Alumnus — October 1, 1945

Page	Title	Summary
1	Dad's Day scheduled for October 13	Fifteenth annual Dad's Day program includes football and Sunday service.
1	V-J Day service held	President Price and Professor Bodein speak at August 14 program.
1	Untitled	Freshmen enjoy watermelon; photo.
2	Robinson and Wagner in England	Professors George Robinson and Guy Wagner are teaching at American University in England.
2	Miss Carl new editorial assistant	Began work in Bureau of Publications September 10, 1945.
2	Concert series scheduled	Schedule of performers in Lecture-Concert Series.
2	Dr. Nelson contributes to dictionary	Assists with editorial apparatus.
3	Panther again goes on the prowl	1945 season preview; photo.
5	Dean Reed, Boardman assume emeritus status	Dean Reed and Mr. Boardman recall the old days at ISTC; biographical sketches; photo.
6	Miss Haight retires	Mary Haight retires after twenty-four years of duty in women's residence halls; photo.
7	T. C. Homecoming to be held November 2-4	Schedule of activities includes play; photo.
7	Lyon and Coobs work on atom bomb	Two former students, now at ISU, helped in development.
8	Class of 1895 celebrates 50th anniversary	List of those present; photo.
9	Fifteen new members added to college staff	Short biographical sketches of new staff members.
10	Dad serves the best	Dad Aldrich has been selling his popcorn at 23rd and College for sixteen years; photo.
10	Miss Humiston goes to Arkansas	Dorothy Humiston will be director of women's residence halls.
11	Faculty on leave return	Professors Reninger, Trimble, and Bliese return from war service.
11	Former department head dies	Professor George Underwood died November 24, 1944.
11	Dr. "Eck" Roberts retires	Alexander Roberts retires as president of San Francisco State; photo.
11	Dr. Max Durfee returns	Returns from Oklahoma.
12	A 4000 mile cheer for dear T. C.	Donald Hackett is with the occupation force in Germany.
12	Registrars even in fighter command	Michael Goodman acts as registrar for service school.
13	Holy ground sure looked hole-ly	Aaron Levine recounts visit to Japan.
13	Alum teaches art in Chinatown	Marie Tully teaches in San Francisco.
13	This fellow knows what war is	Roland Wick recovering from wounds.
14	Jennings gets new position	Assistant business manager Philip C. Jennings appointed business manager after Mr. Boardman's retirement; photo.
