwin Ixvis. 
Jr., '50, Howard Elliott, Jr., '56, Terry 
Franc '58, and Roland C. Baer, Jr., '59. 

Coaches Visit Atlanta 
Flying down to Atlanta right after the 
biggest upset of the Ivy League season, a 
68-66 overtime decision over Cornell, Bas- 
ketball Coach Stan Ward met with offi- 
cials of the Brown Club of Atlanta and 
Subfreshmen from the area in a two-day 
stop, Jan. 20 and 21. 

The Club also held a get-together for 
Subfreshmen, their families, and alumni 
on Dec. 19 at the College Center of All 
Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. Ap- 
proximately 25 high school and prep 
school youngsters were on hand to hear 
Coach John McLaughry speak on the foot- 
ball situation in the Ivy League in general 
and Brown in particular. John also showed 
a film about Brown entitled. "An Invita- 
tion to College Hill." As a closing. Coach 
McLaughry showed film highlights of the 
1965 football season, with inevitable em- 
phasis on the exploits of Bob Hall. 

Hockey Association Dinner 

Nearly 100 alumni and their ladies at- 
tended the annual Alumni Hockey Day 
sponsored by the Brown Hockey Associa- 
tion on Jan. 29. The program started at 
4 p.m. with a game between the alumni 
and Bruin Freshmen at Meehan Audito- 
rium. Following the game a reception and 
buffet dinner was held at the Pembroke 
Field House. The highlight of the evening, 
of course, was the Brown-St. Nick's game. 

A meeting of the Brown Hockey Asso- 
ciation Board of Directors took place Jan. 
12 in the Association Room at Meehan. 
Present were the Messrs. Skillings, Chace. 
Borah, Gustafson, Tingley, Charles Brown, 
E. Andrews, and Davis. Andrews agreed 
to produce a newsletter for mailing later 
this month, with a second issue scheduled 
for the close of the season. 



FEBRUARY 1966 



35 




"MAN OF THE YEAR" at the University Club in Providence was Dr. Bornaby 
C. Keeney. The Christmas honor was attended by the usual ribbing from 
the Chairman of the Awards Committee, Frederick R. Griffiths. At the right 



ore Howard S. Curtis, Secretary of the University, who was moster of cere- 
monies, and Club President Alfred Buckley, Jr., '49. (Providence Journal- 
Bulletin photo^ 



Gentlemen and Scholars 



MAN OF THE YEAR for 1965 at the Uni- 
versity Club in Providence was Presi- 
dent Keeney. Approximately 100 club 
members, including Governor Chafee. at- 
tended its annual stag dinner Dec. 17. In 
presenting the Club"s citation to Dr. 
Keeney, Frederick R. Griffiths, Chairman 
of the Awards Committee, humorously de- 
scribed the Brown President as "the boy 
from Halfway. Ore., who has now de- 
cided to go all the way with LBJ. A North 
C arolina track star of little renown, you 
have nevertheless managed to outdistance 
\our academic peers while clearing all the 
hurdles of civic zoning boards, student edi- 
tors, and alumni Monday morning quar- 
terbacks." Howard S. Curtis, .Secretary of 
the University, was toastniaster while Al- 
fred Buckley, Jr., "49. President of the 
Club, made brief remarks. 



Prof. John R. Workman, Chairman of 
the Classics Department, is the new Pres- 
ident of the Faculty Club Board of Gov- 
ernors, succeeding Prof. Elmer M. Blis- 
tein "42. Serving with him for the 1966-67 
year are Prof. David Laurent '49 (Music) 
as Vice-President, Jay Barry '50 (Brown 
Aliinuii Monlhly) as Secretary, and Harry 
H. Banks '50 (Controller's Office) as 
Treasurer. Members at Large include Pro- 
fessor Blistein (English), Prof. Michael J. 
Brennan (Economics), F. Leon Cooper 
(Physics), and Mary Louise Record (Of- 
fice of the Secretary). 

A seasonal composition for mixed chorus 
written by Paul Nelson. Assistant Pro- 
fessor of Music Theory and Composition 
at Brown University, was performed in 
Boston at the Harvard Club on Dec. 12. 
and at the Old South Church on Dec. 19 



by the Chorus Pro Musica under the di 
rection of Alfred Nash Patterson. 

The Boston chorus sang Nelson's "In 
Bethlehem, That Noble Place ISahator 
Mundi Natiis Est)." 

Another of Nelson's choral works was 
given its American premier in Boston in 
May, 1965. His "Songs of Life." for mixed 
voices, strings, piano and harp, first per- 
formed in 1963 by the Rome Radio 
Chorus and Orchestra, were done by the 
New England Conservatory Chorus di- 
rected by Lorna Cooke de Varon. 

Prof. Bernard Bailyn of Harvard, an au- 
thority on the Colonial period of American 
history, delivered the 1965 Colver Lectures 
at Brown in November on "The Origins 
of American Politics." Brown's Colver 
Lectures were founded in 1915 by Jesse L, 
Rosenberger and his wife in honor of her 
father, Charles L. Colver of the Class of 
1842. The series remains one of Brown's 
most famous. Professor Bailyn has taught 
at Harvard since 1949, being Editor-in- 
Chief of the John Harvard Library since 
1962. 



36 



BROWN ALUMNI MONTHLY 



The Riddle of Paestum 

Brown University's Archaeological Ex- 
pedition in the Mediterranean will begin 
excavations next spring in Italy at the 
abandoned city of Satrianum, about 70 
miles southeast of Naples, according to 
Prof. R. Ross Holloway, Director of the 
Expedition. Working in close collaboration 
with officials of the Antiquities Service of 
the Italian Government, most notably Dr. 
Dinu Adamesteanu. Superintendent of An- 
tiquities for the Province of Basilicata, 
the Brown Excavators will be searching 
for traces of the civilizations that preceded 
the building of Roman power in this area 
300 years before the birth of Christ. 

Satrianum. situated 30 miles inland from 
the west coast of Italy, is felt by archae- 
ologicals to hold one of the keys to the 
riddle of the foundation of Paestum. long 
famous for its three surviving Greek 
temples. Both Siris and Sybaris. cities 
on the Gulf of Taranto. have been credited 
with the foundation of Paestum, and 
Satrianum lies along the route that such 
colonization must have followed. 

Brown's undertaking will make Satri- 
anum one of the first intensively studied 
pre-Roman town sites in the mountainous 
region of Basilicata. home of the ancient 
warlike Lucanians, renowned for their 
stubborn resistance to all invaders and the 
sumptuousness of the offerings which ac- 
companied their burials. Also of interest 
to the current excavations will be the re- 
mains of medieval Satrianum, which was 
destroyed in the 13th century A.D. 



The Rev. Bernard Haring. a Redemp- 
torist Father and one of the leading moral 
theologians of the Roman Catholic 
Church, is Visiting Professor of Religious 
Studies at Brown this semester. Father 
Haring. who was a confessor to the late 
Pope John XXIII and has been a retreat 
master for Pope Paul VI. is Secretary to 
the important Vatican II Commission 
drafting the schema on "The Church in 
the World of Today." At Brown, he will 
offer a course on "Christian Renewal in a 
Changing World" and conduct a seminar 
on "Renewal of Catholic Moral Theol- 
ogy." Brown's program of bringing visiting 
Catholic authorities to the Campus is sup- 
ported by a grant from the James Founda- 
tion of New York City. During the first 
semester, the visiting Catholic scholar was 
the Rev. Robert E. McNally, S.J., who is 
a Professor of Ecclesiastical History at 
Woodstock College in Maryland. Last 
spring, the first scholar in this program 
was Daniel Callahan, the widely-published 
author and the Associate Editor of Cdiii- 
monweal. 

Research Grants 

The University has received close to 2 
million dollars in research grants since 
last summer, including a half million for 
the expansion of the computing center. 
The following grants have been an- 
nounced: $100,000 from the United States 
Army Electronics Research and Develop- 
ment Agency to Walter Freiberger of the 
Division of Applied Mathematics for 





THE MAP SHOWS the location of Paestum, upper left. Brown's excavation site. 

FEBRUARY 1966 



THE REV. BERNARD HARING 



"Extension of Time Series Analysis." 
$96,000 from the National Science Foun- 
dation to George M. Seidel of the De- 
partment of Physics for "Magnetic and 
Thermal Properties of Solids at Low Tem- 
peratures." 

Also, $81,788 from the National Aero- 
nautics and Space Administration to Wil- 
liam Findley of the Division of Engineer- 
ing for "Investigation of the Creep and 
Relaxation of Nonlinear Materials under 
Multiaxial Stressing." $65,500 from the 
National Science Foundation to Mildred 
Widgoff of the Department of Physics for 
"Cross Sections of Nucleons." $62,500 
from the National Science Foundation to 
Paul F. Maeder and Joseph Kestin of the 
Division of Engineering for "The Effect of 
Free Stream Turbulence on Boundary 
Layer Transport." $53,900 from the Na- 
tional Science Foundation to James C. 
Baird. Jr., of the Department of Chemistry 
for "Transient Atomic and Molecular 
States." $52,800 from the National Cancer 
Institute to Herman B. Chase of the Divi- 
sion of Biological and Medical Sciences 
for "Skin Cycles and Ionizing Radiations." 
The U.S. Public Health Service has an- 
nounced approval of a grant of $362,050 
for continuation of a study by Brown of 
prenatal factors in child development. The 
grant is for the period from Sept. 1 to May 
31. 1966 and will be administered by Dr. 
Glidden L. Brooks, Director of the Uni- 
versity's Institute of Health Sciences. The 
study, for which this is the ninth annual 
grant, seeks to determine causes of mental 
retardation, birth defects, and neuro- 
logical disorders in very young children. 
It began with examination of a large 
number of pregnant women and con- 
tinued with physical and mental examina- 
tions of their children. 

Another Public Health Service grant, 
this one of $54,932, has been made to 
Dr. Lewis P. Lipsitt for the first year of a 
three-year study of sensory discrimination 
and learning in infants. Additional grants 
of $48,487 and $51,359 for two succeed- 
ing years of the study were recommended. 



37 



Bright and Dark 
in Winter Sports 



A Big One for Stan Ward 

THE BASKETBALL TEAM hadn't won a 
game against Cornell at Ithaca since 
Brown joined the Ivy League in 1953-54. 
There was absolutely no reason to think 
that Coach Stan Ward's Bears would do 
any better up there this season. After all. 
the Big Red was unanimously picked as 
one of the League's top contenders last 
November, while the Bruins were just as 
unanimously chosen for the cellar. 

The early-season results seemed to bear 
out the prognostications. Brown was 5-9 
over all and 0-4 in the League. Meanwhile, 
Cornell had been performing creditably 
against the top teams in the country, win- 
ning most of its games and losing only to 
the likes of Minnesota by four, Brigham 
■young by nine, and Army by one. It was 
basically the same team that went 19-5 
last season and took second place in the 
League with an 11-3 record. Traditionally, 
Cornell is considered extra tough in Ithaca, 
as Princeton and Bill Bradley found out 
last year when they were dumped. 70-69. 

Brown had one other thing going against 
it on Saturday evening, Jan. 15. Cornell 



had been idle Friday night while the Bruins 
were being routed by Columbia. 84-50. 
Then, Saturday morning Coach Ward's 
men had the long bus ride from New 
York City to Ithaca. 

At intermission it didn't look like much 
of a game. Cornell led, 27-22, a lead the 
Big Red had increased to 55-39 by the 12- 
minute mark of the second half. Then the 
Bears caught fire. Coach Ward sent his 
men into a three-out offense, which he had 
put in earlier in the week in anticipation 
of personnel changes on the squad in the 
second semester. 

"We didn't intend to use this offense so 
soon," Ward said, "but we had to do 
something. We picked up three quick 
baskets, and Cornell went into a zone de- 
fense. This was fine, for it allowed us to 
control the ball and get it to the man we 
wanted. Dave Houghton, dogged by in- 
juries all season, came off the bench and 
hurt their zone by tossing in five consecu- 
tive jump shots. We were back in the 
game." 

The final minutes had the 4.500 students 
howling with every exchange of the ball. 
It was Cornell, 63-61, with two minutes 



remaining. Houghton tied it with a jumper 
from the side. With 40 seconds left and 
Brown freezing the ball for the final shot, 
Cornell's brilliant guard, Dave DeLuca, 
intercepted a pass and was fouled as he 
went in for the layup. He put in one 
of his two free throws and Cornell led, 
64-63. Then, with 30 seconds left, Dave 
Gale was fouled while shooting and he, 
too, sank one of two foul shots sending 
the game into overtime. 

Cornell controlled the tap (Ward's 
"midgets" haven't won a tap all season and 
are in a position to set an Ivy League rec- 
ord in this respect), and Sophomore for- 
ward Greg Morris scored on a jump shot 
as the overtime got underway. But then 
Brown took charge. Rick Landau, brilliant 
Sophomore guard, flipped in a jumper 
deadlocking the score again at 66-66. 

After Cornell missed a free throw, 
Brown took possession with 2:50 remain- 
ing. Handling the ball well, the Bruins 
froze it until 17 seconds from the end and 
then took a time out. "Cornell had gone 
back in its man-to-man defense," Ward 
said. "During the time out we set up a 
play whereby Gale would come oflE a 
screen and take a jump shot from the key. 
Just as an afterthought, I gave the boys 
an alternate play to use on the remote 
possibility that Cornell would go back to 
its zone for the final 17 seconds." 

When play was resumed, Cornell was 
back in a zone. The Bruins reacted well, 
moved the ball around until only three 
seconds remained, then Landau fired in a 
jump shot from 20 feet out giving Brown 
its victory, 68-66. 




ONSLAUGHT before the B.C. cage as Brown gained revenge. Moreland was wearing Number 14. (Photos by Stu Crump '67) 



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A big factor in the victory was the 
blanking of Cornell's 6-7 All-Ivy center, 
Steve Cram, the first time this has hap- 
pened in 62 games. Ward had the Bruins 
use a 2-1-2 zone defense, that limited the 
Senior Cram to only three shots from the 
floor. 

"It was an extremely courageous per- 
formance by an extremely courageous 
team," Coach Ward said. "This group has 
been hampered by injuries all season, and. 
on occasions, by poor shooting. But they 
are fine competitors. If they were going to 
quit, they would have died at Ithaca when 
they were 16 down with eight minutes 
left." At the weekly basketball luncheon in 
Providence the following Monday, Coach 
Ernie Calverley of URI put it this way: "I 
know very few coaches who do so much 
with so little as does Stan up at Brown." 

During the Christmas vacation period, 
the Bears entered the Rochester Kodak 
Classic as defending champions of the 
title they had won there two years ago. 
Brown was an underdog the opening night 
against host Rochester but managed to pull 
the game out, 59-51, after a very slow start. 
Gale and Capt. Don Tarr were outstanding 
on defense, while Landau ran the team 
well (Fishman had not recovered from the 
broken hand he suffered at Colby ) . 

Columbia defeated Pittsburgh in the 
other opening-round game and was a heavy 
favorite to down the Bears. Captain Tarr 
at 6-5 had the unenviable task of handling 
the Lion's 7-1 center, Sophomore Dave 
Newmark. With the crowd rooting them 
on as sentimental favorites. Brown led by 
two at halftime. But, Columbia's superior 
ability and height eventually was too much 
in the game which ended 83-63. Gale made 
the All-Tourney team, and Landau was 
awarded the Sportsmanship Trophy. 

The Bruins lost their next five games: to 
Ohio University, 90-52, Providence Col- 
lege, 66-48, Penn, 91-57, Princeton, 60-46, 
and Columbia again, 84-50, the night be- 
fore the big victory at Ithaca. Providence 
College was ranked sixth nationally when 
Brown paid them a visit. Their offense is 
built around the 6-3 Junior, Jim Walker, a 
sure-fire bet for Ail-American honors. Al- 
though he was averaging 32.4 points a 
game, Walker was held scoreless in the first 
half by the Bears, whose game plan called 
for an overshifted zone defense into Walk- 
er's side. The Bruins led by two at half- 
time only to have P.C. catch them with a 
blitz early in the final period. Again, it was 
a good effort against a vastly superior 
team. 

