Medical School NotesDr . Ed W. Young, '47med, visited the Medi-

cal School the first of May. Beginning July l, hewill be an assistant resident in medicine at MercyHospital, Baltimore, Maryland .

Dr . James Loucks, '47med, will be in OklahomaCity after he completes his internship July 1, thenon October 1, he will report to the Lying-In Hos-pital in Chicago for a residency .

Dr . Don Brawner, '47med, has received an ap-pointment in Surgery for the next year at the Medi-cal College of Virginia Hospitals .

In October, Dr . Eran Omer Burgert, Jr ., '47med,will start a Fellowship in Pediatrics at the MayoFoundation in Rochester.

Dr . Bill Omer Coleman, '47med, plans to stayat Kansas City General Hospital for a surgical resi-dency another year .

After July 1st, Dr . Jesse D. Cone, Jr ., '47med,will be in Oklahoma City where he will be at theMedical School . He has a Fellowship in Anatomyunder Dr . Lachman.Dr. Charles E. Dehotal, '47med, will be a resi-

dent in Pediatrics at the University Hospitals inOklahoma City after July l .

Dr . Daniel Friedman, '47med, will continue atQueens General Hospital, Jamaica, Long Island,next year as a senior interne.

Dr . Richard Davis Hoover, '45med, has an as-sistant residency in Medicine at the University Hos-pitals, Baltimore, Maryland .

Dr . James Riley Winterringer, '45med, will bean assistant resident in Obstetrics and Gynecologyat the University of Maryland Hospitals this year .

Dr . E. G. Murphy, '45med, has a residency inPathology at the Hurley Hospital, Flint, Michiganbeginning July 1st .The May 22 Journal of the American Medical

Association carried an article by Capt. CrawfordPercefull, '45med, and two other authors . Dr .Percefull is now stationed at the Veterans' Hospi-tal, Fayetteville, Arkansas . The article is entitled"Tularemia in the Ozarks ."

George B. "Deac" Parker, '086a, editor-in-chiefof Scripps-Howard Newspapers, Washington, D.C., and former state newsman, appeared as prin-cipal speaker on the program of the annual springmeeting of the Oklahoma Press Association in Tul-sa, June 3 to 5. Mr . Parker delivered the dedica-tion address of a memorial plaque to the late WillRogers at Claremore June 4.

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Jessie Newby Ray, '10ba, '25ma, has been headof the department of classical languages at Cen-tral State College, Edmond, since 1930 . Her hus-band, Louis B. Ray, is head of the department ofeducation.

Edward A. "Ted" Evans, '08-11, Washington,D. C., visited the campus and the Alumni officeearly in June . It was his first visit to Norman in21 years. Mr . Evans is associated with the Scripps-Howard Newspapers in Washington .

Lesley Howard Lucas, king 'l 1ba, has been em-ployed for the past 21 years as an industrial insur-ance agent with the John Hancock Mutual Life In-surance Company in Detroit, Michigan. Mr . Lucasreceived his Bachelor's Degree from KingfisherCollege in 1911 .Dr . Everett Lee DeGolyer, 'llba, consultant

geologist of Dallas, donated $300 to the geology li-

Medical Alums Elect OfficersDr . Evans E. Talley, '276a, '326s, '34med, Enid,

was recently elected president of the University ofOklahoma School of Medicine Alumni Associa-tion for the coming year .

Other officers elected at the same meeting wereDr . Robert B. Gibson, '15med, Ponca City, presi-dent-elect ; Dr . Ollie McBride, '37med, Ada, vice-president ; Dr. Everett G. King, '316s, '33med,Duncan, Secretary, and Dr . C. G. "Bud" Stuard, Jr .,'31bus, '37med, Tulsa, treasurer.Members of the Board of Trustees are Dr. Clif-

ford A. Traverse, '316s, '33med, Alva, District l ;Dr . J. William Finch, '296s, '31med, Hobart, Dis-trict 2; Dr . A. B . Smith, '316s, '32med, Stillwater,District 3 ; Dr . Arlo K. Cox, '306s, '32med, Wa-tonga, District 4 ; Dr . Wilbert F. Lewis, '376s, '39med, Lawton, District 5 ; Dr . Ralph A. McGill,'206s, '22med, Tulsa, District 6 ; Dr. John M. Car-son, '34bs, '36med, Shawnee, District 7 ; Dr . MattA. Connell, '306s, '32med, Miami, District 8 ; Dr.Claude E. Lively, '30Ph.C, '30pharm, '34bs, '34med, McAlester, District 9, and Dr . William W.Cotton, '35med, Atoka, District 10 .

Kingfisher(Continued from page 7)

S. Three and one-half generations ofKingfish-erites enjoyedthe alumni reunion.Karen Johnson

stands in front of her grandfather, W. C. Vogt,'08King, Kansas City, Missouri. To Vogt's right ishis mother, Mrs. Laura Vogt, Enid, and to hisleft is his wife, Ellen Vogt .

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fisher, and Jessie Trevarthen Royer, OklahomaCity ; Class of 1914, Augusta Keener Drake, King-fisher ; Roy D. Eaton (O.U ., '29m .ed), and GailParker Eaton, Dallas, and Mrs. Rachel Phelps

brary recently . Dr . DeGolyer is nationally knownin the field of geology. He delivered the 1948 com-mencement address on the campus .

~1912Lloyd W. Maxwell, '126a, has written a series

of ten "on-the-ground" reports about Korea, andthe opportunities it presents for American businessfirms. The series includes "The People of Korea,""The Politics of Korea," "The Election in Korea,""Overall Production in Korea," "The Story of Coalin Korea," "The Story of Industry in Korea," "TheStory of Korean Foreign Trade," "Import Needsof Korea," "Export Possibilities of Korea," and"Summary of the Korean Situation." Written byan economic advisor to the American MilitaryGovernment in Korea, a trained economist andexperienced observer, these reports are intended toassist business men invisualizing the Korean peo-ple and the Korean market for their products inhuman interest terms that will be helpful in de-ciding whether Korea is an attractive market fortheir products and how best to approach it . Mr .Maxwell is a former president of the New YorkCity Alumni Club.

1913~Clarence Edgar Bates, '13Ph.C, 18pharm, '186s,

'20med, is a physician at the Veterans Administra-tion Hospital in Oklahoma City .

Davis, Pasadena, California ; Class of 1917, DanielSorden, Independence, Missouri ; Class of 1918,Lida M. Russell, Stillwater ; Class of 1919, AngelaMaass Forman, Kingfisher ; Class of 1920, EnidScott Buswell, Kingfisher .

According to the records of the University ofOklahoma Alumni Association headquarters, thefollowing alumni of the Kingfisher College are de-ceased : Class of 1902, John Alley, Henry A. Camp-bell, George Norris ; Class of 1904, Grace G. Park-er, A. L. Shattuck, Phoebe White Lowry (O.U .,'29ma) ; Class of 1905, Ross Huntington House;Class of 1908, Bess Norris.

Class of 1909, Leah M. Bradley; Class of 1910,E. S. McCabe (O.U ., '17ma) ; George Bart Mahaf-fie, Henry M. White ; Class of 1911, Laura J .Gehring; Class of 1912, Ruth McCornack Hender-son; Class of 1913, Lilla Bourland Whipple.

Class of 1914, Harry Allee and Omar Mande-ville ; Class of 1915, Bertha Crider Marlin and Phil-lip George Phelps ; Class of 1916, William J . LowryPierce and Joyce Stearns ; Class of 1920, Olive Pear-son Patch ; Class of 1922, Margaret Tuttle.

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wrote, "Win, lose or draw, our Alumni Club is100% behind Bud Wilkinson. All of us sincerelyhope that arrangements can be made again nextyear for a repeat visit to our section of the coun-try by him."

'Officers of the Los Angeles Club include Presi-

dent Tibbitts ; Herman Ziemer, '35fa, '40m .ed,vice-president ; Lonnie Vanderveer, '39m .ed, pub-lic relations chairman ; Hiawatha T. Estes. '40eng,secretary, and Glenn R. Watson, '39law, treasurer .San Francisco officers include President Crites,

'36law; T. J . Galbraith, '196a, vice-president ; andCapt . Velma L. Richardson, '38h.ec, secretary-treasurer.Denver officers are President Walker ; Robert B.

