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Four to Receive Honorary Degrees at Indiana Central Building Dedication Four honorary degrees will be conferred at the dedication of the new Louis Schwitzer Center at Indiana Central College on Saturday, April 30. The ceremony will be held in Rans- burg Auditorium of Academic Hall at 2 p.m., after an invitational luncheon in the spacious main dining room of the new building, which will be the center of much of the non-academic activities of students. Louis Schwitzer (pronounciation: short i as in Switzerland), Indianap- olis industrialist whose generosity made the Center possible, will be honored with a doctor of laws degree. A retired veteran of the Indiana Central faculty, Miss Virginia Cra- vens, will receive a doctor of humani- ties degree. Doctor of laws degrees will be conferred also upon a historian and teacher, Dr. Donald F. Carmony, and an Indianapolis lawyer, Harry T. Ice. Four students will voice the appre- ciation of their associates instead of having a visiting speaker for the occasion. They are Stephen Maple of Speedway, retiring president of the Central Council, the student government of the campus; Mrs. Marydee Meyer West, formerly of Corydon but now of Indianapolis; Miss Michelle (Mickey) Stoneburner of Indianapolis; and sophomore Gregory Michael of Hartford City. Dr. I. Lynd Esch, president of the college will preside and offer the invocation. The college’s Concert Choir will sing, and Miss D. Colleen Johnson, assistant professor of music, will be at the organ console. Dr. L. L. Huffman of Dayton, Ohio, chairman of the board of trustees of the college, will conduct the ritual of dedication, and the dedicatory prayer will be spoken by Dr. Robert W. Koenig of Terre Haute, an Evangel- ical United Brethren Church confer- ence superintendent. Dr. Koenig is a former minister of the University Heights EUB Church, and on July 1 he will become executive secretary of the Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis. After the benediction by Dr. Robert E. Cramer, academic dean of the college, there will be an open house and reception in the new $1,250,000 center, with tours for visitors. Mr. Schwitzer, whose name the Center will perpetuate, founded the Schwitzer Corporation, which manu- factures precision products for the automotive industry, after World War I. He came to the United States from his native Austria before the war, in which he served on the engineering staff of the Motor Transport Corpora- tion. As a young man Schwitzer was interested in automobile and motorboat racing. He participated in the first 500-mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1911, as well as earlier and shorter contests on the then new track. He became a member of the Speedway’s technical committee in 1912 and was its chairman from 1919 to 1945. Schwitzer pioneered the super- charging of internal combustion en- gines and was responsible for many developments in turbocharging. His interest in the fine arts was shown by his being a eo-founder of the Indi- anapolis Symphonic Choir and a pa- tron and a member of the board of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. While the exact amount of Mr. Schwitzer’s gift to Indiana Central never has been announced, it was stated that it was the largest single contribution ever made to the college. Miss Cravens, now a professor emeritus, was dean of women and assistant professor of (English from 1927 to 1949. Before that she had taught in schools in Washington County, Bloomfield, Orleans and De- catur, and was high school principal at Redkey and Hardinsburg. She earned a Phi Beta Kappa key and a bachelor of arts degree at DePauw University in 1910 and a master of arts at Indiana University in 1938. Upon her retirement from teaching and administrative duties 17 years ago she was elected executive secretary of the Alumni Association, a position she still fills. Dr. Carmony has been a member of the faculty of Indiana University since 1939. At present he is professor of history and editor of the Indiana University Magazine of History. He also is chairman of the Indiana Ses- quicentennial Commission, and is writing a book, “Indiana in the Pioneer Era,” the third volume in a series commemorating the state’s 150th birthday this year. Carmony received his bachelor of arts at Indiana Central College in 1929 and his master of arts and doctor of philosophy degrees from In- diana University in 1931 and 1942, respectively. He taught history at Indiana Cen- tral from 1929 to 1939. He is the author of other historical works and eo-author of a two-volume history of Indiana. He is a member of the American and Mississippi Valley Historical Associations and a past president of the Indiana History Teachers Asso- ciation and the Indiana Association for Adult Education. Mr. Ice has been a partner in the law firm of Ice, Miller, Donadio and Ryan since 1934. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Butler Uni- versity in 1926 and a bachelor of laws degree from Harvard University in 1929. He is chairman of the board of trustees of Butler University, a trustee of Christian Theological Semi- nary, and secretary of the Board for Fundamental Education. He is a former president of the Butler Alumni Association and of Flanner House, an Indianapolis social service center, and an ex-vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce. Ice is a member of the boards of American United Life Insurance Company, Merchants National Bank, WIBC, Central Indiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Indianapolis and Indiana Chambers of Commerce, the United Fund of Greater Indianap- olis, Indianapolis Civic Progress As- sociation, Indianapolis Hospital De- velopment Corporation, and the Na- tional Municipal League.
