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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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I
�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.
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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.
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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.
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�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.
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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.
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�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
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tool patents, has written numerous technical
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October 4 Architecture Design Lecture Series:
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INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Autumn, 1981
Architecture
and public criticism
Mom's an engineer!
New look on the avenue
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IMSTITUTE OF TECHMOLOGY
Magazine
Autumn 1981
Vol. 4, No. 3
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alumni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Ml 48075
(313)356-0200
page
About the c o v e r : Everyone seems to
have an opinion about buildings.
This
assemblage
highlighting
"Architecture and Public Criticism" is by
Bruce
Annett.
page
1
1
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:
director of public
page
19
back
cover
Our man in Saudi Arabia Alumnus Bill Moylan works with
the Arabian American Oil Company in a land where old and
new ways of life provide some surprising contrasts.
Architecture and public criticism Informed public
scrutiny might benefit the architectural profession. At an
LIT-hosted symposium, experts discussed how and why.
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.,
and alumni relations.
Contributing Editor: Anne M.
Cattermole, associate director of
and alumni relations.
public
11
Production Assistant and Alumni
Notes Editor: Deborah A. Faes,
secretary, public and alumni relations.
Graphics
20
Assistant: Diane L.
Nagelkirk
14
College Photographer:
Walter G.
Bizon, BAr'77; additional photos by
Bruce Annett, Anne Cattermole, and
others.
The statement above is included in this
publication to conform to Federal
guidelines: it represents
no change in
the policy of LIT.
A synfuel primer An energy expert looks at what you
might be purchasing at the neighborhood service station
before 1990.
Annual Giving Report for 1980-81 This special insert
recognizes LIT's generous contributors between July 1,
1980 and June 30,1981.
Notice of
non-discriminatory
policy a s 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
College-administered programs.
Mom's an engineer! Linda Lewis-Ernst balanced her
family and academic life to struggle through college. In the
process, she's inspired her children not to let gender stand
in the way of what they'd like to do.
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19
31
New life 'on the avenue' LIT architecture students tackle
the improvement of a plucky Detroit neighborhood
determined to stem the tide of urban blight.
On campus LIT meets the Kresge Challenge, a look at
tuition in context, goodbye to the Class of '81, and much,
much more.
Alumni notes Advancements, moves, and other news
from LIT graduates near and far.
�College mourns death
of Wayne H. Buell
As this issue of the LIT Magazine was being
printed, we sadly learned that the College's
chairman of the board and chief executive
officer, Wayne H. Buell, ChE'36, had
passed away.
Although he was diagnosed as having
cancer nearly a year ago, Dr. Buell characteristically pressed forward and continued his
active involvement in College operations until
his death on October 10.
His long association and tremendous
impact on Lawrence Institute of Technology
will be highlighted in the next issue of the
LIT Magazine. We'll also take a special look
ahead with Dr. Richard E. Marburger, who
became Dr. Buell's successor as president in
1977, and who has now been elected by the
board of trustees to take on the additional
responsibilities of chairman and chief
executive officer.
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Director of Public
and Alumni Relations;
Editor, LIT Magazine
�Even camels have had to adjust to the fast pace of technology. A
familiar sight as past and present merge in strange ways, a Bedouin's
pickup truck now provides transportation between wandering herds of
livestock.
Our man
in Saudi
Arabia
Alumnus Bill Moy Ian helps ease the clash
of tradition and technology in a kingdom
carefully embracing the industrial age
F
ind a desert nomad with a tent pole
that doubles as a TV antenna and,
chances are, Bill Moylan, CE74, won't be
too far away.
Bill, a project engineer with the Arabian
American Oil Company (Aramco), has
spent most of the last seven years in
Saudi Arabia, a country of contrasts.
Nomadic shepherds now transport their
camels across the desert in imported
trucks instead of walking as they have for
thousands of years. In recent years, the
Saudis have found themselves necessarily caught between the old and the
new, which often results in a startling
mixing of two cultural worlds in an attempt
to cope with advancing technology. Bill
laughs as he remembers one of the most
graphic examples of this cultural
synthesis.
"A friend and I were riding outside of
the Aramco compound when we came
across a Bedouin's tent," he relates. "We
stopped to say hello, and in the process of
talking with him, he found out that we
were engineers. Right away, he asked if
we could fix his truck and we agreed to
take a look at it.
"We found that the battery was dead
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�and using what language we knew we
tried to explain," he continues. "When we
finally pointed to the battery, he smiled
and nodded his head saying, 'day-co,
day-co.' We suddenly realized that he
was saying 'Deico' and that he must have
been watching American television
commercials. When we questioned him
about it, he took us into his tent, threw
back one of the rugs and there was a
Sony Trinatron Home Entertainment
Center. He raised the main tent pole
which was also an antenna and we sat
down with him on the carpets to watch the
Saudi Philharmonic."
According to Bill, it's not strange to see
such anachronisms as the Saudi people
adjust to a new way of life in a country that
is suffering from an acute case of "future
shock" caused by its sudden oil wealth.
Because of this, the government of Saudi
Arabia is doing all it can to help its people
advance with the changing times.
"The Saudis are making great strides
in a very short period of time," Bill relates.
"The government is endeavoring to share
the wealth with its people through
interest-free home loans, free health care
and education for all young people."
Although the Saudi government
announced in January a 100 percent
takeover of Aramco's producing assets,
Aramco is still tasked with managing
Saudi Arabia's mammoth oil and gas
reserves. This includes the direct exploration, development and production of oil
and gas, as well as managing the total
engineering, procurement and construction process.
"Because of the stark lack of a local
infrastructure in many of the operating
areas, Aramco must also develop total
self-contained communities to support the
production and maintenance effortroads, homes, shops, retail commissaries, hospitals, recreation facilities, etc.
Moreover, Aramco is deeply involved in
local industrial development. In some
ways, Aramco seems to be operating as
the HEW department in the Eastern
Province," says Bill.
The community at Dhahran, where Bill
is headquartered, is much like a suburb of
Houston—air-conditioned homes,
libraries, golf courses (on oiled sand),
educational facilities, organized sports
teams, movie theatres, swimming pools,
racquetball and tennis courts, and anything else they might need to feel at
home. Also close by is the Arabian Gulf
(the "Persian Gulf" to the Western world)
which affords excellent sailing, fishing
and scuba diving. A desert Utopia?
Hardly.
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\
•
Top: The ninth hole of the Aramco course at Dhahran. Bill and his friends can play on brown
"greens" of packed and oiled sand. One can imagine the sand traps. Above: Bill visits China's
Great Wall—one of several stops he's made on his way home to Detroit for his annual six week
vacation.
�" T h e Saudis are Moslems and live by
strict religious codes," Bill notes. "What
w e Americans consider to be our Godgiven rights to whoop it up, the Saudis
view as Western decadence." Public
consumption of alcoholic beverages is
forbidden and they do not condone nightclubs, gambling or theatres in their communities. Saudi Arabian justice, though
strict, is basically fair, certainly swift, and
uniformly applied. What isn't generally
known, nor fully appreciated, is that crime
'Situations arise
where values
and ethics
clash.'
in Saudi Arabia is nearly nonexistent.
" A l s o , " Bill continues, "the opportunities for local travel are somewhat limited.
Although Saudi Arabia is about two-thirds
the size of the United States, its population is only about that of Southeastern
Michigan. Much of the country is arid
desert. So, even though gasoline is only
310 a gallon, besides the village souks,
local restaurants, or desert camping,
there's not much to visit."
One of Bill's latest projects was the construction management
of an off-shore
gas-oilseparator plant in the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.
A r a m c o d o e s provide benefits
outside of the higher salaries, however,
that make continued employment appealing to Bill and others like him. Each staff
member is given six weeks vacation each
year and the price of a round-trip airplane
ticket home.
" Y o u can apportion the money any way
you like," he notes, "so you can visit a lot
of different places, traveling around the
world before returning to Saudi Arabia.
Also, the other holidays we have off
during the year can be used In conjunction with a weekend, so travel to other
countries near Saudi such as Greece or
India is possible.
"For me, the educational benefits are
also a plus," he adds. "Aramco
sponsored my year and a half of
advanced degree study in project
management at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. The company believes in
developing its own management from
within."
Bill joined Aramco in June, 1974, after
answering an ad in the Engineering
News-Record
during his senior year at
LIT. After being interviewed in Chicago,
he was offered and accepted a position in
Saudi Arabia.
"Aramco made 19 offers to college
seniors that year and 13 accepted," he
states. "The company continued to hire
new American engineering graduates
until recently. Still, opportunities abound
for just about every engineering discipline
and technician with professional
experience.
" W e are teaching the Saudis how to
manage and run everything connected
with oil production," he goes on, "as well
as training them in all kinds of affiliated
professions and services. Aramco contracts almost exclusively with local firms
for all of the construction work. A family
which starts off with little better than a
wheelbarrow and an elementary knowledge of building techniques can grow into
a major construction company, with
Aramco assistance."
Dealing with the Saudis everyday has
given Bill an insight as to what the
Arabian people are really like.
" T h e y are a proud people," he says,
"but they are also friendly, warm, and
hospitable. If you treat them fairly and
courteously, they respond well. The
Saudis value loyalty, being wary of 'fly by
night' operations. There is an entirely
different cultural value system at work in
Saudi Arabia and you must empathize
with it in order to deal with the people.
'Backh-sheesh' ('tips'), for instance,
is an Arab tradition that Is at odds with
both accepted American business ethics
and company policy. Situations arise
where values and ethics clash. One must
learn empathy, develop patience, and
foster a sense of humor to survive."
All in all, however. Bill enjoys his work
and believes that the situation reported
between Arabs and Americans is distorted by the media.
"While in the States," he says, "I read a
lot about the trouble in the Arab world
which would make anyone somewhat
apprehensive about returning or going
there for the first time. On the other hand,
Detroit, my home town, is regularly
reported to be full of murderers and
robbers. One finds that you can't believe
everything without first checking it out for
yourself first hand."
It is exactly this independent spirit that
originally led Bill halfway around the
world, and it is the same adventurous
style that kept him there after the one year
trial period which he gave himself. Bill is
currently the lead project engineer on an
offshore gas-oil-separator-plant
( " G O S P " ) and there seems little doubt
that he will be representing LIT in that far
away land for several years to come. •
�Architecture
and public criticism
An LIT-hosted symposium explores
why architecture might benefit
from informed public scrutiny
^ \e and Public Criticism"
A ^ w a s the topic explored April 10
and 11 when more than 200 participants
attended a special symposium hosted by
LIT's School of Architecture, sponsored
by the East Central Region of the Association of Collegiate Schools of
Architecture, and chaired by Robert
Benson, associate professor.
"Many believe, and I think rightly so,
that public and professional 'taste' is
heavily influenced by what people are
exposed to through media—newspapers,
television, magazines, film, or books,"
said Prof. Benson. "This symposium
explored these phenomena as they relate
to architecture, as well as the history and
philosophy of criticism, and how public or
professional taste and expectations can
be enhanced by thoughtful consideration
of the built environment. In addition, the
influences of institutions like museums,
and the teaching of critical thinking were
analyzed.
"Because individual structures and
developments often become 'public' once
they're opened (even if they're built with
private capital), we also discussed how
critical input by impartial parties might
positively influence a project still in the
design stage," he added.
More than twenty papers on public
criticism were presented by faculty and
students representing architectural
colleges from across the nation. A
highlight of the symposium was a panel
discussion which included David
Lawrence, executive editor of the Detroit
Free Press, William Giles, editor of the
Detroit News, Robert Woodruff, executive
producer with WXYZ-TV, Ed Bacon,
urban planner and visiting professor of
architecture, and architectural critics Paul
Gapp of the Chicago Tribune and Jayne
Autumn 1981 4
Merkel of the Cincinnati Enquirer. Following are excerpts from Paul Gapp's
keynote address as well as excerpts of
the free-wheeling panel discussion which
followed.
A 'criticar
defense
by Paul G a p p
"... around none of the arts—with the
possible exception of dry-fly fishing and
12-tone music—has
so formidable a
mystique been woven as that which
befogs
architecture.
"From Ruskin onward,
architectural
writers have not hesitated to cover a
variety of moral and sociological
themes
for which the pretext was neither
immediately nor subsequently
obvious.
"These writers have also isolated
architecture from the rest of human
experience
and thus rendered it for the
ordinary reader as remote and incomprehensible
as the quantum
theory."
—Osbert
English
Lancaster
satirist and writer
And so we are moved to think about a
couple of important points: Number
one: We're not getting enough architectural criticism in the mass media.
Number two: A lot of architectural writing
is as opaque as a slab of marble.
Now, so far as volume is concerned.
the picture is not quite as bleak as it was
10 or 15 years ago.
W e all know the work of Paul
Goldberger and Ada Louise Huxtable in
New York. Perhaps many of you are
familiar with the work of John Dreyfuss at
the Los Angeles Times, Robert Campbell
of the Boston Globe, Alan Temko in San
Francisco, and a few other writers for
major newspapers.
But in addition to high-profile architecture critics, we're also beginning to see
smaller newspapers getting into the
game.
I'm not sure that w e can call this a real
trend toward more coverage. There are
still millions of newspaper readers who
get no architectural commentary whatsoever. But maybe we are seeing the
beginnings of a journalistic awakening.
The trouble is that most newspaper
editors perceive architecture as an
esoteric subject. Somebody has to sell
them on the notion of covering it.
There's another peculiarity about this
situation. Some editors apparently have
feelings about the importance of architecture in their communities, but believe
they have to go out of town to find critical
expertise.
A few y e a r s ago, for example, the
Cleveland Plain Dealer brought in Ada
Louise Huxtable to take a look at
Cleveland architecture and write about it.
That exercise resulted in some highly
readable copy, particularly in a city that
suffers from an inferiority complex. But
the Plain Dealer never followed up on
that. And surely there are people in
Cleveland qualified to serve as locally
based critics.
�Not long ago,
the editor of a newspaper
in another large Midwestern city asked
me to come in for a week and do a similar
appraisal. I had to turn that down because
of other commitments. But I spent about a
half an hour on the phone trying to
convince the editor he should consider
hiring a local critic, instead of just doing a
one-shot series.
But what about the broadcast media—
particularly television? What are they
doing with architecture?
At the level of local broadcasting
stations, the coverage is usually
infrequent and rather uniformly bad.
I'll never forget the first local television
show on architecture in which I participated some years ago. My conferees
were three highly distinguished Chicago
architects. Afterward, we all agreed that
the show was a catastrophe, mostly
because of an incredibly inept moderator.
But maybe it didn't make any difference,
because the program was taped and
broadcast at 6 o'clock on a Sunday
morning.
I also have nightmarish memories of a
Chicago architecture critic who used to do
a weekly radio critique that ran for 90
seconds. He had to talk so fast that he
sounded like Walter Winchell, and the
whole thing was totally idiotic.
It seems to me that local television
stations, as well as local newspapers,
should be...giving their viewers
and readers credible architectural
commentary on a regularly scheduled
basis. It may not always be simple to find
critics with adequate credentials. But I
believe there are ways of solving this
problem, and I don't think it has to cost an
exorbitant amount of money....
Leaving the broadcast media aside, I
would now like to return to print journalism
and concentrate on the role of the
press.... It seems to me that the concerns
of the newspaper critic run parallel with
those of the practicing architect in many
respects.
Neither can afford to perceive a work of
architecture as though it existed in a
vacuum, apart from the existing urban
fabric. Neither can afford to forget that
virtually every building is a public building, from the standpoint of the users and
rest of us who are obliged to look at it.
The critic who ignores these things
is probably going to wind up turning out a
From the panel: public interest
or special interests: who Is served?
William Giles, editor, Detroit
News:
There is a very basic question
which comes to me from the editor's
point of view. Essentially, who
needs architectural criticism and
why, from an architect's point of
view, do you want it? You want the
newspaper to devote a specialist to
do a "beat" job (and it's a superior
"beat" job, not just a geographic
one). I'm curious about the motives
of the architectural fraternity for
wanting that. Is it really because so
much of your work is done in the
public arena these days and you
need to influence public policy, and
therefore, need to use the newspaper? From my own point of
view—a selfish point of view—I
have people coming to me each
day saying we don't cover certain
areas, geographic or aesthetic or
anything else (and I say), 'Why
should I?'
Robert A. Benson, associate professor of architecture: Doesntthe
success of certain critical campaigns that have been alluded to or
discussed this morning, in any way
incite you to feel that somehow a
newspaper or TV station could
make a major contribution to public
welfare through criticism?
Bill Giles: Well, I'm not sure since the
profession says that it's not really
useful except on the negative side.
They use three-dimensional communication and try to structure it the
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�lot of ivory tower punditry that won't mean
anything to most of his readers. The
architect who ignores these things is
usually on a big ego trip.
One of the concerns of this symposium
is to explore the role of criticism as a
determinant of public policy. Let me
immediately say that I do believe an
architecture critic can exert influence in
the public sector.
But I do not believe a critic can make
maximum use of his media power unless
he takes a very broad-based approach to
his subject.
Specifically, that means understanding
and often writing about such things as
zoning regulations, FAR's, municipal
design incentives, city planning, land
Panel discussion
continued
way they want it structured. I understand the value of participation in
public decisions, but in architecture
there is a certain feeling of "fa/f
accompli'' on the part of most
people looking at a building standing there, or even if they're looking
at a design. It's a very esoteric business and now you're asking me in a
newspaper to make a big issue of
this when there are a lot of other big
issues to be handled by a daily
newspaper. I say, "For w h a t ? "
You've got to persuade me—if
you're serious about wanting it.
economics, construction costs, building
codes, the real estate community, and
politics.
Architects must concern themselves
about all of these things. And so must the
critics. Because these are things that
impose difficult constraints on architects,
or perhaps offer them liberties which are
not in the best interest of the public. They
exert a profound effect on the visual
character of a city.
Now of course, on a large newspaper,
there are city hall reporters and perhaps
urban affairs reporters who write about
many of these subjects. But they usually
have neither the time, the expertise, nor
the inclination to analyze such matters
from the standpoint of urban design and
Paul G a p p , architectural critic,
C h i c a g o Tribune: I love to argue
with edtiors.
Bill G i l e s : That's what editors are for,
for God's sake.
Paul G a p p : First of all. It must be
made "non-esoteric." If it isn't,
you're wasting your time. And, it
can't be just post-facto. What in our
trade w e often call anticipatory
reporting, has to be done and part
of that can be done by the
architecture or urban design editor
getting way ahead of the fact, and
architecture. And the same thing goes for
editorial page writers.
The critic can thus fill this vacuum for
the good of the public and of the profession of architecture. He can analyze,
criticize, exhort, condemn or praise. He
can do this on his own. Or he can be
supportive of reforms that have already
been undertaken by others.
And if the critic has established his
credibility, in terms of comprehension and
accuracy, he can surely influence public
policy.
This kind of influence is often difficult to
measure, I must admit. It rarely makes
itself felt with a spectacular bang.
Usually, it is the kind of influence that
occurs incrementally. You just keep
saying, 'What's going on here? Is
there a plan for this area? Is anybody thinking about what's laying
down the road a piece?' That's
terribly important and that doesn't
even have to get into the realm of
criticism at all. Anticipatory reporting can be "done straight" as we
say in the business—no opinion,
simply an exposition of what the
problems are and what people think
about them, etc.—terribly important
stuff.
E d B a c o n , urban planner and visiting professor of architecture: I do
/
I
Robert Woodruff, executive
of the Detroit Free Press.
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1981 6
producer
with WXYZ-TV and David Lawrence,
executive
editor
Robert Benson, associate
architecture,
and Edmund
professor of
Bacon,
urban
�pounding away at a subject, and hoping
that your message gets through to the
official policy makers.
But there is no doubt that politicians
are especially sensitive to what appears
in the press. And so are other governmental decision-makers. These people
have a great deal of power over the
quality of the built environment.
I do not mean to imply that the mission
of the critic is to take a consistently
negative role—or merely to tilt his lance at
whatever seems to be wrong. It is also
Important to be supportive of public sector
decisions that deserve praise.
Chicago has architecture and urban
think that the newspaper can do a
tremendous service to the longrange future quality of cities and
buildings by being receptive to concepts that come—from whatever
source—which give a new image of
what the city might become. Paul's
done a great deal of that in
Chicago, by bringing in outside
people and so forth.
Dave Lawrence (as editor of the
Philadelphia Inquirer) deliberately
structured the idea of the paper,
itself, taking the initiative to visualize the city In the year 2000. This
resulted in a great deal of con-
planner
and LIT visiting
professor.
affairs critics who do not have to pull their
punches. I enjoy carte blanche at the
Tribune.... Similar freedom is enjoyed by
writers at the Chicago Sun-Times.
We
don't have to worry about pressure
exerted on our editors by the local power
elite, or by advertisers. We have credibility and w e have clout.
But there aren't too many other cities
w h e r e this situation exists. Most
American cities are one-newspaper
towns. More often than not, these dailies
are owned by absentee newspaper
chains that don't like to rock the boat. To
make matters worse, most of these newspapers don't have critics equipped to
deliver any evaluations of urban design.
That's very disheartening.
ceptual input which, I think,
became very Important. And my
real thought Is that the receptivity of
the whole structure of the newspaper to long-range visions is very
important and can become very
influential.
A u d i e n c e : One thing that really
j u m p e d out to me in Paul's speech
w a s the insistence that architecture
is a public matter. I think that we are
just coming out of the period where
people thought that architecture
w a s a private matter. They felt that
building owners had a right to "do
As I see It, we critics have an opportunity to report and analyze architectural
news of all sorts. Some of this news
would not be reported as well without the
benefit of architectural expertise. And
some of it would not be reported at all.
Under the heading of architectural
news, we have such obvious things as
exhibits, lectures, seminars, competitions, and so on. But as an architectural
reporter, I have also covered some rather
extraordinary things.
When a former governor of Illinois
w a s shaking down architects for political
campaign contributions, I found out abou
it and the news was printed on page one.
Immediately aften/vard, the shakedowns
their own thing" and their right was
supported by the fact that they were
the ones that had an economic
stake In the building and Its site and
they w e r e the only people who
needed to worry about that. We are
coming out of a stage when streets
and public squares had almost disappeared and our cities were really
just a bunch of buildings surrounded by cars and high speed
roads to get to them. What we're
now getting, and I'm sure that critics
like Paul and Jane are playing a
major role In this, is a new awareness that the city Is a public place—
Jayne Merkel, critic for the Cincinnati Enquirer, Paul Gapp, critic for the Chicago
and William Giles, editor of the Detroit News.
Tribune,
7 / IT
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�stopped. Well, at least temporarily.
One more example: Three years ago,
Chicago suffered one of the worst
snowfalls in its history. Suddenly, roofs
piled high with snow began collapsing all
over the place. But what stirred up public
interest was the fact that some of the
roofs were on recently constructed
buildings. I began to hear a lot of public
rumbling about slipshod architecture.
What I did in that instance was to talk to
highly respected structural engineers and
Panel discussion
continued
that there are public realms in the
city that should be the concern of
the public and anything that is in the
public realm is, surely, grist for the
mill of the media.
I suspect that it is perhaps not unusual that in Detroit, which is a city
that still, on the whole, doesn't have
any public realms worth having—
though they are beginning to reappear in various spots around the
city—that we still have an editor
w h o can say, 'Well, why do you
want it?'
Bill G i l e s : The question is essentially
one of motives. I'm always suspicious of motives. You tell me that
there is an emergence of architecture as a public matter and I
know that, especially where public
money is concerned. But, I'm still
very interested in why the profession—why architects—have
suddenly discovered that it's good
to go public.
Audience: Architects are only just
realizing that there must be a channeling of forces outside of the profession. The money has to be out
there, the public must be out there.
We as architects do not make buildings happen, outside forces do. We
want to understand those forces
and we want to help the forces so
they can make intelligent decisions.
So, it is absolutely vital that there be
public debate.
Dave Lawrence, executive editor,
Detroit Free Press: We have a
special problem and let me see if I
Autumn 1981 8
develop an article on the subject. I
pointed out that you simply don't design
roofs to withstand freak snowloads that
might occur once every century. It was not
an overly defensive story. But by publishing facts, I was able to counteract the
unfair notion that architects and
engineers are responsible for everything
including acts of God.
W h e n I think about the formation of
can expand on a point that Paul
Gapp made earlier. He talked
about, as I recall, a project in
Chicago in which the people in the
city room of his newspaper were
feverishly wanting to know what he
thought of it, and then, subsequent
to his piece appearing, the same
group was saying 'Boy, this is really
going to be a great building.' What
you have is enormous problems of
ignorance, I think.
You won't find newspapers with
any self-respect that don't have
movie reviews or drama criticism or
that don't have a television critic
because, of course we all go to
those sorts of things or see those
sorts of things. But we really don't
know—I think most of us—what to
think about—let us use as an
example—the Renaissance Center.
I can tell you that a lot of people
have quoted to me, upon my coming to town here two and a half
years ago, what Wolf Von Eckhardt
said of the Renaissance Center and
whether it is "fortress America" and
all the symbolism, etc. But I would
suggest that editors are essentially
lay people with a bit of information
about lots of subjects but not a heck
of a lot of expertise in any particular
subject.
When you take architecture, it
requires a considerable amount of
education to have any enormous
degree of familiarity with it. Frankly
most of us in this country, (and it
doesn't have to do with being an
editor or even being in the media,)
simply are concerned that we don't
know enough to have any comment
upon it, and that's the human nature
problem.
taste, the first thing I think about is clarity
of communication. I think about that
quotation from Osbert Lancaster, and
making architecture as incomprehensible
as the quantum theory. Because too
often, that's what happens.
If the reader doesn't understand what
you're saying, your influence is obviously
going to be nil.
I do assume a reasonable level of intel-
Paul G a p p : There seems to be a suspicion on the part of some folks
here, about what these architectural birds are up to. Are they trying
to get space in the newspaper?
What's their professional posture
and what sort of ax do they have to
grind? Certainly, in a preliminary
stage these are valid questions to
raise. But, the fact is that architects
as a professional group are the
greatest shrinking violets in the
world. They simply do not make
themselves heard as often as they
should. The sum total of their influence is to send news releases out
of the AIA or the Octagon in
Washington. I am constantly exerting them in print to become more
active in the local chapter, state and
national level on things that go
beyond Betts and all that stuff.
Because of the way architects are,
and because of the ethical constraints, some of which have
recently been loosened by the AIA,
they really do a very poor job. In
fact, they don't do any job at all of
trying to influence anyone as a
professional group whether its the
AIA, SARA, or whatever. They're
certainly not an evil bunch, but they
are one of the most badly organized
bunch of professionals in the world.
J a y n e MerkeL architectural critic.
Cincinnati Enquirer: You are
asking a great deal of a newspaper
that people read casually and occasionally (if you want it to act as a
medium to purely educate). Writing
is most effective when it teaches
you something that you already
knew. It sort of points out or calls
your attention to something you
were already thinking. Given the
�ligence among my readers. I would rather
take the risk of writing up to them instead
of being patronizing.
On the other hand, I am conscious of
the fact that my audience does include
many architects. And one way or another,
I must maintain my credibility among
them.
Another decision that must be
commonly made is whether to write about
a building before it is constructed, or
aften/vard, or both. I have no fixed policy
way people read newspapers and
the amount of space we have, I
think we're usually most effective
just igniting the sort of quick
recognition that was really already
there.
People are in buildings all the
time and they're not so ignorant as
we think. But, sometimes just the
focus on the existence of something
makes them aware. Mr. Giles keeps
asking 'Why should we do it?' Probably all of us that are writing have
been retained because we've been
able to inform and entertain. My
editors are always saying 'Make It
interesting' more than informative.
Unless you can get a reader
interested, you've lost him. I think
you do that most by catching on to
something which he already senses
as a possibility.
Bob Benson: In thinking about the
nature of this symposium, I've had
to ask myself many times: What do
we expect from It? What is the
reason for having it? What does it
intend to do? And, the one thing
that I am convinced that we can
expect is that there will be no definite answers to any questions that
are raised. If we go about it not
looking for definite answers, then I
think we will expect to generate lots
of ideas, and I hope a lot of controversy. I don't expect fist fights,
but I certainly don't want to assume
that we all think the same way.
Perhaps out of that then new attitudes will begin to emerge by
means of which we can reassess
the field of criticism itself and the
relationship that each of us as an
individual has to it. •
Paul Gapp of the Chicago
Tribune
was awarded the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
on this. My decision depends mostly on
how important the building appears to be,
and how high its public visibility will be.
I'm going to conclude by zeroing in
more precisely on the formation of taste
through criticism.
First, let's consider public taste.
Criticism in the mass media sometimes obviously reinforces existing likes
and dislikes arrived at by the public. If you
don't know much about architecture, it
feels good to have a critic recite expert
reasons for intuitive judgments that
you've already made. The mail I get from
non-architects certainly reflects this.
Criticism can also strengthen tentative
judgments made by a public that is timid
about expressing itself. This applies
particularly to buildings that depart from
design orthodoxy, or that don't send out
signals that are familiar to the public.
Let me give you a case in point. When
the renderings of Helmut Jahn's extraordinary new State of Illinois building
were first made public, people on the
Tribune staff were terribly curious to know
what I thought about It. I also noticed they
were extremely reluctant about
expressing their own opinions—even in
informal conversation.
But immediately after my first and very
positive piece about Jahn's building was
published, the same staff members went
out of their way to tell me they thought the
building would be a smashing success.
Now I concede that this is hardly a
scientific sampling of public reaction. But
it helps illustrate my point. I should add
that the reader mail I received about the
building also reflected this attitude. And
that's not to mention the sighs of relief by
state officials who went out on a limb
when they accepted the Jahn design.
Another way to Influence public taste is
not to write about a building at all. Not
critiquing a building is a way of denying it
a certain sense of aesthetic certification.
Down through the years, we've seen
this same process at work in the writing of
scholarly architecture books. Writers tend
to base some of their work on other texts.
And so silence about a work of architecture Is frequently self-perpetuating.
I see my most important mission as
giving the public a new set of eyes and a
new array of sensibilities with which to
observe the built environment. In that
way, I would hope they might make better
Informed and more Insightful judgments
of their own.
How much influence does the mass
media critic exert on professional taste?
I am almost tempted to say that mass
media criticism exerts no influence on
professional taste. By that, I mean no
direct influence on architects themselves.
But I prefer to look at this in a different
9 LIT Magazine
�o
way. The question I ask myself is whether
media criticism can help create a climate
conducive to better architecture. And I
believe that it can.
I think owners are susceptible to the
influence of critics—owners in both the
private and public sectors.
The owners have egos, after all. They
have strong feelings about their corporate
or institutional images. And even the
schlockiest real estate speculator wants
the kind of favorable press that will help
him sell or lease out his space.
Most owners like to play it safe. If a
design worked well once, it will work
again. If it was marketable once, it will be
marketable again. If the university
trustees liked it once, they'll like it again.
And so we get cookie cutter architecture.
We see a stultification of architectural
innovation and creativity. We see a failure
to solve problems. And the users and
other members of the public get lost in the
shuffle.
But the critics can make a difference,
particularly at a time when architectural
pluralism has begun to make some headway. And at a time when concerns about
energy and preservation and humane
design have taken on a sharper edge.
The critics, it seems to me, can be the
architects' best friends in this regard.
Their calls for beauty and contextual
respect and all the rest can only raise the
level of things among members of the
public, and among the owners who want
public acceptance.
This can only help architects who are
striving to meet the manifold goals of
good architecture. •
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About Paul Gapp
Paul Gapp, winner of the 1979 Pulitzer Prize
for criticism, is architecture critic for the
Chicago Tribune.
Before joining the Tribune in 1972 as
assistant city editor for urban affairs, Gapp
served as executive director of the Chicago
Chapter and Illinois Council of The American
Institute of Architects. He also had worked as
an urban affairs reporter, editorial page writer,
and woman's editor for the Chicago Daily
News. He is a two-time winner of the Illinois
Associated Press award for best spot news
reporting.
Gapp has written numerous articles on
architecture and urban planning for professional journals, as well as for the Tribune,
and is a contributing editor to Inland Architect
Magazine. He is an honorary member of the
Architects Club of Chicago, and a member of
the board of directors of the National Building
Museum in Washington, D.C.
Autumn 1981 10
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�Monfs an engineer!
Times, they are
a changin'. We
live in a world
of the vanishing
stereotype
ell Randy Ernst of Sterling Heights
that his mother can't work on blueprints because she's a woman, and
you're in for a real fight.
Randy's mother, Linda Lewis-Ernst, 35,
a June graduate of Lawrence Institute of
Technology's construction engineering
program, smiles as she remembers her
child's first encounter with sexual discrimination.
"It seems that the teacher in Randy's
sixth grade class was showing the children a set of blueprints," she relates.
"Randy had seen me working on them as
a homework assignment and so he stated
'My mom draws those.' One little girl
quickly said 'Your mom can't do t h a t only men draw those kind of drawings.'
"When I came home from school that
day," Linda continues, "Randy asked me
to give him one of my blueprints to show
the class that ladies could do them as
well as men. 'And,' he added as an afterthought, 'make it one you got an A
on.'"
Linda has become used to problems
that a woman can encounter when she is
pioneering in a man's field. But, as she
prepares to enter the job market, she has
learned that her chances for success are
really a matter of how hard she works
toward her goals.
In 1971, Linda began her long years at
school, trying to make up for an education
which she was denied earlier, by entering
Macomb County Community College.
She enrolled in the engineering design
technology program because, at that
time, she was interested in architectural
drafting.
"I was a legal secretary before I married," she noted, "but I wanted to do
Stereotype-buster
graduated
Linda Lewis-Ernst
from high
tias met tier goal of graduating
from college
before tier son
school.
11 LIT
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�something different. As a child I had
always been involved with boy's games
and hobbies like cowboys and Indians
and working at my father's workbench to
make model homes. Often I would sit
sketching three-dimensional pictures of
what a house should look like but it was
only at home that I was given a chance to
really express my own interests.
"I got no encouragement in high
school," she continues, "because back
then women just didn't think about doing
those sorts of things. When I really
wanted to take drafting or wood shop, I
was made to sew and cook like the other
girls in home economics. There just was
very little opportunity for women who
didn't 'fit the mold' twenty years ago."
It was not until she had married, had
three children, and then gone through a
divorce, that Linda finally decided that
she had as much right as men to enter
technical fields. The decision was not
always an easy one to carry out, though.
"When I signed up for my first drafting
class at MCCC, I was very nervous," she
remembers. "I knew that I would be the
only woman in the class so I went very
early and got a seat in the last row, hoping
that I wouldn't be noticed.
"I remember when we got our first test
back in drafting," she relates. "The
teacher put the grade scale on the board,
showing us the highest and lowest marks
students had scored on the exam. I was
sure that mine must be the lowest so I
prepared myself for the disappointment.
"When he started to hand them back,
though," she continues, "he began with
the highest paper first and laid it on my
desk. I was so afraid of looking 'different'
that I quickly turned it over so that no one,
including myself, could see the grade."
Linda continued to shine at MCCC
and finally her hard work paid off as she
graduated with an associates degree and
honors in 1977. She immediately made
plans to transfer to LIT and began In the
architecture program that fall. Once there,
a whole new world opened up for her.
"I found out that there were many more
career choices open to me than I had ever
realized," she recalls. "I was introduced
to such areas as construction engineering
where I could use both my design and
building skills and where the chances for
employment were exceptional. After
about a year, I decided to take the plunge
and transferred into the program."
When Linda began studying construction engineering in the fall of 1979,
'Women in my
neighborhood
would tell me...
what I was
doing was 'silly'
even though they
didn't know...
what I
was studying.'
she was one of only six women in the
program. She had been concerned that
her gender would make her stand out at a
college like LIT, but she soon realized that
age, like sex, is really no obstacle unless
you allow it to be.
�Left and above: Eric was an annual visitor to
LIT as Linda wanted him to see how she spent
her days.
"I have always been treated as just
another student by my fellow classmates," she notes, "once they realized
that I wasn't looking for special treatment
and that I wasn't afraid of hard work or
getting dirty. It was clear that we were all
after the same goal and it made much
more sense for us to help each other
instead of being divided by artificial
barriers.
"Sometimes," she laughs, "one of the
professors would tell an off-color joke,
forgetting that I was there and immediately turn red and apologize when he
realized what he had done. Now, though,
they're used to it and the women in the
program (27 this year) have blended in
and become just 'like one of the g u y s . ' "
All of the time Linda was striving after
her own goals, she was also a single
parent raising three children, Randy now
15, Cheryl now 12, and Eric now 10. She
would see the children off In the morning,
come home after a hard day at school,
make dinner, and then the whole family
would "hit the books."
How did the children take to this
"non-traditional m o m " role? According to
Linda, they have adjusted well.
"They always thought it was neat to
have mom doing homework with them,"
she relates, "and whenever we would
pass a construction site and see men
with hard hats, they would all point and
say 'that's what mom wants to be.'
"There were times, though," she sighs,
" w h e n things weren't all that easy. For instance, it wasn't so neat to have a mom in
school w h e n she had to study for a test on
the night you needed picking up or driving
to some activity or other. Then, and at
similar times when I was busy elsewhere,
I guess they wished, if only for a moment,
that I didn't have to do any work except
take care of their needs."
Equally difficult during the years of
study were finances. Linda did well in
college and so she applied 'for every
scholarship she could think of" and took
each semester "one at a time," never
knowing if she would be able to finish out
the year. The first year she received a full
two year scholarship from LIT, but It was
only w h e n her senior year was financed
by two scholarships, one from the
national Business and Professional
W o m e n ' s organization (BPW) and
another from the Women in Construction
(WIC), that Linda could breathe a sigh of
relief and know that her problems were
finally over.
Organizations s u c h a s the o n e s
which awarded her a scholarship are
extremely important, according to Linda,
as they strengthen and provide support
for w o m e n who have the courage to try
new and traditionally male roles.
" W e have started a Society of Women
Engineers (SWE) chapter at LIT and I
think that's terrific," she notes. "Now
w o m e n will have a chance to have their
goals reinforced rather than having to 'go
it alone.'
" Y o u know, sometimes I'd feel guilty
because I wasn't there when my children
c a m e home from school," she goes on,
" a n d often women in my neighborhood
would tell me that they thought what I was
doing was 'silly' even though they didn't
know anything about what I was studying.
It was at times like these that I had to be
strong and realize that maybe the women
were jealous because they didn't have the
courage to do it themselves. I told myself
that it was not wrong to pursue my own
goals just because I was a mother and not
a father, and that it was good for the
children to learn to stand on their own.
Now, Instead of having to handle it by
themselves, women can turn to each
other for support and help."
W h e n Linda graduated this year in
June, she was one of only three women
receiving their degrees in construction
engineering. But, that is not all. She also
had the pride of graduating In the top
quarter of her class—not bad for a woman
w h o , only ten years earlier, had silently
crept in early to drafting class to avoid
detection.
"I have been going to school as long as
my children have," she notes, "and I always had one dream—to graduate from
college before my son graduated from
high school. I finally did it!" •
13 LIT Maoazine
�synfuel
primer
Coal? Oil shale? Tar sands? Alcohol? Hydrogen?
An energy researcher looks at transportation fuel
in the 80's.
By Harold J . Gibson
T
he energy industry in the United
States is very large. Total U.S.
energy use from all sources in 1980
was the equivalent of about 37 million
barrels (1 barrel = 42 U.S. gallons)
of crude oil per day, divided about as
follows:
oil and other
petroleum liquids
coal
natural gas
other (nuclear,
hydroelectric, etc.)
40%
22%
30%
8%
17 million bbl
2 million tons
55 billion cu ft
—
Transportation used about
one-quarter of our total energy or the
equivalent of nine million barrels of
oil per day. Automobiles and gasolinepowered trucks used about threequarters of this — or about 7 million
barrels per day.
Imported oil and petroleum liquids
fulfill about 40 percent of the country's
total petroleum needs or about 7
Autumn 1981 14
million barrels per day. Canada and
Mexico sent us about 1 million barrels
per day, leaving about 9 million barrels
per day to be provided by U.S. sources.
Barring discovery of very large oil
reserves, U.S. production will, at best,
remain at about that figure; hence we
will continue to have a supply gap of a
magnitude such that, if imports were
cut off or drastically reduced, a major
disruption of our economy would result.
Much effort and publicity have been
given to "synthetic" fuels ("synfuels")
from non-petroleum sources as a way
to reduce our dependence on imported
oil. The foremost sources for such
fuels are coal, oil shale, tar sands,
and alcohols from blomass. Hydrogen
from water is frequently mentioned
also.
The U.S. has coal in abundance.
An estimated 700 million tons were
mined in 1980 and projections of as
many as 1200 million tons have been
made for 1985. Liquids have been
made from coal for many years. Germany met most of its requirements for
liquid fuels during World War II by
synthesis from coal. Coal, steam, and
heat make "city gas," which can be
converted into a range of liquid fuels.
A South African government-owned
company has been applying an
improved version of the "city gas"
technology in one plant for 26 years.
A second plant, using further-improved
technology, came on stream in 1980.
A third, even more modern, plant is
under construction. The three plants
will produce about half of the requirements for liquid fuels In South Africa —
about 40 million barrels per year. About
36 million tons of coal will be required.
The plants make a variety of useful
chemicals and fuels In addition to
fuels for transportation.
The abundance of coal makes it
such an attractive source that much
research is being carried out on new
methods to make liquid fuels. Several
of these are based on a technique
�called solvent refining. Finely-divided
coal in a suitable solvent, plus the
addition of hydrogen and, sometimes,
a catalyst, gives a range of liquids plus
a solid residue which is a clean-burning
fuel for steam generation. Several of
these processes are in pilot plant
stage, but commercial use is some
years away.
Coal can also be used to make a
synthetic "natural" gas, which is
mostly methane, and which can be
converted into methanol, which in
turn can be converted to gasoline by
a catalytic process. A commercial
plant to make gasoline from natural
gas is under construction in New
Zealand. The process could readily be
used for manufacture of liquids from
synthetic gas from coal. All the liquidsfrom-coal processes require large
capital investment. Representative
plants to make 1 million barrels per
day of fuels to replace those from
petroleum are expected to cost $50
billion in 1980 dollars. Commercial
plants should be in operation in the
U.S., but it is unlikely that coal liquids
will make a significant contribution to
transportation fuels in the 1980's.
Oil shales are widely distributed
around the world. Deposits in Colorado,
Wyoming, and Utah are estimated to
provide the equivalent of several
hundred billion barrels of petroleum.
Many of these deposits are relatively
close to the surface, making them
fairly accessible. Oil shales also occur
In many other states. There are
abundant supplies under Michigan, but
at depths of 1200 or more feet, which
make them relatively inaccessible —
although recovery of the oil is being
investigated.
The oil on shale is called kerogen.
It is a viscous material similar to
heavy petroleum but containing large
amounts of nitrogen, sulfur, and
metals. It must be pre-refined before
it is sent to a conventional petroleum
refinery. The finished liquid fuels are
similar in most respects to those from
petroleum, although hydrocarbon
composition may be somewhat
different.
The kerogen is recovered from the
shale by the application of heat. Shale
can be mined by conventional methods
and retorted (heated) in plants on the
surface. The retorts use part of the
kerogen to provide heat.
Getting costs low enough to
compete with petroleum has been an
elusive target, so commercial production has not been achieved. Exxon and
The Oil Shale Corp. (TOSCO) have the
first commercial plant in the U.S. under
construction in Western Colorado. It
will require the mining of 66,000 tons
of shale per day to produce 47,000
barrels of shale liquids per day. Cost
is expected to be $2 billion.
The problems with the miningsurface-retorting recovery procedure
are largely ecological. Dust from the
retorts is troublesome and must be
controlled. The spent shales are greater
in volume than before retorting so
disposal can be a problem. Spent
shales contain salts which can leach
into ground water and rivers. Large
quantities of water — 2-6 barrels per
barrel of shale liquids — are required
for processing. Since the shale is in an
'None of these
sources is
likely to reduce
the need for
imported oil
in the 1980's'
area where much of the available water
is already committed, water may
have to be imported to supply future
plants. And finally, there are the
problems brought about by bringing
many people into remote places.
Kerogen can be recovered by
burning or electrically heating a
portion of the shale oil in place underground to produce heat to make the
kerogen liquid enough to flow to a
collection chamber and pumped to the
surface. These techniques are less
well developed than mining but may
someday be practical for commercial
use.
The "tar" on tar sands Is similar to
the kerogen on oil shale but is spread
on grains of sand Instead of on shale.
Tar sands are distributed throughout
the world. The most extensive deposits.
In western Canada, are estimated to
contain the equivalent of 1200-1400
billion barrels of petroleum. There are
relatively small deposits in Utah.
Commercial plants in Alberta,
Canada are producing about 150,000
barrels of liquids per day. The procedure is relatively simple. The overburden is stripped from the sands,
which are mined by conventional open
pit methods. The tar is removed by
washing with hot water, and the tar
separated from the water. It must then
be pre-refined before it can be charged
to a conventional refinery.
There are many problems. The
sands are located where operation of
mining equipment in extreme cold is
difficult. Surface mining mars the
landscape. The wash water contains
traces of residual tar which offers a
hazard to wildfowl using the settling
ponds.
The Investment required is about
that for oil shale plants — that is,
about $50 billion for production of 1
million barrels per day. From the U.S.
viewpoint, Canada is likely to consume all that is produced. There may
be small production from the tar
sands in Utah in the 1980's.
Hydrogen is an excellent fuel. Its
use in vehicles would eliminate hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide from
exhaust — since hydrogen burns to
water. Nitrogen oxides would remain.
Major problems with hydrogen are
cost and handling.
Nuclear energy was once expected
to provide low-cost hydrogen by
electrolysis of water. This hope has
disappeared with the high cost of
electricity from nuclear energy.
Research is underway to find less
expensive means to produce hydrogen.
For example, plants free hydrogen
from water in the process of producing
chlorophyll. Perhaps man can duplicate
the process. Some DNA research indicates bacteria might be developed
which would produce hydrogen at
low cost.
Handling of hydrogen is difficult.
Safety Is a continuing problem. Use in
vehicles would require the hydrogen to
be liquified or compressed, or converted to metal hydrides. Tanks for
liquified or compressed hydrogen are
very heavy and none too safe.
The metal hydrides provide an
attractive method of using hydrogen
because they can be handled easily
and safely. They must be heated to
free the hydrogen. However, the metal
content of the hydrides is high, so the
container is heavy. Overall, hydrogen
15 LIT
Magazine
�has many attractive aspects, but
commercial use as a transportation
fuel is not likely for many years.
Alcohols as transportation fuels
have much appeal. They can be made
from biomass, and thus can be said
to be a form of solar energy. Brazil
has required the use of alcohol-gasoline
blends for years as one means of
alleviating dependence on imported
petroleum. Recently, Brazil has
required that newly designed engines
be capable of operation on 100 percent
ethanol, which Brazil makes from
sugar cane and cassava root. Both
these sources require large areas of
land and much labor. Brazil has ample
land and cheap labor. Even so,
estimates place the cost of Brazilian
ethanol at about $1 per gallon. Since
ethanol contains only about two-thirds
as much energy as gasoline, this is
equivalent to gasoline at about $1.50
per gallon.
The use of alcohol in the U.S. is as
gasohol — usually a blend of 10 percent
ethanol and 90 percent gasoline. Corn
Is the most common source of the
ethanol, although any grain can be
used. Ethanol can be made from a
variety of other biomass sources such
as sugar cane, sorghum, garbage, corn
stalks, or sugar cane wastes.
A bushel of corn makes about 2.5
gallons of ethanol — so corn at $3 per
bushel gives a raw material cost of
$1.20 per gallon of alcohol. Processing
by conventional means costs 20-30(p
per gallon — so total cost is about
$1.50 for a fuel containing about twothirds the energy of a gallon of gasoline.
Research on cheaper means of
producing ethanol is underway.
However, the cost of raw material
seems likely to continue as the
determining factor in the cost of
ethanol from grain. Ethanol from waste
Is, of course, attractive in that it provides fuel while alleviating a disposal
problem.
It should be remembered, however,
that the use of agricultural "trash"
which would otherwise be left on the
fields might affect crop production
adversely, since the trash reduces
water run-off and improves the soil.
The use of alcohol becomes more
attractive as the price of oil increases.
Every gallon used reduces the amount
of oil that must be imported. However,
if all the grains — not just corn —
produced in the U.S. were converted
to alcohol and used in gasohol, it
would meet only about 25 percent of
our motor fuel needs.
Autumn 1981 16
Ethanol does have some problems.
Costs from grain are high. (So far,
subsidies In one form or another have
kept the price of gasohol competitive.)
If the fuel used to raise the corn, transport it to the plant, and make It into
alcohol is taken into consideration, the
total energy used is very close to that
available In the alcohol produced.
However, if solid fuels — or waste —
are used to fuel the plant, a liquid
fuel Is made which gives a net gain in
transportation fuels.
Also, in this hungry world, it may
be necessary to make the hard choice
between food for people and fuel for
their vehicles. (Of course, if people
and animals can and would consume
the byproducts of alcohol manufacture,
the choice would be less difficult.)
7/7 this hungry
world, it may
be necessary to
mal<e the hard
choice between
food for people
and fuel for
their vehicles/
No discussion of alcohol is complete without mention of methanol. It
is less expensive than ethanol, contains
less energy per gallon, and is more
toxic. It can be made from natural gas,
coal, or biomass. It can be converted
to gasoline.
There are several conclusions to be
drawn from this review.
1. A variety of transportation fuels
from non-petroleum sources are — or
are about to be — commercial on a
small scale.
• Liquids from tar sands are
commercial In Canada.
• Liquids from coal are commercial
in South Africa.
• A commercial plant is being built to
produce liquids from oil shale in
Colorado.
• Ethanol from grain for gasohol is In
commercial production in a number
of plants.
• A plant to make gasoline from
methanol (which can be made from
coal) is being built in New Zealand.
2. Allot these fuels are expensive.
Table 1 shows estimated cost ranges
in 1980 dollars.
Table 1 — Cost of Crude Oil and
Estimated Cost of Alternate Sources
as of December 1980.
$/bbl
crude oil
30-45
coal liquids
30-50
shale liquids
30-50
tar sands liquids
30-50
alcohol from biomass
40-70
hydrogen
?
3. None of these alternate sources
of transportation fuels is likely to
reduce, to a significant degree, the
need for imported oil in the 1980's.
But, the development of all sources
should be pursued.
4. Hydrogen will not be a commercial fuel In the 1980's.
5. Research on improved methods
of production of all these fuels is
underway. •
About Harold J. Gibson
Harold Gibson is an engineering consultant
specializing in fuels and lubricants for automobile engines. Manager of the Ethyl
Corporation's Detroit Research Laboratories
until he retired in 1976, Mr. Gibson is a
Fellow of both ESD and SAE. He received
his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the
University of Michigan. This article is
based on an address he presented earlier
this year at LIT to the Michigan Educators
Energy Forum.
�L a w r e n c e
I N S T I T L T E
r
OF T E C H N O L O G Y
A n n u a l G i v i n g Report for 1980-81
Covering the period
July 1,1980 to June 30,1981
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Dear F r i e n d s :
This kmudil Giving Report i s p u b l i c r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e hundreds o f
generous i n d i v i d u a l s , c o r p o r a t i o n s , f o u n d a t i o n s , and o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s who supported L I T d u r i n g t h e y e a r ending June 30, ^98^.
The past f i s c a l y e a r had many e x c i t i n g moments. Three n o t a b l e highl i g h t s included:
the new g i v i n g r e c o r d s e s t a b l i s h e d i n almost every
c a t e g o r y o f s u p p o r t , t h e s u c c e s s f u l response t o t h e Kresge
ChaMenge
Granty and t h e c o n t i n u i n g e f f o r t s o f so many d e d i c a t e d v o l u n t e e r s .
In J u l y o f ]980, the Kresge Foundation
approved a $500,000
grant f o r LIT. Payment r e q u i r e d that L I T raise
the funds
to complete
the School of l]anagement building.
The pledges
c o n t r i b u t i o n s from " o l d " as w e l l as new f r i e n d s helped meet
c h a l l e n g e . L I T r e c e i v e d t h e Kresge Foundation's check in
1981.
challenge
necessary
and
the
mid-July,
The five-year
$12.5 m i l l i o n C a p i t a l Campaign, S h a r i n g i n E x c e l l e n c e ,
i s o u r c o n t i n u i n g c h a l l e n g e . The Campus A f f a i r s and A c t i v i t i e s Center
and i m p o r t a n t a l t e r a t i o n s t o e x i s t i n g b u i l d i n g s a r e s t i l l to come. LIT's
donors have o f f e r e d t h e College an overwhelming v o t e o f c o n f i d e n c e .
We
have u n i t e d f o r a noble purpose.
Please accept our heartfelt
''thank you" f o r t h e way you have responded.
Your commitments and those o f many o t h e r s a r e v i t a l t o t h e on-going
success o f t h i s g r e a t c o l l e g e .
Sincerely,
Chairman
of the Board
G. Robert
Harrington,
Vice President-Development
President
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 Management
School
of EngmeerinQ
• School
ior Associate
Studies
�On the cover, scaffolding festooned LIT's new Management Building
as concrete ceilings were poured in June, 1981. Above, Campaign
Chairman Lewis C. Veraldi, ME'68, (left) previewed construction details
in August with Dan Redstone, architect. Bob Harrington, vice president
for development, and Dan Stokes, construction representative.
Giving Totals
(July 1,1980
to June 30,1981)
Donors
Corporations
Foundations
Presidents C l u b
Alumni
Students
Members/Trustees
LIT F a m i l y
Friends
Associations
M a t c h i n g Corps.
$
Pledged
613,909.83
1,005,410.85
115,482.00
355,065.00
2,868.72
85,770.47
19,861.00
418,527.50
4,864.00
185,149.00*
$2,621,759.37
* This amount is included in the other nine division
$
Received
715,754.83
576,410.85
43,647.00
82,174.00
2,668.72
119,???.74
22,959.61
368,602.50
4,864.00
55,964.00
$1,992,268.25
totals.
Presidents Club
Presidents C l u b members made new pledges totaling
$115,482 d u r i n g the 1980-81 fiscal year.
ReedW. Abt
Timothy G. Agajeenian
Stanley R. Allison
Pauls. Allmacher
George H . Amber
Pauls. Amber, P.E.
David Anderson
A l and Millie Andrzejak
Victor and Sophie Angelescu
Bruce J. Annett, Jr.
