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WAGNER COLLEGE:
STATEN ISLAND. N. V.
HOMECOMING
WAGNER
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UPSALA
NOV. 3rd, 2 P. M.
�THE LINK The Wagner College Alumni News
OCTOBER, 1951
VOL. IV
No.1
Published in October, December, March and May by the Wagner College Alumni
Association , Staten Island 1, N . Y.
Alfred J. Krahmer '27, Alumni Secretary, Editor
Francis P. Hannigan '51, Assistant Editor
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
CHRISTIAN HOLMSTRUP '39............................................. President
DONALD DROWN '50 ................................................... Vice President
ELIZABETH WHITNEY '46 .........................................................Secretary
HE:RMAN MEYER ·1 1.................................................................. Treasurer
Members of the Executive CommiHee
DONALD H. RACE ' 30, ALFRED KRAHMER '27, WALTER BOCK '38,
CORNELIA BORGEMEISTER '44
Alumni Trustees of the College
ALFRED L. BECK '38
DONALD H. RACE ' 30
Alumni Members. Board of Athletic Control
FREDERIC SUTTER '94
ALBERT ACCETTOLA '4 1
Alumni Members. College Council
HENRY EILER ' 50
LILA THOMPSON BARBES '41
Alumni Members. Board of Traditions
GULBORG NILSON SHEIE
ROY CUTTER '41
The Wagner Alumni Association is a member of the American Alumni Counci l
ALUMNI CHAPTERS
Rochester
Northern New England
FRED GRUNST ·19 __ ._._. ____ ._. ______ ._. ______________ ._ .. _______ ._ President
N IEVES RI BES DOLE ·48 .... ___________ .. ___.. ________ .. ___ .. _____ Secretary
..... _...... _____ ............ __ ................. President
ELS IE SC HAT Z •5 0 .... _.. _.. _........... _....... _... _............... Sec ret a ry
Long Island
WALT ER KORTREY ·45 .. _________ .. _.... _.. _.. ______ .... ________ President
ELAINE HOE BEL FUHLBRUCK ·45 ______ .. ___ .. _.. ____ .. ____ Secretary
Brooklyn
PH ILI P ANSTEDT •39 ... ____ ..... __ ...... __ ...... _.............. ___ President
WILLIAM LEXANDER ·5 0 _.... __ ...... ___ ........ __ .... __ .. _..... Secretary
Philadelphia
ROBERT REISCH '50 ___________ .. _.. _______ .. _.. ____ .. _.. ______ .. ___ President
ELS IE CHANCELLOR •SON .. ________ .. ___ .. _...... ________ .. ____ Secreta ry
Westchester (NY)
LLOYD RICE '40 .. _.... _. __ .......... __ .. _.. _....... ___ . ___ . ___ . ___ .. President
MRS . CHARLES NEBAUER ___. _____ .. _.......... ___ .... _____ ... _.. Secretary
Staten Island
WILBUR STERNER ·42 ...... ______ ...... ____ .. ______ .. ______ ...... President
MARY P. PATTERSON ·50 _______ .. _____ .. _______________ .. _.. __ Secretary
ERNEST KI EFER ·50 .. ______________ .... _... _....................... Treasurer
Western New York
FRA N K KALM BAC H .......... __ ......... _____ ...... _... __ . __ . __ .... Pres ident
RI TA McGIVNEY KENNEDY N46 ... __ ....... __ .. _. __ .. _.... _ Secretary
Northern New Jersey
Col-mar-va (Washington. D. C. )
DAVID SMITH ·41 ........................ _._ ............. __ ........ Preside nt
WILL IAM N IEBANC K . 3 1....... _._ ..... _..... _.... _.. _.......... Secretary
CHARLES HELLR IEGEL •38 ...... _... _.......... _... _............ Preside nt
....-...... -.-...... --....... _....... __ ....... Secretary
Connecticut
Hudson Valley ( NY )
ROBERT HEYDENREICH ·32 .................. _._._ ... _.. _...... President
ELEANOR DOSSI N ·40 .......... ___ . __ ... __ ........... _.c._ ........ Secretary
FRA N K GOLLN IC K •3 0 ....... _.... _..... _......................... President
...... -..... -........ --........... _.......... _ Sec retary
Nursing Alumnae
BETTY SEIFMAN ·49N .................... _...... _................ President
RUTH TELLEFSEN '50 N .......................... _.. _. __ .. _...... Secretary
THE COVER PICTURE
It speaks for itself.
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We'll Be Seeing You . ..
"BIGGER
and better" is an overworked phrase, but
we can 't think of a more appropriate way to describe the 1951 Alumni Homecoming , scheduled for
the week -end of November 2 and 3 this fall.
The student body, the administration , and the}ac.
ulty look upon Homecoming as a time .w hen the red
carpet" is rolled out for vis iting alumnI. The campus
family is counting on a big turnout . Make your plans
now. We want to see you , and you won 't want to miss
it! See you on NOVEMBER 2-3!
All the famil iar features of the past two years , which
have been so successfu I, wi II be repeated . There wi II
be a Queen . She will be crowned Friday night and
reign over Saturday's program . Sir Julius , Knight of
the Rubbing Table, is still around , and will star in the
usual post-coronation gaiety.
Again the students will rally round a big fire on
West Campus to hear past football heroes and Big Jim
Lee Howell exhort the Sea hawks on to victory. (N. B.
-This really works . We haven 't lost a homecoming
game since 1947 ).
Saturday afternoon , before the game , there wi II be
the usual Float Parade. These floats get better every
year. There will be three cash prizes for the best
entries .
The game itself should be a good one. The Vikings
of Upsala are always tough (our great team of 1949
just managed to eke out a 12-7 win ) , but the Sea hawks
always do their best on Homecoming Day. Between
the halves those attractive cheerleaders and the band
will provide the usual fine entertainment.
After the game dinner will be available for those
who wish to eat "on the Hill " . The dance (and it will
be in our spacious new gym ) will feature the presentation of the Robb Memor ial trophy to the games most
valuable player, of the cup to the Queen , and the prizes
for the winning floats .
It all adds up to a great week-end on the campus.
Add to it the joy that comes from meeting old friends
and classmates , the thrill of " com ing home" to Alma
Mater, and the pleasure of seeing those two brand new
buildings , the dormitory and the gymnasium , and it
becomes something you just won 't want to miss.
WILL YOU BE IN THIS YEAR 'S CROWD?
GYM DED ICATION
The new gymnasium will be formally dedicated on
December 1, date of the first basketball game of the
1951-52 season . Tentative plans call for an open
house in the new girls ' dormitory from 2 until 3 in
the afternoon .
At 3 :30 p.m . the formal ceremonies of ded ication
will take place. The first game to take place in the
new gym will be with Hofstra at 8 p.m . Appropriate
ceremonies will accompany the game . For further details see the next issue of the " Link".
HOMECOMING 1951
Novenlber 2nd-3rd
Friday, November 2nd
8 p.m .-Coronation of the Homecoming Queen
9 p.m .- Football Pep Rally (West Campus)
Saturday, November 3rd
1 p.m .-Homecoming Float Parade
2 p.m .-Football-Wagner vs . Upsala
Show between the halves by band and cheerleaders
8 :30 p.m. -Dance (aud ito rium )
The Queen receives her cup
The Robb Memorial Trophy is awarded
Other Features To Be Announced.
