The etching of Union building repro-duced here appears on new commemora-tive plates produced by Wedgwood . Foot-ball fans can buy them at O> U> Union.

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Reporting the News and Events that Shapethe Life of the Sooner Alumni Family

1898-1920Louis 11> Hoskins, ' 15, resigned recently as post-

master of Anaheim, California, after 20 years ofservice . He was honored at a testimonial dinnergiven by the Lions Club and was presented with aslide projector as a farewell gift . Hoskins and hiswife plan an extended vacation with relatives inOklahoma, Missouri and Alabama, and will embarkon a 72-day trip through South America late inOctober.

loseph H. Benton, '206a, '21fa, '41ma, O> U>professor of music, recently obtained an originalcopy of "Cuckoo," the first play ever written by thelate and famous Lynn Riggs, '23> Riggs wrote"Green Grow the Lilacs," upon which the musical"Oklahoma" was based. Benton, a close friend ofRiggs while at O> U> and later in New York, ob-tained the copy of "Cuckoo" from Mrs. ThelmaColeman, Oklahoma City, who was a member ofthe original 1923 cast. The copy has been given tothe Lynn Riggs Memorial, Claremore .

Grace E> Ray, '206a, '23ma, Norman, recentlyreturned from a 6,000-mile trip by chartered busacross Europe . Miss Ray, who is a professor ofjournalism at O> U., conducted a group of Ameri-can journalism students on the tour which touchedon ten different countries' newspapers and wireservice agencies .

DEATHS : Lawrence George Miller, 1898-99,died September 12 in Oklahoma City . Miller wasformerly a feature writer for the Kansas City (Kan-sas) Star and publisher of the El Dorado (Kansas)Courier and Hennessey Clipper . He was 78>

Ivin G> Richardson, '176a, Oklahoma City, diedSeptember 19 at his home . Richardson, 60, was apaint company distributor at the time of his death,and formerly he had been professor of business atO> U>

1921-30Joseph A> Brandt, '21ba, former O> U> president,

has returned from Frankfurt, Germany, to the Uni-versity of California, Los Angeles, where he headsthe graduate school of journalism . Brandt, a news-paperman, Rhodes scholar, publisher, studied thework of German universities while on a Fulbrightscholarship. He is married and has two sons and a(laughter .

Paul Reed, '21, Sulphur, announced the formalopening of a new building housing his Paul ReedMotor Company on September 1 at Sulphur.

Dr . John G> Hervey, '23ba, '25Law, formerdean of the O> U> School of Law, was recentlynamed dean of the revamped Oklahoma City Uni-versity law school . Hervey, who holds a Ph.D.from the University of Pennsylvania and threehonorary degrees, has served the past nine years asdirector of legal education of the American BarAssociation . He will assume official duties in Sep-tember of 1957 but will direct the school duringthe present school year .

Lawrence R> Hagy, '23ba, recently resigned hispresidency of the Panhandle Producers and RoyaltyOwners Association of Texas. He is a former mayorof Amarillo, Texas, and founder of the oil and gasfirm of Hagy, Harrington and Marsh.

Dr . Charles E> Dyer, '24ed, '29ms, resigned his

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position as principal of Horace Mann elementaryschool in Oklahoma City in June, and has accepteda supervisory post with the Draughon School ofBusiness . Dr . Dyer, who has spent the past 36years as an administrator in Oklahoma City schools,will supervise the testing and vocational counselingservice for the state's high school seniors.

H> W. Hinkle, '24bs, has been elected comp-troller of Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville,He has been with the firm since 1930>

James D. Maguire, '25, Holdenville, who hasbeen district manager for Oklahoma Gas & Electricin that city since 1945, has been appointed districtmanager of the Seminole area effective October 1>Maguire joined the company in 1925 as an appren-tice electrician . He is a past president of the Hol-denville Chamber of Commerce .

Loy L> Long, '25ba, a native of Cordell, has re-turned to Boston after 26 years abroad . ReverendLong, a Congregational missionary, was in Indiaperforming missionary work and teaching for 19of the years. He rejoined his wife and three chil-dren in Boston and has assumed the position ofpersonnel secretary at the American Mission BoardHeadquarters .

E> R> Leverett, '28, has been named manager ofPhillips Petroleum Company's accounting controldivision in Bartlesville . He joined Phillips in 1930>

William L> Cory, '28eng, '51ras, O> U> profes-sor of mechanics and engineering metallurgy, hasbeen awarded one of the first $1,800 grants givenby the University of Oklahoma Foundation Re-search for excellence in research in the field of pe-troleum sciences .

