RPI Chairman Seeks Dean Post Amid Four Candidates
The RPI Mathematics Department chair is among four contenders for the School of Science dean position. Candidates include Dr. George H. Handelman, Dr. William W. Havens Jr, Dr. M. Evans Munroe, and Dr. Arnold A. Strassenburg. An evaluation panel, formed by faculty and administrators, will interview about 20 students and gather input before the president selects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RPI
Institute
School of Science
George H. Handelman
Rensselaer
William W. Havens Jr
Columbia University
Pegram Nuclear Physics Laboratories
Division of Engineering and Science
School of Engineering and Applied Science
M. Evans Munroe
University of New Hampshire
Arnold A. Strassenburg
State University
Stony Brook
Science
School of Engineering
Mr. Couser's Rites Held In Schaghticoke
The funeral of Donald F. Coker of Schaghticoke was held Thursday afternoon from Hack Funeral Home with Rev. Elwood E. Case of the Presbyterian United Church of Schaghticoke officiating. Bearers were Joseph Masterson, Todd Masterson, Robert Couser Jr., and Garth Couser Jr. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couser
Schaghticoke
Donald F. Coker
Hack Funeral Home
Elwood E. Case
The
Presbyterian United Church of
Joseph Masterson
Todd Masterson
Robert Couser Jr
Garth Couser Jr
Elmwood Cemetery
Boys Club Auxiliary Sets Sale in Rensselaer
The Rensselaer Boys Club Ladies Auxiliary hosts its annual rummage sale today from noon to 6 pm at the Boys Club. Items include clothing shoes small appliances and minor furniture. Donations are welcome with thanks from chairmen Mrs John McCarthy and Mrs Gerald Small who call it a key fundraiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Boys Club Ladies Auxiliary
Boys Club
John McCarthy
Gerald Small
Forcinella Home Hit By Blaze
A fire at Frank J. Forcinella’s residence at 104 3rd Ave in Rensselaer caused substantial damage to the two story building. The blaze began in the basement around 2 30 p m and spread to the roof before being tackled by Pumpers 1 and 3 and the aerial ladder truck. No injuries occurred as no one was home. The cause was undetermined but reportedly electrical in origin. One firefighter sustained a minor hand injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Forcinella
3Rd Ave
Rensselaer
William Braman
Braman
Dr Burton W Wilcke Heads Rensselaer Girls Club Drive
The Rensselaer Girls Club, Inc. names Dr Burton W Wilcke chair of a capital funds drive to raise thirty thousand dollars toward purchasing and remodeling the former Church of the Messiah site on Third Avenue and Washington Streets. A twenty thousand dollar Howard and Bush Foundation grant supports the effort, with the drive running November fifteenth to twentieth. Dr Wilcke, longtime local physician and former president of the Rensselaer County Chapter of the American Academy of Family Practice, serves on Memorial Hospital staff and as a past president of the Rensselaer Boys Club board.
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Rensselaer Girls’ Club, Inc
Burton W. Wilcke
Rensselaer
Church of the Messiah
Third Avenue
Washington Streets
Howard and Bush Foundation
Wilcke
University of Iowa
Rensselaer County Medical Society
Rensselaer County
American Academy of Family Practice
Memorial Hospital
Albany
Rensselaer Boys’ Club
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Visit Program Talk at Rensselaer Center
Robert O'Connell the Rensselaer County Senior Citizens Coordinating Project director will discuss the Friendly Visiting Program at a 1:30 p.m. meeting at the Rensselaer Senior Citizens Center. Attending members and visitors include Mrs. Dorothy Gray and six others who have been visiting 11 shut-ins. Refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert O’connell
Rensselaer County Senior Citizens Coordinating Project
Rensselaer Senior Citizens Center
Dorothy Gray
Winston Sanderson
Anna Zindle
Lilly Gagnina
Helena van Dalen
Margaret Finlan
Busy Fall Slate For Kiwanis Club of Rensselaer
The Kiwanis Club of Rensselaer unveils a busy fall schedule with newly installed officers John Smith Jr president James Sherwood first vice president James P. Kenealey second vice president Robert Robinson secretary and Edgar Conrad treasurer. A pancake breakfast at the Boys Club funds club activities from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday with special children's rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club of
Rensselaer
John Smith Jr
James Sherwood
James P. Kenealey
Robert Robinson
Edgar Conrad
Kiwanis
Roger Young
Calendar Drive Big Success
John Lynch the general chairman of the annual calendar drive by Chemical and Hose Co. 4 said his committee including Bob Evans Joe Mahar Ed Sill John Buck Earl Debert and Bill Appledorn did an outstanding job. He reported a complete sellout of all calendars and praised the people of Rensselaer for generous support in a key fundraising campaign for the fire company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lynch
Chemical and Hose Co. 4
Bob Evans
Joe Mahar
Ed Sill
John Buck
Earl Debert
Bill Appledorn
Lynch
Rensselaer
Federal and State Funds Drive RPI Research Growth
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute expanded funded research from federal and state sources in 1971, with total research spending at $4.6 million. Industry and private foundation support declined, but NASA and state aid rose. Primary funding came from the Atomic Energy Commission and the NSF, with additional boosts from the Air Force and Navy. No classified projects are funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
RPI
State of
New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
National Science Foundation
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
Watervliet Arsenal Ex-Service Men to Install Officers
Francis Gallerie of Poestenkill to be installed as president at the Watervliet Arsenal Ex-Service Men's Club annual dinner dance in the arsenal restaurant on October 23. Officers John Fine, Roland Gallerie, John Michaels, and Roland Morand will be installed. Charles Blair and John Michaels oversee dinner arrangements after a 6 p.m. cocktail hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Gallerie
Pine Bowl Road
Poestenkill
Watervliet Arsenal
Arsenal
Gallerie
John Fine
Roland Gallerie
Chaels
WSCS Rummage Sale Set at Broadway UMC Rensselaer
The Women’s Society of Christian Service at Broadway United Methodist Church in Rensselaer plans a rummage sale Thursday October 28 from 10 am to 4 pm and 6 30 pm to 8 pm at 1550 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Broadway United Methodist Church
Rensselaer
Broadway, Rensselaer
Wallace and Heroux Speak on Development of New Communities
Dr William A Wallace associate professor and Richard Heroux research assistant from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute presented at the 12th American Meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences in Detroit on the development of new communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Wallace
Richard Heroux
School of Management
Rensselaer Polytechnics Institute
Institute of Management Sciences
Detroit
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RPI Department
Robert P. Reeves
J. Donald
Forcinella
Blaze
Troy
River Street
Franklin Square
Watervliet
Nineteenth Street
Third Ave
Cohoes
Remsen Street
Watervliet Arsenal Club
John Michaels
Roland Morand
Charles Blair
Onowix
Snivlund
Wynantskill
N.Y
Wine & Liquors
Lex
Jacquins
Langside P. M
Macintosh Bartons
Crawford
Desmond Duff
Schenley
Martin V.V
MOORE
Cutty Sark Bellows Club
NDY
E. MA
Fleischmann
Just .I
Per Ola
SERRE
WSCS
E. F. Hart Hose Co
Mink Fire Co
Dow’s Rite Aid Drug
Glens Falls Rd
Glens Falls
Dow's
Rite Aid Drug
Saratoga Ave
Main
J. M. Fields
New London Rd
U.S
Latham
Geralds Jewelers Dist., Inc
Congress Street
Jamesway
Saratoga Springs
Rite Aid Center
Quaker St. Granville
West Ave
Rve
Troy Camera Shop
Third Street
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