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�ALUMNI DAY:
It Happened Last June
Chri s Holmstrup ' 39 was re-elected president of the
Wagner A lu mn i Assoc iaton at the annual meeting held
in connection with the Alumn i Week-end last June.
Donald Drown ' 50 was chosen as vice president, Elizabeth Wh itney '46 secretary, and Herman Meyer ' II
as treasurer.
Re -elected to the Board of Athletic Control was Dr.
Albert Accetola '41 , while Mrs . lila Thom pson Barbes
'4 1 was chosen as one of the two alumni members of
the College Council . Nominated to the Board of Trustees a~ alumni representative was Donald H. Race '30 .
This year 's election was noteworthy in respect to the
number of mail votes cast. Three hundred and sixtynine ballots were mailed in to the alumni office, an
all-time high . This increasing interest is admirable , of
course , but in the light of the number of eligible voters
(1430 ) we still have a long way to go.
The Association voted to set the goal of the 1952
Alumni Loyalty Fund at $3200, a figure which we
strove for and did not reach in 1951 . This is to be
divided among three scholarshps ($1200), the third
payment on the alumni lobby of the new gym
($1000) , and the pa rtia l payment of the cost of " The
Link" and other mailings ($ 1000 ).
The business meeting followed a dinner at which
Dr. Walter C. Langsam , Wagner president, was the
speaker. Charles R. Cook, who retired as college comptroller in June , was honored by the presentation of a
scroll signifying honorary membership in the alumni
association . Dr. Bruce Carney '37 was the toastmaster.
After the dinner , the annual dance was held in the
college auditorium . " Beaut iful Upon A Hill " and col lege football mov ies were shown at intervals to non dancers and to those taking a breathing spell from the
dance floor .
Dr. F. Charles DeWalsh , professor emeritus ,was the
guest of honor at the Saturday morning " Professsor at
the Breakfast Table " at which alumni were given a
special opportunity to meet the members of the faculty. Allan Miller ' 33 presided.
A highly profitable " alumni sounding board " session followed with Alumni President Chris Holmstrup
and General Alumni Secretary AI Krahmer tak ing turns
at presiding . Many fine ideas for the improvement of
the alumni work were aired. The only thing lacking in
the session was time , which we ran out of at lunch
time. A similar session is being planned for a Saturday
in the fall.
The Nursing School alumnae chapter held its annual
meeting at eleven o'clock on Saturday morning and
met for luncheon at noon . Details of ths event are
listed under chapter doings .
The events of the Alumni Day week-end were
planned by a special committee headed by Wilson
Gearhart '49. His able helpers included Mrs . Gladys
Wichman Fischer '50N, Ted Loos '42, Dick Schoen lank ' 50, and George Mayer' 38.
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Loyalty Fund Results
The 1951 Alumni Loyalty Fund closed on September
1. While we fell short of our goal of $3200, the final
amount being $2950.36 , there are several encouraging features of the results .
In the first place, the number of contributors con tinues to rise . Th is year it reached 414, the h ighest
ever. The amount contributed ;s also a record h igh,
topping by $312 the previous high of 1949, $2638 .
It is interest ing to note that the number of contributors in 1951 is more than double that of 1948
thereby keeping pace with the increase in the numbe~
of graduates. Two hundred and six gave in 1948 , 332
in 1949, 337 in 1950, and 414 in 1951.
In the same period the amount contributed has also
more than doubled . In 1948 the amount was $1378 .
In 1949 it rose to $ 2638, and fell to $2525 in 1950
(a building campaign year) , before reaching an alltime high of $ 2950 this year.
In 1951 there was a slight drop in the per capita
gift and there was no increase in the percentage of
alumni heard from . In 1948 the average gift was
$6.67 . In 1949 it rose to $7 .77 , and has dropped off
s ince to $7.48 in 1950 and $7 . 12 in 1951. In 1948
19 % of the alumni contributed , in 1949 it was 28 % ,
in 195026 %, and this year 26 % .
The highest amount for a single class was $287 .
Fifty contributed from our largest class , the class of
1950, wh ich numbered 340. The classes of 1940-41 -42
deserve special mention . They total 159 members.
Fifty-six of these , or one third contributed .
What is the end result of all these figures;> Just
this-they mean that we have paid in full our pledge
for three scholarships ($1200), and our pledge for
this year's payment on the Alumni lobby in the new
gym ($1000) , but that we shall not be able to meet
in full our obligation to meet the expenses of " The
Link" and other alumni ma ili ngs , toward which we had
promised to pay $1000.
This is the second successive year we have failed to
meet this item . A third failure may mean that we shall
have to curtail the number of "Link" issues. We hope
that this will not be necessary.
It shouldn't be. With the progress that has been
made , and the fact that the Alumni Association has
increased in number by 254 since last June , we have
high hopes for a successful campaign in 1952. You'll
hear more about that later.
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GRADUATE DEGREES
Thirty-nine Wagner graduates received graduate
degrees from 19 colleges and univers ities this June.
A check revealed that the most popular degree among
our grads was the M.A. Seventeen of them received
it, while 8 were granted the L.L.B . and 6 the M .S. Two
received the Ph .D. and the B.D ., B.S. in Chemical En g ineering, M.Ed., Dr. Osteo. , M.D., and the D.D.S. had
one recipient each among our alumni .
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SHE'S feminine-definitely!-and on the slim side ,
probably scaling in at no more than 130. But if
Wagner's administrative setup was to be published in
football line -up style, there's no doubt she'd be listed
as triple -threat fullback .
Unlike the fullback, however, who just can't pass ,
kick and run all at the same time, she keeps things
humming simultaneously in all three of her jobs. And
they are three of Wagner 's most important-Registrar,
Director of Admissions and Director of the Evening
School.
There 's n::> one who has earned a Wagner degree
since 1933 who doesn't know her : Marguerite Hess.
She's as much a part of the hilltop school as the Administration Building itself.
Technically, of course , Miss Hess is only another
employee of the school, like everyone else in the administration and on the teaching staff. But in reality
she has grown up with Wagner , and worked for Wagner, until it's become a part of her life. She will be
the fi rst to deny that statement, but ask any freshman
with whom she sat at her desk for an hour or more, to
work out a college program , or any senior who found
her door always open when a schedule snarl threatened
to put off graduation another year.
While she gives the traditional full measure of devotion-and more-to her jobs of Registrar and Director of Admissions, she really goes into high gear as
Di rector of the Night School. Once the sun goes down,
for Wagner's 500 evening students Marguerite Hess
IS Wagner. And she doesn't hesitate to admit that the
night school is her " pet."
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Her genuine enthusiasm for Wagner , and her willingness to give it all she has , are a part of Miss Hess.
She was only out of high school (Curtis) a year or
so when she first became a part of the school's machinery, in '33 as secretary to Dr. Clarence C. Stough ton , then president of Wagner. Two years later she
started her own work for a degree-the hard way, at
night.
Working an eight-hour day on the president's staff,
Miss Hess attended classes at night , giving up her
lunch hour during several semesters to sandwich in
additional courses. And when it was allover , in 1943,
she was given her Wagner degree cum laude and with
top -of -the-class hono rs . The same year she was named
to her present three-man assignment , something she
has handled eve r si nce plus a few temporary jobs from
time to time in fie lds as widely varied as public relations and placement tests.
