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

.^358 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for March, 1954
Randolph-Macon College and a director of Johnston-Willis
Hospital.
Dr. Rucker was graduated from Randolph-Macon
College when 18 years old. He continued his studies
at Harvard University, Medical College of Virginia,
and Johns Hopkins University, from which he received
his degree in medicine in 1903. After study
abroad, he limited his field of practice to obstetrics
and gynecology in 1915.
In addition to his active membership and interest
in * A e, he was a member of * B K. Dr. Rucker
was awarded a doctor of laws degree from Randolph-Macon
in 1936 in recognition of his achievements
in the medical profession.—MORELAND IRBY,
Richmond '43.
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DENNIS H. LONG, Purdue '07, Louisville, Ky., was
killed in an automobile accident Sept. 24, 1953. He
was president of the Swiss Cleaners and Laundry,
Louisville, the Interstate Water Co., and secretarytreasurer
of the Fourth Avenue Amusement Co.,
owners of four Lafayette theaters and theaters in
Terre Haute, Louisville, and Indianapolis.
RAY REID, Centre '27, former manager of the Colonial
Hotel at York, Pa., died Jan. 25, 1954 at the
North Park Hotel, Chicago, III., which he had served
as manager for a few months. Before moving to
York in 1940, Brother Reid had served as steward
on a number of merchant vessels and on several
New York hotel staffs. He was a veteran of World
War II, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander
as officer in charge of the Naval Commissioned Officers'
Mess at Washington, D.C. In 1951 he left York
to join the Hotel Severin at Indianapolis, Ind., and
he had served recently as sales promotion director
for the Dreier hotel chain.
While at York-, Brother Reid was active in the
* A 0 Alumni Club, which held its meetings at the
hotel he managed.
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DR. JOHN RICE COWAN, Centre '90, for almost forty
years a member of the Board of Trustees of Centre
College, died in Danville, Ky., where he was a
practicing physician and surgeon, Aug. 17, 1953. A
member of the Board of Trustees of Centre since
1916, he had served as its chairman since 1934 and
had given unstintingly of his ideas, his funds, and
his loyalty to his alma mater.
STEPHEN MARRS SWINEBROAD, Centre '28, Danville,
Ky., died Aug. 13, 1953, as the result of complications
brought about by an injury suffered a week
earlier. The only close survivor is his brother,
George Swinebroad, Centre '23, noted auctioneer
from Lexington, Ky.
JOHN G. TOWNE, Colby '05, died on his way from
Ft. Myers, Fla., to his home in Waterville, Me., the
end of January, 1954.
WALTER HILLS HIBBARD, Brown '22, died in Hartford,
Conn., Nov. 14, 1953. In Africa as technical
representative for Douglas Aircraft in World War II,
he joined the American Volunteer Guard and subsequently
went around the world in the service of
the U. S. War Department. Since the war, he had
been with the Connecticut State Department of
Labor and Factory Inspection.
HARRY E. NEAL, Ohio State '11, organizer of the
Traffic and Safety Division of the Ohio State Highway
Department, died in University Hospital, Columbus,
Ohio, Feb. 15, 1954. He was 70 years old.
Joining the highway department in the early 1920s,
he set up the division and served as traffic and
safety engineer for more than 30 years.
Brother Neal received his degree in civil engineering
in 1911 and another degree in law at Franklin
University in 1923, although he never practiced as
an attorney.
He had resided in Columbus for 44 years and was
a member of the Business Men's Club of the
Y.M.C.A., the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers,
Ohio State Bar Association, and the Institute of
Traffic Engineers.
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DR. PIERRE N. CHARBONNET, Tulane '15, former
Tulsa, Okla., obstetrician and gynecologist, died of
a heart attack in downtown Pass Christian, Miss.
He was 59 years old and had lived at Pass Christian
since his retirement, because of a heart ailment, in
1949. He had practiced medicine in Tulsa for 30
years following his service during World War I. He
served with the Army Medical Corps, attaining the
rank of captain, and was awarded the Purple Heart
for wounds received in action overseas. Of French
descent, he spoke French fluently and served as an
interpreter in addition to his medical duties.
Brother Charbonnet was a member of the county
and state Medical Societies; of the American Board
of Obstetrics and Gynecology, thg Southern Medical
Association and of the Catholic Church. He was a
fellow of the American College of Surgery.
CHARLES WILLIAM STUMPFF, Gettysburg '29, died
suddenly at his home in San Gabriel, Calif., Dec.
27, 1953. A native of Pennsylvania, Brother Stumpff
had resided in Texas for a number of years until
moving to San Gabriel about three years ago. He
was division manager for Brown Forman Corp.
REV. CHARLES S. PIER, Knox '01, retired Presbyterian
minister, died in the Methodist Hospital, St. Joseph,
Mo., Jan. 18, 1954. Brother Pier retired from the
ministry ten years ago and had made his home in
Champaign-Urbana, 111. Among his pastorates were
the First Presbyterian Church at Tolono, 111., at
Marinette, Wis., and at Urbana from 1924-26. He
was a member of the Masons and of the Kiwanis
Club.