Col. Clinton S> Maupin, '30ba, '326s, '34med,Waurika, recently was graduated from a refreshercourse in command and staff procedure at the ArmyMedical Service School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Maupin is holder of the Bronze Star and Commen-dation Ribbon .

DEATH : Andrew Gordon Bierer, Jr ., '216a,Guthrie, died August 27 in Guthrie. Bierer, 56,was a prominent corporation lawyer and civicleader .

1931-40Dr . John Ralph Rackley, '316a, '35ma, recently

was named clean of the College of Education atPennsylvania State University . Rackley previouslyserved in the same capacity at O> U>

State Supreme Court Justice Ben 1'> Williams,'3lba, '33Law, Pants Valley, and Mrs. Williamshave set up residence in Norman . Their two sons,Tom and Ben, attend O> U. and are majoring inbusiness law, and Mrs. Williams is also attendingthe University and working toward a library sci-ence degree . They are maintaining their originalhome in Pauls Valley .

Col. Philip J> Smith, '34ba, '356s, '371ried, Look-eba, has been named chief of the medical depart-ment at Tokyo Army Hospital in Japan. ColonelSmith, who has been with the Army for 18 years,previously served in Seoul, Korea.

John E> Mertes, Jr ., '356us, Norman, receiveda doctor of business administration degree recentlyat Indiana University, Bloomington . Dr . Mertes is

professor of marketing and chairman of the Depart-ment of Marketing at O. U.

Licut. Col. Woodrow L> Pickhardt, '356s, '37med, has received a certificate of achievementcommending him for displaying "superior ability,professionally and administratively," in his capa-city as assistant chief of the obstetrical-gynecologi-cal service, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washing-ton, D. C.Army Col. Jean H> Boling, '35eng, Marietta, has

been assigned to the Office of Air Deputy, SupremeHeadquarters Allied Powers Europe in Paris,France . He is a veteran of both World War II andthe Korean conflict .

1J000. Col. James K> Chenault, '36-'40, CorpusChr isti, Texas, recently arrived in Korea and is nowa member of the United Nations Command, Mili-tary Armistice Commission . He has been with theArmy since 1940 .

Wallace Kidd, '37journ, Anadarko, has beenappointed head of the Oklahoma DevelopmentCouncil's projects committee. Kidd, who is editorof the Anadarko Daily News, will work on Okla-homa tourist development .

David P> Johnson, '38ma, has been appointedto a recently formed organization, National CitizensCouncil for Better Schools . The group is spear-heading a drive to stimulate citizen interest in edu-cation problems which would result in communityaction .

Col. Shelton E> Lollis, '38eng, Holdenville, isa member of the Army War College's class of 1956-57 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania . His lastassignment was as executive officer to the AssistantSecretary of Defense, Washington, D> C>

Bob V> Barker, '39eng, recently was nameddivision production superintendent for Shell OilCompany's Oklahoma division .

John C> Major, '40eng, Amarillo, Texas, attend-ed the recent fifth annual Institute of Business Eco-nomics at the University of Southern California,Los Angeles. He is general superintendent ofSanta Fe Railway's Texas oil development com-pany.

Col. Walter G> Hopkins, Jr ., '406us, OklahomaCity, is enrolled in the class of 1956-57 at the ArmyWar College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania . Hehas been with the Army since 1939 .

1941-45James W> Darden, '41eng, Penney Farms, Flo-

rida, recently was promoted to lieutenant colonelwhile stationed with the Army in Germany. Dar-den is holder of the Bronze Star with Oak LeafCluster.

J> W> Pennington, '42geol, is now district geol-ogist at British American Oil Producing Company'sOklahoma City district headquarters. Formerly hewas a senior geologist with the firm .

Capt . Robert N> Starr, '436us, Lawton, arrivedin Iceland in July to begin a year's tour of dutythere with the Army . Starr's wife and their twochildren will remain in Lawton until his return .

Eugene T> Godol, '43fa, is now teaching at Le-high University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania .

Major John A> Stewart, Jr ., '43eng, Sarasota,Florida, has been assigned to the 761st Field Artil-lery Battalion, Fort Sill, Lawton . He is executiveofficer of the Army battalion .

