Alumnus — January 1, 1943

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1 Teachers College makes way for WAVES WAVES basic training school opens December 15, 1942; over one thousand trainees will be on campus; description of training and daily activities; photo.
5 Service flag is dedicated Home economics students create college service flag; 803 alumni and former students now in military service.
5 Visiting musical stars Trapp Family Singers highlight season.
6 Dr. Beard is Registrar Replacing Selmer Larson, who is teaching math and science courses required by war emergency; photo.
6 Winning the war Professor Bender and coaches McCuskey and Whitford are in military service.
6 Hobo Day Students celebrate Hobo Day; photo.
7 Pvt. Edmund H. Birkholz In the Army Administration School in Oxford, Mississippi.
7 William C. Conradi Service pastor for the Service Commission in Pueblo, Colorado.
7 Capt. Howard W. Fearing Stationed with the army in Miami Beach, Florida.
7 Fredrick J. Erickson Chief specialist in the navy at Great Lakes.
7 Glenn W. Moon Member of the War Price and Rationing Board in Stamford, Connecticut.
7 James McCreary Line inspector for the Nebraska Defense corps.
7 Pvt. Allen Walker Read Works with the Army Military Intelligence Service in New York.
7 Lieut. Col. S. C. Jacobsen With the 45th armored regiment in Camp Beele, California.
7 Joseph Anderson First lieutenant of artillery in the army in Fort Riley, Kansas.
7 Edwin Brockman Lieutenant in naval training at Princeton University.
7 Capt. Frank Johnson Works in the medical administrative corps in Ft. Sam Houston, Texas; his wife is the former Bernice Davin.
7 Dr. Joseph B. Vassder Veer A major for the 52nd Evacuation. Hospital on the island of New Caledonia.
7 Capt. Charles T. Kramer In the army at Memphis Q. M. C. Depot, in Memphis, Tennessee.
7 J. E. Partington Works in the Office of Alien Property Custodian in Washington, D. C.
7 Mrs. James A. Sultzer The former Ethel A. Boles is training to become an instructor in wire cable splicing.
7 Capt. U. K. Reese He is in the Army Specialist Corps in Ft. Meade, Maryland.
7 Forrest Wheeler His father was a lieutenant in the navy and he is personal advisor at the Twin City Ordnance Plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
7 Dr. M. H. Thielen Chairman for Civilian Defense in Grundy Center, Iowa.
7 Willis E. Salisbury His father, Paul C., is a lieutenant colonel in the army hospital unit in Indianapolis, Indiana.
7 William B. Bell In the Chief Division of Wildlife Research in Chicago, Illinois.
7 Ray S. Dix He has three sons in the armed force.
7 George H. Mount Civilian psychologist at the Santa Ana Army Air Base.
8 Frances V. Callaghan International business machine operator for the army in Proving Ground, Illinois.
8 Fred L. Graham Member of the Permanent Personnel of the army air force technical training command in Miami Beach, Florida.
8 Frank M. Everhart Tool maker in Rock Island, Illinois
8 Philip J. Fiebelkorn Instructor in radio in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
8 Lieut. Dave McCuskey Director of physical training in the army air corps. in La Junta, Colorado.
8 D. Maurice Caldwell Draftsman at the International Harvester Company in East Moline, Illinois.
8 Dr. Carl J. Formanack Working for the Red Cross in Peterborough, England.
8 Pvt. Joseph K. Park Bombardier in the army air corps. in San Francisco, California.
8 Pvt. Leonard M. Thompson Works with the army Medical Detachment in Lemore, California.
8 C. Lynn Boyce Chief Specialist in physical education in the navy; worked at the Nebraska Power Company.
8 Loren Lamont Okey Enlisted in the naval reserves as a hospital apprentice at Great Lakes.
8 Harry K. Stolze Army air force instructor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
8 Everett Davies Chief specialist in physical education at the navy station in Norfolk, Virginia.
8 Raymond Bushgens Does defense work in the engineering department of an airplane manufacturing company in Miami, Florida.