14	Lynch appointed director of school	John Lynch appointed at Chadron State.
14	Teachers College of the Air	Schedule includes several new programs.
15	A. Rupert Pipho	Musician Third Class, Navy, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
15	Milton Pixler	Ens., Navy, Pacific area.
15	Robert W. Porteous	T/Sgt., Army, overseas.
15	William D. O'Connor	Pvt., Army, Taft, California.
15	Arthur P. Olsen	Lt. (jg), Navy, overseas.
15	C. A. Paulson	Lt. (jg), Navy, overseas.
15	Donald E. Phillips	Sgt., Army radio technician, Pacific area.
15	John W. Lee	Capt. Assistant Adjutant, Chinese Combat Field Headquarters, South Central, China.
15	Victor F. Lunn	Army, Springfield, Missouri.
15	Howard T. Marquardt	Cpl., Army, overseas.
15	Charles Messerschmitt	Sgt., Army, Mitchell Field, New York.
15	Roger E. Miller	Sgt., Army, French Morocco, North Africa.
15	Ralph O'Brien	Pvt., Army Air Forces, Salina, Kansas.
15	Ralph G. Hoxie	Capt., Army Air Forces, Elmendorf Field, Alaska.
15	Harlan W. Huyck	Storekeeper First Class, Navy, Pacific area.
15	Sophus C. Jacobsen	Lt. Col., Army, Camp Livingston, Louisiana.
15	Frank Johnson	Major, Army, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
15	Orville F. Kahler	Lt. (jg), Navy, Great Lakes, Illinois.
15	Walter W. Knapp	Lt., Army Communications officer, Pacific area.
15	Donald E. Flieder	Ens., Navy, Jacksonville, Florida.
15	Carl Formanack	Capt. Army, Europe.
15	J. Wayne Gnagy	Electrician's Mate Second Class, Navy, overseas.
15	Erwin R. Goff	Pfc., Army, overseas.
15	Michael Goodman	Capt. Army Air Forces, Pacific area.
15	Harland Hanson	Lt., Navy, Pacific area.
15	Duane C. Cumpston	Lt., Army Air Forces, Europe.
15	Arthur Dickinson	Seaman First Class, Navy, Pacific area.
15	Carl W. Dresselhaus	S/Sgt., Army Air Forces, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
15	Richard E. Elwood	Lt. (jg), Navy, Banana River, Florida.
15	Robert R. Ferris	First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Fort Worth, Texas.
15	Thomas P. Fisher	Army Air Forces, Philippines.
15	Wright Carlson	Sgt. Army, Europe.
15	John F. Charles	Lt., Navy, Kingsville, Texas.
15	William Close	Lt. (j.g.), Coast Guard, Pacific area.
15	Edward L. Corton, Jr.	S/Sgt., Army Air Forces, Europe.
15	Hiram F. Cromer	Lt. (jg), Navy, Pacific area.
15	Lloyd E. Bevans	Army, Riverside, California.
15	John A. Brenton	Sgt. Army, overseas.
15	Robert R. Buckmaster	Lt., Marine Air Corps, Cherry Point, North Carolina.
15	Jack Carey	Pfc., Army, overseas.
15	Victor Argotsinger	T/Sgt., Infantry, Pacific area.
15	Nick W. Avelchas	T/Sgt. Army Medical Corps, Europe.
15	Noel R. Bacon	Lieutenant Commander, Navy operations officer, Pacific Coast.
15	Clarence E. Bain	Lt., Navy, overseas.
15	Richard Banfield	Capt., Army, St. Joseph, Missouri.
15	Charles D. Bennett	Lt., Army, overseas.
15	John Abramowitz	Lt., Medical Administration Corps, Army Air Forces, Europe.
16	Ivan C. Williams	Chief Storekeeper, Naval Air Station, Oakland, California.
16	T/Sgt. Walter W. Johnson	Received the Purple Heart for wounds received in the leg from a Japanese hand grenade on Leyte, November 28, 1944. He has a daughter, Jenalie Elizabeth, whom he has never seen.
16	First Lieutenant Dayton Mak	Was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star for activities in the Italian theater of war with the 34th division. Lt. Mak served overseas 29 months, and is now stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas.
16	Tech. Fifth grade Don McPherson	Awarded the Silver Star Medal for gallantry in action on Luzon where he exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue two wounded Americans, who were pinned down by enemy fire; has Purple Heart, Medical Combat Badge, Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon, and more.
16	Harland Troy	First Lieutenant, Marines, Pacific area.
16	John P. Ullrich	Pfc., Army, overseas.
16	Russell A. Verploegh	First Lieutenant, Army, overseas.
16	Clyde Ware	Ens., Navy, overseas.
16	Wayne M. Wilbur	Pfc., Army, Europe.
16	James Reese	Pfc., Army Air Forces, overseas.
16	Wayne R. Roth	First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Pacific area.
16	Bert L. Shepard	First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces, Hunter Field, Georgia.
16	Stanley H. Simonsen	Army, Ft. Dix, New Jersey.
16	Robert E. Simpson	T/Sgt., Army, overseas.
16	Charles F. Todd	Sgt., Army, Orlando, Florida.
16	131 are graduated August 23	Forrest W. Seymour delivered address.
