1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

210 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for JANUARY, 1965and rose rapidly to become chief productionengineer, then in 1944 becameGulf vice-president. At thetime of his retirement five yearsago, he was in charge of Gulf's domesticpipelines throughout theUnited States and was president ofWest Texas Gulf Pipeline Co., ProjectFive Pipeline Corp. and theTabbs Bay Oil Co.Active in community affairs, hehad served as director of the UnitedFund, Chamber of Commerce, deaconand finance chairman ot the RiverOaks Baptist Church of which hewas a charter member. He was aGolden Legionnaire ot * A 6 and afairly regular attendant at FoundersDay celebrations.Among the survivors is a son,Joseph Holt RusseU, Jr. (Texas '45),Houston.C. Wilson Randle (Duke '31), managementconsultant, author, and educator,died at age 53 on Sept. 27.1964, in Evanston (111.) Hospital followinga short illness. Brother Randlewas a vice-president in the Chicagoheadquarters office of the nationwidemanagement consulting firm of Booz,Allen & Hamilton Inc.He joined the firm in 1952. In1955 he was elected an officer andbegan directing the growth of thefirm's business planning and managementresearch departments. Hedirected major research projects onmanagement subjects, which becamewell known in management circles,particularly studies on the managementof new products and the managementof research and development.He wrote over two dozen articles onmanagement subjects and was requestedto address some 300 nationaland regional meetings from coast tocoast, Hawaii, Canada, and the Bahamason the advanced managementpractices advocated by his firm. Healso conducted a client practice, particularlyin the paper and pulp industry.His 3-milIion-mile air travelidentification tag was several yearsold.Before joining Booz, Allen & Hamilton,Brother Randle was Dean ofthe School ot Business, Western ReserveUniversity (Cleveland). Previously,he served as Head ot theDepartment ot Economics at TexasA&M College. During World War IIhe was Wage Stabilization Directorand later Acting Chairman, RegionVII, of the National War LaborBoard. He was Director of the U.S.Bureau ot Labor Statistics for Texas,Oklahoma, and Louisiana.He wrote the college text on labormanagementrelations. Collective Bargaining,published by HoughtonC. WILSON RANDLEDuke '31Mifflin Publishing Co. (1951; SpanishEdition, 1958).Born in Hickman, Ky.j Dec. 29,1910, Brother Randle received anA.B. and later an M.A. in BusinessAdministration from Duke University,and a Ph.D. in Economics fromthe University of Kentucky. He wasa member of the Winnetka (111.)Congregational Church, Beta GammaSigma (honorary business fraternitytor commerce and business), AmericanManagement Association, AmericanMarketing Association, NationalAssociation ot Manufacturers, theUnion League Club ot Chicago, andGlen View (111.) Country Club. Heis survived by his wife, Mrs. HelenRandle, his two children, Jeanie andDaniel, of Winnetka, and his mother,Mrs. F. T. Randle ot Hickman,Ky'50PmLLiP A. URION, NorthwesternW. Alex Knight (Georgia '13) diedat his home in Daytona Beach, Fla.,October 12. A native of Dublin, Ga.,he had a real estate and insurancebusiness there before moving to Bradenton,Fla., where he participated inthe same business until his retirementin 1955. Since then he had spent partof his time in Daytona and part inJackson Hole, Wyo.Brother Knight was a charter memberof the Bradenton Kiwanis Cluband a deacon of the First BaptistChurch there. At Daytona Beach, hewas a member ot the Kiwanis Club,Committee ot 100, Board of Realtors,and a deacon of the Central BaptistChurch.Always a loyal and devoted Phi,Brother Knight organized the AlumniClub at Daytona, attended severalGeneral Conventions as a visitor, anddedicated his house on the bayououtside of Bradenton as a sort ot Phicountry club for rushing parties.During the years of his retirement,he spent much time hunting andfishing from his ranch home inWyoming.Brother Knight was a GoldenLegionnaire of the Fraternity.Capt. Ivan A. Bickelhaupt, USNR-CEC (Wisconsin '14), former presidentof Mount Vernon Bridge Co. and aBay area engineering consultant, diedin San Francisco, Calif., October 21.He devoted much ot his life to hiscountry, serving in France with theArmy Engineers in World War I; withthe federal government in Washington,D.C; and with the Navy during WorldWar II in Europe and in the AlaskaAleutian campaign where he receivedthe Legion of Merit.In his civilian career. BrotherBickelhaupt joined the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. following hisgraduation and held various positionswith the firm in Des Moines, la.,Richmond, Va., and Pittsburgh, Pa.In 1926 he returned to Richmond andestablished his own engineering andconstruction company. After WorldWar II, he participated in the constructionof the South Atlantic missilerange installations. He rejoined Pittsburgh-DesMoines, later leaving tobecome president ot Mount VernonBridge Co., Mount Vernon, Ohio.FoUowing his retirement from thisposition, he moved to San Franciscoand served as consultant and residentengineer on missile bases at Marysville,Calif.A member of numerous clubs, includingthe Army-Navy Club ofWashington, D.C, he was a GoldenLegionnaire ot * A 9.Among the survivors is a son,Peter R. Bickelhaupt, Virginia '49),Sewickley, Pa.Quincy Adams (Brown '26), assistantfor economic analysis in the AirForce Office of Scientific Research,died at his home in Washington, D.C,October 8. Brother Adams workedtor Dun and Bradstrfeet from 1931 to1941 as an editor of Dun's Reviewand directing economic research. Heheld the rank ot lieutenant-commander,U.S.N.R., during Worid War IIand worked as economic planner inthe Office of the Secretary of theNavy. From 1946 to 1949 he servedin Japan with the Army as chief ofthe Industry and Commerce Sectionof the Office for Occupied Areas, planningthe post-war economy of that