John Dean Gassett, '45eng, Colonia, New Jer-sey, has joined the staff of Esso Research and En-gineering Company's patent division . Formerly hewas a proration attorney for Sunray Mid-ContinentOil Company, Tulsa.

DEATH: H> Glenn Poppe, husband of the for-mer Betty V> Rout, '43, Wichita, Kansas, was killedJuly 23 in an automobile accident near Davis whileen route to Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Poppe was injured

hat is reported much improved at this time. Sheand their two children, Ann, 6, and Russell Dean,3, will continue to live in Wichita.

1947Capt. Robert M> Gastineau, '47ba, '50med,

Tulsa, has been assigned to the staff of WalterReed Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C.His last station was at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Glenn P. Myer, '47eng, and Mrs. Myer (theformer Dorothy Brown, '48ed) have moved toPryor, where he is with John Deer FertilizingPlant. Formerly they lived in Ponca City .

Jack L> Walper, '47geol, '49ms, Alix, Alberta,Canada, has been awarded the $1,500 StanolindFoundation geology fellowship at the University ofTexas for the current school year . Walper, whowas a graduate assistant in the O> U> geology schooland an instructor at the University of Texas, willwork for his Ph.D.

BIRTH : Frank E> Weeks, '476us, and Mrs.Weeks, Everett, Washington, have selected thename Frances Jane for their daughter born June 8in Everett . They also have two sons, Carl Scott, 3,and Frank David, 1 1/2

1948Lyman L> Bryan, '48journ, was named executive

director of the Oklahoma Development Councilon September 12> A native Oklahoman, Bryan lefthis position as manager of community relations forChrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan, to headthe Oklahoma industrial and promotion organiza-tion.

Hugh Ben LaRue, '48ba, was appointed execu-tive vice president of television station KTVR inDenver, Colorado, on September 10> LaRue hadbeen general sales manager at radio station WINS,New York City .Army Reserve Major Charles M> Bull, '486us,

'50m .bus, Omaha, Nebraska, recently completedtwo weeks of active duty training at Fort Lee,Virginia . Bull is an instructor at the University ofOmaha.

Guy Herbert True, '48journ, was awarded hisdoctor of philosophy degree August 8 at the StateUniversity of Iowa .

Richard C> Ratliff, '48journ, '50ma, has resignedas a reporter from the McAlester News-Capital tobecome instructor in journalism and director ofpublications at Northwestern State College, Alva .

Frank W> Cole, '48eng, '49ms, O> U. professorof petroleum engineering, has received one of thefirst University of Oklahoma Foundation Researchawards . The grant, which totals $1,800, is givenin recognition for excellent research in the field ofpetroleum sciences at the University .

Gene L. Scheirman, '48eng, Bellaire, Texas, hasbeen transferred to Shell Oil Company's HoustonDivision and promoted to division reservoir en-gineer .

BIRTHS : Roy Wade, Jr., '48bus, and Mrs.Wade, Oklahoma City, have chosen the name CarolJeannine for their first girl born September 13 inOklahoma City . They also have three sons, Steven,7, Richard, 4, and John, 3>

1949Dr. O> W> Davison, '49d .ed, began his duties as

new supervisor of secondary education in Los An-geles (California) County on September 1> Hewas formerly director of School and CommunityServices at O. U.

Wilson David Steen, '496s, Norman, recentlywas named executive secretary of the OklahomaHealth Advisory Council, headquarters of whichare at O> U>

HenryW. Phelps, '49pharm, has been promoted

to research hospital associate covering a ten-hospi-tal area around Pittsburgh by the Giba Pharmaceu-tical Products Company. He has been with thecompany for the past six years as a service repre-sentative. Phelps is married and has two sons,Bill, 8, and Jeff Phelps, 4>

MARRIAGE : Miss Iva Nell Haddad, '496a,Norman, and Mitchell G> Siefe, Los Angeles, Cali-fornia, were married August 23 in Los Angeles.Mrs. Siefe teaches at the State School for the Deafin Riverside, California .

1950William L> Peyton, '50geol, Houston, Texas,

has been promoted to division geologist for Conti-nental Oil Company at Midland, Texas.

Robert Bradley Webb, '50ms, Guy, Arkansas,completed his final examination for the degree ofdoctor of philosophy August 3 at O> U> He hastaught at O> U>, Harding College in Arkansas, andat the University of Tennessee.