The Freshman club, which unfortunately 
is short of the talent needed at the Varsity 
level, won four of its first 10 games. 

Ice Toumey Winners 

A SOLIDLY-BUILT FRESHMAN dcfcnscman 
from Sudbury, Ont., was having him- 
self a field day belting the Varsity forwards 
around in an intra-squad scrimmage two 
years ago. "That boy is going to make a 
fine defenseman for the Varsity next year," 
one observer remarked to Coach Jim Ful- 
lerton. "He could," Fullerton replied, rub- 
bing his chin thoughtfully, "but I think 
he'll make an even better center." 




A WAYWARD STICK brought Darling down, but he still fought for the puck. 



The boy's name is Dennis Macks, and 
today he is one of the most feared center 
ice men in Eastern collegiate hockey 
circles. A strong driving type of performer 
packing 210 pounds on a 5-10 frame. 
Macks ("Diesel," his teammates prefer to 
call him) has already drawn the attention 
of several professional scouts. At the mid- 
year mark he was pacing Coach Jim 
FuUerton's 8-4 Bruins in scoring with 14 
goals and 15 assists for 29 points. 

Perhaps Macks' finest "hour" as a 
hockey player came during Brown's third 
annual Holiday Invitational Tournament. 
The Bruins had been having scoring trouble 
earlier in the year, with an average of less 
than four goals a game, and the tourney 
field was especially tough, including Minne- 
sota of Duluth, McGill, and Providence 
College. Brown's chances of retaining its 
Holiday title didn't appear too good. 

The opening-night opponent was McGill, 
a fast-skating team with an explosive 
scoring punch. The visitors took a 1-0 lead 
in the opening period and appeared to have 
Brown bothered with excellent backcheck- 
ing. But McGill didn't have Dennis Macks. 
The Brown Junior touched off a four-goal 



blitz in the second period with two quick 
scores at 9:13 and 9:35. giving the Bears 
a 4-2 lead going into the final 20 minutes 
of play. 

To many in the packed house of 2.700. 
the outcome was still very definitely in 
doubt. Macks changed all that by blasting 
home his third goal of the night 49 seconds 
after the third period started. It was the 
goal that broke McGill's back, with the 
Bruins then rolling to an easy 10-4 deci- 
sion. In addition to his three-goal hat 
trick. Macks had a trio of assists for the 
evening. Brown was in the finals against 
Minnesota, 4-1 winner over Providence 
College. 

The Minnesota team posed a different 
problem for Coach Fullerton and his men. 
Though not quite as fast as McGill, they 
possessed exceptional size and shooting 
ability. Brown's strategy was to take the 
play to the aggressive visitors right from 
the opening whistle — battling them in the 
corners, on the boards, and checking hard 
and clean whenever the situation permitted. 

The Bears got a quick jump when Capt. 
Bruce Darling scored on the game's open- 
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into the enemy zone by Bob Gaudreau, 
Darling cut left and hit on a 1 5-foot back- 
hander at the nine-second mark. This 
served to touch off one of the finest games 
of rough, tough hockey seen at Meehan 
Auditorium in some time. 

The big Westerners came battling back 
and took a 2-1 lead midway through the 
opening period. Then Brown went on the 
offense. Macks slapped in his own rebound, 
tying the score, and Bill Moreland, assisted 
by Macks and Darling, put Brown ahead, 
3-2, at 15:58. 

There were two key goals in the second 
period, with Macks having a hand in each 
one. On the opening face-off he fed a pass 
to Gaudreau, who circled the cage and 
scored at 26 seconds. Si.x minutes later 
Macks picked up a loose puck and made it 
5-2. A late goal by Minnesota brought 
them back to 5-3 as the final period started. 
As was the case in the McGill game. 
Brown's two-goal cushion didn't appear to 
be any guarantee of victory. It was still 
very much up for grabs when Macks won 
the opening face-off and fed Darting on the 
break. The Captain's shot was blocked, 
but Macks was on the net to fire home the 
rebound. This goal at the 35-second mark 
gave Macks his second straight hat trick 
of the tourney and, more important, gave 
Brown the game, which ended 6-4. 

As brilliant as Macks was in the holiday 
event, he had plenty of starring company. 
His line, which included Darling and More- 
land, accounted for 12 of the 16 goals 
Brown scored. Gaudreau and Tom Coak- 
ley, a rapidly-improving Sophomore de- 
fenseman, stood out on defense. But 
Alumni Secretary Paul Mackesey, who 
gave out the team trophies, put it this way: 
'There was no MVP award in this tourney, 
but, if there had been, the winner's name 
would have been Dennis, or no name at 
all." 

Brown followed up the brilliant tourney 
effort with a very lack-luster performance 
against a small but quick-skating sextet 
from Loyola of Montreal. There is no 
doubt that the Bruins were overconfident 
against the lightly-regarded invaders, and, 
when Darling scored in 22 seconds and 
Macks hit the nets at 4:16, it looked like 
a romp. But Brown cooled off while 
Loyola gained a momentum that couldn't 
be stopped. The result was a 7-2 defeat. 
Brown's most decisive setback on home ice 
since Meehan Auditorium was dedicated. 
Visiting teams always have trouble when 
they play at West Point. Brown has been 
no exception. This time around, the situa- 
tion was different. Gaudreau scored on a 
solo effort at 3:23 while the Bruins were 
shorthanded, and this started the rout. Bill 
Clarke, Macks, and Darling also got first- 
period goals to afford the Bears a 4-1 lead. 
Macks, still with the hot stick, picked up 
additional goals in the second and third 
period (his third hat trick in four games). 
Brown coasted, 10-4. 

In the final two games before the 
semester break, the Bears blew hot and 
cold. Northeastern came to Meehan thirst- 
ing for revenge. Brown had handled the 
Huskies with amazing ease, 8-3, in Boston 
earlier in the year. When the Bruins built 



up a 3-1 lead early in the game, it looked 
like a repeat performance. But North- 
eastern took advantage of Brown penalties 
to tie it at 4-4 and then won the game at 
9:25 of sudden death overtime when the 
Bruins failed to clear. 

Later in the week. Brown did some 
avenging of its own, handing Boston Col- 
lege a 3-1 setback. The Eagles had blanked 
Brown, 3-0, at Boston in December. The 
Eagles scored first in Providence, but goals 
by Clarke and Moreland gave Brown a 
2-1 lead in the final period. Captain Dar- 
ling eased the pressure at 12:22 when he 
circled the B.C. cage and tucked the puck 
away. Dave Ferguson had only 15 saves on 
the night, eight of them against the pressing 
Eagles over the final 20 minutes. 

Following Macks in scoring over the 
first 12 games came Darling (13-14-27), 
Moreland (6-11-17), Wayne Small, a 
colorful Sophomore (7-8-15), and Gaud- 
reau (5-8-13). During one four-game 
stretch, the first line of Macks, Darling, 
and Moreland accounted for 21 of 28 team 
goals. 

The Freshman team, not overly blessed 
with talent, had only one victory to show 
for its first seven games. In recent outings, 
it lost to New Prep, 6-5, Merrimack, 7-1, 
and Northeastern, 4-2, 

Problems for the Swimmers 

AFTER WINNING One of its first three 
. meets, the swimming team brought the 
semester record to 2-3 with a 57-38 loss to 
Dartmouth at home and a 59-39 decision 
over Coast Guard Academy on the road. 
Looking to the second semester schedule, 
which included meets with Harvard, Yale, 
and Penn, Brown's chances for a winning 
season appeared dim. 

Against Dartmouth, Co-Capt. Paul Kin- 
loch won the backstroke by a touch from 
Bob Derichs in 2:20.6. Junior Dick Emery 
was second in the 50-yard freestyle and 
first in the 100 in 52.6. Larry Rhoades 




WRESTLING'S GLUCKMAN 



took the diving event, while Co-Capt. 
Dave Prior was second in both the 200 and 
500-yard freestyle events. 

Brown won the first four events in post- 
ing its victory at New London. A team of 
Kinloch, Butch Wilder, Harold Mugford, 
and Emery started Brown on its way by 
winning the medley relay. Prior and Bob 
Omerod took the first two places in the 
200. Tom Warner won the 60-yard free- 
style, and Kinloch was first in the in- 
dividual medley. Other individual winners 
for Brown were Emery in the 100-yard 
freestyle, Walt Birnie in the 500-yard free- 
style, and Wilder in the 200-yard breast- 
stroke. 

The powerful Dartmouth Freshman 
team rolled to an easy 74-17 decision over 
the Bruin Cubs. The lone winner for 
Brown was Vance Salter of Pasadena, 
who took the 100-yard backstroke in 
1:02.8. Scott Stokes of Winnekta, 111., was 
a close second in the 100-yard breaststroke. 
The winning time was 1:06.4. 

A Wrestling Renaissance 

Way back in December of 1958. the 
wrestling team won its first three meets 
while on its way to a 4-3-1 season. Not 
until this winter has a Brown mat team 
been able to duplicate that performance 
of putting together three consecutive vic- 
tories. 

That 1958-59 team featured such names 
as Capt. Lou Winner (6-1 ), George Seaver 
(7-0), Gene Bouley, John Moyle, Terry 
Case, and Art Giorgini. This season the 
names are different — Steve Cantrill, Steve 
Gluckman, Dick Whipple, Rob Harley, 
and Ed McEntee — but the results were the 
same as the Bears opened with victories 
over Columbia, 24-11, Coast Guard, 17- 
12, and Dartmouth, 20-11. 

Midway through the 1960-61 season, the 
Bruins defeated Princeton, 15-14, and Yale, 
18-6. Those were the last Ivy League vic- 
tories until Coach Bob Litchard took his 
young team into New York City and beat 
the Lions on Jan. 8 this year. Winning 
four bouts by decision, one on a forfeit, and 
one on a fall, the Bears had things their 
own way from the moment Gluckman 
pinned his man in the 123-pound class and 
Whipple and Cantrill followed with de- 
cisions to give Brown an 11-0 lead. Other 
winners were Harley, Steve Zwarg, Dom 
Kmieczak, and Captain McEntee. 

Traveling to New London, Brown faced 
a formidable foe in Coast Guard Academy, 
winners of five straight. Again, Brown's 
strength in the lower divisions helped get 
the team off to a fast start. Whipple won 
on a pin at 123, while Gluckman and Can- 
trill came up with decisions at 130 and 137. 
Harley and McEntee were other individual 
winners for the Bears, with the Captain's 
8-1 decision over his opponent in the un- 
limited division clinching the meet. 

The first home meet with Dartmouth 
was something of a novelty since it was 
held at Lyman Gym on the Campus. Coach 
Litchard had requested that all home meets 
be held on Campus rather than at Marvel 
Gym so that a greater number of under- 
graduates would have an opportunity to 
see the team in action. More than 500 



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THE REGION'S sports reporters, associated as Words Unlimited, picked three Brunonions for top honors 
for the year: Cliflf Stevenson, Bob Hall, and Jim Fullerton (left to right). 



Students were on hand to watch the Bears 
decisively defeat the Big Green. Whipple, 
Gluckman, and Cantrill continued un- 
defeated, while other Bruin decisions were 
turned in by John Alexander at 145, Randy 
Brown at 160, and Zwarg at 167. 

Litchard's team is composed of four 
Seniors, four Juniors, and five Sophomores. 
In addition to Captain McEntee, the 
Seniors include Zwarg, Kmieczak, and Bob 
Maddox. The Juniors are Gluckman, Whip- 
ple, Cantrill, and Tom Baer. The Soph- 
omore delegation has Harley, Alexander, 
Mai Shookner, Brown, and Dick Mains. 
Harley and Shooker were 8-3 for the Cubs 
a year ago and Brown was 7-2-1. 

The Freshman team also moved through 
its first three meets undefeated, handling 
Columbia, 22-14, Coast Guard, 25-5, and 
Dartmouth, 30-6. Undefeated at that 
point were Ron Leax (123), former Cap- 
tain at Stony Brook School: Fred Berk 
(137), Captain at Browne & Nichols 
School; Jim Tobey (145), Captain and 
All-County at Rye (N. Y.) High School; 
and Doug Ward out of San Diego via 
Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y. Other 
wrestlers with winning records were Ira 
Mitzner (130) from Valley Stream, N. Y., 
Tom Bose (130) from Indianapolis, Dave 
Griffiths (177) from Binghamton, N. Y., 
and John Buxton (160) from Providence. 

Rugby Without a Loss 

The Brown Rugby Club experienced 
one of its most successful Fall seasons in 
1965, going undefeated through a six-game 
schedule and outscoring the opposition, 
98-22. The Bruins defeated Dartmouth. 
16-6, M.I.T., 10-0, Princeton, 14-0, Tufts, 
39-5, Harvard, 8-3, and Columbia Old 
Blue, 11-8. This was Brown's first fall de- 
cision over Dartmouth, a perennial power. 
The Indians were undefeated last spring 
and claimed the Eastern championship. 

But perhaps the most satisfying victory 
of the season came in the finale with the 
Old Blues. Both clubs were undefeated 



coming into the game. The game rockej 
back and forth until Pete Smith "66 broke 
an 8-8 tie with a 20-yard drop-kick late in 
the game. 

The Club plans a 13-game spring sched- 
ule, including a trip to either Nassau or 
Jamaica during the Spring Vacation. Smith 
led all scorers with 33 points, followed by 
Dave Olson (15), Bill Powers (12), Rick 
Rohrbach (9). Toby Kissam (9). Sam 
Baghdad! (6), Joe Lawless (3), Ken Clegg 
(3), Mark Wyatt (3), Bob Martin (3). 
and John Martin (2 ). 

Sports Shorts 

BROWN FARED WELL this year in the 
honors bestowed by Words Unlimited, 
association of sports writers and broad- 
casters of Southeastern New England. Bob 
Hall, brilliant Bruin quarterback and All- 
Ivy selection, was named Rhode Island 
Athlete of the Year, while Hockey Coach 
Jim Fullerton was named Coach of the 
Year. In addition. Soccer Coach Cliff 
Stevenson received one of the Association's 
three special awards for his outstanding 
contribution to sports in the state. The men 
were honored at the 20th annual awards 
dinner on Jan. 31, with another Brunonian. 
Pete McCarthy, Director of Sports Infor- 
mation, acting as toastmaster. 

Hall, one of Brown's finest competitors 
in many a year, had one of the finest 
seasons in Ivy League history in 1965 when 
he passed for more than 1,000 yards in 
league competition. When he completed 
his career against Columbia, he had 15 
Brown and five Ivy records to his credit. 
For his excellence on the gridiron. Hall 
was picked for the George Bulger Lowe 
Award, emblematic of the top college 
player in New England. The 6-1, 185- 
pounder from Walpole, Mass., has signed 
a professional contract with the Minnesota 
Vikings of the National Football League. 

Last spring, Fullerton was named the 
nation's College Coach of the Year by the 




.'\merican College Hockey Coache-. Associ- 
ation. The honor was well deserved, for 
his Bears had won the Ivy League cham- 
pionship, were runners-up in the East, and 
earned a berth in the National champion- 
ship tournament held at Meehan Audito- 
rium. After 23 years at Northwocd Prep 
School in Lake Placid, Fullerton came to 
Brown II years ago. Although his 21-9 
season last year was his be^t on the Hill, 
the genial Fullerton four times has been 
named winner of the Clark Hodder Award 
as the outstanding New England college 
hockey coach. 

