University to Award Degrees in Largest Iowa City Commencement
In Iowa City the University of Iowa will award about 1,878 degrees Friday at 1:45 p.m. in the field house. President Virgil M. Hancher will preside and Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association of America will deliver the address. Eastern Iowans from many counties and states are listed with multiple degree types. Postville and neighboring towns include graduates in diverse fields as the ceremony showcases a broad representation from 14 nations and 38 states plus the District of Columbia. The event seats number from ten to twelve thousand with no admission tickets required.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Bolivia
Canada
China
Cuba
England
Greece
Hawaii
India
Panama
Poland
Turkey
Virgil M. Hancher
Degree Abbreviations Used in Credentials
This notice lists common degree abbreviations such as PhD MD JD LLB DDS MA MFA MS BA BSc and various specialized BSc forms for sciences engineering and pharmacy. It outlines each abbreviation’s full form and field, clarifying academic credentials for readers.
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de Bsme
Lester W. Haerer
Belle Plaine
Elwyn S. Brown
Robert C. Payton
BSC
Myron F. Berkheimer
Garrison
Eugene B. Thompson
Mt. Auburn
BSEE
Vern L. Petersen
Norway
Robert L. Primrose
Donald L. Taylor
Elwyn C. Pickart
van Horne
Dean H. Kerkman
Vinton
John N. St. Clair
Independence
Robert W. Fiester
David G. Whitney
Marvin C. Hayward
Leslie P. Turner
Eleanor S. Luckel
Robert E. McGill
Donald L. Risk
Robert Z. Harvey
BSME
Forrest G. Rehberg
Jesup
Donald L. Bauer
Lamont
Carolyn W. Hoffman
Stanley
Harold M. Eschen
Jack A. Adams
Henry C Allan, Jr
John R. Anderson
Melevin H. Baker
Robert F. Brose
Dean K. Brown
Florence K. Craibbe
William L. Cupp
Everette T. Garrett
Charles L. Luckenbill
Doris E. Lutzky
Bernard J. Mertes
Stephen W. Mullany
Margaret J. Peisner
Raymond C. Kent
Charles R. Scholl
Nancy S. Rust
Alice M. Shipton
Charlotte A. Stelcik
John L. Sullivan
Carl R. Svoboda
Tom Thomas
Mary E. Thompson
Isla M. Tisher
Douglas B. West
Peter G. Witwer Jr
William J. Barron
Alan B. Bickel
Melvin V. Carney
Howard M. Cole
George P. Craig
Wallace M. Emmons
Marion
Bsch
Allan L. Fisher
BSPE
Newell O. Pinch
Richard E. Emerson
William L. Showers
Richard M. Truesdell
Bsche
Robert W. Richey
Gerald F. Ard
Robert M. Rees
Donald E. Dvorsky
Robert B. Gallagher
Daniel L. Gray
Arnold K. Holets
James J. Kauzlarich
William L. Kollman
Ralph Meyer
James D. Richey
Coggan
Robert J. Donovan
BSCE
Robert R. Hill
Lisbon
DDS
Paul F. Koch
Alberta
H. Achenbach
Harold B. Phillips
Darwin B. Jack
Gerald E. Kusler
Richard A. Dice
Don D. Hastings
Frank P. Kolodziej
Mary L. Thomas
Ralph B. Whiteford
BSP
Lois M. Emanuel
Palo
John J. Fattig
Toddville
Charles A. Krause
Harold V. Oliphant
Walker
Orval J. Floyd
Tipton Council Hires Sanitary Assistant and Plant Chief
The Tipton city council approved John Adams as assistant sanitary commissioner at 190 dollars monthly plus 50 dollars for his truck. Albert Kautz will serve as disposal plant superintendent at 150 dollars monthly.
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Tipton
John Adams
Albert Kautz
Allais and Hagge
Allias
Cigaret
Bennet Tea Company
VFW Club
Zager’s Drug Store
Gibbons Drug Store
Hill’s
W. E. Hutchison Drug Store
I.G.A. Food Fair
G. D. Crispin
Tipton Food Store
Schneider’s Inn
Minute Cafe
Gladys Morgan
Loyal Order of Moose
James R. Cox
George Te
Weekend Toll Five Iowans Die in Weekend Crashes
Five Iowans died in vehicle crashes over the weekend. The fatalities include Ernest Martsching Jr., 22, near Ottumwa after a tractor train collision. Manuel Burg, 14, Des Moines, trapped under a overturned tractor near Indianola. Robert Roenspiess, 25, Oska loosa, found in a overturned car north west of Ottumwa. Elmer Kinyon, 30, Everly, after a collision on Highway 71 near Spencer. and Sam Ralls, 74, Des Moines, struck by a car.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Ernest Martsching, Jr
Ottumwa
Rock Island
Manuel Burg
Francis Burg
Des Moines
Indianola
Robert Roenspiess
Oskaloosa
Everett Orman
Elmer Kinyon
Everly
Spencer
Highway 71
Sam Ralls
Polio Patients At University Hospital Share Iowa Ties
Two Eastern Iowans Ronald Hennings 14 of Van Horne and Alton Bresselhouse 17 of Decorah are among four polio patients admitted during the week of May 28 at University Hospitals. Also treated are Ethel Hammond 38 of Nashua and June King 35 of Middletown. All are reported in fair condition.
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Iowa City
Taste of Freedom Tempts Eldora Youths Escape
Two Muscatine youths, Clifford Byrd aged 15 and Freddie Job aged 17, escaped from the state training school near Eldora after attending church in Des Moines. They returned with a group but left via a cottage window around 2 am. A Rev. Ralph Imes car was reported stolen, believed to be taken by the pair.
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Eldora
Muscatine
State Training School
Des Moines
Clifford Byrd
Freddie Job
Grace Methodist Church
St. John’s Catholic Church
Ralph Imes
Hollis Mills
Get a Horse
Mrs. Dorothy Carson 35 of Los Angeles lies in a Sioux City hospital recovering from injuries after being in a third accident since May 14. She had traveled by car from California to visit her mother and sister, with earlier wrecks near Tyron Oklahoma and another local incident.
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Jerome True
Sergeant Bluff
Sioux City
Dorothy Carson
Los Angeles
Carson
California
W. W. True
Tyron
Oklo
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Donald W. Butts
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Paul A. Zimmerman
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Ralph D. Chansky
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Terrance J. O’brien
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Ernest W. Purcell
Monticello
Cleo P. Casady
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Olin
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LaVernon L. Weaver
Keswick
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Raymond A. Sloan, Jr
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William F. Cory
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Ina M. Mochal
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MFA
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Ossian
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City Park
LANE
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