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Calif., and is teaching piano classes in Oakland
City College.
1940
CECELIA RICHARDS NELSON is elementary
music consultant in the Eugene (Ore.) public
schools. She has just finished a twentylesson
TV series which dealt with the enrichment
of the sixth grade social living
unit covering the study of ancient civilization.
1945
DR. RICHARD JOHNSTON is directing a
new series of Canadian fo lk music programs
on the CBS, Trans-Canada network.
1947
KARL M. HOLVIK was recently elected
chairman of the Northcentral D ivision of the
College Band Directors National Association.
THELMA EMILE HUNTER was piano soloist
with the Chamber Orchestra on January
23 in Carnegie Hall.
Three compositions by DR. WILLIAM H .
PRESSER, "Prelude to Winter," "Carols in
Counterpoint," and "Canon for String Orchestra,"
were played by the Germania Orchestra
in Saginaw, Mich., on D ecember 1.
D r. Presser is chairman of the theory department
of Mississippi Southern College,
Hattiesburg.
1949
"Playing the French Horn," an article by
JOSEPH SCHMOLL, was published in the January
issue of The Instrumentalist. Schmoll is
professor of brass and theory at Texas Southern
University, Houston.
JOHN FERRELL, violinist, played in a joint
violin and piano recital at the State University
of Iowa, Iowa City, on February 22 .
1950
WILLIAM D. WALSH is first clarinetist
with the Charlotte (N.C.) Symphony Orchestra.
He a,lso teaches fourth grade music
and junior high band.
JOHN WOLDT, French horn, is a member
School of
Medicine &
Dentistry
1934
DR. WILLIAM G . H. HOBBS is serving as
district governor of Rotary International in
northern Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
1937
DR. FRANK W. REYNOLDS, director of the
bureau of chronic diseases and geriatrics,
New York State Health D epartment, has
been named chairman of the state employees
division of the 1959 Heart Fund.
1938
DR. ERNEST B. EMERSON, JR., was awarded
a citation on October 4 by the president
of Williams College. The citation read, " Ori
the occasion of the fall convocation, with
Creativity in Modern Science as its theme,
the President, Trustees and Faculty of Williams
College send greetings and congratulations
to Ernest B. Emerson, Jr., who
through his continuing efforts in science is
furthering the welfare and security of our
society."
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of the Texas Christian University faculty
woodwind quintet.
1951
D R. BRUCE BENWARD, chairman of the
music department of the University of Arkansas,
has been appointed p1'Ofessor and
dean of the W omen's College School of Music
(University of North Carolina), Greensboro.
He will take over his new position
July 1.
1952
A daughter, Suzanne, wa born October 18
to Mr. and Mrs. MELVIN IPE , Mr. Sipe is
teaching in the College of Puget Sound, Tacoma,
Wash.
"The Programmed Concert,' article by
DR. CHARLES HOFFER, was published in the
January issue of Music Journal. D.r. Hoffer
is associate professor of music at the State
University of New York, College for Teachers,
Buffalo.
DANIEL KINGMAN conducted the Sacramento
(Calif.) Philharmonic Orchestra on
January 23 in a performance of his "Pastorale
and Scherzo."
"The Son of Man," an oratorio for soloists,
chorus, organ and symphonic orchestra
by ANTHONY TAFFS, was presented at Albion
(Mich.) College on December 7. The
work was commissioned by the Summer Fellowship
Grant program at Albion College
where Taffs is a ociate professor of piano
and theory.
1954
The Peabody College division of music
presented organist, SCOTT WITHROW in a
faculty recital on January 19.
WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS -i teaching strings
at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
1955
PAUL and HELEN BILHORN BAUMGART­
NER are both working on their Ph.D . degrees
at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Baumgartner is majoring in music education
1943
DR. JAMES C. MACDERMOTT, JR., closed
his office in Wellington, Ohio, on March 1
in order to take two years of special training
in anesthesia at St. Luke's Hospital, Cleveland.
1944
DR. HENRY T. CLARK, JR., coordinator of
the Division of Health Affairs at the University
of North Carolina, recently returned
from Europe where he spent two months
studying medical care programs.
DR. DAVID R. METCALF is director of the
EKG Laboratory at the University of Colorado
Medical School, Denver.
1949
DR. DONALD E. ROWLEY, president of the
medical staff of Athol (Mass.) Memorial
Hospital, was recently certified by the American
Board of Internal Medicine as a specialist
in internal medicine following the
successful completion of his oral examination.
1952
A son, Jonathan, was born on February 6
to Dr. and Mrs. JOHN SEIDLIN. They are residing
at 605 Fairview Boulevard, Rockford,
Ill.
DR. ROBERT H . GREENLAW was awarded
one of six national fellow hips in radiother-
and Mrs. Baumgartner in performance.
JERRY A. BAILEY is piano instructor at
Washington State College, Pullman.
1956
JEAN EICHELBERGER and Frederick Ivey
were married on December 27 in Europe.
DR. MURRAY NORTH, director of the Anchorage
(Alaska) School of Music, was commissioned
by Robert Shaw to arrange "Symphony
of Psalms" by Stravinski for two
pianos and timpani for a performance in the
Anchorage Music Festival this June. He is
the Alaskan field organizer for the National
Guild of Piano Teachers.
ANNE MORROW is teaching piano and
theory at the Mississippi State College for
Women, Columbus. She gave a full piano
recital at the college in February.
MARION HACKBARTH is studying music
and piano at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Vienna, Austria.
A p1'Ogram of compositions by DR. ROGER
D. HANNAY, associate professor of music at
Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., was
presented at the college on November 25 by
students and faculty members.
1957
DANIEL ]. STOLPER is playing oboe with
the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra.
DR. JOHN POZDRO, associate professor of
theory at the University of Kansas, Lawrence,
has been appointed chairman of the
first annual Mid-American Symposium of
Contemporary American Music to be held at
the University of Kansas this spring.
DR. WILLIAM HUBBARD BAXTER, JR. ,
spoke at a Festival of Arts event on January
25, sponsored by the Birmingham (Ala.)
Opera Guild, on the trans-planting of opera
from Europe to America.
1958
DR. GUY FRANK lectured at Florence
(Ala.) State College on February 12 and
13 on "The Evolution of Jazz."
apy by the American Cancer Society. The
$16,000 grant, which starts on July 1, is renewable
for two years. He will be engaged
in a training program directed primarily to
treatment rather than diagnosis.
1953
DR. CARL BUTENAS has been appointed
secretary of the staff of the Memorial Hospital,
Meriden, Conn.
1954
CAPT. JOSEPH C. SEEGER is assigned to
the U. S. Air Force Hospital, Chanute Air
Force Base, as an ophthalmologist.
Gradu ate Med ical
1952
DR. MILTON TOPOREK is doing advanced
research at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
where he is an assistant professor
of biochemistry. He has received a grant of
$10,090 a year for three years from the National
Institutes of Health, the Public Health
Research Center, Bethesda, Md., for a study
entitled, " Plasma Protein Production in Tumor-Bearing
Rats."
1956
JOHN S. WIBERG has been discharged from
the U. S. Air Force and is a member of the
biochemistry division of Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He has a Public Health
Service Post Doctoral Research Fellowship.