1953–54 Volume 78 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for November, 1953 157
pit^l, Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 1, 1953. He was 60
years old. Entering the sand and gravel business in
1915, at the time of his death he was president of
the Des Moines Sand and Fuel Co. and of the Central
Iowa Sand and Gravel Co. A native of Des
Moines, he later attended Wisconsin and Drake Universities
and Iowa State University.
A veteran of World War I, Brother Gray was a
charter member of Argonne Post, American Legion,
a member of the Prairie, Rotary and Des Moines
Clubs, the Adelphic Masonic Lodge, Des Moines
Consistory and of the Iowa Engineering Society.
He served for many years as secretary of the Iowa
Aggregate Producers Association.
Brother Gray always manifested an interest in
his Fraternity and regularly attended A 9 alumni
functions.
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ROBERT CICERO CLEGHORN, Georgia '94, died in
Albuquerque, N.M., April 24, 1953. He retired to
Albuquerque from Summer ville, Ga., in 1950.
Brother Cleghorn became a member of the Golden
Legion while his son, who survives, William K.
Cleghorn, Georgia '47, was an undergraduate.
JASPER P. SCOTT, Franklin '19
HENRY C FLANNERY, Minnesota '04, a practicing
attorney at Minneapolis, Minn., for 50 years, died
there in September, 1953. He was a member of the
Minneapolis and Minikahda Clubs and an elder of
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
WALTER P. YOUNG, Southwestern '20, lifetime resident
of Georgetown, Tex., died in the Veterans'
Hospital in Temple, Tex., Aug. 26, 1953. Brother
Young, who was 56, had been ill for several months.
He was initiatied into Texas Gam/na May 18, 1918,
and since graduation in 1920 had been in the dairy
business. His son, W. P. Young, Jr., is a member of
Texas Gamma and is currently serving in the Navy.
CAIT. RICHARD R. GALT, Dickinson '45, pilot in the
U.S.A.F., was killed when a jet fighter bomber
crashed shortly after taking off from Eglin Air
Force Base, Fla., Oct. 17, 1953. The accident occurred
on a testing mission. Brother Gait was coproject
officer for the F84F, latest Air Force jet
fighter-bomber. Accelerated testing had begun that
Monday.- Brother Gait made his hom6 at Selinsgrove.
Pa.
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GEORGE RICHARD FORD, DePauw '18, died suddenly
of a heart attack, Sept. 7, 1953, at Lidcombe, N.S.W.,
Australia. He was the representative of the Remington-Rand
Company in Australia.
the development of Insulin, liver and pituitary extracts,
and vitamin products. Employed by Lilly's
as a research chemist, he had been associated with
the company for 33 years. He was, successively,
assistant director of research development, director
of research contacts, director of functional coordination,
and director of industrial engineering
before being named executive director of operations
planning last December 1.
A native of Indiana, Brother Scott graduated
magna cum laude from Franklin College in 1919.
In 1939, Franklin College bestowed on him the
honorary degree of Doctor of Science in biochemistry.
He was a member of the American Chemical
Society, the .American Association for the .Advancement
of Science, the .\merican Pharmaceutical Association,
and the Indiana Academy of Science.
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LESLIE BYRON AVRIT, Oregon State '28, principal of
Juneau high school, Juneau, .Alaska, died at Medford,
Ore., Aug. 4, 1953. A native of Oklahoma,
Brother Avrit attended public schools in Corvallis,
Ore., Oregon State College, and received his M.A.
in education from the University of Washington.
He played football at Oregon State and following
graduation coached football at Klamath Union, Coos
Bay and Shelby, Mont., high schools. He saw service
in the U.S. Air Corps during World War II and
following the war moved to Juneau where he
coached basketball in 1946 and 1947 and in 1948
became principal of the school.
JASPER P. SCOTT, Franklin 19, executive director of
operations planning for Eli Lilly and Company, died
Sept. 8, 1953, at his home in Indianapolis, Ind. He
was 55 years of age.
Brother Scott was credited with contributions to
DR. LAWRENCE E. VAN KIRK, W. & J. 16, former dean
of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry
and a member of the Pitt faculty for 34 years, died
at Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 26, 1953. He became dean
of the School of Dentistry in 1947. In the same