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

42 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for September, 1953
GEN. W. R. MCREYNOLDS, Ohio '15
Heads' mission to Indo-China.
BRIG. GEN. WILBUR R. MCREYNOLDS, Ohio '15, has
been called from retirement to serve as chief of
the Mutual Security Agency Special Technical and
Economic Mission to Indo-China. He left in June
for Saigon after completing briefing sessions in
Washington, and his wife will join him in the fall.
Recently reported in the Brief, magazine of 4" A
legal fraternity, was the double initiation,^ February
6, at the University of Georgia, of JULE W. FELTON,
Emory-Mercer '19, Judge of the Court of Appeals,
into honorary membership, and of his son, JULE,
JR., Emory '52, into regular membership.
PRESTON JOHNSTON, S.M.U. '42, late in June completed
his term as national president of the American
Business Clubs. He turned over his gavel to
his successor at the national convention in Enid,
Okla. Brother Johnston, as the past president,
became a member of the national executive board.
His home is in Lubbock, Texas.
W. NOBLE GILLETT, Illinois '00, has moved from the
position of president to that of chairman of the
board of the Chicago Paper Co. at Chicago.
SANFORD FLICKINGER, Iowa Wesleyan '45, president
of Psi province, has accepted a new position as
admissions counselor at Drake University in Iowa.
He has been teaching English and speech at
Oskaloosa high school.
Purdue University has announced the appointment
of GLEN HARMESON, Purdue '30, as assistant
basketball coach. Brother Harmeson has served as
backfield assistant in football for the last two
seasons while helping with basketball on a part
time basis. One of Purdue's greatest all-around
athletes, he coached at Lehigh and at Wabash
before returning; to Purdue.
Three Ohio Phis Awarded
Certificates of Merit
Three Phis were among the Ohio University
alumni who were honored with "Certificate of
Merit" awards by the alumni association at their
annual luncheon in June. They are: DR. JAMES A.
LYON, Ohio '04, of Washington, D.C., for distinguished
attainments in the fields of internal medicine
and xardiovascular diseases; DR. DON D. TULUS,
Ohio '98, of Jaffrey, N.H., for his attainments in
the fields of Christian ministry, church administration
and religious journalism; and FRANK M.
CAVETT, Ohio '28, Hollywood, Cahf., for his work
in the field of motion picture arts. He was a recent
Academy Award winner for his script writing of
The Greatest Show on Earth.
Nominations for the awards are made by members
of the Ohio University Alumni Association, with
final selections being made by the association's executive
committee, the number selected depending
on the number nominated and the ranking of their
achievements.
Other Phis who have won the award in previous
years include: A. A. ATKINSON, Ohio '91, electrical
engineering: ISRAEL M. FOSTER, Ohio '95, law;
EDWARD N. MGWILLIAMS, Ohio '12, theatricals, radio
and TV; GEN. WILBUR R. MCREYNOLDS, Ohio '15,
Army; GROSVENOR S. MCKEE, Ohio '16, electrical engineering,
and DR. HARRY E. LEFEVER, Ohio '23,
surgery.
The hard struggle of THOMAS G. KENNEDY, Case
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