1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE ALUMNI FIRING LINEThe Jack Paar Show on Christmas night's NBCschedule featured Fred Hargesheimer (Iowa State'40) with films showing the dedication of the schoolin New Britain which was constructed from fundsraised by the Airmen's Nantambu Memorial Foundation,a tax-exempt corporation estabhshed byBrother Hargesheimer and some of his friends toencourage the growth of Christian leadership andto build a living memorial to the natives of theSouth Pacific who risked their lives to give aid tomembers of the Allied Forces during World WarII. (See feature story, "I Had To Go Back," in theNovember, 1961 SCKOLL).H. Richard Walker (Northwestern '47) has beennamed a general partner of Paine, Webber, Jacksonand Curtis, one of the nation's oldest and largestbrokerage firms. Brother Walker with his twobrothers, Victor (Northwestern '41) and Everett(Northwestern '43) formed Walker Brothers Restaurantsin Evanston in 1947. He left to join Paine,Webber in 1957 as a trainee and later became aregistered broker with the firm. Brother Walkerlives in Glenview.Assodation for 1965. He is Director of Promotionand Advertising for Triangle Stations with headquartersin New York City.Edgar H. FarreU Jr. (Maryland '46) has beennamed Detroit manager of the advertising .salesstaff of Time, the weekly newsmagazine. He joinedLife's advertising promotion staff in 1951 as retailrepresentative, transferred to Time's New York advertisingsales staff in 1962 with assignments in thePhiladelphia ,and Detroit offices. Before going withTime, he was associated with the A. C. Gilbert Co.,and the Chemical Bank and Trust Co. In 1951 hewas assistant legal counsel to the U. S. Senate CrimeInvestigating Committee. He attended StanfordUniversity before going to Maryland.Howard E. Buker (Miami '50) has been appointedpublic relations manager for the HooverCompany of North Canton, Ohio. Buker, a formerpresident of Ohio Alpha, has been assistant advertisingmanager of the company and has been aHoover employee since 1950.Richard Bi^erstaff Wilson (Montreal '24), Mayorof Victoria, since 1961, was the subject of columnistJames K. Nesbitt's feature recently. He tells of attendinga luncheon of the mayors of Quebec Province.He reports, "The roof of the Empress Hotelballroom almost fell in when the name of themayor of Victoria was mentioned. The applausewas deafening, the crowd stood and cheered andthen came 'II a gagne ses epaulettes,'" famouswords of praise indicating the person "has won hisspurs."* • *H. T. "Bud" Vaden (North Carolina '51) hasbeen elected president of the Broadcast PromotionKenneth S. Axelson (Chicago '44) vice-presidentand director of finance of the J. C. Penney Companyin New York City has been elected to thefirm's board of directors. Brother Axelson is alsochairman of the J. C. Penney Credit Corporationformed in April, 1964. Before joining Penney's hewas with the certified public accounting firm ofPeat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., in New York City;McKinsey & Company of Chicago; Columbia LumberCompany of Alaska at Juneau; and, the ArthurAnderson Company in Seattle, certified public accountants.• • *Tom Boyd (Wabash '64) is a Peace Corps Volunteerand is currently at work in Bogotd, Colombia.BROTHERS WALKER, WILSON, VADEN, and FARRELL.[259]