R P A Confers Degrees On 140 At Commencement
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute held its 119th commencement conferring 140 degrees amid war speedup. Eugene H. Wilson urged a postwar aviation policy board to map national air power, noting Navy ties and wartime training of naval officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Eugene H. Wilson
Wilson
Paul E. Hemke
Department of Aeronautical Engineering
Dayton
Wash
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Columbia University
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Admiral Reeves
U.S.S. Saratoga
United States
Seymour Aa. Smith
Noel
Mgr. Wilson
Saturday Evening Post
Alva Johnston
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
White Horse
Fairbanks
Aleutians
Paral
Fiji
Australia
New Aaland
Tienen
Natal
Bathurst
Morrow Board
Pacific Islands
Prizes Awarded at Graduation at RPI
At the graduation exercises of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute prizes were awarded for outstanding work. Macdonald Prize went to Gerard Blanchard and Wallace Keller for “Design of an Airport for Grand Island.” Ricketts prizes in mechanical, electrical, and architecture disciplines honored William Schmitt, Reginald Male, Warren Brown, Alvaro Calera, and Felix Mier y Teran for theses on heating control, hydraulic differential, sonic voltage generator, and recreation center designs respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Macdonald
Gerard EB. Blanchard
Saugerties
Wallace P. Keller
Niagara Falls
Grand Island
Charles Macdonald
Ricketts
Reginald I. Male
Schenectady
William C. Schmitt
Rochester
Warren G. Brown
West Englewood
N. J
Alvaro Calera
Cali
Colombia
South America
Felix M. Mier Y Teran
Merida
Yucatan
Mexico
Eleven Troy Men Included In RPI Graduating Class
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded 140 degrees at the 119th graduation, the third since May 1942 under wartime accelerated programs. The list includes 11 graduates from Troy, with numerous others from Albany Schenectady Waterford Menands and Stillwater, plus 29 in aeronautical engineering and 24 in electrical engineering among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Palmer Baker
Matthew A. Hunter
Houston
Stanley B. Wiltse
Hunter
Fred Delaney Ordway, Jr
Albert Muller
Donald Crane Smith
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Waterford
Menands
Albany
Rensselaer
Schenectady
Aeronautica Refre
Waler F. Dankhoff
Norman F. Grant
Otto Klima, Jr
Robert V. Meghreblian
Frederick E. Schultz
Stillwater
Couiman Westcott, Jr
Mechanicville
Robert E. Cranston
Pittsfield
Mass
Hans H. Dirzuwell
Richard C. Duell
Carman
Walter J. Dugan, Jr
George V. Hall
Tra Ear D. Hogan
Hoosick Falls
Warren A. Lemke
Nicholas E. Oglesby
Bryant B. Reed
John W. Nagle
Ballston Spa
John P. Reimherr
Troy Donald Rubin
Valentine G. Dalaisio
David G. Gisser
John M. Harney
Frank Hicks
Kenmore
Gerritt K. Lansing
Herman W. Schreck
Richard F. Schwartz
James E. Bryce, Jr
Christmas Party At Methodist Church In Stillwater
Stillwater saw its Sunday School and Methodist Church hold a Christmas party on a Wednesday in the church parlors with a covered dish supper and a program featuring carols and student selections. Santa distributed gifts as Pvt. Neil Fossett and other relatives visited, and a union candlelight communion service was set for 11:30 pm at Schoonmaker Memorial Presbyterian Church with a slate of hymns and choir pieces led by Rev. Wendell P. Stanford and Rev. John C. Hilliot helping Rev. Lyman A. Talman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Annette Smith
William Knibbs
Harolyn Bardwell
Eleanor Lowell
George Crandall
Linda Kellog
Eleanor Gailor
Marilyn Cowen
Ernest
Paul Parker
James Schell
Schoonmaker Memorial Presbyterian Church
Wendell P. Stanford
John C. Hilliot
Lyman A. Talman
Handel
Malotte
Adams
Walter
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R.pa
Chaiman
United Aircraft Corp
Navy College Training
Clarence T. Weaver
United Nations
John Tracy
Livingston W. Houston
Institute
Saratoga
Army
Atlantic
Pacific
Dunkirk
Pearl Harbor
Locke
Leo Ramsey
Eugene E. Wilson
Camren
Glock Schnell’s Jewelry
Third Street
Modernella
Modernella Beauty Salon
Third ST
R.P.I
Catan
Marvin J. Kahn
Woodmere
Kenneth F. ,Paulovich
Hartford
Conn
James E. Benson
New York
Packard Tower
Robert C. Galdich
Chicago
Jonn P. van Duyne
Nutley
Robert C. Goldich
Department of Chemistry
Macfarlane
S. Brayton Williams
Utica
Walker D. Hines
Graham Macfarlane
Merrick Bryce
Jonathan C. Fisher
Mechaniceville
Everett J. Nonnan, Jr
Edward H. Freiburrghouse
Neil Fossett
Tennessee
William Sheridan
Quantico
Robert Elliot
Indianapolis
Ind
John IC. Elliot
Hall
Barrington
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