Personals ’59. Mrs. Grace Maze Vaughn writes from Monterey, California, that her husband, Harold, is working toward a B.S. at the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School. She is busy at home with the children. Larry, their fourth, was born August 12, 1965. * * ::: ’18 & ’26. The M. P. Kindreds, and the Clarence Liechtys, as usual, spent the winter months in Florida. :$ : * ’20 & ’23. Reverend Willard F. Brown and Mrs. Dorothy Fields Brown have returned from a long visit with their children and grandchildren, Dr. Paul and Lucille Brown Alexander ’49 and daughters of Tiawan, For- mosa, and Margaret Brown Morrison (Mrs. John H.) ’45 of Salt Lake City, Utah. :> :c I; ’32 & ’27. Othniel and Alletah Eash Catt, who have been spending the winter with Othneil’s brother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and enjoy- ing their first year of retirement in the beauty and sunshine of the South- west, are returning to a permanent residence at Adams Lake, Wolcott- ville, Indiana. :2 * :: ~54. William L. Gzell graduated from the University of Colorado in June, 58, and has been employed with the Oceanographic Office since February, 1959. He and Gudrun Leonhardt, x54, a German exchange student at ICC, were married in June, 1956. They have two children, Christina 8 and Eric 4. He is now an oceanographer with the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Suitland, Maryland. Their address is 5904 Mentona Street, Hyattsville, Maryland. * * ::: ’57. Charles Denbo has resigned as basketball coach at Brownstown High School, where he has been for four years. * * 8 ’59. A recent letter brings us up to date on Jae Kuk Chung. He was married to Linda R. Peterson on De- cember 8, 1962. He received his M.A. in political science from the Univer- sity of Cincinnati in 1963. (Other in- formation in FUTURE CENTRAL- ITE COLUMN.) Jae has been employed at the Bureau of Government- al Research in Cincinnati since June of 1964 and lives at 660 Straight Street, Cincinnati. ’60. John Howland has been pro- moted to district manager of the Cin- cinnati office of the Formica Corpo- ration. He and Mrs. Howland (Sandra Byrum) live at 10375 Deerfield Road, Cincinnati, Ohio. * * : ’62. Mrs. Susan Weybright is now serving with her husband William at the Mission Girls’ Compound, Ankles- var, Broach District, India. * * i; ’62. Mrs. Gloria 4nn King Rix received a master’s degree from the University of Iowa on February 5, 1966. i; : ::: ’64. George Bohlin, is coaching and teaching business at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis. He is assistant football coach and head wrestling coach. In his first year of coaching wrestling his matmen had a 10-2 season, placed second in the city tourney and won the sectional and regional titles. He had one individual champion in the State Meet. :> :E : ’33. Robert C. Enyart is working as a librarian in the Denver, Col., Public Library. His address is 2607 S. Madi- son Street in Denver. : * : ’60. Gloria Brewer is now cata- loguer in the library of Ohio Univer- sity at Athens. She earned her master’s degree in Library science at In- diana University in 1962. Her address is 42 112 Van Vorhes, Athens, O., 45701. :: :c : ’35. Patty Shea Saxton (Mrs. La- mont) is now living at 14 Barkley Square, 1335 Montecito Ave., Moun- tain View, Calif., 94040. Her husband, Col. Saxton, who had been with Lock- heed Missile and Space Division is now back with Lockheed in a Techni- cal and Administrative position, after having resigned as Commandant and Principal of Millard Preparatory School of Bandon, Oregon. ... * : x62. John M. Cawein writes from Vietnam: ‘ I . . . I did not finish at ICC because I stopped in 1961 and came into the Air Force. I was due to graduate in 1962. “Right now I am stationed in Viet- nam on a big sandpile for a year. I have spent almost two months of that year already. I married a wonderful girl from Florida on April 3, 1965 and have a child on the way. Out of the last year I have spent only three months with my wife. 191 “I find the <strong>ALUMNI</strong> <strong>NEWS</strong> inter- esting because this is my way of keep- ing track of fellow students. I hope some day to come back to ICC and fnish my education.” Opportunities to Serve Youth To Be Outlined By College, Foundation Two dozen or more prospective students who are interested in the youth leadership training program to be inaugurated at Indiana Central College in September were guests of the college and the American Hu- manics Foundation Monday April 4. Professor Ross Ludwig, who was director of the program on the campus; Miss Margaret Halstead, administrator of the program in the foundation’s headquarters in Kansas City, and James L. Roberts, a Boy Scout executive who coordinated prep- arations for the program before Ludwig came to Indianapolis, represented the foundation. Indiana Central was represented by Dr. I. Lynd Esch, president; Dr. Robert E. Cramer, academic dean, and Don E. Fleener, admissions director. Also invited to be present were Gregg and Harold Ransburg of Indianapolis ; Garrett Troff of Kalamazoo, Mich- igan, and John S. Lynn of Lilly En- dowment, Inc. The student visitors registered at 4 p.m. and heard talks by Dr. Esch, Dr. Cramer, Professor Ludwig and Mr. Fleener. After a campus tour and dinner these speakers and others ex- plained various facets of the youth leadership training program. Indiana Central is the fourth college in the United States to be selected by the American Humanics Foundation to offer such training, which is designed to prepare profes- sional leaders and administrators for youth-serving agencies. - ATTENTION All classes, especially those whose numbers end in 1 or 6. Have you marked on your calendar the dates, April 30 and June 4 and 5? April 30 is the date of the dedication of our amazing new Louis Schwitzer Center. Our “biggest and best” Alumni Day comes June 4 with Dr. Emery ”41 as convocation speaker. June 5 brings the commencement exercises for the second largest graduating class in ICC’s history. The commencement speaker will be another alumnus, Wayne Babler ’35.
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