Stevenson's award was for his success as 
a soccer coach at Brown, but also for his 
contributions to the sport in Rhode Island. 
After sharing the Ivy title with Harvard in 
1963 and Dartmouth in 1964, Stevenson's 
Bruins won the crown outright last fall 
with a perfect 7-0 record, the first time 
any Ivy team has gone through a season 
undefeated. Brown then advanced to the 
semifinals of the NCAA playoffs, defeating 
Ithaca College before losing to Navy. Lo- 
cally, Stevenson has been instrumental in 
establishing a highly active Pee Wee soccer 
program for youngsters eight to 12. At the 
same time, he has toured the various high 
schools and prep schools in Rhode Island 
seeking to have soccer added to the ath- 
letic programs. Seven Rhode Island schools 
have added the sport in the last two years. 

Fullback John Krupski has been named 
to the second Ail-American soccer team by 
the National Soccer Coaches Association 
of America. The All-Ivy League selection 
was regarded by his coach. Cliff Stevenson, 
as the backbone of the defensive unit that 
led Brown to its third straight Ivy title. 
Other members of this group included full- 
back Frank Forsberg and center halfback 
Tom Niederer. All are Seniors. 



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Brunonians Far and Near 



EDITED BY JAY BARRY 50 



1905 

A LARGE DELEGATION from the Class at- 
tended the funeral of our Class Pres- 
ident. Frederick Schwinn. In the name of 
the Class, a wreath was placed on the 
casket. Over the long years, Fred devoted 
countless hours to '05 business. In a sense. 
he was our roving good-will ambassador. 
He was a leader during his undergraduate 
days, and his zest for his college and his 
Class never waned. In short, he was quite 
a man. We like to recall the last line of 
Fred's biography in the "05 Liber. "To be 
famous while you are young is the fortune 
of the Gods," it read. Fred had good for- 
tune all his days. 

A member of the Class informs the 
Alumni Office that Charles Wilham Ehmke 
died in Silver Creek, N. Y., some months 
ago, but there has been no confirmation 
of date. Ehmke had been employed by the 
Howard Ehmke Mfg. Co. of Philadelphia 
but spent most of his life as a lumberman. 
He was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. 
His nephew is Murray H. Ehmke '.37, 
P.O. Box 81, Escondido. Calif. 

The latest publication by an '05 man is 
an interesting brochure put out by our 
Associate Treasurer, Fred Thurber. Among 
other things, this publication includes a 
list of the clubs and organizations with 
which he has been affiliated. The list num- 
bers 23. The title of the brochure is The 
Memoirs of an Ancient Mariner, and it 
will be on view for all classmates at the 
reunion in June. 

1906 
"Steve Wright, Harry Stone, and Henry 
Carpenter were the only members of the 
Class I knew before entering college," 
writes Philip E. Langworthy from his 
home at 289 Nassau Ave., Manhasset, 
L. I., N. Y. "I still go to the office every 
day, with this effort, I'm sure, keeping me 
from feeling as old as I look. I enjoy the 
work, for it is an ever-changing profession 
and one dares not stop digging." Phil, who 
has made quite a name for himself in ar- 
chitecture in New York City, is one of the 
few '06 men not retired. 

Classmates will sympathize with Judge 
Walter Briggs in the loss of his wife just 
before Christmas. Many of us knew Lillian 
and looked forward to seeing her at our 
Class reunions. She had been active in the 
Girl Scout movement, had been President 
of various institutions, and was a Trustee 
of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attle- 
boro. 

Horace Chandler underwent a major op- 
eration in a Pasadena, Calif., hospital but 
was at home convalescing for Christmas. 
In his New Year's message to his class- 
mates and friends he recounted the ex- 
ploits of his children and grandchildren. 



The Chandler address: 1420 Santo Do- 
mingo Ave., Duarte, Calif. 

Reinhart W. Berthold has left Scarsdale. 
N. Y., and has a new address: Sunset Hill 
Rd., P.O. Box 343, Thompson, Conn. 
06277. He's a retired Director of Indus- 
trial Relations for Western Union. 

Henry Carpenter has shifted his base of 
operation from Rhode Island's chilly climes 
to the sun and sand of Hollywood, Fla. 



He'll remain there (mail to Box 13) until 
late March. 

Charles S. Shinn has moved to a new 
address, although he remains in Pennsyl- 
vania. He is now located at 34 Hannum 
Dr., Ardmore 19003. 

1907 

Rev. Levi S. Hoffman had a volume of 
new poems in the printer's hands when he 
wrote at Christmas. He also is writing his 
autobiography — the story of his life and 
work as minister of one church for 57 
years. "Any Brown man to surpass that?" 
he asks. 

Under the Green Acres program for de- 
velopment of natural resources, Rhode Is- 
land authorities are planning a 200-acre 
park at the John L. Curran fishing area in 
Western Cranston. Our classmate was a pi- 
oneer in the long fight to conserve, im- 




WHEN DANIEt HOWARD '93 was 101, the Harrford Brown Club helped him celebrate his birthday 
on Dec. 15. Apprentice cake-cutters were James M. DeMund '56, Club President, and Cyrus G. Flanders 
'16, Secretary. "He spoke with a firm voice," said one man present of Brown's oldest living graduate. 
"He recalled his undergraduate years with remarkable detail." There were telegrams of congratulation 
from President tyndon Johnson, Governor Dempsey, and Dr. Keeney. (Hartford Courant photo) 



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prove, and stock the State's streams and 
woodlands for fishing and hunting. 

Jim Hamilton's terse report on the 
Brown-Princeton football game, at which 
he was a spectator: "What a tussle! Got a 
big kick out of the one-man show by Bob 
Hall. The fans, friends and foes alike, gave 
Hall quite an ovation." During the base- 
ball season, Jim's home team was the New 
York Mets for convenience, if not by 
choice. 

Claude R. Branch, recent first-time vis- 
itor to Mexico City, wrote your Secretary: 
"One of the most beautiful cities I have 
ever been in." 

Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. McCann were 
in Washington for the Christmas holidays 
with their son Fred '49 and his family, 
who soon will leave for two years in Ja- 
pan. Mail address of the senior McCanns: 
:49 Moraine St., Brockton, Mass. 02401. 

R. W. McPhee has found a publisher for 
his book about growing old gracefully, and 
Jim Hamilton has told him: "You have al- 
ready got a customer." Herewith apology 
is made to McPhee's prize-winning grand- 
daughter, whose name Loel (rhymes with 
Noel) was tangled in type in the Decem- 
ber notes. 

1908 
Dr. James C. Martin reported that he 
was leading "a retired and philosophical 
life" in La JoUa, Calif., when he wrote 
recently to Dr. Arthur Buddington '12. 
They were together at Princeton for a year 
as graduate students in geology. (Martin 
took his A.M. there in 1912 and his Ph.D. 
in 1913, adding a Princeton Phi Beta 
Kappa key to his Brown Sigma Xi.) Mar- 
tin spent some time in Washington, D. C, 
as Curator of the U.S. National Museum 
and with the U.S. Geodetic Survey. He 
later was an administrative geologist with 
Standard Oil of New Jersey, notably in the 
Foreign Producing Department. His wife 
died four years ago. He lives at 5517 La 
Jolla Hermosa Ave., where his garden is 
a major hobby. 

1910 
William C. Oakes started his annual 
trek across country in November, driving 
first from Franklinville to Huntington Sta- 
tion, L. I., to spend Thanksgiving with his 
daughter and a son; then he planned to 
fly to Los Alamos, N. M., to visit another 
son and spend the Christmas season. Later, 
in California, he hoped to see some of 
the 1910 men. "Had a grand time at the 
55th, look forward to the 60th," he says. 

1911 

Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy's Logbook 
for Grace was reissued in December by 
The Time Reading Program in a handsome 
paperbound format and an edition of 100,- 
000 copies. The book, relating to Murphy's 
17,000-mile voyage in 1912-13 aboard the 
New Bedford whaling brig Daisy, was 
originally published by Macmillan but has 
long been out of print. Bob also has two 
new books nearing publication. One is of 
a popular nature, the other a folio of the 
atlas entitled The Marine Environment. 
The latter is being published in a series by 
the American Geographical Society. 



1912 

Dr. W. Randolph Burgess is teaching 
this month at the Salzburg Seminar in 
American Studies, one of five Americans 
on the special Faculty at the Schloss Leo- 
poldskron. The Seminar consists of about 
50 Europeans from 15 countries. Living 
with this group between Feb. 12 and Mar. 
12, Dr. Burgess is talking about economic 
affairs and the relationship of Europe 
and the United States. Formerly U.S. Am- 
bassador to NATO in Paris, he returned 
there with Mrs. Burgess before going to 
Austria. 

Milledge M. Purdy divides his time be- 
tween South Laguna, Calif., and Niantic, 
Conn. He's in the lumber business as 
Chairman of Ryther-Purdy Lumber Co., 
Inc., 501 Tiffany St., Bron,\, N. Y. 

1913 

Recent publications of Louis I. Newman 
include The Personality of God and The 
Jewish People, Faith and Life, the latter 
a manual of information concerning Jewry 
and Judaism. The manual has been widely 
reviewed and is being used extensively by 
study groups in colleges. 

1914 

E. Pulver Cook, who has retired, is di- 
viding his time between Jamestown, R. I., 
and Delray Beach, Fla. 

1915 

Edward W. Hincks, now a resident of 
Florida, is busy furnishing a new home 
from scratch, having sold everything in 
an auction before leaving the mountains of 
New Hampshire. While he misses New 
England, he doesn't miss the cold weather. 
His address. Box 1132, Cape Coral, Fla. 
33904. is just a short hop away from 
George Whitmarsh '14, who lives in Fort 
Myers. Ed and George were pals in the 
Providence YMCA, and both were on the 
gym team at Brown. 

1916 

Leon W. Brower, a retired General Man- 
ager with Sunlight Chemical Corp., Rum- 
ford. R. I., is spending the winter at 225 
Lakeside Park, Clearwater. Fla. 33515. His 
home address remains 705 Post Rd., Wake- 
field, R. L 02879. 

1918 

Roswell S. Bosworth. President of the 
Plioeni.x-Tinies newspapers in Bristol and 
a Trustee of Roger Williams Junior Col- 
lege, has been appointed a member of the 
Building Committee charged with super- 
vision of design and construction of the 
College's 63-acre waterfront campus for 
1,200 students on Mount Hope Bay in 
Bristol. 

1919 

Rufus C. Fuller, Jr., is Registrar of the 
Society of Colonial Wars in Rhode Island 
and Providence Plantations. 

1920 
William F. Rooney came up from Mex- 
ico to spend the Christmas holidays in 
New York, William L. Dewart reports. 



Dr. Heffner's Neighbors 

The news of Ray L. Heffner's 
election as President of Brown was 
of special interest to alumni residents 
in Bloomington, Ind., where he lives 
and serves Indiana University as one 
of its top administrators. 

Several of them are members of 
that Faculty: Prof. Edward J. Bair, 
Ph.D. '49, Chemistry; Prof. Richard 
N. Berry, Ph.D. '47, Psychology; 
Prof. Gabriel P. Frommer, Ph.D. 
'61, Psychology; Laurence A. Gret- 
sky '64, a graduate teaching associ- 
ate in German; Prof. Norman T. 
Pratt, Jr., '32, Chairman of the De- 
partment of Classics; Prof. Frederic 
C. Schmidt '27, Chemistry; and 
Prof. William P. Ziemer, Ph.D. '61, 
Mathematics. Among I.U. graduate 
students are: Ian T. Ball '62, Stuart 
A. Schneiderman '65, and Peter D. 
Shumacker '62 (law). 

Others in Bloomington are: 
Donald B. Almeida '60, with West- 
inghouse; Monroe E. Fagan, Jr., '38, 
Manager of Engineering for West- 
inghouse; O. Leonard Nichols. Ill, 
'46, and Stuart B. Spence '57, Works 
Engineer with Otis Elevator. Also 
from Bloomington are John W. 
Meador, Jr., "66 and Evans K. New- 
ton, III, '64, a Peace Corps volun- 
teer. Prof. William E. Wilson, Jr., 
is a former member of the Brown 
Faculty, long in the English Depart- 
ment at I.U. Newcomers are Profs. 
Wesley C. Salmon, Philosophy, and 
Edward C. Brown, Russian. 



Walter Hoving spoke before the New 
York Society of Security Analysts in De- 
cember. He told them that Tiffany & Co., 
of which he is Chairman and Chief Execu- 
tive Officer, had holiday sales well above 
the average of the retail industry. The 
Fifth Avenue store and its three branches 
averaged 32% higher sales than in 1964. 

Robert S. Macfarlane, President of the 
Northern Pacific Railway, also reported 
record earnings. 

1922 

A new building at the Crippled Chil- 
dren's Clinic in Melbourne, Fla., will be 
dedicated as a memorial to Walter P. Rol- 
land, we're told by Dr. Spencer C. Man- 
rodt '40. He writes: "Melbourne is justly 
proud of its Crippled Children's Clinic, 
which houses facilities that would be the 
envy of many large teaching hospitals. A 
new building will provide more treatment 
and classrooms. 

"Walter Rolland was a charter member 
and a co-founder of the Indialantic. Fla., 
Rotary Club, a driving force for the con- 
struction of the original Chnic. Walter was 
a staunch supporter of the project and was 
chief architect of the annual baseball bene- 
fit game each spring, a major league exhi- 
bition in Melbourne which raised funds for 
the Clinic." 



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1926 REUNION COMMITTEE, planning the 40th anniversary events, had a few props ready when our 

photographer showed up at one of its meetings. The calendar shows the dote when it all starts— June 3. 

Left to right are: Edward R. Austin, Jacob S. Teml(in, Rolph R. Crosby, Godfrey Goff, Joseph W. Ress, 

Chairman H. Cushman Anthony, and John H. See. 



Dr. Roger W. Nelson has left the Vet- 
erans Administration Hospital in Dublin. 
Ga.. and has his office in his home in De- 
Bary, Fla. 

1923 

Homer R. Faulkner, who has retired as 
Regional Director of the California-Texas 
Oil Company of New York, reports that he 
will be living in Sydney, Australia, for sev- 
eral years. His address: c/o Boral Lim- 
ited. P.O. Box 1. Matraville. N.S.W. 

Noyes C. Stickney, a Superintendent of 
Schools in New Hampshire until his recent 
retirement, is located at Box 242, Noko- 
mis. Fla. 33555. 

Lawrence Lanpher has been elected Lieu- 
tenant Governor of the Society of Colonial 
Wars in Rhode Island and Providence 
Plantations. At the 68th annual court, the 
speaker was the Librarian of the John Car- 
ter Brown Library, Thomas R. Adams. 

Ralph L. Gardner is Executive Vice- 
President of the McDowell County Water 
Co. in Coalwood, W. Va. He has also had 
a securities business in Lexington, Ky. 

Cecil Garland is a Lecturer in Business 
Administration at Corning Community 
College this year after some years in the 
Managem.ent Development Section of Cor- 
ning Glass Works as Supervisor of Train- 
ing. Teaching is no new experience, how- 
ever, for he was on the Faculties of the 
University of Maine and The Citadel for 
16 years before going to Corning. He and 
Mrs. Garland live in Beaver Valley. 

E. Shaw Skillings has a new address in 
Evanston, 111., 3036 Central. He retired 
nearly two years ago. having been Assist- 
ant Vice-President of Allstate Insurance 
Company for 1 3 years. He joined Allstate 
as Assistant Controller in 1940 and be- 
came an actuary in 1947. 

1924 
Robert E. Soellner retired in November 
from his career in insurance and has 
moved from Palo Alto to Walnut Creek. 
Calif., where his address is 1478 Golden 
Rain Road, Manor #8. After graduation he 



went with Connecticut General Life Insur- 
ance Company and was for many years a 
special representative in Syracuse. Later 
with D. F. Broderick in Detroit, he went 
to the firm's office in San Francisco in 
1941 and was in charge of claims. He be- 
came Assistant Superintendent of the Fi- 
delity and Surety Bond Department of 
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co. 
in San Francisco a year later before going 
to Palo Alto as Assistant Manager, Secre- 
tary, and Superintendent of Claims with 
Sequoia Insurance Co. 

