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Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
�Lawrence
on-campus
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
magazine
vol. 1, no. 2
spring 1977
Published by the Office of Public and
Alumni Relations, 21000 West Ten Mile
Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075
Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Photos: Gary G. Krenz, Ar'77; Roger
Avie, IM'68; Robert Sheufelt and
others
By-lined articles express the views of
the authors and not necessarily either
the opinions or the policies of the
College.
contents
William Agee
Howard Kehrl
Agee is Commencement speaker; over
500 to join alumni ranks June 5
Oncampus/1
Bullets from the sun/4
Joseph B. Olivieri
Education and the corporation: for
pleasure and for profit/6
W. Michael Blumenthal
Think twice before you disparage
capitalism/9
Perry E. Gresham
William M. Agee, president and chief
executive officer of the Bendix Corporation, will be the featured speaker and
receive an honorary degree at Lawrence
Institute of Technology's 1977 Commencement Exercises, June 5 at Ford
Auditorium in Detroit. Over 500 graduates and their families will attend the
ceremonies
marking the
private
College's 45th annual commencement.
Agee, 39, was named to head Bendix
in January 1977, succeeding W. Michael
Blumenthal, appointed Secretary of the
Treasury by President Jimmy Carter.
Agee joined Bendix in 1972 and has held
a number of executive positions. He
was formerly senior vice president of
Boise Cascade Corporation.
Alumni Association News/12
Alumni Notes/14
calendar
Junes
1977 Commencement, 3 p.m., Ford
Auditorium, William M. Agee, president, Bendix Corp., speaker
Agee received his B.S. in Business
with Highest Honors in 1960 from the
University of Idaho, and his M.B.A. with
Distinction from the Harvard Business
School in 1963. He will be awarded the
honorary degree. Doctor of Science in
Industrial Management, by L.l.T.
President Wayne H. Buell.
June 6
Summer Evening
classes begin
Baccalaureate
June 13
Summer Associate
(evenings)
Ralph Cross
classes
begin
June 20
Summer Science Institute for current
high school juniors begins
August 31
Fall Evening Baccalaureate classes
begin
September 1
Fall Associate classes begin
nings)
(eve-
Septembers
Fall Day Baccalaureate classes begin
Involved in many civic activities,
Agee's affiliations include the Detroit
Renaissance, Inc., New Detroit, Inc.,
Citizens Research Council of Michigan,
Junior Achievenment, the Boy Scouts of
America, and he serves as automotive
industry chairman of the 1977 U.S. Industrial Savings Bond campaign. He
also serves as board chairman of Bendix, and as a board member of the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and
the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
His professional memberships include
the Society of Automotive Engineers,
Economic Club of Detroit, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,
the Business Roundtable, and the
Council on Foreign Relations.
Also honored at the 1977 Commencement Exercises will be Howard H. Kehrl,
who will receive the honorary degree,
Doctor of Science in Industrial
Management, and Ralph E. Cross, who
will receive the honorary degree. Doctor
of Engineering.
Howard Kehrl has served as executive
vice president of General Motors in
charge of the design, engineering, environmental activities, manufacturing
and research staffs and the patent section since 1974. He received his B.S.
degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and his masters degree in
engineering mechanics from the University of Notre Dame.
Kehrl, 54, joined GM in 1948 and has
held a number of executive positions
within the corporation. He is on the
board of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation
and also serves on Metropolitan
Detroit's United Foundation, the United
Way of Michigan Executive Committee,
and a wide range of civic, educational,
and community boards and councils.
Ralph Cross is president and chief
executive officer of the Cross Company.
He joined Cross in 1932 following
studies at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology and had held a number of
manufacturing, service, engineering,
and sales positions within the firm prior
to his appointment as president.
Cross, 67, is internationally known in
the machine tool industry as the originator of a number of important developments in automation. He has more than
20 patents in his name, and is the
recipient of many honors from
professional engineering societies. His
expert testimony has been sought by a
variety of governmental bodies, including congressional committees and
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. He served as president of the
National Machine Tool Builders Association in 1975, and was nominated World
Trader of the Year in 1976.
�Arch, student wins
with solar
energy design
James C. Perkins, a senior in the
School of Architecture at Lav/rence Institute of Technology, has been named
regional winner of the 1977 Reynolds
Aluminum Prize for Architectural Students.
The competition, administered by the
American Institute of Architects headquartered in Washington, D.C., seeks the
"best original architectural design in
which creative use of aluminum is an
important contributing factor." Jim's
project was the design and development
of a community art center incorporating
a unique roof system of solar energy
collectors and structural aluminum. As
a regional winner, he has been awarded
a certificate and a $300 check by
Reynolds.
"We're very proud of Jim and his
project," notes Karl Greimel, AIA, dean
Carl Morganti, a sophomore mechanical engineering student at Lawrence Institute of Tech- of L.l.T.'s School of Architecture—the
nology has put over 1500 man hours of effort into building his sleek automobile. "I don't thinly nation's largest undergraduate program.
"It's obvious that the contest jury was
I'll drive it in the winter," he says.
also impressed."
The prize competition was
established in 1961 by Reynolds Metals
Student builds himself a car
Company, Richmond, VA, to encourage
creativity in architectural design and to
(and it works!)
stimulate interest in aluminum as a
While the "Big Four" automal<ers have mobile specialties he's had to master: building form.
spent millions of dollars and man hours exterior styling, acoustical engineering,
over the past two years trying to build interior styling and upholstery, automoautomobiles that would catch your eye, tive electrical systems, metal
one young man working alone in his machining, construction of patterns for
family garage has spent $1800 and built casting molds, and then making the aca sleek dream car that will probably not tual components from the molds.
Mechanically, the car is a refined VW
only catch your eye, but turn your head.
Scrounging tools, designing and Beetle that also needed some work.
"Fortunately, my Dad (William
hand-building new parts, and recycling a
few ruined ones, twenty-year-old Carl Morganti) has been a good coach," says
Morganti, a sophomore mechanical Carl. "He retired from G.M. Styling and
engineering student at Lawrence In- his expertise in automotive aesthetics
stitute of Technology has built himself a helped me create the refined and
car almost from scratch that's the envy detailed look I wanted the car to exude."
A modeling veteran, Carl was sculp- Reynolds competition regional winner James
of his neighborhood—or any neighborturing things in clay by the time he was C. Perkins (center) receives congratulations
hood!
"The car's shell is based on a five. Later, the Soap Box Derby and from Dean of Architecture Karl H. Greimel
President
fiberglas kit that had been cut apart, torn building model planes (from scratch) (left) and AIA Detroit ChapterRalph CalderHideo
H. Fujii, vice president of
and
up, and almost destroyed by a suc- proved good training for building the car, Associates, Inc., architects.
cession of three previous owners," says too. Carl won a scholarship from the
the Cousino High graduate. "My objec- Soap Box Derby for "best overall design
tive was to build a complete automobile and construction" in 1970.
Carl plans a career in either automo- Prospective
with all the components—doors which
opened, windows which rolled up and tive or aeronautical engineering, but an students?
down—all superior to what the kit would older brother who's an attorney has also
While Director of Admissions Stan
have offered even if it had been intact awakened an interest in law.
"Luckily, I've still got some time left to Harris and his staff visit hundreds of
and I had all the parts.
community
"When I purchased the pieces in decide," Carl grins. With his car almost high schools,each year, it'scolleges, and
still difficult
1975," adds Carl, "I figured it would take finished, this summer he'll be taking corporationspotential L.l.T. students who
four months to get things in shape. It's evening classes at L.l.T. and working as to reach all from the College's many
might benefit
been two years now and I'm still a student assistant in physics.
"I spent so much time on the car the fine programs.
finishing some minor details." He
Alumni and friends can help by
estimates he's already spent over 1500 past two summers I felt fatigued by the
time College began again in the fall," he recommending candidates to the adman hours in the effort.
missions office. Be certain
Carl's feat is even more remarkable muses. "Actually, I was always glad to the candidate's complete to include
when he describes the gamut of auto- see classes begin because I needed the admissions materials can be address so
sent.
rest."
�on-campus
Mich. Dept. of Ed.:
tuition a bargain
Tuition at Lawrence Institute of Technology is still a bargain when compared
to other Michigan private colleges, a
study released in February by the State
Department of Education reveals.
The study, covering the years 1964-65
through 1975-76 shows that L.l.T.'s
tuition last year ($1140) was 33 percent
below the average tuition charged by
Michigan private colleges. The report
also illustrates that while average
tuitions at state-supported 4-year public
colleges rose 125 percent and average
tuitions at Michigan private colleges
rose 137 percent during the 11-year
period, L.l.T. tuition rose 111 percent.
This 111 percent increase at L.l.T.
compares favorably to Michigan's
average increase in per capita income
which, says the State Department of
Education, rose 119 percent between
1964-76. In effect, it actually costs less
to attend Lawrence Institute of Technology now than in 1964.
"Tuition increases are always regrettable," comments L.l.T. President
Wayne H. Buell. "But the primary source
of income for independent colleges like
Lawrence Institute of Technology is
student tuition, so increases in costs are
more quickly reflected in tuition rates.
The support we enjoy from nearly a hundred companies in this area, as well as
occasional foundation support, enables
us to hold down tuition increases and
cover some of our capital expenses.
"While we always hope to do better,"
Dr. Buell adds, "this study shows that in
comparison to most private and public
schools, we're already doing a good job
of 'holding the line' on tuition increases."
Lawrence Institute of Tecfinology's new mass spectrometer is demonstrated by its builder Dr.
Al Kreuchunas to physics student l^ark Stassen, Highland Park sophomore. Dr. Kreuchunas
estimates similar commercially-produced units cost in the neighborhood of $50,000. The mass
spectrometer will be utilized by the College for student instruction and research.
College receives mass spectrometer
Physics instruction and student
research, as well as analysis and identification of various unknown materials or
samples has received a boost at Lawrence Institute of Technology, thanks to
the donation of a mass spectrometer by
Dr. Alan Kreuchunas of Detroit.
"A mass spectrometer analyzes
unknown samples by measuring the
mass (weight) of atoms and molecules
of the sample," says Dr. Daniel Mioduszewski, associate professor of physics
at the College. "Because each atom or
molecule has a unique weight, it's then a
relatively simple task to identify the
sample."
"We're delighted to have the new
equipment," adds Dr. Robert Edgerton,
L.l.T. associate professor of physics,
"not only for what it does, but because it
shares component characteristics with
many other contemporary analytical instruments—a facet our students will
find very beneficial."
L.l.T.'s new spectrometer was constructed by Dr. Kreuchunas in his home,
but he estimates that similar commercially-produced units cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
"This is an excellent teaching instrument," says Professor Nandor Zimmersmann, physics department chairman,
"since it will be useful in chemistry
courses as well as in physics."
LIT/SAE tops again
For the third year in a row, Lawrence
Institute of Technology's Student Branch
of the Society of Automotive Engineers
has been named an "Outstanding Student Branch," Gordon L Scofield, SAE
national president has announced.
The award Is based on the L.l.T. Student Branch's activities program of
technical seminars, guest speakers,
field study, conferences, special dinners, and related events during 1976.
The award carries a $200 stipend.
Student officers are chairman: Bill
Jackson, Livonia senior; vice chairman:
Greg Szewczyk, Detroit senior; secretary: Peter Masalskis, Oak Park junior;
and treasurer: Kevin Konczak, Warren
senior. Assistant Professor Richard R.
Lundstrom is the organization's faculty
advisor.
�features
Trying to use
bullets from the
sun—state of the
art in solar heating
and cooling
By Joseph B. Olivieri
Reprinted
witti permission
Copyright
Detroit Engineer.
of
from the February,
1977 issue
of
1977 by the Engineering
Society
Detroit.
"How about this new way to get free heating and cooling fronn the sun?" I was asked
recently by an excited and exciting environmentalist.
"How about it?" I replied.
"Well, when can we expect our buildings to
be powered by this free and new form of
energy?" my new friend asked.
I am sorry, but I must report that solar
energy isn't new and isn't free.
Irt 1948 Dean Seely, then president of the
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration &
Air Conditioning Engineers and dean of
engineering in a New England university,
described his home heating system to the
Michigan chapter of ASHRAE. He used a flat
plate solar collector to heat water which was
stored in a tank in his basement. When the
water was too cold to use directly, he used it
as a heat source for a heat pump. 28 years
later we have nothing newer to offer.
In 1913 in Egypt, a parabolic reflector was
used to focus the sun's rays on a pipe to
make steam used to drive a steam engine that
ran an irrigation pump. This method is now
proposed to generate electric power. Solar
energy experiments go back into the 1800s.
How does solar energy work? The sun is
continuously shooting "bullets of energy"
toward the earth. The bullets do no heating
until they strike an object. I am sure that you
have had the experience of having to turn off
your car heater on a cold, clear, sunny winter
day because the sun provided more than
enough heat.
The sun's rays streamed
through the car's windows and warmed the
car and you.
In solar heating systems we use a solar
collector to intercept these bullets. The
collector can be either a flat plate or a
focusing collector. A flat plate collector uses
either a liquid or air.
The liquid type uses a metal plate with
waterways. The plate is painted black or uses
a selective coating to achieve maximum absorption. In order to trap this heat and reduce
heat losses, the plate is covered with one or
more sheets of glass or plastic. This is
similar to the cold frame used for starting
plants in the early spring. The back and ends
of the collector are insulated.
Table 1 shows the amount of heat that falls
on a collector tilted at 53° on a typical
January day in Detroit. The table also shows
the reverse losses. Notice that the collector
is only effective between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
The efficiency for the day is 25%. Table 2
shows the efficiency for each month.
(continued)
Capturing the sun's energy has been a scientist's
dream for generations.
ist's conception of a iate-nineteenth
century solar engine.
TABLE 1
TIME
7:00
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
Noon
1:00
2:00
3:00
4:00
5:00
TABLE 2
MONTH
January
February
March
April
May
October
November
December
OUTDOOR
TEMP. "F
3432"
36°
39°
50°
50°
46°
46°
43°
39°
39°
INSOLATION
BTU/HR/FT'
0
61
126
199
279
288
253
205
135
0
0
^
""W-"*
EFFICIENCY %
33
25
18
26
35
25
33
42
LOSSES
BTU/HR/FT'
0
108
147
142
127
127
132
132
137
0
0
Shown here is an art-
HEAT ABSORB.
BTU/HR/FT'
0
0
0
57
152
159
121
73
0
0
0
�features
Air type solar collectors are similar to the
liquid except that air is forced across the
black plate and is heated directly. The air
collectors, like liquid collectors, have a
variety of configurations depending on the
manufacturer.
In a focusing collector, the sun's rays are
concentrated on a pipe to generate steam or
high-temperature water. A motor is used to
move the collector so that it tracks the sun
across the sky. It, therefore, will have more
hours of heat than the flat plate. The major
advantages of this kind of unit are that it
requires less space and that higher water
temperatures are possible. Absorption refrigeration units are often used with solar collectors to produce cooling. They need 220°
water to operate at maximum efficiency. With
the 190° water produced by a flat plate
collector a unit twice the normal size is
needed.
Now that we have collected heat, how do
we use it?
The air collector heats air and so the
heated air is introduced directly into the
space. Hot water, on the other hand, is used
indirectly. Most often it is used to heat air in
a forced air or air conditioning unit. It can
also be used with convectors, radiators, or
panel heaters.
A unique solar heating and cooling approach is one used by a California inventor,
Harold Hay. He floods the roof of a building
with six inches of water in black plastic bags.
The roof also acts as the ceiling for optimum
heat transmission. In winter the sun heats
the water during the day. At night, insulated
panels are drawn over the water. This pool of
water then acts as a heater for the metal roofceiling which in turn acts as a radiant panel.
In summer the process is reversed. The insulated panels are kept closed during the
day. At night, they are drawn open so that the
water can be cooled by nocturnal radiation.
As noted earlier, solar collectors are only
effective during a few hours of the day. What
do we do the rest of the day or on cloudy
days? Enough solar collectors are installed
to provide not only the immediate heating
requirements but enough excess so that heat
can be stored for use during the hours when
the collectors are not generating heat. At
present, most designers only attempt to
store enough heat for one or 2 days because
of the high first cost of storage.
With liquid systems heat is generally
stored in metal or concrete tanks. This is the
least efficient method because only sensible
heat is stored.
A 1,000 gallon tank will store 8,300,000 BTU
if the water is heated from 90° to 190°. If
water were a solid at 90°, the heat required to
TABLE
1975
First
Cost
15-Year
Life C y c l e
First
Cost
15-Year
Life C y c l e
$1,110
2,540
2,220
3,650
$2,530
3,500
5,020
5,820
$1,420
1,970
2,850
2,840
$4,110
3,730
8,100
6,640
$1,140
4,220
2,220
8,810
4,800
$3,420
5,860
7,600
12,700
9,930
$1,460
3,290
2,850
6,850
3,740
$5,870
6,300
13,200
13,800
13,400
Santa Maria, California
Conventional Heating
Solar Heating
C o n v . Htng. &C00I.
Solar Htng.a Cool.
Wilmington, Delaware
Conventional Heating
Solar Heating
C o n v . Htng. &C00I.
S o l a r Htng. &C00I.
S o l a r P l u s Heat P u m p
melt the solid at 90° would increase the
storage capacity by 50%. We all know that
water is not a solid at 90° so the search is on
for materials that are. Suggested materials
are paraffin, certain eutectic materials, and
hydrated sodium sulphate. Rock beds are
used for heat storage when air type solar
units are used. In general, iy2- to 2-inch
rocks are used.
How competitive is solar heating? At
present, it is not at all competitive. In a
federally sponsored study, it was learned that
homeowners would be willing to pay from
$1,000 to $2,500 added first cost for a solar
heating and cooling system. If life-cycle
costs are considered, Table 3 estimates the
residential costs for Santa l\/1aria, CA and
Wilmington, DE.
These costs are based on a 50% dependency on solar heating and 50% on conventional means. The dollars are constant 1973
dollars and include no inflation. The study
assumed an energy escalation of 7% per
year, 5% per year inflation cost for equipment and maintenance, and 8% per year
decrease in the cost of solar equipment
because of improved efficiency and larger
productions.
As you can see, the California market for
solar systems is already within the amount of
additional money people are willing to spend.
By 1985, solar systems will be at a competitive advantage. The Wilmington market,
however, only begins to get close in 1985: further proof that the largest market and the
ability to compete are not in the same place.
After 1985, however, solar energy systems
will be competitive with fossil fuels in all parts
of the US if collector costs can be reduced
from the study's estimate of $5.80/sq. ft. to
$2/sq. ft. I am sorry to report that at present
collectors are costing $10/sq. ft. or more.
All of the studies concluded that incentives are needed to insure the growth of solar
energy systems. Typical incentives would be:
• Use solar energy in all new government
buildings.
• Tax incentives—already being considered
by our Michigan legislature.
• Low cost government insured loans.
• Governmental ownership of production
facilities.
I have painted a rather bleak economic picture of the future of solar energy. This
doesn't mean we should stop trying. Firms
such as Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Associates, OEM Associates, and the team of
Thomas Strat, architect, and Joseph Inatome,
engineer, are to be commended for their
pioneering efforts. We need breakthroughs.
We need efficient low cost solar collectors.
We need the incentives previously mentioned. We need a breakthrough in storage
techniques for areas such as Michigan,
where in January-February 1975, we had 31
days without one hour of sunshine. At
present, we can only economically justify a 2or 3-day storage system. We need a way to
store a whole summer's heat. Years ago
people cut wood all summer and stockpiled it
for the winter. We need a way to make bricks
of heat from sunshine to store for winter use.
Joseph
B. Olivieri, PE,
has published
more than 100 technical articles and papers.
He is an associate
professor
ot architecture
at Lawrence Institute
of Technology
and board
chairman
of OEM
Associates.
His Bf^E Is from the U of D, his M S in industrial
hygiene
from Wayne State, where he is a PhD candidate.
Both BSD and ASHRAE
have honored him with fellow
status,
and last year he received the affiliate council's
gold award as
1976's outstanding
engineer
�Education and the
corporation: for
pleasure and for
profit
Excerpted from remarks by W. Michael
Blumenthal, Chairman, Bendix Corporation,
October 12,1972.
Editors note—The new signature
appearing
at the bottom of your folding currency
is that
ofW. Michaei Biumenthal,
recently
appointed
Secretary of the Treasury by President
Jimmy
Carter
Prior to his appointment
as Treasury
Secretary, Dr. Biumenthal
served as Chairman
of
L.i.T.'s neighbor,
The Bendix
Corporationone of the nation's, and the world's,
largest
companies.
He presented
the address
(excerpts
of
which follow) to an audience
of
students,
faculty, high school teachers and other
friends
of the College in October
1972. Dr.
Blumenthal's remarks
have as much
significance
today as they did when he presented
them,
and provide an interesting
insight
into the
individual who will have enormous
influence
on our nation's
economic
policies
in the
months and years ahead.
Mr. C h a i r m a n , P r e s i d e n t B u e l l , ladies a n d
g e n t l e m e n , I'm very h o n o r e d t o have been inv i t e d t o talk t o y o u . I m u s t b e g i n by c o m m e n d i n g y o u for y o u r c o u r a g e a n d y o u r c o n f i d e n c e — y o u r c o u r a g e for i n v i t i n g a mere
e c o n o m i s t t o c o m e i n t o t h i s g a t h e r i n g of
d i s t i n g u i s h e d physicists, engineers, and
t e c h n o l o g i c a l l y - o r i e n t e d people, a n d y o u r
confidence for feeling, apparently, that I
know what I mean when I stand before you to
talk a b o u t " E d u c a t i o n a n d t h e C o r p o r a t i o n :
For Pleasure and f o r P r o f i t . "
That is a t o p i c t h a t w a s d e v e l o p e d s o m e place b e h i n d my back, no d o u b t by my v a l u e d
a s s i s t a n t , w h o never t e l l s me w h a t he is gett i n g me i n t o . Only a few days a g o , after a very
b u s y p r o g r a m t h a t kept m e o c c u p i e d elsew h e r e , I b e g a n an a l m o s t f u l l - t i m e c r a s h eff o r t t o prepare my r e m a r k s a n d d i s c o v e r e d
j u s t e x a c t l y w h a t t h e p r e c i s e n a t u r e of t h i s
title was.
So, w o r r y i n g a b o u t t h i s p r o b l e m at t h e d i n ner t a b l e w i t h t w o of my d a u g h t e r s , b o t h
h i g h - s c h o o l s t u d e n t s , I t u r n e d t o t h e m in
d e s p e r a t i o n a n d s a i d , " I have t o speak at t h e
L a w r e n c e I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y on Educat i o n . W h a t d o y o u t h i n k I s h o u l d tell t h e m ? "
O n e d a u g h t e r , w i t h o u t b a t t i n g an eye, s a i d ,
" T e l l t h e m it's f o r t h e b i r d s . " I p r o m i s e d her
I'd start that way t h i s e v e n i n g . But t h a t ' s not
really w h a t I believe. I d o n ' t t h i n k it's for t h e
b i r d s . In f a c t , o n e of t h e m a i n p o i n t s for t h i s
e v e n i n g is that it is f o r each of us, and not f o r
t h e b i r d s at all.
I w a n t t o deal w i t h f o u r e l e m e n t s t o n i g h t in
t h i s general t o p i c . The f i r s t Is t h e p o i n t that
t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s is a c o n t i n u i n g o n e
that is w i t h us a n d t h a t m u s t be a part of us
t h r o u g h o u t life.
T h e s e c o n d o n e is that e d u c a t i o n , as I see
it and have e x p e r i e n c e d it, has to be v i e w e d
as a very broad c o n c e p t . I w i l l d e f i n e w h a t I
m e a n by t h a t .
T h i r d , I w o u l d like t o deal w i t h t h e q u e s t i o n
of w h a t an e d u c a t i o n a l s y s t e m , as I w o u l d like
t o see it, s h o u l d i m p a r t — w h a t its e f f o r t s
s h o u l d try t o d o w i t h t h o s e w h o are the c o n s u m e r s of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l s y s t e m .
A n d f i n a l l y , of c o u r s e , as a c o r p o r a t i o n
executive, I would want to speculate about
w h a t a c o m p a n y c a n d o and w h a t s o m e c o m panies are d o i n g as a part of t h e e d u c a t i o n a l
p r o c e s s a n d in r e l a t i o n s h i p t o e d u c a t o r s .
W h e n I try t o recall t h e d i m , dark past w h e n
I w a s an u n d e r g r a d u a t e s t u d e n t , I r e m e m b e r
that m o s t of my p r e o c c u p a t i o n s and t h o s e of
my c o l l e a g u e s w e r e w i t h g e t t i n g o u t i n t o t h e
real w o r l d — w i t h c o m p l e t i n g o u r e d u c a t i o n .
S o m e h o w , even t h o u g h we w e r e h u n g r y for
k n o w l e d g e and i n t e r e s t e d in t h e c o u r s e s and
t u r n e d on by s o m e of t h e m and t u r n e d off by
o t h e r s , w e l o o k e d u p o n our years as underg r a d u a t e s as s o m e t h i n g that we had t o d o in
order t o get o u t and get a j o b a n d to s u c c e e d
in life.
S o m e h o w , w e v i e w e d h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n as a
h u r d l e t o be j u m p e d in t h e o b s t a c l e c o u r s e of
life, as sort of a f i r s t h u r d l e that w e had t o get
over.
Y o u t o o k a c o u r s e b e c a u s e it w a s
r e q u i r e d , y o u c h o s e a major t o get a degree,
a n d y o u w a n t e d t h e degree t o get a j o b . T h a t
w a s e d u c a t i o n , a n d that w a s t h e e n d of it.
W e l l , s t u d e n t s s h o u l d not be m i s l e d . In
t o d a y ' s w o r l d , and c e r t a i n l y in t o m o r r o w ' s
w o r l d , it is an i l l u s i o n t o thinl< of e d u c a t i o n as
an o b s t a c l e t o be b e s t e d at t h e b e g i n n i n g of
life. One is never d o n e w i t h it, nor s h o u l d o n e
ever a t t e m p t t o be. It is as e s s e n t i a l t o d a y as
t h e air w e b r e a t h e (and b o t h need improvement).
T o be a u t o b i o g r a p h i c a l a g a i n , I f o u n d t h a t I
w a s n ' t f i n i s h e d w i t h e d u c a t i o n as an und e r g r a d u a t e . For one t h i n g , I f o u n d that t o
get the k i n d of p r o f e s s i o n a l c o m p e t e n c e that
I w a n t e d , I had t o go t o g r a d u a t e s c h o o l for
my s i n s , so I c o n t i n u e d . Then in order t o
s u p p o r t m y s e l f and f i n i s h it, I had to t e a c h .
T h e n I got married and as t h e s e t h i n g s go a
f a m i l y c a m e a l o n g and pretty s o o n we were
involved in t h e e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s of our
c h i l d r e n and we w e n t t o PTA m e e t i n g s and
w e d e c i d e d on s c h o o l s and c o m p a r e d
t e a c h e r s a n d w e ' r e s t i l l in the m i d d l e of it.
IVIoreover, in my w o r k , w h e t h e r it was in
g o v e r n m e n t or in an e d u c a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n
w h e r e I t a u g h t for a w h i l e , or in a large corporate o r g a n i z a t i o n s u c h as the one I am
a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t o d a y , e d u c a t i o n a l policy and
e d u c a t i o n a l issues w e r e and c o n t i n u e to be
part of my l i f e — a g a i n g i v i n g the lie to the
s i m p l e - m i n d e d c o n c e p t that I had a b o u t
e d u c a t i o n s o m a n y years ago.
Let us d o s o m e t h i n g that perhaps we
s h o u l d have d o n e at t h e b e g i n n i n g by
d e f i n i n g what w e mean by e d u c a t i o n . The
m e a n i n g that appeals t o me m o s t is one that
g o e s back t o the L a t i n : " t o draw o u t — t o lead
o u t — t o b r i n g o u t . " That is the best descript i o n of w h a t e d u c a t i o n has t o be. It is the
b r i n g i n g or leading out of oneself or o t h e r s to
t h e f u l l p o t e n t i a l inherent w i t h i n each p e r s o n .
T h i s p o t e n t i a l c a n only be developed fully if
it is related t o t h e h u m a n s o c i e t y of w h i c h we
are a part because we d o not exist in isolation.
A n d so, in a broad sense, e d u c a t i o n to me
is a p r o c e s s of b e c o m i n g . It enables us to
b e c o m e o u r s e l v e s . It is the c o r n e r s t o n e of a
civilized s o c i e t y and it e n a b l e s us not only to
d e v e l o p o u r s e l v e s but to develop ourselves in
our i n t e r a c t i o n t o o t h e r people. That after all,
is w h a t d i s t i n g u i s h e s the h u m a n race f r o m
o t h e r f o r m s of a n i m a l life. T h i s is, I t h i n k , an
i m p o r t a n t point. It d o e s set us apart f r o m
o t h e r s p e c i e s and as A r i s t o t l e has n o t e d :
" E d u c a t e d m e n are as m u c h superior t o
u n e d u c a t e d m e n as the living are t o t h e
dead."
W h y ? I believe a n o t h e r Greek p h i l o s o p h e r
had t h e a n s w e r w h e n he said: " O n l y t h e
e d u c a t e d are free." W e d o n ' t have to go to t h e
G r e e k s , w e can g o t o T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n w h o
s a i d , " B y far t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t bill in our
w h o l e c o d e is that for t h e d i f f u s i o n of knowledge a m o n g the people. N o o t h e r sure f o u n d a t i o n can be devised for the preservation of
f r e e d o m and h a p p i n e s s . "
T h e s e are b o l d and broad p h i l o s o p h i c a l
c o n c e p t s . They are w o r t h m e n t i o n i n g at the
b e g i n n i n g of a talk s u c h as t h i s for t h e y make
t h e p o i n t that e d u c a t i o n Is not s o m e t h i n g
that relates t o a p a r t i c u l a r part of o n e ' s life
but rather it has to be part of o n e ' s w h o l e
existence.
T a k i n g t h e broad v i e w p o i n t of a large corp o r a t i o n , let me n o w deal w i t h a very few of
w h a t I t h i n k t h e g o a l s of an e d u c a t i o n a l
s y s t e m a n d an e d u c a t i o n a l p r o c e s s o u g h t to
be.
T h e f i r s t goal o b v i o u s l y has to be the
d e v e l o p m e n t of t e c h n i c a l k n o w l e d g e and a
s p e c i a l i z e d skill in w h a t e v e r d i s c i p l i n e it is.
There is no s u b s t i t u t e for the best p o s s i b l e
m a s t e r y of a p a r t i c u l a r f i e l d , w h e t h e r it be as
an engineer, a p h y s i c i s t , a d r a f t s m a n , or even
as an e c o n o m i s t .
In any o r g a n i z a t i o n in
w h i c h I have w o r k e d the man or w o m a n w h o
had t h e best s u b s t a n t i v e k n o w l e d g e q u i c k l y
(continued)
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rose above the others and quickly became
known as a person of quality and depth.
The second Important ingredient of educational goals has to be the imparting of the
ability to relate that special skill to the
broader setting in which it is to be applied.
Education must help people to understand
the relationship of their job to the wider contacts of the world in which that job is done.
It's not just a question of being a first-rate
designer of a particular piece of hardware,
you also have to be sensitive to the way in
which this hardware is to be used. You have
to make it acceptable to the consumer and
that means that you have to know something
about the tastes and values of the society of
which the consumer is a part.
You have to treat workers and associates in
the correct way. Therefore you must understand something about human psychology,
about human motivation, about the things
that turn people on, make them produce,
make them cooperate and work together. You
must have some understanding about the
society's rapidly changing values. You must
learn to adapt the particular product to these
values.
It seems to me you must strive in the
educational process in which you are working
to impart adaptability, flexibility, and breadth
because of the rapid rate of change we have
in our society—a rapid rate of change as
regards technology and a rapid rate of
change as regards values.
Let me now turn to a third and, it seems to
me, critical goal of an educational s y s t e m training people in the ability to communicate.
That seems simple, but I assure you that one
of the greatest gaps in a company, in the
Federal
government,
and
in
large
organizations has been precisely this
problem of communication.
There are too many people, and too many
technically-trained people, who do not communicate well. In our society, this is of increasing importance because the age of
the small shop with the single entrepreneur is
gone. Almost everything we do in our technological society is done in large organizations, in very large organizations, perhaps
sometimes too large organizations. But there
it is, that is the way in which we are
organized. If you have the best idea in the
world and you cannot communicate it, you
will fail in getting your colleagues or your
superiors to understand the idea and you will
have no influence in having that idea accepted.
I think that the U.S. educational system has
traditionally not done a good job in this area. I
can say this with impunity since i am, at least
in my pre-undergraduate days, a product of
the British educational system; and while
there is a great deal to be criticized in that
system that is not my topic for tonight.
Somehow, and I don't really know how, the
British do teach their young how to write and
how to speak.
And, somehow In the
American system, although we have made a
great deal of progress in this area, we still
have, particularly for people who have a
mathematical or technical bend, a kind of
horror of the written and spoken word.
". . . in a broad sense,
education to me is a
process of becoming."
I think that beyond the ability to communicate, we have a requirement to develop
literacy in a broader sense, to develop a more
complete person. I think there is a task for
the educational system which is of increasing importance in our modern world. It
is the need to understand human interpersonal relationships as a part of a function of a
large organization.
You learn very quickly that the most effective participant in a large organization is not
the one who knows what to do, but the one
who then knows how to get it done and who
is sensitive to the broader interactions and
relationships of people.
I think it is important to stay in touch with
the world of ideas, for ideas are the brick and
mortar of today's world. A taste for literature
and good reading are not frivolous luxuries in
my view. They are essential elements in
helping us to understand the world around us
and the human problems with which we have
to deal. Even poetry, which has often been
dismissed as irrelevant to a technical
education is anything but that in my view.
I am not suggesting that interoffice
memoranda at Bendix should now be in the
iambic, but I am suggesting that a taste for
poetry can help you to communicate better
and can make you a more complete person.
So, no matter what a person's professional
training, whether as a physicist, an engineer,
an accountant, or an economist—general
literacy of this kind will enable them to express themselves better, to communicate
with and relate to others and perceive their
jobs in that large environment in which they
must be so intimately involved.
People who have educated themselves to
be aware of such human relationships are
likely to be sensitive not only as to how to set
an objective, but also how to work through
people to achieve it. The engineer or scientist who can combine the excellent analytic
problem solving discipline he acquires in his
professional specialization with an educated
perception of his relationship to other people
and considerations is indeed a valuable person for a company, for a government, and for
our society.
Let me quickly deal with two other elements
that I think are important. One is the need
to try to develop the instincts of creativity
and the qualities of courage and integrity.
Creativity is a very difficult thing to teach. It
is to some extent innate, some have it, others
don't. We can't all be alike, but the encouraging of people to use their creative instincts is something the educational system
can do and I think that is something to be
highly valued.
Courage and integrity. I used to think
those were words that older or middle-aged
people used when they talked to young
people—words that didn't have much meaning. But I must say that as I get into comfortable middle age, I become more and more
impressed with the fact that courage and in-
tegrity not only are too rare, but also that they
are in critical demand and of critical importance. The educational system can do something to stimulate in people the feeling that
they are of importance and to explain to them
what it means to demonstrate these qualities.
I think it's no accident, for example, that
the late President Kennedy wrote "Profiles in
Courage." I can assure you from personal
experience that in politicians it's a particularly rare quality, this element of courage.
A politician wants to get elected and reelected and it's difficult to be courageous if
you feel that it might be the better part of
valor to just shut up.
You can apply this concept just as well to a
corporation and I presume to a university
campus or to a civil servant's office in the
Federal government. The courage to stand
up, to speak up, and say what you believe,
even though you suspect that your boss disagrees with you, is very important and very
rare.
There is nothing more frustrating than for a
senior man in an organization to find himself
surrounded by "Yes" men, the type of fellow
who comes into your office and as you begin
to discuss a topic with him, you can see he's
just dancing around, wanting to test you and
find out what you are thinking. He is very
cautious in expressing himself until he has
somehow sensed what your viewpoint is
because you're his boss. Once he feels he
has learned that, he gives it back to you in different words. That kind of person is of no use
to a chief executive or to anyone in any
position of authority.
How refreshing it is to have someone, even
though you may disagree with him, have the
courage to stand up and to say what he thinks
and to defend it and to really be willing to be
his own man or her own woman.
And then that quality of integrity: that's
very important in an organization and I think
part of the educational process has to try to
drive the point home.
Finally, the need for planning, for the setting of goals and priorities, for being
analytical, for developing orderly habits of
thought—that is something that certainly can
be taught through the educational process.
Too many people that I come in contact with
have great difficulty in ordering their minds.
They have cluttered minds in which there is a
great profusion and confusion of different
concepts and ideas, no sense of priority
about how to deal with them. The resulting
product is not always very satisfactory or very
usable.
�Let me turn to the inter-relationships between all of this and the educational institutions and some corporations. It seems
to me that, if I am right, the educational
process that tries to do these things has to
be a continuing one—not one restricted to a
very few years. Then, indeed, the organizations like corporations have to play their part
and interact properly with educational institutions to try to provide the best setting in
which this process can be fostered. How can
this be done? We try in our company in a
variety of ways, and I'm sure that this is
duplicated in many other companies.
". . . the most
effective
participant in a . . .
organization is not the one
who knows what to do, but
the one who then f<nows
how to get it done . . . "
First of all, we recognize that there is a difference between the classroom and the working environment. It's perhaps not as great as
some people think, but there is a definite difference. And so we begin with orientation,
with a special type of initial supervision, with
lectures by executives, with visits to colleges
and high schools before people come to work
with us to try to make that bridge and to try to
expose people gradually to the different
pressures and requirements that exist in our
setting as compared to a strictly educational
setting.
The second approach is that we encourage
and, indeed, to a limited extent, participate in
financing continued education and we do so
not merely in the development of a particular
skill that applies to the functional job a person is doing.
We don't just finance another math course
for the engineer or scientist, or another course
in accounting for the junior accountant. If
a person wants to study literature or political
science or some other field—that's just as
good, (and the resources are as available for
that kind of course as they are for a
professional course).
Third, we develop rotation programs
through which we move people not only between domestic and international jobs and
environments so that they are exposed to
world environments, but also between different parts of a company, which in our case
happens to be a company with disparate
product lines.
We move people from the automotive side
of the Bendix Corporation into the forest
products or the aerospace or some other activity, and from one part of the country to
another or from one department to another.
Obviously, evaluation and counseling—the
conscious effort with the people working
with you or for you, discussing with them
how they're coming along in their maturing,
in their education of life, what they are to
watch out for, what courses they ought to
take, what they are to do better—that's a part
of the ongoing educational process for helping people develop.
We serve on boards and work with
educational institutions. As the introduction
indicated, I do a certain amount of this. My
former boss and predecessor is now on the
board of this institution.
Many of my
colleagues are engaged in various activities
of this kind and that becomes a channel
through which we try to learn.
I get a great deal more, I'm sure, out of serving on the Board of Trustees at Princeton
than Princeton ever gets out of having me
there. I learn about the educational requirements and objectives and I stay in touch with
students, and I try in my own feeble way to
apply some of these things in my own work
and in my own organization.
Then, of course, we provide a certain
limited amount of financial help to do particular things with educational institutions
and to help finance this process.
In giving you this excerpt of a list of how
we try to participate and encourage our
people to continue their education and try to
interact with educational institutions, I do not
do so with any great sense of pride because I
think it is an inadequate effort at this point.
We want to do better, and we want your advice on how to do better.
Let me rest my case by saying education is
a continuing process of life. It is a continuum
for the individual and for the society of which
the individual is a part. It should impart
technical excellence in a particular field. It
should relate that special competence to the
broader setting. It should train people to
communicate with each other and it should
develop in them the greatest possible breadth
and general literacy. It should foster in them
the qualities of creativity, courage and integrity and train individuals to think in an
analytical and orderly fashion.
The educational system has to be properly
related to the other social organizations in
the society to provide for all of us a continuing opportunity to grow as people and as
part of the larger human family in which we
live.
About W. Michael Blumenthal
Recently named in an opinion poll as one of the United
States' ten most inlluencial men, W. Miuhael Blumenthal
has served as the nation's 64th Secretary of the Treasury
since January. Prior to his nomination by President Carter,
he had for five years been chairman and chief executive
officer of the Bendix Corporation—a world-wide manufacturer of automotive, aerospace-electronics,
industrialenergy, and shelter products.
A native of Germany, Ivlr. Blumenthal, 51, was graduated
Phi Beta^ Kappa from U. of California at Berkley in 1951,
earning his B.S. degree in international economics. He later
attended Princeton where he earned his h/i.P.A. in public
affairs, and a hA.A.. and Ph.D. in economics. He has sen/ed
in a leadership capacity on numerous boards and commissions.
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Think twice before
you disparage
capitalism
By Dr. Perry E. G r e s h a m
Reprinted
with permission
The Freeman, a publication
Education,
Inc.
from the March,
of the Foundation
1977 issue
of
tor
Economic
" E v e r y b o d y f o r h i m s e l f , said t h e e l e p h a n t
as he d a n c e d a r o u n d a m o n g t h e chicl<ens."
T h i s l a m p o o n of c a p i t a l i s m c a m e f r o m a
Canadian p o l i t i c i a n . T h e w/ord " c a p i t a l i s m "
has fallen i n t o d i s r e p u t e .
It is a s s o c i a t e d
w i t h o t h e r pejorative t e r m s s u c h as " f a t c a t , "
"big business," "military-industrial comp l e x , " " g r e e d y i n d u s t r i a l i s t s , " " s t a n d patters," "reactionaries," and " p r o p e r t y values
w i t h o u t regard t o h u m a n v a l u e s . "
Many
s e r i o u s s c h o l a r s look on c a p i t a l i s m as a trans i t i o n a l s y s t e m b e t w e e n late f e u d a l i s m a n d
inevitable s o c i a l i s m .
A d a m S m i t h has been a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e
w o r d " c a p i t a l i s m " even t h o u g h he d i d not
use the t e r m . He d i d not so m u c h as refer to
capital by that name, but u s e d t h e w o r d
" s t o c k " t o d e s c r i b e w h a t w e call c a p i t a l . Karl
Marx w r o t e in r e s p o n s e t o A d a m S m i t h ' s
Wealth of Nations and c a l l e d h i s great w o r k
Das Kapital.
There w a s d i s p a r a g e m e n t a n d
s c o r n — e v e n h a t e — f o r t h e ideas of t h e free
market e c o n o m y . T h e t e r m c a p i t a l i s m has
been less t h a n a p p e a l i n g t o m a n y p e o p l e
s i n c e that t i m e even t h o u g h t h e y k n o w l i t t l e
about the c o n t e n t s of t h e Marx b e n c h m a r k in
political e c o n o m y .
S o m e p o l i t i c a l e c o n o m i s t s w h o c h e r i s h individual liberty and t h e free m a r k e t have
s u g g e s t e d that a new n a m e be f o u n d t o
d e s c r i b e e c o n o m i c liberty a n d i n d i v i d u a l
r e s p o n s i b i l i t y . U n t i l a new n a m e a p p e a r s ,
however, the t h o u g h t f u l p e r s o n d o e s w e l l t o
t h i n k t w i c e b e f o r e he d i s p a r a g e s the m a r k e t
e c o n o m y w i t h all of its i m p l i c a t i o n s i m p l i e d
by the t e r m c a p i t a l i s m s i n c e t h e r e is n o w no
ready alternative available f o r r e a s o n a b l e
discourse.
Is the S y s t e m O u t m o d e d ?
M a n y t h o u g h t f u l c i t i z e n s of A m e r i c a t h i n k
of c a p i t a l i s m as a q u a i n t a n d v a n i s h i n g
v e s t i g e of our Y a n k e e i n d u s t r i a l b e g i n n i n g s .
With burgeoning population, urbanization
and industrialization, they argue, capitalism
d i s a p p e a r s . They are not q u i t e ready t o embrace s o c i a l i s m , but t h e y heartily a p p r o v e
government planning and intervention. John
Kenneth Galbraith, articulate spokesman for
t h e liberal e s t a b l i s h m e n t , c a l l s for t h e o p e n
a c c l a i m of a new s o c i a l i s m w h i c h he believes
t o be b o t h i m m i n e n t a n d necessary.
"The
new s o c i a l i s m a l l o w s of no a c c e p t a b l e altern a t i v e s ; it c a n n o t be e s c a p e d e x c e p t at t h e
p r i c e of g r a v e d i s c o m f o r t , c o n s i d e r a b l e
s o c i a l d i s o r d e r a n d , o n o c c a s i o n , lethal
d a m a g e t o h e a l t h a n d w e l l - b e i n g . T h e new
s o c i a l i s m is not i d e o l o g i c a l ; it is c o m p e l l e d
by c i r c u m s t a n c e . " '
At f i r s t b l u s h , t h e M a r x i a n a s s u m p t i o n of
e c o n o m i c d e t e r m i n i s m is q u i t e p l a u s i b l e , but
I d o not believe it c a n s t a n d up t o t h e s c r u t i n y
of e x p e r i e n c e . My s t u d y of h i s t o r y leads me
t o a s s u m e w i t h m a n y of my t h o u g h t f u l
c o l l e a g u e s that free p e o p l e c a n , w i t h i n cert a i n l i m i t s , c h o o s e t h e i r o w n s y s t e m s of
political economy.
T h i s is p r e c i s e l y w h a t
h a p p e n e d in W e s t G e r m a n y at t h e t i m e of
Ludwig Erhard.
The Germans
chose
c a p i t a l i s m rather t h a n t h e s o c i a l i s m r e c o m m e n d e d by m a n y A m e r i c a n , B r i t i s h , and C o n t i n e n t a l e c o n o m i s t s and p o l i t i c i a n s . It is my
o p i n i o n t h a t A m e r i c a n s c a n a n d s h o u l d call
f o r a r e n e w a l of c a p i t a l i s m rather t h a n a new
socialism.
C a p i t a l i s m has been n e i t h e r u n d e r s t o o d
nor s y m p a t h e t i c a l l y c o n s i d e r e d by m o s t c o n t e m p o r a r y A m e r i c a n s . C a p i t a l i s m is a radical
and a p p e a l i n g s y s t e m of p o l i t i c a l e c o n o m y
w h i c h needs a new a n d f a v o r a b l e review. T h e
new s o c i a l i s m has never been t r i e d . T h e o l d
s o c i a l i s m is not very i n v i t i n g .
Consider
Russia, C h i n a , C u b a , C h i l e , a n d n o w B r i t a i n .
C a p i t a l i s m has been t r i e d w i t h t h e m o s t
a m a z i n g s u c c e s s in all h i s t o r y . W h a t is t h e
n a t u r e of a p o l i t i c a l a n d e c o n o m i c s y s t e m
w h i c h has m a d e t h e p o o r p e o p l e of A m e r i c a
m o r e p r o s p e r o u s t h a n t h e rich of m a n y c o u n t r i e s o p e r a t i n g u n d e r S t a t e c o n t r o l ? Here are
my p a r a g r a p h s in praise of c a p i t a l i s m . They
are s o m e w f i a t lyrical but g r o u n d e d in f a c t a n d
o p e n t o review.
An Enviable Record
C a p i t a l i s m is t h e o n e s y s t e m of p o l i t i c a l
e c o n o m y w h i c h w o r k s , has w o r k e d a n d , given
a c h a n c e , w i l l c o n t i n u e t o w o r k . T h e alternative s y s t e m is s o c i a l i s m . S o c i a l i s m is seductive in t h e o r y , but t e n d s t o w a r d t y r a n n y and
s e r f d o m in p r a c t i c e .
C a p i t a l i s m w a s not b o r n w i t h The Wealth
of Nations, nor w i l l it d i e w i t h Das Kapital. It is
as o l d as h i s t o r y a n d as new as a paper r o u t e
for a s m a l l boy. C a p i t a l i s m is a p o i n t of view
a n d a way of life. Its p r i n c i p l e s apply w h e t h e r
or not they are u n d e r s t o o d , a p p r o v e d and
cherished.
' G a l b r a i t h , J o h n K e n n e t h , Economics
and the Public
p o s e ( B o s t o n : H o u g h t o n M i f f l i n C o m p a n y , 1973), p. 277.
Pur-
C a p i t a l i s m is no relic of C o l o n i a l A m e r i c a .
It has the g e n i u s of f r e e d o m t o c h a n g e w i t h
t h e t i m e s and t o meet t h e c h a l l e n g e s of big
i n d u s t r i e s , big u n i o n s , a n d big g o v e r n m e n t if
it can free itself f r o m t h e r e s t r a i n t s of int e r e s t - g r o u p i n t e r v e n t i o n w h i c h e v e n t u a t e s in
n e e d l e s s g o v e r n m e n t e x p a n s i o n and spendi n g . Let t h e market w o r k , and the a m b i t i o n
of each individual w i l l serve the c o m m o n
g o o d of s o c i e t y .
C a p i t a l i s m is an e c o n o m i c s y s t e m w h i c h
believes w i t h L o c k e and J e f f e r s o n that life,
liberty, and p r o p e r t y are a m o n g t h e inalienable r i g h t s of m a n .
C a p i t a l i s m d e n i e s t h e banal d i c h o t o m y
b e t w e e n p r o p e r t y values and h u m a n values.
Property values are h u m a n values. Imagine
t h e d i s j u n c t i o n w h e n it is a p p l i e d t o a person
w i t h a m e c h a n i c a l l i m b or a cardiac pacemaker. The w o r k m a n w i t h his t o o l s and the
f a r m e r w i t h his land are a l m o s t as dramatic in
t h e e x e m p l i f i c a t i o n of t h e i n d e n t i t y between
a p e r s o n a n d his p r o p e r t y .
C a p i t a l i s m is belief in m a n — a n assumpt i o n that p r o s p e r i t y and h a p p i n e s s are best
achieved w h e n each p e r s o n lives by his own
w i l l and h i s o w n i n t e l l i g e n c e . Each person is
a responsible citizen.
Limited Government
C a p i t a l i s m r e c o g n i z e s the p o t e n t i a l tyra n n y of any g o v e r n m e n t . T h e g o v e r n m e n t is
m a d e f r o m m a n ; not m a n for t h e g o v e r n m e n t .
T h e r e f o r e , g o v e r n m e n t s h o u l d be l i m i t e d in
size and f u n c t i o n , lest free i n d i v i d u a l s lose
t h e i r i d e n t i t y , a n d b e c o m e w a r d s of the State.
Frederic Bastiat has c a l l e d the State a "great
f i c t i o n w h e r e i n everybody tries t o live at the
e x p e n s e of e v e r y b o d y e l s e . "
C a p i t a l i s m d e n i e s the naive and mystic
f a i t h in t h e S t a t e t o c o n t r o l w a g e s and prices.
A fair p r i c e is the a m o u n t agreed u p o n by the
buyer and seller.
C o m p e t i t i o n in a free
m a r k e t is far m o r e t r u s t w o r t h y than any
g o v e r n m e n t a d m i n i s t r a t o r . T h e government
is a w o r t h y d e f e n s e a g a i n s t f o r c e and fraud,
but t h e market is m u c h better at p r o t e c t i n g
a g a i n s t m o n o p o l y , i n f l a t i o n , soaring prices,
d e p r e s s e d w a g e s a n d t h e p r o b l e m s of scarc i t y . C a p i t a l i s m w o r k s t o t h e advantage of
c o n s u m e r and w o r k e r alike.
�Capitalism denies the right of government
to take the property of a private citizen at will,
or to tax away his livelihood at will, or to tell
him when and where he must work or how
and where he must live. Capitalism is built on
the firm foundation of individual liberty.
Equality of Opportunity
Capitalism believes that every person
deserves an opportunity.
"All men are
created equal" in terms of opportunity, but
people are not equal—nor should they be.
How dull a world in which nobody could outrun anybody! Competition is a good thing no
matter how much people try to avoid it.
Equality and liberty are contradictory.
Capitalism chooses liberty!
Capitalism gives a poor person an opportunity to become rich. It does not lock people
into the condition of poverty. It calls on every
individual to help his neighbor, but not to
pauperize him with making him dependent.
Independence for every person is the
capitalist ideal.
When a person contracts to work for a day,
a week, or a month before he is paid, he is
practicing capitalism. It is a series of contracts for transactions to be completed in the
future. Capitalism is promise and fulfillment.
Capitalism offers full employment to those
who wish to work. The worker is free to accept a job at any wage he can get. He can join
with his fellows in voluntary association to
improve his salary and working conditions.
He can change jobs or start his own business.
He relies on his ability to perform rather than
on the coercive power of the State to force
his employment.
Capitalism is color-blind. Black, brown,
yellow, red and white are alike in the market
place. A person is regarded for his ability
rather than his race. Economic rewards in the
market place, like honor and acclaim on the
playing field, are proportionate to performance. The person who has the most skill,
ability and ingenuity to produce is paid accordingly by the people who value and need
his goods and services.
Trust in the IVIarket
Capitalism is a belief that nobody is wise
enough and knows enough to control the
lives of other people. When each person
buys, sells, consumes, produces, saves, and
spends at will, what Leonard Read calls "the
miracle of the market" enables everyone to
benefit.
Capitalism respects the market as the only
effective and fair means of allocating scarce
goods. A free market responds to shortages
and spurs production by rising prices. Arbitrary controls merely accept and keep the
shortages. When rising prices inspire human
ingenuity to invent and produce, the goods
return and prices fall.
"Capitalism
is a radical
and appealing system of
political economy
which
needs a new and favorable
review."
Nobody knows enough to build an airplane
or a computer, but hundreds of people working together perform these amazing acts of
creation. This is the notable human achievement which Adam Smith called "The Division
of Labor."
Capitalism derives its name from the fact
that capital is essential to the success of any
venture whether it involves an individual, a
corporation, or a nation-state. Capital is
formed by thrift. The person who accumulates
capital is personally rewarded and, at the
same time, a public benefactor.
Capitalism makes every person a trustee of
what he has.
It appoints him general
manager of his own life and property, and it
holds him responsible for that trusteeship.
Churcli and Family Ties
Capitalism is a natural ally of religion. The
Judeo-Christian doctrines of stewardship
and vocation are reflected in a free market
economy. Churches and synagogues can be
free and thriving with capitalism. When the
churches falter, the moral strength of
capitalism is diminished.
Capitalism depends on the family for much
of its social and moral strength. When the
family disintegrates, the capitalist order falls
into confusion and disarray. The motive
power for the pursuit of life, liberty, and proDerty is in the filial and parental love of a
lome with its dimensions of ancestry and
posterity.
Capitalism enables entrepreneurs to be
free people, taking their own risks and collecting their own rewards.
Work is a privilege and a virtue under
capitalism. Leisure is honored, but idleness
is suspect. The idea that work is a scourge
and a curse has no place in the climate of
capitalism.
Capitalism holds profits derived from risk
and investment to be as honorable as wages
or rent. Dividends paid to those who invest
capital in an enterprise are as worthy as interest paid to a depositor in a savings bank.
The idea abroad that risk capital is unproductive is patently false.
The Voluntary Way
Capitalism honors and promotes charity
and virtue. True charity cannot be compelled.
Universities, hospitals, social agencies, are
more satisfactory and more fun when they
derive from voluntary support. Money taken
by force and bestowed by formula is no gift.
The consumer is sovereign under
capitalism. No bureaucrat, marketing expert,
advertiser, politician, or self-appointed
protector can tell him what to buy, sell, or
make.
Capitalism encourages invention, innovation and technological advance. Creativity
cannot be legislated. Only free people can
bring significant discovery to society. Thomas
A. Edison was not commissioned by the
government.
The concept of free and private enterprise
applies to learning and living as well as to the
production of goods and services. When a
student learns anything it is his own. Nobody, let alone a state, ever taught anybody
anything. The State can compel conformity
of a sort, but genuine learning is an individual
matter—an act of free enterprise and
discovery.
�features
R e s p e c t for the Individual
Capitalism honors the liberty and dignity of
every person. The private citizen is not regarded as a stupid dupe to every crook and con
man. He is regarded as a free citizen under
God and under the law—able to make his own
choices; not a ward of the State who must be
protected by his self-appointed superiors
who administer government offices.
Capitalism is a system which distributes
power to the worker, the young, the consumer and the disadvantaged by offering
freedom for voluntary organization, dissent,
change, choice and political preference,
without hindrance from the police power of
government.
The renewal of capitalism could be the
renewal of America. Nothing could be more
radical, more timely, or more beneficial to the
responsible and trustworthy common people
who are now beguiled by the soft and seductive promises of the new socialism.
No political and economic system is perfect. Plato's Republic was in heaven—not on
earth. If people were all generous and good,
any system would work. Since people are
self-centered, they are more free and happy in
a system which allows the avarice and
aggressiveness of each to serve the best interest of all. Capitalism is such a system. It
is modestly effective even in chains. The
time has come for daring people to release it
and let us once more startle the world with
the initiative and productivity of free people!
Some of my academic colleagues will
deny, dispute, or scorn the foregoing laudatory comments about capitalism. They will
say that socialism benefits the poor, the
young, the consumer, the minorities, and that
capitalism protects the rich and the powerful.
When discussion is joined, however, they will
argue in terms of politics rather than
economics, ideology rather than empirical
evidence, and they will accuse me of doing
the same. When the most persuasive case is
produced, it will not convince.
Political
opinions are not changed by rational
argument.
A Call for Renewal
Those who have socialist ideological preferences are merely annoyed to arrogance
and disdain by such honest appreciation of
capitalism as I have presented.
Those
scholars, however, who like Ludwig von
Mises, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman
have explored the relevance of capitalism to
our present predicament, will join in the call
for renewal of a system that works. Those
who, like the late Joseph Schumpeter, have
watched the apparently relentless disintegration of capitalism, and have concluded that
socialism will work, albeit with painful disadvantages, will heave a long sad sigh of
regret at the passing of the happy and
prosperous capitalist way of life. They will,
as people must, accept what appears from
their perspective inevitable, and try to make
the best of the gray and level life of socialism.
Schumpeter, however, was no defeatist. He
was a perceptive analyst of human affairs. In
the preface to the second edition of his
magnum opus he wrote, "This, finally, leads
to the charge of 'defeatism.' I deny entirely
that this term is applicable to a piece of
analysis.
Defeatism denotes a certain
psychic state that has meaning only in reference to action. Facts in themselves and inferences from them can never be defeatist or
the opposite whatever that might be. The
report that a given ship is sinking is not
defeatist. Only the spirit in which this report
is received can be defeatist: The crew can sit
down and drink. But it can also rush to the
pumps.
Friends of liberty, to the pumps!
Those who love liberty more than equality,
those who are uneasy with unlimited government, those who have faith in man's ability to
shape his own destiny, those who have marveled at the miracle of the market will join me
in this call for renewal of this simple, reasonable, versatile and open system of capitalism
which has worked, is working, and will work if
freed from the fetters of limitless state intervention. The choice, I believe, is ours. The
alternative is the stifling sovereign state.
S c h u m p e t e r , J o s e p h , Capitalism,
Socialism
( N e w Y o r k : H a r p e r a n d R o w , 1960), p x i .
and
Democracy
About Perry E. Gresham
An accomplished
educator,
auttior, lecturer,
and
business
administrator.
Dr. Perry E. Gresham
is President
Emeritus
of Bethany
College
in West Virginia.
A member
of
L.l.T.'s
corporate
board,
Dr. Gresham's
academic
career
spans
Texas
Christian
University
and the University
of
Chicago,
Columbia,
and Glasgow.
He holds 13 honorary
degrees,
including an honorary
Doctor of Business
Administration
from
Lawrence
Institute
of Technology.
He received
the
Freedoms
Foundation
Leadership
Award for Public
Service
in
1963.
Dr. Gresham
is also a Colorado
rancher
and serves
as a
director
of several
corporate,
utility and foundation
boards.
He is a former
broadcasting
company
president,
has lectured extensively
throughout
the world, and is a
prolific
writer.
�alumni association n e w s
jam
Bertram, Ar'62
Linden, IM'63
Rainson, EE'66 & IM'69
Shtogrin,
iM'61
Sinclair,
CivE'64
Five to receive alumni achievement awards
Five Lawrence Institute of Technology
alumni have been chosen to receive
alumni achievement awards at the
College's 45th annual commencement
Junes. The five include:
Frederic A. Bertram, AIA Ar'62, vice
president/design
with
Rossetti
Associates, Inc., architects and planners. Bertram has been with Rossetti
Associates since 1969. He was formerly
associated with Giffels and Rossetti
Inc., Ziegelman and Ziegelman architects, Louis Redstone architects, and
the Detroit City Plan Department. His
professional awards include the (1977)
Design in Michigan Award, (1975) Design
Honor Award of the Michigan Society of
Architects, (1974) Design Honor Award
of the Detroit Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, and the (1966)
Better Homes and Gardens Award. Bertram and his wife, Virginia, reside in Lake
Orion.
Ronald P. Linden, IM'63, production
manager of the Chicago Tribune. Linden
supervises the newspaper's 1500employee production department and is
responsible for the department's $38
million annual budget. He formerly held
positions with the Detroit News, Harris
Intertype Corporation, Dow Jones and
Company, and the Utica (NY) newspapers. He and his wife, Anita, have
three children and reside in Barrington,
IL.
Ronald L. Rainson, EE'66 and IM'69,
president and general manager of East
Kentucky Power Cooperative. Rainson
is chief executive officer of the $100
million rural electric utility serving
900,000 Kentuckians. He was formerly
associated with Holland BPW, Manufacturers National Bank, B.W. Controller
Corporation, K. F. Leininger and
Associates, Bendix Corporation, and the
Detroit Board of Education, and is a
registered professional engineer in
Michigan and Kentucky. He and his wife,
Patricia, have three daughters and reside
in Lexington, KY.
Roger F. Shtogrin, IM'61, personnel
placement and development administrator of the Chrysler Corporation.
Shtogrin joined Chrysler in 1963 and was
formerly group compensation and
benefits coordinator. He is completing
his second term as president of the L.l.T.
Alumni Association. Shtogrin has a
son and a daughter, and resides with his
wife, Virginia, In Rochester.
William S. Sinclair, Civ E '64, city
manager of the City of Rochester, Ml.
Sinclair has served as city manager of
Rochester since 1964, and was formerly
a civil engineer with the city of Birmingham and a surveyor with the City of
Detroit. He is a state registered professional engineer and lives with his
wife, Hilda, a son and two daughters in
Rochester.
Alumni achievement award winners
are selected annually by Lawrence Institute of Technology in recognition of
their outstanding accomplishments that
provide inspiration to graduates and
students of the College.
�alumni association n e w s
Alumni DinnerDance ends on
high note
Members of the Class of 1952 and their wives present at the Alumni Dinner-Dance were (L to R):
George & Ruth Hutzel, Leon & Bertie Miles, Helen & Gerald DeLoy, Gilbert & Dorothy
Gatchell,
Margaret & Vincent Herter, Merrilyn & Wesley Parker, Delores & Carl Ortolf, and Rita & William
Pence.
Coming from as far away as Pennsylvania and New York, nearly 150 alumni
and their guests returned to campus
April 23 for the Alumni Association's
1977 Dinner-Dance. Apparently the participants had a great time, because most
stayed right up to the event's 1 a.m.
closing!
With the help of the campus facilities
crew, activities chairman Don Halberda
ME'62, and his committee transformed
the College Dining Room into a nightclub with soft colored lights and flickering candles. Following a terrific buffetstyle dinner and a short program honoring the Class of 1952, the outstanding
24-piece "Patriots of Music" Orchestra
charmed dancers and listeners alike
with four hours of terrific Glen Millertype music.
Helping make the event a big success
were committee members Vincent Herter EE'52; Art Fischer IM'65; Gilbert Gatchell ME'52; Henry Kovalsky ME'62;
Alfred Bieman ME'47; and Roger Avie
IM'68.
Louis (ME'44)
orchestra.
and Grace Jelsch
enjoyed
the
Among those who traveled the farthest were (L to
R) Paul (ME'59)
and Pat Stites,
and
Frank
(AeroE'36) and Rita Cassel.
Gil Gatchell, ME'52 presented
tributed
mementos.
a brief tribute to the Class of 1952 and dis-
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While it isn't tlie Macl<inac Bridge,
Lawrence Institute of Technology's new
footbridge over the Rouge River connecting the College's athletic facilities to
the rest of the 85-acre campus is still
mighty important to L.l.T.'s 4580 students. What's unique about it is that
some students put their classroom
theory to practice and designed and
built much of the forty-foot-long concrete and steel structure themselves.
"Several construction engineering
students visited my office after hearing
we were discussing the project," says
Professor George Bowden, chairman of
the College's construction engineering
department. "One of them, Robert Sixbery, a Livonia junior, worked for Concrete Components, Inc., in Novi. He ventured that they might be able to donate
the main 40-ft. span and the 2 ten foot
approaches.
"As it turned out, they could,"
Bowden continues, "and the whole thing
snowballed. Our students did the surveying and design work, and we were
also fortunate to have Lawrence and
Associates provide the sub soil investigation and Harlan Electric Company set
the pilings at no charge."
The bridge meets specifications of
the City of Southfield and the State of
IVlichlgan.
"The new bridge is a great addition to
our campus and will alleviate the
problem our students have faced in
crossing the river for some time—especially in the Spring when the area's prone
to flooding," comments Dr. Wayne H.
Buell, L.l.T. president.
An earlier, less elaborate bridge had
been washed out during a flood.
(L to R) L.l.T. President Wayne H. Buell officially opens the College's new footbridge
while Professor of Construction
Engineering
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Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
vol. 1, no. 3
summer/autumn 1977
Published by the L.l.T. Office of Public
and Alumni Relations, 21000 West Ten
Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075
By-lined articles express the views of
the authors and not necessarily either
the opinions or the policies of the
College.
Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Office Secretary: Deborah A. Faes
P/70fos; Walter G. Bizon, Ar'75, Robert
G. Sheufelt and others
On the cover: Dr. Wayne Buell (left) and
Dr. Richard Marburger view the L.l.T.
campus from the ninth floor of the new
$4 million College Housing Center. {Tall
building on horizon is campus neighbor,
the Prudential Town Center.)
Calendar
October 22
Presidents Club Dinner, L.l.T.
Dining Room, 6:30 p . m . By
invitation.
October 27
Mr. William Panny, executive vice
president of Rockwell International
and president of the Engineering
Society of Detroit, speaks at 7:30
p.m. in the Science Building
Auditorium.Call President Marburger's secretary, M r s . Rosemary
Hodges, for seating reservations,
356-0200.
November 6
L.l.T. Alumni Association football
safari to Pontiac Silverdome. Detroit
Lions vs San Diego Chargers. Bus
from campus. Lunch. Call Alumni
Office for details.
November 28
Second term day baccalaureate
classes begin (Register in advance!)
New president Richard E. Marburgerand his family are no strangers to L.l.T. Pictured are(L toR)
son Dennis BA '76; Dr. Marburger; his wife, Mary; and daughter Kathy, a senior accounting major.
Marburger named
L.l.T.'s fourth president
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, vice
president for academic affairs at
Lawrence Institute of Technology since
1972, has assumed new duties as
president and chief administrative
officer of the College. Dr. Marburger's
appointment, effective September 1,
was the result of unanimous action
taken by the College's Members of the
Corporation and Board of Trustees at a
joint meeting June 9.
Dr. Marburger succeeds Dr. Wayne
H. Buell, who was named chairman of
the L.l.T. Corporation and retains his
positions as chairman of the Board of
Trustees and chief executive officer of
the College. Dr. Buell served as L.l.T.
president since 1964. (See related
stories, this issue).
As L.l.T.'s vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Marburger, 49,
supervised the activities of the College's
five Schools, the admissions office,
registrar, computer center, library, and
bookstore. As president and chief
administrative officer, he will also
administer the College's offices of
business affairs, campus facilities,
and student services. He had formerly
served for two years as the dean of
L.l.T.'s School of Arts and Science. His
scientific career spans 25 years at
L.l.T., the General Motors Research
Laboratories, and as a Lieutenant in the
U.S. Air Force.
A native of Detroit, Dr. Marburger
earned three degrees at Wayne State
University, including his Ph.D., and
was elected to membership in the
honorary scientific society, Sigma Xi.
He is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Engineering Society of
Detroit, past Executive Chairman of the
Membership Drive and present
Executive Chairman of the Corporate
Program Development Committee of
ESD. He is also a member of the
Executive Committee of ESD, the Board
of Trustees of the Business/Education
Alliance, Inc., the American Physical
Society, the American Association of
Physics Teachers, the Michigan
Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admission Officers, the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education, and is past Chairman of the
Michigan chapter of the American
Crystallographic Association. He is past
Chairman of the Board and present
Trustee of the Armenian Congregational Church, and past President and
present Director of the Kirkwood
Lakeowners Preservation Association.
Dr. Marburger and his wife, Mary,
reside in Birmingham. They have two
children: Dennis, 23, an L.l.T. alumnus, and Kathryn, 21, a senior at the
College.
�New chairman
hopes to
increase L.l.T.
visibility
Dr. Wayne H. B u e l l , L . l . T . ' s
energetic former president and now
chief executive officer and chairman of
both the L.l.T. Corporation and Board of
Trustees, doesn't plan to slow down yet.
He envisions that his new position,
w h i l e i n c l u d i n g r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for
management and policy decisions with
the trustees and members, will provide
more opportunities to strengthen the
College's regional v i s i b i l i t y and
relations with the corporate community.
" W i t h Dr. Marburger assuming
much of the day to day administrative
operations of the College, I'll be able to
devote more time to these other important areas," he comments. " A n d , by
continuing my work with Vice President
(for Development) Harrington, we hope
to strengthen our fund raising efforts as
well."
More of Dr. Buell's working day will
now be taken up with corporate visits
and events off the campus.
"Things we just couldn't afford—
timewise before." He'll also continue
his active role in College relations.
" I ' v e held more positions at L.l.T.
than anyone I can think of," he said
recently. " A s a student I roomed in the
attic of the old building In Highland
Park and worked as a custodian and in
the cafeteria; later I was an instructor
and later still a trustee and an administrator. I'm confident I'll be able to
answer most questions.
" T h e message of the College is a
good one—positive, strong and viable.
It's one we'd like others to hear more
about."
Buell presidency marked
tremendous progress at L.l.T.
The 13-year presidency of Dr. Wayne
H. Buell marked a period of tremendous
growth, progress, and prosperity for
Lawrence I n s t i t u t e of Technology.
Enrollment rose over 25 percent during
a period when many American colleges
experienced enrollment declines. The
College physical plant nearly tripled In
size—adding a m u l t i m i l l l o n dollar
Science Building In 1968, a new library
In 1975, and the just-opened $4 million
Student Housing Center. Curricular
advancements include the formation
of the School of Arts and Science, the
adding of programs in business administration, construction engineering and
the fifth-year professional degree in
architecture.
Perhaps most important of all, the
College was granted full accreditation of
all college programs by the North
Central Association in 1967. In addition,
the programs of the School of Engineering were accredited by the Engineers
Council for Professional Development
and the fifth-year bachelor of architecture program was accredited by the
National A r c h i t e c t u r a l A c c r e d i t i n g
Board.
Dr. Buell's presidency marked a
period of efficiency, and fiscal responsibility that has made L.l.T. a model of
sound college management for collegiate administrators nation-wide.
" W e can thrive on what others s p i l l , "
he's remarked with a chuckle. Michigan
Dr. Wayne H. Buell, chief executive officer
and chairman of the L.l.T. Corporation and
Board of Trustees.
Department of Education figures, for
example, illustrate that L.l.T. tuition
last year was 33 percent below the
average tuition charged at Michigan
private colleges and that it rose far less
rapidly than tuitions state-wide since
1964. When compared to state per
capita income increases during the
same period, it actually costs proportionally less to attend L.l.T. today
than in 1964.
A member of the College's first
freshman class, Buell graduated in 1936
and served on the full-time faculty at the
College for eight years and served four
more as a part-time member. He then
embarked on a successful career as
a research chemist and executive vice
president of Aristo Corporation. He was
appointed an L.l.T. trustee in 1950, and
returned to head his Alma Mater on
August 1, 1964. The Clay City, Indiana
native earned his masters degree at
Wayne State in 1951 and was awarded
an honorary doctorate in engineering
from L.l.T. in 1958. In 1970 he was
presented the Award for Scientific Merit
of the American Foundrymen's Society
and in 1974 was named a Fellow of the
Engineering Society of Detroit.
Buell, 64, is a director and former
chairman of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of
Michigan, a director of the Economic
Club of Detroit, member of the American Chemical Society, director of the
ESD Finance Committee and recently
served as co-chairman of the ESD
membership campaign. He has published a number of papers and articles and
is a popular lecturer.
He resides with his wife of 38 years,
Vita, on the campus.
�Spencer
Spencer,
Miles retire
Dr. Edward M . Spencer and Dr.
Nelson A. Miles have retired as
chairman and secretary of the members
of the L.l.T. Corporation. Both will
remain members. They are succeeded
by Wayne H. Buell and Kurt O. Tech.
The members manage the College and
select the Board of Trustees.
Spencer, 69, served as chairman of
the Corporation for 12 years. He was
treasurer of the Detroit Edison Company from 1957 until his retirement in
1970. He was appointed an L.l.T.
trustee in 1950 and a member of the
L.l.T. Corporation in 1964. He has been
a visiting professor of business and
industrial management at the College
since 1975, and serves as a consultant in
management and computer applications
world wide.
Miles
Tech
He was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1930, did
graduate work at that institution and
Wayne State, and was awarded an
honorary doctorate in engineering from
L.l.T. in 1964. He resides in Southfieid
with his wife, Ruth.
Dr. Nelson A. Miles has been an
L.l.T. trustee since 1965 and has served
as secretary of the members of the
L.l.T. Corporation since 1968. Miles is
attorney for the City of Grayling (Ml)
and retired in 1969 as vice president and
legal counsel of the Holley Carburetor
Company of Detroit. He was educated at
Albion College and the Chicago School
of Law where he received his L.L.B. in
1933. Later he completed graduate
studies at the Cumberland (TN) University Law School. He received an
honorary doctorate in humanities from
L.l.T. in 1974.
Miles is a former member of the
Michigan legislature, and represented
Ottawa County for four terms. He
resides in Grayling with his wife, Helen.
Entenman is new trustee
Alfred M. Entenman, Jr., has been
named to the Board of Trustees of
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Entenman is president of Giffels
Associates, I n c . , an i n t e r n a t i o n a l
architectural, engineering, and planning firm with offices in Southfieid,
Detroit, and Washington, D.C. He is
professionally registered in 40 states,
and with the National Council of
Engineering Examiners. Entenman is a
director of the Michigan State Chamber
of Commerce, Crowley-Mllner Co., and
director and treasurer of the Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD). He is a
member of the American Institute of
Steel Construction, Consulting Engi-
neers Council of Michigan, Inc., Cornell
U n i v e r s i t y C o u n c i l , the M i c h i g a n ,
Ontario, and National Societies of
Professional Engineers, Society of
American Military Engineers, and Tau
Beta Pi. In addition, he is a trustee and
vice president of the Rackham Foundation and on the executive committee of
ESD.
A resident of Grosse Pointe Park,
Entenman received his B.S.C.E. from
Cornell and has taken graduate studies
from Columbia. He has addressed a
number of professional engineering
organizations and recently received the
Annual Distinguished Service Award
from ESD.
En ten man
Tech is elected
Kurt O. Tech, corporate group vice
president of North American Operations
and a director of the Cross Company,
has been elected secretary of the Members of the Corporation at Lawrence
Institute of Technology in Southfieid.
He has served on the Board of Members
since 1975.
Tech succeeds Nelson A. Miles,
secretary of the members since 1968,
who will remain a Member.
Mr. Tech joined the Cross Company
more than 35 years ago, and is
responsible for North American
machine tool operations of the multinational automated machinery firm
headquartered in Fraser, Michigan.
In 1958, Tech received the L.l.T.
Alumni Achievement Award, and was
cited for "pioneering developments in
the field of automation and directing
development of many firsts in the field
of automatic production lines including
the Cross Transfer-matic and Automatic
Assembly Machines."
He received his Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering degree in 1948
from L.l.T. where he was President of
the senior class and a member of
Lambda Tau honor society.
He is a past President and Life
Member of the L.l.T. Alumni Association, a past President of the Russell
Lawrence Foundation and a member of
the L.l.T. Presidents Club.
A native of Detroit, Tech is a member
of the Engineering Society of Detroit,
the Society of Automotive Engineers,
the Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, the Lochmoor Club, and is a
member and past Moderator of the
Grosse Pointe Congregational Church.
Mr. Tech resides with his wife,
Carole, in Grosse Pointe Shores. They
have three sons: Kurt, 19; Karl, 16; and
Eric, 14.
�I College
Housing opens
L.l.T.'s "commuter college" classification ended August 1 as the new $4
million College Housing Center opened
to students. At presstime, only about 10
of the nine-story structure's 142 one and
two bedroom apartment units hadn't
been spoken for, according to William
C. Burke, director of student services.
Anticipating student needs, over half
of the building's tastefully decorated
apartments were completely furnished.
All of the units feature air conditioning,
stove, refrigerators, carpeting, drapes,
and garbage disposals. Most also have a
generously-proportioned private
balcony. Monthly rent ranges from $210
for a one bedroom unfurnished unit
accommodating 2 students, to $340 for a
two bedroom furnished unit accommodating 4 students. Rent includes heat
and all utilities except telephone.
"Residential life on a college campus
offers students many opportunities to
maximize their personal, social, and
educational experiences," says Dr.
Wayne H. Buell, chairman of the board.
"And on-campus housing makes
L.l.T.'s academic programs increasingly attractive to students from outstate
Michigan as well as other states and
countries."
The brick and masonry structure was
designed by Earl W. Pellerin Associates, architects. Pellerin retired in
1974 after serving 42 years on the
faculty and as Dean of the College's
School of Architecture. He has designed
all College buildings except the Library,
which was purchased by L.l.T. In 1975.
General contractors for the College
Housing Center were Etkin, Johnson
and Korb, Inc.
�Degrees
awarded to
485 graduates
Over 2000 g r a d u a t e s , r e l a t i v e s ,
f r i e n d s , faculty and a l u m n i f i l l e d t h e
Detroit Civic C e n t e r ' s Ford A u d i t o r i u m
June 5 as Dr. W a y n e H. Buell presented
d i p l o m a s at the C o l l e g e ' s 45th a n n u a l
C o m m e n c e m e n t exercises.
W i l l i a m M . A g e e , c h a i r m a n , president, and chief executive officer of t h e
Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n gave t h e C o m mencement address at the Sunday
afternoon event. F o l l o w i n g his r e m a r k s ,
w h i c h appear in t h i s issue of t h e L . l . T .
Magazine, A g e e was a w a r d e d
an
honorary Doctor of Science in I n d u s t r i a l
M a n a g e m e n t Degree.
A g e e , 39, was named to head B e n d i x
in January 1977. He j o i n e d B e n d i x In
1972 and has held a n u m b e r of e x e c u t i v e
positions. He was f o r m e r l y senior vice
president of Boise Cascade C o r p o r a t i o n .
A g e e received his B.S. in Business
w i t h Highest Honors in 1960 f r o m t h e
U n i v e r s i t y of Idaho, and his M . B . A .
w i t h Distinction f r o m t h e
Harvard
Business School in 1963.
Involved in m a n y civic a c t i v i t i e s ,
A g e e ' s a f f i l i a t i o n s include t h e D e t r o i t
Renaissance, Inc., New D e t r o i t , Inc.,
Citizens Research Council of M i c h i g a n ,
Junior A c h i e v e m e n t , t h e Boy Scouts of
A m e r i c a , and he serves as a u t o m o t i v e
Industry c h a i r m a n of the 1977 U.S.
Industrial Savings Bond c a m p a i g n . H e
is a board m e m b e r of t h e Great A t l a n t i c
and Pacific Tea C o m p a n y and t h e
Equitable Life A s s u r a n c e Society. H i s
professional m e m b e r s h i p s i n c l u d e t h e
S o c i e t y of A u t o m o t i v e
Engineers,
Economic C l u b of D e t r o i t , A m e r i c a n
Institute of C e r t i f i e d Public A c c o u n t ants, the Business R o u n d t a b l e , and t h e
Council on Foreign Relations.
Also honored at the 1977 C o m m e n c e ment exercises w e r e H o w a r d H . K e h r l ,
who received t h e honorary d e g r e e ,
Doctor of Science in I n d u s t r i a l M a n a g e m e n t , and Ralph E. Cross, w h o received
the honorary d e g r e e . Doctor of E n g i neering.
H o w a r d K e h r l has served as executive vice president of General M o t o r s in
charge of the d e s i g n , e n g i n e e r i n g ,
e n v i r o n m e n t a l activities, m a n u f a c t u r i n g
and research staffs and t h e patent
section since 1974. He received his B.S.
degree f r o m Illinois I n s t i t u t e of T e c h -
4\
Howard H. Kehrl (L to R), Dr. Buell, Ralph E. Cross and William M. Agee pause
graduation
procession.
Kehrl, Cross, and Agee were presented
with honorary
L.I. T. ' s 45th annual Commencement
exercises
June 5.
nology a n d his masters degrees f r o m
t h e U n i v e r s i t y of N o t r e D a m e a n d
Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y .
K e h r l , 54, j o i n e d G M in 1948. He is
on t h e board of t h e D a y t o n - H u d s o n
C o r p o r a t i o n a n d serves on M e t r o p o l i t a n
Detroit's United Foundation, the United
W a y of M i c h i g a n E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e ,
and a w i d e range of civic, e d u c a t i o n a l ,
and c o m m u n i t y boards and councils.
Ralph Cross is president and chief
e x e c u t i v e officer of t h e Cross C o m p a n y .
H e j o i n e d Cross in 1932 f o l l o w i n g
s t u d i e s at t h e Massachusetts I n s t i t u t e of
Technology.
Cross, 67, is i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y k n o w n in
t h e m a c h i n e tool i n d u s t r y as t h e
o r i g i n a t o r of a n u m b e r of i m p o r t a n t
d e v e l o p m e n t s in a u t o m a t i o n . H e has
m o r e t h a n 20 patents in his n a m e , a n d is
t h e r e c i p i e n t of m a n y honors f r o m
professional e n g i n e e r i n g societies. H i s
e x p e r t t e s t i m o n y has been sought by a
variety
of g o v e r n m e n t a l
bodies,
i n c l u d i n g congressional c o m m i t t e e s a n d
the
U.S.
Environmental
Protection
A g e n c y . He served as president of the
National
Machine
Tool
Builders
Association in 1975, and was n o m i n a t e d
W o r l d T r a d e r of the Year in 1976.
before joining the
doctorates during
Welcome to
our world
The 1977 L.l.T. Commencement
Address
by William M. Agee—chairman,
president, and chief executive
officer of the
Bendix
Corporation.
Let m e begin w i t h a confession. It is
c u s t o m a r y at m o m e n t s like this to say
that one is happy and privileged to be
here — a n d I Intend to honor that cust o m . I am happy and privileged to be
here. Y o u r c a m p u s is lovely. Your
g r a d u a t i n g class has that b r i g h t , fresh,
eager look that every graduating class
should have. I a m impressed with the
c u r r i c u l a and facilities of one of Bendix'
closest n e i g h b o r s , Lawrence Institute of
Technology, and p r o u d of the degree It
has elected to give m e - e v e n if, unlike
your o w n , it is only honoris causa. In a
w o r d , m y cup r u n n e t h over, except for
one t h i n g : I feel I ought to say
something important.
�Now, making speeches Is part of m y
job and you may feel that t h e r e is no
great hardship in m y h a v i n g , as it w e r e ,
to sing for my supper, just as I do w h e n I
visit one of our Bendix d i v i s i o n s or talk
to a management c l u b . But t h a t w o u l d
be a profound misconception —because
this is not, after a l l , a m a n a g e m e n t c l u b
or anything of the sort. It is, or should
be, a c e r e m o n i a l , a
Memorable
Occasion, what the a n t h r o p o l o g i s t s call
a rite of passage. A n d t h i s m e a n s — t o
me, at any r a t e — t h a t it r e q u i r e s a q u i t e
different approach and f r a m e of m i n d . It
cannot simply be a n o t h e r p l a t f o r m f r o m
which to vent m y o p i n i o n s and express
my concerns about I n f l a t i o n , say, or
productivity, or t h e incoherence of t h e
federal tax codes. C o m m e n c e m e n t is
one of those special m o m e n t s in l i f e
which call for ideas of another k i n d .
So I've got a p r o b l e m . W e have a
way, in this c o u n t r y , of a s s u m i n g t h a t
skills are i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y t r a n s f e r a b l e ,
and that p r o m i n e n c e in one f i e l d must
necessarily Indicate expertise in o t h e r s .
So we seek baseball stars to endorse
coffee-making machines, and
listen
cafefully when a Nobel Prize w i n n e r in
biology tells us how to vote in a
presidential election. T h i s strikes m e as
a very dubious procedure. W h y s h o u l d
you look to a corporate e x e c u t i v e , after
all, for ideas about a n y t h i n g
but
business?
W e l l , in this case, I t h i n k t h e r e are
some reasons — a n d t h i s , in fact, is
what I want to talk to you about today.
What business has business
with
general ideas?
By general ideas, of course, I mean
those that people live by — w h e t h e r
they express our values or our v i e w s of
the world. C o m m e n c e m e n t itself is such
an idea. It implies a broad s t a t e m e n t , a
judgement about life. It says that w e
should place a certain value on each
individual person and that
each
successive phase t h r o u g h w h i c h we pass
should be noted and m a r k e d , s o l e m n l y
and ceremonially. T h i s was t h e t h o u g h t ,
doubtless, that
lay
behind
the
ceremonies w h i c h most religions have
instituted to celebrate the b e g i n n i n g
and end of a h u m a n existence, as well as
marriage and other solemn occasions.
If, on the other h a n d , we accepted t h e
notion of the 17th c e n t u r y E n g l i s h
philosopher, H o b b e s , to t h e effect t h a t
human life, as he put it, is " s o l i t a r y ,
nasty, short and b r u t i s h " , we m i g h t ask
ourselves w h e t h e r t h e r e is any sense in
having a c o m m e n c e m e n t at a l l .
The point, t h e n , is that t h e ideas I
have in m i n d are philosophical in
n a t u r e — n o t that they are u n r e l a t e d to
our dally concerns. T h e y are very m u c h
r e l a t e d , In fact, but t h e y have to do w i t h
ends rather t h a n m e a n s , w i t h political
and economic t h e o r y rather t h a n w i t h
t h e practice of m a n a g e m e n t , w i t h ethics
r a t h e r t h a n t e c h n o l o g y . In other w o r d s ,
they are the ideas w h i c h
have
t r a d i t i o n a l l y b e l o n g e d to a c a d e m i a or
l i t e r a t u r e or t h e c h u r c h .
Business
people w e r e p r e p a r e d to a c k n o w l e d g e
that they had t h e i r place, p r o v i d i n g t h e y
had a c q u i r e d some official s t a n d i n g . But
that place was c e r t a i n l y not in t h e
business w o r l d .
Of course, t h e r e have been m a n y
exceptions to t h i s general r u l e , and I a m
s u r e t h a t some w i l l i m m e d i a t e l y occur to
y o u . B e n j a m i n F r a n k l i n was both a
businessman and a p h i l o s o p h e r ; D a v i d
O w e n was a t e x t i l e m a n u f a c t u r e r and a
social t h i n k e r ; and one of our most
d i s t i n g u i s h e d poets, W a l l a c e Stevens,
spent m u c h of his life m a n a g i n g an
insurance c o m p a n y .
F u r t h e r m o r e , w e s h o u l d bear in m i n d
t h a t business people, like all people,
f u n c t i o n in a f r a m e w o r k of
ideas
w h e t h e r they a r e a w a r e of w h a t t h e y are
d o i n g or not — m u c h like M o l i e r e ' s
Bourgeois G e n t l e m a n w h o , as you m a y
recall, was astonished to learn f r o m a
professor of r h e t o r i c that w h a t he had
been speaking all his life was prose.
Just as " t h o s e w h o do not know
history are c o n d e m n e d to repeat i t , "
t h e r e are certain ideas, mostly d a t i n g
f r o m A d a m S m i t h and t h e social
D a r w i n i s t s of t h e 19th c e n t u r y , w h i c h
s u r v i v e in t h e after d i n n e r speeches of
our business c o m m u n i t y — e v e n to t h i s
day.
T h e fact r e m a i n s that u n t i l q u i t e
recently most A m e r i c a n b u s i n e s s m e n and please note t h a t w e no longer say
businessmen,
we
say
business
people—vjere
q u i t e content to leave
philosophy a n d , for t h a t m a t t e r , political
science, sociology and even economics
— t o the professors. Or to t h e j o u r n a l i s t s
or politicians or anyone w h o had any use
for t h e m . T h e y , c e r t a i n l y , d i d not. T h e r e
may have been some closet metaphysicians
in
General
Motors,
clandestine
logical positivists
in
M o t o r s , c l a n d e s t i n e logical positivists in
U.S. Steel, secret devotees of A r i s t o t l e ,
Locke or T o q u e v i l l e in the National
Association of M a n u f a c t u r e r s , but these
people had good reason to keep their
heads d o w n and cover their tracks.
B u s i n e s s — b i g , professionally managed
business, in any e v e n t — w a s supposed
to be a p r a c t i c a l , not a reflective,
a c t i v i t y ; and an interest in general ideas
could only be h a r m f u l to one's career.
W e l l , I have news for y o u . A l l that has
changed.
It has, in fact, been c h a n g i n g for q u i t e
some t i m e n o w , but t h e movement has
accelerated v e r y considerably in the
past t w o decades. Business is no less a
practical a c t i v i t y than it was, and the
basic p r e p a r a t i o n for a business career
still r e q u i r e s some mastery of at least
one of t h e specialized disciplines, such
as e n g i n e e r i n g or accounting or law. But
business leaders know that s o m e t h i n g
more Is r e q u i r e d —because they f i n d
t h e m s e l v e s s p e n d i n g just as much t i m e
on p o l i t i c a l , ethical and sociological
p r o b l e m s as they do on p r o d u c t i o n ,
m a r k e t i n g and f i n a n c e .
T h e reasons for t h i s change are as
m a n y and as c o m p l i c a t e d as the factors
w h i c h fashioned t h e m o d e r n w o r l d .
H i s t o r y moves in a mysterious way, its
w o n d e r s to p e r f o r m . But whatever the
reasons, they add up to an entirely new
s i t u a t i o n ; r i g h t l y or w r o n g l y , as a
s i m p l e m a t t e r of fact, the legitimacy of
w h a t we have always regarded as
n o r m a l business a c t i v i t y has been
placed in q u e s t i o n . Business in this
c o u n t r y — a n d , for t h a t m a t t e r , t h r o u g h out t h e w o r l d — i s e m b a t t l e d , and the
battle is largely r a g i n g on the plane
of ideas. It is not our professional or
technical
competence
which
Is
c h a l l e n g e d . It is not our a b i l i t y to
produce and
distribute commodities
and services. If t h e survival of the
p r i v a t e e n t e r p r i s e system and
the
m a r k e t economy are at stake, it is
because our e n d s — n o t merely our
m e a n s — h a v e been q u e s t i o n e d .
T h i s , in any e v e n t , is how a great
many
business
people v i e w
their
s i t u a t i o n . It Is t h e prevalent v i e w , in any
case, in w h a t is called big business, the
c o r p o r a t i o n s w h i c h today are responsible for m o r e than sixty percent of our
national p r o d u c t . Perhaps it w i l l strike
you as o v e r s t a t e d , or couched in
excessively dramatic terms.
And
p e r h a p s , w h e n t h e dust has s e t t l e d , you
�will turn out to be right. But anyone who
knows the business community, I
believe, will recognize the picture I have
drawn.
On the face of it, given the historic
performance of our economic systems,
there/s something surprising in the fact
that our business leadership feels itself
so suspect, so unloved and so
threatened in a society which it has done
so much to enrich.
What has happened, of course, is
that the spectacular rise in living
standards has been accompanied by an
equally spectacular rise in expectations.
This is a matter of psychology, not
numbers: the achievement for which
one generation worked and struggled
becomes the vested and unquestioned
right of the next. But it becomes
increasingly difficult to satisfy these
expectations, so the sense of injustice
persists. Along with the traditional kind
of unemployment, which rises when the
business cycle turns down, there is a
new kind, which increases when
unemployment insurance becomes more
available. And then, of course, there is
the problem of pollution, concern about
dwindling and
non-renewable
resources, and the degradation of both
the moral and physical environment
through stress, rapid change and
material abundance. Inflation becomes
endemic. And as the system increases
its complexity, its interrelatedness, its
propensity for conflict, it creates an
increasing demand for government
intervention and arbitration —which
means that, to the extent that it is
successful, the free enterprise system
tends unless we do something about it
to become less free.
Now all this, as I have suggested, is a
twice-told tale. In synopsis, perhaps, it
sounds rather grim —not at all the sort
of prospect one would want to offer a
graduating class. Some of you may be
wondering, therefore, why I should
appear at this ceremony, like Banquo's
ghost, to tell it again. My answer to that
is very simple: I can think of no better
way of welcoming you to our world!
During the past hundred years, for
example, our real per capita share of the
gross national product, expressed in
1958 dollars, has grown by a factor of
eight, from about $500 to more than
$4,000. Jobs were multiplied by a factor
of eight, while our population was
increasing by only a factor of five; and,
needless to say, the same period—
which roughly corresponds to the
modern industrial era—saw a remarkable improvement in every other mea-
.. the spectacular
rise in living standards
has been accompanied
by an equally
spectacular rise in
expectations."
sure of what we call the standard of
living: in working conditions, in health,
in housing and education and job
security. There is no question that, in
material terms at least, the record of the
American economy compares very
favorably with that of other economies,
and especially with those which have
tried with such dismal results to
dispense with private enterprise and the
market mechanism.
It is the very success of our economy,
It seems to me, which provides the best
clues to the paradoxical situation we
find ourselves in today. The development of our technological and
productive power, the increasing
rapidity of communications, the spread
of educational opportunity and the
ever-widening availability of services of
every kind —all this, while it does not
yet suffice to wipe out poverty and
inequality, creates an affluence which in
turn gives rise to an entirely new order
of problems.
Since World War II our economic
growth has been interrupted by a
number of brief recessions, one of
which was quite severe. When that
happens, of course, the problems of
affluence hardly seem like problems at
all. But over the long term, and
increasingly, the challenge to our
economic system seems to come rather
from its beneficiaries than from those
who have been left behind; not from
what the 19th century Marxists called
"the wretched of the earth," but rather
from the upwardly mobile, the middle
classes, the intellectuals, the professional people and their offspring.
From this day forth the problems I
have listed are yours as well as mine.
The truth of the matter is that they, and
a great many others, were always yours
—but Commencement makes it official.
And the other side of every problem,
of course, is an opportunity. Business
people in our society may never have
been as powerful as the populist
mythology would have It, but they do
wield considerable power; and if they
feel a need to re-establish the legitimacy
of the private enterprise system and the
market economy they must be prepared
to show that their power is directed
towards socially desirable needs. This
should not be impossible —but how do
we go about it? What do we do about
labor's increasing insistence on
participating in certain management
decisions? How do we cope with the
prevailing ignorance of the economic
facts of life? In responding to
community pressures, is it possible to
distinguish between the Voice of the
People and the voice of the cranks?
What are the rights and responsibilities
of multinational corporations In a world
still dominated by national states?
These are some of the elements of the
agenda which is yours now, as well as
mine. Those of you who make your
careers in business will deal with thenn
directly, but each of you will have some
part in determining how they come out.
The world Into which we are
welcoming you today is troubled, to be
sure —even more conflicted, confused,
complicated and uncertain than the one
that welcomed me, some 17 years ago.
But it also promises an interesting and
challenging future —and the future, for
the moment at least, is the only place to
go.
A famous American, the writer
Nathaniel Hawthorne, as you might
know, spent much of his life in
reclusion; and even in his most active
periods he was always tempted to
forsake the commerce of his fellow man
for the joys and terrors of the contemplative life. Yet he came to feel that, in
the end, self-realization could only be
achieved in the world of affairs. "The
truly wise," he wrote in one of his
sketches, "after all their speculations,
will be led Into the common path and, in
homage to the human nature that
pervades them, will gather gold, and till
the earth, and set out trees, and build a
house."
So—let that be my final word to you! I
hope you will bring what you have
learned here into the world of business,
which needs all the learning it can get.
We don't gather much gold anymore,
but we still till the earth and set out
trees and build houses. And, far more
than in Hawthorne's day, business has
an abundance of problems and
opportunities to challenge the "truly
wise"—which, now that we have
graduated, must include you and me.
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Annual Giving
1976—1977
L.I.T. gifts
set new record
The fiscal year ending June 30,1977, saw new
records set again for fund raising. Gifts to the
Annual Giving Progrann reached a new high of
$435,526 as support increased in virtually all
sectors. Most significant were increases in alumni
gifts and in grants from business and industry.
The College was also the recipient of two pieces of
property that will, when ultimately sold, add
substantially to our funds.
The Presidents Club
Established in 1974, the Club's first purpose
was to stimulate an active interest and
participation in the affairs of the College by alumni
and friends. Another purpose was to establish a
generous pattern of giving to the College by
alumni and friends, and this became a reality
indeed in 1976-77.
Presidents Club members contributed $40,903
to L.I.T. during the past year. This was made up of
122 gifts, up from 97 the year before, and up
$7,102 from the previous year.
Thirty-six new members were welcomed to the
Club at the annual meeting on October 21,1976,
bringing the total number of Presidents Club
members to 158.
The members of the board of directors of the Club
have been tireless in their efforts to extend
invitations to interested alumni and friends. Their
good work continues, and October, 1977, should see
another impressive number of new members. The
board includes Frank Noggle, president; LeeZwally,
vice president; Steve Davis, secretary/treasurer; and
directors Ben Bregi, Art Kelley, John Popovich and
Roger Shtogrin.
The generosity
of alumni and friends
education
a reality for L.I. T.
students.
fielps
mal<e
a
college
Alumni
General alumni support continued to grow
during the past year. The Alumni Association has
long recognized the need and desirability of
greater involvement on the part of alumni in the
Annual Giving Program. A higher level of
involvement and support helps guarantee the
same high quality, moderate cost education which
students of yesterday enjoyed.
It was thus extremely encouraging to see the
number of alumni gifts grow by 13 percent to 384.
Dollars grew even more percentagewise, from
$29,681 in 1975-76 to $36,607 in 1976-77, an
increase of 23 percent.
The Alumni Association's efforts continue as we
go into 1977-78. An "in-house" campaign at the
Chrysler Corporation met with considerable
�success, and the Associati()n plans to expand into
other companies during tllis fiscal year,
Our honor roll of alumni supporters follows:
Timothy G. Agajeenian
Daniel Agnello
Wayne Alliens
Paul S. Allmacher
Richard G. Allen
Alphonse Andrzejak
Irving Appelblatt
Darrel S. Ash by
Donald R. Ashton
Roger E. Avie
Charles V. Awe
Frederick Bach I
Meivin Bader
Clayton O. Baker
Edward J. Baker
Kenneth Bakhaus
Donald G. Bamford
Nick Baracos
Bill A. Battle
John A. Bauman
Donald W. Beattie
Frank H. Bell
Richard V. Bernard
Susan H. Biotti
Alexander Bireescu
William IH. Bishop
Edward Bisson
David W. Bella
Donald R. Bolle
Roy E. Bennett
David G. Booth
Robert C. Boswell
Brian Bowron
William J. Boyd
Robert O. Brandau
Ben F. Bregi
Ernest E. Brown
Arthur E. Buck
Stanley L. Buckay
Wayne H. Buell
Gerard E. Burke
Clifton M. Burleson
Arthur A. Burr
William E. Butts
Max L. Camburn
Dennis J. Cantwell
Joseph F. Carolin
Joseph F. Cavanaugh
Donald A. Cerget
J. Ralph Chamness
Dante Ciammitti
Donald F. Clinton
Kenneth P. Comstock
Larry D. Cottrell
Garnet R. Cousins
Phillip J. Covey
Carl W. Cowan
Harry F. Cragel
William B. Crump
Emil S. Dahel
Michael T. DeClercq
Robert F. DeDoe
Dean V. DeGalan
Stanley C. Deller
Gerald W. DeLoy
Lawrence N. Diggs
Alfred L. Doherty
Edmund Dombrowski
Mitchell S. Dombrowski
Edwin H. Donaldson
Edward J. Donley
William L. Dornbrock
William F.S.Dowlding
George 8. Drake
William A. Dryburgh
Sam E. Dukes, Jr.
Harold H. Dunn
Richard M. Dunning
Joseph J. Dyki
Lynn T. Engelhuber
Edward F. Falkowski
Francis M. Farina
Robert E. Farrar
John R. Fawcett
David E. Pillion
Arthur W. Fischer
John F. Fisher
John L. Flood
Douglas H. Foley
John Fontanesi
Robert J. Ford
Anthony C. Fortunski
Richard Gavasso
Elmer M. Gee
Robert R. Gehrke
Lawrence A. Gerada
David Geragosian
Robert J. Gilmer
Angelo P. Giusty
Andrew Gladd, Jr.
Vanig Godoshian
Jerry A. Goecke
Harry J. Gohl
John Goulasarian
Joseph M. Graham, Jr.
George Gravila
Ralph W. Griffin
Norman J. Grudell
John Gryszkiewicz
LeRoy C. Guthrie
James L. Hadfield
Robert C. Hagemann
Donald M. Halberda
Floyd W. Hansen
Nels L. Hansen
John G. Hardin
Milton G. Harris
Alvin Hart
Walter T. Hartung
Theodore R. Hayman
Russell B. Hebert
Robert T. Heck
Donald W. Hein
William J. Helmore
Raymond D. Hemstreet
Ronald J. Henderson
George Henrikssen
Vincent J. Herter
James W. Hobson
Joseph H. Holland
Karl V. Holm
Henry B. Horldt
Emmett J. Horton
Alexander Hossack
David F. Hoyle
Robert C. Hubbard
Carl H. Huebner
Charles E. Hunt
George K. Hutzel
Irek F. Imirowicz
William D. Innes
William W. Ironside
Frank A. James
William B. James
James J. Jaster
Emil J. Jaworowski
Louis J. Jelsch
William A. Johns
Thomas B. Jones
William P.H. Jones
Brian P. Judge
Joseph Kado
Edward Kalist
Neil R. Karl
Conrad Kaspers
Thomas A. Katona
Vincent Kaye
Arthur L. Kelley
James E. Kemp
William S. Kenyon
Raymond Khan
Richard J. Kirsammer
Carl Knaebel
Victor L. Kochajda
Aloysius J. Kochanski
Elmer E. Koenig
Thomas 8. Kopcha
Ernest W. Kosty
Charles A. Koury
Henry Kovalsky
Edward F. Kristofik
Roland G. Krupp
John M. Kruszko
Robert R. Kuhnert
Stanley J. Kukawka
William LaGosh
Henry J. LaMotte
Louis J. Lambert
Cornell J. Lazar
Eric A. Lewis
Leon Linton
Marlyn K. Lisk
William J. Lomas
Ralph H. Long
George N. Lounsbery
Sam Lovalenti
Lowell P. Loweke
Harry J. Lund
Robert N. Lund
Arthur E. Maass
William T. MacDonald
Jerome R. MacGillis
Steven A. Machno
Joseph Maiuri
George Y. Malcolm
Sam P. Manzella
Dennis R. Marburger
Roger E. Marce
Gary Marchenia
Derek W. Marshall
William F. Marshall
Arthur N. Marston
Walter Martynow
Richard E. Maund
Calvin H. McClellan
Jack C. McClellan
Henry L. McColl
Walter F. McCoskey
Francis F. McFall
Donald L. Mclnnis
Donald Mclntyre
John A. McMann
Terry L. Measel
John G. Meyer
Dennis Micek
Samuel E. Michael
Beatrice A. Miko
Robert W. Militzer
Geoffrey A. Miller
David T. Mills
Joseph Mlacak
Movses Movsesian
Richard V. Moxley
Raymond L. Moy
Marvin R. Muckenfuss
Harold Muir
David R. Nadeau
Mark L. Nagel
Albert E. Nash
J. Richard Newman
Francis E. Noggle
James H. Obey
Dennis R. O'Connell
Robert C. Ofenstein
Earl G. Ogger
Calvin F. Opperthauser
Robert J. Parker
Vaughan A. Patterson
Gerald G. Peck
James Pershon
Ernest W. Peterkin
Ray B. Pettibone
Gino Piccirilli
G. Donald Pierce
Thaddeus Pietrykowski
James A. Piziali
Bruce R. Polkinghorne
Alvin R. Prevost
Robert J. Raymond
Bruce R. Reed
Glen H. Reimer
Gerald W. Rein
Robert R. Reiner
Edward P. Repik
Jesse W. Richards
Vernon E. Riddell
Philip Rizzo, Jr.
Richard C. Rocco
Edward A. Romanowski
Carol D. Rose
Alexander Ross
Godfrey A. Ross
William A. Rosso
Donald W. Ruth
Gerard S. Rutkowski
Anthony S. Ryff
Leo E. Banker
Nicholas Sarzynski
Steven W. Scarbrough
Douglas A. Schiemann
Robert J. Schlaff
Clinton D. Schoonover
William Schwanke
Charles W. Schwartz
Ralph L. Schwarz
John Sebu
J. Paul Seehaver
Henry J. Selewonik
Ray W. Sevakis
James M. Shamaly
Richard C. Sharp
Roger F. Shtogrin
William R. Slattery
Benjamin Slowiejko
Donald J. Smith
James H. Smith
Steve Sobak
Jacob J. Sokolowski
James B. Stanley
Russell H. Starks
James M. Steimel
Russell F. Stem
Kent P. Stiner
Jack Stone
James A. Stone
Charles M. Strachan
Anthony J. Suchocki
Larry E. Sundgren
John C. Sutherland
Royle K. Sutter
Ely Tama
Henry J. Tamagne
�Elvin A. Taylor
Kurt O. Tech
Myron Telep
Robert L. Thompson
George D. Toth
Lawrence J. Trapp
Thad S. Treciak
Calvin D. Trestrail
Thomas T. Tuttle
Raymond L. Urban
Michael A. ValentI
Gary S. Van Neck
Lee A. Vincent
Richard P. VIsger
Earl B. Volz
Mark F. Wagner
Gregory Waleke
James R. Wangler
William H. Warfield
Newell E. Webb
Howard L. Weber
Kenneth L. Wharff
Gene H. Whitfield
Howard E. Whitston
Thomas A. WIeszkowiak
Robert E. Williams
Arthur F. Wilusz
Ronald A. Wonboy
Jimmie D. Woods
David A. Wynkoop
Charles Wyte
Thomas R. Yagley
Albert Yee
Hoi Y. Yee
Frank K. Yesh
Ronald W . Zahm
William D. Zlegler
Dennis C. Zollweg
Daniel T. Zwada
C. Lee Zw/ally
Andrew Zywotko
Friends
Gifts to the A n n u a l G i v i n g Progrann f r o m f r i e n d s
of the College reached a record high of $13,246, an
increase of $5,203 over last year. T h e College is
deeply appreciative of gifts f r o m the f o l l o w i n g :
Beatrice D. Adier
Elton J. Asmus
Eugene Bordlnat, Jr.