Mrs. Fern Reed Smith, '50m .ed, joined Okla-homa City University's Department of Speech on

RIO SOONERS

W. Carey Johnson, `48eng, and anumber of his friends have been con-sidering the possibilities of organ-izing a decidedly southern O. U.alumni club He and Mrs. Johnson(the former Mary Lou Contway, '46-'47) live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,with their two sons, Jeffrey Roland,6, and Christopher Lyle, 1, whereJohnson is engineer-inspector for theexport division of Fairbanks, Morseand Company, Inc. They have runacross other fellow-alumni in theRio-Sao Paulo areas.

"Looking around the Americanbusinessmen living here," said John-son, "there is an impressive numberof Sooners. Several of us are plan-ning to get together during the Okla-homa-Notre Dame game to celebratethe smashing victory." He then men-tioned their desire for a club

Besides Mr . and Mrs. Johnson,Sooners in this part of Brazil includethe following : Frank Millard, '08bs,'09m .psych ; Henry Wilson, '29eng,and Mrs. Wilson (the former NellSucluo, '28-'29) ; Dr . Granvile In-

man Walker, '36-'38; Edgar F. Hal-lock, '37ba, and Mrs. Hallock (theformer V a 1 m a Curnutt, '37ba,'38ma) ; James Alvin Long, '37ba;James Phillips, '49bus, and Mrs.Phillips (the former Jackie Lou Hun-ter'48journ) ; Mrs. W. R. Fisher (theformer Edith Long, '50ba) ; U. GrantKeener, '51Law, and Mrs. Keener(the former Rachael Ruark, '49ba),and Nelson Pimentel, '52eng .

September 12> A past holder of a Ford Founda-tion Fellowship for study of educational television,she now teaches fundamentals and interpretationsof speech, and radio speech .

Bill Lillard, '50m .ed, Oklahoma City, success-fully completed final examinations for his doc-tor's degree in education July 27 at O> U>

Bob Duncan, '506a, Dallas, Texas, and Mrs.Duncan recently sold an hour-long television playto the Theater Guild for presentation on the UnitedStates Steel Hour. The couple collaborated on theplay which is entitled To Die Alone. Duncan, au-thor of The Dicky Bird Was Singing, a collectionof oil boom folk tales, formerly was folk lore con-sultant for Oklahoma City Libraries. At presenthe heads Southwest Film Center's script depart-ment, where Mrs. Duncan is story editor .

Robert H> Reynolds, '50Law, Miami, Oklahoma,plans to join the staff of James W. Berry, Okla-homa County Attorney-elect, when the latter takesoffice in January. Reynolds is a former state rep-resentative .

MARRIAGE : Donald Wilkerson, '50journ, andMiss Ruth Senkoff, both of Oklahoma City, weremarried April 28 in Oklahoma City, where theyhave made their home . Ile is with SouthwesternBell Telephone Company's advertising department.

1951William A. Goffe, '51 bus, '56Law, has accepted

the position of attorney for the chief counsel's of-fice of the internal Revenue Service in St . Paul,Minnesota.

Raymond J> Burkett, '51eng, Cleveland, Texas,has accepted a position with the production depart-ment of Monsanto Chemical Company, Texas City,Texas. He previously worked for five years as anengineer for Chicago (Illinois) Bridge and IronCompany.

Lloyd E. Speulda, '516us, Tulsa, passed the cer-tified public accountant examination in May and isnow employed by Dowell, Inc., Tulsa.

John R> Willoughby, '51journ, has been trans-ferred to Edinburg, Texas, to head the United Pressbureau there. He has formerly worked for radiostations KWON, Bartlesville, and KVLH, PaulsValley, and for the Daily Oklahoman and the Okla-homa City Times.

Ben L> Blackstock, '51journ, has been electedpresident of Newspaper Association Managers, Inc.,at its 33rd annual August meeting in Gatlinburg,Tennessee. He had been vice president since No-vember, 1955, and he has also been secretary-manager of the Oklahoma Press Association since1952>

Dr . Gerald W> McCullough, '51bs, '54med, Ok-lahoma City, is now in his second year of surgeryresidency at Wesley Hospital, Oklahoma City . Heand Mrs. McCullough have two children, DebbieDenise, 26 months, and Michael David, 6 months .

1952Seymour Rubin, '52hus, has been appointed

sales representative in the metropolitan New YorkCity area for Bantam Books, Inc.

Lieut. Charles A> Monk, '526s, a graduate ofthe George Washington University School of Den-tistry in St . Louis, is now serving as an oral sur-geon in the Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.Lieutenant Monk is from Santa Clara, California .

