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sector, where she said conditions were<br />

much worse than in other occupied<br />

countries.<br />

Skipper Good is doing survey work in<br />

the Barometer Division <strong>of</strong> the Psychological<br />

Corporation in New York City.<br />

The oldest firm <strong>of</strong> its kind in the country,<br />

it takes public opinion pollings, does<br />

advertising and market research and<br />

tests nursing school applicants.<br />

Evelyn V ock is now Mrs. Robert<br />

Sturge. Married in July, she was attended<br />

by Catherine Cowles. Evelyn is employed<br />

in the Technical Personnel Division<br />

<strong>of</strong> General Electric, while Bob is<br />

a trainee for Sears Roebuck.<br />

Catherine Cowles is engaged to Harold<br />

McKenzie, ho will graduate from<br />

Syracuse <strong>University</strong> this year.<br />

Gini Barrett spent last summer at<br />

Brockport State Teacher's College and<br />

is now employed as a teacher at Greece<br />

Central School. She is enjoying very<br />

much her work with the third-graders.<br />

1�50<br />

Tody Soble's engagement to Bernard<br />

Eissenstat has been announced. Tody has<br />

been employed by the Lawyer's Cooperative<br />

Publishing Company in <strong>Rochester</strong>.<br />

Betty Pratt became engaged to Bill<br />

Stewart, '44, in November. Their plans<br />

for a late winter honeymoon <strong>of</strong> two<br />

weeks <strong>of</strong> skiing went awry when Betty<br />

broke her leg while skiing just before<br />

Christmas.<br />

Beverly Goebel is in Philadelphia<br />

working toward her master's degree in<br />

library science at Drexel Institute.<br />

Sally Williams is at Catholic <strong>University</strong><br />

in Washington, D. C., working for<br />

her M.A. in English.<br />

Another member <strong>of</strong> the class doing<br />

graduate work is Mary Jean Sullivan,<br />

who is at the Physical Therapy School<br />

<strong>of</strong> Duke <strong>University</strong> School <strong>of</strong> Medicine.<br />