Irving Appelblatt
Roger C. Asman
Roger E. Avie
Edward J. Baker
Don and Marge Bamford
James T. and Nancy A. Battle
Rose D. Bauervic
Don and Jan Beattie
Albert L. Bednarski
Frank and Yvonne Bell
Hugh and Stella Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Allan M . Bercaw
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Bernard
Mark D . B i l l
Charles R. Bisel
William H . Bishop
A. Robert and Maria Bliven
Roy E. Bonnett
David G. Booth
M . Thomas Braun
Donald A. Brown
Ernest E. Brown
Lawrence E. Brown
Cle and Beulah Buck
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley L. Buckay
Floyd W. Bunt
Gerard E. Burke
Arthur A. BunRobert E. Bussell
Thomas M . Cairns
Robert and Lorraine Calleja
Richard J. Carey
James F. CanMr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Carter
Jerome J. Cislo
I r w i n I . Cohn
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Cook
Carl W. Cowan
Dr. Jerry L. Crist
Emil and Viona Dahel
Steven V. Darst
James E. Davies
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Davis
Harry E. Day
Bruce A. Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Dedoe
Louis A . DeGennaro
Nicholas DeMarco
Ashok Deshpande
Mrs. Kathleen DeVlieg
Dennis T. Dolbee
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Dombrowski
Mitchells. Dombrowski
Edwin H . Donaldson
Addie and Fred Drotar
William A. Dryburgh
Joseph J. D y k i
George T. and Elaine M . Dzendzel
RobsonM. Fames
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Egger
Larry J. Engel
Dr. JohnW. English
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Falkowski
Kenneth J. Farquharson
John and Margaret Fawcett
David E. Pillion
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Pillion
Dudley F. Fiscus
John F. Fisher
Michael J. Fitch
Michael W. Fitzpatrick
John and Helen Flood
Doug and Eleanor Foley
A . P. Fontaine
Mr. and Mrs. John Fontanesi
Joseph Forgione
Harold L. Foster
Lawrence T. Frank
Donald P. Frattaroli
Howard P. Freers
William C. Gaines
Bennett and Hattie Gardner
Robert W. Giesey
Fay and A n n Gifford
James C. Graham
Dean and Mrs. Karl H . Greimel
Jim and Dinah Hadfield
David S. Hamburger
Floyd W. Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. N . Gordon Hansen
G. Robert and Dorothy M . Harrington
The S. F. Harris Family
Homer T. Harrison
Donald L. Harshman
A l v i n Hart
Walter T. Hartung
Mr. and Mrs. Russell B. Hebert
Robert T. Heck
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Heins
WiUiamJ. Helmore
Sonia and Marvin Henckel
Stanley Hewett
Roy Martin Hoenle
Karl V. Holm
ArDath Lynette Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Horldt
Alexander Hossack
Ronald L. Howland
David Hoyle
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Hromi
Robert C. Hubbard
Wendelin and Mary Hughes
WiUiamW. Ironside
Kari Isaacson
Frank and Valerie James
Melvin L. Janney
Emil J. Jaworowski
H . George Johannessen
Henry C. Jones
William P. H.Jones
Brian P. Judge
Joe and Beverly Kado
Dennis R. Kapp
Neil R. Karl
Arthur and Betty Kelley
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Kippola
Lee K. Kirkpatrick
E. John Knapp
Mr. and Mrs. Douglass V. Koch
Victor and Carolyn Kochajda
Elmer E. and Phyllis A. Koenig
Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Korb
Ernest W. Kosty
Henry Kovalsky
Richard C. Kowalske
Edward Kristofik, Jr.
Roland and Dorothy Krupp
Stanley J. Kukawka
William R. Kuziak, Jr.
Roy G. LaGrant
Lee and Julie Lahr
Henry J. LaMotte
Richard F. Larkins
Modelle andZackLee
Robert W. Lemon
A . Leon Linton
Harry Lipton
Marlyn K. and Phyllis I . Lisk
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M . Livingston
David J. Logan
Ruth and Bill Lomas
George N . Lounsbery
Sam Lovalenti
Adolph Lovoff
H . Douglas Lowrey
Dr. and Mrs. Karl F. Lutomski
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Maier
Joseph Maiuri
William E. Makuch
George and Kate Malcolm
Ralph E. Maly
Dennis R. Marburger
Kathryn Mary Marburger
Roger E. Marce
Zaven and Gladys Margosian
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Markus
Etienne F. Masalskis
Thomas and Christine Masson
Hans A. Matthias
Richard E. Maund
Peter Y. McAlpine
Mary Jane and Calvin McClellan
Henry L. McColl
Walter F. McCoskey
F. Hal McDavid
Mr. and Mrs. Francis F. McFall
Bernard and Lucy G. Merritt
Richard and Martha Michel
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Milek
Robert W. MiHtzer
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Mills
Gretchen Minnhaar
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Mitchell
Traian and Anna S. Moga
Murdo D. Morrison
William A. Moylan, Jr.
Marvin and Carol Muckenfuss
Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Murie
Anderson R. Mylenek
Mr. and Mrs. Heniy W. Nace
Mark L. a i d Patricia F. Nagel
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Nash
Thomas J. Nashlen
Donald H . Nelson
J. Richard Newman
Russell R. Noble
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Noggle
James R. Obranovic
Michael K. O'Brien
Thomas F. O'Connor
Earl G. Ogger
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin F. Opperthauser
Orval A . Opperthauser
Harry H . Oyafuso
Robert and Carol Parker
Gerald G. Peck
Dr. Earl W. Pellerin, F.A.I.A.
Ralph R. Pence
Dante Peroni
James A . Pershon
Dr. and Mrs. Louis W. Petro
Charles H . Petross
Mrs. Clarence A. Phillips
Guy D. Pierce
Thaddeus Pietrykowski
James A . Piziali
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. Polkinghome
A l v i n R. Prevost
Robert W. Proctor
Roy Radakovich
D a l e H . Raffler
Marilyn Rands
Charles A. Rasko
Robert Rudolf Reiner
Jesse W. Richards
Vernon Riddell
II Annual Giving Report
�Frederic and Gloria Rivkin
Philip and Laura Rizzo
Richard C. Rocco
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ross
Godfrey A. Ross
William A . Rosso
Douglas and Elizabeth Rouse
Paul Sakmar
Robert J. Schlaff
Charles W. Schwartz
Ralph L. Schwarz
John Sebu
Hank and Toni Selewonik
Ray Welch Sevakis
Richard C. Sharp
Charles W. Sherman
Huston E. Sherrill
Roger F. Shtogrin
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Sickels
Walter E. Skinner
Jacob). Sokolowski
Manuel Spinner
Gary and Barbara Staniszewski
Austin and Betty Stanzel
Richard J. Stark
Russell H . Starks
Louis J. Steigerwald
Russell F. Stem
James P. Stewart
Kent and Esther Stiner
Ronald and Paula Stofer
James A . Stone
Ely Tama
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tamagne
Tess and Jim Tiemey
Tony and Lois Tomac
La Verne A . Tratechaud
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Trew
Mr. and Mrs. M . H . Trygar
Michael P. Ugorcak, Jr.
M r . and Mrs. Raymond L. Urban
Henry Vanderzee, Jr.
Gary and Charlotte Van Neck
G. M . Van Norman
Maurice and Jean Vermeulen
Richard and Marlene Visger
Robert Lewis Voiers
M r . and Mrs. Charles Vranian
Dr. and Mrs. Harvey A . Wagner
Gregory W.Waleke
Newell E.Webb
James B.Webster III
Joseph and Nancy Whall
Kenneth L. Wharff
Howard E. Whitston
K a r l W . Whitston
Robert and Arlene Williams
AllanJ. Winkeljohn
Edward Joseph Wloszek, Jr.
Mark R. Wolosiewicz
M r . and Mrs. Ronald A . Wonboy
Clifford N . Wright
Charles and Alice Wyte
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Young
Ronald W . Z a h m
Peter E. Zervos
Robert F. Zokas
Michael G. Zulinski
C. LeeZwally
Andrew Zywotko
Members in Memoriam
Clarence A . Phillips
Alumni
LIT's a l u m n i are d e v e l o p i n g the g i v i n g h a b i t i n record
n u m b e r s . A fantastic 14.9 percent of all graduates participated
i n fiscal 1980-81—an increase of more than 200 percent over
1979-80. A s indicated i n a story i n the " O n C a m p u s " section
of this LIT Magazine, L I T a l u m n i g i v i n g received special
r e c o g n i t i o n f r o m the C o u n c i l for the Advancement and
Support of Education. A l u m n i listed below deserve special
r e c o g n i t i o n for their record a m o u n t of pledge support totaling
$355,065, i n c l u d i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s of $82,174.
See the Presidents
Club roster for additional LIT alumni
Allen Abke
James A . Abraham
Patricia Adams
Ronald G. Adams
Daniel Agnello
Andrew Agosta
Walter F. Ahles
TirathS. Ahluwalia
Robert C. Aiken
David H . Albee
Glenn Alexander
Richard G. Allen
JohnH. A l l m a n d j r .
Robert D. Alonzo
Raymond E. Aitmann
Richard T. C. Alverson
Gerald Ament
Lawrence R. Ancypa
Richard C. Anderson
Robert I . Anderson
Robert M . Anthony
Peter Antonich
John Antos
Michael Antushevich
Stanley W. A p r i l
James R. Arnold
Larry Arnold
Thomas Edwyn Arnold
Donald R. Ashton
Timothy Askew
Roberto. Atwood
Johnny D. Austin
Dale W. Autio
Charles V. Awe
Stephen L. Babcock
PaulE. Bachelor
Robert Badyna
Gregory S. Bagley
Kenneth C. Bakhaus
John A . Balconi
James H . Balcom
Wayne J. Baldwin
Dan Ballios
Annual Giving Report III
contributors.
Stephen Balmer
Joseph P. Balog
Joseph G. Balogh
George C. Balos
Randi S. Baltz
Jerome R. Bambach
Paul M . Banaszak
Gordon Banerian
Aubrey L Banks
Richard H . Banks
Nick Baracos
Joseph A . Baran, Jr.
Rudolph A . Barduca
Harold E. Bargar
Thomas H . Barkley
J. T. Barnes
Robert H . Bamowski
Tillman C. Barrer, Jr.
Raymond L. Barth
William Bartolomeo
Carl D. Bartone
John Bascilio
Arthur E. Bates, Jr.
Donald R. Bauman
John A . Bauman
Michael D. Baxter
Lawrence Bayma
John H . Beaver
Thomas Beck
Michael Becker
Raymond J. Bednark
Dale J. Belsley
Kenneth E. Bennett, Jr.
James M . Benson
Lawrence L. Bernhardt
Robert Berr
Raymond W. Berta
L. Michael Bessinger
Douglas H . Betts
Richard W. Bezerko
Thomas M . Bialek
Alfred Bieman
Harold B.Bill
PaulJ.Billock
Wayne B. Bills
Gregory Bilpuch
John E. Binsfield
Alexander Bireescu
Lewis A . Bishop
Edward Bisson
Linda C. Blackwell
Michael J. Blasko
EarlW.Blohm
Marshall S. Bloom
Earl Bloomingburg
John A . Blose
Glen Bodenhom
Robert R. Boehle
E A . Boettner
Leonard Boger
David Boldia
Frank E. Boley
Frederick Bond
Thaddeus Bonkowski
Warren G. Bopp
Eugene A . Borowiec
Richard Borowski
Matthew J. Borys
Eugene R. Bosetti
Donald C. Bosker
Adrian A . Boswell
WilHamG. Boswell
Jerry R. Boughton
Paul R. Boulanger
Brian L. Bowron
Larry S. Boyd
William J. Boyd
Edward Boyer
Raymond L. Brace
Stephen Brady
Michael A . Brand
R o b e r t o . Brandau
Thomas S. Brennan
Bruce A . Brewn
Allan D. Breyer
James H . Bridgeman
Thomas S. Brisbey
Waine T. Brock
Walter C. Broker
Charles Bromm
Kenneth L. Bronoel
Donald K. Brooks
Geralds. Brooks
Robert B. Brown
Roger W. Brown
WilHam J. Brown
Ian A . Brownlie
Alexanders. Brzezinski
Ronald J. Brzuch
Robert J. Buccellato
Arthur E. Buck
DuaneG. Buck
Dennis C. Buczek
James Budzynowski
Jack Bullo
Thomas H . Burks
Carlyle Burland
James O. Burlingame
Frederick Bumham
Donald R. Bush
W i l b u r J. Butler
Robert Butnicki
William E. Butts
John Bylund
Eugene C. Cagnon
William W . Cairns
Dennis Calcaterra
Frank J. Calimazzo
Gerald T. Calladine
Louis E. Calvin
Max L. Cambum
Arthur P. Cameron
Calvin Camfield
Arnold T. Campbell
David L. Campbell
Ronald P. Campbell
Dennis Cantwell
Gene Cappilla
Maurice H . Cardon
E. Carey
Ralph E. Carlson
Alfred J. Carmody
Allen K. Carpenter
Robert K. Carpenter
Edward O. Cascardo
Donald J. Castonguay
Leroy Caudill
Ricardo G. Caverzan
Donald Cerget
Norman Chalout
Robert W. Chaplen
Dennis Chapman
John Charlton
Byron D. Chartrand
Gregory Chase
Steven Chegash
Joseph Chemello
Aldo Chiaverotti
Paul A . Childs
Thomas D. Chimner
William Chirota
WiUiamE. Chlopan
Casimir Chrabaszewski
Harold V. Christensen
David V. Cieglo
Tommy M . Cisney
Keith A . Clapp
Richard B. Clawson
Patrick Clemens
Ralph C. Clement
Wilfred Clement
Homer G. Clements
William F. d e m o n s
Wayne W. Chnger
Donald F. Clinton
Delbert P. Clozza
Wayne Cochran
Stanley D. Cockbum
Gerald Cody
George J. Coe
CarlW. Coger, Jr.
Irving H . Cohen
Michael D. Colbum
Byron P. Cole
James J. Cole
Ralph O. Collyer
James D. Collins
Roberts. Conell
John J. Conely
David Connolly
Joseph D. Coons
Willie Cooper, Jr.
Dennis G. Copenhaver
Richard J. Copes
John T. Corbett
Pierre Cormier
Robert P. Cornwall
William E. Cosman
Larry D. Cottrell
Edward Cozzarin
Victor R. Cramer
W . B. Crawford
Larry D. Creech
Robert J. Crepin
Lee E. Cromwell
Robert Cronan
Richard J. Crowe
W i l l i a m T. Cruickshank
Harold J. Crutchfield
Gerald L. Cullen
Robert Culling
Clifford F. Cunningham
Gerald Cuper
John L. Currie
JackL. Curry
Alan E. Curtis
Leslie F. Curtis
Phillip L. Curtis
R o b e r t o . Curtis
Leon H . Cutler
Philip Cutter
Christopher Cwiek
Kenneth N . Czapski
Kenneth F. Czamomski
John Czech
Paul A . Czech
Richard F. Czubaj
Philip Czekaj
Sam Dabich
Donelda M . Dahline
PaulB. Dailey
JohnG. Daley
Edward Daniel
Paul A . Daniel
Alan J. Daschke
Ken Daschke
Joel D. Daskai
Allen L. Daum
Charles W . Davis
Robert L. Davis
Richard R. DeBolt
Morris DeBuck
Michael T. DeClercq
Mario J. DeDona
Dean V. DeGalan
Albert W . D e i d r i c h
Joseph M . Deinek, Jr.
Anthony DeMaggio
Thomas J. Dempsey
Rudy DeMumbrum, Jr.
Alan Deporter
Sam DeSantis
Robert D. Dezur
Hugh M . Diamond
H u g h V. Diamond
Anthony DiCicco, Jr.
Charles A . DiCiuccio
Robert Dickieson
Gene D. Dickirson
�High above the campus, in September, 1981, glaziers carefully placed glass panels into the new Management Building's four massive skylights
which will illuminate the structure's interior. To help reduce lighting costs, much of the building has been designed to take advantage of "free" natural
light.
Elmer H . Diedrich
Lawrence N . Diggs
Gary L. D i k i n
Thomas W. Diliberti
Albert W.Dinkfelt
Herman Dishman, Jr.
Alfred L. Doherty
Deborah N . Dohring
Victor K. Dorer, Jr.
Louis Dorka
Stanley Doss
James A. Downey
Dennis J. Doyle
Edward L. Doyle
Thomas J. Doyle
Stephen J. Drake
Bernard K. Drane
Thomas E. Draplin
Thomas G. Draus
William W.Drawe
Elmer C. Dreim
Gerald Dresselhouse
Howard Droz
Mark L. Duane
Albert N . D u b a y
William H . D u f r i n
Michael P. Duhonich
Joseph R. Dunn, Jr.
William B. Dunneback
Dennis J. Dureno
Frank Dusina
Thomas J. Dwyer, Jr.
Robert J. Dzenko
Raymond Dziadzio
Lee M . Dziekan
John Dziurman
Jeffrey W. Ebersole
James B. Eckel
Robert B. Edgar
Coda Edwards
David T. Edwards
Thomas J. Edwards
Peter Egigian
John H . Eisenmann
Alan Ekquist
Clifford D. Elkins
Lloyd Elliott
James S. EUis
Richard L. Ellis
John H . Emery
Gary E. Engel
Eugene L. Englehard
Gary A . Epstein
Paul N . Erickson
Marlin A. Esau
BenO. Esch
Kamal Eshaki
Edward A. Etchen
Clarence A . Etter
Robert Evancho
James K. Fairchild
Tom Faler
Chris R. Falco
Russell G. Falkenberg
Edward L. Falletich
Frank M . Farina
Robert E. Farrar
Thomas L. Farrar
O t t o H . Fauth
Henry J. Fella
Edmund Ferasin
A. Kerry Ferguson
Roberts. Feisel
Robert L. Ferencz
Wilbur M . Fick
Susan A. Field
Jesse Filak
Thomas C. Fitzgerald
William D. Fitzsimmons
William Flanigan
Ralph Flick
Frederick G. Flynn
Robert J. Ford
WilHam Foss
D w i g h t W . Fougnie
James A. Fowler
Lawrence D. Francek
Joseph R. Franchi
Stanley P. Franczak
Louis J. Frasson
JackW. Frayhck
Charles R. Frederick
Eldon Frevik
Paul M . Friesch
Helma U . Fuhrman
John A . Furchak
David T. Furgal
Robert Furmaga
David O. Furman
Anthony Fyda, Jr.
Lawrence M . Gaabo
David W.Gaden
David W. Gaines
Harry C. Gaither
ReynaldoD. Galang
Raymond H . Galer
Thomas P. Gamache
Paul J. Garko
Robert W.Garofalo
William A . Garvey
Jerry R. Cause
Donald E. Gauthier
John M . Gavasso
Richard Gavasso
Edward F. Gawronski
Elmer M . Gee
Sterling Gee
Daniel Gehringer
Richard J. Germek
Jeff Gendron
Daniel J. Gennard
Michael A. Gentry
David C. Geoffrey
Michael J. George
David Geragosian
Irving J. Gerlich
James H . Gescer
Frank B. Gessler
Mario P. Giannetti
Albert G. Giera
David B. Giera
Michael G. Giffen
Ralph A . Gigliotti
Carl Gilgallon
Lawrence G. Gilin
James F. Gilliam
Peter C. Guidici, Jr.
Angelo P. Giusty
Edward L. Globokar
Richard C. Glowacki
Edward Glowniak, Jr.
William Godde
Vanig Godoshian
Harry J. Gohl, Jr.
Martin D. Golden
Florian Golia
Raymond Golota
Abraham Gontovnik
Phihp C. Good
John I . Goodman
Eugene Goodrich
Michael Gorman
Peter D.Gossell
John Goulasarian
Kenneth E. Gould
Joseph L. Grabowski
Richard F. Gracey
Thomas J. Gracher
Joseph Graham, Jr.
Benjamin D. Gralla
George Gravila
Blake G. Green
James R. Green, Jr.
GlenG. Greene
James R. Greenshields
Nathan Greenwald
Kenneth L. Grezlik
Ralph W. Griffin
Richard A . Grimm
JohnW.Grindrod
Marvin R. Groh
George F. Grohs
Karl H . Gropp
Richard K. Gross
Norman Grudell
John Gryszkiewicz
Lawrence Guss
JohnE. Gustkey
Henry F. Guthard
John A. Haapala
Leo A . Habas
Robert W. Haberstroh
Paul Haboian
Robert C. Hagemann
IV Annual Giving Report
�William T. Jackson
Ivor James
JohnD. Janisse
Michael E. Janowski
James E. Jaseck
Joseph J. Jaster
Joseph T. Jaszaz
Donald T. Jendrusch
Donald Jewsbury
Ronald D. Jilbert
Arnold E. Johnson
Glenn M . Johnson
James R. Johnston
David H . Jones
Richard P. Jones
Robert P. Jones
William O.Jones
Eugene S. Kaczmar
Raymond Kahn
Jamais. Kalabat
Marvin W. Kalina
Edward M . Kahst
Leonard F. Kaminski
Randall L. Kamischke
Gerhard E. Kammer
Robert L. Kamphaus
Robert E. Kane
Morton Kaplan
Steve Kaplan
Robert M . Karakashian
Edward Karamanian
Frank C. Karasinski
Gary L. Karp
James O. Kator
Paul R. Kaucher
Bruce F. Kauppila
Joseph Kawecki
John H . K a y
Jerald Kayne
Donald H . Kea
James T. Keegan
Peter Kelber
James C. Kelchner
Charles Kellner
James E. Kelly
Roland V. Kelly
Thomas E. Kelly
James E. Kemp
Joseph E. Kennedy
Herbert D. Kerschbaum
Edward Kiefer
Gary A . Kieltyka
Richard J. Kirsammer
Kenneth M . Kiser
Andrew J. Klapp
Daniel J. Klepack
Frank J. Klupacs
Michael D. Knisely
Kenneth D. Knopf
Gerald B. Kobemik
Aloysius Kochanski
Robert L. Kohl
James R. Kolanek
Gregory J. Kongeal
Albert J. Kopack
MarkA.Korody
James Kosniewski
Donald W. Kosnik
John R. Kosnik
Joseph G. Kotlarek
Arthur L. Kotowski
David A . Kotzan
Charles A . Koury
Edwards. Kovacich
Mark S. Kovalsky
Donald L. Kramer
Alex L. Kraski
David R. Krause
John C. Krause
Gerald J. Krawiec
Jerome V. Krinock
Garret K. Krishan
David Krolikowski
Thomas A. Krolikowski
Gay lord A . Kron
Lawrence Krupa
Theodore J. Krupa
Frank Krzystowczyk
Dennis J. Kruszyna
Edward F. Kubit
Frans H . Kuipers
Gary F. Kulju
Hermann E. Kurschner
Chester A . Kus
WiUiam W.Kuschel
Andrew Kuzdak, Jr.
Michael P. Labadie
Lawrence J. Lacey
Robert Lachner
Thomas G. Ladoski
John J. LaFlamme
William LaGosh
Jerry C. Lahr
ErwindO. Hagen
Edward A. Hager
Gordon E. Haggerty
Donald M . Halberda
John R. Halberda
Richard A. Hale
Frank W. Haling, Jr.
MarkB. Hall
Cortney Halmi
Ronald A. Hamel
Lawrence G. Hamilton
Carl A. Hammack
Michael A. Hammerberg
Edward Hamparian
Kenneth W. Hampton
Nels L. Hansen
Russell Harbaugh
WiUiam P. Harmala
JackG. Harmon
John W.Harper
Clarence Harrison, Jr.
Irwin E. Harrison
Robert H . Harrison
Arthur D . H a r t
Ronald Hartwell
I . Tom Hartwig
Sylvester C. Harvey
FredW.Hasler
Gerald E. Hatcher
Lane A. Hautau
John C. Hawman
Steven J. Haworth
Gene A. Head
Fred T. Hebenstreit
Randall Hebestreit
Thomas Hedderly
Reinold Hefter
Lester N . Heidmons
Donald W . H e i n
Robert E. Heintz
William S. Heitman
GaryE.Heldt
Richard D. Helm
JohnW.Helsom
Sandra L. Hemmingsen
Ronald J. Henderson
T. R. Henderson
Tommy E. Henderson
Charles W.Hendries
Charles L. Henry
Charles J. Henstock
Oran L. Herberger, Jr.
Steve Herridge
Vincent J. Herter
Toiro W. Huurto
MarkHildebrandt
Howard J. Hildenbrand
William E . H i l l
HarlenL.Hiller
Arthur J. Hnizdil
Ronald E.Hobgood
Dennis D. Hock
Alan Hockstra
William W.Hodges
Keith M . Hodgson
Stan Hodur
Frank Hoemschmeyer
Lawrence H . Hogan
Richard H . Hogan
Robert J. Holdreith
Jack D. Holler
Kenneth B. Hollis
Joseph P. Hommel
Charles V. Honchell
John Honkala
William Hood
Christopher Horton
Emmett J. Horton
SamG. Horton
James E. Horvath
Harlan Houghtby
William F.Howard
Thomas M . Howell
Fred C. Howes
Jerry K. Hubbell
Edward R. Huber
Philip J. Huber
Dennis Hughey
Douglas Hunter
Donald Hurd
Angelo laconelli
Addison E. Igleheart
Frank B. Ignich
Irek F. Imirowicz
John W. Ingrody
W i l l i a m s . Innes
Carlo lorio
James M . Irwin
Maria Iwaniec-Hunter
David L. Jackson
Michael W.Jackson
Osie Jackson
Richard P. Jackson
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well as library and dining facilities serving all students.
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John P. Lahti
Glenn Laing
Louis Lambert
Nancy Landry
Peter Lang
Robert J. Lang
Dennis Langkam
Alfred Langlois
Henry J. Langlois
Richard L. Lapinski
Eugene C. Lapko
JohnO. Larsen
Thomas J. LaVere
Harold C. Layman
Cornell J. Lazar
David Leash
Thomas P. LeBlanc
William H.Lee
Kenneth Lehto
George Leith
Lawrence A. Lenski
Nancy B.J. Leonard
Robert F. Leonard
Gerald E. Leppek
Henry R. L Esperance
Harrison A. Levy
Roy T. Lewis
Thomas D. Lewis
Oscar F. Lichner
Jeffrey Lilley
Andrew G. L i m
Stephen J. Limkemann
TedB. Lindstrom
Richard J. Lipinski
Richard L. Liskow
Douglas J. Lloyd
Mark R. Lohrer
Rosendo Lomas
Thomas Lombardi
Elizabeth A. Long
Lawrence E. Long
Ralph H . Long
Thomas P. Long
Alfred L. Lopez
Joseph M . Lopez
Lowell P. Loweke
Dennis R. Loy
Dennis R. Lucht
JackW. Luepke
Robert F. Luppino
John E. Lundquist
James C. Lusko
Daniel R. Lutey
Ronald J. Lutsey
Stephen A . Lutz
William I . Lytle
Arthur E. Maass
EarlE. Mabery
Paul D . Macey
David J. MacFarlane
William MacLachlan
George D. McMunn
Steve Maczko
Charles F. Maddox
Lewis R. Mahaffey
Walter A. Maisner
Mervin Majkowski
Thomas G. Makowski
Henry J. Malik
Barbara A . Malinowski
John J. Mance
Willis B. Manchester
Thomas A . Mandry
Theodore B. Manos
Richard J. Marchand
Paul L. Marchese
David W.Markus
Randall M . Marich
Gerald Marowski, Jr.
Andrew J. Marshall
Derek D . Marshall
Gerald C.Marshall
Richard G. Marshall
Robert M . Martin
Robert Martinez
John A . Martino
Walter Martynow
Robert D . Marx
Matthew J. Masalskis
Peter F. Masalskis
Richard A . Masi
Roy Mason
John J. Mathe
James E. Matthews
Joseph S. Matusz
Martin W. Maynard
John A . Mayott
Frank M . Mazeiko
Walter Maziarz
Robert Maziasz
James L. McBumey
James L. McCally
Ronald McClelland
Thomas J. McCool
Frederick C. McCoy, Jr.
Judith A. McFall
Donald L. Mclnnis
Donald Mclntyre
Kenneth McKay
Dennis M . McLaughlin
William E. McLean
Allan McLellan
Michael McLennan
L y n n O . McNaught
Walter W. McNeil
Thomas McNichol
JohnL. McPherson
Charles M . McQuillan
Frederick W.McQuire
Terry L. Measel
Denis G. Medwick
Ward L. Meeker
Peter A . Mello
Michael A. Melms
Philip M . Menendez
Sally J. Merritt
John E. Meservy
JohnG. Meyer
Carl Micek
Dennis Micek
SamualE. Michael
Ralph W.Michelson
Bruce Middlemiss
JohnC. Midle
Kenneth F.Migda
Ivan Mihalic
Melanie G. Mikaelian
Thomas Mikaelian
Ronald C. Milbauer
Lawrence J. Millen
Allen J. Miller
David G. Miller
Dennis J. Miller
Michael T. Miller
Norman Miller
Walters. Miller
William W . M i l l e r
Leland H . M i l l s
Nathan M . Mills
Michael R. Mitchell
Joseph Mlacak
Victor D. Moccia
Frank F. Moderacki
Leslie Mollon
John MoUoy
Jerry Monarch
Rosemary Monson
Charles H . Moore, Jr.
Eugene M . Moore
Robert N . Morales
Raymond C. Morawski
Robert Morency
Edward W. Moritz
Bernard Morof
John Morrison, Jr.
Robert D. Morrison
Kenneth G. Morse
Emile Mortier
Lounzie Moss, Jr.
Joseph E., Muccioli
Barbara K. Mueller
Roger M u l l i n
John Munger
Kevin B. Munns
Henry J. Murawski
Merton Musselman
JackG.Muthler, Jr.
Nick Mykolenko
Edward J. Mytych
David R. Nadeau
Paul M . Nagurka
William J. Naumann
Richard A . Nawrocki
Mrs. Donald Neal
Thomas W. Neddermeyer
TheronE. Neir
James C. Neisch
Karl C.Nelson
Norman B. Nelson
Walter T.Nelson
Rodney Craig Nets
Lawrence Neumann
Richard P. Newton
Thomas S. Nickelson, Jr.
Richard Nicholas
Gerald L. Nichols
Ewald K. Nielsen
Charles R. Nieto
Marvin F. Ninneman
Edward L. Nizienski
Mason R. Noble, Jr.
Michael P. Nolan
Michael R. Norred
Lee E. North
Robert E. Northey
Ronald L. Nosek
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�Paul T. Novak
Donald R. Nowakowski
QuentinW. Nowicki
Denton E. Nyberg
Gary R. Nyberg
James H . Obey
George K. Obsniuk
Dennis O'Connell
A l b e r t ! . O'Connor
Terrance O'Connor
Timothy O'Connor
Andrew M . Oddo
Gary O'Donnell
Richard Ogletree
Robert). Oldani
JackW. Olmstead
Thaddeus Olsgtyn
Brian L. O'Neil
Gilbert Opaleski
Ray J. Opperthauser
Pedro Orbegaso
David M . Ostler
Donald R. Ostler
Francis T. O'Toole
ErrolJ. Ott
Charles N . Otto
Alexander J. Owski
Anthony R. Ozog
Frank M . Parcella
Herbert G. Parker
Raymond L. Parker
William). Pastuschyn
Vaughn Allen Patterson
Theodore Pauck, )r.
Alfonsas). Paulikas
Louis Paull
Melvin). Pavelek
Arthur C. Payne
Thomas R. Pembroke
Stanley). Pence
VViUiam K. Pence
Gregg H . Penn
Frank). Penoza
Kenneth A. Penrose
)ames). Penzak
Raymond Peoples
Robert H . Peoples
)oel A. Perkins
Eugene Perlman
Michael). Pernack
Robert F. Perrault
Ernest W. Peterkin
WilUam). Peterlin
)erry Peterson
Henry N . Petrak
Louis S. Pettineo
Bruce). Peuterbaugh
Michael D. Phillips
Gerald Pichler
Raul Pizzini
Arthur L. Plinski
Francis P. PUzga
Gregory L. Pohl
Lewis L. Polk, )r.
Charles S. Pollum
William G. Polom
Thomas Pongratz
Maria G. Popescul
Wallace). Popravsky
WilHam.). Postuschyn
Ray Potts
William). Power
)ames M . Prange
Kenneth). Prentis
Robert Prewett
Dwight W. Prideaux
Edward T. Priebe
Craig S. Priskom
Robert W. Prucka
)ohn A. Pruse
Arthur H . Puzycki
Patrick L. Quinn
Edward Quisenberry
Francis E. Radwick
William A. Raether
)oseph S. Rahaim
Gene F. Rak
Charles L. Rappley
Albert W. Ratush
C. A. Randlett, )r.
Robert). Raymond
Alan). Rayner
David F. Rea
)ames Reaume
Robert G. Rebeschini
Gerald W. Rein
Donald B. Reinholm
Roy H . Reiterman
Robert E. Rekuc
)ohn). Relsdorf
Bruce A. Reno
Edward P. Repik III
)ohn M . Repka
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Ralph Reseigh
)ames G. Reverski
Donald E. Rezanka
Samuel M . Rice
Paul R. Riethmeier
CarlE.RiggJr.
George R. Rinaldi
Richard C. Risko
Phillip R. Roberts
Richard A. Robertson
Everett Robinson, III
Theodore Robinson
William L. Robinson
Marc M . Rockne
Alan Roehrig
Gerald E. Roll
Stanley F. Roman
Thaddeus C. Romans
Terry D . Rood
Carol W. Rose
Frederick). Rosiak
Hugh A. Ro->s
Robert G. Ross
Stanislaw )an Rozmiej
Robert W.Rubarth
Walter F. Ruffer
Douglas W. Raffley
R. D. Ruger
Pauls. Rulon
Charles W. Ruppenthal
Francis). Rutz
)ames P. Ryan
Patrick M . Ryan
Roman Rzasa
Fred A. Saari
)ohn P. Sabina
Ian Sabinsheck
Roger M . Sackett
Eugene). Sajdak
Harry Sakjas
Ralph L. Salansky
William S. Saliba
Vincent F. Salvia
Harold L. Sampson, )r.
Afredo Sanchez
Tim Sante
Thomas). Sata
Donald N . Schaening
Wilford A. Schaldenbrand
). C. Scapelliti
Steven W. Scarbrough
)ohn H . Scheich
Earl V. Schirmer
Arthur M . Schlachter
Michael B. Schlemke
Allan T. Schmaltz
)osef F. Schraner
)ohn F. Schreiber
Robert). Schueller
)ohn F. Schultz
Roland E. Schultz
Donald E. Schumaker
Howard F. Schuman
Frank M . Schuster
Barry E. Schwab
William Schwanke, )r.
Karl Schwarze
Ralph F. Schwedt
Henry Schweitzer
Richard C. Scott
Dale N . Scrace
David Scroggie
) o h n C . Segal
Kenneth C. Segel
Raymond S. Seikierski
M a r k s . Sellers
Thomas E. Seltz
)ames E. Serafino
Allen N . Settles
William Sharp
CarlF. Shelton
W. T. Sheppard
Ralph W. Shiplett
A l b e r t ) . Shobe
Leslie Shoemaker
Louis Sibal
George Sierant
Donald F. Sikora
)osephG. Silvis
Richard M . Similuk
Wilbert Simkovitz
Thomas W. Simpson
Paul Sisko, )r.
Robert). Skok
David R. Skupik
Charles C. Skupin
Robert). Skupny
Ernest B. Skuta
Wilford K. Slack
Gary L. Slaughter
Richard Slaughter
Kenneth G. Slotkowski
Walter). Smak
Robert). Smiley
David H . Smith
Donald). Smith
Edward R. Smith
Edward S. Smith
Herman). Smith
)ames Duncan Smith
JohnC. Smith
Richard D . Smith
Robert W. Smith
Ronald W. Smith
)erome E. Sobieraj
Ronald W. Sobson
Robert S. Solgan
Michael A. Solomon
Laurence G. Solomon
Frank T. Sossi
Richard D. Soudu
C h r i s ) . Spaseff
Gordon L. Spaulding
Warner E. Speakman
Richard M . Srodawa
Daniel). Stackpoole
Edward Stando
Nicholas Stanil
Phillip E. Stankewicz
)oseph Staron, )r.
Thaddeus C. Stawiasz
Douglas A. Steele
Arthur C. Steger
)ames M . Steimel
Winford Stell
Gerrit Stemmer
George Stenback
Paul Stenberg
GaryS. Stengle
David Stewart
Carl Stieler
Kenneth D. Stoll
Albert Stone
)ack Stone
Robert E. Stoner
)ames R. Storfer
David Robert Stoscup
Charles Strachan
William C. Strang
Frederick Strauss
Frederick). Strozeski
)oseph M . Strzyzewski
Stephen Suchorski
)ohn D. Sulek
William N . Sullivan
Larry E. Sundgren
) o h n C . Sutherland
Stanley). Svatora
Wayne V. Swanson
Michael). Sweeney
Ray Swindler
Robert). Szkotnicki
Antonio Taccogna
Stanley P. Taras
) a c k M . Tamon
Eugene A.Taurianinen
Nicholas Tavalette
Warren E. Taylor
Stuart R. Taylor
Myron Telep
Bruno Temporelli
Kazar P. Terterian
Raymond L. Tessmer
Ronald Thayer
Richard P. Theobald
)ames G. Thero
Robert Thom
Arthur Thomas
Stephen D. Thomas, )r.
William A. Thomson
Dale E.Thorsby
)on Tincher
Larry A. Tinsley
Michael). Tomkins
Cynthia M . Tomsic
Douglas G. Toth
Lawrence). Trapp
David C. Travis
Thomas C. Trevithick
Edward P. Trouteaud
George W. Turczyn
Paul). Turner
Thomas W. Turner
Thomas T. Tuttle
Peter I . Tzilos
Zigmund F. Urbanski
)ohn A. Urbonis
Daniel T. Valascho
Robert). Valascho
Donald G. Valentine
Robert H . Van Allen
David Van Blois
George E. Van Sach
Paul). Van Wie
Thomas). Varga
Steve Varjabedian
Vijay Vasantgadkar
)amesC. Veale
Clarence I . Vellner
Athanzaios Verges
Maurice L. Vermeulen
Theodore ). Vemer
Domenico Verticchio
Richard). Vinnay
Roger A . Volansky
Dennis P. Vollman
EarlB. Volz
Michael S. Wadkins
Rich & Kristin Wadowski
GlenC. Wagner
)ohn C. Wagner
Robert G. Wagner
Alex Waligora
)ohn B.Wallace
Thomas G. Wallace
Charles M . W a l l i n
Kirk L.Walters
David A. Ware
W i U i a m H . Warfield
Michael R. Wargo
Larry R. Warner
Roger V. Warner
)ames A . Waschewski
)ames C. Watkins
Robert W. Watson
William L. Watson
George A . Watt
Michael Waypa, )r.
Kevin E.Webb
Frank). Weber, )r.
Howard L. Weber
William Weber
)ohn L. Wedge
Joseph F. Wenzl
)erry B. Werner
William E.Wertz
Stanley A. West
Starling C. West
)ohn L. Weting
David G.White
Howard F. White
Willie B.White
Gene H . W h i t f i e l d
Paul D . Wicker
GlenG. Wickersham
Don A. Wickman
Michael Wierzbicki
)ames D. Wiggins
Jerome B. Wilczynski
)amesW. W i l d
J o h n M . Wilk
Gerald A. Wilk
Gary D. Wilkinson
Gerald WiUiams
John H . Williamson
H a r o l d s . Wilson
James T. Wilson
Ronald L. Winebrenner
David W. Winey, Jr.
Ernest E. Wise
David C. Witt
JohnC. Witwer
Karlo P. Wolf
Gilbert R. Wolfe
Albert H.Wohlart
Robert Woods
Lawrence J. Worobec
Thaddeus A. Wozniak
Samuel R. Wylie
James M . Wyss
James M . Yagley
Thomas R. Yagley
Harold R. Yates
Robert E. Yates
Richard A. Yee
Howard E. Yek
ReneH. Yerke
Frank K. Yesh
Thomas J. Yestrepsky
Daniel L. Yokich
Richard J. Young
Robert K. Young
Ronald M . Yura
Richard A . Yutendale
Richard A . Zajac
Philip J. Zalewski
Charles L. Zeese
Lawrence Zellen
Thomas J. Zeoli
Haig Zerowni
Joseph A. Ziegenfelder
Michael Ziniuk
Frank Zmuda, Jr.
JohnM.Zukoff
�Friends
If you can judge a college by the friends it has, then LIT is
indeed i n very good company. Friends of the College made
new pledges of $418,527. Contributions during fiscal 1980-81
amounted to $368,602.
See the Presidents
Club roster for additional
Virginia Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. Harry R. Ball
Bethia D. Bamberger
Randolph H. Bastion
J. M. Bay
D. L. BelviUe
David S. Benian
David L. Bessie
C. George Bolda
Mr. & Mrs. Harold G. Ceaser
Willard D. Cheek
Richard Chichoski
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Edgerton
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fealk
Dwight E. Fougnie
JackW. Fraylick
JohnW. Gardner
Mrs. H.William Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley E. Gilbertson
Clarence Gleeson
George H. Goldstone
Paul]. Greeley
Richard Green
Mr. & Mrs. Delmar C. Grimes
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Gulau
Mian Abdul Hanif
Mrs. Milton G. Harris, Sr.
Thomas Hedderly
T. R. Henderson
Michael Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Jewsbury
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Kaufman
contributors.
James H . Kelly
Abdul Hasan Khan
Mr. & Mrs. David Klotz
Mr. & Mrs. Lee E. Landes
Mr. & Mrs. William Lilac
Martha Love
Frank W. Lynch
Bruce Macklin
Mr. & Mrs. William C. MacNeill
Joe McCloud
Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. McNutt
Mr. & Mrs. Blaine E.Miller
Thomas Mikaelian
Chris Mistopoulos
Michael J. Moraniec
Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Mutnick
Ibrahim N. Al Nasser
Mr. «e Mrs. Louis J. Nemeth
f
Bruce Overby
Dr. David J. Pines
Henry Polowniak
John Portman
JohnC. Prost
Mr. & Mrs. George B. Randall
Saleh Robian
Mr. & Mrs. T. A. Rupprecht
E. Richard SaHsbury
Mr. & Mrs. William H . Sandy
Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Saul
Mr. & Mrs. A. Warren Schultz
Harley M. Selling
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Solomon
Harry R. Spencer
Kenneth E. Stecker
Edward D. Stone, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Tann
Ms. AileenW.Trix
Mr. & Mrs. Stanley L. Try bus
Gordon Walls
Hugh D. Williams, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Yatros
W. Trent Yopp
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Zimmerman
Corporations
The number of corporations supporting the College more than
doubled during the 1980-81 fiscal year. New pledges totaled
$613,909. Contributions grew to $715,754. LIT's relationship
w i t h the corporate world is one of its most important assets.
A - O K Machine & Tool Company
ARA Institutional Services
A.S. A. Machine Tool Electricians, Inc.
Accurate Boring & Machine
Company, Inc.
Acme-Cleveland Corporation
(LaSalle Machine Tool)
Acme Industrial Products, Inc.
Acorn Iron Works
Air-Matic Products Company, Inc.
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Air Traffic Service Corporation
Alexander-Alexander of
Michigan, Inc.
Allar Company, Inc.
Allen-Bradley Company
Allen Electric Supply Company
Allied Corporation
Allstate Insurance Company
American Airlines, Inc.
American Motors Corporation
Amoco Oil Company
Anchor Fastener Sales Company
Apex Detroit Tools, Inc.
Arrow Head Design Corporation
Arrowhead Design Corporation
Arrowsmith Tool & Die, Inc.
Atlas Tool, Inc.
Automotive Accessories, Inc.
B-H Tool & Supply Company
B & K Corporation
B & M Industries, Inc.
Barry Steel Corporation
Barton-Malow Company
The Bendix Corporation
Bendix (Warner Swasey Foundation)
Berg Tool, Inc.
Betz Foundry
Bigelow-Liptak Corporation
Blue Water Fabricators, Inc.
Blue Water Plastics Company
Bopp-Busch Manufacturing Company
Borman's, Inc.
Brothers Industries, Inc.
Brown & Deyo & Associates
The Brown Corporation of Ionia, Inc.
Leo Burnett Advertising Company
of Michigan
Burroughs Corporation
Camelot Electronics
Cannco Tool & Machine, Inc.
Cargill Detroit Corporation
Carlson, Dimond & Wright, Inc.
John V. Carr & Son, Inc.
The Robert Carter Corporation
Center Electric Supply Company
�Piece by piece, glass panels in the Management Building's skylights are placed high over the central
courtyard.
Annual Giving Report IX
Champion Spark Plug Company
Chemcentral/Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Citation Tool, Inc.
City Metal Refining Company, Inc.
Cleaners Hanger Company
Clipper International Corporation
Cole Carbide Industries, Inc.
Commercial Contracting Corporation
Computerized Insurance Techniques
Concord Tool & Manufacturing
Company, Inc.
Construction Pipe Company, Inc.
Consumers Power Company
Cook Industrial Coatings, Inc.
Coopers & Lybrand
Corduroy Rubber Company
Core Industries, Inc.
Walter L. Couse & Company
Craft Line, Inc.
Cronk & Tocco, Inc.
The Cross Company
Crowe & Associates, Inc.
Crowley, Milner & Company
Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc.
D M I Industries, Inc.
Darin & Armstrong, Inc.
Daverman Associates, Inc.
Decca Pattern Company, Inc.
Deken Machine Design, Inc.
Delray Foundry Company
DeMaria Building Company
Dequindre Tool & Die Company, Inc.
Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc.
Detroit Bank & Trust
Detroit Edison Company
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Quality Brush &
Manufacturing Company
DiClemente-Seigel Engineering, Inc.
Diehl & Diehl, Architects, Inc.
Disco A l u m i n u m Products Company
Dominion Tool & Die Company
Douglas & Lomason Company
Dover Corporation, De-Sta-Co
Division
Dow Chemical USA
Drake Printing Company
J. L. Dumas & Company
Dunn Tool Company
Dymac Industries, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Electro-Matic Products, Inc.
Emerald Turf Engineered
Sprinklers, Inc.
Environetics
Ethyl Corporation
Etkin, Johnson & Korb, Inc.
The Evening News Association
Excel Corporation
Expert Hydraulics
J. N . Fauver Company, Inc.
Federal-Mogul Corporation
Financial Guardian, Inc.
First Federal Savings & Loan
Association of Detroit
Fischbach-Natkin Company
Flynn Paving Company
Ford Motor Company
Forging Specialties, Inc.
Foster Chemical, Inc.
Four-D Builders Supply
Frank's Nursery Sales, Inc.
J. A . Fredman, Inc.
Freeman-Darling, Inc.
French Sullivan, Inc.
Fuller Tool Company
Fusco Associates, Inc.
G. P. Plastics Company
Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation
Gatchell & Associates, Inc.
General Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
O Germany, Inc.
Giffels Associates
Glanz & Killian Company
Glassman Oldsmobile
Gonzalez Design Engineering
Company
C. L. Grandsen & Company
Gray Electric Company
Great Lakes Gas Transmission
Company
Great Lakes Steel
John E. Green Company, Inc.
H & L Tool Company
Jack Haines Company
Harley, Ellington, Pierce, Yee
and Associates
John T. Harley Company
Harrison Piping Supply Company
The E. F. Hauserman Company
�Havis-Glovinsky Associates
Hentschel Instruments, Inc.
Hiram Walker & Sons
HoUock Hydraulic Inc.
HoUey Carburetors, Divison of Colt
Holley Carburetor
Michel]. Howard Associates, Inc.
W.J. Howard & Sons, Inc.
Howe-Martz Glass Company
Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.
J. L. Hudson Company
Hughes Chemical Company
Hydra-Zorb Company
Hydromation Company
Hygrade Food Products Corporation
IBM
I T C Electric Company
Imperial Floor Covering, Inc.
Inland Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
Inmont Corporation (Carrier)
International Electric Controls
J. P. Tool, Inc.
K-R Automation Corporation
Kamp-Di Como Associates
Kelsey-Hayes
Kentec Corporation
Kennedy Boring & Machine, Inc.
Key Welder Corporation
Kirby Grinding Company
K mart Corporation
Kowalski Sausage Company, Inc.
Kroger Company
David C. Krogsrud Associates
Kuhlman Corporation
Leon Kohls & Associates, Inc.
L & B Machine Tool, Inc.
LOF Plastics, Inc.
F. Jos. Lamb Company
Lane Tool & Manufacturing
Corporation
Len-Tec Corporation
Lincoln Park Boring Company
Al Long Ford
Lupatin Welding, Inc.
Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance
Company
Machine Tool Hydraulics
Machine Tool Service, Inc.
MacPhail Industrial Sales
Madison Electric
Majestic Machine & Tool
Ralph E. Maly, Inc.
Manco Tooling, Inc.
Seymour Mandell
Manufacturers National Bank
Marathon O i l Company
Maro Precision Tool Company
Maxitrol Company
Mayotte-D'Haene Associates,
Architects, Inc.
McLouth Steel Corporation
McGraw Electric Company
Mecha Engineering Company
Medi-Nuclear Corporation
Melody Farms Dairy
Merlo Steam Equipment Company
Metamora Products Corporation
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Boiler & Engineering
Company
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Michigan Mutual Insurance Company
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline
Company
Midwest Broach Corporation
Midwest Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.
Milarch Printing and Office
Supply Company
Milton Manufacturing Company
Mirrex, Inc.
Morrison-DeLaere Associates, Inc.
C. A. Muer Corporation
Multi Crafts, Inc.
Mundet Insulation Company
Michael Nalu Associates, Inc.
National Bank of Detroit
Neyer, Tiseo & Hindo, LTD
Niemiec & Nemes
Norbert Industries, Inc.
Nor-Cote, Inc.
Outwater Trane Service Agency, Inc.
P T Standard Parts Company
Parker Brothers Construction
Company
Patton Painting & Decorating
Peninsular Machinery Company
Perkins Engines, Inc.
Phalanx, Inc.
Pilot Engineering Company
Power Process Piping, Inc.
Pressform Corporation
Progressive Tool & Industries
Pulte Construction Company
Q. C. Design Services, Inc.
Louis G. Redstone Associates, Inc.
Ritter Engineers
Rockwell International Corporation
Rossetti Associates
Joseph T. Ryerson & Son
Sandy Corporation
Scandia Machine & Tool
Abbott K. Schlain Company
Sheldon J. Scott, Inc.
Sears-Roebuck
Security Bank & Trust Company
Servomation Corporation
Charles W. Sherman & Associates
A. Z. Shmina & Sons Company
Sislin-Splane Printing
C M . Smillie & Company
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Associates, Inc.
Snyder Corporation
James R. Snyder Company, Inc.
The Stanley-Carter Company
Steel Fabricators and Sheet
Metal Company
Stellar Engineering, Inc.
Stev Fran Engineering
Stouffer's Northland Inn
Structural Fabricators
Suburban Boring Company
Suburban Brick
Summagraphics Corporation
Summit Industries, Inc.
Sutter Products Company
Taylor Engineering Corporation
The Taylor Supply Company
Tedrick Photo Service, Inc.
Tektronix
Touche Ross & Company
Townsend & Bottum, Inc.
Travelers Insurance Company
Trio Tool Company
Tronic Ware, Inc.
Turk's Paving, Inc.
Turner-Brooks, Inc.
Unistrut Corporation
United Airlines
Utica Machine Company
Valeron Corporation
Van Pelt Corporation
D. H . Vogel Division
Walbridge, Aldinger Company
Walcon Corporation
Warren Steel Works
Wayne Oakland Bank
Jervis B. Webb Company
Wedemeyer Electronics
Weldaloy-Products Company
Western Electric Company
Whall Central Security Corporation
Wilson-Gamer Company
Winkelman Stores, Inc.
Robert Lee Wold & Associates, Inc.
X-Celsior Machine Corporation
M i n o r u Yamasaki & Associates
Norman H . Ziegelman Architects, Inc.
Allis-Chalmers
American Broadcasting Company
American Hospital Supply
Corporation
American Motors Corporation
American Natural Resources System
American Standard, Inc.
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company
American United Life Insurance
Company
Arthur Andersen & Company
The Austin Company
BASF Wyandotte Corporation
Barnes Group Foundation, Inc.
Bechtel Foundation
Bell Laboratories
Bendix Corporation
(Wamer-Swasey)
The Boeing Company
Borg-Wamer Corporation
Cadillac Gage Company
Carborundum Corporation
Chrysler Corporation
Citibank, N . A .
Combustion Engineering, Inc.
Cummins Engine Foundation
Daniel International Corporation
Delta Temp, Inc.
Detroit Edison Company
Donald Engineering Company, Inc.
Dow Chemical Company
G. B. Dupont Company, Inc.
Eaton Corporation
Ethyl Corporation
Ex-Cell-O Corporation
Exxon Education Foundation
Factory Mutual Engineering
Corporations—
Matching Gifts
Matching gift contributions to L I T during fiscal 1980-81
totaled $185,149, including $55,964 in cash gifts. The matching
gift programs sponsored by the following companies
encouraged giving by L I T alumni and friends:
ACF Foundation, Inc.
Acme-Cleveland Corporation
(LaSalle Machine Tool)
Aetna Foundation
A i r Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Allied Corporation
Early in June, 1981, construction workers work to complete one of the
Management Building's distinctive stair towers.
�Federal-Mogul Corporation
Firestor\ Tire & Rubber Compariy
Ford Motor Company
Foxboro Company
Fruehauf Corporation
General Telephone « Electronics
&
Corporation
Gee & Missler Services, Inc.
General Dynamics, Inc.
General Electric Foundation
G i b b s & H i l l , Inc.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Gould, Inc.
Alexander Grant & Company
Foundation
John A. Hartford Foundation
Heublein Foundation, Inc.
Howmet Turbine Components
Corporation
International Business Machines
Corporation
International Minerals &
Chemical Corporation
Kidder Peabody & Company
Marathon Oil Foundation
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Martin Marietta Corporation
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Midland-Ross Corporation
Monsanto Fund
National Steel Corporation
Occidental Petroleum
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Company
Pennwalt Corporation
Peoples Energy Corporation
Pillsbury Company Foundation
Protection Mutual Insurance
Company
Rockwell International Corporation
Rust Engineering Corporation
The S & H Corporation
Sohio
Sperry Corporation Foundation
The Stanley Works
Sterling Drug Company
Sun Company, Inc.
TRW Foundation
Total Petroleum, Inc.
UOP Foundation
Uniroyal, Inc.
United Technologies
Wallace-Murray Foundation
Warner-Lambert Company
Wausau Insurance Company
Westinghouse Corporation
Xerox Foundation
Arthur Young Foundation
Foundations
The n u m b e r of foundations s u p p o r t i n g the College increased
again—this year by more than 100 percent. N e w pledges f r o m
f o u n d a t i o n s totaled $1,005,410 d u r i n g the 1980-81 fiscal year.
Carman Adams Foundation
George I . Alden Trust
Amax Foundation, Inc.
Charles M . Bauervic Foundation
Clarence & Grace Chamberlin
Foundation
Gerald W. ChamberUn
Foundation, Inc.
DeRoy Testamentary Foundation
DeSeranno Education Foundation
The Charles B. & Charles R.
DeVlieg Foundation
Earl-Beth Foundation
Fisher-Insley Foundation
Forging Industry Educational &
Research Foundation
Frank E. Gannett Newspaper
Foundation, Inc.
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Herrick Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Kysor Industrial Corporation
Foundation
The R. C. Mahon Foundation
Alex & Marie Manoogian Foundation
McGregor Fund
Morrison Foundation
NL Industries Foundation, Inc.
National Action Council for
Minorities in Engineering, Inc.
Sage Foundation
George & Mabel H . Slocum
Foundation
Students and Student
Organizations
Gifts f r o m students attending the College and student organizations are always appreciated.
See the Presidents Oub roster for additional LIT student
Roger Hane
Mrs. Robert N . Hillman
Ceramics - Auction
Golden Hearts of Sigma Phi Epsilon
contributors.
