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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954 313
JAMES J. NANCE, Ohio Wesleyan '23, president of the
Packard Motor Company, is a new director of the
Standard Oil Company of Ohio. His election marked
the first time in many years that the board had
named a member who was not an operating executive
of the oil firm.
An interesting feature of the historic Thanksgiving
Day football game between University of
Pennsylvania and Cornell, played this year on
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, was the fact that both
the Pennsylvania and Cornell teams had Phi Delt
captains, GEORGE BOESSLLER, Pennsylvania '54, and
the (acting) captain of the Cornell varsity, C. K. POE
FRATT, Cornell '54. The game ended in a 7-7 tie
score, and marked the end of the very successful
career of George Munger as Pennsylvania's head
coach. At the end of the game Cornell's coach,
George H. James and Brother Fratt presented Coach
Munger with the ball, as a fitting gesture of Cornell's
esteem for one of the finest sportsmen in collegiate
football.
PAUL J. LOVEWELL, Washburn '37, has been named
a vice-president and member of the management
committee of Gladding, McBean & Company, Los
Angeles. Formerly associated with the Stanford Research
Institute, Brother Lovewell joined Gladding,
McBean in April, 1953, as assistant to the president.
ROBERT M. GANGER, Ohio State '25, former president
of the P. Lorillard Company, has been named chairman
of the board of D'Arcy Advertising Company.
He will establish headquarters in D'Arcy's New York
offices.
COL. JOSEPH SILER, Virginia '98. has been elected
National Commander of the Military Order of the
Carabao, 53-year-old Philippine veterans' song and
fun group. Brother Siler, 78, retired Army surgeon
and one of the nation's leading authorities on tropical
diseases and preventive medicine, is a member
of the Golden Legion of A 9 and is active in the
Washington, D.C, Alumni Club.
RICHARD E. SCHERLING, Michigan '42, is vice-president
and general merchandising manager of the Killian
Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
ELDON STEVENSON, JR., Vanderbilt '14, has been
elected to the board of directors of Standard Brands,
Inc. Brother Stevenson is president and director of
the National Life and Accident Company of Nashville,
Tenn., and he is also the president and director
of Radio Station WSM and WSM-TV, in the dty
of Nashville.
G. NOLAN BEARDEN, Georgia Tech '28, of Beverly
Hills, Calif., is chairman of the executive committee
of the insurance Million Dollar Round Table, which
will hold its annual session in Coronado, Calif., in
June. Brother Bearden represents the New England
JUDGE BAYES HONORED
Officers of N.l.C. present gift to great Phi. L to R:
Horace Nichol, AT; C. Robert Yeager, II K A;
Brother Bayes; Lloyd Cochran, AS*; Herbert L.
Brown, * 2 K.
JUDGE WILLIAM R. BAYES, Ohio Wesleyan 'oi,
P.P.G.C, and Past Chairman of the National
Interfraternity Conference, was an honored
guest at the luncheon of officers, past chairmen,
and members of the Executive Committee
of the N.I.C., held at the Sheraton-
Gibson Hotel, Cindnnati, Ohio, following
recent plenary session.
C Robert Yeager, II K A, retiring chairman
of the Conference, presented to Judge Bayes a
Parker pen set suitably engraved from the
members of the 1953 Executive Committee in
appredation of his many outstanding contributions
to the fraternity system.
Brother Bayes pioneered many worth-while
projects for the Conference, among these
being the annual Presidents' Meeting.
Mutual Company. Recently the group limited the
amount of term insurance that will count toward
qualification for the MDRT to 1250,000, none of
which can be written for a term of less than twelve
months.
GEORGE W. BALLANTINE, Michigan '45, is executive
vice-president of the International Trust Company,
Denver, Colo. He is a former president of Michigan
Alpha.
The REV. GEORGE L. KNIGHT, Centre '47, is assistant
pastor of the West Side Presbyterian Church
of Ridgewood, N.J. He is chairman of the Members
Interest Committee, American GuUd of Organists.
JASPER N. DORSEY, Georgia '36, has been promoted to
the post of Florida manager of the Southern Telephone
and Telegraph Company, with headquarters
in Jacksonville, Fla.