McWilliams, '40journ, vice-president, and BernellGilbert, '35-'38, secretary-treasurer .

Calling the Roll of Sooner Classes-1916-

Walter Carl Toepelman, '166a, director of thedivision of veterans affairs and professor of geol-ogy, has bee n on the staff of the University of

Colorado, Boulder, for thepast 26 years. For the lastthree years he has been amember of the NationalCommittee on Veterans Af-fairs of the Department ofHigher Education, and hasserved as co-chairman ofthe committee for the pasttwo years. Before going tothe University of Coloradoin 1922, Mr . Toepelmanwas an assistant professorof geology at the Universityof South Dakota for two

W. C. TOEPELMAN years and was a geologistwith the South Dakota

Geological Survey for three years. He is a memberof Paleontological Society of America, the Societyof Economical Mineralogists and Paleontologists,a member of the executive committee of the Na-tional Education Association and Sigma GammaEpsilon, geology fraternity .

-1917-Iris Murl Baughman, '17ba, has been head of

the English department at Classen High School inOklahoma City for the past ten years. Besides O.U .,

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Mexico and Bureau of Uni-versity Travel to Europe.She was a member of Kap-pa Delta Pi, French Club,Kappa Kappa Gamma So-rority, and was secretary to

Zetalethean at O.U. Atpres-ent she is secretary to theAmerican Association ofUniversity Women

in Okla-homaCity, presidentof theEnglish Council, member of Oklahoma EducationAssociation and Daughters of the American Revo-lution .

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-1918-Mrs. Carrie Will Coffman Praeger, '186m, Wash-

ington, D. C., visited recently in Norman and re-newed acquaintances with many old friends onthe campus . Mrs. Praeger was called back to Okla-homa following the death of her mother in Hold-enville . Mrs. Praeger is a piano teacher in Wash-ington . -1919-

Dr . M. L. Wardell, '19ba, David Ross Boyd pro-fessor of history, and Mrs. Wardell are in Lincoln,Nebraska, where Dr . Wardell is teaching in theUniversity of Nebraska . .

-1920Wilson Evan "Babe" Smith, '206a, has been

associated with the State Department of Educa-tion in California for the past 24 years. At presenthe is serving as supervisor of the Bureau of Voca-tional Rehabilitation.

Frank Keller, '20eng, has been a junior engineerwith the National Bureau of Standards in Denver,for the past 21 years. Mr. Keller was a member ofthe Engineers' Club and the Chemistry Clubat O.U .Robert S. Gordon, '20Ph.G, '206a, '20eng, has

been general counsel and director for the NationalDairy Products Corporation in New York Citysince 1935 . Previously he was an attorney with theSullivan and Cromwell law firm in New YorkCity for nine years.

Law at San Francisco University. Mr . Updegraff isa retired rear admiral of the U. S. Navy .W. Max Chambers, '216a, '29ms, who has been

superintendent of the Okmulgee Public Schools forthe past several years, is completing his Doctor'sDegree at Colorado State College, Greeley. Mr .Chambers expected to receive the degree July 30 .He is the official Oklahoma representative of theNational Education Association, one of Okla-homa's most prominent public school administra-tors, and for a number of years served as ExecutiveBoard member on the University of OklahomaAlumni Association Board.

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George S. Freeman, '22, has been an independ-ent real estate broker in Los Angeles, California,for the past two years. Mr . Freeman is an alum-nus of the University chapter of Phi Kappa PsiFraternity .

For the last 12 years Clinton Raymond Shif-fler, '226a, '24ma, has served as president of theCrystal Cave Mining Company in Nipton, Cali-fornia . Mr . Shiffler makes his home in Los An-geles. Soon after the beginning of World War 11,he resigned from the principalship of the Los An-geles Adult Evening High School to take a posi-tion as an instructor and supervisor of militaryscience and tactics in a camp training U. S. Armyand Navy Air Force personnel. During the lastyears of the war he held the position of expeditorwith the Consolidated Steel Ship ConstructionCompany in San Pedro. Mr . Shifller has been prin-cipal of the high school in El Paso, Texas, and su-perintendent of schools in Cleveland, Glendive,Montana, and Alamogordo, New Mexico. He re-ceived his law degree from Kansas University,Lawrence, his Master of Education Degree fromthe University of Southern California, Los An-geles, and has partially completed his Doctor's De-gree at Chicago University .

-1923-Katherine Tatam Summers, '236a, '26ma, is

making her home in Marietta where her husband,Lemuel Chester Summers, is pastor of the Metho-dist Church .

Joseph W. Hicks, '236a, Chicago, has moved his

lack Bales, left, new student senate president and Arts and Sciences junior, gets a slap on the back anda word of advice from outgoing president Jerry Edwards, Engineering senior. As president of the stu-

dent legislative body, Bales serves on the Board of Managers of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Claude A. Ferguson, '24law, is an attorney atlaw in Los Angeles, California . From 1924 to 1947he was a member of the law firm of Lathrop,Crane, Sawyer, Woodson and Righter in KansasCity, Missouri . Mr . Ferguson is a member of PhiKappa Psi Fraternity .

Otis Sullivant, '24, political writer and statecapitol reporter for the Daily Oklahoman, attendedthe three-week state government seminar of theAmerican Press Institute at Columbia University,New York, during May.Tom Garrett, '24law, is in charge of the Legal

Institute sponsored by the State Bar Association forthe State of Oklahoma .

1925~George L. Nye, '24-'25, vice-president of the

City National Bank of Houston, Texas, is presi-dent of the Houston Alumni Association of Lamb-da Chi Alpha Fraternity.

-1926-Robert H. Akin, '266s, '28med, is practicing

physician in Oklahoma City.Mrs. Keturah Harrington Foulks, '266a, Nor-

man, was awarded a Master of Social Work De-gree from Tulane University, New Orleans, at theannual June commencement exercises, and is nowworking in Oklahoma City.Harry B. Kniseley, '266a, '29ma, has been trans-

ferred to the Denver, Colorado, office of the CarterOil Company as regional public relations man-ager for the northwest states .

-1927'~Max A. Heaslet, '276a, '29ma, has been head of

Theoretical Aerodynamics Section of the NationalAdvisory Committee for Aeronautics at MoffettField, California, for the past six years.

-1928-C. Kieran Morrison, '286a, is living in Alexan-

dria, Virginia, where he is employed as chief ofEmployee Relations Section with the FarmersHome Administration, a branch of the U. S. De-partment of Agriculture.

John K. Speck, '28bus, has been invited by theUniversity of Tennessee Law School to deliver twolectures on taxation (luring December of this year .

Phil C. Ashby, '28Ph.G, director and chief chem-ist of the Allergy Laboratories, Inc., OklahomaCity, has moved his office to the seventh floor ofthe Osler Building .

Elden S. Magaw, '286a, '31law, assistant deanat the Temple University School of Law, Philadel-phia, Pennsylvania, was unable to attend the 20thanniversary reunion of his class this spring, be-cause of closing of the academic year at Temple .

Lloyd Silberberger, '28eng, is employed as ageneral agent with the Mutual Life Insurance Com-pany in Seattle, Washington .

John Baird Hewett, '28eng, Dobbs Ferry, NewYork, has been sales manager and air conditioningengineer for the Anemostat Corporation of Ameri-ca in NewYork for the past nine years.

Olinka Hrdy Tracy, '28fa, the Oklahoma-bornCzechoslovakian girl, has returned to the state tovisit after an absence of 14 years. While in schoolat O.U ., Mrs. Tracy painted murals on the wallsof the Copper Kettle and in the girls' dormitories .For the past 14 years she has done industrial de-signing in Los Angeles. For several years beforeWorld War 11 she was chief designer for the stateof California and has worked on many of thenewer public buildings, painting murals and de-signing stage curtains .C. J. Masterson, '28Ph.C, '30pharm, Oklahoma

City, was appointed recently by Governor Turnerto fill a vacancy on the State Board of Pharmacy .His term will expire May 24, 1950 .