Even with da y a nd night jobs , Miss Hess continued
her own part -t ime schooling , winning an NYU School
of Educat io n Master 's degree in 1947 . And today she
still says , " Gosh, I wish I had time to take some of
the night school courses; they teach so many more
things than when I was a student . . . . "
Trim in tailored clothes-her preference-and with
dark hair and brown eyes ,she looks more like a senior
than a member of the school's top administrative team .
And that's one of the things students like about her ,
the fact that she seems to be almost a fellow-collegian
and one who can, and will , help them over the hurdles
of undergraduate life.
It's no secret that hours mean little to her. She
puts in a full day five days a week, often is back in her
office Saturday morning "to clean up odds and ends,"
is on the job two or three nights a week throughout
the night school year, and during registration periods
is at work every day and every night until the turmoil
subsides and classes enter a normal routine.
With her own memories of the rigorous schedule of
evening school students who work during the day and
fight for a college education at night, Marguerite Hess
feels she cannot do too much for Wagner's night
school men and women . To them she is a college
president pro tem , director of admissions and everything else, a confessor when needed and a helper in
time of need.
If there's any proof required, she still gets mail
regularly from " Nighthawk" alumni who since have
scattered to the four corners of the world . And though
she probably won 't admit it , she spends one Sunday a
month composing a letter which goes out, mimeographed, to the Wagner men in the armed forces" just to let them know how their friends at Wagner
are getting along ."
But do you know what she ' ll say when she sees this
article in " The Link" ? -" It's really no work at all . . .
but it m3kes me happy to know they ' re still interested
in Wagner .... "
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�A New Face And More Space
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
Visitors to the al umni office since June 1 have been
seeing a new face at one of
the desks . It is that of
Francis P. Hannigan, better
known as Chubby. Hannigan replaces Dick Forster
J49, who resigned to accept
a fine position with the advertising department of
We s tin g h 0 u se I n t ern a tiona!.
Chubby Hannigan received his B.A. from Wagner on June 2 . On June 4
he was at work in the Public
Relations-Alumni office. While in college, Chubby was
a member of the Greater New York Conference basketba II champions of 1951, and a member of both
Kallista and Wagnerian staffs. At Wagner he will assist
in both publicity and alumni work , with his main responsibility being sports publicity.
AI Krahmer, Director of Public Relations and General
Alumni Secretary, is a happy man to be able to find
such replacements among the alumni . When Lois
Dickert '46 left last September, Dick Forster did a fine
job in her post. Dick was mainly responsible for the
great improvement in the Link.
We were sorry to see Lois go , but happy in Forster's
work. We were just as sorry to see Dick go, but are
equally happy to have Chubby Hannigan in the office.
While we are on the subject of the alumni office , let
us say that visitors will also find that we have more
space. We're still in the same room (16, just off the
main lobby) , but the full office is now ours . Previously,
we shared space with the Vice-president and his secretary.
Now we have room enough for meetings of the Executive committee and other small groups. The Alumni
Secretary now has a private office , with Hannigan and
Mrs. Geigel, our efficient office secretary, in the larger
outer office.
We 've had several visitors this summer. Harold
Reisch, Gunther Stippich , Lois Dickert, and Connie
Reisch are among those who have dropped in to say
hello.
Be sure that you visit the alumni office when you
are on the campus.
The Staten Island chapter of the Alumni Association held its annual meeting at the college on July 6 .
Wilbur Sterner '42 was re-elected president, Mary P.
Patterson ' 50 was elected secretary, and Ernest Kiefer
'50 was re -named treasurer. The group reported an
active year and turned over forty dollars to the Alumni
Loyalty Fund .
At another meeting of the chapter on September 14.
75 Staten Island alumni heard Coach Jim Lee Howell
report on the prospects of the 1951 Sea hawks , and
outlined plans for another big year. Scheduled . for
October 26 is a repeat on last year 's highly successful
Halloween masquerade. Also listed for the new year
are a Bridge-Canasta party in the late fall, and a Barn
dance for next spring .
The Nursing School alumnae chapter held its annual
meeting on June 2 . Elected to office were Betty Seifman '49N , president ; and Ruth Tellefsen ' 50N , secretary.
Meanwhile, a special committee appointed by chapter President Dave Smith, is busy planning an early
fall dinner meeting of the Northern New Jersey chapter. Dick Schoenlank and Howard Braren are carrying
the ball here.
The Brooklyn chapter has just concluded a special
survey made by a committee of Herb Hewitt, AI
Schmidt. and Charlotte Tippens . It reveals that the
Brooklynites want to meet monthly on Friday evenings ,
and prefer programs that present a college speaker
with films. This committee had been appointed by
chapter president Phil Anstedt.
Northern New England is without a president now
since Bill Villaume moved to Staten Island . Elsie
Schatz , chapter secretary, will be acting head until the
group holds its fall meeting .
Western New York held its annual summer picnic
meeting at the home of Frank Kalmbach , its president on August 19. Philadelphia chapter plans an
early fall meeting, and the Alumni office is hoping to
hear of similar plans in Rochester , Long Island , Connecticut, Westchester, Washington, and the Hudson
Valley.
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Sister Thelma Schade, of the class of 1950, has the
honor of being the f irst Wagner alumna consecrated
as a deaconess. Her consecration took place at the
convention of the Luther League of America in Iowa
City in August.
Sister Thelma, a nat ive of the Virgin Islands, has
been called to do social work in Ch icago.
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DIS~OUNT ~ARDS
The alumni office has been busy mailing discount
cards to those who have contributed to the Loyalty
Fund this year. The card , an innovation in this
year 's drive , entitles the donor to a 20 % discount
at all Wagner home basketball and football games,
and to student rates for all product ions of the Varsity Players and concerts by the college choir. Over
400 cards were mailed by the end of August , not
including those presented to the class of 1951 as a
courtesy.
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How Many Alumni?
Alumni Scholarship Winners
In the May issue of the " Link" , we printed a map
showing where Wagner alumni live. It revealed a
wide geographical distribution-40 states, the District
of Columbia, 12 foreign countries .
In this issue we thought you might be interested in
how many alumni there are . The figure is 1684 living
alumni , of whom 1252 are men , 432 women . Of this
number, 890, or better than 50 % , are graduates of the
classes 1948 to 1951. This illustrates graphically the
g reat development of the college in recent years.
In the years in Rochester (1883-1918), there were
161 graduates, of whom 84 are still living . In the
early Staten Island years (1919-1927) , there were 44
grads, all but two of whom are living . The next six
years (1928-1934) saw the number of graduates increase to 101 .
The year 1935 witnessed the graduation of first
alumna , Mrs. Mable Spitzer Sharon . Twenty-four other
co-eds and 143 men joined the ranks of the alumni in
the classes, 1935 to 1939 .
Real growth is noted in the early forties, despite the
war years. In the years 1940-47, there were 173
women and 235 men graduates. The class of 1948 was
the first to top 100 (total , 101) . The class of 1949
went over 200 (203) , the class of 1950 topped 300
(340), with the class of 1951 having 254.