8 Russell R. Crabtree Civilian instructor for the Army Air Force in Lincoln, Nebraska.
8 John Fabrick Attending Officer's Candidate School in Miami, Florida.
8 Pvt. Lloyd W. Phillips In the army at Fort Riley, Kansas.
8 Sherman J. Tollefson Supervisor of a defense plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
8 Kenneth S. Baldwin Corporal in the army at Fort Logan, Colorado.
8 Pvt. Howard Hughes Officer candidate in Camp Wolters, Texas.
8 Lieut. David C. Bartelma In charge of wrestling at the cadet physical training program in Iowa City, Iowa.
8 Frances S. Cushman Vice-president of an evacuation camp for Japanese in Poston, Arizona.
8 Pfc. John Day Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
8 Maj. Thomas L. Donnelly Practiced law and was then ordered to active duty to Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
8 John L. Hunt Assistant field director for the American Red Cross in Crowder, Missouri.
8 Harold Schrump Chief petty officer for the navy in Norfolk, Virginia.
9 Pvt. Oliver Miller With Co. D, 54th Bn. in Camp Walters, Kansas.
9 Sgt. Glenn L. Olsen With the Q. M. C. Detachment in Angel Island, California.
9 Lieut. Marshall W. Esslinger Stationed at Camp Swift, Texas.
9 Gerald E. Faust Enlisted in the naval reserve.
9 Marval Fern Married to Lieut. Churchill T. Williams and lives in Waterloo, Iowa.
9 Corp. Royal B. Nash Works in the medical division of the army air corps in the Canal Zone area.
9 Murray S. Spurgin Lieutenant in Olathe, Kansas.
9 Corp. Vinton R. Bouslough Weather observer for the army air force in Lawrenceville, Illinois.
9 Lieut. James Dardis Physical director and attending training school in Miami Beach, Florida.
9 "Fun on a furlough" Mr. and Mrs. Harland Riebe enjoy the Homecoming Hobo Day dance.
10 Panthers carry off their third consecutive conference championship 1942 football team photo; photo.
11 Basketeers promise excitement for sports fans Basketball season preview; photo.
12 Reviewing football 1942 football season review; record was 6-1.
13 Pharmacist Mate Brown remembers the Solomons Navy veteran of Solomon Islands action serves in WAVES sick bay in Bartlett Hall; photo.
15 Teachers urged to register now for new positions Table showing placements for 1941-1942; description of this year's needs.
16 Students bunk four in a room With WAVES in Bartlett Hall, students are crowded into other facilities; women now use Seerley Hall for Men; photo.
18 Jens F. Soe Second Lieutenant Soe, of the army engineer corps, died in August 1942, somewhere in England while on duty.
18 Alvin A. Weller Lieutenant Weller died when the plane he was in crashed on November 28, 1942, in Hawaii.
18 Lowell F. Clauson Hospital apprentice for the naval reserve at the Great Lakes Training Station.
18 G. F. Flanagan Chief petty officer in the physical education department for the navy in Seattle, Washington.
18 Donald Ray Gooden Pharmacist mate in the navy; located somewhere in the Pacific.
18 Robert A. Guilford Specialist at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
18 Mahlon (Curly) Hintzman Foreman of the road construction crew in Fairbanks, Alaska.
18 Maj. Paul A. Johnson With the Army Air Corps in Victoria, Texas.
18 Carl B. Strand Private in the army at Fort Douglas, Utah.
18 Harold Benda Works for the United States Coast Guard with Roy Smith in Alameda, California.
18 PFC. Roger H. Bennett With the medical training group at Camp Grant, Illinois.
18 Max Reinstein Entered the army as a volunteer officer candidate.
18 Francis Rummel Hospital apprentice at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station; his family lives in Mason City, Iowa.
18 Frederick Breckenfelder Seaman for the coast guard in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
18 Lieut. Roger A. Prior Now in the Army Air Force and lives in New York City.
18 Arnold E. Schneider Instructor for the U. S. Navy Training School in Toledo, Ohio; also working as head of the department of business education at State Teachers College in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
19 Lee Dougherty Ensign in the naval air corps died while on patrol duty in the Pacific on August 9, 1942.
19 James W. Convy Lieutenant was accidentally shot and killed at the air gunnery school in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 23, 1942.
19 Robert Foster Royal Canadian Air Force pilot was killed on April 14, 1942, when his plane crashed near Mildland, Ontario, Canada.
