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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954 311
Connie Mack, the Grand Old Man of Baseball,
celebrated his ninety-first birthday in December at
the home of his son CORNELIUS ALEXANDER MCGILL-
CUDDY, JR., Duke '36, at Fort Myers, Fla. Brother Mc-
Gillicuddy is the operator of a shrimp fleet at Fort
Myers, and he is the father of three sons, Cornelius
Alexander, III, Dennis, and Michael, all three of
whom played "Little League" baseball last summer,
thus upholding the baseball tradhion of their
famous grandfather.
CLINTON D. CLAWSON, Ohio State '24, president of
Ferro Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, was recently
named president of the newly formed Ferro Powdered
Metals, Inc. of Salem, Ind., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Ferro Corporation. Many Phis will remember
Brother Clawson as a member of the Career
Clinic at the Chicago Convention of * A 9 in 1950.
JOHN E. STRUGGLES, Miami '36, is a partner in the
newly-organized firm of Heidrick and Struggles,
specialists in executive personnel procurement. The
firm whose offices are at 11 South LaSalle St., Chicago,
is one of the few of its kind and will spedalLze
in finding executives in the middle and upper
levels of management for its clients.
Brother Struggles resigned from Montgomery
Ward in August to go to Washington as personnel
consultant for the Department of Commerce and
to make an executive appraisal of the Department's
key officials. He is married and has two children—a
girl eleven and a boy six. The family lives in Wilmette,
111.
TOM E. ERVIN, Ohio State '$s
Named NBC Vice-President
Election to a vice-presidency of the National
Broadcasting Company marked the latest step upward
in the career of TOM E. ERVIN, Ohio State '32.
Tom was advanced to that position shortiy after he
had been named general attorney for the network.
Tom joined the network's legal department in
1948 and was appointed assistant general attorney
in July of 1948. In this capacity he has represented
NBC in important proceedings before the FCC and
the courts and has handled many of the company's
other major legal matters.
On campus Tom distinguished himself scholastically
and in campus affairs. A * B K student, he
held offices in several campus organizations.
During World War II, he served overseas as a
special liaison officer in Military Intelligence attaining
the rank of lieutenant colonel and was awarded
the Legion of Merit.
In 1946 Brother Ervin distinguished himself as a
civilian lawyer in the role of deputy prosecutor during
the second series of war crime trials at Nuremburg,
Germany.
The Ervin residence is 370 First Avenue, New
York City.—Tfte Ohio Zeta Record.
JOHN E. STRUGGLES, Miami '36
He'll supply executives.
EDWARD H. CURRIER, Wisconsin '24, has been named
by the Los Angeles City Council as a member of
the city's Municipal Art Commission. He is president
of the J. J. Haggarty Stores, Inc., which has
stores in downtown Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and
is planning one in Pasadena. Although Brother
Currier has never held public office before, he
states that he is looking forward to his position
on the Art Commission with enthusiasm.