S. J. Perelman found himself in excel- 
lent company on Dec. 16 when the New- 
York Times ran a side bar to its story on 
the death of the noted British author, W. 
Somerset Maugham. "Do you have many 
visitors?" an interviewer asked Maugham 
in 1961. "Oh. yes," he replied. "Jean Coc- 
teau, who is a good friend of mine, comes 
often. Adlai Stevenson was here. Also. 
Cecil Beaton, Marc Chagall, S. J. Perel- 
man, Art Buchwald, and Christopher Isher- 
wood." 

1925 

Dr. Paul J. Braisted was a participant in 
the 28th American Assembly, one of 71 
who attended the Arden House sessions 
last fall to discuss social, economic, and 
political relations between the United 
States and Japan. He is President of the 
Hazen Foundation in New Haven. 

Albert B. Gordon is Vice-President and 
General Manager with Motor Contract. 
Inc., a division of Gaynor-Taylor, Inc., 
Stratford, Conn. 

1927 

Frederick Bernays Wiener was repre- 
sented in the December issue of the Amer- 
ican Bar Journal with an article entitled. 
"History Vindicates the Supreme Court's 
Rulings on Military Jurisdiction." Cries of 
anguish went up. the Washington. D. C. 
attorney recalls, when the Supreme Court 
held unconstitutional trials by court mar- 
tial of civilian dependents and employees 
accompanying the Armed Forces overseas. 



Recently, our classmate has unearthed 
British military records of two centuries 
ago, unknown to either the Court or coun- 
sel in the American cases, that show au- 
thoritative English rulings in accordance 
with the conclusions reached by the Su- 
preme Court. 

Ellis A. Simmons is Vice-President of 
the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., 15 Broad 
St., New York City. 

Wilbur C. Thiess is living in "pleasant 
retirement" at 5599 Shadowlawn Dr.. Sara- 
asota, Fla. 33581. 

1928 

Word has recently been received at 
Alumni House of the death of Perry Bre- 
voort Turner three years ago. He had been 
employed at M. Pressner & Co., New York 
City. 

1930 

Edmund J. Farrell was elected Commis- 
sion Chairman at the organizational meet- 
ing of the Narragansett Charter Commis- 
sion. The R. I. group set a tentative date of 
next September to fulfill its mandate in 
time to place a new charter proposal on 
the ballot at the general election in No- 
vember. 

Warren Parker Leonard has been ap- 
pointed Director of The Hampton Day 
School, a new coeducational school open- 
ing in September in the Hamptons on Long 
Island. Warren had been Headmaster of 
The Storm King School. 

John B. Willis is a salesman with the 
H. A. Johnson Co., Brighton. Mass. The 
firm also has a subdivision. The Murray 
Co., at the same address. 

1931 
Lawrence G. McGinn, Superintendent of 
Schools in Lynn, represented the Superin- 
tendents' Association at the annual meeting 




MILTON G. DAVIS '31 has been promoted by 
Atlantic Refining Company to be Vice-President 
in charge of the new Eastern Products Group, 
serving 18 Eastern Stotes between Maine and 
Florida. With Atlantic since 1937, he was once 
Manager of the New England Marketing Region. 



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of the Massachusetts Trauma Committee 
of the American College of Surgeons. 

Dr. Alfred Levin is back in the History 
Department at Oklahoma State College 
following a sabbatical as Visiting Professor 
at the University of Michigan. 

1932 

William J. Meagher has been appointed 
Director for the Arthritis Foundation, with 
responsibility for coordinating chapter 
services and campaign activities for the 
Foundation in New England and New 
York State. Bill joined the group after 1 1 
years with the American Heart Associa- 
tion. 

Dr. Joseph E. Cannon has been reap- 
pointed by Governor Chafee to another 
five-year term as Director of the Rhode 
Island State Department of Health. In 
commenting on the move. Governor Chafee 
had this to say: "Dr. Cannon has con- 
ducted his office with integrity, honor, 
skill, and ability. He has the confidence of 
the medical profession and all groups with 
whom he works in the State." 

Judge William H. McSoley, Jr., sug- 
gested in December from his bench in Dis- 
trict Court, Cranston, that the State Legis- 
lature should investigate insurance com- 
panies. He noted that the companies are 
planning to raise their rates again and 
commented that they are making "unlim- 
ited demands" and "have people over a 
barrel." 

Theodore Jaffe, former Providence at- 
torney, has been reappointed as a member 
of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis- 
sion, of which he has been a member since 
March, 1961. 

Co-Chairman Samuel D. Mott is active 
on a committee that is studying a commu- 
nity house proposal for Block Island, R. I. 

1933 

Norman J. Blair has been named Assist- 
ant Director of Group Pension Underwrit- 
ing, Group Pension Underwriting & Con- 
tract Department, Massachusetts Mutual 
Life Insurance Co. The native of Lyn- 
brook, N. Y., has been associated with the 
firm for 13 years, most recently as Man- 
ager of the Group Pension Department. 

George C. Whitney is a Trust Officer 
with the Worcester County National Bank, 
446 Main St., Worcester, Mass. He resides 
at 53 Elm St. in that city. 

George Yoffa is Purchasing Director 
with Sweetheart Plastics, Inc., Guildware 
Park, Wilmington, Mass. 

Joseph Galkin, Chairman of the State 
Parole Board and a member for the past 
15 years, has been reappointed to the 
Board for another three-year term. 

Joe S. Thompson has been named to the 
Corporation of Roger Williams Junior Col- 
lege. 

1935 

Dr. Daniel D. Alexander has been 
elected Secretary-Treasurer of the New 
England Society of Psychiatry. He is active 
in North Shore Brown Club activities, 
while his son, Paul, is in his third year of 
the pioneer Medical Science Program on 
the Hill. 



Henry B. Childs has been shifted from 
Connecticut to California in his position 
as Director of Engineering with SCM Data 
Processing Systems, 6701 San Pablo Ave., 
Oakland. 

Dr. Howard D. Segool is Director of In- 
dustrial Liaison with UMass Technical Re- 
source Service. 

Dr. Robert D. Eddy is in the Chemistry 
Department at Tufts University. His home 
address: 4 Fairview Terrace, Winchester, 
Mass. 01890. 

D. Gerald Ferry is working out of New 
York City as District Sales Manager for 
Moore Business Forms, 41 E. 42nd St. 

Stanley Henshaw, Jr., was elected Sec- 
retary of the Society of Colonial Wars in 
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 
at its 68th annual court recently. 

1937 

Allen H. Krause, Lebanon County at- 
torney, has completed a one-year term as 
President of the Pennsylvania Division, 
American Cancer Society. He has been a 
volunteer with the Society since 1951 and 
is now serving a three-year term as Hon- 
orary Director of the Pennsylvania Divi- 
sion. Allen is a former President of the 
Lebanon County Bar Association and 
serves as editor of its legal journal. 

1938 

Merrill L. Hassenfeld, President of Has- 
senfeld Bros.. Pawtucket toy manufactur- 
ers, and of the Empire Graphic Corp., 
which operates pencil factories in this 
country and in Israel, has been elected to 
the Executive Committee of the nationwide 
United Jewish Appeal. In addition to serv- 
ing on the UJA planning group, he con- 





EDWARD I. FRIEDMAN '26 has been appointed 
Chairman, the Workmen's Compensation Section 
of the American Trial Lawyers Association as 
well as the R. I. Bar Association's committee in 
the same field. He is former Chief of the Work- 
men's Compensation Division of the Rhode Island 
Department of Labor. He was also named by the 
American Bar Association to its Trial Tactics 
Committee. He lectured recently at the conven- 
tion of the ATLA in Miami, Fla. 



DR. WILLIAM G. HARDY '31 took office on Jan. 1 
OS President of the American Speech and Hear- 
ing Association, professional and learned society 
with 14,000 members concerned with human 
communication and its disorders. Hardy is Direc- 
tor of the Division of Audiology and Speech, 
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and is con- 
sultant to numerous Federal and State agencies. 
(Photo by Leonard Grief, Jr.) 



tinues active on the UJA national cam- 
paign cabinet. He has been President of the 
General Jewish Committee for the past 
two years and has served as General 
Chairman of its welfare fund campaign. 

Henry W. Stevenson, Jr., is Executive 
Director of the Rhode Island Public Ex- 
penditure Council. The group in December 
released a suggestion for better fiscal plan- 
ning for the State, advocating that expendi- 
tures be projected over a three to five-year 
period, as in New York. Rhode Island 
would acquire a realistic base for judging 
tax requirements and could plan accord- 
ingly, it was suggested. 

Samuel J. McDonald, Jr., realtor, has 
found himself a fine new home at 15 Pine- 
croft Rd., Weston, Mass. He's with Hill & 
Company at the ofiice in Wellesley Hills at 
308 Washington St. 

1940 

Robert T. Engles, head of Church 
Travel Agency, Inc., Providence, reported 
recently that the U.S. Passport Oflice has 
estimated that 1.4 million Americans trav- 
eled to Europe in 1965, a 13% increase 
over the number of U.S. citizens who vis- 
ited the continent in 1964. 

Dr. Spencer C. Manrodt is living at 100 
Hickory St.. Melbourne, Fla. An article on 
him appeared in one of the Brown football 
game programs last fall. 

1941 

Allan Nanes assumed a new position at 
the Pentagon in September after nearly 1 1 
years at the Library of Congress. He is 
Assistant Chief, Afro-Asian Plans & Policy 
Division, Policy Planning Staff. "This is 
the Office of International Security Af- 
fairs," he writes, "in other branches of 



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JACOB O. KAMM, A.M. '42 is President of The 
Cleveland Quarries Company and has been 
elected a Director of Society Corporation and 
Society National Bank, Cleveland. The former 
Director of the Baldwin-Wallace School of Com- 
merce, he holds an LL.D. and the Alumni Merit 
Award from the School, of which he was for- 
merly Alumni President. He has written more 
than 100 articles and books on economics. 



which are good Brunonians Maurice 
Mountain '48 and Charles Lloyd '42." 

Prof. Walter L. Boughton is Stanley 
King Professor of Dramatic Arts at Am- 
herst College, where he is Chairman of the 
Department of Dramatic Arts and Direc- 
tor of Kirby Memorial Theater. 

Dr. Walter F. Jusczyk, West Warwick 
dentist and President of the Rhode Island 
State Dental Society, has been named 
Chairman of the Dentists' Appeal of the 
1966 R. I. Heart Fund. 

1942 

William C. Giles, Jr., was one of five 
new corporators elected by Hampden Sav- 
ings Bank early this winter. Bill is a part- 
ner with Bulkley, Richardson Godfrey & 
Burbank of Springfield. Mass. 

Col. Newton I. Carpenter, USAF, re- 
tired from the service Oct. 1 and is asso- 
ciated as an administrator with the firm of 
McGregor & Werner, J. F. Kennedy Space 
Center, Fla. 

Louis Smadbeck, President of William 
A. White & Sons, New York, has been 
elected President of the National Realty 
Club for the coming year. 

1944 

Milton E. Noble was one of three men 
elected to the Pawtucket School Commit- 
tee last fall. He not only was the top vote- 
getter among the six candidates for that 
post, but he also polled more votes than 
anyone in the city, including the new 
mayor. TTie Community Caucus selected 
him as its candidate, but Noble also had 
endorsements from several other groups in 
both political parties. His apparent voter 
appeal did not go unnoticed by his cohorts 
in University Hall, where he works as Reg- 
istrar of the University. 



Robert C. Hayes, Pawtucket physician, 
has been named Public Health Director in 
that city by its new Mayor, Robert F. 
Burns. Bob has an office at 166 Pawtucket 
Ave. 

Robert E. Klie continues as 'Vice- 
President with Cannock & Klie Agency, 
real estate and insurance. Ferry Plaza 
BIdg., Edgewater, N. J. 

Dr. William C. Pendleton, Jr., is a Pro- 
gram Associate with the Ford Foundation. 
477 Madison Ave., New York City. 

Dr. Sherman A. Gates has a new ad- 
dress: Van Wies Point, Glenmount, New 
York 12077. 

1945 
Forrest R. Whitcomb, Jr., an airline pi- 
lot, is First Officer with Pan American. His 
home address: 2740 Greenwich St., San 
Francisco 94123. 

G. Gordon White is a sales engineer 
with Huyck Felt Co., Rensselaer, N. Y. 

1946 

Earle F. Fulford, Manager-Technical 
Sales, Aftermarket Sales Division, with 
Fram Corporation, received a special pat- 
ent award under Fram's honor program 
for patentable inventions. He was issued a 
patent on the design of a gas separator fil- 
ter apparatus which is basic to one of 
Fram's industrial product lines. 

Robert A. Bourne is Assistant to the 
President with Manger Electric Co., Inc., 
Stamford, Conn. His duties are primarily 
in sales service for the firm's custom wire 
processing business. 

Dr. Milton Stern is Chief of the Bio- 
chemistry Section at St. Joseph Mercy 
Hospital, Ann Arbor, Mich. 

J. Russell Blease has moved his law of- 
fice to 255 Main St.. Pawtucket. 





ROBERT RULON-MIUER '43 is New England 
Chairman of the Young Presidents Organization. 
He is President of Dixon Corporation, Bristol, 
R. I., which employs 125 in its new plastics plant 
there, has two licensees in Europe, and is port 
owner of a joint venture company in Japan. He 
has just been elected a Trustee of Roger Williams 
Junior College, which plans a campus in Bristol. 
(Fabian Bochrach photo) 



WARREN S. PREBLUDA '43 has been named to 
manage financial analysis and new business in 
the Corporate Development Department of Merck 
& Co., Rahwoy, N. J. With a Master's degree 
from Wharton, he joined Merck in 1956 and has 
held a variety of finonciol posts previously. 



1947 
CDR. Ossian R. Butterfield, Civil Engi- 
neer Corps, USN, has been named Direc- 
tor of Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Re- 
serves with headquarters in the Navy 
Department, Washington. D. C. Upon grad- 
uation from Brown, Commander Butterfield 
was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. 
Navy Civil Engineering Corps. In 1955-56 
he attended R.P.I., where he received the 
Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. In 
recent years he has served as Executive 
Officer and as Commanding Oflicer of U.S. 
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Six, 
deployed to Rota, Spain, as well as other 
bases in the Atlantic Ocean area. He also 
has served as Director of Construction Di- 
vision, Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy 
Department, Washington, D. C. He was 
selected for postgraduate education in pe- 
troleum engineering and received a Master 
of Science degree in Petroleum Engineer- 
ing from the University of Texas in 1964. 

The Rhode Island Supreme Court has 
upheld the Feb. 10, 1965 appointment of 
Anthony G. lannuccillo, a Republican, to 
a three-year term on the State Parole 
Board. The appointment of the Providence 
attorney by Governor Chafee had been 
challenged by the previous man to hold 
the post. 

Leo R. Kebort is an engineer with Allis- 
Chalmers of Milwaukee. 

George S. Gordon, who has been named 
Vice-President-Marketing for Eastern Air- 
lines, has had an interesting career. After 
receiving his degrees from Brown and 
Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance, 
Gordon served as Director of World-Wide 
Marketing at Massey-Ferguson, Ltd., To- 
ronto, during that corporation's rapid 
growth into one of the world's leading 
producers and distributors of farm and 
light industrial equipment, diesel engines, 
and related products. In his new post he 



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is in charge of Eastern's marked expansion 
in the sales, advertising, and reservation 
areas. 

1948 

Russell C. Holt has a new title with 
Metcalf & Eddy, engineers of Boston, New 
York, Palo Alto, and San Francisco. He is 
Resident Manager and Senior Associate in 
the New York office. He is a resident of 
Scotch Plains, N. J. 

Kenneth B. Smith, an engineer, is Plant 
Manager of the NYF Co., Maryland and 
Beech Ave.. Wilmington, Del. 

Dr. William T. Bluhm is on leave this 
year from his position as Professor of Po- 
litical Science at the University of Roches- 
ter. He's spending his time in Vienna, 
where he is doing research on .\ustrian 
politics. 

