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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for January, 1954 »97
Mr. Turnblom, who was awarded his B.A. in 1948
and his MA., in 1949 at Michigan State College, is
also a lecture in English at Columbia University,
where he expects to receive his Ph.D. shortly. During
World War II, he served with the Air Forces.
Associate editor of the Thomdike-Barnhart Comprehensive
Desk Dictionary, Brother Turnblom is
the author of Learning American Idioms Through
Reading and of the forthcoming Learning English
the American Way.
The Annual Report of the Cornell Alumni Fund
for 1952-53 reveals that three New York Alpha
Phis are class representatives and leaders among the
nine top non-reunion classes. They are HARVEY J.
COUCH 'OI, who led in two divisions—"per cent of
class giving" and percent of donor goal" for men;
ALLEN E. WHITING '98, "total donors" combined
committees; and ERNEST R. ACKER '17, "total donors"
men.
A recent letter from the REV. HAMILTON E.
CHAPMAN, Brown '90, accompanying his voluntary
contribution to the Fraternity, brought welcome
word from this 88-year old Phi who was initiated as
Number 3 on the Bond Roll of Rhode Island Alpha,
Feb. 22, i88g, the day the chapter was installed. Now
retired, he served as a Baptist minister for 54 years.
Writes Brother Brown, "I have always felt that there
is nothing like * A 91"
BRIG. GEN. L. KEMPER WILLIAMS, Sewanee '08, of New
Orleans, La., for the second time in his career as a
Sewanee leader, has been elected chairman of the
Board of Regents.
JOHN J. MCCLELLAND, Vanderbilt '24, is a consultant
engineer with Day & Zimmermann, Inc., famous engineering
firm of New York, Philadelphia, and
U. S. Army Photo
A PHI Is CITED
Before returning to the U. S. from Alaska, CAPT. JAMES
C. WALLOR, Utah '50, of Salt Lake City, receives a certificate
of achievement for meritorious service from Brig.
Gen. Marshall S. Carter, deputy commander, U. S. Army
Alaska. Captain Waller was cited for his work as chief of
the military affairs and legal assistance divisions in the
office of the staff fudge advocate.
U. S. Army Photo
COMMENDED FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE
CAPT. EDWARD W. STEWART, Cincinnati '41, (left) of
Hollywood, Calif., receives the Commendation Ribbon
for meritorious service from Col. Lloyd Moses, VXI
Corps' chief of staff, in Japan, Captain Stewart was cited
for service as planning officer with the Eighth Army's
plans and. operations troop control division in Korea.
Stewart, presently assigned to the plans and training
section of XVI Corps headquarters in Japan, entered the
Army in 1941 and wears the Silver Star, Bronze Star
Medal, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Ribbon,
and the UN and Korean Service Ribbons.
Chicago, located at their Philadelphia branch. Following
his college days at Old Vanderbilt Brother
McClelland entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis
and graduated as an Ensign in 1926. He spent
several years aboard various warships in Central
American waters and along the West Coast of the
United States. In 1932 he retired from the Navy as a
Lieutenant (jg) and entered business in Panama. He
traveled quite extensively throughout Latin American
countries in connection with his business and
became export manager for Axton-Fisher Tobacco
Co., having built a cigarette factory for them in
Pasto, Colombia. In 1936 he returned to the United
States and traveled throughout the country as well
as in Canada and Mexico and into Central and
South America. In 1942 he returned to active duty in
the U. S. Navy and was on duty in the Gulf Sea
frontier. He was ordered to Cuba as Chief of a
U. S. Naval Mission to Cuba. This work involved
the handling of convoys of Cuban Naval vessels on
Lend-Lease projects. Because of his good results he
was decorated by the Republic of Cuba with the
Naval Medal of Merit. He also received letters of
commendation from the Venezuelan Government
and from Secretary Forrestal. In 1946 he received
the Legion of Merit medal from the United States
Government for his work done in Cuba. He returned
to traveling in Central and South America,
West Indies and Mexico after having been returned
to inactive duty from the Navy with the rank of
Commander. Brother McClelland has become one
of the regulars at the weekly luncheons of the
Philadelphia Alumni Club since coming to Philadelphia.