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Newspaper

Bridgeport Telegram

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1967

Page

4

Ex Test Pilot At Sikorsky Gets Airline Wings

Thomas Campbell Kerr formerly of Trumbull Iowa has been awarded American Airlines silver wings after training at Chicago flight school. Born in Detroit he graduated Marmion High Aurora Illinois in 1951 and earned a B S in industrial engineering from Yale New Haven. Kerr served 12 years in the U S Navy attaining the rank of major and was a Sikorsky test pilot Stratford from 1961 to 1956. He and his wife Geraldine will reside in the New York City area where he has been based.

Thomas Campbell Kerr Trumbull Alton Kerr Delmar Iowa American Airlines American’s Chicago Detroit Mr. Kerr Marmion High Aurora New Haven College New Haven United States Navy Sikorsky Aircraft Stratford Geraldine New York City

Wethersfield Girl Weekend Queen At Fairfield U

Valerie Johnson of Wethersfield was chosen to reign as queen of Fairfield university's Mardi Gras winter weekend. The crowning occurred at Westport's Longshore Country Club with Miss Connecticut Carole Ann Gelish presiding. Finalists include Loretta Goulet, Katie Houghton, Deidre Chine, Maureen McNeil, and escorts from New Haven, Milwaukee, Waterbury, Fairfield, and Concord.

Valerie Johnson Wethersfield Fairfield University Miss Johnson Syracuse University Fairfield Ted Coin Westport Longshore Country Club New Haven College New Haven L. Kevin Mineo Monroe Katie Houghton Manhattanville College Milwaukee Wis Mark Farnlof Waterbury Deidre Chine Sacred Heart University Ray Rogers Maureen McNeil Albertus Magnus College Concord Mass

Marriages Rise in December and January This Winter

The vital statistics division of humane Affairs Department reports 98 marriages in January, 31 more than last year, and 91 marriages in December, eight more than the year before. December births total 428, down 74 from a year earlier, while January births reach 453, up six. December deaths total 203, up 32, and January deaths also 203, down 28 from a year ago.

Humane Affairs Department Vital Statistics Division

Kix City Man to Receive K Engineer Science Medal

Dr. Walter A. Dean former Bridgeport resident and assistant director of Alcoa Research Laboratories at New Kensington Pa will receive the 1967 Gano Dunn medal from the Cooper Union Alumni Association at Founders day dinner in New York City. Dean a Cooper Union alumnus earned BS in chemical engineering 1926 and MS and PhD at RPI.

Walter A. Dean Bridgeport Alcoa Research Laboratories New Kensington Gano Dunn Cooper Union Alumni Association School of Engineering and Science Dean New York City New York Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art Oakmont George C. Dean Homer C. M. Cudmore Nichols Street Fairfield Cudmore Elias Howe School Central High School Cooper Union Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute Alcoa AOA

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