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

446 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for May, 1954
America, past president of Indianapolis Lodge of
B'nai B'rith and president of District 2 of B'nai
B'rith. He was former state chairman of the Indiana
Refugee Committee which helped many refugees
from Nazi Germany resettle throughout Indiana.
Recently, he had served on the building committee
which constructed and dedicated the B'nai B'rith
Hillel Foundation Building at Purdue University.
For more than sixty years a loyal member of
* A 9, a Golden Legionnaire, Brother Feibleman
had attended many general conventions, and at both
the Centennial and the 1950 Chicago convention, he
gave excellent and moving pleas for the withdrawal
of the restrictive clause. At the time of his death,
he was a member of Indiana Alpha's building committee.
ELMER E. DUNLAP, Franklin '96, one of the organizers
and a charter member of Illinois Eta at the University
of Illinois, died in Bartholomew County Hospital,
Columbus, Ind., Feb. 11, 1954. He was 79 years
old and was president of Dunlap and Co., Inc., one
of the largest building contractors in southern Indiana.
He made his home at Columbus, Ind.
A native of Columbus, Brother Dunlap returned
there in 1925 after having spent the years from 1906
to 1925 in Indianapolis where he was engaged in
architectural work.
He was most active in church and civic affairs.
He was a trustee and elder of the Presbyterian
Church, a 50-year member of St. John's Masonic
Lodge, a member of Knights Templar, Scottish Rite
and the Shrine, a member of Rotary, Elks Lodge
and Harrison Lake Country Club and was a member
of the American Institute of Architects.
Always a loyal and devoted Phi, Brother Dunlap
was a member of the Golden Legion. He was architect
for both the Purdue and DePauw 4> A 9 chapter
houses. Many times he entertained groups of
Phis, young and old. Among the survivors are two
sons, Jerald B. Dunlap, Wabash '27, and E. Evans
Dunlap, DePauw '38, both of whom were assodated
with their father in business, and a grandson, Jerry
V. Dunlap, '58, now attending Purdue.
JOHN C. FETTERMAN, Pittsburgh '96, died in St.
Margaret's Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa., in March, 1954.
He was 79 years old and was the last surviving member
of old Western University of Pennsylvania fac-
Correction
Through a mistake in postal listing, the
death of JARVIS HART ALGER, Brown '43, of
Westerly, R.I., was reported in the March,
1954, issue of THE SCROLL. The report should
have been of the death of his father, JARVIS
HOWARD ALGER, Brown '09. Our apologies are
extended to Brother Alger.
ulty. He had served 26 years at- the University,
forerunner of the present University of Pittsburgh,
and was dean of the college and professor of science
and biology during his tenure.
Brother Fetterman left Pitt in 1923 to become director
of the National Certification Laboratories, retiring
in 1935. In recent years he had made his home
in Castle Shannon, Pa., where he was a member and
past president of the Rotary Club, a member of the
First Presbyterian Church and a member of the
Castle Shannon school board. He was a Golden
Legionniare of "!> A 9.
Among the survivors are two sons, Adam Fetterman,
Pittsburgh '25, and Dr. George Fetterman,
Pittsl>urgh '28.
DR. JAMES SOMERVILLE MCLESTER, Alabama '96, nutrition
expert and former president of the American
Medical Association, died at Birmingham, Ala., Feb.
7, 1954. He was 77 years old.
A native of Alabama, Brother McLester received
his B.S. from the University of Alabama in 1896
and his medical degree in 1899 from the University
of Virginia. He did graduate study at three German
universities. He was made Professor Emeritus of
Medicine at the University of Alabama in 1949 after
thirty years on the faculty.
Brother McLester served as president of the American
Medical Society in 1936, and as president, made
a nutritional study of men, women and children in
25 cities; the results were compared with similar
studies made in 1927. His book, "Nutrition and Diet
in Health and Disease," first published in 1927, is
in its sixth edition.
During World War I, Brother McLester served
with the Medical Corps overseas, and during World
War II he was chairman of the Nutrition Subcommittee
of the National Research Coundl, which
planned diets for the armed forces. He was internationally
famous for his studies on diet and nutrition.
Among the survivors is a son, Dr. James B. Mc­
Lester, Alabama '26, Associate Professor of Medicine
at the Medical College of Alabama.
JOSEPH W. WALKER, DePauw '21, was killed in an
automobile accident near Bloomfield, Ind., March 9,
1954. He made his home at Greenfield, Ind., where
he was manager of the Whitewater Forestry Company.
Brother Walker previously had been an employee
of the Public Service Company of Indiana
for 21 years. He was a veteran of World War I, a
member of the American Legion, and a member of
the Masonic and Elks Lodges at Greenfield. Among
the survivors is a brother, John W. Walker, DePauw
'19, and a son, John W. Walker, Indiana '49.
CARL MAYNARD OWEN, Dartmouth '01, Senior partner
in the law firm of Willkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher
and Walton, 15 Broad St., New York, N.Y., died at
Delray Beach, Fla., April 12, 1954. He was 74 years
old and had practiced law in New York City since