What of the future? The 1952 class should number about 200 ,with future graduating groups expected
to number between 150-175.
Wagner alumni will be pleased to hear that two of
the three scholarships which their Loyalty Fund con tributions make possible have been awarded to children of alumni.
One winner is Miss Lois Erdman, daughter of the
late Rev. Theodore Erdman '27 . A resident of Jersey
City, she will enter the Nursing School this fall. The
other winner is William Heil, Jr. of little Neck, L. I.
His father is the Rev. William T. Heil '29. Young Heil
is a pre-seminarian entering as a freshman this fall.
Mear:lwhile Miss Margaret Rauffer ' 52, who has held
the first alumni scholarship since her enrollment as
a freshman in 1948, continues to do outstanding scholastic work. Edwin Rudinger ' 51 , alumni scholarship
holder for the past two years , received his B.S. de gree magna cum laude in June and has been accepted
for medical study at Columbia - Presbyterian Medical
School.
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It was a repeat performance for Bob Braine '49
when he leaped off the Staten Island ferryboat "Verrazzano" on July 15 to rescue a man who had jumped
from its lower deck. It was the second time in three
years, says the Staten Island Advance, that Braine
had performed such a rescue. His earlier effort was
on July 6, 1948.
The Staten Island Advance of July 13 listed 16
Staten Island residents who had won New York State
War Service Scholarships to continue college, professional , or vocational studies. The awards were made
on the basis of a competitive examinaton.
We are happy to report that eight of the sixteen
winners were Wagnerians Norman Schaefer '49,
George Bardes '52, Alphonse Belfatto '50, John Castle
' 50, Milton Edelman '50, Wesley Geigel '49, Joseph
Giordano '51 , and John Harrison '51 .
The annual Festival of the Red Rose was held at
Zion Lutheran Church , Manheim , Pa ., on June 10
when the congregation made its traditional payment
of " one red rose " as ground rent to the hei rs of Baron
Henry Wi lliam Stiegel. Speaker of the day was Dr.
Gunnar Knudsen '28 of Reading , Pa .
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Reunion in Korea
Lt. (j.g . ) Robert (Tex) Schneck, navy chaplain ,
arrived in Korea on July 15. Three days later he met
Lt. Commander Dan Pino '36, a medical officer. Expected in the area soon-Chaplain Walter Vierling
'37. How about a chapter organization, fellows?
Another Wagnerian in the Navy made news when
Mrs. Alfred Stuart was chosen "Queen of the Leyte"
and honored at a special dance given by the aircraft
carrier company. Stuart was called back to active duty
last fall, with one semester left to finish for his degree.
The New York Sunday News of July 15 gave the
story a full page spread.
The News also featured pictures of an all-Wagner
double wedding on August 20. The occasion was the
marriage of Trudy Deuschle '49 to Bill Morrison '49,
and of Helen Deuschle ' 50N to George Niederhauser
' 50. The girls are the twin nieces of Gertrude Ederle,
first woman to swim the English channel.
TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
At the June meeting of the United Lutheran Synod
of New York, the Rev. John Bauchmann '23, the Rev.
Frank Shimer, Frank Egner, and Henry Knaust were
re -nominated to the Wagner Board of Trustees. Mrs.
Luther Smith and John Kohout, nominated by the
Board , were approved for election.
At the same convention President Langsam was reelected a member of the Philadelphia Seminary Board,
along with Dr. Edmund Steimle, H-49. Dr. Edmund
Wagner, H-49, was re -elected treasurer of Synod , and
the Rev. John A. Kirsch '27 was named a member of
the Hartwick College Board of Trustees.
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�ALUMNI NEWS BRIEFS
1902
The Rev. Walter C. G. Veit , D.D., was awarded the Easton ( Pa . )
Exchange Club' s Annual Golden Deeds Award on May 10 for
outstanding community serv ice .
A son, Richa rd Lee, to Mr . and Mrs. De l ( Bernice Mikkelson
' 42 ) Al drich, June 12,1950.
A daughter, Elizabeth Mary, t o Rev . Everett ' 40 and Beatrice
Werner Jensen ' 40 , Dec. 12, 1950 .
A daughter , Kathlee n to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hanssen '50.
A son , Kenneth Paul, to Rev. Paul ' 44 and Dorothy Gross Alberti N46 , Apr. 13 .
A son, Darrel Edgar, to Donald ' 50 and Joan Wareham Drown ,
Apr. 24.
A son, Peter Trygve, to Mr. and Mrs. Trygve Tonneson ' 49,
Ma y 4.
A so n, Donald Ric hard, to Donald ' 49 and Evelyn Lindfors Spiro
N48 , May 3.
A son , Rudolph J ., Jr ., to M r. and Mrs. Rudolph Mikson ' 50 ,
May 6 .
A daughter, Carol Hel e n , to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred B, Malmquist
' 49 , May 8.
A daughter, Caro l Elizabeth , to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Scala ' 49 ,
May 19.
A daughter to Mr. and Mrs. louis Chrampanis '44, May 14.
A son, Andrew Edward, to Rev . Robert ' 40 and Ruth Gorman
Schneck ' 40 , Mar. 8 .
A daughter, Kathryn Anne, to Rev . Robert ' 47 and Virginia
Nelson Armstrong ' SON , June 3.
A son , Robert Bruce, to Robert ' 49 and Beatrice Carney Whitehead , Jun e 2.
A da ug hter, Kathryn Diane, to l , D, and Adele Buhlmann
Thomas ' 44 , May 13.
A son, J effrey Richard, to Richard ' 49 and Miriam Schmidling
Debus, Jun e 30.
A son, Jose ph John , to Dr. and M rs. Joseph Perosi ' 43 , June
29 .
A son , William Charles, to Mr. and Mrs. Arsene Cirignano '43,
Jul y 1.
A son, M ichae l Andrew, to Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Stambler ' 43 ,
June 20.
A son , Peter W illiam, to William ' 42 and Naomi Stover Monge
,46N, Jun e 6.
A daughter, Pamela J osephine, to Mr . and Mrs. Ernest Dow ' 51 ,
Jul y 8 .
A da ughte r, Wendy Ann , to Mr . and Mrs. William Wiley ' 42 ,
July 8.
A son, Robert Anthony to Robert ' 50 and Margaret Schmitt
Hin.: , July 9.
A son, Peter J ohn, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Orleman ' 48 , Jul y 16.
A da ughter, Linda Elaine, to Rev. William '4 5 and Elaine Hoe bel Fuhlbruck '45, June 14.
A daughter, Barbara Ellen, to M r. and Mrs. Th omas ( Ellen Klitgaard ' 46 ) Grewe , July 12.
A son, Jeffrey, to' Mr . and Mr s. David Brundage ' 49 , July 31.
A son, David He rber t, to The Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Hrdlicka ' 37 ,
Aug. 10.
A da ughter, J a na Clair, to Eugene ' 48 and Fay Reiman Ferretti
' 48N , Au g. 10.
A son, Phil ip Robert, to Philip ' 48 and Jean Blomquist laub ,
Aug .8.
A daughter, Diane, to Dr. and Mrs. David Annun%iato ' 43 , Aug.
15.
A daughter , Randi Ellen, to M r. a nd Mrs. Philip Jack Branner
'49, Au g . 13.