George S. Bogorad is in Greece with the 
U.S. Army Engineering Division. His ad- 
dress: 8B Hadjikosta St., Athens. 

1949 

Stephen E. Weil has given up the prac- 
tice of law and is in his first year as Man- 
aging Director of Marlborough-Geason 
Gallery, New York's largest gallery deal- 
ing in contemporary art. Prof. George 
Downing of the Art Department was 
among the recent visitors from College 
Hill. 

John J. McCabe is in Pharmaceutical 
Sales with Ross Laboratories Division of 
Abbott Laboratories, Columbus, O. He's 
a Regional Manager. 

John D. Squier reports that his new 
home address serves to remind him con- 
stantly of his Alma Mater. He's now lo- 
cated at 9522 North Green Bay Road, 
Brown Deer, Wis. 53209. He is Assistant 
Vice-President of Marine National Ex- 
change Bank in Milwaukee. 

Daniel F. Howard is the Southern-Cen- 
tral Regional Manager of the Chrysler 
Corp., Marine and Industrial Division, 
Marysville, Mich. 

Robert E. Thompson is a Psychology 
and Sociology Instructor at Franklin Pierce 
College, Rindge, N. H. 

Robert W. Bell is with the Shell Oil Co., 
River Rouge, Mich., where he serves as 
a Plant Superintendent. 

J. Harry Hill has joined the Systems 
Laboratory, National Aeronautics and 
Space .Administration, Electronics Research 
Center, Cambridge, Mass. 

Dr. Mendell Robinson has resumed his 
practice of otology. His offices are at 206 
Waterman St., Providence. 

John D. Bassett is a research associate 
in the Ordnance Research Laboratory at 
Pennsylvania State University. His home 
address: P.O. Box 152, Boalsburg, Pa. 
16827. 

John M. Campbell is living in Seattle 
while employed as an engineering de- 
signer with the Boeing Co. 

Paul L. Flick is a Biology instructor and 
coach of football and track at Encina 
High School, San Juan Unified School Dis- 
trict, Carmichael, Calif. Paul's home ad- 
dress: 1437 Bell St., Sacramento 95825. 

The Rev. William G. Sherman, Jr. is 
Pastor of Synder Memorial Methodist 
Church, 226 Laura St., Jacksonville, Fla. 




HOWARD W. TINDALL, JR., '48 was the subject of a feature article in our January issue whrch told of 
his work in planning the space rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7 as Assistant Chief of the Mission Plonning 
and Analysis Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center near Houston. Too late for use with the article 
come this fine photo from NASA, which shows Tindoll in his office. On the wall is an oil portrait of 

Gemini, which his wife had painted. 



Lt. Col. Edward F. Krise is stationed at 
Ft. Monroe, Va., where he is a social work 
officer and consultant for Army Commu- 
nity Services. 

John T. Stark is Area Manager-Indus- 
trial with Mobil Oil Co., P.O. Box 2539, 
Kansas City, Mo. 

1950 

Berton S. McCarroU of the Fram Cor- 
poration's Aerospace Division won a re- 
cent contest conducted for credit union 
members. Asked to guess the average au- 
tomobile loan made by the credit union 
in the first six months of 1965, Bert sub- 
mitted a figure of $1,823.59, thereby win- 
ning a U.S. Savings Bond. The actual 
figure was $1,823.51. 

Tracy G. Thurber has been awarded the 
diamond certificate of the Gemological 



Institute of America following completion 
of that group's extensive Diamond Train- 
ing Program. Tracy has been Treasurer of 
Tilden-Thurber's of Providence for the 
last three years. 

Dr. Philip C. Curtis is on leave until 
next September from his position as Pro- 
fessor of Mathematics at the University 
of California. 

R. Winsor Haslehurst of Attleboro has 
become Executive Assistant to the Pres- 
ident and General Manager of the Provi- 
dence Wholesale Drug Co. He has been 
with the firm for better than 15 years, 
most recently as Purchasing Agent. 

David A. Comfort is in the insurance 
business as Regional Director of Training 
with the Hartford Insurance Group. 

Curtis Chrisfield, the only Brown cheer 
leader ever to be kidnapped prior to a 



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47 




H. CALVIN COOLIDGE '49 has been named Sec- 
ond Vice-President in the Trust Department of 
The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. A mem- 
ber of the Chicago and American Bar Associa- 
tions, he joined Northern Trust in 1961. In sub- 
urban Glen Ellyn, he directed three recent 
campaigns of the United Fund and is a Deacon 
of the First Congregational Church. He is Area 
Chairman for the Brown University Fund. 



football game, has a new address: 48 Cole 
St., Kingston, Mass. 02364. 

Louis A. Ferguson, a resident of New 
Rochelle, is a lecturer at Hunter College. 
He earned his M.A. at Fordham and hopes 
to have his Ph.D. in June. 

Richard H. Miller is a counseling spe- 
cialist with the Montgomery County pub- 
lic schools. Rockville, Md. 

William J. DeNuccio. who recently re- 
signed as E.xecutive Director of the R. I. 
General Assembly's Legislative Council, 
has stepped into another State Job as 
deputy to the House Finance Committee's 
fiscal adviser. 

Henry J. Arnold is with the New Jersey 
Bell Telephone Co.. 540 Broad St.. New- 
ark. He's a Personnel Supervisor. 

Selden B. Clark, an account supervisor 
with N. W. Ayer & Son. Inc.. has been 
transferred from Philadelphia to New 
York City. 

John J. Medeiros is with Pet Milk Com- 
pany as Divisional Sales Manager of the 
New England Division Sales Office in Bel- 
mont, Mass. His new home address: 8 
Billings Rd.. Foxboro. Ma.ss. 0203-5. 

Edward B. Corcoran is the Secretary 
of the Newport Boys' Club, having been 
elected at its ninth annual meeting in De- 
cember. 

Robert B. Lownes has been transferred 
to Los Angeles, where his bank. First Na- 
tional of Boston, is opening a credit office. 

1951 

Neil B. Donavan has been named Prod- 
uct Group Marketing Manager for house- 
hold wraps in the Consumer Products Di- 
vision of Scott Paper Co. He joined Scott 
in 1953 as a consumer products salesman 
in the New Haven area, moving up the 
ladder in a series of steps until in 1963 he 



was named California Divisional Manager. 
Neil holds a M.A. in Food Distribusion 
from Michigan State. 

Allan H. Chatterton, Jr.. has been named 
by the Board of Trustees to membership 
in the Corporation of Roger Williams 
Jimior College. 

John S. Rose, a construction manage- 
ment engineer, is working at the Electric 
Systems Division, U.S. Air Force. L. G. 
Hanscom Field. Bedford, Mass. 

The Rev. Bruce E. Bailey is Vicar at 
the Church of the Holy Family in Mid- 
land, Mich. 

1952 

Gilbert F. Bach, a graduate of Boston 
University Law School and New "York 
University School of Business Administra- 
tion, has been named a general partner of 
Hirsch & Co.. members of the New York 
Stock Exchange. He joined the firm in 
1955 and had been head of the syndicate 
division of the Underwriting Department. 

TTiomas P. Dimeo has been appointed 
General Chairman of the 1966 Episcopal 
Charities Fund Appeal for Rhode Island. 
Treasurer and Secretary of Dimeo Con- 
struction Co.. the new Chairman is a 
member of the Associated General Con- 
tractors, a Director of the Brown Club of 
Rhode Island, and a Director of Love 
Lane Estates Association. 

Marshall H. Cannell has been elected to 
a two-year term as President of the Welles- 
ley Players, one of the outstanding amateur 
theater groups in the Greater Boston area. 

Samuel W. Keavy is Sales Manager. 
Office Products Division, of IBM Cor- 
poration in Detroit. 

1953 

James F. Francis is a new member of 
the Massachusetts State Board of Library 
Commissioners. He was sworn in in De- 
cember by Governor Volpe. Another new 
post for Francis is that of educational con- 
sultant in Westport. Mass.. though he is 
also busy completing his doctorate at Bos- 
ton University. He was formerly Principal 
of the Rogers School in Fairhaven in 1963 
and also served as Secretary to the Board 
of Trustees of the New Bedford Institute 
of Technology. 

Philip D. Muhlenberg is a vocational in- 
structor with Federal Electric Corp.. Kil- 
mer Job Corps Center. Edison. N. J. 

Melden E. Smith, Jr., is a Teaching As- 
sistant in the History Department and a 
Ph.D. candidate at Brown. 

1954 

Louis H. Busell is a member of the 
technical staff with Computer Sciences 
Corp.. Los Altos. Calif. 

Alan E. Hovey is working in Rochester. 
N. Y., as District Manager for Century 
Housewares. Inc. 

1955 

Stephen R. Ehrlich has become a gen- 
eral partner in Mabon. Nugent & Co.. 
members of the New York Stock Ex- 
change. He joined the firm in 1956 follow- 
ing graduation from New York University 
Graduate School of Business. 

Robert N. Archer is working in Detroit 



as a mobile training instructor with Amer- 
ican Motors Corp. 

R. Alan Lawson is Assistant Professor 
of History at the University of California 
at Irvine (UCI). He expects to receive his 
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 
March. 

William J. Pearce is Assistant Treasurer 
of Renwell Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 351. 
King of Prussia. Pa. 

Dr. Peter I. Hamre is a urologist on the 
staff at Falmouth Hospital on Cape Cod. 

1956 

William W. Mauran. formerly a special- 
ist in market research, has been named 
Assistant Manager of the Market Research 
Division of Industrial National Bank of 
Rhode Island. Since joining the bank in 
1962. Bill has played an active role in the 
development of the Port of Providence and 
serves as Chairman of P.O.R.T.. an or- 
ganization dedicated to the development 
of new shipping business for the city's 
port. After leaving Brown. Bill attended 
Kenya College and Prince of Wales School 
in Kenya. East Africa. He is Treasurer of 
the Rhode Island Marine Society and a 
Vice-President of the Planned Parenthood 
Association. 

Lt. Kennedy B. Snow. USN. has been 
presented the Air Medal while serving with 
Patrol Squadron 40, currently stationed at 
North Island Naval Air Station, San Diego, 
Calif. He was awarded the medal, the 
country's ninth highest decoration, for 
"meritorious achievement in aerial flight" 
while his squadron served in Viet Nam late 
last year. 

David N. Rosenbaum. a physicist, is a 
staff member at the Institute for Defense 
Analyses. 400 Army-Navy Dr.. Arlington, 
Va. 




J. E. DRiSCOLL and Associates is headed by 
James E. Driscoll '50, who in 1962 founded the 
firm of consulting industrial and management 
engineers in Leominster, Moss. It has served cli- 
ents throughout this country and Canada, making 
studies of plant location and layout, new facil- 
ities, economic feasibility, and general company 
operations. He holds professional engineering li- 
censes in six States. 



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Charles R. Flather was promoted to 
LCDR, USN, on Dec. 1. He is presently 
serving as Navigator on board the fast 
attack-class submarine, Darter, homeported 
in Charleston. S. C. 

Dr. Richard E. Whalen is Assistant Pro- 
fessor in the Department of Psychobiology 
at the University of California. 

David A. Brown was among 22 new 
members elected to the Corporation of 
Roger Williams Junior College recently. 

John C. Orr, 3rd. is a graduate student 
at Clark University. His address: 16 Flor- 
ence St., Worcester. 

Walter M. Westcote is a pension con- 
sultant with Marsh & McLennon, One 
Woodward Ave., Detroit 48226. 

Robert F. Zimmerman is a stockbroker 
with Goodbody & Co., 921 Bergen Ave., 
Jersey City, N. J. 

1957 

Dr. Lewis A. Kay is serving as Chief 
Dental Resident in Pediatric Dentistry at 
the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He 
recently spent some time in Italy with a 
medical team studying Cooley's Anemia 
(Thalassemia major), a rather rare disease 
but one attracting growing concern in this 
country. As of July 1. he will be in private 
practice as a Pediatric Dentist in Haddon- 
field. N. J. His family now includes two 
girls and a boy. 

Kerrigan G. Hanoian is located in 
Rhode Island as a caseworker with the 
Social Welfare Department, Child Welfare 
Services. 

Frank M. Jackson is at the University of 
Texas. "I'm a Teaching Associate in the 
Department of Curriculum & Instruction," 
he says. "Half-time Faculty and half-time 
grad student." 

Conrad P. Johnson is with Sherman 
Textiles of Worcester, as General Man- 
ager. 

Walter K. Fries is a member of the 
teaching profession, working in the Math 
Department at Roton Junior High. Nor- 
walk. Conn. 

Roger E. Stoddard, a rare book libra- 
rian, has been named Assistant Librarian 
at Houghton Library, Harvard University. 
He had been on the Brown Staff for sev- 
eral years. 

Capt. Robert A. Norman, an emergency 
actions officer, has left the States for duty 
in England, where he is assigned to Bent- 
waters RAF Station. He is a part of the 
aerospace force assigned to the U.S. Air 
Forces in Europe, a part of NATO. 

Dr. Robert A. Cowan, an engineer, is 
Manager of Systems Softwear Marketing 
with Computer Control Co., Framingham. 
Mass. 

John Lew has been named Eastern Re- 
gional Sales Manager for the Norelco 
High Fidelity Products Department of the 
North American Philips Co., Inc. He will 
act as liaison between New York head- 
quarters and the Connecticut representa- 
tives. 

Michael C. Geremia is teaching at North 
Carol City School in Miami, Fla. His ad- 
dress in Miami is 1775 N.E. 116 Road. 

Clifford E. Olivera is Project Manager 
with Air Cushion Vehicle Demonstration 
Project, Metropolitan Oakland Interna- 



tional Airport, Oakland, Calif. This is a 
branch of the Bell Aerosystems Co., Buf- 
falo, N. Y. 

The Rev. William R. Fortner has been 
elected to the Euclid (Ohio) Board of 
Education for a four-year term. He also 
was elected President of the Euclid Ki- 
wanis Club for 1966. 

Daniel A. Buckley is an associate. Com- 
puter Systems Division, with Planning Re- 
search Corp., 7701 Forsyth Blvd.. St. 
Louis. Mo. 63105. 

Maxton C. Held is a graduate student 
and a Louis Bevier Fellow in English at 
Rutgers University. 

1958 

Dr. Arthur Ames completed his first 
year of surgery residency at Yale last June, 
after which he entered the Air Force. He 
currently holds the rank of Captain and 
is stationed at Ellsworth AFB, S. D. "The 
base has 15.000 population, including de- 
pendents, and I am one of two surgeons 
here. Needless to say, I'm quite busy." 
While the camp is on the dry, dusty prairie, 
the Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore are 
only 20 miles away and are beautiful. He's 
also within a day's drive of Denver and 
Yellowstone Park. He and his new bride. 
Karen, expect to be at Ellsworth for two 
years. 

Lenard D. Blackman, Bridgeport at- 
torney, and his wife, Linda, also an attor- 
ney, have formed a partnership under the 
firm name of Blackman and Blackman. 
Their offices are at 181 Middle St. Len 
is a graduate of New York University 
Law School and holds a Master's degree 
from its School of Taxation. He had been 
associated with a large Wall St. law firm 
in New York City. 

David Fischel is a research scientist 
with Space Science Division NASA, Code 
613. Goddard Space Flight Center. Green- 
belt, Md. 

David A. Galligan, a casualty under- 
writer, is with Aetna Insurance Co., Roch- 
ester, N. Y. He's living at 142 Milford 
St., Greece, N. Y. 

Joel C. Stokes is Assistant Trust Officer 
with Citizens Trust Co., Atlanta. 

Charles H. Turner is an attorney fjr 
the Regional Solicitor's Office. Department 
of the Interior, Portland, Ore. 

Charles D. Fox is a stock broker with 
A. G. Edwards & Sons, 409 North 8th, St. 
Louis 1, Mo. 