Lois Goddard Morrison, '28ma, and Dale N.Morrison, '29ma, San Antonio, were among those

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Miss Baughman has attend- -1921-offices to the Chicago Board of Trade Building. Theed Oklahoma A. and M. organization deals in public relations, industrialCollege, Oklahoma City Mrs. Froma Johnson Updegraff, '21fa, is making relations, and counsel.University, University of

ofher home in San Francisco, where her husband, -1924-Colorado, University William N. Updegraff, is attending the School of

California, University of

who were unable to attend the class reunion heldon the University campus May 30 . Mrs . Morrisonwas attending the Arkansas Writer's Conferenceat the time .

-1929-Frances Hunt, '296a, is employed as an informa-

tion specialist with the Farmers Home Adminis-tration, a branch of the U. S. Department of Agri-culture, in Alexandria, Virginia .

-1930-Thelma Keen Darby, '30ed, is making her home

in San Antonio, where her husband, Floyd ParkDarby, is sales manager for a wholesale distributor .Dr. Raymond L. Renegar, '29-'30, Oklahoma

City, and Mrs. Renegar have chosen the nameRandel Paul for their son born June 2 at WesleyHospital .Erma Sherrod Bath, '306a, is making her home

in North Terrytown, New York, where her hus-band, Thomas N. Bath, is employed by the ShellOil Company. Mr . and Mrs. Bath are the parentsof a ten-year-old son, Thomas David.

Herbert N. Peters, '30eng, is employed as afuel technologist for the Ethyl Corporation in LosAngeles, California .

For nine years Dr. Herbert Gillis Crockett, '30ba,'346s, '34med, has been a neurological surgeonwith the Moore-White Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr .Crockett is a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fra-ternity .

-1931-Agnes Mae Tillman, '31h .ec, is employed as

Home Demonstration Agent in Hollis .

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-1932-Arta Maginnis James, '32bus, and Ted James

visited on the campus in Norman recently . Mr .and Mrs. James are making their home in Hous-ton, Texas.

Bruce G. Carter, '32ma, vice-president of theOklahoma Education Association Junior CollegeDepartment, presided over the program on Stateschools at the annual Junior College Conferenceheld at Norman July 13 and 14 .Hammet F. Hough, '32bus, is employed as a

buyer and department executive for John A. BrownCompany in Oklahoma City .

-1933-Mary Holman Stewart, '336a, has been teaching

social studies at Hardin Junior High School inOklahoma City for the past three years. Previouslyshe had taught at Roosevelt Junior High Schooland Webster Junior High School .

Katharine Eunice Frickel is the name chosenby George Frickel, '29-'33, Port Arthur, Texas, andMrs. Frickel for their daughter born June l . Theyare the parents of two sons, Charlie and Bobbie.O. D. Johns, '33m .ed, president of the Okla-

homa Education Association Junior College De-partment, presided at the program for municipaland church schools at the annual junior CollegeConference held at Norman July 13 and 14 .A. G. Steele, '33m .ed, who has been superin-

tendent of the Altus Public Schools for the pastseveral years and has helped to guide the develop-ment of the junior College, will become dean ofthe College in September.

Richard L. McBrien, '33eng, has been employedas a development engineer of the United Air Lines,Inc., for the past 13 years. At O.U . he was a mem-ber of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Tau Omega,A.S.M .E ., and Engineers Club .

John Alley, '336a, '39ma, Boston, Massachusetts,and Mrs. Alley, the former Mary Ann Raleigh, '43ba, are the parents of a daughter, Anna, born inlate May.

Cleo Wilson, '336a, '36law, and Oather O.Leach, '31law, partners in the general practice oflaw in Tulsa, have moved their offices from theNational Mutual Building to the Wright Building .

Ab Dalton Walker, '33phys.ed, retired lieuten-ant colonel with the U. S. Army Air Forces, hasbeen president of the M. K. and T. Junior Rail-road of San Antonio since June l . He served sixyears with the Army and was director of recrea-tion and physical education of the National YouthAdministration for three years previously . Mr.Walker is a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.

1934-

Col. Vic Collier, '34ba, and Mrs. Collier re-cently visited the University campus, where theirson, Bill, is a senior . Colonel Collier is stationedat Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Vernald A. Smith, '34ba, is a student in foreigntrade at the American Institute for Foreign Tradein Phoenix, Arizona. He expects to go to Brazilin 1949 .

Dorothy F. Burge, '34ba, '36lib .sci, is librarianat the American Institute for Foreign Trade inPhoenix, Arizona.Wayne Davis McKowen, '34bus, has been gen-

eral manager of the Colorado Pre-Mix ConcreteCompany since October, 1947 .Mrs. Seay B. Gibson, '34fa, is an assistant teach-

er in the Klein Vocal Studios in Glendale, Cali-fornia . Her husband, Harold Jay Gibson, '35eng,is a sales engineer and they are making their homein La Crescenta, California .

Harlan Stanley, '346s, is an instructor of zoologyat the University of California, Los Angeles. AtO.U . he was a laboratory assistant in the botanydepartment.

Meta Garms Williams, '34fa, is making her homein Huntington Park, California, where her hus-band, John L. Williams, is a detective with theLos Angeles County Sheriff's Department . Mr .and Mrs. Williams are the parents of eight-month-old Melodee Clare.

-1935-Maj. Robert "Bob" Slover, '356a, was visiting

on the campus (luring early June after having re-ceived his Master's Degree from Harvard Univer-sity . Major Slover, who is with the Civil AffairsDivision of the Department of Army, Washington,D. C., has completed work toward a doctorate,lacking only the dissertation necessary to receivethat degree. This work was also done at HarvardUniversity . During the war he spent two yearsin the European Theater of Operations with themilitary government section of the Army.

Carl N. Chambers, Jr ., '35bus, and Mrs. Cham-bers, the former Grace Marie Pitchford, '37fa, andson, Andy, are making their home in El Paso,Texas, where Mr. Chambers is associated with awholesale appliance company serving West Texas,Arizona and New Mexico .Mrs. Eleanor Warren Schuyler, '35fa, is mak-

ing her home in Washington, D. C., with her twosons . Her husband. Lt. Comdr. 1 . J . Schuyler, isstationed with the U. S. Navy at Norfolk, Vir-ginia.

William Wesley Mead, '356s, '37med, is in thepractice of plastic surgery in Beverly Hills, Cali-fornia .

Granville R. Baxter, '35fa, is employed as staffaccountant with Walton, Joplin, Langer and Com-pany in Chicago. He received his Master's Degreefrom the University of Chicago in August, 1947 .

-1936-Lt . Col. Alfred G. Todd, '36bus, has been trans-

ferred to the Naval War College, Newport, RhodeIsland . Colonel Todd formerly was Chief of theOffice of Statistical Control, MATS Headquarters,Washington, D. C. He entered military service in1940 and served overseas in the Asiatic-PacificTheater for 15 months .

Jack E. Campbell, '366a, '38law, formerly asso-ciated with the late 1 . J . Underwood Law Firm,is now a member of the firm of Doerner, Rinehartand Stuart in Tulsa.

Clifford Peterson, '36ed, has been appointed assuperintendent of schools at Altus for the coming

In this case, it's "like father, like daughter," forJacqueline (Jackie) Rock, senior sociology studentwhose father, Dr. John L. Rock, '14ba, '146s, alsochose the University for his alma muter.

Jackie, who attended Lindenwood College, St .Charles, Missouri, for the first two years of hercollegiate work, selected O.U . because her fatherattended here . A psychology minor, she is interestedin the teaching profession .She attended high school in LaSalle, Illinois,

which is near their residence in Oglesby, and St .Katherines, Davenport, Iowa . Jackie's opinion ofO.U . is "it's wonderful"-and she thinks Dr .Rock's choice of an alma mater was a fortunateone for her.

school year . Formerly he had served as high schoolprincipal .DROESCH-GIBSON : Joan Margarite Droesch,

Brooklyn, New York, became the bride of HubertGibson, '366a, '38law, Grove, in a ceremony readJune 8 in Oklahoma City . Mr. Gibson is associatedwith William O. Coe in the practice of law inOklahoma City . He is a member of Pi Kappa Al-pha Fraternity .Paul J . Martin, '366s, '38ms, formerly of Wash-

ington, D. C., has moved from the National Bu-reau of Standards to the applied physics laboratoryof Johns Hopkins University, Silver Spring, Mary-land .Wynn York, '36fa, choral instructor at the Uni-

versity of Kansas City, heard the first performanceof his Symphony in A Minor played by the Min-neapolis Symphony Orchestra on May 18 at a com-posers' forum at the University of Minnesota.