LIT LibfSfy Sdence Studefits
Association
Run For Excellence
Associations
A variety of associations, each w i t h an i m p o r t a n t l i n k w i t h the
College, c o n t r i b u t e d $4,864. LIT recognizes these associations
and their valuable c o n t r i b u t i o n s to the College.
American Concrete Institute
American Society for Metals Detroit Chapter
Bricklayers Local #26
Detroit Amateur Radio Association
Electrical Association of Detroit
Kiwanis Club of Southfield Central
Masonry Institute of Michigan, Inc.
Annual Giving Report XI
Michigan Chapter of Producers, Inc.
Redford Union High School,
District No. 1 - Activities Fund
Rotary Club of Southfield
Southeastern Michigan Amateur
Radio Association
Wayne State University Library
Science A l u m n i Association
Members and Trustees
The College is fortunate to be i n the capable hands of a d e d i cated g r o u p of members and trustees. One measure of this
d e d i c a t i o n is the support that this most prestigious group is
g i v i n g to the Capital C a m p a i g n . The total pledges and cont r i b u t i o n s f r o m members and trustees passed the $400,000
m a r k i n fiscal 1980-81.
Mr. & Mrs. BenF. Bregi
Mr. & Mrs. Edward E. Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Parke B. Brown
Dr. & Mrs. Wayne H.Buell
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph E. Cross
Mr. & Mrs. Richard H . Cummings
Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Donley
Mr. & Mrs. Alfred M . Entenman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Roger H . Fitch
Dr. & Mrs. Perry E. Gresham
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Hamann
Mr. & Mrs. John M . Harlan
Mr. & Mrs. William D. Innes
Mrs. E. George Lawrence
Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Marburger
Mr. & Mrs. Nelson A. Miles
Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd E. Reuss
Dr. & Mrs. Edward M . Spencer
Mr. & Mrs. Kurt O. Tech
Mr. & Mrs. Sydney L. Terry
Mr. & Mrs. Lewis C. Veraldi
LIT Family
M o s t of the LIT faculty, staff, and administration made their
five-year pledges to the Capital Campaign d u r i n g the 1979-80
fiscal year. Therefore, their support was included i n the 197980 Annual Giving Report. However, total g i v i n g from the LIT
f a m i l y has continued to c l i m b . D u r i n g the 1980-81 fiscal year,
$19,861 i n new pledges was added.
See the Presidents
Club roster for additional LIT family
Dr. and Mrs. Hans Bajaria
Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Bizon
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Blandford
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Blythe
Mr. and Mrs. George Bowden
BumellJ. Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P. Casai
Eugene R. Gates
Ms. A n n e M . Cattermole
George Cavas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Champlin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Chute
Ms. Dorothy H . Clark
Gary R. Cocozzoli
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cogan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Considine, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Crane
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cuper
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Daugherty
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. P. de Hesselle
Mr. and Mrs. R. James Diegel
Metin Dogu
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dragon
Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Dulin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Faes
Ms. RuthG. Favro
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Forrest
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Gabel
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Gallesero
JackG. Gearhart
James Giachino
Dr. and Mrs. John M . Goodenow
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hamburg
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hatch
Dr. and Mrs. Warren R. H i l l
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hodges
Jesse Hunt
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Hunter
John F. Hurley
Gary Jelin
GlenS. Johnstone
Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. Joppich
Gary A . Kecskes
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy R. Kennedy
Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Kent
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Kinder
Barry W. Knister
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Koltuniak
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Korenkiewicz
contributors.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Lackey
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Larkins
Dr. Barbara Layman
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Lewis
Ms. Juliana C. LeZotte
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Liska
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Liftman
John A . Macropol
Gene Manis
Albert Mamon
Richard S. Maslowski
Larry McCoUister
Richard D. McCormack
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Merscher
Edward M . Mielock
Richard J. Miller
Mr. and Mrs. Philip V. Mohan
W. Thomas Munsell
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Nanny
Ms. Gail Nastwold
Mr. and Mrs. FredOlmstead
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Petro, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Powell
Donald L. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Larry M . Rockind
Dr. and Mrs. George Rosculet
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Sanda
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Sands
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Savin
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Schenkel
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Schneider
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schoneck
Raymond G. Seidi
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shrem
Michael S. Sifter
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Snyder
JohnO. Stock
Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Strickfaden
Michael P. Sweeney
Richard J. Trippett
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Varadian
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H . Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Wente
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Werry, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter H . Wentzel
Marvin E. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Glen S. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Will R. Wisler
P a u l H . Zang
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Zemens
These rosters include names on record for contributions received as of June
30, 1981. Omissions or corrections should be reported to the Office of
Development.
�S
omebody forgot to tell the students in
Bob Champlin's urban culture class
that the real-life problem they were
tackling was unsolvable—so they went
ahead and solved it anyway!
The harsh reality of decaying and run
down commercial areas in the nation's
cities and the solution to renovating them
at a reasonable cost have plagued urban
planners for decades. For the LIT
students involved in a year-long project
arranged by their professor to help a
neighborhood redevelopment group,
however, the answers were simple and
basic—make the area more appealing to
pedestrians and shoppers and add a
festive "mall-like" air to the currently
traffic-oriented section of town.
Robert ChampUn, associate professor
of architecture at LIT, met early In the
1980-81 academic year with representatives of the Michigan Avenue Community
Organization (MACO), a group which
brings together residents and merchants
from a three-mile area around Michigan
Avenue from West Grand Boulevard to
Wyoming. The organization has, as its
main objective, the redevelopment of the
entire area including homes, public areas,
and commercial structures and, to this
end, received a $580,000 block grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development. Much of this funding
is being used for home Improvement
loans and grants and industrial buffering.
New life
'on the
avenue'
Prof. Champlin's students are
at it again. This time they're
helping a struggling Detroit
community to bounce back
What the MACO people lacked,
though, was an overall plan for renovation
of the commercial strip which fronted
along Michigan Avenue. They
approached Bob Champlin for help, and
he, in turn, decided to have students work
on a redevelopment plan as the major
semester project in each of his three
urban culture classes.
Students began the long process of
planning and designing with extensive
research into such areas as ethnic makeup, history, traffic patterns, and traffic
flow. They carefully reviewed the neighborhood's current condition. In addition,
they "took to the streets" to survey
shoppers and merchants to find out how
they viewed the area, what their own
needs and concerns were, and what they
would like to see included in a redevelopment project.
Small groups then planned and
designed what they believed would be the
17
I IT
AAona-Tina
�best solution. From the 18 original ideas,
three were chosen, one from each class,
for further development in the second
semester. Students were divided into
teams to work on various aspects of the
project such as refining the design plans,
studying ways to implement the recommendations, building a scale model,
putting together a professional-level
presentation, and compiling the results
into a written study.
The three completed designs were first
presented at a special community
meeting where MACO residents and
merchants rated the three proposals and
chose what they thought was the best and
most viable alternative. The next day,
visiting professor of architecture,
renowned urban planner Edmund Bacon,
also reviewed the designs and made his
choice. The results were unanimous.
The "winning" plan incorporated
several basic recommendations, outlined
in the written study, although it is
expected that portions of all three final
designs will be incorporated when the
project is built. In their design, the
students physically redesigned Michigan
Avenue to slow local traffic and divert
through traffic to 1-94. They also proposed
designating certain multi-purpose lanes
as inbound or outbound depending on
daily traffic increases, providing
Autumn 1981 18
additional off-street parking to reduce
congestion, widening and re-designing
pedestrian walkways to separate
shoppers from the main road and to provide plazas and open space walkways,
and building a center landscaped median.
In addition, they suggested turning the
upper portion of commercial buildings into
attractive apartments with rooftop
gardens visible from the street, providing
crosswalks across Michigan Avenue
covered with transparent roofs to shield
pedestrians from the elements and make
motorists more aware of the shoppers,
and "brightening up" the storefronts with
colorful striped awnings.
The design was basic, viable, and
innovative—so innovative in fact that
Bacon, in his assessment of it, could not
heap enough praise on the designers.
"I've never seen anything like this
before and I'm amazed that the students
could have come up with something so
simple and yet unique," he noted. "This
Members of a student design team explain ttie
features of ttieir community redevelopment
concepts to Edmund Bacon, Pfiiladelphia
urban planner and LIT visiting professor of
architecture, wfiile MACO representatives
and students listen.
will work in the area and is cost-efficient
enough to be fully implementable in the
next few years."
The MACO representatives were
thrilled with the work and began
immediate plans to turn the design into a
reality.
"I can't tell you how happy and grateful
we are for all the work the students have
done," said Denise Jacobs, MACO
treasurer and local homeowner. "We
couldn't have done any of this without
their help and everyone is amazed and
delighted with the designs."
According to Bob Champlin, the
students devoted over 7,000 hours to the
development of the plans.
"Everyone became really involved with
the MACO group," he noted, "and that
really pleased me. "They now have a
better understanding of what it feels like
to work in the 'real world' and deal with
those everyday kind of problems which
seem to occur all the time in any project.
"These students are the keys to our
country's future," he continued, "and if we
can get them involved in its problems
now, we will all be better off. I think that
what they learned, above and beyond all
else, was that if we work together, there
isn't any problem we can't lick. That's the
best lesson any teacher can hope to
teach." n
�On-campus
Tuition:
how
much
is too little?
How costs*
have increased 1971-1981
^ ^ ^ T h i s t u i t i o n is killing m e , " a
I Lawrence I n s t i t u t e of Technology s t u d e n t w a s recently heard s a y i n g
to another during r e g i s t r a t i o n . This
a u t u m n , LIT t u i t i o n is up 8.8 percent.
A student paying $1575 In 1980-81 is
paying $1725 now. But t h i n g s c o u l d be
worse. At the M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e
of Technology, s t u d e n t t u i t i o n is
$7400 t h i s September.
The fact is, LIT's t u i t i o n Is generally
far less t h a n that charged by other
private colleges and universities in
M i c h i g a n and a c r o s s the c o u n t r y .
An article in the Detroit Free
Press
recently indicated t h a t a m o n g the
State's private undergraduate colleges,
only M a d o n n a w a s less expensive. The
College S c h o l a r s h i p Service has
pegged the average t u i t i o n and fee
charges at the nation's private colleges
at $3709. This " g a p " has led s o m e LIT
staffers to wonder a l o u d w h e t h e r the
College's t u i t i o n is so inexpensive t h a t
someone m i g h t t h i n k there w a s
" s o m e t h i n g w r o n g " w i t h the C o l l e g e ' s
educational programs.
Placement figures d o n ' t seem t o
support t h i s . Indeed, s t u d i e s prepared
by the College's Placement O f f i c e and
several deans Indicate that LIT students
g r a d u a t i n g in m a r k e t a b l e career fields
are being eagerly s n a p p e d up by
business and industry, and at record
salaries. Concurrently, c o n t r i b u t i o n s
to the College f r o m i n d u s t r i e s likely t o
employ LIT s t u d e n t s s t a n d at
all-time-highs.
" W h a t our reasonable t u i t i o n
figures really mean is t h a t we've
endeavored t o carefully m o n i t o r
e x p e n s e s , " a s s e r t s LIT president. Dr.
Richard Marburger. " T u i t i o n covers
about 85 percent of our a c t u a l c o s t of
e d u c a t i n g s t u d e n t s , " he says. " O u r
i n s t i t u t i o n a l heritage Is based on the
pledge that we offer an e d u c a t i o n that
w o r k i n g men and w o m e n can a f f o r d .
We w o n ' t deviate f r o m t h a t . "
No stranger t o r e s p o n s i b l e f i s c a l
* Costs, except LIT tuition figures,
courtesy of First American
Washington
D.C., and U.S. News and World Report.
m a n a g e m e n t is Dr. W a y n e H. Buell,
ChE'36. " O t h e r s spill w h a t we s p e n d , "
says LIT's c h a i r m a n of the b o a r d , a n d
president f r o m 1964 t o 1977. " O u r prog r a m s have t o pay their way, c l a s s e s
m u s t be f u l l , and LIT has t o c o n t i n u e
its s c h e d u l e of day and evening
c l a s s e s , " Dr. Buell a d d s . " O f f e r i n g
c l a s s e s f r o m 8 a.m. t o a l m o s t 11 p.m.
in three separate p r o g r a m s m e a n s our
p h y s i c a l plant is well utilized and
spreads the c o s t of our f i x e d e x p e n s e s
s u c h as the library or a d m i n i s t r a t i o n
over a greater s t u d e n t p o p u l a t i o n —
m e a n i n g lower c o s t s for all.
"In addition, we continue to employ
b o t h full-time f a c u l t y as well as a
part-time or a d j u n c t f a c u l t y g r o u p w i t h
current b u s i n e s s and i n d u s t r i a l
experience. This c o m b i n a t i o n is
Bank,
e s s e n t i a l for s t u d e n t s t o learn state-ofthe-art a p p l i c a t i o n s of theory, w h i l e
keeping our overall staff c o s t s at
a c c e p t a b l e levels."
Obviously, LIT's hardnosed
a p p r o a c h t o f i s c a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is
w i n n i n g converts. Even a cursory
review of the n a t i o n ' s colleges and
universities s h o w s many are a d o p t i n g
m e t h o d s pioneered d e c a d e s ago by
LIT — s u c h as evening p r o g r a m s and
an i n c r e a s i n g number of a d j u n c t
faculty.
Happily, elsewhere and at Lawrence
I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y , the real
w i n n e r s seem t o be the s t u d e n t s . At
LIT, a record fall e n r o l l m e n t perhaps
i n d i c a t e s t h a t more s t u d e n t s than ever
are d i s c o v e r i n g e d u c a t i o n a l quality is
a m a t t e r of both d o l l a r s and sense. •
19 LIT
Magazine
��dangling out of the window of a small
plane.
One of his most ambitious undertakings
has been a photographic survey of the
construction of LIT's new Management
Building for architects Louis G. Redstone
Associates, Inc. The photos on these four
pages and in this issue's Annual Giving
Supplement are from that project.
Far left, the riew t^anagement Building's
southwest entrance. Left, workers roof one of
the structure's distinctive triangular stair
towers. Above, a crowning touch is put on one
of the building's large skylights.
21 LIT Maoazine
�still far from finished when these photos were
taken in September, the Management Building's central gallery, right and lower right, is
certain to be utilized as a "commons" by all
students using the relocated library and
dining facilities. Far right, the same area as its
concrete ceiling was poured in June. Even
though portions of the new building are totally
underground to conserve energy, natural light
will reach all floors from
skylights and light wells.
�4.3'
mm
j
�LIT graduates
largest class
A
record number of students, over
600, were graduated from
Lawrence Institute of Technology during
the College's 49th Commencement on
June 7.
The graduation was held at the Detroit
Civic Center's Ford Auditorium and this
year's speaker was Howard H. Kehrl, vice
chairman of General Motors. Receiving
honorary doctorates were State Senator
Bill S. Huffman, who represents the 16th
district, and Walter J. McCarthy, Jr.,
chairman and chief executive officer of
Detroit Edison Company.
Mr. Kehrl, the commencement speaker,
began his career as a college graduate in
training with General Motors in 1948. He
was elected vice chairman in 1980. He
was graduated from Illinois Institute of
Technology with a bachelor of science
degree. He also received a master of
science degree in engineering mechanics
from the University of Notre Dame and a
master's degree in industrial management from MIT.
Mr. Kehrl serves as a director of the
Dayton-Hudson Corp., Harper-Grace
Hospitals and, in 1981, was elected
chairman of the board of the United Negro
College Fund. He received the honor
award from Notre Dame's College of
Engineering, the Distinguished Service
Award from Wayne State, and the Corporate Leadership Award from MIT. He was
awarded an honorary doctor of science
degree in industrial management from LIT
in 1977.
Mr. Huffman, who received an honorary
doctorate in humanities, served as a state
representative and as mayor and
councilman of Madison Heights before
being elected a state senator in 1974. As
acting chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Senator Huffman designed the Investment Needs Model, an innovative new
plan for assessing Michigan's higher
education requirements. A longtime friend
and champion of higher education,
Huffman also served as a member of the
Governor's Special Committee on Higher
Education while in the House of
Representatives.
Mr. McCarthy was awarded an honorary doctorate in engineering during the
LIT ceremonies. He also holds a B.M.E.
degree from Cornell University and the
Autumn 1981 24
equivalent of a master's degree from the
Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology.
An expert in the field of nuclear technology, Mr. McCarthy began his career at
Detroit Edison in 1968 as the assistant
manager of engineering. He was named
president and chief operating officer in
1979 and assumed his current post this
fall.
Mr. McCarthy is a director of many
local and national organizations and
corporations including the: Detroitbank
Corporation; American Nuclear Energy
Council; Cranbrook Institute of Science;
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Boys' Clubs
of Metropolitan Detroit; Police Athletic
League; and the Edison Electric Institute.
He has also been elected a fellow in the
American Nuclear Society, ESD, and in
1958 was named one of the "Five Outstanding Young M e n " in the State of
Michigan by the Junior Chamber of
Commerce. •
From left: LIT chairman Wayne H. Buell, ChE'36, and President Richard E. Marburger
congratulate Gary S. Van Neck, ArE'63, Victor L Kochajda, EE'52, and Patrick J. Scullion, ME'63, IM'76,
this year's alumni achievement
award recipients. KurtO. Tech, ME'48, (far right) LIT member
and trustee, presented
the awards.
Distinguished alumni honored
T
hree of LIT's distinguished alumni
were honored during Commencement exercises, June 7. Receiving alumni
achievement awards were Victor L.
Kochajda EE'52, president of Teal
Electric Company; Patrick J. Scullion
ME'63 and IM'76, vice president of
marketing and district operations at the
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company;
and Gary S. Van Neck ArE'63, vice president of Rossetti Associates.
Victor Kochajda is past chairman of the
Michigan Section of the Illuminating
Engineering Society, and has also served
as a member of the Board of Managers of
the National Association of Electrical
Distributors. In addition, he was a
member of the Michigan Product Liability
Task Force which worked closely with the
Michigan Manufacturer's Association in
reinforcing Michigan's law on product
liability.
He is a trustee of the National Association of Wholesale Distributors and a
director of the LIT Presidents Club. He is
also active in ESD and is a member of the
�Michigan Eta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi
national engineering honor society.
In addition to his LIT degrees, Pat
Scullion also holds a juris doctorate from
Detroit College of Law.
Pat began his career with Michigan
Consolidated in 1955 as a meter reader.
As vice president, Scullion is responsible
for all of Michigan Consolidated's marketing activities as well as the operation
activities in Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Mt.
Pleasant, some 430 communities in the
northern part of the lower peninsula, and
parts of the upper peninsula.
He is a member of the Michigan Bar
Association and ESD. He has also served
on several professional committees for
the Michigan Gas Association and was a
member of the advisory committee
involved in research of natural gas
powered fuel cells with United Technologies. In addition, he is the author of
the gaseous fuels section of the 1980
energy report published by The Michigan
Energy Research Resource Association.
Gary Van Neck joined Rossetti in 1963
as a project designer and was promoted
to his current position in 1969.
A member of the Detroit and national
chapters of the American Institute of
Architects, he is also active in the Michigan Society of Architects. He is a
registered architect in Michigan and has
served on many professional committees,
including the AIA national Compensation
Management Task Force and Project
Management Task Group and the AIA
Detroit chapter Program and Environment
Committees.
As an associate at Rossetti Associates,
Gary has supervised many awardwinning projects. •
Tocus on
promise ahead,'
says Kehrl
^ ^\/^our
long-term f u t u r e s as
I m e m b e r s of a c o n s t a n t l y
c h a n g i n g A m e r i c a n s o c i e t y and of a
constantly changing world
c o m m u n i t y are rich w i t h p r o m i s e .
Never d o u b t t h a t , " Dr. H o w a r d H.
Kehrl, told the assembled graduating
Class of 1981.
' T o o often today, It s e e m s we
t e n d to c o n c e n t r a t e not on the
promise before us, but only on the
problems t h a t beset us. I'd like t o
suggest that you get into the habit
of analyzing w h a t is good about
these t i m e s — t o f o c u s on w h a t
can be, rather t h a n w h a t is.
" O n e t h i n g t o keep in m i n d is t h a t
we are living in a world of uncertainty
and c h a n g e , " Dr. Kehrl a d d e d .
" B u t uncertainty and c h a n g e are not
the same as g l o o m and c h a o s . A n d
to a great extent, we m a n a g e
c h a n g e —• keep it w i t h i n the range
of w h a t we w a n t for our s o c i e t y —
because of our u n d e r s t a n d i n g of
technology.
" . . . The pace of c h a n g e is
posing d i f f i c u l t c h a l l e n g e s for our
society. We can best meet t h o s e
challenges by p a u s i n g for a m o m e n t
— to assess where we are a n d
where we w a n t t o go in the c o m i n g
decade.
" T h e c r i t i c a l issues f a c i n g our
nation c a n n o t be a d d r e s s e d until we
reach s o m e c o n s e n s u s on w h a t we
w a n t for our society. W i t h i n a
dispersed, d e m o c r a t i c s y s t e m . It is
President Marburger
1981 Commencement
engineering
recipient;
degree recipient; and
(far left) and Chairman Buell (far right) greet honored guests at the
(center left to right): Walter J. McCarthy, honorary doctor of
Howard H. Kehrl, commencement
speaker and 1977 honorary
Bill S. Huffman, honorary doctor of humanities
recipient.
not easy to achieve agreement a n d
understanding.
" B u t u n d e r s t a n d i n g , by itself,
isn't e n o u g h . Events of the past
d e c a d e have d e m o n s t r a t e d a need
t o base f u t u r e d e c i s i o n s on several
other criteria: a d e t e r m i n a t i o n t o
re-examine p r i o r i t i e s , b r i n g i n g our
balance to decision-making, and a
c o m m i t m e n t t o live w i t h i n
our resources.
" T h e s e are i m p o r t a n t o b j e c t i v e s
— indeed, they are f u n d a m e n t a l t o
our s u c c e s s as we move t h r o u g h the
decade of the 80's. No i m p o r t a n t
part of the A m e r i c a n a g e n d a can be
a c c o m p l i s h e d unless a n d until we
c o o r d i n a t e our resources. Government alone c a n n o t c r e a t e j o b s , nor
s a f e g u a r d the e n v i r o n m e n t , nor
improve our p r o d u c t i v i t y . Neither
can b u s i n e s s do t h e s e t h i n g s alone.
Only a new a l l i a n c e can achieve
these i m p o r t a n t t a s k s .
" T h e need for c o o p e r a t i o n
between business, labor and government w a s never more c r i t i c a l . But
c o o p e r a t i o n s h o u l d not be c o n f u s e d
w i t h i n t r u s i o n i n t o e a c h other's
d o m a i n . J u s t as t w o railroad t r a c k s
are separate a n d yet linked,
b u s i n e s s , labor a n d government can
w o r k together, leading t o a
common destination.
" W e can achieve a better life for
our citizens and a new vitality for
our n a t i o n . To s u c c e e d , the narrow
i n t e r e s t s of the past m u s t give way
t o a new vision of the f u t u r e . This
new v i s i o n d e p e n d s on our w i l l i n g ness t o w o r k in closer h a r m o n y
t h a n ever before.
" A n d the p r o c e s s m u s t start by
f o c u s i n g not on the s a c r i f i c e s we
must make today, but on the rewards
we w i l l reap in the years a h e a d . " •
25 LIT
Magazine
�LIT Magazine
takes third
The Lawrence Institute of Technology
Magazine and LIT's 1981 alumni dinnerdance brochure have been cited for
excellence in a national competition
sponsored by the National School Public
Relations Association (NSPRA).
The LIT Magazine, presented an honorable mention award (3rd place), is
edited and designed by Bruce Annett,
director of public and alumni relations.
Anne Cattermole, associate director,
authors most of the feature articles.
Deborah Faes is production assistant.
Diane Nagelkirk executed the cover of the
winning issue.
The 1981 alumni dinner-dance
brochure, distributed in March, won an
award of merit. The publication was
written and designed by Bruce Annett.
Free-lance artist and former LIT student
John Moga conceived and rendered the
publication's storyline and captivating and
humorous illustrations.
LIT's publications competed with
entries from 179 public or private colleges
and universities. A total of 1,282 publications were entered by colleges or school
districts in various categories this year,
according to NSPRA. This is the third
consecutive year that LIT publications
have received awards in various national
competitions sponsored by NSPRA, and
the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education. •
MSPE
announces
awards
The Michigan Society of Professional
Engineers (MSPE) is calling for entries
for Its Joint Practice Division awards
program.
An outstanding project and an outstanding engineer will be named In
each of the Society's five practice
divisions: construction, education,
government, Industry, and private
practice.
Firms, clients, organizations in
allied industries, MSPE chapters or
members, or Individuals are encouraged
to submit entries. Engineering
accomplishments solving environmental problems, traffic congestion.
Autumn 1981 26
new products through research and
development, or other worthy projects
that contribute to meeting a social
need are desired. Deadline for entries
Is December 1.
Entry forms are available from
MSPE headquarters, 215 N. Walnut
Street, P.O. Box 10214, Lansing,
Ml 48901. •
Faculty
and staff
notes
H. Robert Farrah has joined LIT as an
assistant professor of electrical engineering. A
graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a B.S.E.E. degree,
Robert also holds an M.S.E.E. and an M.B.A.
degree from Wayne State University. He was
formerly a program manager with the Bendix
Engineering Development Center.
Kenneth J . Farquharson, associate
professor of mechanical engineering,
accompanied a contingent of students to the
1981 Regional Student Conference of the
American Society of Mechanical Engineering
hosted by the student section at The Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH, on April 3 and
4. Victor Schiavi represented the LIT student
branch. The subject of his presentation was
"Mustang Drivetrain Modification for Performance and Fuel Economy."
Craig J . Hoff has joined LIT as an instructor in
mechanical engineering. He received a B.S.
and an M.S. degree in mechanical engineering
from Michigan State University. He has
interned as an engineering trainee at Hamill
Manufacturing in Washington, Ml, and at
Saab-Scania in Stockholm, Sweden. He was
also a teaching assistant at MSU from 197981. Craig is a member of the Pi Tau Sigma,
mechanical engineering honorary fraternity,
and the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers.
Keith K. Kesling has joined LIT as an
assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
Keith was formerly with the design staff at
General Motors, and holds degrees from the
University of Dayton and the College of the
Dayton Art Institute. He has been on the parttime faculty at LIT since 1976.
Diane L. Nagelkirk has joined LIT's public and
alumni relations staff. Her responsibilities will
include assisting in the production and design
of the College's publications for admissions,
development, alumni relations, and student
activities. She will also edit the 1982 Annual,
The L-Book. A senior in LIT's School of
Architecture, the Grand Rapids native earlier
attended Calvin College. She formerly was
employed as a student assistant in LIT's
Development Office, and will continue pursuing her degree in LIT's evening program.•
Grads grab
high salaries
The average starting salary for 1981 LIT
engineering graduates hit an all-time high
of almost $23,000 according to a report
released in August by the College's
Placement Office.
Construction engineering graduates
were the highest paid, with starting
salaries ranging from a high of $29,000 to
a low of $18,624. The average salary
offer for the construction graduates was
$23,303. Electrical engineering grads
were next with an average starting salary
of $23,126, ranging from a high of
$27,000 to a low of $19,760. Mechanical
engineering grads were a close third with
a high of $25,200, a low of $14,500 (a
graduate entering military service) and an
average starting salary of $22,020.
The continuing shortage of engineers
was credited with the unusually high
salary offers as well as for the fact that 94
percent of the companies which visited
the LIT campus were looking for
engineering graduates. Of this number,
23 percent were recruiting at LIT for the
first time.
Most LIT graduates included in the
report remained in Michigan, with 60 percent accepting positions in the Detroit or
out-state areas. The rest of the students
moved to a variety of other states including: 15 percent to Texas, 4 percent to
Denver, Colorado, 3 percent to St. Louis,
Missouri, and 2 percent to Washington,
Ohio and California. •
"You'll be glad to hear that there's only
one text required for this course."
�and vice president for section affairs and
on many of the organization's boards and
committees. He is also a past chairman of
the ASQC Chemical Division and Greater
Detroit and Pittsburgh sections.
John received a doctorate in engineering from the University of Detroit. He also
holds a B.E.E. degree from Clemson and
a master's degree in mathematics from
the University of Pittsburgh. Before
joining the LIT faculty in 1976, John was
employed by Ford Motor Company as a
principal staff engineer and as manager
of the Engineering Methods
department. •
Chairman cited Davis is
national JETS
by IMillil^en
prexy
Dr. Wayne H. Buell, ChE'36, has been
cited by Governor William G. Milliken for
long and dedicated service to education
in Michigan.
A certificate of appreciation sent to Dr.
Buell reads in part:
"His commitment to the pursuit of
excellence has marked the lives of countless students who, in turn, have contributed their knowledge to the progress
of this state and this nation.
"Wayne Buell has devoted nearly half a
century of outstanding service to
Lawrence Institute of Technology—as a
student, as president and as chairman of
the board. He is to be commended for his
outstanding service to education in
Michigan." •
l-lromi elected
president
of national
quality group
Dr. John D. Hromi, professor and chairman of LIT's mechanical engineering
department, has been elected president
of the 37,000-member American Society
for Quality Control.
A nationally recognized expert and
lecturer In the field of quality control, John
has attended many international and
national conferences on the subject (see
LIT Magazine, v. 2, n. 4). He has served
as the ASQC president-elect, treasurer,
Dr. Stephen R. Davis, dean of the School
of Engineering, has been named president of the National Board of Directors of
the Junior Engineering Technical Society
(JETS).
JETS recognizes and encourages
student interest in engineering, technology and science. Currently, there are
over 11,000 student members and 579
active chapters in the nation's high
schools. Each year thousands of young
people participate in JETS-sponsored
aptitude tests and competitions. LIT
serves as the testing and search center
for JETS within the State of Michigan.
Because of the shortage of engineers,
especially qualified women and minorities, JETS is supported each year by
many major corporations which hope to
increase the number of students
interested in the field. Represented on the
JETS Board of Directors are well-known
companies such as Ford, General Motors,
U.S. Steel, AT&T, Chase Manhattan
Bank, Monsanto, Boeing and Exxon.
A graduate of the University of Illinois
where he received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, he also attended Drexel
University for his B.S.M.E., and the
University of Delaware for his
M.S.M.E. •
President Rictiard Marburger (left) receives congratulations upon tils election as a trustee oftfie
Aerospace Education Foundation from fellow trustee Leonard Isabelle; Colonel USAFR, dealership operations representative with Ford Motor Co.
Marburger elected to Foundation
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president,
has been elected a trustee of the Aerospace Education Foundation.
The Foundation is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1956 at
the request of educators who sought
an organized way to gain more
knowledge about technological
revolutions In aerospace development
and a way to bring this Information to
the nation's young people. Senator
Barry M. Goldwater (R.-Arlz.) Is chairman of the Foundation's Board.
Dr. Marburger has served as LIT
president since 1977. He Is also
Immediate past-president of the
Engineering Society of Detroit and is
currently president of the Metropolitan
Detroit Science Teachers Association.
In addition, he serves on the board of
the Business/Education Alliance, Inc.
and Is an LIT trustee. •
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I IT
Manayini^
�New architecture programs
announced for high school
students and adults
Two special weekend programs are
scheduled this spring for high school
juniors and seniors and also adults
interested in the fields of art/design,
architecture, and interior architecture.
LIT's School of Architecture is
sponsoring the programs for 16
Saturdays beginning February 6
through June 5,1982. Formally known
as the Pre-College Program for high
school students and the Weekend
Design Discovery Program for adults,
they allow participants to elect one,
two, or all three of the courses in each
field. "Basic Design" and an "Art and
Architecture Seminar" will be offered
in each field. Students may also
choose a course designed specifically
in their field of interest — "Visual
Communications" in architecture,
"Drawing and Composition" in art/
design, or "Interior Architecture/
Interior Design" in interior architecture.
A wide range of lectures and
museum and gallery visits, as well as
a field trip to LIT's Frank Lloyd Wrightdesigned "Affleck House" are planned
for the participants, according to
Harold Linton, associate professor of
architecture and coordinator of both
programs. Classes will be taught by
the LIT architecture faculty and are
designed for creative exploration and
personal growth.
The Pre-College Program gives
talented and motivated high school
students an opportunity to advance
their interests and abilities and helps
them discover their own aptitude for
studying fine arts or architecture at the
college level. This is the fourth year
for the program and many of the
previous participants are now enrolled
in colleges and universities throughout
the midwest.
Admission in the Pre-College
Program is limited to those high school
juniors and seniors with a " B " average
who otherwise meet the standards of
admission to the College. College
credit toward a bachelor of science
degree in architecture or interior
architecture will be awarded upon
successful completion of the course
with a grade of " C " or better.
A portion of the cost of presenting
the Pre-College Program is being
Autumn 1981 28
underwritten by DMI Industries, Tony
Home, president.
The Design Discovery Program, new
this fall, is open to all adults who have
not been previously accepted to the LIT
School of Architecture and who have
not taken architecture courses at the
College. Candidates seeking credit
toward a degree must make application
to the College and be successfully
admitted to the particular program.
College credit toward the bachelor of
science degree in architecture will be
awarded upon successful completion
of the courses with a grade of " C "
or better.
For tuition schedules and additional
information, contact LIT's Admissions
Office at (313) 356-0200. •
Alumni Association members can
now receive Avis rental discount
Alumni Association members are now
eligible for a 40 percent discount on
rental cars from Avis, Association
Director Roger Shtogrin, IM'61,
announces. The new benefit was
arranged by the Alumni Office and
could save members thousands of
dollars annually worldwide.
The new program offers members:
• C o n t i n e n t a l U.S. — 4 0 % off n o r m a l
t i m e a n d m i l e a g e rates.
• ContinentalU.S. — 6 % o f f
c o m m e r c i a l rates. T h i s rate
i n c l u d e s 100 free m i l e s per day a n d
m a y o f t e n be lower t h a n t i m e a n d
m i l e a g e rates. (Avis w i l l c a l c u l a t e
t h e l o w e s t rate.)
• International — 2 0 % off normal
t i m e a n d m i l e a g e rates.
"The new Avis program is just one
of a growing package of merchandise
and service discounts available to LIT
Alumni Association members," says
Roger. "The program, now in its
seventh year, includes everything from
purchases of automobiles, trucks,
boats, luggage, carpet, paint, toys,
drapes, art and office supplies, jewelry
and audio equipment, to such services
as carpet and furnace cleaning, and
construction. It's a real incentive
to j o i n ! "
Graduates can join the Association
by making a contribution to the
College through LIT's Development
Office. Discount details and an
Association membership card is then
sent back by return mail.
The DeLorean sports car, one of the most eagerly anticipated new automobiles in history, is now
rolling off alumnus John Z DeLorean's,
IE'48, assembly lines in Northern Ireland. The car
features a number of innovations, including a stainless steel skin over a glass reinforced
plastic
underbody.
�Alumni
giving
receives
recognition
Kresge
challenge met:
LIT receives
$500,000
An intensive year-long solicitation effort
and the resulting commitments and gifts
of alumni and other friends of Lawrence
Institute of Technology has enabled the
College to meet the conditions of a
$500,000 challenge grant from the
Kresge Foundation of Troy, Ml. The gift is
one of the largest ever received by LIT.
In July of 1980 the Kresge Foundation
offered LIT the challenge grant to help
fund LIT's new School of Management
Building, currently under construction.
Payment was conditional upon LIT raising
the balance required to complete the project within one year. In the ensuing twelve
months more than $2,800,000 was either
received or pledged. That, along with the
commitment of certain LIT resources,
enabled the College to meet its challenge
goal.
LIT's five year, $12.5 million Campaign,
"Sharing in Excellence," was launched in
December, 1979. The Campaign will fund
construction of LIT's new Management
Building, which will also house a new
central library and campus dining facilities, a Campus Affairs and Activities
Center, and alterations.
"The Kresge Foundation's generous
gift helps assure a future of excellence for
our students," said Dr. Wayne H. Buell,
ChE'36, chairman of LIT's Board of
Trustees. "Just as important, the challenge grant served as an extra impetus
for others to consider commitments to
LIT's Capital Campaign. We are truly
appreciative of the Foundation's tremendous support, and for all the hard work
our volunteers provided."
"The Campaign total now stands at
over $10 million," said Lewis C. Veraldi,
ME'68, general chairman of the Campaign and vice president. Ford
Motor Co. •
Increases in the amount and percentage
of alumni giving at LIT have been recognized in a national incentive awards program sponsored by the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education
(CASE) and United States Steel
Corporation.
LIT qualified as a finalist in the
program, now in its 22nd year, which recognizes institutions and their alumni that
have made significant and successful
commitments to encourage private voluntary support to education. Finalists must
show at least a 10 percent improvement
in the number of alumni donors and at
least a 25 percent increase in the overall
dollar amount given between 1978-79 to
1979-80. In LIT's case, the number of
alumni donors jumped from 397 to 600
and the dollar amount jumped from
$52,837 to $156,501.
"The generous and increasing support
of Lawrence alumni has been a key factor
in the success of LIT's fund raising programs," said G. Robert Harrington, vice
president for development. "We are
deeply grateful for their commitment, and
share their pride in their College's educational leadership," he added.
This year's first place winner in LIT's
category was Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology. •
New tax
laws
encourage
gifts in1981
The Economic Recovery Act of 1981,
recently signed into law by President
Reagan, makes fundamental changes to
the tax system which will have a significant impact upon the financial strategies
of individuals and businesses.
Tax advisors are suggesting that individuals paying high tax rates consider
year-end tax planning to postpone
income and generate deductions. Charitable contributions to Lawrence Institute
of Technology in 1981 may return
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substantially greater tax benefits than the
same deductions in later years. The
contributions may be in the form of cash
or appreciated securities and property.
Consult your tax advisor and/or call
LIT's Development Office at
(313) 356-0200. •
Club
enjoys Ford
Home visit
M o r e t h a n 100 m e m b e r s of t h e LIT Presid e n t s C l u b e n j o y e d a r e l a x i n g a f t e r n o o n at
t h e e l e g a n t G r o s s e P o i n t e F a r m s h o m e of
Edsel a n d Eleanor Ford o n S u n d a y ,
May 17.
M e m b e r s e n j o y e d v i s i t i n g w i t h their
f r i e n d s w h i l e s t r o l l i n g t h r o u g h t h e Drawing
R o o m , Great Gal l ery, a n d o t h e r r o o m s of
t h e e l a b o r a t e Ford e s t a t e .
Dr. W a y n e H. Buell a n d Dr. R i c hard E.
M a r b u r g e r , c h a i r m a n a n d pres i dent of the
C o l l e g e , r e s p e c t i v e l y , gave brief t a l k s
p r a i s i n g t h e t i r e l e s s w o r k of c a m p a i g n
v o l u n t e e r s a n d t h e l e a d e r s h i p g i f t s made
by m e m b e r s of t h e P r e s i d e n t s C l u b .
Roger S h t o g r i n , I M ' 6 1 , P r e s i d e n t s Club
p r e s i d e n t , a l s o p r e s e n t e d r e m a r k s , and
a n n o u n c e d t h e 1981-82 C l u b o f f i c e r s and
d i r e c t o r s . B e s i d e s Roger, t h e y are Alvin R.
Prevost, A r E ' 5 1 , vice p r e s i d e n t ; S t e p h e n R.
Davis, s e c r e t a r y / t r e a s u r e r ; a n d d i r e c t o r s
David E. P i l l i o n , E E 7 6 ; A r t h u r L. Kelley,
ME'47; V i c t o r L K o c h a j d a , EE'52; Calvin F.
Opperthauser, EE'51; Bruce R. Polkinghorne,
ME'50; a n d C l i f f o r d N. W r i g h t , A r E ' 4 1 .
Returning to the board after a year's
a b s e n c e is Frank E. N o g g l e , M E 7 0 .
D i r e c t o r Robert J . S c h l a f f , IM'62, resigned
last D e c e m b e r , as he m o v e d out of s t a t e .
29 LIT
Magazine
�Righting a Wright
By Bill McDonough
Reprinted from The Tech News LIT
student
weekly
E
ight LIT students in the employ of
Jack Armstrong, director of campus
facilities, found themselves hard at work
over the summer restoring a masonry
retaining wall adjacent to the driveway at
the College-owned Affleck House. Affleck
House, designed by world-renowned
architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the late
1930s, was donated to the College in
1978. It is in Bloomfleld Hills.
The building was constructed in 1941.
Since the driveway was built on the slope
of a hill, a retaining wall was necessary to
keep it from eroding away. Unfortunately,
inadequate drainage allowed large
amounts of water to build up in the soil on
the uphill side of the wall. Over the years,
this problem, coupled with the fact that
the wall was constructed with no steel
reinforcing, caused a section of the wall to
collapse early last spring.
The students, after spending a day or
two acquainting themselves with the site
and the task at hand, dove right in and
attacked the job with great enthusiasm.
"These eight students: Juan Angel,
Fred Bartlett, John Boomer, Bob Goffney,
David Johnson, Jim Oliver, Randy
Turnbull, and project supervisor, Rob
Dornboss, really did a fantastic job, and
I'd recommend any one of them to any
potential employer," Mr. Armstrong said.
The process of restoring the wall began
by tearing out the original wall and
excavating the site. The next step
involved building the forms for the concrete and placing the reinforcing steel.
Concrete was then poured, forming the
basic structure of the wall. Drain tile was
installed to prevent the same water buildup which was blamed for the failure of the
original wall. The student workers then
proceeded with a backfill operation and
completed the project by assisting a
mason, who rebricked the exterior portion
of the wall so that it would match the
original as closely as possible.
The drawings from which the restoration was done were provided by Dale
Jerome, a junior in the architecture
program.
Autumn 1981 30
In addition to re-constructing the retaining wall, the eight man task force also tore
out an old boiler and readied the house
for the installation of a new gas fired
boiler system.
Happily, both employer and employee
are pleased with the past summer's work.
The feelings of the students were
s u m m e d up by David Johnson, a student
in the mechanical engineering program,
w h o said, "I learned more this summer
than I have ever learned."
Editor's note—Tours of the Gregor S.
and Elizabeth B. Affleck House may be
arranged by contacting the LIT School
of Architecture. A $2 per person
charge helps finance the continuing
restoration and maintenance of this
architectural treasure-^
r/?e completed
retaining
wall blends
rig tit in.
Retaining wall problems aside, Affleck House is surprisingly fit for a 40 year old home when
compared
to the similarly priced (when new) tract homes of the period. Wright's mastery of form
and space make it exceptionally versatile for living and
entertaining.
�Alumni Notes
1933-59
and professor of Geology and Geophysics at
the Water Research Center at the University of
Minnesota. The author of two books. Ground-
water Resource Evaluation and The World of
Water, Bill resides with his wife, Ellen, at
R o b e r t W. Militzer, ME 42, has been
appointed vice president, advanced products
for E x - C e l l - 0 Corporation in Troy. He was
formerly vice president and general manager
of Ex-Cell-O's Micromatic Division. He is a
m e m b e r of the LIT Presidents Club.
Spring Lake in Mahomet, IL.
E d w a r d J . D o n l e y , ME'43, w a s prominently
featured in The Seattle Times for his personal
approach to on-campus recruiting of graduates
for his company, Air Products & Chemicals,
Inc. Ed may be the only chief executive for a
major corporation w h o personally recruits on
c a m p u s for executive trainees. He now has
time to visit only three or four colleges a year
but he firmly believes that business success
d e p e n d s on getting and keeping good people.
S a m u e l S c h u g a r , PE, ME'43, has been
reappointed by Governor William Milliken to
the State Elevator Safety Board for a term
expiring in 1984. Samuel is chief safety
engineer for the City of Detroit buildings and
safety engineering department.
W i l l i a m W a l t o n , CivE'48, has been named an
associate of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.
(CDM) environmental consultants. A g r o u n d water specialist and geohydrologist, Bill
currently serves as the technical director for
several C D M projects including: the Delaware
River Basin, the rehabilitation of a municipal
well field in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, and the San Juan Basin study in
New Mexico.
Prior to joining C D M , Bill w a s the director of
H a r v e y C h a r b o n n e a u , IE 49, has been
re-elected to the Linden Board of Education.
He will serve a four-year term. Harvey recently
retired as an instructor with General Motors
Institute. He has two children and resides in
Linden.
E u g e n e S. K a c z m a r , IE'50, was granted
special early retirement from Ford Motor
C o m p a n y in January. Gene was elected
councilman. City of Madison Heights, in April.
Dolores Pawlak, wife of E d w a r d L. Pawlak,
M E ' 5 0 , is looking for a 1950 yearbook to give
to her husband as a surprise Christmas gift. If
anyone has a copy they would like to sell or
donate to Mrs. Pawlak, please contact her:
3 3 9 7 7 Carl Drive, Livonia, Ml 48152, (313)
4 7 7 - 7 0 9 9 (home); 843-0823 (work).
G e r a l d W. D e L o y , ME'52, has been named
engineering manager of the Huron Tool and
Manufacturing Company. Gerald has held
engineering management positions with the
Brass Craft Manufacturing Co., Mueller Brass
Co., and Anaconda Co. He and his wife, Helen,
have five children and reside in Port Huron.
D a v i d F. M o r a n t y , IM'59, has been elected to
a four year term on the Wayne-Westland
Board of Education. Dave has spent 13 years
w o r k i n g in school activities in the WayneW e s t l a n d district. He and his wife, Joan, have
one son and live in Wayne.
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LITMaaazine
�1960-69
Kenneth J . Wuepper, IM'60, is living a boyhood dream come true as executive director of
the Temple Theatre Arts Association in
Saginaw. He's leading a fund drive to preserve
and purchase the theatre, once billed as the
showplace of Northeastern Michigan, according to the Saginaw News. Ken has performed
all jobs in the theatre since graduation and
single-handedly restored the Temple's original
Barton pipe organ. He is an instructor at Buena
Vista High School.
R i c h a r d G . Marshall, E E ' 6 1 , was admitted to
the degree. Master of Divinity by The
Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, TX, on May 26th. After his
ordination in Huntsville, AL, Dick will take
charge of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in
Sylacauga, AL. Prior to attending the
Seminary, he lived in Huntsville, where he
worked on the Saturn/Apollo and Space
Shuttle programs. Dick and his wife, Jo, have a
daughter.
William A. Drawe, ME'62, has been named
vice president of the mid- and high-volume
engineering department of Xerox Corporation's Reprographic Technology Group. He is
responsible for developing product strategies
and managing technical activities in the design
of copiers and duplicators and holds two
patents in automatic duplex copying and color
reproduction. Bill, his wife Marlene, and their
five children live in the Rochester, NY suburb
of Penfield.
Robert J . Schlaff, IM'62, has been appointed
vice president of mortgage and finance operations for W o o d Bros. Homes, Inc. and its subsidiary, Guerdon Industries, a major builder of
manufactured homes. Bob will be responsible
for financial and mortgage activities of all
W o o d Bros.' regional offices in Colorado,
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada as
well as at Guerdon Industries' mobile and
modular housing plants located in 18 cities
throughout the United States.
Prior to joining W o o d Bros., Bob was senior
vice president and manager of the mobile
h o m e division of Advance Mortgage Corp., a
subsidiary of Citicorp in Southfield, and a
director of LIT's Presidents Club.
Harold R. Varner, FAIA, ArE'65, has been
elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. Fellowship is a
lifetime honor bestowed for notable contributions to the profession. Harold is the vice president of Sims-Varner & Associates, Inc. He was
cited by the AIA for his involvement with design
projects development and evaluation of solutions to urban problems requiring professional
skills and socio-economic sensitivity. Harold
received an LIT alumni achievement award in
1971.
D o u g l a s R o u s e , ME'66, has been named
plant manager of The Cross Company's new
plant in the Port Huron Industrial Park. Doug
began his career with The Cross Company as
an engineer in sales and then progressed to
project engineer, sales engineer, engineer
manager, apd manufacturing manager. He and
his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Lexington. They
have three children.
C a r s o n E . B r o w n , ME'68, has been appointed
a supervisor of product engineering-truck
chassis in General Motors Truck and Coach
Division. He w a s formerly a supervisor-truck
design with the same division.
T h o m a s E . H a n s z , AIA, Ar'68, has joined
Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS), Inc., as project
manager. C R S is a Houston-based architecture, engineering, and planning firm. Prior
to joining C R S , T o m headed his own architectural firm in Birmingham, Ml.
E n z o A. Fanelli, IM'69, has been promoted to
supervisor of model development for American
Natural Resources in Detroit. In his new post,
Enzo will be responsible for the identification
and development of strategic planning, financial aid, and operational models for the American Natural Resource System. He and his
wife, Terri, reside in Grosse He with their son.
F r a n k N. G a d d y , J r . , IM'69, has been prom o t e d to vice president and senior account
officer in the business finance division of
Manufacturer's National Bank of Detroit. Prior
to this, Frank w a s an account officer and
served as cashier and secretary of the board of
Manufacturer's Bank of Livonia.
Norman R. H u g h e s , Ar'69, was the Republican candidate for U.S. Representative (8th
District) during last November's election.
J a m e s M. J o h n s o n , IM'69, has been elected
to the G r a n d Blanc Board of Education. Jim,
the president of Otto-Liebold, a wholesale
meat company, is a 13 year resident of Grand
Blanc. He and his wife, have two daughters.
T h o m a s Weir, C L U , IM'69, has been
appointed director of special marketing
products at American United Life. He has been
in the insurance industry since 1962, having
been an agent trainee, supervisor, assistant
manager, and agency manager prior to joining
AUL
1970-79
1981 -82 Alumni A s s o c i a t i o n Board The Alumni Association Board of Directors
paused
during the annual business meeting at Plum Hollow Golf Club in June. Front row left to right are:
Hank Kovalsky, ME'62; Roger Avie, IM'68; and Chuck Koury, Ma'73. Standing left to right are:
Ted Milek, ME'51; John Fawcett, ME'43; Hank Tamagne, ME'51; Henry Selewonik, IM'57; Paula
Stofer, Hu'79; Marlyn Lisk, MT'69, IT'70, IM73; and Dick Darby shire, ME'54, EE'61. Tony
Spadafore,
IT'56, (not pictured) is a newly elected director. Re-elected
directors are: Ted Milek,
Henry Selewonik, and Henry Tamagne. Directors not pictured are: Robert Heintz, ME'51,
EE'61;
Nicholas Sarzynski, IM'64; Roger Shtogrin, IM'61; and Jim Storfer, IM'70.
Autumn 1981 32
J o h n D z i u r m a n , AIA, Ar'70, has relocated his
architectural firm, John Dziurman Associates,
Inc., Architects/Planners, into a landmark
Victorian home in Rochester. John and his
eight-member firm have begun renovation of
the two -story house, built in 1859. Exterior
renovation and landscaping will follow the
t h e m e and guidelines established for this
historic section of downtown Rochester.
J o h n entered private practice in 1974 and
with his firm has w o n fourteen design awards
since 1976. He received an LIT alumni
achievement award in 1980.
�Drawe
Larry J . E n g e l , M E 7 0 , has been named to the
newly created position of vice president,
engineering and construction, for Michigan
Consolidated Gas Company. Larry will be
responsible for all corporate construction projects, engineering, gas storage, and drilling
operations. He joined Michigan Consolidated
in 1970. In 1 9 7 1 , he w a s named to the marketing staff as a project engineer and became
manager, residential and commercial gas
service in 1975. Larry served as director of
operational planning from 1976 until being
named director, operations research, in 1978.
In 1979, he w a s named director, production,
transmission and storage, and held that position until being named vice president. He is a
member of the LIT Presidents Club.
Dan K r a u s e , PE, EE & I M 7 0 , has been
appointed president of Engineering Systems
Associates, a consulting and computer
systems firm. ESA specializes in analog and
digital process control systems for the industrial and municipal market. The firm also provides training programs, systems analysis, and
operation/maintenance manuals for various
systems. A registered professional engineer,
Dan has also recently been appointed to the
West Bloomfield Construction Appeals Board.
G i l e s ZIolkowski, IM 70, has accepted a position as advertising manager at Hydromation
Company of Livonia. Giles and his wife, Juli,
are expecting their first child in September.
R i c h a r d F. C z u b a j , I M 7 1 , field examiner for
the National Labor Relations Board, received
his J.D. degree from Chase College of Law,
North Kentucky University.
Paul V. Rivetto, AIA, Ar 7 1 , has been
appointed administrative officer in the property
management division of the National Bank of
Detroit. Working as design manager, Paul is
responsible for providing architectural services
for building projects undertaken by the bank.
Andrew Kujawiak, ME 72, has been
appointed a supervisor of product engineeringtruck chassis in the General Motors Truck and
Coach Division. He was formerly a supervisortruck design with G M C .
Rodney C . Nofs, AIA, Ar 72, has been granted
membership in the American Institute of
Architects by its Board of Directors. Rodney
has been assigned to the Detroit Chapter of
the AIA and the Michigan Society of Architects
effective in May.
Lee Kirkpatrick, I M 7 3 , has been selected as
the Coastal Valleys Chapter of the American
Institute of Industrial Engineers' "Engineer of
the Year." Lee is plant manager for Amehcan
Heyer-Schulte in Goleta, CA. He was chosen
for the award on the basis of his proven ability
and success with "grass roots industrial
e n g i n e e r i n g " including his use of techniques
and pnnciples which reduced costs and
improved productivity in excess of 60 percent.
T h o m a s G . F a r r i s , I M 7 4 , recently joined GilFlex Rental Division of Flex-Van Corporation in
Pittsburgh, PA, as a branch rental manager.
He is responsible for marketing and operation
'62
Schlaff
'62
Hansz '68
of a semi-trailer rental fleet. Tom was
previously employed by T / M Rental Division of
Trailmobile in Glenshaw, PA.
J o h n N. Baker, Ar 76, married Sarah J. Buhr
this past spring. He works for the Taubman
C o m p a n y . The couple reside in Summit, NJ.
Michael L. Hammond, Ar 77, BAr 80, and
S u s a n E. Roelant were united in marriage May
16. Mike is employed by Forum Architects in
Toledo, O H , where the couple will make their
home.
L o m e C . J o h n s t o n , A r 7 7 , received his
professional registration from the State of
Michigan. L o m e has been employed by Ellis/
N a e y a e r t / G e n h e i m e r Associates, Inc. since
1979.
R o n a l d W. Herzog, A r 7 8 , received his professional registration from the State of Michigan.
Ron has been employed by Ellis/Naeyaert/
Genheimer Associates, Inc. since 1978.
Robert E . Hunter, B A 7 8 , has been promoted
to senior associate engineer in planning and
industrial engineering at IBM, Endicott, NY.
Bob joined IBM in July of 1978, and since then
has held numerous assignments in advanced
circuit packaging operations.
Gilbert C . Q u i c k , J r . , ME 78, has been promoted to manager of advance product
engineehng for The Budd Company Stamping
and Frame Products. Gilbert joined Budd in
1978 as a product engineer at the Detroit plant.
He and his wife, Loretta, have two children.
