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

66 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for SEPTEMBER, 1964member of the Phoenix Alumni Clubof * A © and of the Arizona DentalAssociation. He served during WorldWar I, then entered the Universityof Missouri where he was pn the varsitybasketball team. FpUowing graduationfrom Missouri, he attended theDental School of the University ofDenver from which he was graduatedin 1927. He practiced dentistry inColorado until 1934 when he movedto Phoenix.Brpther Brown was a man of strongcharacter, a loyal and devoted Phiand friend, whose passing is a greatloss to the Fraternity and to his profession.James Robertson Fortune (Vanderbilt'35) died at his home in Griffin,Ga., April 30. He had made his homein Griffin for twenty years and wassales representative for the HarryMiller Corp. of .Philadelphia, Pa. Hewas a member of the Elks Lodge andOf the Episcopal Church.Among the survivprs are a son,James R. Fortune, Jr. (Georgia "66)and a brother, Joel Selman Fortune(Vanderbilt '33).* * *Philip S. Justice (Lehigh '17), formerOfficial of Sun Oil Co. in Beaumont,Tex., died in Englewpod, Colo.,May 18. He started with Sun as ascout in Shreveport in 1920 and roseto the position of special assistant tothe vice-president in charge of productionin I960, before his retirement.While in Beaumont, he progressedfrom division geologist to membershipon the three-man management committeewhich controls division operations.He became manager of Sun'sRocky Mountain Division in 1954 andmoved to Colprado. A veteran ofWorld War I, he was also a GoldenLegionnaire of * A 9.* * *Harlan S. Parkinson (Kansas '55),Scott City, Kan., was killed in a fallfrom his ninth floor apartment windowin Lima, Peru, April 16. He apparentlylost his balance while clean*ing the window. Brother Parkinson,a graduate of the University of Michiganlaw school, was South Americandirector of the Great Plains WheatAssociation and had been in Limafor three years. He had been decoratedby both Peru and Chile forhelping feed thousands of poor schoolchildren. (See THE SCROLL, March,1963, p. 252.) This was part of the^U. S. Food for Peace project.Among the survivors are twobrothers: Henry Parkinson (NewMexico '53), Wichita, Kan., andHARLAN S. PARKINSONKansas '55Leonard Parkinson (Kansas '59),Washington.Harradon Reets Randall (Lehigh'23), president of the Dauphin CoalCorp. and the Wiconisco Coal Co.,died in a Harrisburg (Pa.) hospital.May 14. He entered the strip miningbusiness following graduation fromLehigh and shortly afterwards becamepresident of the Rhoades ContractingCo. Ill 1923, with Prof. H. G. Turnerof Lehigh, developed a flame etchingmethod that was used to discovermicroscopic plant life in coal. Andas late as 1960, through the use ofchemistry, he and his brother-in-lawreceived a patent for a plastic Polyethelenecover to put over coal inshipment.Among the survivors is a brother.Prof. David A. Randall (Lehigh '28),of the University of Indiana.Wesley Pugh (Lombard '16), retireddirector of adult education andprincipal of Modesto Evening JuniorCollege, died in a Modesto (Calif.)hospital, February 4. Brother Pughbegan teaching in Modesto highschool, later became dean of boysand from 1937 to 1941 also was viceprincipal.He became principal ofModesto Evening Junior College anddirector of adult education in 1941and remained until his retirementin 1958. He was a life member andpast president of the Adult EducationAssociation, past president ofthe California Council of Adult Educationand was a member of the FordFoundation of Adult Education. ,Brother Pugh was a Mason and aGolden Legionnaire of ^ A 6.* * *Edward White Jeffrey (Montana'35) died in Honolulu, Hawaii, February4. He was well-known in businessand musifi circles throughout theHawaiian archipelago, having openedhis own piano and organ store in1954.Brother Jeffrey began playing theorgan and piano professionally at theage of eleven and during his school^ years headed his own dance band anddirected the University of Montanaband and orchestra. He served inthe Army from 1942 to 1945.* * *Dr. Thomas A. Peppard (Minnesota'12), former president of themedical staff at Asbury Hospital,Minneapplis, Minn., died at his hpinein Minneapplis in May. A native ofMinneapplis, he served an internshipat Ancker Hpspital, St. Paul,following his graduation from theUniversity of Minnespta MedicalSchppl. After two years pf generalpractice in Devils Lake, N.D., he returnedto Minneapolis where he practicedinternal medicine. He did graduatework in various U. S. me(^calcenters and in Vienna. In 1955 hereceived the St. Barnabas Bowl asthe Hennepin County Medical Society'sDoctor of the Year. BrotherPeppard was a member of numerousmedical groups and was a ddplomateof the American Board of InternalMedicine. He was a Golden Legionnaireof * A 0.* * *John A. Sperry (Case '19), formermayor of Tallmadge, Ohio, died inTallmadge, May 22. After servingwith the Army on the Mexicanborder, he enlisted in the Officers'Training Corps and received hisflying training with the Royal FlyingCorps in Canada. Shot down andcaptured inside German lines in 1918he was a prisoner many months. Afterthe war, he returned to Case andthen joined Baker-McMillen Co.,Akron, a firm headed by his father.Under Brother Sperry's leadership, thefirm, a wood and fiberglass productscompany, went on to become thefirst manufacturer of flying gliders inthe United States. Since 1942, hehad been president and treasurer ofthe company.Brother Sperry was elected mayor ofTallmadge in 1939, serving until1943. He was a Golden Legionnaireof * A e.Among the survivprs are a brother,Robert A. Sperry (Case '20), anda nephew, John Sperry (Akron '48).* * *Cmdr. John J. McClelland, U.S.N.(Ret.) (Vanderbilt '24) died at Ports-