Dale Brown, '36bus, Delphos, Kansas, was arecent visitor on the campus of the University .

Dr . S. P. Harrison, '36ms, Oklahoma City, andMrs. Harrison have selected the name CynthiaAnne for their daughter born May 20 in the Uni-versity Hospital .

Dr. Forney Long Murray, '366s, '37med, for-mer Oklahoma City resident, died May 26 inAmerican Falls, Idaho, where he had practiced thepast two years.

Dr . Murray E. Gibbens, '366s, '38med, is chiefof orthopedic science at the Veterans Administra-tion Hospital in Fort Logan, Colorado. Mrs. Gib-bons is the former Anna Margaret Binkley, '35fa.

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Max Elliott Krause, '376s, '39med, is a practicingphysician in Oakland. He is making his home inAlameda.

George Long, '37ed, Chandler, Arizona, diedin Chandler June 5. Mr . Long had lived in Ari-zona for the past three years.

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Glenn Edward Pottz, '37ba, '47ms, has been astaff bacteriologist and research director at theOakes Research Laboratory, St . Luke's Hospitalin Denver, Colorado, for the past year. At O.U .he was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Sigma,Sigma Xi, American Botanical Society, Academyof Science, and was an assistant in zoology.T. R. Harris, St . Louis, Missouri, and Mrs. Har-

ris, the former Yvonne Jacobson, '37ba, '39ma,have announced the birth of a son, whom theyhave named Peter Kenneth. The boy was bornMay 19 . Mrs. Harris is the daughter of Dr. O. B.Jacobson, director of the University Art Museum .

John H. Tippit, '386a, '40law, is practicing lawin Denver . Mr . and Mrs. Tippit are the parents ofa son, John Garrey, two years old.

Alfred Creed, Muskogee, and Mrs. Creed, theformer Regina Hughes, '38ed, are the parents ofa daughter, whom they have named Mary Carol.The little girl was born March 16 in Muskogee .

Vernon Armor Musselman, '38m .ed, '46D.ed,has been appointed professor of business educationat the University of Kentucky, Lexington, for thefall semester of 1948-49. His appointment will beeffective September 1 . At present he holds a simi-lar position at the University of Denver. From1941 to 1943 he was a professor of business edu-cation at O. U. Previously he had taught in Bar-tlesville, Mangum, Weatherford, Lone Wolf andEldorado. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, PiOmega Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, andDelta Pi Epsilon .P. J . Conkwright, Jr ., '38ma, art editor of the

University of Princeton press for the past severalyears, has been appointed lecturer in graphic artswith the rank of professor on the university fac-ulty . Mr . Conkwright was art editor of the Uni-versity of Oklahoma Press for six years. Previousto that time he had acted as advertising composi-tor, assistant art editor and proofreader.

John L. Cook, '38geol, is employed as a land-man with the Carter Oil Company in Denver .

Richard R. Linn, '38law, Oklahoma City, andMrs. Linn, the former Betty Gibbens, '37ba, havechosen the name Marcia Elizabeth for their daugh-ter born May 28 in St. Anthony Hospital . Theyare the parents of another child, Richard R., Jr., 3.

Committal services for Lt. Duane J . Clapham,'38bus, Norman, who was killed in April, 1942,while serving as a test pilot in Karachi, India, wereheld May 31 in Norman. Lieutenant Clapham wassent to India to supervise the assembling of planesfor the Chinese government. He was killed whenthe motor of his plane failed at the end of a testflight . He was posthumously awarded the highestmedal of the Chinese government with the seal ofGeneralissimo Chiang Kai-shek .

Norman Keith Davis, '39eng, has been employedas an aircraft power plantengineer with the UnitedAir Lines in San Franciscofor the past two and one-half years. The two yearsfollowing his graduation heworked with Petty Geo-physical Engineering Com-pany in San Antonio as anoperator of field recordingequipment . Mr . Davisserved with the Army AirForces from 1941 to 1946and was discharged withthe rank of captain . Mr .and Mrs. Davis are the par-ents of a three year old

daughter, Kathleen, and are making their home inMenlo Park, California .Raymond T. Mayhall, '39bus, Lawton, and Mrs.

Mayhall, the former Marion Strong, '42fa, haveselected the name Michael Clarke for their sonborn May 19 . They have another child, RaymondT., Jr.

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Dale David Desper, '396a, Roosevelt, is stationedwith the Army Air Force at Camp Springs, Mary-land. He holds the rank of major. Mrs. Desper isthe former Mary Cooper, '386a.

Capt. Nathan Anderson, '39eng, Norman, wona javelin-throw contest and consequently a month'strip to Japan recently . He is stationed with theArmy in Seoul, Korea.

Carl H . King, '396a, '40law, is employed in thelegal department of the Stanolind Oil and GasCompany in Tulsa .H. Markle Sparks, '396us, is a captain with the

Western Air Lines in Los Angeles. Mrs. Sparks isthe former Betty Lou Akers, '43journ .

J . Lamont Baxter, '396us, '47ma, is a public ac-countant and part-time in-structor in accounting atthe Downtown School ofOklahoma City University .From 1941 to 1944 he wasassistant district auditor forthe War Department inGalveston, Texas. Mr . Bax-ter attended Oklahoma CityUniversity one year beforeentering O.U . Immediatelyupon his graduation fromO.U ., he was employed asan accountant with the Yel-low Transit Company ofOklahoma City and Hous-ton, Texas.

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R. E. "Bob Fraley, '38-'40, '47-'48, OklahomaCity, and Mrs. Fraley have chosen the name Martinfor their son born May 24 at Mercy Hospital . An-other son, Ford, is five years old. Mr . Fraley is asenior in the School of Law and is associated withthe law firm of Fraley and Martin in OklahomaCity. He was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Asso-ciation in 1947 .

John W. Bowling, '37-'40, Pryor, has been trans-ferred from Lagos to the Department of State. Heserved with the Reconstruction Finance Corpora-tion prior to his service with the U. S. Army inWorld War II and in 1946 joined the Foreign Serv-ice with his first assignment at Lagos.Amzic Strickland Behrens, '406a, appeared in

the role of Kathie in the National American Le-gion's Memorial Day Program, "A Portrait of DaveMiller ."

Robert French Lewis, '406s, '42ms, is a studentat the University of Southern California at Los An-geles.Maj. Alex Welcher, '40geol, was a guest on the

University campus late in June after participatingin the Masonic work at the Oklahoma Consistoryin Guthrie where he received the 32nd Degree ofMasonry. Major Welcher is stationed at Fort Sill .

Stanley Lewis Drennan, '40bs, '41med, is apracticing physician and surgeon in Los Angeles.

Louis Claude Roark, '40geol, is employer{ as ageologist with the Phillips Petroleum Company inDenver, Colorado . Mr . and Mrs. Roark are theparents of two children, Claudia Beth, two andone-half years, and Stephen Robert, three months .Robert Bruce McWilliams, '40journ, has been

with the Galen E. Broyles Co ., Inc., in Denver, forthe past nine years. At present he holds the po-sition of vice-president and account executive .Maj. D. A. Steuert, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,

and Mrs. Stcuert, the former Geraldine Sparks, '40ba, have selected the name Douglas Michael Stcuertfor their son born May 21 in St . Anthony Hospital .

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Betty Stephens Alberts, '41h.ec, is making herhome in Denver, where her husband, Warren E.Alberts, is employed as an air lines managementengineer . They are the parents of a seven-month-old (laughter, Kristan .MOYER-MOBLEY : Jean Moyer and Benjamin

Eldridge Mobley, '416a, '41law, both of Ardmore,were married June 5 in a ceremony performed in

the garden of the home of the bride's parents . Mr .Mobley is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fra-ternity which he served as president. The couplehas established a home in Ardmore.