A daughter, Charleen Andrea , to the Rev. Robert ' 44 and Ger aldine Kirsch Arnold ' 44 , Aug . 24 .
A daughter, Eliza be th Aungier, to Mr . and Mrs. William M .
Beveridge , Aug . 25.
A son, Stephen, to Mr . and M rs. Matthew Scaffa ' 50 , Sept. 3 .
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1903
Dr. Otto l . Schreiber celebrated his 45th ordination anniversary
at Calvary Evang elical Lutheran Church, Jersey City .
1918
The Rev. Herbert Bosch , after 22 years as pastor of Conc ordia
Lutheran Church, Buffalo, has resi gned to accept the pastorate of
St. Paul 's, Blossom and St. John 's church, Elma, N. Y.
1922
The Rev. John Strodel celebated his 25th ordination anniversary. June marked the completion of the 25th year of his pastorate at Chri st Church, Buffalo.
1923
The Rev . John Bauchmann was honored at a special se rvice on
April 15 celebrat ing his 20 years at St. Jacobi 's and his 25th
ordination anniversary .
1924
The Rev. Fred Kern resi gned as pastor of Salem Church, Fremont , Nebraska, t o accept a call as representative of the National
Lutheran Council Commi ss ion on Lutheran Co-operation in Latin
America. He is now in Venezuela.
1925
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Dr. George Aus is the translator of "Man and State" by Bishop
Eivind Berggrav. The book drew a "b ig" review from " Time".
1927
The Rev. John Futchs was elected the first full-time president
of th e Rocky Mountain Synod on Ma y 11. The climax of h is
mini stry at Tri nity, Boulder, Colorado, was a mortgage burning
se rvice on June 10.
1930
The Rev . Nathaniel H. Kern was elected vice president of the
Texas Synod at its Jun e convention. He is pastor of Grace Church ,
Houston, Texas.
1931
The par ish house of St . Joh n' s church, Lindenhurst , Long Island,
has been completely renovated . The Rev. William Haegert is the
pastor.
1932
Herbert Straub , who received h is M.A . from Trinity College in
June, is teaching at Woodrow Wil son High School , Meriden, Conn .
The Rev . Robert O. Flechtner ha s moved fr om St . J ohn 's Lyons,
N. Y. to Zion ch urch , Bristol, Conn. Jerry Moccia , in the Mount
Vernon (N. Y.) Scheol system since 1934, has been appointed
principal of the Fulton School in that community.
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1933
Chri st Church, Ghent, N . Y. celebrated its 150th anniversary
in June with the completion of $1000 worth of improvements to
its building. The Rev . Walter Bielit% is pasto r.
1935
The Rev. Heinrich Suhr was awarded the honorary degree of
Docto r of Sacred Theology by the Chr istian Albrechts University,
Kiel, Germany, dur ing a special ceremony this summer. Suhr lectured on " German Immigrants in American Church Life".
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�.1936
The Rev. Robert Boettger is back in active se rvice as an Army
chaplain .
1~37
Rocco Zasa was appointed deputy County Clerk of Richmond
County (Staten Island) .
1938
Lt . (j .g.) Edward L. Weller has been recalled to active duty
in the Naval Reserve and assigned to the N . R. T . C. in Atlanta,
Ga . He is in charge of anti-subm arine warfare train ing. The Rev
Walter Bock was elected to the exec utive committee of the
Brotherhood of the United Lutheran Synod of New York a nd
placed in charg e of the scouting program of the synod .
sonage . The Rev. David Jensen is the pastor. Harold E. Hammond
has completed hi s Ph .D. in the Political Science facult y at Columbia . His thesi s, sched uled for publ ication thi s year, was " Charles
Patrick Dal y, A Commoner's Judge" . Hammond is one of the
youngest men to be incl uded in the " Directory of American
Scholars", and is now busy editing " A Union Democrat's Dia ry" .
At Long Isla nd Unive rsity, he is Admini strative Assis tant to the
President, Directo r of the Eve ning School and of the HicksvilleOyster Bay Annex , and assistant Professo r of Hi story.
1943
William James represented Wagner at the 100th anniversary
of lhe founding of the Hill School, Pottstown , Pa . on June 9. He
is Gu idance Coun sellor at Pottstown Junior H. S. Sonia Stevens
received her LL .B. from Fo rdham Law School, second in he r class.
She received the gradua ti on awa rd fo r hi ghest honors in the New
York State practice course, and has been admitted to the bar.
Dr. Erwin Nolte is a partner in a group pract ice of anest hesiology
in Detro it.
1944
The Rev . Eugene Roth ha s been installed as pastor of Gra ce
Lutheran church, Dun kirk, N . Y. Mrs. Dorothy Krauss Myers is
now living in Golden, Colorado where her husband is teach ing
chemistry at the Colorado School of M ines.
1945
Louise Costa O' Hara is t eaching at the Clara Barton School ,
Fords, N . J .
1946
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REMEMBER WHEN Wagner introduced two new movies , "Campus
Life The Clock Around " and " Movie Bugs" with a "Hollywood
premiere"? The date was February 25 , 1938 . In the picture are
Sara Reitan , usher ; Charley Chaplin (Sidney Leeds ) and Alfalfa of
the Our Gang comedies (Johnny Devlin ) . Photo by Justus Ahrend.
1939
The Rev. Philip Anstedt, pastor of Bethle hem churc h , Brookly n,
and president of the Brookly n Alumni chapter, wa s elected sec retary of the New York Synod of the Evangelica l and Refo rmed
Church for a two yea r term . Ascension church, Franklin Square,
L. I. dedicated a new church building on May 27. The Pasto r is
the Rev. Albert Keyser.
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1940
Dr . Jack Cooper assumed the pastorate of the State Street
Presbyter ia n church, Schenectady, N. Y., on Jul y 1. Th e Rev.
Everett Jensen , back from mi ssion work in Hawa ii, is now developing a new congregation in A lexa ndria, Va . fo r the Board of Am e rican Mission s of the U. L. C. A. Navy Chaplain Robert Schneck
left for se rv ice in Korea in May .
1941
Robert J. O'Connor received hi s M .D. at the New York State
Unive rsity Medical Center, and is now interning at Staten Isla nd
Hospita l. Captain John J. Goller has been named dist ri ct medical
officer of the Th ird Naval Dist rict .
1942
Bernice Mikkelson Aldrich is living in Rapid City , S. D. with
her hu sba nd and son. Her husband received a B.S. in Electr ical
Engineer ing from the South Da kota School of Mines and Technology last Jun e. Christ Luth e ran Church , Norwich, N . Y. ha s
purchased a new property and renovated it as a chapel and par -
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John Mentha is working for Burroughs and W elco me, Tuckahoe,
N. Y. as a chemi st . Lois Dickert received her M .A. fro m Co lum bia th is June a nd started wor k for " Time" magazine in Septem be r.
She and Peggy McDonald spe nt six weeks in Europe thi s summ e r.
Alma Leigh recei ved an M. S. from the New York School of Social
W ork in June. She is now working in Cleve land a nd doing graduate work at Western Rese rve. Ophelia ( Penny ) Spina Thomsen
is a proofreader in the Record catal og department at the RCAV icto r divi sion in Camde n, N . J.
