Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. 30, No. 02 -- March-April 1952 - Archives ...

years during World War II with .various ground
units of the Canadian Army.
Those of the '36 class who might want to
drop a note can reach him at RCAF. Goose
Bay. Labrador.
1939
Mncc DeCoursey, Secretary
1917 Elizabeth
Kansas City 2, Kansas
Not an awful lot in the way of ni'ws from
*3Q this issue. Seems as though the boys arc
keeping out of trouble and too busy to write.
Had a nice letter some time ago which somehow
didn't get into print from Mrs. "Burly** Grimes
proving, as had been said many times in the
past, women are the best correspondents of
Class '39.
The Grimes live in Dayton, Ohio, where Ed
is one of the mainsprings at Wright Field,
having been there twelve years. Mrs. Grimes said
that Bob Heuther had visited them while on
business at the field — Bob is still at Northrop
Aviation at Hawthorne, California. Seems like
Wright Field has a pretty fair club since Hank
RoliI» Jack Schulzc, Karl Fromutb, Wally Gercnd,
Walt Grady and Roy Rasmusscn are all members.
From Daniel Faluoni, who by all odds is the
best correspondent this column has ever had.
announcement that his first, a girl, arrived in
mid-July (1951 that is).) Dan is practicing
law at Lockport. New York.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Verhoestra. a son,
Dec. 27 in South Bend.
To Mr. and Mrs. William Piedmont, a daughter.
Regina Patricia, in New Haven.
To Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sutton, a son. Larr>-,
Jr., January 8.
SYMPATHY
To Jim Snyder, Hollywood, III., on the death
of his father.
To Jack Cole, Indianapolis, on the death of
his father.
1944
George A. Barisctllo, Jr., Secretary
515 Fifth Avenue
Bradley Beach, New Jersey
Your Secretar>% under pressure of an early
deadline (Februar>- 15 for the March-April
ALUMNUS), embarks upon the pleasant task
of reporting class news — but regrets to advise
that only T^VO of our classmates found time in
the weeks since the last column was threaded
together to educate us on their whereabouts and
respective careers. Before we get to their
reports, however, (and please pardon the "lecture'*)
I just want to emphasize the obvious:
this corner in the "mag'* is reser\*ed for news
about us; I can't invent it! So, I need your
continued cooperation; better yet, I need your
postcards and letters. So give!
Now let's see what's new!
Reported in this column an issue or two ago
was an inquiry from one of our classmates for
the whereabouts and doings of Kelly Cook»
whom, you will remember, edited the DOME
in our Junior year. Kelly has been ref:alled to
active service and is now at Dow Air Force
Base in Bangor, Maine (Box 222, Dow AFB)
flying F-84 Thunderjets and F-51 Mustangs.
He left ND in 1949 (where he had taught
in the English department for two years), and
then worked for Radio Station KCOM in Sioux
City, Iowa until the fact of his presence in the
Iowa Air National Guard changed things. Reports
Kelly:
''With the 174th Fighter Squadron of the Iowa
Air National Guard, I was recalled to active
military service in February*, 1951. In April,
wc were transferred to Dow Air Force Base, in
Bangor, Maine, some {cw miles south of the
Arctic Circle. Here, since then, in fog, rain,'
wind, and snow. . . . I have a wife, two children,
an automobile ('51 Chev\-y convertible,
because I thought our unit was going to West
Palm Beach, Florida), and considerably more
creature comforts than Thoreau would have collected
to live in New England."
Kelly inquires for Dick Ames* address; anyone
knowing same, please forward to him or to
your, scribe.
Tom Kelly, if you're reading this column,
suggest you slip on the dark glasses as the
finger of shame is about to be pointed in your
direction. It's like this: your buddy, Ruil
O'Connelly informed me of how you promised
each other one of you would write a letter to
the ALUMNUS. Paul's reached this desk first
—but yours is still welcome! Understand you're
living in Pittsburgh with that lovely wife of
yours, Juanita, Tom. How's about a little
more info on yourself and other '44ers you've
heard from for the next issue.
Coming back to Paul O'ConnelPs letter, wc
learn that he completed work for his Ph.D.
in biochemistry* at Rochester in Januar>', 1949.
was married to Marge Wenning of Euclid, Ohio
the next month (her brother. Jack Wcniiiiiff,
'52, was best man and Tom Hcaly, *50, an
usher), and then began a post-doctoral fellowship
in the Department of Chemistry of the Univ.
of Pittsburgh. Paul has two sons, Mark and
Peter, and as of last September their daddy
has been a member of the reasearch staff of
the Upjohn Company. The former K. of C-
vaudevillc star ^vritcs:
"Being closer to Notre Dame than any time
since October, 1943, has given me an opportunity
to visit there as I ^v-ould like. I saw the
Southern Methodist game in the fall (let us
pass over this in silence). I never seem to
have the good fortune to meet any of our classmates
at the games, but I did have a good
chance to visit wtih friends in Chemistry Hall
and my special friend, Father Thomas Irving....
Besides Tom Kelly, Joe Christen of our class
was working for Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh.
"Tom works in the research labs ^of Pittsburgh
Consolidated Coal, one of the more progressive
organizations in a field that needs it. I know
bis work has made a good record for Notre
Dame chemists, and also, as it should be, with
his pastor. Tom is the parish organist."
And here's a flock of news on chem majors
of our class that Paul has rounded up for us:
Charles Raley received an ^I.S. at school and a
Ph.D. from his home state University of Delaware.
Last heard from Charley was with the Southwestern
Research Institute in San Antonio. . . .