John C. Ausland, Princeton, New Jersey, andMrs. Ausland, the former Malory Campbell, '37-'41, are the parents of a daughter, Ann Malory,born June 14 . Mrs. Ausland is the daughter ofProfessor W. S. Campbell .

William E. Neptune, '416a, is working with theproducing department of the Stanolind Oil and GasCompany in Lafayette, Louisiana .

Memorial services for Lt . Ralph M. Hart, '40-'41,Oklahoma City, who was killed in New Guinea in1943, were held June 10 in Oklahoma City. Lieu-tenant Hart was killed at the age of 21 in thecrash of a B-24 after being overseas about sixweeks. He joined the airforce in 1941 and wastrained and commissioned at Randolph Field.

-1942-Mack Hiatt, Jr., '426a, and Mrs. Hiatt, the for-

mer Mary Hughes, '446m, are the parents of adaughter, Margaret Jane, born June 17 in Vic-toria, Texas.

For the past six years Frank Keys Rein, '42eng,has been a test engineer with the Douglas AircraftCompany in El Segundo, California .W. R. Berger, Jr ., '42eng, Jackson, Alabama, and

Mrs. Berger, the former Margaret Louise Gilbert,'43bus, have selected the name Byron Gilbert fortheir son born May 8 in Mobile .

John L. Thornbrough, '42pharm, Clinton, andMrs. Thornbrough, the former Martha Roach, '43pharm, have selected the name Judith Louise fortheir daughter born June 5 .

Dr . Darwin L. Richardson, '426s, '47ms, '47med,is a practicing physician and surgeon in Cody,Wyoming. He is a member of Phi Chi medical fra-ternity.

-1943-Neal Mosely, '43eng, and Mrs. Mosely, Marjorie

Duerksen, '43, recently visited in Ohio with Mr .Mosely's father, Dr . Ray R. Mosely, '18med . Aftervisiting in Ohio they drove to Norman to visit rela-tives and friends on the campus in Norman . Mr .Mosely is connected with the Detroit LubricatingCompany. For the past two years he has been presi-dent of the O.U . Alumni Club of Detroit .John J . Dulin, '43eng, is studying at Purdue Uni-

versity, LaFayette, Indiana, on his Master's Degree.Mrs. Dulin is the former Margaret Ann Wardell,'46geol.

John Davis Hill, '436a, and Mrs. Hill, the for-mer Dorothy Murdock, '40soc .wk, have announcedthe birth of their first child, Robin Barr, April 29in Tulsa. The boy is the grandson of James J . Hill,'15ba, '15ma, librarian at the University of Nevada ;Katherine Barr Hill, '166a, and James WilliamMurdock, '1l-'12. Mr . John Hill is employed by theUnited States Geological Survey out of Rolla, Mis-souri. At present he is working on the MissouriRiver Basin Project near Mohall, North Dakota .Mrs. Hill and Robin are in Mohall with him.

Harvey James Thacker, Jr ., '43bus, has been as-sistant to the vice-president of George D. Close,Inc., in Los Angeles, for the past two years.

Louis C. Bailey, '43eng, is the traffic supervisorfor the Michigan Bell Telephone Company ofDetroit . Formerly he had been employed by theCities Service Oil Company and Phillips PetroleumCompany. At the University he served his frater-nity, Phi Delta Theta, as treasurer. Last season Mr .Bailey was the Michigan Bell golf champion andplayed basketball with the All-City Inter-ChurchLeague team.Roy A. Baze, '43eng, and Mrs. Baze are the

parents of a son, Robert Ernest, born recently inLuling, Texas. Mr . Baze is employed by the HumbleOil and Refining Company.Howard B. Upton, '436a, has been appointed

director of industrial relations for the WesternPetroleum Refiners Association .FREEMAN-BROWN: The First Baptist Church

of Perry was the scene April 3 of the wedding of

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June Hodge, '48bs, is shown above with four pupils and equipment used in teaching acoustically handi-capped children . During the spring semester this year she did her practice teaching at the CrippledChildren's Hospital in Oklahoma City . This fall she plans to do graduate work in the acoustically handi-

capped teaching field at Central Institute for the Deaf in St . Louis.

Dorothy Lee Freeman, '43drama, and C. RollinsBrown, Jr ., Dallas, Texas. Following a short wed-ding trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, Mr . andMrs. Brown established a home in Dallas .

Jack F. Purcell, '43, Oklahoma City, and Mrs.Purcell announce the birth of a son, John Michael,on March 29 in Wesley Hospital .

Richard E. King, '41-'43, is attending the Uni-versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he plansto receive his Bachelor of Music degree next year .Mr . King is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity .

1944-GOELZ-CONWELL: In a ceremony performed

June 10 in Oklahoma City, Kathryn Jeanne Goelzbecame the bride of Robert Thomas Conwell, Jr .,'44. Both are of Oklahoma City . Mr . Conwell wasaffiliated with Phi Delta Theta Fraternity at theUniversity.MORRIS-SNODDY: Solemnized June 12 in the

Oklahoma City First Methodist Church was thewedding of Jessie Lee Morris, senior in the Schoolof Medicine, and Dr . William T. Snoddy, '44med,both of Oklahoma City .Glenn A. Cato, '43-'44, is an underwriter for

Rathbone, King and Seely in San Francisco .HANLEY-MORRISON: In a ceremony per-

formed in St. Paul's Methodist Church, Shawnee,Maxine Marie Hanley, '44h .ec, became the brideof Kent V. Morrison, Jr ., '47-'48 . Both are ofShawnee. Mr. Morrison is now working on a Mas-ter's Degree from the School of Business Adminis-tration at the University .

William J . Mitchell, Jr ., '44eng, was recently em-ployed by the Stanolind Oil and Gas Company inthe exploration department in Houston, Texas.

Donald T. Desmond, Oklahoma City, and Mrs.Desmond, the former Margaret Jean Hayes, '44bus,have selected the name Nancy Jean for their daugh-ter born May 25 in St . Anthony Hospital .

Gaston Pernalete, '44eng, represented Venezuelaat the International Petroleum Exposition held inMay in Tulsa. Pernalete was sent back to the Uni-versity last August to work on his Master's Degreewhich he will receive this August . He had beenworking as an inspector for the Venezuelan gov-ernment before returning to O.U .

Reed Lawton, '44ba, and Mrs. Lawton, the for-mer Doris Virginia Hopkins, '426m, are directorsof the Lawton Institute of Linguistics in Los An-geles, California . Previously Mr . Lawton had beena lecturer at the Tokyo Imperial University, Tokyo,Japan.

For the past 18 months William A. Smith, Jr.,'44eng, has been a development engineer with theDr. Jack Van Doren Hough, '44med, was ap-

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a recent meeting of the University Board of Re-gents.

Julia Louise Herrmann, '44fa, is now spendingher third year studying the harp at the JuilliardSchool of Music in NewYork City. She is the firstharpist with the Juilliard orchestra and also withthe Juilliard Chamber orchestra .

-1945-Keith Tolson, Sweet Springs, Missouri, and Mrs.

Tolson, the former Verna Zinn, '45h .ec, are theparents of a son, Michael Hal, who was born May17 at the Bothwell Memorial Hospital in Sedalia,Missouri.V. A. Stites, '40-'45, Tulsa, and Mrs. Stites, the

former Anne Elmore, '466a, are the parents of ason born June 21 at St . John's Hospital in Tulsa.They have named the boy Robert Thomas . Mr.Stites is employed with the Federal Housing Ad-ministration .

James Lawrence Williams, '45eng, Visalia, Cali-fornia, is a student at Stanford University.

William Gordon Freitas, '45eng, is employed inthe supply sales division of the General ElectricSupply Corporation in Oakland, California .

Steven Mather Little, '45eng, is serving as anensign with the U. S. Naval Reserve in Alameda,California, and is employed part time with theConservative Life Insurance Company in Oakland.JONES-BIRKETT: Sue Jones, '45pharm, Elk

City, became the bride of Noble S. Birkett, Okla-homa City, in a ceremony performed April 2 inthe home of the bride's parents . After May 1 Mr .and Mrs. Birkett will be at home in Oklahoma City .