Lieut. Col. Carroll V> ( ;lines, Jr ., '52bus,'54m .bus, and Elizabeth Land have co-authored abook, Complete Guide for the Serviceman's Wife,which will be published this month by HoughtonMifflin Company. Glines came to O.U . in 1950 asa professor of air science. While teaching, he com-pleted his bachelor's and master's degrees, andalso he originated an orientation course for wives

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Alumni LeadersHear DevelopmentFund ExplainedHow hard will alumni work for their

University?How much loyalty do O. U. alumni have

to their alma mater?Before late summer of 1956, no one could

predict with certainty. But time and theAlumni Development Fund have offeredconclusive proof of both strength and loy-alty .

In June, July and August, hundreds ofalumni were asked to serve as Class Repre-

of military personnel . The course was so success-ful that it was widely adopted throughout theservices, and at that time Miss Land published anarticle concerning it in the Saturday Evening Post .Now the two have done more research and writtena full length book.

BIRTHS : Guy C> Bartgis, Jr ., '52eng, and Mrs.Bartgis, Enid, have chosen the name Steven Charlesfor their first child born July 3(1 in Enid .

Lieut. Wayne B> Miller, Jr ., '526us, and Mrs.Miller have chosen the name Wayne Burnette Mil-ler III for their first child born June 13> The fam-ily is in Germany, where Miller is assigned to anArmy ordnance battalion .

1953Ruth Ann Tyler, '536a, has received a certifi-

cate in the Harvard-Radcliffe program in businessadministration . The certificate came in June fromRadcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts .

Lieut. Lee R> Smith, '53ba, Cushing, is under-going six months of active duty under the ReserveForces Act at Fort Riley, Kansas . His last Armyassignment was at Fort Bcnning, Georgia.

Lieut. John H . Carney, '53bs, '56med, Maud,recently began his internship in medicine at Fitz-simons Army Hospital, Denver, Colorado . Carney,who is with the Air Force, is married to the formerFaye King, '53ba.

Don Frank Hadqiger, '53ba, received his doctorof philosophy degree August 8 from the StateUniversity of Iowa .

Ramon D> Coffin, '53ba, Dallas, Texas, is nowattending the School of Law at Southern MethodistUniversity . He recently was discharged from theNavy .

Lieut. Arnold D> Kniflin, '53fa, Lawton, andMrs. Kniflin arrived in Germany in May where he isnow stationed with the Armv . Ile recently trainedat a tank training center in Vilscck .

Lieut. (jg) Robert L. Stillwell, Jr ., '53eng, Law-ton, recently made his first solo flight at Whiting

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Interested participants in the Alumni Leaders Conference were Tom Bomford, '48bus, Miami;Harry Diamond,'12Law, Holdenville ; R. M> Kobs,'19, Mountain View ; Marvin Pelty,'44bus, Okla-homa City ; William W. Talley, '37ba, '391 .aw, and C. B> Memminger, '14ba, 33Law, Atoka.

sentatives for the Alumni DevelopmentFund. They were not just to lend theirnames. They were told that they wouldbe asked to write 25 letters to their class-mates inviting them to contribute to thegrowth and development of O . U. Nearly800 individuals said yes.

Field Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Milton, Florida .MARRIAGES : Miss Betty Helen Sanders, Hol-

lis, and Leroy Greer, '53ba, Oklahoma City, weremarried December 9, 1955> They live in OklahomaCity, where he is a used car dealer .

MissFredlene

Johnson and AlexanderThom-son, '53eng, bothof Midland, Texas, weremarried

June 16 in Littlefield, Texas. They live in Mid-land, where he is an engineer with Magnolia Pe-troleum Company.

Miss Martha Ann Bcnning, '53fa, Norman, andJohn A> Fagin, '54eng, Los Angeles, California,were married September I in Norman . They licein Duncan, where he is with Stanolind Oil andGas Company.

BIRTHS : J . Tony Hill, '53bus, and Mrs. Hill(the former Carolyn Brodell, '506s), Tulsa, chosethe name Mark Thomas for their first son bornApril 19> Hill works for Falcon-Seaboard DrillingCompany, Tulsa.

Robert S. Gee, '536a, '55Law, and Mrs. Gee(the former Nancy Neil, '536s), Miami, Oklahoma,have chosen the name Robert Neil for their sonborn June 22 in Miami.