16	Professor Hersey dies	Professor Samuel Freeman Hersey died September 27, 1945; obituary; photo.
17	Helen Marie Wegner	Lt. (jg), WAVES, Washington, D. C.
17	Dorothy A. Wepler	American Red Cross staff assistant, India.
17	Mary Jeanette Stevens	Sgt., Marines, Morehead City, North Carolina.
17	Laura Jane Stuntz	Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class, WAVES, Glenview, Illinois.
17	Mabel R. Thurber	Sgt., WAC, overseas.
17	Ureela B. Wald	American Red Cross staff assistant, India.
17	Evelyn E. Waller	Sgt., WAC, overseas.
17	Mrs. C. W. Rodgers, (Mildred Jacobsen)	Lt. (jg), Navy, San Diego, California.
17	Margaret Schmidt	Cpl., WAC, Camp Carson, Colorado.
17	Ruth Elaine Scott	Ens., WAVES, San Francisco, California.
17	Flora Thane Shaw	Yeoman Second Class, WAVES, overseas.
17	Gracia L. Smith	American Red Cross staff assistant, European Theater of Operations.
17	Margaret Stephenson	Lieutenant Commander, Coast Guard, Manhattan, Rhode Island.
17	Florence C. Mesha	American Red Cross account clerk, Hawaii.
17	Catherine M. Miller	Lt., WAC, Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky.
17	Ramona Olsen	Army Nurses Corps, Fort Riley, Kansas.
17	Eleanor B. Olson	Specialist (Gunnery) First Class, WAVES, Corpus Christi, Texas.
17	Mary Lucille Padovan	Lt. (jg), WAVES, Seattle, Washington.
17	Lucille L. Patterson	Ens., WAVES, Washington, D. C.
17	Helen Gertrude Kemis	First Lieutenant, Marines, Santa Ana, California.
17	Ellen G. Kopplin	American Red Cross assistant program director, Pacific area.
17	Yvonne McGrane	Red Cross recreational worker, Ashburn general hospital, McKinney, Tennessee.
17	Bertha L. Mead	Lt., Army Nurses Corps, Springfield, Missouri.
17	Jean E. Melin	Major, WAC, West Lafayette, Indiana.
17	Alta Lucille Merkley	Storekeeper First Class, WAVES, Pacific area.
17	Katherine Powers Hiatt	Pvt., WAC, Camp Crowder, Missouri.
17	Jeannette Hiersche	Red Cross staff assistant, Europe.
17	Phoebe M. Hilmer	Sgt., WAC, South Camp Hood, Texas.
17	Miriam Holst	S/Sgt., WAC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
17	Elaine Homan	First Lieutenant, WAC, Homestead, Florida.
17	Marvel J. Jones	Apprentice Seaman, WAVES, New York, New York.
17	Zoe Cleveland	Pharmacist Mate Second Class, WAVES, New York, New York.
17	Hazel Fenimore	Pfc., Marines, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
17	Geneva H. Fober	First Lieutenant, WAC, overseas.
17	Viola M. Grell	Sgt., WAC, Bolling Field, D. C.
17	Jeannette Dorothy Halverson	Lt. (jg), WAVES, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
17	Kathleen Hea	Yeoman Second Class, WAVES, Chicago, Illinois.
17	Illa Mae Austin	Pvt., WAC.
17	Adah W. Bauerle	American Red Cross secretary, India.
17	Beatrice Bourquin	Seaman First Class, WAVES, Bremerton, Washington.
17	Marjorie L. Brunsvold	Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class, WAVES, Corpus Christi, Texas.
17	Mrs. Mary Jean Cassaday, (Crowell)	American Red Cross staff assistant, overseas.
17	Mary Katherine Closson	Lt., Army Nurses Corps, overseas.
17	Lois Luella Addy	American Red Cross staff assistant, Pacific area.
17	Dorothy Jean Anderson	American Red Cross staff assistant, Europe.
18	Lt. Earl Oakley Petersen	Was reported killed in action September 23, 1944; previously reported missing in action. As pilot, he failed to bail out in time when his plane was forced to land. He is survived by his wife who lives in Boone, a small son, his parents, and two sisters.
18	First Lieutenant Perry Benfer	Was killed in action over Austria, April 8, 1945.
18	Lt. Charles G. Cassaday	Was killed in action June 4, 1944. His wife, the former Mary Crowell, is an American Red Cross staff assistant in India.
18	Technician Fifth Grade John M. Currell	Was killed in action near Bastoque, Belgium, January 2, 1945. He had previously been reported mission in action for several months. Surviving are his wife and two children, his father and mother, two brothers in service and one sister.
18	Lt. Guy Iversen	Lost on a Japanese ship which sank on October 24, 1944; died with the honor of being the first man from Cedar Falls to enlist, the first man to be wounded (December 1944); and the first man to be taken prisoner (captured on Bataan).
19	Helen K. Ocker, (Conroy)	Is a primary teacher at Bay City, Michigan, where she resides.
19	Helen Ara Wayne	Has taught in Des Moines, Iowa, since 1925; now teaching at Lucas school.
19	Oran Beaty	Has been appointed Director of Trade and Industrial Education by the State Board of Vocational Education, Topeka, Kansas. For the past six years he served as assistant state supervisor of trade and industries, State Teachers College, Pittsburgh, Kansas.