Dr . John De Vore, '45med, fellow in anatomy atthe University Hospital, was appointed a residentphysician at a recent meeting of the UniversityBoard of Regents.Dr. Charles L. Freede, '45med, fellow in pedi-

atrics, has been appointed a resident physician atthe University Hospital .Dr. Richard G. Hobgood, '456a, '45med, has

been appointed a resident physician at the Uni-versity Hospital by the Board of Regents. Dr . Hob-good is a fellow in urology.HITCHCOCK-WEIS : In a ceremony in thehome

of her parents, Adrienne Hitchcock, '45bus, Mc-Alester, became the bride of Robert Edward Weis,Scott, Arkansas . Mrs. Weiss attended MonticelloCollege, Alton, Illinois, and the University of Colo-rado, Boulder. She was a member of Delta DeltaDelta Sorority at O.U . They have established ahome in Phillips, Texas.L. Bonita Fitzwater, '45ba, Watonga, is now

employed in the personnel office of the AtlanticOil Company in Dallas, Texas. She received her

master's degree in 1947 at Northwestern Univer-sity .

Virginia Nation Schubert, '456us, is making herhome in New York, New York, where she is em-ployed as a secretary accountant for the East In-dia Export Company. Her husband, William Dar-nell Schubert, '47, is a student at New York Uni-versity .

1946~Huffman Walker, '466us, Wheeler, Texas, has

been acting as field representative for the GeneralMotors Acceptance Corporation in Oklahoma Citysince April 2. Formerly he was a special agent forthe Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland .

Robert Vance Miller, '46eng, began his job as aphysicist in the radiation laboratory at the Univer-sity of California, Berkeley, in June .

Bill J . Weldon, '466us, recently joined the na-tional advertising staff of the Cleveland (Ohio)Press. For more than a year Mr. Weldon has beena sales representative of the Newspaper EnterpriseAssociation Service, Inc., operating from Chicago.DOBRY-MYERS : Nuptial vows were exchanged

May 29 by Patricia Dobry, '466us, and Ralph A.Myers, Jr ., '48, both of Yukon, in a ceremony readin St. John's Church, Yukon. Mrs. Myers is a mem-ber of Delta Gamma Sorority . Mr. Myers will begraduated from the University School of Law inAugust . He is a member of Delta Tau Delta Fra-ternity. Mr . and Mrs. Myers are at home in Nor-man.TWYMAN-REYNOLDS : Billie Joe Twyman,

'46fa, Oklahoma City, and William Gordon Rey-nolds, Tyler, Texas, were married May 29 in theFirst Presbyterian Church of Oklahoma City . Mrs.Reynolds attended Stephens College, Columbia,Missouri, and was a member of Kappa GammaSorority and Delta Phi Delta, honorary art fratern-ity at O.U. They have established a home in Austinwhere Mr . Reynolds is a junior in the College ofBusiness Administration at the University of Texas.HARDY-BRADDOCK : Elizabeth Ann Hardy,

'466a, Tulsa, became the bride of Thomas GeorgeBraddock, '47bus, Altus, in a ceremony solemnizedMarch 26 in the Rose chapel of the Boston AvenueMethodist Church in Tulsa. Mrs Braddock is amember of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority and PhiBeta Kappa. She has served as president of theMortar Board and received the Dad's day awardas the outstanding senior woman. Mr . Braddockattended the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Rust-on, Louisiana, and is now a junior in the Schoolof Law at O.U . He is a member of Sigma NuFraternity .

Ensign C. F. "Smokey" Martin, '46, is now at-tached to the U. S. S. Gosselyn, a destroyer escort,where he is serving as chief engineer . Mrs. Martinis the former Wanda McKeag, '46, and is living inSan Diego, California .

Ensign Cline Knowles, '46, is stationed aboardthe amphibious fleet flag ship, U. S. Mount McKin-ley. Mrs. Knowles is the former Gloria Gommels,'46, and is making her home in San Diego, Cali-fornia .

Betty Jean Ingram, '46h.ec, is the assistant thera-peutic dietitian in the Harris Memorial MethodistHospital, Fort Worth, Texas.

Robert M. Marr, '46, and Mrs. Marr are the par-ents of a son, Robert Maynor Marr, Jr., bornMarch 11 .

Roberta Strong, '46h .ec, is making her home inSouth Orange, New Jersey, and is teaching kinder-garten with the public schools in Maplewood, NewJersey.

-1947-Maj. Neal W. Harris, '476a, artillery reserve of-

ficer, is now on active duty until September 14 atFort Benning, Georgia. He is holder of the Croixde Guerre and Bronze Star. He participated in theNorth African, Sicily and Italian campaigns dur-ing World War II . Major Harris is now a sopho-more in the School of Law at the University . Heis the son of Edgar L. Harris, '08ba, Norman . Both

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men are Life members of the O.U . Alumni Asso-ciation .

Jack C. Bass, '47eng, Overland, Missouri, is em-ployed as a designing engineer with the McDonnellAircraft Corporation in St . Louis.

Since last September Edna Spencer Heffner, '47ba, has been teaching at the Jane Brooks Founda-tion in Purcell . She is the wife of Roy E. Heffner,'186a, '19eng, who is a professor in the phsyics de-partment at the University .

Alex Baca, '47bus, has located in Albuquerque,New Mexico, where he is employed as managerfor a dry goods company.HARTLAND-CRALLE: The marriage of Joyce

Elizabeth Hartland, Springfield, Massachusetts, toWalter O. Cralle, Jr., '47eng, was an event of May29 in the First Church of Christ in Springfield.Bud Baer, '47ba, has accepted a position as avia-

tion editor with the Dayton (Ohio) Journal-Her-ald.McCORMICK-BENNET : The wedding of Vir-

ginia Faye McCormick, '47ba, El Dorado, Kansas,and Marion S. Bennett, Snyder, was an event ofJune 6 in El Dorado. They have established a homein Oklahoma City.CURRIE-NICHOLS : Mary Anne Currie, '47

Lee, Oklahoma City, became the bride of RobertThomas Nichols, '47-'48, Oklahoma City, in aceremony performed June 12 in St . Luke's Metho-dist Church . Mrs. Nichols was a member of Kap-pa Gamma Sorority and of Omicron Nu, nationalhonorary home economics sorority, and Hestia . FOEthe past year she taught at Taft Junior High School .Mr . Nichols is a senior in the College of BusinessAdministration . He is a member of Sigma ChiFraternity .YARBRO-YOUNGBLOOD : Ila Dell Yarbro, '47

fa, and Hugh Andrew Youngblood, Jr ., both ofOklahoma City, were married June 12 in WesleyMethodist Church . Mrs. Youngblood received theBuffalo Mask, outstanding drama award, and wasa member of E1 Mojii and the University Players .They will establish a home in Norman in the fall,and Mr . Youngblood will attend the University .

Hsiao Hsia Tsai, '47m .fa, 20-year-old-artist fromPeiping, had some of her water color prints on dis-play during the week of June 14 at the Okla-homa Art Center in Oklahoma City . Miss Tsai isa graduate of the Chungking University . Sheplanned to sail July 17, and hopes to teach in Peip-ing's National Academy of Art.

Helen Rooks Morris, '47journ, is working in the

Dreamers of the PastThe daydreamers of 25 years ago-at least a

half dozen of the original committee of twenty-five, whose daydreams brought to a realizationthe Oklahoma Memorial Union Building of to-day, assembled recently on the campus of theUniversity of Oklahoma at the unveiling of theEugene Faulkner portrait, presented to the Unionby Major B. S. "Chebie" Graham . At the unveil-ing of the portrait, Mr . Graham invited some 75people, including the original committee of 25,who planned years ago the initial program leadingto the construction, equipping and placing into

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industrial relations department of the StanolindOil and Gas Company in Tulsa.

Bertha Ellen Barnett, '47m .ed, has been teach-ing mathematics and social studies in OklahomaCity for the past three years.