19 Guy Iversen Lieutenant went missing in action on the Bataan Peninsula; his family heard of this in June 1942.
19 Lieut. Andrew G. George In the infantry division in the army; stationed in Australia.
19 Baird McIlroy An ensign in the navy; stationed in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
19 Sgt. John S. Beebee Stationed at Fort Washington, Maryland.
19 Lieut. John A. Cowie In the army and is in Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland.
19 Sgt. Rall M. Reading In the army and stationed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
19 Second Lieut. George B. Hughes In the army at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
19 Robert A. Guilford Specialist in teaching drafting at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
19 Seaman 2/c Frank G. Hanna With the navy at Port Hueneme, California.
19 Melvin S. Pool Private in the army at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
19 Pfc. Maurice L. Carr In the army at Camp Blanding, Florida.
19 Joseph B. Anderson Ensign in the navy and attended the navy's diesel engineering course at Purdue.
19 Corp. Glenn W. Behrens In the Army Officers Candidate Class 46 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
19 Gretchen E. Stoessel Married Clifford Peck and lives in Bismarck, North Dakota.
19 Corp. Robert H. Wick With the army at Camp Carson, Colorado.
19 Donald D. Klotz Seaman in the Coast Guard; lives in Bellevue, Washington.
19 Clair O. Kraft Going to Quantico, Virginia, to the Marine base.
19 Lorenz P. Krueger Seaman in the Coast Guard and stationed in Ocean City, Maryland.
19 Sgt. Harry K. Myers In the army at Fort Bliss, Texas.
19 Corp. Carl E. Ortmeyer In the army quartermaster corps in Hawaii.
20 Lieut. James W. Selzer With the 25th Pursuit Squadron in San Francisco, California.
20 Lieut. Donald W. South Works in the Office of the Quartermaster at the army air base in Camp Rapids in Rapid City, South Dakota.
20 John K. Urice Private in the army located at the Florence Internment Camp in Florence, Arizona.
20 Raymond L. Nelson Corporal at the army air base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
20 Orville E. Nichols Specialist in physical education at Camp Endicott, Rhode Island.
20 Gunnar S. M. Overgaard Army inspector of powder and explosives in Burlington, Iowa.
20 Lieut. Robert H. Richards Commanding officer at Camp Beale in Marysville, California.
20 Donald W. Schultz Midshipman for the navy at Tower Court in Chicago, Illinois.
20 Pvt. Norman Sea In the army medical corps at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; his wife is the former Kathryn M. Klein.
20 Milo Lawton Senior clerk in the ordnance department at Camp Adair.
20 Lieut. Malcom McLelland Stationed in Mitchell Field, New York.
20 Pfc. Fred M. Meyer Stationed at Camp Carson, Colorado.
20 Dale D. Munger Warrant officer for the army in Snelling, Minnesota.
20 Forrest Hanifan Attending mechanics school for the Army Air Corps in Chicago, Illinois.
20 Q. James Irwin Completed his flying school training; received his wings with a second lieutenant's commission in the air corps reserve.
20 Lieut. G. Gordon Ellis Psychologist for the army specialist corps in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
20 Pvt. James Freeman In the army at Camp Wallace, Texas.
20 Seaman 1/c Harvey Coe, Jr. Attending a naval trade school at the Great Lakes Training Station.
20 Lieut. Griffin T. Eggers Graduated from infantry school and is now in Little Rock, Arkansas.
20 Raymond Cheney Chief petty officer in the navy at Norfolk, Virginia.
20 Robert L. Clark Technical sergeant for the Coast Artillery at Camp Callan in San Diego, California.
20 Paul J. Wadle In the army at Camp Davis, North Carolina.
20 William D. Black Second lieutenant for the army's armored infantry at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
20 PFC. Rutherford D. Rogers With the army air corps in West Palm Beach, Florida.
20 Sgt. Edward F. Volberding Stationed in Scotland and was one of six American soldiers who were interviewed by Princess Elizabeth.
20 Terry Olin Chief specialist in the physical education division of the naval reserve.
20 Lloyd R. Pierce An ensign in the naval reserve.
20 Wendell J. Rider First class specialist and chaplain's assistant at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Va.
20 Pvt. Harold D. Hanawalt In the army at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
20 John G. McClellan In the ordnance inspection department of the army in East Chicago, Indiana.
21 Veryl E. Nilsson In the Civilian Public Service in Walhalla, Michigan.
21 Melvin Mohr Chief specialist at the Naval Recruiting Station in Boston, Massachusetts.
21 Aviation Cadet Davis W. Natvig In the army air corps in San Antonio, Texas.
21 Karl J. Kutish Storekeeper in the navy at Camp Elliott in San Diego, California.
21 Aron Laipple Second lieutenant in the army at the air base in Topeka, Kansas.
21 Pvt. Kenneth D. Haahr With Co. A, 36th Army. Inf. at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
21 Wilmar C. Dubes Instructor in ground maintenance for the navy in Norman, Oklahoma; his wife is the former Cleo Lenz.
21 Victor H. Foster Lieutenant in the army at Colorado Springs, Colorado.
21 Harold B. Church Chief petty officer in the navy at Norfolk, Virginia.
21 John C. Costigan Taking officers training for the army air corps in Miami Beach, Florida.
21 Jerome R. Cross Second lieutenant and pilot at the Army Air Forces Navigation School in Monroe, Louisiana.
21 Raymond Beck In the army signal corps in Des Moines, Iowa.
21 Richard Bergstrom Seaman in the navy.
21 Staff Sgt. H. F. Birney Physical instructor of cadets in Hanford, California.
21 Ray Blake An ensign in the navy in St. Louis, Missouri.
21 Pvt. William J. Bucher In the army air corps at Fort Myers, Florida.
21 Corp. Donald E. Chambers In the army air corps and stationed on the Hawaiian Islands; William L. Chambers is a lieutenant at the University of Iowa; Samuel W. Chambers is with the U. S. Weather Bureau Station.