1947
Dorothy Gutekunst Rit% is employed at the Firs t Nati onal Ban k,
Inwood, L. I. Ralph Magalee received hi s D.D.S . at N. Y. U. this
spring and is now at Sea View Hospital (5. I. ). Vincent Chiola
wa s elected to Sigma Xi, an hon orary grad uate research o rganizati on at the Unive rsity of Texas, where he had been a graduate
chemistry student. He is now a research a ssistant in a plastics
lab at Princeton, N . J . Arthur Krida received an M .A. from Trinity
College on June 17 , and will star t work for the Ph .D. at Western
Rese rve this fall. Stanley Stillwell received an M.A. from the
N . Y. U. School of Education . Barbara Bradford was awarded th e
M.A. at Columbia Teachers College.
1948
Norm an Johnson was awarded an M .A . by Brown University in
June. Norman wa s one of th e first winn e rs of the W agner Graduate Scholarship . Alva Schul% is teaching at P. S. 1, Tottenville,
S. I. Elisha Oggy ) Darson is now at Ba yshore ( L. I.) H. 5., after
three ve ry successful years a s basketball and socccer coach at the
Staten Island Academy .
1949
Wilson ( Lefty ) Gearhart is teaching a fourth grade class in
Valley Stream, L. I. Lawrence R. Paugh is enrolled in a busi ness
training course at the General Electric p la nt, Schnectady, N. Y.
Dave Boyd is working at the Prospect Park Y. M . C. A ., Brook lyn .
John lacavello received the M .S. in che m ist ry at V. P. I. in June .
Governor Luther Youngdahl ( hon. ) of M in nesota ha s been appointed Federal Di strict Judge in the Distr ict of Columbia by
President Truma n . Robert Whitehead ha s bee n recalled to active
navy duty as a Lieutenant (j.g.). Guy Molinari , who was graduated from New York La w Schoo l, is now in the Mar ine Corps. In
Law School .he wa s on the Dean 's Li st with an average of bette r
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�tha n 90 % . Richard Debus, Wagner Bursar, received an M .A. from
N . Y. U. this June. The Rev . William Luger has resigned as assistant pastor of Temple church, Philadelphia to accept a call to
Holy T rinity, Beach Haven Crest, N . J . and Zion, Barnegat Light,
N . J. Mrs . Luger is Mar ijean Worley ' 51 N.
1950
William Drubel , in the se rvice since last Oc tobe r, is at Ca mp
Pickett, Va . The Rev . Will iam Rowen , who wa s grad uated from
Gettysburg Sem inary and ordained th is spring, is now ass istant pastor at Parkside Lutheran church , Buffalo . Dr . H. Torrey Walker
(hon .) was re-elected trea surer of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod
of New Je rsey . Robert Reisch is back at the Philadel phia Luthera n
Sem inary for hi s second year of study, after a summer spen't as
an ass istant in the Uni onville Pari sh, Neffs, Pa . Frank Stewart is
work ing with E. R. Squibb and Son s in Philadelph ia . Ted Dowd
is working in adhesive re search with United Paste and Glue, Man hattan .
Dick Doremus received an M .A . in Education at Columbia
T eachers Co llege . Doris Lembke is secretary to the Personnel
Ma nager of the Sta n ley Av iation Corporation, Buffalo . Frank McCormick is now working for the Moore Busi ness Forms Compa ny
as a busi ness representative. Joel Cohen was awarded an M .A . in
J ournali sm at Columbia . H. Nelson Wood rece ived an M .S. in
Bio-c hemi stry at the Un iversity of North Carolina. He is now at
Pu rdue on a graduate ass istantship, working fo r the Ph .D. It's
Corpora l Ca lvin Johnson now . He earned hi s p romotion on May 9
with a technical service unit in La s Cruces, N . M . Barney Jensen
acquired an M .A . in physical education from Col u mbia in J une,
and John Lewis received an M .S. from Rutgers in the same month .
Robert Wannemacher also received the M. S. at Ru tgers, and was
awarded a fe ll owship by the Bureau of Bio logical Research of Rut gers to study for his Ph.D. in physiology and bio-chemistry.
Everett Hanson received a B.S. in Ch emical Engi neering at
Brooklyn Poly, and is now work ing with Westi ng house in Bat h , N . Y.
Hi s wife , the former Bernice Kiefer , is with t he New York Te le ph one
Compa ny in the same c ity. Bill Thompson received his Second Lie u tenant' s bars in the Air Force after grad uation fro m OCS in Lack land, Texas . Bill was one of 24 ( in a class of 224 ) to be cited as
"d isting u ished graduates for hig h sta ndi ng militari ly and academ ic ally" . Louise Zarelli Banks and John Boeniger both received M .A .
degree in Education from N. Y. U. this Jun e . Ot he r N. Y. U.
M .A . degrees went to Donald Drown , Chris Kartalis , and Ken Oet jen.
Drown is now te aching and coaching football a t Landon School ,
Be thesda. Md . Ch ri s is a sc ience teache r in Sayvi ll e (L. I.) H ig h
Schoo l. Robert Muller is a g rad uate assista nt at the Sta te Universi ty
of Iowa . Stanley Knull ha s been e lected pres ident of the Phi ladel phia Lutheran Semi nary Stude nt Association .
1951
T ea ching
Norma Lozier Rezac , Green Knoll School, Raritan , N. J .; Carol
Bradley and Christine Thing , in Some rvi lle, N . J . ; Vincent
Speranza , socia l stud ie s. Keeseville (N. Y. ) H ig h Sc hool; Calvin
Johnson , 5th grade. Eli zabeth, N. J .; Joan O' Regan, first g rade,
Bridgewater, N . J .; Dorothy Kratzenstein , kindergarten and nursery
school , Lutheran Settlement House , Philadelphia ; Martha Fitzgerald ,
Ada m s School, M idd lesex county, New J ersey .
Armed Ser vices
Richard Koski , Navy; Charles Tull , Army; Ca rl Cash , A rmy Medi cal Researc h Lab , Fort Knox, Ky.; Patrick Rubilotta , Army ; Gerard
Kern , Lac k land A ir Force base, San Antonio, Texas; Marcelle Moore,
W aves; Arthur Love, Navy; Philip Ponterio , Army En gi neers, Fort
Be lvoir, Va . ; Conrad Zarek, George Greb , Bill Wilson , Ben Baratta ,
and Don Graves , A rmy.
Working
Cla ire St. Leger, with Lybroud , Ross , a nd Montgomery, Man hatta n accountants; George Ward , Fidelity and Casua lty Ins urance,
Manhatta n , junior underwriter ; John Doherty, Dairymen's Leag ue
Co- ope rat ive Associa t ion , Ma nha t tan , accountant; Norman G. Heil,
Heil Agen cy, New Dor p, S. I.; Stephen Duggan , N . Y. City W elfa re
de part ment; John Lagana , Sou th Beach Novelty Co ., ass istant sales
mgr . ; Scott Maynard , Merck Chemical, Rahway, N. J ., chemist;
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John P. Harr ison , N . Y. State Liquor Authority, auditor; Raymond
Smith , Proctor and Gamble , S. I.; William J. Barnard, New York
Tel e phon e Co., traffic e ngineer.