1959 
Louis E. Hathaway. 2nd. has been 
elected Assistant Treasurer and Assistant 
Secretary of Union Dime Savings Bank. 
New York City. He had been with Union 
Dime since 1960. In his present position 
he inspects properties on a nationwide 
basis in the acquisition of insured and 
guaranteed mortgages. 

John D. Bagnall has gone to New York 
with C.I.T. He'd been in Providence in 
the Investment Department of the Rhode 
Island Hospital Trust Co. He had also 
been coaching the Jayvee hockey team at 
Brown. 

Walter R. Keay is a partner in the In- 
stitutional Services Department, with Par- 




BARRY W. BLANK '56 has been promoted to the 
rank of Second Vice-President at Fidelity Union 
Trust Company, Newark, N. J. He joined the 
Fidelity organization on graduation and holds a 
Master's degree from Rutgers. He is an instructor 
for the Monmouth and Passaic Chapters, Ameri- 
can Institute of Banking. 



rish & Co., 40 Wall St., New York City. 

Robert D. Stein is an Instructor in the 
Departments of English and the Humani- 
ties at the University of Chicago. 

Dr. Donald M. Kartiganer remains at 
the University of Washington with a new 
title. He is now Assistant Professor of 
English. 

Whitney Lincoln Lane is an art director 
for Cunningham & Walsh, New York ad- 
vertising agency, and a member of the 
Marine Corps Reserve. 

Edward H. Carr is a salesman with 
Joseph T. Ryerson & Sons, 5200 Grays 
Ave., Philadelphia. 

Lt. William R. Pressler, Jr., USN, has 
been assigned to Pearl Harbor as Opera- 
tions Department head on board a de- 
stroyer, USS Nicholas. He was a recent 
graduate, with distinguished honors, from 
the U.S. Naval Destroyer School. 

1960 

Robert P. Burchard received his Ph.D. 
in Microbiology from the University of 
Minnesota last July and is a Peace Corps 
volunteer working in the Department of 
Pharmacy, University of Ife, Ibadan 
Branch, Nigeria. 

J. Terry Case is a teacher-coach at 
Minersville Area Junior High. Minersville, 
Pa. He is head coach of football, wrestling, 
and baseball. 

Norman J. Pineault is a business trainee 
(finance) with General Electric in Lynn. 

Steven Duckett is a research physicist 
with Aero Space Manufacturing Corp.. Los 
Angeles. 

Jay B. Burns is with Honeywell Elec- 
tronic Data Processing Division, Wellesley 
Hills, Mass., as a personnel representative. 

Richard L. Abbott is an attorney in the 
Office of Hearing Counsel, Federal Mari- 
time Commission. Washington, D. C. 



FEBRUARY 1966 



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ZACHARY P. MORFOGEN '50 has been named 
European Books Manager of the Book Depart- 
ment of Time-Life International. Formerly Promo- 
tion Manager of Life magazine, he will move to 
Amsterdam in June. (Walter Daron photo) 

1961 

Reunion Chairman Roderick A. Me- 
Garry, 2nd, reports an exceptionally heavy 
response to the first mailing piece. "There 
appears to be a great deal of enthusiasm 
for this 5th Reunion," he says. One of 
the highlights of the four-day gathering 
will be the reunion under the stars on 
Saturday night at the Commencement Pops 
Concert. 

Robert F. Lussier is making a name 
for himself in the world of theater and 
television. The Rhode Island native last 
fall began to hit solidly in the field of 
making television commercials. He did 
both national and New York commercials 
and has six national commercials about to 
be released. As he puts it, "That's money 
in the bank." On Thanksgiving Day he 
appeared in a CBS-TV broadcast of the 
play for youngsters. The Emperor's New 
Clothes, and then on Christmas Day he 
had a part in the CBS production of "Pi- 
nocchio." 

Lussier bears a striking resemblance to 
famed performer Hume Cronyn. "I finally 
got so tired of hearing about this from 
everyone that I decided to sit down and 
write a letter to Cronyn explaining the 
situation and telling him that I just had 
to write about this coincidence," he says. 
"He was very nice about it. He answered 
me, expressing his condolences for re- 
sembling him and enclosed pictures of 
himself and his family." 

Robert C. Royce, a second-year student 
at Dickinson School of Law, has been se- 
lected a candidate for the student Moot 
Court Board. The Board runs Dickinson 
Law's extensive oral argument program, 
sponsoring competition for all three law 
school classes. Bob and Willoughby reside 
at 116 West South St., Carlisle, Pa. 

Dr. F. William Abbate is with Textile 
Fibers Department of E. I. DuPont de 
Nemour-s, Seaford, Del., as a research 
chemist. 



Prof. Robert T. Parry, a research econo- 
mist, is with the Federal Reserve Board of 
Governors. Washington, D. C. 

Ralph E. Wadleigh is Official Assistant 
at the International Department, Industrial 
National Bank. Providence. 

Joseph E. Ondrick is a radio announcer 
at WHEN in Syracuse. 

William A. Slusarchyk is a senior re- 
search chemist at The Squibb Institute for 
Medical Research, New Brunswick, N. J. 

Thomas A. Daffron has been named Di- 
rector of Media Services, the Office of 
Public Relations, at the University of Chi- 
cago. Frederick F. Foy is a stafli' writer in 
the same office. 

Forrest A. Broman is a law clerk to 
Justice Spalding of the Massachusetts Su- 
preme Court. 

Wilson B. Brown is an Assistant Pro- 
fessor in the Department of Economics at 
Colby College. 

Joseph C. Crocker, 3rd, is an engineer- 
ing salesman with Hackensack Cable 
Corp., Hackensack, N. J. 

John Sculley. 3rd, is account supervisor 
for the Pillsbury account with Marschalk 
Co., Inc.. New York City. 

Dr. Arthur F. Tuch is an intern in the 
Department of Medicine, Upstate Medical 
Center, Syracuse, N. Y. 

David V. Walles is in the Marketing 
Department of Worcester County National 
Bank. Worcester. 

John R. Hagenbuch is a secondary 
school teacher at the Prince Makonnen 
School, P.O. Box 1773, Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia. 

1962 

The parents of 1st Lt. Charles M. Coe, 
USMC, received a telegram on Wednes- 
day evening, Dec. 15, saying that their 
son had been wounded in Viet Nam. Just 
45 minutes later, Charlie called home to 
assure his family that he was going to 
be all right. The telegram said that Lieu- 
tenant Coe had been wounded in action 
near Que Son, South Viet Nam, and had 
been evacuated to a base hospital in Japan, 
where he was undergoing treatment for 
gunshot wounds in the left leg and right 
arm. 

Tliis was the second trip to Viet Nam 
for Charlie. He joined the Marine Corps 
in May, 1963, and while he was stationed 
in Okinawa his unit, a "floating battalion," 
was sent to Viet Nam from September to 
December, 1964. He was home on leave 
in February of 1965 and then spent time 
at Camp Pendleton, Calif., where he was 
an instructor. In July he waived his tour 
of duty in the States and volunteered for 
action in Viet Nam. 

Christopher K. Petty has been named 
Vice-President of the C. J. Pearson Co., 
builder of Bristol Yachts and Sailstar 
Boats. He had been active in the fiberglass 
boat industry for several years before he 
joined the C. J. Pearson Company as 
General Manager in 1964. Chris will con- 
tinue to be in charge of production at the 
company's facilities in Bristol, R. I. 

Allan Ashman, upon graduation from 
Columbia Law School last June, joined 
the Faculty of the University of North 



Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an Instruc- 
tor in Public Law and Government and 
Assistant Director of the Institute of Gov- 
ernment. The Ashmans are residing in 
Chapel Hill. 

Arnold L. Blasbalg, Providence attor- 
ney and a recent graduate of Boston Uni- 
versity School of Law, is associated with 
the firm of Hassenfeld & Blasbalg, located 
in the Industrial National Bank Bldg. 

William G. Harriss is in the training 
program at White, Weld & Co., investment 
brokers of New Haven, 

Eugene W. Lewis, 3rd, is an associate in 
the law firm of Dahlberg. Simon, Jayne, 
Woolfenden & Gawne, Detroit. 

LT(j.g.) Robert D. Traub is serving at 
the Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, 
Md., in the capacity of Assistant Staff Le- 
gal Officer. He was transferred from the 
USS Yancey (AKA-93) in October. 

Theodore A. Fleron is in the insurance 
business in Boston, working in the Man- 
agement Development Program with John 
Hancock. 

Vincent J. Hudzikiewicz, Jr., a social 
caseworker, is with the Department of 
Public Welfare in Springfield, Mass. 

Lewis E. Little, a resident of Morris- 
town, N. J., is a physicist with Bell Tele- 
phone Labs, Whippany, N. J. 

Stephen K. Robert is a security analyst 
with Faulkner, Dawkins & Sullivan, 60 
Broad St., New York City. 

1st Lt. David E. Backman has been as- 
signed to McGuire AFB, N. J., following 
graduation from the Air University's 
Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, 
Ala. 

Warren E. Logelin is in public relations 
with the Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Chi- 
cago. 

1963 

2nd Lt. John L. Jones, USMCR, finished 
work on his M.A. in Physics at Duke Uni- 
versity last September and expects to re- 
ceive his degree at the June Commence- 
ment. After a three-week vacation with his 
brother in the Bahamas, he entered the 
38th OCC at Officer Candidate School, 
Quantico, Va., finishing fifth out of 511 
graduating in December and being honor 
man in his platoon. Three members of the 
Class of '65 graduated with him — David 
A. Jones, B. Kent Brahe, and Joel J. Lynn. 
John is currently attending the Basic School 
at Quantico, with graduation expected in 
May. His address remains: Ferry Farms, 
Annapolis, Md. 21402. 

Robert D. Laudati is with Bankers Trust 
Co., New York City, as a credit analyst. 

Stephen Murray is a graduate student 
at Harvard Law School. His address: 65 
Eustis St., Cambridge. 

Richard Alan Schroder is completing 
the first of four assignments in his Man- 
agement Intern Program with the National 
Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. He 
returned to this country in July, 1965, 
after completing service with the Peace 
Corps in Guayaquil, Ecuador. His eflforts 
there were directed chiefly to the educa- 
tional and social problems of the Ecuado- 
rian blind. 

D. Michael Counihan is a senior cn- 



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gineer working for Sylvania Electric Co., 
Buffalo. At the same time he is completing 
work for his Master's at the University of 
Rhode Island. 

LT(j.g.) Robert E. Nickerson has been 
transferred from the USS Fort Marion, 
where he was Communications Officer, to 
the USS George Clymer (APA-27). home- 
ported in San Diego. His ship left early 
in February for an eight-month cruise in 
the Pacific. 

Robert C. Brecht is a field worker for 
the Neighborhood Youth Corps Program 
in Philadelphia. 

LT(j.g.) James B. Greene, Jr., is sta- 
tioned on board the USS Barry, DD 933, 
which has been cruising off the coast of 
Viet Nam. 

Crawford E. Hindermann, Jr., is an ad- 
ministrative assistant in the Pension Trust 
Department of Connecticut Bank & Trust 
Co., Hartford. 

Francis S. Knox, 3rd, is a Graduate 
Teaching Assistant at Iowa State Univer- 
sity. He's writing his thesis and expects to 
receive his M.S. in Psychology later this 
year. 

Richard Ridge is working on his doctor- 
ate in Education in the area of counseling 
and personnel services at the University 
of Florida. He received his M.Ed, there 
last August. 

John R. Hornyak is with the Warner 
Lambert Pharmaceutical Company of Mor- 
ris Plains, N. J., as Assistant Advertising 
and Promotion Manager, Proprietary Drug, 
International Division. 

Carl R. Weis is at Keene State College 
of the University of New Hampshire, 
where he is Instructor of Art and Coor- 
dinator of the Thome Art Gallery. He re- 
ceived his M.F.A. from Columbia last 
year. 

2nd Lt. Thomas F. Elliott has completed 
the U.S. Air Force advanced navigator- 
bombardier course at Mather AFB, Calif., 
and has been assigned as an instructor 
there. 

Lt. Robert Morris is with an Air Force 
unit at Holloman. 

1964 

Lt. Bruce Bean wrote his former 
AFROTC Commanding Officer, Colonel 
Grundmann, in December from Cannon 
AFB, Clovis, N. M. "Here I am less than 
five months on active duty," he said, "and 
I've already gotten my Vietnamese Service 
ribbon, had two weeks of Flak Analysis 
School at Denver, and begun looking for 
another job." His "first briefing" in the 
Air Force turned out to be a combat mis- 
sion that actually flew against the VC. 
Bean is an intelligence officer in the Tacti- 
cal Air Command, Colonel Grundmann 
says. 

The first week Bean was at Cannon, he 
met Lt. Buddy Freeman '63, who left for 
the Philippines shortly afterward. 

Lt. Marcus Beresford is a flight instruc- 
tor at Craig AFB, Alabama, according 
to Colonel Grundmann. 

Francis P. DiBella is in his second year 
of graduate study toward his Ph.D. in Bio- 
chemistry at the University of Minnesota. 
He is studying under a research assistant- 
ship from the University. 



Thomas H. Draper is working with 
the firm of Frantzreb & Pray, an educa- 
tional, counselling, and fund-raising com- 
pany located at 60 East 42nd St., New 
York City. His position is Campaign Di- 
rector. 

Edward Drury is attending Yale Medical 
School. His address: 1 South St., New 
Haven 06519. 

Irvan R. Sygoda is a National Defense 
Education Act Fellow in the Department 
of Romance Languages, Princeton Univer- 
sity. 

David A. Lovenheim is attending George- 
town University Law School. His address: 
12905 Crookston Lane, Rockville, Md. 
20851. 

2nd Lt. Ronald E. Plante received his 
U.S. Air Force silver pilot wings recently 
upon graduation from Moody AFB, Ga. 
He has been assigned to McGuire AFB, 
N. J., for flying duty with the Military 
Air Transport Service. 

Irwin M. Chaiken is a graduate student 
in the Biological Chemistry Department of 
the UCLA Medical Center. 

Randolph M. Valz, 3rd. is with Procter 
& Gamble Distributing Company in Cin- 
cinnati as Assistant Order and Traffic Man- 
ager. 

Richard W. Pearce is an underwriter 
with Automobile Mutual Insurance Co., 
Providence. 

Robert M. Rutan, Jr., a sales represent- 
ative, is with Allied Chemical Corp., Plas- 
tics Division, Cleveland. 

LeRoy Thompson, Jr., has secured em- 
ployment with a steel-fabricating firm. He's 
a salesman with Steelite Buildings, Inc., 
Pittsburgh. 

1965 

Albert W. Bingham, Jr., after complet- 
ing a successful first quarter at the North- 
western School of Business, was elected 



to his first political office as Class represent- 
ative to the Graduate Business Associa- 
tion. 

Thomas P. Sculco is attending Colum- 
bia Medical School, with wedding bells on 
the agenda for June. 

Joseph Tarentolo plans to enter Seton 
Hall Medical School, Class of 1970, fol- 
lowing work at George Washington Uni- 
versity. 

Robert W. Hendon is wearing three hats 
at The Peddie School, where he is a teacher 
of Latin and Greek, assistant coach of 
football and track, and sports editor of the 
Peddie Aliimni Magazine. 

John C. Jones, also at Peddie, has teach- 
ing responsibility in Latin and French 
and coaching assignments in football and 
wrestling. 

Samuel Baumgarten has followed one 
of his first loves, sports, and is enrolled 
at the New York University School of 
Education, where he is working toward a 
Master's in Physical Education. 

Other members of the Class who are 
attending graduate school are as follows: 
Donald G. Rising, University of Iowa 
(Statistics); Burgess N. Record, Jr., Yale 
Medical School; Richard K. Bell. Univer- 
sity of Chicago Business School; Edward 
J. Kovac, Jr., University of Michigan (As- 
trophysics); William Morrow, University 
of Pennsylvania Law School; Thomas F. 
McWilliams, Wharton Business School; 
John W. Rosenblum, Harvard Business 
School; James S. Gilson, Jr.. Indiana Uni- 
versity School of Business; Robert D. Mer- 
ingolo, Jefferson Medical College. 

