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

22 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964to the public's questions concerning fraternities andsororities, and to distribute literature concerningthe collegiate social organizations.Phis who read W. Page Pitt's feature story, "TheMany Commencements of Callie Trent," in theJune, 1964, issue of The Reader's Digest will be interestedto learn that the president of MarshallCollege who at the 1963 Commencement of Marshallhonored Callie Trent was Dr. Stewart H.Smith (Gettysburg '27). The absorbing story relatesthe heroic struggles of Mrs. Trent to achieve thegoal of getting her husband and their six childrenall properly educated. Following the awarding ofa Bachelor of Arts degree in Music to the youngestdaughter of the family, and the awarding of honorarydegrees to a number of distinguished citizens ofthe nation. Brother Smith came down from theplatform and surprised Mrs. Trent by approachingher to hand her a special honorary diploma.Harry W. Massey (Florida State '55), prominentinsurance executive of the Palm,Beaches and fiveyearmember of the Million Dollar Round Table,has been appointed associate general agent forthe southeastern Florida general agency of NationalLife Insurance Co. of Vermont.Tobin C. Carlin (Stanford '38) has been appointedvice-president and account managementsupervisor of Edward H. Weiss and Co., Chicagobasedadvertising agency.Walter R. Kuhn (Gettysburg '39) has been appointedvice-president for financial affairs of Hart-Wick College, Oneonta, N.Y. He has served as directorof development at Hartwick since November,1963. Prior to moving to Hartwick, he was vicepresidentof finance and assistant to the chancellorof the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He alsoserved as business manager, comptroller andtreasurer of the college and treasurer of the boardat Thiel College, a Lutheran-affiliated institutionin Greenville, Pa. He also had served as sped:assistant to the bursar at the University of Pittiburgh.Walter J. Stark, Jr. (Davidson-Oklahoma '64) cOklahoma City has been awarded the Harry Wi]kins Prize for outstanding scholarship in neurcanatomy at the University of Oklahoma School cMedicine. During his first year in medical schooiBrother Stark established a record 3.91 on a 4.scale.# * »When trustees of Theda Clark Memorial Hospital, Neenah, Wis., met recently to choose ofiSceri"!> A 0 proved to have a near monopoly. Re-electeito office were: Nathan Bergstrom (Lawrence '16]Chairman; John Catlin (Wisconsin '30), vice-chaiiman; Ambrose Owen, secretary, who, although nqa Phi himself is the father of a Phi, John Owe)(Lawrence '58). Elected treasurer was Russell Flon(Lawrence '24) to succeed Charles H. Sage (Lawrence '12). Brother Sage was presented with a plaqij!citing his eighteen years of service to the hospitaas treasurer and active member of the board otrustees since 1946.Other members of the board of trustees anGeorge Baiita in (Lawrence '45), Staiiley Seversoi(Lawrence '34), William Aylward (Ripon '49), amJoseph Sensenbrenner (Lawrence '44), who serves alegal counsel. Under the guidance of these merand Hospital Administrator Gerald AldridgeTheda Clark Memorial Hospital raised ove:$4,000,000 in the Fox River Valley for remodelin]and additions to the hospital. In February, thhospital won two awards: "Modern Hospital of th^Month" and the "Modern Hospital Food Service'award from The Modern Hospital, a trade magazine devoted entirely to the hospital professioiiSeldom has one hospital been selected for bodawards simultaneously.• * •Joseph T. Dickerson, Jr. (Oklahoma '19), loniprominent in the oil industry, has joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration aspecial administrator to Dr. George E. Mueller, assoBROTHERS MASSEY, CARLIN, KUHN, and STARK