Willia m Haley, Am e rican Car and Fo undry Corp ., assistant sec 'y;
Patric ia Montgomery, Sea View Hospital (5. I. ) bacter iological
laboratory; Cornelius Hannan , Barber Steamsh ip Lines, accountant;
Emil Cenci, Banke rs Tru st Co. , personal trust accountant ; Alice
Stead , N . Y. City W e lfare Dept ., social investigator ; Betty Menacappa , N . Y. City Park dept ., pla yground director ; Add ison Trismen ,
Kraft Foods, accountant; Howard Epste in , Camp Oa khurst , N . J .,
camp counselor (summer ) ; Anthony Baldassano , Kinney Shoe Co.,
Stapleton , S. I.: Kay Otten and Doris Heepe, executive tra inees,
Abraham and Strauss, Brook lyn .
Paul Wasmund spent th e su m me r as Director of Camp Acquehonga , summec cam p of the Staten Island Boy Scout Counc il;
Eleanor Straub , technical assistant, Bell Telephone Laboratory, Murray Hill, N . J .; Vincent Lombardi, Willowbrook (5 . I.) State School,
bandmaster; Florence Se idler, New York Hospital, nurse ; Bill Hansen , Lu mmu s Corp., Man hattan , accounting c lerk ; Jean Miles , Cresce nt Chemical , chemist ; Joan Puersch ner, Institute of Living, Hartford, Conn., psychiatric aide ; John F. Byron , Deering- M illiken,
Manhattan, accountant .
Martin Andersen , Panama Line, mari ne engi neer (su mmer) ; Karl
Laantee, Nationa l Recreation Assn ., assistant librarian; Walter
Boegeman , Charles Pfiger and Co ., junior research che m ist ; Robert
Pennamacoor, Retail Credit Corp ., insurance inspector; George McKibbin , Dia mond Match Co ., jun ior accountant; Stephen Plichta ,
Ceda r Lake Lodge, Blai rstown, N. J ., socia l d irector (s ummer) ;
Michael Petosa , Banke rs Tr ust Co., Manhatta n ; John E. Foley, U. S.
T rea sury dept., Internal Revenue Agent; Harold Olsen , Columbia
Broadcasting system, assistant to chief accountant ·; Eleanor Borries,
Piel's Brewery, chemi st; M. Karl Nilsen, Oakite Compan y, chemist.
Studying
Arthur Pinski, N . Y. Medical College; Kenneth Hille, Bowling
Gree n (Ohio ) State University; Dick Drubel , received an M. S. in
Paint Tech nology, Nor th Dakota Aggies; Lou Siani, Columbia; John
Ford , Iowa State; Donald Lacey, Colu m b ia (music ); Marvin Duskin,
Co lu mbia (journa lism) ; Curtis Glenn , N . Y. U. (h istory ); Charles
Sokolowsky, N . Y. U. ; Leon Roy Mabrey, Columbia ( English);
Henry Reinewald , Bloomfield ( N . J .) Seminary ; David Vogel a nd
James Harrison, Luthera n Se m inary , Ph iladel ph ia ; Ed Rudinger,
Co lumbia (Co llege of Phys icians and Su rgeons) ; Ellen Kalinowsky ,
Un iversity of Pennsylvania ; Harry Volz , N. Y. U. (education ); Peter
Sofia, Fordha m ; Robert Cassa , W agner graduate division ; John P.
Thomas, Lehigh (bacteriolog y); H. Richard Hoff received a grant
f rom the Joseph Co llins Foundation to start medica l studies this
fal l ; Bob Zimmermann , St. John 's Law School , Robert Hansly , Hamma Divinity School.
Nursing School Alumnae
Shirley Brodsky Kaplan '48N is supervisor and su rgica l nurse
at Washington Memoria l Hospita l, Seattle, W ash. Ruth Tellefsen
'50N is back home on Staten Island after st udy in Norway. Florence Hardie Artaserse '49N is liv ing in Guantana mo Bay, Cuba .
Her husband 's stationed there . Lucille Ruggerio ' 51 N, Ethel Maarberg ' N5 1, and Mary Ann Nelson '51 N are wo rking at State n Is la nd
Hospital.
Verona Miller '49N is ship's nurse on the 5 .5 . Santa Rosa , plying
be tween here and South America . Claire Mintzer '4 8 N has beg un
a nine month appoi ntment with the nationa l League of Nursing
Ed ucation as psychiatric nu rse consultant . Eda Aanonsen Darcy
'51 N is an anestheti st at Staten Island Hospi tal. Virginia Bloom
completed her work for the B.S. degree in W agner summer school.
She was N46; now becomes ' 52N . Muriel Schweer Wood N47 will
re-enter school this fal l to finish her degree work.
Former Studen ts
Lt. Raymond Lawrence is w ith the Navy Medical Corps on du ty
in Pacific. He met Ba m Reisch ' 47 (Capt., USAF ) on Guam .
Ronald Reynier (Ph .M .l c) is on th e carrier " Wasp". Walter Wood
completed work for the M .D. at Columbia in June , and is now interning at Univers ity of Illinois Hosp ital. Jerome Lev ine received
civil service eligibili ty in the junior scientist and engineer exam.
He expects an appoi ntment soon . He begins st udy for a chemica l
engineeri ng degree this fall. Raymond Haher is practicing law in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla . He received his LL.B . from the University ' of
M ia m i in June .
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�L. D. Thomas is Relay and Control designer for Oklahoma ' Gas
and Electr ic Co ., Oklahoma City. C. P. Bennett, Jr. received his
B.A. from W illiam and Mary this spring . Silvio Marracini and
Charles Warner were graduated from New York Law School. Bernice
Garber Harris recei ved the M .Ed . degree from A lfred last June .
The Rev. Frank Flisser ha s been called as associate pastor, St. John s
Lutheran Church, Easton, Pa . Frederick (Red ) Thomsen , who rece ived hi s Doc tor of Osteopathy degree at the Philadelphia College
of Osteopath y thi s June, is now interning at the Philadelphia Osteopathic Hospital . Vincent Baxter, who completed hi s LL.B. work at
Broo klyn Law School in June, is now with the New York State
Cr ime Commi ssion .
DEATHS
The Rev . John Andrew Weyl '90, died July 22, aged 81
years. A graduate of the Philadelph ia Sem inary, Pastor W eyl
had a long and distingui shed career in the Lu theran ministry . Retired from active pari sh duties for th e past few years,
he has been an act ive suppl y pastor in the metropoli tan area .
The Rev . Henry C. Freimuth '99 , died Augu st 25, aged
72 years . A graduate of th e Philadelphia Se minary, he had
se rved seve ral Luthe ran cong regat ions in New York and New
England faithfully and well until hi s retirem e nt seve ral years
ago. He had been president of the New York Confere nce
at one time, and served as a member of the Wagner Boa rd
of Trustees from 1937 to 1943. Among the survivors is his
son, The Rev . Luther Freimuth ' 39 .