Ruth Swanker is employed in <strong>Rochester</strong><br />

by Case-Hoyt Corporation, Printers.<br />

Jinx Baker, who married Jerry Crouch<br />

in October, is employed at the Todd<br />

Company in <strong>Rochester</strong>. Jerry is working<br />

at Sibley, Lindsay and Curro<br />

Mary Lou Keck was married to Frank<br />

Eckert in September in Dallas, Tex.<br />

They ,!re now living in Triumph, La.,<br />

where Frank is an engineer with Gulf<br />

Oil Corporation.<br />

Marg Sauerbrey became Mrs. Robert<br />

Quade in November. The wedding took<br />

place in Binghamton and Marge was at-<br />

tended by Martha Dowd. Bob is a senior<br />

at the UR.<br />

Ken Button, '50, and Jane Wells were<br />

married December 21 in Rdchester<br />

Jane is a research assistant in nucleat<br />

physics at the UR, while Ken is doing<br />

graduate work in physics.<br />

Another December bride was Charmian<br />

Werley, who married John Cardwell<br />

Wright in <strong>Rochester</strong>. Phyllis Adams,<br />

'5 1 and Jane Colahan Mullin were<br />

among her attendants.<br />

IN MEMORIAM<br />

The Rev. Dr. Mitchell Bronk, '86,<br />

member <strong>of</strong> Delta Kappa Epsilon, died<br />

October 31 at his home in Germantown,<br />

Pa. He was 87. A native <strong>of</strong> Manchester,<br />

N.Y., Dr. Bronk received both his A.B.<br />

and D.D. from the UR and his M.A.<br />

from New York Ul!iversity. He also<br />

studied at the universities <strong>of</strong> Leipzig,<br />

J ena, Berlin and Geneva. He received<br />

his theological training at Crozier Theological<br />

Seminary, graduating in 1892.<br />

He served pastorates in New York City,<br />

Bayonne, N.]., and Stoneham, Mass.<br />

From 1924 to 1939 he was editor <strong>of</strong> the<br />

adult Sunday school publications <strong>of</strong> the<br />

American Baptist Publications Society.<br />

From 1931 to 1940 he was book editor<br />

<strong>of</strong> the society. Dr. Bronk was an authority<br />

on Baptist history and the author<br />

<strong>of</strong> many articles, short stories and<br />

books. Surviving are his son, Dr. Detley<br />

W. Bronk, president <strong>of</strong> Johns Hopkins<br />

<strong>University</strong>, and a daughter, Miss Isabelle<br />

Bronk, with whom he lived.<br />

Neil Burgess Jr., '39, member <strong>of</strong> Theta<br />

Delta Chi, died last March 11. After receiving<br />

his M.S. from M.LT., he was<br />

with General Electric's gas turbine division<br />

and lived in Melrose, Mass. His<br />

wife and two daughters survive.<br />

Charles W. Butler, '91, died last November<br />

16. Graduate <strong>of</strong> Albany Law<br />

School, he had practiced law in his<br />

home town <strong>of</strong> Fairport and served as<br />

town clerk, village president, village attorney<br />

and supervisor <strong>of</strong> the town <strong>of</strong><br />

Perinton.<br />

George B. Carpenter, '11, died at his<br />

home, North Brookfield, Mass., on October<br />

5.<br />

Joseph L. Humphrey, '95, member <strong>of</strong><br />

Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, died<br />

last November. He was an attorney,<br />

practicing in <strong>Rochester</strong>.<br />

Robert E. Rogers, '95, died November<br />

11 in Buffalo. He was 78. Until his<br />

retirement two years ago he was assistant<br />

secretary-treasurer <strong>of</strong> Spencer-Kellogg<br />

& Sons, Inc., with which he had<br />

been associated since 1902.<br />

George H. Taylor, '10, member <strong>of</strong><br />

Alpha Delta Phi, died last September<br />

30. He was an executive <strong>of</strong> the Taylor<br />

Instrument Company for many years.<br />

Horace F. Taylor, '93, member <strong>of</strong><br />

Alpha Delta Phi, and trustee <strong>of</strong> the<br />

<strong>University</strong> until last year, died last October<br />

5 in Buffalo where he had been a<br />

civic leader for many years. He was<br />

president <strong>of</strong> Taylor and Crate, Inc.,<br />

wholesale lumber firm, until it was<br />

liquidated a few years ago ' and a former<br />

president <strong>of</strong> the Buffalo Chamber <strong>of</strong><br />

Commerce. He also had been president<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Buffalo Lumber Exchange and<br />

the National Wholesale Lumber Association,<br />

then the largest trade association<br />

in the United States. His son F. Chase<br />

Taylor, known to the radio world as<br />

"Col. Stoopnagle", also a UR graduate,<br />

died last May and his wife, the former<br />

Sara Chase, died in 1927. Surviving are<br />

another son, Horace J r., a daughter,<br />

two brothers and a sister.<br />

George B. Marble, '03, member <strong>of</strong><br />

Delta Upsilon, died last September 21<br />

in his home in Syracuse. He was 71.<br />

From 1903 to 1905 he was principal <strong>of</strong><br />

Parish High School, and from 1905 to<br />

1915 served as principal <strong>of</strong> Spencerport<br />

High School. He married the former<br />

Miss Frances Julia Slayton, '10, <strong>of</strong><br />

Spencerport. In 1918 he moved to Syracuse<br />

and became associated with the<br />

Cloverland Dairy and was one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

first to advocate pasteurizing milk. In<br />

1922 he started his own business and at<br />

his death was president <strong>of</strong> The Marble<br />

Farms Dairy, Inc.<br />

He was a member and former elder<br />

<strong>of</strong> First and Fourth Presbyterian<br />

Church <strong>of</strong> which his wife is now an<br />

elder. He is survived also by two daughters,<br />

Mrs. La Verne M. Brister <strong>of</strong> Owego,<br />

and Miss Beatrice N. Marble <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Rochester</strong>; four sons, James W., Quentin<br />

G., Louis S., and Frederic M. Marble;<br />

five grandchildren.<br />

College for Women<br />

Rae Wyland McIntyre, '36, died December<br />

10. She was employed as an<br />

optical designer at Projection Optics<br />

Company in <strong>Rochester</strong>. She is survived<br />

by her husband', Laverne S. McIntyre<br />

and three small sons, Daniel, Dennis,<br />

and Douglas.<br />

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