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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954 357
owned and operated the Anthony Farmers Gin for
eighteen years until his retirement in 1950.
Brother Turk was a charter member of the West
Texas-Southern New Mexico Alumni Club of * A 9
and was pictured on the cover of the May, 1953,
SCROLL as he received his Golden Legion Certificate
in a ceremony held in El Paso. He was a member
of Trinity Methodist Church, El Paso, a former
member of the board of stewards of the Anthony
Methodist Church, and he was a member of the
Anthony Masonic Lodge.
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LuciEN REED DYCHE, Kansas '14, died at a hospital
in Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 14, 1953. A resident of
Birmingham since 1936, he was an official of the
Liberty Motors Co. Brother Dyche had lived in
Oklahoma City, Okla., and Atlanta, Ga., before
settling in Birmingham. Among the survivors are
two brothers, J. W. Dyche, Kansas '16, Oklahoma
City, and Eugene Dyche, Oklahoma (Grad.), Terre
Haute, Ind.
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GEORGE CARLTON BECK, Lehigh '03, retired Lehigh
University professor, died at his home in Bethlehem,
Pa., Oct. 21, 1953. Graduating from Dickinson
Seminary, he entered Johns Hopkins University in
1901, later transferring to Lehigh where he graduated
in 1903 with a degree in analytical chemistry.
In 1904 he was named graduate assistant in chemistry
at Lehigh, becoming an instructor in 1905.
Brother Beck was promoted to assistant professor
of c}uantitative analysis in 1913, a position he held
until his retirement in 1946, when he was made
assistant professor emeritus. He was a member of
the American Chemical Society, Holy Lutheran
Church of Bethlehem, H. Stanley Goodwin Lodge
No. 648, F. & A. M., and of the Golden Legion of
*Ae.
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ALEX PETER NELSON, Dartmouth '89, former Orange
County District Aftorney, died at his home in Santa
Ana, Calif., Jan. 28, 1953. He was 90 years old.
Brother Nelson went to California from New England
following World War I and served as District
Attorney from 19a i to 1927.
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THERON C. BROOKS, Vermont '01, died Dec. 30, 1953,
while visiting his son, Samuel Howard Brooks, Maryland
'35, at Euclid, Ohio. Brother Brooks' home was
in Takoma Park, Md. He was a member of the
Golden Legion, having received his Golden Legion
Certificate from the Washington, D.C. Alumni Club
several years ago.
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CHARLES L. WOODWORTH, Ohio '22, of Athens, Ohio,
died Dec. 19, 1953 in Eustis, Fla., where he had
been living for the past months. A native of Athens,
. Brother Woodworth became associated with his
father in the retail business following graduation
from Ohio University and at the time of his death
was director of personnel for the McBee Co.
CHARLES L. WOODWORTH, Ohio '22
A veteran of World Wars I and II, he received
his training at Fort Sheridan during the former
and was a sergeant at the time of his discharge.
During World War II, he was commissioned a captain
of infantry in the Ohio State Guard in 1941,
later being commissioned a captain in the Air Force
Reserve in May, 1942. He remained on active duty
until 1945 at Which time he held the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
An expert rifleman, Brother Woodworth participated
in international matches at Camp' Perry, Ohio,
between 1932 and 1938. He was a past president of
the Skyline Gun Club, the Order of Symposiarchs, a
member of Paramuthia, Masonic .Lodge 25, and of
the Scottish Rite in Columbus. He was a senior
warden of the Church of the Good Shepherd. He
also was a member of the SAR, the Elks, and was a
past member of the Kiwanis Club.
DR. MARVIN PIERCE RUCKER, Randolph-Macon '99, a
Richmond physician who received international recognition
as an obstetrician and gynecologist during
his half-century medical career, died in Richmond,
Va., Oct. 24, 1953.
In his 50 years as a physician he devoted countless
hours to scientific research, medical scholarship,
teaching and writing. He was at various times President
of the American Assodation of Obstetricians,
Gynecologists and Abdominal Surgeons, the Richmond
Academy of Medidne, the South Atlantic
Assodation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Southern
Medical Association's Section on Obstetrics, and
the American Medical Association's Section on Obstetrics
and Gynecology.
• Despite his busy schedule Dr. Rucker had numerous
church and civic interests.. For many years he
was chairman of the board of stewards of Centenary
Methodist Church. At the time of his death, he
was a director of the Central Y.M.C.A., a trustee of