Anthony B. Brehler
Edgar C. Campbell
Philip L. Cox
Terry Cross
David A. Cuff
Richard H. Cummings
Edward T. Darling
Wllmer Davis, Jr.
Harold E. Edgerton
Joe R. Ewing
Dick Frederick
Dorothy N. Gillum
George H. Goldstone
Perry E. Gresham
John R. Hamann
Algird Kreuchunas
Shirley Kyle
Dorotha H. Lawrence
Linda Leddick
Robert G. Lenz
William Lilac
Arch Lytle
Donald C. Mac Kenzie
Carlo Martina
Etienne F. Masalskis
Marcia A. Maskey
Robert M . McCabe
Paul Merritt
Blaine E. Miller
Bram Pais
Edward S. Papelian
Earl W . Pellerin
Raymond T. Perring
Henry Roemmelt
Albert Shulte
Kurt A . W . Stroebele
Neil N. Trad
Louis Weir
Robert E. Wilde
Walter B. Williams
Thomas Yack
Corporations
A milestone was reached in t h e College year
1976-77, as we set a goal of 100 corporate
supporters and achieved a final tally of 105. T h i s
was up f r o m 64 in the previous year. Our new
corporate allies represent a good cross section of
the business w o r l d — l a r g e and s m a l l ,
manufacturing and service, and both local and
international.
We shall try very hard to c o n t i n u e to m e r i t t h e i r
support.
It is w i t h pleasure and p r i d e that w e honor the
following:
A.B.C. Roll Company
Acorn Building Components
Allied Chemical Company
Allstate Insurance Company
American Motors
Corporation
Aqua-Weed Control
of Oakland County, Inc.
Barton-Malow Company
Donald Beach & Associates
Bendix Corporation
Berry & Seyburn
Blgelow-Llptak Corporation
D. P. Brown, Inc.
Jack Brown & Associates
Cyril J . Burke, Inc.
Burroughs Corporation
Celanese Coatings
& Specialties Company
Chrysler Corporation
Clayton Manufacturing
Company
Cleaners Hanger Company
Concrete Components, Inc.
Cook Paint & Varnish
Company
Cooney Engineering
Company
Monte Costella & Company
The Cross Company
Darin & Armstrong, Inc.
Detroit Bank & Trust
Company
Detroit Edison
Detroit Free Press
Dover Corporation
E. E. & G. Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Ebeling & Hicks, Inc.
Environetics Company
Ethyl Corporation
Etkin, Johnson & Korb, Inc.
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
Fargo Machine & Tool
Company
Federal Mogul Corporation
First Federal Savings
& Loan Association
Ford Motor Company
Foundry Flask & Equipment
Company
Four Brothers Company
Fuller Tool Company
Gatchell & Associates, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
Hanna, Zabriskie & Daron
Ltd.
Harlan Electric Company
Harley, Ellington, Pierce,
Yee Associates
Holcroft & Company
IBM
Imperial Floor Covering, Inc.
Inmont Corporation
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
Kent-Moore Corporation
Koebel Diamond Tool
Company
KowalskI Sausage Company
A.R. Kramer Company
S.S. Kresge Company
Kuhlman Corporation
Kysor of Cadillac
LOF Plastics Inc.
P.F. LaDuke & Son
F. Joseph Lamb Company
Leader Machine Products
Inc.
Leidel and Hart Mason
Contractors, Inc.
Maccabees Mutual Life
Insurance Company
Ralph E. Maly, Inc.
Manufacturers National
Bank
Marathon Oil Company
McCord Corporation
Michigan Audio Visual
Michigan Bell Telephone
Company
Michigan Consolidated Gas
Company
Michigan-Wisconsin
Pipeline
National Bank of Detroit
National Gypsum Company
Cutwater Trane Service
Agency, Inc.
Palmer-Smith Company
Parke-Davis & Company
Parke, Winter & Reed, Inc.
Earl W . Pellerin
& Associates
J . M . Power Company
Prakken Publications
Quanex Corporation
Louis G. Redstone
Associates
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Rockwell International
Ryerson & Son, Inc.
Schuster-Allen Associates,
Inc.
Sears-Roebuck Company
George R. Shamie, Jr., P.C.
Sisiin-Splane Printing
Company
Eberle M . Smith Associates
Suburban Boring Company
Sussex House
TRW
TMP Associates, Inc.
Varsity Cleaners
Vought Corporation
Jervis B. Webb Company
Western Electric Company
Whitehead & Kales
Company
Wolverine X-Ray Sales &
Service
Minoru Yamasaki
& Associates, Inc.
Ye Olde Teachers Shoppe
Corporationsmatching gifts
M a n y companies have m a t c h i n g gift p r o g r a m s .
U n d e r these p r o g r a m s , a gift to our College by a
company e m p l o y e e is matched by the company. It
encourages g i v i n g and provides e x t r a income to
Lawrence T e c h . W e are pleased to list the
f o l l o w i n g m a t c h i n g companies, many of w h o m are
�Land and buildings
also listed among our regular corporate
supporters.
A C F F o u n d a t i o n , Inc.
Air Products and Chemicals,
Inc.
Allegheny-Ludlum
Industries, Inc.
American Broadcasting
Company
A m e r i c a n Standard Inc.
Austin Company
BASF Wyandotte
Corporation
Bechtel Corporation
Bendix Corporation
Bundy Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Citicorp
Ex-Cello Corporation
Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company
Fluor Corporation
F o r d IVIotor C o m p a n y
G . T . E . Sylvania, Inc.
G o u l d , Inc.
H o n e y w e l l , Inc.
IBM
T h e College was most fortunate in being the
recipient of t w o pieces of real estate last year.
International Minerals
8k C h e m i c a l C o r p o r a t i o n
Kidder-Peabody Company
Martin-Marietta Corporation
Owen-Illinois, Inc.
Pfizer, Inc.
Rockwell International
Sperry-Rand Corporation
Teal Electric C o m p a n y
Wallace Murray Company
Warner-Lambert Company
Westinghouse Corporation
Arthur Young Company
The College has long enjoyed support f r o m a
number of associations, particularly those allied
w i t h the construction industry. Support f r o m t h e
latter arises f r o m the establishment of our
C o n s t r u c t i o n E n g i n e e r i n g P r o g r a m in t h e School
of Engineering in 1969. To t h e m and to all other
associations, we express our deep appreciation.
Together, they contributed $42,081 to L. I .T., an
increase of $19,982 over last year.
Association
Engineering Society
of D e t r o i t
General Motors Girls' Club
L.l.T. A l u m n i Association
National Electric Sign
Association
National Electrical
Contractors Association
National Fund for M i n o r i t y
Engineering
Oak
Park
Amateur
Radio
Club
Oakland County
E n g i n e e r i n g Society
Plumbing & Heating
I n d u s t r y of D e t r o i t
R o t a r y C l u b of S o u t h f i e l d
Sheet M e t a l E m p l o y e r s
Promotion Fund
S o c i e t y of C a r b i d e &
Tool
Engineers
Southfield Public Schools
U.S. A i r Force — R.O.T.C.
Students
Foundations
Foundation support tends to be of an
up-and-down nature, and 1976-77 saw us in the
" d o w n " phase. D o w n , however, only because of
two very substantial grants received the year
before—from the Kresge Foundation and t h e
Edith and Benson Ford F u n d . Ten foundations
made grants which totaled in excess of $25,900.
W e are deeply indebted to t h e m for their t a n g i b l e
expressions of interest in our t e a c h i n g p r o g r a m s .
The following foundations made significant gifts to
the College d u r i n g the past year:
Carman Adams Foundation
Charles M . Bauervic
Foundation
Asa W . Bonner Foundation
Cline Foundation
Earhart Foundation
T h e Cleaners Hanger B u i l d i n g , located at 18140
James Couzens, Detroit, was given to t h e College
by Richard W . Ruen, president, on behalf of the
Cleaners Hanger Company.
Both b u i l d i n g s are now leased and will be sold
at some f u t u r e date. The proceeds will then be
placed in one of the College's endowment funds.
T h e College is keenly appreciative of these
significant gifts.
Associations
B u i l d e r s E x c h a n g e of D e t r o i t
& Michigan
Detroit A m a t e u r Radio
T h e Redstone B u i l d i n g , located at 10811 Puritan
in Detroit, was given to the College by Louis &
Ruth and Solomon & Nellie Redstone.
Fisher-lnsley Foundation
W . K . Kellogg Foundation
H a r r y A . & M a r g a r e t D.
Towsley Foundation
Lula C. W i l s o n T r u s t
College employees
One of the most encouraging aspects of
v o l u n t a r y g i v i n g to the College is that of employee
gifts. Dr. Richard E. M a r b u r g e r , newly-elected
president of the College, again headed up this
activity. In a l l , 43 gifts were received, totaling
more than $7,300. Our honor roll of employee
c o n t r i b u t o r s follows:
James Abernethy
Victor Angelescu
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
G e o r g e F. B o w d e n
Cleophas M . Buck
W a y n e H. Buell
Floyd W . Bunt
W i l l i a m C. Burke
Kenneth J. Cook
Roy C. C r a n e
J e r r y L. C r i s t
Wilson Daugherty
Donald H. Dent
Edmund J. DombrowskI
Jewell Egger
Ruth Favro
Leonard A . Forrest
Fay E. G i f f o r d
W i l l i a m C. G r a y
Karl H. Greimel
G. Robert Harrington
S t a n l e y F. H a r r i s
Kenneth G. Larkins
George W . Mach
Richard E. M a r b u r g e r
Zaven Margosian
R i c h a r d S. M a s l o w s k I
Lucy G. Merritt
Richard E. M i c h e l
William Mikulas
M i c h a e l L. M i t c h e l l
Fred E. O l m s t e a d
Clarence A . Phillips
G l o r i a P. R i v k i n
M a r t i n Sclar
E d w a r d M . Spencer
James O. Trew
Nandor J. Zimmersmann
Students
Last but certainly not least, we invariably have
some students who make gifts to the College. Our
special thanks to the f o l l o w i n g :
Brian
Crowley
Henry
Roemmelt
�Jobs are goal of
state/industry/
L.LT- venture
More good jobs for area residents are
the direct result of a cooperative
training program that's pooling the
resources and expertise of industry,
government, and education. Best of all,
everyone seems to be benefiting—the
workers themselves because they're
acquiring new skills needed to fill job
openings; new or expanding industries
who are reducing employee turnover
and who are freeing their capital which
would have been spent on training; and
the State's economy because healthy
industries and employed workers
increase revenues.
The Michigan Department of Labor,
Lawrence Institute of Technology, and a
Troy firm, Formative Products, Inc.,
were involved in one such joint venture
this summer.
Called the Comprehensive Employment Program, the effort is coordinated
by the Bureau of Employment Training
of the Michigan Department of Labor.
In a nutshell, it involves funding,
preparing and managing a training
program to provide firms a qualified
labor force when it's needed.
"Many factors are considered by
firms relocating or expanding," says
James L. Patterson, area field representative for the Michigan Department
of Labor. "Obviously if we can attract a
new enterprise to the State or help an
existing one expand, it means more jobs
and an enlarged economic base in that
particular region and the State as a
whole.
"A prime consideration is availability
of trained personnel who can meet the
employers needs. Managers of expanding companies have enough financial
and management problems without also
being confronted by the chance of not
having a trained labor force. That's
where we can help."
Formative Products of Troy enlisted
the aid of the Bureau several months
ago to develop a method of teaching
new employees a remarkable procedure
of forming metal shapes by a process
called "vaporforming"—actually forming shapes by moving metal atoms in a
gas. The 120-employee firm manufactures molds, die models, patterns and
molded parts.
Examining tfie vaporforming cfiamber simulator are (L to R) Formative Products Vice President
of Operations Gene W. Powers, President Louis J. Steigerwald and trainees William Finelli of
Sterling Heigfits and Randall Kiesling of f^adison Heights. The chamber was constructed at
L.l.T. to simulate actual plant operations.
"The new process moves metal
forming from the stone age to the
atomic age as far as we're concerned,"
says Louis J. Steigerwald, president of
Formative Products. "The only other
firm in the country doing it is in
Pennsylvania however—operated as a
division of Formative Products, and
equipment and training methods had
never been developed from scratch."
"Each training program Is tailormade for the company involved," adds
Patterson. "What's unusual about the
Formative Products program is that a
whole new set of job skills had to be
developed for a revolutionary process."
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
School of Engineering was selected to
research, develop, and administer the
training to new workers hired by
Formative Products. While the Bureau
of Employment Training does the actual
recruiting of the potential workers, the
company involved makes the final
decision as to who is hired.
"But the new employees aren't
recruited from existing positions,"
stresses Patterson."They must have
been unemployed at least two weeks."
The 19 students Involved in the L.l.T./
Formative Products program range in
age from 19 to 50.
Working under a deadline of only a
few weeks, and because the vaporforming process was so unique, it was
necessary for L.l.T. faculty to journey to
Pennsylvania and interview the developer of the process as well as
complete the hercullan task of distilling
over 800 pages of technical papers,
reports, and research results into a
260-page training manual that lay
employees could understand.
" I t ' s been an interdisciplinary
approach here at the College," says Dr.
Stephen R. Davis, dean of L.l.T.'s
School of Engineering. "We've had
faculty from the chemistry department
as well as our own engineering faculty
involved in the development and
teaching. Our own machine shop even
built the various training simulators."
(Normally, L.l.T. professors are
teaching a number of 4-year baccalaureate degree programs offered at
L.l.T's 85-acre suburban campus.)
And how do the graduates of the five
week training program feel?
"To sum it up in a word, my
experiences have been great!" says
Andy Emond, 23, of Sterling Heights.
"There was a real spirit of cooperation
and purpose among everybody involved—both the students and staff.
While the math sort of scared me for
awhile, I've been enjoying it so much
lately I've been taking my manual home
to do extra studying on my own."
" I enjoyed the upbeat, positive
approach the faculty took in presenting
the material," added John Laconis, 28,
also a Sterling Heights resident. "And
of course it's a good feeling knowing
that you're one of only a few people in
the country skilled in this particular
process. I can't wait to get to work!"
"All the trainees seemed to regard
this program as an excellent opportunity
to become more knowledgeable and to
enhance their skills," concluded Dr.
John D. Hromi, associate professor of
mechanical engineering at L.l.T., and
the project's director. "Their attitudes
are healthy. There were no drop-outs.
With this kind of spirit, our objective to
prepare these folks for a special place in
the world of work will be achieved."
�An interview
with L.LT-'s
new president,
Dr. Richard
Marburger
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
It has recently been announced that
the L.l.T. Board of Trustees has
elected you President. What were
your feelings as you were informed
of this?
Obviously, a feeling of pride. More
importantly, a feeling of understanding the mandate associated
with this appointment. Dr. Buell
called me personally to tell me of
this organizational change; during
this conversation, he made it very
clear what he and the Trustees
expected of me.
What may we expect of you?
Radical change? New directions?
It is my pleasure to tell you "None
of the Above." One of the remarkable strengths of L.l.T. lies in the
fact that we already know exactly
what to do, academically and
managerially. The only things we
really need are a few more hours in
the day to accomplish what we
want to do and additional support
funds to complete the campus.
values and growth patterns in the
Detroit area, which led to our fine
location. During his 30-year term
as president, three Schools were
added to the College. Dr. Buell has
further developed the academic
philosophy which has made us
strong, encouraged sound business
practice on the campus, added the
School of A r t s and Science,
acquired or built several important
b u i l d i n g s and assembled our
outstanding faculty and staff.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
Q.
A.
You speak of knowing "exactly
what to d o . " How do you obtain
this knowledge?
Quite frankly, from my mentor,
Wayne H. Buell. Emerson once
said " A n institution is the lengthened shadow of one m a n . " In the
case of L.l.T., the three previous
presidents have each made separate and distinct contributions.
What legacy have your three
predecessors passed on to you?
As I understand it. President
Russell Lawrence founded the
College with its strong emphasis on
a structured Evening College program and cooperative education.
President George Lawrence possessed an ability to perceive land
It is apparent that you feel that you
have been provided with the
ingredients not only to maintain the
College's fine reputation but to
enhance it further, l-iow do you
rank the strengths of L.l.T.?
There are five of these strengths as
I see it: personnel, operational
philosophy, alumni, location and
facilities. Taking these in the order
mentioned, we have an excellent
team of Deans and Department
Chairmen who supervise a very
effective and hard-working faculty.
They are supported by an outstanding group of a d m i n i s t r a t o r s
(Registrar, Director of Admissions,
etc.). Our academic and managerial philosophies enable us to
"couple academic excellence with
efficiency of operation." The L.l.T.
a l u m n i have established an
enviable record in their professional fields and in their communities.
The location speaks for itself with
its easy accessibility and the woods
and streams which provide the
pleasant rural setting for the
campus buildings. As noted above,
some additional buildings are
needed to complete the campus
master plan.
Q.
A.
You have alluded to a "philosophy
of operation." Specifically, what is
included in this concept?
There are a number of salient
features to this concept.
I.
A completely structured
Evening Baccalaureate program which is identical to
the Day College program. A
student may complete a
Bachelor of Science degree
program completely in the
Evening College within a
six-year period.
II.
Complete utilization of facilities with three student
bodies occupying one set of
buildings. The hours of operation are from 8 A . M . to
11:30 P.M.
III.
Non-proliferation of courses
and class sections. Careful
attention is paid to the
needless duplication of
courses—a wasteful practice
that is found in many academic institutions. On our
campus, business courses
are taught in the School of
Business and Industrial
Management
to
serve
students in all disciplines;
mathematics courses are
taught in the Mathematics
Department, etc. We are
greatly assisted in maintaining this absolutely essential
�benefit the community.
Such community-oriented
projects include the Metropolitan Detroit Metric
Council which is headquartered on this campus and
coordinated through the
School for Associate Studies, medical courses run by
Providence Hospital for its
staff (School of Arts and
Science); a vapor-deposition
training course for the State
Department of Labor supervised by the School of
Engineering and numerous
community architectural
projects developed by the
students and faculty of the
School of Architecture.
position by the great mutual
respect the Deans have for
each other. Proliferation of
wasteful and unnecessary
course offering stems from
"empire-building." That is
totally absent from this
campus.
Budgetarily speaking, the
"shoe is cut to fit the
leather." In other words,
income is carefully projected
for the coming fiscal year
and then total expenditures
are limited to not exceed
projected income.
An extensive list of parttime teachers with superb
credentials is utilized to give
tremendous depth and additional support to our fine
full-time faculty. The various accrediting agencies
which endorse our academic
programs have recognized
the scholarly teaching contribution these acknowledged experts make to our programs.
Students, faculty and staff
are treated with even-handed fairness. We deal with
people in a consistent manner. We are careful to
recognize that if a rule is
bent to accommodate one
person, we must offer the
same accommodation to all
others. Hence, to operate in
an orderly fashion, we have
been successful in devising
a set of relatively simple but
fair operational rules from
VII.
VIII.
which we do not deviate.
The opinions of students,
faculty and staff are "listened to" with great care. For
example, the Curriculum
Committee is made up of
faculty members who understand very well the economic danger that duplication and proliferation of
courses present to this
College. Proposals for new
course offerings are brought
before this committee for
their recommendations, pro
or con. This committee has
shown a remarkable ability
to detect courses that, masked under euphemistic titles,
duplicate courses already
offered.
Another example concerned a recent revision
made in the registration procedure. The comments of
students and staff were
solicited and considered before the final decision was
made.
Private colleges serve public
purposes. L.l.T. is very
active In organizations
which ultimately serve ti-;e
public. Such organizations
include the Engineering
Society of Detroit and the
Business/Education A l l i ance, Inc. Additionally, we
sponsor Summer Science
Institutes, the Detroit Metropolitan High School Math
Club and other educationally-oriented projects which
Q.
In your opinion, why did Dr. Buell
and the Trustees decide to promote
you at this time?
A.
As you might expect, I have found
the timing of this move to be an
interesting speculation. My own
perception Is that they, of course,
would like any successor to be able
to deal with matters in the manner
with which the chairman approaches them. Those techniques have
been demonstrably successful for
us.
Q.
Does the plan call for you to
conduct the day-to-day operations
of the College while the chairman
and the vice-president for development make calls to obtain the
additional support funds mentioned earlier?
A.
Duties of the Chairman, who is the
chief executive officer, and the vice
president for development include
much more than fund raising.
However, we do work closely
together. The faculty and I interact
enthusiastically with prospective
contributors; it is my privilege to
conduct whirlwind (but informative) tours of the campus so that
donors may see the variety of
academic projects that deserve
their support.
Q.
How may readers of the L.l.T.
Magazine add their support to you
in your new position?
A.
In several ways. Obviously, philanthropic contributions to L.l.T.
�via Mr. Harrington's office are of Q.
great value to us because they
allow us to make capital purchases
which we could not otherwise
afford. In addition, if they would
recommend our College to qualified students. It would benefit both
students and L.l.T. As you know, it
is vitally important to us to convey
the knowledge of our academic
excellence to prospective students; A.
however, it is extraordinarily expensive to maintain all of the
avenues of communication to do
the job effectively. Word-of-mouth
recommendations of s t u d e n t s ,
alumni and friends represent a
most effective method of communication.
Q.
What has the reaction been to your
elevation to the Presidency?
A.
I am pleased that it has been
positive and affirmative, with no
exceptions. As an example, John
Campbell, retired Scientific Director of the General Motors Research
Laboratories and one of my former
"bosses", sent me the following
letter:
Dear
Dick:
It was great
to read
in ttie
Detroit
E n g i n e e r or your fortticoming
promotion
to
President
of Lawrence
Tech.
Congratulations!
You have been well prepared
ence and by your long association
fine predecessor
Wayne
Buell.
by
experiwith your
It is a great pleasure
to me personally
see you moving
upward.
Best
to
wishes,
[signed]
Sincerely,
John
Although L.l.T. is the second
largest independent college in
Michigan, it is relatively small
compared to the community
colleges and state universities.
How can L.l.T. compete with
mammoth educational institutions
subsidized by public funds?
L.l.T. does not try to be all things
to all people. We are very good in
the curriculums which we do offer.
Thus, we compete in the sense that
we offer an alternative. If a student
wishes to study at a college where
the course offerings are excellent,
the surroundings pleasant, the
parking is free, and personal
attention (e.g. it is easy to consult
with faculty and administrators) is
readily available, then L.l.T.'s
programs, coupled with its reasonable tuition, are the ideal choice.
Careful attention to budgeting
insures that our tuition remains
among the lowest of the independent colleges. The philosophy of
" s h a r i n g " saves us enormous
amounts of money which would
otherwise be expended in foolish
duplication. For example. Dean
Davis of the School of Engineering
shares engineering laboratories
and Dean Greimel of the School of
Architecture shares architectural
studios with Dean Michel of the
School for Associate Studies. Dean
Margosian of the School of Arts
and Science shares the Computer
Laboratory with Dean Lahr of the
School of Business and Industrial
Management and all of the other
Deans, etc.
Our faculty and staff feel a real
sense of dedication towards the
p r i n c i p l e s which govern our
College. It would be difficult to find
a harder-working or more capable
group of colleagues.
Finally, do you have any special
goals for the College?
Q.
A.
There is quite a coincidence about
dates. What is that story?
I was hired in the Physics Department at the General Motors Research Laboratories on June 9,
1952. It was exactly 25 years later
that Dr. Buell notified me that he
and the Trustees had, on that day
(June 9, 1977) elected me the
f o u r t h President of Lawrence
Institute of Technology.
Very simply, for the College to
follow in the excellent upward path
established by my predecessors.
With continued determination not
to depart from the principles that
have made us academically and
operationally strong, it remains
only for us, with ever-increasing
vigor, to continue to communicate
to our prospective students the
excellence we do in fact possess.
Busy summer
W h i l e some colleges go " i n t o
h i b e r n a t i o n " d u r i n g the summer
months, Lawrence Institute of Technology was busier than ever.
A record high enrollment of 1000 day
and evening students attended summer
baccalaureate or associate degree
classes on campus this year, up from
884 the year before and fully double the
summer enrollment of 1973.
Concurrently, L.l.T.'s ninth annual
Summer Science Institute brought sixty
talented high school students to campus
for six weeks of intensive exposure to
chemistry, physics, mathematics and
computer science.
Coming from high schools throughout
southeastern Michigan, the group also
had the opportunity to hear addresses
by Mr. Richard Terrell, vice chairman of
the General Motors Corporation, Dr.
Stephen Fuller, vice president of
personnel administration and development staff at General Motors, Mr. John
Hamann, president of the Detroit
Edison Company and a member of the
L.l.T. corporation, Mr.
William
Coleman, general manager of Eaton
Corporation's Research Center, and all
five of L.l.T.'s deans.
The L.l.T. Summer Science Institute,
which is free to participating students,
was funded this year by the General
Motors Corporation, Marathon Oil, the
Lula C. Wilson Trust and the Towsley
Foundation.
Another special outreach program
was coordinated by Dr. Oliver Coleman,
L.l.T.'s special project administrator.
Involving 44 outstanding m i n o r i t y
students (2 from every Detroit high
school) the program was designed to
encourage students to seek careers in
science, e n g i n e e r i n g , or business.
L.l.T.'s five deans were among the
speakers which addressed this group.
Field trips included excursions to the
Ford Scientific Laboratories; General
M o t o r s Technical Center; Detroit
Edison Laboratories; Giffels Associates,
architects; Chrysler Engineering and
Research; Burroughs; Parke-Davis and
Co.; Ethyl Corp.; Fermi II Nuclear
Plant; Smith, Hinchman and Grylls,
architects; the Engineering Society of
Detroit; Jones and Laughlin Steel;
Manufacturers Bank; Allied Foods;
BASF Wyandotte; WTVS Channel 56;
and the Computer Center of the Detroit
Public Schools.
�retiring president Roger F . Shtogrin
I M ' 6 1 , at the A s s o c i a t i o n ' s annual
dinner J u n e 9th at Plum Hollow Country
C l u b in Southfield.
Lisk,
IM'73
Lisk elected
Alumni
President
President
of
the
L.l.T.
Alumni
Association for 1977-78 is Marlyn K .
Lisl< IM'73, who received the gavel from
Other new officers include: J o s e p h J .
Dyki M E ' 6 2 , vice president; C h a r l e s A .
Koury
MA'73,
treasurer;
Nicholas
Sarzynski I M ' 6 4 , recording secretary;
and
Dennis
R.
O'Connell
IM'70,
corresponding secretary.
Directors are: Roger F .
Shtogrin
I M ' 6 1 ; Theodore Milek M E ' 5 1 ; J . Paul
Seehaver IM'72;
Henry
Tamagne
M E ' 5 1 ; Arthur Fischer IM'65; Sam E .
Dukes
ME'59;
and
John
Fawcett
ME'43.
Speaking of A l u m n i Association goals
for the coming year, Lisk said effort
would be made to expand the range and
scope of alumni programs, including
social activities and the merchandise
discount program with local merchants.
H e also congratulated Roger Shtogrin
for his many accomplishments during
the two terms of his presidency.
Achievements of
five alumni recognized
51
N o t e : T h i s Issue c o n t a i n s A l u m n i Notes
r e c e i v e d p r i o r t o A u g u s t 4, 1977. Notes
r e c e i v e d a f t e r t h a t d a t e w i l l a p p e a r In t h e
n e x t issue of t h e L . l . T . Magazine.
1933-49
Donald E . M u l l i g a n , P . E . , I E ' 4 8 , vice
p r e s i d e n t a n d m a n a g e r of t h e Process
Divison
of Sanders
&
Thomas, Inc.,
c o n s u l t i n g e n g i n e e r s , r e t i r e d in J u n e a f t e r
22 y e a r s w i t h t h e f i r m .
H e a n d his w i f e , C l a r e , a r e e n t e r i n g t h e
l o n g - h a u l t r u c k i n g business as i n d e p e n d e n t
owner-operators. His wife will travel with
h i m , a n d assist in b o t h d r i v i n g a n d business
management.
A s Process Divison manager, and
p r e v i o u s l y as project e n g i n e e r , M u l l i g a n has
been r e s p o n s i b l e f o r m a n y i n d u s t r i a l a n d
research
projects,
including
deep sea
simulator
laboratories, hypersonic
wind
t u n n e l s , a n d m a n u f a c t u r i n g f a c i l i t i e s for
p e t r o - c h e m i c a l s , p a p e r , p l a s t i c s , metals a n d
other products.
H e a n d h i s w i f e reside in R e a d i n g , P A ,
w h i c h w i l l be h i s t r u c k i n g h e a d q u a r t e r s .
1950-59
G e r a l d J . L o n e r g a n , C i v . E n g . ' 5 5 , has
been a w a r d e d t h e " L o u i s v i l l e A w a r d " for
t h e t h i r d t i m e by t h e M u n i c i p a l Finance
O f f i c e r s A s s o c i a t i o n of t h e U . S . a n d C a n a d a .
No o t h e r p u b l i c f i n a n c e officer has ever
r e c e i v e d t h e a w a r d t h r e e t i m e s since its
i n c e p t i o n in 1945. L o n e r a a n Is a u d i t o r for t h e
C o u n t y of San D i e g o a n d received t h e a w a r d
for t h e h i g h l y successful i m p l e m e n t a t i o n of a
computerized Integrated financial managem e n t a n d a c c o u n t i n g s y s t e m for t h a t C o u n t y .
T h e s y s t e m has s u b s e q u e n t l y been a d o p t e d
by a n u m b e r of p u b l i c agencies t h r o u g h o u t
the nation.
Lonergan's first gold medal was awarded
in 1968 f o r d e v e l o p m e n t of a s m a l l purchase
o r d e r p r e - p a y m e n t s y s t e m . T h e second g o l d
m e d a l c a m e in 1974 f o r t h e successful
a d o p t i o n of a p r o g r a m of s t a t e legislation
which eliminated archaic
constraints
p e r m i t t i n g more efficient financial operation
of C o u n t y g o v e r n m e n t s s t a t e w i d e . H e lives
in t h e U n i v e r s i t y C i t y a r e a of San D i e g o , C A .
Delton E . Lohff, C i v . E n g . ' 5 7 , is president
of K i e f t E n g i n e e r i n g , I n c . , of C l a r k s t o n . T h e
f i r m provides consulting, civil engineering
a n d s u r v e y i n g services In s o u t h e r n M i c h i g a n
for p r i v a t e a n d p u b l i c f i r m s s p e c i a l i z i n g in
subdivision development.
Lohff w a s r e c e n t l y elected p r e s i d e n t of t h e
Michigan
Society
of
Registered
Land
S u r v e y o r s , a n d is s e r v i n g on t h e B o a r d of
D i r e c t o r s of C o n s u l t i n g E n g i n e e r s C o u n c i l of
M i c h i g a n . H e Is also on t h e B o a r d of
D i r e c t o r s of N o r t h O a k l a n d C o u n t y B u i l d e r s
A s s o c i a t i o n . H e a n d his w i f e , M a r i a n , a n d
t w o daughters reside in Clarkston.
Five L.I. T. alumni were recipients
of Acfiievement
Awards at the 1977 Commencement
exercises
June 5. Honored were (L to R) Fredric A. Bertram, AIA, Ar'62, vice president/design
with
Rosetti
Ricliard L. E x i e r , M E ' 5 8 , has recently
Associates,
Inc., architects
and planners;
Roger F. Shtogrin,
IM'61, personnel
placement
and
development
administrator
for the Chrysler
Corporation;
William M. Sinclair,
Civ.E.'64,
city been p r o m o t e d t o t r u c k sales d e v e l o p m e n t
manager of Rochester
(Ml); Ronald P. Linden,
IM'63, production
manager
of the
Chicago m a n a g e r of C h r y s l e r C o r p o r a t i o n ' s W e s t e r n
Tribune; and Ronald L. Rainson,
EE'66 and IM'69, president
and general manager of East
Ken- a r e a w i t h offices located in F u l l e r t o n , C A .
H e has been w i t h C h r y s l e r since A p r i l , 1 9 5 1 ,
tucky Power Cooperative.
Trustee Richard H. Cummings made the
presentation.
in t h e D o d g e t r u c k section — 14 years in
e n g i n e e r i n g , a n d 12 years in f i e l d sales
activities.
�Mulligan '48
Lawrence H. Hogan, ME'58, has been
promoted from vice president of sales to vice
president and general manager for
Matrix-Churchill Corporation, Solon, O H . In
his new position, Hogan assumes full profit
responsibility. He will direct engineering,
finance, manufacturing, and marketing
activities for the company's complete line of
machine tools.
He is an MBA finance graduate of the
University of Detroit. Hogan is a registered
professional engineer in Ohio and Michigan.
He and his wife and daughter reside in
Chagrin Falls, OH.
1960-69
Edward J . Burke, I M ' 6 0 , recently
returned from Iran where he directed an
I n d u s t r i a l M o d e r n i z a t i o n Program for
government-owned industry. M r . Burke
directed a staff of 23 expatriates and 48
Iranian engineers in successfully achieving
objectives of cost reduction, equipment
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modernization, productivity improvement,
and the introduction of modern management
techniques throughout 14 major industrial
complexes r a n g i n g f r o m sophisticated
electronics to cotton seed oil extraction.
Prior to Iran, Mr. Burke was in Libya
developing agricultural support services for
the Ministry of Agriculture. He was
responsible for establishing procurement
programs, building warehouses, and for
developing
equipment
maintenance
programs for Massey-Ferguson, Caterpillar,
John Deere, International Harvester, Volvo,
and Fiat.
David C . Travis, IE'60, has been named to
the new position of
manufacturing
operations manager of Ford Tractor
Operations.
Travis was formerly manager of Ford's
Sharonville, O H , manufacturing plant. He
joined Ford in 1957 and has held management positions at the Company's Rawsonv i l l e , S a l i n e , Owosso and Y p s i l a n t i
manufacturing plants. He has an M.B.A. in
advanced management from Michigan State
University.
U.S. Air
Force Major William E .
Krimmel, IM'62, has graduated from the
Armed Forces Staff College at Norfolk, VA.
The five-month Department of Defense
school provides students with intensive
education related to national and international security. Major Krimmel is being
assigned to the Air Force Management
Engineering Agency, Randolph AFB, TX.
Roy H. Reiterman, AE'62, has been
promoted to sales engineer in Bethlehem
Steel Corporation's Houston sales office.
Prior to his promotion, Reiterman was sales
engineer in the firm's Kansas City, MO,
sales office of the St. Louis sales district. He
Is a member of the Producers Council, Inc.,
the Construction Specifications Institute and
Is a registered civil engineer in Michigan
and Kansas.
John E . Campbell, IM'63, has been
elected a trustee of the Howell, M l , Board of
Education. Campbell Is married and is the
father of two children.
Douglas N. E r w i n , E E ' 6 3 , is the
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of the Toledo Edison
Company's Substation Construction and
Maintenance Department. He received his
M.S. in industrial engineering from the
University of Toledo in 1968.
Erwin is the past president of the Board of
Trustees of the Northern Wood County
Chamber of Commerce. He is the father of
two sons and resides in Toledo, O H .
Send to: Director of P u b l i c / A l u m n i Relations, Lawrence I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y ,
21000 w e s t Ten Mile Road, S o u t h f i e l d , M i c h i g a n 48075.
Joseph J . Speth, MT'63, has joined the
Clark Equipment Company Axle Division's
Engineering Department as chief product
engineer. In his new position, he will
supervise application engineers in the
selection and approval of proper axle
equipment
for
original
equipment
manufacturers. He will also be responsible
for the development of new products and
systems to meet these
customer's
requirements. Prior to joining Clark, Speth
served Rockwell International for 21 years.
^
- | - - ^ e r ^oj^.the^Society.^of
SP-,«5,
of Detroit, and the Construction Industry
Manufacturer's Association. He has also
�Lonergan
'55
Hogan
'58
Burke
'60
served as a Society of A u t o m o t i v e E n g i n e e r s
panelist on t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of axles for l i g h t
trucks.
Harold R. V a r n e r , A I A , A E ' 6 5 , e x e c u t i v e
vice president of S i m s - V a r n e r & A s s o c i a t e s ,
Inc., received
the annual
Engineering
Society of D e t r o i t B u i l d i n g a n d C o n s t r u c t i o n
Recognition A w a r d f o r t h e d e s i g n of t h e
Orleans East H o u s i n g D e v e l o o m e n t . T h e
award is l i m i t e d to c o n s t r u c t i o n p r o j e c t s
built in M i c h i g a n in t h e last t h r e e y e a r s . T h e
entries are j u d g e d on c r i t e r i a t h a t I n c l u d e :
land u s e / e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n s i d e r a t i o n s ;
appropriateness of m a t e r i a l s ;
innovative
construction m e t h o d s ; q u a l i t y of o v e r a l l
design; u n i q u e m e c h a n i c a l / e l e c t r i c a l s y s t e m
features; d e g r e e of e n e r g y c o n s c i o u s n e s s ;
end u s e / e c o n o m i c a n d social I m p a c t on M l .
Kenneth W .
Fowler, I M ' 6 6 ,
recently
became a G e n e r a l M o t o r s D e a l e r in U k i a h ,
CA. The D e a l e r s h i p c a r r i e s C a d i l l a c ,
Pontiac, B u i c k , a n d G . M . C . T r u c k s . H e w a s
previously d i s t r i c t sales m a n a g e r for
Cadillac M o t o r Car D i v i s i o n for N o r t h e r n
CA. H e resides w i t h his w i f e a n d t w o
children in U k i a h .
Talal K . D a r z l , A r ' 6 8 , Is a s s i s t a n t project
manager for t h e Saudi A r a b i a M o n e t a r y
Agency in R i y a d h . H e Is s u p e r v i s i n g t h e
construction
of t w o t e n - s t o r y
concrete
towers, d e s i g n e d by M i n o r u Y a m a s a k i a n d
Associates. D a r z l w i l l be r e t u r n i n g to t h e
States by t h e f i r s t p a r t of 1978.
Gerald T . Margraves, M E ' 6 8 , has b e e n
named g e n e r a l
superintendent-manufacturing of Pontiac M o t o r D i v i s i o n ' s Casting Plant. H a r g r a v e s j o i n e d Pontiac In 1959.
He became a f o r e m a n In t h e p a t t e r n s h o p in
1964, and t w o years later was n a m e d a
general f o r e m a n . H e was a p p o i n t e d an
assistant p r o d u c t i o n s u p e r i n t e n d e n t in 1973,
and became m a n u f a c t u r i n g s u p e r i n t e n d e n t
in 1975. H e a n d his w i f e have t w o c h i l d r e n
and reside in U n i o n L a k e .
Thaddeus 0 . M a s l o w s k i , I M ' 6 8 ,
has
received t h e 1977 M e r i t A w a r d f r o m t h e
Association for S y s t e m s M a n a g e m e n t , an
international
group
concerned
with
management Information systems. Including
data p r o c e s s i n g a n d c o m p u t e r s .
The
Association w o r k s to i m p r o v e t h e p r o fessional and t e c h n i c a l s k i l l s of persons
Involved In i n f o r m a t i o n s y s t e m s .
M a s l o w s k i is t h e p r e s i d e n t of t h e N o r t h
Detroit C h a p t e r of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n a n d has
served as m e m b e r s h i p c h a i r m a n , t r e a s u r e r ,
secretary a n d p r o g r a m c h a i r m a n
before
assuming his p r e s e n t post. M a s l o w s k i Is a
manager-consultant w i t h A r t h u r Y o u n g &
Company, D e t r o i t .
1970-77
Charles W . S w e n s o n , I M ' 7 0 , has been
named a sales m a n a g e r In t h e P r u d e n t i a l
Insurance C o m p a n y ' s L i v o n i a d i s t r i c t o f f i c e .
He now s u p e r v i s e s a staff of seven sales
representatives h e a d q u a r t e r e d in L i v o n i a
Pavilion East. H e has also received t h e
c o m p a n y ' s a w a r d for sales l e a d e r s h i p .
Swenson is a m e m b e r of T h e t a X I
f r a t e r n i t y . H e a n d his w i f e , J u d y , a n d t h e i r
son reside in R e d f o r d .
Travis
'60
Cousins
'73
M///er 7 3
Filipel<
77
G i l e s ZIolkowski, i M ' 7 0 , has r e c e i v e d a
m a s t e r s d e g r e e in b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
f r o m E a s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y . H e is t h e
assistant d i r e c t o r oT a d v e r t i s i n g a n d p u b l i c
relations for Florists T r a n s w o r l d Delivery
Assoc. (FTD). ZiolkowskI
resides
in
Dearborn Heights.
of C l e v e l a n d as a t e c h n i c a l
service
engineer-salesman
of
electroplating
products.
B r u c e D. H o e n l e , M A ' 7 5 , M E ' 7 5 , has
recently
r e c e i v e d his M . S .
degree
In
mechanical engineering from
Purdue
University, West Lafayette, I N .
Richard F. C z u b a j , I M ' 7 1 , f i e l d e x a m i n e r
for t h e ' National Labor Relations Board,
r e c e i v e d his M B A f r o m X a v i e r U n i v e r s i t y .
H e is now a t t e n d i n g C h a s e C o l l e g e of Law In
Cincinnati, O H .
David R. N a d e a u , I M ' 7 5 , has j o i n e d the
f i r m of W a t k i n s / R o s s / W a t e r f i e l d
and
Baines, pension consultants and actuaries,
as a p r o f e s s i o n a l s u p p o r t d i r e c t o r . H e w i l l be
r e s p o n s i b l e for t h e c o o r d i n a t i o n of w o r k on
p l a n n e d d o c u m e n t s . Prior to j o i n i n g t h i s
f i r m , located In G r a n d R a p i d s , he was an
I n t e r n a l R e v e n u e Service tax specialist and
a consultant.
J o h n Peterson, J r . , A r ' 7 2 , is e m p l o y e d by
C h r y s l e r Realty C o r p o r a t i o n , T r o y , M l . H i s
c u r r e n t j o b c l a s s i f i c a t i o n is z o n e c o n s t r u c t i o n
e n g i n e e r a s s i g n e d to t h e M e m p h i s , T N ,
region. Peterson's responsibilities include
s u p e r v i s i n g all new c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d
m a i n t a i n i n g e x i s t i n g f a c i l i t i e s in t h e
Mid-South.
J.
Paul S e e h a v e r ,
I M ' 7 2 , has
been
p r o m o t e d to t h e r e g i o n a l staff p o s i t i o n of
manager, transportation management with
t h e U.S. Postal S e r v i c e . H i s r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s
include the contracting for and a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of all
rail,
air and
highway
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n for t r a f f i c e m i n a t i n g f r o m or
m o v i n g w i t h i n t h e State of M i c h i g a n , f o r
e s t a b l i s h i n g a n d m a i n t a i n i n g cost e f f e c t i v e
d i s t r i b u t i o n a n d r o u t i n g s c h e m e s for all
classes of m a i l c a r r i e d by t h i s t r a n s p o r t a t i o n ,
a n d for t h e d e v e l o p m e n t a n d use of
appropriate control procedures through the
use of A D P e q u i p m e n t .
P r i o r to his a p p o i n t m e n t , Seehaver w a s
manager, control and logistics
with the
Detroit Bulk M a i l Center, USPS.
Harold J . ( S k i p ) M i l l e r , M E ' 7 3 , r e c e n t l y
received
his
MSME
from
Oakland
U n i v e r s i t y . H e has been p r o m o t e d
to
manager
of
the
Engineering
Analysis
D e p a r t m e n t at G . M . C . T r u c k &
Coach
D i v i s i o n of G e n e r a l M o t o r s .
G a r n e t R. C o u s i n s , A r ' 7 3 , B of A r ' 7 5 , of
E l l i s / N a e y a e r t / Genhelmer Associates, Inc.,
a r c h i t e c t s a n d e n g i n e e r s , has r e c e i v e d his
p r o f e s s i o n a l r e g i s t r a t i o n f r o m t h e State of
M i c h i g a n . C o u s i n s j o i n e d t h e f i r m in 1976.
H e is a r e s i d e n t of B i r m i n g h a m .
G e o r g e S c h n e i d e r , J r . , D T ' 7 3 , has been
appointed
sales
administrator
for
the
C a r m e t M a t e r i a l s D i v i s i o n of t h e C a r m e t
C o m p a n y (a s u b s i d i a r y of A l l e g h e n y L u d l u m
I n d u s t r i e s ) . In his new p o s i t i o n at C a r m e t ,
S c h n e i d e r w i l l be t h e d i r e c t Mason for sales
engineering and C a r m e t ' s
nationwide
I n d u s t r i a l d i s t r i b u t o r n e t w o r k . In a d d i t i o n ,
he w i l l h a v e a u t h o r i t y o v e r all c a r b i d e
e v a l u a t i o n p r o c e d u r e s a n d r e p o r t s , as w e l l
as p r o d u c t i o n a n d I m p l e m e n t a t i o n of all
sales a n d d i s t r i b u t o r t r a i n i n g aids a n d
programs.
S c h n e i d e r Is an I n d u s t r i a l e n g i n e e r i n g
g r a d u a t e f r o m K e n t State U n i v e r s i t y a n d
e a r n e d a m a s t e r s In b u s i n e s s
from
C a s e - W e s t e r n Reserve.
Ronald D. Grocoff, C h ' 7 5 , w a s on t h e
D e a n ' s L i s t for all t h r e e t e r m s of his f i r s t
y e a r at t h e O h i o C o l l e g e of
Pediatric
M e d i c i n e in C l e v e l a n d .
T h i s s u m m e r he Is w o r k i n g for t h e R.O.
H u l l Co. ( d i v i s i o n of t h e L u b r i z o l C o m p a n y )
A r t h u r J . M a k a r e w i c z , B A ' 7 6 , Is the new
director
of
the
Veterans
Memorial
R e c r e a t i o n C e n t e r located in River Rouge.
H e w a s e m p l o y e d at Great Lakes Steel
p r i o r to b e c o m i n g e m p l o y e d w i t h t h e C i t y of
River R o u g e In 1970. H e w o r k e d for the
D e p a r t m e n t of P u b l i c W o r k s u n t i l his recent
a p p o i n t m e n t . H e was also a p a r t - t i m e
a c c o u n t a n t w i t h V . P . N a g y , I n c . , of L i v o n i a .
M a k a r e w i c z a n d his w i f e , T o n i , and t h e i r
t w o c h i l d r e n r e s i d e in River Rouge.
N a v y E n s i g n Michael J . M e y e r s , C E ' 7 6 ,
has c o m p l e t e d t h e O f f i c e r I n d o c t r i n a t i o n
School at t h e N a v a l E d u c a t i o n a n d T r a i n i n g
C e n t e r , N e w p o r t , R l . T h e course is designed
to p r e p a r e n e w l y c o m m i s s i o n e d officers for
d u t y in t h e N a v y f i e l d staff c o r r e s p o n d i n g to
their civilian professions. Meyers joined the
N a v y in D e c e m b e r 1976.
Rodney J . Filipek, E E ' 7 7 , John A . Foote,
J r . , E E ' 7 7 , a n d David L. M e s s e n g e r , E E ' 7 7 ,
have all a c c e p t e d f i e l d e n g i n e e r i n g positions
with
General
Electric's
Installation
&
Service Engineering Division ( l & S E ) .
T h e y w i l l receive t e c h n i c a l t r a i n i n g at
l&SE's
Field
Engineering
Development
C e n t e r in S c h e n e c t a d y , N Y , a n d o n - t h e - j o b
assignments w i t h l & S E and GE product
d e p a r t m e n t s as m e m b e r s of t h e C o m p a n y ' s
Field Engineering Program. Headquartered
in S c h e n e c t a d y
l&SE
offers
technical
d i r e c t i o n , j o b m a n a g e m e n t and c o m p l e t e
project services for i n s t a l l a t i o n , m a i n t e n a n c e
a n d s t a r t - u p of G E m e c h a n i c a l , nuclear,
electrical and electronic equipment.
A l l t h r e e of t h e recent g r a d u a t e s are
m e m b e r s of t h e I n s t i t u t e of Electrical and
E l e c t r o n i c E n g i n e e r s . F i l i p e k a n d Foote are
m e m b e r s of t h e E n g i n e e r i n g Society of
D e t r o i t a n d M e s s e n g e r a n d Foote are
members
of
the
National
Society
of
Professional Engineers.
In memoriam
Harold E . F o x m a n , C h ' 3 8 , of B a l t i m o r e ,
M D , D e c e m b e r , 1976.
Scott W . J o h n s o n , A r ' 7 3 , of W i l m i n g t o n ,
V T , J u n e , 1976.
Norman J . P e r r y , I M ' 6 1 , of W e s t Nyack,
NY.
Morris A . Safford, E E ' 6 7 , of S t e r l i n g
H e i g h t s , M l , N o v e m b e r 2 1 , 1976. H e is:
s u r v i v e d by his w i f e , I r e n e .
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Soutnfield, Michigan
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Office of Public & A l u m n i Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075
Faculty/staff
update
R. Bruce McAfee, associate professor
of business and industrial management
and Blake C. Green, IM'74 co-authored
an article which appeared in the June,
1977 issue of The Personnel
Administrator, the magazine of the American
Society of Personnel Administrators.
The a r t i c l e , e n t i t l e d
"Selecting
a performance appraisal method,"
deals with methods for evaluating an
organization's employees. Green is
senior personnel representative at
Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital. IVIcAfee
Is a doctoral candidate in industrial
psychology at Wayne State University.
Joseph B.
Olivieri,
associate
professor of architecture, has also been
named energy conservation consultant
for the Bloomfield Hills (Ml) School
District.
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Melvin L. Janney, assistant director
of business affairs, has been recognized
by his professional collegues and
awarded the designation, Certified
Purchasing Manager (CPM). The CPM
title signifies achievement of stringent
standards
of
competence
and
proficiency in purchasing and materials
management as established by the
National Association of Purchasing
Management.
Thomas H.F. Masson, associate
professor of humanities, participated in
a "professor in residence" program at
the National Bank of Detroit. The
program helps L.l.T. professors bring
current, firsthand knowledge of the
needs of a v a r i e t y of business
organizations back to the classroom in
an effort to better prepare students for
"real w o r l d " careers.
Gregory R. Cheek has joined the
faculty as an assistant professor of
business and industrial management.
Cheek, 28, was formerly general
supervisor of metal assembly for the
Fisher Body Division of General Motors
Corporation in Grand Blanc. He
received his B.S. degree in industrial
management and his masters degree in
engineering technology from Western
Michigan University, where he participated in industrial curriculum development and instruction.
He is a past president of the
I n d u s t r i a l Management Society, a
member of the W M U Engineering
Council, and also holds the distinction of
being Michigan's 1974 AAU LightHeavyweight Boxing Champion.
Dorothy H. Clark has been named an
admissions counselor. Clark earned her
B.S. degree from Central Michigan and
her M.A. from Michigan State. She
f o r m e r l y served in a variety of
administrative positions with the U.S.
Army, most recently as a recruiting/
assistant operations officer in Lansing.
Associate Professor of Architecture
James Abernethy recently coordinated a
tornado-spotting workshop for metroarea school district officials. The
program featured Robert Snider,
meteorologist-in-charge of the Detroit
region of the National Weather Service,
and was designed to help participants
recognize conditions which may proceed
a potential tornado disaster.
Stick 'em up!
Flint native Thomas F. Crandell has
been named an admissions counselor.
Crandell, 27, holds both a B.S. and M.S.
degree in biological sciences from
Oakland University. He is a former
biology lab instructor at Oakland, and
was also an application engineering
technician for an Owosso firm.
Beulah M. Buck, registrar, attended
the national conference of the American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers in Houston, TX.
Sessions on course registration, legal
liabilities and record computerization
were attended by Mrs. Buck.
Automobile window decals emblazoned with the College name are available
free by calling or writing the L.l.T.
Office of Public and Alumni Relations,
21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield,
M l 48075; (313) 356-0200. Stick 'em up
and show your spirit!
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IMSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FOCUS ON ENERGY, pg. 11
autumn/winter 1977
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year they comprise 9.8% of the total
4,754 student body.
"More and more women," Marburger continued, "are discovering
the fine job opportunities in architecture and engineering that did not
previously exist, are seeking to increase their skills leading to better
jobs in business and industrial
management and feel the need to
round out their liberal education." He
attributed LIT's continuous gain to "a
commitment by our College to
recognize both women's and industry's needs, and working to get
the message to women that they can
succeed in the technical world."
IIVSTITLITE OF TECHIMOLOGY
vol. 1, no. 4
autumn/winter 1977
Published by the LIT Office of Public
and Alumni Relations, 21000 West
Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan
48075
By-lined articles express
the views of
the authors and not necessarily
either
the opinions or the policies
of the
College.
Editor: Bruce J . A n n e t t , Jr.
Information
Services
Writer: Eleanor S.
Wright
Office Secretary:
Deborah A. Faes
Photos: \Naner G. B i z o n , A r ' 7 5 , R o b e r t G.
Sheufelt, Eleanor S. W r i g h t a n d o t h e r s
Calendar
January 23
Second ternn evening baccalaureate
classes begin (Register in advance!)
January 28
Tau Beta Pi LIT Chapter installation
Contact School of Engineering
January 31
Second term evening associate
classes begin (Register in advance!)
April 22
Alumni Association Dinner Dance
Special honors, Class of 1953
April 22 and 23
LIT Annual all-campus Open House
Special exhibits, demonstrations
4,754 students
pace record
enrollment
The largest enrollment in the
45-year history of Lawrence Institute
of Technology—4,754 students—has
paced the opening of the autumn
term at the College. The enrollment
record is the latest of several successive years of increases and breaks
the previous record of 4,584 set in
September 1976.
"Naturally we're pleased," said Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, LIT's newlyappointed president, who credited
much of the College's growth to a
strong job market in engineering,
computer science and b u s i n e s s long popular academic programs at
LIT. He also credits the opening of
the College's $4 million 142-unit student apartment building (LIT's first)
with making LIT a more attractive
alternative for students from outstate
and out of state.
Women's
numbers jump
Women have come into their own at
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Their numbers have gained one
percentage point of total enrollment
in each of the last five years—an increase of nearly 100 women on campus each year. Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president, points out. This
He also noted that "women can
take their LIT educations and be immediately in demand by industry." He
projected women's enrollment to increase at the College at the present
rate until it reaches 20-30% of total
College enrollment.
This year, LIT has 110 women in its
School of Architecture, (the largest
undergraduate architectural school in
the country) and 56 women in its
School of Engineering (in disciplines
offered, one of the ten largest
engineering schools in the United
States). There are 54 in its School of
Arts and Science, predominately in
the fields of mathematics and
chemistry, 142 in its School of
Business and Industrial Management,
and 74 in the School for Associate
Studies. Additionally, 27 women are
"special" students not enrolled in
specific disciplines and six are guest
students from nearby colleges.
LIT's womens enrollment during the
past five-year period has jumped from
137 in 1973 to 190 in 1974; 263 in
1975; 377 in 1976; and 469 in 1977.
LIT graduated its first woman electrical engineer in 1949—Therese
Shepard Tierney. In the early years of
the College, founded in 1932, there
were just a "few women," according
to Dr. Wayne H. Buell, LIT chairman
of the board and a student during the
30's, professor, and later president of
the College from 1964 to 1977.
Women were noted on the enrollment
analysis in 1953 when there were five,
but throughout the 1960's there were
never more than 20. By 1972, their
numbers had increased significantly
to 122.
�Tau Beta Pi
installation set;
alumni
invited back
Alumni members of Sigma Pi
engineering fraternity at LIT will have
the opportunity January 28 to become
members of Tau Beta Pi—the "Phi
Beta Kappa" of the engineering world.
Michigan Eta Chapter of the national
engineering honorary will be installed
on campus as a result of a vote of acceptance by representatives of its 174
active collegiate chapters and alumni
affiliates in 48 cities In convention at
Purdue University October 6.
Sigma Pi's credentials were
presented there by President Debbie
Dohring, Dearborn senior in
mechanical engineering, Professor
Richard S. Maslowski, faculty sponsor, and Dean Stephen R. Davis (the
latter are both collegiate initiates of
the organization). The national vote
followed an inspection visit in the
spring of 1976, when a national team
including representatives from five of
Michigan's six collegiate chapters
spent a day on campus to review the
School's curricula and the qualifications of Sigma Pi members.
Returning to campus to install the
new chapter and speak at the installation banquet in January will be Robert
H. Nagel, secretary-treasurer at Tau
Beta Pi's national headquarters in
Knoxville, TN. Also present for the
formal ceremonies will be Dr. Edward
T. Misiaszek, national president and
associate dean of engineering at
Clarkson College of Technology,
Potsdam, NY.
All 180 former members of Sigma
Pi initiated during its seven year
history on LIT's campus are invited to
become alumni members of Tau Beta
Pi. Other alumni of the School of
Engineering prior to 1970 who were in
the upper fifth of their graduating
class and who can demonstrate exemplary qualities as required for
membership are invited to make
known their qualifications by calling
Professor Maslowski's office, (313)
356-0200, ext. 58.
"We would like to induct all of our
eminently qualified graduates who are
practicing engineers," President Dohring said. She also indicates that along
with this year's 27 Sigma Pi members,
last year's officers of Sigma Pi, who
initiated the petition for Tau Beta Pi,
would be inducted as charter
members of Michigan Eta.
Officers
of Sigma Pi, LiT engineering
society, wfio will be initiated into Tau Beta Pi January
28 are (L to R): Jim Webster, exec sec; Mike Sweeney,
rec. sec; Claudette Buck, vice pres.;
Prof. Richard S. Maslowski,
advisor; Deborah Dohring, pres.; Tim Leporowski,
treas.; and Linda Kent, corres.
sec.
Design is focus of new freshman architecture series
Exposing beginning architectural
students to many different design applications is the objective of a newly
created Freshman Design Lecture
Series at Lawrence Institute of
Technology's School of Architecture.
The innovative program Is believed to
be the first of its kind among
Michigan architectural colleges. The
noon-time series is open to the
public.
"The lectures," says Assistant Professor of Architecture Harold Linton,
coordinator of the series, "do not
relate specifically to architecture but
to visual and formal training in design
and drawing that support the later
years in college." He indicates that
such an enrichment series for
freshmen may be a unique concept.
Participating in the new freshman
series this year are local artists and
designers whose intention is to
broaden the background of new
students. They speak in the College's
architecture auditorium at 12:30 p.m.
for approximately one and a half
hours.
The 1977-78 series has already
hosted Lothar Hoffmann, graphic
designer for the Center of Creative
Studies, Detroit; Lloyd and Renee
Radell, a husband-wife team who instruct at Mercy College and who are a
figurative bronze sculptor and painter/
printmaker, respectively; Bill Frcka, Industrial designer at the Center for
Creative Studies; and John Berry, environmental graphic designer for the
architectural firm, Smith Hinchman &
Grylls Associates, Inc.
Yet to visit are Pat Quinlan, artist
and instructor at Wayne State, "Painting and Composition" (January 10);
David Barr, artist and instructor at
Macomb County Community College,
"Nature as a Source" (January 24);
Kathy and Micheal McCoy, designers
at Cranbrook, "Recent Projects and
Observations of the Profession"
(February 7); Lester Johnson, artist at
the Center for Creative Studies,
"Thoughts on my Work" (March 14);
and Aleksis Lahti, free lance designer,
"Many Areas of Involvement" (April
11).
�"Madcap"
cartoonist
John Moga
C o m m a n d e r Don has been launched into space via Lawrence I n s t i t u t e
of T e c h n o l o g y ' s s t u d e n t newspaper,
Tech News. The c a r t o o n creation of
architecture senior J o h n Moga, the
science f i c t i o n character is M o g a ' s
first venture at " s t r i p " c o m i c s and, if
time permits, will c o n t i n u e as a weekly newspaper feature t h r o u g h o u t the
remainder of the academic year.
W h i l e it is t o o early to tell where
Moga's i m a g i n a t i o n w i l l lead C o m mander Don in the quest for adventure, it is highly likely he w i l l hover
over LIT w i t h w h i m s i c a l humor.
Previous Moga c a r t o o n s , appearing in
Tech News and other LIT publications, also f o c u s " o n c a m p u s . "
Where t h i s avocation w i l l lead
Moga is a matter of m o m e n t a r y decision as he looks f o r w a r d to graduation after the fall semester of '78. His
a m b i t i o n s t h u s far f o c u s on his drawing and p a i n t i n g a b i l i t y and he may
seek a m a s t e r s degree in f i n e arts,
then teach or illustrate as a career.
Or, he may satisfy his c u r i o s i t y about
life by " d o i n g s o m e t h i n g c o m p l e t e l y
d i f f e r e n t . " Very likely, his c a r t o o n i n g
w i l l c o n t i n u e but he a d m i t s that " a
c a r t o o n i s t m u s t sell t o l i v e . "
W i t h i n the S c h o o l of A r c h i t e c t u r e
at LIT, Moga f i n d s creating a total
s t r u c t u r a l e n v i r o n m e n t " e x c i t i n g . " He
d e c i d e d on a r c h i t e c t u r e , he says, "at
a very early a g e , " but believes that his
d r a w i n g ability is only adaptable up to
a point. If he o p t s for architecture as
a career, it w i l l be as a designer.
An artist of recognized talent (if
first prizes are a criteria), he is best
k n o w n for his 1977 calendar cover for
the City of Detroit in w h i c h he depicts
n u m e r o u s people pulling together to
get the city back on line in the world.
A pen and ink drawing w i t h waterc o l o r w a s h , t h i s entry earned him a
$300 first prize in a c o n t e s t spon-
�sored by the J u n i o r League of Detroit.
The previous year, his entry in t h e
same contest placed t h i r d and w a s
the 1976 calendar p i c t u r e for January.
In 1972, his m i x e d m e d i a d r a w i n g in
the annual high s c h o o l S c h o l a s t i c
Arts C o m p e t i t i o n , w h e n he w a s a
senior at S o u t h f i e l d Senior H i g h , w o n
first prize for t h e M i c h i g a n region a n d
was entered in national c o m p e t i t i o n .
He has also sold d r a w i n g s at local art
fairs and has been c o m m i s s i o n e d t o
do several special w o r k s .
Moga actually began his i l l u s t r a t i o n
career at Lederle J u n i o r H i g h S c h o o l ,
where, as at S o u t h f i e l d Senior H i g h ,
he did concert and play program
designs while p a r t i c i p a t i n g w i t h these
groups. His first c a r t o o n i n g ideas
began to take shape at S o u t h f i e l d
Senior High and t h e n a n d now reflect
the influence of " G r i n and Bear I t "
and "The L o c k h o r n s , " appearing in
the local funnies.
This year, a new t e c h n i q u e is
affecting his cartoon style as he admires the satirical d r a w i n g s of
Moebius, a French c a r t o o n i s t appearing monthly in a new p u b l i c a t i o n .
Heavy Metal. The new t e c h n i q u e does
not necessarily provide c a r t o o n s in
blocked squares but a l l o w s t h e cartoon to float on a page w i t h o u t t h e
barriers of horizons, f l o o r s , etc.
For continuity, however. C o m mander Don and his space c a d e t t e s
must be blocked in. Episodes are
predicted eventually to c o n t a i n " s o m e
humor," because that is what M o g a
It's
aiMa.2i«^'.
l\-^iori
believes his c a r t o o n i n g is all a b o u t .
" I take s o m e t h i n g real, keep it s i m ple a n d t h e n try t o m a k e it f u n n y , " he
says. " M a k i n g a real s i t u a t i o n
r i d i c u l o u s , i d i o t i c , a b s u r d or whatever
is required is w h a t takes t h e m o s t
t h o u g h t in c a r t o o n i n g , " he c o n t i n u e d .
"Generally, o n c e t h e idea f o r a cart o o n has j e l l e d , it takes only about 15
m i n u t e s t o put it on paper."
A t t e n d i n g LIT is a f a m i l y t r a d i t i o n
for Moga. H i s father, Traian, a s e c t i o n
supervisor at Ford M o t o r Co., is a
f o r m e r s t u d e n t in LIT's S c h o o l of
A s s o c i a t e S t u d i e s . His mother, Anna,
an a c a d e m i c secretary, has worked on
c a m p u s for three years.
It is t h e LIT c a m p u s that is
f o r e m o s t in J o h n M o g a ' s perspective
now. But, w h o k n o w s what d o o r s
C o m m a n d e r Don may zap open for
h i m in t h e f u t u r e !
�High school
students learn
computer skills
"at s e a "
Take a simple game—"Battleship."
Program it on the computer in 350
steps. Couple it with eager
mathematics-oriented high school
students. And, you have the ingredients for a tournament of skill plus
an effective method for teaching computer search procedures and the more
sophisticated challenges that come
with the desire to sink your opponent's ships, with logical precision.
It is all part of the Detroit
Metropolitan High School
Mathematics Club (DMHSMC) program sponsored by Lawrence Institute
of Technology's School of Arts and
Science. Special Sunday "Battleship
Tournament" meetings began on campus in November using the LIT computer. The competition between individuals and schools will continue on
the second Sunday of each month until June, Larry C. McCollister, lecturer
in mathematics and club sponsor
says.
DMHSMC, which for several years
has been inviting high school
students interested in mathematics
and mathematical careers and their
faculty members to campus for lectures, demonstrations and field trips,
meets regularly during the school
year on the first Thursday of the
month. Dr. Lawrence D. Favro, professor of physics at Wayne State
University, recently discussed "How
Mathematics Is Used to Describe Our
Universe".
In December, during the Christmas
school break, club members are invited by their first speaker of the year,
Dr. Jack Elliott of Bendix Research
Laboratories in Southfield, to tour his
company's facilities. His talk in October highlighted career opportunities
in mathematics in the areas of computer science and numerical and
statistical analysis as utilized by his
Richard Chute, second
from right, chief research
engineer for Eaton Research
Labs, points
out components
on an engine test stand prior to his campus lecture November
29 on problems new pollution
standards
pose for engineers.
1977-78 officers
are (L to R): Richard
Woroniec,
pres.; Paul Sabol, treas.; William Olsen, sec; and, at far right, Peter Lang, vice
pres. In September,
the officers accepted
an unprecedented
third consecutive
"outstanding
student chapter"
award.
An unprecedented third consecutive "outstanding student chapter
award" has been won by Lawrence Institute of Technology's student
branch of SAE (Society of Automotive
Engineers), setting in action a target
membership goal of 250 for the
1977-78 school year. LIT's 160
member chapter is the second largest
of 116 student branches in the United
States, Canada and Mexico, ranking
only behind Indiana/Purdue-Fort
Wayne.
The chapter received the coveted
Bendix Award at the annual dinner
meeting of the SAE Detroit Section
September 20. The award is given
yearly by the parent organization in
cooperation with the Bendix Corporation, and is made in three categories
according to the chapter's size. LIT is
in the "above 75 member" category.
In addition to membership growth,
participation in parent society
meetings and community activities
are considered.
A coordinate monetary award of
$200, the proposed use of which is a
criteria in judging, was accepted by
LIT Student Chapter President
Richard Woroniec, a senior in
mechanical engineering. It is earmarked by the chapter to purchase an
engine analyzer and related equipment to assist student members in
performing tune-up clinic tests.
corporation in research work.
Approximately 65 students from 31
different high schools attended the initial meeting of the year. In addition,
faculty were present from several
schools. There are no program dues.
At the November meeting students
elected officers to plan the remainder
of the year's program.
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
School of Arts and Science invites all
interested area high school students,
parents, and faculty to participate in
the program. For further information,
please call the office of the dean,
356-0200, ext. 61 or 104.
LIT/SAE encores—
againi
�39 inducted by
Presidents Club
Thirty-nine new members were officially welcomed into the LIT
Presidents Club at the organization's
fourth annual dinner October 22.
Franl< E. Noggle, ME'70, Presidents
Club president officiated at the brief
formal program which included awarding of membership plaques and a
state of the College address by Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, LIT president.
"In a word," began Dr. Marburger,
"the state of the College Is excellent.
An enrollment record of 4,754
students paced our opening this fall."
Initiated into the Presidents Club
were: Bruce J. Annett, Jr., Don and
Marge Bamford, Frank and Yvonne
Bell, M. Thomas Braun, Floyd W.
Bunt, James F. Carr, Terry Cross, Dr.
Perry E. Gresham, Dr. and Mrs. John
D. Hromi, Emil J. Jaworowski, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack L. Korb, Ernest W. Kosty,
and Dr. Algird Kreuchunas.
Others were: Robert R. Kuhnert,
Lee and Julie Lahr, Richard F.
Larkins, Zackulyn Lee, Bob Lund,
Roger E. Marce, Mrs. Henry C.
Maskey, Robert W. Militzer, Mark L.
and Patricia F. Nagel, Raymond T.
Perring, Clarence A. Phillips, Thaddeus Pietrykowski, and Mr. and Mrs.
Louis G. Redstone.
Other new members included:
Solomon E. and Nellie Redstone,
Richard W. Ruen, Anthony S. Ryff,
Robert J. Schlaff, Charles W.
Schwartz, Richard C. Sharp, Russell
H. Starks, Louis J. Steigerwald, Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Trygar, Gary and
Charlotte Van Neck, Richard and
Marlene Visger, Thomas and Elizabeth
Wieszkowiak, and Hurst Wulf.
Dr. Dent,
Dr. Twiss die
Dr. Donald H. Dent, professor of
mechanical engineering, died August
25. Dr. Dent, 53, was a member of the
engineering faculty since 1967, and
was involved in the formation of the
College's construction engineering
department. He served as the department's first chairman, and in 1973
became a member of the mechanical
engineering department.
A popular teacher, he received his
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in
engineering mechanics from Wayne
State University. A native of Ohio, he
graduated from Detroit Southwestern
High School. He is survived by his
wife, Ada Ruth, and a daughter. Dr.
Dent was an elder of the Jefferson
Avenue Presbyterian Church and
taught in the church school.
Friends, students, and family of Dr.
Dent have established a memorial
fund in his honor at the College.
Dr. Dent
Dr. Twiss
Dr. Sumner B. Twiss, Lawrence Institute of Technology's vice president
for development from 1974 to 1976
and a College trustee from 1965 to
1974, passed away September 23. Dr.
Twiss had retired from LIT to become
Manager of Technical Service for the
CAB-O-SIL Division of the Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA.
Dr. Twiss, 60, received an honorary
doctor of science degree from LIT in
1965, and was a member of the College's Presidents Club. He earned his
B.S. degree from Trinity College, and
in 1944 earned his Ph.D. in chemistry
from the Johns Hopkins University.
Prior to his position at LIT, Dr.
Twiss was president of Chrysler's
Faculty/staff
update
Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean. School
of Engineering, addressed the Forging
Industry Association at their winter
meeting in November at Marco Island,
FL. His topic was "Energy Conservation in Forging Operations". In October, Davis was the kick off speaker
for the Milwaukee (Wl) Chapter of the
American Society of Metals seminar
on practical energy conservation.
Zaven Margosian, dean. School of
Arts and Science, participated in an
October panel discussion on "Education For the Gifted" in Birmingham.
His topic was "Early Use of College".
Dr. John D. Hromi, associate professor of mechanical engineering,
chairman of the Chemical Division of
the American Society for Quality Control, recently presided over the 21st
annual technical conference in
Detroit.
Chemical Division for 15 years. He
had previously held several research
and management positions with the
duPont Company, and had taught at
Johns Hopkins and Wayne State. In
February, he received the Engineering
Society of Detroit Affiliate Council's
"Gold Award" for his outstanding
contributions to science and
engineering.
He was a past president of the
Adhesive and Sealant Council (the
national trade association for that industry) and was affiliated with a
number of technical trade organizations. Dr. Twiss published more than
40 papers and books in theoretical
and applied chemistry, and held
several patents. He was a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi and Phi
Lambda Upsilon, and a fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain.
In 1967, Dr. Twiss received the
American Chemical Society's Midgley
Award for outstanding research contributions in the field of chemistry
relating to the automobile industry.
Dr. Twiss' wife, Jeanette, requests
that memorials be directed to the
Sumner B. Twiss Scholarship Fund at
the College.
�LIT's irrepressible
Martin Sclar
He is an "unretireable" individual.
His experience is hard-earned and
long. And, it is Lawrence Institute of
Technology's good fortune to have
him "at work" on campus even
though he won't accept a cent of pay.
Instead, he prefers to make contributions to his employer.
Any man, it is assumed, who has
earned "enough" on which to live
comfortably, richly deserves the
rewards of retirement. But, retirement
is not enough for Dr. Martin Sclar. He
has become, instead, a kind of voluntary jack-of-all trades "administrative
assistant" on LIT's Southfield campus. He is both teacher and
counselor. He is a trouble-shooter and
educational promoter. He takes his
work so seriously that he would not
consider shirking assigned responsibilities for a vacation except when it
is allowed by the College calendar.
His retirement rewards come from
students who greet him with enthusiasm. "It is such a good feeling
when they are glad and happy to see
me," he smiles. "It's better than pay.
It gives me a chance to give back a
little bit of what I received through
the years."
At LIT he calls himself a "watchman" in chemistry lab. But the
organic chemistry students he is currently monitoring for three hours
every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon have greatest respect for his obvious practical experience when they
seek him out either for words of advice or just the litmus paper he
carefully doles out.
"He shows us how to do it right,"
says Thomas James, sophomore
chemistry major, in speaking for the
group. For Dr. Sclar they put in a full
half-day's experimentation in lab. And,
he gives them a sense of accomplishment as he signs their manuals and
chats about the day's assignment.
For 40 years a chemist by trade. Dr.
Sclar admits to having forgotten
"some of the more sophisticated
techniques used in the classroom.
But there is basic knowledge," he
continues, "that you always use."
A graduate of Temple University
with both a B.A. and M.A. in
chemistry, he received his Ph.D. in
physical chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania as a Harrison
Fellow. "1935 was a very hard time to
look for a job," he remembers, so, in
desperation, he advertised in a
chemistry journal for work.
"I heard from a then-small outfit in
Detroit," he points out, "but I couldn't
go for an interview until they sent me
$50 for transportation." They did and
he went—to stay for a lifetime career
that eight years later resulted in his
promotion to manager of Industrial
Chemical Products of Detroit,
manufacturers of chemicals for the
metal industry. He did all of the lab
work, organized priorities during
World War II and purchased materials
prior to his appointment as manager.
In later years, he ran the business.
"There were times in those depression years when you 'ran scared'
about a job," he reminisces. So, for
insurance and to make himself more
valuable on the job, he went to night
school at Wayne State University to
obtain a law degree. But, while a
member of the Michigan Bar Association, he never actually practices this
skill.
It was during this period, however,
that he met and married his wife,
Charlotte—herself an active volunteer
utilizing a masters degree obtained in
library science after they raised two
sons (a doctor and a lawyer). She
gives two half days each week as
librarian at Cranbrook's Institutions.
They live in Southfield.
In addition to teaching chemistry
labs for college students, Dr. Sclar
also has helped in LIT's chem labs for
outstanding high school students
studying on campus. For the last
three years, Dr. Richard Michel, dean
�"The measure of success in a chemistry lab is to know your chemicals and have a respect of how they work in combination," Dr. Martin
Sclar advises his students. Above, he lends an experienced hand to sophomore Thomas James. At left, he assists sophomore Cheryl
Dennis.
of the School for Associate Studies,
claimed Dr. Sclar's "spare time" each
spring (Tuesday and Thursday nights)
to interview and counsel students
whose work was not up to par. This
job especially appeals to Dr. Sclar as
it involves students "trying hard to
succeed while pursuing a career and
degree simultaneously." He, too,
remembers how hard this was as he
worked his way through Temple
University doing odd jobs.
Dr. Sclar was introduced to LIT five
years ago by an alumnus friend, Anthony York, IM'59, a buyer for
Chrysler. It was the late Dr. Sumner B.
Twiss, vice-president for development,
who first interviewed the man "with
something to give" and invited him to
share his talents on campus.
"He brings a wealth of experience
to us along with an attitude that is
better than excellent," says Dean
Zaven IVIargosian of the School of
Arts and Science. "He is extremely
valuable, intelligent and hard working," echoes Dean Michel, who first
noted his "unretireable"
characteristics.
Until Martin Sclar elects to do
something else or "officially retires,'
his good humor and expertise will
continue to brighten the day of all
those he meets on campus, especially
those students to whom he
represents the "real world" of
chemistry.
�College housing
adds new
dimension at LIT
"Occupied"
is the status of LIT's Student
Center.
Above,
Dana Snow,
fiftti-year
student from Grand
Rapids.
Housing
arcliitecture
The first-time availability of oncampus student housing has added a
new dimension to Lawrence Institute
of Technology. A nine-story, $4
million, 142-unit Student Housing
Center opened on campus August 1
and is already over 94 percent occupied.
The private, coeducational College's apartment living facility is attracting students from as far away as
Massachusetts, Kansas, Japan and
Iran. And, many IVIetropolitan area
students, formerly dependent on
transportation to attend classes, are
also enjoying the convenience of campus residence.
Students can now elect to share
one or two bedroom apartment units.
The many who work can more readily
schedule classes during either of
LIT's full-time day or evening baccalaureate programs.
"Campus housing not only will attract students formerly unable to
choose our academic programs
because of the lack of transportation,
but also allows the scholastic quality
of students to continue to rise as we
expand our ability to serve local,
outstate and out-of-state students,"
Dr. Wayne H. Buell, LIT chairman of
the board and chief executive officer
said. It was during Dr. Buell's just
completed 13-year presidency that
development of on-campus housing
became a reality. Still to come at LIT
are another academic building and a
student activities center.
An analysis of apartment occupancy shows that the majority of
residents are freshmen, most of
whom could not have selected LIT
before housing became available.
Detroit and suburban area students
from within a 25 mile radius comprise
about one-half of the apartment
population. Out-staters are another
third.
�Mi
States or districts represented
among ttie residents are, in addition
to Massachusetts, and Kansas: New
Yorl<, New Jersey, Virginia,
Wasiiington D.C., Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois and Iowa. Fifty international
students from Canada, South
America, Iran, China, and Japan live in
the Center, too. Fourteen married
couples are finding their apartments
an economical first "home" while one
or both study at the College.
Economy and today's students'
desire for independence and individual responsibility were criteria
for LIT opting for an apartment plan
for living, rather than the traditional
college dormitory. Sharing expenses
in furnished or unfurnished units according to student choice is a factor
in holding down costs. Each unit has
a fully-equipped kitchen so that
students may also share food costs.
For those who choose, the campus
cafeteria serves both students and
staff.
The College Housing Center is
situated on a rolling partially-wooded
tract on the south side of LIT's
85-acre campus. The opening of the
new facility provided the inevitable
minor "shake-down" problems but
students and administrators are
meeting together to find solutions.
"We plan to continue to be good
neighbors," Dr. Buell emphasized,
"both to each other within the
building and to the many private
residences surrounding us. We have
always been known to have a 'serious'
student body and we expect that
trend to be accelerated by our ability
to select and house students from a
broad geographic area."
A bird's eye view of ttie countryside
is enjoyed by nintfi floor roommates
(L to R): Jim
Grau, Oakfiurst, NJ; Brian Holtz, Adrian; and
Ernie
Stockinger,
Tecumseh.
At
bottom,
Holtz, left, is tiis apartment's
chief cook and
serves
up a bowl of chili to fourth
floor
visitor Don Rondeau,
Bay City. At
center,
Joe and Karen Wampler appreciate
the comforts
of an apartment
they've
furnished
themselves.
�FOCUS
ON E N E R G Y
Energy—problems of supply, demand, source, and utilization, is a
topic of increasing global concern
and debate. Energy is of special interest at a technical college like
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
In keeping with it's operational axiom of "private colleges serve public
purposes," LIT recently hosted two of
the technical sectors most eminent
personalities speaking on energy:
Elliott M. Estes, president of the
General Motors Corporation, and
William P. Panny, president of the
Engineering Society of Detroit.
Coming at the invitation of Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, LIT president,
both Mr. Estes and Mr. Panny offered
a provocative analysis of the current
situation as well as some thoughtful
solutions. Their respective campus
appearances were part of LIT's School
of Arts and Science and School of
Business and Industrial Management
lecture series, coordinated by Deans
Zaven Margosian and Leiand A. Lahr.
But the College is doing much
more than providing a forum for important guest lectures. Dean Karl H.
Greimel and faculty of the School of
Architecture not only offer courses in
alternate energy and other environmental topics—they've also been
involved in special projects like alumnus Bill Beitz' "energy conscious"
home (see page 19). Dean Stephen R.
Davis of the School of Engineering
consults extensively on the topic of
energy management, and was instrumental in securing computerized
energy monitoring equipment for the
campus. A wind-powered generator
spins atop the engineering labs, indicative of energy management classes going on inside classrooms
below. The very active LIT student
branch of the Society of Automotive
Engineers devoted the month of
November to providing special programs and clinics in fuel savings.
Dean Richard E. Michel of the School
for Associate Studies coordinates
special short courses emphasizing
energy conservation. The rising cost
of energy has precipitated a number
of on-campus efficiency procedures.
Developing an energy-conscious
society both broadly informed and
prudently motivated is a significant
goal of Lawrence Institute of Technology. In this, and many other ways,
private colleges indeed serve public
purposes.
College conserves
as costs mount
utility costs
up in the family
bungalow?
Then consider
Lawrence
Institute
of Technology's
whopping
$48,000 gas bill and
$116,231 electric
bill last year. That's
the
cost of warming and lighting classrooms
for
4,754 students
attending
the College.
Conservation
measures,
including
dialing
down
thermostats,
weather-stripping
doors
and
windows, and simply turning off lights have
significantly
reduced
yearly energy
hikes
—In fact last year's bills were only 4 percent
more than the year before even though utility rates had risen
considerably.
Ray Soble (top) of Dearborn Heights
and
Jim Altomare
of Warren, both with
the
Heineman
and Lovett Company of Detroit,
spent a week caulking windows and walls in
LIT's
181,000 sq. ft. administration
end
engineering
building.
�Energy: good
solutions and bad
Remarks by Elliott M. Estes,
president
and chief operating officer of General
Motors Corporation,
at LIT October
13, 1977.
I've been looking forward to this
visit to LIT. For one thing, it gives me
the chance to congratulate you, Dr.
Marburger, on becoming president of
the College—and also you. Dr. Buell,
for serving this school and this community so long and so well.
This visit also gives me the opportunity to tell the LIT staff and faculty
personally just how much we value
the contributions that you make to
our community—to its residents, its
businesses and its
economy—through the excellent
technical and management instruction you provide.
As for me—being a former co-op
student—I particularly appreciate the
role that your evening baccalaureate
program plays. I think it fills a special
need in this area. I know, for example,
that several hundred GM employes in
this area are now enrolled in
Lawrence Institute's evening classes,
continuing to upgrade their skills
even as they hold down full-time jobs.
I'm sure I don't have to tell you that
these are the kind of employes we
like to have—people with initiative
who recognize the importance of
good skills in today's complicated
world—and who are willing to make
the extra, self-help effort to improve
their education and professional skill.
Self-help . . . initiative . . . hard work
. . . the willingness to put in extra effort to accomplish more than the ordinary—this is the kind of person—this is the spirit—that more
than anything else is responsible for
the unprecedented progress we have
made in the past.
And when you look at the
future—at the enormous challenges
we still must overcome—it's clear
that the need for people with that
spirit has not passed with the earlier,
less complex times. Far from it.
Elliott M. Estes, president of General Motors, second frdm right, chats with (L to R): Richard
E. Marburger, LIT president; G. Robert Harrington, LIT vice president-development;
and
Wayne H. Buell, LIT chairman of the board.
The problems of the '80s and '90s—
plus the unknown but certain
challenges that await us in a new century that is only 22 years away—will
continue to demand extraordinary effort from many extraordinary people if
America is to keep moving forward.
Fortunately, this country still is
blessed with many people like t h a t —
people willing—and yes, even eager—
to do whatever extra is required. The
increasing enrollments in LIT's evening classes are proof that people with
this spirit are not entirely a vanishing
breed.
So I am confident about the future
—confident that we will be able to
put today's problems behind us and
open up the way for more prosperity
and more opportunity than ever
before.
But our challenges are not easy.
They're not simple problems. In securing the energy and other raw
materials we need . . . in improving
productivity, reducing unemployment
and providing more opportunity for all
. . . in controlling pollution, saving the
cities and improving the overall quality of life . . . in continuing to help the
developing nations and competing
successfully in increasingly tough
world markets—in these and many,
many more, all the skill, determination
and hard work we can muster will be
needed.
Real and lasting progress has never
been easy or cheap. Real progress
has to be earned and paid for—with
extra effort, with initiative, with innovation, imagination and daring, and
with the willingness to take the risks
that are necessary to turn potential
rewards into real ones.
While I do remain optimistic about
our ability to continue to make progress, I have to concede that I do see a
disturbing change in our national
mood developing in this country today, and I can't help but think that it
will make the conquest of our
challenges more difficult than it really
has to be—if this mood grows
stronger.
I don't claim to be a social scientist, but I believe this new mood is
reflected in three separate, but interrelated changes in society as a whole.
Unfortunately, the result is a general
decline in the positive, self-reliant
spirit exemplified by the kind of people who will go to class at night to
improve themselves after working at
their regular job all day long.
�The first of these c h a n g e s that I
see is that an increasing n u m b e r of
Americans seem u n w i l l i n g t o make
any of that extra effort I've been talking about. More and more people are
now balking w h e n they are asked t o
make a s a c r i f i c e — a c o n t r i b u t i o n — t o
the achievement of national goals.
" L e t s o m e b o d y else do i t " s e e m s t o
be their m o t t o . Perhaps t h i s a t t i t u d e
is left over f r o m our recent, t r o u b l e d
past w h e n A m e r i c a n s were asked t o
s u p p o r t — a n d make s a c r i f i c e s f o r — a n
unpopular war. If t h a t ' s the case,
maybe t h i s a t t i t u d e w i l l fade in t i m e ,
but right now it s e e m s t o be g e t t i n g
stronger.
Second, there also is a g r o w i n g
feeling a m o n g many A m e r i c a n s that
just because they've been lucky
enough to be born in t h i s country,
they are a u t o m a t i c a l l y e n t i t l e d to a
share of our g o o d life w i t h o u t really
having to earn it. For i n s t a n c e , it is no
longer unusual t o hear people c o m plain that they d o n ' t want anyone using up their fair share of energy. But
they rarely ever say a n y t h i n g about
helping earn that e n e r g y — a b o u t helping pay for its discovery and development. Unlike t h o s e of us w h o
remember the Great D e p r e s s i o n ,
these people o b v i o u s l y do not believe
that " t h e r e is no s u c h t h i n g as a free
lunch."
Finally, given t h i s f e e l i n g of entitlement and their u n w i l l i n g n e s s to make
sacrifices, many people now expect
others to deliver to t h e m whatever it
is that they desire. For example,
public o p i n i o n surveys s h o w that
large numbers of A m e r i c a n s now expect the auto industry t o deliver spectacular t e c h n o l o g i c a l b r e a k t h r o u g h s
to ensure their c o n t i n u e d personal
m o b i l i t y and freedom w i t h o u t any real
c o n t r i b u t i o n on their part either to
energy conservation or the development of new supplies. Those p o l l s
also tell us that people d o n ' t really
believe us w h e n we say there are no
easy, spectacular ways of improving
fuel economy.
"There...
is a growing feeling among
many
Americans
ttiat just
because
ttiey were lucl<y
enougli to be born in
til is country, they
are automatically
entitled to a share of
our good life without
really having to earn
it."
In one respect, t h i s c o n f i d e n c e in
our i n d u s t r y ' s t e c h n i c a l c a p a b i l i t y is a
real c o m p l i m e n t . But in another, t h i s
c h i l d l i k e belief that s o m e o n e or
s o m e t h i n g w i l l c o m e along at the last
m i n u t e to save us f r o m d i s a s t e r has
t o be one reason that the United
States is having so m u c h t r o u b l e in
c o m i n g t o grips w i t h our g r o w i n g
s h o r t a g e of d o m e s t i c a l l y p r o d u c e d oil
and natural gas.
Now, I do have t o a d m i t that
A m e r i c a n s w h o feel t h i s way do not
usually t u r n to private industry. More
o f t e n than not, they w a n t g o v e r n m e n t
t o deliver to t h e m whatever it is that
they believe is their due.
If you d o n ' t believe t h i s Is true, you
haven't been paying m u c h a t t e n t i o n
to the g r o w i n g list of laws and regulations coming from Washington—and
f r o m a number of state c a p i t a l s , as
w e l l — w h i c h are s u p p o s e d to provide
t h i s benefit to t h i s g r o u p and t h i s
favor t o that by s u s p e n d i n g , a m e n d ing or repealing the e c o n o m i c laws of
s u p p l y and d e m a n d .
W e l l , you can't repeal the laws of
s u p p l y and d e m a n d — n o t w i t h o u t
u l t i m a t e l y paying the c o n s e q u e n c e s .
A n d the shortage of oil and natural
gas that C o n g r e s s is having so m u c h
d i f f i c u l t y t r y i n g to correct is the direct
c o n s e q u e n c e of a quarter century of
direct and indirect c o n t r o l s on energy
prices in t h i s c o u n t r y .
Ironically—and unfortunately—that
lesson s e e m s lost on many of those
w h o are now t r y i n g to w r i t e a new
energy policy. Many m e m b e r s of the
H o u s e and S e n a t e — a n d members of
t h e A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , t o o — w a n t to impose more and t i g h t e r c o n t r o l s rather
than begin t o let s u p p l y and demand
start to end the shortages. The best
t h i n g about letting s u p p l y and dem a n d w o r k — a s i d e f r o m the fact that
it can end the s h o r t a g e s — i s that it
w i l l do so by w o r k i n g on both sides of
the energy e q u a t i o n . It w i l l provide incentive for users to conserve energy
at the very same t i m e it provides incentive for producers to f i n d and
develop new s u p p l i e s .
A n o t h e r g o o d t h i n g about supply
and d e m a n d — a b o u t the w o r k i n g of a
free e c o n o m y in w h i c h people can
pick and c h o o s e as t o how they want
t o spend the f r u i t s of their labor—is
that it is c o n s i s t e n t w i t h America's
heritage of political f r e e d o m . Working
together, hand-in-hand, our political
f r e e d o m and our e c o n o m i c freedom
have made A m e r i c a the land of the
freest people that history has ever
known.
But now, a g r o w i n g number of people w h o w o u l d be the first to oppose
any effort t o abridge our political
f r e e d o m are s u g g e s t i n g that a number
of e c o n o m i c c h o i c e s be taken away
f r o m the people and delegated to
government.
An e x a m p l e of t h i s kind of thinking
is the Metzenbaum A m e n d m e n t which
the United States Senate already has
v o t e d t o approve. Introduced
by Senator H o w a r d Metzenbaum of
O h i o t h i s rather large c h i p out of our
e c o n o m i c f r e e d o m w o u l d prohibit the
m a n u f a c t u r e of a u t o m o b i l e s w h i c h do
not get a m i n i m u m number of miles
per g a l l o n of f u e l . Specifically, the
a m e n d m e n t w o u l d o u t l a w cars that
get less than 16 m p g in 1980 and the
m i n i m u m mileage w o u l d go up a mile
per g a l l o n each year until it reached
21 m p g in 1985.
�Now, nobody at GM will argue for a
minute about the need to improve fuel
economy. Our record so far shows we
understand the importance of conservation. From 12 mpg in 1974 to more
than 181/2 mpg in the 1978 model
year, we have improved our average
mileage more than any other U.S.
manufacturer. Not only that, we are
firmly on the public record with a
pledge that we are working to achieve
a 27.5 mpg fleet average that will be
required in 1985.
Since we have such a strong program—and such a strong commitment—our initial analysis shows
that a relatively small proportion of
our production would be impacted by
the Metzenbaum Amendment. In 1980
and 1981, for instance, some of our
sporty Firebirds, Camaros and Corvettes would be vulnerable if this proposal becomes law, and to continue
to provide a nine passenger
limousine, we would have to use
diesels exclusively in them.
But even if not one single GM car
were vulnerable, we still strongly oppose this proposal. We think it would
set a dangerous precedent. There is
no doubt that this amendment, if approved, could signal the start of a
retreat from this country's heritage of
economic freedom.
Another ironic thing is that this proposal is being promoted in the name
of fairness. That fairness argument
runs something like this: Without a
minimum fuel economy standard, rich
people will be able to afford big cars,
their higher operating costs, and even
the gas-guzzler taxes, should they be
approved, and thereby use up or
waste—quote, unquote—part of
someone else's fair share of energy.
Although the bill is supposed to be
aimed at the "wasteful rich," it seems
fairly clear that a lot of other people
—ordinary working people—could be
affected, too. What about the large
family that likes to take advantage of
relatively inexpensive camping vacations and would be willing to allocate
more of their income to pay the costs
associated with a large car capable of
towing a sizeable camper? And what
is going to happen when people who
need a car like that cannot legally buy
a new one? Some of them, for sure,
will keep driving their old cars as long
as they can, and that will slow the
replacement of older, less efficient
vehicles with newer ones that contribute to the fuel savings that this
country needs.
It is amazing to me that this country should be seriously considering
banning certain kinds of cars when
even a leftist leaning country like Italy
has not. Italy, as you know, must import nearly all its petroleum, and
gasoline there costs well over $2 a
gallon. But in Italy, if you are willing
to pay the costs—because you feel
you need that kind of transportation—
you can drive any kind of car you
want. I think Americans ought to continue to have at least as much
economic freedom as the Italians.
.. you can't repeal
the laws of supply
and
demand—not
without paying the
consequences."
Since I'm convinced that GM is
ahead of its competition in getting rid
of inefficient cars, I don't want this to
sound like a defense of gas-guzzlers
—because it isn't. But if certain cars
are banned today, what will be next?
If you must drive a car that gets more
than x-miles per gallon, isn't it
reasonable to expect that the next
step might be to say, you can't live in
a house with more than two
bedrooms? Or that it will be illegal to
heat your house above 65 degrees in
winter or cool it below 75 in summer?
Or that laws prohibiting driving vacations of more than 250 miles will be
passed? Where would it stop?
All those things would save energy,
too—but the price—exacted in lost
freedom—would be too high. That
wouldn't be fair, either—none of
those things.
Those who doubt our ability to Increase domestic energy supplies now
want to force everybody to share in
worsening shortages—including
those Americans who know they are
not inevitable and are willing to pay
the price to keep the gloomy predictions from coming true. How fair is
that? More importantly, how smart Is
it?
What has happened In the intrastate gas markets show that the
United States is not suffering from a
shortage of natural gas as much as
we are a shortage bargain basement
gas. The free markets—located within
a given state where supply and demand is still allowed to work—do
have higher prices; sure—sometimes
two or three times higher than the
maximum controlled price. But a great
deal more gas is available there, and
gas producers—wherever p o s s i b l e are concentrating their search for new
gas that can be sold for realistic
prices. Those intrastate natural gas
prices must be realistic—or they
would never occur in a free market.
But some people obviously do not
think they are realistic and have even
proposed clamping federal controls
on intrastate gas.
I can only think of one reason why
people would be so determined to
keep—and expand—energy price controls. Like those who favor outlawing
certain kinds of cars in return for so
little potential energy savings, they
must be firmly convinced that conservation is the only way out of the
dilemma we're in. They have clearly
bought the idea that America's oil and
natural gas production will inevitably
decline—and nothing we can do will
have much effect on the supply side
of our energy equation.
Fortunately, they are wrong.
America still has abundant oil and
gas reserves, and increasing the supply is the perfect complement to conservation. Both can be accomplished
if we will only let the price of energy
reflect its true value.
If we continue to go along with
those who are trying to prove there is
�such a thing as a free lunch and you
have to give it to the voters in the
form of low energy prices so they will
keep you in office, our future will be
bleak.
But it can be bright if we rely on
our heritage of economic freedom instead of trying to scrap it. The phased
decontrol of all energy prices will
help lessen the risk of renewed
serious inflation. And as we allow the
economics of energy to straighten
themselves out through the magic of
the free market, we will be ensuring
both the energy that we will need in
the future and a continuation of the
freedoms Americans enjoyed in the
past.
"Most
Americans
are still
positive,
can-do people, and
it's time we started
acting like that."
If—during that time—the working
of supply and demand does not result
in additional oil and natural gas supplies—if costly alternate energy
sources do not begin to become
economically viable—we won't really
have lost anything compared to what
will happen if controls are kept in
place.
Energy: today's
problem—an
engineer's
response
A test period like this should end
the argument over whether supply and
demand will still work with energy in
this country—or whether past controls have created a situation where
only more controls can be effective.
Remarks by William P. Panny, president of the Engineering Society of
Detroit and executive vice president
of Rocl<weil International
Corporation,
at LIT October 27, 1977.
Although the answer seems clear to
me, which way the country is going to
go still isn't settled. So I urge you to
let your Congressman and Senators
and the White House know how you
feel. There may be a shifting mood in
this country but it isn't the prevalent
one—not yet. Most Americans are
still positive, can-do people, and it's
time we started acting like that.
About Elliott M. Estes
So I urge members of Congress—
especially the members of the conference committees which will have
to reconcile different House and
Senate bills on energy policy—to give
deregulation a chance to work for a
reasonable test period—say, 10 years,
given the oil and gas industry's long
lead times.
Elliott M. (Pete) Estes was elected
president and chief operating
officer of
General
Motors and appointed
chairman of the
Corporation's
Administration
and
Executive Committees
in 1974. He had earlier
served in a number of engineering
and
management
capacities
at GM,
including
executive
vice president
of operations,
and
general manager of both Chevrolet
and
Pontiac Motor
Divisions.
He attended General Motors
Institute
and was graduated
from the University
of
Cincinnati
with a degree in
mechanical
engineering.
It's nice to be back at LIT. When I
was teaching here back in the early
fifties, I couldn't have imagined that
someday I would have the honor to
revisit the campus as a guest
speaker.
I relish the opportunity.
For a guy who spent a great part of
his college life in the Dean's office
for a lot of reasons—most of them
bad—this chance to talk instead of
listen is just too good to be true.
Back in my teaching days, however,
it was a different story. Discussion in
my classroom was open and frank.
But that's the way you've got to
operate when you're teaching
"English and the American
Language".
Well, I didn't really teach that
course. And as most of you have
guessed by now, I didn't take the
course either.
What I did take and teach is
engineering. However, there is one
big difference between when I was
teaching here and today. Either kids
are a lot smarter now, or Doctors
Buell and Marburger have a helluva
better staff than back in my time.
I say that because a couple of
weeks ago when Pete Estes of
General Motors spoke here, I was very
impressed with the hard questions he
was asked.
In fact, after listening to the exchange, I was afraid to come into this
lion's den for fear of getting chewed
up.
What makes my anxiety even
worse, is that I'm going to talk about
the same subject as he did—energy.
Like Pete, I don't pretend to be an ex-
�pert on the subject, but I've got a
pretty good Idea on how this energy
problem could be resolved.
And President Carter doesn't even
have to call me; he can have my
answer right now, free of charge.
My answer Is: Cut our engineers
and scientists loose, and let them go
at the problem with no holds barred.
This may sound simplistic, but I've
got a couple of good reasons to feel
as I do.
First, history is on my side.
Remember from your history books
what happened In the 19th century
when it looked like the supply of
whale oil was going to run out? There
was a lot of fear and concern then,
but kerosene was developed and
substituted.
A lot of us in this room can recall
the big problem we faced during
World War II when supplies of natural
rubber were closed to us by the take
over of Malaysia by the Japanese.
Within 18 months, synthetic rubber
was developed and produced.
I think these two examples, among
many others, show the "can do" attitude and spirit that resides in the
technological commmunity.
My second reason for feeling the
way 1 do is that I happen to work for a
high technology company. I have seen
first-hand what capable engineers and
scientists can do in finding solutions
and a better way of doing things. And
these skills have been put to work on
energy—on finding ways to save
it—on developing new sources—and
on making our products more energy
efficient.
Their track record Is impressive.
Let me cite a result of the Rockwell
conservation effort.
In 1972, Rockwell International Corporation used about 20 trillion BTU's
to make its products and to run its
operations.
That year, our sales were almost $3
billion.
In 1976, we produced more products and had sales of over $5 billion.
But our energy consumption dropped
by 25 percent.
That's enough energy to supply the
total natural gas and electrical needs
of more than 20,000 Detroit-area
homes for one year.
We're busy conserving energy
because it makes good economic
sense.
There was a time when energy was
a relatively insignificant portion in the
total cost of operating a manufacturing plant. One million BTU's of energy
used to cost about $1.50. Today it
costs about $3.30.
That's more than a 100 percent
increase.
This increased cost of fuel is only
part of the story.
Now, in order to keep our manufacturing doors open and people on the
job, a plant not only pays more for its
primary fuel, but it must also convert
its boilers to accommodate alternate
fuels in case the primary fuel is curtailed. The cost of all this is also
staggering.
"Cut our
engineers
and scientists
loose
and let them go at
the problem with no
holds
barred."
For example, to convert one plant
to an alternate energy source ranges
from $100,000 to $1.5 million, depending on the size and type of plant
operation.
What this all boils down to is that
energy is no longer an insignificant
cost of doing business.
That's why when we were smart
enough to see what was coming—
before most people ever heard of the
phrase "energy crisis"—we worked
our tails off to make the situation
work for us instead of against us.
Let me give you some examples of
what we did to conserve energy.
A lot of it has been taking place
right here in our own backyard at
Automotive Operations in Troy.
In 1972, we created an Energy Conservation Department and since that
time we've invested $3 million in finding ways to reduce conventional
energy usage. At the start, we
checked every nook and cranny at
every plant. We turned off lights,
lowered temperatures, and all of the
other things you would normally do to
save energy. We asked our guys to
look around and check with the
utilities on getting more ideas to
save. We converted lighting systems,
added insulation, relined furnaces and
remodeled ventilating systems.
But then we started getting more
innovative in our approach. We
developed and installed a trash burning system at one of our plants in
Ohio that takes care of all their normal heating and air conditioning
needs.
This trash burner is pollution free.
In it we burn the plant's solid waste
like wood and cardboard boxes. We
also burn cornstalks from a nearby
field and solid waste from other
plants in the area.
Governor Rhodes was so impressed
with it that he wanted to be at the
unveiling of the trash burner.
At another Ohio plant we installed
an induction heating process to
replace natural gas.
That's saving that plant almost
$100,000 a year in energy costs, not
to mention the natural gas we've
freed up to supplement resident use
in energy-starved Ohio.
In another plant, we developed a
method to cold form metal parts instead of using heat from natural gas
to do the job.
At one of our foundries, we
redesigned cupolas and reduced
natural gas usage there by 50 percent.
We not only conserved energy, but
we searched for alternate sources to
avoid plant shut-downs due to curtailment of our primary fuels.
We renovated natural gas wells
near our plant in Winchester, Kentucky. Today, we're leasing those
wells, and it supplements the plant's
natural gas needs by 15 percent.
During the bitter cold of last winter
when many of America's northeastern
and midwest industrial plants were
cut off from gas completely, we had
�truck convoys and rail cars bringing
propane from western Canada,
Kansas and Texas to our facilities in
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Now, what's the result of our conservation program and hard work in
finding available alternate energy
sources?
I think Dale Meyers, who was
recently nominated by President
Carter to be undersecretary of energy,
and his energy committee at Rockwell
summed it up quite well when they
reported that of the 100 manufacturing plants we operate in the U.S., only
three of them were forced to close
during the energy problems the nation
endured last winter.
And this closing affected only
about 3 percent of our U.S. employees
for only 11 days.
Conserving energy and finding new
supplies is one side of our story.
Helping others to conserve is another
side.
Throughout the company we have
many examples of products that help
our customers cut their energy costs.
Again, I want to use our Automotive
business as an example of our efforts
since the transportation business is
one of the biggest users of energy.
We're working with both car and truck
makers in finding ways to reduce fuel
consumption.
You are all well aware of the move
toward lighter weight vehicles. A
great deal of that weight savings is
coming from substitute materials like
plastic and aluminum in place of
steel.
The heat is really on component
suppliers like ourselves to come up
with the products. And our engineers
and scientists have again responded
to the challenge.
They've helped car and truck
makers reduce the weight of their
vehicles by:
• Replacing steel hoods with
plastic.
• By taking 80 to 90 pounds from
our tandem axles by substituting
aluminum for steel.
"Conservation
is
good, but it won't be
enough. In order to
maintain our standard of iiving and ttie
viability of our
economic and social
systems,
we must
double our energy
supplies by ttie year
2000."
• By developing a brake system
that cuts heavy vehicle weight by
385 pounds.
• And by designing and producing
taper leaf springs that replace
multi-leaf products and reduces
the weight by 30 percent.
Another area where fuel is saved is
through better monitoring of the
vehicle's functions through electronics, and we're working on a
system that does just that.
Our research and engineering people have also put together an all
fiberglass pickup truck to
demonstrate how another 400 pounds
can be cut from the typical vehicle.
We're looking at everything we produce to see how weight can be
eliminated. It starts with the design of
the product and is carried through
until it leaves the shipping dock.
So far, I've given you examples of
how technology has been successfully applied to energy conservation
from our side and the customer's
side. But the strength of technology—if it's cut loose to do the
job—lies in developing new energy
sources.
The trouble with President Carter's
energy program is that he's not giving
technology the go ahead. He's put too
many of his marbles in the conservation bag.
Conservation is good, but it won't
be enough. In order to maintain our
standard of living and the viability of
our economic and social systems, we
must double our energy supplies by
the year 2000. Combine that with
another projection that says that at
the rate we are burning gas and oil,
both will begin to play out by the
same year, and that spells big trouble.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
We can have all the energy we
need—plus some—if we'd just pay attention to the wisdom of technology.
Again, everyday, I see first hand
what technology can do.
Right now, Rockwell engineers and
scientists are working on the most
advanced methods of developing new
energy. Our Atomics International
Division has been active in the
nuclear power reactor field for more
than 25 years. One of the major projects they have going is the development of a liquid metal fast breeder
reactor for electric power generation.
The breeder, as most of you know, is
one of the few technologies that can
provide unlimited energy supply.
Atomics is doing additional
research on the breeder under contract now with the Energy Research
and Development Administration.
They're operating a Liquid Metal
Engineering Center. They are testing
the transfer of heat from the breeder
to steam generators.
I'd like to dwell on nuclear energy
for a couple of minutes. You are all
well aware of the controversy nuclear
energy has created in this country.
In my travels overseas, I found that
many of the leading industrial nations
are moving fast on the development
of fast breeder reactors. Most of them
are 8 to 12 years ahead of us. The
most interesting case was Japan.
Here is the only nation ever to be
hit with a nuclear weapon, moving
rapidly forward in using that same
power for peaceful uses.
France plans to use nuclear power
for 70 percent of its electricity by
1985.
Russia, which wants to conserve its
Siberian oil for chemical feedstocks,
is going all-out for nuclear power and
commercialization of the breeder.
One of the results of all this to us
could be this: while the rest of the industrialized world is working on plen-
�tiful, cheaper power—and we're not—
their products will have a strong price
advantage.
In today's world marl<et—which is
already highly competitive—that's
one helluva consideration.
Our engineers and scientists are
also engaged in a system that turns
pulverized coal into crude oil and synthetic gas using liquid rocket
technology.
They're also working in the solar,
geothermal and wind energy fields.
One of the projects involves a solar
receiver boiler. It's heated by sunlight
which is reflected from a field of mirrors and supplies steam to drive conventional turbine generators.
They are developing thermal
storage systems for storing solar
heat. This will be used in power
generation at night and in inclement
weather.
"What's lacking in
tiiis wtiole set-up
... is a sense of
planning, a sense of
direction, a sense of
urgency."