Michael, Ar 78, BAr 79, and Cynthia, Ar 78,
BAr'80, R a b l e have both left Smith, Hinchman
& Grylls to take on new positions. Michael is
now a project engineer with Turner Construction Company and is currently working on the
Dodge Main demolition project. Cynthia has
joined Sims-Varner & Associates as marketing
director and is also involved in architectural
and interior design. Michael and Cynthia
recently moved from their home in Rosedale
Park to another home on 1V2 acres in
Farmington Hills.
J a u C h e u n g , M E 7 9 , received his master's
degree in mechanical engineering from
California State University at San Jose and is
now living in Canada.
Timothy J . Jeffrey, BA'79, has been named
trust officer in the personal trust department of
Mercantile National Bank in Dallas, TX. Before
joining Mercantile, he w a s a financial analyst
with Royal Bank of Canada. Tim received his
M.B.A. in finance and accounting from Baylor
University in 1980.
Engel '70
Varner '65
Jeffrey
79
position as building engineer manager of the
F T D Association International Headquarters in
Southfield. Bob's responsibilities include the
technical operation of this modern facility
along with coordination of its engineering functions related to the building system. He and his
wife, Denise, live in Clarkston.
D o n n Roberts, Ar'79, BAr'80, has joined a
new architectural firm in Jackson, headed by
G e o r g e J. Covalle. He will be employed as an
intern architect.
Nathan L. Harvey, Ar'80, has been awarded
the Minoru Yamasaki and Associates scholarship at LIT. The scholarship is funded by the
architectural firm and is given each year to a
single deserving student entering the fifth-year
professional degree program in LIT's School of
Architecture.
Mary Paglia, B A ' 8 1 , recently attended the GM
W o m e n ' s Club's fifth annual election dinner
with President Marburger. Mary, who
graduated s u m m a cum laude in June, was
LIT's first recipient of a Women's Club
scholarship.
William J . S c h u l t z , C E ' 8 1 , has joined Soil and
Materials Engineers, Inc., ageotechnical and
construction materials consulting firm in
Livonia, as a project engineer for roofing consultation. His responsibilities include technical
consultation for the design, installation,
maintenance, and rehabilitation of roofing
s y s t e m s for SME clients throughout the
country.
In memoriam
L e o G . V a l m a s s y , EE'37, of Sepulveda, CA,
October 10, 1979. He retired from LockheedBurbank after 22 years in April of 1979. He is
survived by his wife.
Lowell Bernhardt, ME'47, of Livonia, October
3 1 , 1 9 8 0 . He w a s retired from Ford Motor
Company w h e r e he was supervisor, advanced
manufacturing engineehng development,
Electrical and Electronic Division. His son,
Larry, is a 1979 mechanical engineering
graduate of LIT.
Albert Damiani, ME'48, of Royal Oak.
A l e x a n d e r A. Rymar, ChE'50, of Palmetto,
FL
Marvin M. Smith, E E ' 5 1 , of Highland Park,
May 17, 1 9 8 1 .
S t e v e n C . F i l u s , ME'53, of Rochester.
1980-81
Michael J . Mageau, Ar'80, recently received a
Special Award of Merit for Creativity in the
1981 Eastern Regional Competition
s p o n s o r e d by the Institute of Business
Designers.
Robert S . Mihos, IM'80, recently accepted a
Hazel I. Quick, P.E., Hon.D.E. '59, of Gaylord,
t h e S t a t e ' s f i r s t f e m a l e registered engineer
a n d t h e 1959 r e c i p i e n t of an honorary
d o c t o r a t e f r o m LIT, A u g u s t 29,1981. Burial
w a s in O r t o n v i l l e .
J a m e s E . A n g u s , J r . , EE 64, of Warren.
K e n n e t h J . L u z y n s k i , ET'64, of Pueblo West,
CO.
Norman L. Williams, ME 72, of Goodhch.
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J a n u a r y 1 4 Marketing
in the
Eighties:
Pitfalls
& Pluses,
Gerre Jones, marketing,
public relations and editorial consultant,
a u t h o r , a n d e d u c a t o r . LIT A r c h .
A u d . ; 7:30 p.m.
January
Architectural
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 .
Aud.; noon.
F e b r u a r y 2 An Introduction
to
Planning,
Phil Dondero, O a k l a n d C o u n t y Planning
C o m m i s s i o n . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
F e b r u a r y 4 Where
We've Been
and
Where
We're Coin'!,
Vincent Kling,
architect, and senior partner. The KlIng
P a r t n e r s h i p . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
F e b r u a r y 9 Islamic
Architecture
and
Interior
Design,
Andrea Belloli, chief
editor, f r o m the d e p a r t m e n t of publicat i o n s , Detroit Institute of A r t s . LIT
Arch. Aud.; noon.
N o v e m b e r 3 Interior
Architecture/Interior
Design:
An Overview,
Leonard Else, 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 . ;
noon.
N o v e m b e r s The Ten
Commandments
of Design,
Ralph Rapson, head.
University of M i n n e s o t a S c h o o l of
Architecture and principal, Rapson
A r c h i t e c t s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p.m.
N o v e m b e r 10 Interior
Architecture
Projects
at Ford and Earl
Design
Associates,
Jerry Peters, principal, Ford
a n d Earl. LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
N o v e m b e r 2 4 , 2 5 Registration,
Day
College, second term. Classes begin
N o v e m b e r 30.
D e c e m b e r 1 Tensile
Structures
and
Other
Work, K e n t H u b b e l l , d e s i g n e r o f
tensile structures throughout the
U n i t e d S t a t e s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
December
Q 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 .
D e c e m b e r 10 Hugh Stubbins
Architecture:
From Then to Now,
Hugh
Stubbins, architect, academician, and
president, Hugh Stubbins & Associates.
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p . m .
D e c e m b e r 1 5 Renaissance
Archeology:
The Case of the Missing
Palace,
Dr.
S u s a n L. C a r o s e l l i , f r o m t h e d e p a r t m e n t
of p u b l i c a t i o n s , Detroit I n s t i t u t e of
A r t s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
J a n u a r y 5 Calligraphy,
Drawing
Becomes
Writing,
Lothar Hoffman, assoc.
p r o f e s s o r of d e s i g n , Center,for C r e a t i v e
S t u d i e s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
J a n u a r y 1 2 What Does Facility
Management Contribute?,
David Armstrong,
facility m a n a g e m e n t specialist. LIT
Arch. Aud.; noon.
J a n u a r y 2 0 , 2 2 , Registration,
Evening
College baccalaureate programs,
s e c o n d t e r m . C l a s s e s b e g i n J a n u a r y 25.
J a n u a r y 2 1 , 2 6 Registration,
Evening
College associate programs, second
t e r m . C l a s s e s b e g i n J a n u a r y 28.
J a n u a r y 2 6 More than
Masterpieces,
Patience Y o u n g , d e p a r t m e n t of educat i o n , Detroit I n s t i t u t e of A r t s . LIT A r c h .
Aud.; noon.
Happy Fiftieth!
A stylized pentagon has been
chosen to graphically represent
LIT's Fiftieth Anniversary Jubilee
in 1982.
The five-sided figure synribolizes LIT's five decades of educational excellence and five schools.
Its bud or flower-like appearance
represents academic and personal growth. Annette Goze, a
free-lance artist, executed the
design based on concepts
developed by Bruce Annett, public
and alumni relations director.
A number of special events will
be held during the January
1-December 31, 1982 Golden
Jubilee celebration period. Watch
for details.
Use of the College's official
seal, adopted In 1932, will
continue concurrent with the use
of the special Jubilee symbol.•
F e b r u a r y 1 6 Comfort
& Energy
Conservation: Compatible?,
J o s e p h Olivieri,
p r o f e s s o r of architecture. LIT A r c h .
Aud.; noon.
M a r c h 9 Recreation
Closer
to
Home,
Harriet Saperstein, principal planner,
Recreation Department, City of Detroit.
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
M a r c h 11 Geotecture,
Patrick Horsbrugh,
architect, author, researcher critic,
p r o f e s s o r of a r c h i t e c t u r e at Notre Dame,
c h a i r m a n of t h e b o a r d , E n v i r o n i c
F o u n d a t i o n I n t e r n a t i o n a l . LIT A r c h .
A u d . ; 7:30 p.m.
M a r c h 1 6 The Young
Architect,
Walking
Backwards
through
the Eighties,
Ralph
Davis, p r o f e s s o r of p h i l o s o p h y , A l b i o n
College. LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
M a r c h 2 3 Preservation
and
Historic
Architecture,
Richard Frank, architectural
h i s t o r i a n . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
M a r c h 2 5 Synthesis
of a Gentle
Architecture,
L a w r e n c e O. B o o t h , a r c h i t e c t ,
sculptor, president, Booth/Hansen &
A s s o c i a t e s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p.m.
M a r c h 3 0 Works in Progress,
William
Kessler, architect, owner, William
Kessler Office. LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
A p r i l 2 4 , 2 5 All-campus
Open
House,
11 a . m . - 5 p . m . S a t u r d a y , 1 2 n o o n - 5 p . m .
Sunday.
A p r i l 2 4 Alumni
Dinner
Details to come.
Dance/Reunion.
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Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
The colorful world of Prof. Harold Linton
The 'Spirit of Lawrence Tech' returns
Sushi and Chevrolet: Alumnus John Weber in Japan
Plus jife at 'Larry Tech'alum
Autumn 1985
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Autumn 1985
Volume 7, Number 2
10
Published by the LIT Office of
College Relations and Alumni Services
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Ml 48075-1058
(313) 356-0200
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
should
contact the editor.
About the cover: Harold Linton,
professor of architecture, is stressing the
use of color as a means of adding
interest, spatial dimension, and life to
the built environment. His story begins
on page 6. Photo by Walter Bizon,
BAr'77.
Editor/Designer: Bruce J. Annett, Jr.,
director of college relations and alumni
services
1
The 'Spirit'
returns! — An
early student-built
airplane returns to
campus nearly 40
years after its
conception. Here's
the story of LIT's
best known
student project
and its
restoration.
Volunteers are
needed.
Baseball, hot dogs,
s u s h i , and
Chevrolet —
Alumnus John
Weber, ME'73, is
learning how to
sell American cars
and know-how to
an unlikely buyer
— the Japanese.
possible!' — LIT's
TAB clubs are
helping Detroit
youth define and
achieve success.
Contributing Editor: Ursula Marinelli,
associate in information services
Production Assistants: Deborah A.
Faes, Christina M. Menezes, clerical;
Helen C. Lanese, staff writer; Calleen E.
Tatum, graphics assistant.
Design Counsel: Frank Moran
Associates, Inc.
Notice of non-discriminatory
policy a s to students
Lawrence Institute of T e c h n o l o g y
a d m i t s s t u d e n t s of any race, color,
handicap, national and e t h n i c o r i g i n
t o all the rights, privileges, p r o g r a m s
and activities generally a c c o r d e d to
or made available to s t u d e n t s at t h e
College. LIT does not d i s c r i m i n a t e on
the basis of race, sex, color, h a n d i c a p
or national or ethnic origin in administ r a t i o n of its e d u c a t i o n a l policies,
a d m i s s i o n s policies, s c h o l a r s h i p and
loan programs, and a t h l e t i c and other
College-administered programs.
The statement above is included in
this publication
to conform to Federal
guidelines:
it represents
no change in
the policy of LIT.
\
The colorful
world of Prof.
Harold Linton —
Prof. Linton wants
to add more color
to our lives. He's
written a book to
show designers
how.
The Insiders
— LIT's interior
architecture program, at age 5, is
receiving kudos
from both graduates and the
design profession.
35
20.e
natural — LIT's
library has joined
the computer
revolution. For
library users, it's
a revolt to be a
part of.
22
Life at
'Larry T e c h ' — A
reporter from the
local newspaper
spends a night at
LIT's College
Housing Center. . .
and survives.
The
C l a s s of '85 s a y s
goodbye — A
record number of
graduates join
alumni ranks.
18
Faculty
profile — Dr.
James Rodgers
asks students to
analyze and ask
questions about
the world around
them.
WWAIumni
Association news
— Three directors
are elected, and
the Association
president reports
on recent
activities.
campus — LIT
has a state-of-theart new phone
system, tuition is
among the nations
lowest, an exciting
new lab opens,
and more.
Notes — Advancements, moves, and
other news from
LIT graduates near
and far.
Back cover —
Recent grad
Randy Wilson
hasn't let an
accident keep him
from success.
�LIT Magazine
Based on a story by Robert F. Pauley
W
orld War II curtailed sport flying in
the United States. But, as the war
drew to a close and military personnel
returned home, many of them were
anxious to resume their aviation
education and activites.
Lawrence Institute of Technology had
ceased to offer an aeronautical engineering course after 1941. Most LIT
students had joined the service and
Randall Chapman, AeE'39, who had
been head of the aeronautical engineering department at that time, left the
College to join " J a c k " Laister, AeE'38,
and become chief engineer of LaisterKauffmann, building military gliders
patterned after the LIT Yankee Doodle.
(See LIT Magazine, Spring 1985.)
By 1947, however, it was decided to
again offer aeronautical engineering at
LIT and George Martin was brought in to
serve as acting head of the department.
Martin was studying aeronautical engi-
neering at LIT under " R a n d y " Chapman
but before graduating had joined Chapman at Lalster-Kauffmann in St. Louis.
Later, Martin returned to Detroit to
complete his education and received his
degree from Detroit Institute of
Technology in 1945.
When Martin was hired to re-activate
the LIT aeronautical engineering department he was relatively young, only 26
years old, but he had gained practical
experience in the aircraft industry as
well as experience teaching ground
school courses to student pilots at
Lawrence Tech.
The returning veterans who enrolled
as LIT students were anxious to form a
new Aero Club and to resume the flying
club activities as in the pre-war years.
Martin proposed that the club members
build a sailplane and continue the sport
of glider flying that had earned the
College such a good reputation before
the War. Many of the students, however,
were ex-military pilots or crew members
and some felt that gliders were a bit too
" t a m e " for them and wanted to work on
something more exciting.
By coincidence, at about the same
time the Professional Race Pilots Association had announced the creation of a
new class of airplanes for air racing
using stock 190 cubic inch engines with
further rules limiting weight and wing
area aimed at promoting safe design.
Races for this " m i d g e t " class were
initially sponsored by the Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Company and hence the airplanes became known as "Goodyear
Racers."
(continued)
In this 1947 photograph, (L to R) Jack Walden, ArE'49, Charles Vranlan, ME'49, and Prof.
George Martin work on the tail section of the Spirit of Lawrence T e c h . The tail was the
first aircraft part assembled by the student
builders.
1
�Clad in its original allwhite paint scheme, the
Spirit's twin boom, rear
engine configuration
made it unique among
other planes competing
in the 1949 Cleveland
Air Races. To acquaint
students with the basics
of aircraft construction,
sheet aluminum, tubular
steel, and wood were
used in building the
plane. A large wing area
assured safety but
reduced air speed.
The small size and low cost of these
racers allowed the "little guy" to
participate in air racing and a number of
the LIT students expressed a desire to
build and race such an airplane. Thus it
was that the LIT aeronautical engineering
students embarked on a project to
design, build, and race a midget
Goodyear-type racing plane.
T
he first step in any design is to
decide upon the general configuration
to be followed and so the LIT students
set about analyzing various ideas under
the direction of George Martin. By
making "trade-off" studies of several
midget racer designs, they arrived at the
twin-boom pusher arrangement which
offered several advantages. The PRPA
rules specified that all racing planes in
that class must have a fixed two-wheel
landing gear which, in most conventional
designs, produced a considerable
amount of drag. With a twin-boom
configuration the two wheels could be
located in tamden inside a keel under
the short pod-like fuselage giving a
semi-retracted effect which would
reduce the frontal area drag. (Actually,
only one wheel was needed with this
layout since a tailwheel was located at
The 1949-50 aero class modified the plane
by adding more conventional tricycle type
landing wheels and repainted the plane in
the College colors, blue and white.
the end of each tail boom and the
second main wheel was included in the
design only to comply with the PRPA
rules.)
Martin arranged the aero curriculum
at LIT so that each design course
worked on a major element of the new
racer design. In the aerodynamic
courses most of the performance and
stability problems were involved with the
racer. In the stress courses the load
factors, the aerodynamic and landing
load conditions, the load distribution on
the wing and tail and other problems
involving the racer were worked out by
the students and the structure was sized
and designed to take the various loads.
These calculations were then proven by
actual static tests in the stress lab
I
courses by applying sandbag loads to
sample parts.
Detail design of the airplane was
carried out in the aircraft design course
and before long the students had compiled a very complete analysis and set of
construction plans for the new design.
Now all that remained to be done was to
build the airplane.
/I oney to build the airplane, which
IVI was nicknamed the Spirit of
Lawrence Tecti, was obtained by
collecting $1 donations from LIT
students. In this manner almost $1500
was collected — which was about $400
short of the actual construction costs.
The difference was made up by a
College grant from President George
Lawrence and from money left over from
the old glider club.
Construction was started during the
Christmas holiday of 1947 by members
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The Spirit rounds the course pylon during the 1949 Cleveland
Air Races. The plane, still being fine-tuned by its student
builders, was flown from Detroit to Cleveland and arrived to
register for the races in the nick of time.
On display outside the original College building in Highland Park
this 1950 era photo shows off the Spirit's sleek profile.
of the Aero Club as an extra-curricular
activity starting with the tail surfaces and
two tail booms. But by the time these
items were completed, a new aero engineering class had started at LIT and
many of the new students were anxious
to build a glider so that they could do
some flying. As a result the racer project
was shelved during 1948 while the
students built and flew a Midwest Utility
glider.
In 1949 the Aero Club members
returned to the racer project. By that
time the original group of students had
graduated and the new building group
was composed of those who had gained
experience building the glider.
During 1949 construction continued
on the project without further Interruption
under Martin's direction, another faculty
member, John Locklin, and about eight
or ten active students. That group put in
long evening hours and worked through
the summer of 1949 aiming for entry in
the Cleveland Air Races in September of
that year. Jack Walden, AeE'49, an exNavy pilot, had originally been selected
as the pilot. He graduated and another
student was selected to fly the racer,
Carleton ("Buz") Ambler, AeE'53, an
experienced ex-P-51 fighter pilot.
On a Friday afternoon in August, just
one week before the qualification runs
were to be held in Cleveland, the racer
was assembled at Wayne County Airport. It was painted all white and was
assigned the FAA registration N-138C.
Number 29, assigned by the Pilots
Association, was painted on each side of
the nose. The fuselage construction was
of welded steel tubing for the primary
structure supporting the pilot, wing, tail
booms, engine and landing gear with
smaller diameter steel tube stringers
used to give shape to the forward
portion. The entire structure was fabric
covered.
The tail booms were nine feet long
monocoque aluminum tubes tapering
from a 9 inch ellipse at the front end to
a 4 inch diameter circular cross-section
at the rear. The tail surfaces were of
steel tube and aluminum sheet construction with fabric covering. The wings were
of wooden construction, partially skinned
in plywood and covered with fabric.
The wing span and length were each
20 feet and the wing area was 74 square
feet, somewhat larger than the minimum
66 square feet specified in the PRPA
rule book. The Spirit weighed 590
pounds empty and the power plant was
an 85 hp Continental engine driving a
pushing propeller.
Test flights were made at Wayne
County Airport by pilot Ambler and the
only problem encountered was overheating which was cured by adding
baffles to improve the air flow over the
cylinders. The flight characteristics
proved to be excellent and so on
Wednesday, August 3 1 , Ambler flew the
airplane to Cleveland to enter the races,
arriving there just in time to beat the
entry deadline.
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race. Ambler had earlier experienced
some difficulty maintaining directional
stability during take-off and so asked for
two wing-men to guide his wing tips
during the close race-horse take-off to
insure that he would not veer over into
another racer. This was not allowed
since the rules permitted only one assistant to each airplane and so the Spirit
was withdrawn from that race. It was
later flown successfully in the Consolation Race on Monday and came in 8th,
winning the grand sum of $68. Following
the races, Ambler flew the airplane back
to Detroit where It was disassembled
and returned to the LIT workshop.
During the 1949-50 academic year it
was decided to modify the Spirit as a
school project for that year's aeronautical
engineering class. The most noticeable
change was a switch to the more
conventional tricycle landing gear. In
addition, the airplane was re-painted in
LIT's school colors, blue and white. At
the same time the nickname was
changed to Chappy in honor of "Randy"
Chapman, who had been killed in 1945
while performing aerobatics in the
Yankee Doodle glider.
In its new configuration the racer
participated in the 1950 and 1951
National Air Races held at Wayne
County Airport in Detroit. Although it was
able to qualify, the airplane was no
longer competitive with its large wingarea and drag producing tricycle landing
gear and was only flown In the races for
fun and experience.
In 1953 LIT phased out the aero(continued)
�nautical engineering department due to
a decline in the number of aeronautical
engineering students and George Martin
moved to Huntsville, Alabama to work
on the Redstone Missile Program for
Chrysler Corporation. When he left the
College, President Lawrence sold him
the Chappy racer for "one dollar and
other considerations" since Martin had
actually spent a good deal of his own
money converting to the tricycle landing
gear and making the other modifications.
The racer was then taken by truck to
Alabama where Martin flew it regularly
for a number of years.
Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams trys out the Spirit's cockpit during the
1950 Open House at the old campus in Highland Park. Looking over Williams' shoulder is
then-LIT President E. George Lawrence, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the student
project.
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I n the early 1950's Dr. August Raspet
I of the Mississippi State University
was conducting a series of experiments
in an attempt to improve the aerodynamic efficiency of sailplanes and powered
airplanes. George Martin was familiar
with Raspet and his experimental
program and so when he teamed that
Raspet wanted a pusher type airplane to
study ducted propeller ideas, Martin sold
the LIT racer to Mississippi State in
1957.
After putting the plane through the
test program for which it was purchased,
Dr. Raspet abandoned work on Chappy
and the plane languished at Mississippi
for more than a decade, stripped of its
engine and rapidly deteriorating.
In 1971, Charles Stephens of Grandville, near Grand Rapids, read about the
plane in a flying enthusiasts magazine.
Checking around, he learned it was for
sale.
" I sent in a bid for $ 1 0 1 , " he recalls.
" S o o n thereafter, I got a call telling me
that 1 owned an airplane,' and journeyed
down to Mississippi to pick it up. It was
in better shape than I thought."
"Better shape," is a relative term.
The plane was in hundreds of pieces
and was further disassembled by
Stephens. A past president of Grand
Rapid's Experimental Aircraft Association, Stephens stripped away the craft's
rotted fabric " s k i n " in preparation for
bringing the plane back to airworthy
condition but job and family commitments kept him from completing the
project.
In December last year, he donated
the plane to LIT. Bruce Annett, director
of college relations and alumni services,
and Lee Keshishian, engineering laboratory technician, took a College truck to
Grand Rapids in a January blizzard to
bring the plane to campus after its more
than 30 year absence.
Members of Metro Detroit EAA
Chapter 13 have enthusiastically picked
up where Stephens left off. Since
February they have been cleaning,
repairing, and testing the intricate steel
and wood framework, applying fabric,
and repainting the plane in its original
colors. More than 20 members of the
�The Spirit of L a w r e n c e T e c h and her
original builders and flight crew
assembled
for this 1949 photo. Pictured (L to R) are
Charles Vranian, ME'49; Thomas
Campbell,
AeE'51; Prof. John Locklin; Carleton B.
Ambler, AeE'53; Prof. George Martin;
Robert Lemon, ME'49; Russell
Chambers;
and Haig Zerouni,
AeE'50.
Chapter, which draws aircraft enthusiasts
from five counties in the metro area,
have volunteered for service and have
been working on the plane since it was
returned to the LIT campus. Every piece
of the plane is being carefully inspected,
cleaned, and if necessary, repaired. An
engine is being sought and will be
installed if acquired, but no decision has
been reached on whether the plane will
actually fly again.
In any event, LIT plans to display the
completed aircraft on campus, hanging it
in the three story atrium of the Buell
Building. There is also a possibility that
the Experimental Aircraft Museum in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, would be interested in displaying the plane.
Although Chappy represents a part of
LIT's past, Dr. Robert Ellis, dean of
engineering, sees it as an important part
of the College's educational heritage
and worth preserving.
"While today's students are exploring
new technologies in fields like robotics
and computer-aided design, it shows us
that past students were just as eager to
be on the cutting edge of new developments," adds Annett.
Funding for the restoration has come
from the LIT Alumni Association, which
provided a $1500 grant, and from
several aero graduates. Additional
funding for materials is being solicited.
Overall restoration costs, thanks to the
EAA volunteer labor, will probably not
exceed $3000 if mechanical components
are not replaced.
' T h e Spirit of Lawrence Tech was a
tool — a learning t o o l , " George Martin
said during a recent visit to campus to
see the rebirth of the plane. ''Safety was
a big concern." Today, Martin is
associate director of technical studies for
the School of Continuing Education at
the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
" W e used the plane to illustrate the
three basic methods of aircraft
construction during that period — sheet
metal, tubular framing, and w o o d , "
added Martin. ' T h e design process and
testing we put the various components
through were real life applications of
textbook theory."
And theory and practice, as everyone
knows, is the real "Spirit of Lawrence
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Working to restore the aircraft are EAA
Chapter 13 members (L to R) Ken
Garr; Al Chiaverotti, BA'51; Roger
Perreault, and Chapter President
Laurie Sherban. They could use your
help!
You can help!
Y o u c a n aid t h e c o n t i n u i n g restoration of
t h e Spirit of Lawrence
Tech.
Contribution
c h e c k s , m a d e payable to the College,
s h o u l d be e a r m a r k e d for the "Spirit
r e s t o r a t i o n " a n d sent to t h e LIT A l u m n i
Office, 2 1 0 0 0 West T e n Mile Road,
Southfield, Ml 48075-1068. Detroit area
a l u m n i i n t e r e s t e d in physically h e l p i n g out
c a n c a l l B r u c e A n n e t t at L I T , 3 5 6 - 0 2 0 0 ,
ext. 2 2 0 0 .
D o n o r s a n d v o l u n t e e r s will receive a
c o m p l i m e n t a r y p a t c h i n d i c a t i n g t h e i r role
with the restoration team. 1 i
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magine the world in black and white.
Drain the blue out of the sky, the
green out of the trees, and the purple
out of the mountain's majesty and what
do you have?
Blah.
Harold Linton, professor of architecture, thinks so, too. He has spent most
of his career as a professor and a
painter studying and trying to perfect the
use of color in art and architectural
design. He believes that art and architecture should reflect the colorful world
in which we live.
Linton has recently written a book
about the subject, Color Model Environments, published by Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company of New York and
illustrated by Richard Rochon, a lecturer
of architecture at LIT.
"There is a segment of design
expression and discovery that is
analogous to our real experiences. Our
real experiences are in a world that has
color, scale and d e p t h , " Linton explains.
" A world that, in other words, is
permeated by design elements."
Linton's book, which will be used by
students at LIT, Is an international
Il7e
survey of student and professional work
with " a heavy dose of LIT." Color Model
Environments is a guide to show
designers how to enhance their awareness of the spatial qualities of color and
light in order to produce more attractive
and functional three-dimensional
architectural models.
Linton says that, traditionally, the use
of color in three-dimensional education
has been ignored.
" I n the early stages of a designer's
education, whether the designer is an
architect or an interior, industrial, or
graphic designer, color is taught as a
two-dimensional experience," says
Linton. "Students will study color interaction, transparency, and the effect
colors have on each other in flat design
compositions. And that's all they get in
terms of theory and its application in
traditionally taught basic courses.
"Until recently, the three-dimensional
cotorfui world of
Prof.
Harold
Linton
Professor of Ardiitecture
Harold Linton says color can add ^
dimension to our lives
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design educational foundation has been
a colorless experience. But in the past
decade there has been a resurgence of
interest in color in all of the design arts
— graphics, fashion, painting, sculpture,
and architecture," he continues.
"So with the book, I wanted to try to
connect that interest in color to threedimensional design," Linton adds.
Van Nostrand is the world leader in
publishing books on the subject of color.
Linton's book is being translated into
German and Japanese and is being distributed in England as well as the U.S. It
has the potential of being translated and
distributed in more than 20 other countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and
Canada.
Linton received his bachelor of fine
arts degree from Syracuse University
and his master of fine arts in painting
from Yale University. In his paintings,
which are themselves studies in color.
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Linton uses a combination of layering
and staining processes — (a kind of
watercolor).
" T h e brightness that comes through
the layers and paint from the white
canvas background and the way the
colors are linked together will alter the
sense of light across the entire surface,"
says Linton of his work.
" T h e expression I am exploring is
called lyrical abstraction with an
emphasis on color and pattern," he
explains. "Certainly, patterning can be
followed through history from the English
arts and crafts movement to Cubism to
Cezanne's layering of transparent brush
strokes."
L
inton's work is shown at the Hokin
Galleries in Florida and Chicago,
and most recently the I. Irving Feldman
Gallery in West Bloomfield, where a oneartist show featuring paintings by Linton
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will open on October 25. In recent years,
his work has been part of two group
exhibitions; "Michigan Artists 8 0 / 8 1 , "
shown at the Flint Institute of Arts and
organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts,
and "Faculty in Arts," which has travelled to five U.S. universities and is
presently being shown at LIT. His
paintings are valued at several thousand
dollars each.
In his paintings, Linton strives for the
" m a x i m u m pictorial structure," which
means the complexity of each facet that
goes into all of his paintings is
intentional.
Linton says that the way artists
organize color in modern paintings —
articulated by Hans Hofmann, an
abstract expressionist, as a "pushing
and pulling" of colors — has been a
crucial lesson in abstract expressionist
painting and the more recent development of color field painting in the
1970's.
"Color field painting, which is an
important part of what I d o , " says
Linton, "involves handling of paint
medium whereby the canvas surface
becomes the most important aspect of
the painting in terms of color application.
The canvas can be specially treated in
order to achieve a particular surface
effect.
" H o f m a n n ' s 'push and pull' concept
involves the idea that colors set against
other colors on the picture plane will
create tension or vibrations and some
will advance while others appear to
recede," he explains. "His studies are
pivotal to my work."
Color is Linton's passion and like
anyone with a passion, he seizes every
opportunity to spread his enthusiasm.
Linton and Rochon are collaborating on
a second book tentatively titled. New
Color Vision: Selective Realism in
Architectural Illustration. Through the
printed page, Linton, as professor and
painter, has seized another opportunity
to express his passion — color. • UQM
Harold Linton, professor of architecture,
has been a member of the LIT faculty since
1974. In addition to his artistic, literary,
and collegiate teaching activities, he
started the School's Saturday
Pre-College
program for high school students and
adults in 1977 and is director of freshman
studies.
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IXh e
UT's interior
architecture
program, just five years old.
is receiving
graduates
l(udos from
and the design
both
profession
here was a time when many building
interiors were "decorated" by
interior designers. But with the new
wave of high technology and sophisticated automation at home and in the
workplace, something more was needed
— an architect's touch.
There are probably fewer than ten
accredited colleges of architecture in the
country that offer bachelor of science
degree programs in interior
architecture," says Leonard Else,
director of LIT's interior architecture
program. "LIT is one of them."
Else was instrumental in the establishment of LIT's interior architecture
program in 1980. As director of interior
design at Smith, Hinchman and Grylls
Associates before joining the College in
1978, Else recalls how difficult it was to
hire people who were knowledgeable in
both architecture and interior design. It
was especially difficult, he says, to find
people knowledgeable In commercial or
contract interior design which includes
stores, offices, institutions, and
churches.
"Most designers are trained to
specialize primarily in residential or in a
combination of residential and contract
interior design," Else notes. "When
formulating LIT's program, we wanted to
focus primarily on contract or commercial interior design using LIT's existing
architecture program as a foundation.
"This background is especially
beneficial to people who want to get
involved in renovation work — which is
very popular now," Else continues.
"Renovation requires a lot more familiarity with architectural concerns like
partitions, ceiling systems, lighting,
custom cabinetry or millwork, air
conditioning, heating, and acoustics —
all of the environmental considerations
that go into the completed interior for
commercial use."
Ken Nisch, a partner at Jon Greenberg
& Associates, Inc., an architectural firm
located in Berkley that specializes in
store design, says he has hired quite a
few LIT grads and that the alumni
they've hired have been well qualified.
"In general, people from LIT are able
to take on individual responsibility," says
Nisch. "They come in already knowing a
lot so they are not starting from zero like
many others are. We don't have to teach
them the basics like what a column line
is — they already know. That skill is far
more rare than it should be."
Else claims it is the technical base
that makes LIT's program so unique.
"The trend is that commercial interior
design is moving more in the direction of
being technically oriented because of
the electronic revolution taking place in
the office," Else says. "So we feel we
are at the forefront of that trend and that
we are giving students the background
to become very competitive in the
�Left: Michael Lueder's art marker drawing
of a mail interior done for a class taught by
Roy Strici(faden. Above, top: A dramatic
rendering of Tel-Twelve Mall's "Restaurants
on Main Street" concourse by B. Jeff
Strebar for Prof. Strickfaden. Above:
Leonard Else, director of LIT's interior
architecture program.
marketplace."
And, graduates seem to be discovering
this to be true. Alice Selewonik, IA'83,
has been with Catallo Associates, an
interior architecture firm in Birmingham,
for three years. She is up for promotion
from junior designer to staff designer.
'The preparation I've had has been
good because LIT's program mixed the
design aspect with architectural basics
like drafting, presentations, and
sketching," says Selewonik. 'There are
a few other people here from Lawrence.
In comparing us with people from other
schools, our experience has been that
we have stronger technical skills and
they are a little stronger in designing —
choosing furniture — picking colors —
those areas."
R
oger Vanderklok, lA, Ar'82, BAr'83,
took advantage of LIT's tri-degree
opportunity and received three degrees
in six years. Students can also opt for a
dual-degree and receive a bachelor of
science degree in architecture and
interior architecture in as little as five
9
years. Since graduation, Vanderklok has
been a store planner, dealing primarily
with interiors, at the Taubman Co. in
Bloomfield Hills.
"LIT's interiors program Is taught
within the area of expertise known as
architecture, whereas other universities
have a home economics slant and aren't
technically oriented like LIT's program
is," says Vanderklok. "The program
prepared me very well for what I'm
doing now, both in the technical and the
design aspects."
Nisch agrees that LIT students are
well rounded in terms of possessing
both technical and design skills.
"I don't know if it is the type of
student LIT attracts or if it is LIT's
emphasis on the practical, but it seems
LIT students are willing to do all the
elements of a job," says Nisch. "Some
people just want to design — some just
want to work with clients — others want
to do only the technical board work. But
people from LIT are capable of and
willing to do it all. That's a plus."
When the interiors program was first
initiated at LIT, Else says students
competed regularly in state and national
competitions in order to measure the
capabilities of LIT students with those of
students from other colleges.
"The first year, we took two out of
four top prizes in the American Society
of Interior Designers (ASID) state
competition — the second year we took
three out of four," Else boasts. "In the
national ASID competition, we took first,
second, and one of the runners up in the
first year we entered. We basically
wanted to see how we could do and we
were pleased with the results."
LIT's interior architecture faculty and
administration are in the process of
generating literature needed for an
accreditation evaluation by the
Foundation of Interior Design Education
Research (FIDER). The School expects
to be evaluated this year.
"There Is really a demand for our
people. I get calls from firms on a
regular basis — especially now because
there is so much business activity both
in architecture and interior architecture,"
Else smiles. "My biggest problem is that
I don't have enough people who have
graduated to fill those requests." The
program has graduated 28 Interior
designers.
Nisch says that the son of one of Jon
Greenberg's partners is a student at LIT
and that "is a reflection of how we in the
industry feel about LIT's program."
•
UQM
�Autumn
1985
A
Baseball,
hot dogs, sushi,
and
J
Chevrolet
Selling American
cars in Japan is probably
more difficult than selling refrigerators to
Eskimos. But this intemational automotive
fray suits alumnus
John Weber just fine
10
merican cars are not exactly hot
items over in Japan. Of the 3.3
million cars and 2.1 million trucks sold
In Japan each year, only 2,300 are
American made. One of the reasons,
according to John Weber, ME'73,
manager of planning for the Japan
Branch of General Motors Overseas
Corporation (GMOC), is that, unfortunately, U.S. cars have an image
problem. This is not helped by the fact
that the Japanese underworld are known
for driving U.S. cars and the average
Japanese citizen, needless to say, would
like to avoid that stigma.
There is hope on the horizon,
however. Word has it that the Japanese
" b a d g u y s " have started using
Mercedes Benzes. Germans, look out.
Image is not the only reason for low
Japanese sales of U.S. cars, however.
The biggest problem, Weber claims, is
that American cars are too big and too
expensive for the average Japanese
consumer.
"Japanese neighborhood streets are
just too narrow for American cars," he
explains. " Y o u n g people do get very
excited when they see a Firebird or a
Corvette, but unfortunately, they are out
of reach, financially, for most Japanese
consumers.
' T h e r e has been a great deal of
dialogue about the closed nature of the
Japanese market which I believe has led
to misunderstandings on both sides of
the Pacific. For example, when the
Japanese decided to enter the U.S.
market, they did so by embracing
tremendous challenges in vehicle
modification and costs to meet U.S.
standards. This was very costly and was
by no means a short term payback. The
U.S. mentality, on the other hand,
requires that investments be recovered
early by increases in sales. This is one
of the basic differences between
Japanese and Western practice.
"It may well be that the Japanese
had encountered at least equal hurdles
to the U.S. market as we now see for
the Japanese market. It basically comes
down to what you think is necessary for
survival."
W
eber, American born and bred,
knows so much about Japan
because he has spent the last two years
living and working there. After being with
GM for almost ten years, Weber decided
it was time for a little adventure so he
investigated possibilities for an overseas
assignment.
"There was an opening in Japan for
someone with my expertise and background. The only drawback was that
they wanted someone a little older
because the Japanese respect age. But
GM acted in faith and sent me. I have
since gained the confidence of the
Japanese," Weber continues.
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" I wanted an overseas assignment for
two reasons. One reason was I sensed
that future executives would have to be
internationally minded and I knew that
going overseas would be a plus for me
in my career pursuits. The second
reason was it just plain seemed
exciting."
Weber, his wife, Linda, and three
children "love living in J a p a n . "
" W e live in a Japanese neighborhood, not an American compound, so
we really have gotten a feel for the
culture. The people are nice. The streets
are clean. And the environment is safe.
Tokyo is crowded and exciting, full of
adventure and opportunity," he beams
as he describes his new home.
' T h e public transportation system is
quite extensive and very safe and
efficient — you could set your watch by
it. I don't remember ever seeing graffiti
in the trains or the train stations. People
in Japan expect things to work properly
— and things d o , " he concludes.
Japan produces 25 percent of all the
vehicles in the world, according to
Weber. Therefore, Japan remains vitally
important to GM's long-term strategic
planning. GM has equity in, and a
working relationship with, both Izuzu
Motors and Suzuki Motors. Part of
Weber's job is to maintain existing
projects between the three corporations
and to identify new opportunities that
might be mutually beneficial.
"Most of these opportunities are
product related," Weber explains. "If
GM has a product that Izuzu or Suzuki
can make use of in order to avoid duplicating investments, we will suggest they
make use of it and vice versa."
Weber claims that much of what
Americans hear or read about Japan is
incomplete or misleading. The only way
to really learn about the culture is to live
there, and Weber has learned quite a
bit.
" T h e Japanese compete with each
other differently from the way they
compete with North America. U.S. auto
makers need a complete understanding
of that competitive process," Weber
continues, "because there will soon be a
number of Japanese managed plants in
the U.S.
"For example, 70 percent of the cars
purchased in Japan are sold door-todoor. A salesperson will 'farm' a particular neighborhood and get personally
involved with the families so he or she
knows when they need what. Before a
sale is made, the salesperson may have
visited the home 15 or 16 times." Weber
clarifies, "Now, the U.S. won't start
selling door-to-door because sales
productivity is not nearly as high as
when you sell from a showroom. But we
do need to learn to be closer to the
consumer.
"Another difference is that the Japan-
Magazine
ese mentality constantly desires
freshness and newness. If companies
don't continuously come out with new
products they have a difficult time
advertising and selling their goods. This
leads to the proliferation of new features
and special versions. It also leads to a
very high turn-over of products. The
Japanese have to come out with a
completely new product from the wheels
up every three or four years. In the U.S.
and Europe it is every six years."
A
side from contributing to the development of GM's knowledge about
Japan, Weber has been fairly astute in
developing a strategy for his own career.
Weber joined GM's Truck and Coach
Division in 1974 as a process engineer.
He later decided he wanted to be where
the action is so he participated in a
foreman training program and became a
first line supervisor. He recalls over-
He received his masters degree in
business administration from Oakland
University. Weber left the floor in 1979
and joined GMC's Worldwide Product
Planning Group in Detroit where he was
involved in manufacturing facilities
planning and product planning.
He claims that whenever he decided
to make a change in his career, something unusual would happen. For
example, the day he called a friend to
investigate employment prospects
happened to be the very day his friend
had been talking to his supervisor about
adding someone with Weber's background to the staff. Weber says his
friends call him lucky, but he views it
differently.
" I guess I have enough faith to
believe that God deserves all the credit
each step of the way and that He is
responsible for my success — not luck.
That might sound crazy to some people
Many Japanese residential streets are too narrow for automobile traffic. This one is
passable but John Weber notes that a full size car would be unmanageable.
Curb side
parking is often not possible and many subdivisions have small "parking lots" for
residents with cars.
hearing an executive involved with the
program comment on Weber's career
path decision.
" H e said, 'It is really something for a
young man to want to be out on the floor
getting his shoes dirty. It's like an LIT
grad to do that, though. You'd never see
an engineer from Purdue on the floor',"
Weber laughs.
" B a c k then I felt that what happens
on the plant floor determines a
company's competitive advantage or
disadvantage. I thought I could
contribute more to the company by
being closer to the final product. We are
in the business of making a product a
customer will buy. If we can't satisfy
customers, we can't stay in business,"
he states.
11
but that's how I feel," he smiles.
Weber hopes to return stateside
within the next three years and use his
expertise in Japanese culture and
business practices to further benefit GM.
In what capacity, he does not know yet.
But whatever that might be, it is
Weber's dream that in the future more
Japanese consumers will be driving GM
cars " m a d e in A m e r i c a . " •
UQM
�LIT's Technical Business Clubs are helping Detroit
youth define and achieve success
I
n 1977, when Dr. Oliver S. Coleman,
special project administrator at LIT,
formed Technical and Business (TAB)
clubs, a program that offers Detroit high
school students exposure to technical
and business careers, he had a dream
for Cooley High School student Luther
Siebert.
Today, Siebert is an experimental
engineer for General Motors' BuickOldsmobile-Cadillac Detroit Engineering.
Coleman had a dream for Bedford
High School student Toni King.
Today, Toni, MCS'85, is a computer
programmer with Higgins, Madden &
Associates, a data processing consulting
firm.
Coleman had a dream for Cooley
High School student Rosalind Ballard.
Today, Ballard is a computer science
major at Marygrove College.
Coleman had a dream for Cass Tech
High School student Shirlynn King.
Today, Shirlynn is a management
information systems coordinator for
GM's Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group.
TAB clubs have one message for
Detroit's youth who, without their
participation in TAB may never hear it —
it's the optimistic message that " i t ' s
possible."
" I remember my first summer when
Dr. Coleman had us fill out questionnaires," Shirlynn smiles. " O n e of the
questions was, 'what do you want to
be?' I put down secretary. Dr. Coleman
said, 'Oh, no, no, think about it.' So I
thought about it and wrote down administrative secretary. But by the end of the
summer I knew I wanted to own a
business."
Shirlynn hopes to someday open a
business that provides financial planning
assistance to low income minorities. She
says that too often, people with low
incomes don't move up because they
don't have the know how to responsibly
manage the money they do earn.
Toni wants to help minorities, too, but
not with a business. She has her eye on
Coleman Young's spot.
" I ' d like to someday run for mayor of
Detroit," says Toni. " I think the present
administration has some priorities in the
wrong places. More programs like TAB
are needed. And minorities that make it
shouldn't forget what a hard time they
have had. Even if each of us helps just
one child — let one child know that
someone cares — it would make a difference. A lot of parent's don't even
care. We just keep getting more poor
people — more hungry people — because
kids don't have anybody to turn t o . "
Ballard agrees that role models are
an important part of any young person's
education and she appreciates those
professionals who took their time to talk
to TAB participants during field trips and
special presentations.
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C l o c k w i s e from above: Shirlynn King,
Robert Mitchell, Luther Seibert, Rosalind
Ballard, and Oliver Coleman. Center: Toni
King. Each gives the TAB program high
marks for doing what it set out to do:
provide an avenue for Detroit youth to
explore career
options.
" I ' m going to do as much as I can in
college to become a role model for the
next generation," Ballard promises.
" A n y person who becomes something is
a role model. They don't have to be
musicians or athletes. They could be
your next door neighbors."
�LIT
Magazine
ever, TAB is the kind of club that would
attract high achievers. But Siebert
claims that high achievers also can stray
without the proper guidance.
" T o a certain extent, students who
get involved with TAB are those who
would be achievers anyway. But even
achievers don't always get the opportunity to see what's out there," Siebert
continues. " T h e y may do very well
academically but without that exposure
they can't make responsible decisions.
' T h e n , too, there are those people
who aren't necessarily achievers who
benefit quite a bit."
Siebert graduated with a degree in
electrical engineering from GMI in Flint.
B
ut for most of TAB'S participants,
the chances of technical or business
professionals living next door are slim,
according to Robert Mitchell, a counselor at Cooley High School.
' T A B offers exposure to a whole new
world for these kids. By and large, they
don't get much of a chance to talk with
people who are professionals in technical
fields because — let's face it — not too
many of them reside in their neighborhoods. And the professional role models
on T.V. are usually doctors, lawyers, or
teachers," notes Mitchell.
Dr. Coleman reports that 95 percent
of all TAB participants enter college right
out of high school. By its nature, how-
He chose electrical engineering and GMI
as a result of touring that college with
TAB.
Project TAB offers Detroit youth
exploratory experiences, motivation, and
assistance in pursuing careers in business administration, engineering, science,
and other technical fields through oncampus presentations and field trips to
places like Allied Corporation, the GM
Tech Center, WXYZ-TV7, and Wayne
State University. Participants tour LIT's
labs and many do attend LIT after high
school.
The Project consists of two phases:
The Summer Careers and Leadership
Institute, an eight-week program that
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trains students to become TAB leaders
in their own high schools; and TAB
clubs, in operation September through
June, which offer vocational exploration
experiences through peer-group
leadership.
" T h e Project is designed so that the
principal motivation for achievement
evolves from ethnocentrism within the
teenage culture," says Dr. Coleman.
"Project participants, led by trained
peer-group leaders, acquire exploratory
experiences, leadership and communication skills, group acceptance,
assistance with college planning, and
academic, vocational and personal
counseling. Students are also given
advice on resume preparation, interviewing, and job research skills."
Today, 19 of Detroit's 22 public high
schools have TAB club chapters.
Mitchell claims the schools are learning
right along with the students.
" I think the schools need to do a little
more in terms of better preparing kids.
I'm finding out that to be a technician,
students have to take some high level
courses while still in high school. We
have to pull kids out of general math
sequences and put them in trigonometry
and geometry courses. In addition, they
should be taking technical courses such
as drafting and machine shop, and high
level science courses.
" T h e high schools have to build
programs that will give students the
technical experience they'll need to
make it in these college programs,"
Mitchell continues, " B u t we're working
hard. I think the TAB program is certainly very valuable to the school system
in many w a y s . "
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther
King, Jr. made his famous " I have a
d r e a m " speech before 200,000 people
who participated in a " m a r c h for jobs
and f r e e d o m . " His dream was that his
children would " n o t be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of
their character."
While many would conclude that
Black Americans have come a long way
since that speech, according to the
August 1985 issue of Black
Enterprise,
" N o Black has ever reached the ultimate
corporate pinnacle: chief executive
officer of a Fortune 500 company."
But that goal may not be too far off.
Men like Coleman and Mitchell and
Siebert, and women like the King's and
Ballard, are proving that all it takes is a
dream — and a dreamer.
• UQM
�Classof '85
says goodbye
A record number of graduates join alumni ranks
A
and mid-size car engineering and
planning. Ford Motor Company, received
the College's Alumni Achievement
Award.
Lesher, who has served as U.S.
Chamber president since 1975,
presented the Commencement Address.
"Charlie Brown in the cartoon once
said while he was walking around
gloomily, 'there's no heavier burden
than great potential.' There's some truth
in that, and when I was invited to come
here I jumped at the chance, first of all
to celebrate this great institution," said
Lesher.
" M y exposure to LIT comes through
Ed Donley, who is the chairman of Air
Products as you know. He is vice
chairman of the U.S Chamber and he is
record number of graduates, more
than 830 students, received
diplomas during Lawrence Institute of
Technology's 1985 Commencement
Exercises, June 2.
The College's 53rd annual
Commencement, held at the State
Fairgrounds Coliseum, also honored
Richard L. Lesher, president and chief
operating office of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, who received
the degree, Doctor of Business Administration; and A. Alfred Taubman,
founder, chairman, and chief executive
officer of The Taubman Company, Inc.,
who received the degree. Doctor of
Architecture. Charles L. Knighton, a
1955 LIT mechanical engineering
graduate who is vice president — small
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�LIT Magazine
one of LIT's most distinguished
graduates. You're proud of him and so
are we. I am also pleased to be here to
celebrate Alfred Taubman, who is one of
America's great entrepreneurs and that
is something that we need more of, and
to celebrate Charlie Knighton, a
distinguished vice president of Ford
Motor Company. Who says there are no
role models anymore?
"Seniors, these are three of
America's top business people and they
were all once Lawrence Tech students.
Think about that. One more reason that I
am pleased to be here is to celebrate
your president. Dr. Marburger. You may
or may not know that he celebrates
twenty years of service to this institution
this year. I want to thank him and I hope
that you will join me. . .
' T h e media keeps telling us how bad
things are. Five years ago, President
Carter told us that our best days as a
nation were behind us. He told us that
you young people better learn to lower
your sights, to make do with less. . . .
Many others picked up that theme and
went on and on with the doom and the
gloom.
" I am here to tell you a different
story. For example: the University of
Michigan pointed out a few months ago
that consumer confidence is the highest
its been in twenty years. The
Conference Board told us that most
Americans are satisfied with their lives,
their careers and their country. And the
Gallop poll a few months ago told us the
spirit of America is the best that its been
in decades and, of course, we're now
experiencing the strongest recovery with
the strongest investment growth in forty
years.
1 ^ early seven million new jobs
have been created in the last
two years. More people are at work than
any time in the history of this great
nation, both in absolute terms and
percentage terms. . .
" I really believe that if Thomas
Edison were alive today and he
announced the invention of electricity,
the evening news tonight would begin
with Dan Rather saying the candle
making industry was dealt a severe blow
today. . .
"Recently, London economists estimated that income per capita worldwide
at the time Christ walked on earth was
$200 per person per year. 1776 years
later when this nation was founded,
income per capita worldwide was still
$200 per person per year. . . The
centuries had come and gone, but the
condition of mankind had not changed.
15
And then something happened.
Something new and exciting and
dramatic. . . America. America, a new
experiment in human rights with a
constitution designed to limit the growth
of governments and to celebrate the
rights of individuals. A nation where
dreams could come true and did. A
country where the builders with vision
could build a better life and did.
"Edison, and Carnegie, and Whitney,
and Ford, and yes, Russell and George
Lawrence — did make a difference. In
the short period of 200 years, world per
capita income multiplied 10-fold, in
America a 100-fold. . .
" T h e point I want to make is simple.
Human progress in science, medicine,
education or in space depends on
economic progress and economic
progress depends on a dynamic, strong
private enterprise system. The good
news to you graduating seniors is that
the best years of our economy are
ahead of us. Leaders like the Donleys,
the Taubmans, the Knightons and the
Marburgers are still arriving on the
scene to make this country better. And
Lawrence Institute of Technology is still
producing builders, architects,
(continued)
�LIT Magazine
one of LIT's most distinguished
graduates. You're proud of him and so
are we. I am also pleased to be here to
celebrate Alfred Taubman, who is one of
America's great entrepreneurs and that
is something that we need more of, and
to celebrate Charlie Knighton, a
distinguished vice president of Ford
Motor Company. Who says there are no
role models anymore?
"Seniors, these are three of
America's top business people and they
were all once Lawrence Tech students.
Think about that. One more reason that I
am pleased to be here is to celebrate
your president. Dr. Marburger. You may
or may not know that he celebrates
twenty years of service to this institution
this year. I want to thank him and I hope
that you will join me. . .
"The media keeps telling us how bad
things are. Five years ago, President
Carter told us that our best days as a
nation were behind us. He told us that
you young people better learn to lower
your sights, to make do with less. . . .
Many others picked up that theme and
went on and on with the doom and the
gloom.
" I am here to tell you a different
story. For example: the University of
Michigan pointed out a few months ago
that consumer confidence is the highest
its been in twenty years. The
Conference Board told us that most
Americans are satisfied with their lives,
their careers and their country. And the
Gallop poll a few months ago told us the
spirit of America is the best that its been
in decades and, of course, we're now
experiencing the strongest recovery with
the strongest investment growth in forty
years.
^^ M
^^^^^ million new jobs
INI have been created in the last
two years. More people are at work than
any time in the history of this great
nation, both in absolute terms and
percentage terms. . .
" I really believe that If Thomas
Edison were alive today and he
announced the invention of electricity,
the evening news tonight would begin
with Dan Rather saying the candle
making industry was dealt a severe blow
today. . .
"Recently, London economists estimated that income per capita worldwide
at the time Christ walked on earth was
$200 per person per year. 1776 years
later when this nation was founded,
income per capita worldwide was still
$200 per person per year. . . The
centuries had come and gone, but the
condition of mankind had not changed.
15
And then something happened.
Something new and exciting and
dramatic. . . America. America, a new
experiment in human rights with a
constitution designed to limit the growth
of governments and to celebrate the
rights of individuals. A nation where
dreams could come true and did. A
country where the builders with vision
could build a better life and did.
"Edison, and Carnegie, and Whitney,
and Ford, and yes, Russell and George
Lawrence — did make a difference. In
the short period of 200 years, world per
capita income multiplied 10-fold, in
America a 100-fold. . .
" T h e point I want to make is simple.
Human progress in science, medicine,
education or in space depends on
economic progress and economic
progress depends on a dynamic, strong
private enterprise system. The good
news to you graduating seniors is that
the best years of our economy are
ahead of us. Leaders like the Donleys,
the Taubmans, the Knightons and the
Marburgers are still arriving on the
scene to make this country better. And
Lawrence Institute of Technology is still
producing builders, architects,
(continued)
�local and state chambers of commerce,
1,400 trade and professional organizations, and 53 American chambers of
commerce overseas. The U.S. Chamber
offers recommendations of the business
community to government at all levels
and also offers a wide variety of
educational services to its members.
Lesher earned a B.B.A. at the
University of Pittsburgh, an M.S. at
Pennsylvania State, and a D.B.A. at
Indiana University. He is a direc-tor of
the American Chamber of Commerce
Executives, First American Bank, U.S./
U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council,
Foundation for Economic Business
Studies of Indiana University, and
Citizens Choice. He received the Horatio
Alger Award in 1980, and holds honorary
degrees from Indiana University and
Ferris State College.