19	Mrs. Alice Schuck, (Robinson)	Is a teacher in the city of Los Angeles nursery schools. She formerly taught kindergarten in Perry, Iowa. She resides in Los Angeles.
19	Mrs. Vernon S. Flinders, (Eleanor M. Sweeney)	Is living at Sutherland, Iowa. She has two children, Marilynn and James. She recently taught mathematics in Sutherland High School.
19	Hazel A. Davis	Is assistant professor of elementary education at Teachers College, University of Nebraska.
19	Mr. and Mrs. L. R. MacNeill, (Esther Belle Whitaker)	Resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is field training instructor with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the state of Iowa.
19	Shirley Z. Scott	Is now a merchant at Paton, Iowa. He was formerly Superintendent of Schools at Paton.
19	Marie Harrison	Is professor in social studies, State College, Johnson City, Tennessee, where she resides.
19	Mrs. Sarah B. Perkins, (Barrett)	Residing in Muscatine, Iowa. Her son, Lt. Paul L. Perkins, was killed August 17, 1944, while serving with the 15th Army Air Force over Ploesti, Romania.
19	Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Schweiker	Residing in Des Moines, Iowa, where he is proprietor of the East Side Seed Store. They have two daughters, Virginia and Marilyn, and one son, Charles F., Jr.
19	Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Marks, (Bessie Blackmun)	Residing in Eldora, Iowa. He is Hardin County Recorder. Their daughter, Carol Marks (Marvin Catlin), is living with them, while her husband is serving in the infantry overseas. Carol and Marvin have a daughter, Rebecca Jo.
19	Mrs. George C. Ryan, (Mildred Tahor)	Is a primary teacher at Monmouth, Iowa. She and her daughter, Georgia, reside in Maquoketa, Iowa.
19	Helen E. Vieths	Has been granted a year's leave of absence from her duties as kindergarten teacher in Madison school at Davenport, Iowa. Her present address is Los Angeles, California
19	Mrs. Rebecca Bryant, (Rebecca Ruby Ludeman)	Is head of the art department and associate professor of art at Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina.
19	Minnie Rose Carlson	Retired from teaching in June 1944. She formerly taught in Ashton, Idaho, and Des Moines, Iowa. She resides in Los Angeles, California.
19	Anna R. Kuebler	Is a teacher in the State Juvenile Home at Toledo, Iowa, where she resides.
19	James A. Boyle	Is employed in war industry in Seattle, Washington, where he resides.
19	Mrs. George L. Thompson, (Ida Harmon)	Is on a leave of absence as mathematics teacher at Jefferson Junior High at Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently resides in Waterloo.
19	Mrs. S. W. Arthur, (Mabel A. Christian)	Residing in Manitoba, Canada. She has a daughter, Jean C. Arthur, who is principal at Swan Lake, Manitoba.
20	Winona Williams	Is dean of boys and high school teacher at Thompson Falls, Montana. Thompson Falls High School has dormitories for rural and isolated pupils from many states; located in the Rocky Mountains.
20	Kathryn Myers	Has been teaching second grade at Villisca, Iowa. She resides in Mason City, Iowa.
20	Dr. James A. Storing	Has been appointed director of studies for veterans at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He has also been promoted to an associate professorship in political science. He will direct all educational work for returning servicemen.
20	Mrs. Oscar Thorson, (Nora Knudtson)	Resides in Torrance, California. Her husband is a Chief Warrant Officer in the Navy.
20	Mrs. R. O. Turner, (Lorna Fern Sanders)	Resides at Rodman, Iowa. She has two children, Mildred Joan and Joseph Edward.
20	Mae Whitmer	Has been serving since January, 1944, as Instructor of Dietetics in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Hines, Illinois. This newly created training program was organized to meet the need of providing well trained professional personnel.
20	Mrs. M. T. Muzzey, (Dorothy C. Mueller)	Is on sabbatical leave. She resides in New York, New York.
20	Eva A. Sherwood	She has been director of nursing and professor of biological science at Seattle Pacific College, Seattle, Washington, where she has resided since 1943; was director of nursing and instructor in nursing arts at Deaconess Hospital, Great Falls, Montana.
20	Mrs. L. B. Wilhelm, (Ruth Beck)	Resides in Chicago, Illinois.
20	Mrs. Don Driskill, (Amelia E. Christen)	Resides in Fremont, Nebraska. Her husband is a maintenance welder at Nebraska Ordinance Plant at Meade, Nebraska.