Their work in energy storage also
includes the development of lithiumiron sulfide batteries. So far, successful tests have been completed on
a 150 watt-hour unit. These batteries
could be used by utilities to store
electricity. The stored electricity
could be used later for peak load
periods, or to power non-polluting
electric vehicles.
In geothermal energy, they're working on using the earth's natural steam
or hot water to turn a turbine
generator or to heat another fluid to
turn the generator. This is contributing to the development of a full
size commercial geothermal power
plant.
Wind energy is also being investigated. Right now, our engineers have
established a small windmill systems
test center on the eastern slopes of
the Rocky Mountains.
The first five of ten w i n d m i l l s propellers and windcatching wheels
mounted atop 40 to 50 foot high
towers—are generating electricity in a
program aimed at improving windmill
efficiency.
Transmission of energy is yet
another area where a lot of work is
being done. Our Flow Control Division
is the world's leading supplier of
special valving for coal slurry
pipelines. These lines deliver pulverized coal in a water slurry to coal-fired
electric power plants.
This division is also involved in the
coal gasification process. The
engineers have designed an innovative lockhopper valve which permits
coal solids to be fed Into a highpressure, high-temperature chamber
for conversion to gas.
This shopping list of what we're
doing in developing new energy
sources is not unique to Rockwell.
Many other high technology companies in America are working just as
hard.
What's lacking In this whole set-up,
however, is a sense of planning, a
sense of direction, a sense of
urgency. And that's got to come from
the boys in Washington. Unfortunately, there's not many long-range
thinkers in that crowd.
I have a plan for them, and they can
set the deadline. How about letting
the free enterprise system and the
technology they have in-house have a
real whack at it.
There's not really one answer to the
energy problem, but a bunch of them.
De-regulate natural gas because it
will provide incentive for natural gas
exploration.
Don't break up the oil companies,
because they're one of the most productive industries in America.
Push hard on better use of our vast
coal resources.
Move fast on the development and
use of nuclear energy.
And, finally, provide the technological community with more incentive and support as they work in the
new energy areas of solar, wind and
geothermal.
Like the whale oil crisis of the 19th
century and the rubber crisis of the
1940's, if we do all of these things,
I'm confident that we can put the
energy crisis behind us.
As I was going through my talk
tonight, I kept glancing around the
room to see if any of my former
students are here. I've got a lot of
them, because, I never flunked
anybody.
My wife wouldn't let me.
Every time one of them got into a
little trouble, she'd invite them over to
the house for dinner. Then she'd
expect me to tutor them.
Word got around, and my class size
kept getting bigger. That didn't bother
me though, but I finally called it quits
when I heard one of my students tell
another:
"The only thing you're going to get
out of that guy's course is a free
meal."
If
3
4^
About William P. Panny
As president
of the Engineering
Society
of Detroit, tfie world's largest
regional
tectinical
society,
William Panny is
eminently
qualified
to speak on energy.
Elected
a vice ctiairman and the chief
operating
officer of the Bendix
Corporation the day of this address,
he was
formerly executive
vice president
of
Rocl<well international
Corporation
with
responsibility
for automotive,
consumer,
utility and industrial
operations.
Panny received a bachelor
of
mechanical
engineering
degree,
with
honors, from Pratt Institute
and a master
of automotive
engineering
degree,
with
honors, from Chrysler Institute
of
Engineering.
�Energy savings is
goal of alumnusdesigned home
A classroom project, a TV news
conrimentary and an adventure in
building have provided 1977 bachelor
of architecture graduate Bill Beitz
with a professional plum. His first
commissioned house will soon provide energy efficient living for its
owner and possible energy efficiency
information for Lawrence Institute of
Technology's School of Architecture.
The story began last winter when
Detroit's NBC affiliate WWJ-TV 4
utilized Associate Professor of
Architecture Joseph B. Olivieri's
energy conservation class for
photographic purposes in a locally
televised series. The class assignment for all fifth-year students was to
create a house adaptable both for
energy efficiency and solar heating.
Bill Beitz' house plan was one of
those aired and personally intrigued
newscaster Wes Sarginson. Thinking
of building his own home to practice
what he was preaching on TV, Sarginson and his wife, Ann, sat down with
Beitz to design their own energy conserving home to be built in suburban
West Bloomfield Township.
"Bill is just a fantastic designer,"
exclaims highly pleased Sarginson.
"Architects need to design homes for
northern climates to save the country.
They have got to say to builders, 'we
know a better way' and then prove it.
That is what my house is all about. If
we can prove my experimental house
works, then perhaps other houses can
be mass produced based on the
results."
Working together, Sarginson, Beitz
and builder Fred Rubin of Fairfield
Development Corp. are indeed experimenting. Progress of the house is
monitored frequently as the structure
takes form. It is scheduled to be occupied by Christmas.
Beitz' philosophy, gleaned from his
classes, is that a great deal of energy
efficiency is predicated on the orientation of the house to the lot itself.
Since prevailing winds in the area are
north-northwest in winter months, the
north-facing canal side of the house
is protected from wind by an extending three car garage. Other than two
sliding doors opening off a rear deck,
there are no exterior wall windows in
the house except three in the
southern front bedrooms to conform
with building codes.
All other windows face a completely surrounded 24' X 24' atrium.
The family views this interior open
space as the home's focus when landscaped. It was the aesthetic design
they enjoyed most in their last home
in Virginia. Eighty percent of the
glass centers on this area. Glass
equals only 10 percent of the wall
area.
"There is much less glass than in a
normal home," Beitz points out.
"There is complete privacy on the
east where the building is 16' from
the property line and closest to
neighbors and also on the west entry
side. A three foot eave will help shade
what glass there is from summer sun,
yet allow maximum solar warmth in
winter."
All the tricks necessary for solar
heating are incorporated in the house,
from the 54 degree slanted roof
facing south for mounting possible
future solar collectors (the most efficient angle for solar collectors), to
space reserved for a heat pump in the
partial basement and enough yard
area to bury a 5,000 gallon heat
collecting-conversion tank. For this
year, Sarginson will live with a gas
furnace to measure temperatures
within the house itself and determine
the energy efficiency gained by
building construction.
�other construction details aimed at
energy conservation are walls constructed of 2 X 6" lumber (rather
than 2 x 4") packed with 6" of insulation, ceilings padded with a full 15" of
insulation, and floors well insulated
above the crawl space at the back of
the house. Features of the rear living
room-family area include a split level
design in which a common fireplace
is at eye level in the family room and
at floor level in the living room.
The four bedroom house also incorporates all the special closet and
bathroom features that Ann Sarginson
needs to accommodate two young
children and frequent visits of her
mother who will have her own room
and bath. Total floor space in the
house is 2,800 sq. feet, part of which
w/ill be a three foot quarry tile hallway
encompassing the windowed atrium.
"Energy barriers also will be provided by piling dirt nearly to window
sill level on the front bedroom side of
the house," Beitz explained further.
"A wall of spruce trees will be planted
to protect the home from Icy winter
blasts as well as to provide summer
shade."
Alabama native Sarginson, who
does not "cotton up" to northern
Michigan winters, expects to utilize
film clips on his house in future
energy series if the energy saved is
significant. Because he previously
owned a home across the street from
the house he is building, he will have
bills with which to compare fuel
saving. LIT professors who have
assisted with the energy saving
design hope to monitor heating and
take students to see what a former
classmate has conceived.
Beitz is a member of the architectural firm of Rossen and Neumann,
Southfield commercial property
designers for whom he worked during
students days. He has advanced from
his student status as junior draftsman
to job captain.
To design Sarginson's home, he
worked after hours on his own as well
as Saturdays and Sundays to complete the drawings from which Builder
Rubin is working.
There is no doubt that Bill's personal success on completion of his
first energy efficient house will also
"warm the hearts" of the LIT professors and advisors who provided
the Impetus for his work.
Below: Alumnus
Bill Beitz' energy
efficient
design home includes
a 24' by 24'
atrium
that, when landscaped,
will be the
home's
focal point. (L to R): Karl Greimel, dean of
LIT's School of Architecture,
Beitz, and the
new home's owner, Wes Sarginson
look at
the 54 degree slanted roof where solar collectors may someday
be
installed.
�Cafeteria capers
When Dick Sutton, cafeteria
manager,
set
out to attract more business
to the LIT dining room, he meant it! Ethnic "feasts
de
resistance"
this fall were kicked off
with
Arabian Day, complete
with belly
dancers
(Serena
at upper right) and
appropriate
foods and music. Appropriately
clad Servomation employees behind the counter
are
(L to R): Nadia Kaviany
of Iran, Lori Ellingboe, and Marge
Kaminski.
Then
came
Octoberfest,
with
Walter
Schoneck,
(bottom) engineering
lab
technician, adding
secret
herbs and spices
to
rouladen and rotkraut. Servomation
student
employees
(top) f^ark Clearwood,
(L to R)
Lori Ellingboe, Sunday Jaiyesimi,
and Linda
Zoya sold 500 homemade
soft
pretzels
made by Michigan's
pretzel king and queen,
Walter and Florence
Aupperle.
The "Sounds
of Music" will have barely faded away before Sutton begins planning
the
Jewish
Passover
feast.
Gangway,
hamburgers and fries!
�Eugene S. Kaczmar, IE'50, has earned a
masters degree in business administration
from Wayne State University. He is
employed at the Ford Motor Company,
casting division, Dearborn. Kaczmar is
married and the father of two children.
Robert N. Lund, IE'50, owner and president of Perfection Heat Treating Company
of Detroit, has sold his firm to Thermo
Electron Corporation of Waltham, MA. He
will continue as president of the new
Thermo Electron Division.
Dr. Paul D. Thompson, IM'52, has been
appointed dean of the Open College at
Daytona Beach (FL) Community College.
He was formerly dean of continuing
education at Embry Riddle Aeronautical
University. As dean, Thompson is responsible for administration of the DBCC adult
high school and basic education programs, continuing education, cultural arts,
the campus women's center, the center
for individualized learning, special programs, and the West Volusia Center. He
holds an MBA from the University of
Michigan, a Ph.D. from Catholic University
of America, and is a retired Air Force Colonel and fighter pilot.
Dennis L. Carmichael, IM'61, an attorney
in Troy, is president and founder of End
Time Tract Crusade, a mailer of religious
messages.
John D. (Jack) Taylor, IT'64, is owner of
Audio Alert Alarms in Dearborn, installers
of monitored burglar alarms and security
systems.
David R. Rosteck, IM'65, who led his
Henry Ford Community College team to
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association
championships in three of the past four
seasons, has been named Eastern
Michigan University's hockey coach for
the 1977-78 season.
Thomas E. Hansz, Ar'68, AIA, is a principle of Hansz/Stout Architects, Inc. of Birmingham. He received his masters degree
in architecture in 1970 from the Cranbrook
Academy of Art. He founded the architectural office in 1972.
Gary W. Millikan, IM'68, has been named
second vice president and accounting
manager at Manufacturer's National Bank
of Detroit. He has been with the bank
since 1967.
Edward Skaggs, IM'70, becomes quality
control manager of the Foam Division of
General Tire & Rubber Company, Marion,
IN. He had previously held quality
manager positions with Federal Mogul
Corporation and the Goodyear Tire Company. He is an ASQC certified quality
engineer and a registered professional
engineer.
William R. Blackerby, 1M'71, has been
named comptroller of Community Bank
(Bad Axe, Ml). He was formerly employed
by Huron Financial Services Trust and
was senior internal auditor at National
Bank of Detroit prior to that. He and his
wife, Cindy, and two children live in Bad
Axe.
Mark A. Dion, IM'74, has been promoted
to district sales manager of Norwich Products Division of Morton-Norwich Products,
Inc. He makes his headquarters in Detroit
and supervises sales representatives in
Michigan and parts of Indiana and Kentucky. Mark and his wife, Mary, and a son
reside in Livonia.
Chukwu Eleke, IM'75, has completed his
M.B.A. studies and returned home to
Nigeria where he is general manager of E.
and O. Chukwu (Nig) Ltd. The
200-employee firm deals in general merchandise, textile knitting, and garment production.
Kenneth R. Miller, EE'77, has begun
work on his MS degree in computer and
systems engineering at Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
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Company. He is survived by his wife,
Helen, three sons and two daughters.
Charles McLean, ME'43, of Dearborn,
September 30. Retired manufacturing
engineer, Ford Motor Company. Survived
by his wife.
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David 0. Loomis, EE'49, of Detroit,
September 19. Superintendent, Detroit
Public Lighting Department. Survived by
his wife, Shirley, three sons and three
daughters.
Arthur F. Wilusz, CE'62, director of
public services for the City of Southfield
and a 1976 Alumni Achievement Award
recipient, October 2. He is survived by his
wife, Barbara, five sons and two
daughters.
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Winter/Spring
1978
Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
�Commentary
Lawrence
Institute
of Technology
Magazine
vol. 2, no. 1 Winter/Spring 1978
Published
by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni
Relations,
21000
West Ten Mile Road,
Southfield,
Michigan
48075.
(313)
356-0200
(The letters below
were among
those
received
in response
to
President
Marburger's
mailing of the last
issue
of the LIT Magazine to
selected
governmental
officials.)
By-lined articles express
the
views of the authors and
not
necessarily
either the opinions
the policies
of the
College.
Ed/tor
public
Bruce J. Annett. Jr., director
and alumni
relations
Associate
in Information
Eleanor S. Wright
Office
Secretary:
Deborah
or
of
Services:
A.
Photos: Walter G. Bizon, Ar'75:
Wright and others
Faes
Eleanor
''Commentary,"
a new
section
beginning
with this issue,
includes
letters from many sources
on a variety
of subjects
currently
under
discussion
on campus.
We welcome
the
comments
of alumni,
students,
parents, and other friends of the
College, but reserve the right to edit
lengthy letters to fit available
space.
—Editor
S.
Calendar
April 2 2
Alumni Dinner-Dance
Honors to Class of '53
April 2 2 - 2 3
Campus Open House
10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
May 2 2 , 2 3
Day College summer registration
May 2 4
Day College summer classes begin
J u n e ^. 2
Evening College summer registration
J u n e 1, 2 , 9
Assoc. Studies summer registration
June 4
Commencement
Ford Auditorium
June 5
Evening College summer classes begin
J u n e 12
Assoc. Studies summer classes begin
Thank you for your recent letter and the
copy of the "Focus on Energy" issue of the
L.I. T. Magazine. I found the comments
from
Pete Estes and Bill Panny interesting
and
timely.
I agree with their general
comments
that the American people are capable of
meeting this energy challenge
with
technology
and a positive desire to retain
the freedom we all now enjoy.
WILLIAM G. MILLIKEN
Governor
State of
Michigan
Governor Ariyoshi has asked this office to
carefully review the "Energy
Policy"
recommendations
in the L.l.T
Magazine.
Both Mr. Estes and Mr Panny
express
their viewpoints
in a manner indicating
a
deep understanding
of the energy
situation
while offering a direction
that should be
heeded by leaders at all levels of
government.
alternative:
in particular
solar
energy.
L U C I L L E H. M c C O L L O U G H
Michigan
House
31st
District
Thank you for your recent letter and
enclosure
of the Lawrence Institute of
Technology
Magazine with the "Focus on
Energy"
feature.
Having formerly chaired the House Senate Committee
to Investigate the Energy
Crisis. I could not agree more that this is
an area of extreme importance
in
maintaining
the economic and tax base on
which the Michigan
standard of living so
heavily depends. Certainly any input LIT
might offer in this scenario can be
extremely
valuable.
I endorse and encourage
your
continued
participation
in the effort to make
Michigan
more energy
independent.
W I L L I A M B. F I T Z G E R A L D
Michigan
Senate
1st
District
I enjoyed reviewing the articles on energy
and applaud your efforts to promote
energy
consciousness.
I must also commend
you
and the faculty of Lawrence Institute of
Technology
for the excellent technical
and
management
instruction
that you provide.
PHILIP E . R U P P E
U.S.
Congress
11 th District - Michigan
Lawrence
HIDETO KONO
State of Hawaii
Department
of Planning
and
Economic
Development
I was very interested
in reading the
articles
your letter pointed out and the discussions
on
"Energy Policies." They were very
informative
and will be kept for future reference
in my
office.
I do appreciate
knowing of your
College's
support and help to the
Legislature
on technical issues
and
especially
for any future legislation
we may
be developing
in the near future on energy.
M I C H A E L H. C O N L I N
Michigan
House
23rd
District
I appreciate
receiving a copy of the
Lawrence
Institute of Technology
Magazine
with the articles on energy. As Chairman
of
the House Committee
on Solar Energy, I am
very anxious to receive all
available
information
in connection
with an energy
Lawre^
^^^^ ^
Happy Birthday!
With this issue, your
Lawrence
Institute of Technology
Magazine
celebrates its first year of publication.
We hope you've enjoyed our first four
issues in which we've attennpted not
only to focus upon campus activities,
but on events that touch society at
large.
�On-campus
Bas^o
Trustee Basso dies
Victor J . Basso, 68, a Detroit architect
and a member of Lawrence Institute of
Technology's Board of Trustees since
1950, passed away December 19.
In 1958, Lawrence Institute of
Technology awarded him an honorary
doctor of engineering degree. He was
one of the College's first students and
was elected the first president of the
LIT student government. In 1934, he
became LIT's first graduate in architectural engineering. Before enrolling
at the College, he attended the
University of Michigan and the
University of Detroit.
Mr. Basso specialized in institutional, hospital, religious and educational architecture. His work included
the design of Mercy Hospital in Port
Huron and several seminaries. He was
staff architect for the Michigan State
Fair.
Mr. Basso was a member of the
American Institute of Architects, the
Michigan Society of Architects, Phi
Kappa Upsilon social fraternity and the
Knights of Columbus.
He was married to Maxine S. Basso,
Rochester attorney and real estate
investor who survives. Also surviving
are two sons: Victor J. Basso, Jr., M.D.
of Houston, TX, and Robert Basso of
Detroit, and two brothers, John J. and
Louis Basso, also of Detroit. The family
requests that memorials be made to
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
School of Architecture.
Society charters
mechanical
engineers
LIT's 35-member mechanical engineering student organization joined
9,000 other student members in 200
colleges and universities as an affiliate
of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers February 17. Public
presentation of the student charter
was made on campus that night in a
meeting in the Science Building
auditorium by regional and local
officers.
Present for the ceremony were Fred
W. Nimmer, Akron, OH, Region 5 vice
president; John T. Pope, Akron,
secretary, and Raymond J. Page,
advisor, Flint, Ml. Also taking part were
Ted Belcher, Des Plaines, IL, ASME
field service director for both Regions
5 and 6, and Richard Travis, Detroit
Edison Co., chairman of the Detroit
section of the professional
organization whose meetings students
often attend.
The credentials of LIT's petitioning
student group were presented to the
national organization at its annual
meeting in Atlanta in December by
Paul Zang, student chairman, Detroit,
and Kenneth Farquharson, faculty
advisor and associate professor of
mechanical engineering. Other student
officers are Glenn R. Kowalske,
Clawson, vice chairman; Paul Sabol,
Detroit, treasurer; and Denis G.
Medwick, Taylor, secretary.
Winners of ttie l\Aasonry Institute of Michigan's
design contest in LIT's School
of Architecture
are
pictured
with Frank Soave. left, vice president
of the Masonry
Institute of Michigan.
Inc.. and Karl H.
Greimel. right, dean. Right of Soave is Frank Arvan. St. Clair Shores senior whose class design
project
was a hypothetical
campus building
housing
library, administrative,
and research
facilities.
Junior
Christopher
Davis of Novi. second from right, won his class competition—a
hypothetical
home for the
elderly. In all. $ WOO in cash prizes were awarded by the Masonry Institute to five juniors and five
seniors.
The competition
promotes
creative masonry
utilization.
Open House
April 2 2 , 23
Hundreds of special student, club,
professional organization, and departmental exhibits, projects, demonstrations, and events will highlight LIT's
annual all-campus Open House '78
April 22 and 23. Student chairman F.
Joseph Walker says the entire campus
will be open from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
both days and he encourages alumni
and friends to visit the College.
Of special interest to alumni, the
Alumni Association will again present
its annual Dinner-Dance in conjunction with Open House, (see related
story, this issue). This offers alumni
residing outstate and out-of-state the
opportunity to enjoy the Dinner-Dance
as well as to view the many facets of
current student endeavors.
This year's Open House theme is
"LIT: Meeting the Challenges of
Tomorrow's Professionals Today."
�On-campus
Chemists
commended
For the fourth consecutive year, the
Lawrence Institute of Technology
student chapter of the A m e r i c a n
Chemical Society has received
national commendation by its parent
organization. Dr. George W. M a c h ,
chairman of the department of
chemistry, has announced. The LIT
chapter was one of 75 among 6 8 0
student affiliate groups so honored.
Current recognition is based on
group activity during the 1 9 7 6 - 7 7
school year, w h e n Thomas Mezza of
Detroit was president. (He is now a
graduate student in chemistry at
Michigan State University). Both
academic and social activities of the
student chapter are considered.
Officers of the 1977-78 student
chapter are: Judy McFall, Madison
Heights, pres.; Vicky Cooper,
Farmington, V.P.; Kenneth Redcap,
Rochester, S e c ; and Doug Scherbarth,
Detroit, treas. Dr. Jerry L. Crist,
associate professor in chemistry, is
faculty sponsor.
Prism debuts
The first issue of Prism, the new LIT
literary magazine, is set to be published
April 22 to coincide w i t h Open House.
The magazine w i l l contain original,
previously unpublished works by
students, faculty and staff of the
College, including poetry, short stories,
essays, literary critiques, and
illustrations.
The name of the new magazine is
symbolic of its purpose, w h i c h is to
demonstrate the wide spectrum of
ideas and abilities of the campus
" f a m i l y . " A limited number of copies
w i l l be held for alumni and friends for
250 each. Order by calling or w r i t i n g
the Public and A l u m n i Relations Office.
More students
New enrollment records have been
established at LIT in the second t e r m
day college and evening baccalaureate
programs. The w i n t e r term day college
classes just completed recorded 2,260
students (up 53 students f r o m a year
ago) and the evening classes, 1,520 (up
18 registered exclusively for night
classes).
The "Blizzard of ' 7 8 " delayed Tau Beta
Pi's charter initiation t w o weeks but
didn't put a damper on the group's
enthusiam. (Top) Deborah N. Dohring,
left, president of LIT's n e w chapter, and
faculty advisor Richard S. Maslowski,
chairman of the department of
electrical engineering, display the
Michigan Eta charter at the group's
banquet on campus February 1 1 .
(Bottom) Installing officers and t w o
of 13 eminent engineers initiated by
the engineering honor society are (L to
R) Robert H. Nagel, secretary-treasurer
at Tau Beta Pi National Headquarters in
Knoxville, TN, w h o gave the banquet
address; Dr. Wayne H. Buell, LIT
chairman and a new initiate; Lawrence
J . Hollander of New York, vice
president of the society's National
Executive Council; Dr. Stephen R.
Davis, dean of LIT's School of
Engineering and a member of the
initiating team; and Dr. Richard E.
Marburger, LIT president and a new
initiate. A total of 51 undergraduate
members and 55 alumni members
w e r e initiated into the new chapter.
�Four win
ASCE contest
Four of five winners in the first
annual essay contest sponsored by the
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) Southeastern Michigan Branch
are from LIT's School of Engineering.
They were honored January 19 at the
organization's first annual student
night for construction engineering
students from four Detroit engineering
colleges, including also Detroit
Institute of Technology, the University
of Detroit and Wayne State University.
First place winner is Michael B.
Schlenke, Brighton, CE'79, who
received $50; one of two second
place winners, Thomas R. Kline,
Detroit, CE'78, who received $25;
and honorable mention, Michael J.
McNamara, Farmington Hills, CE'79;
and Timothy F. McDonough, Royal
Oak, CE'79. Topic of all papers
entered was "The Ethics of
Maintaining Engineering Competence."
Faculty
and staff notes
Hans J . Bajaria has been appointed
associate professor of mechanical e n g i neering. A native of Bombay, India, Dr.
Bajaria received his BS degrees in electrical
and mechanical engineering in 1 9 6 4 and
1965, respectively, at the S.V. Regional
College of Engineering and Technology in
that country. In 1 9 6 6 , he attained his
M S M E at North Dakota State University and
in 1 9 7 2 , his PhD at M i c h i g a n Technogical
University.
Since 1 9 7 5 , Dr. Bajaria has been a
quality and reliability engineer for Rockwell
International, Troy. Prior to that he w o r k e d
as a product design engineer for Ford Motor
Company, and as a design engineer for
Jervis B. Webb Company. He is registered
as a professional engineer in M i c h i g a n and
a quality engineer in California and is
certified by the A m e r i c a n Society for Quality
Control as both a reliablity and quality
engineer.
Robert A . Benson, assistant professor of
architecture, delivered a paper in M a r c h at
the Michigan Medieval Society meeting at
Eastern Michigan University. Entitled "The
Cathedral of St. Vitas in Prague: Peter Parler
and his Sources." The paper is part of t h e
research for his doctoral disertation
conducted in Prague and Vienna.
Cleophas M. Buck, associate professor of
business and industrial m a n a g e m e n t ,
attended t h e annual national meeting of t h e
A m e r i c a n A c c o u n t i n g Association in
Portland, OR. The meeting focused on
methods and trends in accounting.
Robert D. C h u t e , associate professor of
electrical engineering, and his father George
M. Chute, w e r e t h e subject of a t w o
g e n e r a t i o n " c o n v e r s a t i o n " in
Technical
Education
News, No\/fember, 1 9 7 7 . Their bylined book. Electronics
in Industry is
undergoing its f i f t h revision. Both began
their careers at General Electric, and both
opted for f u l l - t i m e t e a c h i n g — R o b e r t
j o i n i n g LIT's staff in 1 9 7 3 , and George
teaching at the University of Detroit u n t i l his
retirement in 1 9 6 6 .
Dr. Oliver 8 . C o l e m a n , special project
administrator, attended t h e a n n u a l
conference of t h e National Alliance of Black
School Educators in Chicago. He
participated on a panel w h i c h discussed
"Technical Impact of Blacks in t h e
S c i e n c e s — Current Status and Future
Projections."
Louis A . D e G e n n a r o , assistant professor of
business and industrial m a n a g e m e n t , has
had his first major text, Law and
Society:
Principles
and Cases, published under t h e
auspices of Lawrence Institute of
Technology. Its use in his introduction to
l a w and judicial process course began in
the fall t e r m . His first publication, previously
used here, is Selected
Principles
of
Michigan
Z.aw(1974).
Karl H. Greimel, dean of LIT's School of
A r c h i t e c t u r e , w a s invited by Detroit Edison
Co. to attend a special architectural lighting
conference sponsored by t h e General
Electric Lighting Institute in Nela Park, OH,
January 9 - 1 1 .
Sonia Henckel, associate professor of
m a t h e m a t i c s w a s interviewed o n campus
for a segment of t h e WXYZ-TV p r o g r a m .
Women to Women. The program subject
w a s " M a t h Anxieties in W o m e n . "
A painting by Morris J a c k s o n , lecturer in
architecture, has been a w a r d e d t h i r d prize
in t h e A l l - M i c h i g a n Silver Medal A r t
Exhibition at t h e Scarab Club in Detroit.
Jackson's watercolor, w h i c h competed in a
field of 65 paintings, is called "Evening,
Eastside."
Barry W. Knister, assistant professor of
h u m a n i t i e s . School of A r t s and Science, had
a short story published in t h e February issue
of Fantasy and Science
Fiction magazine. It
is titled "The Beckfords." Knister is w o r k i n g
o n his f i f t h novel, t w o of w h i c h are being
circulated a m o n g potential publishers.
For t h e past several years, he has also
been in charge of a special h u m a n i t i e s
d e p a r t m e n t - s p o n s o r e d w r i t i n g contest for
high school students. This year, 3 7 1
manuscripts w e r e received f r o m 155
students in 5 2 public and parochial schools.
Assisting in t h e m o n u m e n t a l j u d g i n g task
w e r e Dr. Victor A n g e l e s c u , department
c h a i r m a n , Wilson Daugherty, associate
professor, and J a m e s S . Rodgers, assistant
professor.
Ernest L. Maier and R. Bruce M c A f e e are
t h e authors of cases on sales and sales
m a n a g e m e n t w h i c h are appearing in four
issues of t h e Engineering Society of
Detroit's j o u r n a l . The Detroit
Engineer.
Cases are also appearing soon in Marketing
Times, published by Sales and Marketing
Executives International, a professional
society w i t h 2 2 , 0 0 0 members in 4 9 nations.
These cases are taken f r o m a book the
authors recently completed. Sales and Sales
Management:
A Case/Simulation
Approach.
Maier is an associate professor of
marketing in LIT's School of Business and
Industrial M a n a g e m e n t . McAfee is an
associate professor of h u m a n resources
administration in t h e same school.
Camille Majzoub, lecturer in architecture,
and her nriother have opened a Dearborn
f i n e art gallery called Trika Inc. The gallery's
offerings range f r o m w o o d sculpture, copper,
silver, brass, Persian rugs, textiles, china,
and other art f r o m many countries gathered
by M s . Majzoub and her p a r e n t s — i n c l u d i n g
classic antique automobiles.
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president,
recently w a s invited to Syracuse (NY)
University's symposium honoring the
centennial of recorded sound. He spoke on
" F u t u r e Technology of Recorded S o u n d . " In
February, he w a s invited to participate in
t h e International Science Education Program
of t h e Edison Science and Engineering
Youth Day, held on t h e campus of San
Diego (CA) State University. His topic w a s
" W h a t is This Thing Called Entropy?"
Dr. Richard E. Michel, dean of the LIT
School for Associate Studies, addressed
participants of t h e Edison Science and
Engineering Youth Day at Greenfield Village
in February. He spoke on "Exponential
F u n c t i o n — I t s Impact on Society."
Eleanor S . Wright has been appointed to
the f u l l - t i m e position of associate in
information services. Her n e w post has been
created in t h e Office of Public and A l u m n i
Relations, w h e r e she w i l l assist in
coordinating media activities. She had held
a p a r t - t i m e position at LIT since September.
M r s . W r i g h t earned her A A degree f r o m
Monticello College, and her BS and M S
degrees in j o u r n a l i s m f r o m Northwestern
University. She most recently w a s an
administrative assistant w i t h St. Louis (MO)
Public Schools. M r s . W r i g h t is a former
editor of t h e w e e k l y St. Louis
County
Observer and Theta Xi social fraternity's
national magazine. She began her career as
a reporter on t h e St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
and is listed in Who's Who Among
American
Women. She is a member of
W o m e n in Communications.
�On-campus
Frank Lloyd Wright- designed house gifted
to Lawrence Institute of Technology
Affleck House, the Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned residence of the lateGregor
S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck, has been
gifted to Lawrence Institute of
Technology, Dr. Richard E. Marburger,
president, announces.
The home, in the City of Bloomfield
Hills, was given in memory of their
parents by the Affleck's daughter, Mary
Ann (Mrs. Karl F.) Lutomski of
Bloomfield Hills, and son, Gregor P.
Affleck of Royal Oak. It has been
valued for its artistic merit at more
than $800,000 by Dr. William A.
Storrer, University of South Carolina
professor and author who is generally
considered the nation's foremost
authority on Wright's architecture.
"Mother and dad loved the house,"
Mrs. Lutomski said, "and we want to
help LIT by providing students an
historic and creative architectural
example from which to learn." Gregor
S. Affleck died in 1974 at the age of 81
and his wife, Elizabeth B., died in 1973
at the age of 72.
Affleck House, commissioned by the
owners and completed in 1941, is one
of Wright's most significant achieve-
ments according to architectural
scholars. It represents the last great
period of Wright's architecture he
called "Usonian"—a way of building a
structure in harmony with a site. The
style included open planning in the
living areas, small bedrooms, and a
sense of zoning that sought to
maximize whatever spaciousness a
smaller home might have. It also
featured ship-lapped siding, and thennovel radiant heating in the polished
concrete floor.
W/ndow detail
"This extraordinary residence
designed by America's greatest
architectural visionary, Frank Lloyd
Wright, is a gift of enormous
importance to our program and the
world of art," comments Karl H.
Greimel, dean of the College's School
of Architecture. "The opportunity to
experience first hand one of his most
noteworthy accomplishments is an academic encounter without equal."
William Storrer says Affleck House
is "both a unique item among
(Wright's) architectural output, and an
important representative of a particular
line of developmental thought . . . .
Further, the house is Wright's one
satisfactory solution to the . . .need for
a 'home for sloping ground.' " He adds,
"This makes it a particularly significant
structure, representative of this
architect's sensitivity in relating
structure to site."
The Michigan Historical Commission
has placed Affleck House on the State
Register of Historic Places.
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
plans for Affleck House have not been
finalized. However, it is anticipated that
�the home will continue as a residence.
"We will gradually restore the home
and grounds to the condition that they
were shortly after the Afflecks moved
in," Dr. Marburger commented.
"Naturally, too, we would ascertain
the residence is also available to LIT
students for examination and study. If
arrangements can be made that won't
disturb our neighbors, we'd hope the
general public could be visitors on an
occasional basis."
Gregor P. Affleck estimates nearly
10,000 names appear on the visitors
register his parents carefully kept while
they lived in the home.
"I'll never forget the morning two
bus loads of Japanese students
knocked on the front door to ask
whether they could walk through the
house," Mrs. Lutomski said. " A s I w a s
growing up that w a s probably the
biggest drawback; we could never sleep
in on Saturday mornings because of
the likelihood someone would want to
see the bedrooms—and mother insisted
the rooms be spotless. I think we had
people visit from almost every country."
A fully skylit sunroom greets visitors and divides ttie living and sleeping sections
of LlT's Gregor
Affleck tiouse.At
left, an open well overlooks
the small stream that seasonly flows under the
cantilevered
home. The "ship-lapped"
walls, (center) are an unusual structural
system
Wright
devised whereby wall and siding boards rest atop each other, (photo by Balthazar
Korab)
S.
"Mother and dad enjoyed the
unusual," Mr. Affleck recalls. "And dad
liked nothing better than to have his
puttering around interrupted by a
visitor who wanted to talk about the
house."
It w a s this desire for uniqueness
that led the elder Afflecks to build a
home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Gregor S . , a chemical engineer and
1919 graduate of the University of
Wisconsin, had first become acquainted
with Wrightian architecture growing up
near Wright's boyhood home in
Wisconsin. Years later, he and his wife
saw drawings and renderings of the
Wright-designed "Falling Water"
residence of Edgar Kaufman at Bear
Run, Pennsylvania, and fell in love with
its soaring decks and "oneness" with
its surroundings.
"Find a site that no one else can
build anything on," Wright answered
the Affleck's initial inquiry, beginning a
friendship with them that would last
long after the house w a s completed
and until Wright's death in 1959. After
months of searching, the Afflecks
purchased a wooded ravine in the
then-hinterlands of Bloomfield Hills,
traversed by a tiny stream and
overlooking a sylvan pond.
"Wright didn't actually visit the
house until a few months after its
completion," says Mr. Affleck. "The
work w a s supervised by one of his
assistants and the contractor was
Harold Turner."
"One of the first things Wright did
when he walked in w a s pick up a saw
and cut off the end of a built-in
bookshelf that made the space for our
piano a little tight," Mrs. Lutomski
recounts. Visitors to the home can still
rub their fingers over Wright's own
rough sawn handiwork.
Both Affleck children became
favorites of Wright. Gregor P. spent
one and one-half years at the Wright
Fellowship at Taliesen West and Mary
Ann w a s a houseguest of the Wright's.
"I'm sure I treated him as casually
as any eight-year-old treats her
grandfather," she smiles.
In a 1953 NBC interview with Hugh
Downs, Frank Lloyd Wright said,
". . . an art cannot be taught. You can
only inculcate it. You can be an
exemplar. You may be able to create an
atmosphere in which it can grow."
It seems, therefore, Wright would
approve of the Affleck's generous gift
to Lawrence Institute of Technology.
�On-campus
its College of Engineering. Later, he
served as associate dean for graduate
studies and research at W S U .
No energy shortage
at LIT with
Engineering Dean
Davis
First in a series
on LIT
deans
"Energetically" is the w a y Dr. Stephen
R. Davis promotes engineering
education for Lawrence Institute of
Technology. Dean of LIT's School of
Engineering since 1973, he also
utilizes energy—its generation, use and
conservation— as his focus in
teaching, counseling and consulting as
he shares this particular expertise w i t h
students, governments, industry and
his many professional friends.
Most remarkable is the affability and
goodwill that permeates his hectic
schedule. His attention is required for
the multitude of administrative and
teaching duties that are part of leading
one of the nation's ten largest undergraduate engineering schools. A t the
same time, a constantly ringing
telephone summons him as a guest
speaker at professional meetings or as
member of an expert management
team sought by industry.
Teaching takes precedence over all
of his other activities. A t t u n e d to the
practical application of engineering in
the world of work. Dr. Davis uses his
vast industrial experience to develop
new course material relevant to today's
societal problems. Foremost is the
emphasis on energy, and in 1977 he
innovated a course on "energy
management and conservation"
for
seniors. Twenty percent of the students
Dean
Davis
(left) and William
Miller,
EE'77.
in this class came f r o m industry to
audit the course.
" W e are one of the first colleges to
have a structured course in energy
m a n a g e m e n t , " he notes. "Its been so
w e l l received that many of this year's
students are asking for a f o l l o w - u p
class."
Demand for energy education has
become so important, in fact, that a
publisher is pursuing Davis for publication of his massive collection of notes.
Emphasizing also the importance of
keeping in contact w i t h all levels of
students, the Dean teaches
combustion
engines to seniors as w e l l as introduction to engineering
to entering f r e s h men. He maintains an open-door policy
to all students, w h o are assigned
engineering faculty as advisors.
It w a s the challenge to teach
undergraduate students (which he
prefers) and the opportunity to develop
the School of Engineering that brought
Dean Davis to LIT. Indicating that he
had decided 15 years ago to return to
teaching w h e n the opportunity arose,
he joined Wayne State University in
1967 as director of research and
professor of mechanical engineering in
Between degrees (BSME Drexel
University, 1950; M S M E University of
Delaware, 1954; and PhD University of
Illinois, 1963—the latter t w o completed
w h i l e also teaching mechanical
engineering full-time), he sandwiched
in his first position as a development
engineer in industrial gas turbines w i t h
Westinghouse Electric Company. He
also began fuel and smoke oriented
consultation studies w i t h such firms as
Caterpillar Tractor, Shell Oil and
American Oil.
" I w a s extremely interested in
c o m b u s t i o n , " he reminisces, " a n d this
total involvement led to my doctoral
dissertation investigating the carbon
forming characteristics of h y d r o g e n /
carbon fuel. A vehicle test correlation
study for Ford Motor's Truck Division
brought me to Detroit as principal
design engineer and then I switched
my outlook to the total vehicle. After
t w o years, I w e n t to Cummins Engine
Co. in Indiana as a director of technical
planning, research and engineering
and stayed t w o more years—a kind of
pattern to my life at that point. Finally, I
accepted a teaching opportunity w h i c h
settled me in Detroit."
A t LIT, t w o of Davis' administrative
goals have been fulfilled. One was the
1975 accreditation of the School of
Engineering by the Engineers Council
for Professional Development (ECPD),
vyhich has given the school national
Recognition as w e l l as increased the
opportunities available for graduates. It
also has opened doors to the industrial
complex and many professional
associations. Another goal was the
modification of the engineering
curricula to allow the flexibility needed
for responding to the career
requirements of industry. Future goals
are oriented to encompass LIT's commitment to "theory and practice."
W i t h individual development in
mind, he has initiated and supported
student and faculty appeals for
affiliation w i t h professional societies.
He accompanied petitioners for Tau
Beta Pi honor society to the national
conclave at Purdue in October.
�It also is his o w n membership
in many professional organizations
that has brought recognition to LIT and
helped him secure an impressive
program of guest speakers for the
College. He recently was made
chairman of the State of Michigan
Joint Commission on Energy for the
Michigan Society of Professional
Engineers and the Michigan Association of the Professions. He also is
chairman of the Council of Engineering
Deans for the State of Michigan. This
fall he was kick-off speaker for the
Milwaukee Chapter of the American
Society of Metals Seminar on practical
energy conservation; a month later he
addressed the Forging Industry
Association in Florida, and early this
year he participated in the 1978
College/Industry Education Conference
of the American Society of Engineering
Education in San Diego.
Since the first of the year, he has
visited Scotland and England for the
Department of Defense. He also
consults and advises for the A r m y Tank
Automotive Command, the U.S. Energy
Research and Development A d m i n i s t r a tion, Argonne National Laboratory and
the Forging Industry A s s o c i a t i o n — w i t h
such trips taking him to Japan,
Greenland and numerous European
countries. He performs energy
conservation surveys for the DuPont
Company throughout the United States.
In the past t w o years. Dean Davis and
his staff have brought students to LIT
from Yugoslavia and Iran for courses in
gas turbines for Westinghouse.
Despite this energetic life style.
Dean Davis has made it a practice to
be home on most weekends w i t h his
family. His w i f e . Fay, active in career
education in their local schools, cohosted the annual Christmas Open
House for all engineering students and
s t a f f — j u s t one of the ways in w h i c h
she assists her husband in his career.
They have t w o sons, Steve Jr., 20,
majoring in bio-engineering at the
University of Michigan, and Greg, 17, a
senior at Belleville High School, w h o
plans to continue his education in the
field of science and engineering.
One thing for sure, LIT's School
of Engineering will never suffer from
an "energy shortage" w i t h Steve Davis
at the helm.
�Features
Encounters of a regular
kind: the manager as
an alien being
by Leiand A. Lahr. dean,
School of Business
and Industrial Management
One of today's popular topics of
conversation is the visitor from outer
space. When is a flying saucer swamp
gas and when is it a UFO? Are
interplanetary travelers walking among
us?
No matter. The real aliens on our
planet may be the managers. Meeting a
manager is a common occurence, an
encounter of a regular kind, and yet the
general public has a poor understanding of the manager and his (or
her) role in our society. The average
man on the street often is suspicious of
managers and sees them as curiously
different beings. "There are more
managers around here than there are
people" was a comment overheard in a
department store during the Christmas
rush.
In the opinion of some scholars,
managers deserve to be understood
and appreciated because they are of
critical value to society. Here are some
observations from studies which try to
explain and preserve this maligned
species.
Managers are everywhere. Most
earthlings expect to find managers
running business enterprises. But
managers are also found in church
organizations, military services, government agencies, hospitals, school
systems, and even in labor unions.
Managers are found wherever people
have joined together to serve society
continuously in some special way.
These social institutions need
managers in much the same way a
football team needs a quarterback—to
provide direction; to be a cohesive
element.
Institutions of all sizes have their
managers, but the need for top quality
managerial talent is accented by
development of the large scale
organization in America. When a small
firm fails, it usually means financial
losses for a few individuals. When a
large organization crumples, thousands
suffer. As Peter Drucker points out, in
the last 50 years America has become
a society of big institutions. Big
business continues to expand but it has
been matched in scale by institutions
from non-business sectors. Bigness
dominates the American scene—big
government, big unions, big schools,
and big hospitals as well as big
businesses.
One challenge facing management
schools, like ours at Lawrence Institute
of Technology, is to develop
educational programs that raise the
quality of America's managers. These
programs must have application to
organizations that range in scale from
small family businesses to large
multinational operations. Management
education must also have practical
values for organizations in ail sectors
of our economy, business and nonbusiness.
Managers look a lot like people. It
is difficult, of course, to pick a manager
out of a crowd. They have no
distinguishing physical characteristics,
�not even a t h u m b the color of currency.
Most managers are men, but this is
changing rapidly. Years of testing
reveal that managers have aboveaverage intelligence. However, it has
also been observed that some
individuals w i t h the title of manager
lack their rations of horse sense.
An above average amount of
education is common to the
management groups, and a college
degree is fast becoming a requirement
for entry into managerial ranks,
especially in the large scale
organizations. No academic discipline is
a monopoly supplier of managers,
though more and more of the larger
institutions are selecting individuals
who studied management or business
administration at either the
undergraduate or the graduate level.
The justification for this policy is that
the new manager has a great deal to
learn and that much of this learning is
best accomplished in the college
setting. Every manager needs to know
the basics of accounting, for example,
but few organizations w o u l d w a n t the
additional task of teaching basic
accounting to their managers.
It is not w h a t managers are but
rather w h a t they do that distinguishes
them. Managers are expected to lead
their institutions to the achievement of
institutional and social goals. The
manager's role derives f r o m his
institution, and the role evaporates
when the organization ceases. The
manager is an important element in a
social system: an important part but
only a part of the system. Only the
entire institution is capable of
achieving its goals.
Responsibility, t h e n , is the essential
aspect of the managerial role. The
manager is obligated to translate the
mission of his institution into
operational objectives. It is also his
responsibility to marshal and activate
the resources of his organization so as
to accomplish these objectives.
The manager must also strengthen
the chains that link his institution to
society. Human talent, investment
capital, and other needed resources
flow from society. To maintain the f l o w ,
the institution must satisfy the
members of society supplying the
resources. The missions of banks,
automobile manufacturers, police
departments, general hospitals,
colleges, and all other organizations
differ. But their continued existence
depends upon how w e l l they satisfy the
society they serve.
'It is not what
managers are
but rather
what they do
that distinguishes
them. IVIanagers
are expected
to
lead..."
Managers are changing. That's not
surprising. W h a t is noteworthy is h o w
managers are changing. The manager
of yesteryear w a s a master worker. If
he w a s the best salesman, he became
the sales manager. If he w a s the best
(and toughest) shop worker, he became
the shop superintendent. His concern
w a s to maintain the status quo. He
looked to his past for principles and
practices. He regarded others in the
organization as workers w h o should
help him do his job. He seldom looked
at the w o r l d outside his organization,
and he thought that changes in outside
conditions resulted f r o m some " r o l l of
the dice." If his institution failed, he
blamed fate since he w a s , after all, a
master worker and had done as w e l l as
any worker could have done.
Today's manager is " t u n e d i n " on
changes and trends. He recognizes he
has a special role to play. He does not
try to outdo every worker. He
concentrates on developing his
managerial competencies. There are
skills and tools for the manager to
understand and u s e — n e t w o r k analysis,
mathematical programming and
optimizing techniques, information
system modeling, computer
simulations, and many more that are
part of the growing technology of
management.
The modern manager realizes he is
in partnership w i t h all other
institutions of our society. He must be
sensitive to the social and political
environment, to shifts in the public
mood. He accepts the responsibility for
keeping his institution in harmony w i t h
the rest of society. He cannot w a i t until
customer unhappiness is translated
into consumer protection law. He
cannot w a i t until parental
dissatisfaction w i t h schools grows to
political unrest. He cannot w a i t until
frustrations of the unenpiployed erupt
into violent civil disobedience. The
modern manager anticipates emerging
needs and regards these needs as
opportunities for institutional action.
W h a t about tomorrow's manager?
He (or she) w i l l be like the modern
m a n a g e r — o n l y more so. Tomorrow's
managers w i l l know more about the
technology of management. They w i l l
be more innovative, not only in terms of
the products of their organizations but
also in terms of new structures of
h u m a n and social relationships. They
w i l l hold a different attitude toward
organizational conflict; they w i l l regard
conflict as a condition to be
accommodated rather than a condition
of shame. They w i l l be more deeply
involved in areas outside of their o w n
institutions. They w i l l participate more
actively in the development of our
society's values and the laws w h i c h
reflect those values. To some people,
this involvement by managers w i l l be
called meddling. Others w i l l call it
statesmanship. Tomorrow's managers
w i l l see it as the appropriate action for
caring h u m a n beings to take.
Many of you are interested in
becoming managers. Many of you are
already managers. To you, a concluding
salute. America is blessed w i t h many
resources. Your managerial talent is, in
my opinion, our most significant
resource. So, if you managers are in
fact aliens f r o m another planet, please
contact home base and ask your
relatives and friends to join us. We
need more encounters w i t h your kind.
About Lee Lahr
Leiand A. Lahr joined the LIT faculty in 1964 and
was named dean of the School of Business and
Industrial Management in 1970. He received his
B.A. from DePauw University in 7952, his M.B.A.
from Indiana University in 1964, and is a Ph.D.
candidate at Michigan State. Prior to his
association with the College, he was formerly a
newspaper writer, was associated with Eli Lilly
and Company in public and employee relations,
and was sales manager for a regional glass
products distributor in Indianapolis.
�Features
Soleri envisions
a different Detroit
by Rick Ratliff
Free Press staff
writer
Reprinted
with permission,
Detroit Free Press.
December
19. 1977. Illustration
from Arcology:
The City in the
Image of Man.' Reprinted
with permission.
MIT
Press.
Photo provided
courtesy
of the Cosanti
Foundation.
You are a w o r m . Stop contracting your
squishy body and look up at that cow.
Too much, isn't she? In all your life
of chewing microorganisms and
reproducing bisexually, can you
imagine being so big and hoofy and
teaty and lumbery?
Of course, you can't. You're a w o r m .
Paolo Soleri, the futurist architect,
says the relationship of w o r m to cow
resembles w h a t modern man might
feel is confronted by the Detroit of the
distant future.
Italian-born Soleri, 58, w h o long ago
rebelled against his teacher, Frank
Lloyd Wright, expects the t h i n sprawl
of cities to cease. He foresees cities so
compact that cars w o n ' t be needed. So
" i m p l o d e d " that a whole city might be
one structure. So miniaturized and
complex in function that, for all
practical purposes, the city w i l l become
a living thing.
" B u t it would be an organism that
would not be recognizable" to us, he
says. We " w o u l d be terrified by the
novelty of it . . . the u n k n o w n it w o u l d
represent."
Such a city w o u l d be w h a t Soleri
calls an "arcology"—a fusion of
architecture and ecology.
And it's strong stuff, especially
coming from the 130-pound frame of a
short, balding man w i t h huge f u r r o w s
linking eye to ear as he smiles.
Soleri's presence hardly advertises
his ideas. W h e n he visited Lawrence
Institute of Technology (LIT) in
Southfield last week, he w o r e muted
brown clothes and introduced himself
w i t h a hardly outstretched hand and
one barely audible w o r d :
"Soleri."
Yet this is the man some call a
visionary. They thrill at his sketches of
entire cities afloat on the seas, adrift in
space, spanning valleys or integrated
into dams.
Others call Soleri a dreamer. They
An early design
scoff at his notions as those of a man
more interested in concepts than
details.
But details matter to Soleri. To prove
it, he's building a city for 5,000 people
in the wastes of Arizona, on 14 acres
of an 846-acre site 7 0 miles north of
Phoenix.
That project, seven years old n o w
and always short of cash, is called
Arcosanti. He terms it test of his
theories. It is funded t h r o u g h the n o n profit Cosanti Foundation w h i c h , he
estimates, gets about half its $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0
annual income f r o m the sale of
ceramic and metal bells he has
designed.
Soleri came to LIT to discuss his
ideas. To discuss Arcosanti. To sell
copies of his books and his sketches.
A n d to encourage students to pay $ 4 3 0
to spend five weeks in the hot sun
building that city this summer. (And
many summers thereafter; he says it
may be 25 years before Arcosanti is
finished.)
Part of w h a t makes his ideas hard
for some people to accept is that
of Soleri's
prototypical
city,
Arcosanti.
Soleri's arcologies are quite unlike
cities of today. How, skeptics ask, can
w e get there f r o m here? They can't see
it.
" I have a hard time myself," said
Soleri, his b r o w n eyes dancing.
" W e are set in a pattern w e have
been in for 100 years. W e are still in
that pattern . . . Eventually, yes—we
always have new patterns.
"Detroit is not going to be w h a t it is
n o w " a century from today.
W h a t w i l l it be?
Soleri isn't sure, but he finds
indications.
"Renaissance Center has been a
step . . . It is an implosion that is very
simple-minded . . . It is a step.
Renaissance Center is based on
opulence, w h a t opulence can deliver
. . . (Soleri's architecture) w i l l see w h a t
frugality w i l l deliver."
The Detroit of today "is a heap of
w a s t e . " he said.
The Detroit of the future " w o u l d not
have to be one building, but a number
of very intense structures . . .
something more integral: Living spaces
�for people integrated w i t h all remaining
things."
The notion of "intense s t r u c t u r e s "
seems frightening to many of us w h o
envision anthills of humanity.
But that's not so different really
from w h a t w e have now, Soleri said.
"Detroit is an anthill . . . It just
happens to be a flat a n t h i l l . "
Crowding is natural for m a n , Soleri
said. "If you get away f r o m crowding,
you kill l i f e . " Humanity has been
packed into tight knots of c o m m u n i t y
ifor centuries, he said. Only since the
invention of the automobile have
communities thinned so m u c h .
Men have abandoned cities for bits
of countryside, he said. That's w h y
suburbs have formed, w h e r e each
house sits on a parcel of land.
" W h a t is left is a little c o u r t y a r d , "
said Soleri. "But you also get isolation
and a l i e n a t i o n . "
A n arcology, he said, w o u l d answer
man's need for both aggregation and
nature. Being compact, an arcology
gives occupants urban vitality. But just
beyond an arcology w o u l d be
c o u n t r y s i d e — w i t h i n w a l k i n g distance
of all.
The energy crisis w i l l drive us in
that direction if nothing else w i l l , he
said. That's partly w h y Soleri has
Model
of
Arcosanti—1977
answered questions.
Dean Karl Greimel of the School of
Architecture called S o l e r i " one of
the last great visionaries." But judging
by the critical questions several
students asked Soleri, many weren't
convinced.
They questioned the psychological
effects of arcologies. One labeled it
" r o m a n t i c . " Another called arcology
an " i n f l e x i b l e " concept.
Paolo
Soleri
revised parts of his Arcosanti plans to
make it extremely energy-efficient.
He w a n t s to build a large collection
of greenhouses at the base of
Arcosanti. These greenhouses w o u l d
provide food and oxygen to the city.
They w o u l d also provide the bases for a
solar heating and cooling system, he
said.
Soleri lectured architecture students
and others in a packed auditorium at
LIT. He talked about his w o r k and
Later two architecture undergraduates discussed Soleri in a
hallway.
"It seems like a lot of glamor and
f l a s h , " said J o h n Miller.
Mike Rable seemed to agree. "He
impressed me as very idealistic . . . He
has the start of something, for sure . . .
but even in his drawings, you don't see
the detail of w h a t a single room is
like."
"Maybe the best t h i n g that could
h a p p e n , " said Miller, is that he could
w o r k as a catalyst to other people . . .
to inspire people like us to think a little
bigger."
Another architecture student said
after the lecture: " I ' m a bread-andbutter person. I like to do basic things
first. I have a house and car
payments."
�Features
Do it yourself
citizenship
by Senator John C. Hertel
Michigan. Second
District
One of the responsibilities of a state
legislator is to get around his or her
district to talk w i t h the people. Part of
this responsibility includes appearing
before high school civic classes to
explain how government works, and
more importantly, to answer the
students' questions.
Invariably these question and
answer periods begin w i t h the same
two queries; " w h e n is the legislature
going to legalize marijuana?" and "Is
the legislature going to raise the
drinking age?" Obviously, these are
both provocative and emotional issues
made more highly visible by the media.
It is only natural that young people
would ask about t h e m .
What is disturbing is that they are
almost always the first t w o questions
asked and that after they have been
answered there is a lull, w h i c h
requires me to urge or provoke the
asking of additional questions
pertaining to government and politics.
Recently, I have begun to ask students
w h y they are not interested in asking
about how government works and h o w
you can get elected to office.
They generally respond in one of the
three following ways: Average citizens
can't have an effect on the operation of
government; Government is corrupt;
Why should I register and vote, one
vote doesn't make any difference.
These negative beliefs are very
disturbing, if you subscribe to one of
the major political theories used by the
John F. Kennedy campaign braintrust
of 1960. The theory goes this way:
high school students are very accurate
barometers of their parents' political
feelings. They usually voice the same
attitudes about candidates and issues.
(Please keep in mind this theory applies
to high school, not college students.)
After looking at the statistics on
voter participation, I find that people
between the ages of 18 and 21 have
the worst percentage of voter
registration and election participation
of any age group. These statistics also
indicate that those people between 21
and 30 years of age aren't much better.
Thus, it w o u l d seem fair to say that,
based on their lack of participation in
the democratic process, the majority of
young adults share the same cynicism
about government voiced by the high
school students discussed above.
This downward trend of voter
participation, although most heavily
reflected by those under 30, has
become more pervasive throughout the
entire population since the early
1960's.
W h e r e is all this apathy leading us?
It is heading us right towards a
situation w h e r e a minority of the
citizenry makes the decisions about
w h o w i l l be elected to govern us all;
w h e r e a minority of the people choose
the men and w o m e n w h o w i l l make
the laws and the policies that so deeply
affect the lives of the great majority.
This does not have to happen, and it
shouldn't happen because none of the
previously discussed general responses
made by so many young people (and I
believe by most Americans regardless
of age) are true.
W e can prevent a democracy by the
minority by practicing " d o it yourself
citizenship."
W h a t is D.I.Y.C.? It is nothing other
than a system of practical political
actions that can be performed by any
citizen.
The first step is to register to vote or
to make sure you are registered at your
present address. This can be done at
any city or township hall, county seat,
or Secretary of State branch office.
The next step is to inform yourself.
W h o is your congressman and in w h i c h
district do you reside? W h o is your
state senator, your state representative
and your county commissioner? How
long are their terms? How much are
they paid? W h a t areas are they
responsible for in government? If you
don't know these things, you are not
practicing responsible citizenship.
However, you can find this information
by going to the library, calling city hall
or even calling their offices.
Becoming informed should include
attending civic, homeowner or political
group meetings. A t election time, this
is the most likely place to personally
meet the candidates. City council and
county commission meetings are
accessible and very informative. During
periods of recess, many state
legislative committees hold public
hearings in local communities
throughout the state.
Instead of w a t c h i n g the same
television station for news every night,
switch channels from night to night.
Better yet, w a t c h one station at six
o'clock and another at eleven. In this
way, you w i l l have a more rounded
perspective of a given news story. The
same listening pattern should be
developed for radio news.
The most important source to
expand and vary is newspapers, as
they usually deal w i t h governmental
and political stories in more detail. I
w o u l d urge every citizen to read local
or community papers as well as the
dailies. Community papers often
spotlight public officials and political
problems of more immediate concern
to you as an individual.
we do not
fulfill our
responsibilities
as
citizens, we are
endangering the very
system ttiat
guarantees us
our
freedoms."
The "do it yourself citizen" should
become a lobbyist from his o w n living
room. This is a vitally important
function because a literal vacuum of
public opinion, on many issues, has
been created around public officials.
This lack of information results from
the apathetic approach of most citizens
t o w a r d their elected officials. This
vacuum has been filled by lobbyists.
Lobbying is a constitutional right
protected under the first amendment
guaranteeing freedom of speech and
the right to petition the government
regarding grievances. Although lobbying w a s meant to be used by everyone
it has, unfortunately, become the
province of a small group of
professionals and volunteers w h o
represent a variety of public and private
special interests. Corporations, unions,
school boards, environmentalists,
mental health groups, professional
organizations and hundreds of other
special interests have lobbyists. Some
�individual professional lobbyists have
as many as t w e n t y accounts and,
therefore, become very familiar faces to
legislators. But w h o speaks for the
public?
You do — and you don't have to go
to Washington or Lansing to do it. You
can call any public official's office
directly and leave a message indicating
your position or your complaint. You
can most likely get through to the
public official personally, if you are
willing to press hard enough in a
courteous, businesslike manner. Most
of the time you w i l l have to w a i t to
have your call returned. The League of
Women Voters has the phone numbers
and addresses of all public officials.
Taking a trip to Lansing or inviting a
legislator to a meeting of concerned
citizens meets w i t h success more often
than not.
The easiest, yet most effective, w a y
to lobby is to write. Taking the time to
write a letter in this day and age
impresses most public officials much
more than people think. It impresses
me more than a phone call or telegram.
A very convenient f o r m of lobbying
can be accomplished by buying
postcards and addressing t h e m to your
various legislators ahead of time. Set
them next to your favorite chair. Then,
w h e n you hear, see, or read something
that concerns or irritates you, you can
immediately w r i t e a sentence or t w o on
the back of the card briefly explaining
your feelings on the issue and drop it
in the mail.
If you think w r i t i n g w o n ' t make a
difference, you should have been in my
office after the House of Representatives had voted to take the State Police
off the Detroit freeways, and the bill
was coming to the Senate for
concurrence.
Senate offices w e r e flooded w i t h
cards and letters saying "keep the
State Police on Detroit f r e e w a y s . "
Shortly thereafter the Senate voted to
reverse the House action, and the
House, w h i c h had been swamped in the
meantime by irate mail, then voted to
concur w i t h the Senate to keep the
State Police. During my four years in
the legislature, I had seldom seen
public lobbying; but each effort worked
by forcing the legislature to reverse
itself—proving that most elected
officials w o u l d rather face a sword t h a n
a pen backed up by a vote.
Now w e get to the most important
part of practicing good c i t i z e n s h i p -
voting. If you have tried most of the
above suggestions, you w i l l be an
informed voter. W e all could be even
better informed if newspapers w o u l d
report the daily voting records of
congressmen, state legislators, county
commissioners and city councils.
Most people don't realize the real
importance of their vote. I believe some
actual election results demonstrate the
importance—for instance:
In New Hampshire's 1974 U.S.
Senate Race, the ballot results of
candidates W y m a n and Durkin w e r e
110,716 to 1 1 0 , 3 6 1 . Recounted, the
results w e r e W y m a n , 110,914 to
Durkin, 110,924. A New Hampshire
Ballot Commission Review resulted in
W y m a n over Durkin, 110,926 to 110,
9 2 4 . (A rerun election w a s called and
Durkin won.)
In A n n Arbor, the 1975 Mayor's
race saw Wheeler over Stevenson
14,684 to 14,563, and the w i n n e r of
the close April 1977 mayor's race of
Wheeler and Belcher in A n n Arbor had
still not been settled as this article
w e n t to press.
In Monroe County's 1976 probate
judge race, candidate M e r m a n ' s
election tally w a s 13,228 to candidate
Seity's tally of 13,227. A recount
declared Seity ahead 13,226 to 13,223.
The tally after a court suit w a s 13,222
to 13,222. A n appeal is pending.
The advanced " d o it yourselfer" w i l l
begin to actively support quality
candidates. W e always need more
people of ability and good moral
character in public office. You can
support a candidate by doing volunteer
w o r k such as telephoning, going doorto-door or w o r k i n g at the polls on
election day. You can put a sign on
your l a w n , a bumper sticker on your
car or a pin on your lapel. You can
even send cards to your friends or
gather t h e m together at your home for
a chat w i t h the candidate.
Monetary contributions can also
help. Campaigns cost money and it is
better for all of us if a candidate draws
his finances f r o m a broad base rather
than f r o m a f e w individuals or interest
groups.
The emphasis in this country over
the last t w e n t y years has been towards
procuring, advancing and insuring the
rights of the individual. This has been a
tremendous development that brought
forth many f r u i t f u l results. However,
during the same period of t i m e there
has been little or no emphasis on the
responsibilities of citizenship that go
hand-in-hand w i t h our rights and
freedoms. There is a balance in politics
just as there is a balance in nature. If
w e do not fulfill our responsibilities as
citizens, w e are endangering the very
system that guarantees us our
freedoms.
Just as there is no such thing as a
free lunch, w e , the people, get the
quality of government that w e deserve.
A b o u t J o h n C . Hertel
Michigan
State Senator John C. Hertel,
whose
Second
Senatorial
District covers Harper
Woods,
Northeast
Detroit. Grosse Pointe Woods
and
Hamtramck,
is a lecturer in LIT's School of Arts
and Science.
He received his bachelor
of
science
degree in political
science
from Wayne State
University.
Senator Hertel v\/as first elected to
represent
the Second
District in a special election held in
l\/larch of 1974 and was reelected
for a full term
in November
by the largest margin of votes cast
for any state
senator.
He previously
had served on the Wayne
County Board of Commissioners.
First elected to
this post in 1972 at the age of 25, Senator
Hertel
was the youngest
commissioner
in the
County's
history at that time.
Senator Hertel is the author and
co-chairman
of the Senate arm of the Michigan
Efficiency
Task
Force.
Since January of 1975 Senator Hertel has
been serving as the chairman of the
Senate
Agriculture
and Consumer
Affairs Committee.
He
is currently
vice chairman of the
Senate
Municipalities
and Elections
Committee and a
member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee.
He is
chairman
of the Joint Legislative
Committee
on
Administrative
rules and a member of the Senate
Special Committee
on Aging. He is also a
member of the Urban Development
Task Force of
the National Conference
of State Legislatures,
the
Food Supply and Agriculture
Task Force and a
member of the State Fairgrounds
Redevelopment
commission.
�Alumni Association Mews
Alumni DinnerDance April 22;
Class of '53
to be honored
Renew old acquaintances and make
new friends at your LIT Alumni
Association Annual Dinner-Dance
April 22 in the College Dining Room.
Open to all LIT alumni, faculty, the
Class of '78 and their guests, this
year's popular event will again be held
in conjunction with campus Open
House Weekend, says Association
President Marlyn K. Lisk, IM'73.
r I mm aomaix
THf LAST im WE
men OTHER,
\WHONLY HAP
Activity chairman Gordon
Spaulding, IM'75, and his alumni
committee promise a full evening of
good food, dancing, and fellowship.
The Class of 1953 is the honored 25year class and all its members are
especially encouraged to attend.
Tickets are only $10 per person or
$20 per couple, and include the
special dinner, the program and four
hours of dancing to the big band
sounds of the 24-piece "Patriots, of
Music" orchestra.
A cocktail hour (cash bar) will begin
at 6 p.m. followed at 7 by dinner and
the short program. Dancing will be
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. An added
attraction are the scores of student
Open House exhibits on display
throughout the campus Saturday from
10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and again
Sunday.
Helping to make the Dinner-Dance
a big success are committee members
Roger Avie IM'68; Donald Beattie
CivE'53; Gerald Larson AeroE'53, &
ME'56; Movses Movsesian ChE'53; and
Robert Williams ME'53. Join them and
your College friends April 22 by
responding to the invitation you receive
in the mail or by using the
reservation form at right.
1 9 7 8 Alumni Association Dinner-Dance
Ticket Reservations
Saturday, April 2 2 , College Dining R o o m
Name
- C l a s s Yr. and Major.
Last
First
Middle Initial
Address
-Phone
I'll be attending with (name)
-Spouse •
Last
date
•
First
Checks for tickets ($10 single/$20
couple) should be made payable to: Lawrence
Institute of Technology. Clip and mail this form with check to: Alumni
Relations
Office, Lawrence Institute of Technology, 21000 West Ten Mile Road,
Southfield,
Michigan
48075.
4
�Alumni Notes
The LIT Alumni
Seehaver
Association's
IM'72:
Fawcett
ME'43:
Board
Nicholas
and
of Directors
Sarzynski
Arthur
Fischer
IM'64,
had
rec.
IM'65.
Not
sec:
pictured
their
Henry
are
picture
taken
Tamagne
Sam
Dukes
at one
ME'51:
ME'59:
of their
Theodore
Charles
recent
Miiek
Koury
monthly
ME'51:
meetings.
Marlyn
MA'73,
treas.:
Yipes, stripes!
Students respond
Cooperating
campus
in a marketing
in December
manufacturer
was
Management
for
Ernest
James
and
Ahee,
project
research
conducted
options.
skills
director
and
the
L. Maier.
left,
he
marketing
video-taped
Professor
right,
many
used.
of Amrigon
project
on
automobile
LIT Associate
IM'74,
marketing
response
an
of
who
of the
Ahee.
taught
research
now
Enterprises,
consultant
survey
a
senior
Detroit
firm,
of auto
trim
W h e t h e r your 1979 sports car comes
equipped w i t h a w i d e multi-colored
stripe along the side or a center stripe
across the hood, roof and rear deck
may be due to the reaction of 100
student " r e s p o n d e r s " at LIT in early
December. They viewed and reacted to
four newly marketed sports cars and
" t h e model of the f u t u r e " designed by
one of Detroit's Big Four automobile
manufacturers.
The chance to be a part of a " n e w
vehicle r e v i e w " w a s arranged by
alumnus James Ahee, I M ' 7 4 . He is
senior project director for A m r i g o n
Enterprises, Inc., Detroit researchers
and marketing consultants.
" M y client sought a quick and
inexpensive w a y to assess his n e w
car's style," Ahee said. " H i s criteria for
judging w a s the 2 0 - 3 5 year old w h o
might be in the market for a sporty car
but w h o is employed and might also
need an economy model. W h a t better
place t h a n LIT w i t h its built-in w o r k i n g
students!"
L to R are
Lisk
IM'73.
and
Dennis
Roger
pres.:
Shtogrin
Joseph
O'Connell
Dyki
IM'61:
ME'62,
J.
Paul
v.p.:
John
IM'70.
Three days on campus proved the
project's w o r t h as students from all
disciplines made appointments and
were screened for eligibility. Those
whose o w n work or that of a family
member involves advertising, communication, the media, marketing research, public relations, automotive
manufacturing or sales were deemed
"unacceptable" by agreement w i t h the
client.
Students chosen to listen, look and
rank their first impression of a video
taped presentation of the proposed
model's stripe treatment, grill and front
bumper design, rear spoiler, tail light
and bumper received a silver dollar for
their efforts. Additionally, t w o groups of
students participated in a verbal seminar of w h y they liked or disliked car
style innovations.
Ahee followed the project from its
inception to completion, devising the
method of selecting responders, gathering information in the field, and
compiling the data, w r i t i n g and submitting the report to the auto manufacturer. A n added bonus w a s his
personal opportunity to revisit campus
and share experiences w i t h former
teachers and administrators.
�Alumni Notes
Militzer
1933-49
R o b e r t W . M i l i t z e r , M E ' 4 2 , vice president and
general manager of t h e M i c r o m a t i c Division of
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation, Holland, (Ml), is t h e 1 9 7 8 7 9 president-elect of t h e Society of M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Engineers. A registered professional e n g i n e e r in
M i c h i g a n and a certified m a n u f a c t u r i n g e n g i n e e r ,
he w a s a w a r d e d a n LIT a l u m n i a c h i e v e m e n t a w a r d
in 1973.
Militzer holds m a n y patents in t h e field of
machine tools, has w r i t t e n n u m e r o u s technical
papers, and has lectured f r e q u e n t l y before t e c h n i c a l
societies t h r o u g h o u t t h e U.S. and Europe. He is
active in a n u m b e r of other professional societies
and is a m e m b e r of t h e LIT Presidents Club. He
and his w i f e , Betty, live in Holland a n d have t h r e e
sons.
E d w a r d J D o n l e y , M E ' 4 3 , has been elected
c h a i r m a n of A i r Products and Chemicals, Inc.,
A l l e n t o w n , PA. He w i l l c o n t i n u e as chief executive
officer, a post he has held since 1 9 7 3 . Donley had
been president of t h e Company, m a n u f a c t u r e r of
industrial gases, process e q u i p m e n t , and c h e m i c a l
products, since 1 9 6 6 . A i r Products sales in
calendar 1 9 7 7 w e r e $ 9 5 7 m i l l i o n .
Donley has served as a M e m b e r of t h e LIT
Corporation since 1 9 7 1 , and w a s an a l u m n i
achievement a w a r d w i n n e r in 1 9 5 9 . In 1 9 7 6 he
w a s the College's c o m m e n c e m e n t speaker and
w a s a w a r d e d an honorary doctorate in industrial
management at that t i m e . He is a m e m b e r of t h e
LIT Presidents Club.
From n o w o n , as t h e c e n t u r y comes to an e n d ,
apartment living, rather t h a n h o m e o w n e r s h i p w i l l
be the predominate lifestyle for A m e r i c a n s ,
featured speaker G e o r g e H. A m b e r , PE, EE'44,
said recently at an all-day s t a t e w i d e s e m i n a r
sponsored by t h e A p a r t m e n t Association of
M i c h i g a n . The meeting brought experts f r o m as far
away as W a s h i n g t o n to discuss problems,
solutions, and challenges in today's a p a r t m e n t
industry. A m b e r and his brother Paul S . , PE,
EE'44, have developed and m a n a g e d a variety of
innovative apartment complexes in t h e Detroit
area. Both received t h e a l u m n i a c h i e v e m e n t a w a r d
in 1962.
P o n t c h a r t r a i n Hotel, Dodge Pylon, and its c u r r e n t
project, t h e Renaissance Center parking complex.
Korb is vice president and director of t h e
Engineering Society of Detroit and c h a i r m a n of t h e
M i c h i g a n Construction Safety Standards C o m m i s s i o n . He received an a l u m n i a c h i e v e m e n t
a w a r d in 1 9 7 3 and is a Presidents Club m e m b e r .
'42
Donley
'43
d e p a r t m e n t . He has been w i t h t h e bank since
1 9 6 3 , and lives w i t h his w i f e and four children in
F a r m i n g t o n Hills.
J o s e p h C. M a r r o c c o , I M ' 5 7 , has been
promoted to c o n s u m e r relations coordinator for
G M Parts Division. He supervises t h e h a n d l i n g of
Chevrolet and G M C heavy duty t r u c k parts
problems e n c o u n t e r e d by o w n e r s , dealers and G M
district m a n a g e r s t h r o u g h o u t t h e U.S.
M a r r o c c o has been employed by G M since
1 9 5 8 and resides in East Detroit w i t h his w i f e .
Penny, and four c h i l d r e n .
1960-69
D a v i d A . A d a m s , M T ' 6 0 , of Canton, has been
promoted to assistant master mechanic-special
projects at Detroit Diesel A l l i s o n headquarters in
Detroit. He has been w i t h G M and Detroit Diesel
A l l i s o n since 1 9 4 8 . He w a s named senior process
engineer in 1 9 6 6 and process e n g i n e e r i n g
supervisor in 1 9 6 9 .
V e r n e E. B o y n e s , EE'58, has been p r o m o t e d to
district sales m a n a g e r of t h e Indianapolis, IN, sales
office of Square D Company, i n t e r n a t i o n a l
m a n u f a c t u r e r of electrical products. Boynes j o i n e d
Square D in 1 9 6 0 , serving first as application
engineer. He and his f a m i l y have a n e w h o m e in
Carmel, IN.
E d w i n A . K o i s t , EE'60, is a section head w i t h
Hughes A i r c r a f t Company, Fullerton, CA. His
section has 3 5 engineers w o r k i n g on spread
spectrum communications.
A n t h o n y J . P o l i s a n o , I M ' 5 8 , has been
p r o m o t e d to second vice president and investment
officer in M a n u f a c t u r e r s Bank's bank i n v e s t m e n t s
R i c h a r d D. Black, M T ' 6 1 , w a s a candidate for
t h e Lincoln Park City Council in t h e A u g u s t
p r i m a r y elections.
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Gil G a t c h e l l , PE, M E ' 5 2 , has been installed
as president of the Detroit Chapter of t h e M i c h i g a n
Society of Professional Engineers. He is president
of Gatchell and Associates, designers of
e n v i r o n m e n t a l systems, w h i c h he f o u n d e d in 1 9 5 6 .
He is a past president of t h e Construction
Specifications Institute. LIT has t h e State's only
student chapter of M.S.P.E.
R a l p h D. K l a n n , M E ' 5 2 , has been elected
director of t h e Royal Order of J e s t e r s , Detroit
Court # 2 8 . The Jester organization is an honorary
group of selected S h r i n e r s . He resides w i t h his
w i f e , Shirley, in Detroit.
J a c k L. K o r b , CivE'54, has been n a m e d
c h a i r m a n of t h e Detroit City Planning C o m m i s s i o n .
He has been a c o m m i s s i o n m e m b e r since 1 9 6 8 ,
and is senior vice president of Etkin, J o h n s o n and
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Polisano '58
Steven V. Darst, IM'61, has been elected a
director for the Association for Systems
Management, an international group of
approximately 10,000 systems and data processing
professionals. The association seeks to educate
and improve the technical skills of persons
involved in information systems. Darst is currently
a vice president of Standard Federal Savings of
Troy, one of the nation's ten largest saving
associations.
, Kenneth W. Erwin, IM'63, has been promoted
to vice president and treasurer of the North
Carolina National Bank Mortgage Corporation. He
resides in Charlotte.
Eugene Malinowski, IE'64, has been named
technical director of the new Hydra Mechanical
Division of D.A.B. Industries, Inc. The firm
manufactures transmission components, engine
bearings, and production machinery for a variety of
transportation, agricultural, and equipment
industries. Malinowski holds a M.S. in industrial
engineering from Wayne State.
Arthur W. Fischer, IM'65, has been
appointed to the newly-created position, director of
advertising for the Brass Craft Manufacturing
Company and Plumb Shop Division of Brass-Craft.
The companies have facilities at seven locations in
the U.S. and Canada, and are headquartered in
Detroit. Fischer was most recently managerconsumer communication for Michigan Consolidated Gas Company. He is a director and past
president of the LIT Alumni Association, and
received an alumni achievement award in 1976.
Fischer resides with his wife and two daughters in
Dearborn Heights.
Phillip R. Horowitz, IM'65, and his wall
graphic designs were the focus of a recent feature
article appearing in the Southfleld Eccentric
newspaper. He creates original free-flowing
designs to match the interior decor of homes and
offices.
Allen C. Jensen, IM'65, has been named
director of engineering for the Chicago Sun-Times.
In the newly created position, he will be
responsible for long range research and planning
for the production department, oversee selection
and installation of new equipment, and develop
procedures and programs for the production
operation. Since joining Field newspapers in 1972,
Jensen has redesigned the supplement inserting
plant and was instrumental in computerizing the
papers mail room operation that links the
pressroom and delivery trucks.
Gerald J . Yurk, AIA, Ar'66, has been elected
1978 president of the American Institute of
Architects Flint Area Chapter. He is treasurer of
the Flint architectural firm of Tomblinson, Harburn,
Yurk and Associates, Inc., and has practiced in
Flint since receiving state registration in 1970. He
did graduate study in urban planning at Wayne
State, served on the Flint City Council from 1970
to 1973 and the Flint Planning Commission from
1970 to 1974. Yurk is currently serving as project
architect for Flint's Doyle Neighborhood Renewal
Project and the University Center under
construction on the new University of MichiganFlint Riverfront Campus.
Ramie E. Phillips, Jr., CPA., IM'69, has been
elected president of the Lola Valley Kiwanis Club.
He is a partner in the firm of Skillman, Zielesch
and Company, C.P.A.'s, and resides in Redford
Township with his wife and son.
Malinowski '64
Fischer '65
Yurk '66
Ely Tama, C.P.A., IM'69, has been named a
partner In the firm of Velick and Haas, C.P.A.'s.
1970-77
Ervasti '73
Wangler '74
Zurawski '76
Frank E. Pritchard, ME'75, is employed by
National Steel Corporation. He is featured in the
Company's new career recruitment publication.
Second Lieutenant Steven C. Wood, IM'75,
U.S. Marine Corp, was recently graduated from the
Navy's Aviation Indoctrination Course at
Pensacola, FL. The course is the first step in the
naval flight training program leading to
designation as a naval aviator.
Patrick J . Gibbons, IM'70, has been awarded
his MBA from Shippensburg (PA) State College. He
resides in Latrobe, PA.
Francis L. Criqui, ME'76, was one of eight
candidates running for council seats in the
November 8th municipal elections in Brighton.
William F. Goode, III, IM'70, has been named
superintendent of manufacturing planning for
Volkswagen Corporation of America. He was
formerly coordinator, product programs (financial)
with the Chevrolet Division of General Motors.
Goode resides in Livonia with his wife, Cheryl, and
two children.
Rosanne Krochmal, Ar'76, and Steven M.
Oesterle, EE'75, are living in Orlando, FL following
their marriage in October. Steve is employed by
Martin Marietta Aerospace Company in Orlando.
Charles L. Zeese, IM'70, was recently awarded
his MBA from Wayne State. He is employed by
Ford Motor Company in the personnel and
organization department, and resides in Allen Park
with his wife, Linda.
Robert R. Anzlovar, EE'71, was a Farmlngton
Hills City Council candidate in the August 2nd
primary.
Caleb P. Luibrand, Ar'71, has opened an
architectural office In Beulah. He and his wife
reside with their three children in Benzonia.
National Bank of Detroit recently announced the
appointment of James P. Pickett, IT'71, of
Brighton, as administrative officer in its item check
processing group. In his position as manager of
administrative controls, Pickett is responsible for
management of all staff activities including project
and budget planning, budget administration,
project management, and quality control. He has
been with NBD for eight years and is currently
working towards his B.S. in industrial management
at LIT.
William A. Ervasti, IM'73, has been promoted
to personnel officer at Manufacturers National
Bank of Detroit. The Ervastis live in Birmingham.
Lee K. Kirkpatrick, IM'73, has been promoted
to manufacturing manager for Heyer-Schulte
Corporation, Goleta, CA. He joined the firm in
1974 as production and inventory control
supervisor.
James A. Carpenter, IM'74, has been named
superintendent of the $2.6 million Paw Paw Lake
treatment plant. He was formerly the
superintendent of the East Tawas waste water
treatment facility.
James R. Wangler, IM'74, has been named
sales representative for the Union Mechling
Corporation, a subsidiary of Dravo Corporation,
Pittsburgh, PA. He joined the barge line in 1976 as
a market and pricing analyst.
Cam Jankowiak, IM'75, has been appointed
manager of recruiting and personnel systems for
Detroit's Hutzel Hospital. Prior to his new position,
Jankowiak served as senior technical
representative for Xerox Corporation in Southfleld.
He received his MBA from Eastern Michigan in
1977 and lives with his wife, Nancy, in Redford
Township.
David G. Zurawski, Ar'76, has been named
vice president of the Supersine Company, Detroit
designers and manufacturers of architectural
signage. Zurawski, a Viet Nam veteran, has been
employed by Supersine since 1970 in the firm's
design department. Two of his recent projects
have included a campus signage system of the
College of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas, and a
municipal signage program for the Neighborhood
Facility and Court Complex, New London, CT.
Zurawski, his wife, Linda, and their two children
reside in Rockwood.
Frank B. Wiloch, EE'77, has accepted a
position as a member of the technical staff of
Hughes Aircraft Company, Missile Systems
Division, Canoga Park, CA.
In Memoriam
Eugene J. Pieronek. ChE'36, of Bloomfield
Hills, January 1, 1978. Retired executive cost
analyst, Chrysler Corporation. Survived by his
wife, Janette, and three daughters.
LaVerne B. (Tex) Ragsdale, ME'39, of
Birmingham, November 12. Retired technical
director of AC-DeIco Division of General Motors.
He received an alumni achievement award in
1974. Survived by his wife, Monica, three sons
and a daughter.
Charles E. Hunt, ME'43, of Southfleld,
November 21. Former owner of Boulton Machine
Products and Harold J. Brown Co., Warren. Phi
Kappa Upsilon Fraternity. Survived by his wife,
Beneitha, and three sons.
James R. Jones, EE'68, of Newport Beach,
CA. Word received 1-18-78. Survived by his wife.
William J. Scanlon, III, Ch'74, of Clawson,
December 5. Research chemist, Chrysler
Corporation. Survived by his wife, Betty, and two
sons.
Charles M. Bauervic, of Birmingham,
November 8. LIT Presidents Club member. Owner
of Land and Investment Company, Arlington
Investment Company, Acme Land Company, and
Rose Realty Company, Southfleld developers.
Survived by his wife. Rose, and three daughters.
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Chips off the
(ice) block
Seven campus groups decorated the
campus quadrangle with "chips off the
(ice) block" in February, part of the
Student Government and Interfraternity
Council-sponsored snow sculpture
show. "A-peeling," a 12-foot banana
held by two expressive hands and built
by a group of engineering students
won the frosty first prize. Truck-sized
"Freddy the Fraternity Frog" by Alpha
Sigma Phi fraternity was second, and a
"Darth Vader" duel scene by the
Socialites Club was third. Cheryl
Ratcliffe, Birmingham sophomore,
presided over the festivities as queen.
Other entries were "Mervy the
Monster" by Sigma Phi Epsilon
fraternity, "Dumbo" by Delta Tau
Sigma sorority, "Raid" by nonaffiliated
students, and "Close Encounters" by
the American Chemical Society student
chapter.
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�On-campus
Lawrence
Institute
of Technology
Magazine
Vol. 2, No. 2
Spring 1978
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075.
(313) 356-0200
By-lined articles express the views
of the authors and not necessarily
either the opinions or the policies
of the College.
Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr., director of
public and alumni relations
Associate in Information
Eleanor S. Wright
Office Secretary:
Yamasaki scholars. Four fifth-year students in LIT's School of Architecture shared the first
Yamasaki Scholarship during the spring term. From left, are Guss G. Pappas, Dean Karl H. Greimel,
Thomas R. Morgan, Gary A. Kecskes, and Richard Niedzwiecki. The Scholarship is awarded by the
distinguished architectural firm of Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, Troy, and is based on
academic and professional achievement.
Services:
Deborah A. Faes
Photos: Walter G. Bizon, B of A 77;
S. Wright and others
Eleanor
Calendar
July 3-4
Independence Day Recess.
College Closed.
August 28
Fall term evening
baccalaureate classes begin.
Register in advance!
August 31
Fall term evening
associate classes begin.
Register in advance!
September 5
Fall term day
baccalaureate classes begin.
Register in advance!
SAE winners. Herbert Hubben, right, vice president—management resources, Eaton Corp.,
presents a $1,000 check for LIT's School of Engineering to William Olsen, co-chairman with Peter
Lang (fourth from left) of the winning student branch display at the national SAE Congress and
Exposition held in March. The display, judged best of 15 presented, also figured in the national
judging for "Outstanding Student Branch of the Society for 1978." LIT has been named winner of
this award for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year. There are 116 student SAE branches in
the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Others who worked on the display are, from left, William Standley,
president of the 1978-79 LIT student branch; Olsen, 1977-78 secretary; Paul Busch; Lang, 197778 vice president; and Glenn Waineo.
�Students 'pick
up pieces'
where Pioneer
leaves off
Three van loads of car parts—all the nuts
and bolts, pistons, stampings, castings,
forgings, electrical components and trim
from a 1976 Ford Pinto and Chevrolet
Chevelle—comprise an unusual gift from
Pioneer Engineering and Manufacturing
Company to the School for Associate
Studies at Lawrence Institute of
Technology.
These parts, about 4,500 per car,
are considered useful "learning tools"
for many of the School's engineering
technology courses in four of the six
associate degree programs—mechanical,
electrical and electronic, and chemical
technologies and industrial supervision.
Parts also will be used with certain
special technical and management
technique courses conducted periodically
by LIT's School for Associate Studies.
The Warren-based company, headed
by Michael Pinto, president (his name is
coincidental with the donation),
disassembled the cars for comparison
evaluation with two foreign cars. Under
federal contract, the firm regularly
conducts cost studies, energy economy
studies and the like for the U.S.
Department of Transportation. Pinto
received an honorary degree in
mechanical engineering in 1954 from LIT,
which he also attended as a student.
Each part of the car is tagged and
weighed for the government survey. The
car parts were donated to LIT with
government permission.
"We'll use the parts for demonstration
and discussion in such courses as
materials, manufacturing processes,
inspection methods, mechanics, tool
design, electronics, production control
and industrial management," says F. Hal
McDavid, assistant to Dr. Richard E.
Michel, dean of the School for Associate
Studies.
"Techniques of production and special
development technologies can better be
demonstrated and discussed by using
visual aids. For example, if you know that
there are 72 bolts of a certain size used in
the Pinto, you can appreciate how many
bolts per hour must be produced to make
"X" number of cars each day as required
by the market," McDavid adds.
F. Hal McDavid, left, assistant to the dean for associate studies and Pioneer President Michael Pinto
examine one of 9,000 auto parts the firm has gifted to the College.
Faculty and staff notes
John R. Hamann, member of the LIT Corporation and president of the Detroit Edison
Company, presented the commencement
address for Oakland Community College
June 4.
Michigan State Senator John 0. Hertel, lecturer in the School of Arts and Science, has
been named chairman of the Senate's recently
formed Energy Committee.
Dr. John D. Hromi, associate professor of
mechanical engineering, and Gary Jelin,
assistant to the dean of architecture, have
been appointed to the College's expanded
Scholarship Committee. They join committee
chairman Dr. Jerry L. Crist, associate professor of chemistry, and members Ernest L.
Maier, associate professor of management;
Floyd W. Bunt, director of high school relations; and Paul F. Kinder, director of student
financial aid.
Leiand A. Lahr, dean of the School of
Business and Industrial Management, has
been named to a three year term as trustee of
the Detroit Metropolitan Area League-Goodwill.
League-Goodwill is a United Fund agency
working on behalf of disabled individuals to
identify problems, help them develop new
skills, and help find employment.
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president, has
been busy on the speakers circuit. May 8 he
presented the keynote address at a luncheon
honoring student spelling champions of a statewide competition sponsored by the Detroit
News. In April, he opened the 1978 Awards
Convocation of the Detroit Science and
Engineering Fair on behalf of the Engineering
Society of Detroit. In June he addressed the
maintenance and operations group of the Oakland County School Business Officials
organization.
Rochelle Martin, Ar'76 and B of Ar77, lecturer
in architecture, presented a paper on "BuiltLearning Environments" at the April conference
of the Environmental and Design Research
Association at the University of Arizona,
Tucson.
R. Bruce McAfee and Ernest L. Maier
presented a paper entitled "Sales and Sales
Management: A Case/Simulation Approach" at
the Association for Business Simulation and
Experiential Learning conference held April 1215 in Denver, CO. Their paper described the
philosophy behind and teaching experiences
with their newest sales/sales management
text. Both McAfee and Maier are associate
professors of business and industrial
management.
James O. Trew, staff assistant to the president
represented LIT on the educator tour of Fort
Leonard Wood, MO, April 25-27. The post is a
permanent Army installation and a major training center for engineer support training within
the Volunteer Army program. The educators
observed the work of the facility and were
apprised of the continuing educational opportunities offered at the post's Truman Education
Center.
George B. Zonars, assistant professor of
architecture, has opened his own architecture
and interior design offices in Southfield. He
joined LIT's School of Architecture faculty in
1956. He is a registered architect in the State
of Michigan, and has been associated professionally with Louis G. Redstone Associates
since 1963.
IMS organizes;
elects officers
Officers were elected at the organizational meeting of a student chapter of the
Industrial Management Society in the
School of Business and Industrial
Management March 16. Ronald P.
Russo, IM junior from Troy, is president.
Other officers are: John Thomas, IM
junior, Oak Park, vice president; Sue
Nowicke, IM junior, Taylor, treasurer; and
James McFa I, IM freshman, Detroit,
secretary. Gregory R. Cheek, assistant
professor of management, is chapter
sponsor.
LIT's student chapter is the second in
Michigan. Western Michigan University
also has a chapter.
In welcoming the new organization,
Dean Leiand A. Lahr said, "LIT had active
industrial management clubs in the late
60's and early 70's but this Is the first
group to seek national membership."
�On-campus
Students from
43 nations
enrolled at LIT
this year
Jau Cheung's family left Canton, China,
his birthplace, when he was nine years
old. They established residence in the
British Crown Colony of Hong Kong,
where Jau grew up. This year, nearly half
a world away, he is a junior in mechanical
engineering at Lawrence Institute of
Technology and is one of 165 male and
10 female International students from 43
countries on campus—the highest
international enrollment LIT has ever had.
Total college enrollment is 4,754.
Jau learned about LIT as many
international students do—^from a high
school friend in Kowloon who came to the
United States and to LIT to study. His
friend, Wui Mon Fong or "Larry," as Jau
calls him, received his degree in 1974
from LIT's School of Business and
Industrial Management.
Like 133 of the international students
studying at LIT this year, Jau holds an
F-1 visa, which means he is in this
country for the purpose of attending
college. (There are 33 resident aliens in
LIT's international group and several with
other classifications.) Future education
Jau is considering is attaining a master's
degree in engineering in California, where
his god-grandparents and an aunt and
uncle live.
Meanwhile, Jau is "very pleased" with
the education he is receiving at LIT and is
enjoying living in the new College
Housing Center. "I did not know too much
about Lawrence Institute of Technology
before I wrote to seek admission," he
continues, "but when the College replied
to me, I learned It offers the progressive
and highly technological education I
want." He found easy acceptance
because his qualifications are high.
Stanley F. Harris, LIT's director of
admissions, attributes the increase in
international students to simple word of
LIT intemational student Jau Cheung, right, quizzes Congressman William M. Brodhead following
the latter's campus lecture. The Congressman discussed welfare reforms as a guest of students in
classes in state and local governments.
mouth communication and a prompt
response to inquiries and applications
received from abroad. "In many
countries, potential students learn about
our College from alumni and/or friends
who have returned home and established
good reputations in the business and
industrial fields," he says. "This is
especially true in Iran, from which we
have 62 students enrolled this year, and
also in Lebanon, with 16 enrolled, and
Nigeria with 13.
"Our Increase over last year's
international student enrollment is
significant," he continues. "There were
120 international students here a year
ago and this year's enrollment more than
doubles that of three years ago."
Much of the increase in international
student interest is attributed to Frank de
Hesselle, LIT's director of international
student affairs, who attended LIT as a
student from The Netherlands. He
received his first degree in mechanical
engineering from LIT in 1973. Upon being
graduated, he began work as foreign
student advisor and an admissions
counselor while also studying for his
second degree in industrial management,
completed in 1975.
"Because LIT has no additional out-ofstate fees for matriculating students, our
tuition often poses less financial burden
than most public colleges," de Hesselle
says. LIT's tuition is also among the
lowest for private technical colleges in the
nation.
"The presence of the diverse
population we have from 43 nations
represented on campus adds an extra
dimension to our education," de Hesselle
adds. "Both American and international
students have a first-hand opportunity to
learn about other cultures." He notes that
from 90 to 95 percent of the international
students complete their undergraduate
studies here and return to home countries
to work. Some continue post-graduate
work at other colleges and universities.
The international students are enrolled
in all of LIT's schools awarding
baccalaureate degrees with the majority
being enrolled in engineering or
architecture. The only curriculum in which
there is no foreign-born student this year
is physics.
The other countries represented at LIT
in 1977-78 are: Antigua, Bahamas, Brazil,
Cameroon, Canada, Republic of China
(Taiwan), Colombia, Czechoslovakia,
Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland,
Ghana, Greece, Guyana, India, Iraq,
Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,
Kenya, Korea, Liberia, Pakistan,
Philippines, Poland, Romania, Saudi
Arabia, Spain, Syria, Thailand, Turkey,
United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., Venezuela,
Yugoslavia, and Zaire.
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Detroit, Michigan
'All hail to
thee, our alma
mater'
LIT's 46th Commencement is over and
the Class of 78 has bid farewell to
college days.
"Dear Old LIT" was written for this
moment and all the other moments at
which the student body has the opportunity to rise in tribute.
"Russell E. Lawrence was very anxious
to have a college song," writes the first
secretary of the College, Genevieve
Dooley, from her retirement home in
Pompano Beach, FL. "He believed it
would promote school spirit which proved
to be true! The song was sung at all
student body assemblies, graduation
exercises and athletic events (which were
multiple in the early days)."
Dear Old L . I. T. 2
"The words and music," continues
H. B. Van Bussum, head of the book
store from 1936 to 1974, "were drilled
into the students at convocations, and
everybody in the Day College was
familiar with the song and could sing loud
and lustily. Some of the fraternities made
it a requirement that all pledges knew by
heart the words and music and could sing
it around school to entertain the other
students."
Neither Mr. Van Bussum, now also
retired in Sarasota, FL, nor Miss Dooley
knew the composer, H. O'Reilly Clint—
only that he was recommended to
President Lawrence by a close friend. He
composed both the words and music. Dr.
Wayne H. Buell, chairman of the board,
remembers that the song's adoption
came during his student days and that it
was "very popular" with the student body
at that time. The 1932 copyright on the
music and words has now expired.
"The late Mr. Clint may also have
composed 'Dear Old U. of D'," Mr. Van
Bussum indicates, as he notes that "the
tune and words have a lot in common."
The last time the music was reprinted,
Van Bussum says, was about 1949 and
400 to 500 copies are still available (with
ukulele accompaniment) in the bookstore
today even though the copper plates from
which they were printed seem to have
disappeared from their storage place in
the safe.
Earl Pellerin, first an LIT instructor and
then Dean of the School of Architecture
until 1974, recalls teaching the song to 80
architectural students aboard a train to
the East Coast on an architectural trip to
Atlanta and Washington, D.C., during the
early 50's. "I took copies of the song
along and led the singing to help pass the
time," he said. "We sang the song the
most during the first 20 years of College
life," he continued, "when we had an
amazing number of activities on campus."
A 1934 Tech News substantiates the
fact of its constant use—"it was sung with
spirit and pride at every basketball game,
especially at national tourneys, and was
required learning of all freshmen and
fraternity pledges."
Tradition of "Dear Old LIT" is
perpetuated only at graduation
ceremonies today. Familiarize yourself
with the words and music—buy a copy if
you are interested at the bookstore—and
rise in tribute to hail, with gusto, 'our alma
mater, LIT!"
�On-campus
Industry
and LIT
together bring
construction
engineering
'into its own'
Take an academic orphan, make it a
bona fide member of the engineering
family and you have a main stream effort
that produces viable results.
This is what Detroit's Construction
Industry Advisory Board and Lawrence
Institute of Technology have accomplished together in the last seven years.
With private funding and help in
specifying program objectives by industry
members, construction engineering has
become a major discipline in LIT's School
of Engineering. Contr buting to this effort
have been the Builders Exchange of
Detroit and Michigan, the Plumbing and
Heating Industry of Detroit, the
Associated General Contractors of
America, the National Electrical Contractors Association, the Michigan
Environmental Balancing Bureau and the
Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning
Contractors of America.
Catalyst for the academic innovation
was the fact that the construction industry
needed people especially trained as
construction engineers and managers.
Traditional civil engineering curricula
seemed to be missing the mark in this
regard. Together, industry and LIT have
created a program that has been the first
to be recognized and accredited by
ECPD and currently is the largest in the
country.
Since the program's start in 1969,
enrollment has jumped from 103 to a
current count in excess of 300. The
graduating class of 1978 was 43.
"Even so," comments LIT Prof. George
F. Bowden, construction engineering
department chairman, "this increase of
students over the seven year period is
barely keeping ahead of graduate
demand.
"Our graduates are entering management ranks in every possible way. They
are field engineers, construction superintendents, project managers, estimators,
schedulers, proprietors of their own
companies, planning engineers and
municipal engineers. You will find them in
all facets of the industry's work—national
1 ij
Jack Olmstead, CE77, is a field engineer for
R. E. Dailey Company, and is assigned to the
K-Mart Corporation's World Headquarters
expansion project in Troy.
and international construction, private or
public utilities."
Bowden and LIT administrators
believe that LIT students meet the needs
of industry because industry has a strong
voice in what they are learning. "It is this
'vote of confidence' by industry in hiring
our graduates that keeps us constantly
upgrading our program to meet the needs
of prospective employers," he
recogn zes.
While still basically a civil engineering
program, LIT's program has added the
skills that qualify graduates not only to
design the structures (as in civil
engineering) but also to manage their
construction. Bowden cites as examples
new course offerings in 1977-78:
engineering cost analysis, quality control,
concrete form work design and electrical
systems. These augment courses basic
to heavy construction, commercial, civil,
municipal, industrial and residential construction. The Advisory Committee Is
continually working with the LIT faculty in
broadening the base of the program to
include more mechanical and engineering
subjects.
The teaching staff, for the most part,
includes individuals currently involved or
having extensive recent experience in
engineering and construction management. They bring to the classroom "real
life" examples of engineering and
management problems. Prof. Bowden,
typical of faculty, is former vice president
and director of research and development
of Symons Corporation. He has been at
LIT for five years and has been
department chairman for four.
All classes in the construction
engineering program are offered both day
and evening in keeping with Lawrence
Institute of Technology's "total use"
concept which connotes near round-theclock programming within its facilities
(classes are scheduled from 8 a.m. to
10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday). This
also provides students the option to
develop field work experience prior to
graduation if they wish. About one-half of
LIT's construction engineering students,
as a result, hold full time jobs while
working for their degrees. Additionally,
there is greater flexibility and opportunity
for work-study programs.
One example of an effective work-study
Drogram is with the Michigan State
Highway Department, which annually
sends interviewers to LIT to select
students who have qualifications basic to
job assignment as surveyors or for quality
control. The Department hires these
students to supplement its staff duhng
peak highway work load times from May
through November. Students can
continue learning while earning through
night classes if working within the
geographic area of the College or can
pick up their studies again in the winter
quarter beginning in late November.
A further extension of LIT's ability to
serve students and industry is noticed
this year with the opening of the first
housing unit on LIT's campus. Dr. Wayne
H. Buell, chairman of the board under
whom LIT's long-range planning is
becoming effective, says "We can now
reach out to other states and accommodate students interested in becoming
construction engineers. This should also
attract more interest from building
contractors across the country."
"The scope and growth of our
program," adds Dr. Stephen R. Davis,
dean of LIT's School of Engineering, "is
testimony of what can be achieved by
taking construction engineering out from
under its blanket coverage of civil
engineering and letting it thrive as an
engineering entity. The 'orphan' has
joined our family and will continue to
grow—^thanks to the industry whose
future assistance will help it mature."
�On-campus
Confronting
the '80's:
looking ahead
at college
development
An interview with G. Robert
Harrington, LIT vice president for
development
The editor interviewed Mr. Harrington in
late April to find out his attitudes on
several issues concerning the future
academic and physical plant
development plans for the College.
Mr. Harrington, a retired Michigan Bell
vice president who will complete his
second year at LIT in August, was
optimistic, enthusiastic, and even a little
eager to tackle the future.
Why doesn't tuition alone cover
college expenses?
Historically, college expenses have
exceeded tuitions in both the private and
the public college sectors. If tuition were
raised to the point that it covered all the
expenses of educating students, we'd
pretty much price ourselves out of the
market.
Taxpayers subsidize public college
students. Private colleges like Lawrence
Institute of Technology, on the other
hand, must seek their additional support
directly from alumni, corporations,
foundations, and other friends.
Providing necessary up-to-date
facilities and equipment, well trained and
competent faculty and the necessary
support staff, utilities, building and
grounds maintenance, and other
amenities is increasingly expensive. LIT
lacks the large endowment funds that
many longer established colleges have to
protect against fluctuations in the
economy and unforeseen expenses. As a
result, our annual giving program is of
prime importance. But, because the
College makes a concentrated effort to
operate as efficiently as it can, the "gap"
between tuition and actual student
expenses is much smaller than at most
CO leges.
LIT enrollment is fast approaching the
5,000 student "optimum size" that has
long been discussed in the College's
annual reports—even without the
Business and Industrial Management
Building and Student Activities Center.
Have the College's short or long term
development plans been redefined?
We are in the process now of
redefining our development plans, but the
redefining has mostly to do with timing.
We are growing faster than we had
anticipated, and this has caused us to
take a look at when we might begin our
major capital fund drive for enlarged
facilities. With regard to the 5,000 student
"optimum size," 5,000 is not necessarily
�a cut-off point. With a new building to
house the School of Business and
Industrial Management, we think we
could operate in the 5,500 range and still
have adequate space.
With increased costs and inflation, the
College's development goals seem
further and further away. Will there
always be a need to solicit outside
fund ng?
It's hard to visualize a time when we
would not be going outside for money to
help keep the college operating. About
the only way to avoid that would be to
have an enormous endowment fund—a
process which literally takes generations
to develop. Inflation does pose a serious
problem and shows no signs of abating.
That again suggests that we must take a
hard look at the timing of our major fundraising effort.
Over the years there have been several
efforts to raise funds for the Student
Activities Center. What became of
those efforts?
Yes, there have been several efforts to
raise funds for the Student Activities
Center. In retrospect, it appears that we
were simply unable to devote the
necessary manpower to carry those
efforts through to the point where there
was enough money to construct the
building. That's not to say, however, that
no good came of those efforts. We now
have approximately a million and a half
dollars in a fund set aside specifically for
the Student Activities Center.
How does the level of alumni giving at
Lawrence Institute of Technology
compare to that of other similar
colleges?
Frankly, the level of alumni giving is not
all that good. But we think we have the
right combination of elements now to
bring about a substantial improvement.
Across the nation, alumni giving is about
18 percent for all private colleges. We
now stand at 5 percent plus, but that's up
from 3 percent just a couple of years ago.
We must keep in mind, too, that about
half of our alumni have graduated in the
last ten years. There is a direct correlation between the length of time people
have been out of school and their level of
giving.
With so many colleges floundering, it
would seem that LIT's story—a
relatively small private College with
one of the lowest tuitions in the nation
perking happily along and showing a
modest surplus—would be a College
that people should feel to be a terrific
investment. Have you found this to be
the case, or does the "squeaky wheel"
get the grease?
In the overall, I would say that most
people we call on like the way the College
is managed and feel that contributing to
LIT is a "terrific investment." The
squeaky wheel may get the grease in
some isolated situations, but over the
long pull, if the College is not turning out
a good product and running efficiently, it
isn't going to generate a great deal of
corporate support. We simply have to tell
our story to more people.
What do you find to be the corporate
sector's attitude toward the College?
We probably visit about 200 corporations in the course of a year. We find the
attitudes of corporate executives to be
very positive towards LIT. They recognize
exce lence and they commend us for the
quality of our graduates.
It's heartening, too, that many firms
seek out our graduates for employment.
Most students who are not already
holding jobs when seniors have achieved
career placement prior to commencement. Successful alumni are our "good
will ambassadors."
On one visit, for example, a top level
executive stated that of his 200
engineers, he'd rate the LIT graduates in
the top 15 percent. And he sent us a
handsome check!
With more and more large public
institutions also gearing up for major
development campaigns in the private
sector, how can relatively small LIT
ever hope to compete for major
foundation and corporate monies?
It's been my experience that you can
gain support from foundations and
corporations if you have a good product
to sell, if you tell your story, and if you ask
people to give. We are a most viable and
flexible educational institution and that is
generally recognized and appreciated.
We have a clearly defined mission—that
is, we know what we want to do
educationally and we systematically go
about the job of doing It. We have much
going for us, and I don't have any fears
about our ability to compete for major
foundation and corporation monies.
�Dr. Edward R. Kane, president of E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., chats informally with students
following his recent address to several TAB Clubs in his capacity of Chairman of the National
Advisory Council on Minorities in Engineering. He was invited to speak by Engineering Dean
Stephen R. Davis.
LIT 'outreach' provides
new experience for minorities
Children of a day gone by had an
opportunity, walking home from school, to
stand in awe at the door of the village
blacksmith. They saw the smith heat a
bar of iron red hot over his forge and, with
brawny muscle, hammer it into horseshoe
shape. When it had annealed, he fit it
to the hoof of the waiting horse.
Is," says Dr. Oliver S. Coleman,
special project administrator at Lawrence
Institute of Technology, "best describes
what LIT's enrichment program for
minority students is all about. LIT
provides the information that comes from
watching someone accomplish a task,
motivates the student to learn a skill, and
then helps 'fit the shoes' to the individual
so that he can walk the path to success."
Dr. Coleman is originator and director
of a summer internship program for
minorities at the Southfleld College and
coordinator of related Detroit public high
school extra curricular clubs whose
activities take place during the academic
year. The objectives of both are to bring
statistics in line with opportunities for
minorities in business and Industry.