Harry G. Fender, '47bus, '48law, has opened hislaw office in Wagoner. Mr . and Mrs. Fender havebeen making their home in Norman while Mr .Fender was attending O.U .KERR-EVERETT : The wedding of Betty Jo

Kerr, '47eng; Norman, to Rex Minter Everett,Chandler, was an event of May 30 in the FirstChristian Church of Norman . Mrs. Everett receivedher degree in civil engineering. She is a memberof the American Society of Civil Engineers. Whilein the University, she was chosen editor of theSooner Shamrock, engineering magazine, for oneyear, was St . Pat's queen, was a member of theUniversity band, and was chosen Indian princessby the Sequoyah Club . Mr . Everett is a senior inpetroleum engineering. He is a member of theAmerican Institute of Mining and MetallurgicalEngineers and former member of Loyal Knights ofOld Trusty .CLARK-WATSON : Norma E. Clark, Norman,

became the bride of Doyle B. Watson, '47bus, Mus-kogee, in a ceremony performed May 28 in Tulsa.Mr . and Mrs. Watson have established a home inTulsa where Mr . Watson is employed by the Stan-olind Oil and Gas Company.Tom L. Ingram, '47eng, and Mrs. Ingram, the

former Joan Looney, '45-'48, are making theirhome in Midland, Texas, where Mr . Ingram is em-ployed as a geologist with Stanolind Oil and GasCompany. Mr . Ingram was a member of Phi EtaSigma, Tau Beta Phi, Sigma Tau, Pe-et, Check-mate, Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Scabbard and Blade,and served as president of Delta Tau Delta Fra-ternity . Mrs. Looney served on the Oklahoma Dailystaff for three and one-half years and was a mem-her of Delta Gamma Sorority .

Daniel Friedman, '47med, is interning at QueensGeneral Hospital, Jamaica, New York .

KAMP-PARRISH : Dorothy Louise Kamp, '47ba, Oklahoma City, became the bride of James H .Parrish, '47-'48, Fort Worth, Texas, March 25 inOklahoma City . Mrs. Parrish served as treasurer ofTheta Sigma Phi, honorary fraternity for women injournalism, and was society editor and issue edi-tor of the Oklahoma Daily. During her senior yearshe was vice president of Alpha Chi Omega Soror-ity. Mr . Parrish is a junior in the School of Geol-

operation of the Student Union plant. Six of theoriginal planners shown above, reading from leftto right, are: John Butler, '22law, Oklahoma City ;Frank Cleckler, '216a, former manager of theUnion and Secretary of the Stadium-Union Memori-al Fund, Inc., Oklahoma City ; Dr . WaymanThompson, '27bs, '29med, Oklahoma City ; TomGarrett, '24law, Oklahoma City ; Walter Vahlberg,one of the two original architects for the Unionplant, and RichardH. Cloyd, '196a, '28law, formerExecutive Secretary of the Alumni Association andsecretary of the Stadium-Union Memorial Fund,Inc.

ogy and is a member of Phi Eta Sigma, honoraryfraternity.

John Joseph Golden, '47ba, Berkeley, California,is a student in the School of jurisprudence at theUniversity of California . He received his commis-sion from the N.R.O.T .C . program at O.U . in June,1945, and was discharged in September, 1946 .

Carolyn Adams Hays, '47med, has been an in-tern in the Children's Hospital in San Francisco,California, for the last nine months . Her husband,Marvin Bryant Hays, '43bs, '45med, is a practicingphysician in San Francisco .

James C. Pugh, '47ba, is employed by the Fowlerand McVitia Steamship Company, in Houston,Texas.CARPENTER-CUMMINGS : The marriage of

Gay Leath Carpenter, '46-'47, to Hudson BennettCummings, both of Blackwell, was an event ofMarch 6 in the home of the bride's parents . Mr .and Mrs. Cummings are at home in Tonkawawhere they are attending Northern OklahomaJunior College.BIRCHUM-CONN : Billie Louise Birchum, Nor-

man, became the bride of Edward Conn, Jr., '46-'47, Cyril, in a ceremony performed March 6 inNorman . The couple has established a home inKansas City, Missouri, where Mr . Conn is attend-ing school .SOWARDS-LACKEY : Cleota Sowards, '46-'47,

Stroud, and Charles Hanford Lackey, '40-'42,Davenport, were married recently in Evansville, In-diana. Mrs. Lackey is a member of Delta Phi Delta,national honorary art fraternity, and El Modjii,allied arts fraternity. Mr. Lackey was affiliated withAcacia Fraternity . They are at home in Evans-ville .GRANT-YOUNG: A home has been established

by Gerald Sewall Young, '47eng, Duncan, and Mrs.Young, the former Carrie Lee Grant, '45-'47,Davis,in Oklahoma City . Their marriage was an event ofFebruary 28 in the First Methodist Church ofDavis. Mrs. Young attended Ward-Belmont, Nash-ville, Tennessee, and was affiliated with GammaPhi Beta Sorority at O. U. Mr . Young is a memberof Delta Chi Fraternity.MASSAD-COHLMIA : The marriage of Minerva

Massad, Oklahoma City, to Gordon L. Cohlmia,'46-'47, Watonga, was an event of March 7 in Okla-homa City. They are at home in Watonga.

Jack Terry Witbeck, '47eng, is a student with theOtis Elevator Company in New York, New York .Mr . Witbeck is a member of Phi Kappa SigmaFraternity .

Samuel G. Nelson, '47bus, has accepted a po-sition as junior accountant with Howard and Hairin Hereford, Texas. Mrs. Nelson is the former La-homa Louise Kerr, '446a. They are the parents ofa son, Gooding Stephen, 14 months old.

Dr . Billy O. Coleman, '47med, is interning atKansas City (Missouri) General Hospital . Dr. Cole-man was a member of Phi Chi medical fraternityat O.U .GIBSON-FINLEY: Dewey Lee Gibson, '47ba,

Freedom, Arkansas, became the bride of GarlandDonald Finley, El Dorado, Arkansas, in a cere-mony read in the bridegroom's home . Mrs. Finleyis a former staff member of the Oklahoma Daily.She was a member of Theta Sigma Phi, profes-sional journalistic fraternity for women; vice chair-man of the League of Young Democrats and presi-dent of Rochdale hall . Mrs. Finley is now employedon the editorial staff of the News-Times Publish-ing Company in El Dorado .Theodore A. Reeds, '47ba, is making his home

in Norman where he is a building contractor . Mr .Reeds is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity .

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Clarkson,Chandler, became the bride of James W. Cansler,'47-'48, Norman, April 5 in the First ChristianChurch, Chandler . They have established a homein Norman where Mr . Cansler is attending O.U .

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WILLIS-LANDON: Anna Mae Willis, Southard,became the bride of Jack D. Landon, OklahomaCity, in a ceremony performed recently in Okla-homa City . Mr . and Mrs. Landon have establisheda home in Oklahoma City and Mr . Landon willcomplete work on his degree in geological engi-neering . He is a former all-conference member ofthe O.U . basketball team .

SHOCKLEY-AVERY : Gloria Ford Shockley,Shawnee, and Holmes Bennett Avery, '47-'48, Tul-sa, were married July 19, 1947, in Fayetteville, Ar-kansas . Mr. Avery is a graduate of the SewaneeMilitary Academy, Sewanee, Tennessee, and is nowa senior at O.U. The couple is at home in Okla-homa City .

RUARK-HUSTON : The marriage of LouiseRoark, Seligman, Missouri, to Fred A. Huston, '48journ, was an event of March 16 in Oklahoma City .Mr . Huston is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma Fra-ternity and Alpha Delta Sigma. The couple is athome in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Mr . Hus-ton is in the trade promotion department of theSouthern Pine Association .

RUTLEDGE-HUMPHREY: Adelma Rutledge,'47-'48, Norman, and Robert L. Humphrey, '45-'48, Columbus, Ohio, and El Reno, were marriedrecently in the First Christian Church of Norman .Mr. Humphrey is a member of Sigma Chi Fratern-ity. They are at home in Norman where they arecontinuing their studies at the University .RING-SCHIFF: The marriage of Henia Ring

and Max Schiff, '486us, both of Oklahoma City,was solemnized March 7 in Oklahoma City. Mrs.Schiff arrived recently from Stockholm, Sweden .She attended schools in Berlin, Germany, andStockholm. Mr . Schiff is a member of Pi LambdaPhi Fraternity . The couple is at home in Duncan .

