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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954 317
Phi Doctor Featured
in "Comer's" Article
The January 8 issue of Collier's carried a
very fine artide entiUed "The-Latest on Flu
—and It's Good News," in which it is related
how scientists are slowly winning their battle
with influenza. One of the famous physicians
mentioned in the article is DR. THOMAS FRAN­
CIS, JR., Allegheny '21, who conducts a virus
laboratory at the University of Michigan. It
reads in part;
". . . Dr. Francis is a distinguished flu
hunter, the discoverer of Influenza B and director
of the important Commission on Influenza
of the Armed Forces Epidemiological'
Board.
Dr. Francis and two associates, seeking evidence
of prior influenza infections in 1,250
Americans of assorted ages, made a remarkable
discovery with respect to a flu virus
known as Strain No. 1,976. Pooled blood samples
from a group of children and young
adults showed no signs of infection with this
strain; but pooled blood samples from a
group of older adults—espedally those who
were children during the crucial year 1918—
had obviously been infected with Strain No.
1,976 or a closely related virus.. . ."
for World War I, he served through the ranks and
was honorably discharged from the Corps of Engineers
in August 1919 as a First Lieutenant.
Upon leaving the military service, Mr. Adams
joined the Charles B. Bohn Foundry Company. He
has been continuously with Bohn Aluminum and
Brass Corporation since its formation in 1924, serving
progressively as sales manager and assistant to
the president. He was elected secretary of the Corporation
in February, 1949, and Director in May of
Che same year.
JOHN R. ANGEL, Ohio '46, of Omaha, Neb., has been
appointed northwestern district sales promotion
manager of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation
television-radio division in Chicago. He has been
with Westinghouse since 1949 and formerly was
consumer products sales promotion manager in
Omaha.
JUDSON B. BRANCH, Michigan '29, has been named
a director of Allstate Insurance Company, a subsidiary
of Sears, Roebuck. He is a senior vice-president
of Allstate, stock company underwriter of automobile
insurance, and the most valiiable single subsidiary
owned by Sears, Roebuck. Brother Branch
has been with the company since its early days.
Phi Engineer Wins a 1953
Safety Foundation Award
G. MERRITT PRESTON, Ohio '39,- headed research
which won a 1953 Flight Safety Foundation Award,
which was presented recently at San Bernardino,
Calif.
The project was carried on by the flight research
branch of the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory at
Cleveland. It covered research into "the mechanism
of the start and development of aircraft crash fires,
for scientific appraisal of hazards to human survival
in airplane crashes."
Son of a Golden Legionnaire Phi, JOHN PRESTON,
Ohio '06, Brother Preston became associated with
the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
shortly after graduation from Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
MAJOR TEMPLE V. PRICE, Knox '19, has retired from
the teaching staff of the New Mexico Military Institute
after 27 years of continuous service. Brother
Price, who lives in Roswell, N.M., joined the Institute
Staff in 1926. His retirement became effective
at the beginning of the second semester January 25.
LT. COL. VON EMERSON GOODWIN, Butler '30, has
been assigned to duty with the National Guard
Bureau in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C, after
being stationed in Indianapolis, Ind., for more than
three years with the State Selective Service office.
DENNIS LEROY, West Vir^nia '53, is now a student
in Chicago College of Optometry. He will be able
to earn the degree of Doctor of Optometry in three
years.
G. MERRITT PRESTON, Ohio '39
Heads award-winning project.