"Minorities," he points out,
"comprise 17 percent of our population.
But, in engineering today, for example,
only 3.6 percent of 2.3 million working
engineers are from the minority
population. The pattern is the same
throughout industry—in the sciences, in
business and the technologies. The
opportunities are there. However,
students must recognize the preparation
needed. They must know how to awaken
their individual talents and develop
confidence in their ability to succeed.
They need also to know that to succeed
in the professions, they must have a
college degree."
Lawrence Institute of Technology
provides the information in a summer
career institute for 50 selected high
school minority students. The public high
school Technical and Business (TAB)
Clubs that continue the program during
the school year are a planned outgrowth.
Corporate donations, foundation and
government funds help make the student
summer attendance possible and
underwrite some of the summer costs of
transportation and faculty advisorship.
Dr. Coleman acts as the intermediary
with school administrators and continuously advises school sponsors. He
meets often with student groups and
helps coordinate their planned programs
with industry.
Currently, there are nine Detroit high
schools participating in the club program
—all of whom will select five representatives to attend the 1978 summer program
on LIT's campus beginning June 19. The
high schools are: Cass Technical High
School, Central, Cooley, Mumford,
Murray Wright, Northwestern, Osborne,
Redford and Southeastern.
"As a result of our Initial experience last
summer," Dr. Coleman explains, "we will
spend more time in individual and group
career counseling. We want students to
have more opportunities to become
familiar with technical concepts and
processes, manufacturing and research
procedures that are observed and
discussed during industrial and business
tours. More time will be spent with the
deans of our schools and faculty who can
guide them in course selection and
supportive academic enrichment
experiences suitable to their career
interests"
TAB encourages students to seek
bachelor degrees in architecture,
engineering, business and management,
and the sciences. All summer field trips
are coordinated with these disciplines.
Students also are made aware of
associate degree programs which
prepare persons for responsible positions
in industry and business.
Field trips planned for this summer
include such organizations as Ford
Engineering and Research, Chrysler's
Industrial Design plant, Michigan Bell,
Smith Hinchman & Grylls architectural
firm, Burroughs World Headquarters
(Tireman plant), the Detroit Public
Schools Data Processing Center, ParkeDavis and Company, Merrill Lynch Pierce
Fenner & Smith, Manufacturers National
Bank and WXYZ Radio Television.
Speakers from these and other major
corporations will complement talks by the
Deans of LIT.
"Public schools," Dr. Coleman notes as
a former teacher and administrator, "are
very receptive to this idea of broadening
the school environment into the corporate
world. Students have much to gain
through on-site observations and
�dialogues with craftsmen, scientists and
business administrators."
The TAB Club program follows a
format similar to the summer career
institute. Students selected for membership in the TAB Clubs are college-bound
students with high math and science
aptitude.
Gloria Slater, one of two Cass Tech
students in the 1977 summer career
institute says, "Because of the program, I
have started to think of myself and what I
can do best." She was an organizer of
the Cass TAB Club last fall.
John Agosta, club treasurer and a new
member this year, adds, "I find the club a
useful way to explore different fields of
business and engineering. I think we will
all know better where we can use our
skills. Some of us are even learning
where we can seek summer jobs to try
new things."
Ninth grader Denise Waters predicts,
"I will definitely stay in the club. I want to
learn more about a career most suitable
to my needs and I want to try my selected
career."
Cass Club sponsor, Mrs. Vickie
Musson, a school counselor, echoes their
comments. 'TAB Is helping these
students learn what life is all about. To
help them effectively plan for their future,
we, as counselors, also encourage them
to be flexible in their choice of careers.
We know that, for them, the 1980's are
already here."
If continued corporation and foundation
funding is achieved and results prove the
program to be the 'forge' in accelerating
qualified minority entry into the technical
and business fields, it will be continued by
Lawrence Institute of Technology. Detroit
public schools, business, industry and LIT
hope the success attained will then
encourage the program's use by others.
Alumnus
moves into
'space'
When rockets for the March, 1979, launch
of the space shuttle begin their cross
country trip from Thiokol Corporation's
Utah pfant to Cape Kennedy, FL, one
phase of a continuous logistical problem
for LIT graduate William Agnello, IM '72,
will be complete. By then, as one of two
traffic analysts for this national aerospace
company, Agnello will have been involved
for more than a year in the United States'
long awaited space venture.
All facets of his education in LIT's
School of Business and Industrial
Upcoming flights of the "Enterprise" are in a large part due to the logistical work of LIT alumnus
William Agnello (inset). (Shuttle photo courtesy of NASA.)
Management will be brought to focus in
this assignment, coupled with the
experience gained on the job with
Thiokol's Brigham City-based Wasatck
Division.
Agnello was interviewed in Detroit in
late winter when he made his first trip
"back home" from the western life he has
chosen for himself, his wife, Elva, and
their three children.
"Detroit is just too fast paced for
me," he commented as he summarized
the week spent here leasing real estate
for his company which also has the
contract to produce air bag igniters for
Ford and GM. The igniters are compact
patented devices that work with rocket
Dropellant. They inflate the protective
Dags on impact by signal from an
electronic sensor in the front of the car.
"Engineers developing space age
materials are finding many new uses for
their technology," he says of the diversity
that is interspersed within his major space
assignment. "When new applications are
found, we in traffic analysis help by
seeking office space for the staff that
goes along to supervise contracted
projects or whatever else is required."
Agnello's job at Thiokol includes all
phases of management. "To be able to
communicate In writing is a most
important function of my work," he says.
He also acknowledges that "college math
gives you an edge in getting things done
quicker and I am constantly using
engineering drawing in graphing my
studies like that assimilated for the rocket
project."
"Budgeting," Agnello continues, "is the
major part o f my job." The traffic analysts
at Thiokol work with all common carriers,
particularly railroads in the space shuttle
operation. However, they must also
provide all modes of transportation for the
people and household moves that
accompany a project. Twelve families
have already been relocated from
Brigham City to Florida for the 24 months
that the space shuttle program is in
progresjs.
To transport the shuttle's rocket, a
special railroad loading facility had to be
constructed in Corrlne, UT, 22 miles from
Thiokol's desert plant. The traffic analysts
also had to plan for specially-made flat
cars. It takes 16 to move two boosters,
(eight for each 225,000 pound rocket). Late
this spring, they will conduct a practice
run of rockets without live propellant to
see if the transport plans are accurate
and geared to the times of day when
they'll least conflict with other railroad
traffic. The rockets have been routed via
the Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Southern Railroad and Florida East Coast lines.
After the first shuttle launch next
March, there will be succeeding launches
approximately every three months up to a
maximum of seven launches. In between,
rocket casings will be recovered and
returned to Thiokol's plant for refueling.
Then, the traffic control problem will begin
again.
�On-campus
Surrounded by engineering and movie equipment in LIT's combustion laboratory, (L to R) N/L Production's cameraman Tom Smart; director Verne
Nobles; assistant cameraman John Marotske; and production assistant Everett Hensley prepare to film the interior intricacies of an engine for the
Universal Studios' mini-series "Wheels," which appeared on NBC-TV.
NBC
mini-series
filmed at LIT
Like a top secret mission, a portion of the
National Broadcasting Company's
mini-series "Wheels" was
filmed on the campus of Lawrence
Institute of Technology last February. The
film's release has made it possible
to tell the story.
"Wheels" ran nationally for five
evenings in May and starred Rock
Hudson. The series is based on the novel
of the same name by Arthur Hailey.
"We needed a location that could be
construed as a vehicle testing area for the
film's hypothetical 'Big Four' automobile
company," said Verne Nobles, director of
the LIT portion of the filming. He is
associated with N/L Productions of
Detroit, responsible for the on-location
background footage for the series. Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, College president
and Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean of
engineering offered the facilities of LIT's
combustion laboratory following a call
from Bob Sweany of the Detroit Chamber
of Commerce who helped set up
locations.
Almost all of the nearly eleven hour
filming day at LIT was spent taking very
close shots of equipment, gauges,
quivering dials, and people's hands
disassembling automotive engine
components—a montage that appeared
briefly in the first segment of the series
according to the Universal Studio's
Robert O'Neil, Hollywood producer
for "Wheels."
In the final product, Hollywood magic
and the cutting room editor had spliced
the scenes together in a way that
attributed the lab work to some of the
series' big name actors who were in
reality working in sunny California.
Walter Schoneck, LIT laboratory
technician responsible for gathering and,
in many cases, operating the myriad
equipment filmed, shrugged phi osophically: "Even if it's for only a few
seconds, how many can say 'my hands'
were on national TV with Rock Hudson?"
Not many, we'd wager. Hollywood just
doesn't visit Lawrence Institute of
Technology all that often.
�Upper right: LIT engineering lab technician
Walter Schoneck (foreground L to R) calibrates
engine wear while assistant cameraman John
Marotske looks on. Closeups of Schoneck's
work were spliced into "Wheels" footage so that
it appeared to be done by one of the series'
characters.
Above, Schoneck (right) flicks switches and operates gauges that appeared as background footage
for the "Wheels" mini-series. Nearly eleven hours of filming were done on campus.
(Photos by W. G. Bizon)
�On-campus
Dean Michel
associate
programs
filling
special needs
Second in a series on LIT deans
Where there is a need, you meet that
need.
This is the philosophy of Dr. Richard E.
Michel, whose quiet determination keeps
the School for Associate Studies ahead of
the changing times. Keen awareness of
students' desire for personal success,
corporate need for technical expertise,
and purposeful integration of on-going
work and study programs place the
School of which he is Dean in the forefront of continuing education
opportunities.
"There is increasing economic and
program competition as well as growing
cooperation with community colleges
today," Dr. Michel notes. "One strength
of our program lies in the positive
alternate method of education we can
provide for full-time employees that both
increases their knowledge and enhances
their work experience. We can also
satisfy part-time students Intent on
applying skills while learning. Even
though historically our students have
started college after several years of work
experience, we now find increasing
numbers of high school students coming
directly to us because they are motivated
toward the technical skills and find our
method of education attractive."
To meet the combined needs, LIT's
School for Associate Studies operates on
a semester basis for students seeking
associate degrees in data processing or
mechanical, electrical and electronic,
chemical, building construction and
industrial supervision technologies.
Classes are held on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings from 6:30 to
11:30 p.m.
Additionally, special courses are
programmed for Industries seeking
special help. Examples are a recent
course designed for lumber dealers which
emphasized blueprinting and cost
estimating; another (for which more than
100 persons registered) highlighting the
National Electrical Code changes; and
cooperative courses with the Michigan
Department of Labor to train new
employees for Detroit Edge Tool and
Pioneer Engineering.
"These special courses have a
Dositive effect on the School as a whole,"
Dean Michel observes. "As we bring
more people on campus on a special
basis, we not only make industry trainees
more aware of the College but also
introduce many of them to opportunities
for upgrading their own education and
earning a degree.
"We also are seeing more and more
people in our courses who already hold
degrees in technical and non-technical
fields but who are working In technical
positions," he continues. "Their
companies send them to us to acquire
background necessary to their jobs."
Dr. Michel characteristically compliments the staff who assist him and the
students whom they serve. "Many of our
faculty," he says, "have long tenure with
us. Each has been selected because of
good teaching abilities and also because
he or she remains active in a chosen
professional field. We capitalize on
Dringing current information to our
students because we feel it is particularly
important for them to understand what Is
going on in the real world. At the same
time, our students are well motivated and
make good contacts in the fields in which
they are studying."
Student advice and counsel are a
significant part of both the Dean's and his
staff's job. "We probably do more social
work during the evening program than
many social organizations," he smiles.
Students tend to seek the advice of both
the Dean and professors in their fields of
study to determine their own merits for
advancement, the courses which will help
them most and companies which need
the skills for which they are most adept.
Long range planning for the School,
which the Dean effects with the help of
his assistant, F. Hal McDavid, is moving
ahead on several fronts. One Innovation
is formation of industry advisory
committees for each program. Already
organized is a committee of building
industry leaders who will make curriculum
�suggestions, provide support in student
selection and help in placement of
graduates. This committee also has
provided equipment helpful in teaching
modern technological courses.
An additional important action is the
School's recent investigation for professional accreditation for its mechanical,
electrical and electronic technology
Drograms by the Engineers Council for
Professional Development. The School
for Associate Studies is already
accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
A major opportunity for the School is in
the rapidly expanding field of continuing
education. The experience of the School
for Associate Studies with working
students in general and with the particular
needs associated with the School's
current special courses makes It an ideal
center to coordinate cooperative educational activities on campus.
The confidence with which each step
is accomplished in the School is also a
reflection of the man who leads it. A
native of Saginaw, Dean Michel received
his B.S. degree in physics at Michigan
State University in 1950. His ROTC
training projected his entry Into the
Korean conflict in 1951-52, when he
served as a platoon leader on the infantry
front lines, was wounded, and thereafter
ran the post exchange in Taegu until
completing his service as a first
lieutenant.
He returned to MSU to earn his M.S. in
}hysics in 1953 and his Ph.D. in 1956.
His first industry job was with RCA
Reseach Laboratories in Princeton, NJ,
where he was a member of the technical
staff for six years. He returned to the
Detroit area as senior research physicist
for GM's Research Labs in Warren, and,
after teaching at LIT for two years parttime, was named Dean in 1973. In
addition to his broad administrative
duties, he continues to teach physics at
least two terms each year.
Dean Michel is an active member of the
Engineering Society of Detroit, is
chairman of its engineering activities
committee and started the Scientists
Council which utilizes physicists,
chemists and biologists in the area as
speakers at the Society's educational
meetings. He also is the secretary of the
Detroit Section of the Optical Society,
which meets regularly at LIT, and he was
instrumental in bringing the Detroit Metric
Council service office to campus.
His wife, Martha, works full time at the
Birmingham Public Library. Daughter
Jane is working in Grand Rapids and
daughter Carol, a senior at Seaholm High
School, was a Congressional page In
Washington, D.C. a summer ago. She
looks forward to law studies. Son Paul is
in eighth grade.
Reynolds winner. A $300 check is accepted by Jean H. LaMarche, left, regional winner of the
Reynolds Aluminum Prize, from Theodore E. Kurz, (right) president of the Detroit Chapter of AIA. At
center is Dean Karl H. Greimel. LaMarche designed a hypothetical school playground for the annual
competition, which was established in 1961 to encourage creativity in architectural design.
Performance characteristics of different engines are being tested on the School of Engineering's
new Clayton dynomometer. Its arnval on campus was heralded by Dr. Richard E. Marburger,
president and Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean of engineering. The power absorber is a gift of Clayton
Manufacturing Co., El Monte, CA.
�On-campus
Architecture
professor
promotes
tornado safety
A "big wind" has blown into the life of
James J. Abernethy, associate professor
in LIT's School of Architecture.
Not only has it produced a fascinating
elective class for fourth and fifth year
architectural students called Life Hazard
Design, but also it has been the catalyst
for several publications by Abernethy on
tornado safety and building design.
"You might say," he comments, "that I
have been adopted by the National
Weather Service." He Is a frequent
speaker at NWS tornado symposiums,
including one hosted recently by LIT's
School of Architecture. He is an investigator on tornado damage teams when
severe weather occurs in the midwest
and has consulted on the development of
more damage-resistant building construction. He has just been asked by NWS to
provide a slide presentation and
commentary on tornado safety in
residences and cartoon graphics that will
give safety tips for protecting children.
Building design and urban planning are
Abernethy's fields of study and became
the entree to his subsequent avocation on
tornado protection (as well as protection
from other severe forms of weather). He
earned his bachelor of architecture
degree in 1964 at the University of Detroit
and his master of science degree in
urban planning at Wayne State University
"While teaching at U.of D. five years
ago, I was employed under federal
contract to provide design assistance to
architects on public buildings in a sixstate Midwestern area. I frequently found
extensive concern about tornado safety,"
Abernethy relates.
"Shortly thereafter, I was part of a
faculty team of 40 architects and
engineers invited to participate in the
preparation of a manual on MultiProtection Design which went beyond the
confines of local codes in considering fire,
wind and earthquake protection In
construction.
In 1974, the largest single day's
outbreak of storms occurred nationwide.
It was the day in which, for example,
extensive destruction in Windsor, Ontario,
Monticello, Indiana, and Xenia, Ohio,
made headlines across the country. A few
of the faculty involved in the previous
study were called upon to assess the
havoc in their areas with an eye to future
building theories they were espousing.
Then, with five professors from other
states, Abernethy was called upon to
gather building performance statistics that
became Engineering Aspects of ttie
Tornadoes of April 3-4, 1974, published
and widely disseminated by the National
Academy of Science.
At this point (September, 1974) he
accepted a teaching position in LIT's
School of Architecture. He also was, at
that time, a design consultant in
rebuilding Ohio and Indiana schools
destroyed in the day of massive winds.
Utilizing "real" experiences as class
assignments are part of LIT's School of
Architecture teaching philosophy.
Abernethy transported 30 of his students
to the beleagered town of Monticello to
stay and propose some alternative
choices to city fathers rebuilding their city.
"This showed the students how buildings
had been built and how they might better
be constructed to withstand high winds,"
he says. Lawrence Institute of Technology
sponsored the publication resulting from
this experience: Wfiat's Left After a
Tornado.
Abernethy then wrote Tornado Protection at the request of the Defense
Civil Preparedness Agency to help school
personnel locate the areas of maximum
safety in existing buildings and to assist
architects and engineers in designing
new buildings that offer better protection
from high winds, including hurricanes. He
used as case histories in this book the
Meadowlawn Elementary School in
Monticello, the Monroe Central School in
Parker, Indiana, and Xenla's Senior High
School.
"A person often designs," Abernethy
concludes, "to meet municipal building
codes that only require minimum
standards. We have reason now to do
better than the codes. We need to
convince people that it makes more
sense to build safer buildings."
For LIT, he teaches full time and
advises one segment of the fifth-year
bachelor of architecture degree candidates. He also is the School's councilor
to the American Collegiate Schools of
Architecture and last summer was one of
50 architectural faculty selected nationally
for the Summer Seismic Institute for
Architectural Faculty at Stanford
University, which helped increase his own
knowledge In building design for earth
tremors.
"Trained architects and engineers can
determine the safest place in buildings for
people to go when disaster strikes," he
says. "Every administrator of a building,
every worker in a building, should know
these locations."
It is his desire to work actively with
others in getting this message across—by
teaching, by speaking, and by continuing
to learn. His help in the State of Michigan
is acknowledged, particularly, by those
weathermen providing the statistics.
Michigan, they note, has the fifth highest
death toll in the United States when
tornadoes strike its corridors of dense
population!
Gathered at the recent College hosted Symposium on Severe Local Storms were (L to R) 0. R.
Snider, meteorologist-in-charge, NWS Forecast Office, Ann Arbor; Glenn L. Trapp, meteorologist-incharge, NWS Forecast Office, Detroit; Allen Pearson, director. National Severe Storms Forecast
Center, Kansas City, MO; Charles Matthews, disaster preparedness meteorologist, Ann Arbor; and
James J. Abernethy.
�Features
Above and on the cover:
the aftermath of the vicious tornado which struck Xenia, Ohio in April, 1974. (Photographs by Xenia photographer Art Cox.)
by James J. Abernethy,
associate professor of architecture
The stories of the "Wizard of O z " and the
"Three Little Pigs" have popularized two
aspects of tornadoes and buildings. In
"Oz," we discover that Dorothy and her
house can quite effortlessly be whisked
away by a tornado, and in the "Three
Pigs," we find a brick house stands up
better in a heavy wind. While there is
some truth to these stories, there is a
degree of myth as well.
During the past few years, tornadoes
and their effect on buildings have been
subjects of considerable study. While
many questions about tornadoes still
remain unsolved, much more is known
about them today than ever before. Older
encyclopedias, for example, state that
tornado speeds would approach 500
m.p.h. Aided by Nuclear Regulatory
Commission studies, actual wind speeds
have been measured using movies,
engineering studies of damage, and
waterspouts and dust devils. It is believed
today that maximum speeds of tornadoes
do not exceed 300 m.p.h.
But I'm neither a meteorologist or an
engineer, although I have the greatest
respect for and more than a passing
interest in both. One of my main interests
as an architect is in how buildings
perform in everyday use as well as
extreme situations. This has led me to
spend considerable time in the study of
fire, earthquake, and wind effect on
structural performance. Every year I
spend several days crawling over, under,
and through build ngs that have experienced one of these disasters.
Due to intense interest of school
administrators, my Initial concern was to
examine damaged educational facilities.
The tragic Spring of 1974 provided a rare
opportunity when more than 40 schools
were severely damaged in Indiana alone.
Six of Xenia, Ohio's eleven schools were
destroyed. W e discovered a definite
damage pattern existed. Indeed, it
became possible to predict in advance
the performance of school buildings when
hit by storms.
What was frightening was to compare
the damaged buildings to the disaster
plans of many school administrators.
Many buildings had no plan at all. Others
placed a portion of the student body in
areas of great potential risk.
Since that time much progress has
been made towards documenting school
damage and developing procedures to
minimize risk. Many states now require
such planning and testing. Others,
including Michigan, rely on local planning.
An increasing number of local districts
are well prepared for tornado emergencies, and have made the decision not
to send children home but, rather, to send
them to the best locations in their school
buildings. This, in many cases, is very
wise because school buildings are
generally much stronger than adjacent
housing. Some houses perform very well
in offering protection during t o r n a d o e s others offer very little. The current focus
of my research is to document residential
performance.
�Features
About tornadoes
To begin with, each resident should
understand the correct meaning of the few
basic terms used in communicating
information:
Funnel Cloud: a column of violently
rotating winds extending down from a
thunderstorm-like clouabut not
touching the ground.
Tornado: a'column of violently rotating
winds extending down from a thunderstorm-like cloud and touching the
ground.
Tornado Watch: a tornado or severe
thunderstorm watch is issued whenever
conditions exist for severe weather to
develop. Watches are usually for areas
about two-thirds the size of lower
Michigan and are two to six hours long.
Watches give you time to plan and
prepare. Persons in or near a watch
area should place small objacts inside
(such as garbage cans and bicycles)
which could become deadly missiles.
Make sure the entire family is informed
and that they know what to do If a
tornado is sighted. Keep children under
close supervision. Keep an eye on the
sky and listen for later statements and
warnings.
Tornado Warning: a tornado or severe
thunderstorm warning is issued by the
local weather service office whenever a
tornado or severe thunderstorm has
actually been sighted or strongly
Indicated by radar. Warnings cover
three or four counties and are usually
no longer than an hour and a half.
Warnings are to give you time to act.
If the severe weather is reported near
you, seek shelter immediately. If not,
keep a constant lookout for severe
weather and stay near shelter.
The amount of time that a person has
to seek shelter depends on many
factors—^the most important being the
method of warning. Most people believe
that if a tornado were to hit their
residence they would be alerted by some
electronic medium (TV, radio, siren, etc.).
In most situations, this is not true. It takes
7 to 40 minutes for a tornado to be
identified, reported, confirmed, and a
warning broadcast by the media to the
public. If we assume the average tornado
Is 300 to 400 yards wide, is on the ground
15 minutes and moves at 35 miles per
hour, chances are that most, if not all, of
those who will be hit will first be alerted
by their own eyes and ears. By the time
the warning is broadcast, much of the
damage will have been done.
Fortunately, the low-frequency portion
of the tornado sounds are not difficult to
attenuate and can be heard for a considerable distance in advance of a storm
through the relatively "thin" walls of a
residence.
Tornadoes are also associated with the
latter portions of a thunderstorm cloud. If
6
Arrowood Elementary School and the surrounding Arrowood Subdivision following the Xenia, Ohio
tornado. (Photo by Cox.)
a tornado is approaching you, it may be
sighted through the rain or hail that
immediately precedes It, although
visibility may be very limited. It is
possible that lightning will be present. If
the tornado occurs at night, the lightning
daylight or if the community has an
operating siren warning system. Under
these circumstances, a person has the
option of taking shelter or, if his or her
residence has a poor chance of offering
adequate protection (a lightweight mobile
or modular home without a basement, for
example) quickly moving to a more
substantial shelter area.
About your home
The best tornado detection devices are your
own eyes and ears. Drawings by LIT students
Mark Besh and Bill Bishop—from
an upcoming graphics program for school
children.
may be a blessing in disguise illuminating
the funnel as it approaches.
Many victims of tornadoes report that
they had between 30 seconds and two
minutes to seek shelter. Due to circumstances such as listening to recordings,
radio, or TV, the sounds of a tornado may
be somewhat masked by the background
sound level. This has sometimes reduced
the available time to seek refuge to a very
few seconds.
A few minutes may be available if the
storm is very intense and occurs during
Damage to buildings and the resulting
threat to life is caused by a combination
of effects which happen at almost the
same time.
Extreme winds are, of course, an
obvious danger. Even the most modern
building codes do not always require
buildings to withstand the winds of a
tornado. Wind speed increases with height, causing maximum damage
potential on the top floor of a building.
Roofs, especially flat roofs and those with
a slight slope, tend to be lifted up and
carried away. Overhangs and eaves on
the windward side are the most
vulnerable.
The high speed whirling winds can turn
almost anything or anyone into a missile.
Automobiles, buses, and tractor trailers
can be tumbled about. Debris of all types
becomes airborne at high speed. Missiles
move much faster horizontally than
vertically. Therefore, it is more serious to
have a wall missing than a roof insofar as
Drotection from missiles is concerned,
-ortunately, missiles are usually stopped
by substantial, somewhat massive interior
partitions. Buildings without such Interior
partitions can be death traps.
Portions of buildings may fail and
J
�Two-Story residence
Split-level residence
Single-story residence
collapse upon other spaces in the
building. Masonry chimneys collapse
frequently, spilling massive debris onto
the roofs of adjacent structures. Higher
portions of buildings may collapse onto
adjacent lower spaces, adding extreme
loads to already weakened roof systems.
Different residential dwelling types offer
a range of potential shelter to occupants:
The high rise multi-unit residence
constructed out of steel, reinforced
masonry or concrete will probably resist
the forces of a tornado w th the exception
of damage to the roof, exterior walls and
especially windows. Therefore, if persons
seek shelter in a totally interior space
such as a bathroom, utility room, closet,
or interior hallway they may not even get
dirty. Most substantial multi-unit
residences have basements that are
completely below ground. Anywhere in a
completely below ground space will
usually offer a very high degree of protection to the occupant.
Another safe or relatively safe residential type is the house that has a fully
depressed basement. It doesn't make a
great deal of difference whether this is a
one or two story house or a split-level.
Take shelter in the basement, away from
windows, preferably in a small room or
under substantial furniture.
There is no simple answer to the
question of which corner of the basement
offers the greatest protection. Since the
winds of a tornado are usually most
extreme when moving to the north and
northeast it is not surprising to find upper
levels of housing being separated from
the foundation walls and being displaced
to the north or northeast. This exposes a
portion of the basement allowing debris to
enter from the outside and to fall in from
above. Therefore, it would not make
particularly good sense to take shelter
directly underneath an upstairs refrigerator
or freezer.
Do not be overly concerned about
taking shelter near a pilot light or potential
source of fire. Fires are extremely rare
during tornadoes. In fact, the vast
majority of tornadoes have no fires
associated with them at all.
A two story residence offers the
DOtential for extreme danger as well as a
ligh level of safety, depending on the
occupant's location. The upper floor which
usually contains bedrooms Is a site of
extreme damage; roofs are removed,
windows broken, exterior walls collapse,
leaving some interior walls and closets.
The second floor, the upper floor, should
only be used when there is insufficient
time to go to a lower level. The safest
place is in an interior room without
windows such as a small closet or
bathroom.
The main level of a two story residence
also offers a range of protection but it is
generally much better than the upper
level. Windows can be expected to break.
This is especially true of large windows
and those which face in the direction of
the most severe winds—usually the west,
south and occasionally the east. To be on
the safe side, avoid all locations with
exterior windows. Garages, living rooms
and family rooms are usually the site of
the greatest destruction. This is due to
the combination of facts that they are
relatively large spaces that have large
openings—either doors, picture windows
or sliding doors to the outside. The doors
or windows break allowing the wind to
enter and filling the room with debris and
destruction. Again seek shelter within
totally enclosed spaces such as closets,
interior bathrooms, utility rooms, or
interior hallways. It makes a great deal of
sense to grab coats, pillows, blankets, or
other materials to offer additional protection to your body from potential flying
debris.
The split level or tri level house is not
as safe as a building with a completely
depressed basement. However, its safest
location is in its lowest level. The uppermost level usually experiences considerable damage as with the upper level
of any multi-story building. The main
level, often containing family rooms, living
rooms, kitchens and garages, also
experiences extreme damage. This
leaves only the lower level for any quality
protection. Again, there is no one corner
that will offer guaranteed protection. Seek
shelter away from glass, in an enclosed
space if possible, or under substantial
objects such as a stain/vay, pool tables,
work benches, or other pieces of heavy
furniture. It is possible with advanced
planning to quickly rearrange chairs and
sofas increasing the protection from
potential flying debris.
If you have advanced warning of a
storm, it is wise to take a few measures
that will likely reduce property damage to
your residence. Open windows and
doors, especially on the sides of the
house away from the winds, usually north
or east, to allow the barometric pressure
difference associated with a tornado to
have a reduced effect on the house.
When the storm passes, an extremely
low pressure system occurs for a few
moments. The air pressure Inside the
residence exceeds that of the outside.
This causes the tendency for walls and
roofs to collapse and blow outward.
If time is precious, make sure that you
have reached the safest place available.
The single story residence without a
basement offers very little protection.
However, unless the storm is extremely
intense there will probably be portions of
the building that will remain. Again, they
are small interior spaces, especially
closets, that are In rooms in the center or
to the north of the house. The greatest
damage occurs to those rooms that face
in the direction of the storm. Usually the
rooms on the south and west side are
intensely damaged. Closets in those
rooms may also be damaged whereas
closets in northern bedrooms may go
completely untouched.
It makes a great deal of sense when
taking shelter in a small space to keep
the doors closed—keeping flying debris
out. Remember that a tornado is only at
one point on its path for a few seconds; at
the most one minute, so it is possible to
occupy portions of residences such as a
closet without a great deal of discomfort.
It might even be helpful to see, by an
actual practice "dnll," how many people
can fit in the safest portions of your
residence. You may be surprised how
little space it takes—usually less than two
square feet per person.
The most dangerous residential type is
the mobile or light weight modular home
without a basement. These structures
should be evacuated. It would be prudent
to have sirens within mobile home parks
giving advance warning to those in greatest danger. Mobile or modular homes are
no match for the winds of a tornado. They
are usually separated from their foundations, often tipped over on their sides or
even on the roof. Many mobile homes
totally disintegrate. Residents of these
dwellings should seek the best available
shelter in nearby buildings, possibly
within the community center or laundromat associated with the community.
It makes most sense for occupants of
these dwellings to take tornado watches
very seriously. When severe weather
approaches it might be best to pay a visit
on a friend who has a superior residence
or move to a nearby commercial or institutional building offering higher protection.
Whenever a tornado watch is issued by
the National Weather Service, review
your personal shelter plan. Tune in for the
latest weather development on radio or
television.
Remember, If a tornado is going to hit
your location, chances are that you will
detect the oncoming storm first. Keep an
eye on the sky. Know where to go.
In a split-level home, seek shelter on the
lowest floor in an enclosed
space.
�Alumni Association Mews
Celebrating their 25th reunion at the Alumni Association's April dinner-dance were (L to R) Jane and Robert Murray, ME; Janet and Donald Beattie,
CivE; Arlene and Robert Williams, ME; Ann and Movses Movsesian, ChE; Nancy and Stan Kukawka, ME; Ruth and William Lomas, ChE; Beatrice and
Emeral Dietz, Tl; Irene and Leonard Kosnik, EE; and Chris and Jimmie James, ME. Also in attendance were Pat and Steve Filus, ME; Ruth and John
Williamson, ME; Mary Lee and Walter Prowalny, ME; Lillian and Ray Sevakis, ME; Lorry and Robert Chaplen, Tl; Lillian and Peter Garritano, IE;
Marian and Frank Yesh, EE; and Richard Sharp, ME; (and wife Paula not pictured).
Class of '68 members celebrating their tenth reunion at the dinner-dance were (L to R) Judy and
Roger Avie, IM; Bodo Reinholz, IM, (and wife Joan not pictured); Mary Jane and Mike Murphy, IM;
Janice and Gary Millikan, IM; Kitty and William Latham, IM; Nancy and Larry Wilson, IM; Sherry and
Ronald Flor, ME; and Lee and Larry Goldsmith, IM. (Photos by Avie '68)
Charles Gergle, ME'34 at age 70 was the oldest
alumnus attending. He and his wife Katrina were
among the most energetic dancers, however.
t
Robert Williams, ME'53, gave a nostalgic salute
to the Class of '53 on their twenty-fifth
anniversary.
The big band sound of the "Patriots of
Music" orchestra was popular-
...and the dance floor was crowded late into the
evening.
�LIT Specialties
Gifts and novelties selected especially for LIT
boosters by your College Bookstore. Adult
clothing is available in small, medium, large
and extra large sizes unless indicated.
1. Award Jacket. Navy and white, 100%
, nylon with knit cuffs, collar, and waist band
$17.95
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Lt. Blue, 50% Kodel/50% polyester, $11.99
3. Football Jersey. Navy and white $6.99
4. Mesh Football Jersey. Navy and white
nylon $6.95
5. Baseball Shirt. Navy and white 100%
cotton $5.30
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cotton $5.80
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�Alumni Notes
News for Alumni Notes
1933-49
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Kenneth K. Krum, ME '38, recently exhibited a
display of hand carved birds at the Battle Creek
Civic Art Center. Krum's excellence at wood
carving has also resulted in examples of his
work being on display at the National Carvers
Museum in Boulder, CO, where he is listed as
a "master bird carver." His carvings are considered outstanding due to his natural positioning of the birds on limbs or other familiar
environments, and their highly detailed features
and coloring.
News notes:
1950-59
The Medical-Surgical Division of Parke Davis
& Co. has named George H. Heman, ChE'51,
vice president, operations, medical-surgical
products. He will be responsible for directing
the Division's facilities in Greenwood and
Honea Path, SC, as well as two plants in
California.
Heman joined Parke-Davis in 1951. He was
promoted to several engineering and administrative positions. Most recently he was director
of production and engineering at the Greenwood facility. He did graduate work at the
University of Detroit.
Raymond J . Levulls, IE 55, has been named
a vice president of T.W. Tunnell Company,
Inc., management consultants. He continues to
serve as director—midwest region, operating
from the firm's Oak Brook, IL, office which he
established. Levulis earned an M.B.A. from the
University of Detroit. He and his family reside in
Glen Ellyn, IL.
K. W. Tunnell Company also has offices in
Philadelphia and London, England. The firm
specializes in the application of improved
operating systems and controls, organization,
and strategic planning for industhal and institutional clients.
Send to: Director of P u b l i c / A l u m n i Relations, Lawrence Institute of Technology,
2 1 0 0 0 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 4 8 0 7 5 .
Robert L. Eck, PE, BT'58, has been named to
the board of directors of Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., Detroit architects and engineers.
He has been a project manager in the firm
since 1963, and was advanced to senior associate in 1970. He has been responsible for
coordinating the work on such large projects as
the award-winning Washington Post plant and
the recently recycled and modernized
Chevrolet Gear and Axle facilities in Detroit.
Eck was also recently elected mayor of
Berkley, Ml.
�Eck'58
"Women in Architecture" was the topic of a
lecture by Gretchen Minnhaar, AIA, AE 59,
when she recently visited Ferris State College.
She has been in private practice since 1971
and has been a guest lecturer on numerous
college campuses throughout the U.S. She is
co-author of a book, Women and Success.
Minnhaar is a member of the State Construction Code Commission and is a director of the
Michigan Society of Architects. She received
her masters degree in architectural design from
the Universidad del Literal, Argentina, and has
completed one year of a doctoral program in
city planning at the Universidad de Buenos
Aires. Her artwork has been exhibited at shows
in this country and in Argentina.
1960-69
Frank E. Boley, IM'64, has founded his own
firm, Frank W. Boley, P.C., certified public
accountants in Marshall. He was formerly a
partner in the firm of Gilbert, Boley & Co.,
C.P.A.'s.
Stanley Tkacz, Jr., BT'65, is engaged in
private practice in architecture and interior
design in Plymouth. He is presently involved
with several projects in Michigan and Indiana,
and is a part-time instructor at Schoolcraft
College in real estate.
Tkacz is a registered architect in Michigan
and Indiana, is a registered licensed residential
builder in Michigan, and is certified by NCARB.
He is active in the Plymouth Optimists and he
and his wife, Carolyn, have a son and
daughter.
Thomas M. Ezyk, IM'66, has been promoted
to General Manager of Industrial Engineering
for the Hamill Manufacturing Division of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. Hamill produces
seat belts for Ford and GM in their manufacturing plants located at Washington, Imlay City,
and Bad Axe, Ml.
Ezyk has been with Hamill since 1976 and
lives with his wife and two children in Shelby
Twp.
Dr. Thomas H. Duiz, IM'68, a specialist in
organizational behavior, has been advanced to
associate professor in the department of
management in the University of Hartford's
School of Business and Public Administration.
He is a past director of the School's
Graduate Organizational Behavior Program,
and has published extensively in professional
journals. As a consultant and training specialist, Prof. DuIz has been associated with the
Hartford Insurance Group, Factory Insurance
Association, the American Society for Quality
Control, the U.S. Civil Service Commission,
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company,
the Hartford Junior League and East Hartford
schools. He is affiliated with a large number of
professional organizations and earned his
Ph.D. in organizational behavior at MSU in
1976.
He lives in Marlborough, CT with his son and
daughter.
Gary L. Ludeke, PE, EE'68, has accepted a
position with Kaman Sciences Corp. of
Colorado Springs, CO as a software design
engineer. Prior to his new post, he was assistant city traffic engineer for the City of Colorado
Springs and was responsible for the acquisition
or a digital computer-based control system for
the City's traffic signal system.
Thaddeus C. Maslowski, IM 68, has been
awarded the achievement award by the Association for Systems Management. President of
the North Detroit Chapter of ASM, Maslowski's
award recognizes his contributions to the
advancement of the systems profession and
the Association. He is manager in the
management services department of Arthur
Young and Company's Michigan offices.
Jack C. McClellan, IM'69, has been named
national sales manager for Monarch Mirror
Door Co. He is responsible for setting up a
national sales and marketing program. The
company is headquartered in Chatsworth, CA,
and has warehouses in Chicago, Kansas City,
Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. It
manufactures a full line of mirrored wardrobe
doors.
McClellan was formerly a district sales
manager with Pfizer Inc.
Palmer 74
H. Wayne George, IM'74, has accepted a
position with Children's Hospital of Michigan as
director of physician business services—a new
department. He was formerly a supervisor of
fie d audit with Michigan Blue Cross/Blue
Shield. In August, George will receive his M.A.
in management from Central Michigan
University.
Thomas R. Palmer, M.D., Ch 74, graduated
June 2 from the University of Michigan Medical
School with a doctor of medicine degree. He
will begin his residency in family practice at
Dearborn's Oakwood Hospital July 1. He
resides in Livonia.
Kenneth Mehl, ME'76, has been elected
chairman of the Westland Planning Commission. He is employed by Hydra-Matic Division
of General Motors.
In Memoriam
Clifford J. Canever, EE'49, of Plymouth,
June 30, 1977. Word received April 4, 1978.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores.
Jerry H. Armstrong, Jr., BA 51, of Mt.
Clemens, March 9, 1978. Duplicating Manager
for Wayne County Community College.
Survived by his wife, Patricia, two daughters
and a son.
1970-77
Brian P. Judge, Ar'70, has been elected to a
two year term as vice president of LIT's Alpha
Sigma Phi Alumni Association.
John O. Savage, Jr., IM 71, has been
promoted to savings officer of the Durand
branch of First Federal Savings of Owosso. He
was formerly branch manager and is now
responsible for all savings operations in the
Durand office. He resides with his wife and
three children in Owosso.
Stephen H. Doty, Ar'72, was commissioned in
April as a lay missionary for the United Presbyterian Church. He is now in the Philippines
where he is a translator and teacher. Doty is
also a graduate of the School of Linguistics of
the University of Texas.
Conrad P. Schwartz, CE'73, has been elected
to a two year term as president of LIT's Alpha
Sigma Phi Alumni Association.
Robert J . Harte, IE'52, of Farmington, March
15, 1978. Merchandising representative for the
Sperry-Vickers Corp. Survived by his wife,
Shirley, and two daughters.
Howard O. Borck, ME'54, of Detroit. Word
received February 21, 1978.
Donald R. Schmill, EE'61, of Pittsfield, MA,
February 6, 1978.
David T. Drife, EE'78, of Royal Oak, March 20,
1978. Assistant manager of McDonald's
restaurant. Royal Oak. Survived by his parents,
two sisters, and two brothers. Degree awarded
posthumously.
Joseph E. Hill, of West Bloomfield, LIT math
instructor and assistant football and track
coach during the mid-1940's, March 24, 1978.
Since 1968 he served as president of Oakland
(County) Community College. Survived by his
wife, Helen, and three daughters.
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Autumn 1978
awrence
IIMSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
�On-campus
Lawrence
Institute
of Technology
Magazine
Vol. 2, No. 3 Autumn 1978
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075.
(313) 356-0200
By-lined articles express the views
or the authors and not necessarily
either the opinions or the policies
of the College.
Editor: Bruce J. Annett, Jr., director of
public and alumni relations
Associate in Information Services:
Eleanors. Wright
Office Secretary: Deborah A. Faes
Photos: Walter G. Bizon, Ar'75;
Eleanor S. Wright and others
Notice of
Nondiscriminatory
Policy As To
Students
Lawrence Institute of Technology admits
students of any race, color, handicap,
national and ethnic origin to all the
rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to or made
available to students at the College. LIT
does not discriminate on the basis of
race, sex, color, handicap or national or
ethnic origin in administration of its
educational policies, admissions
policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other Collegeadministered programs.
The statement above is included in this
publication to conform to Federal guidelines: it represents no change in the
policy of LIT.
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�New course
'uncovers'
the past
'To dig is to look at your textbook with a
new eye," says LIT archaeology instructor Charles H. Martinez. "It punctuates
the care and deliberation needed in field
work. It underscores interpretation of
evidence in developing a true story."
A dig can also be, as Matinez' students
soon found out, an exercise in tedium and
s6me{imes frusfration. But, how rewarding the find!
Eleven students registered in Martinez'
first class in archaeology in the School of
Arts and Science in the spring agree that
they learned the most by digging. They
volunteered to help him develop a site he
had researched in Farmington Township
for the Michigan Archaeological Society.
It was a "last chance" effort in an area
slated to be bulldozed for a new subdivision.
"I found out why it is a patient science,"
says Carmine D'Agostino of Livonia. An
electrical engineering sophomore, he took
the course as a humanities elective and
feels strongly that "digging should be a
part of the course." Martinez Is scheduled
to teach the elective again this fall and
digging will be part of the class experience "if an opportunity presents itself,"
he says.
"Once you dig and find something, you
are bitten by the bug of archaeological
excavation," says Richard Craw, Westland senior in humanities who also works
for the Exxon Chemical Company, U.S.A.
"I always admired the work of the discoverers of King Tut's Tomb, the City of
Troy and early man," he continues. "I
jumped at the chance to help Martinez. It
was an opportunity to participate in the
real thing."
Craw was one of two of Martinez'
students helping this summer in the MAS
cooperative project with Wayne State
University's field program at Detroit's Fort
Wayne. Southfield humanities senior
Paula Stofer is the other. Her interest in
archaeology and history has mushroomed since she took the course and
helped at Fort Wayne. She is now looking
for graduate schools at which she can
combine both interests.
"The real thrill at the Farmington site
came in actually finding something pre-
historic," Stofer says. "You cannot visualize the techniques nor internalize what
the professor is talking about until you
dig."
The site chosen for the spring dig
proved to be rugged and densely populated with bugs and poison ivy (three of the
diggers contracted the latter). "It was
chosen because it had many elements
pertinent to prehistoric American Indian
campsites," according to the experienced
Martinez. He is a former president of the
Michigan Archaeological Society and
current chairman of Its editorial board. He
is writing a report of the LIT dig for its
publication. The Michigan Archaeologist.
The location was on the downslope of a
sandy bluff, "offering good drainage and
shelter from prevailing winds," Martinez
reports, "and at an elevation of 890 feet
above mean sea level that overlooked a
Charles Martinez analyzes artifacts. Left: Paula
Stofer and Carmine D'Agostino sift the Farmington site.
small stream and pond necessary to sustain life. While not many prehistoric Indian
sites have been discovered in Oakland
County," he documents, "it was known
that hunting parties were prone to camp
away from their usual fishing sites along
the Great Lakes during the autumn and
winter months."
Student diggers were not disappointed.
After they "borrowed" construction
engineering student Hernando Ullola to
survey the site (he is currently developing
contour maps of the area), they dug test
units in key areas selected by Martinez.
Each test unit was checked for evidence
and, when artifacts were found, enlarged
to 5 X 5 foot squares with digging, sifting
and recording done in 3 inch increments.
What the students found were four
argillite projectiles (cut stone resembling
shale used in tools and weapons). There
also were flakes struck from core material
suggesting that perhaps the site was a
small workshop where prehistoric hunters
made their weapons.
"Research has shown that these artifacts date from 3000 to 1000 B.C."
Martinez states. "In addition, the students
turned up pottery fragments that are
related to another group of Indians living
there about 900 A.D.," he reports.
"Analysis of the soil samples collected by
students may tell of the type of trees,
plants and general ground cover that
afforded an ecological base for these
people. Study of animal bone fragments
may reveal the type of game present in
the area at that time." •
�Commencement '78
More than 520 join alumni ranl<s
The largest senior class in the history of
Lawrence Institute of Technology, more
than 520 graduates, received diplomas at
the College's 46th annual Commencement Exercises June 4.
Clear sunny skies and 70° temperatures welcomed students, relatives and
friends first to the annual graduates'
breakfast in the campus dining room, and
later, at 3 p.m., to the ceremonies at the
Detroit Civic Center's Ford Auditorium.
Stephen H. Fuller, General Motors vice
president in charge of the personnel
administration and development staff,
presented the Commencement Address
and received an honorary doctor of
science degree in industrial management.
Honorary degrees were also presented to
Walker L. Cisler, chairman of the board of
the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation and
president of Overseas Advisory Associates, Inc., (doctor of humanities) and
James G. Cook, president and chief
operating officer of the Edison Foundation, (doctor of science).Seven alumni
received special awards. (See related
stories, this issue.)
Stephen H. Fuller, a former Harvard
University professor who joined General
Motors in 1971, has Corporate responsibilities for education and training,
employee programs and publications,
field relations, fonA/ard planning, organizational research and development, work
force utilization, personnel communications, placement and college relations,
and the General Motors Institute.
He received his A.B. degree from Ohio
University and a I.A., M.B.A. and D.C.S.
from the Harvard Business School. He is
also an alumni achievement award
winner and recipient of an honorary
doctorate at Ohio University.
Active in a number of professional and
educational organizations, Fuller is the
recipient of the Presidential Medal of
Merit of the Republic of the Philippines for
his activities in overseas management
development programs.
Walker Cisler and James Cook were
honored by LIT for their outstanding work
with the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation
in advancing science and engineering
education. The Foundation was founded
in 1946 by Charles F. Kettering, who also
served as its first president. Mr. Cook is
its third president, and succeeded Mr.
Cisler.
Walker Cisler, chairman of the Foundation's board, is a past president of the
Detroit Edison Company and retired as
the utility's chairman in 1975. He is
known internationally for his years of
humanitarian service and accomplishment in the fields of energy and p o w e r particularly as these relate to the
economic and social development of
nations.
Cisler received a masters degree in
engineering from Cornell University, and
has been honored by 17 foreign governments as well as the United States
Government in recognition of his
endeavors during and since World War II.
He holds honorary degrees from 16
universities and colleges, and has been
awarded special recognition by most of
the nation's leading engineering and
management societies. He is a past
chairman of the World Energy Conference's governing body, and is a trustee
of the Freedoms Foundation, the Michigan Colleges Foundation, Marietta
College, and a director of the Economic
Club of Detroit and four corporations. He
is president of the Overseas Advisory
Associates, Inc., a not-for-profit corpora-
tion he organized for furnishing energy
development guidance to foreign
countries.
James Cook, president and chief
operating officer of the Edison Foundation, has been associated in various
administrative positions with the Foundation since 1963. He has advised and
served as a consultant on science and
engineering education and public affairs
to corporations, educational and governmental organizations throughout the
United States and overseas. His educational background includes a masters
degree in guidance and counseling
psychology from Eastern Michigan
University.
The Edison Foundation, based in
Southfield, sponsors a variety of nationally important education conferences and
science institutes for the improvement of
science teaching at the secondary level.
It also sponsors the Edison Science and
Engineering Youth Day Programs
throughout the United States and in 22
other nations. Cook will be directing all
official programs commemorating the
upcoming 100th anniversary of the invention of the incandescent lamp. The
Foundation has recently been accorded
international recognition in having been
designated as the coordinator for the
Centennial of Light. •
�T o p : Dr. Buell fDresents Dr. Cook with his
degree. Center: Dr. Cisler is congratulated by
Dr. Marburger (left) and Dr. Buell. Bottom:
Graduates pause before filing into Ford Auditorium. The long journey is almost over!
�Alumni achievement award winners are congratulated by Trustee John Harlan (center) who presented the awards.
Warfield, ET'76; Stanley J. Kukawka, ME'53; Ernest W. Peterkin, EE'43; Donald W. Date, AE'49; Kenneth A. Mason,
Left to right are: William H.
IM'54; and Gerald J. Yurk, Ar'66.
Seven alumni receive special recognition
Seven distinguished alumni received
special awards during LIT's 1978 Commencement Exercises, June 4. Selected
by the board of trustees for alumni
achievement awards were: Donald W.
Date, AE'49, chief architect, Panama
Canal Company, Canal Zone; Stanley J .
Kukawka, ME'53, v.p. and general
manager electronics division, AllenBradley Company, Milwaukee, Wl;
Kenneth A. Mason, IM'54, director of
3afety, National Steel Corporation,
Weirton, WV; Ernest W. Peterkin, EE'43,
satellite project manager (ret.), U.S.
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington,
DC; William H. Warfield, ET'76, associate director of engineering, Michael
Reese Medical Center, Chicago, IL; and
Gerald J . Yurk, Ar'66, project manager
and director of business development,
Tomblinson, Harburn, Yurk & Associates,
Inc., architects and planners, Flint, Ml.
In addition, the LIT Alumni Association
unanimously selected Dr. Wayne H.
Buell, ChE'36 to receive a special "award
for meritorious service." The unprecedented award, presented as a surprise,
was made to recognize Dr. Buell's service
and eminent distinction as College president from 1964 to 1977 and for his continued contributions to LIT as chairman of
the board and chief executive officer.
Donald Date is responsible for all
buildings and structures within the Canal
Zone. He joined the Panama Canal Company In 1958, is a registered architect in
both Michigan and the Canal Zone, and
holds a certificate with the National
Council of Architectural Registration
Boards (NCARB). He has served on the
Canal Zone Board of Registration for
Architects and Professional Engineers, as
well as various NCARB boards. Date is
also a member of the Canal Zone
Postage Stamp Design Committee and is
an officer of the Balboa Redeemer Lutheran Church. From 1944 to 1946 he
served in the U.S. Navy.
Stan Kukawka is responsible for
marketing, manufacturing, engineering,
quality control, and accounting for the
2,500 employee, four plant Allen-Bradley
electronics division, which has headquarters in Milwaukee. Active professionally and in his community, Kukawka is
vice president of the Variable Resistive
Components Institute, and serves on the
finance committee of the Electronic
�Industries Association. He is on the board
of directors of the Milwaukee YMCA, and
serves on the missions commission,
youth fellowship, and pastor/parish
committee of the Whitefish Bay Methodist
Church.
Ken Mason has responsibilities for
directing, recording, and evaluating
corporate safety and for recommending
and participating in the formulation of
safety policies, programs, and procedures
at National Steel.
He is a member of the executive committee of the West Virginia Safety Council
and the safety committee of the WV
Manufacturers Association. He is also a
member of the American Society of
Safety Engineers and American Iron and
Steel Institute, and serves on the
Institute's safety committee.
Ernest Peterkin served as project
manager of the solar radiation satellite
program from 1968 until this year. The
program enables the Navy to monitor
solar activity and forecast solar flares that
often interrupt long range communication
systems.
After his detachment from active Naval
duty in 1947, he was responsible for
installation and use of the Vanguard
satellite's tracking radar at the Atlantic
Missile Range. He later developed
operating guides for NRL's Space Surveillance System stations, for which he
received the Navy's Superior Civilian
Service Award in 1960. During the
Bicentennial, Peterkin, as a Captain in the
Naval Reserve, was assigned to the U.S.
Army's 3rd Infantry where he trained the
recreated Commander-in-Chief's Guard.
He was awarded the Army's Meritorious
Service Medal for this activity.
He is now writing and conducting
research in military history, including
assisting various agencies in studies of
the feasibility of recovering the sunken
Civil War Iron Clad Ship U.S.S. Monitor.
Peterkin is a registered engineer in the
District of Columbia and is a member of a
number of scientific and engineering
societies.
William Warfield has responsibilities
relating to physical plant operations,
engineering, construction and maintenance at the 1,235-bed Reese institution—a teaching hospital. He supervises
the activities of more than 100
employees.
Prior to assuming his post in Chicago
this April, Warfield had been manager of
physical plant services of Lansing
General Hospital, Lansing, since 1971.
He is active in many professional organizations and served in the U.S. Marine
Corps as a corporal.
Gerald Yurk is president this year of
the Flint Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects, is a registered architect in
both Michigan and Florida, and holds a
certificate with the National Council of
Dr. Wayne H. Buell received an award for
meritorious service from tfie Alumni Association for his years of service to the College as
president and chairman of the board.
Architectural Registration Board. He was
a member of the Flint City Council from
1970 to 1973 and served on the Flint
Planning Commission, Genesee County
Economic Development Commission, and
as Chairman of the City Council's
Government Operations Committee and
Water and Sewer Committee during the
same period. He served as chairman of
the Flint Planning Commission during
1973 and was also selected that year as
the Flint-area Jaycees Outstanding
Young Man, based on his contributions to
his community.
Yurk serves on the Governmental
Affairs Committee of the Flint Chamber of
Commerce, and is a member of the Flint
Urban Coalition, Automotive Hall of Fame
Committee, the Michigan Society of
Architects, the Michigan Society of
Planning Officials, the Flint Environmental
Action Team and FEAT Foundation.
Wayne Buell's activities as president
and chairman of the board were cited as
marking a period of tremendous growth,
progress, and prosperity for Lawrence
Institute of Technology. Under his leadership, curricular advancements have
included the formation of the School of
Arts and Science, the adding of programs
in business administration, construction
engineering, and the fifth-year professional degree in architecture.
Enrollment at LIT has risen over 25
percent since 1964. The College physical
plant nearly tripled in size—adding the
Science Building, the Library and the
recently-opened College Housing Center.
The College was granted full accreditation by the North Central Association of
Colleges and Schools in 1967. In
addition, the programs of the School of
Engineering were also accredited by the
Engineers Council for Professional
Development and the fifth year bachelor
of architecture program was accredited
by the National Architectural Accrediting
Board.
Dr. Buell's leadership has also marked
a period of administrative efficiency and
fiscal responsibility that has made LIT a
model of sound college management for
educational institutions nationwide.
A member of the College's first freshman class, after graduation Buell served
on the faculty while also embarking on a
successful career as a research chemist.
He later served as executive vice president of the Aristo Corp. He was appointed
to the College's Board of Trustees in
1950, and returned to head LIT August 1,
1964 •
�'A wholeness
of spirit'
The 1978 Commencement Address by
Dr. Stephen H. Fuller, vice president in charge of the personnel
administration and development staff. General Motors Corporation.
Commencement is a time for satisfaction
in a job well done, for gratitude at the
opportunity to have done it, and for
happiness shared with those who have
had a hand in making this day possible:
family, faculty, friends. All of us here
present today enjoy with you these very
special sentiments and add our personal
congratulations to you all and our good
wishes for a full and productive future.
Commencement is also a time for
questioning, for reviewing the questions
you brought with you to Lawrence Tech,
and for considering the new questions
about the future which your time here has
raised for you.
You may ask what exactly has my
college education given me? Now that I
have my training, how do I parlay what I
have learned here into a gratifying career
and a "good life?" In short, where do I go
from here? And, how do I get there?
I am sure I am not telling you anything
new when I say that an academic degree
is not a complimentary ticket to fame and
fortune in this life or to glory in the next. If
formal education is not enough, what else
is needed?
Let me explore some other important
requirements for what we are accus-
tomed, for want of a better term, to call
"success." Since my field is management, I shall be drawing on my experience in that field for the ideas and
terminology I use. However, in my view,
the same concepts are equally applicable
In any field where someone must be
responsible for the development and
direction of his fellows in a human organization. For, it is by displaying superior
talent in this kind of activity that able men
and women rise above their peers and
open new doors for both themselves and
others.
This is not a talent that develops by
itself. Talent must always be disciplined
and cultivated. At Lawrence Tech, you
have experienced a rigorous kind of
discipline in your classrooms and your
labs. You have learned to be specific and
accurate to the "n**^" degree in your
observations and calculations. Your
success from now on will depend to a
large extent on how well you apply to the
world outside not only the substantive
knowledge you have acquired here but
also the methods you learned to use here
in attacking the broader problems you
face.
Today we are kept constantly aware of
such shortages or potential shortages as
energy, food, living space, and jobs. We
are not so aware, however, of another
most critical shortage—that of managers,
a shortage which is a serious deterrent to
progress in every sector, in every country
from the newest "developing" nation to
the United States.
�The developing nations, who often
have so little, do not know how to
manage what they have effectively. We of
the "affluent society" are riddled with
inefficiencies, duplications, and waste.
We lack know-how in the management of
scarcity—as in our energy situation; in the
management of the consolidation of our
resources as the era of limitless expansion comes to an end; and in the
management of decline—^the reality of
getting our fair piece of a smaller total pie.
We simply do not know yet how to put
people and things together In time and
space so that we can maximize the
satisfaction of the individual, meet the
goals of our particular organization, and
do the greatest good for society as a
whole. In short, except for prayer, we
have not yet figured out how to make the
"Kingdom Come."
Top: Amateur photographers
abound at Commencement, and clicking camera shutters snap
across the lawn. Bottom: Jo Ann Shaffer receives an LIT "Pushing Hubby Through" certificate from
her graduating husband, James, MT, at the senior breakfast while sons Tom and Tim look on.
Although opportunities for education are increasing In all societies, the
shortage of leadership persists. In recent
years, extensive studies have sought to
determine what elements make for solid
achievement in leadership or management. These studies have revealed no
correlation between academic degrees,
grades, or. Indeed, formal education itself
on the one hand and success in leadership on the other. In many instances,
the more highly trained the individual, the
less able he was to give effective leadership to others.
In the '60's, students across the
country voiced their criticism—challenging the substance, methods and other
aspects of the educational process. They
claimed that much of it was not relevant.
Thus, students sensed what scientific
studies have now substantiated—that
there Is a lack of relationship or correlation between an outstanding college
record and leadership in real life.
Obviously, this is also a matter of deep
concern to educational administrators and
teachers. Many educational Institutions
are devoting extensive efforts to selfanalysis and changes which, they hope,
will remedy existing defects and increase
the effectiveness of their contributions to
society.
In attacking the problem as institutional,
however, we may not have been asking
the right questions. We may change, add,
subtract, multiply, or divide our course
offerings. We may diversify the student
population to whom we make these
offerings. But, the fact remains that we
can have no real breakthrough until we
find a way to make theory-and-practice,
thought-and-action, lab-and-clinic a
�unified, meaningful, continuing whole—a
continuum of living-learning not divided
into segments of formal education and
life.
We have long talked about "experience
being the best teacher" and about "learning from experience." But, we haven't
really known much about how this is
done, let alone being able to teach others
hiow to do it.
We do know s o m e things. We know
that all people do not learn the same
things from what appears to be the same
experience. Some seem to learn the
"right" lesson and go on to greater and
more creative experiences. We call these
people successful. Some seem to learn
the "wrong" lesson and remain stalemated at a given level of development
until released by retirement or death. We
call these people unsuccessful.
We know that given ten years of the
same kind of exposure in an organization,
one person will have ten years of
experience and another person will have
one year of experience repeated ten
times. These are individual responses to
experience which do not correlate with
formal education.
What do such observations tell us?
How do they help us to make our formal
education work for us throughout our
lives, aiding us in learning the "right"
lessons from our experiences as we go
along?
As we look at a number of leaders who
have demonstrated the capacity to
manage their enterprises effectively and
imaginatively with resulting advantages to
many people, we are struck by the fact
that they share certain common
characteristics:
First, they have a strong desire, need,
motivation—call it what you will—a
persistent inner urge to do something
about improving and advancing whatever
endeavor they find themselves a part of
at any given moment. It does not matter
whether the operation is large or small,
whether its importance is clear or obscure
in the eyes of the world. Nor are the
traditional symbols of success, such as
wealth and status, necessarily important
to them. These leaders march to the beat
of their own inner drums.
'...given ten years of the same kind of
exposure in an organization, one person will
have ten years of experience and another
person will have one year of experience
repeated ten times.'
B
S e c o n d l y , they p o s s e s s an ability to
define problems and seek solutions for
themselves and not wait to have
problems defined for them and solutions
suggested by others; yet, they do not act
unilaterally seeking only their own greater
glory. Rather, they work with and through
others, motivating these associates to
perform, to learn, to grow with the organization, and to Identify with its goals as
they have done.
Thirdly, they exhibit a personal quality
which some call charisma; some,
empathy—but which was most simply
(and perhaps most forcefully) described
by Micki Grant in her hit Broadway show,
Don't Bother Me: I Can't Cope, as "It
takes a lot of human feelings."
Whatever you call it, this quality seems
to involve a predisposition to take people
as you find them, to like them for what
they are and not to despise them for what
they are not, to have charitable feelings
toward mankind in general. This philosophy is as old as God and as new as
"Godspell." It may sound easy, but, in
reality, it is a way of thinking which is
extraordinarily difficult. This attitude
toward others requires exceptional
emotional maturity; it requires a true
freedom from fear of what others can or
might do to you or your image. It
demands a wholeness of spirit. For the
effective leader, this way of relating to
people illuminates his own inner urge to
lead, puts It in tune with the needs of
others. Thus, it helps him to achieve
meaningful results where others cannot.
It is perhaps a w e a k n e s s of our times
that so much emphasis has been put
upon loving and so little upon liking—or,
perhaps, we misunderstand their
meanings. Perpetual emotion may be
debilitating. In the multi-relationships o f
our whirling world there is surely room for
the relaxed, supportive warmth of liking
without intense, passionate, ego-involvement. The successful leader recognizes
the need for central heating—for personal
warmth. But, he also sees the need for a
degree of personal detachment and
objectivity in order to make wise and just
decisions.
A combination of these three characteristics—strong motivation, an ability to
analyze problems, and sensitivity to
others—tends to create in such leaders a
fourth common characteristic; that is, a
tremendous sense of personal satisfaction, feelings of real accomplishment, and
rewarding self-realizations which revitalize the leaders and give them the energy
�Thanks Dad. Kathryn Marburger, BA, accepts her diploma from LITs president who also
happens to be her father. Dr. Richard E. Marburger. Arts and Science Dean Zaven
Margosian is at right
and the stamina to do more and do it
better than others. There is a great deal
of truth in the saying that, "Nothing
succeeds like success."
Let me summarize the key points I
have attempted to convey.
The education you have received and
the quality of your efforts at Lawrence
Tech are indispensable parts of your
future success—on or off the job.
However, they will need to be supplemented for the rest of your lives by a
continuous and growing capacity to learn
effective lessons from your experience.
To learn such lessons you must have
a basic desire to manage your own life
effectively and to work through and with
others to achieve common goals. As you
acquire these additional qualities, you will
be increasingly involved in productive and
creative endeavors which will help to
solve the problems of your time and will
enhance your worth in your own eyes and
those of others. This is, in a real sense,
"the good life."
With life spans getting constantly
longer, with the store of knowledge
growing in quantity and variety at a speed
that boggles the mind, it will be
impossible to make any formal educational process last a lifetime. Man will
make of his whole life a learning, not
simply an earning process.
But—^to successful leaders, life has
always been just that.
My hope for you is that you will be
successful leaders in your chosen
professions. To be that, you will need to
be a person: (1) who knows what he does
not know and can ask the questions that
need to be asked; (2) who has an honest
perplexity and curiosity about his
personal experience and does not
confuse it with universal truth; (3) who
has a stop-look-and-listen attitude toward
his own experience so that he is capable
of re-evaluating it and learning from it;
and (4) who has some skills In the direction of being able to receive communications from others, as well as to direct
communications toward them.
And, what will you not be? You will
not be a person (1) who has all the
answers and never asks questions; (2)
who knows absolutely right from wrong
and what the "proper attitude" of everyone should be at all times; (3) who
accepts the maxims of others as a
substitute for reflection and re-examination of what experience can tell him about
himself and others; and (4) who is
Insensitive to the opinions, feelings and
attitudes of the people with whom he
works.
In short, my picture of an educated
person is a person with those mental
attitudes which allow him to grow from his
experience iq the direction of learning
how to live better with himself and others.
By being such a person, you will be
prepared to be of the greatest service to
yourself and to others and the greatest
credit to your college.
As I look at you today and think about
the unprecedented challenges that you
may face, I feel as I do when a player on
one of my favorite basketball teams is
standing at the free-throw line in the last
10 seconds of a game in which the score
is tied, poised to make a shot that can
win the game. As he shoots, I whisper the
hope "be there!" That is my hope and
prayer for you today—that you will win the
games of life; that your efforts will "be
there." •
�Students, executives
mix at 'Dialogue'
An assessment of the needs of business
and perspectives for employment were
explored at a College/Industry Dialogue
held on campus June 8. More than 145
students and 30 prominent members of
the Detroit business community gathered
for the morning event which focused on
"Enterprise—How Free?", sponsored by
the Business/Education Alliance,
National Association of Manufacturers,
and LIT.
Esther G. Edwards, senior vice
president, Motown Record Corp.; Alfred
M. Entenman, Jr., president, Giffels
Associates, architects; and John R.
Hamann, president, Detroit Edison Co.
were keynote panelists, discussing how
the American economic system works
and how big and small businesses
operate. (The latter two are also an LIT
trustee and LIT corporate member,
respectively.) A fourth panel member,
William M. Agee, chairman, president,
and chief executive officer of the Bendix
Corporation, was unexpectedly called
away but prepared a statement that was
presented by Leiand A. Lahr, dean of
LIT's School of Business and Industrial
Management. G. Robert Harrington, vice
president-development, served as
moderator.
Other executives sat at tables of six to
eight students and fielded questions
before and after the panel discussion.
Morning refreshments and lunch were
provided through the courtesy of AMOCO
Oil Co., Coopers and Lybrand, Ross Roy,
Inc., The Taubman Co., and United
Airlines.
This is the second College/Industry
Dialogue hosted by the College—the first
was in 1975. They were innovated by
NAM in 1974 and have been presented to
date on more than 170 college campuses
nationwide.
Left: James Karling, partner, Arthur Young
and Co. makes a point during table discussions with students. Above: John R. Hamann,
president, Detroit Edison and Esther G.
Edwards, senior vice president,
Motown
Records,
share their business
insights.
�NNUAL
z
EPORT
ANOTHER
GOOD YEAR
Exclusive of gifts of real estate, gifts to LIT's Annual Giving
Program increased to $287,237—up from $248,126 in 197677.
Continued inflationary pressures and an increasing cost of
living has made offering a strong educational program at
reasonable cost to students a progressively challenging
activity. The College was, therefore, grateful to register new
giving records for the fiscal year ending July 30, 1978.
The College this year was also the recipient of the Gregor
S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House, designed by Frank Lloyd
Wright. The home will serve as a significant educational
resource for LIT students.
THE
PRESIDENTS CLUB
Established in 1974, the Club's first purpose was to stimulate
an active interest and participation in the affairs of the
College by alumni and friends. Another purpose was to
establish a generous pattern of giving to the College by
alumni and friends, and this was evidenced again in 1977-78.
Presidents Club members contributed $39,355 to LIT
during the year. This was made up of 150 gifts, up from 122
the year before.
Thirty-nine new members were welcomed to the Club at
the annual meeting on October 22, 1977, bringing the total
number of Presidents Club members to 197.
The members of the board of directors of the Club continue
their efforts to extend invitations to interested alumni and
friends. We look fon/vard to welcoming another impressive
number of new members at the Presidents Club dinner on
October 21. The board includes C. Lee Zwally, EE'41, president; Arthur L. Kelley, ME'47, vice president; Stephen R.
Davis, secretary/treasurer; and directors Francis E. Noggle,
ME'70; Bruce R. Polkinghorne, ME'50; John Popovich,
ME'40; Robert J. Schlaff, IM'62; and Roger F. Shtogrin,
IM'61.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck
House, given to the College in 1978, is a significant academic resource
to LIT students.
ALUMNI
Support from alumni continued to grow during the past year.
The number of contributing alumni increased ten percent
over the previous year to a new high of 377. These alumni
made 417 gifts totaling $41,485, an increase of 13 percent
over last year.
The College, while heartened by this progress, is concerned about the relatively low level of support compared to
that enjoyed by other private colleges. A higher level of
Involvement and support helps to assure the same high
quality "affordable" education which yesterday's students
enjoyed. The Alumni Association recently enlarged its board
�of directors as a part of its overall effort to increase alumni
interest and financial support.
Our honor roll of alumni supporters follows:
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy G. Agajeenian
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Agnelio
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Alcala
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Alcorn
Mr. & Mrs. Paul S. Allmacher
Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse Andrzejak
Mr. & Mrs. Irving Appelblatt
Mr. & Mrs. Edwyn Arnold
Mr. & Mrs. Darrel S. Ashby
Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Ashton
Mr. & Mrs. Roger E. Avie
Mr. & Mrs. Charles V. Awe
Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Bader
Mr. & Mrs. Clayton O. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Baker
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Bakhaus
Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Bamford
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Banerian
Mr. & Mrs. William Bartolomeo
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Bauman
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Beattie
Mr. & Mrs. Francis H. Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard V. Bernard
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Biaiek
Mr. & Mrs. John E. Binsfield
Susan M. Biotti
Alexander Bireescu
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Bishop
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Bisson
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Bodner
Frank E. Boley
Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Bonnett
Mr. & Mrs. David G. Booth
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Boswell
Robert D. Bowden
IVIr. & Mrs. M. Victor Bower
Mr. & Mrs. Brian Bowron
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Brandau
Mr. & Mrs. M. Thomas Braun
Mr. & Mrs. Ben F. Bregi
Mr. & Mrs. Waine T. Brock
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest E. Brown
Arthur E. Buck
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Buckay
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Buell
Clitton M. Burleson
Robert A. Burns
Arthur A. Burr
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Butts
Mr. & Mrs. Max L. Camburn
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis J. Cantwell
Mr. & Mrs. Lampton J. Cardwell
Mr. & Mrs. P. James Carolin
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Cerget
David V. Cieglo
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome J. Cislo
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth P. Comstock
Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Cottrell
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip J. Covey
Mr. & Mrs. Carl W. Cowan
Mr. & Mrs. Harry F. Cragel
Michael T. DeClercq
Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Dedoe
Dean V. DeGalan
Mr. & Mrs. O. Craig Deuby
Mr, & Mrs. Hugh M. Diamond
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence N. Diggs
Dennis T. Dolbee
Mr. & Mrs. Edmund J. Dombrowski
Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell S. Dombrowski
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll F. Donahue
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin H. Donaldson
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Donley
Stanley Doss
Mr. & Mrs. William F. S. Dowlding
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Dryburgh
Mr. & Mrs. Sam E. Dukes, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Duneske
Mr. & Mrs. Harold H. Dunn
Joseph J. Dyki
Robson M. Fames
Ronald Edgerton
Philip H. Emrich
Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Engel
Mr. & Mrs. Lynn T. Engelhuber
Paul J. Epsha
Mr. & Mrs. Denis E. Falkowski
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Falkowski
Mr. & Mrs. Francis M. Fanna
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Fawcett
David E. Pillion
Daniel Finlay
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Fischer
John F. Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Flood
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas H. Foley
Mr. & Mrs. John Fontanesi
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Ford
Paul M. Fnesch
Arthur Fritz
Lawrence Gaabo
John M. Gavasso
Mr, & Mrs, Edward F. Gawronski
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer M, Gee
Mr, & Mrs, Robert Gehrke
Lawrence A. Gerada
Mr. & Mrs. David Geragosian
Mr, & Mrs. Robert J. Gilmer
Angelo P. Giusty
Gary J. Glowacz
Vanig Godoshian
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome A. Goecke
Harry J. Gohl, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Terry A. Goodbalian
Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Gossel
Mr. & Mrs. John Goulasarian
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Graham, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin D. Gralla
Benjamin C. Grayson, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Donald A. Greschaw
Ralph W. Griffin
Mr. & Mrs. Norman J. Grudell
John Gryszkiewicz
Peter Gurski
Mr. & Mrs. James L. Hadfield
Robert C. Hagemann
Mr. & Mrs. Donald M. Halberda
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hamperian
Floyd W. Hansen
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Hardin
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Harp
Mr. & Mrs. Milton G. Harris, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin Hart
Walter T. Hartung
Fred W. Hasler
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore R. Hayman
Mr. & Mrs. Russell B. Hebert
Mr. & Mrs. Robert T. Heck
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Hein
William J. Helmore
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. George Henriksson
Mr. & Mrs. Oran L. Herberger
James W. Hobson
Bruce D. Hoenle
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Holland
Karl V. Holm
Mr. & Mrs. Emmett J. Horton
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Hossack
Mr. & Mrs. Harlan Houghtby
Mr. & Mrs. David F. Hoyle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Hubbard
Mr. & Mrs. Carl H. Huebner
Addison E. Igleheart
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Innes
William W. Ironside
David L. Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. James
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmie James
Mr. & Mrs. William B. James, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Albin R. Janisz
Emil Jaworowski
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest G. Jeanne
David H. Jones
Robert C. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. William P. H. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Kaczmar
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Kado
Mr. & Mrs. Edward M. Kalist
Neil R. Karl
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Kaspers
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Kaucher
Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Kaye
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur L. Kelley
Roland V. Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Kenyon
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond R. Khan
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne J. Kippola
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Kirsammer
Mr. & Mrs. Victor L. Kochajda
Aloysius Kochanski
Mr. & Mrs. Elmer E. Koenig
Thomas S. Kopcha
Mr. & Mrs. Jack L. Korb
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Korenkiewicz
Mr. & Mrs. Ernest W. Kosty
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Kovalsky
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Kraly
Gary G. Krenz
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Kristofik, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roland Krupp
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Kuhnert
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley J. Kukawka
Mr. & Mrs. Hermann E. Kurschner
Mr. & Mrs. William LaGosh
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry C. Lahr
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J. Lambert
Henry J. LaMotte
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Langlois
Mr. & Mrs. Richard F. Larkins
Mr. & Mrs. Cornell J. Lazar
James P. Lecours
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel F. Lehnert
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Lemon
Raymond J. Levulis
Enc A. Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Leon Linton
Mr. & Mrs. Marlyn K. Lisk
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Lomas
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas C. Long
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph M. Lopez
Mr. & Mrs. George N. Lounsbery
Mr. & Mrs. Sam Lovalenti
Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Lund
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur E. Maass
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome R. MacGillis
Steven A. Machno
Mr. & Mrs. Roy F. Macuga
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Maiuri
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Makuch
Mr. & Mrs. George Y. Malcolm
Mr. & Mrs. Sam P. Manzella
Dennis R. Marburger
Mr. & Mrs. Roger E. Marce
Joseph J. Markus
Mr. & Mrs. Derek W. Marshall
Robert O. Martinez
Walter Martynow
Richard E. Maund
Robert Maziasz
Calvin H. McClellan
Mr. & Mrs. Henry L. McColl
Mr. & Mrs. Walter T. McCoskey
Mr. & Mrs. Francis McFall
Mr. & Mrs. William E. McLean
John A. McMann
Mr. & Mrs. John G. Meyer
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Michael
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Milek
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Militzer
Geoffrey A. Miller
Thomas M. Montroy
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Moy
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin R. Muckenfuss
Robert C. Murray
Mr. & Mrs. David R. Nadeau
Mr. & Mrs. Mark L. Nagel
Mr. & Mrs. Albert E. Nash
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Nicholas
Edward Nizienski
Mr. & Mrs. Earl G. Ogger
Mr. & Mrs. Calvin F. Opperthauser
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Palazzola
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Parker
Vaughn A. Patterson
Mr. & Mrs. Barry Pearl
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald G. Peck
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Pershon
Mr. & Mrs. G. Donald Pierce
Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus Pietrykowski
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Pinto
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Piziali
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce R. Polkinghorne
Mr. & Mrs. Alvin R. Prevost
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Raether
Mr. & Mrs. Dale H. Raffler
Albert W. Ratush
Robert J. Raymond
Glen H. Reimer
Gerald W. Rein
Robert R. Reiner
Mr. & Mrs. Roy H. Reiterman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Repik II
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse W. Richards
Mr. & Mrs. Vernon E. Riddell
Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rizzo, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Rocco
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Ross
Godfrey A. Ross
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Rosso
Mr. & Mrs. George W. Rotare
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Rudy
Allen Runkis
Ronald J. Rusek
Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Ruth
Mr. & Mrs. Gerard S. Rutkowski
Anthony S. Ryff
Louis J. Santioni
Nicholas Sarzynski
Mr. & Mrs. Wilford J. Schaldenbrand
Robert J. Schlaff
Mr. & Mrs. Gary D. Schneider
Mr. & Mrs. Clinton D. Schoonover
Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Schuster
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph L. Schwarz
John Sebu
Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Seehaver
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Selewonik
Mr. & Mrs. Ray W. Sevakis
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. James W. Shink
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Sickels
Ali Zubair Siddiqi
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Slattery
Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Smith
Edward S. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Sobak
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome E. Sobieraj
Jacob Sokolowski
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Spaulding
Mr. & Mrs. Austin W. Stanzel
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Starks
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Steimel
Mr. & Mrs. Russell F. Stem
Mr. & Mrs. Terry M. Stollsteimer
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Stone
James A. Stone
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Storfer
Mr. & Mrs. Charles M. Strachan
Mr. & Mrs. Larry E. Sundgren
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Sutherland
Mr. & Mrs. Royle K. Sutter
Mr. & Mrs. Ely Tama
Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Tamagne
Mr. & Mrs. Elvin A. Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt O. Tech
Mr. & Mrs. Myron Telep
Mr. & Mrs. James V. Tierney, Jr.
(Therese Shepard)
Stephen E. Tomsick
George D. Toth
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence J. Trapp
Mr. & Mrs. Laverne A. Tratechaud
Mr. & Mrs. Thad S. Treciak
Calvin D. Trestrail
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Troiano
Mr. & Mrs. Michael H. Trygar
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas T. Tuttle
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond L. Urban
Mr. & Mrs. Gary S. VanNeck
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence I. Vellner
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Visger
Mr. & Mrs. Earl B. Volz
Richard L. Vore
Mark Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory W. Waleke
Mr. & Mrs. Newell E. Webb
Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Weber
Mr. & Mrs. William E. Wertz
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth L. Wharff
David White
Howard E. Whitston
Mr. & Mrs. Karl W. Whitston
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Wieszkowiak
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard H. Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Williams
Frank B. Wiloch
Allan J. Winkeljohn
Dr. & Mrs. Wesley J. Wojtowicz
Mr. & Mrs. Willie Wolf
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Wolosiewicz
Mr. & Mrs, Kenneth R. Woodside
Mr. & Mrs. Thaddeus A. Wozniak
Kenneth J. Wuepper
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Wynkoop
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Wyte
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Yee
Hoi Y. Yee
Mr. & Mrs. Frank K. Yesh
Ronald W. Zahm
Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. Zervos
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Ziegler
Mr. & Mrs. C. Lee Zwally
Andrew Zywotko
�FRIENDS
CORPORATIONS
Friends of the College continue to provide significant support.
Gifts totaled $9,044, exclusive of the value of the Frank Lloyd
Wright house. We acknowledge with thanks gifts from the
following:
Our most significant progress was made in the corporate
sector. The number of corporate supporters rose from 105 to
170, well ahead of our goal of 150. Contributions from new
supporters, along with increases from many of our ongoing
corporate friends, resulted in a record $180,960. This was up
from $115,000 the year before.
This expression of confidence in the College is deeply
appreciated, and we take great pride in saluting the following:
Mr. & Mrs. Gregor P. Affleck
Charles J. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Fred B. Apel
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Basso
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Bennett
Dr. & Mrs. William Berndtson
Asa W. Bonner, Sr.
Employees of Cabot Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar C. Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Campbell
Luana Terry Capen
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis C. Carmichael
Clarence Cheney
Philip L. Cox
Ralph E. Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H. Cummings
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Dent
Friends of Eugene Dent
Alphonse R. Deresz
Leonard Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Earl R. Fiene
Mr. & Mrs. Roger H. Fitch
Mr. & Mrs. A. P. Fontaine
Mr. & Mrs. Dick Frederick
John S. Gardella
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Genthe
Dorothy Gilium
Dr. & Mrs. Anton Glaser
Clarence Gleeson
Patricia Godell
A. A. Goodyer
Dr. & Mrs. Perry E. Gresham
F. F. Hannan
Louise Henderson
Mr. & Mrs. John A. Heslip
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Hewett
Emmett E. Hixon
Edna S. Holman
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Hyland
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Imbriaco
Joan Klassen
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence L. Komorowski
Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Kughn
Dorotha Howe Lawrence
Linda Leddick
Robert G. Lenz
Mr. & Mrs. William Lilac
Dr. & Mrs. Karl F. Lutomski
Mr. & Mrs. Etienne F. Masalskis
Hans A. Matthias
Marie McMenamin
Paul Merritt
Elizabeth Michaud
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson A. Miles
Dr. & Mrs. Gene D. Minton
Mr. & Mrs. Walter R. Monser
The Monser Family
Dr. & Mrs. Cornelius A. Navori
Ken Newman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. North
Aleine Norton
The Pannecouk Family
Elizabeth C. Patterson
Lois E. Payson
Earl W. Pellehn
Melba T. Prout
Jeanne Reed
Dennis Rethmeier
Calvin J. Rhodes
Willard F. Roemelt
Henry Roemmelt
Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Rosasco
Sandra Roseman
Louis Rossetti
Rosemary St. Pierre
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald F. Schifko
Albert P. Shulte
John Palmour Smith
A. Alfred Taubman
R. D. Trapp
Ruth L. Turner
Fhends of Sumner B. Twiss
Ann Wagner
Helen K. Waindle
Charles J. Zoet
Robert F. Zokas
Leon Zolkower
it
Don Brown, Ar'74, (second from R) president of Emerald Turf
Engineered Sprinklers, Inc., presented the milestone 150th corporate
check to the College for 1977-78. Accepting it are (L to R) G. Robert
Harrington, v.p.-development.
Dr. Wayne H. Buell, chairman, and Dr.
Richard E. Marburger,
president.
ABC Roll Company
AMOCO Oil Company
A. T. & G. Company, Inc.
Acorn Building Components, Inc.
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Alexander & Alexander of Michigan, Inc.
Allied Chemical Company
Allstate Insurance Company
Amber Brothers
Amehcan Motors Corporation
Amehcan Standard, Inc.
Amrigon Enterprises, Incorporated
Aqua-Weed Control of Oakland County, Inc.
Arrowsmith Corporation
Awrey Bakeries, Inc.
Barton-Malow Company
Donald Beach & Associates
Bud Bedells Company
Bendix Corporation
M. A. Benson Company, Inc.
Berry Investment Company
Best Block Company
Bigelow-Liptak Corporation
Bradford Production Inc.
D. P. Brown, Inc.
Cyril J. Burke, Inc.
Burroughs Corporation
Celanese Polymer Specialties Company
Century Bhck Company
Chrysler Corporation
Clayton Manufacturing Company
Cleaners Hanger Company
Consumers Power Company
Cook Paint and Varnish Company
Cooney Engineering Company
Coopers & Lybrand
Copper & Brass Sales, Inc.
Monte Costella & Company
The Cross Company
D'Arcy-MacManus & Masius
Darin & Armstrong, Inc.
Davison-Rite Products
DeGrendel Fuel & Supply
Delta Masonry Company
Detroit Bank & Trust Company
Detroit Edison Company
Detroit Free Press
Detroit News
Dillon & Dillon, Attorneys
Dorer Engineering, Inc.
Dover Corporation
Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg
Eaton Corporation
Ebelinq and Hicks, Inc.
Emerald Turf Engineered Sprinklers, Inc.
Environetics Company
Ethyl Corporation
Etkin, Johnson & Korb, Inc.
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
Excello Tool & Abrasive Company
Fargo Machine and Tool Company
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Fidelity Bank of Southfield
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Ford Motor Company
Formative Products Company
G. Forte Company
Foundry Flask and Equipment Company
Four Brothers Company
Dick Frederick Agency
Fuller Tool Company
Gatchell & Associates, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
General Portland Cement Company
Glassman Oldsmobile Inc.
Gorey, Higbie & Associates, Inc.
Hall Engineenng Company
Harian Electnc Company
Harley Ellington Pierce Yee Associates
Hilltop Farm Products
Holcroft & Company
Hydra-Zorb Company
Hygrade Food Products Corporation
Kuhlman Corporation
Kysor Industrial Corporation
LOF Plastics
F. Joseph Lamb Company
LaSalle Machine Tool, Inc.
(Acme-Cleveland Corporation)
League Life Insurance Company
Leidel & Hart Mason Contractors
Edward C. Levy Company
Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ralph E. Maly, Inc.
Manufacturers National Bank
Marathon Oil Company
Masonry Services, Inc.
Matteson-Ridolfi, Inc.
A. M. McCarthy & Sons Company, Inc.
McCord Corporation
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Brick, Inc.
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company
Midwest Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.
Mill Sheet and Coil Company, Inc.
Milwaukee Forge
National Bank of Detroit
National Gypsum Company
(Cement Division)
Nor-Cote, Inc.
North American Manufactunng Company
Oakland Wholesale, Inc.
Cutwater Trane Service Agency, Inc.
Palmer-Smith Company
The Panel Clip Company
Parke-Davis & Company
Parke, Winter & Reed, Inc.
Peeriess Cement Company
Eari W. Pellerin & Associates
Pioneer Engineering and Manufactunng Company
Reef-Baker Corporation
Floyd Rice Leasing Company
Rockwell International
T. Rogyoy Associates, Inc.
Rohn Fireproofing Company
Rossetti Associates
Ross Roy Inc.
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
Scans Associates Inc.
Schuster-Allen Associates, Inc.
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Servomation Corporation
Charles W. Sherman Associates
A. Z. Shmina & Sons Company
Sims-Varner & Associates
Sislin-Splane Printing Company
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc.
J. R. Snyder Company, Inc.
Suburban Bonng Company
TRW - Michigan Division
The Taubman Company, Inc.
F. C. Teal Electric Company
Tektronix Corporation
J. T. Thorpe Company
TMP Associates
Tomblinson, Harburn, Yurk & Associates, Inc.
Byron W. Trerice Company
U. S. Heating & Supply Company
United Airiines
United Brokerage Company
Leo J. Vandervennet & Sons, Inc.
Volk Corporation
Wayne Oakland Building Supplies
Jervis B. Webb Company
Western Eaton Solvents & Chemicals Company
Whitehead & Kales Company
Clifford N. Wright & Associates, Inc.
Wyandotte Paint Products Company
Minoru Yamasaki & Associates
Zervos Construction Company
Impenal Floor Covenng, Inc.
Inmont Corportion
Invention Marketing, Inc.
K-mart Corporation
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
Kent-Moore Corporation
King Manne Inc.
Kleinewefers Company
Koebel Diamond Tool Company
Kowalski Sausage Company
A. R. Kramer Company
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�CORPORATIONSMATCHING GIFTS
Many companies have matching gift programs. Under these
programs, a gift to our College by a company employee is
matched by the company. It encourages giving and provides
extra income to LIT. We are pleased to list the following
matching companies, many of whom are also listed among
our regular corporate supporters.
These matching gifts added $22,112 to our income, an
impressive increase from the $19,000 of the preceding fisca
year.
A.C.F. Foundation, Inc.
AMBAC Industries, Inc.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Amencan Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
American Standard, Inc.
Amencan Telephone & Telegraph Company
BASF Wyandotte Corporation
Bendix Corporation
Bundy Foundation
Chrysler Corporation
Citicorp
Detroit Edison Company
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Ferro Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Heublein Foundation, Inc.
IBM
International Minerals & Chemical Corporation
Martin Marietta Corporation
Owens-Illinois
Rockwell International
Sperry-Rand Corporation
TRW Foundation
Warner-Lambert Company
Westinghouse Corporation
ASSOCIATIONS
Support from associations declined considerably as a number
of groups in the construction industry completed five-year
commitments in the previous fiscal year. In spite of that,
however, the College received $14,461 from 16 associations.
We are indebted to the following for their generous support:
field Hills, the home has already proven itself as an outstanding resource to architecture students.
Efforts are undenA/ay to secure funding for restoring the
home to its original condition. Interested investors may contact LIT's development office or the chairman of the board.
PERSONNEL
College employees once again made significant gifts to Lawrence Tech. In all, 49 gifts were received, and these totaled
in excess of $6,000. Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president,
again headed up this activity. Our honor roll of employee contributors follows:
Dr. & Mrs. Victor Angelescu
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Bowden
Mr. & Mrs. Cleophas M. Buck
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Buell
Mr. & Mrs. Floyd W. Bunt
Mrs. William C. Burke
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cline
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Cook
Mr. & Mrs. Roy C. Crane
Dr. & Mrs. Jerry L. Cnst
Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Daugherty
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen R. Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Jewell Egger
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Forrest
Mr. & Mrs. Fay E. Gifford
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Gray
Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Greimel
Mr. & Mrs. G. Robert Harhngton
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley F. Harris
Dr. & Mrs. John D. Hromi
Mr. & Mrs. Leiand A. Lahr
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Larkins
Mr. & Mrs. Zack J. Lee
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Linton
Dr. & Mrs. George W. Mach
Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Marburger
Mr. & Mrs. Zaven Margosian
Richard S. Maslowski
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. F. Masson
Mr. & Mrs. F. Hal McDavid
Mr. & Mrs. B. J. Merrit
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Merscher
Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Michel
Dr. & Mrs. William Mikulas
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Mioduszewski
Mr. & Mrs. Michael L. Mitchell
Mr. & Mrs. F. Olmstead
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence A. Phillips
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Fredric A. Rivkin
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Schneider
Dr. & Mrs. Martin Sclar
Mr. & Mrs. James O. Trew
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Varadian
Dr. & Mrs. Raymond Vargovick
Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Wente
Carol A. Wheeler
Mr. & Mrs. Nandor J. Zimmersmann
Amencan Plywood Association
Ann Arbor Home Economics in Homemaking
Bricklayers and Masons Union Local Number 2, Michigan
Detroit Amateur Radio Association
Detroit Mason Contractors Association
Detroit Metropolitan Masonry Joint Apprenticeship Committee
General Motors Girls Club of Detroit
International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen
LIT Alumni Association
Macomb County Community College
Masonry Institute of Michigan, Inc.
National Fund for Minority Engineering Students
Rotary Club of Southfield
The Scarab Club
Society of Automotive Engineers
Stonegate Homeowners Association, Inc.
FOUNDATIONS
Seven foundations and trusts made grants totaling $13,168.
These gifts helped us finance some important teaching
programs, and we are grateful to the following for their
assistance:
Adcraft Foundation, Inc. •
Carman Adams Foundation
The Cline Foundation
Fisher-lnsley Foundation
A. W. Kutsche Trust
The Harry A. and Margaret D.
Towsley Foundation
Lula C. Wilson Trust
LAND & BUILDINGS
The College was extremely pleased to be the recipient of the
Gregor S. and Elizabeth B. Affleck House—a gift of the late
Affleck's children, Mrs. Mary (Karl F.) Lutomski and Gregor P.
Affleck. This magnificent residence is considered by Frank
Lloyd Wright scholars as one of his most significant works.
Completed in 1941 and located in the nearby City of Bloom14
A gift to Lawrence Institute of Technology is an investment in a higher
education. Regardless
of size, your gift is welcomed, appreciated, and
wisely
used.
�Summer education pays dividends
at LIT's Science Institute
The laws of physics can apply, even to a
lost contact lens on a softball field. Some
of the high school Summer Science
Institute participants at Lawrence Institute
of Technology made this discovery on a
windy day this summer!
On hands and knees searching a
general playing area for that minute bluetinted speck of plastic, enterprising young
scientists applied their classroom
learning, determined the wind velocity
and direction relative to the height of the
loss from a coed's fingertip, and pinpointed a more specific area. Miracle of
miracles, one hunter found the lens
suspended atop matted grass!
"We find that these Summer Science
Institute participants gain all kinds of
educational dividends," says Dean Zaven
Margosian of LIT's School of Arts and
Science, who both oversees the summer
program for selected high school students
and, as chairman of LIT's department of
mathematics, is one of the institute's two
regular lecturers in math. "They take back
to their individual high schools an
expanded awareness of the sciences and
mathematics, including a brief exposure
to numerical methods for solving problems on the digital computer."
The sixty high school juniors selected
from among nearly 100 applicants opted
for the six weeks (June 19 through July
28) of intensive study in LIT's 10th annual
exploration of science and broad
exposure to engineering. Their daily
schedule included three hours of morning
lectures by college professors in mathematics/computer science, physics and
chemistry, followed (on three days) by
afternoon laboratory sessions in each of
the disciplines.
By term's end, when students received
certificates of graduation at a ceremony
to which their parents were invited, they
learned the fundamentals of the Fortran
computer language and shared hours at
LIT's key punch and computer terminals
running programs of their own conception. In physics, they completed several
experiments designed to help them
discover the physical principles leading to
the operation of LIT's X-ray diffraction
machine.
Neil Haven, Scott Parker, and Geoffrey Kurz
(front to back) explored chemistry during LIT's
six-week summer
program.
In chemistry, they determined rates of
reactions of selected chemicals and performed hydrolysis and titrations. They
also will have mastered the principles of
extraction, introducing them to the fields
of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics.
Interspersed in their routine have been
special lectures including talks by Dr.
Stephen Fuller, vice president in charge
of the personnel administration and
development staff at General Motors;
William Coleman, general manager of
Eaton Corporation's Research Center; Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, president of LIT
who is also the director of the Summer
Science Institute, and the deans of LIT's
five Schools. Additionally, students made
field trips to Eaton and the Bendix
Research Laboratories hybrid computer
laboratory.
Twins Linda and Janet Herman (L to R, or, is it Rto L?) spent a considerable
amount of time in
LIT's physics lab this summer, as part of the College's Summer Science Institute for talented high
school juniors.
Science Institute participants on LIT's
Southfield campus this summer represented 35 Detroit-area public and
parochial high schools, one from Anchor
Bay and one from Decatur, Illinois.
Applications for the 1979 Summer
Science Institute will be available to next
year's high school juniors with a "B"
average or better after February 1. All
applicants must be recommended by high
school counselors or principals and
science teachers. The only fee for the
Institute is a non-refundable $25 registration fee payable on student acceptance.
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Glenn DeSimone and Doug McLean became the "hands of the professionals" as they completed drawings for members of R/UDAT's
team. They are seniors in LIT's School of Architecture.
professional
Students help meet Detroit planning challenges
If new directions evolve in the design of
downtown Detroit, part of the effort can
be credited to nine tired students from
LIT's School of Architecture. They
became the "hands of the professionals"
in a marathon planning weekend during
which they assisted the AlA-sponsored
Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team
(R/UDAT) invited to Detroit in June to
study linkages between the Renaissance
Center and other downtown activity
areas.
The four-day experience included a
tour of the target area, some 24-hour
design sessions with the pros and even a
meeting with the Mayor himself. By
Monday afternoon, a 55-page report of
recommendations had been compiled
and was presented to city planners.
The Detroit Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects suggested to city
fathers in the spring that an eight-man
team of professional urbanologists with
diversified expertise might offer some
new solutions to unify downtown Detroit
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and pull together some of the many plans
being proposed by other organizations.
As is common in team visits to cities
seeking help (a 10-year volunteer
program of AIA), architectural students In
area colleges were invited to be the
professionals' assistants. LIT's School of
Architecture Dean Karl H. Greimel was
quick to respond to the call.
Chosen to fulfill the assignment were
underclassmen (it also was LIT's graduation weekend) in Professor Robert D.
Champlin's urban planning classes.
Diversity of talents (as that of the
professionals) and graphic arts abilities
were selection criteria.
The students' major role became that
of interpreting rough sketches made by
the professionals, conceptualizing and
formulating permanent drawings for the
final report.
Carole Matlen, assistant to Professor
Champlin, was named coordinator of
student participants (including three from
the University of Detroit who joined the
weekend belatedly). Matlen holds two
degrees from Wayne State University,
one of which is in urban planning. As
liaison between her "team of students"
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Carole Matlen, left, coordinator of the student
team, discusses the area mapped for redesign
with R/UDAT's professional team chairman,
Thomas Ventulett, Atlanta, GA. At right, student photographer Brian Foresta.
�and the professional team, she described
the scene of action in RenCen's Tower
100, where the two groups worked
together, as "a highly pressurized
intellectual experience and one in which
the students can only benefit."
Brian Foresta of Southgate, whose
special talent is photography, had
perhaps the most unique experience. As
official photographer of facades and
alleyways, he also became the RenCen
"roof man." Admittedly, he was "petrified"
as he was escorted onto the 38th floor
roof by security officers. His job there was
to take basic pictures of the riverfront
area to show the proposed changes in
the entrance to the tunnel to Canada,
already under construction, and to help
put into perspective the team's suggested
riverfront pedestrian and bicycle pathways and overpasses connecting
Randolph Street and the RenCen to the
riverfront areas.
Glenn DeSimone of Warren described
the weekend "as a real learning
experience for anyone interested in
seeing how professional architects go
about meshing plans for a city. It was
especially important because it was 'our'
city," he said.
John Jurkowski of Center Line noted
that the professional team had no problem
relating to the student help. "All of the
members of the team were highly
receptive to our ideas, too," he said.
Thomas Ventulett, Atlanta-based
urban designer and chairman of the
professional team, said LIT students
"demonstrated strong capabilities and
were able to relate enthusiastically to the
task at hand, even when it required
working all night." He added, "They were
aware, had many talents and remarkable
insight into urban solutions."
Other LIT students on the team
included Ronald Rozanski, Allen Park;
David S. Battle and Douglas McLean,
Royal Oak; Jeff S. Levin, Southfield; and
Lois Voepel, Birmingham. Other professional members were John Kriken,
San Francisco architect and urban
planner; David M. Dornbusch, San
Francisco economist; Constance Perin,
sociologist at the Radcliffe Institute,
Cambridge, MA; Michael John Pittas,
planning consultant, Winchester, MA;
Nicholas Quennell, New York landscape
architect; Don Stull, Boston large-scale
housing designer; and Alan M. Voorhees,
dean of the College of Architecture, Arts
and Urban Sciences, University of Illinois.
'It's worth
the effort'
In business or show
business, talented Mel
Janney fills many roles
'Jack in the Beanstalk" was his first
production, when he was a fourth grader
in a two-room school house in the coal
fields of West Virginia. In "Half-a-Sixpence," presented this summer by Dearborn Repertory Theatre, he played the
leading role of Kipps. One reviewer
described him as "singing, dancing and
acting with charm, wonderful effectiveness and loveable perfection."
Amateur theatrics is LIT's Assistant
Director of Business Affairs, Mel Janney's
year-round avocation. His campus following includes enthusiastic members of the
LIT business office who rarely miss one
of his performances. A good many other
College personnel, who first attended a
play in which he appeared out of curiosity, have learned through him the entertainment satisfaction achieved at performances in which amateurs do a
thoroughly professional job.
Janney began his administrative job at
LIT 14 years ago. His shared responsibilities with his superior, Mike Mitchell, follow the multi-hat syndrome that blend
accounting, purchasing, personnel and
money control into a cohesive "in the
black" business operation.
When he is in theatre production, Mel
burns the midnight oil for the 12 to 15
hours a week it takes to rehearse a role
that requires 20 hours of time in production. His versatility in stagecraft includes
acting, conducting an occasional workshop, learning make-up or stage design
and sharpening his dancing skills. Within
the last year, he produced his first play,
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" for the Oak Park
Theatre Company, of which he is a
member. His last role for this group was
as the pixieish leprechaun in "Finian's
Rainbow" coordinate with St. Patrick's
Day.
"I like musical comedy best," Janney
says of his many stage roles. "If I can
help someone have a light moment and
an occasional laugh, it's worth the effort."
Janney has provided many light
moments in "Carnival," "Guys and Dolls,"
"Mame," and other musicals produced by
the Stagecrafters, the group he first
joined after moving to Detroit in the
1960's. He also has done straight
dramatic roles for them in "The Caine
Mutiny" and "Arsenic and Old Lace."
Members of his family, who share his
enthusiasm for the theatre, also are
active with Stagecrafters—his wife
Jacquelyn as one of three adult advisors
to their Ragamuffin Players for 12 to 16
year olds; daughter, Sheryl, 16, as its
former president, and son Greg, 12, as a
new Players member. Daughter, Lisa, 9,
will join when the time comes.
This summer's Dearborn production for
which the cast of 19 mastered cockney
dialect represents the philosophy of
theatre which Mel espouses. "We're all
volunteers," he says, "and when we work
together toward a common goal, the real
thrill comes when we acknowledge
applause together. We know that what we
have achieved has been done as one
body, not just by a single star."
While always finding time in his life
style for some phase of theatre, he
earned his degree in business administration attending night classes at Wayne
State University, where he is currently
pursuing a law degree "that may take
three or four more years." He began his
business career as a hosiery knitter in
North Carolina, mastering a 56-foot long
machine which created 15 pair of hose
simultaneously. After discovering "there
was not much future in that," he joined
the Marine Corps and was discharged as
a staff sergeant after teaching Marine
Supply School when he would have preferred "my share of the action in Korea."
He settled in Detroit "because it is my
wife's home town." His community and
family contributions are such that in the
spring of 1978 he was named Berkley
"Parent of the Year" (the district in which
his children attend school), thanks to an
essay his son Greg submitted to the
annual Jaycette contest. "From reeling in
a largemouth bass to braving the neighborhood bully, I can always rely on my
Dad," Greg said.D
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�State winners
in design contest
are LIT students
Lawrence Institute of Technology
architectural students have swept both
first place awards In the contract
(commercial) design division of the
American Society of Interior Design's
annual contest for Michigan colleges and
universities. Arthur F. Smith of Westland
received a $125 cash award in the senior
section and Glenn G. DeSimone of
Warren, the $100 cash award in the junior
section. Sixty entries were received.
Leonard Else, assistant professor of
architecture at LIT and the students'
interior design instructor, said, "It is
significant that our design students are
able to compete successfully against
Michigan's major universities which have
established interior design departments."
Else, a member of ASID, is chairman of
ASID's education committee. Until
becoming a full-time faculty member at
LIT, he was director of interior design at
Smith, HInchman & Grylls, Detroit
architects and engineers.
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College gets loan. A $3,812,000 loan has been awarded Lawrence Institute of Technology by the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to finance construction of the College
Housing Center. The 3 percent loan was welcomed by LIT officials who had originally planned to
finance the 142-unit apartment building by issuing bonds.
Pictured during recent inspection of the structure by HUD architect William J. Schroeder, Ar'70
(second from right) are L to R: G. Robert Harrington, v.p. development, Richard E. Marburger,
president, and Wayne H. Buell, chairman of the board. The Center has proven extremely popular
with local and out-of-area students, and has operated at capacity since it opened in August, 1977.
Several hundred students are on a waiting list for rooms.
Officers of LIT's Student Government for 1978-79 flank President James M. Compton, IM, of
Roseville. At left is Vice President Laurence Bernhardt, ME, of Livonia and at right, Treasurer J. G.
Howard, ME, of Detroit, all elected in the spring by the student body.
3
Karl Greimel (center), dean of LIT's School of
Architecture, Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield, congratulates his two
winners of 1978-79 scholarships awarded by
the Masonry Institute of Michigan. David T.
Sobota (L), won the Robert F. Ebeling
Scholarship, and Thomas C. Winkeljohn (R), of
Redford, the J. R. Snyder Scholarship. The
awards, each worth $750, are named in honor
of two prominent Detroit-area mason contractors who were among the founding
trustees of the Masonry Institute.
�around Michigan to campus May 22 and
23 for the second annual rehabilitation
conference hosted by the Detroit office of
the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Urban, rural, suburban, commercial and
residential programs in progress or
planned were discussed by representatives of government and private entitles.
Carl Varadian, LIT lecturer in humanities
and a HUD rehabilitation specialist, was
conference coordinator. The event was
sponsored by 23 agencies, building
associations, municipal leagues,
chambers of commerce, and HUD offices
in Michigan.
Humming hornets
hang home
Have you ever been inside a hornet's
home? Did you ever care to be?
Registrar Beulah Buck had the opportunity in August when she pulled her
administration building window drapes
and discovered a working hornet's nest
flush against the glass surface—giving
her a perfect cutaway view.
No common wasps, these. Their
unique home attracted the attention of
local TV station WXYZ as well as the
Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News.
"The hornets add a layer a day,"
reports Mrs. Buck. At press time, the nest
was approximately 12 inches (31 millimeters) across.
LIT's library reports the insects are
probably "bald-faced hornets" and
construct their nests of papery material
made by chewing wood and foliage.
Worker wasps (males) do all the building
and also forage for food to feed larvae
hatched from eggs laid in the cells (upper
right corner) by the queen.
Even with their convenient campus
housing, no hornets reportedly registered
for classes.
Rehabilitation
clinic successful
Property rehabilitation—at the Federal,
State, and local level—attracted
approximately 500 developers, architects,
government housing and planning
personnel, builders and others from
Scholarships
opened to
evening students
Lawrence Institute of Technology
Scholarships are available for the first
time to evening college students,
Dr. Wayne H. Buell, chairman,
announces. The scholarships, for
students enrolled for a minimum of 12
credit hours each term, will be awarded in
stipends up to full tuition—dependent on
a recipient's other scholarships or grants.
Eligibility of evening college students is
believed unusual among financial assistance programs—most of which limit
funds to traditional day college students.
Application must be made by March 1 for
scholarships beginning in the autumn of
1979.
"Our opening of merit scholarships to
evening students, who comprise nearly
half our student body, recognizes that
evening students maintaining good
academic records often do so in the face
of enormous obstacles—full time employment, dependent families, and professional activities," said Dr. Buell. "These
scholars deserve special recognition and
praise."
Twenty renewable LIT scholarships are
available annually to students. They are
administered by the College financial aids
office and awarded by a joint faculty/
administration scholarship committee.