1954Lieut. (jg) Bobby J> Williams, '546a, OklahomaCity, qualified as a Navy carrier pilot after recentlycon

pleting six landings aboard the U.S .S . Saipanin the Gulf of Mexico .

Specialist 3/c Karl C> Kern, '54bus, Lawton,recently was transferred by the Army to Germany.He is clerk-typist in an anti-aircraft artillery bat-talion's headquarters battery.

Diodato Bezzi, '54m .ed, Elk City, took his finalexamination for the doctor of education degree onJuly 31 at O> U>

E> J> McClendon, '54ms, Detroit, Michigan, wasappointed consultant in health education for theWayne County (Michigan) Board of Education onSeptember l>

Shelby M> Eddington, '54geol, Ardmore; Pat

On October 1, the campaign was kickedoff with the certainty that so much

enthusi-asm wassuretobringsuccess . Thefol-lowing Saturday, leaders of the Develop-ment Fund campaign, headed by J. PhilBurns, '27ba, chairman of the Board ofDirectors of the Fund, met in Norman to

Shannon, '54ms, Fort Worth, Texas, and Arley G>Franklin, '55eng, Oklahoma City, recently dill"pioneer" geological survey work in Turkey forStandard Oil Company of New Jersey . Theyworked near Mount Ararat.

Bob Amos, '546s, has been appointed to thesales staff of Wycth Laboratories in Tulsa.

William D> Crawford, '54, has resigned fromthe Lawton Constitution and Morning Press staffto take a reporting job with the San Angelo (Texas)Standard-Times. Crawford had been with the Law-ton paper since 1954>

MARRIAGES: Miss Shirley Ann Curtis, '54bus,Pawls Valley, and Lieut. Robert Darden Lockridge,Jr ., were married September 22 in Pauls Valley . Heis with the Air Force.

Miss Gail M. Hughes, '546a, Norman, and NeilE> Anderson, Kansas City, Kansas, were marriedSeptember I in Kansas City, Missouri . They livein Kansas City, Kansas .

Miss Joy Killingsworth, airline stewardess, andLieut. Abe H> Bergthold, '54ed, Palisade, NewJersey, were married in January. He serves withthe military police at Sandia Air Base, Albu-querque, New Mexico .

BIR'T'H : Lieut. Harry L> Pructt, Jr ., '546us,Pauls Valley, and Mrs. Pruett (the former CarolynCarney, '56, Atoka) have selected the name ScottLeslie for their son born May 9> They are livingin Liverpool, England, where Lieutenant Pruett isstationed with the Air Force.

1955Lieut. Jack W. Hudack, '55geol, Ponca City,

recently qualified as a communications officer uponcompletion of an Army officers course at Fort Sill,Lawton .

Army Pvt. Billy G. Compton, '556us, Pampa,Texas, participated in the recent "Operation Fire-ball," largest medical field exercise ever held byAmerican troops in Europe . He is a clerk-typist inthe 31st Surgical Hospital .

Leading applause for Fund speakers are T> E. Weirich, '22geo1, Bartles-ville ; Fred Schonwald,'30ba,'34Law, Oklahoma City ; Web Glidewell,'18ba, Helena ; Bill Jordan, '506us, Norman ; Doyle Crain,'31bus, Dallas .

talk with Alumni Club officers and other

alumni leaders about the campaign . Here

is a sample of the discussion that meeting

produced :Rhys Evans, '35ba, '38Law, president of

the Alumni Association: "My wife and I

both received packets of 25 names to be

Lieut. Harold F> MacDowell, Jr ., '556us, Tulsa,recently was graduated from the officers basiccourse at the Army's Artillery and Guided MissileCenter, Fort Sill, Lawton .

Jerry L> Johnston, '55eng, Tulsa, has devised anew process of oil and water separation which mayperhaps save thousands of dollars worth of oil.Johnston worked out the process while workingon his master's thesis at O> U>, and his new equa-tion should eliminate costly guesswork used in thepast for gravitational separation in petroleum .

Darryl 1)> Jackson, '556s, '56ms, Lexington,has been employed by the University of California'sLos Alamos (New Mexico) scientific laboratory asa chemist.

Lieut. James A> Reynolds, '55geol, OklahomaCity, recently completed four months' duty at FortChurchill, Canada, where he helped in an Armyengineer construction project. He is now at FortBelvoir, Virginia .

Lieut. Turner 0> Primrose, '556us, '56Law,Norman, has graduated from a 12-week coursetraining him in the duties of a field artillery batteryofficer . Primrose's training was at Fort Sill, Law-ton.