A. Alfred Taubman is nationally recognized for his innovative leadership in real
estate development. His company has
developed or constructed more than 70
million square feet of real estate
properties and currently manages 20
regional shopping centers coast to
coast.
E
engineers, computer scientists,
managers, and accountants who know
that private enterprise does indeed
work. . .
"Sure, we are going to have some
ups and downs but on balance our
economy through the rest of this century
and into the next will be strong. So you
graduating seniors will experience
opportunity, you'll live a life filled with
exciting change where new horizons will
open everyday. . .
W
hatever your field, my message
for you is very simple — its
taken from that award-winning T.V.
commercial produced for the U.S. Army
. . . be all that you can be.
" ' B e all that you can be' is a very
powerful message. What does it mean?
It means first of all, be good at what you
do whether you're an architect or an
accountant. It secondly means live your
life in the LIT tradition; put something
back and build. Make the world around
you just a little bit better than it was
when you found it. Thirdly, believe that
anything is possible in America with hard
work. Know also that anything worthwhile is not easy. Know, too, that hard
work is often its own reward but most of
all, know that achievement is the
ultimate high. . . Doing something for
someone else, putting something back,
is one of life's very, very, special
pleasures.
" S o seniors, take one more look
around this coliseum. These are the
messages your family, your friends, the
faculty and the college would like to
convey to you today. Touch someone
and make them better in the LIT way. I
salute you, I wish you well and I thank
you for letting me be a little part of this
very special day."
Lesher's organization, the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, is the largest
business federation in the nation. It
includes in its membership rolls some
180,000 business organizations, 2,800
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ducated at Lawrence Institute of
Technology and the University of
Michigan, Taubman is also the majority
shareholder and chairman of the parent
company of Sotheby's, fine art auctioneers. He is also owner of Woodward and
Lothrop, Inc. fashion department store
chain in the Washington, D.C. area; and
chairman of A & W Restaurants, Inc.,
which franchises and owns more than
650 restaurants in the U.S. and abroad.
Among his many civic, educational,
and philanthropic activities, Taubman is
national chairman and a trustee of the
Smithsonian Institution's Archives of
American Art; trustee of the Whitney
Museum of American Art in New York;
trustee of the Founders Society of the
Detroit Institute of Arts; director of the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; director of
the Executive Committee of Detroit
Renaissance; trustee of Harper-Grace
Hospitals; national chairman of the
University of Michigan's Replacement
Hospital Campaign; and trustee of the
White House Preservation Fund,
Washington, D.C.
Charles L. Knighton was appointed to
his current post at Ford in 1983. His
responsibilities include development and
administration of 10 Ford and Mercury
automobile lines, including the Escort,
Tempo, Thunderbird, LTD, Mustang,
their Mercury counterparts, and
advanced vehicles.
Previously, he had been vice
president of Ford's small car
engineering and planning, and earlier,
vice president of car planning and
engineering for Ford of Europe. He
joined Ford in 1954. • BJA
�ISi
mm,
17
�Autumn
Faculty
profile
Jim Rodgers,
chaimian
of LIT's humanities
department,
asks students
to question, analyze,
worid around them
Another in a s e r i e s of
closeups on LIT
faculty and staff
WHb
^ ^ T his is the most sickening paper
I I have ever heard," is not the
usual comment of approval you'd hope
to hear from your professor.
But they are exactly the words a
seminar director told Dr. James Rodgers,
who had traveled to England to round
out his academic experiences.
"While studying in England I
presented a paper on how a character in
the 18th century English novel, Tristam
Shandy, had his wound treated. Medicine
wasn't pretty in the 18th century,"
recalls Rodgers, 40, chairman of LIT's
Humanities Department. " I guess I got
the audience's attention."
Dr. Rodgers joined LIT in 1968 as an
instructor after graduating from the
University of Michigan with a master's
degree in English literature. In 1973, he
took a leave of absence from LIT to
study at the University of East Anglia —
about 100 miles northeast of London,
England.
The dissertation Dr. Rodgers was
working on in England is titled. Ideas of
"Life": Tristam Sliandy and Contemporary l\/ledicine and Philosopfiy. It is a
study of how scientific discoveries shape
the way a novelist might represent
human beings. LIT played a part in
developing his interest in the relationship
between science and literature. As an
instructor at LIT, he had to find ways to
relate science and technology to literature in order to interest LIT students who
are involved primarily in scientific and
technological pursuits.
While researching correlations
between these two disciplines is serious
business. Dr. Rodgers did manage to
extract a little comic relief.
" I was reading another paper on
Tristam Sliandy for a group of English
scholars. The whole place was in
stitches," he laughs. " I thought it was
because I was such a good reader and
because my material was so funny. Only
later did I realize that it sounded
ridiculous to them to hear an English
novel read with an American accent. It
would be like an Englishman reciting the
Declaration of Independence."
Both the differences and the
similarities between the British and the
Americans were what prompted Dr.
Rodgers to choose Great Britain as the
setting for the pursuit of his Ph.D.
"Studying in a different culture was
part of a romantic dream I had had since
childhood," Dr. Rodgers explains. "Both
my wife and I wanted to live in a culture
that was somewhat different from our
own yet familiar enough so that we
wouldn't spend a year floundering.
England was a natural choice.
"Because of a mix up in communication, I didn't find out I was accepted at
East Anglia until September 1 and the
�Pennsylvania, where Dr. Rodgers
received his bachelor's degree in
English literature. He went on to become
editor-in-chief for the College paper and
a copy boy for the Allentown Morning
Call.
As a copy boy, he ripped stories from
the wire services and delivered them to
the appropriate editors. As a result. Dr.
Rodgers was one of the first Americans
to find out about the Cuban Missile
Crisis, among other things.
"Working for that paper, I felt like I
was in one of those 1930s newspaper
movies with crusty old editors chewing
out smart aleck reporters," he laughs.
" A lot of those reporters were virtually
illiterate, but they really knew how to get
good stories.
" T h e n there were the guys like me
who were just writers. We would find out
that some kid from Allentown had been
killed in Vietnam and an editor would
want me to go to the home of the family
for an interview and pictures," he stops.
" I didn't like visiting grieving families. I'd
say. T h a t ' s impolite; I can't ask people
about that.' Then they said, 'Kid, you're
not cut out for this kind of work.' I gracefully 'retired' from my position as a cub
reporter and became a rewrite m a n . "
D
term began in October. We had about
three days to decide whether or not to
g o , " he remembers. "It meant transplanting our two year old child, breaking
a lease, selling most of our possessions,
and asking for a leave from LIT right
before the term would begin," he smiles.
" W e went.
" W e arrived in England at the end of
September with no place to live, no
transportation, and no employment
prospects. But fortune favors the brave, I
guess," he continues. "After discovering
that finding a place to rent in East Anglia
borders on impossible, we overheard a
conversation in a restaurant about a
place to rent and we were able to
acquire it. That house just happened to
be next door to a man who worked in
Cambridge — 60 miles away — where I
later had to go to use the library. I
hitched a ride with him and I didn't even
have to pay for gas because his
company reimbursed h i m , " he adds.
W
hile Rodgers labored through 18th
century medical textbooks, his
wife, Jane, helped to support the family
as an information officer at the University's career center.
"For some unknown reason, Jane's
passport wasn't stamped 'cannot be
employed for compensation' as mine
w a s , " he says.
Academe has not always been the
backdrop in the life and times of Dr.
Rodgers. He met his wife while they
were both reporters on the student
newspaper at Muhlenberg College in
r. Rodgers described himself during
his reporter days as being "too
sensitive at 19 to ask the tough
questions." But he has never stopped
asking the tough questions and digging
for the answers when it comes to the
humanities.
"Studying the humanities develops
an individual's ability to analyze, criticize, and then synthesize everything in a
way that moves other people to action,"
he explains. "It is a matter of questioning and not accepting everything that
is handed to us by the media, or even
by our humanities professors.
"Part of this process is done so that
individuals can pass our cultural heritage
to future generations. Part of it is to
teach them to take control over their
lives by developing their ability to think
imaginatively and creatively," Rodgers
says. " T h a t ' s a tall order to fill in a few
courses.
" W h e n professors fail in these areas
we are always tempted to blame the
students. But at LIT, we have some
excellent thinkers. If our message is not
felt by the students it might mean that it
is time for a little self-criticism. We must
make students feel that the humanities
classes are closely related to their own
lives. We must show them things like
how representative democracy grew out
of an 18th century way of thinking about
human beings,
" O u r job is to stretch the thinking
process," he pauses and looks satisfied.
" A n d to make students read 'stuff they
would never read on their o w n . " • UQM
�Autumn 1985
le Natura
The 'computer revolution'
is drastically changing
the role of libraries and
how they do business.
Happily, for library users,
its a change for the better
Gary Cocozzoli, director of
LIT's Library, electronically
ctiecks the availability of a
book at nearby libraries.
I
t's a natural.
This is the information age. Libraries
house information and computers facilitate the handling of information. They
were meant to be together.
Computers are changing the way
LIT's Library conducts the business of
acquiring, organizing, and disseminating
information.
For example, a bibliographic database
search can be conducted by using the ^
computer to create customized bibliographies. A database is a collection of
information on the same subject. It is
filed into a computer system and is
accessible by using a computer terminal.
The search system used most often at
LIT is Lockheed's Dialog Information
System, originating from Palo Alto,
California.
The LIT terminal will scan the information available on a particular subject
and print out the names of articles or
books that have a key word or words in
their titles or subject headings. Once the
titles are known, if LIT's Library does not
carry those particular works, Kathleen
McBroom, interloan librarian, gets busy
locating and acquiring those materials
for the individual.
LIT's Library is one of over 6,000
college, university, special, and public
libraries around the world that participate
in an information sharing computer network. The system includes libraries from
�LIT
the U.S., Europe, Australia, and the
Virgin Islands. Each library has a
terminal connected to a main computer
in Dublin, Ohio.
When a book is added to the
collection, Marianne Hipp, cataloging
librarian, uses the system to order
catalog cards, magnetic tape files, and
adds LIT's name to the list of libraries
holding that book so that the process of
sharing the new book with other libraries
can begin. At this point, a library can
geographically locate a book or magazine
article and electronically ask the library
holding it to either send a photo copy or
loan the book itself. LIT has requested
materials from as far as Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland — so the long
distance capabilities are utilized.
Naturally, McBroom researches local
libraries first.
Before these computer services were
established at LIT, this type of research
had to be done laboriously by hand. In
many cases it could not be done at all
because there are no printed versions of
some databases.
The database search is an efficient
research method, but it supplements,
rather than replaces, more traditional
research methods according to Gary
Cocozzoli, director of the LIT Library.
"I don't think that knowing about
these computer capabilities is ever a
substitute for being familiar with other
library information sources. Computers
are an additional way of finding information and sometimes it is the only way
to find it within a reasonable time frame.
Other times it is totally Inappropriate,"
says Cocozzoli. "For example, there are
no listings dated before the late '60's in
the computer. So if what you need is in
a 1950 Time magazine, it will not show
up in a database search.
"The database system has become
very popular here at LIT. We've had it
since January 1983 but it wasn't until
faculty began requiring that students be
exposed to database searches that
they've really caught on. We charge an
individual what it costs us to do the
search but we don't add on additional
fees for students like most libraries d o , "
Cocozzoli explains. " T h e typical search
runs between $10 and $15. We were fortunate to have a donation from the
Chemical Marketing Research Association, which provided us with some
money to be used by chemistry students
and business students for advanced
database searching which would be too
expensive for student pocketbooks."
LIT's database search service is
available to the community but it is
primarily geared to students, faculty, and
staff.
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Cocozzoli says that keeping library
records is time consuming and chaotic
because of the constant influx and
temporary loaning of materials. Library
personnel are now utilizing LIT's VAX
mainframe computer in the development
of record keeping and filing systems. In
addition, they have been experimenting
with a database of overdue materials on
a personal computer which they hope to
modify and expand to the VAX. Also in
the works are a database of architectural
and engineering projects produced by
LIT students, and an acquisition system
to streamline the process of ordering
books. At some time in the future, most
libraries including LIT's Library, will have
one multi-purpose system, which people
will have access to anywhere on campus
to check the availability and status of an
item: on-order, in-process, on the shelf,
checked out, when due back, etc.
LIT's Library has greatly benefited
from new information technology and
Cocozzoli seems to be growing right
along with it.
" I never thought I could learn so
much about computers in such a short
period of t i m e , " he says. "It has been
professionally rewarding so far, but there
is so much more to learn." He concedes
that some librarians do not want to yield
to the new technology that they will
eventually be forced to accept.
" H o w e v e r , " he says, " t h e majority of
librarians are getting computer-literate
and are joining the technology wave.
Including everyone on LIT's library staff.
"Computerization will never replace
librarians in the organization of information because they are specialists in
library science and we will always need
specialists who can do this." Cocozzoli
continues, " M o s t people can't just walk
in cold into a library and successfully
use these resources, whether in print or
in the computer, without someone to
guide them. On the other hand, librarians will have to continue to grow in
order to keep up with the profession."
He pauses and shifts his eyes to a
hefty stack of recently returned books
waiting to be put away.
" N o w if we could get some robotic
arms to reshelve these books.''
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At home ,n LIT s College Housing Center, Kevin Zaienka chats with a friend on the phone
while roommate Paul Ferrero studies.
Life at 'Larry Tech'
LIT's College Housing Center offers
mix of academic, social options
By Neal Haldane
Copyright 1985, The Eccentric
Newspapers. Reprinted with permission.
I
should have started to worry when the
Lawrence Institute of Technology
housing manager placed me in a room
with four students and three piranhas.
But in the course of a Tuesday
evening at the College Housing Center
on Ten Mile Road in Southfield, I met
and talked to numerous students who
expressed both good and bad feelings
about "Larry T e c h , " its social life,
academics, professors and campus life.
My roomies in number 406 for the
evening were Scott Evans, Paul Ferrero,
Matt Medwid and Kevin Zaienka, along
with Medwid's aquatic friends Turbo,
Duke and Brain.
LIT College Housing is not a dormitory. Students are placed in studio, and
one-or two-bedroom units with kitchens
and bathrooms. Two students live in
one-bedroom units and four normally
occupy a two-bedroom apartment.
The cost ranges from $150 to $207
per month, per student.
Room 406 contained the usual student
accoutrements — a stereo, beer can
wall and an assortment of posters and
wall hangings purchased and purloined
from various places.
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In addition, Medwid just put up a new
graffiti wall that afternoon. That evening,
the large piece of white paper was
nearly filled with signatures and sayings
from people who stopped by for a visit.
Besides showing the reporter and
photographer around, the 406 team
spent the evening studying and avoiding
studying, hanging up posters advertising
their fraternity's (Sigma Phi Epsilon)
upcoming party, visiting with other
students in the building and holding a
small birthday celebration for a neighbor.
T
he majority of the students spent the
evening studying and the hallways
were quiet except for the occasional
blaring from a stereo. I was told things
get a lot more lively when the weekend
comes around.
The four students in 406 all tend to
�college."
The commuting population and the
lack of recreational facilities on campus
give LIT the nothing-to-do image, an
image that is not quite true, Zaienka
said.
" W h e n I first came down here from
State (he transferred from Michigan
State University) I thought there was
nothing to d o , " he said. "But there's not
much difference between the schools.
LIT does not have the facilities, but the
facilities are around. They are just not on
campus."
The central location in Southfield
helps because ice skating, racquetball,
bars, restaurants and theaters are a
short drive away, he said.
"LIT has a better reputation in the
business sector than it does in the
private sector," said Dennis Hayes,
former student body president.
A
Above: Kevin Zelenka tries to jump a double rope held by Marie Lezotte (left) and Jill
Hottum in the hall of the College Housing Center. Nearly eight out of every 10 students
are male at LIT. Below: LIT's Housing Center opened in 1977. The nine story building
offers 142 one and two bedroom apartments on the south side of campus.
take a positive view of their school. They
are active in the fraternity and student
government and are working to improve
the campus life at LIT.
"People have a misconception about
LIT," Evans said. "They think we are all
eggheads and the social life is
unacceptable."
"It's easy to get that attitude,"
Zaienka said. " T h e stereotype fits
because 9Crpercent of the people are
only here to go to school. A small
population of students makes this a real
college."
Making more of a college atmosphere
is something Zaienka and his roommates would like to see. Through the
fraternity and student government, they
hope more students stick around
campus.
" A lot of students come in here at 8
in the morning and leave at 2 and don't
do anything," Ferrero said. "Somebody
once asked me if LIT was a two-year
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nother reason for the lack of an
image at LIT could result from the
lack of female students at the school. As
of autumn of '84, men make up 79
percent of the 6,121 population.
However, the number of women has
increased dramatically since 1974 when
only 150 women attended the school.
" I thought I was going to have a guy
for a roommate," said Sue Messina.
"It was somewhat intimidating,"
Marie Lezotte said. "There were three
girls in my English class out of 20. But
I'm used to it, I have nine brothers and
sisters."
" T h e social life isn't great yet but its
getting better," Dan Carney said. " A lot
more girls are enrolling and that helps.
" I have the best of both worlds," said
Carney, who moved to the apartments
from his home in Berkley. " I ' m around
people who are serious about studying,
and I can get to visit friends from the old
neighborhood."
The more serious atmosphere in the
apartments may not be everyone's idea
of how it should be done, Carney said.
"They treat this like an apartment for
professional people. A lot of these
people are 18 and 19 and they need to
scream and shout but that's not
allowed."
The mix of studying and social life
suits Kevin Koutsillas just fine.
" I ' m serious about my studying," he
said. "There's just enough social life to
keep me happy but not enough to
distract me too much. It's not wild and
crazy around here. . . usually."
That positive view of college housing
is shared by most people. . . .
Zaienka summed up campus life at
LIT when he said " I wish more people
would get involved.
" T h e stuff is there if you want to do
it. It's not as easily accessible as it is at
other schools but it's there. It's up to the
individual to get involved." •
�Oncampus
State-of-art
telecommunications system
installed
Installation day was an adventure for
everyone, but now that faculty and staff
have mastered the intricacies of "link/
release," call transfers, and conference
calls, the verdict is in — LIT's new
Northern Telecom PBX is a great
improvement over the old phone system,
and a giant step forward in the area of
communications technology!
The comfortable familiarity of the old
system, with buttons on the dial phones
that lit up when lines were in use, is
gone. In its place is a sophisticated
computerized switch system called
" M e r i d i a n " that gives LIT one of the
most modern total communications
systems at any college.
Today, phone systems are ordered " a
la carte" with a vast menu of optional
features from which to choose. Determining what LIT needed both now and in
the future, detailing specifications, and
soliciting competitive bids was a lengthy
learning process, but several things
were in the College's favor.
For more than a dozen years,
Rosemary Hodges, executive assistant
to LIT's president, Dr. Richard
Marburger, had made careful notes of
the comments from deans, department
heads and faculty about needed
improvements from a communications
standpoint.
John Grden, director of the LIT
Computer Center, detailed technical
specifications, including the capability to
transmit both voice and data over the
telephone lines.
Melvin Janney, director of LIT's
business affairs office, deftly managed
bidding and bargaining, and trustee
Jules Pallone arranged consultation with
the telephone experts from Maccabees
Mutual.
Improvements in telecommunications
technology, particularly noteworthy In the
last year or two, and fierce competition
were other factors in LIT's favor.
After a careful comparison of bids.
Northern Telecom was selected to
provide a system that would meet LIT
specifications at a reasonable cost.
Estimates of savings over the present
system are expected to be at least $40
to $50 thousand per year and the
system will pay for itself in three to five
years.
The Northern Telecom system was
purchased through and will be serviced
by Michigan Bell, although some of the
basic maintenance on the system, what
is termed "first level maintenance," will
now be handled in-house. This includes
simple repairs and changes of
extensions.
The 16 cord pair PBX that previously
served LIT was a 1950-era board that
had been in place for more than five
years. (The board that it replaced was a
circa-1932 12 cord pair PBX, complete
with hand crank that is believed to have
made the move from Highland Park to
LIT's Southfield campus in 1955!) The
switchboard was frequently overloaded,
resulting in lost calls. To compensate,
numerous local lines had been installed
to serve the College's needs, and free
up as many cords as possible for
incoming calls. But the system was
clearly inadequate.
By contrast, the new system has the
capacity for 1300 extensions. About 400
are now in use. Internal calling is now
direct dial and call transfers can be
handled without an operator.
A unique " m a r r i a g e " of the College's
two year old electronic mail system to
the new phone system also allows LIT
operators to take messages and send
them electronically to various departments via LIT's computer — thus
avoiding lost messages when no one is
available to answer the phone. An
electronic directory is in place to support
the operation. The directory
has the capacity to
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provide phone numbers alphabetically,
by department and by title, indicating
which extensions are assigned to
specific personnel.
Another advantage of the new phone
system Is an auditing feature which will
measure and print out calls made
indicating the station, and the length of
time for each call. Certain phones can
be restricted to allow only local calls.
Call forwarding, call " p a r k i n g " (allowing
a user to send calls to another phone,)
and speed dialing are other new
features.
An uninterruptible power supply
(UPS) has also been installed, which is a
battery pack with associated electronics
which serve to maintain operation of the
PBX and its "digital switch." Actually a
minicomputer located in LIT's Computer
Center, UPS has sufficient capacity to
keep both the PBX and the mainframe
computers running during momentary
power failures. LIT's computers had
been " c r a s h i n g " regularly because of
short power interruptions. UPS will maintain power for a period of up to seven
minutes, allowing enough time for an
orderly shut down that will safeguard
critical data.
The full benefits of the entire
$230,000 telecommunications system
will be fully realized as faculty and staff
learn to use the " m e n u " of options in
the months ahead. If the Northern
Telecom Meridian PBX lasts as long as
its predecessors, it should still be in
service in the year 2030.
The selection process and
subsequent purchase also serves as an
example of the art of the "pay as you
g o , " " d o it right the first t i m e " and
"optimal utilization of resources,"
philosophies that have historically
guided the college, according to LIT
President Marburger.
"It certainly seems that the
discussions which took place in the
conference room under the watchful
eyes of the Lawrence brothers and
Dr. Buell concerning the important
purchase of a telecommunications
system, were guided by their principles
and example," Marburger muses.
" T h e new system places Lawrence
Tech in the forefront of communications
technology," he concludes, " a n d it is an
essential component of the advanced
instructional equipment LIT needs to
maintain a leadership role In
technological education." • HCL
�Surveys rank
tuition among
nation's lowest
Recent surveys conducted by the
College Board and appearing in the
August 14 edition of the Chronicle of
Higher Education show that 94 percent
of the nation's private colleges are
charging higher tuition rates than
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
Nationally, private colleges have
raised 1985-86 tuitions 8 percent over
1984-85. LIT has increased tuition to $68
per credit hour, up $4 from 1984-85. The
average increase at LIT for bachelor of
science programs, based on a student's
course load, coincidentally echos the 8
percent national average, with increases
ranging from 6.1 to 9.8 percent.
A Lawrence Tech student taking a full
12 hour course load will pay $2,448 per
year, assuming three terms of classes
are taken. In contrast, the average
tuition among the nation's private
colleges is $5,418, more than 200
percent higher than LIT.
The College has been able to maintain modest tuitions, thanks in great part
to shared day and evening use of
facilities. In addition, the region's wealth
of technological experts has allowed LIT
to tap successful corporate and industry
leaders as adjunct faculty. The resulting
savings have been passed on to
students.
" W e continue to do all we can to
assure that LIT maintains its tradition of
offering sound, technologically-based
education programs at the lowest
possible cost," says Dr. Richard E.
Marburger, LIT president. "However,
sophisticated robotic, computer, and
other technological equipment students
require is expensive to acquire and
maintain. For us to keep students
current with what's going on in industry,
such equipment and other modern
teaching tools must continually be
acquired.
"It is not in the best interest of
students for us to keep tuitions
unrealistically low by the false economy
of deferring the purchase of needed
educational equipment, or by reducing
necessary faculty support," Dr.
Marburger added. • BJA
l\/lel Janney, director of business
his office.
affairs, shows
off some of the student
work on display in
Student talent profits from Business display
The LIT Business Affairs Office may
seem like an unlikely place for students
to show off their talent — but none-theless — that's where it's happening.
Mel Janney, director of business
affairs, decided that since his office
receives a lot of visitors who might not
visit other parts of campus, his office
should be used as a space for exhibiting
student work.
Nine pieces from freshman and sophomore visual communications classes
are now on display and visitors have
expressed interest in purchasing three of
them. Sales, however, are not the
purpose of the project.
"Eventually I would like to see this
develop into a revolving art board.
Pieces displayed could be graphics,
sculpture — anything tasteful," says
Janney. " W o r k could be displayed for a
term or so and then new work could go
up. I'd also like to see the idea spill over
into other offices on campus. We have a
lot of ideas for expanding the displays,
including displays of alumni work, but
we have to see what kind of interest is
out there," Janney concludes.
The impact students have had on the
look of the Business Affairs Office
extends beyond the art wall, however.
Joni Strickfaden, Ar, IA'83, BAr'84,
designed the original plans for the
Office's recent renovation during her
fifth year at LIT.
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"Joni came in to talk to me about
something and we got to talking about
our upcoming renovation plans. She
offered her services and we accepted,"
says Janney.
" J u d y Milosic, assistant director of
business affairs, and I worked with her
after she did the initial drawings. This is
what came of it," he smiles, referring to
his surroundings.
Janney offered an open invitation to
anyone interested in seeing the office or
the art wall. So, feel free to stop by the
Business Affairs Office and check out
what students can do at LIT. • UOM
SME Chapter cited
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has received
the regional award for having the highest
percentage of increase in membership
during the 1984-85 membership year.
LIT's chapter is one of 125 chapters
that make up seven regions across the
country. SME student chapters expose
students to the manufacturing engineering profession and its leaders. LIT's
chapter experienced an increase of over
65 percent.
Stan Harris is the group's faculty
advisor. • BJA
�On
campus
Law dean
is new trustee
John S. Abbott, dean and chief administrative officer of the Detroit College of
Law, has been elected a trustee of
Lawrence Institute of Technology.
"John Abbott's experience in college
administration and law makes him an
excellent addition to our board,"
commented Dr. Richard E. Marburger,
LIT president and chairman of the
College's Board of Trustees, in
announcing the appointment.
Abbott received a bachelor of arts
degree from Kalamazoo College, a law
degree from the Detroit College of Law
(DCL), and a master's degree from the
University of Michigan. A practicing
attorney since 1953, Abbott joined the
DCL faculty in 1954. He resides in
Farmington Hills.
He is chairman of the Association of
Independent Colleges and Universities
of Michigan, vice chairman of the State
of Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission,
and Commissioner of the State Bar of
Michigan. He is the author of
"Organizing Michigan Small Business
Enterprises." • BJA
Kennedy named
admissions head
Timothy Kennedy has been named
director of admissions. He will administer admission and recruitment of high
school age "traditional" students, transfer students from 2 and 4 year colleges,
and adult students entering LIT.
Kennedy, 33, joined LIT in 1979 as an
admissions counselor. He continued in
that capacity until his recent appointment. Prior to joining LIT, he served as
a laboratory manager in the biology
department at Oakland Community
College and has also taught at Henry
Ford and Oakland Community Colleges.
Kennedy holds two associate degrees,
one in liberal arts and one in applied
science, from OCC, a bachelor's degree
in biological science from Michigan
State University, and a master's degree
in biological science from the University
of Michigan. He Is currently enrolled in
Central Michigan University's masters in
business administration program.
The founding president of OCC's
alumni board, Kennedy received their
first Meritorious Alumnus Award in 1983.
His father, Robert, is a 1949 architectural engineering graduate of LIT.
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her time and energy to the Cranbrook
Writers Guild, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Museum, Children's Aid Society, Michigan Foundation for the Arts, Oakway
Symphony, Oakland Youth Symphony,
and Bethany College in West Virginia.
LIT's 1984 honoree was Lewis C.
Veraldi, ME'68. • UQM
Coming events
Addresses
by visiting speakers are open to
students, alumni, friends, and guests witliout
charge. (However, because lectures must
occasionally be rescheduled,
visitors are
encouraged to call the College
Relations
Office, (313) 356-0200 (ext. 2200) to confirm
the
appearance.
October 26 Presidents
Dinner.
Club 12th Annual
October 31 ArchlLECTURE,
Raoul Proche
and Manfred Hoffricter, architects from
Vienna, Austria. Arch. Aud.; 7:30 p.m.
November 7 ArchlLECTURE,
Diane LeggeLohan, Chicago architect. Arch. Aud.; 7:30
p.m.
December 2 Classes begin for winter term
day baccalaureate programs.
December 5 ArchlLECTURE,
Tom Beeby,
Chicago architect. Arch. Aud.; 7:30 p.m.
Ivabell Harian
volunteer-of-year
Ivabell Harlan was honored by Lawrence
Institute of Technology at the annual
"Outstanding Volunteers of Michigan"
luncheon sponsored by the Michigan
Chapter of the National Society of FundRaising Executives.
The College honored Harlan on May
9 for her outstanding service as volunteer chairperson of the Friends of Frank
Lloyd Wright • Affleck House. The group
is interested in the rich history of the
LIT-owned Affleck House and dedicated
to raising funds for its restoration.
" T h e restoration is meant to enhance
the college that is making an outstanding contribution to society. It is not
meant only to sustain a house or to
sustain an architect's reputation, but
rather Lawrence Institute as a complete
institution," says Harlan.
Harlan has been chairperson since
March 1982. She has also volunteered
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December 26-30 College closed
break.
for winter
January 9 ArchlLECTURE,
Michael Hough,
architect from Newington, Connecticut. Arch.
Aud.; 7:30 p.m.
January ^S ArchlLECTURE,
Edward Larrabee
Barnes, New York architect. Co-sponsored
with the Detroit Institute of Arts. Presented at
the DIA. Call for time.
January 20 Classes begin for winter term
evening baccalaureate programs.
January 23 Classes
studies programs.
begin for winter associate
March 17-21 and 24-28 Annual
Phonathon.
April 26 Alumni Association
Dance.
April 26, 27 All-Campus
Alumni
Reunion
Open House.
Dinner-
•
�LIT
Magazine
Oncampus
Career resource
Center opens
LIT's new Career Resource Center is
now open in the Library to serve
students and alumni who need
information on career opportunities and
job openings. The Placement Office and
the Library staff worked together to
establish the center that is designed to
make job search information more
accessible.
Dr. Eugenie Beall, director of placement, reports that the Dow Chemical
Company recently made a contribution
in memory of the late Blanche Wilson,
who served as the assistant director of
Placement until 1984, in recognition of
the important work she did to help
students and alumni achieve their career
objectives.
"The Career Resource Center is
really an extension of career placement
services," said Beall. "Blanche Wilson's
vision inspired us to bring these resources
together in one central location where
students and alumni would have better
access to the information, and a professional staff available at all times to
provide assistance," she added.
Center resources include current
annual reports published by local,
national, and international corporations,
career information and updated listings
of job opportunities. Indexes including
Predicast's F&S Index of Corporations
and Industries, Standard and Poor's
Corporation Records and the New York
Times index are available to research
additional information and published
articles in various media sources. Online database searching capabilities
may be accessed for special research
purposes and the VAX system will be
used to keep all information updated.
LIT librarians will work intensively with
students to help them use these
resources. Kathleen McBroom, bibliographic librarian, will also provide class
instruction as requested by faculty
members to train students to effectively
use these materials. Additionally, a
placement packet with information on
the Career Resource Center will soon be
distributed to students.
Currently, LIT graduates are also
being recruited to participate in a
Networking Directory. Students in the
human resources program in LIT's
School of Management are contacting
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graduates asking them to serve as informational sources for students researching
career paths and alumni seeking career
changes. The purpose is to provide
general information on a particular place
of employment, not specific job opportunities. This effort is a senior research
project conducted under the direction of
Douglass Koch, associate professor of
management. Access to the Networking
Directory will be through the Career
Resource Center.
Gary Cocozzoli, Library director,
noted that the Library, located on the first
level of the Buell Building is open from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. and Sunday from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
"Our goal," said Cocozzoli, " i s to
help students learn how to conduct the
research and find the information they
need to assist them in making important
career decisions both now and in the
future." • HCL
New placement
director named
Dr. Eugenie Beall has been named
director of placement. As director, she
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will oversee part-time employment and
full-time career placement activities
designed to aid LIT students and alumni
in their job pursuits.
Dr. Beall joined LIT in 1982 as a
special projects administrator. Her
former responsibilities included
administration of the Chartered Property
and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU)/
Chartered Life Underwriters (CLU)
insurance programs and the "Lets
R e a d " program at LIT.
Before joining LIT, Dr. Beall was
academic program coordinator for the
Wayne State University/University of
Michigan-sponsored University Courses
in Adult Education. She holds a B.A.
degree from U of M, an M.A. degree
from the University of Detroit, and a
Ph.D. from Wayne State. • UQM
National ASME
award goes to
Marburger
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, president of
Lawrence Institute of Technology,
received an Outstanding Leadership
Award from the Metropolitan Section of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, May 21 in New York City.
Previous honorees include Dr. Werner
von Braun, William E. Simon, and the
chairman of Westinghouse, Donald C.
Burnham.
Dr. Marburger has served as LIT's
president since 1977. He holds three
degrees from Wayne State University,
including the Ph.D. in physics. • BJA
�Oncampus
Death takes
John Hamann,
longtime member
John R. Hamann, member of the LIT
Corporation and former trustee, passed
away September 4.
Mr. Hamann, who retired in 1980 as
vice chairman of the Detroit Edison
Company, served as a member of the
LIT Corporation since 1974. In 1982, LIT
awarded him the honorary degree.
Doctor of Engineering.
A registered professional engineer,
Mr. Hamann joined Edison in 1937, and
held a number of engineering and
management positions, including
president. He received his B.S.M.E. and
an honorary Doctor of Science degree
from Michigan State University. He
served as a member of a number of
civic and professional organizations. He
was a director of Bon Secours Hospital
and the National Bank of Detroit, the
Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce,
the Engineering Society of Detroit, and
the Economic Club of Detroit.
Mr. Hamann was past president of
Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church and a
Grosse Pointe city councilman from
1967-70.
He is survived by his wife and four
children. • BJA
Coop program
off to good start
Making the transition from classroom to
corporate environment has always been
a challenge. The right job takes more
than theoretical training. Practical experience and the confidence that comes
from knowing how to apply classroom
training to real life situations can make
all the difference. This is the idea behind
co-operative education — giving
students a chance to gain valuable on
the job experience before they graduate.
In fall, 1985, LIT is officially launching
a Co-op program for mechanical
engineering students. It is a practical
academic program that will give students
on the job experience. Periods of study
will alternate with periods of employment
and work assignments will be carefully
monitored by LIT faculty. Students
completing their second year of
schooling are eligible to apply.
Although some students have been
involved with informal co-op
arrangements for years, this new ME
program is believed to be the first
organized effort the College has
engaged in since the early 1950's.
Students accepted in the program will
be able to develop a progression of skills
and gain on the job experience that will
help them be off to a running start in the
job market. They will receive both
academic credit and compensation for
the work performed.
Professor George Schneider, newly
appointed assistant to the dean in the
School of Engineering, has responsibility
for the Co-op program.
" I t ' s economics that make it w o r k " ,
says Schneider. " T h e economic advantages for employers and students are
substantial. Employers find an employee
that can perform quality work at reasonable cost — one that they can mold and
groom without making the large financial
investment required to train a new
employee.
" T h e students," Schneider adds,
"learn to associate the work that they do
with what they are learning in the classroom and the textbook. They get a
handle on what they want or don't want
in terms of a career, and they learn how
to use their theoretical training to get a
job d o n e . "
It takes longer to complete degree
requirements in a Co-op program.
Twelve weeks of study alternating with
twelve weeks of classroom training add
approximately one year to a degree
program. Often however, corporations
offer Co-op students permanent jobs
when they graduate in positions higher
than entry level.
Schneider is working to build a
network of corporate participation in
Michigan and other states, and to
develop job assignments that mesh with
the academic program. Avonelle Slagle
will assist, coordinating placement and
working to match students to the right
job assignments.
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Special training for Co-op students in
writing a resume, conducting a job
search and interviewing skills will be
offered, according to Slagle. • HCL
Retiring director Roger Shtogrin,
IM'61;
secretary-treasurer
Robert Ellis; and
director Richard Kowalske, ME'61; were
among those honored ^t the Presidents
Club Spring meeting by 1984-85 Chairman
Vic Kochajda,
EE'52.
Presidents Club
visits Cranbroolc
Cranbrook Institute of Science in
Bloomfield Hills was the site of the LIT
Presidents Club spring meeting on May
5. The visit featured an after-hours tour
of the science museum and a laser light
concert in the planetarium. More than 90
members attended, and were treated to
hors d'oeuvres and refreshments as they
explored the museum's extensive
exhibits.
Victor L. Kochajda, EE'52, the club's
1984-85 chairman, led a brief meeting
highlighted by remarks by LIT president.
Dr. Richard E. Marburger. Retiring
secretary-treasurer. Dr. Robert W. Ellis,
and retiring directors, Sam Dukes,
ME'59, Richard C. Kowalske, ME'61,
and Roger F. Shtogrin, IM'61, received
plaques recognizing their service to the
Club.
Officers and directors for the 1985-86
year were announced: chairman, Marlyn
K. Lisk, MT'69, IT'70, IM'73; vice chair,
Barbara C. Staniszewski, Ma'77;
secretary-treasurer. Dr. Louis W. Petro;
and continuing as directors, Arthur L.
Kelley, ME'47; Victor L. Kochajda,
EE'52; G. Donald Pierce, ME'48; and
Alvin R. Prevost, ArE'51. Three new
directors were elected at the meeting:
Carl W. Cowan, ME'40; Eugene A.
Tauriainen, EE'68; and Michael G.
Zulinski, IM'74. • EM
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Oncampus
J
Dr. Amnon Sitchen, (left) a technical specialist with Ford's Light Truck Suspension Design
and Development department, Dr. Richard Lundstrom, (center) professor of engineering,
and student Marc Sarkissian inspect the spot lasers used to measure wheel alignment in a
research project at LIT's new vehicle dynamics lab. The lasers were provided by Selcom,
Inc., a company based in Sweden.
New vehicle dynamics lab opens
To keep pace with the rapid changes in
scientific and engineering research, LIT
has opened a new Vehicle Dynamics
Laboratory (VDL) that provides the
equipment and resources needed to
address specific problems, as well as
research and development needs of
industry and engineering education. The
facility is located in LIT's recently
acquired Campus Affairs and Activities
Center-East.
LIT mechanical engineering students
are now able to gain practical experience and become involved in research
activities as a part of their educational
experience using the VDL facilities. The
lab has the capability to support academic programs in vehicle dynamics, to
provide resources needed for student
projects and to bring to the campus
sponsored research and development
projects in automotive engineering.
Corporate contributions of equipment
and services have helped to expand the
labs capabilities. Facilities include a
computer aided vehicle engineering lab,
a noise and vibrations lab, three chassis
and powertrain development vehicles, a
surface place for chassis measurement,
and a laser wheel alignment measuring
device. A chassis dynamometer will
soon be installed enhancing the labs
ability for power and brake system
development.
The labs first research and development project was initiated by Ford Motor
Company in response to a contact made
by LIT alumnus, Fred Drotar, M E ' 6 1 .
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Ford is providing funding and technical
assistance to investigate the feasibility of
using lasers to measure wheel alignment
on the assembly line. Selcom, Inc., a
company based in Sweden, provided the
lasers.
Dr. Amnon Sitchen, a technical
specialist with Ford's Light Truck
Suspension Design and Development
department, and Dr. Richard Lundstrom,
professor of engineering, are working
with LIT seniors Marc Sarkissian and
Tom Rhodes, using this state-of-the-art
equipment for the experiments. Phase II
of the project will test scanning versus
spot lasers to perform the same tasks.
"Working with the best people from
industry, who expect nothing but the
best from you, has been an invaluable
experience," says Sarkissian. " Y o u
learn to be organized and responsible,
to use what you have learned in the
classroom, and make the connection
between theory and practice.
"Where else could I get this kind of
training?" Sarkissian asks. " I would
volunteer or even pay to have this
experience — and I am paid to do it —
can you imagine t h a t ? "
Since it was first established several
years ago, the VDL has evolved from a
simple Honda stationed in the parking
lot, to a vital laboratory with precision
instrumentation capable of sophisticated
research. The 3000 square foot facility is
under the direction of Dr. Lundstrom.
" I t ' s very gratifying to see students
like Marc develop their abilities, learning
to deal with people in industry, and
testing their theoretical training,"
Lundstrom says. "They learn how to
make it work, to take a project from start
to finish, to think on their feet and
manage that important commodity,
time."
Lundstrom says that other industrial
sponsors for projects are being added to
expand the areas of research and
development.
"Aerodyne Dallas, Inc. is sponsoring
a project that will investigate the effects
of vibration on variable geometry turbochargers using a Chrysler 2.2 liter
engine," he continues. "Projects like
these help to finance the lab through
private enterprise and also produce
income. It is an excellent example of the
American free enterprise system in
action," Lundstrom concludes. • HCL
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I
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Kris Gumper (center)
congratulations from
Linder. Kris bested a
co-sponsors
the Bee
excellence.
winner of the 1985 Metropolitan Spelling Bee,
receives
LIT President Richard Marburger and Detroit News Editor Lionel
field of 30 challengers from regional Bees across Michigan. LIT
with The Detroit News to stress the importance of scholastic
1985 Spelling Bee
Champ crowned on
campus
" I guess I'm a pretty good speller," Kris
Gumper told a Detroit News reporter
after winning the 1985 Michigan Spelling
Bee, April 17 on campus. The Michigan
Bee is co-sponsored each year by LIT
and The Detroit News.
Gumper, an 8th grader from the Kalamazoo suburb of Parchment, became
the champ after successfully spelling
"bacclferous" (a berry-producing plant)
and "hematogenous" (the body's ability
to produce blood) — words misspelled
by runner-up Chinyere Dike, a student
from Detroit's Richard Middle School.
Gumper, who attends Parchment Middle
School, won a trip to the ScrippsHoward national contest in Washington,
D.C., a new edition of the Encyclopaedia
Britannica, a 13-inch Zenith color T.V.,
and other prizes.
Thirty students, representing 23 area
bees in 65 counties stretching from
Cheboygen to Monroe, travelled to LIT's
campus to vie for the chance to
compete in the national competition in
Washington, D.C. The contestants —
5th, 6th, 7th and 8th graders —
represented the best spellers of some
500,000 spelling bee participants from
550 Michigan schools. • UQM
Campus parking
woes solved
One test of an LIT student's ingenuity
and intelligence has frequently been the
challenge of finding a parking spot.
Spaces have been at a premium for
many years due to burgeoning
enrollment.
Now that the extension of the north
parking lot, (lot " C " ) has been completed, however, some new measure of
personal creativity will have to surface.
More than 1,500 new or refurbished
spaces are now available to meet
student parking needs as the result of a
recent capital improvement project.
The project is part of the recent
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Campus Affairs and Activities Center
development program, funded in part by
the contributions of alumni and friends,
and a challenge grant from the Kresge
Foundation. Construction, including
resurfacing, paving, and installation of
drainage and lighting systems, will be
completed this fall. Landscaping will be
finished next year.
The expanded lot will also serve the
College's new Athletic Building being
constructed as part of the Campus
Affairs and Activities Center on Civic
Center Drive.
Improvements, according to Jack
Armstrong, director of campus facilities,
also include an upgraded surface that
will serve the needs of the annual "Solo
I Driving Competition" sponsored jointly
by LIT and the Sports Car Club of
America that takes place in parking lot
" C . " Faculty and handicapped parking
adjacent to the lot has also been
redesigned to help students recognize
that these are reserved spaces.
"Parking facilities are now expected
to meet LIT needs for the foreseeable
future," Armstrong concluded, " a n d
since many students will continue to
share rides for economic reasons,
demand for parking spaces is further
e a s e d . " • HCL
Milestones
Appointed — Jack Armstrong, director of
campus facilities, has been appointed to the
Southfield Building Authority. The Authority
owns the City's municipal properties and
buildings, sells and retires construction
bonds, approves repairs and maintenance on
city properties, obtains bids and awards
contracts.
The Authority is a 5 member body
appointed by the city council. Authority
members serve five years and meet monthly.
Armstrong joined LIT in 1981 and previously
served Southfield as director of facilities and
construction project coordinator for the
Southfield Civic Center project.
Elected — Gary R. Cocozzoli has been
elected to the position of member-at-large of
the Board of the Academic Libraries division
of the Michigan Library Association.
Appointed — Donald Condit has been
named an assistant professor of management. Before joining LIT, Condit was an
assistant professor at the University of Detroit
and a lecturer at Wayne State University.
Condit also held the positions of assistant to
the president at Cargill Detroit Corp. and
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manager of production and material control at
Bendix Corp. Condit received a bachelor's
degree in business administration from Notre
Dame and a master's degree in business
administration from the University of
Michigan. He is a member of the American
Production and Inventory Control Society.
Elected — Richard H. Cummings, trustee
and member of the LIT Corporation, has been
elected senior vice chairman of National Bank
of Detroit and NBD Bancorp. He will continue
to supervise NBD's operating and credit
administration divisions and will also oversee
a number of strategic planning issues. He
joined the bank in 1948.
Elected — Dr. Robert W. Ellis has been
elected a director of the Detroit Chapter of
the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE). Ellis has been dean of
Lawrence Institute of Technology's School of
Engineering since January 1984. During his
three year term as MSPE director, Ellis will
assist in establishing programs for the Detroit
Chapter of the MSPE and will represent
Detroit's professional engineers as needed.
Ellis has been professionally active in a
number of leading national and state engineering organizations, including serving as
national chairman of the American Society for
Engineering Education's Relations with
Industry Division.
Selected — Karl H. Greimel, FAIA, has been
selected by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) to be
one of 18 Master Jurors in the nationwide
architectural licensing process.
Greimel has been the dean of LIT's School
of Architecture since 1974. He was chosen
from a group of 700 architects who were
screened on the basis of their past
performance as jurors. As a Master Juror,
Greimel is responsible for overseeing the
grading of more than 6,000 architecture
license applicants and for training other jurors
in the grading procedure. He is also responsible for efforts aimed at the standardization
of architectural licensing nationwide.
The NCARB is a council comprised of
representatives from each state and is
responsible for the entire architectural
licensing process across the country.
Appointed — Rosemary Hodges, executive
assistant to the president at LIT, has been
appointed to the Oakland County Community
Growth Alliance (CGA) by Daniel T. Murphy,
Oakland County executive. He has asked her
to represent the interests of higher education
in Oakland County.
The Michigan Department of Commerce
has encouraged regional areas of the state to
form CGA's to consolidate the efforts of the
hundreds of local economic development
organizations in Michigan. The purpose of the
Oakland County CGA is to provide communication and coordination for these
organizations. Hodges is one of 39 members
representing local committees and development organizations, private industries, higher
education, labor, and utilities and railroads.
Honored — Harold J o s e p h s , P.E., has been
presented the 1985 "Engineer of the Year
A w a r d " by the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers (MSPE).
Josephs, associate professor of mechanical
engineering, was presented the award in
recognition of demonstrated leadership in
education, his efforts on behalf of the
National Society of Professional Engineers
and MSPE student programs, and his
continuing interest and efforts to enhance the
engineering profession. Josephs is also president of Kehilla Associates, Inc., an
engineering consulting firm in Berkley. He
holds a bachelor's degree from the University
of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in
mechanical engineering from Villanova
University.
Appointed — Gary K e c s k e s , Assistant to the
dean of architecture at LIT, has accepted an
invitation to serve on the Architectural
Curriculum Advisory Committee of Oakland
Community College. As a member of this
committee, Kecskes will be offering his
insights on curriculum review issues,
suggestions for improvements and refinements within the current architectural
program, and commentary on related matters.
Selected — Douglass K o c h has been
selected to serve in two top level positions in
the Detroit Personnel Management Association (DPMA). Koch, an associate professor
of management, has been selected to serve
on the executive board of the DPMA and has
been asked to assume duties as vice
president — membership. The DPMA is the
largest organization of personnel
professionals in metropolitan Detroit.
Selected — Dr. Leiand A. Lahr, professor of
management, has been selected to receive
the Valley Forge Honor Certificate in the
category of economic education by the
Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge.
Elected — Kathleen McBroom has been
elected to chair the Reference Caucus of the
Michigan Library Association for 1985-86.
Publishes — J o s s e l y n Moore recently had an
article published by the National Park
Service. Moore, a lecturer of humanities,
wrote the article based on her findings during
a recent archeological excavation in Georgia
and South Carolina. She was contracted to
analyze prehistoric plant remains recovered
from a series of excavations which came
about because a dam was being built that
would eventually flood a number of culturally
significant archeological sites.
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Appointed — M. J . Morell has joined LIT's
Development Office. He will play an active
role in LIT's new three year, five million dollar
fund raising effort — " A Campaign for
Lawrence," focusing primarily on corporate
" i n - h o u s e " campaigns and on the solicitation
of small and medium size corporations,
according to G. Robert Harrington, vice
president for development.
Morell recently retired from AT&T Information Systems, where he was zone
manager for metro area Phone Center Stores.
Prior to that he held a variety of sales,
personnel administration, and management
positions over 30 years with Michigan Bell
Telephone Company. He holds a B.S. in
economics and business administration from
Michigan State University.
Certified — Dr. Louis W. Petro has passed
the Certified Information Systems Auditors
Examination administered by the EDP
Auditors Foundation. In addition, he has been
awarded a certificate of excellence for
outstanding performance on the Certified
Internal Auditor Examination. Petro has been
dean of Lawrence Institute of Technology's
School of Management since 1979. Passing
the ISA examination makes him eligible to
apply for certification as an Information
Systems Auditor. Petro is a Certified Public
Accountant, a Certified Energy Manager, a
Registered Professional Engineer, and has a
certificate in Management Accounting.
Exhibits — " A d a m ' s Race," an exhibit of
drawings and collages by T h o m a s
Regenbogen, was recently shown at the Art
Gallery of Windsor.
" A d a m ' s R a c e " is an exhibition of collages
in which the artist focuses on human form
and explores human values and relationships.
Regenbogen is an assistant professor of
architecture. His work has been shown at the
Detroit Artist Market and one of his pieces is
among the Detroit Institute of Arts' permanent
collection.
Named — George Schneider, J r . , DT'73,
has been named an eminent engineer by Tau
Beta Pi engineering honor society. The award
is based on professional competence and
career accomplishment.
Schneider received a bachelor's degree
from Kent State University, and a M.B.A. from
Case-Western Reserve. He was recently
promoted to associate prof, of mechanical
engineering and assistant to the dean.
Funded — F r a n c e s Vallely, instructor of
mathematics and computer science, was part
of a five-person team from Oakland University
to receive a $40,000 grant from the United
States Air Force to research artificial
intelligence in computers. She spent the
summer conducting research at Lowry Air
Force Base in Denver, Colorado. •
�Oncampus
Robert Burger, G.M. vice president and general manager of the Chevrolet Division
presents the keys to a new IROC Camaro to Dr. Robert Ellis, dean of LIT's School of
Engineering.
GM cionates Camaro
A 1985 IROC Camaro has been donated
to LIT's School of Engineering by the
Chevrolet Motor Division of General
Motors Corporation.
' T h e IROC will be used exclusively
for demonstration and laboratory
evaluation by our mechanical and
electrical engineering students," says
Dr. Robert W. Ellis, dean of engineering.
"Testing will be done in conjunction with
our vehicle dynamics and internal combustion laboratories by students in
various classes and by senior project
groups working extracurricularly.
" W e are continuing the development
of our vehicle dynamics, accoustics, and
internal combustion labs in order to
strengthen our academic programs in
these areas. Our students will benefit a
great deal from having the IROC available to t h e m , " Ellis concludes. • UQM
SME scholarships
LIT has received a grant of $4,000 from
the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
(SME) to establish a scholarship
program for mechanical engineering
students in the manufacturing concentration. The gift was made through
SME's Education Foundation. The funds
will be matched by LIT to launch the
program for the 1985-1986 academic
year.
Four $2,000 scholarships will be
awarded providing $1,000 a year for two
years. Awards will be based on merit
with considerations given to financial
need.
To be eligible, students must be at
the junior level concentrating in
manufacturing engineering.
According to George Schneider,
associate professor of engineering, SME
has given more than $50,000 to LIT to
support manufacturing engineering
programs.
SME is a national organization, with
more than 75,000 members in 68
countries, dedicated to advancing the
education of manufacturing engineers.
The student SME chapter at LIT has 100
members. • HCL
New show choir
plans to 'jazz up'
campus life
"Technojazz" or "Stage Connection"
are possible stage names for LIT's newly
formed show choir — a flashy group of
16 guys and gals who combine their
singing and dancing talent to perform
half hour arrangements of pop and soft
rock tunes.
The show choir debuted during LIT's
1985 Open House and is the students'
first attempt to form a collegiate musical
group in more than a decade.
According to the show choir's
founders and organizers, John Sammut,
a freshman in electrical engineering, and
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Mike Powaser, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, the possibilities for
growth are endless.
Both Sammut and Powaser were
members of an award winning show
choir at Divine Child High School in
Dearborn.
"It was tough to be optimistic at
first," says Sammut, "because we were
starting with nothing. We had to
assemble at least 16 talented people
who were willing to work together to put
on a show. We had to go off campus to
find a director since there isn't anyone
with a suitable background on campus.
We couldn't find an instrumental director
for the jazz band so we had to rely on
the band's dedication — and they pulled
through for us. The LIT auditorium has
all the basics but it didn't have appropriate lighting and sound equipment for
our needs."
Powaser laughs, " T h e two of us did
everything the first year but teach the
music. It was a rough start to say the
least. But now that we've got the first
show behind us, we are extremely
hopeful for the future."
Sammut and Powaser say they would
like to do a winter and spring show this
year with a troupe of 24 performers.
They also are hoping to build an hour
and a half program with individual duets
and quartets. Their dream is to produce
a show professional enough to compete
with other colleges and universities.
"Competitions take a lot of money
and a lot of professionalism," says
Sammut. " B u t it was through competitions that our group at Divine Child really
took off. We got a lot of great ideas by
watching other performers."
LIT's show choir was hired to do two
fundraising shows off campus last
spring. Powaser and Sammut believe
that once LIT's show choir Is established, it will become financially self
sufficient.
" M r . Moon (director of student
activities) and the faculty from arts and
science have been a great help. We
really appreciate the College's support
and we know that once we prove ourselves there will be even more support,"
says Powaser.
The pair has long term dreams of
establishing a credit program for show
choir participants, but for now they're
busying themselves preparing for this
year. Their immediate concern?
"Shooting for a flasher show."
• UQM
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Phonathon
volunteers raise
$53,500
Enthusiastic volunteers and generous
alumni made this year's LIT Alumni
Phonathon an unqualified success. The
event, held March 18-21 & 25-28 and
April 23-24, raised $53,500 in pledges
and matching gifts from 721 alumni
around the country, up significantly from
the $39,000 raised during the 1984
Alumni Phonathon. The final total will be
higher, since new pledges are arriving
daily from alumni who were "undecided"
when phoned.