Approximately two-thirds of Lawrence
Institute of Technology's students receive
some form of financial assistance in the
form of scholarships, grants, loans or
work-study opportunities. Basic tuition for
the 1978-79 academic year is $445 per
term. For additional information on LIT's
financial aid programs, contact Paul
Kinder, director, at (313) 356-0200.
'No need' tuition
grants offered
Up to $600 a year is available to Michigan
students attending private colleges like
LIT, thanks to new legislation enacted by
the State of Michigan.
The legislation provides for tuition
differential grants, designed to help to
"close the g a p " between public and
private Institution tuitions. The actual
grant amount is dependent upon the
availability of State funds, but incoming
freshmen can expect about $600 this
year, says Dr. Wayne H. Buell, LIT chairman of the board and representative to
the Association of Independent Colleges
and Universities of Michigan (AlCUM).
A l C U M was instrumental in securing
passage of the bill.
Need is not a consideration for grant
eligibility, but students must be State
residents for twelve months preceding
matriculation and must also maintain
satisfactory progress. They must also be
at least a half-time student (minimum of
six credit hours).
The tuition differential program will be
phased in over a four-year period, with
only freshmen eligible during 1978-79,
then freshmen and sophomores in 197980, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in
1980- 8 1 , and all four classes beginning in
1981- 82.
Prof. Odie dies
Dr. Thomas D. OdIe, professor of
humanities, died July 27 of an aneurysm.
Dr. OdIe, 57, joined the LIT faculty in
1961. Formerly he had served on the
faculties of the New Mexico Institute of
Mining and Technology and Michigan
Technological University. He was a
teaching fellow at the University of
Michigan where he earned his A.B., M.A.
and Ph.D. degrees.
He is survived by his wife, Jean, and
daughter.
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�Long-time administrator
William C. Burke dies following surgery
William C. Burke, 65, director of student
services and placement, died July 2 at
the Cleveland (OH) Clinic following heart
surgery.
Burke, who would have been 66 years
old August 12, had been with the College
for 30 years. He taught courses in
business administration in the late 1940's,
was named director of veterans affairs
after World War II, was director of the
Industrial Technical Institute, (forerunner
of the present School for Associate
Studies) and then director of campus
facilities and placement. He assumed
responsibilities for both student placement and student services in 1972.
During his long tenure in placement.
Burke helped hundreds of LIT students
land their first jobs, often without their
knowledge. A behind-the-scenes good
word or strategic telephone call to
corporate recruiters often turned the tide
in a student's favor, resulting in a job offer
that perhaps would othenA/ise not been
forthcoming.
A 20-year resident of Southfield, Burke
was a member of the Southfield HiTwelve Club (Masonic) and also
belonged to the Moslem Shrine, Scottish
Rite and Blue Lodge. He was a member
of LIT's Presidents Club, the Southfield
Brown named
member
Parke B. Brown, manager of engineering,
trade and technical services of Dow
Chemical U.S.A., Michigan Division, has
been named a member of the Lawrence
Institute of Technology Corporation.
Members of the Corporation choose the
4,750 student College's Board of
Trustees.
Brown has division-wide responsibility
for maintaining Dow's trade mix, and
administration of Its engineering department, purchasing department, stock and
receiving department, instrument applications, communications, and capital
construction projects. He has held a
variety of successive executive positions
since he joined Dow Chemical following
his graduation from Kalamazoo College
with a bachelor's degree in physics in
1952.
Brown, 48, is a senior member of the
Instrument Society of America, a member
of the Midland Hospital Association and
an industrial representative for Explorer
Scouts. He resides in Midland with his
wife, Nancy, and four children.
I
Two named
to new posts
F. Hal McDavid and James O. Trew have
been named to new administrative posts
at Lawrence Institute of Technology,
College President Richard E. Marburger
announces.
McDavid has been named director of
placement while Trew is LIT's new
director of student services. The new
positions are part of a realignment of the
office precipitated by the death of former
director of student services and placement, William C. Burke, July 2. Both
appointments are effective immediately.
Trew, 56, joined the College in 1968 as
director of admissions and most recently
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Rotary Club and belonged to many
national professional organizations.
A graduate of Wayne State University
where he earned a bachelor of science
degree in 1947 and a master's degree in
educational administration in 1965, Burke
was a member of Alpha Gamma Upsilon
fraternity (which merged in 1967 with
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.) He was, at
one time, sponsor of the LIT chapter of
that fraternity. He grew up on a farm in
Marlette, Ml.
Burke is survived by his wife, Ruth, an
aunt and cousin, a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Ellenore Kent, who is employed by LIT,
her husband, their daughters, and his
father-in-law.
Memorial scholarship contributions may
be made in his name to Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Trew
McDavid
served as staff assistant to the president.
Prior to his association with LIT, he was a
teacher, coach, and athletic director with
the Detroit Public Schools, and was also
active in professional baseball. He retired
in 1977 from the U.S. Air Force Reserve
with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Trew holds a B.S. degree from
Michigan State University and a M.A.
from the University of Michigan. He
resides in Farmington Hills with his wife,
Dorothy. They have five children.
McDavid, 54, has been associated with
LIT since 1976 when he was named
assistant to the dean for the School for
Associate Studies. He will retain those
responsibilities along with his new
position.
McDavid received his B.A. from
Michigan State University and also
studied at the University of New
Hampshire and Wayne State University.
He was previously president of his own
consulting firm and had served as director
of continuing education at Northwood
Institute in Midland and as assistant
director of applied management and
technology at Wayne State University. He
resides in Holly with his wife Nancy.
They have three children.
�K e n n e t h M. L i v i n g s t o n and Gary A. Kecskes
h a v e b e e n n a m e d a s s i s t a n t s t o D e a n K a r l H.
G r e i m e l , S c h o o l of Architecture. Livingston,
w h o r e c e i v e d h i s B . S . in a r c h i t e c t u r a l e n g i n e e r i n g a t L I T in 1 9 6 5 a n d h i s m a s t e r s o f a r c h i t e c t u r e a t C r a n b r o o k A c a d e m y of A r t in 1 9 7 1 , h a s
t a u g h t t h e last five y e a r s at Indiana UniversityP u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y , Fort W a y n e . F r o m 1968 to
1 9 7 2 , h e w a s a p a r t - t i m e l e c t u r e r in c o n s t r u c t i o n s y s t e m s at L I T w h i l e w o r k i n g for Detroit
a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m s . K e s c k e s received his
bachelor of architecture degree c u m laude
J u n e 4 . G a r y J e l i n , B of A r 7 6 , w h o w a s D e a n
G r e i m e l ' s assistant for t w o years, joined
Y a m a s a k i a n d Associates, Troy, July 5 as a
designer.
Dr. and Mrs. William Mikulas
admire the Founder's
Medal presented
by Dr. Wayne H. Buell,
chairman of the board, at Mikulas' retirement
party. Mikulas taught at LIT for 9 1/2 years. The
medal is awarded
to individuals
who distinguish
themselves
in service to the College. In the
background
(L to R) are Engineering
Dean Stephen
Davis and President
Richard
Marburger.
Faculty and staff update
B e t t y - L e e F r a n c i s , l e c t u r e r in a r c h i t e c t u r e ,
was a g u e s t o n t h e M a r k M e a d t a l k s h o w , r a d i o
station W H M I , in J u n e . S h e w a s i n t e r v i e w e d
about t h e H o w e l l h i s t o h c p r e s e r v a t i o n p r o j e c t
for w h i c h h e r s t u d e n t s p r e p a r e d a p l a n l a s t
summer. T h e p l a n s w e r e a l s o t h e s u b j e c t of a n
extensive p i c t u r e f e a t u r e in t h e
Livingston
County Press in A p r i l .
Barbara C. G r a m , a s s o c i a t e professor of
humanities, w a s a g u e s t s p e a k e r for t h e
" I m a g e s of A g i n g in A m e r i c a " s e r i e s a t t h e
Bloomfield T o w n s h i p P u b l i c L i b r a r y in M a y .
She d i s c u s s e d t h e p o e t r y o f R o b e r t F r o s t a n d
Lewis C a r r o l l .
Dr. W a r r e n R. H i l l o f U n i o n L a k e h a s b e e n
named a n a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r in t h e S c h o o l of
E n g i n e e r i n g . H e is a s s i g n e d b y D e a n S t e p h e n
R. D a v i s t o t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f e l e c t h c a l
e n g i n e e r i n g , in w h i c h h e h a s b e e n a p a r t - t i m e
lecturer s i n c e 1 9 7 3 . H e w i l l t e a c h d i g i t a l c i r c u i t s
and m i c r o - p r o c e s s o r s .
Dr. Hill w a s f o r m e r l y s e n i o r p r o j e c t e n g i n e e r
at E a t o n C o r p o r a t i o n , E n g i n e e r i n g a n d
R e s e a r c h C e n t e r , S o u t h f i e l d . H e h a d s e r v e d in
that c a p a c i t y s i n c e 1 9 6 8 . F r o m 1 9 6 4 t o 1 9 6 8
he w a s a n a s s i s t a n t e n g i n e e r in t h e e n g i n e e r ing r e s e a r c h d e p a r t m e n t a t t h e D e t r o i t E d i s o n
Company.
A n a t i v e of N e b r a s k a , D r . Hill r e c e i v e d h i s
B.S. d e g r e e in e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g in 1 9 6 3 at
the U n i v e r s i t y of N e b r a s k a . H e a t t a i n e d h i s
M.S. at W a y n e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y in 1 9 6 8 a n d a
d o c t o r of e n g i n e e r i n g a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
Detroit in 1 9 7 5 . H e is a m e m b e r of t h e I n s t i t u t e
of Electrical a n d E l e c t r o n i c E n g i n e e r s ( I E E E )
and t h e S o c i e t y o f A u t o m o t i v e E n g i n e e r s ( S A E )
and is a M a s o n .
Last s p r i n g , D r . Hill w a s c h a i r m a n of a
session f o r t h e E n g i n e e r s S o c i e t y o f D e t r o i t
seminar o n m i c r o - p r o c e s s o r s : n e w p r o d u c t s
and a p p l i c a t i o n s . H e r e c e n t l y g a v e a p a p e r a t
the I E E E V e h i c u l a r T e c h n o l o g y c o n f e r e n c e in
Colorado. H e is c o - a u t h o r o f t h r e e p a t e n t s a n d
a r e g i s t e r e d p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r in M i c h i g a n .
Dr. J o h n D. H r o m i , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of
mechanical engineering, has been elected
treasurer, A m e r i c a n Society for Quality Control,
for the s e c o n d year. A S Q C has more than
30,000 members.
K a t h l e e n J a c o b s o n , a f o r m e r c o u n s e l o r at
B r a n d o n H i g h S c h o o l in O r t o n v i l l e a n d N e w
Haven High School, has been named an
a d m i s s i o n s counselor. S h e received both her
b a c h e l o r of s c i e n c e a n d m a s t e r of arts d e g r e e s
a t W a y n e S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , t h e l a t t e r in g u i d ance and counseling.
Dr. F r i t z K r a m r i s c h , P.E., a 33-year instructor
in L I T ' s S c h o o l of A r c h i t e c t u r e , E v e n i n g C o l l e g e , retired f r o m t e a c h i n g at t h e e n d of t h e
s p r i n g t e r m , s i m u l t a n e o u s w i t h his retirement
J u n e 3 0 f r o m h i s j o b a s a c i v i l e n g i n e e r f o r 37y2
y e a r s with Albert K a h n A s s o c i a t e s , Detroit. H e
a n d his sister, G r e t e , with w h o m he lives,
m o v e d this s u m m e r to M e s a , A Z .
D r . K r a m r i s c h , 6 8 , w a s b o r n in V i e n n a ,
A u s t r i a , w h e r e h e r e c e i v e d b o t h h i s civil
e n g i n e e r i n g d i p l o m a ( 1 9 3 3 ) a n d his d o c t o r of
e n g i n e e r i n g f r o m the Technical University
( 1 9 3 5 ) . H e c a m e t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s in 1 9 4 0
a n d b e g a n his career as a structural engineer
f o r K a h n . In 1 9 6 6 , h e w a s n a m e d t h e f i r m ' s
c h i e f civil e n g i n e e r .
H e is a F e l l o w o f t h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y of
Civil E n g i n e e r s a n d the A m e r i c a n Concrete
I n s t i t u t e , b e i n g o n its S t a n d a r d B u i l d i n g C o d e
R e q u i r e m e n t s C o m m i t t e e as well as other
c o m m i t t e e s . H e is a m e m b e r o f t h e M i c h i g a n
S o c i e t y of Professional Engineers.
D r . K r a m h s c h h o l d s a p a t e n t in l o n g s p a n
s t r u c t u r e s . H e c o - a u t h o r e d t h e Handbook
of
Concrete
Engineering,
w a s c h a i r m a n of the
A C I committee which prepared the
Strength
Design
Handbook
a n d c o - a u t h o r e d The
Canadian
Metric Design
Handbook.
He also
h a s written m a n y technical articles.
A c c e p t i n g a t e a c h i n g a p p o i n t m e n t a t L I T in
1945, he m o s t recently taught structural design
c l a s s e s for s e n i o r s . Dr. K r a m h s c h s a y s h e "will
m i s s " b o t h his s t u d e n t s a n d his life-time career
a t K a h n , b u t is l o o k i n g fonA/ard t o h i s n e w life in
Ahzona.
D r . R i c h a r d E. M a r b u r g e r , p r e s i d e n t , h a s
b e e n e l e c t e d t r e a s u r e r of t h e Engineering
S o c i e t y of Detroit. E S D h a s nearly 7,000 m e m b e r s a n d is c o n s i d e r e d t h e w o r l d ' s l a r g e s t
regional technical society.
B r u c e M c A f e e , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of
b u s i n e s s a n d i n d u s t r i a l m a n a g e m e n t , is t h e
c o - a u t h o r o f a 2 5 0 - p a g e b o o k e n t i t l e d . Guidelines for Writing Personnel
Policies. T h e b o o k
w a s written for the International L a b o r e r s Associated General Contractors Education and
T r a i n i n g F u n d l o c a t e d in W a s h i n g t o n , D C . T h i s
o r g a n i z a t i o n c o n d u c t s training p r o g r a m s for
l a b o r e r s in t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n i n d u s t r y a n d h a s
affiliates throughout the United States and
C a n a d a . R i c h a r d N. F e i n b e r g , a f o r m e r lecturer
at LIT, w a s a l s o a c o - a u t h o r of the book.
" T h e quality of e n g i n e e r i n g has improved and
c h a n g e d f r o m t h e traditional type of m a n d a t e d
e d u c a t i o n t o g r e a t e r f l e x i b i l i t y f o r s t u d e n t s in
t h e c h o i c e of electives," c o m m e n t s Dr. W i l l i a m
M i k u l a s o f F a r m i n g t o n , r e t i r i n g p r o f e s s o r of
mechanical engineering.
M i k u l a s , w h o h a d s e r v e d L I T ' s S c h o o l of
E n g i n e e r i n g since January, 1969, attended the
Col lege's 46th annual commencement June 4
p r i o r t o d e p a r t i n g f o r I r a n , w h e r e h e is c o n s u l t i n g in t h e d e s i g n a n d m a n u f a c t u r e of h o m e
a p p l i a n c e s . H e a n d his wife, Muriel, also visited
Spain over the summer.
D r . M i k u l a s is a f o r m e r p r e s i d e n t of t h e
M i c h i g a n s e c t i o n of t h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y of
M e t a l s a n d is a m e m b e r of t h e A m e r i c a n
S o c i e t y of H e a t i n g , Refrigeration a n d Air C o n ditioning Engineers and the Engineering
S o c i e t y o f D e t r o i t . A g r a d u a t e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y
o f M i c h i g a n ( B . S . in e n g i n e e r i n g , 1 9 3 2 , M . S . ,
1 9 3 3 , a n d S c . D . , 1 9 3 6 ) , h e b e g a n his b u s i n e s s
c a r e e r a t K e l v i n a t o r in 1 9 3 6 a n d w a s c h i e f
e n g i n e e r w h e n h e left t h e r e in 1 9 5 7 t o j o i n
C u r t i s s - W r i g h t in S o u t h B e n d , I N , a s c h i e f
engineer. H e returned to Kelvinator Internat i o n a l , a d i v i s i o n o f A m e r i c a n M o t o r s C o r p . , in
1 9 5 9 a n d w a s director of e n g i n e e r i n g w h e n he
joined the College.
Visits with their daughter and three grandc h i l d r e n in M i n n e a p o l i s , a n d a s o n w h o is a n
a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of p s y c h o l o g y at t h e
U n i v e r s i t y o f W e s t e r n F l o r i d a , r a n k h i g h o n Dr.
M i k u l a s ' a n d h i s w i f e ' s list of r e t i r e m e n t p l a n s .
A n o t h e r s o n , R o g e r , is a n a u t o m o t i v e e n g i n e e r
at G M ' s B u i c k Division, Ortonville.
J u d i t h M . W e i n e r , l e c t u r e r in h u m a n i t i e s ,
received a grant from the National Endowment
f o r t h e H u m a n i t i e s t o p a r t i c i p a t e in a s u m m e r
s e m i n a r at J o h n s H o p k i n s University. S h e w a s
o n e of 12 participants w h o studied character
d e v e l o p m e n t in 1 8 t h C e n t u r y f i c t i o n a n d 2 0 t h
C e n t u r y film.
21
�Cuba lures
accounting
alumna
Photograph and excerpts from a story
appearing in the Farmington (Ml) Forum,
June 22, 1978. Reprinted with
permission.
Navy Ensign Jill Werschin is the disbursing officer for more than 2,000 Navy
people living and working at the U.S.
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—
the only U.S. military base on Communist
soil.
A 1971 graduate of Farmington high
school, she joined the Navy in January
1976, shortly after receiving her bachelor
of science degree in accounting from
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
"I asked to come to GItmo (as it is
known) because I had never been to the
Caribbean. I love it here! There are no
traffic jams; we have clean air to breathe
and the place has a friendly small-town
atmosphere."
The native Michiganite has lived and
worked in this community of some 6,200
military and civilians—including wives and
children—since January, 1977.
Werschin, who has 12 Navy disbursing
clerks and three civilian employees under
her supervision, takes her fiscal responsibilities very seriously.
"As the paymaster here, I am primarily
responsible for ensuring that over 2,000
Navy people are paid promptly and
correctly twice a month. My payroll
amounts to over $1 million a month. Here
at GItmo, payday plays an important part
in the high morale of our people."
High morale is a significant factor in
this tropic-like community as the people
stationed here work toward a common
goal—support of the operating ships that
train here.
From her bachelor officers' quarters
high atop a hill, Ens. Werschin can see
some of the ships as they dally steam out
of the bay into the Caribbean Sea.
"For an outdoors sportsman, this is
really ideal duty, year 'round. We have
fishing, snorkeling, scuba diving, tennis,
Ensign
Quality Control Workshop. Dr. (Hans Bajaria, associate professor of engineering, lectures
during
a three day workshop on establishing design quality which the College co-sponsored
in June with
the Automotive Division and Greater Detroit Chapter of the American Society for Quality Control.
More than 40 individuals from throughout the midwest attended. Bajaria served on the workshop's
planning committee with Dr. John Hromi, associate professor of engineering and also a speaker,
and Bruce Annett, director of public and alumni relations and workshop registrar. Engineering
Dean
Steve Davis initiated the ASQC liaison.
22
Jill Werschin,
BA'75
horseback riding and swimming.
"Most of my free time is spent on outdoor sports such as swimming, scuba
diving, tennis and bike riding. I also enjoy
needlepoint and reading."
While Guantanamo Bay may not offer
every day-to-day necessity or luxury Jill
enjoyed while living back in Farmington
Hills, she's not living in total isolation.
The base has a modern, fully-equipped
hospital, dental services, a color television station, AM and FM radio stations,
a bowling center, several free movies
daily, restaurants, one commissary
(supermarket) and two base exchanges
(retail stores).
Rest and relaxation (R & R) flights are
available to base residents who might like
to spend a weekend in Jamaica, Puerto
Rico or Haiti. Passengers are charged a
nominal fee for these flights to cover fuel
and maintenance expenses for the
aircraft.
�Alumni Association Mews
Alumni elect
officers; update
corporate articles
Four amendments to the Alumni Association's Articles of Incorporation were
adopted at the Annual Business Meeting
and Dinner June 8 at Plum Hollow Golf
Club, Southfield. New officers for the
year, elected by mailed ballot by the
general membership, were also
announced. More than 40 alumni and
guests attended the meeting.
The proposed amendments were
distributed to current members in May.
Amendments to Article 1 and Article X
1
were adopted to reinforce the Association's stature as a non-profit corporation
in alignment with Internal Revenue
Department regulations. Article VIII
changed the term of the Association's
corporate existence from 30 years to
perpetuity. Article IX increased the
number of directors from 12 to 15, in an
effort to increase member participation in
Association activities.
The 1978-79 alumni officers and
directors were announced. They are:
Marlyn K. Lisk IM'73, president; Charles
A. Koury MA'73, vice president; Roger
E. Avie IM'68, treasurer; Nicholas
Sarzynski IM'64, recording secretary;
Dennis R. O'Connell IM'70, corresponding secretary; Roger F. Shtogrin IM'61,
director; Arthur W. Fischer IM 65,
Present at the Alumni Association's
business meeting June 8 were 1978-79 officers or directors (L
to R) Sam Dukes, Henry Tamagne, Dennis O'Connell, Ted Milek, Marlyn Lisk, Nick
Sarzynski,
Chuck Koury, Roger Avie, Roger Shtogrin, and Art Fischer. Not pictured but in attendance also
was John
Fawcett.
director; Sam E. Dukes ME'59, director;
John R. Fawcett ME'43, director;
Gordon L. Spaulding ME'75, director;
Henry J . Tamagne ME'51, director; and
Theodore Milek ME'51, director.
A nomination committee under the
chairmanship of John Fawcett ME'43,
has been formed to present a slate of
individuals to fill the three new directorships. Names of possible candidates
should be referred to the Alumni
Relations Office.
The Association's Frank Sinatra
Concert August 29 was quickly sold out.
A Detroit Lions Safari is planned for the
late fall and Association members will
receive a mailing with details in October.
m
Above. I tab smiling table of spouses or friends of Association members adjourned to a nearby
room during balloting. Center: President Lisk (R) congratulates his new vice president,
Charles
Koury. Lower right: Wayne Buell, ChE'36, Carl Cowan, MEW, and Robert Williams, ME'53,
ponder
issues prior to voting.
2<
�Alumni Notes
1933-39
Tau Beta Pi initiates
Michigan Eta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, national
engineering honor society, has initiated the
following eminent engineers and alumni of the
former Sigma Pi honor society at LIT in its first
charter year. All are residents of Michigan
unless othen/vlse noted.
Eminent engineers: Industrialists —
Kenneth Cook, EE'64, director of electronic
research, the Valeron Corp.; Edward Donley,
ME'43, chairman of the board. Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA; Sam E.
Dukes, ME'59, chief engineer, Rockwell International; Anthony C. Fortunski, Ch E'39,
president, Fargo Machine & Tool Co.; Emmett
Horton, AeroE'42, director-North American
research liaison, Ford Motor Co. of Europe,
Essex, G.B.; Jack L. Korb, CivE'54, executive
vice president of Etkin, Johnson & Korb, Inc.
(just elected president of the Engineers Club of
Detroit); Robert W. Milltzer, ME'42, vice
president of Ex-Cell-0 Corp.; William K.
Pence, EE'52, assistant manager of engineering, Detroit Edison Co.; Steve Slaby, ME'43,
professor, Princeton University; and 0. Lee
^wally, EE'41, vice president, Jervis B. Webb
Co.; LIT staff — Dr. Wayne H. Buell, ChE'36,
chairman of the board and chief executive
officer; Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president;
George F. Bowden, chairman of the department of construction engineering; Robert D.
Hatch, professor of electrical engineering; and
Richard Lundstrom, associate professor of
mechanical engineering.
Alumni of Sigma Pi: Kenneth A. Adams,
ME76; Dennis S. Bammel, ME 74; Robert
Barduca, EE 71, Thomas M. Biaiek, EE 71;
Leonard Boger, EE 74; Keith G. Booth,
EE'77; Richard A. Bresso, CE'76; James D.
Collins, EE 75; Dean V. DeGalan, EE 74;
Thomas G. Dunn, EE'77; David L. Easton,
EE 73; David E. Pillion, EE76; Philip C.
Good, EE 71; John I. Goodman, ME 72;
Jeffry B. Grupp, ME 74;
Oran Lee Herberger, ME77; Ernest R.
Hickson, EE 71; Bruce D. Hoenle, ME 75;
Kenneth B. Mollis, EE 76; Ardath L. Holmes,
EE 75; Jody Marie Hrymak, EE 77; Frank A.
Koltuniak, ME 77; Kevin A. Konczak, ME 77;
Michael A. Kurmas, CE 73; Edward F. Leib,
EE 77; Thomas J . LaVere, ME 72; Henry
Jack Levine, EE75 (Fort Worth, TX); Thomas
A. Mandry, ME75 (Allentown, PA); Roger N.
Marshall, EE 72; Joseph S. Matusz, EE 77;
David L. Messenger, EE77; Mark L. Miller,
EE71;
Edward J . Noga, ME75 (Allentown, PA);
Gary T. Obudzinski, EE 76; Jack W.
Olmstead, CE77; Gregg H. Penn, CE76;
William G. Polom, CE 76; Terrence D.
Prestel, EE 77; Charles A. Rasko, ME 77;
Bruce R. Reed, ME75 (Pittsburgh, PA);
Timothy I. Rice, ME 76; Frederick J . Rosiak,
EE 71; John S. Schaberg, EE 72; James M.
Shamaly, ME 73; Douglas P. Slattery, EE 74;
Lawrence A. Torretta, ME77; David H.
Trombley, ME74; William W. Vukonlch,
EE74; Thomas J . Waraksa, EE76; Henry W.
Ware, EE 72; David A. Wickman, EE 75; Tim
S. Wukle, ME 74, and Henry G. Zatorski,
ME71.
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George P. Pollefeyt, ME'38, reports that he is
enjoying his retirement from Chrysler Corp.
Defense Engineering Division. He is secretary
of the Fedhaven, FL, Volunteer Fire Department and is traveling extensively.
Dr. Henry 8. Mika, EE'39, has been named
Head of the Electrical and Electronics Department at Ferris State College, Big Rapids. He
was formerly associate professor of electrical
engineering at Washington State University's
Joint Center for Graduate Study.
Henry's new responsibilities place him in
charge of Ferris' programs in avionics, broadcast electronics, technology, electrical power
technology, industrial electronics technology,
and radio-television service. He earned an
M.S.E. at the University of Michigan and his
Ph.D. from Michigan State.
1940-49
Frederick L. Hilton, EE'41, has been named
chairman of the Broward County, FL, Industrial
Board's Committee of One Hundred. The
committee works with the County's 16 chambers of commerce, as well as county commissioners, and municipal governments in
providing industrial expertise for matters affecting the region's industrial growth and
expansion.
Fred is manager of facility planning for
Motorola Inc. Communication Products
Division, Plantation, FL. His responsibilities
include the forecast of facility requirements and
worldwide site selection for Motorola.
Emnfiett J . Horton, AeroE 42, has been
appointed director - North American research
liaison of Ford Motor Company of Europe,
Essex, Great Britain. Formerly he had been
director - new powertrain concepts research at
Ford USA. He is a member of the LIT Presidents Club and received an alumni achievement award in 1954.
The 1978-79 president of the 47,000-member
Society of Manufacturing Engineers is Robert
W. IVIilitzer, ME'42, vice president and general
manager of the Micromatic Division of
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation, Holland, Ml. He was
installed in May at SME's 1978 International
Tool and Manufacturing Engineering Conference and Exposition at Philadelphia.
In assuming the SME gavel, Robert said it is
the responsibility of the manufacturing
engineering profession to apply its creativity to
the complex problems facing today's society in
order to improve productivity, prosperity, and
the quality of life throughout the world.
An SME member since 1960, he has chaired
four national committees of the Society and
has been on its board of directors since 1971.
He received an LIT alumni achievement award
in 1973 and is a member of Tau Beta Pi and
the Presidents Club.
He has headed Ex-Cell-O's Micromatic
Division since 1972. He holds many machine
tool patents, has written numerous technical
papers, and has lectured frequently before
�Lawrence
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ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED
Coming up!
Addresses by the speakers listed below are
open to students, alumni and friends of the
ope
College without charge. However, because
speakers occasionally must be rescheduled.
visitors are encouraged to call the Public and
Alumni Relations Office to confirm attendance,
(313) 356-0200.
October 4 Architecture Design Lecture Series:
Ted Ramsay, professor. University of Michigan.
"Papermaking Design," 6 p.m., Arch. aud.
October 5 Arts and Science Annual Lecture:
W. Dale Compton, vice president-research,
Ford Motor Co., 7:30 p.m., Sci. aud.
October 10 Architecture Design Series: Dr.
Richard Ahern, LIT lecturer. "Natural
Law and Order." Noon, Arch. aud.
October 12 Architecture, Second Thursday
Lecture: Oscar Newman, Institute for Community Design Analysis, New York. 7:30 p.m.,
Arch. aud.
October 17 Architecture Design Lecture
Series: Lothar Hoffman, Center for Creative
Studies. "Graphic Design and Reproduction
Techniques," Noon, Arch. aud.
October 21 LIT Presidents Club Dinner: By
invitation, 6:30 p.m.. Dining room.
October 24 Architecture Design Lecture
Series: Edward Francis, Kessler & Associates,
Detroit architects. "Works in Progress," Noon,
Arch. aud.
October 31 Architecture Design Lecture
Series: Joseph B. Olivieri, associate professor,
"Comfort and Energy Conservation; Are They
Both Compatible?" Noon, Arch. aud.
November LIT Alumni Association football
safari to Pontiac Silverdome. Call Public and
Alumni Relations Office for details.
November 7 Business and Industrial Management Annual Lecture: Thomas A. Murphy,
chairman. General Motors Corp. 7:30 p.m., Sci.
aud.
November 18 Architecture Design Sehes:
Kenneth Neumann, Rossen-Neumann Associates, Southfield architects. "Architecture:
Evolution of Design," 6 p.m., Arch. aud.
November 20, 21, 22 Registration, Day College second term baccalaureate classes.
Classes begin November 27.
November 23, 24 Thanksgiving Recess.
College closed.
•
G.M. chairman
speaks
Thomas A. Murphy, chairman of the
board and chief executive officer, General
Motors Corporation, will present a special
address on campus November 7. Alumni
and friends are welcome to hear
Murphy's remarks, which begin at 7:30
p.m. in the Science Building Auditorium.
Please reserve seats by calling LIT
President Richard E. Marburger's office:
(313)356-0200.
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Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
Summer 1980
AWAY WE GROW!
Management Building construction begins
Synfuels: power for the 21st Century
Engineering: threshold of a new
golden age
Plus twins, travelers, teachers,
alumni features
And more!
�Lawrence
IMSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
Summer 1980
Vol. 3, No. 4
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Ml 48075
(313) 356-0200
About the c o v e r : Several
thousand
students,
faculty, staff, alumni, and
friends witnessed
groundbreaking
ceremonies
April 18 for LIT's new
Business
and Industrial
Management
Building. See tfie story beginning
on
page 2.
By-lined articles express the
views of the authors and not
necessarily either the opinions or
policies of the College. Persons
wishing to comment or submit
manuscripts for consideration are
encouraged to contact the Editor.
Editor/Designer: Bruce J. Annett, Jr.,
director of public and alumni relations
Associate Editor: Anne M. Cattermole,
associate director of public and
alumni relations
Production Assistant; Deborah A.
Faes, secretary, public and alumni
relations
Page
2
Page
6
Page
18
Page
26
2 Away we grow Construction begins on LIT's much needed Management Building while the Capital Campaign nears the halfway mark.
6 Synfuels Alumnus Ed Donley, chairman of Air Products and Chemicals, looks
ahead at America's energy needs.
10 John DeLorean on John DeLorean Alumnus John DeLorean had many interests prior to his rise within the automobile industry. Among them, he wrote a
great column for the Tech News.
14 To build or not to build Construction engineering chairman George Bowden
helps his students build a better tomorrow.
16 Travels with Floyd LIT's irrepressible director of high school relations, Floyd
Bunt, is truly a man of all seasons.
College Photographer: Walter G.
Bizon, BAr77; additional photos by
Bruce Annett, Anne Cattermole, Peter
Ziegenfelder, and others.
18 Seeing double James Lingenfelter is majoring in electrical engineering technology and holds a job at Beaumont Hospital—and that goes double for his twin
brother, Ed.
Notice of
non-discriminatory policy
as to students
20 Engineering: threshold of a new golden age? AMC chairman Gerald Meyers
says today's problems are solvable by a new breed of engineer.
Lawrence Institute of Technology admits
students of any race, color, handicap,
national and ethnic origin to all the
rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to or made
available to students at the College. LIT
does not discriminate on the basis of
race, sex, color, handicap or national or
ethnic origin in administration of its
educational policies, admissions
policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other Collegeadministered programs.
The statement above is included in this
publication
to conform to Federal
guidelines: it represents
no change in the
policy of LIT.
23 On-campus Dr. Marburger is ESD's new president, enrollment is up again, the
Class of '80 joins the graduate ranks and more.
31 Alumni Association News Roger Avie is reelected Association president.
Classes of '55 and '70 are cited at Dinner Dance. The revised Bylaws are
finished at last.
34 Alumni Notes Advancements, moves and other news from LIT graduates.
�Commentary
"Commentary" encourages letters from
alumni, students, parents, and other
friends of the College. Occasionally,
and with the whter's permission, we will
publish letters on subjects of general
interest directed to other campus
constituencies. When necessary, lengthy
letters will be edited to fit available
space.
Don Ridler to the Michigan Sports Hall of
Fame.
W e gave Don's nomination all we could,
but failed to elect him this year.
W e are urged to try again next year and
will have several months to plan and
campaign. With the people elected to the
Hall of Fame this year, Don's credentials
loom a lot brighter.
Your coverage in the LIT Magazine was
excellent!
Walt Bazylewicz, BA 49
Director
Catholic High School League
Archdiocese of Detroit
Don Ridler makes a point with then-Governor G. Mennen Williams duhng a campus
visit in this early 1950's photo.
Ridler support continues
Dear Editor:
I want to thank you and all the people at
Lawrence Tech for the excellent support of
E d i t o r ' s n o t e : Walt also told us that more
than 200 letters were generated in support
of Don's nomination (See the LIT Magazine
Fall/Winter
1979/80). If you've not already
written, or if you want to reemphasize
your
support of Don Ridler's consideration
for
posthumous
membership,
write The State of
Michigan
Sports Hall of Fame, 1010 Joanne
Court, Bloomfield
Hills, Ml 48013.
The 1980 inductees were Alex Karras,
Chuck Davey, Joe Joseph, and the late
George Wilson. Letters of support should
be sent no later than mid-January,
1981.
A case (almost) closed
Thanks to our readers, many of the "lost"
alumni listed in the (Fall/Winter 1979/80)
LIT Magazine are now again receiving the
Magazine and other LIT news because
Prof. Maslowski was "ecstatic" about his
prize. You too can be a winner!
we've been furnished with their current
address.
Richard Maslowski, professor and
chairman of electrical engineering, provided
eleven new addresses for alumni, so he's
the recipient of our "Ace Detective" award—
an official LIT tee-shirt!
Can you top him? Please review the list
again, and if you know an alumnus' current
whereabouts, let the Alumni Office know.
Find eleven or more, and we'll send you a
tee-shirt too! W e sincerely appreciate your
help!
Bruce Annett
LIT Director of Public
and Alumni Relations
Calendar
A u g u s t 2 1 , 26 Registration, Associate Programs fall term. Classes begin August 28.
A u g u s t 27, 29 Registration, Evening Baccalaureate College fall term. Classes begin
September 3.
S e p t e m b e r 4, 5 Registration, Day Baccalaureate College fall term. Classes begin
September 8.
A p r i l 1 1 , 12 Annual all-College Open House.
A p r i l 11 Annual Alumni Dinner-Dance.
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�we
grow!
Construction begins on
LIT's Management Building
Part of the group of alumni,
studerits, staff, and friends who
attended the
Management
Building
groundbreaking.
If perfect weather can be considered a
good omen, then the groundbreaking
ceremonies for LIT's new Management
Building heralded something extraordinary indeed. Bright sunny skies
and 70 degree temperatures reigned
during ceremonies on April 18, following a week of snow, rain, and general
gloom.
A crowd of several thousand
students, faculty, staff, alumni, and
friends witnessed the 11 a.m. festivities. Spirited music provided by the
Southfield-Lathrup High School Band
added to the crowd's enthusiasm.
After a benediction by Dr. Roger W.
Ireson, lecturer in arts and science and
minister of St. Timothy's United
Methodist Church, the crowd enjoyed a
brief welcome and introductions by LIT
Chairman of the Board Wayne Buell.
Next came remarks presented by Dr.
Richard Marburger, LIT president, Mark
Pellegrino, student government president, Louis Redstone, architect, Lillian
Jaffe-Oaks, Southfield City Council
president pro-tem, and Lewis C.
Veraldi, ME'68, vice president of Ford
�ShtiiHHi
I I II \ pifprire
Several thousand students, faculty, and spectators
were on hand
April 18 as Lawrence
Institute of Technology broke ground for its
new Management
Building. The new 100,000 sq. ft. structure is the
first building to be built as part of the College's $12.5 million Capital
Campaign which is currently almost halfway to its goal. Pictured left
to right are Mark Pellegrino, 1979-80 student government
president;
Motor Company and general chairman
of the LIT Capital Campaign.
"It was just twenty-five years ago
that then-President E. George
Lawrence moved the College to this
campus from Highland Park," said
Mark Pellegrino. "With this new building we'll be meeting the College's
academic needs for the foreseeable
future, and fulfilling the dreams of
those LIT pioneers who sought to
make LIT a leader in technological
education.
"These are exciting days for our
College and it's an exciting time to be
a student here."
After noting that the Campaign was
almost halfway to its goal and recog-
Lewis C. Veraldi, campaign chairman and vice president of Ford
Motor Co.; Lillian Jaffe-Oaks,
Southfield City Council president
pro
tem; Dr. Louis Petro, dean of management;
G. Robert
Harrington,
vice president
for development;
Dr. Richard E. Marburger,
president;
and Dr. Wayne H. Buell, chairman of the board.
nizing pacesetting gifts to date, Mr.
Veraldi emphasized that "we still have
a big job ahead. This second half of
the Campaign will be more difficult
than the first." He added that, "The
state of the economy, especially, will
require redoubled efforts from all of us
to continue the momentum of success
that has thus far distinguished this
Capital Campaign.
"As this milestone in our progress
marks the beginning of brighter days
ahead for LIT's academic mission, may
it also serve as an incentive to continue and expand the "Sharing in
Excellence" which will signify the final
success of our efforts.
"We have a Campus Affairs and
Activities Center and important alterations of existing buildings yet to
come." He concluded, "Let us rejoice
in our accomplishments, and prepare
for even better things to come!"
With that, the speakers plus Vice
President for Development G. Robert
Harrington and Dean of Management
Louis W. Petro turned the first shovels
full of earth. Students released
hundreds of blue and white helium
balloons to signal the event to the
surrounding countryside. •
Photos, related story, next page
�Running for Excellence, (above) Over 200
runners from throughout Southeastern Michigan competed in the first LIT "Run for
Excellence," held on Saturday, April 19,
Open House weekend. The 10-kilometer run
was sponsored by LIT students with proceeds going to the Sharing in Excellence
Campaign. The popularity of the event has
prompted student leadership to plan on
making it an annual affair. In addition, the
students staged an auction on the same day,
selling new and used items solicited from
individuals and area businesses.
(Right) Here's the latest architect's rendering
of LIT's new Management Building. The
building will be partially earth sheltered for
energy conservation, and will house the
camfDus library, dining room, and several
service offices as well as the Management
School. Architects are Louis G. Redstone
Associates. General contractors are the
Barton-Malow Co. Consulting engineers are
Hoad Engineers, Inc.
Summer 1980 4
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c
o
m
Major
gifts
set pace
"Sharing in Excellence," the College's
$12.5 million Capital Campaign, had
received more than $5.8 million in cash
or commitments when this Magazine
went to press late in June. Lawrence
Institute of Technology continues to
receive strong support from the corporate and philanthropic sectors.
The following pacesetting gifts have
been received since the December 7
kickoff as of June 20, 1980:
Rockwell International
Corporation
$100,000
Eaton Corporation
75,000
Michigan Bell Telephone
70,000
LaSalle Machine Tool
Company
50,000
TRW, Inc.
50,000
American Natural Resources
30,000
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 25,000
American Motors Corporation
25,000
Consumers Power Company
25,000
Detroit Bank Corporation
25,000
Lear Siegler, Inc.
25,000
Allied Chemical Corporation
20,000
Manufacturers National Bank
20,000
R. C. Mahon Foundation
15,000
Gannett Newspapers
Foundation
10,000
Kmart Corporation
10,000
Alex Manoogian
10,000
Above, management
student Lisa
Krusiewicz
stands ready to release balloons
signalling
LIT's groundbreaking
to the
surrounding
countryside.
Ceremonial shovels, left, were
readied prior to "digging
in."
"These corporations, foundations, and
individuals have had a profoundly positive effect on our Campaign," LIT President, Dr. Richard E. Marburger said.
"We extend to them our heartfelt
appreciation and thanks." •
�Synfuels:
Power for the 21st Century?
Our nation's energy security, price
stability, and economic growth require
development of alternate fuels,
says Air Product's Ed Donley, ME'43
Today, we are involved in an energy
crisis that President Carter has termed
"the moral equivalent of war." Many
American companies, including Air
Products, are willing to enlist in this war,
if we as a nation are prepared to make
the political decisions necessary to win
it.
Most people now recognize that our
energy problem is serious. Oil is a
major concern. There simply is a limited
amount of it left on this planet. OPEC,
the world's major supplier, has reserves
that are expected to last about 30
years, at present consumption levels.
Given this condition, it was inevitable
that the exporting countries would raise
prices and try to control production.
Domestic oil production, which supplies
about one-half of our needs, peaked in
the early part of this decade and offers
little hope of long-term relief from
dependence on imports. Even with
enhanced recovery techniques, new
discoveries, and a dedicated effort by
the oil industry, production of oil in the
United States is expected to decline
steadily over the remainder of this
century.
Clean fuel that can be used by utility
companies
without special
pollution-control
equipment is produced
at this pilot plant in
Alabama, built and operated by a division of
Air Products.
Chemical processing
turns
ground coal (right) into chunks of shiny,
solvent-refined
coal. Further processing
can
convert it into other fuels and gasoline
refinery feedstock.
The U. S. Department of
Energy is working with Air Products and
Wheelabrator-Frye
on construction of a
demonstration
plant near Newman, KY, that
will produce the energy equivalent of 20,000
barrels of oil a day from 6,000 tons of coal.
�To complicate this already precarious
situation, new dangers have arisen.
First, a revolution in Iran rocked the
world oil order. Then came the Soviet
Union's invasion of Afghanistan. This
gave rise to new fears that the entire
social and political structure of the
Middle East could crumble. That hasn't
happened yet, but no one dismisses the
possibility.
The problem hasn't been ignored.
Numerous studies have been conducted
in search of a solution, and the results
of these studies have been subjected to
seemingly endless debate. We believe
that the right solution for our nation is:
1) conservation
2) deregulation (to increase domestic
energy production and distribution
efficiency), and
3) vigorous development of synthetic
fuel technologies.
Conservation already is having an
effect. Last year gasoline consumption
declined five percent, and automobile
mileage continues to be improved by
Detroit.
Industry has worked hard at conservation for some time, with noteworthy
results. Since the OPEC embargo of
1973, industrial energy consumption has
declined six percent, while output has
increased 12 percent. In the chemical
industry, of which Air Products is a part,
energy consumption per unit of output
has been reduced more than 20 percent
over the past seven years.
The American people also have
developed a new energy consciousness.
We are turning down our thermostats.
We are insulating our homes. And we
are driving less. But conservation alone
—vital though it is—cannot do the job.
Deregulation will help, and will be
much more efficient than our present,
cumbersome regulated system. But it
will not produce enough oil to satisfy our
economic growth or provide us with
energy price stability and security.
This leaves alternative energy
sources, and we must do everything
possible to develop them. Some of
these alternatives—solar, biomass and
wind—have great public appeal, and
may have ultimate promise. But these
technologies cannot for a long time
make a major contribution to the 80
quadrillion Btus we use annually in the
U.S.
There are other technologies available
with a far greater capacity to contribute
to our needs in this decade and the
next, and on into the 21st century.
These are the technologies that produce
solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels and
chemical feedstocks from domestic coal
and oil shale resources. I will concentrate on coal because that is the field in
which Air Products has focused its
efforts.
While the debate continues, the Department of Energy is moving ahead rapidly
with development of synfuels projects
such as our Solvent Refined Coal
(SRC-I) Refinery and similar demonstration programs.
The United States Is the SaudiArabia" of coal. In terms of energy content, our coal reserves dwarf the oil
reserves of the Middle East. We have
enough coal to supply America's energy
needs for several hundred years.
Congress recognizes this and currently
is working on legislation that could
foster the growth of a major coal-based
synfuels industry.
This legislation would, in part, build on
energy research and development work
that has been done in both the private
A coal-based synfuels program has
enormous potential. It could use both
established and new technologies to
convert our coal reserves into a variety
of environmentally acceptable fuels. The
more established processes for making
synfuels from coal use indirect conversion technologies. First they convert
coal into synthesis gas—a mixture of
carbon monoxide and hydrogen. This
gas can be used as a feedstock for
producing a variety of chemicals and
fuels, including synthetic natural gas and
Samples
of liquid fuels ttiat can be produced
from coal by solvent refining are examined by
an engineer at an Air Products and Cfiemicals, Inc. pilot plant. Ttie shiny black chunks are
clean-burning
solvent-refined
coal, also manufactured
by the SRC-1 process.
Liquid fuels
are comparable
to high-grade
crude oil and can be used as gasoline refinery
feedstocks,
boiler or turbine fuel or petrochemical
feedstocks.
sector and cooperatively in the publicprivate sector. The Department of
Energy and its predecessors have been
perceptive in funding the development of
alternative energy technology—in our
company and elsewhere. In the private
sector, the oil companies and the public
utilities among others have made substantial contributions of time, money,
and effort to the development of synthetic fuels.
The legislation presently being
debated in Congress could accelerate
commercialization of those technologies.
gasoline. Some of these indirect technologies have been operated commercially and could contribute to our
energy supply early in this decade.
The newer technologies liquefy the
coal by direct hydrogenation. They are
thermally more efficient than the indirect
processes and produce up to 50 percent
more fuel per pound of coal. The SRC-1
process is among the more promising of
the advanced direct liquefaction
techniques. During the past 10 years Air
Products has spent approximately $75
million to develop this process, which
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�converts coal with high sulfur and ash
into a broad range of clean burning
solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels. A pilot
plant that we designed, built, and
operate in Alabama has been producing
small quantities of these synfuels since
1973.
The Department of Energy is providing funds to scale up this pilot-plant to
demonstration plant size. This demonstration plant will be located in Kentucky
and will cost in excess of $1 billion. By
1984, we expect it to be producing the
equivalent of 20,000 barrels of synthetic
crude oil daily. By the end of this
decade—and with private financing—we
hope to expand this demonstration plant
to produce the equivalent of 100,000
barrels of oil daily, and to build
additional plants.
Liquid products from this coal refinery
will have the characteristics of highgrade crude oil, and will make excellent
refinery feedstock for gasoline. The
solids will provide high-quality industrial
and utility boiler fuel, which will free
scarce liquid fuels for transportation use.
The plant also will produce carbon coproducts, which will have valuable uses
in the steel, aluminum, and other
industries.
The chemistry of the SRC-I process
has been proven. Scaling up the pilot
plant to demonstration size will entail
major risks, but we believe they can be
overcome. It could also take longer and
cost more than we expect. But if we
delay development of these technologies, we could face a more serious
energy problem in the future.
These demonstration projects are not
designed to satisfy the nation's overall
energy needs. They are instead being
undertaken to demonstrate the viability
of these processes from a technological,
environmental, and commercial standpoint. I believe the government recognizes the risks inherent in these projects
and has taken bold, courageous and—in
light of world energy conditions—
necessary action to develop these
processes.
Yet, in spite of the seriousness of our
energy situation, our efforts to develop a
program to commercialize synthetic fuel
technologies are still politically controversial. Some criticize it as intrusion of
Summer
1980
8
Shiny chunks of solvent-refined
coal tumble off the production line at Air Product's
coal
refinery pilot plant operated since 1974 in Alabama. The plant turns soft coal of high sulfur
and ash content into clean-burning
solvent-refined
fuel that can be burned as is or further
processed
to produce coke for the aluminum and steel industries. A second stage can be
added to the SRC-1 process
to convert the solvent-refined
coal into a liquid fuel that can
be refined into gasoline or petrochemical
feedstocks.
government into the free market system.
Others see it as a threat to health and
the environment.
T h e s e are unfortunate misunderstandings of a complex issue. The proposed legislation does not intend to
replace the invisible hand of free enterprise with the heavy hand of bureaucracy. Nor does it suggest we disregard
health and safety considerations. I
certainly do not endorse, nor do I know
of, any plan for the government to
become a producer of synthetic fuels in
direct competition with private corporations operating in the free market. And I
don't know of any synfuels technology
that gives inadequate attention to the
importance of a safe and healthy
environment.
There is also concern that government is assuming all of the risks in
synfuels development. This view fails to
recognize that, in addition to capital,
industry already has dedicated a portion
of its most valuable resource—
management and skilled technical
people—to this effort. And industry will
bear an increasing share of the risk
once these advanced technologies for
producing synfuels have been
demonstrated.
There is ample precedent for the kind
of government/industry cooperation
which is necessary to accelerate
commercialization of synthetic fuels. Air
Products is only one example of this;
but, it's the one I know best.
Our cooperative efforts with the
government date back almost to our
founding in 1940. World War II created
an urgent need for breathing oxygen for
use in high-altitude bombing missions,
and Air Products responded by designing and building mobile oxygen
generators to produce the gas for the
government. During the Cold War, our
nation's missile and space programs
required large quantities of liquid oxygen
and liquid hydrogen for use as vehicle
propellants. Government-sponsored
basic research and development
contracts were awarded to our company
to help meet these needs. These
�contracts were followed by pilot plants
and demonstration plants. Subsequently,
we—and our competitors—applied this
technological knowhow successfully in
the private sector, both here and
overseas.
Industrial oxygen is just one specific
example of the commercial benefits
reaped from these government/industry
cooperative technological efforts. In
1945, oxygen cost about $1 per
hundred cubic feet. Even though it is a
very energy-intense product, oxygen
now costs about 30 cents. Why?
Because the technology developed
cooperatively by government and
industry resulted in economies of scale
which reduced costs and thus benefited
all of society.
We can't promise that kind of cost
reduction for synthetic fuels. But I can
tell you that the technology for converting our nation's vast coal reserves into
environmentally acceptable alternatives
to imported oil and natural gas is ready
to be developed, demonstrated, and put
to work.
In his energy message last summer,
President Carter set a synfuels production target of 2.5 million barrels of oil
equivalent daily by the end of this
decade. The House of Representatives
has approved a bill to produce 2 million
barrels a day of oil by 1990, and the
Senate has set a target of 1.5 million
barrels daily by 1995. These are
ambitious goals, but I doubt whether
they will be enough to limit our imports
to the President's other goal of 8 million
barrels of oil daily.
We are, however, moving forward.
And that is encouraging. Congress is
working on legislation that would provide
$20 billion for the first phase of a
synthetic fuels program. This money
would be used primarily to encourage
industrial development of synfuels
through purchase contracts, price
guarantees, loans, and loan guarantees.
This financial support would be a
supplement to, not substitute for,
market forces.
The costs seem high—until you
consider the cost of continued energy
insecurity. Our bill in this country for
imported oil in 1980 will approach $90
billion. An oil shortage in the Eighties
could cost us more.
What will synfuels cost? If our demonstration plant achieves the results we
expect, we believe gasoline made from
liquid SRC-I feedstocks could be sold at
the refinery gate for approximately 90
cents a gallon in 1979 dollars. This
price does not include distribution costs,
federal and state taxes, and retail
markup. Price at the pump would be in
the neighborhood of $1.50 per gallon.
Of course, costs here in the United
States are inflating rapidly—but not as
rapidly as the price of OPEC oil. The
sooner we begin these synfuels projects, the sooner they will become
competitive.
Will the cost be worth it? I believe it
will. Continued delay and indecision only
'Moving forward
with conservation,
deregulation, and
development of
syntlietic fuels
pronriises a much
brighter future...'
Talented scientists, engineers and
technicians in all kinds of companies—
large and small—would be drawn into
such an effort. An average of 15,000
engineers would be required to produce
six million barrels a day by 2000.
Equally important would be the
stimulus the program could provide to
scientific and engineering development.
A new wave of research in chemistry, in
engineering, in control systems, and in
extraction niethods could occur along
with the surge in invention and innovation could help us reassert our
technological leadership in the world.
All of this has the potential to carry us
to a new plateau of industrial development. It is not too much to hope that—
in sum—it would constitute "a new
industrial revolution"—an American
industrial revolution based on broader
application of scientific and engineering
knowledge, improved utilization of our
existing domestic energy resources, and
a heightened sense of participation,
challenge, and fulfillment for every
American.
We have the coal reserves, the
technical capabilities, and the capital
resources at hand to begin this
revolution.
The time to do it is now. •
create further dependence on imported
oil. This also sends a confusing signal
to a world that waits to see whether or
not the United States can deal decisively with its energy problems.
Without a synfuels industry, there is
no limit to the price OPEC can ultimately charge for oil. That would be
catastrophic for the United States, and
the world. Moving forward with conservation, deregulation, and development of synthetic fuels promises a much
brighter future, a future in which, scores,
then hundreds, and finally thousands of
American corporations and people would
participate.
S o m e projections foresee an oil
shortfall of six million barrels daily by
the year 2000. The capital investment
required to produce this quantity of
syncrude by the year 2000 could create
an average of 250,000 jobs over the
next 20 years. The operation of this new
industry could create an additional
500,000 jobs.
There also would be increased investment in the materials and equipment
necessary to get the job done. Our
balance of payments would move
strongly into the black, our dollar would
strengthen, and our credibility would
improve throughout the world.
About
Edward
Donley
Edward J. Donley, ME'43, is chairman and
chief executive
officer of Air Products
and
Chemicals,
Inc., a major international
supplier of industrial gases, process
equipment,
and engineering
services.
Among the 500
largest industrial companies
listed by
Fortune magazine, the firm employs
14,600
persons
in 11 countries. It is based in Allentown, PA.
Mr Donley has served as a member of
the LIT Corporation since 1971. This article
is excerpted
from remarks he presented
at
the Engineehng
Society of Detroit, February
15, 1980.
Photographs accompanying this article were furnished
courtesy of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
�Today, John Z. DeLorean, IE'48, awaits the early spring
introduction of his innovative new sports car, the DMC-12. But once upon a
time, he was one of LITs
MacWeeney)
most active students,
(photo by Alen
JohnDeLofBan
on John DeLorean
'the
John Z DeLorean, IE'48, is probably
LITs most widely known
alumnus.
Flamboyant,
enterprising,
colorful,
unpredictable,
his story has been
recounted
on the pages of Esquire, in
interviews with NBC's Tom Snyder,
and in countless other media
accounts.
The recent best seller, On A
Summer
1980
10
years'
Clear Day You Can See General
Motors by J. Patrick Wright, has also
contributed
to DeLorean's
notoriety.
To further explore this
complicated
and controversial
man, Anne
Cattermole,
associate editor of this
magazine,
embarked on a long hunt
through the archives of the College
Public Relations Office and through
musty Tech News student
newspapers
of the period. What emerges is a
personal account of the future industry
leader excerpted
from articles he
authored during his student years
at LIT
—Editor
�© Lawrence Institute of Technology
He was a rebel even then. His column
in the Tech News was often prefaced
by a terse tongue-in-cheek note from
the editor, "Because of conditions
which are beyond our control, the
column originally scheduled for this
space will appear." Yet—John Z.
DeLorean (or DeLoreanshaw or
DeLoreanillo or whatever he called
himself that week) was the kind of
man that no one could forget.
The man who was to one day turn
the automotive industry on its proverbial ear began his career at LIT in
1941 in uncharacteristic anonymity and
calm. No banner headlines announced
his arrival. In fact—one must look
closely even to find him in the L-Book
freshman pictures for that year. He
initiated his engineering career with
courses in mechanical drawing,
chemistry, and algebra, doing
extremely well in all areas, but keeping
a low profile outside of the classroom.
By 1942, though, he had joined the
Tech News staff and that ol' DeLorean
spirit had started to show through the
freshman jitters. Being an accomplished musician, J. "Goodman"
DeLorean, began what would become
an "infamous" writing career with a
story entitled "Men of Note."
"This term, the freshman class did
not come up to expectations insofar as
music is concerned," John bemoaned
in his first article. "Only four men of
this year's class (one of our largest)
turned out for the band, as compared
with fifteen last.
"The negligent musician," he
continued, "is missing many advantages afforded band members. Last
season, for instance, the musicians
were given a refund of their activities
fee, and a letter." Ah John! Always a
cajoler.
Obviously, though, John had not perfected that DeLorean charm because
he was back next week lamenting,
"Where are the jive hounds around
this jernt (sic)? The LIT band has
dwindled from the 31 pieces of
Smartie Pshaw's poor man's symphony
to the six man size of Benya
Goodman's Sextet (Benny and his five
bagels)..."
"Gentlemen," he finally pleaded,
"Lawrence Tech is a major College
that does not have a major dance
band. This certainly is not the type of
distinction we want. So, let's get out
and do something about It!" The "rally
J. "Satchelpants"
DeLorean poses with his first love at LIT—The
in the front row, third from the left. —from the 1942 L-Book
'round the flag" abilities were beginning
to emerge!
The same paper, however, also contained another momentous milestone.
The creative urge was starting to overtake John and with the opening lines,
" W h o was that woman I saw you out
with last night? I wasn't out, I was just
dozing...," his weekly "Five with ' D ' "
column was born. The rest is history.
It wasn't long after this inaugural
column that kind comments began to
pour into the campus newspaper office
about John's literary pursuits. Quotes
the
November 18,
1943
Tech
News,
"Five with ' D , ' " "Since the latest issue
of the Tech News, I have received
many kind suggestions from my
readers—to whom I say, 'So's your old
man' and 'Nuts.'"
The sense of humor which carried
John through many hard times in his
life was becoming evident through the
lines of print devoted to his column.
His ability to laugh not only at the
world, but also at himself, endeared
him to many of his fellow students.
"After my last speech," he noted,
"Mr. Price paid me a very nice compliment.... What does 'asinine' mean?"
But, he did have his pride, I d o n t
have to work for this scandal sheet for
a living...," he wrote later. "I had a
very flattering offer from the Detroit
Free Press..A
would have taken it if I
had been strong enough to carry that
bag around all day."
John's stardom as a writer as well
as his career as a student was interrupted late in 1943, as his schooling
Lawrence
Tech Band.
He's
was cut short by World War II. Along
with almost all of LIT's students, he
was drafted into the service, yet he
still had time for one last "swan song."
"In my spare time I've written a
book on how to stay out of the army.
Those who wish to secure a copy of
this infallible booklet should send 25
cents to...Pvt. J. Sachelpants DeLorean
at Camp Custard. But, seriously, the
best way to stay out of the army is to
join the navy...s'long JD ERC."
The following years, John spent in
defense of his country, but by 1946 he
was back at home and also back at
work at LIT. He attended day and
night classes, finishing his industrial
engineering degree in a year and a
half. Such courses as financial
administration, labor relations, fluid
mechanics, report writing, and
accounting began to lay the academic
groundwork for someone who would
soon be an automotive legacy.
But, John still found time for his
favohte pursuits; and, within weeks of
his return to campus, "Five with ' D ' "
was also back. Students were
"ecstatic!"
"I should answer my fan mail,"
writes John on December 11, 1946.
"What's a schtunk?"
Yet even with all this acclaim, the
DeLorean "humility" was still intact.
"Dear Editor," a letter in the
January 29, 1947 Tech News extolled,
"I would like to compliment you on
securing the services of that distinguished and polished journalist, Mr.
DeLorean. Seldom, if ever, does a
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�College of this size boast an author of
such proportions. In issue after issue
his subtle witicisms, fluent prose, and
lofty philosophy have brought warnnth
and joy to the hearts of his avid
readers. Truly such literary grace and
charm must come from a pen driven
by a truly noble mind. I know most of
the student body joins me in this
sincere tribute to high endeavor and
the matchless style which Mr.
DeLorean exemplifies.
Sincerely,
Naeroled Nhoj"
It didn't take a genius to unscramble
the signature and, it was obvious that
John had intended it that way. After
all, it was all in the spirit of fun.
This wasn't always the object,
though, as John did have a serious
side and he was often thinking about
the days to come when he would be
out in the world. In a column entitled
"Know you what it is to be an
Engineer?" he slipped out of his
"funny guy" image for a moment and
readers began to glimpse the "high
philosophy" that, indeed, was John
DeLorean. Excerpts foretell the
rebellious, brilliant "dreamer" about to
emerge.
"It is to have a dream without being
conscious you are dreaming lest the
dream break, it is to be trapped in a
terrible tower of pure science.
"It is to live in a mean, bare prison
cell and regard yourself the sovereign
of limitless space; it is to turn failure
into success, mice into men, rags into
riches, stone into buildings, steel into
bridges, for each engineer has a
magician in his soul...
"It is to give imagination full play, to
accept the inventions of Nature, to tell
stories born of silence that fill the world
with wonder...
"It is to be a Conqueror and a
coward, a King and a captive, a
Savior and a slave, it is to be good
unto seeming Godlike while contrasting
evil incarnate; it is to suffer a throne
alone in your terrible temple of
Science while companions roam the
city streets make carefree carnival...
"It is loving and winning only to lose
and love again and again, for
Engineering is a fanciful Goddess clad
in fickle fantasy, form fitting fortune,
and flaming Fool's Gold who recognizes neither disaster nor despair."
But, despair w a s something John
knew little about. He was popular on
campus, being elected vice-president of
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1980
12
Hiding in the back row (perhaps from some admiring reader),
staff for the annual yearbook photo. —from the 1943 L-Book.
the Student Council during his last
year, as well as a good student. Dean
George Hendrickson, academic dean
and engineering faculty member during
John's time recalls him as a "very fine
student" and an asset to the School.
A n d , he was elected to Lambda lota
Tau honor society.
John graduated in June, 1948 and,
as everyone within reach of a daily
newspaper knows, went on to pursue
one of the most highly publicized
careers in the automotive industry. He
is currently awaiting the production of
the first car from his automobile firm,
DeLorean Motor Company, a company
he started after leaving General
Motors. If he succeeds with this new
venture and the DMC-12 is a hit, he
will become the first person to
successfully launch a new car
company since Walter P. Chrysler in
1925. Not bad, for a guy who, finding
himself near graduation, once wrote
about a future that could hold the
possibility of ultimate failure.
"Now you'll find out what this 'out in
industry' means...Lord knows you've
heard it enough...everyday for four
years...and If it's as furtive as they
make it sound, you've still got 37
weeks of unemployment coming...and
now the distinction of being an
unplaced engineer."
John joins the Tech News
But, as history has shown, an
"unplaced engineer" he never became
and, for those who knew him well,
there was never any doubt. They
remember him as a "musician," or a
"clown," or a "genius," but always as
an individualist who had new Ideas
and new plans just waiting to be put
into high gear. These plans were not
always particularly sensible and almost
always "non-conformist," but they
abounded throughout his years at LIT
and beyond.
His legacy not only remains in the
automotive industry where his rise was
called "meteoric" as he progressed
from staff engineer, to head of all of
GM's car and truck production in a
few short years, but also in the minds
of his LIT classmates who still say,
"Yeah, I went to School with John
DeLorean. He was quite a characterlet me tell you about the time when..."
He was "eulogized" by some of
these fellow students in the Tech
News as he left for the "real world" in
1948:
" W e mourn the passing of our dear
departed Tech News columnist John
'B.S. me' DeLorean, whose aim it was
to remain a ward of the Veteran's
Administration throughout his declining
years, as he has finished the pre-
�scribed obstacle course of four undergraduate years and passed beyond to
the ranks of the unemployed. It is with
a wistful tear in our eyes that we
realize that we shall no longer see his
neat soldierly form bent over the tasks
of plant layout and electrical experi-
ments long into the night. But though
he has departed to seek his eternal
reward, those of us who knew him will
draw inspiration from his example. We
shall miss his sober countenance and
the lofty idealism of his '5 with D'
column. But as he stumbles through
It was a great fight, Mom—but unfortunately a losing one—as John
was defeated for student council president in 1947 by Al Nash,
ME'48. Happily, as history has shown, John went on to bigger
better things. —from the October 15, 1947 Tech News.
not
for
'Very ,
the future, we wish him the best of
luck and may all his opponent's kings
be finessable. We shall always
remember his sage remark, 'Eternal
vigilance Is the price of
dishonesty.'" •
"
tie,
and
�That's not his question
Ibbuid
ornottobiid
Construction engineering chairman
George Bowden
Second in a series
For George Bowden, chairman of the
construction engineering department at
LIT, a love of backpacking in wild,
undeveloped areas is not at all inconsistent with a career which teaches
students to build on them.
"I don't find the two incompatible," he
notes. "The function of a construction
engineer is to build things for the benefit
of mankind, but not to decide what is
beneficial. The decision making on
preserving or not preserving a certain
area is almost always done before the
The art of surveying
Here, Prof Bowden
remains an integral
checks a student's
construction engineer is even brought
into the project, so it is his or her job to
build whatever is finally decided upon.
"You know, it's sort of like the movie
'Bridge Over the River Kwai,'" he
laughs. "Something in that movie
touched me because building the bridge
became a goal unto itself, an objective
that disregarded anything else that was
involved. For me, that is the mark of a
good construction engineer. I tell my
students that it's our job to build a
project of proper quality, on time, and at
the lowest possible cost considering the
safety of people involved. If they can
meet all of these, they will be top CE's."
part of LIT's
progress.
construction
engineering
program.
o
E
George notes, however, that this
leaves the "glory" for the architects and
other "visible" designers of projects. He
believes, though, that the best construction engineers must have the kind of
personality that gains satisfaction merely
from seeing a structure completed.
"Our task is an important one and
for anyone in the know, we are indispensable. If we don't do the job right,
many things can happen—all of them
bad!" George says. "When we complete
a building or a bridge, or whatever, the
glory comes in knowing that we have
done our best and that what was once
a design, is now a reality. We won't get
raves from everyone who sees the
building, but anyone who needs that
kind of applause probably wouldn't be in
the construction engineering field
anyway. I like to call us the 'invisible
profession.'"
Adapting to "invisibility" is not the only
prerequisite for being a good construction engineer, though. According to
George, the type of person who should
consider the field is one who is a
serious student, likes the out-of-doors,
doesn't want to be tied down to a desk,
and has a fascination with construction.
"The students who will make good
construction engineers are probably
those whose favorite toys were Tinkertoys' or 'Lego' when they were young,"
George notes. "I always ask students
who come to me for advice on a career
choice, if they have built anything with
their own hands. Sometimes, the
student will get a little smile on his or
her face and say, 'Well, yes I have' and
then I ask them if they were proud of it
and the smile gets a little wider and
they say 'Yes, actually I was proud of
it.' Those are the ones that I think will
do well in the program and in the construction engineering field."
Women who are in the program
seem to have one more trait that makes
them well-suited to entering the field—
they have confidence in themselves and
will stand their ground. The enrollment
of women has grown from two in 1972
to 28 in the fall of 1979 and George is
very pleased with this trend.
"The women I have had in my
classes have been exceptional students.
Many of them are returning to school
after several years and are very serious
about career plans. They know that the
jobs will be available when they
graduate and that hard work will net
them gains financially and personally,"
he notes. "They are very fine achievers
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�and I have no reservations about them
doing a good job. The going will not be
easy at first, because the women will
not be immediately accepted by everyone. They will have to prove themselves, but once they do, the construction industry will open for all women,
now and in the future."
George's own knowledge about
construction comes, not just from books,
but firsthand from over 25 years of
experience in the field. His own background allows him to give classes realworld insight into the construction
engineering field, even though he almost
had to carve out his own career from a
civil engineering degree.
"Ever since I can remember, I wanted
to be a civil engineer, even though I
don't remember knowing what a civil
engineer was," he laughs. "Then, after
high school in my hometown of Chicago, I joined the Navy Air Corps and
flew for a couple of years. I contemplated aeronautical engineering after I
got out but I figured that if we had
enough planes for World War II, then
the market was probably already
saturated, so I went back to my original
dream."
George entered Purdue University
and earned a B.S.C.E. and then went to
Commonwealth Edison where he
worked on such sophisticated construction projects as power plants, teaching
himself the ins and outs of building
structures. From there he moved on to
the Symons Corp. where he became
vice president and director of research
and development.
"I had to go out and analyze the construction industry," he remembers, "and
then come back and design something
that would fit the need. But, because we
had a very clever president, I was also
in charge of complaints so I always had
to keep my finger on what worked and
what didn't."
After 11 years at Symons, George felt
that he had something to offer students
who were contemplating a career in the
field and made a decision to go into
education. He found that LIT was one of
only four schools offering a construction
engineering program and shortly, thereafter, joined the faculty. He was
appointed chairman of the construction
engineering program in 1973 and later
got his M.S.C.E. at Wayne State
University. George believes that the
move to LIT was one of the best he
could have made.
"Teaching has given me a great deal
of personal satisfaction, especially
George
Bowden
stands
ready
to help his students
because LIT is educating students for
the real world," he notes. "The entire
construction engineering program was
started, with the help of the Builder's
Exchange, to fill a need that the industry
had for graduates with special skills.
Civil engineers were just not adequately
educated in the whole area of construction management, so we modified our
civil engineering program to make it
more applicable. From that point on, we
turned a dying program into one which
has an enrollment which is continually
increasing."
George sees only one problem with
the construction engineering curriculum,
and that involves the information which
prospective students are receiving on
the program.
"Due to the high school advisors' lack
of knowledge about construction
engineering," he states "few students
enter our program directly after graduation. There is still a feeling among the
counselors that we are just teaching
students to saw wood and hammer
nails, but that's not even remotely true.
Consequently, most of our students
come from the industry or from other
programs. Those who do enter the
program directly after high school
graduation are learning about it on
their own or from friends in construction rather than from counselors."
literally "raise
roofs."
The program continues to grow,
however, much of it due to George's
hard work and dedication to his students
and his field. Through George, men and
women are finding that there is much
more to construction engineering than
meets the eye and their "fascination"
with building becomes a career goal
with outstanding possibilities for
personal and financial growth.
But even with his own "fascination"
with construction, George, himself, still
enjoys the "wide open spaces." He and
wife Barbara have backpacked across
Isle Royal in Lake Superior, the Chilkoot
Trail in Alaska and are now contemplating a trip across the Andes. Barbara,,
by herself, joined a Youth Hostel Group
on a trek across the Himalayas.
"We like to get away from everything
and find the most remote areas," he
notes. "We enjoy places which are
undiscovered by the in crowd; places
where we can learn about other people
and other cultures.
"But, even though we spend our
vacations far away from civilization," he
continues, "I've never really considered
'chucking it all' and living in the wilderness. Vacations are adventures, but
after a certain period I'm ready to come
back."
For the construction engineering
students at LIT—that's good news. •
15
LIT
�levels
with Floyd
When LIT Director of High School Relations Floyd
Bunt returns home from a week of outstate student
recruiting, you'd think he'd like to stay around
awhile. But for Floyd and his wife Marion, a trip
to Paducah is still in their own ''back yard."
And Floyd even plays his own traveling music!
Floyd Bunt sits at the keyboard of his
nificently-restored
theatre organ.
mag-
When you've shared a plane with Red
Chinese soldiers on leave from Vietnam,
listened to the sound of guns in the
background of a native dance in Cambodia, and stepped over giant turtles in
the Galapagos, you might think you'd
"done it all."
"Not so," says Floyd Bunt, LIT director of high school relations. "There's
much more to see and do and, in fact,
my wife Marion and I are now looking
forward to a trip to the People's Republic of China."
Floyd, a native of Canada, was traveling himself when he first met Marion in
the early 1940s. He was visiting
Cranbrook School in Bloomfleld Hills on
an educational trip, but it wasn't long
before he became a permanent resident
and a master at the school which first
brought him to America. He was at
Cranbrook for over 25 years before
moving on to the Kingsbury School in
Oxford as headmaster and then, in
1971, joining Lawrence Institute of
Technology as a member of the
chemistry faculty.
In the almost 40 years since their
marriage, the Bunts have visited all over
the world and now have a collection of
international artwork, carvings, artifacts,
and other memorabilia that would do
many museums proud. In addition, they
have brought back a silver spoon from
each country and, at last count, the
number is well over 80.
The Bunts began their world travels
Summer
1980
16
right after the war with camping trips to
most of the 50 states. They started
"roughing it" before it became fashionable for families to take up their tents
and sleeping bags and head into the
wilderness, but Floyd and Marion feel
that the experience was an excellent
teacher for the four Bunt children.
"We've camped throughout the United
States as well as in Nassau and
Europe," Marion notes, "and because
we weren't staying in the 'tourist' places,
the children learned about other people
and their ways of life much better than
they might have if we were staying in
plush hotels in the cities. We would talk
to them each night, explaining the history of where we were going the next
day so that they would get a real feeling
for the area and the people and know
what to expect. We urged them to
accept other ways of life and not judge
others by our own standards, hoping to
keep them from spreading the 'ugly
American' image."
These camping trips soon expanded
into "regular" excursions into the world
of international travel, which often didn't
turn out to be as regular as one would
expect.
"When we were traveling around the
Far East, in 1968, we boarded a plane
bound for Manila," remembers Marion,
"and right behind us were sitting a
group of Red Chinese soldiers. We
thought they were taking over the plane
and, for a moment, neither one of us
knew what to do. Then we learned that
they were just soldiers from Vietnam
who were going on R&R and for the
rest of the trip we had no problems.
They didn't bother any of us and we
didn't mind them."
On that same trip, the Bunts were
treated to a first-hand look at the intricacies of international relations.
"We wanted to visit Cambodia and so
we worked our way through a lot of red
tape in order to get there," Marion
remembers. "Then on our first night in
the country, the guide wanted us to rest
in our hotel but we convinced him to
take us out into one of the neighboring
villages.
"We luckily caught one of the traditional 'shadow dances' in which the
villagers dance behind a giant hanging
sheet and in front of a large bonfire so
that they appear as shadows," she continues. "Unfortunately, this might have
been one of the last times they performed it because soon after that, war
broke out in force in Cambodia, putting
an end to the old way of life. We could
hear guns in the distance while we were
there even though our government was
saying that American forces were not in
the country. Later we learned that this
was not really the case and that the
sounds we heard were probably our
own artillery fire."
Cambodia was not the only place
where the Bunts got a unique view of
�the world. Their out-of-the-way trips
have provided many adventures and
taken them to places which most people
never consider as a travel possibility.
Their trip to the Galapagos Islands is a
prime example.
"When you're escorted to the islands,
you are not allowed to take or leave
anything, not even a scrap of paper,
because it could upset the balance of
nature," Marion states. "The islands are
known for the natural life which, in
essence, has escaped the process of
evolution. Each strain has grown without
any of the restraints of life as we know
it and many have grown to absolutely
enormous size. The best known of
these is probably the giant turtles or
terrapin. Darwin himself investigated the
islands in his research on the origin of
the species.
"The animals have not learned to
be afraid of man so they act as if we
were not even there," she continues.
"We could walk among the seals or
turtles or over an iguana and they just
carried on without paying any attention
to us. It was an experience we will
never forget."
According to Marion, though, the trip
would not have been as fascinating if it
were not for the trained guides who took
them to the islands.
"The guides for each of the island
trips are specially chosen from all over
the world," she remarks. "They all have
Ph.D's and are specialists in such areas
as chemistry or marine biology but they
are also unbelievably well-versed in
every other area. They are truly extraordinary people."
"Extraordinary," however, can describe more than the Bunts' travels. It is
a term that one hears often of Floyd,
himself, as he has kept himself busy
with much more than visits to other
lands. His areas of expertise and
interest range into areas not even
familiar to most people. The awards
which hang on his wall are only a small
illustration of the honors he has
received for his dedication to a variety
of civic, professional, and cultural
activities.
He was named one of the five top
secondary education teachers in the
United States by Yale University while
teaching at Cranbrook and has also
been commissioned by the Fund for
Peaceful Atomic Development to confer
with Japanese educators and scientists
on the subject of atomic power. The
Independent School Association of the
Central States cited him for outstanding
Floyd demonstrates
the tonal quality of
several of his theatre organ's 800 pipes.
leadership, dedication, and contributions
to the field of independent education,
and the Birmingham Volunteer Fire
Department presented him with its
service award—and that's just the
beginning!!!!
Floyd's talents extend beyond his own
field of chemistry into everything from
organ playing to agriculture. He has
taught swimming, flying, riflery, lifesaving, lapidary (stone cutting and
polishing), and first aid, is a qualified
radiation detection technician, and is
skilled in wood working, silver and
metalwork, radio, electronics, and
gardening. And, as if that is not enough,
he also restores giant theatre pipe
organs from the days of the silent films,
saving them from extinction in a world
of "talkies."
Marion Bunt displays a small artifact
acquired
during one of her and
Floyd's
South American
adventures.
Floyd restored a pipe organ for
Cranbrook School and installed another
of the giant musical instruments in his
own home. The Bunts' organ was
originally part of the State Theatre in
Sandusky, Ohio until Floyd rescued it
from probable destruction.
The 800 pipes connected to the organ
are so gigantic that they take up an
entire room and Floyd has had to lay
some across the floor rather than up
and down in order to fit them in. In
addition, the bird whistles, auto horns,
xylophones, drums, and other paraphenalia also had to be renovated to
create those unusual sound effects long
associated with the music which
accompanied silent films.
When Floyd begins to play and the
pipes fill with air, the noise is reminiscent of a 747 getting ready for take off.
But when the music starts, the sound
brings up a nostalgic vision of days
gone by. Strains of "Bicycle Built for
Two," "In the Good Old Summertime,"
and "Harvest Moon" fill the Bunt home's
lower level as shutters open and close
to regulate the tones from the "pipe
room."
But—even with this magnificently
restored organ and all of the beautiful
artifacts and woodcarvings in his home,
there is one "memory" piece that just
may be the Bunts' favorite. It hangs in
the place of honor as one enters the
family room and is inscribed "To Floyd
Bunt on his 65th birthday from his
grateful children." The framed poem
recounts years of caring, sharing, and
understanding and was done by —not
Frost, Wordsworth, or Longfellow—but
rather Floyd Jr., Mary Elizabeth, Teddy,
and Terry—and that makes it more
priceless to Floyd than any verified
"treasure" could ever be. •
17
LIT
Maaazine
�Seeing double
James and Edward Lingenfelter major in the same subject,
attend the same classes, and even hold the same job. You'd
think they were twins.
"Quit following me around!" is a
connmon complaint from one brother to
another, but with James and Edward
Lingenfelter things are quite different.
Not only did they follow each other 20
years ago when they entered the world,
but they have continued to follow each
other ever since, from schools, to jobs,
and then back to school.
The Lingenfelters, identical twins in
more than just looks, attended Bishop
Foley High School in Royal Oak. TherO:
school officials made every attempt to
keep them separated with different
classes and activities. But, Jim and Ed
had a different idea when it came to
their own choices.
Unlike many twins who studiously try
to go in separate directions, the boys
have spent much of their lives together
and, after high school, they didn't see
any reason to change. They had always
tried to maintain their own personalities
but somehow, they always ended up
together liking—and doing—the same
sort of things.
"After graduating from high school in
1977, Jim and I started in the electrical
engineering program at LIT," Ed
remembers. "We really didn't make an
effort to enroll in the same curriculum
but we had always both been really
interested in electronics so it just
happened."
Now, there's nothing really surprising about that—but the story does
not stop there. Coincidentally, both
boys, almost at the same time, decided
that engineering wasn't for them and
both left the program. Still not surprising—but again the story goes on—
Jim and Ed both then decided to enroll
in LIT's associate degree program in
electrical engineering technology—
where they remain today—both taking
identical classes and maintaining near
perfect grade point averages.
But—even that's not the end of the
"togetherness" story because not only
do the boys study together—they also
work together at William Beaumont
Hospital in Royal Oak at —you guessed
it—the same job.
"We really didn't intend to end up
working together," states Jim, "it just
seemed to happen. I applied for a job in
the maintenance department while I was
working in dietary. Then Ed decided to
apply, but we both knew that there was
only one opening."
"The supervisor was going to flip a
coin to see which one of us he would
hire," Ed continues, "but then decided
to make two positions so we ended up
working together too."
Does this cause problems for others
at the hospital? Sometimes—"But," the
boys laugh, "there are still some people
who think that there is only one of us
who's just mighty fast getting from one
�•f
James
and Edward
Lingenfelter
find they're often reaching
place to another."
Those who do know there are two
Lingenfelters, however, have found
things a little confusing, especially their
supervisor.
"At times, our boss will ask one of us
to do something, believing that he's told
the other," says Jim. "He often hands
us the wrong time cards and with us
both wearing the same uniform, it's
almost impossible for him to even
realize he's made a mistake."
"Once, he told me twice to work
Saturday, not realizing the second time
that I wasn't Jim," says Ed. "Then when
Jim didn't show up he realized what had
happened."
The supervisor has now decided to
just call them "the boys" and he makes
sure that both of them hear all of the
instructions.
This confusion doesn't end at work,
though, as LIT has, without realizing it,
contributed to the 'coincidental' linkings
of the two boys. When he enrolled at
the College, Ed was assigned the
student number 45091. Jim, on the
other hand, registering a few days later
became student number 45109, making
at least one professor believe that there
was a computer error in his class printout.
The dean of the School for Associate
for the same
personal
and career
Studies, Dr. Richard E. Michel, was also
a victim of the confusion which always
seems to surround the boys. During the
registration period for the fall term at
LIT, as he was meeting with students to
help them enroll. Dr. Michel suddenly
realized that there was one student who
kept showing up and registering for the
same classes (or so he thought). It took
some explaining but finally the questions
were cleared up and both boys were
ready to begin the same courses even
though the professor would probably
begin the confusion all over again,
himself.
Still, the School expresses pride, not
only in the boys' tremendous success in
the program—but also in the fact that
they have come a long way toward
recognizing Jim and Ed and keeping
their names straight!
Jim and Ed, themselves, look fonA/ard
to the time when they will graduate from
LIT and—go their separate ways? Not
likely. Jim hopes to go on for a further
degree—and that sort of appeals to Ed
too—not because Jim is doing it but
goals.
rather because it seems that what
interests his brother, interests him—and
vice versa. Differences between the
boys do exist, but they seem to fade
into insignificance when stacked up
against the similarities.
"When we were young, our parents
got us two different pair of shoes so
that they would know who we were,"
Jim remembers—and then adds with a
laugh—"but, unfortunately, the shoes
wore out." •
19
LIT
Magazine
�Gerald
C. Meyers,
chairman
of American
Motors
Corporation.
MGNEEFONG:
threshold of a new golden age?
The challenges of today require
engineers with solutions, asserts the
chairman of the American Motors Corporation.
Gerald Meyers says this so called "Age of
Limits" Is just a wall to be broken through.
Gerald
Summer
C. Meyers, chairman of the American Motors Corp., presented
the following
address
April 24 as part of the Engineering
Society of Detroit's Breakfast Lecture Series. He
appeared
at the invitation of Dr. Richard Marburger, president of LIT and president of
ESD, who also served as presiding officer of the meeting.
1980
20
I would like to discuss architects and
arches; engineers and excellence. In
ancient Rome, the engineer who was
responsible for the construction of a
great arch was required to stand under
that arch and all those tons of stone.
When the supporting scaffolding was
removed, if the calculations were faulty,
he found out quickly and permanently.
On the other hand, when the arch held,
as it almost always did, he stood proud
and prominent. It's no wonder that a lot
of Roman arches have survived for
thousands of years.
Those were the days of the Golden
Age of engineering. Today, I would like
to suggest to you that we are on the
threshold of another Golden Age of
engineering. Let me attempt to prove
my thesis.
Let's begin with a quick look back, to
a time that many of you have lived
through—the era just after World War II,
a period of great optimism and
enthusiasm about the country's future.
I first appeared on that scene when I
went to Carnegie-Tech seeking an
engineering degree in the summer of
1946. At that time, anyone who wasn't
an engineering student was just out of
it.
The United States had shown the
world what its engineering might could
do—the great ships, the fleets of
bombers, the astounding level of
production which the country reached
during the war.
The same technical know-how and
industrial might that had won the war
would win the peace, or so the thinking
went. Engineers were the men of the
hour, and of the future. They wore their
slide rules on their hips like gunslingers
of the Old West. It was they who would
cross new frontiers of technology, and
bring a new abundance to all the
world's people.
Much of that optimism was wellfounded. Through the Fifties and well
into the Sixties, America's engineering
talent helped rebuild the devastated
nations of Europe. It helped propel this
nation to a new level of affluence. It
�helped raise the standard of living in
many of the world's underdeveloped
nations.
And, finally, in a kind of final exam for
our engineering might, we engineers put
men on the moon, a feat that only a
few years back had been a subject for
laughter.
Toward the end of the Sixties,
engineering had fallen on hard times
after its earlier triumphs. Engineers
became the bad guys, the people who
fouled the air and the water, built freeways that ruined farmland, made automobiles that choked the cities and
worse—they didn't seem to care.
Technology fell out of favor. Engineers
lost badly on college campuses. The
"in" thing became liberal arts, and I
mean liberal. The country would be
saved by new social programs, not new
factories.
And where are we today? Well, we've
had some bad economic news recently.
But if you look at the nation as a whole,
you'll find that the pendulum has swung
again in favor of our profession.
Classified sections are full of ads
for engineers. Enrollments are up in
colleges of engineering. Women
engineers are swelling our ranks and
can practically write their own tickets.
And if you've specialized in petroleum
engineering, oil company recruiters will
just about carry you off campus on their
shoulders.
What does this mean? I believe it's
more evidence that we are seeing the
curtain rise on a new Golden Age of
Engineering which could very well surpass the glory days following World War
II.
Consider the needs for a minute—
their range and their scope.
We need engineers to solve our
energy problems, to find ways to burn
high-sulphur coal, exploit oil shale,
develop solar power, capture geothermal power, solve the enormous
technical problems that will release the
huge potential of fusion, and solve the
safety problems of nuclear generating
plants.
We need engineers to bring about the
revolutionary changes necessary in the
auto industry and the housing industry,
to spearhead the revolutionary changeover to smaller cars.
We need engineers by the thousands
to carry on and expand our efforts to
cope with man's waste.
Now, the engineers I'm talking about
do not see the world just in terms of
sine and cosine. They are a new breed
of engineer—the kind already graduating
from some of the nation's colleges and
universities.
The most important characteristic of
the new breed is that they combine
technical skill with human skill. They
have been educated more broadly than
their predecessors. They have a good
grasp of history, know literature and the
arts and fathom the humanities. They
know how to relate to people.
We have this new kind of engineer
because no other kind will do.
Some say we have entered an Age of
Limits, in which the world's growing
population, combined with the growing
expectations of the Third World, have
imposed an unprecedented strain on
global resources.
But let's keep the Age of Limits in
perspective. What does that term really
mean?
What it really means, I believe, is that
our resources are limited only if we
continue to keep our blinders on. In my
view, the Age of Limits is a fiction...
Malthusian! It is a description contrived
by a shocked and older generation
when it ran out of ideas and not an
acceptable viewpoint for the new
generation of engineers.
Our new engineers believe they can
break through the limits that others saw.
They have confidence in their ability to
handle problems. They see the limits as
a challenge—a wall to be broken
through.
Getting more (not more from less) will
be the major challenge of the Eighties
and Nineties. This is, first and foremost,
a technical problem. But engineers who
are merely technicians will be unable to
cope.
In the last few years, we have seen
how difficult it can be in the U.S. to
close the gap between our political and
technical institutions. Elected officials
�are charged with providing the framework for dealing with, if not solving,
society's problems. But more often than
not, it is the engineering profession
which is called upon to translate political
mandates into reality.
Put another way, it is the professional
engineer's job to give us the best life
possible, within the best system that the
politicians can provide.
To do this, the complete professional
engineer must first of all be a human
being with a strong interest in advancing
society. And then secondly, he or she
must have the technical skills to do the
job.
S o the demand for our new breed
of engineers is strong. The reason is
clear. We can't build a better society
solely with better laws. It will take
engineers to convert political hopes into
blueprints of reality, and do so in ways
that truly improve the quality of life.
In the last few weeks, we've had
some very gloomy news in the auto
industry—news that hits especially hard
here in Detroit. Some of you may
wonder how I can be so optimistic about
the future of engineering when the auto
industry is being shaken to its roots.
Overnight, we have seen the entire
U.S. automobile fleet become obsolete.
Our critics love to argue that the
Japanese outwitted us in this r e s p e c t but that's not true. It is true that the
Japanese are ready with large volumes
of small cars Americans want now, but
it's just luck that they are.
The Japanese had no great insight
into the coming U.S. market nor did
they foresee the Middle East fiasco. But
they were ready because they had been
building small cars for their own markets
for years before American car buyers
suddenly got the fuel economy
message.
The point I'm making is that the
current troubles U.S. car manufacturers
are having with imports are not, I repeat
not, a result of bad engineering, dumb
product planning nor sloppy market
research.
They result very simply from the
unforeseeable and sudden political events
abroad which almost overnight changed
the nature of the U.S. auto market.
And this change is the foundation
upon which the new world automotive
market is being built.
Alliances are forming and the pace
is quickening. We calculate that the 30
or so independent auto manufacturers in
the world today will narrow to about a
Summer
1980
22
dozen by the end of the century. That
dozen will be transnational in scope and
will compete all over the world, with
North America, Europe and Japan
simply being parts of the whole.
American Motors and Renault are
going to be one of those dozen
survivors.
At American Motors, we believe our
vital signs are stronger today than they
ever have been before. And as for the
industry as a whole, reports of its death
are exaggerated.
American automotive engineering
production and marketing know-how, are
superb. The new generations of vehicles
that are already beginning to leave the
assembly lines will re-establish that fact.
The need for the smart, new breed of
well-rounded engineer in the auto
industry and throughout U.S. industry is
greater today than it has ever been.
Again, it is one thing for government
to draft the design for a better society.
But it's the professional engineer who
will convert those ideas into reality.
Engineers will draw energy from the
sun.
Engineers will design housing for the
millions who need it.
Engineers will conceive the devices to
bring forth the food for a growing world.
Engineers will devise ways to dispose
of our waste, without turning to a nogrowth economy as a solution.
Engineers will break the resource
barrier that has victimized our fathers.
And finally, and not least, engineers
will develop a whole new fleet of small,
fuel-efficient automobiles.
I started with the thesis that we are
about to enter another Golden Age of
engineering. If the list of accomplishments that I have just described is any
indication of the coming age, and I
believe it is, the world will look back on
the decades of the '80s and the '90s as
another era in which the technical
capabilities of our society excelled. It
will be a period when the architects and
the engineers again will be standing
proud under the structures that you
have created.
It isn't going to be easy. In fact, it's
going to be a very difficult time. But it
will be a challenging time and an exciting time for you and the engineering
profession. Personally, I am looking
forward to it. And I hope you
will, too. •
An orphan hymn?
Last summer, the LIT Public and
Alumni Relations Office asked alumni
to help track down the origins of the
LIT Hymn, (see the LIT Magazine,
Summer, 1979). Office staff had discovered aging copies of the basic
melody and words during research on
the College fight song, "Dear Old LIT,"
(LIT Magazine, Spring, 1978).
But no new information was forthcoming. The author, composer, and
date of origin are still a mystery.
However, Bob Benson, assistant professor of architecture and organist for
the 1980 Commencement exercises
saw some potential and harmonized
and arranged the music for use as the
graduation processional. It served the
purpose well, and perhaps a new tradition has been born.
The words and music are below.
Since it would be a shame to have an
"orphan" hymn, alumni are again
called to service! If you can identify
the composer and author, or provide
other information, please contact the
Public and Alumni Relations Office.
Let them fly so very high our colors
blue and white.
Flowing free for all to see
like a guiding light.
With our might for all that's right
we march to victory.
We can't hide our lasting pride
for good old L.l.T.
We will sing and chimes will ring
our praise of L.l.T.
Rising loud with hearts so proud
hnging true for thee.
Listen to her song, it is calling
you and me
On to keep the banner flying
for or L.I.T.
May her fame and honored name be
greater with each year.
May they last these mem'-ries
past
that we hold so dear.
Fear not the rival lot who'd stop
our cause so free.
Show our course with endless
force
and pray for L.l.T.
•
�On-campus
represents a 10 percent increase.
About 34 percent of LIT's over 4,990
students are enrolled In the evening
school program.
The largest increase in the evening
enrollment occurred in the School of
Engineering where a total of 819
students registered for second term
evening classes. This was a 13
percent increase over last year's total
of 728.
In addition, the third term day
college program enrollment in March
was a record 2,380 students. The
previous record of 2,199 occurred in
March, 1978.0
Marburger
Marburger elected ESD president
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president of
LIT, has been named president of the
Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD).
He officially assumed office on July 1.
The Society, which has 8,600
members, is considered the world's
largest regional technical society.
Dr. Marburger has previously served
the organization as a director,
treasurer, and vice president, as
executive chairman of its membership
drive, as chairman of the Member
Education Council, and he has worked
on the ESD-sponsored Science Fair.
He also serves as chairman of the
Society's Objectives Planning
CommitteB.
Concurrent with his ESD
presidency. Dr. Marburger is serving
as president of the Detroit Metropolitan Science Teachers Association,
as a vice chairman of the 1980 Freedom
Festival, as a trustee of the Detroit
Business/Education Alliance, and as
chairman of the nominating committee
of the Economic Club of Detroit.
He has served as president of LIT
since 1977. Dr. Marburger joined the
College's adjunct faculty in 1965. He
advanced to professor, dean of arts
and science, and vice president for
academic affairs prior to assuming his
current position. Earlier, he served as a
Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force where
he collaborated on the development of
the cadium sulfide photovoltaic cell
and published papers on the subject.
He also was associated for 17 years
with the G.M. Research Laboratories,
where his contributions included
development of x-ray diffraction
techniques which are of great value to
physicists, chemists, metallurgists,
and mechanical engineers.
He attended Kenyon College and
received three degrees from Wayne
State University, including his Ph.D. in
physics in 1962. He is a member of the
national scientific honor society,
Sigma XI, and the national engineering
honor society, Tau Beta Pi. •
Enrollment
growth
continues
While many other colleges contend
with declining numbers of students,
Lawrence Institute of Technology continued to set enrollment records into
1980.
The second evening term baccalaureate program registered a record
enrollment of 1,723 students, compared
to 1,576 students one year ago. This
Brown
Brown accepts
Campaign
position
Paul B. Brown has recently accepted
the position of vice chairman of the
Professionals Division in the Lawrence
Institute of Technology Capital
Campaign. In this position, he will be
responsible for coordinating the fundraising activities of area architects,
engineers, and accountants.
Brown is a senior executive and
partner of Harley Ellington Pierce Yee
Associates, a Southfield-based architectural and engineering firm. He is a
graduate of Oberlin College and the
University of Michigan and was recently presented with the Gold Medal
Award by the Detroit Chapter, American Institute of Architects.
A former director of the Michigan
Society of Architects, Brown has also
served as the president of the Detroit
Chapter, AIA and is a fellow in the
Engineehng Society of Detroit and In
the national AIA. His civic activities
include serving on the Birmingham City
Planning Commission and the Advisory
Council on Regional Planning of the
Southeast Michigan Council of
Governments. •
�Dean Richard l\/licliel, top, discusses
some
of Tfiomas Edison's
inventions with TAB
students in Edison's
Menio Parl< labs. Left,
Dean Stephen Davis was stationed in
Edison's
machine shop. Above,
Dave
Castillo, ME'80, was one of several students
who helped answer visitor
inquiries.
��Register now for
pre-college
program
Class of '80
joins
graduate
ranks
Intermittant showers failed to dampen
the enthusiasm of more than 500
graduates and their parents, spouses,
and friends as they filled the Detroit
Civic Center's Ford Auditorium June 1
for LIT's forty-eighth annual
Commencement Exercises.
James W. McLernon, president and
chief executive officer of Volkswagen
of America presented the Commencement Address and received an
honorary doctor of engineering degree
in recognition of his "outstanding
accomplishment and significant
achievement in the fields of engineering and technology."
Receiving an honorary doctorate in
science was Stanford R. Ovshinsky,
president of Energy Conversion
Devices, Inc.,—a firm he founded with
his wife in 1960 to continue research
and development of amorphous
materials for use in various phases of
information storage and control combined with concepts of energy conversion. Mr. Ovshinsky is a self-taught
physicist and inventor whose credentials include over 60 U.S. patents and
authorship of numerous scientific
papers on subjects ranging from
neurophysiology to amorphous semiconductors.
Among his many interests, he has
theorized remarkable new ways of
converting sunlight into commerciallyfeasible electricity.
Also cited were five distinguished LIT
alumni, who were presented with
Alumni Achievement Awards: Ernest E.
Brown, AIA, AE'37, of Astoria, OR,
who recently retired as a partner with
his firm of Brown, Brown, and Grider;
John J. Dziurman, AIA, Ar70, of
Rochester, president of John Dziurman
Associates, Inc.; Ronald C. Maday,
IM'63, of Detroit, partner in louche,
Ross and Company; Roger E. Marce,
ChE'37, of Bloomflield Hills, executive
director of finishing for the Zinc Institute; and David C. Travis, IE'60, of
Saline, general manager of Ford Motor
Company's plastics, paint, and vinyl
division. •
Summer
1980
26
Dr. James W. McLernon
presented
Commencement
Address.
Dr. Stanford R. Ovshinsky
his pioneering
research.
the
was honored
for
High school juniors and seniors are
urged to apply now for the September
Pre-College Architecture program at
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Students attending the program will
be given a chance to explore and
advance their interest in art and
architecture before entering a full
program of study. They will also learn
the nature of professional training
and discover whether they have the
necessary aptitudes and talent for
further study at the College level. The
fall term will begin on September 27,
meeting Saturdays until January 31.
Students may choose one or any
combination of courses offered in the
program including: visual communications, basic design, and interior
architecture/interior design. There will
also be an art and architecture seminar
and field trips offered to the students.
Tuition for each of the courses is
$75; $25 for the seminar. It is also
estimated that materials will cost up
to an additional $100.
Students who wish to visit the
campus during the summer to talk to
an advisor about the program may call
the LIT School of Architecture at
(313) 356-0200.
F R E E ENTERPRISE
WORKS
^1
Billboard editorial. Truth, justice, and the American way? Superman isn't the only
champion of these ideas. Student Don Schumaker,
BA'80, designed this billboard for a
Students in Free Enterprise contest. Eller Outdoor Advertising Co. displayed Don's work
on Eight Mile Road.
�MacDonald cited
A passel of presidents.
LIT president Richard Marburger, left, and chairman Wayne Buell,
right, congratulated
past Presidents
Club presidents
Arthur Kelley and Lee Zwally. Newly
elected Club president Roger Shtogrin also offered his best
wishes.
Presidents Club
elects Shtogrin,
directors
Members have elected Roger F.
Shtogrin, IM'61, to serve as the 198081 president of the LIT Presidents
Club. Election results were announced
at the Club's annual spring nrieeting,
held this year at Plum Hollow Golf
Club.
Also elected were Robert J. Schlaff,
IM'62, vice president; Stephen R.
Davis, dean of engineering, secretary/
treasurer; and three new directors:
David E. Pillion, EE76; Victor L.
Kochajda, EE'52, and Alvin R. Prevost,
ArE'51.
Daniel Redstone, representing Louis
G. Redstone Associates Inc., architects
for LIT's new Management Building,
gave a brief presentation on the structure's design and progress, and President Richard E. Marburger presented a
State of the College address. Also
speaking were Wayne H. Buell, board
chairman, and G. Robert Harrington,
vice president for development.
C. Lee Zwally, EE'41, Frank Noggle,
ME'70, and Arthur L. Kelley, ME'47,
were given special recognition as the
Club's past presidents. Former director
Jack L. Korb, CivE'54, was also
honored for his service to the Club.
The LIT Presidents Club recognizes
the substantial support of the College's
contributing alumni and friends. Members have pledged to invest at least
$1000 in the College over a five year
period. Gifts of stock, real estate,
bonds, life insurance, or other gifted
assets may also be considered.•
Architecture students sweep
national interior design competition
LIT architecture students have been
named recipients of three out of a
possible seven top prizes in the 1980
National Student Design Competition
sponsored by the American Society of
Interior Designers (ASID).
There were a total of 117 students
registered for the competition, which
ASID officials considered the most difficult contest the Society has ever
sponsored. Students from all over the
United States were challenged to
re-design the interior of an 1898
vintage building in San Francisco,
including commercial and residential
space.
All of the LIT winners are 1980
architecture graduates who submitted
their entries as part of their interior
design class studies. Jack Bullo will
receive a $1000 first place prize and
David Horschig will be awarded $500
for second place. Robert Formisano is
an award of merit winner. The three
students will receive their awards
during the national ASID conference in
August in New York City.
Leonard Else, assistant professor of
architecture and director of the
College's new interior architecture
degree program (inaugurated only in
September) was especially pleased
with the "sweep."
"The fact that our students competed
with others from long established
schools of interior design speaks well
for the quality of our program and the
students enrolled in it," he
commented. •
Harold C. MacDonald, president of the
Society of Automotive Engineers and
vice president-engineering and research
of Ford Motor Company, was presented with an honorary doctorate in
engineering by the College at his SAE
installation ceremonies in February.
MacDonald is responsible for Ford's
staff activities in the area of scientific
research, product research, planning
and engineering, and technical planning
and control.
Among his many professional and
community activities, he is a "Fellow"
and director of the Engineering Society
of Detroit, and is extremely active in
his church and several religious service
organizations. He is a 1940 mechanical
engineering graduate of Michigan State
University and was chairman of its
Alumni Association in 1968. •
Goodbye BIM;
Hello
Management
A familiar name will be missing from the
academic catalog next year. LIT's School
of Business and Industrial Management
has a new name: the School of
Management.
Dr. Louis W. Petro, dean, says the
name change was made because the
academic scope of the School is broader
than the old name implied.
"Besides educating students to work in
the private and industrial sector, a great
many graduates are also seeking
employment in service and non-profit
organizations like hospitals and government," he says. "The new name is more
all-encompassing and more accurately
accommodates the programs we offer."
The School of Management continues
to offer Bachelor of Science degrees in
Business Administration and Industrial
Management. Course concentrations or
options are available in accounting/
finance, business systems, human
resources, industrial studies, manufacturing and marketing.
"Graduate management programs are
under consideration for the future." Dean
Petro adds. Also being explored is an
undergraduate course concentration in
entrepreneurship or emerging enterprises
—small self-owned businesses. •
27
I IT
Maorijinfi
�Hromi
M.E. head named
Michael Mitchell, nght, director of busiriess affairs, ended his 26-year LIT career January 31.
He received the College's
Founders Award from Dr. Wayne Buell, chairman of the board, at
a special reception.
Looking on is Mike's wife, Liz.
Mitchell ends 26-year career
Twenty-six years of service culminated
January 31 when Michael L. Mitchell
retired as director of business affairs at
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Mitchell first joined LIT in 1953 when
the College was located in Highland
Park. He began his LIT career that
year as controller and was named
director of business affairs in 1964. He
also served the College as secretary
and treasurer of the LIT corporation.
"When we first moved to the new
Southfield campus in 1955, we had to
take chattel mortgages out on the
typewriters just to make ends meet,"
he remembers. "I never thought that
LIT would become as large as it is
today, but it has been wonderful to
watch it grow and prosper through
the years."
A 1938 graduate of Detroit Institute
of Technology where he received a
B.S. in accounting, Mitchell is also a
Certified Public Accountant. Before
joining LIT, he worked for the accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand. He
is a member of the American Institute
of C.P.A.'s, the National Association of
College and University Business
Officers, and the National Association
of Accountants. He was presented with
the LIT Founders Award for distinguished service at a special staff
Summer
1980
28
reception in his honor.
His retirement plans include "working
in the yard," "resting," and private
accounting practice. •
Dr. John D. Hromi has been named
professor and chairman of mechanical
engineering. Dr. Stephen R. Davis,
dean of engineering has announced.
The appointment is effective
September 1.
Hromi, currently an associate professor at LIT, has been a member of
the College's faculty since 1976. He is
a graduate of the University of Detroit
where he received a doctorate in
engineering. He also holds a B.E.E.
degree from Clemson, a B.S. degree
in mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon
University, and a master's degree in
mathematics from the University of
Pittsburgh.
Formerly a principal staff engineer at
Ford Motor Company, Hromi has also
worked for the U.S. Steel Corp. He is
national president-elect of the
American Society for Quality Control. •
Faculty
and staff notes
Michel
Michel elected
secretary
Dr. Richard E. Michel has been
elected secretary of the LIT Corporation by the Board of Trustees.
Michel is the dean of LIT's School
for Associate Studies and the chairman
of the baccalaureate physics department. He is a graduate of Michigan
State University where he received a
B.S. and Ph.D. in physics and is
replacing Michael Mitchell, the former
secretary, who retired.•
Dr. Hans J . Bajaria has been named "Man
of the Year" of the Greater Detroit Section,
American Society of Quality Control.
Bajaria, associate professor of mechanical
engineering, is the national vice president
for education for the 30,000 member organization. He was presented with the award
during special ceremonies at the Engineering Society of Detroit on February 19.
Helping cement a firmer town and gown
relationship, Vita S. Buell, wife of Board
Chairman Wayne H. Buell, served as
chairperson of Michigan Week for the City
of Southfield in May. She chaired the Michigan Week Planning Committee which
coordinated such events as the City Hall
dedication, a parade, a Kiwanis pancake
breakfast, and a special LIT program for
Southfield's senior adults.
Patrick Corcoran has accepted an appointment as an assistant professor of architecture.
�Milosic
A native of Ireland, Corcoran attended the
National University of Ireland where he
earned a bachelor of architecture degree.
He has previously worked for Albert Kahn
and Eero Saarinen and was most recently
employed by Chrysler Corporation. While in
private practice in Dublin, Corcoran was
also architectural consultant in the government of Sudan.
Corcoran will be teaching architectural
design in LIT's School of Architecture.
Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean of engineering,
presented remarks and chaired a session of
the American Society of Metals conference
on "Material Applications in Industrial Heat
Recovery Systems" June 3-4 in Pittsburgh.
Barbara C . G r a m , associate professor of
humanities, has retired. A member of the
faculty since 1968, Gram taught classes in
language, literature, and linguistics. She is a
graduate of Colorado State University where
she received an M.A. degree and Lake Erie
College where she was awarded an A.B.
degree. She also attended Syracuse
University and the College of William and
Mary. Active in the Avon Player theatre
group. Gram is also a member of the
Modern Language Association, the American
Association of University Professors, and the
American Association of University Women.
She will work as a travel agent, now on a
full time basis.