Lieut . John E> Stice, '55ed, Foreman, Arkansas,is playing football at Fort Riley, Kansas, on theFirst Infantry Division's 16th Regiment team . Heis a platoon Header in the regiment's Company A>

Lieut. Glenn F> Hargis, '55ba, Tulsa, recentlycompleted an annual battalion test with his unit inGermany. He is a platoon Header in a company ofthe Army's 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment .

Richard F> Corkum, Jr ., '55bus, Newton High-lands, Massachusetts, recently was promoted tofirst lieutenant while serving with the Army's 7thInfantry in Korea. lie is assistant executive officerin a field artillery battery .

Dr . Daniel Webster Lee, Jr ., '55med, Okla-homa City, has become a member of the TaftState Hospital staff . The first Negro physician tobe graduated from O.U .'s School of Medicine, he

contacted. My wife hired a public stenogra-

pher which cost her $12. Lesson : Do not

hire a public stenographer. Do them your-self and donate the $12 to the ADF."

J . Phil Burns: "Ordinarily we get a lot

of alibis when asked to work in a campaign,

but people are interested and eager to work

will be an assistant physician in the medical de-partment of the Negro mental hospital .

Lieut. Phillip L> Pennartz, '5565, Poteau, re-cently wasassigned ascommunicationsofficerat

an Army field artillery battalion in Germany. Be-fore entering service he taught chemistry at Po-teau College .

Sidney E> Ashley, '556us, has joined StanolindOil and Gas Company. At present be is workingin the company's Fort Worth (Texas) divisionoffice accounting department as a junior ac-countant.

Bobby Wayne Cannon, '55eng, Coalgate, hasbeen awarded a $1,500 fellowship for a year ofadvanced study in his field . The award comesfrom the Stanolind Foundation .

Lieut. Louis Levy, '55Law, Ponca City, re-cently received his First Lieutenant's bars at FortTotten, New York, where he is Intelligence Offi-cer of the 41st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion .Mrs. Levy and their two sons, Jay and Mark, Hivein Whitestone, New York .

Lieut. John E> Stice, '55ed, Foreman, Arkan-sas, is now stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas . He isa platoon Header in Company A of the First In-fantry Division's 16th Regiment. His wife, Del-phine, lives in Manhattan, Kansas .

Pvt. Billy B. Bowen, '55eng, now is stationedin Korea. Bowen, who is with the headquarterscompany of an Army engineering battalion, ex-pects to spend about another year overseas .

Paul Eugene Brown, '55bus, is now flying forEthiopian Airlines and is stationed in that coun-try's capital city of Addis Ababa. He expects Heaveto the United States in late 1957>

Lieut. Glenn F> Hargis, '55ba, Tulsa, was re-cently graduated from the officers basic course atthe armored school of Fort Knox, Kentucky .

Naval Lieut. (jg) Richard I)> Hart, '55geol,Ranscy, Indiana, has completed a petroleumproducts supply course at the QuartermasterSchool, Fort Lee, Virginia .

Judge Earl Foster, '12ba, '13Law, Oklahoma City, puffs on his cigar ashe listens to reasons why 0. U. needs the help of her alumni . Thosepresent gave the Alumni Development Fund campaign strong support.

in this one. Never in any campaign of any

kind have we had such enthusiastic sup-

port."Final results of the '56 drive will not be

known until December 31, but the begin-

ning was a great success. Alumni response

will be the determining factor.

Lieut. Jerry R> Parks, '55geol, Columbia,Tennessee, finished the officers basic course at theengineer school, Fort Belvoir, Virginia in June .Parks was a geologist for Phillips Petroleum Com-pany, Cartersville, before entering the Army .

Lieut. Edwin B> Crowder, '55geol, Muskogee,recently completed the effects basic course in theengineer school at Fort Belvoir, Virginia . Ile en-tered the Army in 1954 .

MARRIAGES: Miss Betty Dahlgren, '55ba, andDr . Milton L> Carleton were married September28> They Hive in Lake Charles, Louisiana .

Miss Marilyn Ann Province, '56, and HughDouglas Braymer, '55bs, both of Oklahoma City,were married August 25 in Oklahoma City. Theylive in Norman, where he is a graduate assistantand she is a student at 0. U>

Miss Corilee Fullerton, Kansas City, Missouri,and Bob 1)> May, '55, Oklahoma City, were marriedAugust l H in Oklahoma City . They Hive in Still-water, where he now attends Oklahoma A&MCollege.

