1930–31 Volume 55 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THESCROLLPHI DELTA THETAJanuary, 1931sity of Illinois, and Mrs. Trees wereguests.Brother and Mrs. Stephens are livingat 88 Elm Street, Montclair, NewJersey. He is connected with the NewYork office of the Chicago Bridge andIron Works.The time and energy William J.MacKenzie, Case, '12, has devoted tothe study of and research in alloysteels has been rewarded by his appointmentas chairman of the Iron andSteel division of the American Institute-ofMining and Metallurgical Engineers.Brother MacKenzie is vicepresidentin charge of Interstate Ironand Steel Company of Chicago, nowa part of the Republican Steel Corporationof Youngstown, Ohio. Hisentire business career has been devotedto the iron and steel industry. BrotherMacKenzie is a native of Canton,Ohio, and after attendance at Case hewent to Harvard where he received aB.S. degree.(jeorge E. Turner, DePauw,'07, wasrecently elected president of the FirstReinsurance Company of Hartford,Connecticut. Brother Turner was formerlyan outstanding insurance attorneyin Chicago where he was associatedwith the firm of Loucks, Kckert,and Peterson. For a number of yearsBrother Turner was a well-known Indianapolislawyer where was associatedwith Claris Adams, Butler,'11, now executive vice-president ofthe American Life company of Detroit.Brother Turner has served as insurancecommissioner of Indiana and alsoas counsel for the Insurance Federationof America.Louis E. Van Norman, C. C. N. Y.,'91, who for many years was with theDepartment of Commerce in Washington,is now on the staff of the UnitedStates Daily, the newspaper devotedexclusively to the publication of officialgovernment news at Washington, asa medium between the Department of[280]Commerce and the newspaper. Thepaper is headed by David Lawrence,famous political correspondent. BrotherVan Norman has had a long careeras a publicist. For a time he was actingcommercial attache of the Americanlegation at Bucharest. He haswritten or translated numerous books.Steps to relieve unemployment inBaltimore and the state of Marylandwere taken November 13 when JohnP. Troxell, Washburn, '20, economistand labor official, was appointed directorof the Baltimore city commissionon stabilization of employment. Hissalary is $10,000 a year.Troxell, a former economics instructorat the University of Wisconsin,is now district manager of theShoe Workers' Protective Union,Haverhill, Massachusetts.GEORGE MACK, JR., Washburn, '30A Houston paper of November 27carries an interesting feature article ofLieutenant Governor Edgar E. Witt,Texas, '00. Brother Witt's politicalcareer is traced through half a dozenterms in the house and senate of theTexas legislature. He is one of themost popular lieutenant governors theLone Star state has had in many years.Brother Witt is the senior member ofthe law firm of Witt, Terrell, andWitt, of Waco. He was a provincepresident from 1904 to 1906.Ralph B. Feagin, Texas, '14, has recentlybeen elected president of theUnited Gas Corporation of New YorkCity. This large utility was some timeago merged with the Electric Bond andShare Company. A few years agoBrother Feagin was a member of thelaw firm of Baker, Botts, and Garwoodin Houston, Texas. He afterwardswent to New York as an attorney forthe Electric Bond and Share Companyand was later made a vice-president ata salary of $50,000 a year.The resignation of Albert G. Redpath,Columbia, '18, as special assistantto Under Secretary Mills of the