21 Wayne S. Van Deest Private in the army and located at Camp Kohler in Sacramento, California.
21 Noel R. Bacon Lieutenant in the naval air service at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida.
21 Pvt. Eldon Bassel In the Marine Detachment in Logan, Utah.
22 Roy Jorgensen Training for the navy at the University of Chicago.
22 Allen E. Kane Private in the army and stationed at Camp Barkeley, Texas.
22 Staff Sgt. John H. Mammen With the army in Alaska.
22 Karl D. Melcher, Jr. An aviation cadet in Corpus Christi, Texas.
22 Lieut. R. A. Gibson Stationed at Camp Swift in Austin, Texas.
22 Corp. Roland Hellwig Does advanced radio work at Camp Murphy in Florida.
22 Ensign George E. Henney On active duty on the Gulf Coast with the navy.
22 Lieut. Robert B. Hughes With the army air corps at Stewart field in West Point, New York.
22 Ensign LeRoy N. Jensen Taking a class at the University of Illinois for diesel engineering.
22 Corp. Eugene C. Bovee Stationed at Camp Grant, Illinois.
22 John P. Carey Corporal in the army and stationed at Hill Field in Ogden, Utah.
22 Pvt. Douglas Dunsmoor An engineer for the army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.
22 Pfc. Wesley R. Farnum In the army at Camp Rucker, Alabama.
22 Jay F. Beckley Chief petty officer in the naval reserve in Ames, Iowa.
22 Larry Bjornstad Postmaster for Company A. in San Francisco, California.
22 Luke L. Boone Second class seaman; attending service school at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
22 Corp. B. Earl Baker Radio instructor in the army at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
22 Lieut. Wendell F. Wood In the army's quartermaster's corps overseas.
22 Pvt. Robert N. Aupperle Member of the band and works in the post office for the army in Douglas, Utah.
22 Lieut. Robert F. Todd Bomber pilot in the army over the Pacific; his father is C. M. Todd.
22 James V. Trotto Deck officer preliminary training for the navy at Notre Dame University.
22 Kenneth C. Weatherwax Works in physical training with the air corps in Amarillo Field, Texas; his wife is the former Bette Brooks.
22 Lieut. James S. Stinehart In the Coast Artillery at Fort Monroe, Virginia; his wife is the former Eileen Rutherford.
22 Pvt. Carleton A. Rider In the radio and television school of the army in Newark, New Jersey.
22 Dale F. Smith Second lieutenant in the army at Nashville, Tennessee.
22 Walter and Orrin Stephen Privates in the army; both are stationed in Las Vegas, Nevada.
22 Kenneth Irvin Perry Carpenter's mate in the navy at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
22 Mike Rajcevich Second lieutenant stationed at Camp Swift, Texas.
23 Karl David Melcher, Jr. Naval aviation cadet in Corpus Christi, Texas.
23 Pvt. Charles M. Messerschmitt In the army air corps at Gulfport Field in Mississippi.
23 Pfc. Galer J. Miller With Detached Medical in New Orleans, Louisiana.
23 Staff Sgt. Robert C. Mineck In the medical department of the army at Camp Carson, Colorado.
23 Sgt. H. L. Missildine With the Medical Department at Camp Rucker, Alabama.
23 Melvin H. Mueller Civilian instructor for the army air corps in Lincoln, Nebraska.
23 Lieut. Herb Hamilton Instructor in basic flying at Minter Field in Bakersfield, California.
23 Tech. Sgt. James H. Hamilton In the army air force at Fort George Wright, Washington.
23 Don Henry Hospital apprentice first class on the Mare Island, California.
23 Gordon Hoxie Entered the armed forces but plans to complete his doctoral degree in history and international relations.
23 Roger G. Isaacson Enlisted in the army air corps and is waiting for his call.
23 Pvt. Melvin P. McGovern In the medical department of the army at Denver, Colorado.
23 Paul W. Duitscher An instructor at Chanute Field in Rantoul, Illinois.