2nd Lt. Robert V. Howland has been 
assigned to a Rhode Island Air National 
Guard unit for training and duty follow- 
ing graduation from OflRcer Training School 
at Lackland AFB, Tex. 

Harry L. Barr is attending Northwestern 
University Business School. 



Bureau of Vital Statistics 



MARRIAGES 

1943 — Frederic W. Allen, Jr., and Miss 
Janice P. Ward P'46, daughter of Mrs. 
Leslie F. Ward of Cranston, R. I., Dec. 4. 

1958 — Stephen T. Singiser and Miss Ann 
M. Fulton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert O. Fulton of Pacific Palisades, 
Calif., Dec. 18. Ushers included Arthur 
H. Parker '58 and Warren G. Paul '58. 
The groom is the son of Frank K. Singiser 
'28. At home: 373 Bleecker St., New York 
City. 

1959 — i/Lt. Lincoln S. Beaumont, Jr., 
USAF, and Miss Charlotte J. Haller, 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Hal- 
ler of Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 26. 

1961— Lt. Howard L. Pedlikin, USA, 
and Miss Cynthia B. Rudek, daughter of 
Mrs. Philip Rudek of Springfield, Mass., 
and the late Mr. Rudek, Dec. 19. Allen 
Sherman '63 was an usher. 

1962 — Allan Ashman and Miss Sandra 



R. Silverton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Morton Silverton of Montreal, July 4. Mi- 
chael Stein '62, Michael Saper '62, Noah 
Zager '62, and Alan Orenberg '62 served 
as ushers. 

1963 — Lewis M. Engleman and Miss 
Linda E. Turkanis, daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Edward Turkanis of Lynn, Dec. 19. 
Ushers included Marc Levine '63, Marshall 
Bedine '63, and David Katsky '63. 

1963 — Francis S. Knox and Miss Carol 
Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam E. Johnson of Rockford, III. At home: 
507 Pammel Ct., Ames, Iowa. 

1964 — Clifford Adelman and Miss Nancy 
E. Kilpatrick P'65, daughter of the Rev. 
and Mrs. Gilbert Y. Taverner of Milton, 
Mass., Dec. 27. At home: 6926 South 
Oglesby Ave., Chicago. 

1964 — Irwin M. Chaiken and Miss Gail 
B. Shapiro, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam Shapiro of Providence, June 20. At 
home: 10700 Ohio Ave.. Los Angeles. 



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1964 — John R. Edmonston and Miss 
Allyson G. Sokolove. daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Aaron Sokolove of Baltimore, Dec. 
26. Ushers included Charles Sokoloff '63. 
Michael Gradison "64. Edwin H. Tuller. 
Jr., '64. and Robert A. Kuller "63. At home: 
1 Regent Cir.. Brookline, Mass. 

1964 — Warren E. George, Jr., and Miss 
Ellen Schneiderman. daughter of Mr. and 
Mrs. Harry Schneiderman of New York, 
Dec. 24. 

1964 — Mark S. Hoffman and Miss Ann 
Silber P'66, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Philip Silber of Chestnut Hill. Mass., Dec. 
21. 

1964— Ens. G. Michael Hurley. USNR, 
and Miss Claudia T. Nash P"65, daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Nash of New 
Milford. Conn.. Nov. 27. Samuel C. Hur- 
ley, III, '58 was best man, and ushers in- 
cluded Richard R. Rulon '64. Robert B. 
Klint "64, David A. Garbus "64, and Wal- 
ter E. Ingram, III, '65. At home: Apt. 6, 
650 Junipero, Long Beach, Calif. 

1964 — Albert C. Libutti and Miss Anita 
DeSiderato, daughter of Mrs. Calisto De- 
Siderato of Providence, and the late Mr. 
DeSiderato, Aug. 21. At home: 91 Verdi 
St., North Providence. 

1964 — David A. Lovenheim and Miss 
Roberta Levine, Aug. 1. Alan Brenner "64 
and Paul Goldberg '64 were ushers. At 
home: 12905 Crookston Lane, Rockville, 
Md. 

1965— Ens. Geoffrey H. O'Brien, USNR, 
and Miss Susan M. Symonds, daughter of 
Mrs. Louis J. I. Symonds of Providence, 
and the late Mr. Symonds, Dec. 30. At 
home: 77 Pitman St., Providence. 

1965 — Jerome R. Satkus and Miss Carol 
A. Jones, daughter of Mrs. Ethel M. Jones 
of Rockland, Mass., and Mr. Albert R. 
Jones of Braintree, Mass., Dec. 18. 

1966 — Philip L. McGuire and Miss Bev- 
erly J. Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Robert H. Butler of West Hartford, Nov. 
21. 

BIRTHS 

1942 — To Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Mann 
of North Scituate, R. I., their first child, a 
son, Seth Goodspeed, Dec. 20. 

1948— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. 
Chase, Jr., of Greenwich, Conn., their first 
child, a son, Robert Sisson, III, Dec. 8. 

1949— To Mr. and Mrs. Herbert E. 
Bonacker of East Longmeadow, Mass., 
their fifth child and third daughter, Suzanne 
Louise, Nov. 20. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Ep- 
stein of Buttonwoods, R, I., a son, Sam 
Houston, Dec. 1. 

1950— To Mr. and Mrs. John B. l.yte, 
Jr., of Edgewood, R. I., their second child 
and second daughter, Linda Alison, Dec. 
15. Maternal grandfather is Irving G. Lox- 
Icy "27. 

1951— To Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Miu'- 
ray of Plainfield, N. J., their seventh child 
and fourth son, Podraic ODonovan, Oct. 6. 

1952— To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Re- 
gine of Edgewood, R. I., a son, 'Thomas 
Joseph. Nov. 19. 

1952— To Mr. and Mrs. Davies W. Bis- 
set, Jr., of Pawtucket, their third child and 



first daughter, Elizabeth Agnes, Dec, 6. 

1953— To Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Gold- 
man of Richmond, Va., their third child 
and second daughter, Ilene Sara, Dec. 4. 

1953— To Mr. and Mrs. V. Lee Nor- 
wood of Ormond Beach, Fla., their third 
child and second son, Alan Scott, Nov. 29. 

1955 — To Mr. and Mrs. Cosmo S. 
Chirico of Providence, a son, David 
Wayne, Nov. 27. 

1956 — To Mr. and Mrs. Seymour 
Pienkny of Deer Park. N. Y., a son, Bruce 
Evan, Dec. 15. 

1957 — To Mr. and Mrs. Harvey T. 
Tracy, Jr., of Westboro, Mass., their 
second child and second daughter. Amy 
Sawyer, Oct. 16. Mrs. Tracy is the former 
Sally Nichols P'58. 

1958— To Mr. and Mrs. Lenard D. 
Blackman of Bridgeport, Conn., their sec- 
ond child and first daughter, Lauren Ann. 
Nov. 6. 



1958— To Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. 
Morse of Seattle, a son, Kristofer Patrick, 
Dec. 7. 

1959— To Mr. and Mrs. David L. Mor- 
ton of Andover, Mass., their third child 
and second daughter, Julia Moran, Nov. 
10. 

1959 — To Mr. and Mrs. George J. Po- 
sejpal of Louisville. Ky., their second child 
and first son, George James, II, Dec. 6. 

1 96 1 — To Mr. and Mrs. Kent Gardner 
of Madison, Conn., their second child and 
second daughter, Jane Kent, Dec. 22. 

1962 — To Mr. and Mrs. Laurence B. 
Chase of Providence, their first child, a 
daughter, Laura Katharine, Dec. 8. 

1962 — To Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. 
Richman of Jamaica Plain, Mass., their 
first child, a daughter, Wendy Beth, Sept. 8. 

1964— To Lt. Robert J. Guenther. 
USAF, and Mrs. Guenther of Munich, 
Germany, a daughter, Jodi Jean, Aug. 20. 



In Memoriam 



DR. WILLARD HENRY BACON 00, in 
Westerly, R. I., Jan. 6. He was Superin- 
tendent Emeritus of Westerly Schools 
and had been Superintendent for 36 
years before his retirement in 1949. Un- 
der his guidance the Senior High, Bab- 
cock Junior High, and High Street ele- 
mentary schools were built, and the 
teaching staff was doubled. He received 
an honorary Ed.D. degree from Rhode 
Island College of Education, now Rhode 
Island College, in 1934. He had been 
Principal in high schools in Avon. Mass., 
and Charlestown and Rochester, N. H., 
before his Westerly appointment. In 
1951, in recognition of his efforts for 
the community's young people the West- 
erly YMCA presented him with its 
Service to Youth Award. At various 
times he had been President of the R. I. 
Institute of Instruction. Barnard Club, 
and New England Association of School 
Superintendents, and a member of the 
National Education Association and 
American Association of School Admin- 
istrators. Kappa Sigma. His brother is 
Dr. J. Homer Bacon "96, and his son is 
Lt. Col. Henry C. Bacon, USA, 26 
Brackett Rd., Portsmouth, N. H. 

FORDYCE THOMAS REYNOLDS 00. 
in Hadley, Mass., Dec. 24. He retired in 
1946 as Superintendent of Schools in 
Gardner, Mass., a position he had held 
for 32 years. He earned his A.M. degree 
from Columbia University in 1921 and 
was a teacher for several years before 
assuming his post in Gardner. After be- 
ing appointed District Deputy for the 
13th Masonic District in 1922, he served 
for two years. He had been a Trustee of 
Hopkins Academy since 1937. Alpha 
Delta Phi. His son is Thomas H. Reyn- 
olds, Wayland, Mass. 

ELIHU SANFORD TUTTLE "00, in 
Clearwater, Fla., Dec. 17. He was re- 



tired as Superintendent of the Pruden- 
tial Life Insurance Co. of America, 
which he joined in 1901. During the 
Spanish-American War, he served as 
Sgt. with the 1st R. I. "Volunteers Infan- 
try. He was a former President of the 
Boy Scout Council in New London. 
Conn., and a member of the Rotary Ex- 
ecutives Club. Phi Delta Theta. His son 
is Elihu S. Tiittle, Jr., 209 Highland St., 
Brockton, Mass. 

DR. JOHN HERBERT WARD 01, in St. 
Petersburg, Jan. 10. He was long Head 
of the Science Department of Classical 
High School in Providence — a member 
of the Faculty for 40 years and chair- 
man of the committee which established 
the first Rhode Island Schools' Science 
Fair in 1946. He retired from Classical 
in 1949 and seven years later was 
awarded an honorary Ed.D. degree from 
the former Rhode Island College of Ed- 
ucation, now Rhode Island College. In- 
terested in science and mathematics, he 
also studied at Amherst and Harvard. 
He was Principal and teacher of high 
schools in Westport, East Bridgewater, 
and Medway, Mass.. then taught at St. 
Johnsbury Academy before going to 
Classical in 1909. In 1954 he organized 
the Rhode Island Retired Teachers As- 
sociation, which he headed for several 
terms as President. He was a member 
of the New England Physics Teachers 
Association, honorary member of the 
New England Chemistry Teachers As- 
sociation, member of the National Sci- 
ence Teachers Association and R. I. In- 
stitute, and Deacon and Treasurer of the 
Rhode Island Council of United Church 
Men. He was Secretary of his Class. Phi 
Beta Kappa. His daughter is Aileen 
Ward Allen, 21 Lillian Ave., Providence. 

ARTHUR CARLTON NICHOLS '13, in 
Providence, Dec. 5. He was a retired 



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salesman for The Hoover Co., Provi- 
dence. Phi Kappa Sigma. A son, Warren, 
sm-vives. 

THE REV. MERRITT LODGE GREGG, 
A.M. '08, in Sussex, N. B., Canada, ac- 
cording to mail returned to Alumni 
House. He was a graduate of Bates Col- 
lege. 

SABIN CUBBAGE PERCEFULL, A.M. 

'13, in Englewood, Colo., Nov. 24. He 
was financial advisor to Petroleum In- 
formation, Denver. A graduate of Bay- 
lor University who did graduate work 
at the Universities of Iowa and Texas, 
he joined the Faculty of Northwestern 
State College in 1915 and advanced to 
Dean of the Faculty. From 1939 to 1943 
he was President of Northeast Okla- 
homa Junior College, then returned to 
Northwestern State as President until his 
retirement in 1955. He was a veteran of 
World War I and a Past Commander of 
the Alva, Okla., American Legion Post. 
He also was a Past President of the 
Oklahoma Education Association, Alva 
and Miami Rotary Clubs, and a member 
of several professional and academic so- 
cieties. His widow is Pearl E. Percefull, 
2952 So. Ogden St., Englewood. 

STANLEY WARD BURLINGAME '19, 
in Providence, Jan. 8. He was a drafting 
engineer for the Crown Mfg. Co. for 15 
years until 1950, and then a self- 
employed draftsman. He also had been 
a draftsman for Brown & Sharpe Mfg. 
Co., and Martines Engineering Service, 
both in Providence. He was a member 
of the Providence Engineering Society. 
Alpha Tau Omega. His widow is Evan- 
geline W. Burlingame, 70 Savoy St., 
Providence. 

EDWARD ALLEN SPENCER '19, in Bak- 
ersfield, Calif., June 4. He was retired 
as President and General Manager of 
Cabrillo Oil Corp., Bakersfield. He 
moved to California shortly after World 
War I and became an engineer with the 
Elliott Core Drilling Co. Twelve years 
later he went into the oil-production 
business on his own in the Kern River 
Oilfields, operating under the name of 
the Cabrillo Oil Corp. He made many 
important contributions to this phase of 
the petroleum industry. Psi Upsilon. His 
widow is Marie W. Spencer, c/o Ca- 
brillo Oil Corp., Rt. 1, Box 213, Bakers- 
field. 

ARVID NORLANDER LARSON '23, in 

North Scituate, R. I., Nov. 27. He was a 
mechanical engineer with the Danielson 
Mfg. Co. in Connecticut. He also had 
been employed as a designer-draftsman 
for B-I-F Industries and as an engineer 
with Standard Machine Co., both in 
Providence. Lambda Chi Alpha. His 
widow is Elinor C. Larson, Danielson 
Pike, No. Scituate. 

WILLIAM KENNETH SHEEHAN '23, 
attorney, in Dayton, O., Nov. 25. He 
took his law studies at Columbia, receiv- 
ing his LL.B. in 1926. Admitted to the 



New York Bar, he was a member of the 
firm of Monroe & Byrne in downtown 
Manhattan for many years. During 
World War II, he served as a 1/Lt. in 
the U.S. Army Air Force for four years, 
after which he moved to Dayton as an 
attorney at the ASD, Wright Patterson 
Air Force Base. He was a Dayton resi- 
dent for 14 years. Delta Phi. His widow 
is Margaret H. Sheehan, 4225 Shroyer 
Rd., Kettering, O. 

RALPH CHRISTIE SMITH '24, in New 
York City, Dec. 24. A specialist with 
the New York Stock Exchange, he had 
held a seat since 1934. After graduation 
he spent four years with Pickering Hard- 
ware Co., then moved into the invest- 
ment field with Dominick and Domi- 
nick. New York stockbrokers. He 
continued his olfice with them. Alpha 
Delta Phi. His widow is Augusta M. 
Smith, 67 Peach Hill Rd., Darien, Conn. 

JOSEPH FRANCOIS JACQUET '25, in 
La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 2. He had retired 
after a decade as an industrial engineer 
for the U.S. State Department, Washing- 
ton, D. C. He had been employed as 
Management Engineer with the S. D. 
Leidesdorf & Co., N. Y., Certified Pub- 
lic Accountants, for about eight years 
when he joined the Stale Department in 
1955. His overseas assignments with 
Foreign Aid for the State Department 
included Bangkok, Thailand, Manila, 
and Seoul. He was a member of the 
American Society of Mechanical Engi- 
neers and the Society for the Advance- 
ment of Management. He received his 
M.B.A. from New York University in 
1931. Sigma Chi. His widow is Fayne B. 
Jacquet, 222 Playa del Norte, La Jolla. 

JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD LEWIS '28, in 
Stonington, Conn., Dec. 25. He retired 
in 1961 as Chief and Executive Secre- 
tary of the R. I. Employees Retirement 
System, Providence. He joined the sys- 
tem in its infancy in April, 1939, as 
Chief Clerk and became Chief in 1947, 
at the same time being named Executive 
Secretary of the State Retirement Board. 
His reputation as an expert on the many 
complexities of the retirement laws was 
unchallenged. He worked in a number 
of banks and business places before en- 
tering State service. He was a former 
President of the R. I. Public Finance Of- 
ficers Association. Phi Gamma Delta. 
His widow is the former Melissa G. 
Seaman P'29, 41 Stiness Dr., Warwick. 

DR. WILLLAM ENDICOTT GREER '29, 
in Acapulco, Mex., Dec. 16, while on 
vacation. He was a general practitioner 
and former physician for Rockingham 
Park race track. He received his M.D. 
degree from Tufts College Medical 
School in 1936. He served in the Boston 
City Hospital's contagious unit, took his 
junior internship at Margaret Pillsbury 
Hospital, Concord, N. H., and com- 
pleted senior internship at Lawrence 
General Hospital in 1937. He was a 
member of the American, Massachu- 
setts, New Hampshire, and Greater Law- 



rence Medical Associations, and a gen- 
eral staff member of the Lawrence 
General, Clover Hill, and Bon Secours 
Hospitals. Delta Phi. His widow is El- 
len C. Greer, 116 Zion Hill Rd., Salem, 
N. H. 

BRADFORD GILLETTE WOOLLEY '29, 
in West Palm Beach, Dec. 17. An engi- 
neer, he had been President of WooUey 
Engineering Co., Providence, before 
moving to Florida seven years ago. He 
previously was Vice President and 
Treasurer of Hammel-Dahl Co., Provi- 
dence, and was active in the manage- 
ment of the predecessor company, Ham- 
mel-Oil Burning Equipment Co., Inc. 
He held a number of patents on auto- 
matic control equipment, particularly re- 
lated to combustion control applications. 
After graduate work at the Harvard 
Graduate School of Business Adminis- 
tration, he was employed by General 
Motors prior to his joining Hammel Co. 
He was active in civic affairs, and was 
one of the first three Eagle Scouts in 
Rhode Island. Theta Delta Chi. His 
widow is Lizetta C. WooUey, 101 Flag- 
ler Lane, West Palm Beach. 

DR. BERNARD BLOCH, Ph.D. '35, in 
New Haven, Nov. 27. During the last 
two years he had been on leave from 
Yale, serving as a Fellow at the Center 
for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sci- 
ences at Stanford University. At Yale he 
was Chairman of the Department of 
Indie and Far Eastern Languages and 
Literature. In 1943, he was appointed 
Language Director for Japanese in the 
Army Specialized and Civil Affairs 
Training Programs at Yale. It was his 
system which speeded the teaching of 
Japanese to the Armed Forces in World 
War II. He collaborated with E. H. Jor- 
dan to write Spoken Japanese, the vol- 
ume used in teaching the course. He 
graduated from the University of Kansas 
in 1928 and for two years studied at 
Harvard and Northwestern University. 
He taught English and German at 
Brown before joining the Faculty at 
Yale in 1943. He had been prominent in 
the Linguistic Society of America and 
was its President in 1953. During the 
1930's he was Assistant Editor of the 
Linguistic Atlas, which made Brown its 
headquarters until the Eastern volume 
was completed. He has been Editor of 
Language for 25 years and author of 
some "landmark" papers in linguistics. 
A son survives. 

DR. ROBERT EVERETT SHAPIRO '41, 
in Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 1. He was a 
prominent pediatrician. During World 
War II, he served as Ens. with the U.S. 
Navy and participated in many Pacific 
invasions. After the war he entered Syra- 
cuse Medical School and received his 
M.D. degree in 1951; he served his in- 
ternship at the Syracuse Medical Center. 
Further training led to specialization in 
pediatrics, and he established his prac- 
tice in Syracuse. He was a Diplomate of 
the American Board of Pediatrics and 
served on the professorial staff of Syra- 



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cuse Medical School. In his spare time 
he conducted skin diving and aqua lung 
classes for the children of Syracuse, 
many of whom had been his patients. 
His widow is Muriel Shapiro. 4 Jamar 
Dr., Fayetteville. N. Y. 

VICTOR STANLEY LESKIEWICZ '44, 
in Lynnfield, Mass., Nov. 26, following 
an accidental fall. He was Treasurer of 
the United Die Corp. of Lynn. During 
World War II, he served as Sgt. with the 
USAF. He was a member of the Corpo- 
rate Board of Union Hospital, Lynn, 
and the Cutting Die Institute. His widow 
is Rose T. Leskiewicz, 3 Longbow Rd.. 
Lynnfield. 

SIDNEY WADDINGTON WRAY, JR., 

'45, in Palos Verdes, Calif., Dec. 14, fol- 
lowing a heart attack. A former sales en- 
gineer with the Wallace Barnes Division 
of Associated Spring Corp., Bristol, 
Conn., he was transferred in 1955 to the 
Corporation's Seaboard Coil Spring Di- 
vision, Gardena, Calif. At the time of 
his death he was associated with a real 
estate firm. During World War II, he 
served as Lt. with the USMC and saw 
service in the Pacific. In Bristol, he was 
a member of the Junior Chamber of 
Commerce and the E.xchange Club. Al- 



pha Delta Phi. His widow is Nancy B. 
Wray, 2780 Via Campesina, Palos Ver- 
des Estates. 

THE REV. ROBERT ERVING DAVIS 

'52, in Boston, Nov. 16. An ordained 
Baptist minister, he returned in Septem- 
ber from Kenya where he and his wife 
had been missionaries under the Africa 
Inland Mission. He graduated from 
Providence Bible Institute, now called 
Barrington College, and the University 
of Connecticut. He served at Calvary 
Baptist Church. Norwich, Conn., from 
1951 to 1953. In Kenya he was Director 
of the Radio Department which re- 
corded, arranged, and sent Gospel tapes 
to various Government stations. They 
were then broadcast from Nairobi, 
Kenya, in eight different languages. His 
widow is Lillian W. Davis, 1096 Ware- 
ham St., RED #4, Middleboro, Mass. 

JOHN LOUIS INGLIS, JR., '61, in Izmir, 
Turkey, Nov. 29, when he suffered a 
heart attack during emergency surgery. 
A former science teacher at Alden- 
Hebron High School, Hebron, 111., he 
had gone to Turkey where he taught in 
an Air Force Dependents' High School. 
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. John L. 
Inglis, 204 S. Finley Rd., Lombard, 111. 



Few have served Brown better 



WHEN SOMETHING WORTHWHILE Was 
afoot at Brown, you'd usually find 
E. John Lownes, Jr., '23 on hand, support- 
ing it with a whole heart. He is missed, for 
John Lownes died on Nov. 16, at the age 
of 65. He had been a prominent figure in 
the industrial and civic life of Rhode Is- 
land. 

For 25 years, John Lownes was Presi- 
dent of the American Silk Spinning Co., 
which employed as many as 1000 workers 
in its peak years. The firm had been 
founded by his father, Edgar J. Lownes 
(the annual Memory Day organ concert 
in Sayles Hall was established in his 
honor, and his former home is a graduate 
dormitory). John Lownes succeeded his 
older brother, Albert E. Lownes '20, as 
President and eventually was succeeded 
in turn by E. J. Lownes, III, '50. The 
family business was sold in 1959. 

John Lownes was active in many areas 
of the textile industry. He was Vice-Presi- 
dent of both the Rhode Island Textile As- 
sociation and the Southern New England 
Textile Club. He was on the Board of the 
New England Council, the Associated 
Industries of Rhode Island, the R. I. 
Apprenticeship Council. He headed the 
Industrial Cabinet of the Providence Cham- 
ber of Commerce, of which he was Vice- 
President. He was on Advisory Commit- 
tees of the Textile Department of the R. I. 
School of Design and the R. I. Department 
of Employment Security; he was an expert 
examiner for the U.S. Civil Service Com- 
mission. 

A member of the National Association 
of Manufacturers, Lownes was one of two 




E. JOHN LOWNES, JR., '23 



industry members on its 1951 subcommit- 
tee on Financial Needs of Education; he 
served the NAM Employee Benefits Com- 
mittee, too. During World War II, he was 
a member of the Industrial Advisory 
Council of the War Munitions Board, with 
special responsibilities in personnel pro- 
curement. In 1955, on a six-man delegation 
he represented the United States at a spe- 
cial conference on textiles sponsored by 
the International Labor Organization. He 
was named by Secretary of State Dulles to 
serve during the sessions in Geneva. 



But it was in the volunteer service of 
community welfare that John Lownes 
found great pleasure, as the list of agencies 
with which he was identified will show. 
He was a Director and Budget Committee 
member of the R. I. Child Service and, 
when it merged with Family Service, Inc., 
became a Director and Vice President of 
Children's Friend and Service, the succes- 
sor agency. He headed a campaign for 
$350,000 which provided a new Lakeside 
Home for it. 

He was Chairman of the Board of Jun- 
ior Achievement, a member of the Board 
of the Greater Providence YMCA, a Trus- 
tee of the R. I. Public Expenditures Coun- 
cil, a Director of Citizens' Trust Co. and 
Corporation member of the People's Sav- 
ings Banks, both of Providence. He was 
long Secretary of the Hospital Service 
Corporation of Rhode Island (Blue Cross) 
and Physicians Service of R. I. and Presi- 
dent of Community Workshops of R. I., 
Inc. Goodwill Industries, of which he was 
also President, has named the John Lownes 
Goodwill Store in Providence for him; it is 
an agency on behalf of the handicapped. 
He was also a member of the Board of 
Governors of the University Club in Provi- 
dence. 

Few alumni have served Brown better or 
more gladly. Since he entered Brown with 
the SATC during World War I and inter- 
rupted his education at the time of his 
father's death, he had an unusual affilia- 
tion with two Classes. He was for a time 
Treasurer of 1922 as well as President of 
1923. To the latter Class, he and his wife, 
the former Sybil B. Hyde, opened their 
home at 54 Wingate Road, Providence, 
every year in the Commencement season. 
Their hospitality and his leadership were 
great factors in the fine spirit of 1923. 

A former Alumni Trustee, Lownes for 
some time had headed the programs of the 
Corporation's Emeriti group and planned 
its regular meeting. He had been President 
of the Rhode Island Brown Club, a mem- 
ber of the N. Y. Brown Club, a Director 
of the Associated Alumni, and a leader in 
the Housing and Development Campaign 
and other fund programs at Brown, as a 
Class or Regional Chairman. (As we 
looked through his folder, we found a 
typical postscript at the end of a Class let- 
ter: "I think we should do more work for 
the Brown Fund.") A loyal member of 
Phi Gamma Delta, he was formerly Chair- 
man of Brown's Fraternity Advisory Board. 

A year ago the Varsity crew designated 
John Lownes "Oarsman of the Year," in 
appreciation of his services as President of 
the Brown Rowing Association. A recent 
issue of Stroke said of him: "He had a 
knack of working with others, inspiring 
their gifts, leading their discussions, inter- 
preting our needs, getting things done." 

At the time of John Lownes' death, the 
family requested that, in lieu of flowers, a 
contribution be sent to the University in 
his memory. In its own memorial project, 
members of the Class of 1923 have al- 
ready contributed a substantial sum. 

In addition to the widow, there are four 
sons: E. J. Lownes, III, '50, Robert B. 
Lownes '50, David A. Lownes '53, and 
Walter E. Lownes. 



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The wider 
classroom 



Prof. Sh.u«on Brown 75 died on Dec. 
17. The following minute, prepared by 
Prof. Charles H. Philbrick '44. was 
adopted by the Brown University Faculty 
at its January meeting: 

A YEAR AND A HALF before his retirement 
in 1961, Sharon Brown was sent a 
questionnaire by the Office of the Secre- 
tary. He routinely listed himself as Pro- 
fessor of English, having been employed 
by Brown for 36 years; and noted that he 
had just completed terms as Secretary of 
The Friends of the John Hay Library and 
President of the Rhode Island Alpha of 
Phi Beta Kappa. Next he answered "No" 
to inquiries about any business or political 
positions, and, to the question about his 
religious activities, identified himself as a 
"Lay preacher" in the First Unitarian 
Church. 

Then came the last question, at the 
bottom of the page, which asked, "What 
other services do you perform for the 
community that might be considered 
worthy of mention?" To this Professor 
Brown replied — a little testily, if one's 
mind's ear recalls his tone rightly: "Well, 
I have spent a lifetime trying, in the class- 
room, to make civilized and cultured 
citizens for the community." 

Without wishing to appear to quarrel 
with these words of the departed, written 
in his own hand — that hand in which his 
students remember having read so many 
patient words of his written in commentary 
on their own attempts at writing — those 
who knew and were taught by Sharon 
Brown — and especially those whom he 
helped to learn to teach, and who taught 
along with him — might wish to flesh his 
depositions out a bit from memory. 

"Lay preacher" — yes; but not just upon 
occasion in any one church, or only in 
churches. His life was a ministry in be- 
half of idealism and humanitarianism in 
all personal and social encounters. This 
idealism may have been formulated for 
him by the literature he loved; but, wher- 
ever it came from, he practised it himself, 
and inspired its practice in those to whom 
he preached: in church, in class, in poetry- 
readings, on the library steps, on street- 
corners or in clubs. 

Such preaching as his was often in- 
formal, epitomized in a joke, or threaded 
through remarks one heard while striving 
to match his stride as he vigorously paced 
the wide campus, stitching together, as it 
were, with his footprints, all the class- 
rooms of Brown and Pembroke. 

Professor Brown also spoke, in his 
response to that questionnaire, of the life- 
time he spent in the classroom. His class- 
room, we must protest, was wider than his 
campus or community, was as wide as the 
audience he reached, over the years, 
through his several textbooks and anthol- 




ogies. These were — and are — books which 
demanded and displayed the qualities he 
most admired and best embodied: lumi- 
nosity of thought, depth of commitment to 
the human condition, and distinction in the 
expression of warm, considerate, tasteful 
and lively responses. 

"Distinction" he stood for strongly, 
rather than for what is often thought of 
as "success." To Sharon Brown, distinction 
in writing was at least a start on what he 
would have considered a life successfully 
educated; for distinction in style reflects 
knowledge of language, a discriminating 
mind, and a vital personality. And these 
are not the least attributes of the "civi- 
lized" citizen — especially if that citizen 
also acquired, in any part. Sharon's em- 
bodiment of gentleness combined with 
courage. 

As thus defined, the distinction that was 
Sharon Brown's is inherent in his final 
contribution to his wideflung college or 
community. Shortly after his retirement. 
Professor Brown was asked by the Bi- 
centennial Publications Committee to edit 
an anthology of verse written by men 



and women who had been graduated from 
or closely associated with the university in 
its 200 years of existence. He took on the 
job. and got it largely finished before his 
illness forced him to turn it over to others 
a year before his death. The book is his, 
however; in Two Centuries of Brown 
I'erse Sharon Brown has assessed and 
characterized his college; and. in his se- 
lections and in his introduction, he has 
declared himself as a man who was shaped 
by, and who shaped, Brunonia. 

The concluding selection in the anthol- 
ogy is taken from a poem by John Green- 
leaf Whittier, who was a member of 
Brown's Corporation in the latter years of 
the 19th century. Whittier read this poem, 
called "A Spiritual Manifestation," at The 
President's Levee in June, 1870. His first 
stanza is not inappropriate to Sharon 
Brown's last book; nor, indeed, to his life- 
time's accomplishment: 

To-day the plant by WiUiams set 
Its summer bloom discloses; 

The wilding sweetbrier of his prayers 
Is crowned with cultured roses. 



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