20	Elbert W. Harrington	Recently appointed to the position of head of the department of speech at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion.
20	Mrs. R. W. O'Connor, (Isabel Murphy)	Resides in Louisville, Kentucky, where her husband is employed. They have a daughter, Maureen Ann.
20	Mrs. Thomas Chambers, (June Rose Meyer)	Resides in Seattle, Washington. She is teaching in the Bailey Gatzert School while her husband is stationed in the District Property Transportation office in Seattle. He is a Lt. (jg) in the Navy.
20	Henry Foster	Resigned as superintendent in Nora Springs; will run food store in Eagle Grove; his wife had taught in New Hampton; they have a son, Jim.
20	Mrs. A. K. Lewis	Resides in Glendale, California, with her two daughters, Patty and Sally. Her husband is doing war work.
21	E. J. Petersen	Is district manager of the James M. Pierce Corporation of Des Moines. He now resides at Fort Dodge, Iowa.
21	Mrs. D. J. Querio, Jr., (Colene White)	Is employed as a secretary by the Army Air Forces. She resides in Chicago.
21	Mrs. Greta Worth, (Bowers)	Has resigned as home economics teacher in the Zearing, Iowa, high school, to accept the post of Marshall County extension home economist.
21	Basil M. Finch	Is Supervisor of Civilian Training and Employee Relations Counselor, at Schick General Hospital at Clinton, Iowa, where he resides.
21	Ora L. Cramer	Is a high school teacher at Moorland, Iowa. Before teaching at Moorland, she taught at Packwood, Iowa. She also did some social service work at Sioux City, as supervisor in a home for delinquent and dependent children.
21	Helen C. Curtis	Assumed the position of Dean of Women at Massachusetts State College for Women, Amherst, Massachusetts on September 1; previously served for three years on the personnel staff of New Jersey College for Women at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J.
21	Mrs. Charles E. Elmquist, (Mary Sheets)	Resides in Hampton, Iowa. Until recently, Charles taught at Vail, Iowa.
21	Mr. and Mrs. Howard L. Hawley, (Delia M. Helfter)	Reside in Muskegon, Michigan, where he is a Government Auditor for Reconstruction Finance. They have two daughters, Caroldee and Maralee.
21	Vera Leonard	Is employed in office work in Dayton, Ohio, where she resides.
21	Everett Ludley	Is working with the Westmoreland Sterling Silver Company in Chicago. During the early part of the war he worked in the metal producing plant of the Aluminum Company of America at Badin, North Carolina, and later in the production and planning department.
21	Harold Hopkins	Resides at Anaheim, California. He is head of the Physical Education Department and coaches football in the public schools there.
21	Alice M. Reynolds	Is a Junior Social Welfare Worker. She resides in Primghar, Iowa.
21	Henry L. Schwartz	Resides at Boone, Iowa. He is a dealer in farm seeds and a pop corn specialist. He was formerly superintendent of schools.
21	Mrs. Elrick Vangsness, (Lillian M. Lee)	Resides at Decorah, Iowa.
21	Dorothy M. Wilson	Resides at Medford, Oregon. She is teaching Spanish and Latin. She formerly taught at Jerome, Idaho. During the summers she has been employed at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, Washington.
21	Mrs. Gale C. Anderson, (Gertrude B. Young)	Resides at Laurens, Iowa, while her husband is serving overseas.
21	Vera Kellogg	Is teaching speech at La Porte, Indiana, where she resides. She was formerly speech and English instructor at East Waterloo.
21	Mrs. Kenneth L. Santee, (Mildred Trickey)	Is living in Riverside, California, while her husband is employed in war work.
21	Keith L. Benner	Is a scout executive in professional scouting. Prior to his present position, he was Supervising Principal in the Davenport Public Schools. He resides in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
21	Willard E. Davenport	Is in charge of Field Research in the Institute of Transit Advertising in Chicago, where he resides.
21	Mr. and Mrs. H. Dayle Frame	He formerly taught at Ainsworth, Letts, Vail, Brandon, and Iowa City, Iowa. He is now with the Allstate Insurance Company, in Seattle, Washington, where he resides.
21	Mrs. Everett Hoover, (Maude Fey)	Resides near Scranton, Iowa.
21	William D. Glasgow	Has been Principal of Calamus Consolidated School. He resides in Mechanicsville, Iowa.