1950–51 Volume 75 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

The SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for September, 1950 47Three Phis in-a-rowBecome Governor! *WHEN the Governor of Oregon, DOUGLASMCKAY, Oregon State '18, left the stateto attend the governors' conference atWhite Sulphur Springs, W.Va., he leftexecutive duties to a pair of brotherPhis, who each became governor for aperiod of several days.President of the Senate, WILLIAMWALSH, Willamette '27, came into thegubernatorial chair for the first week,then departed to Fort Lewis, Wash., toreview the national guard. Came thenthe turn of FRANK VAN DYKE, Willamette'31, Speaker of the House, who held topspot in the state until McKay's return.This undoubtably marks the first timein the history of "^A'S that three menof the Fraternity were governors of a stateconsecutively—and all the time their righthand man was THOMAS LAWSON MCCJUX,Oregon '36, the governor's administrativeassistant.—TRAVIS CROSS, Willamette-Stanford'49.JAMES E. ALEJEN, Louisiana State '48, recentlyreigned as king of the annual celebration,"Holiday in Dixie," which is held annually inShreveport, La. Brother Allen, who is now associatedin business with the firm of E. M. Freemanand Associates, consulting engineers, graduatedfrom Louisiana State University in June,1948, with the degree of Bachelor of Science inCivil Engineering. During the war, he servedthree and a half years in the army, eighteenmonths of which were spent overseas, and wasdischarged with the rank of captain. Jim is amember of S T 2 fraternity, American Societyof Civil Engineers, the Shreveport Country Club,the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Cotillionand Emanon Clubs. At last year's "Holiday inDixie,'' another Phi was chosen as king, JOHNATKINS, Washington ir Lee '45.DR. RALPH DIGMAN, Lawrence '4a, assistant professorof geology at Lafayette College, recentlyresigned his post to become assistant professorof geology on the staff of the State Universityof New York. Dr. Digman was born in Milwaukee,Wis., and was graduated from LawrenceCollege. He received his M.S. in 1943 from YaleUniversity, where he held the William E. FordScholarship. His doctorate was granted by SyracuseUniversity in 1949. His academic experienceincludes teaching at Yale, Wesleyan, Syracuse"and Lafayette. At Wesleyan University he wasacting chairman of the department of geologyfor three years. At Syracuse University he establishedgeology at Utica College, a branchcollege of the University. He was appointed tothe staff of Lafayette College in September, 1949.LT. (J.G.) ROBERT HILL SHAW, JR., North Carolina'45, is now stationed at the Norfolk Naval Base,where he is in the Supply Corps.HAROLD C. CLINGEN, Syracuse '14, is now incharge of manufacturing. at the L. W. SingerCompany, Inc., of Syracuse, N.Y. An item in theMay, 1950, SCROLL described his previous workas editor and sales director of Newson and Company.JOHN RITTER, Gettysburg '31, is also associatedwith the Singer Company.DR. HOWARD A. RUSK, Missouri '23, has beenelected a director of the New York City Tuberculosisand Health Association. He is also professorand chairman of the department ofphysical . medicine and rehabilitation of theCollege of Medicine of New York University, andchief of rehabilitation at Bellevue Hospital inNew York, as well as director of the Instituteof Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of theBellevue Medical Center. Brother Rusk is alsoan associate editor of the New York Times.Rusk was recently appointed by PresidentTruman to a special committee of three membersto review certain veterans' problems, especiallythose of the paraplegics and amputees.The committee will report directly to the nation'schief executive.DR. HOWARD A. RUSK, Missouri '23Director of New York City Tuberculosis andHealth Association