The Alumni Phonathon is an important part of A Campaign for Lawrence,
the major fund raising effort the College
now has underway. The money raised
will help fund: outfitting of the new
Athletic Facility; a major addition to the
Engineering Building; ongoing programs,
including the Library; restoration of the
Frank Lloyd Wright/Affleck House; and
special needs in each of the five
Schools.
This year's team of 135 volunteer
callers — alumni, students, faculty, staff
and friends — did an outstanding job.
During the ten nights of the event, they
spoke with 2,352 alumni, and wrote
personal notes to hundreds of other
alumni who could not be reached by
phone. Also important to the success of
the Phonathon was the assistance
provided by College staff and campus
organizations, who helped with volunteer
recruitment, publicity and logistics.
Thanks and congratulations are
extended to all who participated in the
1985 Alumni Phonathon.
LIT alumni who volunteered are:
Roger Avie, I M ' 6 8 * ; Frank Bell, M E ' 5 4 * ; Cynthia
Blank, Ar'83; A. Robert Bliven, ArE'51 *; Carl
Cowan, M E ' 4 0 * ; Robert F. Dedoe, M E ' 4 8 * ; Joseph
Dyki, M E ' 6 2 * ; Peter S. Egigian, BA'84, Accounting
Club; John R. Fawcett, M E ' 4 3 * ; Robert E. Hannon,
IM'83; Robert E. Heintz, M E ' 5 1 , E E ' 6 1 * ; Roy
Hoenle RAC'58, I M ' 7 6 * ; Arthur L. Kelley, M E ' 4 7 * ;
Victor L. Kochajda, E E ' 5 2 * ; Charles A. Koury,
Ma'73; Henry Kovalsky, M E ' 6 2 * ; Marlyn K. Lisk,
MT'69, I T 7 0 , I M ' 7 3 * ; Ken Livingston, A r E ' 6 5 * ;
Dana Markey, M E ' 6 9 * ; James 8. Masalskis, CE'83;
Leslie Mollon, M E ' 5 6 * ; Francis E. Noggle, M E ' 7 0 * ;
Calvin Opperthauser, E E ' 5 1 * ; G. Donald Pierce,
M E ' 4 8 * ; Bruce Polkinghorne, M E ' 5 0 * ; Alvin R.
Prevost, A r E ' 5 1 * ; George Rinaldi E T ' 6 1 , IM'76; Leo
Sanker M E ' 4 9 * ; Alice Selewonik, A r ' 8 3 ; Henry
Selewonik, I M ' 5 7 * ; Roger F. Shtogrin, I M ' 6 1 * ;
Donald J . Smith, E E ' 5 5 * ; Tony Spadafore, IT'56;
Barbara C. Staniszewski, M a ' 7 7 * ; Gary P.
LIT faculty and staff who served as
volunteers are:
Alice Avedisian; Daniel Bozak; Cleophas B u c k * ;
Norman Burkhardt; David Canavasio; Patty C o g a n ;
Dr. Oliver 8 . C o l e m a n ; John Connors; George
Cousins; Edward D a r l i n g * ; Barbara Davidson; Dr.
Robert W. Ellis*; H. Robert Farrah; G. Robert
H a r r i n g t o n * ; Stanley Harris*; Marianne Hipp;
Elizabeth Hood; David R. H u b b s * ; Grace Hood
Huber; Melvin J a n n e y * ; Keith K e s l i n g * ; Dr. Lucy
King; Douglass Koch; Soter " A r t " Liberty; Zaven
M a r g o s i a n * ; Richard S. M a s l o w s k i * ; Kathleen
M c B r o o m ; F. Hal M c D a v i d * ; Margaret Mulholland;
Stanley Mullin; Larry M u m f o r d * ; Corinne K. Opiteck;
Louis W. Petro*; Salim Saleh; William Sheehy;
Avonelle Slagle; J o h n 8 . Sweda; Michael Sweeney;
J a m e s O. T r e w * ; and Leonard J . Walle.
Student volunteers and the organizations
they represent included:
Steve Andridge, A.G.C.; Donna Barazsu, Chi
O m e g o Rho; Robert J . Bennatts; Keith Bradley, Phi
Kappa Upsilon; Gilbert D. Bredow, Eta Kappa N u ;
David J . Brunette, Ham Club; Brian Christy, Phi
Kappa Upsilon; T h o m a s G. Coral, Alpha S i g m a Phi;
Scott P. Crowell, Alpha Sigma Phi; David
Darbyshire, Phi Kappa Upsilon; Gregory P. Denomy,
School of Engineering; Sloan M. Dibert; Ray H.
Elder; Brian Elzerman, Alpha S i g m a Phi; Gary
Evans, Phi Kappa Upsilon; Scott Evans, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Student Government; Gary (Mike) Grigg,
School of Arts & Science; Robert J . G r d e n ,
Computer Center; Ted Grigoriou, S i g m a Phi
Epsilon; Jill H o t t u m , Chi O m e g a Rho; Matthew J .
H u b b a r d , SC-AIA; Anthony Jackson, Phi Beta
Sigma; Todd Alan Jager, Alpha Sigma Phi; Sue
Jimenez, Chi O m e g o Rho; Toni King, BESA; Phillip
N. Kline, School of Architecture; Anne Lezotte,
S i g m a Phi Epsilon; Marie Lezotte, Chi O m e g o Rho;
Joseph Luellen III, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Todd
Maciejewski, Phi Kappa Upsilon; Melissa Macks,
M 8 P E ; Patti L. Mahoney, Chi O m e g o Rho; Mark
Mamassian, Accounting Club; Tom Margosian;
William McCormick, Phi Kappa Upsilon; Vincent
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Marshall McDowell, SC-AIA, Freshman Class
President, Student Government, Alpha Sigma Phi;
John Paul Minear, Alpha Sigma Phi, SC-AIA,
Student Government; Mallory T. Mitchell, Jr., BESA,
IEEE-Computer Society; Tim Mullins, Sigma Phi
Epsilon, Pi Tau Sigma; Joe Petrosky, A S M E , Pi Tau
Sigma, Tau Beta Pi; Stacy Prewitt, BESA; Jeff
Reinhold, S i g m a Phi Epsilon, Eta Kappa Nu;
Jessica I. Roache, SWE; Steve Shahinian, Alpha
S i g m a Phi, Tecti News; Gregory Smith, ASCE;
Kevin M. S m i t h , Alpha Sigma Phi; Lisa A. Stacey;
Daniel J . Styles; Janet Terbrack, Accounting Club;
Byron T o d m a n , Phi Beta Sigma; Bruce Trojanowski,
S P S , Phi Kappa Upsilon; and Barbara L. Weaver,
Chi O m e g o Rho.
Friends of LIT who volunteered are:
Janet F o r g i o n e * ; Mary Kesling*; Suzanne Lezotte,
S i g m a Phi Epsilon; and Edward S. Papelian*
CMembers
of the LIT Presidents
Club)
The following people and organizations
deserve special thanks for their help in
making the event possible:
Maccabees Mutual Life Insurance Company, for
providing the Phonathon site; The LIT Alumni
Association and the LIT Presidents Club for their
assistance with recruiting volunteer callers; Dennis
Hayes (LIT Student Government), Neil Ruff (Tech
News), Jennie Casai (School of Management) and
Patty Cogan (School of Engineering) for their
special efforts to publicize the Phonathon; Judy
Milosic (LIT Business Office) and Gary Sachs (LIT
Computer Center) for providing computerized
alumni profiles; Jack Armstrong (Campus Facilities),
David Payne and Joe LaLonde for help with the
day-to-day details of transporting equipment and
supplies; Debbie Faulkner and the Servomation staff
for arranging each night's dinner and refreshments;
Jim Valentine and Metro Blue Print, Inc. for
technical assistance with publicity posters; Bruce
Annett (College Relations) and Cally Tatum for
designing the printed materials used during the
Phonathon. • EM
�Oncampus
y^ULuiiin
/
you
Newcomen Society
honors LIT
Lawrence Institute of Technology's thirty
years in Southfield were recognized by
the Newcomen Society of the United
States when the group held their 1985
Michigan dinner June 6 on campus.
The Society, headquartered in Exton,
Pennsylvania, was founded in 1923 to
study and recognize achievement in
American business and society.
Several hundred civic, political, and
corporate leaders heard remarks
presented by guest of honor and
speaker Dr. Richard E. Marburger,
president of the College. He was introduced by Newcomen member and LIT
member of the corporation Dr. Perry E.
Gresham, president emeritus of Bethany
College. Presiding officer of the dinner
was David K. Easlick, chairman of
Michigan's Newcomen Committee and
retired chairman of Michigan Bell.
The Newcomen Society perpetuates
the life and work of Thomas Newcomen,
1663-1729, whose invention in 1712 of
the first practical atmospheric steam
engine heralded the beginning of the
Industrial Revolution. • BJA
Dr. Richard E. Marburger shares a thought during an address he gave before the
Newcomen Society on campus. The Society, founded in 1923, convened at LIT June 6 to
recognize LIT's 30th anniversary in Southfield.
Alumni discount
The Alumni Association's merchandise
and service discount program, free to
Association members, has expanded
again this year with the addition of a full
service contracting firm.
The popular member benefit, now in
its 11th year, offers Alumni Association
members reduced prices on items
ranging from automobiles, home
appliances, jewelry, and office supplies
to photography, furnace repairs, paint,
linoleum, and masonry and construction
contracting. Car leasing, LIT bookstore
items, marine products, video taping,
and formal wear rental are also included.
To join the Association and receive
member benefits, including the Discount
Program, graduates simply need to
make a gift of any size and for any
purpose to the College. For more
information, call either Bruce Annett,
director of college relations and alumni
services, or Bob Harrington, vice
president for development, at (313)
356-0200. • BJA
"You iire mistaken, Evelyn, I am not trying to play 'kneesies' with you! I
urn an Eagle Scout, a graduate of Lawrence Tech, a member in good stead
of the Economic Club of Detroit, and I hiwe not played 'kneesies' with
anyone since my days at Red ford High!"
Wirth cartoon from The Detroit News, September
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16, 1985. Reprinted
with
permission.
�Alumni
Association News
LIT Magazine
Past year 'especially
productive' says
Alumni prexy
T
he 1984-85 period has been
especially productive for the LIT
Alumni Association. After many years of
hard work, fund raising campaigns,
planning delays, etc., the long awaited
Campus Affairs and Activities Center
has finally become a reality. Ground
breaking for the third component — a
gymnasium — was held November 28,
1984 at the north end of the campus,
with the actual construction scheduled to
begin later this year.
With the subsidy that LIT allocates to
the Association in lieu of us requiring
dues, we have been able to offer a
greater variety of programs than ever
before. Our biggest annual event, the
Alumni Dinner Dance, was a smashing
success this year with a near capacity
crowd (300 people) attending. Other
events which the Association sponsored
and subsidized were: the Detroit Lions
Safari in the fall, theater night at the
Fisher or Masonic Temple, a family roller
skating outing, Henry Ford Museum trip,
a trip to Stratford, Ontario, and a
baseball game at Tiger stadium.
Each of these activities has been
coordinated by members of your Board
of Directors, who deserve special
commendation and appreciation for a
job well done. Throughout my first year
as president, the dedication and hard
work of the board and other officers in
activities planning and fund raising has
been both a
enormous satisfaction.
The Board has also, during the past
year, re-written sections of the Association Bylaws, and helped conduct another
successful "phonathon" in March to
support the CAAC and the addition to
the engineering building. The Association
is also a major contributor to the restoration of the "Spirit of Lawrence T e c h "
airplane, recently returned to campus,
and has funded many of the necessary
materials to restore the plane to its
original condition.
The Association is committed to
enhancing the high degree of LIT's
academic excellence and also continuing campus Improvements. The Board
worked toward these goals by funding
such projects as the DetroU Science
Fair, Wilson Daugherty Essay Contest,
books for the College library, and
restoration of historical photographs
from LIT.
I have been proud to be a part of the
organization during the last year and
share in the many accomplishments
achieved by the Board.
Thank you for your encouragement,
support, and involvement. We look
forward to your participation.
Charles A. Koury Ma'73
1984-86 President
LIT Alumni Association
Alumni elect three
Three graduates have been elected by
the general membership to three year
terms as directors of the LIT Alumni
Association. The new directors, whose
election was certified at the
Association's annual business meeting
held June 11 on campus, are Roy
Hoenle, RAC'58, IM'76; and Judith S.
Milosic, Ma'76. Incumbent Roger
Shtogrin, IM'61, was re-elected.
Hoenle is supervisor of facility
engineering for General Dynamics Land
Systems. He was appointed as director
to fill an unexpired term in 1985, has
served on the Association's DinnerDance/Reunion Committee for three
years and served as chairman of the
1985 Dinner-Dance/Reunion Committee.
He is a member of the LIT Presidents
Club.
Milosic is assistant director of
business affairs for Lawrence Institute of
Technology. She has served on the
Association's 1985 Dinner-Dance/
Reunion Committee, the 1982 and 1984
Stratford Theatre Committee, the 1982
Michigan Winery Tour Committee, and
1982 Founders Day Committee.
Shtogrin is benefits administrator for
General Dynamics Land Systems. An
Association director since 1973, he was
Association vice president, 1974-75, and
president, 1975-77. He also served the
LIT Presidents Club as director 1977 to
1985, and was chairman of that group in
1980-81.
Alumni Association leadership
includes 10 directors, including the
Association's immediate past president,
and five officers. Three directors are
elected each year in rotation and officers
serve two year terms. The Board, led by
Charles Koury, Ma'73, president, meets
at 7 p.m. on campus the second
Tuesday of each month during the
academic year. Alumni are welcome to
attend the meetings. •
BJA
source of pride and
The 1985-86 Alumni Association Board of Directors includes (first row L to R) Richard
Darbyshire, ME'54, EE'61, treasurer; Henry Selewonik, IM'57, vice president;
Charles
Koury, Ma'73, president; Henry Kovalsky, ME'62, recording secretary; and Robert Heintz,
ME'51, EE'61, corresponding
secretary. In the second row are directors Tony Spadafore,
IT'56; Paula Stofer, Hu'79; Roy Hoenle, RAC'58, IM'76; John Fawcett, ME'43; Roger Avie,
IM'68; Ted IVIifek, IVIE'51; Dennis O'ConneN, IM'70; Henry Tamagne, ME'51; Judy lVli(osic,
Ma'76; and Roger Shtogrin, fl\^'61.
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�Alumni
Association News
(From top L to R) Ray Urban,
Leonard Singer, Earl Volz, Phillip Muller,
Michael Bifano, Vincent Kaye, and William
Shade.
C l a s s of '35
J
Sigma Phi Epsilon S/g Eps combined their
reunion with the Alumni Association.
Attendees included (from top, L to R) Alan
Croll, Suzanne Croll, John Rouser, Mark
Bedell, Debra Schneemann, Kathleen
Rouser, Ed SeidI, Gail SeidI, Paul Wilhelm,
Tony Meyer, Tom O'Brien, Nancy Wilhelm,
Anne Lezotte, Jackie Wiedman O'Brien,
Randall Brooks, Diana Brooks, Bill Zwack,
Jane Holloway, Jim Lezotte, Bob Goffeney,
Robertta Goffeney, and Kellee Lezotte.
C l a s s of '75 (From top, L to R) Waine
Brock, Ron Sanders, Gary Balog, David
Richards, Richard Kostrzewski, Gary
Rotter, Robert Kulczycki, Joseph
Manninen, Thomas Bailey, Gary
Staniszewski, Jory Brooks, Howard
Whitston, Mark Bill, Michael Lapkewich,
Frank Rice, Thomas Ladoski, Brian
Karaska, and Stephen Tomsick.
(From top, L to R) Arthur Van
Stellandt, James Boeberitz, Floyd White,
Coda Edwards, Richard Sobiechowski,
Noel Smith, Harry Lund, Kendall Brooks,
David Morrison, Clark Ewing, Kenneth
Wuepper, and Donald Rusas.
C l a s s of '60
Alumni reunion brings 300 'home again'
A near capacity group of 300 alumni and
guests crowded into the Buell Building
atrium and dining room April 27 for the
Alumni Association's Annual DinnerDance and Reunion.
Honored guests included the Anniversary Classes of 1975, 1960, and 1935.
Presenting the tribute to the Golden
Anniversary Class, Vincent Kaye,
representing his class, recounted some
of the difficulties he and his classmates
faced in obtaining a degree during the
Great Depression.
In addition to the expected
reminiscing and reflection between
friends and colleagues, the group also
enjoyed the premiere performance of
LIT's new student "Show Choir,"
gourmet hors d'oeuvres, and a feast of
beef Wellington and seafood Newburg.
Four hours of dancing rounded out the
evening's activities, which took place
during LIT's Open House Weekend.
"Things were rough, but we
survived," Kaye said. "We didn't enjoy
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(the difficulties) but we did continue with
our education, we did help our families
and we did graduate — we survived!
"Fifty years later, having gone
through several depressions, wars of
global impact, and numerous personal
setbacks, trials and tribulations, some of
us are still here, stubbornly surviving. I,
for one, would like to attribute some of
this tenaciousness for surviving to the
wonderful teachings of the Lawrence
family and the dedicated faculty they
gathered to start Lawrence Institute of
Technology."
Reunion committee members
assuring the day's success were Roy
Hoenle, RAC'58, IM'76, chairman; Ron
Sanders, BA'75; Floyd White, ME'60;
Vincent Kaye, EE'35; Ray Urban,
ME'35; Karl Whitston, ET'77; Howard
Whitston, Ma'75, Ch'75; Tom O'Brien,
Ar'79, CE'84; and Tim Pawl, ME'73.
The 1986 Reunion has been set for
April 26. Mark your calendars now!
• BJA
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1933-69
Arthur L. Kelley, ME'47, retired from his
position as an automotive engineer with Ford
Motor Co. in August, after 25 years of
service. Art is a resident of Bloomfield Hills
and a past president of the LIT Presidents
Club.
William A. Dryburgh, ME'48, CivE'49, has
been elected to the Olivet College Board of
Trustees. Bill has been vice president of
Barton-Malow Construction Co. in Detroit
since 1976. In that capacity he served as
construction executive for the $60 million
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, and a number of multi-million dollar
projects including hospitals, clinics, office
buildings and a women's correctional facility
for the state of Michigan. He joined BartonMalow in 1964 and also served as project
manager for the construction of the $42
million Pontiac Silverdome. He is a member
of a number of Detroit engineering and
contracting associations and has earned
numerous building awards.
Kurt 0 . T e c h , ME'48, an LIT trustee, was
honored as volunteer of the year by the
Judson Center of Detroit.
Lee E. Cromwell, M E ' 5 1 , has been
appointed chief engineer with responsibility
for trim operations for the Inland Division of
General Motors. Lee was formerly the senior
engineer in charge of Fisher Body Product
Engineering where he was responsible for
interior trim and exterior ornamentation. He
has had a broad range of experience at GM
with Fisher Body as senior designer and
engineer-in-charge of the interior trim section.
Since 1980 he has been responsible for the
" P " car body as senior engineer-in-charge.
Robert E . Heintz, M E ' 5 1 , E E ' 6 1 , recently
received an award and congratulations for 30
years of service at General Motors.
Arthur 0 . Wasek, CivE'52, has been
appointed senior administrator of the building
systems section in C-P-C Facilities Planning
for General Motors. He is a registered
engineer in both Michigan and Ohio and
previously served as an architectural project
manager for Fisher Body's Works Engineering.
With four of the Wasek children in college at
the same time, Art has learned the art of
financial management well. This year, the 3rd
child will graduate, leaving the youngest to
finish in another year. It seems that Dad has
kept his sense of humor through it all by
Magazine
honing his skills as a cartoonist. A recent
effort appeared in LIT's Tech News.
Stanley J . Kukawka, ME'53, has moved to
Vista, CA, located near San Diego, from his
former residence in Milwaukee. Stan now
heads his own management consulting firm
specializing in "Management for Results".
Robert L. E c k , BT'58, a vice president of
Albert Kahn Associates, Inc., architects and
engineers, has been named chief of project
management for the firm. In his new position.
Bob will be responsible for overseeing the
assignments of all project managers in the
firm. He has been a member of the Kahn
organization since 1963 and was named
senior associate in 1970. In 1978 he was
elected a director of the firm and vicepresident. In 1979 he was the recipient of
LIT's Alumni Achievement Award. Professionally active, he is a member of the
Engineering Society of Detroit and the
Michigan Association of the Professions. A
resident of Berkley with a deep commitment
to the community, he is a former mayor of
that city.
Walter G . C r o s b y , Jr., EE'60, is a part of the
newly formed Boldyreff, Crosby & Forgiel,
Inc., consulting engineers in related fields of
energy, electrical and mechanical engineering.
The firm assists clients in gaining maximum
benefit from existing energy sources and
promoting cost effectiveness of electrical and
mechanical systems. Walt's expertise is in
energy, plant engineering, design and
construction for industrial, commercial and
institutional areas.
David F. Hoyle, IM'60, has been re-elected
an officer of the National Exchange Carrier
Association, Inc. He serves as NECA's
corporate secretary and director of
administration. NECA prepares and files
access charges and collects and distributes
revenues for the nation's more than 1500
telephone companies. Prior to joining NECA
in 1983, Dave was associated for 23 years
with AT&T and the Michigan Bell Telephone
Company. He and his wife reside in New
Providence, NJ.
J o h n Wells, I M ' 6 1 , has been appointed vicepresident of First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Kalamazoo. John joined the
savings and loan in 1976 as staff attorney.
J a m e s P. Laughlin, EE'62, has been
promoted to vice-president of engineering for
the Vought Missiles and Advanced Programs
Division of LTV Aerospace and Defense Co.
Jim will have overall responsibility for the
division's engineering projects, facilities, and
1,100 departmental personnel. A veteran of
20 years with LTV, he served for the past two
years as director of electronic systems,
overseeing work in electronics, optics and
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guidance systems. He helped establish the
company's new 60,000 square-foot electronics
laboratory and state-of-the-art simulation and
measurement facilities. The electronics staff
was expanded to nearly 500 under his
management. Current major programs that he
is involved with include the Multiple Launch
Rocket System for the U.S. Army, and the
Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon for the U.S. Air
Force and components for the NASA space
shuttle. Jim resides in Dallas, TX.
T h o m a s T . Tuttle, ME'63, recently made an
extended trip from his home in Highland, CA.
He spent seven months touring the south, up
the east coast to Newfoundland, stopping
briefly at LIT. Tom was with TRW for 20
years.
Robert Wegryn, IM'64, holds the rank of
Navy Commander and serves on the operational control staff at Third Fleet
Headquarters at Ford Island, Hawaii. Bob
recently participated in an exercise designed
to test plans and procedures for control and
protection of merchant shipping that involved
more than 500 naval reservists operating in
the Pacific and Indian Ocean areas. The U.S.
Naval Control and Protection of Shipping
Organization is set up for use in times of
world crisis and can be called upon to help
allied fleets move strategic goods from one
port to another. Bob joined the Navy in 1960.
J o h n S . Wilkie, AE'65, of Yops & Wilkie,
Architects, and Jack W. Yops, recently
celebrated the 30th anniversary of their firm.
Yops founded the firm, located in Wyandotte,
in 1955. John joined the firm in 1965 and
marks 20 years of association with Yops this
year. The firm is involved with several
commercial, institutional and industrial
projects, including the wave pool, bathhouse,
food service building and visitors center for
the new Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown
Township.
Raymond S . Bozoian, IM'66, has been
appointed Eastern Region Cost Supervisor for
Varian Associates, Inc. in Woburn, MA. Ray
is responsible for all cost accounting for the
SEG Service Division. He resides in
Hampton, NH.
David G . Gale, ET'66, who holds the rank of
marine gunnery sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps,
was awarded the U.S. Marine Corps Good
Conduct Medal. Dave received the award for
good behavior and conduct over a three year
period. He joined the Marines in 1966. He is
stationed in Bayonet Point, FL.
J o h n D. Whitehead, EE'66, has joined the
firm of Tomblinson, Harburn Associates,
Architects and Planners, Inc., of Flint. John
previously worked for several major firms in
Detroit, Chicago and California and served as
director of electrical engineering for Rose
�Alumni
Notes
Engineering from 1977 to 1982. Current
projects include the Carriage Town historical
redevelopment for the City of Flint, Prime
Coatings, Inc.'s industrial plant in Grand
Blanc and numerous energy conservation
programs for local school districts.
Carl E. Ballard, ME'68, has been named
eminent engineer by Tau Beta Pi engineering
honor society at LIT. The award is based on
professional competence and career
accomplishment. Carl is chief engineer at
Kelsey-Hayes Co. in Romulus.
Lane A. Hautau, IM'68, has been named
sales manager, North American Vehicle
Operations at GMF Robotics Corp. in Troy.
Stephen D. Hudak, IM'68, has joined
Citizens Insurance Co. as a staff trial attorney
for Birmingham Legal. Before joining the new
firm, Steve worked for the law firm of Mitseff
and Baril, P.C. in Detroit. He received his
Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit in
1978.
Thomas D. Smyth, IM'68 was recently
named vice-president of operations at ISI
Fluid Power, Inc. in Fraser, Ml. ISI is a
manufacturer of air valves and other related
pneumatic products. He has been with the
company since 1974. Tom lives in Bloomfield
Hills with his wife and two children.
Larry J. Wilson, IM'68, has been named
partner in charge of Seidman & Seidman's
Kalamazoo office. Larry joined the national
accounting firm last year after a merger with
his Kalamazoo CPA firm. He is a member of
the Michigan Association of Certified Public
Accountants and the American Institute of
CPAs. He is also past president of the
Kalamazoo Accounting Association and
serves on the board of directors of the
Kalamazoo Y.M.C.A. and the board of Family
and Children Services.
Seidman & Seidman is among the 15
largest public accounting firms, with offices in
39 cities and more than 200 partners.
1970-79
Kenneth E. Pawlowski, Ar'70, is now vicepresident/quality assurance for Pierce,
Dorsey, Rohrdanz, Architects, Inc. in Winter
Park, FL. Ken is a registered architect and is
a member of the Construction Specifications
Institute.
Daniel F. Christensen, Ar'71, has joined the
firm of Giffels-Hoyem Basso, Inc. as vicepresident/architecture and will be actively
involved in project administration. Dan is a
registered architect in the states of Michigan,
Texas, Ohio, Illinois, New York and California.
He is also a member of the American Institute
of Architects, the Michigan Society of
Architects and the Construction Specification
Institute. Formerly, he was a partner in the
firm of Jason-Christensen Associates,
architects.
Robert J. Gilmer, IM'71, has been appointed
chief, quality review staff with the Internal
Revenue Service. Bob has responsibility for
the quality of examinations in the Exami-
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nation Division supervising a staff of 18
reviewers. He reports that Greensboro, NC,
which he now calls home, is beautiful. The
weather, he claims, is fantastic and
comments that he does not miss the snow
storms at all.
Alvin 8. Levett, IM'71, has been appointed
director of budget management in the University Planning, Budgeting and Analysis Office
at Eastern Michigan University. Al holds a
master's degree in public administration from
Wayne State and has also taken postgraduate
work at Michigan State University and Wayne
in addition to his LIT degree. He will direct
the University's budget development support,
budget monitoring, and control operations,
and also coordinate the supporting information systems and analysis activities.
Thomas M. Montroy, IM'72, now lives in
Seal Beach, CA., and reports that his
daughter attends Los Alamitos High School
where the cheerleading team won the
national championship, appearing on ABC
Television's 20/20 in March. Tom is vicepresident of Ervin Industries.
James J. Timmerman, IM'72, has been
transferred to the Atlanta District office of
Protection Mutual where he holds the title of
senior district engineer. Protection Mutual is a
commercial property insurer. Jim will serve as
account engineer and provide loss prevention
consulting service to 75 accounts. Jim and
his wife Deborah (Waider, IM'72) together
with their son, Matthew, reside near Stone
Mountain, GA.
Ronald J. Gagnon, CE'73, has been named
vice president-operations of Ford Motor Land
Development Corp., the real estate arm and a
wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Co.
Ron is a resident of Farmington Hills and until
recently was manager of Renaissance Center
operations and had charge of Ford Land's
construction and properties management —
responsibilities that he will continue in his
new position. He has been with Ford since
1957 and has served in a variety of
construction engineering positions with steel
division and manufacturing staff before
joining Ford Land in 1974 as Fairlane
program manager.
E. Timothy Pawl, ME'73, was a workshop
leader at Schoolcraft College in a special
program held for the purpose of bringing
together inventors, entrepreneurs and organizations to exchange information on "Making
Invention Work". The process of invention
was explored by speakers with practical
experience in the field. Tim is with Pawl
Inventioneering Corp.
Dennis R. Polak, Ar'73, has established a
new firm, Dennis R. Polak & Associates,
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Eck '58
Laughfin '62
Architects, Engineers and Planners in
Saginaw. Dennis is the newly elected treasurer
of the Saginaw Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and has recently
been with local firms in Saginaw and Flint.
Thomas M. Trupkovich, IM'73, has been
named director of purchasing for the Great
Lakes Steel Division of National Steel.
Previously Tom served as manager,
purchasing-maintenance and repair
operations and other purchasing positions
during the twelve years that he has been with
Great Lakes Steel.
Gary J. Grobson, Ar'74, has been named
director of store planning and design for the
Taubman Company, Inc. in Bloomfield Hills.
Gary joined the company as a tenant coordinator in 1974 and most recently served as
manager of store design. Previously he
practiced architecture with Wah Yee
Associates, Southfield. He is a member of the
American Institute of Architects, and resides
with his wife and three children in Rochester
Hills.
Daniel W. Winey, Ar'74, has been appointed
director of interior architecture for WhislerPatri Architects in San Francisco, CA. Dan
will be responsible for the administration,
marketing and design of all interior architecture activities. This appointment comes
after spending the last seven years in
architecture, engineering, and construction for
General Motors Corp. as a senior project
architect and systems administrator.
Randy S. Dawley, ME'75, received a Master
of Science in Administration (M.S.A.) from
Central Michigan University in June. His
major was in general administration and
industrial management. Randy is an engineering supervisor at the Land Systems
Division of General Dynamics Corp. His work
is in the producibility engineering department
where he is involved in the engineering
development of America's main battle tanks.
Randy, his wife, and two sons reside in
Westland.
Lyie A. Reibling, Ma'75, has been promoted
to group staff engineer in the Military
Systems Division of Lear Siegler, Instrument
Division in Grand Rapids. LyIe is principle
investigator for Lear Siegler's efforts to use
artificial intelligence to generate trajectories in
military flight management systems. He is
also working toward the completion of a
Ph.D. in computer science at Michigan State.
James R. Clark, Ar'76, and Debra D. Clark,
IM75, now live in Saft Lake City, UT. Jim has
just been promoted to vice-president and
general manager of the Utah branch of
Unistrut, a company dealing with space
frames, rolled channels and structural steel
roofing systems. He is a registered architect
in Michigan with NCRB. Debra (Thum) is
Magazine
Gagnon '73
Schmcdt '76
Grice '77
planning on resuming practice as a public
accountant in Utah. They met at LIT and now
have two children. Shannon, age five, and
Brian, age three.
Robert J. DiPonIo, Ar'76, has been named
sales manager for the Gunite Division of
Kelsey-Hayes Co. Before joining Gunite, Bob
held sales and account management
positions with major OEM suppliers to the
heavy truck industry. Now he will be
responsible for overseeing the aftermarket
distribution of Gunite heavy duty products.
Richard W. Mitchell, Ar'76, has formed his
own architectural firm, Poley/Mitchell,
Architects, located in Ann Arbor. The firm
also has a branch office in Marquette.
David W. Perkins, Ar'76, has been named
an associate director at Albert Kahn
Associates, Inc. David is a registered
architect. He joined the firm in 1981 as a
member of the architectural design department. One of the major projects he is
currently involved with as project designer is
the Dodge City complex for Chrysler
Corporation. He and his wife. Flora, and
daughter make their home in Inkster.
Richard M. Schmidt, BA'76, has been
named second vice-president and account
officer in the Commercial Real Estate Division
at Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit.
Richard joined Manufacturers in 1977 as an
assistant branch manager and also worked in
the credit department. He and his wife and
son now reside in New Baltimore.
Jeffrey J. Grice, Ma'77, has been elected a
vice president at D'Arcy, Masius, Benton and
Bowles in Bloomfield Hills. He is manager of
systems development reporting to the director
of management information services (MIS).
Jeff joined DMB&B in 1978 as a programmer/
analyst. In 1979, he was promoted to assistant project manager and a year later to
project manager. In 1982, he was promoted
to manager of media systems. Prior to joining
D'Arcy, he was a programmer with Fruehauf
Corp. and Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline. Jeff,
his wife Sharon, and two sons, live in St.
Clair Shores.
William E. Mazzara, Ar'77 has been named
construction project manager in the facilities
department of Providence Hospital, Southfield. He is a registered architect with both
the State of Michigan and the National
Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
Formerly, Bill was with the architectural firm
of Giffels Associates, Inc.
Henry M. Kies, Jr., BA'78, has been named
branch officer at Manufacturers National Bank
of Detroit. Henry joined the bank as a
management trainee in 1977 and has extensive branch banking experience. He is
39
Kies '78
currently in charge of the Eighteen Mile
Road-Dequindre branch. The Kies reside in
St. Clair Shores.
Ronald McClelland, CE'78, recently joined
Gilbane Building Co. in Pontiac, as a project
engineer. Ron previously lived in Baltimore,
MD and will now return to the Detroit area.
Michael J. Sweeney, ME'78, is now senior
engineer with Tenneco, Inc. of Houston, TX.
As the senior safety and health specialist for
mechanical engineering, he reports to the
manager of safety reviews for Tenneco's
subsidiary divisions and manufacturing
facilities. Michael, his wife, Cindy, and son
reside in Katy, TX.
James Alan Zachow, Ar'78, has been
named an associate of the firm for GBKB
Associates. Jim has been with GBKB since
1978 and attained registration as an architect
in 1982. His experience includes project
management of Cherry Capital Airport Expansion, the Bay City Army Reserve Center for
the Corps of Engineers and Commercial State
Savings Bank in Greenville. He resides in the
Traverse City area.
Donn B. Roberts, Ar'79, BAr'80, has joined
the architectural firm of George Covalle in
Jackson.
1980-85
Mark L. Duane, BA'80, has been named
senior account manager for Merit Systems,
Inc., a data processing firm. Mark joined Merit
in 1980. Previously he served in data
processing positions at LIT.
John E. Enkemann, Ar'80, has been named
a senior associate at Albert Kahn Associates,
Inc., Architects and Engineers. John is a
registered architect. He first joined the firm in
1978 and was named an associate in 1983.
As a member of the firm's architectural
development department, he currently serves
as project architect on two commissions for
Whirlpool Corp. He and his wife, Wendy, and
two children make their home in West
Bloomfield.
Patrick E. Mullen, Ar'80, has been promoted
in the U.S. Air Force to the rank of first
lieutenant. Pat is an architect with the 354th
Civil Engineering Squadron at Myrtle Beach
Air Force Base in South Carolina.
Mark A. Farlow, Ar'dl BArd2, completed
graduate studies at the University of Cincinnati and accepted a position as assistant
professor of architecture at the School of
Architecture at Mississippi State University for
the 1984-1985 academic year. He also did
some teaching in Europe during the summer
�Alumni
Notes
and will return to Mississippi for another year
beginning this September to teach an
advanced history/theory seminar and a
design studio.
Scott E . Apple, IM'84, and Lori-Ann Corsi
were married in March, 1985. After a
Hawaiian honeymoon-the couple now reside
in Plymouth.
Kurt E . Maki, C E ' 8 1 , earned an M.B.A. in
project and construction management from
Golden Gate University in California. Kurt
recently accepted a position as facilities
design engineer for Rockwell International at
their Defense Electronics Operation in
Anaheim, CA. While working towards his
M.B.A., he was with Martin Marietta Corp.
under their management development
program attending Golden Gate's extension
school at Vandenburg Air Force Base.
T h o m a s L. C o o k s o n , ME'84, is employed as
a senior engineer in the mechanical
properties laboratory at General Dynamics
Corp., Convair Division. He resides in Santee,
CA.
Keith A. Ulrich, B A ' 8 1 , has been promoted
to account executive on the Cadillac Motor
Car Division account at D'Arcy, Masius,
Benton and Bowles in Bloomfield Hills. Keith
is a member of the Adcraft Club of Detroit
and resides in Bedford.
Paul R. Urbanek, A r ' 8 1 , BAr'82, has been
promoted to the position of " a s s o c i a t e " for
Straub Associates/Architects. Paul will
continue to play a major role in the firm's
design department in addition to his new
responsibilities as an associate. He and his
wife, Mary, reside in Royal Oak.
Paul G . Cramer, IM'82, received an M.B.A.
with concentration in finance and marketing
from the University of Detroit in December,
1984. Paul is employed by Detroit Edison and
works with the Nuclear Quality Assurance
Department at the Enrico Fermi II Nuclear
Power Plant. He resides in Livonia.
Brian T. Holtz, IM'82 and Shawn Martin were
married in October, 1984. Following a trip to
Florida for their honeymoon, the couple now
reside in Tecumseh.
J . Homero Ulloa Verduga, IM'82, is now
E.D.P. manager for " A y m e s a " , an automotive
assembly plant for General Motors based in
Quito, Ecuador. Homero and Fernanda
Naveda were married on November 17, 1984.
T h o m a s H. Wrenbeck, EE'82, and Dianne
Lyskawa were married in October, 1984 in
Dearborn. Following a honeymoon trip to the
Caribbean, the couple now reside in Livonia.
Richard Musto, Ar'83, is a project architect
for Richard K. Brooks & Associates in Irvine,
CA. Richard plans to take the registration
exam this year and reports that southern
California is treating him well.
Mark D. Wrona, IM'83, is a candidate for the
school board in Howell, Ml. Mark and his
family live in Howell where he has two
children attending school and one soon to
start. He is an administrative assistant and
senior development engineer with Ford Motor
Co.
in World War II at Oak Ridge, T N . Francis
was a research associate at Amax, Inc. in
Ann Arbor where he helped develop patents.
Before joining Amax, he worked in various
plant laboratories including those at Ford
Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. Survivors
include his wife, a daughter, and a son.
Robert L. T h o m a s , ME'48, of Jackson.
J o h n C . Bounker, CE'49, of Mt. Clemens.
C h a r l e s T . Keller, CE'84, and Nancy Marie
Piche were wed on August 10, 1984.
David P. L a m a n e n , IM'84, and his bride,
Kimberly Jane Kurswa, were married in June
at St. Colette Catholic Church in Livonia.
David is a sales representative for the
Dannon Co.
Karl V. Holm, ME'50, July 15, 1985, in
Florida. Karl was a retired mechanical
engineer from the Ford Motor Co. and a
member of LIT's Presidents Club. In recent
years he lived in the Miami area. Surviving is
a son.
Alex Hucul, IE'50, of Ann Arbor.
Kathleen Marie Nemeth, ME'84, was
married to Richard Schuiz on June 21st in
Dearborn.
Ann M. Spitz (lovaldi), IA'84, has joined the
Birmingham-based office design firm of S.J.
Maddalena, Inc.
Marvin P. Atlas, BA'85, was honored by the
Detroit Chapter of the Financial Executives
Institute. Marvin was cited as an outstanding
graduate from LIT in the field of business
administration and accounting and presented
with a commemorative plaque during a
ceremony at the Detroit Athletic Club.
In memoriam
Information from this section is provided by
family members, friends of the deceased,
and
newspaper
accounts. To assure
inclusion,
please send notices to the Director of Alumni
Services, LIT, 21000 West Ten Mile Road,
Southfield, Ml 48075-1058.
F r a n c i s L. E v a n s , AeE'33, of Sun City, AZ,
March 24, 1985.
Roland N. S e e l , Industrial Executive School
'39, of Chesapeake, VA.
Carl J . R e n s w i c k , C h E ' 4 1 , February, 24,
1985. Carl was retired from his position as
manager for Uniroyal where he had served
for 44 years. He was a past president of the
Uniroyal Men's Club and a past president of
Detroit Rubber Federal Credit Union.
Surviving are his wife, and son.
Nathan Scott, EE'43, of Van Nuys, CA.
Gilbert Amnotte, ME'45, of Marysville, GA.
F r a n c i s J . Sullivan, ChE'47, of Allen Park,
July 16, 1985. He worked on the atomic
bomb while with the Army Corps of Engineers
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J o s e p h Forgione, M E ' 5 1 , January 9, 1985,
in Bloomfield Hills. He was director of quality
assurance at Ford Motor Co., where he has
been employed since 1955. He was a
member of the Engineering Society of Detroit;
Society of Automotive Engineers; the
Presidents Club of LIT, and Alpha Gamma
Epsilon fraternity. He formerly had been a
night school instructor in statistical analysis at
Wayne State University and the University of
Detroit. Surviving are his wife, Janet, a son
and daughter.
Dennis E . Healy, ME'52, of Dearborn.
Robert W. Chaplen, RAC'53, of Warren,
November, 1984.
George H. Hanovich, ME'53, of Dearborn
Heights, April 1983.
Richard Nowak, CE'55, of Wayne.
Martin S c h e l h a a s , MT'55, of Livonia.
J o s e p h H. Wagner, RAC'57, January 18,
1985 of Houghton Lake. He was employed as
a refrigeration engineer at Mercy Hospital,
Grayling at the time of his death. He is
survived by his wife and two sons.
Gary E . Bullock, MT'60, of Munroe Falls,
OH.
J a m e s L. Granger, ME'60, of St. Helen,
January 12, 1985.
Arthur 0 . Ziemann, BT'60, of Dearborn
Heights, November, 1984.
R o s s E . Kauppila, EE'63, March 23, 1985,in
San Anselmo, CA. He was employed by Ford
Motor Co. prior to his death. Surviving are his
wife, daughters, and his brother Bruce
Kauppila, EE'68.
Stephen J . Downey, Ch'78, of Rochester.
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A red beard and moustache frame his
bright smile, and distinct laugh lines set
off his hazel eyes. He is tall in stature
and looks typically like the rugged
carpenter he was for the nine years
before his fall.
His first year out of Fowlerville High
School, Wilson attended Ferris State
College but "bombed out" because he
"had no direction."
Today, the construction engineering
degree graduate, 32, is a member of
Tau Beta Pi, national engineering honor
society and Lambda Iota Tau, LIT's
scholastic honor society. He has
accepted a teaching assistantship to
pursue a masters degree in structural
design at the University of Cincinnati.
andy Wilson, son of Nina Pearce of Obviously, the changes in his life have
Howell, filed across the platform at not been all bad.
After a three month stay in the hospithe Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum
tal, Wilson liquidated his construction
on June 2 to receive his degree and a
firm because of Detroit's economic
handshake from the president of
Lawrence Institute of Technology along doldrums. Also, he felt that if he had to
work in an office, he would prefer
with more than 800 other graduates.
engineering to bookkeeping.
But unlike his peers, Wilson maneuvered a wheelchair across the stage, just
So he returned to college, but this
as he has maneuvered it across LIT's
time with a plan. After one year at
campus for the last three years.
Washtenaw Community College, Wilson
As the result of an accident at home transferred to LIT because of recomfive years ago, Wilson was confined to a mendations from his colleagues in the
wheelchair and, needless to say, his life construction profession. There are
Grad builds
new life on
foundation of
optimism
Randy Wilson, CE85,
hasn't let an accident
diminish his goals
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always adjustments to be made when
entering a new college and Wilson made
his share. But he claims that the added
adjustment of changing from having full
use of his body to being in a wheelchair
is "not as difficult as people think."
"It would be difficult if you had a
choice and were able to switch back and
forth. But once you make the mental
adjustment to your situation, which is the
most difficult adjustment to make, then
you work with what you have," Wilson
explains, "f am continually finding out
the things I can do rather than dwelling
on the things I can't."
here
however,
problem Wilson simply
T posesitisaisone thing,forcontrol. that
because
out of his
"Winter," he says without hesitation.
"I have to depend on other people to
clean the sidewalks and if they don't, it's
difficult for me to get around. Fortunately, everything at LIT is close
together, so mobility-wise, it has been
easier on me."
LIT's engineering building, where
most of Wilson's classes were held, was
built before handicapped accessibility
codes were established. That means
among other things, no wheelchair
ramps or elevators to the second floor.
The entrance ramps were installed easily
enough (at Wilson's request) but, for
now, the second floor is off limits to
students in Wilson's situation.
"The heads of the engineering
departments made it clear from the start
that if I needed a class that was being
held on the second floor to let them
know and they'd move it downstairs.
And they always did. I don't know,
though," he smiles and says suspiciously.
"I think the second floor is where they
have the open bar and all the dancing
girls."
He many never know — for sure.
• UQM
Randy Wilson, CE'85, shares a chuckle
with R. James Diegel, assistant professor
of construction engineering. Randy is now
pursuing a masters degree at the University
of Cincinnati.
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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!
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IMSTITUTE OF TECHIMOLOGY
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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.
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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.
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Production Assistant and Alumni
Notes Editor: Deborah A. Faes,
secretary, public and alumni
relations
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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.
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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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Magazine
�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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1980
6
"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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Magazine
�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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1980
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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
10
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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1980
12
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
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 .
Autumn/Winter
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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LIT f^agazine
�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
Autumn/Winter
1980
16
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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�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
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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.
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�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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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;
Autumn/Winter
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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•
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.
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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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Maurice Katzman, ME'56, EE'60, has been
listed in t h e 21st e d i t i o n (1979/80) o f
Who's Who in Finance and Industry.
Dr. Hazel I. Quick, P.E., Hon.D.E.'59, h a s
been honored by t h e National S o c i e t y o f
Professional Engineers as M i c h i g a n ' s first
w o m a n registered p r o f e s s i o n a l engineer.
i95rshVw\Va'e1i;rosTenX"en'ier
Civic a c t i v i t i e s i n c l u d e d serving o n t h e
Detroit Planning C o m m i s s i o n .
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1980 36
Send to: Director of Public and Alumni Relations, Lawrence Institute of
Technology, 21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan 48075.
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1970-79
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 .
'61
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
IMSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
PRIME time for learning: CAD/D for LIT architects
Profiting 'from thin air": Alumnus Ed Donley
Microprocessors: A 'circuitous route' to miniaturization
Plus a new dean, campus and alumni news, and more!
A i i t i i m n / W i n t o r IQA^t
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
A u t u m n / W i n t e r 1983
V o l u m e 5, No. 3
Published by the LIT O f f i c e of
College Relations and A l u m n i Services
21000 West Ten Mile Road
S o u t h f i e l d , Ml 48075
(313) 356-0200
By-lined articles express the views of
the author and not necessarily either
the opinions or policies of the College.
Persons w i s h i n g to connnnent or
s u b m i t m a n u s c r i p t s for c o n s i d e r a t i o n
are encouraged to c o n t a c t the editor.
A b o u t the cover: CAD/D (computeraided d r a f t i n g and design) and CAD/
CAM (computer-aided d e s i g n and
m a n u f a c t u r i n g ) are b e c o m i n g
c o m m o n p l a c e in the p r o f e s s i o n s of
architecture and engineering. This
issue examines the s t u d e n t use of
new e q u i p m e n t recently a c q u i r e d by
LIT. Photo by Bruce A n n e t t .
Editor/Designer: Bruce J . A n n e t t , Jr.,
director of college relations and
alumni services
C o n t r i b u t i n g Editor: Ursula M a r i n e l l i ,
associate in I n f o r m a t i o n services
Production A s s i s t a n t s : Deborah A.
Faes, Deborah A. S t a m p s , c l e r i c a l ;
Diane Nagelkirk, Ar'82, g r a p h i c s
College Photographer: W a l t e r G.
Bizon, B A r 7 7
1
Profiting
*from t h i n air' —
A l u m n u s Ed
Donley has
helped build a
$1.6 b i l l i o n
c o m p a n y by
a s s e s s i n g needs
of industry, and
meeting them
through
participatory
management
decisions.
^PRIME t i m e
for learning —
New c o m p u terized w o r k
s t a t i o n s bring the
f u t u r e t o LIT's
S c h o o l of
Architecture.
Notice of n o n - d i s c r i m i n a t o r y
policy as t o s t u d e n t s
The statement above is included in
this publication
to conform to
Federal
guidelines:
it represents
no change in
the policy of LIT.
9
1982-1983
A n n u a l Giving
Report — Here's
the honor roll of
contributors
whose generosity
helped
m a i n t a i n e d LIT's
academic
excellence during
t h e past f i s c a l
year.
5.
Design c o u n s e l : Frank Moran
A s s o c i a t e s Inc.
Lawrence Institute of T e c h n o l o g y
a d m i t s s t u d e n t s of any race, color,
handicap, national and e t h n i c o r i g i n
t o all the rights, privileges, p r o g r a m s
and activities generally a c c o r d e d to
or made available t o s t u d e n t s at the
College. LIT does not d i s c r i m i n a t e on
the basis of race, sex, color, h a n d i c a p
or national or ethnic origin in administ r a t i o n of its e d u c a t i o n a l p o l i c i e s ,
a d m i s s i o n s policies, s c h o l a r s h i p and
loan programs, and a t h l e t i c and other
College-administered p r o g r a m s .
engineering —
Robert Ellis
b e c o m e s dean of
LIT's largest
school.
7
Faculty
p r o f i l e — This
issue f o c u s e s on
Louis W. Petro,
the m u l t i - f a c e t e d
dean of LIT's
S c h o o l of
24
Management.
On
c a m p u s — Fall
e n r o l l m e n t jumps
a g a i n , LIT's
Presidents Club
celebrates its
first decade of
service, s t u d e n t s
aid abused children, and more.
27
Alumni
notes —
Advancements,
moves, and other
news f r o m LIT
g r a d u a t e s near
and far.
Wanted: energy
efficient designers
Planning: the key to
financial
independence —
Lecturer Don
Haas looks at
financial
p l a n n i n g : the
process, the
b e n e f i t s , and
s e l e c t i o n of
counsel.
Microprocessors —
Tiny, versatile,
a n d Inexpensive,
silicon-based
microprocessors
are revolutionizing
the teaching and
p r a c t i c e of
electrical
engineering.
d e a n of
A f u t u r e issue of the LIT
Magazine w i l l f o c u s on LIT
a l u m n i d o i n g innovative work in
the areas of energy efficient
b u i l d i n g and d e s i g n .
We're looking for a l u m n i w h o
have built or designed energy
e f f i c i e n t s t r u c t u r e s , retrofitted
e x i s t i n g s t r u c t u r e s to make
t h e m less energy " h u n g r y , " or
w h o are involved in the development, research, engineering, or
m a r k e t i n g of devices or equipment w h i c h increase energy
e f f i c i e n c y . We encourage you to
c o n t a c t the Editor, LIT
Magazine, 21000 West Ten Mile
Road, S o u t h f i e l d , Ml 48075;
phone (313) 356-5051.
Solar radiation and passive
solar e n v i r o n m e n t a l s y s t e m s ,
earth s h e l t e r i n g , nocturnal
c o o l i n g , and w i n d , hydro and
g e o t h e r m a l power generation as
well as other theoretical and
p r a c t i c a l m e t h o d s of increasing
the energy efficiency of residential, c o m m e r c i a l , and industrial
s t r u c t u r e s are all c a n d i d a t e s for
story c o n s i d e r a t i o n . •
�LIT Magazine
Profiting
from tliin air*
Alumnus Edward Donley, ME'43
science is also the best. That combination, he says, can keep the nation
ahead of the pack.
But, he says, "I don't know whether
we will be able to retain that lead for
the next 100 years." The gap is narrowing, he warns: "More engineers are
being produced relative to the size of
s the demise of "Smokestack
America" imminent? Edward Donley, the population elsewhere, specifically
in Japan and the Soviet Union, than in
the lean, soft-spoken 62-year-old
this country."
engineer who is chairman and chief
Donley is a highly active advocate
executive officer of Air Products and
of improved engineering education and
Chemicals, Inc., doesn't think so.
opportunities. He is thinking of the
His company is committed to
nation's future — and also of the
research and development in high
future of Air Products, which had $1.6
technology, but its primary activity is
billion in sales in 1982. The firm, based
supplying industry with gases, chemin Allentown, PA, has 18,000 employees
icals and engineering services. He
sees no possibility that his company's and facilities in 15 countries.
Air Products had only 17 employees
customers will quit the industrial arena
and a small Detroit plant in 1943, when
any time soon.
Donley went to work part time for 40
'There is no question," he says,
"that when the 21st century dawns, the cents an hour. He was in his senior
United States will still be ahead of the year at Lawrence Institute of
Technology in nearby Southfield.
rest of the world."
Donley believes that American
hen Donley graduated as a
engineers are the world's best and that
mechanical engineer and went to
the United States' data base in basic
By Grover Heiman
Reprinted by permission from Nation's
Business, October, 1983. Copyright
1983 iby Nation's Business, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
I
W
Alumnus Ed Donley, ME'43, who started at Air Products as an
engineer, feels right at home discussing technical details with
Art Farrel, one of the firm's plant managers. The air separation
work for Air Products full time, it was
at a critical point in World War II.
American bombers were beginning to
pound Nazi targets in Europe. Flying at
high altitudes, the crews of B-17s and
B-24S needed life-sustaining oxygen.
During the war Air Products built 240
portable plants to produce oxygen for
the United States and its allies.
Donley signed on with Air Products
as it was beginning a period of
enormous growth, fueled by defense
contracts. By the end of the war the
company's work force had swollen to
3,500, and Donley, as chief engineer,
had 250 engineers working under him.
"It was a tremendous learning experience for me," he says.
Learning has always been a passion
with Donley. He denies that he is a
workaholic, but he does admit to being
a bookaholic. "I'm not addicted to
work," he says. "I enjoy what I am
doing, but it's not compulsive. But Inez,
my wife, says I can't stand passing a
bookstore or library without going in,
and she's right."
Much of Ed Donley's early reading
column in the background separates air into its component parts
— the primary product of Air Products.
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1983
Ed reviews one of his
company's
CAD/CAM projects with two CDP (career
development program) professionals,
Beth
Moore and Bob Wolff. New employees
given a choice of job rotations.
was by the flicker of a kerosene l a m p .
He was born In 1921 in the Detroit
suburb of H i g h l a n d Park and lived
there until he w a s 10. But as the
Depression hit, his f a t h e r ' s a u t o m o b i l e
engine valve m a n u f a c t u r i n g b u s i n e s s
tottered. The elder Donley sold out a n d
moved to the 250-acre f a m i l y f a r m in
R i c h m o n d , Mich., h o m e s t e a d e d by
earlier Donleys in the 1840s. Y o u n g Ed
Donley f o u n d himself w o r k i n g at f a r m
chores f r o m d a w n t o dusk w h e n he
w a s n ' t In s c h o o l . The f a r m lacked
electricity and other city c o m f o r t s .
" I don't w a t c h m u c h t e l e v i s i o n , " he
says, " a n d maybe t h a t ' s because I
didn't listen to m u c h radio w h e n I w a s
younger. If we w a n t e d t o hear radio, we
w o u l d go over and visit a f a r m h o u s e a
c o u p l e of miles a w a y . "
By the t i m e Donley reached high
s c h o o l , he had d e c i d e d to b e c o m e an
engineer. He w o n a s c h o l a r s h i p to
Lawrence Tech, s u p p o r t i n g h i m s e l f by
w o r k i n g at various j o b s at a Sears,
Roebuck store a n d , in his senior year,
by t u t o r i n g f r e s h m e n .