Miss Anne Marie Riedl, Boston, Massachusetts,and Dr . Lawrence C> McHenry, Jr ., '55med, Okla-homa City, were married August 19 in Boston,where they now live . I He has an assistant residencyin medicine at Boston City Hospital, and she is asenior at Boston University .

Miss Dorothy Ann Logan, '55ba, OklahomaCity, and Dennis Batunwoll, '54ba, Norman, weremarried June 16 in New York City . They live inNorman where he has a teaching fellowship in0> U.'s Department of English. She teaches at Clas-sen High School, Oklahoma City .

Miss Nancy Margaret Spencer, '55bus, and JohnDee Weatherby, Jr ., both of Dallas, Texas, weremarried August 4 in Dallas, where they now Hive .I He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University .

1956Site Ann Rice,

Ponca City, has receiveda Navy officer's commission after completing an

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eight-week training program . Ensign Rice trainedat Newport, Rhode Island .

Russel G> Drumright, '56ph.d, Noble, is nowassistant professor of secondary education at KansasState College, Manhattan. Drumright was a gradu-ate assistant at O> U> while working toward hisdoctor's degree .

Lieut. Gordon 1)> Williams, Jr ., '566us, Wcath-erford, has completed an Army field artillery courseat Fort Sill, Lawton . Williams was trained in theduties of a battery officer .

John Richard Warren, '566us, Tulsa, is engagedin a year's training program conducted by Na-tional Supply Company. The program will takehim to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and California .

Sam L> Slack, '566a, Muskogee, recently left theUnited States to do educational work in Japan.After completing a six-week orientation course inmissionary work at Scarritt College, Nashville,Tennessee, he accepted a three-year overseas postfor the Methodist Church .

Lieut. Roger E> Salmon, '56bus, Lawton, is inthe troop duty phase of six months of active dutyunder the Reserve Forces Act at Fort Riley, Kan-sas. Previously he was graduated from the Army'sofficers course at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Lieut. Orva L> Peck, Jr ., '56geol, Duncan, andLieut. Ralph L> Thompson, '56geol, OklahomaCity, both recently finished the field artillery offi-cers basic course at the Artillery and Guided Mis-sile Center, Fort Sill, Lawton .

Nancy E> Reeves, '566us, was recently em-ployed by Stanolind Oil and Gas Company inTulsa. She is working as a stenographer in thecompany's general office exploration department .

Navy Ensign Lee G> Wright, '56eng, Tulsa,recently made his first solo flight at Whiting FieldNaval Auxiliary Air Station, Milton, Florida . In-struction in precision air work was also scheduledfor Wright before he was to leave Florida formore advanced training .

Russel Grant Drumright, '56ph.d, Perkins, re-ceived his doctor's degree in July at O.U . He hasrecently been with the University's reading lab-oratory.

Elton Amburn, '56d .ed, Magnolia, Arkansas,and Clyde Ray Baird, '56d .ed, Pittsburg, Kansas,received doctor of education degrees in July atO.U. Amburn has been teaching at Southern StateCollege, Arkansas, while Baird is director of ad-missions at Kansas State Teachers College .

Richard Dutton Seba, '56eng, Tulsa, recentlyreceived a $1,600 Humble Refining Companyfellowship for a year of advanced study in hisfield . Seba first entered O.U . under a scholarshipfrom the Newspaper Printing Corporation.

Lieut. William A> Moffett, '56eng, Cimarron,New Mexico, is now assigned to the Army'sArmor Training Center, Fort Knox, Kentucky .

Lieut. Robert E> L> Talley, '56, Mangum, re-cently graduated from the Army's anti-aircraft ar-tillery and guided missile school at Fort Bliss,Texas. His graduation carne upon completion ofthe officers basic course .

Arlen Southern, '56journ, Cleveland, Ohio,recently won a $60 second prize in connectionwith an advertising program designed for a bookpublisher . A New York City firm sponsored thecontest .

Lieut. David D> Cathey, '56geol, Alma, and

Lieut. George R> Fluke, '56geol, Ponca City, bothgraduated in June from the officers basic course atthe engineer school, Fort Belvoir, Virginia .

Ronald Corbett, '56eng, has accepted a posi-

tion with Esso Research Laboratories, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana. He will specialize in pilot plantoperations in the field of petroleum refining pro-cesses .