Melvin L. J a n n e y has been appointed
director of business affairs for the College
and elected treasurer and resident agent of
the LIT Corporation by the Board of
Trustees.
Janney, previously the College's assistant
director of business affairs, is replacing
Michael L. Mitchell who retired after 26
years of service. As director, Janney will be
responsible for all of LIT's accounting,
payroll, personnel, and purchasing, as well
as maintaining student accounts and other
related business functions. An employee of
LIT since 1964, he has also worked for
Snap-on Tools Corporation, Municipal Consultant Service, Paramount Engineering, and
Ford Motor Company.
A graduate of Wayne State University
where he received a B.S. in business
administration, Janney also earned an
associate's degree in commerce from
Macomb County Community College. In
addition, he is a Certified Purchasing
Manager and is working toward a law
degree.
Judith S . Milosic has been named
assistant director of business affairs at
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
A graduate of LIT where she received a
B.S. degree in mathematics, Milosic has
worked at the College since 1968. Most
recently she was employed as an accountant in the LIT Office of Business Affairs.
As assistant director, Milosic will be
An electrifying ride. Dr. and Mrs. Wayne H. Buell, right, took a test drive in G.M.'s
Electrovette
experimental electric car during the College Open House. Also "testing the
vehicle's front seat" is Dr. Stephen Davis, dean of engineering. Dr. Richard E. Mar burger,
president,
and Edward L. Pauly, of the General Motors Advance Design Center, who
arranged for the car's display, look on.
Janney
responsible for aiding in the College's
accounting, payroll, and personnel functions,
as well as handling student accounts and
other related duties.
J a m e s S . R o d g e r s , assistant professor of
humanities, will participate in the National
Endowment for the Humanities seminar,
" T h e Functions of Discourse in Science and
Literature" July 23-August 15. He will study
late Eighteenth Century theories of language
by scientific and literary figures.
New
staffers
Miller, Long,
and
Isaacson.
Three individuals have joined the LIT
Development Office to aid the College's
Capital Campaign and other fund-raising
activities, G . Robert Harrington, vice president for development has announced.
Dr. J o h n E . Miller has been named
executive director of development.
Formerly with Peterson & Schouman, Inc.,
a private fund-raising consulting firm. Miller
has specialized in organizational planning,
management, evaluation, and resource
development as a consultant and at several
institutions, including Detroit Institute of
Technology and Siena Heights College in
Adrian. He received a B.A. degree from
Goshen College in Indiana, an M.Ed, from
Kent State University, and a Ph.D. from
The Ohio State University.
J o h n J . L o n g has been named associate
director of development.
Long was also formerly with Peterson &
Schouman, Inc., where he was responsible
for creating and maintaining a full range of
financial development systems for non-profit
institutions.
A 1970 graduate of St. Joseph's College
in Rensselaer, IN where he received a B.A.
degree in political science. Long is a former
editor and reporter with The Ypsilanti
Press
and the Dearborn Press & Guide
newspapers.
Kari S . I s a a c s o n has joined the staff as
an associate director of development.
A graduate of the University of Oregon
School of Law where she received a J.D.
degree, Isaacson was also awarded a B.A.
from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma,
WA. She has previously worked for the
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan as
well as several law firms.
Isaacson's activities include staff support
of campaign divisions, solicitation of corpora
tions and individuals, and planning and
directing direct mail and telephone
campaigns. She will also be involved in
coordinating the College's deferred giving
programs. •
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LIT
�Publication
and news writing
take awards
LIT's Public and Alumni Relations
Office has been cited twice in the
1980 national competition and recognition program sponsored by the Council
for Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) in Washington D.C.
Anne M. Cattermole, associate
director of public and alumni relations,
has won a special merit award for
excellence in news writing and
information.
Selected material from LIT's news
bureau, which she coordinates, competed with entries from colleges and
universities from across the nation. The
stories often ultimately appear in the
LIT
Magazine.
Cattermole joined LIT in 1978, after
serving as public relations coordinator
at Macomb County Community College
and as public relations director for the
city council of Warren.
LIT's 1979-81 Student
Handbook,
edited and designed by Bruce J.
Annett, Jr., director of public and
alumni relations, also received a
special merit award for excellence.
The award recognized the publication's editorial content, graphics, and
production economy.
The award is the fourth publications
award Annett has won in national
competition since 1974. He joined LIT
in 1976, following service with
DePauw University. •
% 12-hour student and staff marattion
readied LIT's new Ren Cen model for
House
visitors.
Open
An LIT 'Renaissance'
Sailboats bob along the Detroit River,
families stroll across the Hart Plaza,
and light sparkles off the Renaissance
Center's reflective glass towers—not so
unusual except that everything takes
place inside studio 222 of LIT's Architecture Building.
The School of Architecture is the
new home for a 16 by 36 foot model
of the towering Detroit landmark,
donated by the Renaissance Center
Partnership. Dedicated at the College's
April Open House, the model was
originally built by the Partnership
before the Center opened. It would
Summer
1980
30
cost about $30,000 to duplicate.
More than twelve feet high, the
exhibit will be on permanent display in
the studio, originally the College's
library. Dean Karl Greimel indicates
that it will serve as a catalyst for
discussion, as a visual and space
divider, and perhaps may even provide
inspiration for students to "think big."
Students and staff labored more than
12 hours to set the display up prior to
the Open House deadline. The
massive model had to be sawed in
three parts to fit it through the
Architecture Building's doors. •
Instant arches. Ctiuck Dobson, left, and
John Van Slembrouck
stand in front of their
"ceremonial
arch," a project they
designed
and built for a Basic Design III Class. The
sculpture
was chosen, from the class
models, to be built full-scale on campus as
an experiment on the effects of sculpture
and design on an environment. Dobson is a
junior and Van Slembrouck
a freshman in
architecture.
�Alumni Association News
Dance honors
Classes of
'55, 70
Almost 200 alumni, their spouses or
guests renewed old friendships by
returning to campus April 19 for the
Alumni Association's Annual Dinner
Dance.
Honored guests were the anniversary
classes of 1955 and 1970. Members of
both received mementos and listened
to brief but humorous recounts of their
exploits from their respective program
hosts, Frank Noggle ME70 and Reed
Abt, CivE'55.
A number of door prizes were
awarded, including a prize to the
oldest alumnus present: Wayne H.
Buell, ChE'36; earliest class represented: Bruce D. Curtis, ME'41;
youngest alumnus present: James
Home, IM79, and a special tie award
to alumni coming the longest distance:
Benjamin D. Gralla, ME70, of Lake
Bluff, IL, and Samuel G. Muhling,
ME'55, of Bartlett, IL. The event was
held in conjunction with the College's
Open House weekend, assuring the
viewing of plenty of special events and
exhibits. Angelo Torcolacci, Ar'70, was
the winner of a 50/50 drawing which
netted him and the Capital Campaign
about $100.00 each.
Hard working alumni volunteers who
worked to make the event a big
success were Henry Selewonik, IM'57,
committee chairman; Frank Noggle,
ME'70; Richard Darbyshire, ME'54,
EE'61; Reed Abt, CivE'55; Leon Kohls,
ArE'55; Marlyn Lisk, MT'69, IT'70,
IM'73; and Phil Peters, ME'70. •
Class of 1970. Class of . .
.
......
... ... ^ . . . . , o
..^re: Angelo
Torcolacci,
Howard Kuhn, Doug Parnin, Marlyn Lisk, Jim Storfer, Ben Gralla, Mike Bullion,
Phil Peters, Vincent Render, and Nick Novak.
In the second row were: Steve Tertel, "Rocco"
Romano, Ron Myers, Ken Pawlowski,
Frank Noggle, Wally Pociask, Ken Hojnacki, Dave Sepesi, Larry Engel, and Dennis
O'Connell.
Alumni Association
elects 1980-82 officers;
first woman director
The LIT Alumni Association has elected
officers for 1980-82 and three directors
to three year terms. Election results
were announced at the annual business
meeting of the Association June 10 at
Plum Hollow Golf Club.
The new officers are Roger Avie,
IM'68, president; Charles Koury, Ma'73,
vice president; Nicholas Sarzynski,
IM'64, treasurer; Henry Kovalsky,
ME'62, recording secretary; and Robert
Heintz, ME'51, EE'61, corresponding
secretary.
Elected directors were John Fawcett,
ME'43; Dennis R. O'Connell, IM'70; and
Paula Stofer, Hu'79. Paula is believed
to be the first woman director of the
Alumni Association since its founding in
1936.
The six directors not up for election
this year are Theodore Milek, ME'51;
Henry Selewonik, IM'57; Henry
Tamagne, ME'51; Richard Darbyshire,
ME'54, EE'61; James Storfer, IM'70;
and immediate past president Marlyn
Lisk, MT'69, IT'70, IM'73. •
Classes of '56, 71:
you're next!
Class of 1955. Three 25-year anniversary class members
reunion were: Leon Kohls, Reed Abt, and Sam Muhling.
able to return to campus
for their
Class members of the Classes of '56
and '71 will celebrate their 25th and
10th anniversary reunions at the April,
1981 Alumni Dinner Dance. A planning
committee is being formed now and
will hold its first meeting on October
14, 1980.
Your participation is welcomed.
Please call or write Bruce Annett,
director of public and alumni relations,
if you'd like to help out in the planning
of your reunion activities. •
31
LIT
Magazine
�Alumni
Association
Bylaws
Since 1976, the directors of the
LIT Alunrini Association have
worked to update and clarify the
organization's Bylaws. Amendments have been approved in
accordance with Article IX, and
the task was completed this
spring.
Readers may wish to retain
this latest copy for future
reference.
A R T I C L E I: N A M E
Section 1. NAME — The name of this
organization shall be "The Alumni
Association of Lawrence Institute
of Technology."
A R T I C L E II: P U R P O S E
Section 1. PURPOSE — The purpose of
the Association shall be:
A. To promote the general welfare of
Lawrence Institute of Technology;
B. To actively further the advancement
of the College as an educational
institution;
C. To encourage active business and
social relationships among
members of the Alumni Association;
D. To establish a mutually beneficial
relationship between Lawrence
Institute of Technology and
its alumni;
E. To be operated as an integral part
of Lawrence Institute of Technology.
A R T I C L E III: M E M B E R S H I P
Section 1. MEMBERSHIP — Membership
in this Association shall be of three
classes; active, life and honorary:
A. Active Membership: To be an "active
member" or a "member in good
standing" an individual must meet
the following requirements under
these Bylaws: a) be either a
graduate of the College, or have
completed at least one half the
hourly requirements for graduation
at Lawrence Institute of Technology,
provided that the original class has
graduated and a contribution is
made to the College or Alumni
Association. Membership is
effective for the next twelve (12)
months from the date of the
Summer
1980
32
contribution. b)The Board of
Directors may, by appropriate
action, grant active membership to
current graduates for the ensuing
period of twelve (12) months
following their graduation.
B. Life Membership: All alumni having
qualified for life membership as set
forth in the original Bylaws (Article
Mi Section 1 Paragraph B) on or
before June 30,1981 qualify as an
active member for life and shall
enjoy all rights and privileges
without termination. After this date,
life memberships will not be offered.
0. Honorary Memberships: Those
persons whose work or service is
deemed, by the Association, to be
worthy of recognition and whose
memberships have been proposed
and approved by the Board of
Directors or by proper action of
the Active General Membership
as provided by these Bylaws.
Honorary Members shall not have
the right to vote or to hold office.
The Board of Directors may by
appropriate action grant honorary
membership to recipients of an
honorary degree of the College.
D. Termination of Membership:
A majority vote of the Board of
Directors may disqualify a member's
good standing provided there is
good cause.
Section 2. MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTIONS
—Only Association members in good
standing shall be entitled to voting
privileges on any Association business
requiring such action or to hold any
elective office or chairmanship of any
committee conducting Association
business.
A R T I C L E IV: F I N A N C E
Section 1. FINANCING
A. Contributory Support — Consistant
with the Articles of Incorporation.
B. Dues (formerly Art. IV Dues): The
establishment, amount, continuance and/or waiver of any authorized
entrance fees, dues, or assessments
shall be determined by the Board of
Directors, as hereinafter provided.
The only membership classes liable
for dues shall be Active and Life.
C. Assessments: Special or extra
assessments may be made only
with the approval of the Board of
Directors and two-thirds (2/3)
majority of the voting members
(Active or Life) present at a regular
or special meeting.
D. other Sources: Consistant with the
the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 2. EXPENDITURE LIMITATION
1.
The Board of Directors will exercise
reasonable and prudent care in the
administration of the financial
affairs of the Alumni Association.
2.
Deficit spending or borrowing on
future income is prohibited.
A R T I C L E V: O F F I C E R S AND D I R E C T O R S
Section 1. OFFICERS — The following
elective officers shall comprise the
Association's administrative section;
President, Vice-President, Treasurer,
Recording Secretary, and Corresponding
Secretary, all of whom shall hold office
two years, and whose duties shall be in
accordance with Robert's Rules of Order.
The foregoing officers shall hold office
until their successors are elected
and qualified.
Section 2. DIRECTORS — Elective
Directors shall consist of nine (9) Board
members at large and the immediate
past President, ex-officio, whose term
shall be two (2) years. At each annual
election three (3) Board members at large
shall be elected for the term of three (3)
years in the place of those whose terms
have expired, and any vacancies shall be
filled by the election of a Board member
at large for the unexpired term. All Board
members shall hold office until their
successors are elected and qualified.
Section 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The
Board shall consist of the five (5) elected
administrative Officers (in Section 1) and
ten (10) Directors (in Section 2).
Section 4. ATTENDANCE — Any Board
member who does not attend, personally,
at least two (2) Board meetings in any
one year in office may be required by the
Board to resign his post on the Board.
The Board will then exercise its
authorized power to fill the vacancy
made by such resignation.
Section 5. POWERS OF THE BOARD The Board of Directors shall manage
and administer the affairs of the
Association. They shall fill any vacancy
in office or on the Board until the next
election. All appropriation of the funds
of the Association must be made or
approved by the Board of Directors.
The Board shall have other powers and
duties as shall be prescribed by Law, the
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, or by
appropriate action of the Association.
A R T I C L E VI: E L E C T I O N S O F O F F I C E R S
AND D I R E C T O R S
Section 1. NOMINATIONS
A. Election Committee — The Board
of Directors shall appoint by March 1st of
each year an Elections Committee of two
(2) members of the Board and two (2)
members from the Association at large.
By May 1st of each year or not less than
five weeks prior to the Annual Business
meeting, the Elections Committee shall
nominate one or more eligible persons
for each office, and the several terms of
the Directors at Large, as these vacancies
occasioned by expirations of term,
death, resignation or other cause.
B. Notification — Notice of such
nominations, along with ballots, together
with notice of the time and place of the
�Annual Business Meeting shall be mailed
to the members of the Association not
less then four (4) weeks prior to the
annual business meeting date, at which
time the new officers are to be installed.
C. Other Nominations — Any member
of the Association may be nominated as
a candidate for officer or director by
written petition signed by at least fifteen
(15) members in good standing filed with
the Recording Secretary not less then
six (6) weeks before the date of the
election.
Section 2. ELECTIONS — The names of
all duly nominated candidates shall be
printed alphabetically upon the official
ballot prepared by the Election
Committee. The ballots shall be counted
by the Elections Committee at the
annual business meeting with at least
three (3) members from the audience
appointed by the President. None of
those so appointed shall be candidates
or members of the Board of Directors.
No one on the Elections Committee who
is also a candidate shall be permitted
to count the ballots. All ballots received
in mail and those from the meeting must
be from active members in good
standing in the Association and be
counted together. The results of the
election are to be announced at the
Annual Business Meeting.
ARTICLE VII: C O M M I T T E E S
Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS The Board of Directors shall determine
the special committees of the Association which shall be constituted and
shall define the powers and duties of
such committees subject to the
provisions of these Bylaws, and may, at
any time dismiss or abolish any special
committee so constituted.
Section 2. APPOINTMENT OF
COMMITTEES - The President
shall appoint the members of
all committees and designate the
chairman of each, subject to the approval
of the Board of Directors. The members
of all standing committees shall be
appointed annually and shall continue
as such members at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors.
Section 3. STANDING COMMITTEES The following committees shall
constitute permanent standing
committees:
A. Membership
B. Publicity
C. Program
D. Constitution and Bylaws
E. Election
ARTICLE VIII: M E E T I N G S
Section 1. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
OF THE A S S O C I A T I O N A. ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING The Annual Business Meeting of the
Association shall be held during the
month of June each year, at a time and
place to be designated by the Board of
Directors. Notice of the time and place
of the Annual Meeting shall be sent by
mail to each member of the Association
at least two (2) weeks before the day of
the Annual Meeting. All Board members
are expected to attend the Annual
Business Meeting.
B. GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING — There shall be at least
one (1) General Membership Meeting
held each year, exclusive of the Annual
Business Meeting.
C. SPECIAL MEETINGS - Special
meetings of the Association may be
called by the President or by the Board
of Directors, or upon written petition to
the President of at least twenty-five (25)
members. Notice in writing of the time,
place and purpose of such meeting shall
be mailed to each member of the
Association at least five (5) days prior
thereto.
D. QUORUM — Twenty-five (25)
members of the Association shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of
the Association. Fifteen of these must
be there in person and the rest may vote
by proxy consistent with the procedures
set forth in section 2C of this Article.
Section 2. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
OF D I R E C T O R S A. FREQUENCY - The Board of
Directors shall meet at least during the
months of March, June, September, and
December.
B. SPECIAL — Meetings may be called
at any time by any four (4) members of
the Board by submitting their request to
the President who will then notify the
other members in writing or by phone
no less than two (2) days prior to the
meeting. Such notice will specify the
time, place and purpose of the meeting.
C. PROXY VOTE - Any member of the
Board of Directors may assign his vote for
a specific Board meeting to the President
or a designated representative. The proxy
shall be so designated by filling out a
suitable form to be included with the
meeting notice. The proxy must be
submitted to the President or the
Recording Secretary of the Association
prior to the opening of the meeting.
D. QUORUM — Seven (7) members
shall constitute a quorum necessary for
the transaction of business. Four (4)
persons must be present and the rest
may vote by proxy.
Section 3. ORDER OF BUSINESS At each meeting of the Board of Directors
or Annual Business Meeting of the
Association members, the order of
business shall be as follows:
a)
Call for proxies;
b)
Reading of the minutes of the
preceding meeting;
c)
Treasurer's report;
d)
Reports of Officers;
e)
Reports of Committees;
f)
g)
h)
Old business;
New business;
Report of Election Committee
and installation of new
Directors and/or Officers (at
annual business meeting only).
This order may be changed by a vote of
the members present except as otherwise
required by the Statutes of the State
of Michigan, Constitution and Bylaws
of the Association. Meetings of the
Association or Board shall be governed
by Robert's Rules of Order for
Deliberative Assemblies.
A R T I C L E IX: A M E N D M E N T S TO B Y L A W S
Section 1. AMENDMENTS BYTHE
ASSOCIATION — These Bylaws
may be amended by a two-thirds
vote of the members present at any
Association membership meeting
provided the proposed amendment shall
be read and on record at a Board of
Directors meeting at least thirty (30) days
before being brought to a vote, and also
the notice of same shall have been given
in the notice of the meeting.
A. VOTING AT MEETINGS: Upon the
consideration of any proposed amendments, amendments thereto may be
offered and voted upon at the meeting
(as designated above).
B. VOTING BY MAIL: The Board of
Directors may, in lieu of a vote at a
meeting of the Association members,
authorize a vote by mail upon any
proposed amendment to the Bylaws.
Such mail vote shall require for adoption
at least two-third majority of the ballots
received and such mail vote shall not be
effective unless twenty-five (25) votes
are cast.
Section 2. AMENDMENTS BY THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS - The Board of
Directors shall have the power to make,
amend or repeal the Bylaws of the
Alumni Association by a vote of nine (9)
of the elected officers and directors at
any regular or special meeting of the
Board, provided that notice of intention to
make, amend or repeal the Bylaws, in
whole or in part, shall have been mailed
to each director and officer at least ten
(10) days prior to the meeting or without
such notice, by a vote of all members
of the Board.
Section 3. COMPLIANCE — All amendments to these Bylaws shall comply
with Federal, State of Michigan laws and
the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 4. REVIEW — These Bylaws
shall be reviewed at least every two years
by the Constitution and Bylaws
Committee for the purpose of considering
amendments thereto.
These bylaws are adopted and made
Aprils,
1980, and shall replace and
supersede
any previous
bylaws.
effective
�Alumni Notes
§
buildings, and employs 53 people.
Larry A. Williamson, ET 60, is chief engineer
of Detroit Coil Co., maker of industrial grade
solenoids. He's been with Detroit Coil for 17
years, and received his B.S. degree from
Eastern Michigan University in 1963. A
registered Professional Engineer, he lives in
Farmington Hills.
Tiger Stadium bound. The LIT Alumni Association
sponsored
another of their popular
sports
safaris to an early May Tigers game. A full bus load of alumni, faculty, and their families
parked on campus and enjoyed not having to individually fight traffic down and back.
1933-59
Ray Urban, ME'35, writes that he has retired
from the U.S. Postal Service in Detroit where
he was manager of the Maintenance Service
Division for the metropolitan area. "I am
taking it easy now and confining my work and
ulcer to work in and around the house. As
gasoline availability permits, my wife Clara
and I check on our five grandchildren in Troy
(where our twin daughters reside) and four
more grandchildren in Scottsdale, AZ, where
our son works and lives.
'When we drive to see Tom and his family
in Scottsdale, we usually go through
Albuquerque, NM, where we stop to visit my
good buddy Alfred Quigley, ME'35, and his
wife, Neola."
Nathan M. Mills, ME'36, reports that he
retired from Sperry Vickers in 1975 after 39
years with the company's industrial engineering department. He also has furnished the
alumni office with the address of "lost"
alumnus Allen Perry, ME'38, who retired
from Sperry Vickers in 1971. Upon his retirement, Allen was serving as Sperry Vickers'
Industrial sales manager in the Cincinnati
area, a post he had held since 1947.
J a c k V. S h y , ME'43, retires in June from
Ford Motor Company after more than 33
years of service with the Ford research and
engineering center in Dearborn. He resides in
Dearborn Heights.
Prof. Steve M. Slaby, ME'43, of the
Department of Civil Engineering at Phnceton
University, Princeton, NJ, has been invited to
spend four weeks this summer in Vietnam.
Steve's trip is under the auspices of the U.S.
Committee for Scientific Cooperation with
Vietnam. He will work with a team of 37
engineers and technicians to construct a solar
thermal rice drying facility designed to handle
10 tons of rice daily. Steve received an
alumni achievement award in 1965.
Walter T. Hartung, ME'48, suffered a heart
attack in December but writes that he's
recovering and returned to his position with
Chrysler in power plant research. He is a
design leader.
Summer
1980
34
Robert Formella, ME'61, has joined ITT
General Controls as director of quality
assurance and reliability for heating/cooling
and heavy industrial product lines. He will be
responsible for implementation and direction
of consumer affairs, product safety, and
environmental quality programs. He will also
assure that performance requirements of
products and services are met.
A resident of Burbank, CA, Bob earned an
M.B.A. from the University of Detroit. In 1976
he was awarded the ITT Ring of Quality for
outstanding personal contributions to ITT's
worldwide quality assurance program.
Michael Y u g o v i c h , EE'49, ME'50 ended his
38-year career with Ford Motor Co. when he
was honored February 22 at a special retirement dinner at Ford's World Headquarters.
He has been Ford's chief electrical engineer
for the past 17 years.
William Hood, BT'62, is the Northville School
District's administrative assistant for operations. He is responsible for transportation,
operations, maintenance, building improvements, safety, personnel evaluation of the
service group, and equipment needs.
Hoad Engineers, Inc. has named Edwin S .
S h y m a n s k i , CivE'52, to the position of
manager-business development. Ed will be
responsible for the business development
effort of providing consulting architectural and
engineering services to clients. A registered
civil engineer, Ed lives with his wife, Gail, and
three children in Livonia.
J a m e s B. R o s s , IM'62, has been appointed
on-highway sales manager for the Universal
Joint Division of Rockwell International.
Jim earned his M.B.A. at Michigan State
University. He and his family reside in Troy.
J o h n K. Dixon, EE'57, who works for the
Computer Science Laboratory, Naval
Research Laboratory, in Washington, has
published a technical paper in IEEE
Transactions on Systems,
Man, and
Cybernetics.
John received his M.B.A. from Wayne State
University, an M.S. in physics from the
University of California at Davis, and a Ph.D.
from the University of California at Livermore.
Clark B. W i l s o n , ME'59, has been named
president and chief executive officer of
Campbell Chain Company, a McGraw-Edison
Company based in York, PA.
Clark moves to Campbell from McGrawEdison's Wagner Electric Corp. unit,
Parsippany, NJ, where he was senior vice
president, manufacturing services, since
1978.
Prior to that, he was a vice president of
Onan Corp., Minneapolis, and executive vice
president and general manager of the Onan
Division. He was also general manager.
Agricultural Tractor Division of Allis Chalmers,
Milwaukee, and had served in various
engineering positions at Ford Motor Co.,
Detroit.
1960-69
Walter C r o s b y , Jr., EE'60, is now president
and sole owner of Rutkofske-Neal Inc.
Electrical Contractors in Port Huron. The firm
specializes in electrical construction for
commercial, institutional, and industrial
Vincent J . Styrma, IM'63, has been promoted to the newly created position of
manager of dealer communication systems
with General Motors Truck and Coach
Division of G M . He will be responsible for
formation of a new computer based terminal
system for G M C truck dealers.
T h o m a s O'Connor, ArE'64, has been named
associate with Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls
Associates, Inc., Detroit architects, engineers,
and planners.
Kenneth J . Cook, PE, EE'64, has passed
his Michigan Professional Engineers examination. Ken received an alumni achievement
award in 1972.
Ronald G . Hughes, CivE 64, has been
named an associate in the Lansing and
Kalamazoo-based architectural, engineering,
planning and surveying firm of Gove
Associates Inc. With Gove, his prime responsibilities will be management of the
company's new service-initiative in the
Northwest Michigan Regions, and new
business development.
Ron is registered as a land surveyor in
Michigan and as a Professional Engineer in
Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Ohio,
and has 15 years of experience in field,
design, and managerial positions, including
five years as public works engineer and
thoroughfare planner and designer for the
City of Ann Arbor. He has also taken
graduate studies in civil engineering at the
University of Michigan. He lives with his wife
and two children in Montague.
Neil R. Karl, PE, EE'64, has been appointed
to serve on and was elected recording
�0^
Hadfield
secretary of the City of Westland's Cable TV
and Security Task Force. Neil has also
started his own firm, K Systems Company,
which specializes in a variety of services
relating to data processing software and
hardware, microfilming, patenting, copyright
and technical filing, and product distribution.
David G. Gilmartin, CivE 64, was among
those who were honored recently by the
American Red Cross for their donations of
blood for the new Phoresis Program.
The studio of Tkacz & Associates, Architects/
Interior Designers in Plymouth, has received
recognition from the Michigan Histohcal
Commission for their work in the restoration
program of the Pioneer Bank in North
Branch.
Stanley Tkacz, Jr., BT'65, architect, had
spent over two years doing research and
background work on the program development and design.
The Pioneer Bank, because of this restoration program and the return to its original
styling of English Palladian Design, has been
listed in the State Register of Historic Sites
and Significant Points of Interest within the
State of Michigan.
Dr. Robert B. Trombley, ET 65, has been
appointed supervisor of the nuclear engineering group, Chrysler Defense Engineering.
Robert works on the new XMI main battle
tank and is responsible for nuclear hardening
of all electronic systems and vehicle subsystems. He also conducts studies on the
effects of nuclear weapons on the tank,
electronic systems, and its crew.
Harold Varner, ArE'65, executive vice president of Sims-Varner and Associates, has
been named chairman of the board of
Detroit's Inner-City Business Improvement
Forum. Harold received an alumni achievement award in 1971.
The Wyandotte architectural firm of Yops and
Wilkie, AIA, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. John Wilkie, ArE'65, joined the firm in
1967 and in 1975 the partnership was formed
between him and Jack W. Yops. The firm has
completed numerous churches, schools,
municipal, recreational, and commercial
projects.
Charles R. B i s e l , AIA, ArE'66, has been
named director of construction of Providence
Hospital in Southfield. He will remain a parttime instructor in the School of Architecture's
evening program.
Charles resides in West Bloomfield with his
wife, Leah, who is a teacher in the Livonia
School system.
Robert Alan Black, AIA, Ar'66, will join the
University of Georgia at Athens College of Art
in September as an assistant professor in
interior architecture. Presently, he is working
as a weekly columnist and cartoonist for the
Athens Banner-Herald, and as a creative
consultant, architect, and apartment
developer.
He received his M.A. in art from Wayne
State, M.Ed, from Florida Atlantic University,
and is currently working on his Ph.D. He is a
leader with the Creative Education Foundation for their annual international conference
held in Buffalo, NY, in June. He and his
family live in Athens.
J a m e s L. Hadfield, IM'68, has been named
corporate controller of LOF Plastics Inc.,
Detroit-based subsidiary of Libbey-OwensFord.
Jim, who is a certified public accountant,
will be responsible for coordinating the
company's accounting practices and related
reporting.
Before joining LOF Plastics, he was
manager of corporate accounting for American Motors. He previously was audit supervisor for Coopers & Lybrand, Detroit. He has
a Master's degree in finance from Wayne
Stae University.
He is a member of the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and the
Michigan Association of Certified Public
Accountants.
LOF Plastics produces laminated and
molded plastic products and self-adhering
body trim moldings for automotive markets.
Libbey-Owens-Ford is a diversified industrial
products manufacturer with other interests in
automotive and construction glass and fluid
system components.
Gerald T. Hargraves, ME 68, has taken a
new position as works manager, Spring City
Plant, Grade Foundries, Inc., in Waukesha,
W l . He has moved to Brookfield, Wl. Gerald
was formerly general superintendent of manufacturing with the Central Foundry Division of
G.M.
G a r y L. L u d e k e , EE'68, has joined the Mitre
Corporation of Bedford, MA at their Colorado
Springs facility as a systems engineer. Mitre
is the systems engineer for the North American Aerospace Defense Command's automatic data processing facility in Cheyenne
Mountain. Gary, his wife, Sandy, and their
two children live in Colorado Springs, CO.
J a m e s L. Morse, ME'69, has been appointed
to the West Bloomfield Township Board of
Review. James is president of Morse Sales
Inc. and owner of Earl Keim Realty Bloomfield Inc. He is a licensed real estate broker,
a Realtor, and has been involved in brokerage, development, sales, training marketing,
merchandising and property appraisal for 11
years.
Steven C . Stanford, ME'69, of Waterford has
married Constance Youren. Steve is a
building planner for Oakland County Central
Services in Pontiac.
L a w r e n c e E . Zellen, ME'69, who received
his Juris Doctorate 1976, has become
associated with the law firm of Bennett,
Gorgyca and Associates of Southfield, concentrating his efforts in counseling small
businesses and civil practice.
1970-79
Many Class of 7 0 alumni returned reunion
information questionnaires to class president
Frank Noggle, ME'70, so that he could print
up a booklet of responses for distribution at
the April 19 alumni dinner. The responses
were extensive. Here are the occupational
'68
Bisel
'66
Hughes
'64
pursuits of the hard-working Class of 1970
members responding: Michael Bauslaugh,
Ar'70, is chief engineer for Fruehauf Corporation's vans, refrigerated transport, and containers division; Michael Bullion, M E 7 0 , is a
principal design engineer with Ford; William
T. C r u i c k s h a n k , E E 7 0 , is assistant chief
engineer in charge of industrial control new
product development for B/W Controls, Inc.;
J a m e s E . Deevey, IM'70, is manager of
product engineering service with Allied Chemical; William Goode, I M 7 0 , is plant controller
of the South Charleston, WV, stamping plant
of Volkswagen of America, Inc.; Glenn
G r a c e , I M 7 0 , is a fire protection consultant
^
with Wausau Insurance Co.; John Dziurman,
A r 7 0 , is president of John Dziurman
Associates Inc., Architects/Planners;
Benjamin D. Gralla, M E 7 0 , is district
manager, power generation service division
of Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Richard E.
Kiefer, E E 7 0 , is senior electrical engineer
with Armco Autometrics; Ray J . Krupa,
I M 7 0 , is manager of engineering for French
and Hecht division of Kelsey Hayes;
Howard C . K u h n , M E 7 0 is a design
engineer for Ford; Daniel J . Kraus, EE and
I M 7 0 , is president of Engineering Systems
Associates; K e n Hojnacki, M E 7 0 , is
manager-contract administration, with F.
Joseph Lamb Co.; Larry E . Monigold,
M E 7 0 , is engineering manager, advanced
projects, with Kysor of Cadillac; Ronald G.
Myers, A r 7 0 , is owner of R. G. Myers and
Associates; Frank Noggle, ME'70, is a project engineer with Ford; Nicholas Novak,
M E 7 0 , is a development engineer with
Chrysler; Dennis R. O'Connell, IM'70, is an
attorney with Michigan Consolidated Gas
Co.; Kenneth E . Pawlowski, A r 7 0 , is vice
president and assistant director of architecture
ifor Hoyem-Basso Associates, Inc; Douglas J .
Parnin, A r 7 0 , is a project manager and job
captain with Hoyem-Basso Associates, Inc.;
Phil Peters, M E 7 0 , is a manager with the
Chrysler Corp.; Walter Pociask, IM'70, is a
superintendent with K and D Industrial Services; Phil Quidort, Ar'70, is a principal with
Knoell/Quidort Architects; Richard A.
R o b e r t s o n , IM'70, is corporate treasurer of G.
B. DuPont Co., Inc.; Donald L. Roy, EE'70, is
a staff engineer for IBM; Roy R o c c o
R o m a n o , Ar'70, is a job captain with Sigmund
Blum, architect; Frank R. Scarpelli, IM'70, is
an industrial engineer with General Motors
Truck and Coach; David A. Sepesi, ME'70, is
a sales engineer with Timken Co. Automotive
Division; Brent Smith, IM'70, is president and
owner of Brent Smith Co.; Stephen J . Tertel
II, Ar'70, is a project planner with the Austin
Co.; and Angelo A. Torcolacci, A r 7 0 , is an
architectural engineering coordinator for
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.
J o h n Dziurman, Ar 70, has reorganized his
architectural and planning practice into John
Dziurman Associates, Inc.
In private practice since 1974, Dziurman
has designed and supervised numerous
Drojects throughout the country. His projects
nave earned design awards from the
�E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y of D e t r o i t , M i c h i g a n
S o c i e t y of A r c h i t e c t s , a n d t h e D e t r o i t C h a p t e r
of A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e of A r c h i t e c t s .
He was selected "Outstanding Young
E n g i n e e r " in 1 9 7 5 b y t h e E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y
of D e t r o i t .
D a v i d C . G e o f f r e y , I M 7 0 , of T r o y w a s
a p p o i n t e d vice p r e s i d e n t - m a r k e t i n g for
S t a n l e y D o o r S y s t e m s , a d i v i s i o n of t h e
S t a n l e y W o r k s , l o c a t e d in T r o y . H e j o i n e d t h e
c o m p a n y a s p r o d u c t e n g i n e e r in 1 9 7 0 , a n d
w a s n a m e d m a r k e t i n g m a n a g e r in 1 9 7 6 .
A l a n L. B e n g l i a n , I M 7 1 , w o r k s a s a n
a c c o u n t a n t for M o o n e y P r o c e s s E q u i p m e n t
C o m p a n y . He writes that he's been married
four years and, having played two years on
t h e L I T g o l f t e a m , "I c o n t i n u e d m y g o l f
e s c a p a d e and landed a job as a part-time
i n s t r u c t o r at F a r m i n g t o n C o u n t r y C l u b . "
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K e n n e t h E. B e n n e t t , I M 7 1 , is s a l e s m a n a g e r
of t h e T a y l o r b r a n c h of A r m s t r o n g C a r p e t a n d
Resilient F l o o r i n g Division. H e a n d his wife
h a v e five c h i l d r e n . H e reports he's bowling five
nights a w e e k a n d currently carries a 202
a v e r a g e in t w o c l a s s i c l e a g u e s .
C h a r l e s E. M a r z o l f , I M 7 1 , of St. C l a i r
S h o r e s , has b e e n n a m e d credit m a n a g e r and
sales coordinator by D u n d e e C e m e n t Co. He
serves the c o m p a n y ' s North Central Division
at A n n A r b o r a n d t h e S o u t h C e n t r a l D i v i s i o n ,
h e a d q u a r t e r e d in C i n c i n n a t i .
R i c h a r d H o n e r , IT 7 1 , is e m p l o y e d a s a
m a n u f a c t u r e r s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e for M a n a g e m e n t S e r v i c e s a n d S a l e s Inc. of D e t r o i t ,
representing major casting and forging
c o m p a n i e s to t h e a u t o m o t i v e industry. Rick
a n d h i s f a m i l y r e s i d e in W e s t B l o o m f i e l d .
N a t i o n a l B a n k of D e t r o i t ( N B D ) h a s
a n n o u n c e d t h e a p p o i n t m e n t of J a m e s P.
P i c k e t t , I T ' 7 1 , of H o w e l l a s a s s i s t a n t v i c e p r e s i d e n t in its G e n e r a l S e r v i c e s D i v i s i o n .
A m a n a g e r of t h e p r o j e c t d e v e l o p m e n t ,
P i c k e t o v e r s e e s t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of n e w
s y s t e m s a n d p r o c e d u r e s for the bank's Item
Check Processing and Deposit Bookkeeping
o p e r a t i o n s . In h i s 10 y e a r s w i t h N B D , h e h a s
w o r k e d a s a p r o j e c t m a n a g e r in t h e I t e m
Check Processing group and a methods
a n a l y s t a n d s e n i o r m e t h o d s a n a l y s t in t h e
Methods Department.
J i m is c u r r e n t l y w o r k i n g t o w a r d a B . S .
d e g r e e in i n d u s t r i a l m a n a g e m e n t .
Send to: Director of Public and Alumni Relations, Lawrence Institute of
Technology, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075.
T h e N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l of A r c h i t e c t u r a l
Registration has a w a r d e d a National Council
certificate to architect D a v i d Wulff, A r ' 7 1 , a
p a r t n e r in t h e f i r m of W u l f f - N i c h o l s A r c h i t e c t s
in C h e b o y g a n . H i s c e r t i f i c a t e i n d i c a t e s t h a t h e
h a s m e t r e q u i r e m e n t s at least a s high as the
m o s t d e m a n d i n g s t a t e b o a r d , a n d is
c o n c l u s i v e e v i d e n c e of h i s e l i g i b i l i t y f o r
r e g i s t r a t i o n a n d l i c e n s e in e v e r y s t a t e a n d
U.S. territory.
D a v i d , his wife, C a r o l e , a n d three s o n s
r e s i d e in C h e b o y g a n .
J u d y Miller, A r ' 7 2 , is a n a s s o c i a t e p a r t n e r
in T M P A s s o c i a t e s , B l o o m f i e l d Hills
a r c h i t e c t s . S h e w a s r e c e n t l y f e a t u r e d in t h e
W e s t B l o o m f i e l d Eccentric
as the architectural
firm's project m a n a g e r for the T o w n s h i p ' s
n e w fire s t a t i o n . S h e is m a r r i e d to R o b e r t
Miller, A r 7 1 .
Summer
1980
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Open House judges.
Tlie Alumni
Association
again sponsored
an awards
competition
ttiis
spring
for student
Open
House projects
in eacfi School.
Spending
much of their
Saturday
afternoon
April
19, judging
the projects
were, standing
L to R, Roger
Shtogrin,
IM'61;
J.
Howard
Nudell,
Ar'71; Conrad
Zemens,
IM'72; Robert
Bailey
II, MT'79; Mark
Wolosiewicz,
IM'77; and Sam Dukes,
ME'59. Sitting
L to R, James
Webster
III, ME'79;
Gretchen
Minnhaar,
ArE'59;
F. Joseph
Walker, Ch'79; and Paula Stofer,
Hu79.
�Steigerwald
Joseph T. Ryerson and Son, Inc. has
announced that Gary J . Steigerwald, I M 7 2 ,
has been named superintendent of the firm's
Chicago service center's automated bar
operation. The stacker facility has 40-foot
racks containing more than 33,000 tons of
carbon and alloy bars.
Gary, his wife, Glenda, and two daughters
reside in Naperville, IL.
Control Data Corporation has announced the
appointment of Paul Allmacher, IM'73, as
manager of fleet administration. Paul leads all
elements of fleet management including the
development of an employee lease car
program and van pooling transportation. Paul
spent the last 16 years with Chrysler Corp.,
most recently as national accounts manager
in fleet sales.
Lawson Gist, J r . , M73, is a corporate
manager with Fram Corp. in Providence, Rl.
The Sharon, MA, resident has been listed in
Who's Who in the East. He earned his M.B.A.
from the University of Detroit in 1975.
Chuck Koury, l\/la'73, vice president of the
LIT Alumni Association, was selected as
management member of the month for the
Chrysler Management Club. He was recognized for his outstanding leadership in the
club, including signing up 45 new members.
Chuck is well-known to Alumni Association
members as the perennial, jovial, co-host
(along with Nick SarzynskI, IM'64) of the
Association's bus safaris to Detroit football,
baseball, and hockey games.
Thomas P. R o w e , IM'73, is a sales representative for the Miles Fox Office Products
Company in Warren. He resides in Warren
with his wife and daughter.
Kenneth W. S u c h e r , Ma'73, is director of
research for World Computer, Inc. He lives in
Lake Ohon.
J o h n Weber, J r . , ME'73, has been promoted
to corporate staff analyst for General Motor's
worldwide product planning staff. His new
responsibilities include planning and analysis
for GM's worldwide manufacturing facilities
specifically with regard to assembly operations. John received his M.S. in management
from Oakland University in 1978. He lives in
Sterling Heights.
Edward E. B i s s o n , PE, ME'74, has been
promoted to associate for Hoyem-Basso
Associates, Inc., an engineering-architectural
firm located in Bloomfield Hills. He has
recently completed the requirements for registration as a Professional Engineer in the
State of Michigan.
Ronald A. Florkowski, IM'74, has joined the
Carmet Materials Division in Madison Heights
as regional sales manager. Carmet is an
Allegheny Ludlum Industries company and
manufacturers of tungsten carbide cutting
tools, wear parts, dyes, and mining tools.
He was formerly with Teledyne Firth
Sterling as a sales engineer.
Steve D. Nowotarski, Ar 74, has been
named president of A.I., Inc. He is an active
member of the Legislative Action Program
and president of the Amehcan Association of
Free Enterprise. Steve lives in Novi.
J a m e s R. Wangler, I M 7 4 , is sales manager
for Dravo Mechling in Pittsburgh, formerly
Union Mechling Corp. He and his wife,
Nancy, have a new son, Matthew John.
Michael W. Y o o s , ME 74, has been
promoted to supervisor of the engine design
detail unit of Ford Motor Company. He has
been with Ford since 1967, advancing
through a number of engineering positions
including fastener engineering, value
engineering, the fuels and lubricants section,
and all of powertrain and chassis engineering.
Christopher E s e m a n , Ar 75, BAr 76, has
received an international award for an architectural design for the City of Melbourne,
Australia.
Chris is a practicing architect in Seattle,
WA. As part of a team of five, he submitted a
winning entry in the Landmark Ideas
Competition sponsored by the Australian city.
The aim of the competition was to discover
the best possible ideas for developing
Melbourne's riverfront. Out of 2.300 entries,
Eseman's was one of 48 first place prize
winners selected by a panel of nine judges.
The competition was generated by
Melbourne's long standing rivalry with the city
of Sydney and the famed Sydney Opera
House.
Eseman's team proposed building an
"urban scaled kinetic sculpture" in conjunction
with a "multi-use center."
Self-supporting multi-colored banners serve
as a horizontal landmark, pointing the way to
the proposed center. The center itself consists of a three-dimensional grid into which
"activity modules" and structural components
can be inserted.
Mahmood Shafi Nia, EE 75, has begun a
program leading to a J.D. (Juns Doctor)
degree at Western State University College of
Law, Fullerton, CA.
Jill W e r s c h l n , BA'75, was promoted to Navy
Lieutenant in November. She's also become
the bhde of Lt. Richard Jones, whom she met
when both were stationed in Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba. Both are now stationed in Guam.
Jill's mother wonders in a note to us
whether mail should be addressed to them,
"Lt. and Lt. Richard Jones," or, since the
Navy requires that her records be in her
maiden name, "Lt. Richard Jones and Lt. Jill
Werschin."
Inflexible bunch, those sailors.
R i c h a r d L. E v a n s , Ar'76, BAr'77, became a
Michigan registered architect in February. He
is employed at Mayotte, Crouse, and
D'Haene Architects, Inc., and resides in East
Lansing.
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Smith
77
Kathleen E . McNally, M a 7 8 , was awarded
an M.S. in computer information and control
engineering by the University of Michigan in
A n n Arbor in December 1979.
Patricia A. L e w i s , M T 7 9 , division project
e n g i n e e r - o n / o f f highway for Detroit Diesel
Allison div. of GM was cited in the March
1980 issue of Wards Auto World. She was
pictured in a sidebar feature called "Young
W o m e n on the Way Up," which was part of a
story entitled "The Rising Role of Women
Engineers."
R i c h a r d P. Theobald, Ar 79, has been
appointed an account manager in the Detroit
Branch of Symons Corp. of Des Plaines, IL.
The company designs and manufactures
concrete forming systems and accessories.
Richard, who has worked for the corporation
since 1977, will be responsible for the sales
and service of company products.
David T h o m e , ET'79, married Sue Mayville
in October. He is a field engineer for Storage
Technology Corp. and resides with his wife in
Walled Lake.
In memoriam
Earl E . Daniel, Cert.'34, of St. Clair Shores,
March 24, 1978, Member of Phi Kappa
Upsilon fraternity. Survived by his wife,
Evelyn, and three sons.
Morris Musser, ME'37, of South Lyon, March
16, 1978.
Donald W. Neal, ME'38, of Cedarville, Ml
March 2, 1978.
Ralph O. Parker, EE 4 1 , of Granada Hills,
CA, July 26, 1979. Survived by his wife and
daughter.
Donald A. R o e s c h , ME'49, of Indian Harbor
Beach, FL, October 17, 1979. Survived by his
wife, Lucille.
Milton G . Harris, E E 5 2 , of Oceanside, CA,
June 13, 1979. Survived by his wife, Edna.
Robert B. E c k e l , IE'53, of Farmington. He is
survived by his wife, Hilda, and children,
including J a m e s B. E c k e l , E E 7 9 .
Clayton H. White, ME'53, IM'64, of Mt.
Clemens.
E u g e n e L. Nething, CivE'54, of Detroit. April
3, 1980. Survived by his wife, Ellen.
Bernard J . Champine, MT 55, of Detroit
Stanley Vemco, Detroit-based manufacturer of
garage door openers, has announced the
promotion of Ronald W. Smith, BA'77, to
manager, sales administration for the
Division. Ron has been with Stanley for ten
years, duhng which he has held various
positions in manufacturing, production
scheduling, sales and marketing. His promotion encompasses responsibility for the
Division's installing dealer and retail order
departments as well as administration of parts
and service operations.
J a m e s M. Hare, Hon. Hum. D. '56, of
Venice, FL. Mr. Hare served seven consecutive terms as Michigan's Secretary of State.
He retired from public service in 1970. He is
survived by two sons and a daughter.
Robert J . Thiefels, ArE'59, of Grand Blanc.
J o h n E . Walters, EE'64, of Hanover Park, IL.
He is survived by his wife, Chnstine, and
three daughters.
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A second
degree for a
first-class
lady
It was 27 years ago that Maria Aniela
Wegrzecki received her nnaster's
degree in economics fronn the
University of Warsaw. On June 1,
however, she received something
which she probably treasured far
more — a bachelor's degree in
business administration from LIT.
Maria came to Canada in 1959, just
for four months to visit her sister who
had emigrated some years before.
Maria was a highly placed official in a
state controlled corporation working
in the area of financial planning.
Marriage was probably the furthest
thing from her mind.
"In my country," she states, " i t was
important first for a woman to have
a career. Marriage was also important,
but our families wanted us to be
independent, to choose a career and
get an education. I couldn't believe
the attitude of the American women —
to marry and then leave work, this was
all they wanted from life. They seemed
to have no imagination about what
could happen if sickness or hard
times came to the family and the
husband could no longer work."
What Maria didn't anticipate,
herself, was that a visit to Detroit to
let her friend's brother know about his
family would bring this problem even
closer to home. Lester Wegrzecki
proposed to Maria on their second date
and shortly she found herself in a new
country, with a husband who was
A beaming Maria Wegrzecki, BA'80, gets a
congratulatory pecl< from her husband,
Lester.
unemployed and — worst of all — a
degree which no one would recognize.
" I was embarrassed because it was as
if my degree had been erased from my
life and so many of my cousins and
other family members were highly
educated people. I couldn't find a job
in my field and so I became a cafeteria
worker at Hudson's until something
else opened up," Maria reminisced.
Finally, Lester and Maria found
work, but for Maria it was still far below
her capabilities — in an accounting
office doing elementary mathematics.
She began to think, once again, about
her lost degree.
"I took some of Lester's second
paycheck," she remembers, "and
enrolled in some courses at Walsh
Institute but they wouldn't give me any
credit for my master's so I didn't
continue."
She also was beginning to advance
in her company, though, finally being
named assistant to the president of
finance, and it looked as if her degree
might be forgotten. But, in 1978, the
company closed and while looking for
work, Maria realized that it was time to
seriously do something about the
"lost prestige."
So, she visited LIT on the advice of
a young friend who eventually attended
with her. Frank de Hesselle, the
College's director of international
student affairs, carefully checked her
records and granted her two years
worth of credits and Maria was on
her way.
"At first I was a little worried about
the classes," she notes. "Would the
students accept me? But, it was as if
I were not different at all. The homework was hard because of my English,
but slowly I learned a great deal about
the language and the American
systems."
She became the assistant controller
at Alsar Aluminum shortly after, and
became active in Polish cultural
organizations, sharing with Americans
her own heritage, even while studying
theirs.
She attended classes each night
after working all day. Lester helped
out at home and himself took an
English class to learn the language
better. And — as time flew by, Maria
began to realize, once again, the value
of education.
On June 1, Maria earned her
bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting.
Those who attended the ceremony,
remember the pride in her walk and
on her face as she came forward for
her diploma. For Maria, the pride was
deeper. It encompassed twenty years
of working and moving forward to the
moment when her dream could be
fulfilled. •
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Iawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
^ Vlagazine
Autumn/
Winter 1980
Lawrencians catch the fever
TAB—four years later
Aging in Ameri
Alumni features
And more!
�Lawrence
IMSTITUTE OF TECHIMOLOGY
Magazine
• • • • I l l "^'^
Autumn/Winter 1980
Vol. 4, No. 1
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Ml 48075
(313) 356-0200
Page
About
the cover:
"Collectomania"—
antiques,
decoys,
beer cans,
funny
hats—you
name it,
somebody
collects
it. Ed Mielock
is a
decoy
carver/collector
who's
been
involved
with his hobby
for 15 years. See
the
story beginning
on page 2.
Annett
photo.
By-lined articles express the
views of the author and not
necessarily either the opinions
or policies of the College.
Persons wishing to comment or
submit manuscripts for
consideration are encouraged to
contact the Editor.
Editor/Designer: B r u c e J . A n n e t t , Jr.,
director of public and alumni
relations
Associate Editor: A n n e M.
Cattermole, associate director of
public and alumni relations
College Photographer: Walter G.
B I z o n , B A r 77; a d d i t i o n a l p h o t o s
Bruce Annett, Anne Cattermole,
Peter Ziegenfelder, a n d others.
by
Notice of
non-discriminatory policy
as to students
L a w r e n c e Institute of T e c h n o l o g y admits
s t u d e n t s of a n y race, color, handicap,
n a t i o n a l a n d e t h n i c o r i g i n t o all t h e
rights, privileges, p r o g r a m s , a n d activities generally a c c o r d e d to or m a d e
available to s t u d e n t s at t h e C o l l e g e . LIT
d o e s n o t d i s c r i m i n a t e o n t h e b a s i s of
race, sex, color, h a n d i c a p or national or
e t h n i c o r i g i n in a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of its
educational policies, admissions
policies, scholarship a n d loan prog r a m s a n d athletic a n d other Collegeadministered programs.
7^e statement
above is included
in this
publication
to conform
to Federal
guidelines: it represents
no change
in the
policy
of LIT.
Page
13
Page
18
Page
26
Collectomania Along with the rest of the nation, Lawrencians have
caught collecting fever. We talk with the afflicted.
Aging in America LIT corporate member Perry Gresham examines
the plight of older Americans and suggests it's time for them to
take bold new action.
13
18
21
Production Assistant and Alumni
Notes Editor: Deborah A. Faes,
secretary, public and alumni
relations
2
22
24
26
34
36
TAB—four years later LIT's innovative minority career program for
high schoolers is discussed by participating students and staff.
Once upon a placemat Alumnus Louis DesRosiers discusses his
work, his life, and his professional philosophy.
Silver linings LITs long-time first lady Vita Buell discusses her life
with the Chairman and her remarkable triumph over an early
tragedy.
Eye of n e w t . . . Dr. Jerry Crist, new chemistry department
chairman, discusses the future of his program.
On campus LIT dedicates a treasure, the Presidents Club and
College enrollment set records, and more.
Annual Giving Report for 1979-80 LIT has received more support
than ever before. Donors are recognized and thanked.
Capital Campaign Update News of LIT's Sharing in Excellence
Campaign from May 1 to September 30.
Alumni notes Advancements, moves, and other news from LIT
graduates.
�Commentary
"Commentary" encourages letters from
alumni, students, parents, and other
friends of the College. Occasionally,
and with the writer's permission, we will
publish letters on subjects of general
interest directed to other campus
constituencies. When necessary, lengthy
letters will be edited to fit available
space.
Calendar needed
First, I m u s t say w e have a first class
m a g a z i n e t h a t all c a n be p r o u d of. K e e p
the good work!
us
S e c o n d , i t ' s g o o d t o s e e LIT h a d a 10
km " R u n for Excellence" on Saturday,
A p r i l 19, 1980 in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h O p e n
House weekend. However, I can't
r e m e m b e r a n y m e n t i o n in t h i s y e a r ' s
p r e v i o u s i s s u e s o f t h e LIT
Magazine
promoting this race. Being a runner
myself, I probably w o u l d have participated
in t h i s e v e n t .
If t h e O p e n H o u s e c a l e n d a r o f e v e n t s i s
a v a i l a b l e , m a y b e it s h o u l d b e p u b l i s h e d i n
t h e LIT Magazine
or sent out separately to
alumni.
Calendar
Addresses
by the speakers
listed
below
are open to students,
alumni,
and
friends
of the College
without
charge.
However,
because
speakers
occasionally
must
be
rescheduled,
visitors
are encouraged
to
call the Public
and Alumni
Relations
Office
to confirm
attendance,
(313)
356-0200.
J a n u a r y 6 Works in Progress,
Fred Bertram,
principal designer, Rossetti & A s s o c i a t e s .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
J a n u a r y 13 Lighting
Design,
Gary Steffy,
lighting specialist, Smith, H i n c h m a n &
Grylls Assoc., Inc. LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
J a n u a r y 15 Advanced
Techniques
and
the
Future
of Architectural
Practice,
Fred Stitt,
a u t h o r / e d i t o r . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
J a n u a r y 1 9 , 21 R e g i s t r a t i o n , E v e n i n g
College, second term. Classes begin
January 23.
J a n u a r y 2 0 Zoning,
Ralph Schwartz, lawyer
and c o n s u l t a n t . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
J a n u a r y 20, 22 R e g i s t r a t i o n , A s s o c i a t e
Programs, second term. Classes begin
January 27.
Again, keep up the good work with
Magazine
and our fund raising
the
efforts.
Dan Agnello,
EE'69
Your point
about
a more
frequently
issued
events
calendar
is one we agonize
over
frequently.
Alumni
a r e missing
news
about
upcoming
speakers,
special
programs,
details
of Open House,
and other
events
that are scheduled
between
issues.
Events
we hear about
right
after an issue
has
gone
to press
must
be a least
four
months
away to appear
in the next
Magazine.
Most
LIT events
are announced
in
Detroit
area newspapers
and on radio,
but
this solution
doesn't
help alumni
like
yourself
in outstate
or
out-of-state
locations.
Mailing
a calendar
of campus
events
to
10,000 graduates
is an
expensive
alternative.
However,
if there
is
enough
interest,
we'd gladly
consider
it. What
do
our other
readers
think?
Thanks from an author
My deep thanks to you and your staff
for
J a n u a r y 2 7 Vernacular
Photography,
Balthazar Korab, nationally recognized
a r c h i t e c t u r a l p h o t o g r a p h e r . LIT A r c h . A u d . ;
noon.
F e b r u a r y 3 Human
Response
to the
Built
Environment,
James Abernethy, assoc.
p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e . LIT A r c h . A u d . ;
noon.
F e b r u a r y 10 View Painting
and Its
Relationship
to Architecture,
Henry
M a t t h e w s , asst. p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
F e b r u a r y 1 2 The Visual
City and Its
Missing
Advocate,
Eberhard Zeidler, Canadian
a r c h i t e c t . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
F e b r u a r y 1 7 Detroit's
Forgotten
Architecture,
T o m Holleman, expert,
historical p r e s e r v a t i o n . LIT A r c h . A u d . ;
noon.
M a r c h 3, 4 R e g i s t r a t i o n , D a y C o l l e g e , t h i r d
t e r m . C l a s s e s b e g i n M a r c h 5.
M a r c h 1 0 Comfort
and
Energy
Conservation:
Are They
Compatible?,
J o s e p h Olivieri, p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n
M a r c h 1 2 Impressions
of Rome,
Edmund
Bacon, planner and urban designer and
1981 v i s i t i n g p r o f e s s o r in t h e S c h o o l of
A r c h i t e c t u r e . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
M a r c h 17 Problems
in
Recreational
Planning,
Harriet Saperstein, principal
y o u r g o o d h e l p in r e g a r d t o h e l p i n g u s o l d
people by telling t h e m about my book. I
a m pleased indeed that the book will now
b e s t o c k e d in y o u r b o o k s t o r e . Y o u r m o s t
c a p a b l e A n n e C a t t e r m o l e g o t m e o n all t h e
big Detroit television s h o w s .
I a m j u s t n o w t a k i n g a s e c o n d l o o k at
y o u r s u m m e r Magazine.
T h i s is a s t u d y in
s t y l e a n d e x c e l l e n c e . It p r o v i d e s w h a t L I T
needs — visibility, prestige and gift
support. That brilliant article on alumnus
J o h n D e L o r e a n is a c o n s i d e r a b l e p r e s t i g e
builder. The Greenfield Village sequence
t i e s in w i t h t h e p a s t , c e l e b r a t e s t h e
present and has dimension for the future.
That beautiful h u m a n interest story on the
last page r o u n d s out a banner e d i t i o n .
Needless to say, everybody w h o cares
a b o u t h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n is p l e a s e d w i t h
w h a t y o u are d o i n g .
Dr. P e r r y E. G r e s h a m ,
president emeritus and distinguished
p r o f e s s o r , B e t h a n y C o l l e g e ; m e m b e r of
t h e LIT c o r p o r a t i o n
An excerpt
from
Dr. Gresham's
new
book
on aging.
With Wings
As Eagles,
begins
on page
7.
p l a n n e r , D e t r o i t R e c r e a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t . LIT
Arch. Aud.; noon.
M a r c h 2 4 An Introduction
to Planning,
Dondero, Oakland County Planning
C o m m i s s i o n . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
Phil
M a r c h 3 1 An Overview
of
Interior
Architecture,
Leonard Else, asst. professor
of a r c h i t e c t u r e . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
A p r i l 7 Industrial
Design
Projects,
Del
C o a t e s , p r o f e s s o r of i n d u s t r i a l d e s i g n .
C e n t e r for C r e a t i v e S t u d i e s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ;
noon.
A p r i l 9 The American
Urban
Experience,
E d m u n d B a c o n . L I T A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
A p r i l 1 1 , 12 A l l - c a m p u s O p e n H o u s e ,
11 a . m . - 5 p . m . S a t u r d a y , 12 n o o n - 5 p . m .
Sunday.
A p r i l 11 A l u m n i D i n n e r - D a n c e , c o c k t a i l s a t
6 p . m . , d i n n e r a t 7, L I T d i n i n g r o o m . B y
r e s e r v a t i o n o n l y . LIT A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n .
A p r i l 1 4 Office
Projects,
William Kessler,
architect and owner, William Kessler &
A s s o c i a t e s , Inc. LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
A p r i l 2 3 The Architect
as Developer,
Portman, Atlanta architect/planner/
d e v e l o p e r . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
John
M a y 7 Beyond
Architecture,
Harry Weese,
c h a i r m a n of t h e b o a r d , Harry W e e s e &
A s s o c i a t e s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
�o
Mirroring a national
trend of growing proportions,
Lawrencians succumb to collecting fever.
�"Collectomania," is what some have
called it — the rapidly growing
interest by people in anything from
old and not-so-old furniture, paintings,
and ceramics to beer cans, barbed
wire fence strands, and Barbie dolls.
Various sources have estimated in
the United States alone there are
between 20 to 25 million collectors of
one type or another. Time Magazine
has wryly observed that "there are no
junk stores anymore, only antique
shoppes."
To most serious compilers,
collectibles are any object of intrinsic
value and aesthetic appeal. But a visit
to all but the most exclusive auction
or show illustrates that Mickey Mouse
bloomers can be just as popular as
Ming vases, and sometimes the two
sell side by side for similar prices.
Students, alumni, faculty, and staff
at Lawrence Institute of Technology
are active participants In the
worldwide collecting phenomena.
Although the accumulators
highlighted here are just the tip of the
collecting iceberg at LIT, one thing's
for certain — man-made, natural, or
downright unnatural, you name it, and
someone collects It.
Old Cars
"I grew up during the Depression and
never had a shiny new car like some
of the fellows did in high school,"
alumnus and former LIT professor
John Fawcett, ME'43 says, "so I
guess It was inevitable that some day
my yearning for one of the
automobiles of my youth would get
the better of me."
He would watch the antique car
parades at Greenfield Village and
each time the old longing would grow
stronger.
"After holding out for several
years, I finally gave in and joined the
ranks of the collector car set," John
recalls. "I plunged in and bought a '38
Buick that didn't run — the engine
was frozen. It's still not running but
I've made some progress on a groundup restoration.
"Unfortunately though," he
continues, "I still needed something
to drive, so I bought and trailered
back a '38 Buick Roadmaster from
Marion, New York. I found out,
however, that although I could drive it
occasionally it still needed a lot of
work so it didn't really fit my
requirements. Because of this, I
'made the mistake' of going out to
(L to R) John Fawcett and his
favorite
pastime;
Ed Mielock works on decoy
^400+;
Victor Angelescu
displays
some
of his musical
heritage.
�look at a beautiful '47 Olds 98 —
similar to the one I had owned for
eight years. I ended up buying It and
eventually put the Roadmaster In
storage."
By that time, however, the
collecting "bug" had bitten John and
saying no to a "great deal" became
harder than ever.
"Soon after I purchased the other
cars, I found that I couldn't resist a
'66 Mustang convertible which I had
always wanted and a year later a '39
Buick carried me away. The Buick was
supposed to be an "easy restoration"
but what I didn't realize until after I
had bought it was — there's no such
thing!"
"Now I've got two cars in various
stages of restoration, two In driving
condition, and one in storage," John
notes. "There's a lot of work involved
In restoration, but it's fun and
someday it will be a good hobby for
my retirement. "I'm learning bodywork
and painting and a lot about the Ins
and outs of the 'trade', like —
whatever old car parts you buy, you'll
usually find them later for half the
price you paid."
"So," John concludes, "now I have
a house full of old parts, two
disassembled cars in the garage and,
thankfully, an understanding wife."
Fay Gifford's
display cases
metric collection
in LIT's Science
fills three
Building.
Make mine metric
Many collections are not only
Interesting, they can be educational
as well. Such is the case with the
extensive grouping of metric
containers, samples, and measuring
devices gathered by Fay GIfford,
assistant professor of physics, which
fills three display cases in LIT's
science building.
Fay, a founding member of the
Metropolitan Detroit Metric Council
(MDMC) which is headquartered at
LIT, has been accumulating metric
devices and publications for about 7
years.
"MDMC is an educational
organization available for consultation
and supplying literature," Fay
explains. "I thought that the best way
to illustrate metric measurements
would be to physically show length,
mass, and volume with actual devices
like meter sticks, soda containers,
thermometers, and other
measurement devices." He's bought
or built most of the items himself.
"Officially the U.S. Government Is
on the metric system," he adds.
"Metric measurements will serve to
reduce inventories by standardization,
and promote trade by allowing us to
'speak the same language' as the
nations we're trading with. It really Is
a simpler system and eliminates the
need to convert fractions.
Everything's done by moving
decimals."
The U.S. is the last major nation to
convert to metrics. Fay says that In
the next couple of years all U.S.
automobiles will be completely metric
and already three-quarters of our food
is sold In metric measurements or
dual labeled In the metric and English
systems.
Fay, a 22-year lecturer in associate
studies at LIT before he retired as a
G.M. research physicist and joined
the full-time staff this year. Indicates
that it's the conversion of metric and
English measurements that make It
confusing.
"There's a natural resistance to
anything new," he says. "But as soon
as we begin thinking of one system
instead of converting back and forth,
people should find it much easier."
One of Fay's more Interesting
devices on display is a metric balance
scale. "I bought It at a police auction
for $6 but actually it's worth about
$50. A patrolman told me It was part
of the loot captured in a drug raid and
was probably used to measure
packets of marijuana."
"Afterwards, a questionable
character sidled up to me and offered
to buy the scale for double what I
paid," Fay chuckles. Like many
collectors he's found that the value of
a collection is often in the eyes of Its
beholders.
A collection 'underfoot'
A collection "underfoot" doesn't
bother Board Chairman Wayne Buell
and his wife. Vita, one bit. In fact, the
floor is where their extensive
collection is most widely appreciated
— the Buell's collect oriental rugs!
Twenty years of buying and selling
have sharpened the Buell's tastes and
also their knowledge of rugs, their
design and origins.
"In determining a rug's value, one
looks at the number of knots per
square Inch, and the sharpness of
detail," Dr. Buell relates. "A certain
village of origin, a particular design
pattern, and materials or condition are
also factors which can determine a
rug's value," he adds.
Most of Dr. and Mrs. Buell's rugs
are correctly called Persian Rugs —
they were woven In the middle
eastern area of Persia, which is now
the nation of Iran. Designs and colors
�are traditional, hereditary, and
characteristic of geographic areas
within the region. Thus, a Kernnan rug
Is a rug woven in the southern Iranian
city of Kerman, while a Sarouk rug is
from the western Iranian town of
Sarouk, and so on.
"We bought our first rug in 1960
from a fellow who was selling rugs
door to door," Mrs. Buell says. "Since
then we've bought them at house
sales, auctions, from rug merchants,
and even Hudson's. We bought the
first because It went with our
furnishings, but we developed an
interest in the rugs and their history.
Each has a story to tell."
"New collectors have to watch
what they're buying," Dr. Buell warns.
"Rug prices can vary widely and it's
best to explore the market a bit
before making a purchase."
Everything's just ducky
Filling In an empty space on the
mantle led Ed MIelock, assistant to
the dean for associate studies, to
begin carving decoys. Now, 15 years
and 400 decoys later, he modestly
claims he's still just an "amateur."
Ed got started carving when his
wife suggested a decoy might look
nice on the mantle of the fireplace In
their suburban living room. A friend
told Ed about a long-time hunter who
might have a decoy to spare. When
Ed visited the old-timer, he was
handed a log and told to "carve one
yourself."
A bit taken aback, Ed did, and he
enjoyed it.
"It takes about 16 hours for me to
carve a decoy," he relates, "and
another 30 hours to paint it."
No kit builder, Ed starts with a
piece of firewood, splits it in two
pieces, and roughs out the decoy
shape with an ax. Then he completes
the shaping with a knife, wood rasp,
and a collection of files, finishing by
scratching in feathers.
"The body of hunting decoys is
usually made of cedar," he explains.
"It's a light wood so the decoy floats
higher in the water. The head is
usually pine. I connect the head to
the body with a dowel."
Ed generally paints his decoys 10
or a dozen at a time in assembly-line
fashion. He prefers using
photographs or an actual duck skin to
get the exact coloring.
"Paintings might be used but if an
artist hasn't done the coloring or
feather placement correctly, you'll
just duplicate the errors yourself," Ed
says.
Ed primarily makes decoys of
ducks found commonly in
southeastern Michigan — mallards,
blue bills, and red heads. For him,
carving is a good way to help pass
the long cold winter.
"Of course, the kitchen table gets
a bit crowded when I'm painting," he
chuckles. Maybe so, one might
venture, but what a spread!
Dr. and Mrs. Wayne Buell (and
friends)
examine one of their prize Oriental
rugs.
instruments, plus a couple of basses
and a guitar or two.
A period in his "formative years"
as a music student and Instrument
repairman awakened his interest.
"Tone and craftsmanship are still
what constitute a good violin," he
says. "What distinguishes a
Stradivarius from a violin of lesser
renown is its ease of playability —
finding Its tone and accoustical
considerations. Violin
A collection
with strings attached
For those who like to "fiddle around"
with their collections, Victor
Angelescu, chairman and professor of
humanities, knows just the thing. He
collects violins!
Vic started his collection about 25
years ago and now owns about 100
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�Stradivarius in his attic? "As a
repairman, nearly everyone who
brought an instrument In claimed he
had one," Vic smiles. "You really
can't trust labels but they can be
helpful in Identifying lesser-known
makers. Well known violin auction
houses like W. E. Hill In London
include a guarantee of authenticity.
Naturally, an Instrument is worth
more when it has a good 'pedigree' of
maker and users."
Vic hasn't bought a violin in 15
years because of their substantial
increase in cost. "I can't afford to
anymore," he chuckles. He estimates
that instruments he purchased 20 or
25 years ago have increased In value
two to three hundred percent. What
was that you were saying, E. F.
Hutton?
The shirt off your back
Julie Le lotto's
T-shirt
that some accumulators
them.
collection
proves
can take it with
manufacturing remains an individual
thing. They are not machine massed
produced."
Vic explains that violins are
classified by schools and skills are
passed on generation to generation.
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"English, German, Italian, and French
craftsman are the most preeminent in
the field," he adds. "There is no
distinct American school but there is
a fellow in Prevo, Utah who has six or
seven apprentices and who has made
some very fine Instruments. There are
also a number of American violin
makers who are largely self taught."
Vic made six or seven violins
himself during his instrument repair
days. "Violin backs and sides are
generally made of maple and the top
and bass bar are usually spruce.
Glues used are very important. A nonpermanent glue is used because,
eventually, the top of a violin must be
removed for repair or adjustment.
What about the person with a
Julie Le Zotte's collection proves that
"you can take it with you." She's
been a collector of tee-shirts since
she was a Western Michigan
University student in 1973, and her
first one, appropriately, was
emblazoned with "WMU."
Since then, Julie, secretary to the
registrar and an LIT management
student, has accumulated a varied
collection of about 30 shirts.
"I always get a tee-shirt from the
spot where we're vacationing," she
relates. (The " w e " refers to herself
and husband, Lloyd, BAr'80.)
"I've got shirts from a lot of
colleges but I guess my favorite of ail
of the collection is the one which
says 'Country Girl'," confesses the
native of tiny Concord, Michigan.
Some of her tee-shirts make a
statement. One says, "I work for the
friendliest place In town." But,
perhaps best of all In our mobile age,
the shirts are light, portable,
washable, and virtually beg to be,
well, "worn out."
Julie's collection might be
described as a "put on," but each one
of the shirts is a nostalgic reminder,
for its owner, of a fond event of the
past. •
�Herry
(Jresham
Aging
in America
The number of older Americans is increasing.
Don't treat them differently, asserts Perry Gresham.
Treat them with the respect deserved by human
beings of any age.
Excerpted
from With Wings as
1980 by Perry E. Gresham
Eagles.©
Older Americans are in a serious
identity crisis. Many of the current
conceptions of aging are not
appropriate for bright and active older
people. The norms are changing, too,
and this adds to the problems of
identity. The acceptable role for
grandparents, "senior citizens," and
"older Americans" is anything but
clear; but even when it is clarified, it
turns out to be objectionable to any
person who has a mind of his own.
Most of us do not fit the stereotypes
that have accumulated through years
of misunderstanding.
Now that I am older, I sense In
American life a sort of contempt for
the old. I have tried hard to make
allowances for any hypersensitivity or
personal idiosyncrasies; but the stark
fact of contempt still remains. Old
people are often regarded as a
nuisance. The prevailing attitude
seems to be, "Get out of the labor
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�force and leave room for the y o u n g , "
or "Get off the highway and let the
young people w h o w i s h to go
somewhere, go. These t h i n g s c a n n o t
possibly mean a n y t h i n g to you so get
out of the way and let us enjoy t h e m . "
I have noticed a look of irritation
and c o n t e m p t w h e n I m u s t ask s o m e
m u m b l i n g young person to repeat a
sentence because I do not clearly
understand what he is saying. W h e n a
young person spills his coffee, it is
just a mistake; but when I spill mine,
it is because I am shaky and o l d . The
d o c t o r s say, " A t your age you s h o u l d
not undertake t h i s kind of t r e a t m e n t , "
or an onlooker will say, " J u s t look at
the old fool trying to be r o m a n t i c . "
Once it was said that children s h o u l d
be seen and not heard. This same
attitude of c o n t e m p t has now been
transferred to older people. The
attitude seems to be, " S h u t up. Dad.
Things have changed since you had
anything to do w i t h t h e m . "
This a t t i t u d e does not always have
a hostile edge. It may be a benign
c o m p a s s i o n — w h i c h increases the
intensity of the s t i n g . It is easier to
face c o n t e m p t than s u c h an a t t i t u d e
as " O h , there, there, now; of c o u r s e
you feel that way because you are
o l d . " A person w h o is pitied is
d i m i n i s h e d in self-respect far more
than a person w h o is s c o r n e d .
Members of one's o w n f a m i l y may be
swept up in the conventional
attitudes toward aging to the extent
that they exhibit a c o n d e s c e n d i n g
attitude toward anyone past sixty-five.
What could be more i n f u r i a t i n g to
a highly c o m p e t e n t septuagenarian
than to have one say, " H o w
remarkable! You still drive a c a r ? " or
" Y o u are in your seventies. Do you
still give l e c t u r e s ? " There are t i m e s
when those of us w h o are old need
sympathy and pity and we do well t o
accept it w i t h grace and gratitude; but
there are other t i m e s when we
deserve respect, and we resent being
exposed to the so-called " c o m p a s s i o n
for the o l d . " This Is about the m o s t
o b n o x i o u s a t t i t u d e anyone c o u l d hold
toward us. When we are capable and
qualified, we s h o u l d be regarded as
equals when appropriate and as
superiors where we deserve it. But in
every case, we have the right t o s t a n d
on our own feet and be treated as
honorable, respected people.
My s t u d e n t s t h i n k of me as a
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friend and teacher rather than as an
o l d man. Their lives are i d e n t i f i e d w i t h
mine. I look upon my s t u d e n t s as
j u n i o r c o l l e a g u e s . I do not t h i n k of
t h e m as y o u n g but as friends w h o are
like me, t r y i n g t o learn. This is a
beautiful r e l a t i o n s h i p . Marcus
A u r e l i u s began his m e d i t a t i o n s w i t h
praise of his teachers. C o n f u c i u s
w r o t e one of his m o s t c h e r i s h e d
paragraphs in praise of his s t u d e n t s .
W h e n everyone was t a l k i n g about the
generation gap, I answered in the
w o r d s of one of my lighthearted
f r i e n d s , " I have no t r o u b l e w i t h the
generation gap. I get along fine w i t h
old people."
^QOA77e people
O are incompetent at any age...A
young ass is no
less incompetent
than an old one.'
Social Security, in my o p i n i o n ,
w o u l d better serve the people of
A m e r i c a if it c o u l d be voluntary. But it
is not, and we have to live w i t h it.
Tacit c o n t e m p t has been w r i t t e n into
t h e law by well-meaning legislators
and policy makers. The people w h o
w r o t e the c e i l i n g r e s t r i c t i o n s on
earnings for anyone receiving Social
S e c u r i t y b e n e f i t s — f o r b i d d i n g h i m the
joy of w o r k until he reaches the
p r e s u m e d age of i n c o m p e t e n c y at
seventy-two y e a r s — m u s t have been
c o m p l e t e l y insensitive to the feelings
of older people.
An older person has no alternative
but t o feel a sense of i n j u s t i c e and
o u t r a g e . W e are not blind to the fact
that the y o u n g do not like the
c o m p e t i t i o n of older people in the
labor market. But w h e n a person has
paid his portion of Social Security
and the c o m p a n y has w i t h h e l d part of
his wages to pay for t h e rest of It, he
has every right t o collect w i t h o u t any
r e s t r i c t i o n s on his earnings. N o t h i n g
c o u l d be more farcical and
h y p o c r i t i c a l than the recent practice
of a person not a c c e p t i n g Income one
m o n t h in a year in order t o qualify for
that for w h i c h he paid the other
eleven m o n t h s . This kind of
legislation can be viewed only as
c o n t e m p t for the o l d .
Often w h e n an older person goes
out to get work, the e m p l o y m e n t
c o u n s e l o r shakes his head and says,
" O h , t o o bad. You are sixty-six years
o l d . " The public a s s u m e s that old
people are i n c o m p e t e n t workers. This
is j u s t plain false. Some people are
i n c o m p e t e n t at any age, and it is only
fair t o a d m i t that s o m e , even many,
old people are i n c o m p e t e n t workers.
But t h e principal factor involved is not
age. A y o u n g ass is no less
i n c o m p e t e n t than an old one. When
older people are capable, they also
have the great advantage of
experience and w o r k habits that get
d i r e c t l y at the issue. It is fascinating
to look at the p e r f o r m a n c e record of
older s c h o l a r s , for example.
W a y n e Dennis, professor of
p s y c h o l o g y at Brooklyn College,
p u b l i s h e d the results of his
i n t e r e s t i n g study of creative
p r o d u c t i v i t y between the ages of
t w e n t y and eighty in the Journal
for
Gerontology,
1966. He f o u n d that
h i s t o r i a n s produce more notable
w o r k s in their sixties than in any
other decade, w i t h only a modest
d e c l i n e for the seventies. The same
t e n d e n c y t o w a r d achievement in later
life holds for p h i l o s o p h e r s and
s c h o l a r s in general. In the field of
s c i e n c e , the c o n t r i b u t i o n s of major
w o r k s on the part of t h o s e in their
s i x t i e s and seventies was, t h o u g h
less s t r i k i n g , still very impressive.
Inventors, for example, did better by
far in their s i x t i e s and seventies than
in any other decades. In the arts,
however, the t h i r t i e s and forties fared
better, a l t h o u g h novelists, chamber
m u s i c i a n s and poets achieved more
in later years.
A little bit of c o m m o n sense will
tell any reflective person that many
people have a w h o l e new surge of
vitality, interest and ability in the
s i x t i e s . This is particularly true for
people in p u b l i c life, t h o s e in
b u s i n e s s , the p r o f e s s i o n s and
finance. The stereotype of the spent
old person at s i x t y is about one
h u n d r e d percent w r o n g . Yet, older
people face major d i s c r i m i n a t i o n
�Dr. Perry Gresham,
72, has enjoyed
a long successful
career
in the ministry,
education,
and business.
He holds
degrees
from
Texas Christian
University
and the University
of
Chicago,
a Ph.D. from Columbia
University,
and is the recipient
of over 15
honorary
degrees.
when they attempt to market their
talents.
These norms, however, are
changing. Once the old people in
America were few, but now we are
many. With the increase in life
expectancy and the interesting
configuration of population growth,
old people have come to be a
powerful political force. Now, eleven
percent of the American people are
past sixty-five. As the numbers have
increased, so have the skills and
methods of political clout. Many old
people have come to be active
exponents of a minority seeking a
voice in public affairs. The large
associations of people in their sixtiesplus are as numerous and active as
any associations in America. A new
breeze is blowing through the
mulberry trees.
Congressman Claude Pepper,
approaching eighty, introduced
legislation to lift the mandatory
retirement age from sixty-five to
seventy. This perceptive Alabamaborn lawyer was old enough to know
what mandatory retirement at sixtyfive could do to some people and
vigorous enough to do something
about it. His influence in the House
Committee on Aging not only found
expression in a law beneficial to
many older people, but increased the
awareness of his fellow Congressmen
concerning the needs of older people.
They were astute enough to
understand the new political power of
the people who are sixty-plus. Senator
Pepper would have made a still
greater contribution if he could have
persuaded his colleagues in Congress
to reduce government control of our
private lives in order that we could
employ and be employed as we
please just as long as we do not by
force or fraud injure our fellows.
Gordon F. Streib, professor of
sociology at Cornell, has studied the
aged to determine if they have the
characteristics of a minority group.
He arrived at a negative conclusion
for a number of reasons. They are not
a distinct class—stereotyped by
people in a certain way, denied
access to the good things of
life—because of special
characteristics they hold in common.
Aging people are a very
heterogeneous lot. Nevertheless, they
have enough characteristics and
interests in common to make a
substantial political difference in the
country even though they differ
widely from one another in their
interests and loyalties in politics,
economics and general culture.
Some of the points I make here
may be widely disputed, as I find
myself disputing some of the most
vigorous attempts of some aging
activists to get special Interest
legislation approved by Congress. The
privilege of differing viewpoints is
certainly an earned prerogative of the
mature. When I say we want these
things, I really mean that these are
the things that seem, to me,
paramount for those of us who have
reached the sixties.
Liberty
Who has earned the right to
personal and political freedom more
than a person who has lived through
six or seven decades?
Some people do not like liberty,
and some have become so inured to
tyranny that oppression seems
comfortable. Taking all this Into
account, I am still convinced that I
speak for my contemporaries when I
say we dislike all these so-called
''mandatory" programs that affect our
lives. We dislike arbitrary retirement,
unfair discrimination with regard to
our earning power without losing
income from the Social Security
insurance we have purchased and the
unjust discrimination written into the
income tax which denies an older
professional person deductions for
activities that preserve his image and
confidence as a professional. We
don't like arbitrary laws that bar him
from gainful employment or legal
restrictions that forbid fair access to
the good things of life enjoyed by
other people. Nothing could be more
distasteful than a law requiring a
person to work, or not to work, until a
certain age—regardless of what that
age might be. What is wanted is
freedom to work as long as one
wishes and for as long as anybody
wishes to employ him.
This same resentment against the
loss of individual liberty holds for
such things as the consumer
movement when it affects senior
citizens. No self-respecting old
person prefers decisions out of
Washington to those of his own taste
and inclination. It should be my
privilege to choose the food I wish to
buy. Nothing infuriates me more than
to pay taxes, against my will, to
employ some pretentious ass to sit at
a desk in Washington and tell me
what I should purchase. I find the
whole idea revolting, and many of my
contemporaries feel the same way.
I keenly resent being told what
kind of car I can drive, when I can
drive it and how fast, assuming, of
course, that I stay within the bounds
of propriety of what is right and
decent and safe for everybody
involved. Even more keenly, I resent
being told what drugs I am free to
purchase. It is the duty of government
to require clear labeling and to
vigorously prosecute those who, by
force or fraud, misrepresent any
product. It is most certainly not the
function of the government to forbid
me the use of saccharin, for example,
when I have been told what is
Involved in using it. The paternal
"Papa knows best" attitude of the
Food and Drug Administration is
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�Retirement for me was a totally
infuriating to all of us who have been
different thing. I could hardly wait to
around for a while.
retire. Anyone who has been
I greatly admire Maggie Kuhn and
her astonishing success in organizing president of a college for twenty
years, including the 1960's, must
the Gray Panthers. I could not agree
welcome an honorable alternative. But
with her more with regard to "those
I recognize how differently many
rotten myths" about old people. We
people feel and how important it is to
are not all alike. We are not all
allow for individual freedom In
crochety, with shriveling brains and
anything as crucial as one's
diminishing gender.
vocational life.
However, I have far less faith in
About the most important thing
government to solve our problems
that can be said about a person in
than has she. She appears to be
America is his vocational identity.
pressing for a consumer movement
Scotland, with a Calvinistic
with a new government bureau for
background, regarded vocation as a
consumer advocacy. This will only
divine call to each person. This was
produce another layer of bureaucracy
reflected in the Scottish custom of
and inflation, thereby damaging all of
us who are aging. I long for individual including the vocation along with the
liberty; not benign regimentation until
I am taxed into penury. I believe many
of my contemporaries feel the same
way. The only march against the
government I would lead would be
one which bears a placard, "Get Off
Our Backs." We would be perfectly
able to solve our own problems if we
had some liberty and could get some
relief from inflation.
^f\ld
Freedom to work
I am well aware of the need for
companies, universities and
bureaucrats to have a retirement
policy. I have great respect for
corporations and institutions which
prepare people for retirement and
offer incentives to make it attractive. I
am also aware of the damage that can
be done to an individual by any kind
of arbitrary, mandatory retirement
policy that brings about destructive
loss of dignity and self-esteem for an
individual. A most poignant
illustration is the untimely death of
my lifelong friend, Don Gillis, a
composer, symphony conductor and
network broadcaster of considerable
ability and public esteem.
Gillis was arbitrarily retired against
his will, and brought suit against the
state university where he had been
employed. His resentment and sense
of injustice were deep and emotional.
Although the legal action was far
from settled at the time of his death,
he had rationalized himself into a
promising, alternative course of
action a few months before a fatal
heart attack. How much the anguish
of forced retirement had to do with
his death no one can say.
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1980
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age is not
merely golden
years, but golden
opportunity.'
name inscribed on a gravestone. The
cemetery at Dumfries, where Robert
Burns lies buried, has this interesting
characteristic. The dead are
remembered for their vocations in
such manner as Duncan MacTavish,
Shipbuilder; Willie Duncan, Tailor;
Robbie Macintosh, Sailor; and Robert
Burns, poet. Imagine a gravestone
inscribed Robert MacNair, Thief.
When a person dies, this
identification is lost. In a retirement
community, what a person has been
yields little prestige. Those who have
found personal dignity in a vocation
may be genuinely diminished when
that vocation is abruptly terminated.
My lifelong friend B.E. Hutchinson,
financial vice-president of the
Chrysler Corporation, said "the sand
runs out of man's bag quickly when
he retires." Institutions and
companies who undertake to
encourage early retirement to
accomplish their necessary purposes
do well to find a civilized and humane
way to deal with this traumatic
problem which confronts some, if not
many individuals.
Inflation, the enemy of the old
By all odds, the most horrendous
threat to old people in America is
inflation. The word is poorly
understood by most people, even
though it has a very simple origin.
The word inflation refers to an
increase in the money supply whether
it be by printing press or credit. The
result of increased supply is higher
prices and wages. The reason
governments all over the world turn to
inflation Is that they find it more
palatable to increase the available
money than to increase taxes when
they need additional revenues to pay
for expensive government projects,
and they find it more to their
advantage than to reduce government
expenditures.
Inflation is the greatest enemy of
old people because it is a thief that
takes away the living earned by a
lifetime of hard work. Economists
have made the word "inflation" so
complicated that many old people do
not understand it even though they
are robbed by it. What they do
understand are the skyrocketing
prices that Inflation has brought
about.
Everyone understands the meaning
of skyrocketing prices when one's
hard-earned retirement income is
frozen at a previous level. The
retirement income that once meant a
life of ease and plenty now means a
life of poverty and anxiety.
I do not say that the government is
the sole cause of rising prices. I am
not unaware of the influence of
cartels as the dramatic price
increases imposed on oil by the
OPEC nations have shown. I am not
unaware of the similar impact by the
coffee-producing countries and by the
cartel price-rises of sugar. I know that
those involved in a monopoly
situation will try to use it to their own
advantage—whether it be an industry,
an association, a labor union or a
corporation. We are the culprits
because everybody wants inflation for
himself but not for anybody else. The
government, however, is the principal
factor in the price rises that rob the
old.
The dollar today will purchase just
about half what it would have ten
�years ago. All of us are going broke at
an alarming rate of speed.
I feel sick at heart when I hear my
friends talk about bringing inflation
down to six or seven per cent. Think
of an old person with his money in a
savings bank—losing one or two per
cent of his capital every year. The
purchasing power of his money has
fallen below his original investment.
Adding to the problem of rising
prices is the additional problem of
increasing taxes. Rising prices and
increasing taxes are the jaws of the
vise in which all of us are caught.
These taxes rise because specialinterest groups ask more and more
from government.
Many of us are enchanted today
with such expensive government
programs as come to us from those
crusaders who want to protect the
environment, the consumers, the
minorities, the schools, the cities, the
railroads and all of the many services
that are proclaimed as highly useful
and required of any socially
responsible nation. Many of these are
good and necessary, but some of
them we must learn to do ourselves
rather than create expensive
government bureaucracies that will
drive people into ruin and poverty in
the next few years unless some
remedy is found.
Old people, better than anyone
else, should know that somebody has
to pay into the government before the
government can pay anything out to
anybody.
There are other things that old
people can do to fight inflation and to
deal with sky-rocketing prices that
result from it. We can individually
become more astute in our
purchasing. We can, if pressed, find
ways to develop many of our own
resources, like the several
communities of older Americans who
have developed their own sources of
food supplies and discount stores for
things they must purchase. They have
learned how to travel at greatly
reduced costs. Old people are better
able to live resourcefully and by their
wits than are many younger people
who have less experience and less
compelling motive of necessity.
The great challenge for those of us
who are past middle age, however, is
that we bring some kind of
compelling influence to bear against
our enemy, which is inflation. Since
government is the principal factor
involved, we must let our politicians
know that we need less government
Instead of more, less intervention and
less meddling In our lives. We can no
longer afford the luxury of being
taxed to death on the one hand and
inflated to death on the other. We do
not look with favor on becoming
destitute wards of the state when we
know that the state itself is on the
way to bankruptcy.
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�We seem to have no satisfactory
alternative to an all-out fight against
inflation. The best people in the
government itself realize the
predicament and may even help our
cause.
Crime
Those of us who are growing old
in America are easy targets for the
criminal element. Almost every
metropolitan daily carries the story of
robberies, bilking, beatings and
muggings of old people. Some young
punks make a living snatching purses
from little old ladies.
When I was young, I heard of an
occasional crime against an older
person but not often. Now, I can think
of more than a dozen friends who
have been victimized by criminals,
some of them badly injured. We need
protection.
Even the most ardent advocate of
limited government assumes that
defense of the realm and police
protection are fundamental roles for
government. In the sixties we lived
through a time when rights of
offenders received more public
attention and so-called
"compassionate concern" than the
rights of old people who need
protection from wanton and
preventable crime.
Those of us who are older might
do well to press for reparation by
government when we are victims of
crime. We have organized government
and paid taxes to protect us from
these outrageous events to which we
are exposed. Anyone who has been
mugged, robbed, beaten or raped will
find it hard to pity and set free the
perpetrator just because he is
disadvantaged or young. Revenge is
not our motive, but reparation for the
damage and penalty for the crime
should be our objective. We must lift
our voices with regard to the fact that
the very governments established to
protect us have, through their courts
and systems of justice, returned to
the streets those who have robbed us,
so that they can rob again.
Everybody has a stake in crime
prevention, but older people have a
particular interest because they are
more often the victims. I do not
presume to speak for anyone else, but
1 for one would much prefer public
expenditures to prevent crime than
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public expenditures to tell me what I
should eat, what I should do with my
time, how much I can earn—and a
thousand other paternalistic services
which sometimes, if not often, do no
good and occasionally do great harm.
If I could speak to the appropriate
people in the government In behalf of
my contemporaries, I would say: Treat
us with respect, give us an
opportunity to work and to learn,
protect us from crime and, beyond
that, reduce public expenditures and
pursue monetary policies that will
reduce inflation. The things we lose
to criminals are nothing in
comparison to the amount we lose
when we are robbed by our own
government. Inflation is an insidious
form of robbery. Anyone who has
seen his fixed income dwindle at
such a rate as to threaten his
livelihood has most certainly been
robbed.
Make your own climate
I contend that the social and
political climate in America is not fair
to the aging. This does not imply that
the aging fare any better in Western
Europe. For the most part, they are
much worse off. There are some
cultures where old people are
venerated, but this, too, is a distortion
of justice.
All of us should rise above the
difficulties that confront old people
today and make something of the rest
of our lives. There are aging people
who earn enough and invest wisely
enough to outrun inflation; people
who are strong enough to overcome
all the stereotypes, people who are
public-spirited enough to exercise
some influence on public opinion,
people who have put the lie to those
who say "Old people can't do
anything." All around us are people
who have experienced the surge of
the sixties and who are having the
best time of their lives.
It is much easier to sit around and
complain than it is to perform.
Anybody who lives in America has
sufficient liberty to make something
of his own life. Retired people have
the best opportunity of all. They can
continue to learn and disprove a
stereotype but, even more, they can
enjoy the thrill of discovery. They can
create poetry, music, sculpture,
history, axhandles, jigsaw puzzles,
gardens, cuisine, clothing, gadgets
and a whole multitude of things that
bring profit as well as joy. We all
differ in talent. Some are best fitted
to lead while others prefer to be good
followers. Both are important.
Older people have an opportunity
to exercise true leadership in
government, community, religion and
secular affairs. There Is no time like
now for an aging person to make his
life count for something. Old age is
not merely golden years, but golden
opportunity.
This very day brings the greatest
opportunity in history for those of us
who really care about the quality of
life for older people in America. We
have all the information accumulated
by hundreds of old-age studies
throughout the world. We have new
political techniques to organize and
exercise our influence. We stand face
to face with the major problem of
inflation while our government
officials talk about it, but make it
worse by increasing government
expenditures.
Howard Jarvis has shown us what
can be done by those who resent
being taxed out of their very
existence. We can mobilize our
political clout against conditions that
allow criminals to prey upon the old.
We can organize to influence public
opinion toward reducing government
interference in our lives. We can
finally get the kind of government we
deserve. •
About Dr. Gresham
One of the
"chronologically-gifted"
himself, Dr. Perry E. Gresham,
72, is
president
emeritus and
distinguished
professor
at Bethany College,
West
Virginia, and a member of LIT's
governing
corporation.
His book. W i t h W i n g s as
Eagles, was published
this summer by
Anna Publishing
Inc., Winter Park, FL, and
is available by mail from the LIT
Bookstore
for $10.95 plus 10 percent postage
and
handling.
Dr. Gresham has established
the "With
Wings as Eagles Institute"
at Bethany
College to enhance the quality of life for
older persons.
The Institute
will
sponsor
conferences,
publications,
awards,
and
other projects
aimed at promoting
new
interests
and more positive
attitudes
toward older
people.
�•
TAB—
four years
later
Participating students
and administrators discuss
LIT's innovative minority
career program.
Since 1977, LIT has been
involved in an innovative
career infornnation program
in the Detroit Public
Schools. The Technical
and Business Clubs (TAB)
project, initiated by LIT
special project
administrator, Dr. Oliver S.
Coleman, was designed to
fulfill industry needs for
qualified minority
candidates for
management and technical
positions. Then, as now,
TAB seeks to organize
students in these high
schools into special clubs
which explore careers in
technology and business
through research,
speakers, and field trips. It
also tries to help students
to more positively present
themselves to prospective
employers by providing
skills in such areas as
public speaking,
interviewing, grooming,
and overall personal
presentation.
How is TAB working,
four years later? What
kinds of students are
benefiting from the
program and what are the
problems that are being
encountered both in the
TAB Clubs and in the high
schools as a whole in the
preparation of young black
men and women for
dynamic careers?
A group of current and
former TAB members and
two counselors from the
Detroit Public Schools
gathered recently for a
round table discussion at
LIT on the progress of TAB
and the career world in
general. Following are
some of their observations.
The participants were:
Robert Mitchell, counselor
and TAB sponsor at Cooley
High School; Clifford
Samuels, TAB president
and a senior at Cooley
High School; Mary B.
Dolan, counselor and TAB
sponsor at Henry Ford
High School; Tonnia Miller,
TAB member and a senior
at Henry Ford High School;
Valerie Crawford, a former
TAB member at Cass
Technical High School,
currently a freshman at
Wayne State University;
and Darryl Foster, a former
TAB member from Osborne
High School, currently a
sophomore at LIT.
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o
^
Q.
0
O
0
Dr. Oliver Coleman,
TAB
founder
What types of students are involved
with T A B at your high s c h o o l s and
what requirements do you place on
membership?
Tonnia: Most of t h e s t u d e n t s at
Henry Ford w h o are in T A B are
better s t u d e n t s because w e require
that they maintain a 2.5 grade point
average, be interested in a
technical or b u s i n e s s field and
have t w o r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m
faculty. Because of t h i s , many of
the other s t u d e n t s c o n s i d e r us
" s n o b b i s h " but what I tell t h e m is
that they c o u l d also get g o o d
enough grades and j o i n us if they
w o u l d j u s t put s o m e effort into
their work. Unfortunately, t o o many
of t h e m j u s t like t o " h a n g o u t " a n d
don't consider their f u t u r e or what
kind of career they m i g h t want t o
get into.
What about the other students, the
ones who aren't making a 2.5 average
but who might be interested in the
program.
Does this program just appeal to
those students who are already good
students and already have career
plans, or is it in some way really
reaching the students who need some
guidance?
Robert: My c o n t e n t i o n is that m o s t
of t h e s t u d e n t s in high s c h o o l can
benefit f r o m a T A B c l u b . Even
t h o s e w h o are high level, highly
m o t i v a t e d y o u n g s t e r s w h o get A ' s
and B's and w h o take t h e high level
m a t h a n d s c i e n c e c o u r s e s can
benefit f r o m t h i s kind of exposure.
It's been m y experience that if y o u
ask t h e average y o u n g s t e r in high
s c h o o l what a bio-medical engineer
d o e s they c o u l d n ' t tell y o u , and so
they need t h i s kind of e x p o s u r e
too.
A n d at what t i m e d i d you have s o m e
idea of w h a t you w a n t e d to be?
Darryl: A t that point I had an ideal
of s o m e t h i n g I w a n t e d t o be but It
w a s not s o m e t h i n g that w o u l d be
in m u c h d e m a n d or w o u l d require
m u c h academic k n o w l e d g e or
a n y t h i n g like that. I j u s t wanted t o
be a t r u c k driver.
ifLMY contention is
IVI tliat most of
tine students in liigh
scliool can benefit
from a TAB club.
Even...highly
motivated
youngsters...'
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1
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Mitchell,
counselor
Into t h e m . B u t — o n t h e other
h a n d — y o u never know. Y o u don't
k n o w what l i g h t s went on in t h o s e
k i d ' s heads a n d I'm always hopeful
that t h i s k i n d of t h i n g will w o r k in
s o m e way.
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Darryl: I w a s In t e n t h grade.
W a s there any particular reason why
you c h o s e that?
Robert
1980
Darryl, w h e n you started in T A B , what
grade were you in?
Mary: I t h i n k t h a t ' s a very
c o m p l i c a t e d matter. It's s o m e t h i n g
that I worry about s o m e t i m e s . T h e
way I try a n d get at that is t o a s k
t e a c h e r s t o select f r o m their
v o c a t i o n a l c l a s s e s s t u d e n t s that
seem m o s t s e r i o u s , like in t h e auto
s h o p , t o go w i t h us w h e n w e g o t o
s u c h places as Detroit Diesel even
t h o u g h they were not in t h e T A B
c l u b . But what I observed w a s that
there is a great deal of d i f f e r e n c e
in t h e w a y t h o s e kids e x p e r i e n c e
that t r i p a n d t h e way t h e T A B kids
e x p e r i e n c e d it. I t h i n k that that
g e t s back t o t h e fact that field t r i p s
are o n l y as s u c c e s s f u l as t h e
a m o u n t of preparation that g o e s
Robert: W e don't really hold t o t h e
2.5 requirement at Cooley. W e try
to encourage any s t u d e n t w h o is
interested but w e t e n d t o f i n d that
the s t u d e n t s w h o are actively
involved d o have t h e necessary
grade point average. W h a t w e d o
insist o n , t h o u g h , is that they have
to be a t t e n d i n g their classes o n a
regular basis. W e don't want
s t u d e n t s w h o are j u s t " h a n g i n g
o u t " but if they have a lower grade
point average w e don't kick t h e m
out just for that. A l l w e ask is that
they be trying t o t h e best of their
ability t o be s u c c e s s f u l .
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A l s o , w h e n I'm on a field trip
and s o m e o n e seems really
interested in t h e s t u d e n t s , I'll invite
t h e m back t o t h e high school t o
talk t o classes. That happened
several t i m e s . In that way,
everybody w a s exposed and I
w o u l d like t o d o a lot more of that.
Darryl: I w a s interested in
a u t o m o b i l e s a n d m o t o r s and things
that I w o u l d experience in my o w n
n e i g h b o r h o o d . I enjoyed racing
cars. My Dad w a s a tool and die
maker and w e were always
t i n k e r i n g around w i t h cars.
What brought you to a T A B club?
o
Darryl: I w a s g u i d e d by my
c o u n s e l o r in high s c h o o l . I had a
pretty g o o d grade point average
and he knew of m y interest In
�automobiles. He decided that with
some guidance I might be steered
into engineering.
even fewer?
Robert: I must say that coming
from a high school like Cooley
where most of the kids are
predominantly black, you find more
women taking high level math and
science classes than men because
women generally have done better
in school than men.
Clifford Samuels,
Darryl Foster,
student
You chose an associates degree
program rather than a four year
program.
Darryl: That was because the high
school training which I had would
not allow me to enter a four year
program and I could go into this
program, prepare myself better and
work at the same time. I could
build on to what I didn't have
academically because I realized
that it was ridiculous going into a
program for which I was
unprepared. It would be like
pouring water into a bucket with a
hole in it. But the TAB club helped
me to see what was necessary for
studying engineering so I knew
how to make up my own
deficiencies and start my college
training on the right foot.
Do you think that if that counselor
had not reached out to you that you
would be driving trucks today?
Darryl: I'm not sure about driving
trucks but I know that I would
never have had the experiences
that I had and would never have
come to school as early as I did.
Do you .intend to go on for a four year
degree?>
Darryl: Oh yes. I want to get my
bachelor's degree in engineering
and then go back to working for a
large corporation such as Rockwell
where I was working part-time
before on a job that TAB got for
me.
student
Robert: Darryl mentioned
something that is very key to the
TAB clubs, and that's exposure. If
you ask the average youngster in
the ninth grade what he or she
wants to be, they might just say a
teacher or a minister or a doctor or
a lawyer. That's because they've
gained exposure to these careers
through the media or some other
place in their lives—but all of
these many other fields, they just
don't get exposure to. I think that's
why TAB is so important. They can
go to these industries like
Rockwell; they can talk to the
people who are doing these jobs
and find out what their problems
were and how they got hooked up
with that particular job. This brings
it down to a reality and it becomes
a real life experience. Then they
can say, "Hey I could do that," I
could be a geologist or whatever.
Between the four students here, we
have three who started out with an
interest in computers, yet the women
have decided to become computer
analysts and the man, an electrical
engineer. Does it seem that we are
still steering women out of such
''male" fields as engineering and into
what we consider to be more
"female" jobs?
Where's the drop off rate then? At
what point do we lose them?
Mary: After high school. Nobody
gets to them before they finish
high school and that's where our
job really comes in and where TAB
can help to show them role models
who are in other jobs besides
secretaries and housewives. I went
to a career day at the University of
Detroit, sponsored by General
Motors, and they showed slides of
women in the automotive industry.
My mouth just fell open. There was
one with a Ph.D. in physics and
another was in charge of truck
motor sales. All of these roles,
which I didn't even know existed,
were being held by women and it
was very impressive.
I think that we must begin
raising the aspirations of women.
As women we are not free only to
decide what career we want to go
into. We also have to make a
decision about what man we are
going to marry. The culture has
forced this on us and this is an
added complication which men
don't have. If they get married
that's fine but they can devote
their entire attention to getting
ready for and advancing their
careers. Women are not given that
luxury.
Robert: I think that there is still a
stigma attached to women entering
engineering. I attribute that to the
media because if you ever see a
poster with a picture of an
engineer, it's always a man with a
hard hat on. Every film you see on
engineering, the jobs are mostly
held by men and I think that the
whole image must be changed to
show that this is a promising field
for women as well as men.
Do you think that this problem is
worse for black women than for white
women because the role models are
Valerie Crawford,
student
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�Valerie: Many of my friends
decided that the nnost innportant
thing was to get married so they
didn't go into the t e c h n i c a l f i e l d s
because they t h o u g h t that being a
secretary or receptionist was
enough until they f o u n d a h u s b a n d .
Robert: I t h i n k that it also has t o
do w i t h the financial s i t u a t i o n .
When there is not e n o u g h money,
it is always the boys w h o get the
college education and the w o m e n
must find a j o b .
Valerie: It's funny, but I was j u s t
t h i n k i n g to myself what w o u l d have
happened if that were the case in
my family. My brother and I are
both f r e s h m e n in college and if
there was only enough money to
send one, I don't know what w o u l d
have happened. I think, because of
the culture and because they figure
that I could always get married that
my brother w o u l d have gone.
Mary: I think that the w i d e
availability of financial aid has
seriously changed that s i t u a t i o n
now, t h o u g h . A l m o s t everyone w h o
wants to go to college can go by
using one means or another and
TAB clubs strive to let the s t u d e n t s
know about these.
If there was one thing that you could
change about the T A B program, what
would it be?
Darryl: I'd make sure that the T A B
program was put into every high
school and that the entire
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n f r o m teachers t o
counselors to principals and right
up to Mr. J e f f e r s o n , made it a t o p
priority i t e m — m a k i n g it as
important as a s p o r t s activity. The
major problem is that there are t o o
many other activities besides T A B
that s t u d e n t s can be diverted into
such as dances. There is a place
for those but w h e n I go back t o
Osborne, I see the same t h i n g s
year after year. There are 2000
dances, one College Day, one
Career Day, and maybe three or
s o m e t i m e s only one or t w o T A B
c l u b s each m o n t h . The T A B
members have to p e t i t i o n for t h i s
and petition for that everytime they
want to do s o m e t h i n g . But, if t h e
Student C o u n c i l w a n t s t o hold a
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1980
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d o u g h n u t sale or a pretzel sale,
they hear " S u r e , here's t h e
s c h e d u l e , w h e n w o u l d you like t o
have i t . "
if\areerguid'
w a n c e is just not
a high priority with
the people...
running the system.
Priority shouid be
placed on giving
the kids the
information they
need about their
future lives....'
Robert: I'd like t o see T A B c l u b s
taken out of t h e realm of
e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r and into c u r r i c u l u m .
It w o u l d be nice if it c o u l d be, if
not a c o m p l e t e course, at least a
mini-course, where s t u d e n t s c o u l d
get five hours of credit for t a k i n g
it. Then every week we c o u l d take
an industry and pick it apart and
have e n o u g h money t o have an
entire program of field t r i p s for the
w h o l e s c h o o l year and see if that
makes a d i f f e r e n c e , especially t o
the underachievers w h o m i g h t not
c o m e t o t h i n g s o u t s i d e of class.