Mandell Ziegler, Ph.D., Michigan State, is with
DuPont. . . . Bob "the Voice" Byrnes is another
Merck man. . . . Joe Walsh also completed
his Ph.D. work at ND and went on to a
teaching position at Fordham. . . . John Knhn
(our senior year president and high-average
chemist of the class) eschewed any graduate
work and is doing well in the Chicago sales
ofHcc of the Dow Chemical Co.
And still more news on *44er5 furnished by
Paul O'Connell:
"Accounting major John Bright is now selling
for a competitor of my employer, a Milwaukee
drug firm—Lakeside Laboratories. John has the
Connecticut territory and lives in Southington
with his w*ife, Lillian, and two boys.
**My short-time roommate (before his Air
Corps call in Feb., 1943) Paul Marietta, was
married this past summer and is an agent for
Prudential Insurance around Terre Haute. Earl
Englert, my personal candidate for the most
enthusiastic Notre Dame booster of the class,
has a house in his hometown of Louisville. But
wlierc Earl may be living at any given moment
is anybody's guess.
"He is plying his chemical engineering trade
with the Girdler Corporation and within the
past year has been working in Norristown, Pa.,
Dallas, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Kansas City.
Earl married a South Bend girl, Jane Hannan,
and they have two boys and a girl,
"Phil Clarke, who left us in December of
1942 to enter medical school, took his interneship
at St. Louis and then entered the Naxy.
He stayed on the coast for residencies in the
Univ. of California hospitals but has just returned
to his native Denver, where he is now at St:
Joseph's Hospital. Next July he is to be Chief
Resident in Medicine at University of Colorado
Hospital. It is evident that Phil is a top-notch
ph>-sician. And to maintain a top rating, he
and his lovely wife, Doris, are the proud parents
of four children.
"Phil tells me that Pat Yoklavich recently
completed a tour with the Naval Medical Corps
and has returned to Salt Lake City for more
study in surger>'. He has three daughters. . . .
Vic Dcsimon is now a full-fledged member of
the legal profession. . . . I always enjoy hearing
of others through your «Jtiau. I hope I have
properly embarrassed Kdly and will be xtmg
his coBtributioB . in print soon. VeAapi wamt
others I have lost track ol will abo be wmMrf
—Leo Laidie, Dr. UtSmttmer, BM OVu—>•,
and others."
Gents, if you've read about yourself WMLwIwrf
in the foregoing column, wish you'd prab a
scrap of p^»er and scrflifale out any other info
of interest — and e^KdaUy news c^ others m.
our class. If your name hasn't been mentioaed,
it's not an m-crsight. To repeat, I can't uivent
news about "^ you (and pcriiaps subject nsysdf to>
a libel suit!) So, i^easc enlighten us with what
you're doing, whom you have seen, and what
you've heard about our buddws.-
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. JoMph P. Riii, a daughter.
Patricia Eleanor, in Houston, Texas, Jan. 19.
To Mr. aad Mrs. TWodorc CyToolc, |r-, a.
son, Theodore III. January 10 in High Pbint,
N. C.
ENGAGEMENTS
William C, O'Coaaor and Phyllis Mary Mc-
Cloy of Queens Village, N. Y.
1945
AI Lcsmez, Sccretan
61-56 find Since
Elndmnt, New York
LOOKING AHEAD
Several people have written to aik whether
there will be a '43 NROTC reunion this yttr,
or whether it is to be held in conjonctioa witb
the regular '43 reunion in 1933. I have been
checking on this question lately, especially since
I am interested in having the NROTC meet at
the same time with the rest of the class. Most
men will find it impossible to attend two reunions
held during the same year, and silicemost
ot the NROTC group belong to the '45
class, it would be swell for all concerned if we
could hold both our reunions at the same time
—although as separate functions, if desired.
In this respect I quote from a letter received
this week from Rev. Ckailcs M. Cany. CS.C.:
"In regard to the NROTC reunion aboatwhich
yon inquired in your letter of January 8,
I believe that anything I might say to you at
this time would have to be indefinite. Most of
the men who returned for that previous reunioB
have now returned to ser\'ice and are scattered*
all over the world with little knowledge of what
the future holds for them. I imagine that once
they are returned to a peace-time existence weshall
begin to hear from J. D. Uliaa and his
contemporaries regarding the possibility of another
reunion. I can then suggest to them that
we all meet at the same time as the 1943 class
ten-year reunion. Meantime, you have myevery
good wish for your success in keepintc the
1943 interest alK-e among Notre Dame men."
All this is just some food for thought—looking
ahead a little—so that when the time comes for
a decision, it will be easier to decide what is
the best to do. We will soon poll all NROTC
men to find how they feel about this, so that
wc will then know whether it will be worthwhileto
try for a dual reunion of the mutual groups.
LETTERS FROM DEPARTMENT
From Frank J. Cmraa: "The end of '31 found
me, as ever, pursuing the M.D. I expect to receive
this June. Hardly had I wondered what
thn new year held for me. when I found myselT
married to the former Miss Doris E. Wolf oT
New York City. I find myself with 8 manpounds
of "muscle" and with an appetite that '
eyes the rest of the year witji a gourmet's delight.
Give my regards to all the boys."
From Wdtoa R. Aben:
"In July of 1930 I was called back to active
duty with the Marine Corps. I was sent to-
Korea where I stayed eleven months. I returned'
in September 1931 and married Miss Margaret
Minot of Beverly Hilb, California, in October.
We now have a small aqiartment in St. Loon,
and I am back at my oM job as Advertisiar
Manager for a brewing machinery manufacturer.
Regards to all."
Fraa Wdtoa R. .AbcU:
''Enjoyed your visit in Rome and appreciated
your letter afterwards. We were ocdulKd ott
December 8, in the College Chapel by the-
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