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
Samue l Kaplan a nd Shirlie Brodsky ' 481'01 , Aug . 1950
Mack Ross and Miriam Herron ' 481'01 , Fe b. 3
Douglas Wheeler and Marie Barr, Apr. 28
Capt. Michael Kobasky and Karen Mollenauer, May 19
Wilson Gearhart '49 and Eleanore Mueller ' 50, June 23
Frank D. Wall and Adelaide Schroeder, May 12
Rev . William Rowen '50 and Eli za beth Pauly, Jun e 30
Richard Drubel ' 51 and Mary Jane Daniels
H. Nelson Wood '49 and Esther Savacool '49, Jun e 16
Robert Rasm usse n and Doris A. Johnston '511'01, June 9
Leonard Maltese '46 and Edith Krongold, Jun e 8
George Hinckel , Jr . and Rhoda L. Davidson ' 1'0147
James W. Anderson ' 50 and Ann Wal ke r, June 16
Peter D. Walz ' 50 and Grace Campbell, June 16
Gerard Hahn ' 51 and Dorothy Bothwell ' 51 , June 24
John J . Ford '51 and Joanne Huested, June 16
Frank Florentine, and Marie Lola Powell '49, June 23
W ill iam Trethaway and Lillian Leonard ' 51 , June 16
William J . McNamara and J ea n Lauria , June 9
Vincent Lombardi ' 51 and Kathleen Immitt, Jun e 23
John P. Thomas ' 51 and El eano r Bahto, June 17
George W. Rezac and Norma Lozier '51, July 8
John Bohlken ' 51 and Elfriede Paul '511'01 , Jul y 7
Donald Atcheson '50 and Joan Leyck, July 1
Carl Franzen ' 50 and Frances Z. urmuhl e n, Ju ly 7
Paul West and Greta Johan so n, Jul y 7
John F. Byron , Jr. ' 51 and Audrey Natoli , June 23
Ensign William Ely, Jr., U.S.N . and Jean Laurie ' 50, July 9
Michael Perfect '42 and Margaret A. Melfi, July 14
Walter Jaehnert and Viola Ferran te, J une 9
Dr. Jack Cooper '40 and Jean Ritchie , Jul y 28
William A. Morrison '49 and Gert rude C. Deuschle '49 , Aug . 19
George W. Niederhauser ' 50 and Helen M. Deuschle ' 501'01, Aug . 19
J ohn M ills and Virginia Hubbel '45 , Aug. 25
James O'Hara and Louise Costa '4 5 , July 7
Henry C. Von Dohlen and Elean or R. Sam met, May 19
Robert L. Muller ' 50 and Sylvia Anne, Aug . 1 1
Barton Holmes and Norma Brand kamp ' 42 , Aug . 29
Frank Silva ' 50 and Vivienn~ Luca rini, Sept . 1
Of the 254 members of t he class of 1951 , 44 were
students in the Even ing Sess ion . The fine spirit of
these Nighthawks is evide nced by the fact that each
one of them contributed to the Senior class g ift fund .
The graduati ng class' gift t o the school was cash intended to be used toward the purchase of chimes for
the chapel organ.
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As we go to press football practice has just started
on the campus. Jim Lee Howell will be at the helm
of the Sea hawks for the fifth straight season . Last
year 's club won 3 and dropped 6 , with the consoling
thought that the wins were all aga inst Metropol itan
foes , CCNY, Kings Point, and Hofstra being the victims .
The success of this year 's team may very well rest
on the ability of a group of freshman to make the
transformation from h igh school to college footba II.
Both of last year 's quarterbacks , Paul Perfette and Sal
Mitri , have entered the Armed Serv ices. Bob W inckler, speedy half-back from Pearl River, N . Y.: who was
the leading ground gained last year , has been graduated .
The line will be built around the trio of Bil l Roeh rich , Harry Kummer , and Bill Kummer. Roehrich , who
hails from Bridgepo rt , Conn ., is this season 's captain .
It will be remembered that Bill won the James Robb
Memorial Trophy in the homecom ing game against
Kings Point. Both he and the hard-hitting Kummer
twins will be play ing the ir fou rth season as first string
Wagner linemen .
Last Minute Notes
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As some times happens, we had space left when
the proofs for this issue reached our office. This
gives us space for a few last minute notes.
. For example, we can tell that registration at the
college this fall is higher than expected. There
are 791 enrolled in day school, 529 at night.
Figures on the number of girls and boys are not
yet available, but there look to be more girls than
ever before. Nice looking ones, too! Better be
here for Homecoming to see for yourself.
We can also announce that the Western New
York alumni chapter will meet on November 8 ,
and the Rochester chapter on November 9. Frank
Gollnick, president of the Hudson Valley chapter,
is busy planning a fall meeting of that group.
Jim Lee Howell, Seahawk football coach, was
a big hit as a sp·eaker at the Staten Island' alumni
chapter meeting on September 14. Thanks to
some real hustling by Bill Sterner and his committee, 75 alumni were out for this session.
You won't want to miss Homecoming this year.
Those two new buildings are worth coming miles
to see.
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
STATEN ISLAND 1, N. Y.
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the address of any of the " lost" alumni below?
If so, please do.
Mrs. Ingrid Aanonsen Russell N47
Mrs . Miriam Bergholm Kudelka N 47
Mrs . Gwyn Davies Wal sh N48
Miss Gina Engelstein 'SON
Mrs . Edwina Findeison John son N48
Mrs . Ita Gr intuch Bonfeld 48N
Miss Yo lan Guttman 48N
Mrs. Muri e l Byrne Ha ssel 49N
M iss Helene Nickle N46
M iss Hedwig Schwarz N46
Miss Nancy-lee Shantz McCleary N48
Mrs. Mari on Stover Books N46
Mrs. Mildred Zimmerman Furlong N47
Harold Aronoff ' 50
Mrs. Dorothy Borgstede Anderson '50
Eugene Jack Dicker' 51
John F. Gardner '50
Fred Katz '49
Albert Moore ' 50
Donald Muller ' 50
J ohn Randall '48
lawrence Rankl '49
M iss Helen Ac kerson '48
Mrs. Rh oda Davidson Hinckel N47
Mrs . June Reich Lisk '48
Mrs. Shirley Rubin Steinman '49
Hamilton Stewart '49
J ohn F. Start ' 50
Franci s Mal one '49
Mrs. J . Cuthbert Balagurchik '46
Mrs. Sara Humphreys Flynn '45
Raffael o Francini '44
Augu st Charles Drubel '44
Peter Dileo '40
Miss Barbara Bradford '47
Franci s Baldwin ' 41
M iss Hazel Baron ' 41
Fred Bartelt '45
loui s Balmer ' 38
Heinz Mackensen '43
Mrs. Virg in ia Marble Magill '44
Rocco latronica ' 41
Ali Shaw '46
Mrs. M iriam Serrick McAlli ster '40
Mrs. Elean ore Schmidt Schweppe ' 41
l ouis Tomforde ' 31
Charles Graham-Rogers ' 33
George Rapport ' 39
Vincent Pe terson '37
Henry Pape ' 36
Alexander Mi khalevesky '43
Philip Marrac ini '42
Dr. W illiam little '38
Joseph laGambina ' 32
Arthur Klein ' 36
E. J . Jones ' 3 8
Richard Kamin ski '30
Donald S. Carter' 38
Dr . George Christopher '36
Mrs . Elaine Comeforo laciofoli ' 38
Harry J . Dahl ' 39
Frederick Becker '16
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