A
are
t Lawrence, Donley met a local
entrepreneur n a m e d Leonard P.
Pool, w h o c a m e to the c a m p u s frequently to recruit promising engineering
t a l e n t for his s t r u g g l i n g f i r m . Air
P r o d u c t s . Pool had f o u n d e d the f i r m in
1940, c o n v i n c e d t h a t the steel industry
w o u l d need vast a m o u n t s of o x y g e n for
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its f u r n a c e s .
In those days oxygen w a s delivered
to s t e e l m a k e r s in 120-pound steel
cylinders, each holding 8 pounds of the
c o m p r e s s e d gas. Pool's idea was to
build oxygen plants next to the steel
plants and pipe the oxygen to the
furnaces, thus eliminating the cumbersome and costly transportation system.
Air Products sold its first plant to a
steel c o m p a n y in 1941 and a second to
the Norfolk Navy Yard. But sales
weren't b o o m i n g w h e n Pool returned to
the Lawrence c a m p u s and looked up
Ed Donley three m o n t h s after their first
m e e t i n g . Pool offered Donley a partt i m e j o b as a d r a f t s m a n , at 40 cents an
hour, t e l l i n g him he w o u l d "learn more
t h a n you will by t e a c h i n g these kids."
Each day, after his 3 o ' c l o c k class,
Donley went to the small Air
Products
plant, w h i c h had three engineers, and
w o r k e d as an engineering d r a f t s m a n
until late at night. He quickly decided
t h a t he had s t u m b l e d into an e x c i t i n g
new field. Pool sensed he had found
s o m e t h i n g valuable, too, and at the
end of the first week he said, " I think
w e ' d better give you a raise to 70 cents
an hour."
W h e n the A r m y Air Forces gave Air
Products a c o n t r a c t to build portable
o x y g e n generators, the f i r m ' s prospects Improved d r a m a t i c a l l y . In 1943,
s o o n after Donley j o i n e d the c o m p a n y
full t i m e . Air Products moved to a
surplus tank m a n u f a c t u r i n g plant in
C h a t a n o o g a that w a s s u p p l i e d by the
government.
W h e n the war ended. Air Products
d i d n ' t have m u c h in the way of retained
p r o f i t s because it had w o r k e d under
low-profit government c o n t r a c t s . But it
had acquired the t e c h n o l o g y it needed
to go after the steel industry. Weirton
Steel was the first c u s t o m e r , s i g n i n g a
c o n t r a c t in 1945, and others soon
followed.
In 1946 Leonard Pool took his
c o m p a n y public and moved it to the
A l l e n t o w n area. Progress was slow but
steady, w i t h Ed Donley a major participant in the c o m p a n y ' s g r o w t h . He
w o r k e d in all a s p e c t s of the operation,
including administration.
Ronald Barclay, now Air Products'
vice president and treasurer, recalls
w h e n Ed Donley w a s head of process
e q u i p m e n t sales in the 1950s. " H e was
a low-key but really effective salesman,"
Barclay says. " H e w a s a master of
u n d e r s t a t e m e n t , never p r o m i s i n g more
t h a n Air Products c o u l d deliver. He
w a s recognized for his sincerity, and
his w o r d w a s t r u s t e d . "
Donley says, " I a l w a y s t h o u g h t that
the best way to sell w a s to sell on the
t e c h n o l o g i c a l merits of the p r o d u c t s . "
In the 1950s the c o m p a n y expanded
overseas, went into c h e m i c a l s (it
c h a n g e d its name f r o m Air Products
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t o A i r P r o d u c t s a n d C h e n n i c a l s in 1961)
and then into engineering services.
But Air P r o d u c t s t o o k its b i g g e s t
s t e p f o r w a r d In t h a t d e c a d e a s a r e s u l t
of the U n i t e d S t a t e s ' d e c i s i o n s to e n t e r
the Intercontinental ballistic missile
era a n d push a h e a d w i t h the explorat i o n o f s p a c e . T h e c o m p a n y b u i l t 13
liquid oxygen plants to supply the
m i s s i l e a n d s p a c e p r o g r a m s , a n d in
1 9 5 9 it d e s i g n e d , b u i l t a n d o p e r a t e d
the first large-tonnage liquid hydrogen
plant. Fuel p r o d u c e d by Air P r o d u c t s
propels men into s p a c e every t i m e the
space shuttle makes a voyage.
A s t h e c o m p a n y g r e w , Ed D o n l e y
g r e w a l o n g w i t h it, b e c o m i n g a s k i l l e d
professional manager. But there w a s
a l w a y s the s h a d o w of L e o n a r d Pool,
the chairman and CEO.
" P o o l w a s a o n e - m a n - b a n d type of
entrepreneur," says Barclay. "Very
a u t h o r i t a t i v e in s t y l e . T o t a l l y u n l i k e
Donley, w h o e n c o u r a g e s people to be
i n n o v a t i v e in t h e i r j o b s . P e o p l e d o n ' t
l i v e in f e a r o f h i m . If y o u p u r s u e a n i d e a
a n d it d o e s n ' t w o r k o u t , y o u a r e n ' t
sacked."
D o n l e y w a s n a m e d p r e s i d e n t in
1966, e m e r g i n g as t h e heir a p p a r e n t ,
a n d w a s n a m e d C E O in 1973.
R
eflecting on his career, Donley
says, "I never really had a career
plan. I just did each day what seemed
like the i m p o r t a n t t h i n g t o d o t h a t day,
and my career u n f o l d e d . "
Yet he r e c o g n i z e s t h a t , w i t h Air
Products now such a large c o m p a n y ,
later g e n e r a t i o n s of e x e c u t i v e s w i l l not
have t h e vast o p p o r t u n i t y for s e a s o n i n g
and e x p e r i e n c e t h a t he h a s h a d .
N o w , he s a y s , " w e c r e a t e a n a t m o s phere for career p l a n n i n g . W h e n new
people c o m e in, w e tell t h e m they have
the responsibility to personally plan
their careers a n d tell us w h a t they w a n t
t o d o . W e t h i n k t h a t if t h e y d o w h a t
they believe will be to their best advant a g e , it w i l l b e t o t h e b e s t a d v a n t a g e o f
the company.
" T h e p r o g r a m is v e r y e f f e c t i v e .
Normally, chemical c o m p a n i e s retain
50 p e r c e n t of t h e i r y o u n g p r o f e s s i o n a l s
after five y e a r s . W e r e t a i n 70 p e r c e n t . "
Air Products and C h e m i c a l s has felt
changes — going from an inside to an
outside board, for exam pl e, to draw on
a broader range of e x p e r i e n c e — s i n c e
Donley b e c a m e p r e s i d e n t . T h e s t y l e of
management has changed, too. "Pool
m a d e a lot of d e c i s i o n s o n i n t u i t i o n , "
D o n l e y s a y s . " M y i n t u i t i o n is n o t a s
acute, so I depend less on intuition
t h a n he d i d . I w o u l d r a t h e r hear
c o n f l i c t i n g views, s o I try to d r a w out
d i f f e r e n c e s of o p i n i o n a n d a n a l y z e a n d
weigh them."
P.L. T h i b a u t B r i a n , v i c e p r e s i d e n t f o r
engineering, observes: " H e has a high
degree of intellectual c u r i o s i t y , likes to
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t a k e t h i n g s apart, to u n d e r s t a n d all the
nuances. He works hard to get a conc e n s u s , b u t he is w i l l i n g t o o v e r r u l e . "
D o n l e y ( w h o is, o n e a s s o c i a t e s a y s ,
too logical to become emotional) asks
a lot of hard q u e s t i o n s a n d e n c o u r a g e s
d e b a t e . He likes to have e a c h line
e x e c u t i v e m a k e t h e d e c i s i o n if it
affects only the executive's area; when
t w o executives are involved, Donley
m a k e s the decision. " W e have a
m a n a g e m e n t c o m m i t t e e , b u t it is
a d v i s o r y , " he s a y s . " W e d o n ' t have
m a n a g e m e n t by c o m m i t t e e , w e have
d e b a t e by c o m m i t t e e . O u r
m a n a g e m e n t s t y l e is p a r t i c i p a t o r y a n d
is a r m s a r o u n d r a t h e r t h a n h a n d s o n . "
His c o m p a n y benefits hugely,
Donley believes, f r o m t h i s style of
management and from Air Products'
growing emphasis on high-tech
research and d e v e l o p m e n t . S o m e 800
e n g i n e e r s w o r k in a c a m p u s - l i k e
a t m o s p h e r e at Air P r o d u c t s ' r e s e a r c h
f a c i l i t y , w h i c h is l o c a t e d , w i t h t h e
h e a d q u a r t e r s , a f e w m i l e s w e s t of
Allentown.
D o n l e y sees the p o t e n t i a l of solidstate physics and b i o c h e m i s t r y for new
p r o d u c t s , a n d of t h e c o m p u t e r age for
engineering.
A i r P r o d u c t s , he s a y s , is in t h e
forefront of c o m p u t e r - a i d e d d e s i g n and
computer-aided manufacturing
techniques. " O n e m a n can do as m u c h
in d e s i g n in o n e h o u r a s h u n d r e d s of
m e n u s e d t o d o in 20 h o u r s , " he s a y s .
" I b e l i e v e t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s is e q u a l t o
or a h e a d of o t h e r n a t i o n s in t h i s f i e l d .
The only nation that can even
c h a l l e n g e us is J a p a n . "
For all of t h e n e w e m p h a s i s o n h i g h
technology. Air Products remains
basically unchanged. Donley sees the
c o m p a n y continuing as essentially a
provider of i n d u s t r i a l g a s e s ,
chemicals, and design and construction
services. Industrial g a s e s like o x y g e n ,
hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide and
nitrogen will remain the staples.
A s Ed D o n l e y c o n t e m p l a t e s t h e p a s t
a n d the f u t u r e of his c o m p a n y , his
thoughts inevitably turn to the quality
of e n g i n e e r i n g e d u c a t i o n . He believes
t h a t o n e a n s w e r t o b e t t e r e d u c a t i o n is
a closer relationship between Industry
a n d t h e a c a d e m i c c o m m u n i t y . H e is a
m e m b e r of the B u s i n e s s H i g h e r Educ a t i o n F o r u m , an o r g a n i z a t i o n of
business CEOs that communicates
with the academic c o m m u n i t y on the
n e e d s of h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n .
our years ago Air Products and
Dow Chemical founded the Chemi c a l C o u n c i l o n R e s e a r c h . In 1 9 8 2 t h e
c o u n c i l d i s t r i b u t e d $8 m i l l i o n —
c o n t r i b u t e d by c h e m i c a l c o m p a n i e s —
directly to university chemistry and
chemical engineering departments.
Donley, whose father was a school-
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teacher before b e c o m i n g a businessm a n , is c h a i r m a n o f t h e b o a r d o f
m e m b e r s of the c o r p o r a t i o n of
L a w r e n c e T e c h (the s c h o o l ' s governing
b o d y ) a n d s e r v e s o n t h e b o a r d of
o v e r s e e r s of t h e c o l l e g e of engineering
of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of P e n n s y l v a n i a and
on C a r n e g i e - M e l l o n University's board
of t r u s t e e s .
" I f y o u c o u l d lift y o u r s e l f t o the
1 9 9 0 s , " he s a y s , " I p r e d i c t w e will say
t h e p r o d u c t o f h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n in t h e
U n i t e d S t a t e s t h e n is f a r b e t t e r
e d u c a t e d t h a n in t h e p r o d u c t o f t h e
1 9 8 0 s , p a r t i c u l a r l y in t h e u s e of c o m m u n i c a t i o n s a n d t h e use of the
computer."
Donley will reach Air Products'
n o r m a l r e t i r e m e n t a g e o f 6 5 o n N o v . 26,
1986, a n d he p l a n s to s t e p d o w n .
C o n t i n u i t y , h e s a y s , is a s s u r e d . " I f t h e
v i c e c h a i r m a n , t h e p r e s i d e n t a n d I were
t o be run over by t h e p r o v e r b i a l beer
t r u c k , " he s a y s , " t h i s c o m p a n y w o u l d
move right along without a wrinkle
showing."
Retirement will bring Donley more
time for his outside pursuits. Recreation
for the Donleys, w h o have t w o grown
s o n s a n d a d a u g h t e r , is u s u a l l y weeke n d s a t a s e c o n d h o m e o n a l a k e in t h e
P o c o n o s , w h e r e he s k i p p e r s a Sailfishclass sailboat and " f u s s e s around and
reads."
He recently acquired golf clubs and
s t a r t e d t a k i n g l e s s o n s , b u t he i n t e n d s
to keep up a 23-year t r a d i t i o n of
j o g g i n g 1 Vi m i l e s e v e r y m o r n i n g ,
M o n d a y through Friday.
Donley plans to remain an Air
P r o d u c t s d i r e c t o r u n t i l he is 70 — a
privilege accorded former chairmen —
a n d t o r e m a i n a c t i v e in e d u c a t i o n a n d
n a t i o n a l a f f a i r s . A f o r m e r c h a i r m a n of
the Chemical Manufacturers Associat i o n , h e is a m e m b e r o f t h e C o n f e r e n c e
B o a r d a n d a d i r e c t o r o f t h e U.S.
C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e .
A j o k e he likes t o tell r e i n f o r c e s the
t h i n k i n g of his a s s o c i a t e s that Donley
h a s n o t h o u g h t s o f s l o w i n g d o w n in
retirement.
" A g a n g of t e r r o r i s t s , " he s a y s
"captured three businessmen — a
Frenchman, an American and a
Japanese. They a n n o u n c e d they were
going to shoot t h e m but w o u l d grant
each a last w i s h . The F r e n c h m a n was
called first. He asked to hear the
'Marseillaise' once more. They played
It f o r h i m a n d t h e n s h o t h i m . N e x t
c a l l e d w a s t h e J a p a n e s e , w h o s a i d he
w o u l d like to have few m i n u t e s to talk
a b o u t J a p a n e s e productivity. But the
A m e r i c a n o b j e c t e d . ' S h o o t m e n e x t , ' he
b e g g e d . 'I c a n ' t s t a n d t o h e a r t h a t o n e
more time.'"
B e f o r e he is t h r o u g h , Ed D o n l e y
w o u l d like to have A m e r i c a n productivity and quality regain pre-eminence
in t h e w o r l d . •
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Rich Hogan, (standing) from LIT's Computer Center, explains operation of new CAD/D equipment in LIT's School of Architecture.
I®
time for learning
New computer design and drafting stations
bring the future to LIT engineering and architecture students
First of two parts
I
magine it is the year 2001. At 8:55
a.m., the slightly fatigued Joseph
Architectura, BAr'99, pulls his
Lamborghini into the parking lot
adjacent to Space Scapes Inc., the firm
he's been with since graduation. Joe
has a 1 p.m. design presentation
scheduled with the firm's biggest
client. However, Joe entertained the
firm's second biggest client until late
the night before and is not yet prepared
for the afternoon's presentation. But is
Joe worried? Certainly not. With his
firm's CAD/D computer Joe is able to
generate 10 design alternatives by
12:30 p.m., giving him more than
enough time to grab a protein pill for
lunch.
This 2001 architectural odyssey is
not a dream for the future. It is today's
reality. Using technology available
now, an architect can draw 10 design
alternatives and be prepared to show
interior and exterior elevations from
the side, from above, and from below,
in a matter of hours. Thanks to LIT's
recently-completed Sharing in Excellence Capital Campaign. LIT's Schools
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of Engineering and A r c h i t e c t u r e have
added new PRIME connputer f a c i l i t i e s
w h i c h will aid in preparing LIT
s t u d e n t s for this f u t u r i s t i c d e s i g n
scenario.
Taking advantage of S c h o o l of
Engineering s t u d i e s w h i c h led t o the
acquisition of 10 PRIME work s t a t i o n s
in engineering, the S c h o o l of Architecture Connputer Center o b t a i n e d
four PRIME CAD/D full-color work stat i o n s w h i c h are c a p a b l e of b o t h 2-D
and 3-D g r a p h i c s . This is t h e latest in
c o m p u t e r aided d e s i g n / d r a f t i n g
(CAD/D) a c c o r d i n g t o Karl G r e i m e l ,
dean of a r c h i t e c t u r e .
' T w o a s p e c t s make t h i s Center
unique," says Greimel. ' T h e equipment
itself is a b s o l u t e l y state of t h e art and
the 3-D c a p a b i l i t i e s of the M e d u s a software are incredible. No other architectural college in the n a t i o n has t h i s
software p a c k a g e . "
Each work s t a t i o n at LIT is e q u i p p e d
with a color display monitor, a digitizing
menu, and a t e r m i n a l w i t h k e y b o a r d .
One eight-pen plotter/printer, w h i c h is
capable of p l o t t i n g for 10 w o r k
s t a t i o n s , plots for t h e four s t a t i o n s in
the A r c h i t e c t u r e C o m p u t e r Center.
However, LIT's Center w i l l s o o n a l s o
include a new e l e c t r o s t a t i c printer
w h i c h w i l l print three t i m e s as fast as
the pen plotter w i t h far fewer m e c h a n i cal l i m i t a t i o n s . The s t a t i o n s o c c u p y
the newly-designed d e p a r t m e n t a l
Computer Center on the first floor of
the a r c h i t e c t u r e b u i l d i n g . T e m p e r a t u r e
and h u m i d i t y in the lab are m a i n t a i n e d
by t w o 20-ton e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n t r o l
units.
LIT's School of A r c h i t e c t u r e C o m puter Center also has an o f f i c e s u i t e
and a new m i c r o c o m p u t e r lab cont a i n i n g seven A p p l e m i c r o c o m p u t e r s ,
which supplement the instruction
received in the CAD/D Center.
" T h e m i c r o c o m p u t e r u n i t s are
primarily used t o t e a c h s t u d e n t s t o be
programmers, whereas t h e CAD/D
s t a t i o n s are set up t o t e a c h s t u d e n t s t o
be designers. This way, s t u d e n t s w i l l
be f a m i l i a r w i t h b o t h ends of t h e
s p e c t r u m , " s t a t e s Richard H o g a n , a
member of LIT's C o m p u t e r Center staff
assigned t o t h e S c h o o l of A r c h i t e c t u r e .
T
his c o m p u t e r i n t e r a c t i o n p u t s LIT
at t h e forefront of a r c h i t e c t u r a l c o m puter t e c h n o l o g y a c c o r d i n g t o G r e i m e l .
" A n increasing number of local and
national a r c h i t e c t u r e a n d engineering
f i r m s have been a c q u i r i n g s i m i l a r
equipment in recent years. Our
position as a leader in a r c h i t e c t u r a l
e d u c a t i o n w a s at risk. Therefore, w e
had to o b t a i n t h i s e q u i p m e n t , " Greimel
c o n t i n u e s . ' T o a c t u a l l y have t h i s
C o m p u t e r Center in t h e a r c h i t e c t u r e
building Is of p a r a m o u n t s i g n i f i c a n c e .
Our s t u d e n t s and g r a d u a t e s w i l l be
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Architecture students use a bank of Apple II Plus computers, such as the one above, to
learn basic programming skills and sharpen their understanding of the computer-aided
design
process.
prepared more fully t h a n g r a d u a t e s
f r o m larger universities w h e n seeking
p o s i t i o n s w i t h large scale f i r m s . "
W h a t does t h i s t e c h n o l o g y mean to
a r c h i t e c t s aside f r o m allov^/ing t i m e t o
d e s i g n faster?
The c o m p u t e r reduces the t i m e it
t a k e s for most d r a w i n g a n d d r a f t i n g
f u n c t i o n s f r o m eight hours t o 20
m i n u t e s , keeps records a n d stores
plan revisions a u t o m a t i c a l l y , and c a n
m a k e c h a n g e s and correct errors
i m m e d i a t e l y . If an a r c h i t e c t discovers
one error in a d e s i g n , w h i c h in turn
c a u s e s other errors t o o c c u r t h r o u g h out t h e d r a w i n g , the c o m p u t e r w i l l
correct not only t h e initial plan, but
also the related p r o b l e m s . The s y s t e m
enables a f i r m that has more t h a n one
a r c h i t e c t w o r k i n g on a project t o create
a c o n s i s t e n c y of a p p e a r a n c e In d o c u m e n t a t i o n . A n d , it c a n routinely c o m plete t e d i o u s , t i m e c o n s u m i n g t a s k s so
that t h e a r c h i t e c t is able t o s p e n d
m u c h more of his t i m e on creative
activities.
The c o u n t l e s s c a p a b i l i t i e s of t h e
s y s t e m raises the c o m p u t e r - a g e o l d
q u e s t i o n , " W i l l the c o m p u t e r replace
the a r c h i t e c t ? "
" C o m p u t e r t e c h n o l o g y w i l l dramat6
ically alter the a r c h i t e c t u r e profession
and a r c h i t e c t u r a l e d u c a t i o n , " says
Greimel. " I t w o n ' t reduce the marketplace but it w i l l c h a n g e it. It will
d e m a n d that a r c h i t e c t s have a higher
a p t i t u d e and more extensive training.
A f i r m w o n ' t hire s o m e o n e as a draftsman and allow him t o s t r e n t h e n his
s k i l l s and work his w a y up. People will
have t o have t h e skills w h e n they enter
the m a r k e t p l a c e or they w o n ' t be
hired."
H o g a n adds, " T h e c o m p u t e r is not a
m i r a c l e worker. It c a n ' t create or make
d e c i s i o n s — it can only d o w h a t a
person tells it t o d o . "
For now. • UM
Editors note: LIVs School of Architecture, School of Engineering,
and
School for Associate
Studies
each
offers courses
in computer
aided
design, drafting, or
manufacturing
appropriate
to their discipline.
For
more information,
contact LIT's
Office
of Admissions
or the Office of the
Dean in each School. In the next
issue we'll explore how the computer
is helping LIT engineering
students
prepare for 21st Century
careers.
�LIT Magazine
Microprocessors
They're tiny, they're versatile,
they're already in our TV's,
stereos, washing machines, and
ovens — and, they're
revolutionizing the teaching and
practice of electrical engineering
T
hey are already in our television
sets, microwave ovens, clothes
washers, and stereos. At this very
moment they are infiltrating virtually
every other electrical applicance in our
homes.
The invaders are neither spies from
rival governments nor messengers
from distant planets. They are tiny
electronic devices known as microprocessors. According to the Random
House College Dictionary, a microprocessor is "a miniaturized integrated
circuit that performs all of the functions
of a central processing unit."
"Microprocessors are already in
almost every electronic device that
engineers design and soon they will
take over completely," notes H. Robert
Farrah, associate professor of
electrical engineering and instructor of
the newly offered course in microprocessors at Lawrence Institute of
Technology.
Farrah teaches LIT students about
microprocessors using the College's
recently acquired microprocessor
development stations valued at
$180,000, which makes them one of the
largest such educational labs available.
The stations are universal, meaning
that they are capable of designing a
variety of microprocessors, unlike
dedicated systems which limit engineers to designing specific types. The
universal system is more beneficial to
students according to Richard
Maslowski, assistant dean of engineering and chairman of the electrical
engineering department at LIT.
"Both systems have their advantages,
but LIT chose the universal because it
will give our graduates an edge in
industry. They learn the basics needed
to work with any microprocessor development system they may be faced with
on the job."
And, according to both Maslowski
and Farrah, it is inevitable that
students will be faced with
microprocessor development systems
when they become engineers.
"Microprocessors, which were
developed in 1973, are the answer that
engineers have been looking for,"
Maslowski says. "In the past, circuits
and many other electrical devices had
been so large that they limit the
number of functions an appliance is
Richard Maslowski, chairman of LIT's
department of electrical engineering and
assistant dean of engineering, holds an 8
bit microprocessing
circuit, popularly used
in modern electronic circuitry.
LI
�Autumn/Winter
1983
capable of p e r f o r m i n g . " M a s l o w s k I
c o n t i n u e s , ' T h e beauty of a microprocessor is in its size. W e can a t t a c h
20 c i r c u i t s to j u s t one m i c r o p r o c e s s o r ,
w h i c h is a piece of s i l i c o n a b o u t the
size of a f i n g e r n a i l . W i t h m i c r o p r o c e s sors, a c l o t h e s w a s h e r can have an
u n l i m i t e d number of c y c l e s w h e r e a s
before it may have had only five or s i x . "
Farrah stated t h a t f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h
m i c r o p r o c e s s o r s Is a m o n g " t h e basic
tools that an engineer needs in his
arsenal of k n o w l e d g e . " He c a l l e d these
s y s t e m s " t h e wave of the f u t u r e that is
upon us n o w . "
M
icroprocessors
have changed the
way electrical
engineers do
things.'
— MaslowskI
A l s o , M a s l o w s k I notes that a large
number of s t u d e n t s w h o have t a k e n
the class at LIT were p r o f e s s i o n a l
engineers u p d a t i n g their s k i l l s .
^ ^ IVyi i c r o p r o c e s s o r s
have c h a n g e d
IVI
the way e l e c t r i c a l engineers
do t h i n g s . They have b e c o m e so w i d e l y
used so rapidly that m u c h of the knowledge many engineers have a b o u t
circuit design Is obsolete. C o n t i n u i n g
education courses are necessary to
keep up w i t h t h i s new t e c h n o l o g y . "
Those w h o take the c o u r s e at LIT
are familiarized w i t h the s y s t e m and
taught to develop both c i r c u i t s and
software. In the past, the m a j o r i t y of
people in the c l a s s have been in the
electrical engineering field but the
course Is also open t o m e c h a n i c a l
engineering and c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e
s t u d e n t s . M a s l o w s k I s u g g e s t s that all
engineering and c o m p u t e r s t u d e n t s
should take advantage of the course.
" S i n c e m i c r o p r o c e s s o r s are in j u s t
about everything f r o m d i s h w a s h e r s t o
c o m p u t e r s , all those people in related
studies or v o c a t i o n s s h o u l d utilize the
equipment we have on c a m p u s . "
A c c o r d i n g to J o h n A n t c z a k , a 1983
LIT graduate w h o t o o k the c o u r s e ,
M a s l o w s k I Is right on target. A n electrical engineer at United T e c h n o l o g i e s
A u t o m o t i v e Group in Dearborn,
Antczak is p u t t i n g the k n o w l e d g e he
acquired in the lab at LIT to g o o d use
by speedily a s s i m i l a t i n g diverse data.
"There's no way around t h e m , " he
says. "They're here t o s t a y . " • UM
Studerits develop and test microprocessor-based
circuits in LIT's new
lab. The "message"
sent to and from each circuit operates an electrical
governs its operation.
8
Microprocessor
device or
�rence
or TCCfilSIOLOGY
�Laswrenae
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Dear
Friends:
This Annual Giving
Report
recognizes
w i t h gratitude
t h e hundreds o f i n d i v i d u a l s
c o r p o r a t i o n s , f o u n d a t i o n s and o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s who g e n e r o u s l y supported L I T
d u r i n g t h e year ending June 30, 1983.
The past fiscal
year was marked by a number o f accomplishments. The "Sharing
i n E x c e l l e n c e " C a p i t a l Campaign ended on December 3 1 , 1982^ \;ilth a final
total
of $13 ^032^000 i n g i f t s and commitments - comfortably
exceeding
a goal of
$12,500^000.
The Annual G i v i n g Program, Inaugurated
i n January of 19S3 to
encourage r e g u l a r s u p p o r t o f t h e Collegers
ongoing needs, attracted
almost
$lOOyOOO i n u n r e s t r i c t e d gifts
i n only s i x months. Additional
thousands of
dollars
were r e c e i v e d f o r special
purposes^
such as scholarships
and
student
aid, the Summer Science I n s t i t u t e , and t h e Frank Lloyd W r i g h t • A f f l e c k Eouse
restoration.
The Capital
Campaign generated an enthusiasm and momentum unmatched i n L I T ' s
h i s t o r y . A l t h o u g h t h e Campaign i s officially
o v e r , your commitments and those
of many others
are v i t a l i n h e l p i n g us meet t h e challenges
that l i e ahead.
LIT enjoys a n a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n o f e x c e l l e n c e i n c a r e e r - o r i e n t e d e d u c a t i o n .
T
m a i n t a i n t h i s l e a d e r s h i p i n t h e f u t u r e , t h e C o l l e g e must continually
upgrade i t
t e a c h i n g r e s o u r c e s . This r e q u i r e s t h e commitment o f considerable
sums of money
by the College,
particularly
w i t h r e g a r d t o computer and technical
equipment.
Thus, t h e r e i s a need f o r ongoing s u p p o r t from alumni and f r i e n d s .
The College
i s a l s o committed t o p r o v i d i n g i t s s t u d e n t s w i t h a w e l l - r o u n d e d
e d u c a t i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e . Over t h e coming months, w i t h your h e l p , we \jlll
conti
to make good progress
to\7ard a complete
Campus Affairs
and Activities
Center.
To t h e many alumni and f r i e n d s who have i n v e s t e d i n Lawrence I n s t i t u t e o f
Technology, we o f f e r our s i n c e r e s t thank.s.
Each of you plays an
Indispensable
role i n maintaining
the excellence
of this g r e a t
College.
G. Robert H a r r i n g t o n
V i c e President-Development
President
S c h o o l of A r c h i t e c t u r e • S c h o o l of Ms a n d S c i e n c e • S c h o o l of
tAanagement
School of E n g i n e e r i n g • S c h o o l for A s s o c i a t e S t u d i e s
A c c r e d i t e d by t h e N o r t h C e n t r a l A s s o c i a t i o n of C o l l e g e s a n d S c h o o l s
M e m b e r of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n of I n d e p e n d e n t C o l l e g e s a n d U n i v e r s i t i e s of M i c h i g a n
�LIT
Magazine
Founders Society
The F o u n d e r s Society was e s t a b l i s h e d d u r i n g LIT's
G o l d e n A n n i v e r s a r y J u b i l e e in 1982. Its m e m b e r s are
c o m m i t t e d t o p r o v i d i n g m a j o r f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t for the
College. We are h o n o r e d to r e c o g n i z e t h e 53 Charter
Members of the F o u n d e r s Society. Founders Society
m e m b e r s c o n t r i b u t e d a t o t a l o f $ 1 0 6 , 2 4 4 in 1 9 8 2 - 1 9 8 3 .
T h r o u g h t h e i r p e r s o n a l f o u n d a t i o n s a n d closely held corporations, listed elsewhere in this Report, they c o n t r i b u t e d
an a d d i t i o n a l $ 1 6 , 0 0 0 . The c u m u l a t i v e g i f t s of Founders
Society m e m b e r s t o d a t e exceed $2 m i l l i o n .
M. A n n
Ad^itiis
A.
Q r e g o r P. a n d
i:.
Elizabeth
MIrs. B r u c e J .
Annett
Asa
W.
Edward
E.
Ben
f".
U.
Linton
G
M r s . K a r l F.
and
Alex
Lutomski
Lynch
C. M a l b a c h .
Chet
FSrcyi
Brewer
Mrs. Wayne
Leon
Dr. a n d
F r a n k W.
Bonner
Mr. a n d Mrs. Ben
Jr.
Laura
Mally
Manoogian
Dennis
C.hamberlin
I. C o h n
A.
Marburger
Mrs. Richard
E.
Marburger
William
i'.
Sheryl
Dr. a n d
Bucll
Mrs. Clarence
Irwin
Affleck
R. a n d
A.
Moylan, Jr. : :
Ralph
E.
Cross
Orval
Harry
E.
Day
Mrs. Charles
H.
D r . L o u i s W.
Petro
L o u i s Q. a n d
R u t h R.
nicK and June
Kobert Alan
Edward
and
Mrs. A.C.
Dennis
and
Mr. a n d
Paul
M. H a r r i n g t o n Li
Redstone
i J
Ruen
Sakmar
R . i l p h L. S c h w a r z
•
and Jo Simon
[ i
A. a n d
Simon
Stanley
u
Mr. a n d
LJ
Kaufman
Betty
Mrs. Morris I. Sheikh
Edward
Bill I n n e s
Kapp
Verna
F.
Joseph
IJ
J. and
L.
Michael
i
i
:
Underwood
Kenneth
Kosty
Lawrence
Estelle
M r s . K u r t O. T e c h
Arthur
•
Kelley
M r s . E r n e s t W.
and
A.
Redstone
^;ellie
Mr. a n d
M r s . E. G e o r g e
Garlton
E. a n d
Richards
Ric h a r d W .
H
Dorothy
Charles
Arthur and
Totals
IJ
Hossack
R.
Judge
Donors
Founders Society
Presidents C l u b
Century C l u b
General C o n t r i b u t o r s
Corporations
Corporate M a t c h i n g Gifts
Foundations and Trusts
Associations
Solomon
Flood
:
F'atterson
J e s s e W.
fortunski
Corrine and
(July 1, 1982 through
June 30, 1983)
i
[J
Horno
Alexander
Giving Totals
•
CI
Helen
<j. R o b e r t
Tony
Marco
Dent
Donley
Betty Eealk
John
De
A. O p p e r t h a u s e r
Flancy
Whall
Wharff
Q. Z u l i n s k i
^ i
l.itidell
Presidents Club
No. o f
Donors
36
344
325
717
299
89
18
15
Total Gifts
$
106,244
85,179
44,498
25,519
774,643
84,842
81,385
24,018
L843
$1,226,328
The LIT Presidents C l u b began its 10th year of service t o
t h e College in 1983. T o t a l m e m b e r s h i p , as of J u n e 3 0 ,
1983, grew t o 5 2 5 . The f o l l o w i n g 3 4 4 Presidents C l u b
m e m b e r s c o n t r i b u t e d $ 8 5 , 1 7 9 d u r i n g 1 9 8 2 - 1 9 8 3 . This
r e p r e s e n t s a n Increase of $ 1 9 , 5 3 7 , 3 0 p e r c e n t over the
$65,642 c o n t r i b u t e d d u r i n g 1981-1982.
James
Reed
J. Abernethy
A r t h u r A. B u r r
Robert
Q.
Agajeenian
A l v i n W. A l e x a n d r o w i c
Stanley
R.
Paul
/
David
Anderson
R o g e r C.
Armstrong
E.
Bandlow
Mrs, Mick Baracos
•
Frank and
Yvonne
Stella
I .
Mrs. Richard
Bill
H.
A. R o b e r t
R.
Li
D
Floyd
Gerard
E. B r o w n
W. B u n t ;
Burke
L. C r i s t
Q. C r o s b y ,
Mr. a n d
H
Jr. I i
Mrs. Richard
S. a n d
Bliven
Viona
t1. C u m m i n g s
Dahet
F. D a r s t :
James
E. D a v i e s L J
A. D e a n
Mr. a n d
H
C
Brown
Buckay
E.
'
J. Cook
Cornacchia
•
Cross i
Buck
V. DeGalan
Louis
A.
Ashok
R.
Davis
•
Mrs. Robert
Dean
Braun
and Beulah
Stanley
Walter
Terry
•
Bruce
E. B o n n e t t
Ernest
•
Diane
Dr. a n d M r s . S t e p h e n
Bolle
L a w r e n c e E.
All d o n o r s for the fiscal year are r e c o g n i z e d o n t h e foll o w i n g pages. Please r e p o r t any o m i s s i o n s or c o r r e c t i o n s
t o the Office of D e v e l o p m e n t .
,
D a v i d G. B o o t h
Cle
and
Steven
Maria
Donald
M. T h o m a s
V. B e r n a r d
Bishop
and
Blohm
Roy
Mrs. Kenneth
Emil
E a r l W.
Cheek
J . Cislo
Dr. J e r r y
Bell
Bennett
Mr. a n d
William
Cavanaugh
C a r l W. C o w a n
Mrs. A l l a n M. Bercaw
;^
Christoson
Vincent
Mr. a n d
D.
F.
L.
Mr. a n d
Belecki
Hugh and
F. C a r t e r
Jerome
•
Bednarski
Mark
Donors in the LIT Family — f a c u l t y , s t u d e n t s , staff,
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , t r u s t e e s , and m e m b e r s o f the LIT
C o r p o r a t i o n — are r e c o g n i z e d at t h e i r h i g h e s t level of
g i v i n g t h r o u g h o u t t h i s Report. They are also l i s t e d u n d e r
the LIT Family c a t e g o r y .
Gary
Carpenter
Casper
G r e g o r y R.
L.
and J a n Beattie
Richard
A.
;
i j
Carr
Mrs. Ralph
Joseph
, .
Baltazar
Mrs. Albert
Don
Mr. a n d
Rex
Mr. a n d
A l b e r t L,
F.
F. C a r o l i n
Carolin ;
a n d Vera
James
Asman
R o g e r E. A v i e
James
Keith
M. C a m p t > e l l
.
Mrs. Joseph
Patrick James
Angelescu
Jr.
Jack and Carol
Mrs. J o h n
Mr. a n d
_
Victor and Sophie
: i
Calleja
Richard J. Carey
F.E.
Bruce J. Annett,
E.
Mr. a n d
Amber
S. A m b e r ,
tJ
Q
M. C a i r n s
Robert
Mr. a n d
C o n t r i b u t i o n s by i n d i v i d u a l s are listed under the f o l l o w i n g
categories: Founders Society m e m b e r s ; Presidents C l u b
m e m b e r s ; C e n t u r y Club m e m b e r s , c o m p r i s e d of t h o s e
who gave $ 1 0 0 or m o r e ; a n d General C o n t r i b u t o r s ,
r e c o g n i z i n g all o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l g i f t s .
Thomas
Allmacher
S.
Paul
. ,
E. B u s s e l l
W i l l i a m E. B u t t s
Allison
Q e o r g e H.
This A n n u a l G i v i n g R e p o r t r e c o g n i z e s c o n t r i b u t i o n s
(not pledges) received between J u l y 1, 1982 a n d J u n e
30, 1983, On the pages t h a t follow, d o n o r s are l i s t e d
only in the category
that reflects their highest level of
giving. A box (•) by t h e n a m e i n d i c a t e s t h e d o n o r also
m a d e a c o n t r i b u t i o n d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s fiscal year.
; '
Abt
Timothy
F.
Dedoe
U
DeGennaro
T:
S. [ ) e s h p a n d e ;
Dennis
T.
Mr. a n d
Do I bee
\
Mrs. E d m u n d J . D o m b r o w s k i
Edwin
H. D o n a l d s o n
Addie
and
Mr. a n d
Fred
'. .
Drotar i
Mrs. Gilbert
H. D r u t c h a s .
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Wiilicim A.
Dryburtjh
Marlyn
E. D u k e s , J r .
Sam
Harold
M. D u n n
Joseph
Mr.
J . Dyki
David
Coda
M. Eames
M.
H.
Edwards
J o h n W. E n g l i s h
^
a n d Mrs. Edward
r. T a l k o w s k i
G. Favro
Jolin
R. a n d M a r g a r e t
Mr.
Favvcett
J . Filiion
Dean
Mr.
a n d Gladys
Mr.
•
Fontancsi
T.
a n d Christine Masson
A. M a t t h i a s
Richard
T :
Forgtone
John
E. M a u n d
A.
Donald
Mary
P. F r a t t a r o l i
O.
P.
William
C. G a i n e s
Robert
Frederick
Mr.
VV. G i e s e y ,
P.C. . .
a n d M r s .l^awson
Richard
James
Dean
Dr.
a n d Dinah
nels
L.
John
The
E.
Gresham
HadHeld
W. H a n s e n
Gordon
Mr.
•
W. M i l i t z e r
Hansen
[Z
Joseph
Marvin
a n d Carol
R.
Hayman
Dr.
a n d Mrs.Russell
T.
B. H e b e r t
J . Heins
William
J . Helmore
Mr.
Sonia
Mr.
Hemstreet
a n d Marvin Henckel
Stanley
Mewett
James
W.
Karl
V.
J.
M. Hoenle
Mr.
l.yjiette
a n d Mrs.Henry
a n d Virginia
Maurice
L.
David
Dr.
William
Frank
D. H r o m i ,
a n d Mary
il
a n d Valerie
L.
James
Chester
Dr.
G.
Janssens
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LITs new drafting lab occupies space formerly used as the
College dining room. With increasing use of computer technology
in design and drafting, such scenes may become less common in
the future, but basic skills will always be important.
Werner
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D e n n i s L. H a u t a u
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Mr. a n d
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Henry
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James
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Henry J.
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providing opportunities for professional growth and social
interaction. New quarters in a recently-acquired building on Civic
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J o h n V. Y a n i k
T h o m a s R. Y a n i t y G
H a r o l d R. Y a t e s G
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William 0 . Winchell
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Kerry J . W i t t b r a c h t
A l b e r t M. W o h l a r t
D u a n e L. W o l f e
Lawrence J . Worobec G
Q e o r g e V. W r e n d
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Harry Y o u n g
General Riggers & Erectors, Inc.
O. C i e r n i . i n y , I n c . Q
G i f i e i s .'\ssociates. I n c . G
Oladd Industries Incorporated
QIasurit America, Inc. G
Clarence Qleeson, Inc. Q
Gonzalez Design Engineering
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C.I.. G r a n s d e n fif C o m p a n y
Gray Electric C o m p a n y , Inc.
G r e a t L a k e s Gas T r a n s m i s s i o n
Company G
Gr(>a( l.aki-s S t e e l G
J o h n E. G r e e n C o m p a n y , I n c .
Harlan tiiectric Company
H a r l e y E l l i n g t o n P i e r c e Yee
Associates C
Hawthorne Metal Products Company , .
Hentschel I n s t r u m e n t s , Inc.
tlolley Carburetor Division.
Colt Industries G
H o w a r d S t r u c t u r a l Steel, Inc. G
W.J. riov\ard & S o n s , I n c . G
Howe-Marl/ Glass C o m p a n y G
H u r o n Plastics. Inc.
Hydra-Zorb Company G
Hygrade f o o d Products Corporation G
IBM C o r p o r a t i o n G
l-T-C E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y G
I m p e r i a l Floor C o v e r i n g inc.
I n l a n d l o o l Ik M a n u f a c t u r i n g . I n c .
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R o b e r t K. Y o u n g G
Philip J . Zalewski G
E d w i n r. Z a r e n d
C h a r l e s L. Zeese G
J o h n W. Z e r b e
f i o r m a n H. Ziegelman
W i l l i a m D. Z i e g l e r •
Michael Ziniuk G
Frank Zmuda, Jr. G
Rudolph J . Zornik
Corporations
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is reflected in t h e s t r o n g level of c o r p o r a t e s u p p o r t t h e
College receives each year. D u r i n g t h e 1 9 8 2 - 1 9 8 3 g i v i n g
year, 2 9 9 c o r p o r a t i o n s c o n t r i b u t e d $ 7 7 4 , 6 4 3 .
Air Gage C o m p a n y D
Air Products a n d Chemicals, Inc.
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Craft-Line, Inc. G
Creative Foam Corporation Q
C r o s s tif T r e c k e r C o r p o r a t i o n
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The Cross C o m p a n y G
C r o w l e y , M i l n e r &f C o m p a n y G
Cunningham Drug Company
Foundation
D & F Corporation •
Aitair International, Inc. I
American Airlines Q
A m e r i c a n G l a s s fit" M e t a l s
American Motors Corporation \
American Natural Resources
Company
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DMl I n d u s t r i e s , Inc, C
D'Arcy MacManus & Masius
A m o c o Oil C o m p a n y G
A p e x C o r p o r a t i o n Li
A r c h i t e c t u r a l Panels C o m p a n y , Inc. i i
A r r o w s m i t h T o o l & Die, I n c .
D a r i n df A r m s t r o n g , I n c . G
D a v e r m a n Associates, Inc. : i
Davis Iron Works, Inc.
DeMaria B u i l d i n g C o m p a n y , Inc. ] .
Demers Electric Com[)any
D e q u l n d r e T o o l fif Die C o m p a n y
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Atlas Tool I n c o r p o r a t e d 1
Awrey Bakeries, Inc. G
B iSf K C o r p o r a t i o n '.
Baker Electrical Products, Inc.
Barton-Malow Company G
Bayview Electric C o m p a n y
Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc.
Detroit Edison Company G
D e t r o i t Free Press, I n c . G
Diehl & Diehl Architects, Inc. . .
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D o r - O - M a t i c S a l e s &t S e r v i c e , I n c . G
Douglas & Lomason Company G
The Dow C h e m i c a l C o m p a n y
The Behler-Young C o m p a n y G
The Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n G
Berg Tool, Inc. O
Best B l o c k C o m p a n y G
Bigelow-Liptak Corporation G
B i r c h a r d Coal C o r p o r a t i o n G
H . L. B l a c h f o r d , I n c . G
Dave B l a c k M a s o n r y , I n c . i
Blue Water Fabricators, Inc. '
Blue Water Plastics C o m p a n y '
Foundation G
Drake Printing Company
Dunn Tool Company
The Boomer Company G
Bopp-Busch M a n u f a c t u r i n g Company
Borman's, Inc. G
Braun Engineering Company G
Brettrager Manufacturing Company i
B r o o k s dc P e r k i n s , I n c . G
The B r o w n C o r p o r a t i o n of Ionia i J
Burroughs Corporation G
Bushnell, Gage, D o c t o r o f f & Keizen
Cargill Detroit Corporation •
C a r l s o n - D i m o n d «f W r i g h t , Inc.
J o h n V. C a r r at S o n , I n c . G
Robert Carter C o r p o r a t i o n G
Cast Metal Industries, Inc. G
C a v a n a u g h 6f S o a v e , I n c . L
Center M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Inc.
Chemcentral/Detroit
Coopers & Lybrand Q
C o p p e r at B r a s s S a l e s , I n c .
Core Industries, Inc. •
M o n t e C o s t e l l a <Sf C o m p a n y G
W a l t e r L, C o u s e & C o m p a n y
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Air Traffic Service C o r p o r a t i o n G
Alexander ^ Alexander of M i c h i g a n ,
Inc. i j
Allied Corporation
Intnont C'orporation C
Jackson Machine Products
Johnson Stamping & Fine-Blanking ^
K mart Corporation G
K-R A u t o m a t i o n C o r p o r a t i o n
Kalamazoo Stamping
Die C o m p a n y
K e i p e r U.S.A., I n c . G
Kelsey-tlaycs C o m p a n y G
Kentec Corporation 0
Kent-Moore Corporation G
Korreck Manufacturing Company,
Inc.
Kowalski Sausage C o m p a n y . Inc. G
Kuhlman Corporation
K y s o r C a d i l l a c - D i v i s i o n of K y s o r
Industrial Corporation
LOF P l a s t i c s
Lamar Industrial Plastics C o m p a n y
Lamb Technicon G
Lane Tool
Manufacturing
Corporation G
LaSatle M a c h i n e T o o l , I n c . G
Lear-Siegler, Inc. : j
R.E. L e g g e t t e C o m p a n y
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L e i d a l di H a r t M a s o n C o n t r a c t o r s ,
I n c . G:
r i a t h a n Levine & Associates, Inc.
E d w a r d C. Levy C o m p a n y
L i n c o l n Park B o r i n g Clompany
M. & W. M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
M.l.S. I n t e r n a t i o n a l / A u t o f l e x , I n c .
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Malag Tube Specialties G
Ralph E Maly, Inc. G
Manco Tooling, Inc. G
S e v m o u r M. M a n d e l l , A r c h i t e c t
Manufacturers national Bank .
Manufacturers Products Company
Mardon Construction Company
MarK M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n
Masonry I n s t i t u t e of M i c h i g a n , Inc.
Maxitrol Company
Mayotte-D llaene Associates, Inc.
McGraw Electric C o m p a n y
Mecha E n g i n e e r i n g C o m p a n y
Merlo Steam E q u i p m e n t C o m p a n y
M i c h i g a n Bell T e l e p h o n e C o m p a n y
M i c h i g a n C o n s o l i d a t e d Gas C o m p a n y
M i c h i g a n t l y d r a n t & Valve C o m p a n y
Michigan industrial Piping Supply
Company
Michigan Mutual Insurance Com[iany
M i c h i g a n W i s c o n s i n Pipe L i n e
Company
Midland-Ross Corporation
Midvvay P r o d u c t s C o r p o r a t i o n
M i d u e s t M . i n u f a c t u r i n g (S«r Sales, I n c .
M i l t o n M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Inc.
Mirrex ln(.or[)orated
Modern Industrial Engineering
Company
H.A. M o n t g o m e r y C o m [ ) a n y 1
Mundet Insulation Company
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fiagle Paving C o m p a n y G
n a t i o n a l f^ank o f D e t r o i t G
national Gypsum Comp.my — Cement
Division
ria\etta Mason C o n t r a c t o r
C o o p e r T i r e & R u b b e r C o m p a n y '.
AHR S t o r a g e C o m p a n y •
Ace S p r i n k l e r C o m p a n y
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A c t i v e T o o l & M a n u f a c t u r i n g Co., I n c
Advance S t a m p i n g Company
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Export Corporation G
F a b r i c a t i n g Engineers, Inc.
Face B r i c k , Inc.
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Federal-Mogul Corporation G
Ferro M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n ' •
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Chrysler C o r p o r a t i o n G
J.A, C i t r i n Sons C o m p a n y
City Metals Refining C o m p a n y , Inc. Q
Cole Carbide I n d u s t r i e s , Inc. Z
Colley eeSchlee, Inc.
Comerica Bank-Detroit
Commercial Contracting Corpor.jlion
Computerized Insurance Techniques
Comtel Corporation
C o n c o r d T o o l iSf M a n u t a c t u r i n g
Q. B. D u p o n t C o m p a n y , I n c . u
Eaton Corporation Q
E b e l i n g 6f H i c k s , I n c . G
Electro-Matic Products, Inc. G
E.W. E n s r o t h C o m p a n y G
Environetics, Inc. G
Eonjc I n c o r p o r a t e d
Erb L u m b e r C o m p a n y G
The E v e n i n g flews A s s o c i a t i o n
Excel C o r p o r a t i o n
G
First Federal o f M i c h i g a n G
Fischbach-natkin Compimy
i
F t t z p a t r i c k M a n u f a c t u r i n q Co., I n c .
Fleet C a r r i e r C o r p o r a t i o n
Flynn Paving Company
Ford Motor Company
F o r g i n g Specialties, Inc. .
F o r m Flow, Inc.
F r a n k ' s Mursery & Crafts. Inc.
Freeman-Darling, inc,
French Sullivan, Inc.
F u t u r e Pak L t d . G
Q.P. P l a s t i c s , I n c . T
Galaxy Precision M a c h i n i n g
Company i i
Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation ' :
Corporation G
C o n s t r u c t i o n Pipe C o m p a n y , Inc.
G a t c h e l l a? A s s o c i a t e s , I n c .
General Electric Company
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C o n s u m e r s Power C o m p a n y G
Controlled Rubber Products i i
General Motors Corporation
General Portland, inc.
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Cireager
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J . H o w a r d Fiudell A s s o c i a t e s , I n c .
Olofsson Corporation u
O u t w a t e r T r a n e S e r v i c e A g e n c y , Inc.
Pacer I n c o r p o r a t e d
Peerless Cement C o m p a n y
Peninsular Machinery Company
Perry P r i n t i n g C o m p a n y G
Phoenix Construction Company G
Pigeon M a n u f a c t u r i n g Corporation
Pipe Systems. Inc.
Pressform Company
Pridgeon & Clay, Inc. C
G
Prince C o r p o r a t i o n G
Pulte C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y , Inc. G
J.B. Rath Company
Regal S t a m p i n g C o m p a n y Q
R e p u b l i c A u t o m o t i v e Parts, i n c .
Rockwell International Corporation
R o t o r E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y .....
R u b e n s t e i n Isaacs, Lax a n d B o r d m a n
R u p p Oil Co(n[)any, Inc. G
J a m e s P. R y a n A s s o c i a t e s
Ryder System, Inc.-Automotive Carriers
Division
S ae H F a b r i c a t i n g & E n g i n e e r i n g ,
Inc. G
Schlegel M i c h i g a n , Inc. G
S c h u s t e r - A l l e n A s s o c i a t e s , Inc.
Sears R o e b u c k & C o m p a n y \
S e c u r i t y B a n k ac T r u s t G
A . J . S e g a l at S o n s C o n t r a c t o r s , I n c .
Servomation Corporation Q
Sheller-Glofic C o r p o r a t i o n
J.L. Sherk Company G
SIslin-Splane P r i n t i n g •
C M . Smillie ^ Company G
Snyder C o r p o r a t i o n
J.R. Snyder C o m p a n y Inc.
S o u t h H a v e n R u b b e r Corn})any G
Splane Electric Supply Company "
Standard Products G
The Stanley-Carter Company
The Stanley Works
Stc;llar E n g i n e e r i n g I n c o r f i o r a t e d
Structural Fabricators
Suburban Brick Company G
S u m m i t Industries, Inc. Q
Sun Refining and Marketing
Company
Supreme Tri-Bit Company
Sutter Products Company G
TRW, I n c . - M i c h i g a n D i v i s i o n G
Tawas Industries, Inc. G
Teal Electric C o m p a n y O
Tektronix, Inc.
Theut Products
T o u c h e Ross & C o m p a n y G
T o w n s e n d a n d B o t t u m , Inc.
T r u - V a l T u b i n g C o m p a n y ..
Turner-Brooks, Inc. G
U n i s t r u t D i v i s i o n (GTE) G
U.S. B r i c k , M i c h i g a n D i v i s i o n
Utica Machine Company
The Valeron Corporation
V a n d e r m a v C o n s t r u c t i o n . Inc.
Vaungarde Engineering
Sales
Company
Vector C o n s t r u c t i o n , Inc.
Verbanic Machinery, Inc.
W.K. I n d u s t r i e s , I n c . G
WXYZ-TV
Walbridge, Aldinger Company G
H i r a m Walker, Inc. G
Wallich Lumber C o m p a n y
W a r r e n Steel F a b r i c a t i n g C o m p a n y
J e r v i s B, W e b b C o m p a n y I
W e i d e r Hardvv.ire D i s t r i b u t o r s
Wiegand Heating & Cooling
Wilhelm Engineering Company
Wilson-Garner C o m p a n y L
W i n k e l m a n Stores, Inc.
Wohlert Corporation
Woods C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y , Inc.
Wyandotte Cement, Inc. G
Minoru Yamasaki a n d Associates,
Inc.
Zenith Industrial Corporation G
Z i e g e l m a n A r c h i t e c t s , Inc. G
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and i n o t h e r c o l l e g e s by s p o n s o r i n g m a t c h i n g g i f t
p r o g r a m s . These p r o g r a m s e n c o u r a g e a g r e a t e r n u m b e r
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ACF f o u n d a t i o n . I n c .
Air P r o d u c t s a n d C h e m i c a l s , Inc.
A l l e g h e n y L u d l u m Steel C o r p o r c J t i o n
A m e r i c a n D a v i d s o n , I n c . '.
American Home Products
Corporation
A m e r i c a n M o t o r s C o r p o r a t i o n „j
American natural Resources
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A m e r i c a n T e l e p h o n e & Telec|raph
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Bechtel F o u n d a t i o n
Bell L a b o r a t o r i e s L,
Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n . ,
The B o e i n g C o m p a n y I J
Borg-Warner f o u n d a t i o n . Inc.