A s counselors, how do you respond
to students who say ' T h e y never gave
me any career information?" Is it true
and, if s o , what is the reason?
Robert: It used t o be, but t h i n g s
are c h a n g i n g now especially s i n c e
about 1969 and the advent of
t e a c h e r - c o u n s e l o r s . W e have
g o t t e n away f r o m a lot of
paperwork and d i s c i p l i n e p r o b l e m s
and we now have more t i m e to plan
career k i n d s of a c t i v i t i e s .
Mary: I t h i n k you w o u l d have t o say
that it's true in a lot of cases,
unless it's s o m e o n e w h o ' s
particularly interested In career
w o r k (and u n f o r t u n a t e l y there are
only one or t w o courses In the
g u i d a n c e and c o u n s e l i n g programs
w h i c h teach prospective
c o u n s e l o r s about career guidance).
I t h i n k also s o m e t h i n g w h i c h
c o n t r i b u t e s t o t h i s is the lack of
c o m m i t m e n t in leadership t o career
g u i d a n c e . It's j u s t not a high
priority w i t h the people that are
r u n n i n g the s y s t e m . W h a t ' s high
priority is g e t t i n g the paperwork
done and g e t t i n g t h e reports in on
t i m e and " n a i l i n g " the kids for not
being in class when we should be
s p e n d i n g more energy on making
the classes f a s c i n a t i n g so they'll
want to be there. Priority should be
placed on giving the kids the
i n f o r m a t i o n they need about their
f u t u r e lives and, if necessary,
having a bus at the door every day
t o take t h e m t o these places of
b u s i n e s s so that they can make
s o m e intelligent d e c i s i o n s about
where they're g o i n g .
Clifford: You can tell the priorities
are not on t e c h n i c a l career choices
because the classes w h i c h w o u l d
be necessary for anyone w a n t i n g to
pursue one are not what they
s h o u l d be. Science courses like
c h e m i s t r y and p h y s i c s could be
very e x c i t i n g but they don't want to
put t h e money into it. W h e n there
are c u t b a c k s , t h o s e classes are the
first to go, because t h e y ' d rather
cut that than f o o t b a l l .
What w a s your most enlightening
experience with T A B ?
Darryl: During the S u m m e r Career
I n s t i t u t e w h i c h I a t t e n d e d , on every
t r i p I'd see s o m e t h i n g w h i c h I
never w o u l d have t h o u g h t about
unless I'd been there. For instance,
w h e n we were at the General
M o t o r s Technical Center, there was
an area w h i c h no one is allowed to
visit and we were taken back there
and it was an unbelievable
experience. It was great t o come
h o m e and tell my parents and
friends that I had seen s o m e t h i n g
they c o u l d never be allowed to see.
Clifford: During my S u m m e r Career
I n s t i t u t e I remember visiting
Channel 4 and seeing the work that
the engineers do there. I never
realized that electrical engineers
w o r k e d behind the scenes at a TV
�Mary Dolan, counselor,
and Tonnla
Miller,
student,
Station. The only t h i n g I knew
about was what I c o u l d see at
home, the newscasters.
Valerie: The Sunnnner Career
Institute was really good for nne
because w h e n I first signed up for
one, I had a vague idea that I
wanted to w o r k w i t h c o m p u t e r s ,
maybe k e y p u n c h i n g or s o m e t h i n g .
Until I went t o Burroughs and
Bendix I d i d n ' t realize that there
was m u c h more to it than j u s t
p u n c h i n g in numbers; there was a
logic to it. I also f o u n d out that
there are so many t h i n g s you can
do w i t h c o m p u t e r s and that you
can move up t o be a c o m p u t e r
s y s t e m s analyst. I knew that they
had c o m p u t e r s everywhere but
before we visited all these places, I
had no idea how they w o r k e d in
the c o m p a n i e s like G M , Chrysler
and Rockwell. It was great t o know
that I c o u l d go anywhere and put
my degree to w o r k and c o m b i n e it
w i t h s o m e t h i n g like m e d i c i n e and
work in the medical field if I
wanted.
Oliver Coleman: I t h i n k that t h i s
s h o w s that even an experienced
counselor can only give the
experience s e c o n d hand. In other
w o r d s , the s t u d e n t s m u s t be given
the o p p o r t u n i t y to walk t h r o u g h
these areas t h e m s e l v e s and it is
m u c h better to be given a hands-on
experience. For a s t u d e n t t o listen
liste.
the watchful
gazes
of LIT presidents
to s o m e o n e talk about a career or
t o be handed a brochure is not
e n o u g h . O n c e a s t u d e n t s t a n d s in a
c o m p u t e r room in a large
c o r p o r a t i o n , for instance, and sees
all t h e buzzing and h u m m i n g and
the activity, then it begins t o make
sense and t h a t ' s what T A B is all
about.
You all express yourselves very well.
Could you do that before the T A B
clubs?
Darryl: No way. You really learn a
lot, t h a t ' s all I can tell y o u . T h i n g s
that you t h o u g h t you c o u l d never
do and t h i n g s you t h o u g h t you
c o u l d never d i s c u s s are now j u s t
as easy as if you were d o i n g t h e m
all your life. You can talk t o anyone
and not be afraid t o tell t h e m a b o u t
yourself or your plans.
Tonnia: W h e n I was in e i g h t h grade
and s o m e p r o f e s s i o n a l had w a l k e d
up t o me and said " I n t r o d u c e
yourself to me and tell me w h a t
you want t o be w h e n you g r o w u p , "
I c o u l d n ' t tell t h e m , but now I
c o u l d w i t h no p r o b l e m s .
Clifford: W e have t o make oral
p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o the rest of t h e
g r o u p on our career plans.
S o m e t i m e s we go over how t o
prepare for an interview or c o n d u c t
m o c k interviews d u r i n g the
m e e t i n g s . W e cover everything they
need t o k n o w a b o u t g e t t i n g a j o b
Russell
E. and E. George
Lawrence.
i n c l u d i n g how t o write a good
resume.
Valerie: A n d if s o m e o n e asks you
what you want t o be you can just
say, well I want to be a c o m p u t e r
s y s t e m s analyst because of this
and t h i s and t h i s and then you can
get carried away and before you
k n o w it you're having a d i s c u s s i o n
w i t h a total stranger and you're not
even aware of it.
The two women involved in the
discussion
completely
changed
their
career choices because of the TAB
Clubs. Tonnia wanted to be a
registered
nurse because her only real
role model of a career woman, her
aunt, had chosen that field. During a
field trip to some medical
complexes
with TAB, however, she
suddenly
decided that computers
looked like
''more fun." Now, she is
contemplating
finishing high
school,
getting a degree in computers,
and
then going on for a degree in
electrical
engineering
which she
really thought about for the first time
during her trips and during the
discussion
at LIT. Valerie had
chosen
a career in business,
not as a
manager or marketing director,
but
rather as a receptionist
"or
something
like that." Today, she is at Wayne
State University studying
computer
science,
crediting
TAB for her
broadened
career horizons.
•
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Magazine
�upo
a Place
Architect Lou Des
Ar'68, says his colleag
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ p a t h i z e with cnents
and develop management
skills while designing
structures which will endure
for the future.
�What does an a r c h i t e c t do w h e n he
takes a client out to "Innpress" him
w i t h his work and the client, in
passing one of the a r c h i t e c t ' s other
structures says, " N o w there's an
example of a b u i l d i n g I h a t e — i t looks
just like a gas s t a t i o n . " A c c o r d i n g t o
Louis DesRosiers, Ar'68, he gathers
up his pride, s w a l l o w s his ego, and
pleasantly states, " B u t you s h o u l d
see it f r o m the other s i d e . "
Ego Is s o m e t h i n g DesRosiers,
happily u n s p o i l e d in a w o r l d of " s u p e r
e g o s , " hopes to never fall v i c t i m t o .
He feels that a r c h i t e c t s s h o u l d not
only be a r t i s t s , but also p r o f e s s i o n a l s
whose j o b it is to please a
c l i e n t — e v e n if the client, as in the
actual case above, seems to have a
different idea about what makes a
building " p l e a s a n t . "
"If I preach a n y t h i n g to my staff
and myself, it's d i v e r s i f i c a t i o n , " he
notes. " M y c o n c e p t s vary because
they are designed In c o n c e r t w i t h the
unique personalities of each
individual. The last t h i n g I ever want
to hear Is 'that's a DesRosiers
design.' In residential a r c h i t e c t u r e ,
the home belongs to the people w h o
live there and s h o u l d express their
life-style, not m i n e . "
A residence w h i c h expresses both
the a r c h i t e c t ' s and the c l i e n t ' s lifestyle Is the home Lou built for his
family in A d d i s o n T o w n s h i p . The
10-level c o n t e m p o r a r y w i t h 6,400
square feet of living space is built on
the shore of a lake and takes full
advantage of its natural s u r r o u n d i n g s .
The home has been featured in many
local papers and one in particular, the
Birmingham
Eccentric,
noted " T h e
devotion to nature and natural
s u r r o u n d i n g s carries into the h o m e
itself. The very evident interior w o o d
is natural mahogany, even the high
ceilings. In all, there are 2,600 square
feet of bronze-tinted glass surface,
m u c h of it floor-to-ceiling on t h e lake
side of the house. Because the
setting is c o m p l e t e l y private and
DesRosiers planned carefully to
control the light for best advantage,
there is no need for drapes at any of
the w i n d o w s . "
L o u took a year and a half to build
t h i s home, and devoted his full
a t t e n t i o n and t i m e to the project.
When c o n s t r u c t i o n began in 1972, the
w h o l e family w h i c h then included
Lou, his w i f e J o a n n , and son Glenn
(son Paul has since been added), was
living on a small f a r m h o u s e on the
p r e m i s e s so that they c o u l d be
c l o s e l y involved w i t h t h e entire
p r o c e s s . Lou feels that every a r c h i t e c t
s h o u l d take t h e t i m e t o b e c o m e
personally involved in the
c o n s t r u c t i o n of at least one of his
own designs.
The w o o d e d hilly s u r r o u n d i n g s of
his h o m e are especially s i g n i f i c a n t t o
L o u . A s far back as he can remember,
he has enjoyed being " a w a y f r o m it
a l l " in the w o o d s or c a m p i n g in the
wilderness.
s u r r o u n d e d by the a t m o s p h e r e of
a r c h i t e c t u r e . Many evenings I w o u l d
w a t c h him s k e t c h i n g — e v e n
s o m e t i m e s at dinner on a placemat.
Six m o n t h s later I'd see that project
c o m p l e t e d . I t h o u g h t that that must
be o n e of the greatest t h i n g s a man
can achieve.
" Y o u know, it has always intrigued
m e , " he c o n t i n u e s , " t h a t an architect,
unlike a l m o s t every other
p r o f e s s i o n a l , is one of the few whose
p r o d u c t is physically c o n s t r u c t e d in
three d i m e n s i o n for all to see and
criticize. From the history I s t u d i e d , I
f o u n d that m o s t civilizations are
j u d g e d by their architectural
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s . Individuals have
s u c h a short life span. Perhaps the
m o s t e x c i t i n g aspect of being an
a r c h i t e c t is that you can have an
i n f l u e n c e far beyond your o w n years
w h i l e helping future generations see
where we were t o d a y . "
r\ to live in
a warm cozy
atmosptiere is
For all of these reasons, Lou had
something you
already d e c i d e d t o f o l l o w in his
father's
can't
disregard... and grandfather's f o o t s t e p s
long before the a p t i t u d e test
But...you don't s u g g e s t e d conservation. He enrolled
in t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e program in 1963
need mullioned
and received his B.S. degree from LIT
d u a t i o , he gained
windows and whitein 1968. After i tghr aseveral n architectural
experience w
f i r m s and then f o r m e d his own f i r m ,
clapboards
to
Louis DesRosiers and A s s o c i a t e s ,
now located in B l o o m f i e l d Hills. His
achieve those
first c o m m i s s i o n s in the new
c o m p a n y were primarily residential,
feelings.'
probably because his o w n house had
" W h e n I was a j u n i o r in c o l l e g e , "
Lou recalls, " I t o o k an a p t i t u d e test
w h i c h p o i n t e d o u t that I s h o u l d be a
c o n s e r v a t i o n i s t . I liked all k i n d s of
o u t d o o r t h i n g s and o f t e n w e n t
b a c k p a c k i n g , so it was a p o s s i b l e
career c h o i c e for me if I hadn't
already been f o c u s i n g in a n o t h e r
direction."
The " o t h e r d i r e c t i o n " w a s
a r c h i t e c t u r e and it s e e m e d t o have
even a stronger i n f l u e n c e on Lou t h a n
nature. His father, already a s e c o n d
g e n e r a t i o n a r c h i t e c t , w o u l d take h i m
along t o all of his j o b s , o f t e n
c h u r c h e s like St. H u g o ' s of the Hills
and St. J u d e ' s . The p r o f e s s i o n began
t o weave its m a g i c .
" M y father never m e n t i o n e d that I
s h o u l d be an a r c h i t e c t , " he
r e m e m b e r s , " b u t I grew up
spread the w o r d about the unique
quality of his h o m e designs.
" I always interviewed each one of
my c l i e n t s several t i m e s before I even
began a preliminary design for their
h o m e , " he notes. "I got to know their
m o o d s , their needs, their e m o t i o n s
and what they w a n t e d . "
Unlike s o m e a r c h i t e c t s , Lou does
not feel that an architect should
d e m a n d a certain style for a client,
nor s h o u l d they reject the basic need
for a " h o m e " and not just a shelter.
" A p e r s o n ' s need to live in a
' w a r m , cozy' a t m o s p h e r e is something
you can't disregard in a r c h i t e c t u r e , "
he states. " O f t e n a client will believe
that t h e only way t o achieve this
feeling is to d u p l i c a t e the homes
w h e r e these feelings were initially
developed as a c h i l d . But t h i s doesn't
p r e c l u d e me t o explain that you don't
need m u l l i o n e d w i n d o w s and w h i t e
c l a p b o a r d s to achieve those feelings.'
A l t h o u g h Lou has done a great
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LIT Magazirii
�deal of residential design, he is
expanding into comnnercial
structures, an area he finds even
more appealing professionally.
Currently, he is working on the Village
Professional Building, a new office
project in Bloomfield Hills, and he
hopes to do more in the future. He is
wary, however, of having his company
grow too large.
"I don't like to think that there will
come a time when I'm not personally
involved with the design documents,"
he reflects.
Running a business takes more
than just the ability to decide on a
company's size, however, as Lou has
found out. He feels strongly that
architects should be prepared to be
businessmen, not just designers.
"One of the greatest faults of
education," he notes, "is that very
few architects are prepared as
businessmen. The downfall of some
potentially successful and talented
architects is that they can't
comprehend contracts, keep books,
budget, hire and fire, or raise capital.
Many don't even know enough about
basic business practices to run a
Above, Lou DesRosiers
examines
one of
his recent residential
commissions
whicti
incorporates
passive
solar heating.
Left,
Lou's multi-level
home which he's
designed
in Addison
Township.
lemonade stand yet they have to not
only be good architects but also
persuasive salesmen to make it in the
business world.
"I guess I was lucky," he goes on
with a smile, "I do consider myself a
good salesman but I could never sell
insurance or anything like that
Autumn/Winter
1980
20
because I can only sell what I believe
in and I only have confidence in my
personal abilities."
What does the future hold for Lou?
Hopefully, more commercial
developments as well as a residence
or two each year to stay fresh in that
aspect of the profession—and—if
things work out as they seem to be
working out now—perhaps a fourth
generation DesRosiers architect.
"My son Glenn who's ten, is very
much like me," Lou laughs. "One day
I came home to find a sign on his
bedroom door 'Glenn DesRosiers
architectural designer' with all the
words spelled wrong. Glenn seems to
have all the traits indicative of an
architect—he draws all the time,
often reads books with only graphic
illustrations, and he has a strong
aversion to structured academics. He
probably will be very successful."
The future, of course, cannot be
predicted but, perhaps, some night at
dinner, Glenn may see his father
sketching a design on a placemat. It
could then only be a matter of time
before DesRosiers and Son,
architects and designers, becomes a
reality. •
�Silver
linings
Vita Buell, a woman of
courage who triumphed
over an early
misfortune, is well
known to generations of
LIT students.
For an ordinary person, a tragedy
that cut short a long planned and
pronnising career and impaired
youthful good looks would be a source
of enormous bitterness and despair.
However, for a courageous optimist
like Vita Buell, such tragedies can also
be viewed as the beginning of a new,
perhaps better, way of life.
Her girlhood dreams were to
become a concert singer and be in
comic opera. Part of a musical family,
she was born Vita Schaefer in Minot,
North Dakota, narrowly missing what
she mirthfully describes a being "born
at sea" on board the ship on which her
parents had emigrated from England.
At an early age she traveled to
Amarillo, Texas, to attend St. Mary's
Boarding School while her mother
returned to England to finish a
doctorate. Vita enjoyed the school and
remained there to finish her education,
staying summers and holidays with her
grandparents who ran an Amarillo
hotel.
Following preparatory school, she
won an Atwater-Kent competition to
study voice in Kansas City, Missouri,
under famed contralto Madame
Ernestine Schumann-Heink. Soon
thereafter, she became acquainted
with LIT and the man who later
changed her life.
"I first was introduced to the
College, and my husband-to-be, during
an LIT dance in 1936," the wife of
board chairman Wayne Buell says. She
had been doing additional music
study in Cleveland and had been
singing for a Toledo radio station
when she came to Detroit to visit
friends. They brought Vita to the LIT
affair.
She and Dr. Buell struck it off right.
and on October 21, 1938, they were
married. But even then, duty called!
Mrs. Buell recalls that she and Dr.
Buell, by then an LIT professor and
chemical engineer, cut their wedding
reception short to rush back to
campus for an LIT activity.
Prior to meeting her husband, Mrs.
Buell had been involved in two
automobile accidents which had left
her totally paralyzed for a year.
Eventually recovering, after her
marriage she concluded that the
intensity of a stage career was too
exhausting and that she could no
longer perform professionally.
Tremendously disappointed, she
bounced back in her own spirited way.
"Wayne was teaching at LIT and
also attending graduate school," she
relates. "To help ends meet during
those depression years, I became a
millinery designer for Saks Fifth
Avenue. Women still wore hats and
gloves back then, thank heavens!" she
muses. Even as her husband advanced
in industry, eventually joining the
Aristo Corporation where he became
executive vice president, they
remained close to the College.
"I always felt we would return
here," she says. "Once when we were
dating, Wayne said that 'someday he
planned to be dean of the college.' I
never dreamed he would return as
president."
But, as history has shown the
Buells did indeed return to LIT in 1964,
when he succeeded retiring president
Dr. E. George Lawrence.
"President Lawrence had the
foresight to move the campus to this
area of growth," Mrs. Buell remarks.
"Dr. Buell, as president (until 1977) and
now as chairman, has devoted himself
to enlarging and improving campus
facilities and academic programs. The
growth in enrollment attests to his
success." In June of this year Mrs.
Buell attended her 41st LIT
Commencement.
This past spring, Mrs. Buell served
as chairman of Southfield's Michigan
Week activities. As the wife of the
chairman of the board, she realizes
that her life is often not her own, but
she still tries to find time to do the
things she likes. "I enjoy my home and
entertaining. If I can ever get Wayne to
slow down a bit perhaps we could take
a vacation and do some traveling. I'd
like to return to Switzerland and
Australia — places we'd gone when
we traveled for Aristo."
Does she ever help her husband
make decisions affecting the college?
"Oh no, I'm not a 'Mrs. Carter,' " she
laughs, "Naturally, once in a while we
might discuss something but he is the
one who 'runs the store.' I know he'd
like me to know more about business
and stocks and investments but
honestly I could care less so long as
we're doing alright. I'd rather be
involved working on campus or at
home.
"Looking back, I don't think I'd have
done anything differently," Mrs. Buell
concludes. "I do wish I'd been able to
pursue music because I dearly love it,
but that wasn't to be. One thing I've
realized is that no matter how
disappointing your own tragedy, there
is someone who is worse off. All
things considered, I've been fortunate.
I'm very happy and proud of Wayne
and LIT." •
Mrs. Vita Buell and her pal,
Caesar,
examine the plaque she received
for
serving as Southfield's
1980
Michigan
Week
chairperson.
21
LIT
Magazine
�lab.
of newt,
ir of bat,
chemistry
It's at!'
A visit with
Jerry Crist
Third in a series on LIT
chairmen
department
Wearing white coats in a back room
while mixing mysterious potions
might have been the lot of the ancient
alchemists, but according to Jerry
Crist, the new chairman of LIT's
chemistry department, it isn't a true
picture of today's chemistry
graduates.
"Unfortunately, that's a stigma
that's still with us, but it's no longer
true," he notes. "Chemical graduates
not only go into the industry but they
also go on to medical school, as it's a
good pre-med major, or law school to
enter such areas as patent law, or
even into chemical sales. There are
many areas that a chemistry graduate
can go into without ever once having
to pour chemicals from beaker to
beaker in some dimly-lit back room."
Jerry received his own chemistry
degrees, a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., in his
native state of Ohio at Ohio Northern
and The Ohio State Universities
before coming to LIT in 1968. The son
of a farmer, he never really gave much
thought to following in his father's
footsteps with a career in agriculture.
"I guess because I'd been so
involved with it as a boy, I knew that
it was not an area I wanted to be
involved with for the rest of my life,"
he remembers. "I really wasn't sure
what I did want to do, other than go
on to college. I guess, often, career
choices become a matter of
eliminating what you really dislike
and then trying the rest. For me—the
rest was chemistry."
"I had a really good mathematics
teacher in high school," he continues,
"so I learned to like exacting study. It
just happened that taking chemistry
was how I chose to pursue this
interest."
Having had a "bad experience"
with chemistry in his own high school
was not a deterrent to Jerry in his
own pursuit of further degrees, but it
did help him to understand the many
other students who are "turned off"
to what could be an exciting field by
teachers who aren't as organized as
they should be.
"Unfortunately, chemistry has not
been a pleasing experience for many
of our incoming freshmen," he notes,
"and they come with all kinds of
nasty ideas about chemistry. I think
that's one of the jobs that we take
on—to convince them that it's not all
that bad, in fact, it's a rather logical
science."
"The key to teaching chemistry,"
he goes on, "Is organization, which is
probably true of most of the sciences.
If it's presented in some sort of
logical fashion—if it follows one step
on the next, then the student always
comes away with a much better
feeling about what's going on."
It seems that LIT chemistry majors
must have come away with this "good
�feeling" because, according to Jerry,
the "drop-off" rate is very low.
"I'm very proud of that," he states.
"Once we have a chemistry major
signed up, very seldom do we lose
them unless it's for personal
reasons—very rarely is it that they
just end up not liking it or finding that
they just can't make it."
"In fact," he continues, "we get
some very decent converts from the
engineering programs. They take
courses in general chemistry and 'get
hooked.' Then, they use their
electives as chemistry majors to take
engineering courses. That's the best
part of our program—you can gear it
to any interest you want."
It is this "special tailoring" which
interests students in LIT's chemistry
program in the first place, according
to Jerry. Chemistry majors are given a
chance to explore what Interests
them, while still gaining a good
understanding of all of the facets of
the science.
"I think that our job in an
undergraduate chemistry program is
to lay the foundation for further study
or the work experience by introducing
the student to all kinds of different
areas," he states. "But, we also try
and make the program one in which
the student can be as deeply involved
as he or she wants. There are many
core courses, but when students
become seniors, if they want to take
on some minor research projects with
some of the staff members in their
own area of interest, then we
encourage them to do so."
"We can offer a student a lot of
personal attention and I think that is
where Lawrence has got it over a lot
of other colleges," he continues. "The
department is small enough that you
can get as close to the faculty as you
want, getting any degree of depth out
of the program that you care to. Some
students prefer to remain distant and
just take courses but others really
enjoy getting into it, so we let them
bite off as much as they can chew."
Jerry realizes, though, that the real
strength of the program is measured
in the success of its graduates and
he's proud of how far the alumni of
the chemistry department have gone.
"We have an excellent placement
record," he remarks. "Last year, for
instance, we had students hired by
Dow Chemical, General Motors,
Lockheed in Atlanta, and Apollo
Technologies in Chicago. All of them
are doing very well."
He quickly points out, though, that
there is only so far that a student can
go with a B.S. in chemistry and this is
why he is also pleased that over 50
percent of the graduates have, sooner
or later, gone on to take graduate
courses in chemistry.
"We graduated 'our' first Ph.D. in
chemistry two years ago from Purdue
University," he notes with a smile.
"We've also had people at the
University of Arizona, Michigan State,
Wayne State, University of Michigan
and Texas A and M."
Because they were operating in a
relatively new program (chemistry as
a degree was offered for the first time
in 1967, with the first graduates in
1971), Jerry remembers that the
faculty was anxious to see how the
graduates would fare in a world of
fully established larger schools. It
seems that they have done extremely
well, bringing credit not only to
themselves, but also to LIT.
"The students who go on to
graduate schools are coming back to
let us know how well prepared they
are for advanced study," he remarks.
"We are gaining the respect of other
schools and that's difficult when
you're up against long-standing
programs like the University of
Michigan's. Here we are, a brand new
department that's largely untried, but
with the inroads we've made at the
graduate level and in the industrial
world we are slowly establishing
ourselves as a good place for
undergraduate training. Our graduates
have few problems of any kind, and
more schools and industrial concerns
are recognizing that they are
worthwhile individuals to have in their
advanced programs or on the job."
What's in the future for the
chemistry department? Hopefully,
even more prestige and a growing
enrollment. In order to accomplish
this, it is important to keep the
facilities up-to-date, the program in
line with current industry needs, and
the faculty top-notch. All of that is
now Jerry's task—and it's one he's
looking forward to.
"We've got a new department with
a lot of potential," he concludes, "and
we really haven't tried it to its fullest
extent. There's no reason why
Lawrence Institute of Technology and
its chemistry department can't stand
up against any undergraduate
chemistry program in the area or
anywhere else for that matter. It's
only a matter of time before everyone
knows that." •
�On-campus
LIT dedicates
a treasure
On September 25, LIT o f f i c i a l l y
dedicated the Frank Lloyd W r i g h t designed A f f l e c k H o u s e , presented t o
the College by Dr. and Mrs. Karl F.
L u t o m s k i and Mr. and Mrs. Gregor P.
Affleck. The home, located in
Bloomfleld Hills, was c o m p l e t e d in
1941 for the late Mr. and Mrs. Gregor
S. Affleck, parents of Mrs. L u t o m s k i
and Mr. Gregor P. A f f l e c k . It was
donated to LIT in 1978. (See the LIT
Magazine, v.2, n.1).
Two plaques were unveiled d u r i n g
the ceremonies, one a d e d i c a t i o n
plaque honoring the A f f l e c k s for their
gift, and the other an o f f i c i a l marker
signifying that the house is registered
w i t h the Michigan Register of H i s t o r i c
Places. Several of Detroit's leading
a r c h i t e c t s were on hand for the
ceremony as well as LIT s t u d e n t s ,
faculty, a l u m n i , staff, and W i l l i a m
Wesley Peters, vice president of the
Frank Lloyd W r i g h t F o u n d a t i o n , w h o
later presented an address on
campus.
The home, valued for its a r t i s t i c
merit at over $800,000 by W r i g h t i a n
scholar Dr. W i l l i a m A. Storrer, is a
prime example of W r i g h t ' s " U s o n i a n "
style in w h i c h the b u i l d i n g was
designed to be in harmony w i t h the
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1980
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Above, the Lutomsl<i's, Dr. Marburger, Dr.
Buell, and the Affleck's unveil the plaques.
Right, William Wesley Peters, vice
president
of the Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation.
Below, innovations in the Affleck House which
make it significant include radiant heating,
indirect fluorescent lighting, and
cantilevered
decks overlooking its wooded
site.
b u i l d i n g site. A l t h o u g h z o n i n g
r e g u l a t i o n s d i c t a t e that the h o m e
remain a residence, LIT also uses the
h o m e for small c o n f e r e n c e s and
s e m i n a r s and as a t e a c h i n g center for
architecture s t u d e n t s . •
�Faculty and
staff notes
Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean of e n g i n e e r i n g ,
has been s e l e c t e d p r e s i d e n t - e l e c t of t h e
national J u n i o r E n g i n e e r i n g T e c h n i c a l
S o c i e t y (JETS). The e d u c a t i o n a l g r o u p ' s
p u r p o s e is t o e n c o u r a g e s t u d e n t s t o enter
e n g i n e e r i n g and t e c h n i c a l c a r e e r s . Dr.
Davis also r e c e n t l y a d d r e s s e d t h e
A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y for Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l ' s
T e c h n i c a l C o n f e r e n c e in A t l a n t a , GA, a n d
prepared a paper for p r e s e n t a t i o n at t h e
annual m e e t i n g of t h e European
O r g a n i z a t i o n of Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l in W a r s a w ,
Poland. He has also r e c e n t l y s p o k e n
before t h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y f o r M e t a l s
Annual C o n f e r e n c e in P i t t s b u r g h and t h e
Open Die Division of t h e F o r g i n g I n d u s t r y
A s s o c i a t i o n m e e t i n g in W e s t D u n d e e , IL.
R. J a m e s Diegel, f o r m e r l y a l e c t u r e r in
e n g i n e e r i n g , has j o i n e d t h e staff as an
assistant p r o f e s s o r of c o n s t r u c t i o n
engineering.
Betty-Lee F r a n c i s , f o r m e r l y a l e c t u r e r in
a r c h i t e c t u r e , has j o i n e d t h e C o l l e g e as an
assistant p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e .
Dr. John D. Hromi, c h a i r m a n of t h e
m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t , has
been n a m e d president-elect of t h e n a t i o n a l
A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y for Q u a l i t y C o n t r o l . He
has also r e c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d a paper o n t h e
training of q u a l i t y c o n t r o l t e c h n i c i a n s t o
the European O r g a n i z a t i o n of Q u a l i t y
Control in W a r s a w , P o l a n d , and a l s o
presented a paper for Dean Davis.
David R. Hubbs has j o i n e d t h e c o l l e g e as
an a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of e n g i n e e r i n g .
A graduate of t h e University of
Tennessee w h e r e he received a B.S.
degree, H u b b s also earned a m a s t e r ' s in
a u t o m o t i v e e n g i n e e r i n g at t h e C h r y s l e r
I n s t i t u t e and an M.B.A. at W a y n e S t a t e
University. He w a s f o r m e r l y e m p l o y e d by
the Chrysler C o r p o r a t i o n .
H u b b s is a m e m b e r of t h e S o c i e t y of
A u t o m o t i v e Engineers and the Tau Beta Pi
national e n g i n e e r i n g h o n o r s o c i e t y and is
a registered p r o f e s s i o n a l engineer. He is
t e a c h i n g in m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g .
Douglass V. Koch has j o i n e d t h e C o l l e g e
as an a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of m a n a g e m e n t .
A g r a d u a t e of t h e University of N o t r e
Dame w h e r e he received a B.S.E.E. degree
and the University of Nevada w h e r e he
was a w a r d e d an M.B.A., K o c h a l s o
a t t e n d e d t h e University of M i c h i g a n as a
d o c t o r a l s t u d e n t . He f o r m e r l y t a u g h t at
Wayne State University and has also
w o r k e d for several f i r m s in Nevada and
California.
K o c h is a m e m b e r of t h e A m e r i c a n
Society for Personnel A d m i n i s t r a t i o n , t h e
A c a d e m y of M a n a g e m e n t , and t h e
Industrial Relations Research A s s o c i a t i o n
Delores and Ken Larkins retired from the
LIT bookstore
in September
with a total of
30 years service between
them.
Here,
De lores receives
congratulations
from
Stan Harris and Richard
Michel.
and is a c t i v e in t h e P l y m o u t h - C a n t o n
C o m m u n i t y S c h o o l s . He w i l l be t e a c h i n g a
variety of c l a s s e s in t h e LIT S c h o o l of
Management's Human Resources program
a n d w i l l a l s o a s s i s t in c o o r d i n a t i o n of t h e
curriculum.
Dr. John E . IVIiiler, e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r of
d e v e l o p m e n t , p a r t i c i p a t e d in a p r o g r a m o n
s t r a t e g i e s for s e c u r i n g g o v e r n m e n t ,
c o r p o r a t e , and f o u n d a t i o n g r a n t s for t h e
A c a d e m y of M a n a g e m e n t ' s s u m m e r
c o n f e r e n c e in D e t r o i t .
Patricia IVI. S h a m a m y has j o i n e d t h e
C o l l e g e as an a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of
engineering.
A g r a d u a t e of St. J o s e p h C o l l e g e in
C o n n e c t i c u t w h e r e s h e received an A . B .
d e g r e e in c h e m i s t r y a n d t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
I l l i n o i s w h e r e she received an M.S. in
metallurgical engineering, Ms. Shamamy
w a s p r e v i o u s l y a l e c t u r e r in c h e m i s t r y at
LIT. She has also w o r k e d as a c h e m i s t at
U n i t e d T e c h n o l o g y in C o n n e c t i c u t a n d as
a staff s c i e n t i s t at P.R. M a l l o r y a n d
Company.
M s . S h a m a n y is t e a c h i n g in m e c h a n i c a l
engineering.
Michael P. S w e e n e y has j o i n e d t h e c o l l e g e
as an a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of m a n a g e m e n t .
A g r a d u a t e of A q u i n a s C o l l e g e w h e r e
he received a B.S.B.A. in a c c o u n t i n g and
t h e University of Detroit w h e r e he w a s
a w a r d e d an M.B.A., S w e e n e y w a s m o s t
r e c e n t l y e m p l o y e d by N i e m i e c a n d N e m e s
P.O. He w i l l be t e a c h i n g in
accounting/finance.
Charles T. Robinson, l e c t u r e r in
a r c h i t e c t u r e , has been n a m e d t e c h n i c a l
assistant to the chief structural engineer
at A l b e r t Kahn A s s o c i a t e s , Inc.
Enrollment
record
Lawrence Institute of Technology has
enrolled a record 5,260 students for
the autumn term, up 5.2 percent over
1979-80, which itself was a record
year.
The largest increase was recorded
in the College's day baccalaureate
program, where enrollment jumped
10.4 percent — from 2,574 to 2,842.
Other increases occurred in the
evening baccalaureate and evening
associate programs.
Enrollment at LIT has risen about 5
percent annually since 1972.
A composite of several reports
indicates that 749 minority students
are included In the enrollment totals,
compared to 713 last year. Of the
total College enrollment 893 are
women. •
Attn: tech firms
The U.S. Defense Department's Office
of the Under Secretary for Research
and Engineering is considering a new
program to increase the participation
of small businesses in defenserelated innovative high-technology
research and development. Alumni
whose firms might be interested in
receiving future mailings of program
information should write to Mr. Hal 0.
Felsher, director of the small
business and economic utilization
policy office, Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and
Engineering, Room 2A340, The
Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 20301. •
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LIT
Magazine
�Presidents Club
inducts 102:
largest group
ever
A special campus dinner November
15 welcomed 102 new members into
the LIT Presidents Club. This is the
largest group to join the organization
since it was chartered in 1974.
The purpose of the Presidents Club
is to recognize the substantial
support of LIT's many contributing
alumni and friends and thank them for
their efforts. Currently there are 394
members who have invested over $1
million to help continue LIT's tradition
of excellence.
Presidents Club President Roger
Shtogrin, IM'61, inducted the
following individuals into the Club at
the dinner: Reed W. Abt, CivE '55; George H.
Amber, EE '44; Dr. and Mrs. Yogindra N. Anand;
Roger Asman, EE '67; Jim and Bobbie Baker, ME
'59; Don and Jan Beattie, CivE '53; Albert L
Bednarski, ME '74; Hugh E. Bennett, IM '71; Mr.
and Mrs. Allan M. Bercaw; A. Robert and Maria
Bliven, ArE '51; Edward E. Brewer; Lawrence E.
Brown, IM '67; Parke and Nancy Brown; Thomas
M. Cairns, EE '65; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F.
Carolin, IM '71; Col. Nathaniel Carr, IE '58; Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph E. Carter; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
J. Cook, EE '64; James E. Davies, EE '79; Harry
E. Day, ME '47; Louis A. De Gennaro; Ashok
Deshpande; Kathleen T. De Vlieg; Addle and Fred
Drotar, ME '61; George T. and Elaine M.
Dzendzel, EE' 55; Kenneth J. Farquharson; Arthur
and Betty Fealk; Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fillion; Dean
Fitzpatrick; Michael W. Fitzpatrick, ME '73; Doug
and Eleanor Foley, ME '51; Howard P. Freers;
William C. Gaines, IM '64; Fay and Ann Gifford;
James C. Graham, ME '60; Jim and Dinah
Hadfield, IM '68; Mr. and Mrs. N. Gordon Hansen,
ME '75; Homer T. Harrison, IT '67; Alvin Hart, ET
'68; Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Heins, ArE '51;
William J. Helmore, IM '67; Sonia and Marvin
Henckel; Ar Dath Lynette Holmes, EE '75;
Wendelin and Mary Hughes, EE '58; Karl
Isaacson; Norbert T. Jankowski, ME '63; Louis
and Grace Jelsch, ME '44; Henry 0. Jones, IE '52;
Brian P. Judge, Ar '70; Mr. and Mrs. Douglass
Koch; Richard C. Kowalske, ME '61; William
Kuziak, Jr.; Robert W. Lemon, ME '49; Carlton
and Verna Lindell; Harry Lipton, ME '34; John J.
Long; Adolph Lovoff, EE '34; Frank W. Lynch;
George and Kate Malcolm, IM '61; Leslie Mann;
Thomas and Christine Masson; Richard E.
Maund, ME '49; Peter E. McAlpine; Henry L.
McColl, ME '58; Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. McFall,
MT '66; Bernard and Lucy G. Merritt; Mr. and Mrs.
David T. Mills, EE '70; Traian and Anna S. Moga;
Murdo D. Morrison, AeE '43; Dr. Richard A. and
Rosemarie Murie; Anderson R. Mylenek, ET '57;
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Nace; Thomas J. Nashlen;
Donald H. Nelson, ME '44; J. Chip Nunes;
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1980
26
Thomas F. O'Connor, Ar '64; James A. Pershon,
EE '63; Dr. Louis W. Petro; Mr. and Mrs. James P.
Powers; Robert W. Proctor, IE '65; Marilyn Rands;
Charles A. Rasko, ME '77; Fredric and Gloria
Rivkin; Douglas and Elizabeth Rouse, ME '66;
Hank and Toni Selewonik, IM '57; Ray Welch
Sevakis, ME '53; Charles W. Sherman; Austin and
Betty Stanzel, ChE '50; Tony and Lois Tomac, ME
'51; Dr. Harry A. Towsley; Michael P. Ugorcak, Jr.,
Ar '74, BAr '76, BA '76; Arthur F. Underwood; G.
M. Van Norman, EE '49; Frank A. Veraldi, ME '49;
Maurice and Jean Vermeulen, EE '60; Robert
Lewis Voiers; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vranian, ME
'49; Gregory W. Waleke, IM '72; James B.
Webster, III, ME 79; Howard E. Whitston, Ma 75;
Edward Joseph Wloszek, Jr., Ar 78; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert D. Young, EE '78. •
Architecture
students help
build 'goodwill'
For five former LIT architecture
Students, the College's "real world"
concept of education is nnore than just
a theory.
During the 1978-79 acadennic year,
assistant professor of architecture,
Leonard Else, gave his interior design
class a very real problenn to solve. The
facilities of the League Goodwill in
downtown Detroit badly needed
renovation and, through Leiand Lahr,
then dean of management at LIT and a
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trustee of the League, they contacted
the School of Architecture about
drawing up some proposed plans.
After several meetings, Else
decided that his class should
concentrate on renovation of the third
floor testing and evaluation center. The
students visited the site and, by the
end of the term, five teams had
submitted what they thought would be
the best designs for the center.
The following term, five students in
Else's interior architecture class
decided to take the plans one step
further. Jeff Graham, Ar'79, BAr'80,
Stuart Smith, David Stram, Ar'80, Larry
Wilson, Ar'80, and Kevin Veen, Ar'79
consolidated the five preliminary
designs into one overall proposal
which they submitted to the League
Goodwill directors.
The directors were so pleased with
the design that they immediately
began to look for funding to
implement it, Grants from several
private and public sources, the largest
from the Michigan Bureau of
Rehabilitation, finally made the
renovation possible and on Friday,
October 17, 1980 an open house was
held to show off the new facilities.
According to Else, the entire staff
was so thrilled with the finished work
that they have begun to implement the
color schemes and graphics which the
students had chosen for the third floor
throughout the entire facility. •
Dinner-Dance,
Open House
set for April
April 11 has been chosen as the date
of the Alumni Association's Annual
Dinner Dance. Although all graduates
are welcome, special honorees are
the Classes of '71 and '56.
The event will be held in
conjunction with the all-campus Open
House weekend. More details will be
mailed to alumni in February.
Volunteers are being sought to serve
on the dance planning committee.
Call the Alumni Office, (313) 356-0200
to sign up. •
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Annual Giving
Report
for 1979-80
covering the period
July 1, 1979 to June 30, 1980
�LaMirence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Dear F r i e n d s :
The g e n e r o s i t y , ]oydi]ty and hard viork of a great nuw^ier of friends
and
a]umni of lavtrence
Institute
of lechno]ogy
has r e s u l t e d i n c o n t i n u e d
s u p p o r t f o r both t h e College's C a p i t a l Campaign and i t s annua] fund
program.
During t h e past fisca]
y e a r ]Hhich ended on June 30, 1980, L I T e n t e r e d a
landmark e r a i n i t s development--the S h a r i n g i n E x c e l l e n c e C a p i t a l Campaign.
The $12.5 m i l l i o n Campaign has been a massive u n d e r t a k i n g , i n v o l v i n g
l i t e r a l l y thousands o f people.
While t h e C a p i t a l Campaign has been t h e p r i m a r y focus o f L I T development
e f f o r t s , t h e College's annual fund d r i v e has c o n t i n u e d u n f e t t e r e d .
In t h e past f i s c a l y e a r L I T has r e c e i v e d $1,395,572 i n gifts
for both
the Sharing i n E x c e l l e n c e Campaign and t h e annual fund.
In addition,
$2,642,811 has been pledged t o t h e C o l l e g e .
In an e x p r e s s i o n o f g r a t i t u d e t o t h e many generous i n d i v i d u a l s , c o r p o r a t i o n s and f o u n d a t i o n s who have s u p p o r t e d L I T , t h i s Annual G i v i n g Report
p u b l i c l y acknowledges t h e c o n t r i b u t o r s t o t h e C o l l e g e .
Our many donors, who come from a l l walks o f l i f e , have g i v e n L I T an
overwhelming vote o f c o n f i d e n c e . We have u n i t e d i n a c o l l e c t i v e i d e n t i t y
f o r a common purpose--the c o n t i n u e d e d u c a t i o n a l e x c e l l e n c e v^hich is L I T .
Sincere]y,
\
Chairman o f t h e Board
Richard
E. Marburger,
President
G. Robert H a r r i n g t o n ,
Vice President-Development
S c h o o l of Architecture • S c h o o l of Arts and S c i e n c e • S c h o o l of ManaQemenX
School
of Engineering • S c h o o l for A s s o c i a t e S t u d i e s
�Construction of LIT's Management Building began in April, the
first result of the Sharing in Excellence Capital Campaign.
1979-80 Annual Giving
Report Totals
Presidents Club
Alumni
Friends
Corporations
Matching Gift Companies
Foundations
Students/Student
Organizations
3 Fund Raising
Activities
LIT Family
Other Organizations
Donors Pledges & Cash Cash Received
$ 326,947.63 $ 132,110.62
306
29,296.50
53,541.50
471
292,174.50
293,449.50
104
2,856,616.00
714,491.00
152
44
160,078.00
53,805.50
12
269,394.71
144,394.71
480.00
480.00
6
-
2,183.58
2,183.58
158
14
61,176.01
14,516.00
12,119.45
14,516.00
1,267
$4,038,382.93
$1,395,571.86
Presidents Club
The L I T Presidents Club has been in the forefront of
development activities at the College. Founded in 1974, the
Presidents Club has been a primary force in the
establishment of a pattern of sustained giving to L I T .
Under the leadership of 1979-80 Club President Arthur L .
Kelley, ME'47, 1980-81 President Roger F . Shtogrin, IM'61,
and a hardworking board of directors, the Club has grown to
306 members this year.
Presidents Club members made gifts and pledges
totalling $326,948 including $132,111 in cash gifts.
M. Ann Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Gregor P. Affleck
Timothy G. Agajeenian
Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Alcorn
Roy E. Allen, Sr.
Paul S. Allmacher
Paul Amber, P.E.
David Anderson
A l and Millie Andrzejak
Victor and Sophie Angelescu
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Irving Appelblatt
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel S. Ashby
Roger E. A vie
Clayton O. Baker
Edward J. Baker
James E. Baltazar
Don and Marge Bamford
Maxine Basso
James T. and Nancy A. Battle
Rose D. Bauervic
Frank and Yvonne Bell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Bernard
Donald R. Bolle
Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Bone
Asa W. Bonner
Roy E. Bonnett
David G. Booth
Gene and Edelgard Bordinat
M . Thomas Braun
Dr. and Mrs. Ben F. Bregi
Ernest E. Brown
Cle and Beulah Buck
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Buckay
Wayne and Vita Buell
Floyd W. Bunt
Ruth V. Burke
Arthur A. Burr
Robert and Lorraine Calleja
James A. and Mary Jane Campoli
James F. Carr
Joseph E. Cavanaugh
Wallace E. Chaney
Dr. and Mrs. John F. Choitz
Jerome J. Cislo
E. T. Chfford
Carl W. Cowan
Dr. Jerry L. Crist
Ralph E. Cross
Terry Cross
William B. Crump
Richard H. Cummings
Emil and Viona Dahel
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Darling
Steven V. Darst
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Dedoe
Stanley C. Deller
Nicholas DeMarco
Robert Alan Dent
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Dombrowski
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll F. Donahue
Edwin H. Donaldson
Edward J . Donley
William F. S. Dowlding
Charles and Diana Drury
WiUiam A. Dryburgh
Sam and Lois Dukes
Harold and Cecile Dunn
Joseph J. Dyki
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Egger
John S. EUis
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred E. Entenman, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Falkowski
John and Margaret Fawcett
David E. FiUion
John F. Fisher
Mr. and Mrs. Roger H . Fitch
John and Helen Flood
A. P. Fontaine
Mr. and Mrs. John Fontanesi
A. C. Fortunski, P.E.
Dick and Jane Frederick
Gertrude S. Freimann
William H . Fuller
Bennett and Hattie Gardner
Gilbert and Dorothy Gatchell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard I . Grady
John S. Grden
Helen Greenman
Dean and Mrs. Karl H . Greimel
Dr. Perry E. Gresham
John R. Hamann
Floyd W. Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. John M . Harlan
G. Robert and Dorothy M . Harrington
The S. F. Harris Family
Donald L. Harshman
Walter E. Hartung
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore R. Hayman
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Hebert
Robert T. Heck
Raymond D. Hemstreet
Stanley Hewett
Dr. James W. Hobson
Roy Martin Hoenle
Karl V. Holm
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Horldt
Emmett and Virginia Horton
Alexander Hossack
Maurice L. Howland
David Hoyle
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Hromi
Robert C. Hubbard
Melburn E. and Ruth L. Huebner
George and Ruth Hutzel
Corrine and Bill Innes
William W. Ironside
Frank and Valerie James
Mr. and Mrs. William B. James, Jr.
Melvin L. Janney
Emil J. Jaworowski
Trevor Owen Jones
William P. H . Jones
Joe and Beverly Kado
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Kafarski
Neil R. Karl
Conrad and Ann Kaspers
Arthur and Betty Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Kippola
Lee K. Kirkpatrick
Victor and Carolyn Kochajda
Elmer E. and PhylUs A. Koenig
Thomas S. Kopcha
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Korb
Ernest W. Kosty
Henry Kovalsky
Stephen Z. Kowalski
Dr. Algird Kreuchunas
Roland and Dorothy Krupp
Jodie and Dick Kughn
Robert and Rose Kuhnert
Stanley J. Kukawka
Roy G. LaGrant
Lee and Julie Lahr
Henry J. LaMotte
Richard F. Larkins
Dorotha H . Lawrence
Coleen Lee
Modelle C. Lee
Zack J. Lee
Zackulyn Lee
Raymond J. Levuhs
A. Leon Linton
Marlyn K. and Phyllis I . Lisk
Ruth and Bill Lomas
Miss Elizabeth Long
George N. Lounsbery
H. Douglas Lowrey
Bob Lund
Dr. and Mrs. Karl F. Lutomski
George W. Mach
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Maier
Joseph Maiuri
Ralph E. Maly
Dennis R. Marburger
Kathryn Mary Marburger
Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Marburger
Roger E. Marce
Zaven and Gladys Margosian
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Markus
Etienne F. Masalskis
Mrs. Henry C. Maskey
Hans A. Matthias
Peter Y. McAlpine
Robert M . McCabe
Mary Jane and Calvin McClellan
Walter F. McCoskey
F. Hal McDavid
John McMann
Robert W. Mead
Robert F. Mettler
Richard and Martha Michel
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Milek
Dr. and Mrs. Nelson A. Miles
Robert W. Mihtzer
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mitchell
Ray and Edie Moy
Marvin and Carol Muckenfuss
Harold and Emma Muir
Edward P. Nagel
Mark L. and Patricia F. Nagel
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nash
John H . Nason
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noggle
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ofenstein
Earl G. Ogger
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin F. Opperthauser
Jeff Ottenhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Papelian
Norman L. Parker
Robert and Carol Parker
Elizabeth C. Patterson
Gerald G. Peck
Dr. Earl W. Pellerin, F.A.I.A.
Raymond T. Perring
Clarence A. Phillips
Guy D. Pierce
Thaddeus Pietrykowski
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pinto
James A. PiziaU
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Polkinghorne
Gloria Pool
John and Victoria Popovich
Alvin R. Prevost
Theodore T. Racchi
�The Ronald Rainson F a m i l y
M r . a n d M r s . L o u i s G. R e d s t o n e
Solomon E. and Nellie Redstone
R o b e r t R u d o l p h Reiner
L l o y d a n d M a u r c i n e Reuss
Jesse W . R i c h a r d s
Vernon Riddell
Philip and L a u r a Rizzo
R i c h a r d C. Rocco
Rose R o g v o y
E d and Marge Romanowski
M r . a n d M r s . A l e x a n d e r Ross
W i l l i a m A . Rosso
Richard W. Ruen
A n t h o n y S. R y f f
Leo a n d C a s m i r a S a n k e r
M y r t l e Savoy
Douglas A . Schiemann
Robert J . Schlaff
Charles W . S c h w a r t z
Ralph L . Schwarz
J o h n Sebu
R i c h a r d C. S h a r p
W i l l i a m G. Shaw
Roger F. S h t o g r i n
M r . a n d M r s . D a v i d W . Sickels
PhyUis S l a t t e r y
Steve Sobak
E d w a r d M . Spencer
Manuel Spinner
Russell H . S t a r k s
Russell F. S t e m
K e n t and Esther Stiner
James A . Stone
M r . a n d M r s . E m i l V . Szlaga
Ely Tama
M r . and M r s . Henry J . Tamagne
Mr. and M r s . E m i l A . Taylor
PhiUp W. T a y l o r
M r . and M r s . K u r t 0 . Tech
Tess a n d J i m T i e r n e y
LaVerne A. Tratechaud
M r . a n d M r s . T h a d S. T r e c i a k
M r . and M r s . James 0 . T r e w
Mr. and Mrs. M . H . Trygar
Jeanette Twiss
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L . U r b a n
G a r y and Charlotte V a n Neck
Irene and Lewis V e r a l d i
Richard and Marlene Visger
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Wagner
John W. Weber
Herbert Weinstein
Kenneth L. Wharff
Floyd J. White
Thomas and Elizabeth Wieszkowiak
H e r b e r t G. W i l l i a m s
M r . and Mrs. Richard M . Williams, Jr.
Robert and Arlene W i l l i a m s
Dr. Wesley J . Wojtowicz
Mr. and M r s . Ronald A. Wonboy
Chfford N. W r i g h t
Hurst Wulf
Charles and Alice W y t e
Alan D. Zahm
Ronald W. Zahm
Peter J . Z e r g a
Peter E . Z e r v o s
Mr. and M r s . Nandor J . Zimmersmann
Robert Zokas
C. Lee Z w a l l y
Andrew Zywotko
Members in Memoriam
Carman Adams
V i c t o r J . Basso
Charles M . B a u e r v i c
W i l U a m C. B u r k e
Oscar A . F r e i m a n n
M y r o n Greenman
T h o m a s G. L o n g
H e n r y C. M a s k e y
Charles H . P a t t e r s o n
L e o n a r d P. P o o l
Theodore Rogvoy
Arthur Rutkowski
Jack M . Savoy
B a r t l e y C. H o w a r d
Gerald Kotlier
D r . E . George L a w r e n c e
W i U i a m R. S l a t t e r y
G e o r g e R. S m i t h
Sumner B. Twiss
Alumni
Alumni support at L I T continues to grow. I n the past
fiscal year graduates of the College contributed $53,542,
including $29,297 in cash gifts. The L I T Alumni
Association and College personnel pledge to work to the day
when alumni participation matches the national average of
18 percent.
See the Presidents
Club roster
for
additional
L I T alumni
contributors
Allen Abke
Reed A b t
Richard L. Adams
R o n a l d G. A d a m s
Leroy D. A d a n t i
Edwin M . Adelman
T i r a t h S. A h l u w a l i a
Glenn Alexander
A l v i n Alexandrowicz
Richard N. Allen
Thomas Allen, Jr.
George H . A m b e r
Thomas E d w y n A r n o l d
Roger A s m a n
Charles V . A w e
Stephen L . Babcock
M e l v i n B. Bader
Robert Badyna
James C. B a k e r
John N. Baker
K e n n e t h C. B a k h a u s
Gordon Banerian
Nick Baracos
Charles R. B a r b o u r
WiUiam Barclay
Michael D. Baxter
Donald W. Beattie
Jack A . Beckman
Thomas M . Bialek
Mark D. Bill
Kathleen B i n g m a n
Lewis A. Bishop
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William H . Bishop
E d w a r d E. Bisson
Linda Christine Blackwell
Michael J . Blasko
A. Robert BUven
Earl W. Blohm
R o b e r t R. B o e h l e
Russell B o l a n d
Karl Bolte
Emmet W. Bond
Bruce Boore
K e i t h G. B o o t h
R o b e r t C. B o s w e l l
L a r r y S. B o y d
Thomas W. Boyea
Robert 0. Brandau
T h o m a s S. B r i s b e y
Lawrence E. B r o w n
Roger W . B r o w n
Forrest J . Brundage
A r t h u r E. B u c k
Gerard E. B u r k e
Robert A. Burns
W i l l i a m E. B u t t s
Eugene Charles Cagnon
Thomas Cairns
W i l l i a m Cairns
M i c h a e l P. C a l l a g h a n
A r t h u r P. C a m e r o n
Dennis J . Cantwell
Alfred J . Carmody
D o n a l d Carnegie
J o s e p h F. C a r o l i n
Donald L . Carriere
E d w a r d 0 . Cascardo
Donald J . Castonguay
D o n a l d A . Cerget
William W. Charron
Fred A . Ciampa
Jack M . Clanton
Sherman A . Clay
J a c k W . Cooley
J o h n T. Corbett
Larry D. Cottrell
H a r r y F. Cragel
Howard J. Crawford
R o b e r t C. C r a w f o r d
William B. Crawford
Lee W . C r o w e l l
Gerald Cuper
Kenneth N . Czapski
J o h n Czech
P a u l A . Czech
Sam Dabich
W e n d e l l R. D a n c e
Richard A. Darbyshire
Joel D . Daskal
H a r r y E. D a y
Bruce Dean
D o u g l a s R. D e a n
Michael T. DeClercq
David A. Deering
Albert Deidrich
L e o n a r d F. D e m k o
Thomas J . Dempsey
Raymond DeNoble
Kenneth DeYoung
Robert Dezur
Melvin H . Dietz
Lawrence E. Dionne
Dave Ditner
M i t c h e l l S. D o m b r o w s k i
William L. Dornbrock
James A . Downey
Thomas J . Doyle
Bernard Drane
Fred L. Drotar
Wayne L. Duda
Frank L. Dynda
George B. E a s t
Thomas N. Easterday
Coda M . E d w a r d s
Chfford D. Elkins
Gary E. Engel
J o h n R. E s s e r
Edward Esshaki
James K. Fairchild
C h r i s R. F a l c o
G e o r g e R. F a r r i s
R o b e r t L . Ferencz
S t e v e C. F i l u s
A r t h u r W . Fischer
D u d l e y Fiscus
Michael Fitzpatrick
A l b e r t R. F l a m m e
Gary Flattery
Douglas H . Foley
Robert J . Ford
James A . Fowler
J o s e p h R. F r a n c h i
S t a n l e y P. F r a n c z a k
Ludwig Fritsch, Jr.
D e n n i s R. F u s i k
Lawrence Gaabo
W i l l i a m Gaines, J r .
R a y m o n d H . Galer
T h o m a s P. G a m a c h e
Richard Gavasso
WiUiam A . Gelgota
Richard J . Germek
K e n n e t h J . Gerus
F r a n k B . Gessler
Chester J . G i e l d o w s k i
P e t e r C. G i u d i c i
Angelo Giusty
Gary J . Glowacz
V a n i g Godoshian
L e r o y C. G o g o l i n
Harry J . Gohl
Leo G o r a n
E d w a r d P. G o r d o n
John Goulasarian
Joseph L . G r a b o w s k i
George G r a v i l a
B l a k e G. G r e e n
J a m e s R. G r i g s b y
John W. Grindrod
M a r v i n R. G r o h
N o r m a n J . GrudeU
John J . Gryszkiewicz
John E. Gustkey
James L . Hadfield
R o b e r t C. H a g e m a n n
Leslie H . H a m U t o n
D a v i d C. H a m m o n d
Beatrice H a m o r
N. Gordon Hansen
Nels L . Hansen
RusseU C. H a r b a u g h , J r .
J a c k G. H a r m o n
Clarence E . H a r r i s o n
H o m e r T. H a r r i s o n
Alvin Hart
Tom Hartwig
R i c h a r d S. H a t m a k e r
J o h n C. H a w m a n
GaU H . H a y t o n
Robert E. Heintz
Bruce M . Helmke
William J . Helmore
Ronald J . Henderson
Gran Herberger
D o n a l d E. H i c k s
Sherburne Hicks
Patrick M . Hodge
A r t h u r V. Hogan
Harlan Houghtby
George H o w a r d
W i U i a m F. H o w a r d
Thomas M . Howell
Kenneth L. H o y t
E d w a r d R. H u b e r
Richard Huntley
I r e k F. I m i r o w i c z
John Ingrody
Stephen B. I s g r i g g
Richard W. Jackson
Norbert T. J a n k o w s k i
K e i t h D . Japowicz
James Jaseck
E d m u n d Jaskulka, Jr.
K e n n e t h G. J e d l i c k
Louis J . Jelsch
G o r d o n W . JeweU
Ronald M . Johnson
H e n r y Jones
R i c h a r d Jones
R o b e r t P. J o n e s
T h o m a s B. Jones
Richard J . Junttonen
E u g e n e S. K a c z m a r
M a r v i n KaUna
Randall L. Kamischke
Gerhard Kammer
Robert Kane
John H . Kay
Roland V. Kelly
Linda Kent
H o t e n L . Kesler, J r .
Werner M . KiUen
Richard Kinsey
Jody Marie Kirsch
Andrew J. Klapp
Ronald J . Klenk
Charles L . K n i g h t o n
R o n a l d P. K n o c k e a r t
Gerald Kobernik
Aloysius Kochanski
Robert L . K o h l
Dietmar Kohtz
Roy H . Koponen
Michael B. Kosowan
Donald B. K o t h
Jerair K o u r t j i a n
Charles A . K o u r y
R i c h a r d C. K o w a l s k e
D a v i d R. K r a u s e
James L . K r u p a
Theodore K r u p a
H o w a r d C. K u h n
Robert Kunkel
Robert Lachner
Daniel H . Lafferty
John J . LaFlamme
William LaGosh
Louis Lambert
Louis Landi
Douglas J . Larabell
H a r r y G. L a s s e n
James A . L a w o r
Cornell J . Lazar
W i l l i a m H . Lee
Lawrence A . Lenski
Robert A . Leverton
Harrison A. Levy
Eric A . Lewis
Stanley T. Lewis
Harry Lipton
Richard Liskow
David Logan
M a r k R. L o h r e r
Rosendo Lomas
Ralph H . Long
Charles K . L o o m i s I I I
Sam L o v a l e n t i
Kenneth D. Lumsden
Steven J . Maczko
C h a r l e s F. M a d d o x
Thomas J . Mahfet
T h o m a s G. M a k o w s k i
WiUiam E. M a k u c h
�Thomas Mandry
John I . Manecke
James R. Manor
Sam P. Manzella
Edward Marklow, Jr.
Robert O. Martinez
Walter Martynow
Henry McColI
Frederic C. McCoy, Jr.
Francis McFall
Frederick W. McGuire
Donald Mclntyre
Charles McLachlan
Robert McSweeney
Terry L. Measel
Martin E. Medved, Jr.
Denis Medwick
Ward Meeker
Peter Melnikas
Martin Mendelson
Philip E. Mendola
Philip M . Menendez
John G. Meyer
Randy L. Meyer
Ivan Mihalic
Geoffrey A. Miller
James C. Miller
Gretchen Minnhaar
Clair E. Mitchell
Raymond C. Morawski
Robert P. Morency
Bernard Morof
Murdo Morrison
Movses Movsesian
Joseph E. MuccioH
Thomas G. Murdock
Badie Jamil Murr
Nick Mykolenko
Anderson R. Mylenek
Robert N. Nader
Daryl Nakonezny
Mrs. Donald W. Neal
Richard W. Nicholas
James Nichols
Richard Niedzwiecki
Edward Nizienski
Julian Nowak
Dennis R. O'Connell
Thomas F. O'Connor
David W. O'Neill
Orval Opperthauser
Mitchell S. Ostrowski
Harry Oyafuso
Nicholas Page
Joseph Palazzolo
Alexander W. Pancheshan, Jr.
WiUiam Paris
Raymond L. Parker
Vaughn Patterson
Theodore Pauck, Jr.
Edward Pawlak
Ralph R. Pence
William K. Pence
Terry W. Pendleton
Joel A. Perkins
James A. Pershon
WiUiam J. Peterhn
Dennis L. Peters
Carl Pincheck
William D. Pitt
Raymond E. Plante
Jan M . Plas
WiUiam G. Polom
Terrence Prestel
Nicholas C. Prevas
Peter C. Prevas
Allan J. Pricor
Craig S. Priskorn
Robert W. Proctor
Patrick L. Quinn
Roy Radakovich
Joseph S. Rahaim
Richard R. Reid
Gerald W. Rein
Bodo Reinholz
Robert E. Rekuc
Edward P. Repik, I I
Timothy Rice
William J. Richardson
Robert M . Riding
Michael J. Riharb
Godfrey Ross
George Rotare
Douglas W. Rouse
Douglas Ruffley
J. L. Rundels
Allen Runkis
Ted A. Rusinowski
James P. Ryan
Anthony Ryff
Thomas E. Ryszka
Harry Sakjas
Ralph K. Salansky
Nicola Salciccioli
Nicholas Sarzynski
John Scapalliti
Donald N. Schaening
Wilford Schaldenbrand
Gary R. Schulte
John Schultz
Howard F. Schuman
Frank M . Schuster
Karl Schwarze
Dale N. Scrace
David Scroggie
Richard Sebesta
Henry J. Selewonik
Ray W. Sevakis
WiUiam L. Sharp, Jr.
Jack Shv
The Management Building will also house the College's main
library, central dining facilities, and several service departments.
Norbert Sikora
Robert J. Skupny
James E. Slappy
Gary L. Slaughter
Dennis F. Slavin
Benjamin Slowiejko
Donald J. Smith
James H . Smith
WiUard G. Smith
Richard Sobiechowski
Jacob Sokolowski
Henry R. Sparrer
Chris J. Spaseff
Gordon L. Spaulding
Austin W. Stanzel
James M . Steimel
George F. Stirrat
Raymond W. Stocki
Jack Stone
James R. Storfer
William C. Strang
Carl E. Strauss
Anthony J. Suchocki
Larry E. Sundgren
John C. Sutherland
Michael J. Sweeney
Ray Swindler
Peter Tank
Eugene Tauriainen
Elvin A. Taylor
Kazar P. Terterian
Larry Tinsley
Benedetto Tiseo
Anthony J. Tomac
David C. Travis
Robert D. Trebnik
Robert A. Troiano
Richard Tucker
Thomas T. Tuttle
Michael P. Ugorcak, Jr.
Robert Valascho
Robert Vandenberg
George Van Norman
Gary M . Van Wambeke
Thomas J. Varga
Clarence VeUner
Daniel J. Ventimiglia
Wayne L. Vincent
Dennis P. VoUman
Richard L. Vore
Charles Vranian
Glen Wagner
Robert Wagner
Larry Warner
Robert Watson
Howard L. Weber
James B. Webster, I I I
William E. Wertz
Gene Whitfield
Howard E. Whitston
Karl W. Whitston
John H . Williamson
Ronald L. Winebrenner
Daniel W. Winey
Allan Winkeliohn
Willie Wolf
Gilbert Wolfe
David Wulff
Thomas R. Yagley
John V. Yanik
Arden Yoder
Michael Yugovich
Arthur A. Zakens
Edwin Zarend
Conrad Zemens
V^iUiam D. Ziegler
Rudolph Zornik
John Zywicki
Foundations
The number of foundations supporting the College jumped
50 percent in the last fiscal year. The twelve foundations
below awarded grants of $269,394.
The Charles B. DeVlieg Foundation
Earl-Beth Foundation
Fisher-Insley Foundation
Forging Industry Educational
and Research Foundation
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper
Foundation, Inc.
Knight Foundation
Russell Lawrence Foundation
The R. C. Mahon Foundation
McGregor Fund
Sage Foundation
The Elizabeth, Allan & Warren
Shelden Fund
Lula C. WUson Trust
Moving these functions to this building frees badly needed space
for engineering, architecture, and associate studies.
�Friends
If you can judge a college by the friends it has, then L I T is
indeed in very good company. Friends of the College, who
come from all walks of Hfe, made gifts and pledges of
$293,450, of which $292,174 were cash gifts.
See the Presidents Club roster
additional
contributors
for
Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph Africh
Mr. & Mrs. Edward C. AUard
Charles J. Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Claude C. Angell
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Arabian
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Avery
Randolph H. Bastion
Mr. & Mrs. Larry J . Beard
Mr. & Mrs. David L. Bessie
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Botzen
Mrs. Dorothy Brezner
Mr. & Mrs. Kendall Brooks
Esin Buyukataman
John M . Campbell
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Carter
Mrs. Michael M . Cavanaugh
Clarence Cheney
H. E. CoUins
Major General & Mrs. S. W. Connelly
Philip L. Cox
Donna Crosier
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Cuff
Mr. & Mrs. M. T. Daniel
Mrs. Donald H. Dent
Mrs. Kathleen DeVheg
Mr. & Mrs. Wladyslaw B. Dewicki, Jr.
Victor K. Dorer, Jr.
James A. DuRoss
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Edgerton
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Elwell
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred S. Farber
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Farrow
Emmit Ferretti
Joseph Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Dean Fitzpatrick
Howard P. Freers
General Motors Engineering Staff
Harold J . Gibson Trust
Garrison O. Gigg
George H. Goldstone
Paul J . Greeley
Mr. & Mrs. Delmar C. Grimes
Louis J. Guerreso
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Gulau
Mrs. Milton G. Harris, Sr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Hebel
Edwin S. Hedrick
Peter Herguth
Mrs. H. J. Hildenbrand
Kenneth L. Hulsing
Jerry James
Ms. Cheryl Joseph
Karl H . Knoth
Esther Kupalian
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Kurtis
Ms. Shirley Kyle
Anthony LaRose
Stephen E. Leighton
Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Lenz
Mr. & Mrs. William Lilac
Dr. John R. Lindbeck
Mr. & Mrs. Carlton R. Lindell
Leslie Mann
Alex Manoogian
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Marchionini
Carlo Martina
Mr. & Mrs. Peter E. McAlpine
Ernest R. McCamman
William A. McConnell
Dr. Paul Merritt
Mr. & Mrs. Blaine E. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Munsell
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Nace
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J . Nemeth
Robert W. Nicolai
Elaine T. Noring
Thomas S. Pinson
Earl L. Pressel
Ronald Priester
Mr. & Mrs. George B. Randall
Henry Roemmelt
Mrs. George F. Rogers
Mr. & Mrs. A. Warren Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M . Schultz
Mr. & Mrs. Harley M . Selling
James Shedd
Ruth Shiller
Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Shulte
Gerry Snyder
Thomas Spickard
Mr. & Mrs. Louis J . Steigerwald
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Tann
Ora Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Terrill
Mr. & Mrs. David P. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. Reinhold M . Tischler
Dr. & Mrs. Harry H . Towsley
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur F. Underwood
Robert J . Vendt
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey A. Wagner
Kurt A. Weber-Stroebele
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Yatros
Richard Zimmerman
Corporations
Once again, the number of corporate supporters of the
College surpassed the 150 mark with gifts and pledges
totalling $2,856,616, including $714,491 in cash gifts. L I T
continues to receive strong support from the corporate
sector which forges a strong link between the business
world and educational community.
Advance Stamping Company
Air-Matic Products Company
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allen-Bradley Company
Allied Chemical Corporation
Allstate Insurance Company
American Airlines, Inc.
American Motors Corporation
Amoco Oil Company
Amsted Industries, Inc.
Arrowsmith Tool & Die Company
The Austin Company
Awrey Bakeries, Inc.
BASF Wyandotte Corporation
B/W Controls, Inc.
Barry Steel Corporation
Barton-Malow Corporation
The Belden Brick Sales Company
Bell Fork Lift, Inc.
Bendix Corporation
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1980
32
Benjamin, Woodhouse & Guenther, Inc.
Berry Investment Company
Best Block Company
Bigelow-Liptak Corporation
The Boomer Company
Borg-Warner Corporation
Borman's, Inc.
Brick Craft, Inc.
D. P. Brown, Inc.
Cargill Detroit Corporation
Chemical Abstracts Service
Chrysler Corporation
Consumers Power Company
Cook Industrial Coatings, Inc.
Coopers & Lybrand
Costella & Associates, Inc.
Monte Costella & Company
Craft-Line, Inc.
The Cross Company
Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc.
The new Management
Building, designed
by Louis G.
Redstone
Associates,
will relieve campus overcrowding.
LIT had a record
5,260 students
enroll in September
1980.
D M I Industries, Inc.
D M I Retail
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Delta Masonry Company
Detroit Bank & Trust Company
Detroit Edison Company
Detroit News
Dillon & Dillon, Attorneys
Donnelly Mirrors
Dow Chemical U.S.A.
Sy Draft, Inc.
Dresser Industries, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
EbeUng & Hicks, Inc.
Ethyl Corporation
Etkin, Johnson & Korb, Inc.
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
Ex-Cell-0 Tool & Abrasive
Products Division
Face Brick, Inc.
Fargo Machine & Tool Company
Favor Ruhl Company
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Fendt Builders Supply
Finger's A r t Supply
First Federal Savings &
Loan Association
Ford Motor Company
Engine & Foundry Division
Ford Motor Company
Miles Fox Company
Fuller Tool Company
Gatchell & Associates, Inc.
General Motors Corporation
General Portland Cement Company
Giffels Associates, Inc.
Clarence Gleeson, Inc.
Grand Blanc Cement Products
Great Lakes Gas Transmission Company
Harlan Electric Company
Hazewinkel Brothers, Inc.
Hentschel Instruments, Inc.
Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.
Hydra-Zorb Company
Hygrade Food Products Corporation
Inland Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
Inmont Corporation
International Business Machines
Corporation
Jay-Mar Company, Inc.
K mart Corporation
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.
Kent-Moore Corporation
Kowalski Sausage Company
Kuhlman Corporation
LOF Plastics, Inc.
F. Joseph Lamb Company
La Salle Machine Tool, Inc.
(Acme-Cleveland Corporation)
K. J . Law Engineers, Inc.
Leader Machine Products, Inc.
Lear Siegler, Inc.
Leidal & Hart Mason Contractors, Inc.
Edward C. Levy Company
Lewis Artist Supply
Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance
Company
Ralph E. Maly, Inc.
Manufacturers National Bank
Marathon Oil Company
Medusa Cement Company
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Boiler & Engineering
Company
Michigan Brick, Inc.
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan Mutual Insurance Company
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company
Midwest Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.
Mirrex, Inc.
National Bank of Detroit
National Semiconductor, Inc.
Nedrow Refractories
New World Real Estate - T r i County
Northwest Blue Print & Supply Company
Oakland Wholesale, Inc.
Outwater Trane Service Agency, Inc.
The Panel Clip Company
Parker Brothers Construction Company
Progressive Tool & Industries
Ramada Inn of Southfield
Louis G. Redstone Associates, Inc.
Rockwell International Corporation
Rohn Fireproofing Company
Ross Roy, Inc.
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
Schuster-Allen Associates, Inc.
Sears, Roebuck and Company
�Roy A . Seelbinder C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y
Sislin-Splane P r i n t i n g C o m p a n y
Eberle M . S m i t h Associates, Inc.
S m i t h , H i n c h m a n & G r y l l s Associates,
Inc.
Special M a c h i n e & E n g i n e e r i n g , I n c .
Suburban B o r i n g Company
TRW Michigan Division
The T a u b m a n C o m p a n y , I n c .
Tektronix, Inc.
Tiseo & A s s o c i a t e s , I n c .
United AirUnes
Vandermay Construction, Inc.
L e o J . V a n d e r v e n n e t & Sons, I n c .
V a r s i t y Cleaners
Volk Corporation
WDIV-TV4
Jervis B. Webb Company
W e s t e r n E a t o n Solvents & Chemicals
Company
N. A. Woodworth Company
Wulff-Nichols Architects
M i n o r u Yamasaki & Associates
L I T Family
Particularly gratifying to the College was the support it
received from the L I T family — its staff, administration and
faculty. The number of supporters jumped from 69 to 158 —
an increase of 129 percent! These supporters contributed
$61, 176, including cash gifts of $12,119.
See the Presidents Club roster for
additional LIT family
contributors
Corporations —
Matching Gifts
Matching gift contributions to L I T accounted for $160,078,
including $53,806 in cash gifts in the last fiscal year. The
matching gift programs from these enlightened companies
encourage giving by alumni and friends of the College.
A C F Foundation, Inc.
A i r P r o d u c t s & Chemicals, I n c .
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
American Hospital Supply Corporation
A m e r i c a n N a t u r a l Service C o m p a n y
American Standard Foundation
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company
B A S F Wyandotte Corporation
Bell Laboratories
Bendix Corporation
Borg-Warner Corporation
Chrysler C o r p o r a t i o n
Citibank, N . A.
Detroit Edison Company
Dow Chemical U.S.A.
Ex-Cell-0 Corporation
Factory M u t u a l Engineering
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Ferro C o r p o r a t i o n
Firestone T i r e & Rubber C o m p a n y
Ford Motor Company
General E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y
General T e l e p h o n e & E l e c t r o n i c s
Heublein Foundation, Inc.
Howmet Turbine Components
Corporation
International Business Machines
Corporation
International Minerals & Chemical
Corporation
Kidder Peabody F o u n d a t i o n
Kysor Industrial Corporation
M i c h i g a n B e l l Telephone C o m p a n y
Midland-Ross Corporation
Monsanto Fund
N a t i o n a l B a n k of D e t r o i t
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Pacific M u t u a l L i f e I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y
Rockwell International
Sperry Rand Corporation
T R W Foundation
F. C. T e a l E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y
Uniroyal, Inc.
U n i t e d Technologies
Warner-Lambert Company
Westinghouse Educational Foundation
The A r t h u r Y o u n g Foundation
Corporation
Students and Student
Organizations
Some students and student organizations have chosen to
support their College before they graduate. Their
contributions are sincerely appreciated.
James Charnesky
John E. V a u g h n
Willard J. Wilkins, I I I
A m e r i c a n Chemical Society
I n d u s t r i a l Management Society
Student Government (LIT)
L I T Student Body F u n d Raising Activities: A u c t i o n
Dinner Dance
R u n for E x c e l l e n c e
$
658.75
1,362.55
162.28
$2,183.58
Associations
A variety of associations, all with some important Hnk to
the campus, contributed $14,516 to the College. L I T deeply
appreciates these relationships and the financial support.
Bricklayers & AlHed Craftsmen, Local
No. 2
B r i c k l a y e r s L o c a l N o . 26
Central United Methodist Church
C h r y s l e r Service & P a r t s M a n a g e m e n t
Club
Detroit A m a t e u r Radio Association
Detroit Mason Contractors Association
F a r m i n g t o n A m a t e u r Radio Club
L I T A l u m n i Association
M a s o n r y I n s t i t u t e of M i c h i g a n
Michigan Environmental Balancing
Bureau
Michigan Road Builders Association, Inc.
N a t i o n a l F u n d for M i n o r i t y E n g i n e e r i n g
Students
Renaissance C e n t e r P a r t n e r s h i p
S o c i e t y of M a n u f a c t u r i n g E n g i n e e r s
M r . & M r s . James Abernethy
M s . E l i z a b e t h C. A g e r
Neal Alpiner
Dr. Yogindra N. Anand
Dr. & Mrs. Hans J . Bajaria
M r . & M r s . J e r r y G. B e c k
M r . & M r s . A l l a n M . Bercaw
M r . & M r s . W a l t e r G. B i z o n
M r . & M r s . James B. Blandford
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold J. Blythe
Mr. & Mrs. Harry J. Bolin
M r . & M r s . O t i s Bose
M r . & M r s . G e o r g e F. B o w d e n
Burnell J . Bowman
M r . & M r s . A l l a n P. B r e s s l e r
E d w a r d E. Brewer
M r . & M r s . Parke B. B r o w n
M r . & M r s . N o r m a n R. B u r k h a r d t
M r . & M r s . L a w r e n c e P. Casai
E u g e n e R. Gates
Ms. Anne M . Cattermole
George Cavas
M r . & M r s . Robert D. Champlin
M r . & M r s . Robert D. Chute
Ms. Dorothy H . Clark
G a r y R. Cocozzoh
M r . & M r s . Patrick Cogan
M r . & M r s . J o s e p h P. C o n s i d i n e , J r .
M r . & M r s . K e n n e t h J . Cook
C h a r l e s R. C r a i g l o w
M r . & M r s . R o y C. C r a n e
D a v i d Czarnecki
Mr. & Mrs. Wilson Daugherty
M r . & M r s . Louis De Gennaro
M r . & M r s . F r a n k E . P. de Hesselle
M r . & M r s . A s h o k S. D e s h p a n d e
M r . & M r s . R. J a m e s D i e g e l
Metin Dogu
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J . Dragon
M r . & Mrs. Isaiah DuHn, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Elrod
M r . & M r s . J o h n B . Faes
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J . Farquharson
M s . R u t h G. F a v r o
M r . & M r s . Leonard A. Forrest
M r . & Mrs. William FuUerton
M r . & M r s . Gary J . Gabel
D r . & M r s . E u g e n e G. G a g n o n
M r . & M r s . Ronald D . Gallesero
J a c k G. G e a r h a r t
M r . & M r s . Fay E. G i f f o r d
M r . & M r s . W. E. Goffeney
Dr. & M r s . John M . Goodenow
M r s . B a r b a r a C. G r a m
Henry W. Grikscheit
M r . & M r s . C. R i c h a r d H a l l
M r . & M r s . Douglas H a m b u r g
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Harris
M r . & M r s . Robert D. H a t c h
M r . & M r s . M a r v i n H . Henckel
D r . & M r s . W a r r e n R. H i l l
Ms. Marianne Hipp
M r . & M r s . James L. Hodges
Mrs. Marion Holstein
Elizabeth A. Hood
F u l l - t i m e H u m a n i t i e s F a c u l t y & Secretary
Jesse H u n t
M r . & M r s . L l o y d G. H u n t e r
J o h n F. H u r l e y
M s . K a r i S. I s a a c s o n
M r . & M r s . Morris Jackson
Gary Jelin
G l e n S. J o h n s t o n e
Mr. & Mrs. Gary A. Joppich
M r . & M r s . G e o r g e R. K a n e
G a r y A . Kecskes
M r . & M r s . T i m o t h y R. K e n n e d y
M r . & Mrs. Richard W. Kent
M r . & M r s . P a u l F. K i n d e r
Dr. Lucy K i n g
Barry W. Knister
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Koltuniak
M r . & M r s . Stanley Korenkiewicz
William Kuziak
L I T Library
M r . & M r s . Thomas A . Lackey
M r . & M r s . K e n n e t h G. L a r k i n s
Dr. Barbara Layman
M r . & M r s . S a m u e l F. L e w i s
M r . & M r s . L . A . Le Zotte, I I I
M r . & M r s . Robert A . Liska
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M . Livingston
Mr. & Mrs. John J . Long
Gene M a n i s
Albert Marnon
R i c h a r d S. M a s l o w s k i
M r . & M r s . T h o m a s H . F. M a s s o n
M r . & M r s . George B. M a v i t y
Richard D. McCormack
M r . & M r s . B. J . M e r r i t t
R o b e r t C. M e r r i t t
M r . & M r s . Michael J . Merscher
Ardell J. Miller
Richard J. Miller
Mr. & Mrs. Traian Moga
M r . & M r s . Philip V. Mo ha n
Miss Elaine D. M u l l a l y
M r . & M r s . Stanley W. MuUin
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Murany
Dr. & M r s . Richard A. Murie
M r . & M r s . James D. Nanny
M r . & M r s . Frederick Nassaux
Ms. Gail Nastwold
M r . & M r s . Fred Olmstead
Dr. & M r s . Louis W. Petro
M r . & M r s . Robert L . Pettypiece
M r . & M r s . J a m e s Powers
M r . & M r s . K e n n e t h C. Rands, J r .
Ms. Gladys Rendleman
M r . & M r s . Fredric R i v k i n
M r . & Mrs. Larry M . Rockind
M r . & M r s . J a m e s S. Rodgers, J r .
D r . & M r s . George R o s c u l e t
M r . & M r s . Roy Rudofski
M r . & M r s . M a n s o u r Saisi
D r . & M r s . J o s e p h C. Sanda
M r . & M r s . R a y m o n d P. Sands
Dr. & M r s . Gundu Sastry
M r . & M r s . J o s e p h F. S a v i n
M r . & M r s . R o y W . Schenkel
M r . & M r s . W a l t e r Schoneck
Ms. Patricia Shamamy
M r s . M a r t h a D . Shields
M r . & M r s . Victor Shrem
M i c h a e l S. S i f t e r
M r . & M r s . J a c k I . Slater. J r .
Michelle S m i t h
M r . & M r s . Greg Snyder
J o h n O. S t o c k
M r . & M r s . R o n a l d L . Stofer
M r . & M r s . Roy J . S t r i c k f a d e n
Ramona T. T a h r a n
Dr. & Mrs. Vahan H . Tootikian
Mr. & Mrs. William L. Toth
Richard J . Trippett
Francis Vallely
Robert L . Voiers
M r . & M r s . Leonard J . Walle
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H . Warren
M r . & M r s . W i l l i a m M . Weaks
M r . & M r s . Samuel Weiner
M r . & M r s . Donald E. Wente
M r . & M r s . W. H . Wentzel
M r . & M r s . R i c h a r d R. W e r r y , J r .
M a r v i n E. W i l l i a m s
M r . & M r s . G l e n S. W i l s o n
M r . & M r s . W i l l Wisler
Paul H . Zang
These rosters include names on record for contributions
received as of June 30, 1980.
Omissions or corrections should be reported to the Office of
Development.
33
LIT
�Autumn, 1980
Capital Campaign news from Lawrence Institute of Technology
Campaign passes halfway mark
All divisions report
good progress during
May-September period;
some goals exceeded
The Lawrence Institute
of Technology Sharing in
Excellence Campaign has
passed the halfway mark.
As of September 30,
1980, the Campaign had
raised $6,917,933, accounting for 55.3 percent of the
$12.5 million goal.
'This is a milestone in
our effort," noted Campaign
General Chairman Lewis C.
Veraldi, ME'68, vice president of Ford Motor Company. " A great amount of
hard work by dedicated
volunteers has resulted in
our passing the halfway
point. With this kind of
enthusiasm we know i t is
possible to achieve the
$12.5 million goal. We now
have momentum on our
side."
Support from the business sector has remained
strong. Manufacturing corporations have pledged
$2,707,800, which represents over 53 percent of
their goal of $5,075,000.
The architectural, engineering and accounting firms
which comprise the Professionals Division have
raised $137,950 for the
Campaign.
Autumn/Winter
1980
34
Service corporations have
pledged $323,600, which is
more than 43 percent of
their divisional goal.
The Lawrence Institute
of Technology family continues to exhibit strong
support. As reported in the
last issue of the Campaign
Update, the College's staff
and administration, along
with members of the College
corporation and board of
trustees, have already exceeded their Campaign goals.
The L I T members and
trustees pledged $322,000
to the Campaign, far exceeding their goal of
$250,000. The staff and
administration have raised
$44,168, surpassing their
goal of $42,000.
L I T alumni have pledged
$107,194 to the Campaign,
of which members of the
Presidents Club have
pledged $97,464.
The College faculty has
raised $56,975 to date. L I T
students, through special
events, have raised over
$3,000.
With the Kresge Foundation grant, the Foundation
Division has now accounted
for $767,595 of its $3,185,000
goal.
-^H*-^^^ CD
Underway The new Management
Building
will add appx.
100,000 square feet of badly needed academic
space to
campus.
Kresge challenge
The Kresge Foundation
of Troy has issued a
$500,000 challenge grant
to the Lawrence Institute
of Technology Sharing in
Excellence Campaign.
The grant was awarded
to the College for the
construction of the Management Building. To qualify for the Kresge grant,
L I T must raise the remaining $2,500,000 needed to
complete construction of
the building. L I T has set
December 31, 1980 as the
target date for meeting
the challenge.
"The Kresge grant will
have a profound impact on
the Campaign," said Campaign General Chairman
Lewis C. Veraldi, ME'68.
" I t will provide us with the
needed incentive to wrap
the Campaign up at the
earliest possible date."
'' E X tremely
encouraging," is how Wayne H .
Buell, ChE'36, L I T board
chairman, termed the Kresge
grant. "We are sincerely
grateful to the Kresge
Foundation," he said. "The
impact of their grant will
have a tremendously positive effect on the quality of
our educational programs."
�'Friends' top
goal
Richard H . Qiimnings, vice
chairman of the board of the
National B a n k of Detroit,
knows how to respond to a
challenge.
A s vice chairman of the
Friends Division for the
Campaign, he set as his
divisional goal the raising
of $225,000.
B y the end of May, the
Friends Division had raised
$271,000!
This is the third division
in the Campaign to exceed
its goal. The members and
trustees, under D r . Perry
Gresham's leadership, and
the staff and administration division, chaired by
Floyd Bunt, have topped
their goals.
"We were able to interest
a potential donor in the
merits of making a gift to
L I T , ' ' Mr. Cummings said
in explaining how his division
exceeded its goal. ''He
agreed that his gift would
be put to good use at the
College, so he made a
contribution of $250,000 to
the Campaign. A s a testimony to the type of individual this donor is, he
requested we keep his
name anonymous."
Dick
Cummings
responded to the news that
this gift put his division
over its goal in characteristic
fashion — " O u r job isn't
over y e t . "
The Friends Division,
already having passed its
goal, has set its sights on
a new target of $500,000.
Major gifts
pace
Campaign
strong support for the
Sharing in Excellence Campaign continues to come in
from major contributors.
"The size and the number
of our pacesetting gifts
speaks well for L I T , " said
Dr. Wayne H . Buell, chairman of the board. "We have
received substantial grants
from corporations, founda-
Your help is needed
Lawrence Institute of Technology has been able to
provide 48 years of service
to the community because
of the support and generosity of countless numbers
of committed individuals.
The College
is selfsupporting. E a c h year the
budget is balanced. A s a
private college, L I T receives
almost no taxpayer monies.
•
•
•
Tuition revenues account
for over 86 percent of the
College budget.
L I T is now in the middle
of its first major fund
program in its history and
we must look to our friends
for support.
Please write or call for
information on how you
can assist L I T grow.
tions, and individuals, and
we greatly appreciate their
faith in the educational
mission of the College."
Between M a y 1 and
September 30, 1980 the
following pacesetting gifts
have been received:
Kresge
Foundation
Anonymous
250,000
Federal-Mogul
Corp.
50,000
A i r Products
and Chemicals 25,000
Lear-Siegler
25,000
R. C. Mahon
Foundation
15,000
E x - C e l l - 0 Corp. 10,500
Gannet Newspaper
Foundation
10,000
$500,000
Chairman's message
We've been challenged!
The Kresge Foundation, headquartered in Troy,
has issued L I T a half-million dollar challenge. This
grant, which requires that the College raise, within
a stipulated time, the remaining $2,500,000 needed
to complete the Management Building, has provided
us with a great incentive.
The reaction of most people to any type of
challenge is to ask themselves, ''Will I be able to
meet this challenge?" This is the first question
I asked myself when I learned of the Kresge grant.
To answer that question one only has to look at
the history of L I T and the progress of the Campaign
so far.
The College was founded during the depths of the
Great Depression. I t met the challenge of the 1930's.
L I T enrollment has risen steadily to record levels
during a period when the nation's student population
has remained constant or has declined. L I T thus
met the challenge of the 70's.
We have launched a $12.5 million Campaign in
what has proved to be the worst economic times
since the Great Depression. We have raised over
$6.5 million.
Will L I T be able to meet this challenge? With
your continued help, you bet we will!
Sincerely,
Lewis C. Veraldi, M E ' 6 8
Chairman, L I T Sharing in Excellence Campaign;
Vice President, Advanced Vehicles Development,
Ford Motor Company
Send me information on how I may help L I T ' s Sharing in Excellence Campaign.
Change name/address as indicated below.
A d d the name below to the Campaign Update list.
Name:
I f Alumnus/a
major
grad. yr.
Address:
City/State:
Zip:
R e t u r n to:
Office of Development, Lawrence Institute of Technology, 21000 W e s t T e n Mile Road, Southfield, M I 48075; (313) 356-0200
LIT
�vice p r e s i d e n t o f t h e c o m p a n y . Roger
j o i n e d A u s t i n in 1962 as a s t r u c t u r a l
e s t i m a t o r . In 1963, he w a s n a m e d a project
planner a n d in 1967 he w a s given project
m a n a g e r ' s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r a major Dow
C h e m i c a l p r o j e c t . In 1968, he w a s
t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e s o u t h e a s t d i s t r i c t as
a s s i s t a n t manager and t e n years later
b e c a m e manager o f t h e d i s t r i c t , a p o s i t i o n
for w h i c h he s t i l l h o l d s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y .
Roger a n d h i s f a m i l y reside in D u n w o o d y .
another popular sports
safari
Silverdome bound The LIT Alumni
Association sponsored
to the Detroit Lions game November
16. A full bus load of alumni, faculty, and their
instead of fighting
traffic.
families parked on campus and enjoyed
riding and snacking
1 9 3 3 - 5 9
1 9 6 0 - 6 9
George J . W e t t e r h o l t , ChE'40, is w e s t e r n
division manager of t h e M e t a l w o r k i n g
L u b r i c a n t s Co. in Los A n g e l e s , CA. The
firnn's general o f f i c e s are in B i r m i n g h a m .
Gerald L. C u l l e n , IM'60, is a sales
representative for Employers Insurance of
W a u s a u . H e ' s based in S o u t h f i e l d .
Gov. W i l l i a m G. M i l l i k e n has a p p o i n t e d
Werner K. Killen, IM'55, a t r u s t e e of t h e
Self-Insurers' Security, S e c o n d Insury and
Silicosis and Dust Disease F u n d s .
Werner is an a t t o r n e y w i t h M i c h i g a n
Bell Telephone Co. He is a f o r m e r
personnel t e c h n i c i a n f o r W a y n e C o u n t y , a
criminal j u s t i c e planner f o r Detroit, and a
former Detroit p a t r o l m a n . He is a 1971
graduate of t h e Detroit C o l l e g e of Law.
Gerald Lonergan, CivE'55, recently w o n a
landmark tax case in t h e C a l i f o r n i a
Supreme Court. Gerald, as c o u n t y a u d i t o r
and controller, is r e s p o n s i b l e f o r
e s t a b l i s h i n g tax rates o n personal
property. His e m p l o y e r s (Board of
Supervisors) sued h i m t o use a lower tax
rate after passage of P r o p o s i t i o n 13.
The issue w a s a legal i n t e r p r e t a t i o n
a f f e c t i n g over $500,000,000 in taxes
s t a t e w i d e involving all 58 c o u n t i e s . Gerald
resides in San Diego.
Marshall J a c k s , Jr., P.E., ME'56, v i s i t e d t h e
A l u m n i Relations O f f i c e in A u g u s t . H e ' s
director o f t h e O f f i c e o f Traffic O p e r a t i o n s
for t h e Federal H i g h w a y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n in
W a s h i n g t o n , DC.
W e hear f r o m Bernard Y a n d u r a , ET'60, that
he has received h i s M.B.A. f r o m B a l d w i n W a l l a c e C o l l e g e in Berea, O H , in J u n e .
Congratulations Bernard!
Roger M. S a c k e t t , C i v E ' 6 1 , manager o f t h e
southeast district of The Austin Co.
l o c a t e d in A t l a n t a , GA, has been e l e c t e d a
L a w r e n c e H. G o l d s m i t h , IM'68, a n n o u n c e s
t h e o p e n i n g o f h i s c o m p a n y . Relocation
S p e c i a l i s t s , Inc. W o r k i n g c l o s e l y w i t h
c l i e n t c o r p o r a t i o n s , t h e c o m p a n y provides
in-depth area f a m i l i a r i z a t i o n services f o r
r e l o c a t i n g e m p l o y e e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e avid
p r o m o t i o n o f m e t r o Detroit as a desirable
place t o live.
J a m e s 8 . Rang, ME'69, has been named
operations and maintenance
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t f o r C o n s u m e r s Power
Co.'s Palisades nuclear power plant near
Covert.
J i m j o i n e d C o n s u m e r s Power in 1969
as a g r a d u a t e engineer at t h e Big Rock
Point plant. He has held senior
e n g i n e e r i n g p o s i t i o n s at t h e u t i l i t y ' s
general o f f i c e in J a c k s o n , at Palisades,
and at Big Rock Point.
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been honored by t h e National S o c i e t y o f
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Jerome B. Kelliher, I M ' 7 1 , has been
a p p o i n t e d d i r e c t o r of nnanagement
i n f o r m a t i o n s s y s t e m s at Sperry V i c k e r s .
Jerry j o i n e d Sperry V i c k e r s in 1959 and
has held v a r i o u s MIS p o s i t i o n s . Most
recently he w a s d i r e c t o r of the N o r t h
A m e r i c a n MIS a c t i v i t i e s . He is c e r t i f i e d by
the Data P r o c e s s i n g M a n a g e m e n t
A s s o c i a t i o n and resides in Lake O r i o n .
J . Howard Nudell, A r 7 1 , has been
a p p o i n t e d t o t h e City of S o u t h f i e l d
Planning C o m m i s s i o n and the City of
Southfield Economic Development
Corporation.
Richard E v a n s , EE'73, recently a c c e p t e d a
new p o s i t i o n as design engineer for ITT
A e r o s p a c e , Fort W a y n e , IN.
Roland G . P l e s s , E E 7 3 , has been n a m e d
a s s o c i a t e in the Energy M a n a g e m e n t
D e p a r t m e n t of H o y e m - B a s s o A s s o c i a t e s ,
a r c h i t e c t s and engineers. He has held
previous p o s i t i o n s w i t h Harlan Electric
Co., T M P A s s o c i a t e s , and W. D. Gale, Inc.
Roland is a resident of Sylvan Lake.
Warner Speakman, E T 7 3 , has been
a p p o i n t e d d i v i s i o n a l manager for
T e c h n i c a l I n d u s t r i e s , Inc. In his new
p o s i t i o n , Warner is r e s p o n s i b l e for large
project m a n a g e m e n t c o r p o r a t e w i d e , and
sales, e n g i n e e r i n g , and t e c h n i c a l services
for t h e M e m p h i s , T N , area. He was
previously a sales engineer for t h e f i r m t h e
last five years.
Robert E. Thomas, I M 7 3 , has been
p r o m o t e d t o manager of S y s t e m s
Development for V o l k s w a g e n of A m e r i c a .
In his new p o s i t i o n . Bob is r e s p o n s i b l e for
the total corporate systems development
a c t i v i t i e s for the E n g i n e e r i n g , P u r c h a s i n g ,
Quality, and M a n u f a c t u r i n g D e p a r t m e n t s .
This i n c l u d e s all p l a n t s and the start-up of
the new S t e r l i n g H e i g h t s A s s e m b l y
Facility. Bob was previously w i t h Ford
Motor and General M o t o r s . He and his
wife, Peggy, are e x p e c t i n g their s i x t h c h i l d
and reside in Eraser.
David F. Crowley, I M 7 4 , has been n a m e d a
manager in the Detroit o f f i c e of Price
W a t e r h o u s e & Co. David j o i n e d t h e Detroit
o f f i c e in 1974. He is a CPA, an active
m e m b e r in t h e A m e r i c a n I n s t i t u t e of
C.P.A.'s and the M i c h i g a n A s s o c i a t i o n of
C.P.A.'s. He and his w i f e reside in Detroit
with their t w o children.
Ivan Mihalic, M T 7 4 , is e n r o l l e d in t h e
University of D e t r o i t ' s m e c h a n i c a l
engineering program.
William A. Moylan, CE'74, r e c e n t l y
c o m p l e t e d a d v a n c e d e g r e e s t u d y in
project m a n a g e m e n t a n d b u s i n e s s
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n at M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e
of T e c h n o l o g y and received his M a s t e r ' s in
civil e n g i n e e r i n g on J u n e 2. Bill p u r s u e d
his M a s t e r ' s under t h e s p o n s o r s h i p of his
e m p l o y e r , t h e A r a b i a n A m e r i c a n Oil
C o m p a n y . S i n c e his return t o Saudi A r a b i a
in J u l y , he has been w o r k i n g in t h e
N o r t h e r n A r e a and Refinery P r o j e c t s
Directorate.
J o h a n n e s J . Merkler, Ar'75, m a r r i e d
Saralee E r w i n , a g r a p h i c d e s i g n e r , on May
24. J o h a n n e s is w o r k i n g for C a m b r i d g e
Seven A s s o c i a t e s , C a m b r i d g e , MA, and
r e p o r t s that his c u r r e n t project is t h e
G o v e r n m e n t Center S t a t i o n on t h e new
Rapid T r a n s i t S t a t i o n .
Kenneth J . Wright, Ar'75, BAr'78, b e c a m e
a r e g i s t e r e d a r c h i t e c t in M i c h i g a n and
received his c e r t i f i c a t e in J u n e . Ken is
e m p l o y e d by W i l l i a m H o n n o r A r c h i t e c t s ,
P.O., as a project a r c h i t e c t .
William R. Roy, Ar'76, has been m a d e
p r i n c i p a l of t h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m Linden
C. P e t t y s A s s o c i a t e s . They have r e n a m e d
t h e f i r m Pettys and Roy, A s s o c i a t e d
A r c h i t e c t s . W i l l i a m has been w i t h Pettys
s i n c e 1976.
Jeffery C . Lane, ME'77, is e n r o l l e d in
g r a d u a t e s c h o o l . He is having a paper
p u b l i s h e d t h i s fall t h r o u g h A S M E at t h e
N a t i o n a l Heat T r a n s f e r S y m p o s i u m .
Michael V. Mathers, A r ' 7 7 , r e c e n t l y j o i n e d
Neyer, T i s e o & H i n d o , L t d . as a r o o f i n g
c o n s u l t a n t . N T & H is a c o n s u l t i n g
e n g i n e e r i n g f i r m s p e c i a l i z i n g in
g e o t e c h n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , t h e t e s t i n g and
i n s p e c t i o n of earth m a t e r i a l s , and
construction materials.
M i k e , p r e v i o u s l y general manager of
Detroit R o o f i n g I n s p e c t i o n Service, Inc.,
h a n d l e s a c o m p l e t e range of r o o f i n g
q u a l i t y c o n t r o l services. W i t h his
assistance, NT&H now provides technical
c o n s u l t i n g , on-site r o o f i n g i n s p e c t i o n a n d
laboratory t e s t i n g and a n a l y s i s of r o o f i n g
s y s t e m s . M i k e r e s i d e s in Center Line.
Stan Rozmiej, B A ' 7 8 , is t h e a s s i s t a n t
c o m p t r o l l e r of t h e N o r t h f i e l d H i l t o n , Troy.
His d u t i e s i n c l u d e s u p e r v i s i n g t h e
a c c o u n t i n g staff a n d p r e p a r i n g f i n a n c i a l
r e p o r t s . Stan r e c e n t l y j o i n e d t h e
I n t e r n a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n of H o s p i t a l i t y
Accountants.
Steven 0. Stanford, Hu'78, has t r a n s f e r r e d
from the Facilities Maintenance and
O p e r a t i o n s Division of O a k l a n d C o u n t y t o
t h e C o u n t y ' s B u d g e t D i v i s i o n . Steve is
b u d g e t analyst for t h e M a n p o w e r A c c o u n t .
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Kelliher,
'71
Thomas,
'73
Mathers,
'77
He j o i n e d Oakland C o u n t y in 1974 as a
s t u d e n t t h a n k s t o t h e LIT Placement
O f f i c e . Steve and his w i f e reside in
Waterford.
Edward J . Wloszek, Jr., Ar'78, BAr'80,
r e p o r t s that he is a j o b captain for Roger
S h e r m a n A s s o c i a t e s , Inc. in Dearborn. Ed
r e s i d e s in Berkley.
T h o m a s C . Muniz, EE'79, has j o i n e d
General I n s t r u m e n t s Jerrold Division as
a c c o u n t e x e c u t i v e for M i c h i g a n and
Indiana. J e r r o l d is a major supplier of
e l e c t r o n i c e q u i p m e n t to t h e cable
t e l e v i s i o n i n d u s t r y . T o m was f o r m e r l y with
Texas I n s t r u m e n t s ' S e m i c o n d u c t o r Group
as a sales engineer.
Mark A. S t a s s e n , Ph'79, has moved t o Play
del Ray, CA. He's w i t h H u g h e s Aircraft.
1980R o s e M. J e n k i n s , BA'80, has been named a
s e n i o r a c c o u n t a n t in t h e Detroit o f f i c e of
Price W a t e r h o u s e & Co. Rose j o i n e d the
f i r m in January of 1980. She resides in
Southfield.
In memoriam
Alfred J . Quigley, ME'35, of A l b u q u e r q u e ,
N M , J u n e 1 1 , 1980. Until his retirement, he
w a s w i t h the Federal D e p a r t m e n t of Indian
A f f a i r s , w h e r e he reviewed m e c h a n i c a l
c o n t r a c t s for g o v e r n m e n t a l b u i l d i n g s . He
is survived by his w i f e , Neola.
J o s e p h E. Brovarney, ME'39, of Harper
W o o d s , N o v e m b e r , 1979
Ralph O. Parker, EE'41, of Granada Hills,
CA, J u l y 26, 1979. He was e m p l o y e d by
L o c k h e e d s A u t o m a t i c Test S y s t e m s
D i v i s i o n , w h e r e he was an avionics
c o m p u t e r s y s t e m s analyst. He also o w n e d
an a n t e n n a patent w h i c h was n a t i o n w i d e
l i c e n s e d and s o l d . He is survived by his
wife.
Naseef Staif, MT'55, of W a r r e n , J u n e 27,
1980. He w a s a senior p r o g r a m engineer
w i t h t h e Fisher Body Division of General
Motors.
Elwin C . Knapp, ME'62, of Chester, IL,
N o v e m b e r , 1979. He was retired f r o m HSB
Co. in 1978. Elwin was a nuclear specialist
and had been to a n u m b e r of his
c o m p a n y ' s s c h o o l s for t r a i n i n g in t h i s
f i e l d . He w a s a registered Professional
Engineer in t h e States of M i c h i g a n and
O h i o . He is survived by his w i f e , Jean.
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What's a 'knife
guy' like you . .
The a d ve rtisements are everywhere —
on m a t c h b o o k covers, c o m i c book
jackets, and even in t h e local papers
— "Earn money in your spare t i m e , "
and " I earned $10,000 last year
working only a few hours a w e e k . "
How many w o u l d - b e Horatio Algers
have answered these ads only t o be
di s ap p o in ted w i t h a s h i p m e n t of
40,000 w o r m s t o start a w o r m farm or
a live c h i n c h i l l a ready f o r breeding (if
you can find a suitable mate).
For Pat Keeley, however,
answering just such an ad has
allowed h i m not only t o make money
in his spare t i m e , but also t o pay his
own way t h r o u g h c o l l e g e and b e c o m e
one of the top salesmen in t h e
country for his company. Keeley, 2 1 , a
marketing s tudent at Lawrence
Institute of Technology, has been
w o r k i n g for three years f o r the C u t c o
Company, a divis ion of Wear-Ever, as
a door-to-door salesman f o r their
kitchenware.
" I began by a n s w e r i n g an ad in t h e
Da/7y Tribune when I was a f r e s h m a n
at LIT." Keeley remembers, " I w a n t e d
a job where I c o u l d be my o w n boss
and set my o w n goals and t h i s
seemed ideal."
The company offered its s t u d e n t
salesmen not only a c h a n c e t o earn
extra money but, also, s c h o l a r s h i p s
for being in the top five in sales f o r
the year. This was all Keeley, a keen
c o m p e t i t o r , needed. By A u g u s t of
1979, he became third in t h e c o u n t r y ,
w i t h sales of $59,000 — e n o u g h t o
win a $1000 s c h o l a r s h i p w h i c h he
used t o help finance his degree
program at LIT. In April of 1980, he
took over the number o n e p o s i t i o n ,
H i g h School and when you're in a
C a t h o l i c s c h o o l y o u always have t o be
s e l l i n g s o m e t h i n g or your high school
m i g h t not be there t o m o r r o w , " Keeley
laughs.
From this early sales beginning,
Keeley learned not only how t o
finance a high s c h o o l but also what it
takes t o sell t o a usually s u s p i c i o u s
and reluctant public.
" I j u s t s h o w t h e m w h y my product
is superior t o everyone else's," he
remarks in his best sales voice. " N o
one is g o i n g t o buy a $300 knife set
unless I s h o w t h e m that they will
never again have t o buy another knife.'
Pat Keeley "hones in" on a customer.
ending that year w i t h $81,460 in sales
and another s c h o l a r s h i p . But, that
wasn't all. He also had t o f i n d e n o u g h
t i m e away f r o m his s t u d i e s t o take a
trip t o the Bahamas w h i c h he w o n f o r
being 13th in sales a m o n g b o t h partt i m e c o l l e g e and f u l l - t i m e s a l e s m e n .
