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

THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for September, 1953 45
"Presented to Robert S. Henry by members of the
Railroad Public Relations Association in recognition
of his achievements in the field of railroad public
relations and for his contributions to the profession."
Brother Henry is vice-president of the Public
Relations department of the Association of American
Railroads.
.\ 25-year-old attorney who was graduated from
West Virginia's Law School in June, 1952, served
as prosecuting attorney when 48 men were tried in
Clay, W.Va., Circuit Court for murder. JAMES
WILSON REED, West Virginia '50, son of State
Senator E. Ray Reed, was elected prosecuting attorney
of Clay County five months after receiving
his diploma.
G. NOLAN BEARDEN, Georgia Tech '28, special agent
for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
in Los Angeles, Calif., was elected chairman of the
Million Dollar Round Table of the National Association
of Life Underwriters at their annual meeting.
The Round Table is composed of 1,240 life
underwriters, all of whom sell more than a million
4olIars of insurance each year.
Elected a new director of the Los Angeles Grain
Exchange is FRANK VIAULT, JR., Kansas State '39, of
the California Milling Corp.
R. G. KENYON, Lafayette '17, vice-president of the
Southern California Edison Co., recently was installed
as president of the Electric Club at Los
Angeles.
WALTER R. COX, Sewanee '51, is in Bangkok, Siam,
with an aviation consultant firm surveying and
planning various expansion phases of the Thai
aviation industry.
William C. Cornelius Memorial
Trophy Awarded First Time
A new and appropriate award was given
for the first time at Vanderbilt University
this Spring. Named the William C. Cornelius
Memorial Trophy, established by his
A9 brothers of 1941, it honors the late
WILLIAM CORNELIUS, Vanderbilt '41, who
was killed in heroic action at Los Negros
Islands in 1944, for which the D.S.C. was
awarded posthumously. The trophy will
be given to the outstanding member of
the track team, track having been the interest
closest to Brother Cornelius' heart.
Another memorial honoring Brother
Cornelius is the Cornelius Stadium and
Field House, erected at the permanent
headquarters of the First Cavalry Division,
sixteen miles north of Tokyo, Japan.
Dr. Davis' Daughter Stars
in AAU Junior Olympics
Brother Phis will be interestec^ to know
that DR. JOHN DAVIS, JR., Washburn '38,
of Topeka, Kan., more than conscientious
and interested sports editor for THE
SCROLL, has a daughter whose athletic
prowess is proving a source of great pride
to her sports-minded father. Barbara, age
10, won the standing broad jump title
with a leap of 6 feet, 10 inches at the
National AAU Junior Olympic track and
field meet in San Francisco, CaHf., in June.
She also reached the finals of the 50-yard
dash and ran anchor on the San Francisco
Public Parks 200-yard relay team which
placed third.
William L. Wilson and Tariff Reform, is the
name of a recently published volume by PROF.
FESTUS P. SUMMERS, West Virginia '23, head of the
history department of West Virginia University.
The book is really a biography of a noted West
Virginian who served as postmaster general in the
cabinet of Grover Cleveland, and was one of the
authors of the Wilson-Gorman tariff act.
DOUGLAS MCKAY, Oregon State '17, Secretary of the
Interior in the cabinet of President Eisenhower and
formerly Governor of the State of Oregon, in March
received the first Distinguished Service Award ever
given by the military department of the State of
Oregon.
Brother McKay received a citation, in which he
was paid tribute for exceptional service rendered
to the National Guard of Oregon, during the time
that he was the Governor of the state.
GEORGE VAN GORDER, Williams '18, who is the president
of McKesson & Robbins, Inc., has been elected
a member of the advisory committee of the Associated
Reciprocal Exchanges, which in their operation
may be compared with self-insurance by a
group of preferred-risk industrial, commercial and
other enterprises.
Associated Reciprocal Exchanges with their affiliated
Canadian Reciprocal Underwriters, have over
,52,500,000,000 of insurance in force.
H. W. (Wheat) LINK, Ohio '22, regular SCROLL contributor,
is working at Ohio University as supervisor
of the mail service until the doctors allow him to
return to the construction business. Brother Link
was severely injured in an accident some months
back.
CARL O. LINDEMAN, Iowa State '30, has been elected
vice-president of Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company and general manager in Minnesota.