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

374 THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta for MAY, 1965Express/on of TfianksAt about 1:40 on the morning of January 12 this year, we lost a wonderfulson, Jim TunneU, in a car accident near Joplin, Missouri, and PhiDelta Theta lost a field secretary.If it was Jim's time to die, which it no doubt was, we as his parentsfeel there is no way Jim would have felt more honored in death than whileserving in official duty with his Fraternity.We doubt there are any of Phi Delta Theta's membership that have anydeeper and greater love for Phi Delt than Jim had. He thought his Fraternitywas the greatest. Had Jim lived beyond his 25 years, and whenhe had finished his role as field secretary, he no doubt would have destinedhis life to have continued an active part in the Fraternity.Words cannot express our gratitude and appreciation for the many acknowledgementsof love shown by so many of you members and your families.We can better understand why Jim loved the Fraternity so much.You have meant much to us, and we know Jim would deeply appreciateyour manifestations of love.Executive Secretary Bob Miller and his entire staff at Oxford have extendedus immeasurable assistance, and have done so with great compassion.We cannot comprehend two people doing any more than Bob Millerand Quincy Adams, Chapter Advisor of Jim's Chapter, Texas Delta ofSouthern Methodist University, have done in Jim's behalf.To all of Jim's Fraternal brothers, as parents and in behalf of Jim'ssister, Mrs. Bob Shoffstall, his brother. Tommy Tunnell, arid his fiancee,Evelyn Griffin, we are all so grateful.Glover & Ruby Tunnell, parents210 E. Dobbs StreetTyler, TexasPierce Webster (Lombard-Dartinouth'13) died while on vacation atHonolulu, Hawaii, March 11. Memberof an old and prominent family,he was born in 1892 in Galesburg,111., and attended Lombard Collegefor two years before transferring toDartmouth. With his brother, thelate Frederick C Webster (Lombard'11), he organized the Knox FinanceCo. in Galesburg in 1922, continuingin that business until his retirementin 1958. "Pete," as he waspopularly known, was an ArtilleryCaptain in France during World WarI. He was a Golden Legionnaire of$ A9.* * *Charles Regan Williams (Union'29) died Nov. 21, 1964, at Boston,Mass. Upon graduation from Unionwith an A.B. degree, he earned advanceddegrees of A.M. in 1930 andPh.D. in 1934 at Harvard University.On the staff ot Harvard's School ofPublic Health, he was a full professorof Applied Industrial Hygiene aswell as assistant vice-president otLiberty Mutual Insurance Companyot Boston and managing director ofits research center at Hopkinton,Mass. He was actively engaged in thenuclear energy field for many yearsand Was employed as a consultant tothe United States in the developmentof the first atomic bomb at LosAlamos, N.M.Chairman of the advisory committeeon Reader Safeguards of theU.S.A.E.C, his work on the effectsof nuclear radiation took him toEurope where he delivered scientificpapers at the International Conference,under the auspices of the U.N.at Geneva, Switzerland in August1955 and the International Symposiumon Legal and AdministrativeProblems ot protection in the peacefuluses of atomic energy at Brusselsin September 1960.A member of several professionalsocieties, he had accepted the nominationfor the Cummings MemorialAward of the American IndustrialHygiene Association, of which he wasa past president, for outstandingwork in the field. The award wasto have been presented in May 1965.He was a member of 2 S.Grant WUliam Smith (Manitoba'65) died in an automobile accidentin Winnipeg, Can., March 21.Brother Smith was to have receiveda degree in civil engineering at theclose ot this school year. A past presidentof the University of ManitobaSki Club, he was a former ManitobaJunior Ski Jumping Champion andwas a highly regarded downhill andslalom skier. Born in Winnipeg, heattended schools there before enteringthe University of Manitoba wherehe was a member of Manitoba Alphafor almost tour years.Frands W. Chapin (W. 8e J. '21),noted Chicago artist, died at hishome in Chicago, 111., February 23.He won numerous awards for hisworks, some of which are in permanentcollections of major art mu«seums throughout the country. Hewas an instructor at the Art Instituteof Chicago from 1929 to1947 and taught at its summerschool at Saugatuck, Mich., from1934 to 1938. He served as directorof the summer school from 1941 to1945. Early in his career,' BrotherChapin worked with Ramon Shiva,color chemist, in developing a colorknown as "Chapin Neutral," whichis used commonly by artists over theworld.Brother Chapin traveled throughoutthe world, painting scenes offoreign lands, and was well knownfor his lecture-demonstrations beforeart clubs and other organizations.WiUiam Fred Caylor (Mercer '23),long-time member of the faculty atthe University of Richmond, died athis home in Richmond, Va., inMarch. He joined the Universityof Richmond faculty in 1938 afterearning his bachelor's and master'sdegree at Mercer and serving on theMercer faculty. Although he retiredlast July, ill health had reduced hisactivities several years ago but untilthen he served as an associate professorof Spanish and as businessmanager and later assistant directorof athletics. For a quarter of a centuryhe was secretary-treasurer of theInterfratemity Council. He served onthe board of stewards of TrinityMethodist Church, and was a memberof the Masonic Lodge.Among the survivors is a brother,Frank Caylor (Mercer '27), Rome,Ga.Carl James Stephens (Colorado'16) died in the Veterans Hospital,Sioux Falls, S.D., February 25. Hepracticed law in Des Moines from1933 until he retired in 1958 as generalcounsel for the Iowa FarmBureau Federation and its affiliatedcompanies. After retirement, hemoved to Inwood, la., where, in1960, he served as general counselfor the U. S. Department of Agriculture.A native of Carson, la., he attendedDrake University and theUniversity of Colorado and was ad-