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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for May, 1954 447
1906. He obtained his law degree from Harvard
University, where he was a member of the staff
of The Harvard Law Review, in 1905.
The law firm with which Brother Owen was associated
took its present name in 1941, when the late
Wendell Willkie became its head. As a specialist
in corporate law. Brother Owen took part in several
major corporate reorganizations and financial transactions.
He was a director of the Gengral Reinsurance
Corp., Purolator Products, Inc., International Minerals
and Metals, National Zinc Company and York
Commercial Corp. He was a member of the local,
state and national bar association, a director of the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society and a member
of the University, Recess, Blind Brook Golf, American
Yacht and Gulf Stream Golf Clubs.
WILLIAM R. C. KENDRICK, Iowa Wesleyan '01, Iowa
State law librarian, died at his home in Des Moines,
la., in March, 1954. He was 75 years old and had
served as state law librarian since 1947.
Brother. Kendrick began the practice of law in
1903 following attendance at Iowa Wesleyan, Ohio
Wesleyan University and the State University of
Iowa, and lived in Centerville and Keokuk before
coming to Des Moines in 1917 as an assistant attorney
general. In 1923 he became state insurance
commissioner and four years later became general
counsel for the former Royal Union Life Insurance
Company of Des Moines and chief counsel for the
federal land bank office in Omaha, Neb.
He was a former member of the board of governors
of and librarian for the Iowa State Bar Association,
a member of the Polk County Bar Association
and the Iowa Pioneer Lawmakers Association.
He was a member of the Des Moines Club,
Wakonda Club, the Masons, Elks, Sons of the American
Revolution, First Methodist Church and was a
Golden Legionnaire of 4> A 9.
It is with sorrow that the Illinois Delta-Zeta
chapter of * A 9 pays respect to RODNEY W.
STUART and PAUL Q. GANO, killed in an automobile
acddent Mar. 22, 1954. Both were
members of the Senior class. Their years at
Knox were active with both of them participating
in many campus activities. Rod was
Vice-President of the Student Coundl and
chapter reporter, while "Pete" was serving the
chapter as pledge trainer. The brothers of
Illinois Delta-Zeta will miss these men but
at the same time they are grateful for having
had the opportunity to have known two such
fine men and brothers.—DEWITT CASEY, Reporter.
ticed, and from 1935 to 1942 served as a trustee of
Knox College.
During World War II he served for a year with
the Board of Economic Warfare in Washington,
D.C.
Among the survivors is a brother. Dr. Selden Gale
•Lowrie, Knox '07, professor of political science at the
University of Cincinnati.
JOHN MARSHALL LOWRIE, Knox '08, former Chicago
corporation attorney, died in St. Luke's Hospital,
Chicago, 111., Mar. 2, 1954. Since 1934 he had maintained
his own private practice in Galesburg, 111.,
where he made his home.
A native of Michigan, Brother Lowrie received
his higher education at Knox College, the University
of Illinois, and received his law degree from Columbia
University. He was honored with Columbia's
Medal for Excellence at the 1949 commencement
exercises.
Following graduation he was associated with
several law firms in New York City, and from 1917
to 1930 was a member of the firm of Powell, Lowrie
and Ruch. In 1930 he transferred to Illinois where
he joined the law firm of Trowbridge, Lowrie,
O'Donnell and Johnston.
Brother Lowrie was a member of the Century, The
Players and Lawyers clubs in New York City, of the
University and "Tavern clubs in Chicago, of the several
bar associations in the areas where he had prac-
DR. FRANK WADE LARUE, Indiana '09, died in
Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 19,
1954. An outstanding dentist, Brother LaRue had
practiced dentistry in Indianapolis for 40 years, and
until ten years ago had served as a member of the
faculty of the Indiana University School of Dentistry.
A past national president A 2: A, dental fraternity, he
was deputy of the Indianapolis chapter and had
lived at the chapter house for 41 years. During those
years he had served as friend, guide and confidant
to hundreds of dental students.
Brother LaRue was a member of the American
and Indiana Dental Assodations, a fellow of the
American College of Dentists, a member of A 2 A
and member of the Scottish Rite and the Murat
Shrine of Masons. He was held in high esteem for
his dvic and welfare activities, as well as his outstanding
work with students at the dental school.