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Harry Herbert Gilmore, '48geol, has accepteda position as junior geolo-gist with the Phillips Petroleum Company in Wichita

Falls, Texas. While attend-ing the University Mr . Gil-more was employed by theUniversity Press. He servedfor three years with the U.S. Navy and spent 17months in the AleutianIslands . Mrs. Gilmore is theformer Mary Lou Russell,'46-'47, Oklahoma City .Mr . and Mrs. Gilmore arethe parents of a six-month-

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Frank E. Heaston, senior in the School of journ-alism from Chickasha, was publicity director forthe campus post of the American Legion in pre-senting Doraine Renard, soprano, and Ellis Lucas,tenor, in "Romance In Song" on the campus July8. He served as publicity director for part of theCelebrity Series programs brought to the campusby the American Legion during the winter . Mr .Heaston is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fra-ternity, Phi Eta Sigma, and Alpha Delta Sigma. Herecently became a Life member of the Alumni As-sociation.

Howard G. Moyer, '486us, Norman, is now inSan Antonio, Texas, where he is employed by theStanolind Oil Company in the land department.Mrs. Moyer is the former Danny Miller, '45-'47 .They are the parents of a daughter, Lynne Ashley .

James Huie, '416a, '48ms, Morris Levy, '48eng,and Ray Landrum, '48geol, were to go to SanTome, Venezuela, in June to work for MeneGrande Oil Company, a subsidiary of Gulf OilCompany. Mr. Huie will be a reservoir engineer .Mr . Levy will be a junior petroleum engineer andMr . Landrum will be a geologist .CAPPS-KENYON : The marriage of Frances

Joye Capps, '48bus, Lakeview, Texas, and Rcx E.Kenyon, '47bus, Cleveland, was an event of June9 in Oklahoma City . Mrs. Kenyon is a member ofAlpha Phi Sorority . Mr . Kenyon was affiliated with

Acacia Fraternity and was a member of the Inter-fraternity Council. At present he is attending theO.U . School of Medicine.

Edward D. Clements, '48eng, is employed in theexploration department of the Stanolind Oil andGas Company in Wichita Falls, Texas.

Charles L. Ward, '48journ, was named outstand-ing male senior in journal-ism at the annual SigmaDelta Chi Awards Day din-ner in Norman recently.Mr . Ward, now assistant tothe secretary-manager ofthe Oklahoma Press Asso-ciation, is a former editorof the Oklahoma Daily andformer president of SigmaDelta Chi, national profes-sional journalism fratern-ity . He received the DadsDay Award as the out-standing male student atthe University in 1947-48,and is a member of Phi

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Beta Kappa.Alfred W. Porter, Jr ., '48eng, is working in the

exploration department of the Stanolind Oil andGas Company in Shattuck .

Carl E. Prier, '486us, is employed in the pro-ducing department of the Stanolind Oil and GasCompany in Oklahoma City .JAMES-SINGLETON: The wedding of Miss

Rhoda Jane James, '486us, Norman, and BenjaminC. Singleton, '47-'48, also of Norman, was sol-emnized June 4 in McFarlin Memorial MethodistChurch. Mrs. Singleton is a member of Kappa Kap-pa Gamma Sorority . Mr . Singleton, a member ofPhi Delta Theta Fraternity, is a sophomore in theCollege of Arts and Sciences . They have estab-lished a home in Norman .YORK-BAILEY: Weltha Yvonne York, '486s,

Oklahoma City, and Harry Kenneth Bailey, '48bs,Shawnee, were married May 30 in the First Chris-tian Church of Oklahoma City . Mrs. Bailey is amember of Phi Sigma, national honorary biologyfraternity ; Lambda Tau, honorary premedicaltechnology society, and Phi Beta Kappa. In Au-gust she will complete her medical technology in-ternship at St. Anthony Hospital . Mr. Bailey at-tended Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Ruston, andRice Institute, Houston, before entering O.U . Mr .and Mrs. Bailey have established a home in Okla-homa City .WILSON-WEST : The marriage of Nina Mar-

garet Wilson, '47-'48, Prague, to William G. West,'47-'48, Oklahoma City, was an event of May 31in Prague . Mr . West is the son of Mrs. A. K. Westand the late Dr . West, who was dean of the Uni-versity School of Medicine . Mrs. West is a junior inthe College of Arts and Sciences and is a memberof Chi Omega Sorority . Mr . West is affiliated withKappa Alpha Fraternity . He is a junior in the Col-lege of Business Administration . Mr . and Mrs. Westhave established a home in Norman while they areattending school .SCOVIL-PETERS: The wedding of Nancy Sco-

vil and Joe Peters, '47-'48, both of Oklahoma City,was solemnized June 3 in Crown Heights Metho-dist Church . Mr . Peters is affiliated with Sigma ChiFraternity . The couple has established a home inOklahoma City .SIMON-MILLS : Earleen Duel Simon, '47-'48,

Oklahoma City, became the bride of Jack RussellMills, '47-'48, Huntsville, Alabama, in a ceremonyread June 2 in the Wesley Methodist Church . Mrs.Mills attended Lindenwood College, St . Charles,Missouri, and is now a senior art student at O.U .Mr . Mills is in the School of Architecture. Theyhave established a home in Oklahoma City .BERRYMAN-AKERS : Bobbie Jean Berryman,

who completed her junior year in chemical engi-neering, LeFlors, Texas, became the bride of CarolCliff Akers, '48eng, Roxton, Texas, May 30 inNorman . Mr . Akers is employed by the PhillipsPetroleum Company at Borger, Texas, where thecouple has established a home.

MONTGOMERY-SPENCER : The wedding ofJoan Elizabeth Montgomery, '486s, Oklahoma City,to Lester B. Spencer, Denver, Colorado, was anevent of June 5 in the home of the bride's parents .They have established a home in Oklahoma City .BROWN-BOGGS: Luan Brown, '47-'48, became

the bride of Frank Boggs, '47-'48, both of Okla-homa City, in a ceremony read May 30 in the FirstChristian Church . Mrs. Boggs is a junior at the Uni-versity majoring in psychology and education. Mr.Boggs is a student in the School of Journalists .CHANDLER-SIMS: Solemnized May 29 in the

Methodist Episcopal Church of Fredonia, Kansas,was the wedding of Frances Patterson Chandler,'486a, and Sim Kaye Sims, '47-'48, Shawnee. Mrs.Sims attended Hockaday School for Girls, Dallas,and Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania .She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority atO.U. Mr. Sims attended Missouri Military Acad-emy, Mexico, Missouri, and is now a student inthe School of Architecture at O.U . He is affiliatedwith Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity . They are nowat home in Norman .COOPER-EMERSON : The marriage of Dolores

Cooper, '47-'48, and Gerald B. Emerson, '47-'48,both of Oklahoma City, was an event of May 29in the First Christian Church . Mrs. Emerson at-tended Oklahoma A. and M. College before enter-ing O.U . She is a charter member of the Univer-sity chapter of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority . Mr . Emer-son attended Louisiana Polytechnic Institute, Rus-ton, where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fra-ternity . He is a senior in the College of Engineer-ing.DOUGLASS-HARRIS : Elizabeth Douglass, '47-

'48, Okmulgee, and Harley Harris, Jr ., '47-'48,also of Okmulgee, were married May 29 in theFirst Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Harris is a sopho-more in the College of Education and is a memberof Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority . Mr . Harris is amember of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity . They haveestablished a home in Norman .

JOHN C . WESTERVELT

John C. Westervelt; junior in the College ofEngineering, is spending the summer on a Euro-pean cruise with the University N. R. O. T. C. inEngland, Portugal and France . During the schoolyear of 1947-48, Mr. Westervelt served as vice-president of the Engineer's Club, vice-president ofSt. Pat's Council and was on the advertising staffof the Sooner Shamrock . He was voted the out-standing junior engineer and received the TomBoyd Memorial Award. His major is electricalengineering. Mr . Westervelt has maintained agrade average of 2.62 in his engineering studiesand is a member of Pe-et and Phi Eta Sigma, na-tional honorary fraternity for freshman men. He isa member of Eta Kappa Nu, honorary electricalengineering fraternity ; treasurer of A. 1 . E. E. ;has been student senator from the College of En-gineering, and has been active in many engineer-ing activities .

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