Currently, however, he has been
w o r k i n g less because of a c o a c h i n g
j o b at Seaholm High School and h i s
full-time studies.
" I ' m averaging about $1000 a
m o n t h , " he notes " b u t t h a t ' s because
I'm only w o r k i n g about 10-12 hours a
week."
H o w does he manage t o sell
in an e c o n o m y w h i c h is c u r r e n t l y
more depressed than at any t i m e
s i n c e the "Great D e p r e s s i o n . " J u s t
t h r o u g h perseverance and a natural
s e l l i n g ability.
" I went t o Royal Oak-St. Mary's
A senior this year, Keeley is
u n d e c i d e d about w h e t h e r or not he
will c o n t i n u e his present p o s i t i o n or
go into b u s i n e s s management or
m a r k e t i n g w i t h another company. He
k n o w s of f u l l - t i m e sales managers at
C u t c o w h o are making $100,000 a year
so the d e c i s i o n will be a d i f f i c u l t one.
" I ' m c u r r e n t l y on the advisory
board f o r the comipany and I go all
over the m i d w e s t f o r sales meetings
and c o n f e r e n c e s , " he notes. " I also
train t h o s e under me and, if I devoted
myself f u l l - t i m e I c o u l d become
number one in sales."
Keeley is a member of t h e
S t u d e n t s in Free Enterprise at LIT,
s p o n s o r e d by Ernie Maier, associate
professor of management.
" I s ta r te d o u t w i t h an investment
of $150 w h i c h bought my case and
s a m p l e s , " he notes, " a n d now in j u s t
three years, I've made over 300 t i m e s
that a m o u n t . The money I make is
really a matter of h o w m u c h tim e I put
into the j o b and I t h i n k th a t ' s the best
way t o have people work. If I devote
myself t o it — the sky's t h e l i m i t . "
Not bad f o r a kid w h o once
a n s w e r e d an ad w h i c h everyone else
t h o u g h t was a pipe dream — "you t o o
can be earning t h o u s a n d s of dollars
in j u s t a few short years." •
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Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
Spring/
Summer 1981
ENERGY: progress and promise
Dollars for scholars
An 'international affair'
plus engineers, reunions, alumni features, and more!
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
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Spring 1981
Vol. 4, No. 2
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
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About the cover: the cover
illustration
is by Diane Nagelkirk, 23, a senior
architectural student from Grand
Rapids.
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the author and not necessarily
either
the opinions or policies of the College.
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manuscripts
for consideration
are
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to contact the editor.
Editor/Designer:
director of public
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.,
and alumni relations.
Contributing Editor: Anne M.
Cattermofe, associate director of
public and alumni relations.
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a s to students
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Energy: progress and promise Two LIT alumni
discuss solutions to Michigan's energy woes and agree
that nuclear power is definitely here to stay.
He's in! LIT's late athletic director extraordinaire,
Donald G. Ridler, enters the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
in May. Here's a synopsis of his accomplishments.
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Production Assistant and Alumni
Notes Editor: Deborah A. Faes,
secretary, public and alumni relations.
College Photographer:
Walter G.
Bizon, BAr'77: additional photos by
Bruce Annett. Anne Cattermole, and
others.
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R. S. Maslowskl As part of the LIT Magazine's examination of faculty, Prof. Richard Maslowski reveals that Bell
Telephone psychologists keep phoning him and that he will
never again trust Captain Eddie's Radar Service.
Dollars for scholars Thanks to the generosity of enlightened individuals and organizations, a number of
superior LIT students can more easily pursue academic
excellence. The Magazine interviews several donors and
recipients.
An "international affair" For nearly 400 students
coming from foreign lands, LIT staffer Frank de Hesselle is
counselor, buffer, chider, father-confessor, and friend.
Dooley registers" big Impression Thanks to the
encouragement of retired LIT registrar Genevieve Dooley,
alumna Chris Blackwell pursued a college education. Now,
she's helping others do the same.
On campus LIT mourns the death of librarian Clarence
Phillips, a new face in campus facilities, applications and
tuition are both up for 1981-82, and the clock winds down
on the Kresge Challenge Grant.
Alumni Association News A wrap-up of the Association's gala reunion April 11.
Aiumni Notes Advancements, moves, and other news
from LIT graduates near and far.
�ENERGY
PROGRESS & PROMISE
Two LIT alumni discuss solutions
to Michigan's power problems
A
s Thomas Edison fired up the
generator and the first electric
lights went on in Sarah Jordan's boarding house, he was probably too elated
to worry about the nation's dwindling
natural resources. But, on that eventful
evening, 101 years ago, Edison intensified a mad race between the world's
fuel supplies and its energy needs—a
race which would affect his countrymen
more than he could ever have imagined.
Where will future generations find the
fuel to heat their homes, turn on their
lights, and run their machines? According to two of LIT's alumni, today there is
only one feasible answer—from a
balanced usage of coal and nuclear
energy. The LIT Magazine recently
visited both Bill Pence, EE'52, an assistant vice president of Detroit Edison
Company, and Jim Rang, ME'69, opera-
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tions and maintenance superintendent
for Consumers Power Company's
Palisades (Ml) nuclear plant. We found
that, realistically, Americans will have to
come to terms with both of these
energy sources or face a future of darkness and cold.
Ever watchful in the control room of
Consumers
Power's Palisades nuclear plant
near Benton Harbor, operators check the
warning light system.
�B
ill Pence has watched the country's
energy usage skyrocket. Unfortunately, most of the currently available
sources of energy cannot come anywhere near meeting the projected power
needs of this country and the rest of the
world in the years to come. Nevertheless, now, as head of production at
Detroit Edison, Bill has seen a lot of
progress toward meeting energy needs
since he joined the company in 1952 as
an associate engineer.
"Right now, Detroit Edison is putting a
lot of time and money into research,"
Bill states, "but there doesn't seem to
be much choice when it comes to
energy alternatives. We are looking at
proposals to harness wind power as
well as solar energy. On a small scale
these work well. There is little chance,
though, that current technology can
meet the massive electrical needs which
we have in America, even with energy
conservation.
"For example," he continued, "there
are studies being done on photovoltaic
cells which convert sunlight into electricity. This is a highly efficient process
but if we were to try and use them to
supply energy to Michigan, for instance,
we would have to cover the entire state
with cells and that would mean no sunlight could get through to the ground.
So, we keep looking for a breakthrough.
Even when it comes, it would take 1015 years before it could be commercially
used."
B e c a u s e there is really "not much
new under the sun," the utility companies, according to Bill, are making
ifuture plans based on current resources.
For Detroit Edison, that means building
more efficient fossil fuel plants and
expanding into nuclear energy. The
electrical needs of most Edison customers are met by oil or coal burning
plants. However, as the world's oil
supplies dwindle, Americans will be relying more and more on the United
States' own coal reserves.
"Right now in Michigan," Bill notes,
"85 to 90 percent of our electricity is
generated from coal. At current rates of
use, we have enough coal to last for a
few hundred years. There are some
problems with burning it, but we are
striving to lessen or eliminate them. For
instance, we are blending deep and
strip-mined coals to obtain a type of
coal which is environmentally
acceptable.
"Certain coals," he goes on, "are
lower in sulphur than others. The coal
from Montana, Kentucky, and southern
Spring/Summer
1981 2
Alumnus Bill Pence (right) discusses
plant operations
of Edison's Monroe generating
plant.
part of West Virginia is of this type and
that means it does not give off as much
sulphur dioxide when it burns."
Sulphur dioxide is under careful
scrutiny by scientists as they try to discern what happens when it enters the
atmosphere.
"One of the things we are concerned
with in the electrical industry is the
phenomena of acid rain, which has the
potential of destroying plant and animal
life," Bill remarks. "It may have something to do with sulphur dioxide and if
so, we want to take the necessary steps
to control it. Coal with a low sulphur
content is the first step but this is a
newly recognized situation and it needs
further study.
"Detroit Edison is a member of the
Electrical Power Research Institute," he
continues, "which is devoting much time
to this problem. When we have the
facts we will be able to come up with
solutions, if they are necessary, much
like we did to control the fly ash going
into the atmosphere several years ago.
W e want to be good members of the
community. After all, the public is made
up of our customers and we want to
with Stan Latone, assistant
superintendent
please them and see that their needs
are met."
Coal also h a s other problems but,
as Bill found out himself at Edison's
Monroe power plant several years ago,
many of them can be solved with a little
research and cooperation.
"The plant burns approximately 6
million tons of coal a year," he notes,
"and during the winter, the massive coal
stockpile necessary to keep it running
would become frozen. The coal would
travel from wherever it was mined, in
open railroad cars, picking up moisture
as it passed through rain or snow
storms. Then, as it moved north, the
moisture would freeze and, by the time
it reached Monroe, it would either come
out in one lump or it wouldn't come out
at all.
"Edison sent me to the plant to see if
I could find a solution," he goes on,
"but it took a lot of research, testing,
and brainstorming by many of us to
come up with an agent to stop future
loads from freezing. However, that still
left the problem of coal which was
frozen in the yard. We finally solved that
�by testing the center of a frozen pile of
coal and finding that there were spaces
in the interior where the coal was still
warm. Then, it was a matter of mining
for the warm coal and taking it out of
the inside sections during the winter."
Bill notes, however, that it took many
people working together to come up
with the solutions, just as it will take a
lot of cooperation to solve future energy
problems. The utility companies are
currently dealing with concerns together
and are undertaking joint studies to help
each other with such important projects
as building nuclear plants.
"Edison feels that it will have to use
more nuclear power in the future," Bill
concludes, "but we are moving slowly
because we want to gather all the data
we can from any sources before putting
another nuclear plant into operation. We
intend to build safe plants. Probably by
1984 we will have the capability of
supplying about 10 percent of our customers energy cunsumption through
nuclear generation."
T
o Jim Rang, ME'69, nuclear power
is not just a future solution, it is an
alternative that has become reality. Jim
is the operations and maintenance
superintendent at the Consumers Power
Company's Palisades nuclear plant near
Benton Harbor. In his position, he is
responsible for the upkeep and the safe
operation of the entire facility, a job
which requires a great deal of knowledge about every phase of nuclear
power.
Jim originally became interested in the
nuclear power field while he was interviewing in his senior year at LIT. Having
first considered a career in the automobile industry, Jim was amazed to find
that mechanical engineers rather than
electrical or nuclear engineers were in
great demand for positions in the
utilities.
He began his career with Consumers
in June of 1969 at the Big Rock nuclear
power plant in a "position" quite unlike
what he had been prepared for.
"I came in during a strike," he recalls,
"and the supervisors were running the
plant. I had a mechanical engineering
degree from LIT, but because all of the
assignments had already been made, I
came in as a cook. Eventually I
assumed my real position as an
engineer."
Jim spent two and one-half years at
Big Rock and during this time underwent training In nuclear engineering
operations, maintenance, and radiation
health physics as well as acquiring his
operator's license. He was then promoted to Consumer's corporate office in
Jackson as a nuclear operations
engineer, acting as the liaison between
'People fear things
that they don't
know much about...
What we really
have to do is to
refute the claims
the public is
accepting as truth.'
to operations and maintenance superintendent and, last September, he took
the same position at the larger
Palisades facility.
Over the years, Jim has noticed many
changes in nuclear power plants.
Restrictions and building requirements
have gotten tighter and a plant that
might have taken three years to build in
the 1960s could now take as long as 35 years to plan with an additional 8-10
years before power production could
begin. Security at the plants has
become much more of a concern. Areas
are accessible only to designated
people by the use of special identification cards. All visitors are subject to
extensive searches. Cameras and
security guards continually monitor the
area, and the perimeter fences are
wired so that anyone trying to enter
illegally will set off alarms.
Big Rock and the company's main
office. After four years, he transferred to
the Palisades plant as senior engineer
and then a short time later returned to
Big Rock as the maintenance superintendent. A year later he was promoted
"It's a lot different now than when I
first started," Jim notes. "We have
always had security guards at all of our
power plants, both fossil and nuclear,
but it used to be only 4 or 5. Now we
have anywhere from 40 to 50 at the
Jim Rang, ME'69, oversees operations
Palisades
generating
facility.
and maintenance
at Consumers
Power's
Benton
3 LIT
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Magazine
�nuclear plants. It's not that we have
anything to hide but rather it is in reaction to terrorist activities in Europe which
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
feels may eventually spread to this
country. In addition, the Code of Federal
Regulations are currently under review,
in an effort to further tighten the secuhty
requirements."
One of the major occurrences in the
past few years, which has also had an
effect on the operation of nuclear plants,
was the "scare" at Pennsylvania's Three
Mile Island.
"What happened at that plant," he
states, "was that operators received
conflicting information causing them to
misread their instruments. They did not
realize that they were draining the
reactor vessel through a stuck open
relief valve which keeps water running
past the fuel rods, thus keeping the fuel
cool. A steam bubble had formed, and
because of that, the operators believed
that the vessel was full of water and an
emergency back-up water system which
had automatically activated, was shut
off. It was just a few hours later that a
consultant realized what was happening
and directed that the pumps be turned
on preventing any further degradation of
the fuels.
"I would have to say," he continues,
"that the Three Mile Island incident was
beneficial to the nuclear power industry.
We learned a great deal about the
equipment and the necessary technical
background for an operator. As a result,
we are tightening considerably our
requirements for operations employees
and making improvements in equipment.
"In addition, we were encouraged by
Bill Pence (above) led a successful
effort to
keep coal supplies flowing smoothly into
Edison's mammothi Monroe plant. Jim Rang
(right) and Dr. Stephen Davis, LIT dean of
engineering,
discuss career opportunities in
the energy field.
Spring/Summer
1981 4
the findings and confirmed that the
equipment and structures were properly
designed to contain the radioactive
materials following an accident. The TMI
unit 2 plant sustained a partial loss of
reactor coolant and yet nothing serious
happened involving the health and
safety of the public or personnel at the
damaged plant. People were not injured
and very small amounts of radioactivity
were released and only during the aftermath period. It is unfortunate that it
happened, but we did learn that there
were no catastrophic results of the
accident. The containment vessel held
as it was supposed to and 99 percent of
the equipment operated as it was
designed to operate even though the
operators did not perform the right
functions."
C o n s u m e r s Power and other utilities
were on hand subsequent to the Three
Mile Island emergency to aid the
support activities and to learn from the
situation so that occurrences like it
�would not happen again. Simulation of
such accidents have now been adopted
to prepare operations personnel for anything that might happen.
"We send the operators through simulator training annually," Jim notes. "I
went through it myself and the first feeling that you have before you get there
is that it is make-believe and it will
probably be like playing with a toy. But
soon it is like the real thing and you get
as tense as if you were really in the
middle of an emergency. The control
room and the equipment operates
similar to ours at Palisades. Equipment
failures and system transients can be
programmed into the 'plant.' The
operators go through all of the operations phases. They heat the plant up
and put it 'on line.' All of a sudden,
something happens and the instructor
observes their reaction. If he sees that
the operator is troubled or doesn't
recognize the problem, he can freeze
the action and go back and show the
operator what is happening so that he
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or she may benefit from the
experience."
Jim sees nuclear power as a safe,
clean alternative to other sources of
energy and, in fact, finds problems
associated with other alternatives as at
least equal to or greater than those at a
nuclear plant. Consumers is currently
using both coal and nuclear power as
primary sources of power generation but
Jim believes that fossil fuels create
situations which make them inferior to
nuclear. However, Jim also recognizes
that to meet our energy needs of the
near-to-long term future we need an
equal mix of both coal-fired and nuclear
plants.
"If I were to analyze the safety of the
plants from a probabilistic view," he
states, "I would have to say, taking into
consideration all aspects of both coal
and nuclear power, that nuclear power
is safer. I have been at fossil fuel plants
and it can be very difficult at times to
breathe because of some of the gases
and coal dust that are given off. It can
be a hazardous environment, at times,
to work in. Here, we have the radiation
and radioactive contamination to contend with but we control it through
shielding and decontamination activities.
There, they have the gases to contend
with and they control it through use of
respiratory masks. There is no doubt in
my mind that nuclear power is safe,
clean technology."
Why, then do people fear nuclear
power? According to Jim, it's only
because of the "unknown" element.
"People fear things that they don't
know much about," he notes. "What we
really have to do is to refute the claims
the public is accepting as truth. For
example, at our Big Rock plant in
Charlevoix, the lake water that is
coming out of the plant is slightly
warmer than that which we take in.
Because there are vapors rising from
this water, people are under the impression that it is boiling and, therefore,
dangerous.
"Actually, that water going out at this
time of the year during the winter
months is typically 49 to 50 degrees
and one of the nicest features is that
lake trout thrive at this temperature. As
a result, they just love to sit in the discharge canal. Fishermen are there all
winter taking amazing catches of trout.
If we can just educate people and get
rid of some of the myths, I'm sure they
will realize nuclear power is the safest
and best way to fill the massive energy
needs of future generations." •
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5 LIT Magazine
�He'sh!
Michigan Sports Hall of Fame
honors LIT great,
the late Don Ridler
D
onald G. Ridler, LIT's former
athletic director and basketball
coach, has been elected to the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. Don was
instrumental in bringing big-time
college basketball to Detroit in the late
1940's and 50's. Several of his teams
went to the National Invitational
Tournament (N.LT.) and the National
Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (N.A.I.B.) tournament.
"In my opinion, Don was the greatest
all-around sportsman in the state," says
Walt Bazylewicz, BA'49, former LIT
athlete and coach who spearheaded
the effort to have Don's name placed
In nomination. "He was a giant among
sports celebrities who fostered interest
and enthusiasm In high school, college,
and amateur sports." Many LIT alumni
and staff supported Don's nomination
through letters to the Hall of Fame.
Don is one of four 1981 honorees
elected in a poll among Michigan's 139
sports editors and directors. The others
are former Tiger pitcher Jim Sunning,
and U of M athletes Willis Ward and
i:iiff Keen. The four will be honored at
a Cobo Hall dinner May 21, to which all
alumni and staff have been Invited.
Don graduated from Detroit's
Western High School where he received
eight letters in football, baseball, and
basketball. In his senior year, he was
named to the All-City fnoth^n t^am and
Don Ridler
then went on to play football and baseball at Michigan State University. Don
played on and captained ''Sleepy Jim"
Crowley's "Iron Men" football team
and won three college letters. He was
mentioned on numerous Ail-American
football teams and was selected by
Knute Rochne for his All-Midwestern
Team.
When he left Michigan State in 1931,
Don began a four year involvement
with semi- and professional football
�Bottom left, Don Ridler is welcomed
back by Dean George
Hendrickson
and an enthusiastic student body in
1946 as the College reactivates its
athletic program following WWII. Left,
Coach Ridler, former President E. George
Lawrence,
and a jubilant 1950 team
prepare for the N.l.T.
Photos from LIT Public Relations Archives
in Cleveland and Detroit. He coached
the Detroit Indians, the City's first
professional football team, before
leaving to take the head football
coach's job at Annunciation
High School.
In 1938, Don joined LIT as football
coach and athletic director and led the
College's teams to two victories in the
Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference. He also coached baseball,
golf, track, and swimming. In 1940 Don
took over as LITs basketball coach
and began the tedious process, under
the direction of then-president E.
George Lawrence, of building a
nationally-ranked team. His teams in
1942and 1943 represented Michigan
in the N.A.I.B. tournament.
World War II interrupted his efforts,
however, as all LIT sports were discontinued from 1943-1946. Don came
back to LIT in 1946 from the Catholic
Youth Organization which he had
directed during the three war years.
His return was precipitated by student
petitions and demonstrations asking
President Lawrence that he be reinstated at LIT.
Don soon built the LIT team into a
major national contender, bringing bigtime basketball to Detroit by scheduling
games against teams like Southern
California, Wyoming, Utah, DePaul,
Xavier, St. Bonaventure, Florida, and
Penn State. His teams again represented the state in the N.A.I.B.
tournaments in 1947,1948,1949, and
1952. In 1951 LIT became the first
college in the Detroit area to play in
the National Invitational Tournament
in New York's Madison Square Garden.
LIT was the smallest college ever to be
represented in the N.l.T. and came to
the tournament with an amazing
season record of 21 wins and 1 loss.
During this time, Don began promotion of basketball ''extravaganzas" at
Olympia and the State Fairgrounds,
bringing in triple header tournaments
and booking big bands to help draw
the crowds. Such greats as Artie Shaw,
Skitch Henderson, Louis Armstrong,
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and Ella
Fitzgerald were just a few of the stars
that Don Ridler brought
to the Detroit
area to play after LIT .natches.
In 1952, Don resigned as head
basketball coach, taking on a position
as chairman of the building fund in
addition to his duties as athletic
director. He died on June 3.1963 while
still at LIT.
Don was a highly respected high
school basketball and football official
throughout his life and spent 12 years
as a player, coach, and supporter of
sandlot baseball. He also served as
chairman of the Michigan Committee
of the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball and as the
Michigan State Fair Director of
Entertainment and
Special Events. •
Sports
"extravaganzas"
were a Ridler hallmark. Thousands of fans
attended games like this 1949
contest between LIT and South Dakota
at the State Fair Coliseum. Big name bands
rounded out the evening.
7
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�Faciity
PROFLES
Part of a series
I
f you're ever planning a big event with
Dick Maslowski, chairman of the electrical engineering program at LIT, don't
be surprised if it's "snowed out."
Twice in his life, he has found important events greeted by record snowfalls. The first time was in 1961, when
he arrived at the Michigan Bell
Research Labs to begin an extensive
18-month training program in new
developments in the communications
field. Just as he got to New Jersey, the
biggest snowfall ever to hit the east
coast dumped 27V2 inches of snow and
completely closed down the major
towns. Then, after he joined LIT, the
famous blizzard of January 28, 1978
cancelled the first initiation of the Tau
Beta Pi chapter which Dick had spent
many years trying to organize. Ruined
events like these might have dampened
Spring/Summer
1981 8
any other man's spirits, but not Dick's—
he just went ahead, made the best
of things, and patiently waited for the
snow to melt.
Whether he's dealing with a major
problem or a class of eager freshmen,
Dick's even temper and enthusiasm for
his work have always reigned supreme.
When he began his schooling in architecture at the University of Michigan, for
instance, and suddenly realized that he
had, in his own words "improperly
identified my artistic interest," it was not
a traumatic experience. Rather, the
whole situation turned into a positive
one with his decision to switch to electrical engineering.
A native of Hamtramck, Dick stayed
in the Detroit area after receiving his
engineering degree from UM, starting
his career at Michigan Bell in June
1956. By April 1957, however, he was
called up for military service and joined
the Army's Transportation and Research
Engineering Command (TRECOM).
"I had been a member of the ROTC
at college so being called up was no
surprise," Dick notes. "It wasn't much of
a change for me, though, because I was
still an electrical engineer while I was
serving. The only difference was that I
had to wear a uniform and work some
funny hours."
Dick only served six months because
the Army found that it had an overabundance of ROTCs and he was soon
back at Michigan Bell where a most
unique program awaited him. The company began an extensive examination of
its employees who were college
graduates, hoping to find out which
ones would become the most successful. To do this, they took everyone hired
in 1956 and began a "hire to death"
study. Although it sounded like a plot to
kill off the employees by placing them in
a new position each week, it really was
the start of an almost never-ending
probing of each person's "inner self."
"In the beginning, we were all taken
to the St. Clair Inn for an extensive fiveday examination," Dick recalls. "We
were interviewed by psychologists and
had to play little games so that they
could get 'inside us' and see what made
us 'tick.' Some of the guys resented the
testing and I believe that one actually
walked out, but I rather enjoyed it.
"Even though I've since left the
System, I will periodically receive a
phone call from some psychologist on
the east or west coast asking how I'm
doing," Dick relates, "so I guess when
they said 'to death,' that's exactly what
they meant."
Through the study, Michigan Bell
hoped to identify those things in a college graduate that would predict success as a manager. Several articles and
books have been written about the
experiment.
"Yes," Dick laughs, "in one of the
later articles they referred to 'the guy
who left to become a college professor.'
I guess that must be me because I
can't think of anyone else who did."
While still at Michigan Bell, Dick had
an opportunity to see many different
departments. The microwave research
group was one of his favorites and, in
fact, it was from a "folklore" story about
a project which this department undertook that he came to understand the
importance of having good information
before beginning anything.
"When we set up the early microwave
�evening course in transmission lines.
"I took the job reluctantly," he recalls,
"because I didn't know anything about
teaching, but I enjoyed it so much that I
kept going back each semester to teach
again."
The "teaching bug" had struck by that
time and Dick began to explore the
chances of becoming a full-time professor. One of the hard facts of
academic life, however, soon became
evident.
"I had completed my master's degree
by this time and I began looking around
for opportunities to teach," he states.
"What I didn't realize, though, was that I
would have to take a tremendous pay
cut to leave industry and enter
academia."
towers, which could transmit hundreds
of calls in one beam, we had to be very
careful about the terrain between the
two towers," he recalls. "At that time,
much of the upper peninsula had not
been surveyed and one tree in the way
of the beam could completely cut off the
entire transmission."
"Well," he continues, "one time,
Michigan Bell hired the only firm in the
area which was available to make a
survey and their report turned out to be
wrong, completely ruining all of the work
they had done. I can tell you, that was
the last time any of us at the company
would ever trust Captain Eddie's Radar
Service again."
It was during his years at Michigan
Bell Dick became acquainted with what
would soon become his new career.
Detroit Institute of Technology asked
Michigan Bell for someone to teach an
In the end, the pull was too strong
and, in 1966, Dick began as a full-time
assistant professor at LIT and then
acting chairman of the electrical
engineering program in 1971. In 1973
he was named head of the department.
During that time, he has seen how
many varying ideas students have about
the electrical engineering profession.
"There are a lot of misconceptions
about what an electrical engineer does,"
Dick notes. "First of all, we can't fix TV
sets! Secondly, there is a great deal of
difference between an electrician and an
electrical engineer. The engineer is a
designer. That does not necessarily
mean that he or she can fix or wire
anything that is electrical. Their interest
lies in making something better or more
efficient, not in figuring out how it failed
to work."
Dick has watched the enrollment in
LIT's electrical engineering program
grow to an all-time high of 887 last fall.
He has several thoughts about why a
student would choose electrical over
mechanical or construction engineering.
"Many of the students pick electrical
engineering because they have an
interest in electrical and electronic
phenomena," he states. "Also, I think
that 'EEs' use more mathematics than
the other two so anyone with an interest
in that area would naturally gravitate
toward the electrical engineering field."
Contrary to popular belief, all students
who go into electrical engineering are
not the type of young Tom Edisons who
were constantly "tinkering" with their
own radios or other electrical inventions.
"I would say about half of the stu-
9 LIT Magazine
�dents were the "tinkering" kind when
they were young," Dick notes, "and they
continue to play around with electrical
devices while they're in college. The
rest are more 'book' types who prefer to
study the theories and work the prob-
lems out on paper, getting their enjoyment from the mathematics and other
exacting parts of the curriculum.
"I would say, however," Dick notes,
"that there are more 'tinkerers' now than
in the past because of the availability of
home electronics equipment. Some
already have had experience with computers and they naturally are interested
in more complex equipment than a
student was a few years ago. Calculators and advanced communications
techniques are now the 'playthings' of
the electrically-minded whereas it used
to be the 'wireless' or a ham radio
outfit."
It is computer companies which hire
many of LIT's electrical engineering
graduates. Alumni are now located
throughout the country because jobs are
more readily available in other areas.
" W e can just about guarantee placement for an electrical engineering student if he or she is willing to relocate,"
Dick notes. "It used to be that the car
companies could hire most of our
graduates, but now the great demand is
in such companies as Texas Instruments, McDonnell-Douglas, National
Semiconductor, or the Budd Company,
all of which are located out-of-state.
"We're finding, though" he continues, "that this causes few problems
for graduates because they are more
inclined to relocate now than in the
past. It used to be that everyone
wanted to be hired in the 20,000 block
of Telegraph Road. That is no longer
realistic and the students understand
that as they begin interviewing."
As for Dick, he plans to stay at LIT
"as long as it's here" because he
enjoys working with the students and
the whole "real world approach" that the
College takes. The "guy who went on to
be a college professor," currently is not
only a teacher but also an advisor for
the LIT Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) student chapter
as well as the College's chapter of Tau
Beta Pi national engineering honor
society.
A favorite among the students, "Professor Mas," as he is affectionately
called, is always on call to explain some
equation or other, or to double check
the wiring on a completed project. The
organizations which he advises are
among the most active on campus, due
in great part to his ability to organize
students and plan meaningful experiences for them. Still—the next time he
coordinates a big event with one of his
student groups—they probably will want
to schedule it for July—just in case! •
Popular
"Professor
Spring/Summer
Mas" takes the "shock"
1981 10
out of many electrical
engineering
problems.
�Ddars for scholars
Privately funded scholarships
help perpetuate academic excellence at LIT
E
very year, LIT students attend LIT
through the generosity of people
they have often never met. Approximately two-thirds of the College's student body receives some form of financial assistance and, for many of them,
this assistance is provided through
scholarships from benevolent donors.
Scholarships are vitally important for
attracting and retaining scholasticallytalented students, some of whom would
be unable to attend LIT without such
assistance.
Several major scholarships are named
in memory of or to honor individuals,
while others, notably the LIT Merit
Scholarships, are funded from the
College's general fund and from the
smaller gifts of individuals, foundations,
or corporations who have expressed a
desire to support scholarships.
The scholarships described in the
next few pages are by no means the
only ones offered at the College. They
are included as a sampling. If you would
like a brochure detailing all of the
College's financial assistance programs
available, contact the LIT Office of Student Financial Aid. If you are interested
in funding a scholarship, the LIT
Development Office would be happy to
answer any of your questions.
11 LIT Magazine
�Arthur F. Underwood
Arthur F.
L
ong before the automobile became
an integral part of American life, Art
Underwood had begun a career which
would span over 60 years in the industry. In 1908, Underwood helped his
father clean out an old barn in Washington, D.C. so that they could open up a
garage to fix cars. At that time, only the
elite—business leaders, senators, representatives, and Supreme Court
justices—could afford to own an
automobile.
Some years after that, UndenA/ood
entered Massachusetts Institute of
Spring/Summer
1981 12
Underwood
Technology and, in 1927, became the
first summer student to intern at the
General Motors Research Laboratories
in Detroit. He began full time at the
Labs in 1928, after graduation from MIT,
as a project engineer and just under 30
years later, became the head of the
department.
Underwood served as director of the
G M Research Labs until 1969 when he
retired from the company. During his
many years at the helm, he saw the
number of researchers expand from 300
to 1500, representing a multitude of
disciplines ifrom physics to engineering.
It was also under him that the high
compression ratio engine was designed,
an innovation which would soon go a
long way in saving the world's gasoline
supply.
Two years ago, because of a continuing interest in the supply of engineers
entering the automotive field. Underwood began funding two scholarships at
LIT which are awarded each year by the
School of Engineering. The students
who are chosen must have an interest
in automotive engineering.
"There are very few schools which
teach anything about engines at the
undergraduate level," UndenA/ood notes,
"maybe only four or five in the entire
country and LIT is one of them. Also I
feel that LIT is really doing a bang-up
job in educating young engineers and I
wanted to do something to help out." •
�Dave Selfridge and Wayne Mitan
F
or this year's recipients of the
Arthur F. UndenA/ood scholarships,
Dave Selfridge, 24, and Wayne Mitan,
25, a future goal of working in the
automotive field is not unrealistic, even
though the industry is currently undergoing severe economic setbacks.
"I think that the automotive industry
will bounce back," says Dave, an LIT
mechanical engineering student. "A lot
of the problems which the industry is
experiencing have been brought on by
mismanagement. The American companies missed the boat a few years
back but they should be on their feet
again soon. I worked at Volkswagen last
summer and I could see that there will
always be opportunities for young
engineers in both auto plants and in
automotive related companies."
Wayne, an electrical engineering
student, agrees.
"When a person is in an engineering
job for a long time, the new technology
passes them by. Often a company likes
to bring in new people with new ideas.
Anyone who is willing actively to pursue
a career in the field should be able to
find a position."
Dave is in his senior year at LIT,
hoping to graduate this June. He previously attended the College of DuPage
in Illinois. He has always wanted to be
an engineer and has been tinkering with
cars and other mechanical devices ever
since he was in junior high school.
Wayne, a junior, attended Macomb
County Community College, Oakland
University, and Michigan State University before transferring to LIT. He had
once entertained the possibility of
becoming a veterinarian but after some
study and part-time work in the field, he
decided that his greatest career
potential would be in engineering.
Both of the students have been maintaining an excellent academic record at
LIT and being awarded the UndenA/ood
scholarships has helped them to continue their studies. Perhaps, it might be
just the first step in a career which
follows Art Underwood's own, up the
ladder of success in the automotive
industry. •
VVayne Mitan and Dave Selfridge (L to R) have found their college studies more affordable thanks
to the UndenA/ood Scholarship.
13
LIT
�Minoru Yamasaki
Minora
A
S a s t u d e n t of a r c h i t e c t u r e in t h e
J 9 3 0 s , Minoru Y a m a s a k i met with
d i f f i c u l t i e s c a u s e d not o n l y b y d i s c r i m i n a t i o n b e c a u s e of his J a p a n e s e
b a c k g r o u n d , b u t a l s o b y t h e e f f e c t s of
t h e D e p r e s s i o n o n his f a m i l y ' s f i n a n c e s .
H e w o r k e d in A l a s k a n s a l m o n c a n n e r i e s
during the s u m m e r s , enduring unbelieva b l y m i s e r a b l e c o n d i t i o n s , to e a r n
e n o u g h m o n e y to c o n t i n u e his e d u c a t i o n
through the next school year. Because
of t h i s , Y a m a s a k i c a m e t o u n d e r s t a n d
t h e v a l u e of a n e d u c a t i o n a s w e l l a s t h e
n e e d to p u r s u e a " h i g h e r c o u r s e " in life.
A s h e s t a t e s , " . . . w h e n I l o o k e d at t h e
o l d e r m e n a r o u n d m e in t h e c a n n e r i e s ,
d e s t i n e d t o live o u t t h e i r lives in s u c h
u n c o m p r o m i s i n g and personally degradi n g c i r c u m s t a n c e s , I b e c a m e all t h e
m o r e d e t e r m i n e d not to let t h a t b e t h e
p a t t e r n into w h i c h m y life w o u l d fall. I
Spring/Summer
1981 14
Yamasaki
h a d b e e n b l e s s e d with certain natural
g i f t s , b u t I k n e w t h a t it w o u l d t a k e h a r d
w o r k a n d s t e a d y a p p l i c a t i o n if I w e r e to
d e v e l o p a n d u s e t h e s e in a w a y t h a t
w o u l d m a k e m y life m e a n i n g f u l to b o t h
me and those around me."
Y a m a s a k i n o w h e a d s o n e of t h e m o s t
s u c c e s s f u l a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m s in t h e
country, but he has never forgotten
t h o s e y e a r s of s t r u g g l e . T o help aspiri n g a r c h i t e c t s , his c o m p a n y n o w f u n d s a
full y e a r s c h o l a r s h i p for a s t u d e n t e n r o l l e d in t h e f i f t h - y e a r p r o g r a m in LIT's
S c h o o l of A r c h i t e c t u r e . T h e s c h o l a r s h i p s
are given annually to outstanding
students so they can complete the
vigorous one year professional degree
c u r r i c u l u m d e s i g n e d to c o m p r e h e n s i v e l y
p r e p a r e t h e m for a p l a c e in t h e a r c h i t e c tural world. •
�Jean LaMarche
' Mot
just an architect, but also
l ^ a n architectural philosopher" is
what Jean LaMarche hopes to become
someday. Being awarded the Minoru
Yamasaki & Associates scholarship this
year will go fa[ toward helping him
accomplish this goal.
Jean is in the fifth-year professional
degree program after graduating summa
cum laude from the four year program
in June. At 35, he is a little older than
most of his fellow students, but he has
found that this has not been a handicap
either in or out of the classroom.
In 1962, Jean began his architecture
education at the University of Houston.
Already an avid painter and designer,
he found that he was not ready at that
time for the discipline that architecture
demands of an artist. He left school and
joined the service, but four years later
he returned to U of H as an art major. It
was not until several years after, when
he moved with his wife to St. Clair,
Michigan, that he began, once again, to
seriously consider formal architecture
training.
Enrolling at LIT in 1978, Jean began
an outstanding career of academic
achievement, maintaining a perfect 4.0
average. He worked with professors as
an assistant, then took over some basic
design classes of his own. In the fifthyear program, Jean will undertake a
thesis project on "Contemporary
Theories in Architecture and the Idea of
Alienation." Most of all, he wants to
come to some conclusions about design
ideas and philosophy and how they
affect our world.
"I believe that there is too much
emphasis placed on models in architecture and not enough on creative
design," Jean notes. "I would like to put
the art back into architecture because
art in any form is related to the creative
human experience. It's something that
we can all share. You can teach technique, but creativity should be the mark
of a great architect—not whether he or
she can follow accepted norms for
design. I hope someday to change the
current perceptions about design and to
open up the strict guidelines which we
placed on it in modern architecture." •
Student Jean LaMarche seeks to put art and
creativity back into architecture, thanks to his
Yamasaki
Scholarship.
15 LIT
Magazine
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3
Masonry Institute of Michigan
F
Robert
F.
A
Ebeling
f o u n d i n g t r u s t e e of t h e M a s o n r y
I n s t i t u t e of M i c h i g a n , R o b e r t F.
E b e l i n g is b e s t k n o w n for his p i o n e e r i n g
w o r k in t h e e d u c a t i o n of b r i c k l a y e r
a p p r e n t i c e s . A s t h e first c h a i r m a n of the
B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Masonry Apprenticeship Trust, he spearh e a d e d t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e i n d u s t r y ' s first s t a n d a r d i z e d t e x t b o o k s for t h e
t r a i n i n g of a p p r e n t i c e s a n d j o u r n e y m e n .
He has also advocated architectural
e d u c a t i o n for p e o p l e w i t h b a c k g r o u n d s
in t h e m a s o n r y i n d u s t r y .
T h e E b e l i n g S c h o l a r s h i p w a s s e t up
b y t h e M a s o n r y Institute to h o n o r this
life-long Detroit-area m a s o n contractor
for his u n t i r i n g efforts o n b e h a l f of t h e
i n d u s t r y a n d its y o u n g p e o p l e . T h e
s c h o l a r s h i p is a w a r d e d to a n o u t s t a n d ing a r c h i t e c t u r e s t u d e n t but s p e c i a l
p r e f e r e n c e is g i v e n to t h o s e w h o h a v e
ifamily m e m b e r s w h o a r e m a s o n r y c o n t r a c t o r s , b r i c k l a y e r s , or a r e e m p l o y e d in
o t h e r a r c h i t e c t u r a l or c o n s t r u c t i o n
related professions.
R e c i p i e n t s of t h e s c h o l a r s h i p a r e
c h o s e n by a special c o m m i t t e e w h i c h
i n c l u d e s t h e e x e c u t i v e d i r e c t o r of t h e
M a s o n r y I n s t i t u t e , a t r u s t e e of t h e Instit u t e , t h e d e a n of L I T ' s S c h o o l of A r c h i tecture, and representatives from the
LIT Scholarship C o m m i t t e e . Each year,
a b e n e f i t golf o u t i n g is h e l d to raise
f u n d s for t h e s c h o l a r s h i p . •
Spring/Summer
1981 16
James
J
R.
Snyder
a m e s R. S n y d e r e s t a b l i s h e d his
m a s o n r y c o n s t r u c t i o n c o m p a n y in
1 9 4 9 a n d since that time has personally
a d v a n c e d m a n y innovative techniques
a n d d e s i g n s for t h e i n d u s t r y .
O n e of h i s f o n d e s t d e s i r e s , h o w e v e r ,
w a s to p r o v i d e a n o p p o r t u n i t y for y o u n g
p e o p l e to p u r s u e a n e d u c a t i o n in a r c h i t e c t u r e . H e w a s p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t e r e s t e d in
h e l p i n g t h o s e a l r e a d y i n v o l v e d in t h e
m a s o n r y i n d u s t r y to b e c o m e i n v o l v e d in
t h e d e s i g n d e c i s i o n s i n v o l v e d in c o n s t r u c t i o n . It w a s b e c a u s e of this t h a t t h e
f r i e n d s a n d a s s o c i a t e s of J . R. S n y d e r
e s t a b l i s h e d a s c h o l a r s h i p in his n a m e ,
t h r o u g h t h e M a s o n r y I n s t i t u t e of
Michigan.
S n y d e r w a s a f o u n d i n g t r u s t e e of t h e
M a s o n r y I n s t i t u t e a n d w a s a l s o a lifel o n g m e m b e r of t h e D e t r o i t M a s o n C o n tractors Association. The Masonry
Institute golf outing w h i c h funds the
Ebeling a n d o n e other scholarship, also
p r o v i d e s f u n d s for t h e S n y d e r
Scholarship.
•
or Kevin G e r a l d s , f i f t h year archit e c t u r e s t u d e n t at LIT a n d the
w i n n e r o f t h i s y e a r ' s J . R. S n y d e r
S c h o l a r s h i p , h i s e d u c a t i o n a n d years
of s t u d y at t h e C o l l e g e have been a
t i m e o f i n c r e a s e d a w a r e n e s s o f everyt h i n g f o r w h i c h h e i s g r a t e f u l . F i r s t , he
i s t h a n k f u l t h a t a c a r e e r d e c i s i o n he
m a c r e s e v e r a r ' y e a r s a g o rtas ^umea'aaC
t o b e a r i g h t o n e ; s e c o n d , t h a t K i m , his
w i f e of a l m o s t t h r e e y e a r s , has always
been supportive even w h e n times
were difficult.
K e v i n b e g a n h i s c o l l e g e p r o g r a m at
W e s t e r n M i c h i g a n U n i v e r s i t y a n d Grand
V a l l e y S t a t e C o l l e g e w h e r e he studied
art and m u s i c , f o c u s i n g on talents
w h i c h h a d e m e r g e d i n e a r l i e r y e a r s . He
s o o n f o u n d , h o w e v e r , t h a t he h a d some
a d j u s t i n g of g o a l s t o do.
" A t t h a t t i m e , I realized t h a t sculpture, w h i c h I w a s m o s t involved with,
w a s not really p r a c t i c a l , " he notes,
" a n d because I had just reconfirmed
m y C h r i s t i a n f a i t h , I f e l t t h a t t h e right
c h o i c e of a n a l t e r n a t e area of study
c o u l d only be m a d e t h r o u g h continued
c o n t e m p l a t i o n a n d prayer.
"I left s c h o o l for nine m o n t h s and,
d u r i n g t h a t t i m e , I s t r o v e t o r e a c h the
right d e c i s i o n , one that utilized my
talents but w a s also a goal that was
a t t a i n a b l e , " h e c o n t i n u e s . " I t a l k e d to
o t h e r s a n d a r c h i t e c t u r e k e p t c o m i n g up
s o I a s k e d G o d for a c o n f i r m a t i o n that
this w a s the right path. I w a s convinced
H e s h o w e d m e s e v e r a l t i m e s t h a t it
w a s , so I c a m e back to college and
s t a r t e d at LIT."
T h e " s i g n s " h a v e t u r n e d o u t t o be
r i g h t b e c a u s e e v e n w h i l e j u g g l i n g work,
classes day and night, and a new
marriage, Kevin has always found
s o m e strength to c o n t i n u e on through
t h e u n d e r g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m and then
o n f o r t h e f i f t h y e a r p r o f e s s i o n a l degree.
He a t t r i b u t e s his e x c e p t i o n a l l y high
g r a d e p o i n t a v e r a g e , as w e l l as his
ability to press on, to his dependency
o n , a n d t h e d e p e n d a b i l i t y o f , G o d in
a d d i t i o n t o t h e s u p p o r t of his wife.
" W i t h o u t t h e m , I c o u l d not have
m a d e i t , " h e s t a t e s , " a n d n o w t h a t I am
a l m o s t d o n e , I w a n t t o k e e p m y respons i b i l i t i e s t o t h e m u p p e r m o s t in m y m i n d . "
Kevin a l s o h o p e s t o g a i n the three
m o r e years of p r a c t i c a l experience
n e e d e d for his a r c h i t e c t u r a l registration and to go back to s o m e pursuits
w h i c h h a v e h a d t o t a k e a b a c k s e a t for
�Kevin Geralds and Gerald Poye
Kevin Geralds did some searching
found his niche in architecture.
before
he
the last several years — art and nnusic.
" I have never lost the desire t o
sketch and c o m p o s e m u s i c , " he
relates " b u t I c o u l d never devote the
time to m u c h besides s c h o o l and work.
Now, I w o u l d like to begin b o t h in
earnest and perhaps get a p i a n o of my
own. Then, I w o n ' t have to drive everyone in the LIT c a f e t e r i a crazy w i t h my
repetitious p r a c t i c i n g on the C o l l e g e ' s
piano between c l a s s e s . " •
engineering has helped him in his architecture classes.
"Unlike many of the students, I have
a better feeling of what can and can't
be done," he notes. Five years of construction experience has helped me to
know what is structurally feasible as
well as what is actually done by the
construction companies once they get
the architect's drawings."
Currently, he is tutoring one day a
week for students from junior high to
college level. He believes that this is his
"fair share" in the exchange of ideas.
"Knowledge is something that is free,"
he states. "You give it and you take it
but everyone must be involved in both
exchanges."
Gerald's thirst for knowledge does not
stop at architecture and engineering,
however. He wants to study sociology,
psychology, linguistics, and every part of
many different cultures to immerse
himself in the study of human existence.
"Architecture is a worldly job," he
states. "It's all the professions in one
' ' I love education and I love school,"
I are words that are not often heard
these days. However, for Gerald Poye,
this year's winner of the Robert F.
Ebeling scholarship, they are absolutely
true.
He is currently in his last year of LIT's
four year architecture program and, by
his own count, two semesters away
from a bachelor of science degree in
interior architecture, and 30-35 hours
away from a construction engineering
degree. Gerald has studied at Western
Michigan University, the University of
Michigan and the University of MichiganDearborn as well as at LIT, and he
doesn't intend to stop there.
After he graduates with his degree in
architecture this year and interior architecture next March, Gerald plans to
begin work on a master's degree. Then,
he hopes to study and teach in Europe
for several years. As he has always
done, he will earn his own way, enjoying every moment of education no
matter what the subject.
The background which Gerald has in
3
^
because you must understand everything about people before you can best
design for them. The more I can find
out and the more I learn about people
in general, the better job I will be able
to do.
"An architect must be open to other
ideas," he continues, "and not be tied
down by his own personal tastes or
impressions. I want to get exposure to
everything possible, including conflicting
as well as concurring ideas. I feel that
by being able to see all sides of an
issue, I will have done all I can to
become the best architect I can be.' •
Gerald Poye tutors students from junior high
to college level as he seeks to fulfill his fair
share in the exchange of ideas. He feels a
need to be exposed to all areas of human
endeavor in his quest to design buildings best
suited to their users and function.
�Frank de Hesselle,
director
of international
student affairs, finds fie sometimes
wears many fiats to serve the needs
An
'intemational
affar'
For nearly 400 LIT students from
foreign nations, Frank de Hesselle
is counselor, buffer, chider,
father-confessor, and friend
W
hile Director of International Student Affairs might sound like an
official state department position, in
reality it is the personal counselor,
parent, friend, banker, and academic
advisor for the nearly 400 international
students at LIT.
Frank de Hesselle, who has held the
position full-time in the admissions office
Spring/Summer
1981
18
of LIT foreign
students.
since 1972, must handle far different
cases than the typical college
admissions counselor. The international
students who come to him often have
very little idea about the customs of
America, don't understand the way
things must be done here, and expect
something entirely different than what
greets them when they get off the
plane. Many of them are thousands of
miles away from homes, friends, and
families and have no one to turn to. A
former LIT international student, himself,
Frank understands their needs but also
must be firm in seeing that they adhere
to standards.
"The students often arrive here
believing that America is the one
they've seen in motion pictures—all milk
and honey," he states. "They're not
ready to deal with the tremendously fast
pace of life here or with the overwhelming fact that, often in America,
God is for everyone but everybody is for
themselves. Distances are vast, public
transportation is not readily available
and rules and regulations cannot be
bent.
"Sometimes, students will leave home
without having made proper arrangements for a place to live or transportation. They expect that everything will be
done for them," Frank continues. "I help
them all I can but I also let them know
that they have sole responsibility for
�their actions while in this country. If they
get into trouble, the authorities will not
accept ignorance of the law as an
excuse."
Frank has often been roused late at
night to help students who really need
assistance but he also is aware of the
tricks they may try to get out of having
Cooling
a hot topic
to live up to their own responsibilities.
"Some students will actually overdo
their accents, hoping that someone will
take pity on the 'poor little fellow' who's
so far away from home," he laughs.
"Some professors are too lenient with
them because of this but I'm used to it.
They get no special considerations from
ele
hac
[
roc
Air
fire department
vein's two
3san
-^f^r
tute
he
I disasters, whether man-made or
E x a c t s of God, have a way of overshadowing the everyday hostilities
between nations. Such was the case
)!amhossein (Hossein)
'
F-1 student from Iran,
'ing apartment in
e neighbor William
jre death.
s been in the
^rinq program
•dying in
me because they're not in their home
country."
Frank is currently advisor to students
from 62 different countries, some of
whom are resident aliens who have not
yet taken out American citizenship. The
bulk of his work, however, involves the
F-1 students.
nothing unusual about his act of
heroism, even though he received a
special citation from the fire department, nor does he give any thought
to the problems which have occurred
between his country and that of his
Iraqi roommate or with America,
"I just take people as they are and
I hope that they will do the same,"
he notes.
And, though he has not seen nor
heard from the man he rescued that
night, Hossein is not looking for
thanks or any special treatment. "But,
I'd like to see him," he smiles,
"because I would like to get my
jacket back." •
19 LIT
Maoazine
�"An F-1 student is a student who has
convinced the Department of State that
he or she wishes to study in America on
a temporary basis and received an F-1
classification," Frank notes. "They must
assure consular officials that they will
return to their native country after the
termination of their studies and prove
that they have the funds necessary for
their education. The money for their first
year must be readily available when
they apply.
An exodus
for
opportunity
H
aving parents who escaped the
"holocaust," serving 18 months
In the Israeli army, having lived
through two wars close to home, and
finding herself a "stranger in a strange
land" has not embittered Sarah Hillman, On the contrary, she finds life a
"joy" and as an international student at
Lawrence Institute of Technology, her
insights on Israeli and American life
have made her a most interesting
college addition.
Sarah, an accounting student at
LIT, was born in Tel Aviv, the middle
child in a family of "mixed" nationality. Her father, a Pole, and her
mother, a Greek, both fled their
native countries during WWII, settling
in Israel just before it became a
state.
Sarah attended school in Israel and
at age 18 was drafted into the Israeli
army. "Women do not fight in Israel
anymore," she notes, "but they still
must learn how to operate and clean
a gun. At that time, everyone had to
serve in the army unless they were
married (women only) or were excluded for religious reasons."
In a country which is generally
thought of as a religious state, it
seems strange that some can be
deferred from military service for
religious reasons, even to Sarah.
"Jewish history is very sad and wars
are very destructive but we must
protect ourselves," she notes. "I
couldn't help resenting, though, the
fact that often those who talked the
loudest about waging wars were also
the ones who's sons were not
serving because orthodox Judaism
does not allow men to fight."
There is a great deal which Sarah
misses in her home country, but she
still enjoys America and Its way of
life. "In Israel," she states, "there
Spring/Summer
1981 20
Sarah Hillman
seems to be more warmth between
people, probably because they are all
working for a common cause. Still, I
don't believe in generalizations and
you can find cold, mean, or warm
people in every society. I know that it
is America that made it possible for
me to go to coilege because in Israel
there were few places where one
could go for an education and I am
very thankful that I was given the
opportunity. •
Sarah will graduate from LIT in
June of this year. Having recently
married an American and being a
resident alien and not an F-1 student,
she will be staying in this country,
hopefully finding a job in New York
City with her husband. Her memories
of home will remain with her, though,
as well as her hope that Israel will
someday be free from the threat of
war and able to exist as a free and
independent state. •
"F-1 students cannot work in this
country unless there are extenuating circumstances which were not forseeable
at their time of entry," he continues.
"Then they can petition and may be
granted the right to part-time employment by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
"An F-1 student must maintain an
acceptable grade point average while
carrying a full-time course load," Frank
relates. "Otherwise, they lose their
eligibility for F-1 status and may be
liable for seizure and deportation by the
INS."
Because of the many rules and regulations and also because of their native
country's sometimes brutal police
system, the students are often afraid of
the immigration authorities. Frank, on
occasion, serves as a buffer between
the two.
"There have been only two or three
deportations and very little trouble with
the international students at LIT," he
states, "because most of the students
who are here are eager to study once
they understand the ground rules."
A total of 393 international students
enrolled at LIT in the fall of 1980, 215
of which were F-1 visa holders. The
largest group, 107, came from Lebanon.
Large numbers of students also came
from other middle eastern nations as
well as from such "far away places" as
the Philippines, Nigeria, Greece, India,
Bangladesh, and Yugoslavia.
Of the 393 students, 249 enrolled in
engineering programs, 70 in architecture, 26 in management, 18 in arts and
science and 13 in associate studies.
The others were given special or guest
status.
Why would a foreign student choose
LIT out of all the other colleges and
universities in the United States? Perhaps for the same reasons Frank, himself, did several years ago.
"I wanted a smaller college with more
of a personal touch," he remembers.
Also, I found the tuition more within my
means and the programs very career-
�cent of the F-1 students stay in this
country permanently after graduation,"
Frank states. "You may hear many
unusual stories about convenience
marriages and such but the restrictions
are much too tight to make it possible
for many students to convince the
authorities that they have good reason
to stay.
"In order to live and work here after
graduation," he continues, "anyone on a
F-1 visa must prove to the Labor
Department that they are going to be
doing a job for which no U.S. citizen or
resident is available—and that is not
easy. Right now, there are many positions open in the skilled trades but not
in the professional areas."
So—while most of the students find
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Frank de Hesselle (center) strives to help
students from other nations understand
and
succeed
in the College's
competitive
educational
programs.
'Students often
arrive here
believing that
America is the
one they've seen
in motion pictures
—all mill< and
honey.'
1
oriented. Currently, the highest enrollment of foreign students is in construction engineering. They are preparing for
a career in which there is a dire need
for trained professionals in their
countries."
Although Frank has adopted the
customs and ways of life in America
(even while remaining fluent in his own
native Dutch language as well as
German, French, and English), he is
disappointed that other international students do not choose to become more
involved.
"There could be more intermingling
between the international students and
the American students," he notes.
"Each group keeps pretty much to itself,
which means a minimum of difficulties
but also that they are missing other
ideas and other points of view. Still, I do
believe that international students cannot help but take back to their own
countries a better understanding of the
American way of life and I think that's
very important."
And—home they do go—contrary to
what many people believe.
"I believe that only about 10-15 per-
themselves returning home to Kenya or
Cameroon or Thailand or wherever they
have their roots, they take back with
them much more than a college degree
and suitcases full of belongings and
memorabilia. They also carry back the
memory of a college which, from its
very beginnings, fulfilled the essence of
the American dream—education for
everyone—no matter what race, color,
creed, social status—or national
origin. •
�Dooley
'registers' big
impression for
recent grad
F
ew people at LIT are as fondly
remembered as the College's first
registrar, Genevieve Dooley. She joined
LIT at its founding in 1932 and worked
with exceptional dedication until her
retirement in 1963. The dedication in
that yearbook probably best sums up
her years of service to the students at
Lawrence:
M i s s G e n e v i e v e G . D o o l e y , r e g i s t r a r at
L a w r e n c e i n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y s i n c e
L a w r e n c e T e c h s f o u n d i n g , will retire in
J u n e of 1963.
Miss Dooley had been the secretary
of t h e late R u s s e l l E. L a w r e n c e ,
f o u n d e r of t h e c o l l e g e in 1 9 3 2 , f o r 14
y e a r s prior to joining t h e staff.
Lawrence Tech's enrollment has grown
f r o m l e s s t h a n 3 0 0 in 1 9 3 2 t o a n
e x c e s s of 3 3 0 0 in 1 9 6 3 . In t h e w o r d s
of D e a n E. O . G r a e f e , "It c a n t r u l y b e
s a i d t h a t L a w r e n c e I n s t i t u t e of T e c h nology c o u l d not have p r o s p e r e d and
p r o g r e s s e d t h e w a y it d i d w i t h o u t t h e
help, loyalty, a n d endless hard work
contributed by Miss Dooley. For without her courage, confidence and
g u i d a n c e there might not be a
L a w r e n c e T e c h in e x i s t e n c e t o d a y . "
T o M i s s D o o l e y , w h o s e p r e s e n c e in
t h e R e g i s t r a r ' s O f f i c e will l o n g b e
r e m e m b e r e d , the 1963 staff dedicates
t h e 1 9 6 3 L-Book.
Last year, an alumna who owes her
entire college career to Miss Dooley,
Linda Christine (Chris) Blackwell, H u 7 9 ,
funded an annual award to be named
after the former registrar and presented
to each year's outstanding humanities
student. Chris lived near Miss Dooley
and, at first, had no intention of attending college. "Miss Dooley was always
very concerned about my education,"
states Chris. "She finally convinced me
that it was important for me to go to
college and, of course, she 'suggested'
LIT. She thought it was the greatest
college on earth."
The 1980 winner of the award was
Adriana Vasile, an international student
from Romania, who maintained the
highest grade point average in the
humanities program.
Recently, the LIT Magazine contacted
Spring/Summer
1981
22
As the
College
watch
from
She
retired
celebrated
then-President
in
its Silver
E. George
Anniversary
Lawrence
in 1957,
Registrar
to commemorate
Genevieve
Uooiey
receivea
her quarter
century
of
a
service.
1963.
Miss Dooley to reminisce with her about
the "early days." She is now 82 years
of age and living during the winter in
Pompano Beach, Florida with her twin
sister, Gertrude Steltenpohl. In summer,
they share an apartment in New York
City near Mrs. Steltenpohl's daughters.
Miss Dooley is still as charming and
enthusiastic as ever and shares these
memories with LIT l\/lagazine readers.
"Beginning in the late 1920's I was
employed as a secretary to the faculty
of the engineering school at the University of Detroit where Russell Lawrence
was dean. As I recall, Mr. Lawrence had
the idea for some time of starting his
own college of engineering before he
took the actual step of opening
Lawrence Tech in September, 1932. He
particularly wanted to provide an educational opportunity for working students
by offering an evening engineering
school. When he made the decision to
open LIT, he invited me to join the staff
in the position of registrar and bursar. I
accepted and was with the College from
the beginning. Although the financial
problems were very severe in opening a
college in the midst of a depression,
several factors helped make it possible.
The Henry Ford Trade School, which
was the original site of the College on
Woodward Avenue in Highland Park,
was made available to us for classes
fully furnished and rent-free in the
beginning. The College enjoyed good
credit from the beginning because of
Russell Lawrence's fine reputation,
especially in industry.
"A number of colleagues of Mr.
Lawrence's from the U of D joined the
LIT faculty at the outset and worked at
first without pay. I too worked initially
without pay. As our finances improved,
our back salaries were made up.
"It was a difficult time in the beginning
for students too, in terms of their ability
to pay tuition. We extended credit to
every student who needed it and my
recollection is that none of them
disappointed us in eventually paying
what they owed. Among our first students, of course, was Wayne Buell. I
remember him working in the cafeteria
while he was going to school, doing the
dishes and getting his meals there.
"Russell Lawrence's untimely death,
only eighteen months after the College
opened, was a severe blow. I believe
the fact that LIT survived this great
difficulty demonstrates how well organized and staffed the College had
become in a very short time. As I think
back on my thirty years at LIT from
1932 until my retirement in 1963, the
very pleasant memories I have of the
faculty, staff, and students I came to
know over the years far outshine my
recollection of the difficult times we had
in the beginning." •
�A graduate of Northwestern High
School in Detroit, Armstrong began
working in the building trades as an
apprentice carpenter in 1951. He
graduated from the Building Trades
Carpenter Apprenticeship program in
1955 and worked for many years as a
construction superintendent and project
manager with several metropolitan area
construction contractors. He began
working for the City of Southfield in
1976 as director of facilities and construction project coordinator for the
City's civic center project.
Armstrong replaces Jewell Egger as
campus facilities director at LIT. Egger
retired in February after 11 years of
service to the College. •
Fit to a Tee. What's the most difficult
and dreaded
subject
at LIT? If the new T-shirts students
like
Mark Weidle are sporting
are any indication,
it's that most insidious
of all
requirements—calculus.
The "I Survived
Calculus
at LIT" T-shirts were the brainchild
of bookstore
manager
Gail
Nastwold.
She says the shirts are selling
very well, raising the suspicion
that either calculus
isn't really all that
tough—or
some victims are trying to pass as victors. (From the Southfield
Eccentric.^
May 21 Downtown
is Looking
Up, Edmund
Bacon, planner and urban designer and
1981 visiting professor in the School of
Architecture. LIT Arch. Aud.; 7:30 p.m.
Applications, tuition up
It looks like 1981 could be another
banner year for Lawrence Institute of
Technology, as the number of new
students accepted for admission next
fall is already far above that of 1980,
itself a record year.
As of March 1 of this year, 716 new
students had been accepted for LIT's
day baccalaureate programs beginning
next fall. Last year at the same time,
581 were accepted and, by the fall term,
a record 5,260 students had registered
for classes. This year's largest increase,
once again, is in engineering where 333
applicants have already been accepted
into electrical, mechanical, and construction engineering, compared to last year's
March 1 total of 290.
According to Stan Harris, director of
admissions at LIT, the increase may
require the College to become more
selective by raising admissions standards or closing admission early to
some programs.
"We are finding that students are enrolling at LIT in record numbers, in
these hard economic times, for several
reasons," Harris notes. "First, we offer
programs which are oriented toward
today's career market while maintaining
a competitive tuition level which is often
lower than that of state supported colleges. In addition, our convenient locaSpring/Summer
1981
24
Coming
events
tion in Southfield and the availability of
regularly scheduled evening programs
appeal to students who must commute
and/or work full-time while attending
college."
r
Basic tuition for full-time students
enrolled in bachelor of science programs
will be $555 per term in 1981-82, up
$45 or 8.8 percent over the current
academic year. Even with the increase,
LIT tuition remains among the lowest of
any private technological college in the
nation. •
\
May 21 Honorary dinner to induct Don
Ridler, former LIT basketball coach and
athletic director, into Michigan Sports Hall
of Fame. Cobo Hall. All alumni and LIT staff
invited. Tickets must be purchased in
advance.
May 22,26 Registration, Day College,
summer session. Classes begin May 27.
May 28, June 5 Registration, Associate
Programs, summer session. Classes begin
Junes.
June 3, 5 Registration, Evening College,
summer session. Classes begin June 8.
June 7 Graduates Breakfast. LIT cafeteria;
8-10 a.m.
June 7 Commencement. Ford Auditorium;
2:30 p.m.
June 16 Annual Business Meeting of the
LIT Alumni Association. Plum Hollow Golf
Club. RSVP Alumni Office by June 9.
Facilities
director named
Jack Armstrong of Southfield has been
named director of campus facilities at
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
August 25,27 Registration, Associate
Programs, first term. Classes begin
September 1.
August 26,28 Registration, Evening College,
first term. Classes begin August 31.
September 3,4 Registration, Day College,
first term. Classes begin September 8. •
�Faculty
and staff notes
Dr. V i c t o r A n g e l e s c u , c h a i r m a n of t h e
h u m a n i t i e s d e p a r t m e n t , w a s t h e e d i t o r of t h e
^ R o m a n i a n s e c t i o n of t h e Columbia
Dictionary,
p r i n t e d in l a t e D e c e m b e r . V i c t o r w a s a l s o t h e
e d i t o r of t h e s e c t i o n o n R o m a n i a n l i t e r a t u r e
for t h e Michigan
Language
Association
International
Bibliography,
a post which he has
held for 14 y e a r s .
B r u c e A n n e t t , d i r e c t o r of p u b l i c a n d a l u m n i
relations, h a s b e e n e l e c t e d to a three year
t e r m a s d i r e c t o r of t h e O a k l a n d C o u n t y
Pioneer a n d Historical Society and appointed
h e a d of t h e S o c i e t y ' s p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s
committee.
Dr. H a n s B a j a r i a , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of
m e c h a n i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g , p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r in
Paris, F r a n c e at the 8th A u t o m o t i v e S e c t i o n
C o n f e r e n c e of t h e E u r o p e a n O r g a n i z a t i o n for
Quality C o n t r o l ( E O Q C ) o n N o v e m b e r 18. His
p a p e r w a s e n t i t l e d , " S o m e F r u s t r a t i o n s in
Quality Training." Approximately 350 people
f r o m t h e a u t o m o t i v e i n d u s t r i e s in E u r o p e
w e r e in
attendance.
G e o r g e B o w d e n , c h a i r m a n of t h e c o n s t r u c tion e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t , s w a m in t h e
regional A A U M a s t e r s C o m p e t i t i o n o n
D e c e m b e r 1 3 at O a k l a n d C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e .
George, w h o w a s on the Purdue University
varsity s w i m t e a m , t o o k first p l a c e in t h e 5 0 ,
100, a n d 2 0 0 y a r d f r e e s t y l e e v e n t s a n d
recorded a 5 0 y a r d time w h i c h w a s only 5
s e c o n d s off h i s b e s t t i m e in c o l l e g e . T h e n e x t
step in t h e c o m p e t i t i o n is t h e s t a t e e v e n t
w h i c h will b e h e l d in M a y at M i c h i g a n S t a t e
University.
L o u i s D e G e n n a r o , a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r of
m a n a g e m e n t , h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d to a p a n e l
of labor a r b i t r a t o r s for t h e M i c h i g a n E m p l o y ment R e l a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n . T h e p a n e l of
a r b i t r a t o r s h a s j u r i s d i c t i o n o v e r all l a b o r d i s putes i n v o l v i n g p u b l i c e m p l o y e e s in M i c h i g a n .
Dr. J o h n D. H r o m i , c h a i r m a n of t h e
mechanical engineering department, has been
a p p o i n t e d t o t h e B o a r d of G o v e r n o r s of t h e
A m e r i c a n A s s o c i a t i o n of E n g i n e e r i n g
Societies.
K a r i I s a a c s o n , a s s o c i a t e d i r e c t o r of d e v e l o p ment, h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d t o b e o n t h e n e w
L e g i s l a t i v e C o n c e r n s C o m m i t t e e of t h e M i c h i gan C h a p t e r , N a t i o n a l S o c i e t y of F u n d - R a i s ing E x e c u t i v e s . T h e a i m of t h e c o m m i t t e e is
to t r a n s l a t e M i c h i g a n l e g i s l a t i o n a n d r e g u l a tions, a s t h e y r e l a t e t o c h a r i t a b l e i n s t i t u t i o n s
and f u n d - r a i s e r s , f r o m t h e " l e g a l e s e " t o
layman's E n g l i s h . Future plans include drafting l e g i s l a t i o n a n d r e g u l a t i o n s for s u b m i t t a l t o
the A t t o r n e y G e n e r a l ' s O f f i c e .
Jewell
Egger retired
February
13 after 11 years of service
as campus
facilities
director, He was
bid farewell
at a faculty
and staff reception
in tils honor. Here, he and his wife, Ruth, hold
up the cake prepared
for the occasion.
It reads "Mr. Egger—you
have indeed
been a jewel."
A vacation
in the south was Jewell's
next order of
business.
P a u l F. K i n d e r , d i r e c t o r of f i n a n c i a l a i d , h a s
b e e n e l e c t e d t r e a s u r e r of t h e M i c h i g a n
A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g i a t e Registrars a n d
Admissions Officers ( M A C R A O ) . M A C R A O
h a s a m e m b e r s h i p of o v e r 1 5 0 0 a d m i s s i o n s
officers, registrars, financial aid officers, and
other collegiate personnel. Paul's term runs
t h r o u g h the 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 a c a d e m i c year.
J o e O l i v i e r i , p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e , is
b e c o m i n g a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l a u t h o r a s o n e of
his articles o n "Sexual H a r r a s s m e n t " has
b e e n t r a n s l a t e d f o r a G e r m a n m a g a z i n e . In
a d d i t i o n , t h e Air Conditioning
Heating
&
Refrigeration
News
r e c e n t l y r a n a n o t h e r of
J o e ' s articles, " A Consultant Looks at...
Ventilation and Energy Conservation."
D o u g K o c h , a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of m a n a g e m e n t , has b e e n a s k e d to serve as the college
relations c o o r d i n a t o r for District 5 ( W a y n e ,
O a k l a n d , M a c o m b , a n d S t . C l a i r c o u n t i e s ) of
R e g i o n X ( M i c h i g a n ) of t h e A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y
f o r P e r s o n n e l A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . A S P A is a n
o r g a n i z a t i o n of o v e r 2 4 , 0 0 0 p r o f e s s i o n a l s
w h o s e i n t e r e s t s a r e t h e m a n y a s p e c t s of
human resources management.
D r . L o u i s P e t r o , d e a n of m a n a g e m e n t , w a s
b u s y during O c t o b e r as he conducted three
w o r k s h o p s a n d presented a paper on "Cost
A c c o u n t i n g in a n I n f l a t i o n a r y P e r i o d " at t h e
a n n u a l M i c h i g a n A s s o c i a t i o n of C P A ' s
M a n a g e m e n t Advisory Services Conference.
T h e three w o r k s h o p s included: "Statistical
S a m p l i n g in A u d i t i n g " f o r t h e O a k l a n d U n i v e r sity C o n t i n u i n g Professional Education Prog r a m ; " S h o p Floor C o n t r o l " for the A m e r i c a n
Production a n d Inventory Control Society; and
" F i n a n c i a l M a n a g e m e n t in t h e M e d i c a l O f f i c e "
to the O r t h o p e d i c Office Managers Group.
E d M i e l o c k , a s s i s t a n t t o t h e d e a n for
associate studies, has been approved as a
Certified Engineering Technologist. His
application w a s a p p r o v e d by the Engineering
T e c h n o l o g i c a l C e r t i f i c a t i o n I n s t i t u t e in W a s h i n g t o n w h i c h is s p o n s o r e d b y t h e N a t i o n a l
S o c i e t y of P r o f e s s i o n a l E n g i n e e r s .
M i k e S w e e n e y , a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r of
m a n a g e m e n t , r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d his l i c e n s e to
practice as a certified public accountant and
h a s a l s o b e e n a c c e p t e d a s a m e m b e r of t h e
M i c h i g a n A s s o c i a t i o n of P u b l i c A c c o u n t a n t s .
�Capital
Campaign
$8 million
Pledges and contributions to LIT's fiveyear $12.5 million Capital Campaign
passed the $8 million mark in February.
As of March 3 1 , 1981, the Campaign
had raised $8,134,438, accounting for
65 percent of the goal.
Pacesetting gifts to the Campaign
from October 1, 1980 through March 3 1 ,
1981 include: Sage Foundation $50,000,
J. L. Hudson Company $25,000, BartonMalow Company $20,000, Charles B.
DeVlieg Foundation $20,000, Amax
Foundation $15,000, Champion Spark
Plug Company $15,000, George I. Alden
Trust $10,000, Commercial Contracting
Corporation $10,000, Fishbach-Natkin
Company $10,000, O. Germany, Inc.
$10,000, and Maccabees Mutual Life
Insurance Company $10,000. •
E d i s o n C a m p a i g n . LIT alumni at Detroit Edison contributed over $69,000 to the College's
Capital
Campaign during a recent in-house fund-raising effort coordinated by Bill Pence, EE'52. Of the
199 alumni working at Edison, 54% or 107 donated a total of $34,590 toward a new energy
systems lab, part of the renovation of engineering facilities called for in the Capital Campaign.
Volunteers who worked on the Campaign at Edison were (left to right): Frank Plizga, ME'61;
Larry Sundgren,
EE'61; Eugene Bosetti, EE'55; Bill Pence; Jim Kelly, ME'49; and Ray Berta,
ME'43. Not pictured but also a Campaign volunteer was Maurice Vermeulen,
EE'60.
Clock
running
on Kresge
Challenge
Free enterprise. Nine students from Lawrence Institute of Technology were in Lansing recently to
witness the signing of a proclamation by Gov. William Milliken designating March 16 as "Free
Enterprise Day." The students are members of the College's Students in Free
Enterprise
(S.I.F.E.)
organization which seeks to promote the American economic system through various
projects. Included in the group were: (L to R) Steven Voorheis of Pontiac, Anne Innes of Canton,
Pat Keeley of Southfield, Peggy Samulski of Sterling Heights, Keith Ulrich of Detroit, Kevin
Wood of Southfield, Cathy Reed of Royal Oak, Bob Hall of Detroit, and Bob Foess of
Southfield.
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1981 26
Time is running out for alumni to help
secure a $500,000 challenge grant from
the Kresge Foundation.
The grant was awarded to the College
for the construction of the Management
Building, phase one of the Capital
Campaign. To qualify for the grant, LIT
must raise the $2,500,000 needed to
complete construction of the building by
June 30, 1981. As of March 3 1 , approximately $1,500,000 had been raised.
Lewis C. Veraldi, ME'68, campaign
general chairman, said the Kresge grant
"provides us with considerable incentive
to wrap the campaign up at the earliest
possible date. It has a profound impact."
Alumni wishing to "help meet the
challenge" or to increase their level of
support to the College in light of the
Kresge challenge can send their contributions to the LIT Development Office,
21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield,
Ml 48075. •
�Another
good one!
H
Tau Beta Pi. Contrary to its name, ttie "Bent Key" monument
isn't an advertisement
for ttie
grapfiite industry — it's tfie symbol of national engineering
tionor society Tau Beta Pi.
Students and alumni members of the Society gathered April 11 to dedicate their
campus
monument, located outside the Administration/Engineering
Building. Pictured are (L to R)
1979 Tau Beta Pi President Jim Webster, III; 1979 Vice President Wayne Shintaku; Dr.
Stephen Davis, dean of engineering;
Dr. Wayne Buell, LIT chairman; Richard
Maslowski,
department
chairman, electrical
engineering,
and Tau Beta Pi faculty advisor; 1981 Tau Beta
Pi President Gregg Lefstad; and Deborah Dohring, 1978 Tau Beta Pi president.
Above, Open House visitors examine concepts
for the
of Tomorrov^" in the School of Architecture
while (right)
Schoneck
shows guests an engineering
lab.
undreds of guests attended Open
House '81, LIT's annual allcampus extravaganza for prospective
students, alumni, community and professional friends, and other visitors.
LIT students and faculty again prepared plenty of interesting displays,
ifascinating demonstrations, and entertaining distractions for the two day
event, held this year on April 11 and 12.
Urban planner, author, and educator,
Edmund Bacon was the keynote
speaker. Other highlights included the
second annual "Run for Excellence" 10
kilometer fun run, dedication of Tau
Beta Pi's campus monument, and the
annual alumni reunion dinner-dance.
(See page 30 of this issue.) •
"Southfield
Walter
Run for Excellence. A thundering
head of running enthusiasts
sprint over the starting line to begin LIT's second annual Run for
Excellence,
sponsored
by the Student Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
(SC/AIA).
Winners of the race for the second year in a row were
brothers Ed and John Grabowski,
who later participated
in the Boston
Marathon.
27 LIT Maaazine
�Sue
Gralinski,
Robert
student
Heirnz,
ML DI,
titzoi
Akimni pledge
nearly $90,000
during winter
phonathons
Spring/Summer
1981
28
LIT's 1980 Phonathons, held November
10-20 and December 3, brought pledges
of $64,154 from 615 alumni, nearly 2.5
times the original goal of $25,000.
The November Phonathon was the
most extensive ever mounted by the
College and the first in recent memory.
More than 100 alumni, student, and staff
volunteers contacted 2,195 alumni who
had not previously been personally
approached to support the College's
Capital Campaign.
—
Phonathon offices and phones for the
November and December efforts were
generously donated by Bob Schlaff,
IM'62, and Citicorp.
In February, 1981, a special Phonathon was conducted to reach former
scholarship recipients and Alumni
Achievement Award winners. Forty
graduates pledged a total of $22,945,
including corporate matching gifts.
�Bob Buccellato,
ME79
Volunteer alumni callers for the
phonathons included Ron Adams, Roger
Avie, Jim Battle, Frank Bell, Marshall
Bloom, Betty Boschma, Allan Breyer,
Ian Bromley, Bob Buccellato, Wayne
Buell, Richard Darbyshire, Bob DiPonio,
Joe Dyki, John Fawcett, Dave Fillion,
Doug Fisher, John Flood, Gil Gatchell,
Jeff Gendron, Bob Heintz, George
Hutzel, Frank James, Charles Jones,
Jr., Brian Judge, Art Kelley, Paul
Kolanek, Chuck Koury, Henry Kovalsky,
John Lahti, Marlyn Lisk, Dennis
Marburger, Ted Milek, Bob Nowicke,
Sue Nowicke, Dennis O'Connell, Cal
Opperthauser, Frank Parcella, Al
Prevost, George Rinaldi, Al Rouse, Jack
Rouser, Ron Sanders, Nick Sarzynski,
Bob Schlaff, Wayne Shintaku, Roger
Shtogrin, Gerrit Stemmer, Paula Stofer,
Marvin Strzyzewski, Henry Tamagne,
Mike Ugorcak, Jim Webster, Herman
White, Hurst Wulf, Loren Yaros, and
Michael Zulinski.
Student volunteer callers included
Carlos Allison, Carolyn Andrek, John
Berbiglia, John Dombrowski, Florian
Duchin, Andy Freeburn, Sue Gralinski,
Tom Hadjimarkos, Daniel Heise, Clark
Hoppel, Kevin Johnson, Lisa Krusiewicz,
Greg Lefstad, Denise Martin, Bill
McDonough, Al Moen, Bill Morrow, Anita
Mouradian, Ramona Penzien, Dave
Perye, Jack Price, Mark Schmitt, Tom
Shea, Tim Theriault, Janice Torosian,
Cindy Weiland, and Mark Young.
Staff volunteer callers included Bruce
Annett, Wayne Buell, Anne Cattermole,
Stephen Davis, Jewell Egger, John
Flood, G. Robert Harrington, Stan
Harris, Ron Huizenga, Kari Isaacson,
Mel Janney, Mona Kolanek, Modelle
Lee, Ernie Maier, Richard Marburger,
Richard Michel, John Miller, Ed Nagel,
Lou Petro, and Roberta Wisler.
Friends who volunteered included Vita
Buell, Shirley Curran, Dorothy Harrington, Allan Levy, Pat Petro, Rita Stano
and Jill Toft. •
Joseph Dyki, ME'62
Dennis Marburger, BA'76
�Alumni Association News
The beat
goes o n . . .
T
he annual LIT reunion dinner-dance
April 11 attracted a full house to
the College dining roonn. Alunnni and
their spouses or guests reminisced
over a rennarkably delicious beltpopping dinner, chuckled during a
short program honoring anniversary
classes, and then enjoyed four hours
of music presented by alumnus Mike
DeKimpe's Blue Mist Orchestra.
Judging by the number of grads who
stayed around until 1 a.m. — the event
was an unqualified success.
Among the door prizes awarded,
honors went to the oldest alumnus,
Reino Meining; the earliest class represented, Wayne Buell; the alumnus
coming the greatest distance, Richard
Czubaj; and the youngest alumnus,
Mark Kovalsky.n
LIT Board Chairman Dr. Wayne Buell, ChE'36 (second from left),
"light bulb" award for his enlightened leadership of the College.
Marburger
(left), and LIT's top administrators
presented the gift,
fully reproduced
by Edisonia expert Bob Koolakian of Greenfield
was the recipient of the
LIT President
Richard
an Edison light bulb skillVillage (fourth from left).
C l a s s of '46. The Class of '46 had the highest percentage
of grads
show up for the festivities
— five out of a possible
13 — thanks to
the efforts of calls or letters from John Flood. Pictured (L to R) are
Reino Meining, John Flood, AI Harmon, Roland Krupp, and
Joseph
Muccioli.
C l a s s of '56. Twenty-five years goes by mighty quickly,
agree
(L to R) Andy Kszych, Tony Spadafore,
Thomas Braun, and Adrian
Boswell, gathered here around their class graduation
photo.
C l a s s of '71. The Class of '71 returned in force as evidenced
by
their group photo. Pictured (Back Row L to R) are Tom Pallas,
Richard Czubaj, William MacMunn,
Fred Rosiak, James
Nichols,
and William Baldner. (Front Row L to R) Terry Bilovus, Rich
Gibbons,
Charles Smith, Michael Bailey, trek Imirowicz,
and Joseph
Carolln.
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1981 30
They could ha
uanuea
an
night..
�Alumni Notes
Information appearing in this section is
gatliered from media sources whicli mention
that an alumnus is an LIT graduate, from
corporate news releases, from alumni correspondence
or use of the alumni notes form
which appears in each
issue.
1933-59
Harold V. Christensen, ME'39, writes that he
is the senior engineer at Boeing Commercial
Aircraft's new plant in Macon, GA. He says
that the firm is looking for experienced people
for tool design, inspectors, tool makers, and
computer operators.
"Having had good training at LIT, I have
held good positions at Michigan Tool,
Ex-Cell-0, Martin-Marietta Balistic Missile,
and now at Boeing. I was 74 last April and
am still going strong—praise the Lord!
Greetings to old friends at LIT and Pi Kappa
Phi."
National Bank of Detroit has announced the
appointment of R. Paul Engle, ArE'50, of
Farmington Hills as vice president in its
property management and purchasing
division.
In his new position, Paul is responsible for
the design and construction of NBD and
National Detroit Corporation banking facilities.
He previously served as second vice president and manager of the bank's design and
construction department. He is certified by
NCARB, and is a member of the Michigan
Society of Architects, AIA, and the American
Arbitration Association. In 1973, he received
an alumni achievement award from LIT.
The architectural firms of Richard J.
Happley Associates of Dearborn and E.
David Reitzel Associates of Saline, completed a merger recently which brought two
long standing architectural firms together. The
new firm will be known as Happley/Reitzel
Associates, Inc., Architects A.I.A. with offices
located in Dearborn.
Dave, ArE'55, and his family reside in
Westland. He is a former member of the
Westland Planning Commission. Richard
attended LIT.
1960-69
William L. Surbrook, IM 60, has been
named a production administrator at GM's
Fisher Body plant in Trenton, NJ. He resides
in New Town, PA.
Maurice L. Vermeulen, EE'60, has been
named manager of Detroit Edison Company's
Wayne Division, a post giving him responsibility for electric service to 249,000 customers
in 42 western Wayne and Monroe County
communities. The Wayne Division includes an
area of roughly 782 square miles and its 440
employees are located primarily in a new
headquarters building in Van Buren
Township.
Maurice joined the firm in 1949 immediately
following graduation from high school. He
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served in the Army for two years and then
rejoined the company, working full-time while
earning his degree at LIT. He filled a variety
of engineering, marketing, and customer
service posts in Port Huron, Detroit, and
Birmingham before being named manager of
the firm's Ann Arbor Division in 1976.
He is a registered professional engineer
and member of ESD and IEEE. He and his
wife, Jean, live in Plymouth Township.
West Bloomfield's planning director, Frank
R e y n o l d s , ArE'62, recently received national
certification from the American Institute of
Certified Planners, an institute of the American Planning Association. He completed the
national institute's testing on physical,
economic and social planning, urban design,
historical planning, and transportation and
circulation planning in November. Reynolds
has been planning director since 1973. Frank
is working on his Ph.D. in planning at U. of
M. He holds a master's of urban planning
degree from Wayne State.
Arthur E . Maass, CivE'63, has been
appointed to the newly created position of
director of utilities for the City of Midland. The
new position is the result of combining the
Water Department and the Waste Water
Treatment Department. Art had served as
waste water superintendent since 1963. He
will be responsible for the operation of the
waste water treatment plant and two water
treatment plants, including Midland's $26.5
million water plant expansion. He is a registered professional engineer.
Taylor resident Patrick J . Scullion, ME'63,
IM'76, has been named vice president,
marketing and district operations, for the
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company.
Pat is responsible for all gas marketing
functions for Michigan Consolidated as well
as the operations in the company's outstate
districts, including Grand Rapids, Muskegon
and some 430 other communities in the
northern portion of the State's Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Pat joined
Michigan Consolidated in 1955 as a meter
reader. In 1961 he moved into the company's
engineering operations and two years later
moved into the marketing activity. In 1975 he
was appointed director of regulatory affairs, a
position he held until 1978 when he was
named director of market services.
In 1969 he received his juris doctorate from
the Detroit College of Law. Pat and his wife,
Nancy, have three children.
The judges of the 41A District Court have
elected Kenneth J . Kosnic,IM'64, chief
judge. The 41A District serves the communities of Utica, Sterling Heights, and Shelby
and Macomb Townships. Ken received an
alumni achievement award in 1979.
Send to: Director of Public and Alumni Relations, Lawrence Institute of
Technology, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075.
W. Barry Bitzer, IM'65, of Orchard Lake
earned a master of arts degree from
Central Michigan University. While attending
C M U , he was president of the Twin Beach
31 LIT
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�School Parents-Teachers Association,
t r e a s u r e r a n d W e b e l o s l e a d e r of P a c k
107
a n d p r e s i d e n t of t h e T w i n B e a c h C i v i c
Association.
R i c h a r d A d e l s o n , ArE'67, has joined the
R a d o s P a r t n e r s h i p A r c h i t e c t s Inc., of T a m p a ,
F L , a s p a r t n e r in c h a r g e of t e c h n i c a l m a n a g e ment. Richard w a s previously with Smith,
H i n c h m a n a n d G r y l l s A s s o c i a t e s , Inc.
G a r y R. M a u l e , E E ' 6 7 , w a s r e c e n t l y p r o m o t e d t o m a n a g e r of i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n a n d
c o n t r o l e n g i n e e r i n g at G i l b e r t / C o m m o n w e a l t h
A s s o c i a t e s in J a c k s o n . H e e a r n e d his M . B . A .
f r o m L o y o l a in 1 9 7 3 a n d w a s p r o f e s s i o n a l l y
r e g i s t e r e d a s a n e n g i n e e r in 1 9 7 5 . H e l i v e s in
C e m e n t City.
T h o m a s E. H a n s z , A . I . A . , A r ' 6 8 , a d d r e s s e d
t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e M i c h i g a n C h a p t e r
of t h e A m e h c a n I n s t i t u t e of K i t c h e n D e s i g n e r s
in L a n s i n g in D e c e m b e r .
T h e t o p i c of h i s s p e e c h a n d s l i d e p r e s e n t a tion w a s "Kitchen Design - A n Architect's
V i e w , " a n d dealt with not only this perspective but with m u t u a l professional cooperation
as well. Kitchen design has many times been
n e g l e c t e d a s a c o n s u l t i n g s e r v i c e in r e s i dential architecture. T h e A.I.K.D. members
are s e e k i n g w a y s to w o r k closer with architects a n d T o m illustrated w a y s this c a n be
accomplished.
T o m is o w n e r of a n a r c h i t e c t u r a l o f f i c e in
B i r m i n g h a m a n d c u r r e n t l y is w o r k i n g w i t h L I T ' s
D e v e l o p m e n t O f f i c e a n d o t h e r g r a d u a t e s to
i n c r e a s e p r o f e s s i o n a l p a r t i c i p a t i o n in t h e
College's Capital Campaign.
R o n a l d M. M u c c i o l i , IM 6 9 , h a s b e e n prom o t e d to a d v a n c e d c a r p r o d u c t p l a n n i n g
m a n a g e r for F o r d M o t o r C o m p a n y ' s Ford
B r a z i l d i v i s i o n . H e j o i n e d F o r d in 1 9 6 9 a s a
product design engineer.
1970-80
K m a r t C o r p o r a t i o n h a s n a m e d L e o L.
M a n i a g o , I M ' 7 1 , g e n e r a l m a n a g e r of t h e n e w
K m a r t d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e in A l m a . L e o c o m e s
to his n e w a s s i g n m e n t after serving as com a n a g e r of a K m a r t s t o r e in T a y l o r . P r e v i o u s l y , h e m a n a g e d K r e s g e v a r i e t y u n i t s in
Detroit, G r o s s e Pointe, and Fostoria, O H .
D a v i d H. W u l f f , A r 7 1 , a p a r t n e r in t h e f i r m of
W u l f f , N i c h o l s A r c h i t e c t s of C h e b o y g a n h a s
b e e n a c c e p t e d to the A m e r i c a n Arbitration
Association's Commercial Panel.
T h e A m e r i c a n Arbitration Association maint a i n s a N a t i o n a l P a n e l of A r b i t r a t o r s , c o n s i s t i n g of e x p e r t s in all t r a d e s a n d p r o f e s s i o n s .
A r b i t r a t i o n is t h e v o l u n t a r y s u b m i s s i o n of a
d i s p u t e t o a d i s i n t e r e s t e d p e r s o n or p e r s o n s
f o r f i n a l d e t e r m i n a t i o n . In his a p p o i n t m e n t a s
a m e m b e r of t h e p a n e l , D a v e h a s b e e n
r e c o g n i z e d as an individual c o m p e t e n t to
hear and determine disputes administered
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1981
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u n d e r the construction industry arbitration
rules.
D a v e h a s t a k e n g r a d u a t e t r a i n i n g in u r b a n
p l a n n i n g at W a y n e S t a t e . In a d d i t i o n t o t e a c h i n g a r c h i t e c t u r e at t h e U n i v e r s i t y of D e t r o i t ,
h e w a s p r i n c i p a l of h i s o w n f i r m , D a v i d W u l f f
A r c h i t e c t in T r o y .
J o h n P e t e r s o n , Jr., Ar'72, has transferred
f r o m M e m p h i s , T N , to R o c h e s t e r , NY, as
a r e a r e a l e s t a t e m a n a g e r of A b k o P r o p e r t i e s ,
I n c . of W i c h i t a , K S . H e is a m e m b e r of t h e
N a t i o n a l A s s o c i a t i o n of C o r p o r a t e R e a l E s t a t e
Executives.
W i l l i a m A . E r v a s t i , I M 7 3 , of W a r r e n h a s
b e e n n a m e d second vice president and
p e r s o n n e l o f f i c e r at M a n u f a c t u r e r s B a n k of
D e t r o i t . Bill j o i n e d t h e b a n k in 1 9 7 3 a n d w a s
n a m e d p e r s o n n e l o f f i c e r in 1 9 7 4 .
L a r r y S. G i l l e s p i e , M T ' 7 3 , has been
appointed vice president-project management
for the M i d w e s t M e c h a n i c a l Contractors divis i o n o f R. E. D a i l e y & C o . L a r r y j o i n e d t h e
Detroit-based general contractor and cons t r u c t i o n m a n a g e m e n t f i r m in 1 9 7 8 f o l l o w i n g
service with other construction companies.
L a w r e n c e A. P a c h i a , C h 73, has joined
W a r n e r - L a m b e r t in A n n A r b o r a s s e n i o r
s c i e n t i s t of t h e p h a r m a c o l o g y d e p a r t m e n t ' s
drug metabolism group.
Larry, formerly with McNeil Pharmaceutical,
attended Michigan State's graduate program
b e f o r e e a r n i n g h i s P h . D . at P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y
in 1 9 7 8 . H i s s c i e n t i f i c a r t i c l e s h a v e a p p e a r e d
in 1 2 p u b l i c a t i o n s . H i s m o s t r e c e n t a p p e a r s in
t h e A p r i l i s s u e of Analytical
Chemistry,
"Pharmaceutical Analysis Review."
F r e d e r i c k H . P r i n t i s s , I M 7 3 , is a s a l e s
e n g i n e e r w i t h N e l s o n M u f f l e r , a d i v i s i o n of
N e l s o n I n d u s t r i e s , Inc. in S t o u g h t o n , W l .
D a n i e l H . L a f f e r t y , A r ' 7 4 , of T r o y , a n a r c h i tect with Ellis/Naeyaert/Genheimer Associa t e s , Inc., h a s r e c e i v e d h i s p r o f e s s i o n a l r e g i s t r a t i o n f r o m t h e S t a t e of M i c h i g a n . D a n h a s
b e e n working on several shopping center
p r o j e c t s for t h e T a u b m a n C o m p a n y a n d on
t h e r e n o v a t i o n of t h e D e t r o i t - C a n a d a T u n n e l
Plaza.
M a r k A . M c P h e r s o n , A r 7 4 , B A r 7 5 , is a
registered architect e m p l o y e d as a Project
D e s i g n e r at C R S A r c h i t e c t s in H o u s t o n , T X .
M a r k ' s w o r k i n c l u d e s p r o j e c t s in t h e U . S . a n d
Saudi Arabia.
J a m e s R. W a n g l e r , I M ' 7 4 , h a s b e e n n a m e d
m a n a g e r of a g e n c y s e r v i c e s for D r a v o M e c h l i n g C o m p a n y of P i t t s b u r g h , P A . H e is i n v o l v e d in p l a n n i n g , m a r k e t i n g , a n d s a l e s for
all of M e c h l i n g ' s s a l e s o f f i c e s in t h e U n i t e d
States.
D e n n i s R. M a r b u r g e r , B A 7 6 , h a s b e e n
n a m e d an account executive with Kidder
P e a b o d y . H e r e c e i v e d h i s M . B . A . f r o m U. of
M.
M. E u g e n e M o o r e , BA'76, has been named
s y s t e m s analyst within the business systems
d e v e l o p m e n t d e p a r t m e n t of t h e M a n a g e m e n t
I n f o r m a t i o n S y s t e m s a r e a of H o b a r t B r o t h e r s
C o m p a n y . G e n e will b e c o n c e r n e d p r i m a r i l y
w i t h d e v e l o p i n g user p r o c e d u r e s as well as
w i t h t r a i n i n g u s e r s in t h e a p p l i c a t i o n s of t h e
n e w m a n u f a c t u r i n g c o n t r o l s y s t e m . A f t e r this
s y s t e m is f u l l y i m p l e m e n t e d . G e n e will b e
i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of n e w f i n a n cial s y s t e m s .
G e n e has w o r k e d as service publications
w r i t e r a n d s e n i o r c o s t e s t i m a t o r for t h e F r u e h a u f C o r p . , a s s e n i o r c o s t a c c o u n t a n t for t h e
N o r t h e r n E n g i n e e r i n g C o r p . , a n d most recently a s c o s t a c c o u n t i n g s u p e r v i s o r a n d s e n i o r
o p e r a t i o n s a n a l y s t f o r t h e F. J o s e p h L a m b
C o . Hobart m a n u f a c t u r e s arc welding equipm e n t , i n d u s t r i a l b a t t e r y c h a r g e r s , a n d aircraft
g r o u n d p o w e r s y s t e m s . G e n e , his w i f e a n d
s o n live in T r o y , O H .
W i l l i a m R. R o y , A r ' 7 6 , h a s r e c e n t l y a s s u m e d
o w n e r s h i p of t h e a r c h i t e c t u r a l f i r m k n o w n a s
Pettys & R o y s - A s s o c i a t e d Architects. The
n e w firm has b e e n r e n a m e d Roy & Associa t e s - A r c h i t e c t s . T h e o f f i c e is l o c a t e d in
Ludington.
G a r r e t K. K r i s h a n , A r ' 7 7 , h a s e a r n e d a
m a s t e r of a r c h i t e c t u r e d e g r e e at W a s h i n g t o n
U n i v e r s i t y in S t . L o u i s . G a r r e t , w h o d i d
p o s t g r a d u a t e w o r k in u r b a n p l a n n i n g at
W a y n e S t a t e , l i v e s in T u l s a , O K .
J e f f e r y C . L a n e , M E ' 7 7 , is a r e s e a r c h
a s s i s t a n t at C o l o r a d o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e
h e is p u r s u i n g a m a s t e r ' s d e g r e e . H e h a s
h a d a p a p e r p u b l i s h e d t h r o u g h A . S . M . E . at
the National Heat Transfer Symposium.
Patricia A. M c L a u g h l i n , IM'77, has been
n a m e d a s s i s t a n t v i c e p r e s i d e n t of c e n t e r
o p e r a t i o n s f o r T h e T a u b m a n C o m p a n y , Inc.
In t h i s p o s t , P a t r i c i a is r e s p o n s i b l e to t h e v i c e
p r e s i d e n t of c e n t e r o p e r a t i o n s in t h e d i r e c t i o n
a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of m a n a g e m e n t a c t i v i t y
a n d d a i l y o p e r a t i o n s of t h e T a u b m a n r e g i o n a l
retail centers. S h e joined T h e T a u b m a n
C o m p a n y in 1 9 7 4 a n d h a s s e r v e d in a n u m b e r of p o s t s i n c l u d i n g a s s i s t a n t m a n a g e r at
L a k e f o r e s t , t h e c o m p a n y ' s c e n t e r at G a i t h e r s b u r g , M D , m a n a g e r of t h e c o m p a n y ' s T w e l v e
O a k s M a l l in N o v i , a n d s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s
m a n a g e r r e s p o n s i b l e t o t h e v i c e p r e s i d e n t of
center operations.
D a v i d F. R e a , B A ' 7 7 , h a s p a s s e d t h e C P . A .
e x a m i n a t i o n a n d w a s l i c e n s e d in A p r i l . H e
r e s i d e s in L i v o n i a .
D e b o r a h N. D o h r i n g , M E 78, received a
m a s t e r of s c i e n c e in e n g i n e e r i n g d e g r e e f r o m
t h e U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n in A u g u s t of 1 9 8 0 .
S h e is p r e s e n t l y s t u d y i n g b u s i n e s s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o n t h e g r a d u a t e l e v e l at t h e s a m e
university.
D e b b i e has recently c o m p l e t e d the Chrysler
Institute of E n g i n e e r i n g M a n a g e m e n t Training
P r o g r a m , a n d h a s b e e n p r o m o t e d to a p r o -
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73
Gillespie
duct development engineer in the engine performance development department at
Chrysler.
In memoriam
Michael R. Hartley, P h 7 8 , is working at
General Electric Space Division in Daytona
Beach, FL.
L a u r e n c e Tegler, ME'33, of Oklahoma City,
OK, December, 1979.
Caroline (Fitzgerald) Berard, Ar 79, is
employed by Winebrenner and Ebejer, architects, in Farmington Hills. Last fall, she was
featured, along with Dean Karl Greimel, in a
Detroit News article discussing opportunities
for women in architecture.
Vincent G . Dow, EE'79, was married in
September. He and his new bride, Frances,
live in Detroit.
Robert J . F a u s t , A r 7 9 , of Berkley has been
appointed manager of sales for Hoad
Engineers, Inc. of Ypsilanti. He will be
responsible for business development of
architectural and engineering services.
A new architectural design and illustration
firm, Presentation Design Associates, has
opened in Lansing. A partner is Thorn
Greene, A r 7 9 , of East Lansing. He is a parttime instructor at Lansing Community College
and has worked on local building projects.
The firm's current projects include the
restoration and renovation of the Hollister
Building and design work on a proposed
riverboat restaurant.
Timothy J . Jeffrey, B A 7 9 , completed his
M.B.A. at Baylor in May, 1980 and is now a
financial analyst with The Royal Bank of
Canada, the fourth largest bank in North
America.
Frank J . P u d y s z , Jr., A r 7 9 , BArBO, is
working for Henry M. Whitehead Associates
in Decatur, GA.
Mark S . R o o s , I M 7 9 , is an industrial
engineer for Edwards Brothers, Inc. He
received his master's degree in industrial
technology from Western Michigan last
August. He resides in Ann Arbor with his
wife, Joan.
The R. A. DeMattia Company, a Livonia
design/build general contracting firm, has
named Kelly Mixon, Hu'80, coordinator of
marketing services with responsibility for
marketing research, promotion, and advertising. The first woman to hold a managerial
position at the firm, Kelly had been a marketing intern at the company.
Robert F. Waldenmeyer, Jr., Ar 80, has
accepted a position with the H. H. Robertson
Co., architects, of Birmingham.
J o s e p h A. Woerdeman, Ma 80, has joined
Martin-Marietta Aerospace as an associate
software quality engineer in the quality
assurance department. He resides in
Lakewood, CO.
Alexander L. MacDonald, ME 34, of
Farmington Hills.
William T. MacDonald, ME 35, of Cleveland,
OH.
T h o m a s G . Fitzgerald, ME 36, of Decatur,
IL, May 8, 1979. Survived by his wife.
J a m e s Alfred Mansfield, ChE 36, of Detroit.
Anthony C . Fortunski, P.E., C h E 3 9 , of
Grosse Pointe Park, November 28, 1980. He
was a former president of the Michigan
Society of Professional Engineers, and also
served the organization as president of its
Detroit Chapter, chairman of the M.S.P.E.
Insurance Trust, national director, organizer of
the M.S.P.E. Scholarship Fund, and chairman
of the Michigan Professional Education
Foundation.
He was also a director of the LIT Presidents Club, ESD, past president of the Michigan Association of Professions, and past
director of Liberty State Bank and Trust.
He is survived by his wife, Bernice, a son
and two daughters. An M.S.P.E./LIT Scholarship has been established in his memory.
Contributions may be sent to M.S.P.E. Headquarters, P.O. Box 10214, Lansing, Ml 48901.
S i m o n Slutsky, ME'39, of Southfield.
J o h n Popovich, ME'40, of Troy, January 13,
1981. He retired in 1974 from General
Motors after 29 years of service. He was a
director of the LIT Presidents Club, a former
member of the Troy Planning Commission,
and a past vice president of the St. George
Romanian Orthodox Cathedral. He is survived
by his wife, Victoria, a son and daughter.
C h e s t e r H. Garbacz, ME'42, of Detroit.
S a m u e l M. Renfrew, ME'43, of Royal Oak,
October 18, 1980.
Paul O. K o s b a b , ChE'44, of Saukville, Wl.
Myron G r e e n m a n , ME'46, Presidents Club
Member, of Tilbury, Ontario, September 16,
1980. Survived by his wife, Helen.
Walter H. Ahland, CivE 49, of Taylor.
Nick Macewka, EE'49, of Detroit.
73
Wangler
74
McLaughlin
77
Dohring
78
Harry O'Dell, EE'52, of Berkley.
Paul Marberg, P.E., EE'53, of Farmington
Hills, January 3, 1981. He was superintendent of Detroit Edison's North Division Construction department and had worked for the
company 29 years. Survived by his wife,
Rachel, a son and daughter.
Anthony N. Arker, ET 54, of St. Clair
Shores.
O s c a r A n d e r s o n , ChE'55, of Taylor.
J o h n R. Postlethwaite, MT 56, of Royal Oak.
Clayton A r v i s o n , ET'57, of Pine Island, MN.
Carl E . Patterson, EE'57, of Riverview.
G e o r g e J . Smith, RAC'57, of Tucson, AZ.
Daniel M. Schajter, RAC'58, of Detroit.
E d w a r d L. G r e n , MT'59, of Howell.
Nicholas Taylor, EE 59, of Ypsilanti.
J o h n A. McMann, MT'61, of Northville,
January 25, 1981. He was president of
Holcroft, a division of Thermo Electron Corp.
In addition, Mr. McMann was also senior
vice president and group executive of Thermo
Electron, president of Holcroft & Company
(Canada) Ltd., and president of Termo Electron, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico). He had been
with Holcroft since 1946.
John received an alumni achievement
award in 1972. He was a member of the
ESD and the American Society for Metals,
and was past president of the Industrial
Heating Equipment Association.
Survived by his wife, Carol, and four sons.
R o y R. Gyger, ME'60, of Detroit.
J o h n J . Hamill, ET 60, of Livonia.
F r a n c i s T. Heron, IT'61, of Livonia.
L e o G . Kowalski, ET'61, of Detroit. Survived
by his wife, Mary Ann.
Neil H. Miller, IM'61, of Sterling Heights.
J o h n S . McCoy, IM'65, of Royal Oak.
C h a r l e s O. Pierce, MT'65, of Livonia.
Roger L. Middleton, IM 67, of Detroit,
September 3, 1980.
Norman H. Herrmann, IM 70, of Belleville.
Douglas W. Osterrout, IM 72, of Southfield.
T. Arthur Dahike, EE'50, of Dearborn,
October 26, 1980.
Walter M. Holm, ME'50, of Birmingham.
J o h n C . Kilbourne, EE 52, of Orchard Lake.
C h r i s M. DeStefanis, Ma 76, of St. Clair
Shores.
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ach December, while everyone
else is busily preparing for the
holidays, Richard Murie, lecturer in
chemistry at LIT, is over 1000 miles
from home spreading his own kind of
Christmas cheer. Almost every year
since 1972, Richard has donated
several weeks of his time and often paid
his own way to bring American technology and know-how to the Mexican
people.
Richard spends his time in Mexico
teaching at such universities as the University of Guadalajara, University of
Americas, the Technological Institute of
Monterrey, and the University of
Guanajuato. Recently, he helped to
inaugurate a joint njaster's program
between the biomeaical research center
of the Mexican Social Security Institute
and the University of Guadalajara. The
Institute conducts practical research in
solving nutritional and medical problems
relevant to the area.
The idea of donating his time to the
universities was entirely Richard's and
reflected a long-time interest in the area.
"I have always been concerned with
the culture and people of Mexico," he
notes, "and I saw a unique opportunity
to immerse myself in the society by
teaching a badly needed course in
analytical instrumentation."
In the earlier years, equipment, books,
and other supplies were extremely
limited, so Richard made arrangements
to obtain the necessary materials
through loans and later, donations.
"I like to think of it as a one man
peace corps," he continued, "though I
would really like other American professors to join with me. Unfortunately,
few are interested in teaching without
pay, even for a few weeks."
Richard, who has had only one year
Lecturer
Richard
Murie has dedicated
himself to helping others on both sides of the Rio
of formal study in Spanish, is now fluent
in the language and lectures to students
in their native tongue.
" B y reading S p a n i s h newspapers
and chemical textbooks as well as
listening to Spanish-speaking people on
my short-wave radio, I quickly picked up
a working knowledge of the language,"
he remembers.
Because Richard works full-time at
the General Motors Research Labs as a
senior research scientist, he is only able
to travel to Mexico during the Christmas
breaks. He has paid for most of his trips
because the universities have had little
money with which to work and it was
always a "great experience" for him personally.
"The universities are so grateful for
anything I do," he notes, "and the students themselves are unbelievably
industrious and eager to learn. They
don't pay attention to hours and many
days we would hold class from 9:00
a.m. until 7 or 8:30 at night with only
two short breaks and an hour for lunch.
Grande.
"And, I am always being invited to
fiestas or to visit Mexican families," he
continues, "so I get to learn about their
history and culture."
Hopefully, he will be able to interest
others to join him in several years. After
retirement, Richard is considering working full-time in Mexico and administering
an entire program to sponsor visiting
professors on a regular basis.
Unfortunately, Mexico's gain would be
LIT's loss because his enthusiasm for
teaching and people in general is not
just directed at Central America. According to colleagues, he also devotes a
great deal of unpaid time to LIT students. He has single-handedly arranged
for donations of equipment to the
College's labs and can often be found in
the LIT Science Building on Saturdays
fixing some instrument or other which
has gone amiss. Dedication such as this
is a rare commodity in today's world.
Perhaps that is why he is such a
favorite above and below the border. •
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