Bundy f o u n d a t i o n •
Cabot C o r p o r a t i o n F o u n d a t i o n , Inc.
Central Illinois Light Company
Chrysler C o r p o r a t i o n H
Combustion Engineering
Cummins Engine Foundation
Daniel I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o r p o r a t i o n
Deluxe C h e c k Printer f o u n d a t i o n
Detroit Edison Company
Dow C h e m i c a l U.S.A. •
Eaton C o r p o r a t i o n •
ExCell-O C o r p o r a t i o n •
FMC C o r p o r a t i o n
factory Mutual Engineering
f e d e r a l - M o g u l C o r p o r a t i o n Z"
ferro .Manufacturing Corporation G
f i r e s t o n e T i r e 6e R u b b e r C o m p a n y C
f o r d Motor Company
•
fruehauf Corporation L
General Dynamics C o r p o r a t i o n •
General Electric f o u n d a t i o n •
G e n e r a l T e l e p h o n e &r E l e c t r o n i c s
C o r p o r a t i o n 71
Gould Incorporated •
A l e x a n d e r G r a n t 6f C o m p a n >
foundation ' J
Halliburton Education foundation,
i n c . :::
T h e J o i i n A. H a r t f o r d f o u n d a t i o n .
Inc.
Heublc:in f o u n d a t i o n . I n c .
Hovvm(>t T u r b i n e C o m p o n e n t s
Corporation
Hughes Aircraft Company
IBM C o r p o r a t i o n •
Ingersoli-Rand Company
•
Intel Corporation
International Telephone & Telegraph
Corporation
IteK C o r p o r a t i o n
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Karmazin Products Corporation U
The K i d d e r Peabody F o u n d a t i o n •
Lear-Siegler f o u n d a t i o n •
Marathon Oil Company C
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
The McGraw-Hill F o u n d a t i o n , inc. C
Mellon n a t i o n a l Corporation H
M i c h i g a n Bell T e l e p h o n e C o m p a n y
•
Corporation
Ben C. Maibach, Jr., (right) chairman of the board of BartonMa low, an LIT trustee, and a charter member of LlTs Founders
Society, presented a fully restored 1925 Model 40 Chrysler
M i c h i g a n C o n s o l i d a t e d Gas
Company i
M i c h i g a n W i s c o n s i n Pipe L i n e
Company
•
MidCon Corporation
Monsanto Fund
Motorola Foundation
N a t i o n a l B a n k of Detroit C
n a t i o n a l Steel C o r p o r a t i o n D
O w e n s - l l i i n o t s C.
Pacific M u t u a l Life I n s u r a n c e
Company [
P a n h a n d l e E a s t e r n Pipe L i n e
Company
Phoenix Mutual Insurance Company
Price Waterhouse f o u n d a t i o n J
R o c k w e l l I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o r p o r a t i o n LJ
SOMIO •
Sperry-Rand Corporation •
The Stanley Works
Stauffer Chemical C o m p a n y
•
Sterling Drug Company •
Sybron Corporation
TRW f o u n d a t i o n •
T h e UPS F o u n d a t i o n , I n c ,
United Technologies •
The Upjohn C o m p a n y •
Warner-Lambert Company
•
Wausau Insurance Companies
Westinghouse Educational
foutuJation i i
Whittaker Corporation
The Xerox f o u n d a t i o n •
The A r t h u r Y o u n g f o u n d a t i o n •
Foundations and Trasts
G r a n t s f r o m p r i v a t e f o u n d a t i o n s a n d t r u s t s play a
s i g n i f i c a n t role i n f u r t h e r i n g LlT's p r o g r a m s . The College
r e c e i v e d $ 8 1 , 3 8 5 f r o m 14 f o u n d a t i o n s a n d 4 t r u s t s
d u r i n g t h e 1982-1983 g i v i n g year. Ten of t h e f o u n d a t i o n s
a n d t r u s t s also m a d e g r a n t s to LIT d u r i n g t h e previous
f i s c a l year.
G e o r g e 1. A l d e n I r u s t
T h e C h a r l e s M. B a u e r v i c
F o u n d a t i o n , Inc.
T h e C l a r e n c e & Graces C h a m b e r l i n
F o u n d a t i o n Ls
G e r a l d W. C h a m b e r l i n f o u n d a t i o n . I n c .
Earl-Beth F o u n d a t i o n
f i s h e r - l n s l e y F o u n d a t i o n 11
Rollin M. Q e r s t a c k e r F o u n d a t i o n
W i l l i a m B . &r M a r g a r e t G i l e s
Foundation
n a t h a n & Betty Qoldin f a m i l y
Foundation
Gordy f o u n d a t i o n Incorporated •
Herrick f o u n d a t i o n
T h e R.C. M a h o n f o u n d a t i o n •
Alex a n d Marie M a n o o g i a n
foundation i
E d w a r d Rose f a m i l y f u n d
Betty Ellen Scanlon Trust
E d w a r d C. ee H a z e l L. S t e p h e n s o n
Foundation
E s t a t e o f F l o r e n c e L. T a l l b e r g
L u l a C. W i l s o n T r u s t •
convertible to the College on behalf of his company during the
fiscal year. President Richard E. Marburger accepts the gift.
�Autumn/Winter
C a r o l y n R. A n d r e k
V i c t o r a n d Sophie Angelesc u
Bruce J . Annett, Jr.
Jack a n d Carole A r m s t r o n g
J e r r y G. B e c k
Mr. a n d Mr-,. .Allan M. I k - r c a u
Mr. a r u l M r s . W a i t e r ( j . [Si/.on
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s B. B l a n d f o r d
Mr. a n d M r s . A r n o l d J . B l y t h e i
Burnell J . Bowman T
Dr. a n d M r s . B e n F. B r e g i G
W a y n e M. a n d M a r i e L. B r e h o b
Mr. a n d M r s . E d w a r d F. B r e w e r
Cle a n d B e u l a h B u c k .
F l o y d W. B u n t i 1
M r , a n d M r s . L a w r e n c e P. C a s a i
E u g e n e R. C a t e s LJ
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h a m p l i n
G r e g o r y R. C h e e k
Mr. a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h u t e L :
D o r o t h y h. C l a r k , .i
G a r y H. C o c o / z o l i iZ
Mrs. Patrick Cogan
•
D r , O l i v e r S. C o l e m a n
John J . Connors •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h P. C o n s i d i n e J r .
Mr. a n d M r s . K e n n e t h J . CooK
Charles a n d Adriana Craiglow
M r . a n d M r s . Roy C. C r a n e r ;
D r . J e r r y L. C r i s t ' i
Mr. a n d M r s . R i c h a r d 11. C u m m i n g s 3
Mr. a n d M r s , G e r a l d C u p e r
Mr. a n d M r s . W i l s o n D a u g h e r t y .
Dr. a n d M r s . S t e p h e n R. D a v i s L i
L o u i s A. D e Q e n n a r o " J
Mr. a n d Mrs. F r a n k de Hesselle
Ashok Deshpande
•
R. J a m e s D i e g e l
Metin Dogu
M t . aaici M r s . L d w a r d I)on!e>
Mr. a n d M r s . T h o m a s J . D r a g o n J
J o h n a n d D e b b i e Faes •
Kenneth J . Farquharson •
H. Robert Farrah H
R u t h Q. F a v r o •
Roger H. F i t c h
Mr, a n d M r s . L e o n a r d A. F o r r e s t Li
Mr. a n d Mrs. Gary J . Qabel L
M r . a n d M r s . R o n a l d D. Q a l t e s e r o H
Mrs. J o a n Geha
James Giachlno C
Fay a n d A n n G i f f o r d i J
Dean a n d Mrs. Karl H. Q r e i m e l •
D r . a n d M r s . P e r r y E. Q r e s h a m
M r . a n d M r s . C. R i c h a r d H a l l l'
P a u l A. H a n u s c a k
J o h n M. H a r l a n
Q. R o b e r t a n d D o r o t h > M.
Harrington C
T h e S t a n l e y F. H a r r i s F a m i l y :
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. H a t c h
Sonia a n d Marvin Henckel L J
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s L. H o d g e s (!i
R i c h a r d H. H o g a n C
Jesse H u n t •
M r . a n d 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 r . a n d M r s . W i l l i a m D. I n n e s
G i l d e r D. J a c k s o n
M e l v i n L. J a n n e y i :>
Gary Jelin C
G l e n S. J o h n s t o n e Tl
Karen Jones
M r . a n d M r s . G a r y A. J o p p i c h
G e o r g e R. K a n e
G a r y A. K e c s k e s
M r . a n d M r s . T i m o t h y R. K e n n e d v
M r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d W. K e n t
Levon H. Keshlshian
M r . a n d M r s . P a u l F. K i n d e r I
Barry Rnister
M r . a n d M r s . D o u g l a s s V. K o c h
Mr. a n d M r s . F r a n k A. K o l t u n i a k
Mr. a n d Mrs. Stanley Korenkiewicz
W i l l i a m R. K u z i a k
T h o m a s A. L a c k e y
Mrs. Betty Fealk and President Marburger pause in the J. J.
Fealk Memorial Garden in the Wayne H. Buell Building. The
garden was funded by Mrs. Fealk and her late husband, Arthur,
in memory of their daughter. The Fealks are charter members of
the LIT Founders Society.
Associations
LIT g r a t e f u l l y a c k n o w l e d g e s t h e s u p p o r t p r o v i d e d by a
v a r i e t y of a s s o c i a t i o n s , civic g r o u p s a n d o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s . Their t o t a l g i f t s t o t h e College were $ 2 4 , 0 1 8 .
American Concrete Institute
A m e r i c a n Society for Metals
Bricklayers Local * 1 7
Bricklayers Local * 2 1
Detroit A m a t e u r Radio Association
Detroit Edison Friends & Co-Workers
T o r g i n g I n d u s t r y E d u c a t i o n a l 6:
Research F o u n d a t i o n •
LIT A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n i 1
Michigan Koad Builders Association
1983
M i c h i g a n S o c i e t y of P r o f e s s i o n a l
Lngineers Auxiliary
Piational A c t i o n C o u n c i l for
Minorities in Engineering, Inc. L j
"Idtional Association of Accountants
Oakland County Chapter
Rotary Club of Southfield •
Society of M a n u f a c t u r i n g Engineers
Wall a n d C e i l i n g C o n t r a c t o r s I n d u s t r y
Lee a n d J u l i e L a h r I 1
M r s . E. G e o r g e L a w r e n c e
A n n e C a t t e r m o l e - L e v y 11
M r . a n d M r s . S a m u e l F. L e w i s LJ
J u l i a n a C. L e Z o t t e
H a r o l d L i n t o n L.,
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t A. L i s k a
Mr. a n d M r s . D a v i d L. L i t t m a n n ....
Mr. a n d M r s . K e n n e t h M. L i v i n g s t o n
Dr. Cu-otgc M a c h
Ben C. M a i b a c h , J r .
Mr. a n d M r s . E r n e s t L. M a t e r LJ
G e n e M a n is
D r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d E. Marburg(>r
Zaven a n d Gladys Margosian
Albert Marnon Z
Matthew Mashiklan IJ
R i c h a r d S. M a s l o w s k i U
Thomas and Christine Masson C
Larry McCollister G
R i c h a r d D. M c C o r m a c k Tl
L u c y G. a n d B e r n a r d J . M e r r i t iZ
Mr. a n d M r s . M i c h a e l J . M e r s c h e r .
Richard and Martha Michel
Dr. a n d Mrs. "^elson A. Miles
Richard J . Miller
Carol I L Mills i
Daniel Mioduszewski
Mr. a n d M r s . P h i l i p V. M o h a n •
Anne Moloney
Michael J . Moraniec, Jr.
E i l e e n M. M u l h a r e
W. T h o m a s M u n s e l l •
Dr. a n d M r s . Kit h a r d A. M u r i e
Mr. a n d M r s . J a m e s D. f i a n n y
Thoi-nas J . ^ a s h l e n ..
Mrs. F r e d e r i c k A. hassau.x
Shirley nicol
Arvind J . Padgaonkat
M r , a n d M r s . J o s e p h W. P e l r o J r . .
Dr. L o u i s W. P e t r o . :
Mr. a n d M r s . R o b e r t B. P o w e l l I .
Marilyn Rands •
Thomas Regenbogen
Mr. a n d M r s . L l o y d E. Reuss '
Dr. a n d Mrs. Fredrlc R i v k i n .
Mr. a n d M r s . L a r r y M. R o c k i n d .
J a m e s Rodgers. Jr.
Leroy a n d A u d r e y Rudofski
M r . a n d M r s . R a y m o n d P. S a n d s L
M r . a n d M r s , J o s e p h F. S a v i n •
M r . a n d M r s . Roy W. S c h e n k e l i
Mr. a n d M r s , T h o m a s S c h n e i d e r
E r i c h A. S e n f t
Betty-Lee Seydler-Sweatt L
Patricia S h a m a m y C
Mr. a n d M r s . V i c t o r S h r e m •
Mr. a n d M r s . G r e g S n y d e r Tl
Manuel Spinner H
J o h n O. S t o c k •
R o n a l d a n d Paula Stofer
M r . a n d M r s . Roy J , S t r i c k f a d e n
M i c h a e l P, S w e e n e y •
D o n a l d F, T a p p a n
Mr. a n d M r s . K u r t O. T e c h I
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s O. T r e w . .
R i c h a r d J . T r t p p e t t LJ
Gary a n d Eleanor Vance •
Mr. a n d M r s . L e w i s C. V e r a l d i L
Robert Lewis Voicrs
L e o n a r d J . Walle
A. J o e l W a r r e n
Mr. a n d M r s . T h o m a s H. W a r r e n .
R o b e r t E. Weil
J u d i t h Weiner
Mr. a n d Mrs. R i c h a r d K. Wcrr\.
J a y West
M a r v i n E. W i l l i a m s " i
W i l l i a m O. W i n c h e l l
Mr. a n d M r s . C o n r a d Z e m e n s L
LIT Family
These rosters include names on record for
contributions
received between July L 1982 and June 50, 1983. Omissions or corrections
should be reported to the Office of
Development.
The College sincerely a p p r e c i a t e s t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n s m a d e
by m e m b e r s of its " f a m i l y — f a c u l t y , s t u d e n t s , staff,
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , m e m b e r s of t h e U T C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d
t r u s t e e s . Gifts f r o m m e m b e r s o f t h e LIT f a m i l y t o t a l e d
$46,837.
James J . Abernethy
E l i z a b e t h C. A g e r
S t a n l e y R. A l l i s o n
J e a n e H. A l l y n .
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�LIT
Magazine
Planning:
the key to financial
independence
Less than 5 percent of us succeed in our goals for
financial independence. Lecturer Don Haas looks at
financial planning: the process, the benefits, and the
selection of qualified counsel
By Donald
R. Haas
inancial planning is for everyone. Certainly one can see the need
for planning by a successful executive, business owner, or
professional. However, someone of nnodest means also needs
planning to avoid loss of capital and to make a small nest egg as
efficient as possible.
The older, more successful and busier we are, the more likely it
is that we have not taken the time to step back and examine our
financial structure as one coherent whole. A major destination in
the journey of life is financial independence. Knowledge is power,
and armed with understanding, an
infornned individual can achieve
financial independence.
As a first step, it is necessary to
recognize that a comprehensive
financial plan must take into
consideration three fundamental areas
of concern: protection,
investments.
savings,
and
Protection deals primarily with
risks, for which our society has developed the risk-sharing concept of
insurance. The five risk areas that can
do the most harm to any well conceived
financial plan are: liability, death,
disability,
medical,
and property.
A
treatise could be written on each of
these important areas, but suffice it to
say, your financial plan will somehow
be destroyed unless all five are
properly insured.
The second fundamental area is a
savings/emergency fund. Adequate
liquid funds to meet unexpected
events or opportunities are a must. The
amount of reserve will vary, but usually
it is between 25 percent and 50 percent
of annual take-home pay. With proper
amounts of liquid assets an investor
will not, for example, be forced off at
the bottom of a stock market roller
coaster ride. A reserve account can be
used to meet the emergency —
otherwise, irreparable harm could
befall the investment program. Of
course, the opportunity here is making
purchases at the low point of the
market, which can be done when liquid
assets are available.
The third area is an investment
program or wealth accumulation plan.
This plan calls for investments in six
categories:
TYPICAL
BALANCED
ALLOCATION
CATEGORIES
CASH
EQUITY
REAL ESTATE
H A R D ASSETS
TAX F A V O R E D
COLLECTIBLES
10/20%
15/25 %
20/25%
4/12%
20/25%
5%
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Naturally, this allocation will
change based on individual circumstances and objectives, economic
conditions, and risk taking propensity.
Many investment vehicles are available in each category, which is both
good and bad. It's important that
proper diversification be maintained in
each category, so with a wide variety of
investments available we can be
successful in that important endeavor.
However, the confusion of multiple
choices in the market place makes it
extremely difficult for most people to
select that which is proper for their
plan.
Many obstacles other than a large
assortment of alternative investments
confront the investor. Outrageous
taxation, shifting tax laws,
debasement of currency, and erosion
of purchasing power make life a rough
road on the way to financial
independence.
Most people want to cut taxes,
maintain or expand their life style
comforts, educate their children and
�Pressures
of inflation,
taxation,
and unexpected
and financial
independence
an often unrealized
retire in security. However, less ttian
five percent are s u c c e s s f u l in their
goal of f i n a n c i a l independence. W h y
do most people nniss the goal? It's
simple, they try to do it for t h e m s e l v e s .
It's the same old adage, " i f a lawyer
represents himself, he has a fool for a
client." When people look at their o w n
situation, they are viewing it from the
wrong side — the inside.
E
veryone needs the perspective of
s o m e o n e else v i e w i n g their
s i t u a t i o n f r o m the o u t s i d e . A well
educated and experienced f i n a n c i a l
c o n s u l t a n t can spot areas of c o n c e r n ,
raise q u e s t i o n s and c o o r d i n a t e the
team efforts of the attorney, a c c o u n tant, insurance agent, s t o c k broker and
trust officer.
This adviser can help d e t e r m i n e
the risks and rewards of the various
insurance and i n v e s t m e n t s available
and the difference between i n v e s t m e n t
and s p e c u l a t i o n . He or she can incorporate the specific p l a n n i n g
t e c h n i q u e s that fit an investors
temperament, level of i n c o m e , and/or
w e a l t h . Income s p l i t t i n g devices, s u c h
as Clifford Trusts and interest tree
loans; diversification through mutual
funds; professional management via
limited partnerships in oil and gas,
real estate, research and development
expenses
goal.
make financial
and equipment leasing; how and why
t o purchase hard assets, such as gold,
silver and p l a t i n u m ; all require
specialized knowledge w h i c h is kept
c o n t i n u o u s l y up-to-date.
How do you f i n d a f i n a n c i a l c o n s u l tant q u a l i f i e d t o be the " c a p t a i n " of
your f i n a n c i a l p l a n n i n g t e a m ? Usually,
the best you can do is t o o b t a i n a
r e c o m m e n d a t i o n f r o m s o m e o n e you
respect w h o has been s a t i s f i e d w i t h
their adviser. However, c e r t a i n criteria
can be used to evaluate that individual's
capacity.
First, look at a c a d e m i c c r e d e n t i a l s .
Either a C e r t i f i e d F i n a n c i a l Planner
(CFP) or Chartered F i n a n c i a l C o n s u l tant (ChFC), is a m u s t . The CFP
d e s i g n a t i o n is issued by The College
for F i n a n c i a l Planning after s u c c e s s f u l
c o m p l e t i o n of six e x a m i n a t i o n s ,
usually requiring a b o u t t w o years to
c o m p l e t e . The ChFC d e s i g n a t i o n is
issued by The A m e r i c a n College after
ten e x a m i n a t i o n s u s u a l l y covering five
years of study. The A m e r i c a n College,
an a c c r e d i t e d i n s t i t u t i o n , also a w a r d s
the degree. Master of S c i e n c e in
F i n a n c i a l Services, w h i c h is the
highest a c a d e m i c c r e d e n t i a l of a
financial consultant.
S e c o n d , ask a b o u t the experience
the individual has in f i n a n c i a l p l a n n i n g
and ask for r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f r o m
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planning
difficult
present c l i e n t s . Find out if t h i s individual has one or more s p e c i a l i z a t i o n s ,
s u c h as insurance, investments, acc o u n t i n g , or law. The more k n o w l e d g e
and experience, the better.
Third, f i n d out if your potential
c o n s u l t a n t is active in one or more
p r o f e s s i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . If so, how
do his or her peers feel about t h i s
person?
Last, how do you feel about this
person? Remember, he or she Is the
one w i t h w h o m you w i l l c o n f i d e all of
your c o n f i d e n t i a l f i n a n c i a l matters,
and intrust the u l t i m a t e task of
w o r k i n g w i t h you to a c c o m p l i s h your
goal — f i n a n c i a l independence. •
Donald R. Haas is a Chartered
Financial
Consultant
with a Master of Science
degree
in Financial Services.
A lecturer at
Lawrence
Institute of Technology
in financial services,
Mr. Haas is a partner in the
firm of Brode, Landsberg,
Meisel & Haas,
Southfield.
�LIT Magazine
Robert Ellis named
dean of engineering
LIT's largest school gets a change at the top
R
obert W. Ellis, 44, has been
named dean of Lawrence Institute
of Technology's School of
Engineering. His appointment is
effective January 2, 1984.
Dr. Ellis succeeds Dr. Stephen R.
Davis who will leave LIT to become
provost and dean of the faculty at
GMI Engineering and Management
Institute in Flint. Davis has been dean
of engineering at LIT since 1973.
Dr. Ellis has been a lecturer in
mechanical engineering at LIT and
senior engineer at the U.S. Army
Tank-Automotive Command since
1981. From 1978 to 1981 he was chief
operating officer of Detroit Institute
of Technology. Dr. Ellis was dean of
the School of Technology at Florida
International University (FlU) In Miami
from 1972 to 1978, part of the State
University system of Florida, was
provost of FlU's north Miami campus
in 1977, and served concurrently as
dean of FlU's School of Business
from 1972-74. He has also served in
academic and administrative positions
at the University of South Florida, and
his alma mater, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Dr. Ellis received three degrees
from Virginia Tech: a B.S. with honors
in metallurgical engineering (1962), kn
M.S. in engineering (1963), and Ph.D.
in engineering (1966). He is a 1980
graduate of the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard
University Graduate School of
Business.
In announcing the appointment, Dr.
Richard E. Marburger, LIT president,
praised Ellis' academic, technical.
and industrial background.
"We are pleased to welcome Bob
Ellis. His outstanding record of
service to industry, government, and
the education of young men and
women make him a great asset to
LIT," said Marburger. "We expect that
Dr. Ellis' leadership will enhance and
continue to refine the strong programs
which have been developed by Dr.
Davis and our faculty."
Lawrence Institute of Technology's
School of Engineering, enrolling 3,085
students, is one of the largest undergraduate engineering programs in the
nation. The oldest of LIT's five
Schools, it was founded in 1932.
Bachelor of science degrees are
offered In mechanical, electrical, and
construction engineering. LIT,
enrolling 6,230 day and evening
students, is Michigan's largest private
undergraduate college.
Dr. Ellis has been professionally
active in a number of leading national
and state engineering organizations,
including serving as national
chairman of the American Society for
Engineering Education's Relations
with Industry Division. He was
1979-81 chairman of the Michigan
Society of Professional Engineer's
Registration and Qualification for
Practice Committee, and serves on
the accreditation visitors committee
for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. He is a
registered professional engineer (PE)
in Michigan and Florida.
In 1978, he was named Florida
International University's Outstanding
Administrator, and he is a member of
many honor societies, including Tau
Beta PI. He is an engineering consultant in the fields of materials and
structures, metals, product liability,
engineering research and
development, and mechanical design.
Married, he and his wife. Donna,
have four children. They reside In
Farmlngton Hills. • BJA
�Autumn/Winter
1983
Faculty
PRORLES
Part of a series
O
nly a Cubist painter with an
ability to simultaneously express
different viewpoints could capture the
innumerable coexisting aspects of Dr.
Louis W. Retro, dean of LIT's School
of Management since 1979.
Certainly, a Renaissance painter
with his perfect celestial Images
could not portray the recipient of a
bachelors, masters, and doctoral
degree who, as a young man, had
joined the Air Force because he
"didn't want to go to school."
A Rococo painter with his fluffy,
playful themes would find it impossible to paint a man with a New York
accent who good-heartedly reels off
colorful jokes while smoking Kool
cigarettes.
And, a Realist painter dedicated to
exposing the cold, hard facts would
lay down his palette when confronted
with a man who believes a university's
"job is to teach what should be, not
what is."
Yes, only a Cubist painter could do
justice to a man who in the 44 years
of his life has been a farm hand, a
ranch hand, an aircraft controller, an
engineer, a professor, a CPA, a man-
agement consultant, and dean of a
college — a man who did so much
travelling as a management
consultant that he "could drive
without a map around more cities in
the United States than anyone" — a
man who has a pet king snake named
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Jake, (alias Julius Squeezer,) but also
has a picture of Garfield (the orange,
lasagna-loving cartoon cat) resting
atop his electronic mail terminal and
another Garfield toy on his end table
because he is, as he calls himself, a
"cat fanatic."
"I started reading 'Garfield' when
the strip first came out but I didn't
realize that he was orange because
the cartoon was in black and white,"
he laughs, "So, I went out and got a
grey cat and named him Garfield."
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Magazine
presented t o him by p h i l a n t h r o p i s t
Stanley Kresge. Deeply religious,
Kresge wore it t o s y m b o l i z e J e s u s
C h r i s t ' s d e s c r i p t i o n of the A p o s t l e s
as f i s h e r s of men. A l t h o u g h Petro
moves it f r o m one suit t o the next,
e a c h and every day, he a d m i t s his
f i s h i n g is generally l i m i t e d to the
t i n n i e r of G o d ' s creatures.
O.K. So he is not a " f i s h e r of
m e n , " but he is an e d u c a t o r of men
(and w o m e n ) and he has s o m e very
d e f i n i t e ideas a b o u t w h a t it m e a n s t o
e d u c a t e and be e d u c a t e d .
i
Petro later did o b t a i n an orange
cat w h o became his f i s h i n g buddy.
" G a b r i e l , my f i s h i n g cat, is a
Maine Coon cat — the kind they used
to take on ships a c r o s s the A t l a n t i c
to keep the mice off. He's the only
cat I've been able to take on the boat
with me because he's not afraid of
water," he adds.
Petro is an avid f i s h e r m a n . He has
worn a s m a l l gold fish hook on his
lapel since last year w h e n it w a s
he f u n c t i o n of a c o l l e g e eduI c a t i o n is not t o t r a i n you t o go
out and do a p a r t i c u l a r j o b , " Petro
begins. " I f it does that, t h a t ' s fine,
but t h a t ' s not the objective. That attitude causes problems. Students tend
t o categorize c o u r s e s and c o l l e g e
e x p e r i e n c e s as either relevant or
irrelevant w i t h o u t the b a c k g r o u n d t o
do that.
" M a n y s t u d e n t s t h i n k that they
s h o u l d n ' t have t o s t u d y the liberal
arts because they aren't relevant t o
their m a j o r s . Those c o u r s e s are
e s s e n t i a l because they give s t u d e n t s
a perspective of the w o r l d t h a t they
need in order t o do a n y t h i n g . I f i n d it
d i s h e a r t e n i n g t h a t t h i s a t t i t u d e is so
prevalent because s t u d e n t s are really
s h o r t - c h a n g i n g t h e m s e l v e s In t e r m s
of an e d u c a t i o n . "
If " j o b t r a i n i n g " is not the
o b j e c t i v e of a c o l l e g e or university,
w h a t is?
"That's a philosophical problem
t h a t universities face; t h a t s o c i e t y
f a c e s , " says Petro. " W h a t is a
university's f u n c t i o n ? C l a s s i c a l l y , a
university is a c o m m u n i t y of s c h o l a r s
— s t u d e n t s and f a c u l t y — w o r k i n g
t o g e t h e r t o e n h a n c e the k n o w l e d g e of
the h u m a n race. Our primary f u n c t i o n
is t o store and d i s s e m i n a t e
knowledge."
Petro believes t h a t he w a s asked
t o be dean at LIT because of his
engineering, accounting, industrial,
and e d u c a t i o n a l b a c k g r o u n d , aside
f r o m previous c o n n e c t i o n s w i t h the
College. If it w a s the t e c h n i c a l backg r o u n d t h a t LIT s o u g h t , how does
Petro apply t h i s " s c h o l a s t i c
m e n t a l i t y " d e f i n i t i o n to p r o g r a m s in
LIT's S c h o o l of M a n a g e m e n t ?
" W e categorize our program as a
g o o d , s o l i d liberal arts core — then a
b u s i n e s s core — and then a specializ a t i o n . It's not the f u n c t i o n of LIT's
S c h o o l of M a n a g e m e n t to merely
t e a c h narrow s p e c i a l i z a t i o n s . It's our
j o b t o t e a c h principles and c o n c e p t s ,
ideas, and w a y s of t h i n k i n g . "
W
hile the dean indicates that the
"relevant and irrelevant"
a t t i t u d e of s t u d e n t s is a " n a t i o n a l
p r o b l e m , " as well as an LIT problem,
Petro believes that w i t h i n that
f r a m e w o r k LIT s t u d e n t s are top
notch.
" W e have a g o o d , s o l i d , worko r i e n t e d , success-oriented student
body. They seem to be imbued w i t h
the Puritan work ethnic and t h a t ' s
healthy because that makes t h e m
interested in g e t t i n g an e d u c a t i o n in
order t o b e c o m e s u c c e s s f u l . "
A c c o r d i n g to Petro, LIT s t u d e n t s
pursue higher e d u c a t i o n for the sake
of b e c o m i n g s u c c e s s f u l . Why did he
eventually pursue higher e d u c a t i o n
even t h o u g h he a d m i t t e d he joined
the Air Force because " h e didn't want
t o go t o s c h o o l " ?
" I a l w a y s did well in grade school
a n d high s c h o o l and w h e n I
g r a d u a t e d I was offered a couple of
s c h o l a r s h i p s . But, I j u s t d i d n ' t know
w h a t I w a n t e d t o d o . " Petro
c o n t i n u e s , " W h e n I got out of the Air
Force, I knew I didn't want to be an
aircraft c o n t r o l l e r for the rest of my
life so I w e n t to GMI (General Motors
Institute). I c h o s e GMI because my
t w i n brother and my younger brother
had gone there, and my father was an
engineer.
" B u t o n c e I s t a r t e d college, I developed t h i s i n s a t i a b l e appetite for
learning. W h i l e I w a s w o r k i n g on my
Ph.D. in i n f o r m a t i o n s y s t e m s and
a c c o u n t i n g at the University of
M i c h i g a n , I w o u l d spend 60 to 70
hours a week t e a c h i n g and learning.
" M y m o t h e r w a s a teacher and I
c a n remember t a l k i n g to her when I
w a s in the s i x t h grade about an
i n k l i n g I had t o b e c o m e a teacher; but
I d i d n ' t do a n y t h i n g about it until
after I got my M.B.A. (from U of M in
1968). That w a s w h e n I first c a m e to
LIT as a part-time teacher. A l t h o u g h I
left LIT in 1970, I kept in t o u c h and it
w a s my c o l l e a g u e s here w h o advised
me t o pursue a Ph.D. if I was serious
a b o u t t e a c h i n g . I w a s serious about it
and I still a m . I s h o u l d have gone w i t h
t h a t s i x t h grade inkling f r o m the very
beginning."
But if he had gone w i t h that
i n k l i n g f r o m the start, a Cubist
painter w o u l d not be needed. A n d ,
Lou Petro's portrait w o u l d not be
nearly as c o l o r f u l . • UM
�Oncampus
Fall enrollment
up 6.1 percent
A u t u m n enrollment at LIT reached a
record 6,230 in September, figures
released by LIT's O f f i c e of A c a d e m i c
Affairs reveal. The t o t a l is 6.1 percent
higher than 1982, itself a record year.
" A bright p r o f e s s i o n a l market for
graduates, particularly in c o m p u t e r
science, engineering, m a n a g e m e n t ,
and other t e c h n i c a l areas c o n t r i b u t e d
to the increase," c o m m e n t s LIT President Richard E. Marburger. " O u r
modern f a c i l i t i e s , excellent f a c u l t y ,
strategic l o c a t i o n , and s c h e d u l i n g
convenient for w o r k i n g s t u d e n t s is
helping our e n r o l l m e n t remain at high
levels."
Even w i t h the a d d i t i o n of more
than 20 new c l a s s r o o m s in the W a y n e
H. Buell Building last year, Zaven
M a r g o s i a n , dean of A r t s and Science,
w h o s c h e d u l e s all c l a s s e s , i n d i c a t e s
that there are several periods each
day when no a d d i t i o n a l c l a s s r o o m s
are available on c a m p u s .
DAY B A C C A L A U R E A T E - F A L L 1983
Architecture
665
Engineering
2,066
Arts and Science
295
Management
481
Special a n d Guest
74
3,581
EVENING B A C C A L A U R E A T E
- F A L L 1983
Architecture
122
Engineering
1,019
Arts and Science
144
Management
502
Special and Guest
112
1,899
EVENING ASSOCIATE
T O T A L 1983 FALL ENROLLMENT
•
750
6,230
BJA
Wanted:
alumni achievers
Each year at C o m m e n c e m e n t , LIT
honors d i s t i n g u i s h e d g r a d u a t e s w h o
have made d e m o n s t r a t i v e , extraordinary c o n t r i b u t i o n s to their
professions, field of interest,
c o m m u n i t y , or A l m a Mater.
If you're aware of a likely c a n d i d a t e ,
please s u b m i t his or her name, your
reasons for n o m i n a t i n g , and any
available b i o g r a p h i c a l m a t e r i a l to:
Bruce A n n e t t , Director of College
Relations and A l u m n i Services,
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 .
Ml 48075. N o m i n a t i o n d e a d l i n e is
April 15. •
Industry outreach
at Pontiac
Division
LIT's S c h o o l of Engineering began a
t w o year c o m p u t e r - a i d e d d e s i g n
(CAD) t e c h n o l o g y t r a i n i n g and educat i o n p r o g r a m in S e p t e m b e r w i t h the
Pontiac M o t o r Division (PMD) of
General M o t o r s C o r p o r a t i o n .
The p r o g r a m w a s i n i t i a t e d by Dr.
S t e p h e n Davis, dean of LIT's S c h o o l
of Engineering, and Dr. W a y n e M.
Brehob, c h a i r m a n of m e c h a n i c a l
e n g i n e e r i n g , after they were i n f o r m e d
of a need PMD had t o provide CAD
t e c h n o l o g y s k i l l s t o its detailers and
d e s i g n e r s . LIT s t u d e n t Fred Bane, of
the p r o d u c t e n g i n e e r i n g group at
Pontiac, is c o o r d i n a t i n g the project
a l o n g w i t h J a m e s L. Birdsey, assist a n t t o the dean of e n g i n e e r i n g .
" D r a f t i n g boards are on their way
out industry-wide. Our goal is t o
t e a c h the Pontiac people t o use the
c o m p u t e r as an i n s t r u m e n t of their
i m a g i n a t i o n s , " notes Brehob, a d d i n g ,
" W e like t o keep c o m m u n i c a t i o n lines
o p e n w i t h the c o m m u n i t y and w o r k i n g
side by side w i t h industry is a great
w a y t o do t h a t . "
Personal interviews c o n d u c t e d by
LIT f a c u l t y t o d e t e r m i n e the s p e c i a l
needs of e m p l o y e e s resulted in the
a d d i t i o n of m a t h e m a t i c s and other
specialized c o u r s e s t o the p r o g r a m .
T w o c o u r s e s run s i m u l t a n e o u s l y
every Tuesday and T h u r s d a y evening
for three hours t h r o u g h o u t six tenweek terms. No classes are scheduled
for the s u m m e r . LIT f a c u l t y are
presently t e a c h i n g c o u r s e s in
m a t h e m a t i c s and CAD t e c h n o l o g y In
the PMD a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b u i l d i n g in
t h e City of Pontiac. •
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Abused children
aided by students
Rosalyn Bryant, age four, died last May
after m o n t h s of being brutually
t o r t u r e d by her father and his female
c o m p a n i o n . To Michael and Kay
Eisbrenner, a Livonia couple, Rosalyn
b e c a m e a s y m b o l of all children w h o
suffer at the hands of abusers. They
i n i t i a t e d the " R o s a l y n Bryant Memorial
F u n d " to raise money for these
helpless v i c t i m s .
W h e n Paul P o m p i l i u s and Mark
S c h m i t t , LIT s t u d e n t s , and Lew M o o n ,
director of student activities at LIT,
heard an appeal f r o m Mr. Eisbrenner,
they d u b b e d October 10-14 " R o s a l y n
Bryant Memorial W e e k " on LIT's
c a m p u s . Their e x a m p l e in turn spurred
Donald F r a c a s s i , mayor of Southf ield,
to declare October 10-14 " R o s a l y n
Bryant M e m o r i a l W e e k " t h r o u g h o u t
the city.
A l m o s t $800 was c o l l e c t e d on
c a m p u s t h r o u g h f o o d and bumper
sticker sales, a cash raffle, and contrib u t i o n s f r o m s t u d e n t s , faculty, staff,
and c a m p u s o r g a n i z a t i o n s . Also, an
a b u n d a n c e of f o o d , toys, and c l o t h i n g
was donated.
In a d d i t i o n , because of p u b l i c i t y
generated by the LIT effort, $4000 was
d o n a t e d to the fund that week alone
and s t u d e n t s at Dundee High School
i n i t i a t e d f u n d raising activities in their
area.
The f u n d s raised t h r o u g h the LIT
effort were used to purchase prescript i o n drugs, f o o d , c l o t h i n g , and other
items to c o m f o r t and heal abused
c h i l d r e n during " t h e t r a n s i t i o n s t a g e , "
(from the t i m e they are removed f r o m
their homes until they are placed in
f o s t e r care). A c c o r d i n g to Mrs.
Eisbrenner, very little Is being done
d u r i n g t h i s t i m e period.
" S o c i a l workers had to take money
out of their o w n p o c k e t s to get
m e d i c i n e for these kids. Provisions
j u s t aren't on hand during t h i s crucial
t i m e period so s o m e o n e ' s got to make
t h e m a v a i l a b l e . " • UM
�LIT
Magazine
Oncampus
Physics chapter
'outstanding'
LIT's Chapter of t h e S o c i e t y of P h y s i c s
Students (SPS) w a s one of 31 s t u d e n t
chapters n a t i o n a l l y t o receive t h e
" O u t s t a n d i n g SPS C h a p t e r s for 198283" award f r o m zone c o u n c i l o r s representing t h e SPS N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l .
There are 509 SPS C h a p t e r s in t h e U.S.
and C a n a d a .
LIT's C h a p t e r w a s c h o s e n on t h e
basis of o u t s t a n d i n g f a c u l t y a n d
outside s p e a k e r s , f i l m s , l a b o r a t o r y
tours, c h a p t e r p r o j e c t s , s o c i a l functions, and j o i n t m e e t i n g s w i t h o t h e r
chapters. S a n d r a B a r t e n b a c h , U t i c a
senior, is president of LIT's c h a p t e r . •
Scholarships
for unemployed
Lawrence I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y is
working " s i d e - b y - s i d e " w i t h F o c u s HOPE M a c h i n i s t T r a i n i n g I n s t i t u t e in
Detroit to provide c o l l e g e s c h o l a r s h i p s
for u n e m p l o y e d M i c h i g a n r e s i d e n t s .
LIT's S c h o o l of E n g i n e e r i n g has
awarded one f u l l s c h o l a r s h i p a n d w i l l
award a n o t h e r t o s t u d e n t s f r o m F H M T I
for a four-year c o l l e g e p r o g r a m . The
s c h o l a r s h i p f u n d s w i l l be d r a w n f r o m
the N a t i o n a l F u n d for M i n o r i t y Engineering S t u d e n t s . The r e c i p i e n t s w i l l
be c h o s e n on t h e b a s i s of f i n a n c i a l
need, a c a d e m i c merit, a n d r e c o m m e n dations f r o m F H M T I .
FHMTI re-trains u n e m p l o y e d area
residents by p r o v i d i n g t h e m w i t h new,
more m a r k e t a b l e s k i l l s . However, m a n y
of these students also have the capacity
to further their a c a d e m i c e d u c a t i o n s
and s t r e n g t h e n t h e i r t e c h n i c a l backgrounds at the college-level.
Richard M a s l o w s k I , f a c u l t y chairman of e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g at LIT,
noted, " Q u i t e a few of t h e s e s t u d e n t s
have the a b i l i t y t o b e c o m e e n g i n e e r s .
We are t r y i n g t o help by g e t t i n g t h e m
into degree p r o g r a m s at LIT."
A l t h o u g h LIT and F H M T I are t w o
different k i n d s of i n s t i t u t i o n s w i t h
varying g o a l s and m o t i v e s , t h e y s h a r e
a c o m m o n goal in t h i s endeavor
a c c o r d i n g to Suzanne Y o u n g , d e a n of
academic a f f a i r s at F H M T I .
" W e are m u t u a l l y t r y i n g t o raise
s t a n d a r d s of e d u c a t i o n . It's as s i m p l e
as t h a t . " • UM
Milestones
Bernard Carlen, lecturer in LIT's S c h o o l f o r
A s s o c i a t e S t u d i e s f o r 28 y e a r s , d i e d A u g u s t
20 a s a result of a heart a t t a c k . Mr. C a r l e n
taught mathematics and industrial
engineering.
A 1938 g r a d u a t e of t h e U n i v e r s i t y of
D a y t o n , he h a d been e m p l o y e d by t h e
B u r r o u g h s C o r p o r a t i o n , a n d retired f r o m
t h a t f i r m in 1977. A s a c o n s u l t a n t , Mr.
Carlen developed standards for the
p r o c e s s i n g of s t e e l . He is survived by h i s
wife, Rosaline. •
Gregory C h e e k h a s been p r o m o t e d f r o m
a s s i s t a n t t o 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 M a n a g e m e n t . A m e m b e r of t h e
f a c u l t y at LIT s i n c e S e p t e m b e r of 1977,
Cheek received a B.S. in i n d u s t r i a l m a n a g e m e n t a n d a m a s t e r s d e g r e e in e n g i n e e r i n g
technology from Western Michigan
University. •
Dr. Perry E . G r e s h a m , m e m b e r of t h e LIT
Corporation and president emeritus and
d i s t i n g u i s h e d p r o f e s s o r of B e t h a n y
C o l l e g e , h a s been u n a n i m o u s l y e l e c t e d
p r e s i d e n t p r o tern of t h e F o u n d a t i o n f o r
E c o n o m i c E d u c a t i o n at I r v i n g t o n - o n H u d s o n , New York.
Dr. G r e s h a m s a i d t h a t he w i l l d e v o t e a s
m u c h t i m e as p o s s i b l e t o t h e F o u n d a t i o n
u n t i l its s e l e c t i o n c o m m i t t e e has a succ e s s o r f o r Dr. L e o n a r d Read, f o u n d e r of t h e
economic educational institution w h o died
in May.
Dr. G r e s h a m ' s b o o k , " W i t h W i n g s as
E a g l e s " (see LIT Magazine AutumnA/Vinter
1980, V o l . 4, N o . 1) is n o w in its s e c o n d
e d i t i o n . H i s l e c t u r e s o n a variety of t o p i c s
have t a k e n h i m a c r o s s t h e n a t i o n a n d h i s
m o s t recent s p e a k i n g e n g a g e m e n t s have
c o n c e r n e d his s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t s in
economics and gerontology. •
G. Robert Harrington, vice p r e s i d e n t f o r
d e v e l o p m e n t , h a s been n a m e d a C e r t i f i e d
F u n d R a i s i n g E x e c u t i v e by t h e N a t i o n a l
S o c i e t y of F u n d R a i s i n g E x e c u t i v e s .
H a r r i n g t o n , w h o j o i n e d LIT in 1976, w a s
c e r t i f i e d o n t h e b a s i s of b o t h his e x a m i n a tion score and his a p p l i c a t i o n for c a n d i d a c y .
The certification program w a s developed
t o r e c o g n i z e an i n d i v i d u a l ' s e x p e r i e n c e ,
a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s , a n d k n o w l e d g e in t h e
field of f u n d r a i s i n g . It is a l s o d e s i g n e d t o
e n c o u r a g e c o n t i n u e d p r o f e s s i o n a l develo p m e n t a n d t o urge i n d i v i d u a l s t o b r i n g
professional status to the field. •
Of;
Stan Harris, d i r e c t o r of a d m i s s i o n s , has
been e l e c t e d t o serve a f o u r year t e r m on
t h e B o a r d of E d u c a t i o n for t h e S c h o o l
D i s t r i c t of t h e C i t y of Royal Oak.
Harris is a l s o 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 at LIT. A c e r t i f i e d m a n u f a c t u r i n g engineer, Harris w o r k e d for General
M o t o r s b e f o r e j o i n i n g LIT in 1968.
A g r a d u a t e of t h e General M o t o r s Instit u t e w h e r e he received a B.I.E. degree,
H a r r i s a l s o h o l d s an M.B.A. f r o m W a y n e
S t a t e . In a d d i t i o n , he has c o m p l e t e d course
w o r k f o r his d o c t o r a t e in t h e WSU College
of E d u c a t i o n .
H a r r i s is a m e m b e r of t h e W a y n e State
Business Administration Alumni Associat i o n B o a r d , t h e E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y of
Detroit, a n d t h e J o i n t H i g h S c h o o l / C o l l e g e
R e l a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e 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
A d m i s s i o n s Officers, the Michigan Associat i o n of S e c o n d a r y S c h o o l P r i n c i p a l s , a n d
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 e
A d m i s s i o n s C o u n s e l o r s . He is a l s o chairm a n of t h e E n d o w m e n t C o m m i t t e e at Cana
L u t h e r a n C h u r c h in Berkley. •
Timothy Kennedy, a d m i s s i o n s c o u n s e l o r ,
w a s r e c e n t l y e l e c t e d t o a o n e year t e r m as
President of O a k l a n d C o m m u n i t y College's
newly f o r m e d A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n a n d w a s
a l s o p r e s e n t e d w i t h t h e first " M e r i t o r i o u s
A l u m n i A w a r d " at OCC.
K e n n e d y received t h e a w a r d f o r " h a v i n g
s h o w n e x p e r t i s e as a part-time i n s t r u c t o r at
t h i s i n s t i t u t i o n (OCC) s i n c e 1974" a n d
b e c a u s e he " h a s m o s t readily played a
v a l u a b l e role in t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of a
n u m b e r of a r t i c u l a t i o n a g r e e m e n t s that will
e n a b l e OCC g r a d u a t e s in p u r s u i t of educat i o n a l a d v a n c e m e n t t o c o n t i n u e their
s t u d i e s at L a w r e n c e I n s t i t u t e of Techn o l o g y , " a c c o r d i n g t o Robert F. Roelofs,
p r e s i d e n t of OCC.
K e n n e d y earned a s s o c i a t e degrees in
liberal a r t s a n d e m e r g e n c y m e d i c a l
t e c h n o l o g y at OCC a s well a s a B.S. in
b i o l o g i c a l s c i e n c e s at M i c h i g a n State
University a n d an M.S. in t h e s a m e at t h e
University of M i c h i g a n . •
Douglass Koch has been p r o m o t e d f r o m
a s s i s t a n t t o 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 M a n a g e m e n t . A m e m b e r of t h e
f a c u l t y at LIT s i n c e S e p t e m b e r of 1980,
K o c h received a B.S. f r o m t h e University of
N o t r e D a m e , a n d an M.B.A. f r o m t h e
University of Nevada. He is a l s o a d o c t o r a l
s t u d e n t at t h e University of M i c h i g a n . •
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, LIT's c h a i r m a n ,
p r e s i d e n t , a n d chief e x e c u t i v e officer, is
b e i n g h o n o r e d D e c e m b e r 15 w h e n his a l m a
mater, W a y n e S t a t e University, p r e s e n t s
him with the "Distinguished Alumni
A w a r d . " Dr. M a r b u r g e r h o l d s three degrees
f r o m W a y n e — a B.S., M.S., a n d Ph.D. — all
in p h y s i c s . •
�Autumn/Winter
1983
Oncampus
Celebrate!
Presidents Club
marks 10 years
LIT's Presidents Club marked a
decade of service October 29 during a
gala evening of dinner and dancing in
the Wayne H. Buell Building on
campus. In remembrance of the
group's founding, the original dinner
menu of 10 years previous was duplicated, right down to the $5 tariff for a
delicious multi-course, prime rib meal.
More than 300 members, the
largest group to attend since the
club's first dinner, were on hand to
celebrate. The original speakers Dr.
Ben F. Bregl, ME'37, Dr. Perry E.
Gresham, member of the LIT Corporation, and Ray C. Kooi, retired
executive director of the Ford Motor
Company Fund were the featured
speakers along with Dr. Richard E.
Marburger, LIT president, who gave a
State of the College address and G.
Robert Harrington, vice president for
development, who updated the group
on LIT's funding projects.
In recognition for their outstanding
efforts in recruiting new members,
alumni Arthur L. Kelley, ME'47, and
Victor L. Kochajda, EE'52, received
special plaques from Presidents Club
President Alvin R. Prevost, ArE'51.
President Prevost then recognized
the 60 new members who joined the
Club during the past year.
New members are: Mr. and Mrs.
Alvin W. Alexandrowicz, Mrs. Frances
A. Annett, Mr. and Mrs. Jack E.
Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Beleckl, Mr. James L. Birdsey, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl W. Blohm, Mr. and Mrs.
George F. Bowden, Mr. and Mrs.
William E. Butts, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Keith Carpenter, Mr. Rex A. Casper,
Mrs. Grace A. Chamberlin, Mr. and
Mrs. Gary L. Christoson, Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Cuper, Mr.* and Mrs. Richard F.
Gracey, Mr. and Mrs. Nels L. Hansen,
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin T. Holtzman, Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Home, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul M. Jocham, Mr. and Mrs.
Aloysius J. Kochanski, Mr. and Mrs.
Hal J. Koss, and Mr. Peter J. Kuchta.
Others are: Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
J. Lacey, Mr. and Mrs. William La
Gosh, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A.
Lenski, Mr. and Mrs. Roger V.
Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F.
Luppino, Mr. and Mrs. George D.
MacMunn, Mr. and Mrs. Ben C.
Maibach, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Manoogian, Mr. and Mrs. Richard S.
Maslowski, Mr. John A. Mayott, Mr.
Ralph W. Michelson, Mr. and Mrs.
Michael T. Minasian, Mr. and Mrs.
Philip V. Mohan, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Mollon, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Muccioli, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Mumford,
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Mutnick, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis R. O'Connell, and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Ogletree.
New Presidents Club members
also include: Mr. and Mrs. William K.
Pence, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Rein,
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Robinson, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald W. Ruth, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Sakjas, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
J. Santioni, Mr. and Mrs. Abbott K.
Schlain, Mr. and Mrs. Donald J.
Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Howard B. Sobel,
Mr. and Mrs. Chris J. Spaseff, Mr. and
Mrs. Larry E. Sundgren, Mr. and Mrs.
Angelo Tata, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A.
Tauriainen, Mr. and Mrs. David C.
Travis, Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Van
Allen, Mr. Thomas J. Varga, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence I. Vellner, Mr. and Mrs.
James T. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard A. Yee, and Dr. and Mrs.
Ralph E. Younkin. • BJA
Top: The Sun Messengers
band helped the LIT Presidents
Club celebrate
a decade of
service to the College. Above: (L to R) Art Kelley, ME'47, and Vic Kochajda,
EE'52,
receive special recognition
for their recruitment
of new membership
this past year.
Presidents
Club President
Al Prevost, ArE'51, presented
the
awards.
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Magazine
Alumni
Notes
J u n e g r a d u a t i o n o f h i s d a u g h t e r , yA//ce,
C a r l B a l l a r d , M E ' 6 8 , is c h i e f e n g i n e e r
IA'83, w h o is n o w s t u d y i n g at LIT f o r
1933-69
Kelsey-Hayes
her
B A r d e g r e e . H a n k is a n A l u m n i
Emmett J . Norton, A e E ' 4 2 , h a s r e t u r n e d
t h e U.S. a f t e r a f i v e y e a r a s s i g n m e n t
the director of Ford M o t o r ' s
to
as
Asso-
ciation director and chairs the
Reunion
Dinner-Dance
with CRS/Caudill Rowlett Scott,
Anthony J . Polisano, IM'58, has
director of Ford's T e c h n i c a l Staff
promoted to vice president. Bank
and
wire t r a n s f e r s at M a n u f a c t u r e r s
S t e v e M. S l a b y , M E ' 4 3 , w a s p r e s e n t e d
1983 " D i s t i n g u i s h e d S e r v i c e A w a r d "
the
B a n k of Detroit. He j o i n e d the
by
Invest-
Graphics of the A m e r i c a n S o c i e t y
National
Bank
n a m e d a n o f f i c e r in 1974. A n t h o n y a n d
the division, " a n active s c h o l a r a n d
H o n e y w e l l . S i n c e 1979, he h a s
been
b r a n c h s a l e s m a n a g e r in N e w
his
Hills.
A l l a n D. B r e y e r , I M ' 6 2 , h a s b e e n
probably
York.
Chrysler Corp. has announced
elected
first vice president of First Federal
dimensional
the
a p p o i n t m e n t of 8. J . (Sam) Bonanno,
of
Michigan. He w a s previously a vice
ME'69, as plant m a n a g e r of the
president and acting controller,
former
Princeton
University. C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s ,
manual
author
dimensional
g e o m e t r y . " H e is a p r o f e s s o r a n d
been
p r o d u c t s , of M i c r o S w i t c h division of
f a m i l y r e s i d e in F a r m i n g t o n
the l e a d i n g a u t h o r i t y in f o u r
B r u c e W. Wallace, ET'68, has
promoted to product manager,
T r a n s f e r D i v i s i o n in 1972, w h e r e h e w a s
for
B e l v i d e r e , IL, A s s e m b l y P l a n t . T h e
and
m a n a g e r of c o m p u t e r s y s t e m s . He's
Steve!
been
company's
Belvidere plant assembles the front-wheeldrive passenger cars Plymouth
w i t h First F e d e r a l s i n c e 1964.
Horizon,
Plymouth Turismo, Dodge Omni,
Richard W. Hogan, EE'48, has retired
staff e n g i n e e r w i t h C o m m o n w e a l t h
design and c o n t i n u i n g radio
as
Dodge
Xerox Corp. has n a m e d William A. Drawe,
yacht
Charger hatchback and Shelby
Charger,
ME'62, vice president and
Asso-
ciates Inc., J a c k s o n . H e is s t u d y i n g
and
laboratories.
in 1963 a n d t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e W i r e
E n g i n e e r i n g E d u c a t i o n . A l e a d e r in t h e
d e s c r i p t i v e g e o m e t r y . . . H e is
facilities, to m i c r o - c h i p factories of the
Consumer
division for 30 years, Steve has been, said
in t h e a r e a o f t h r e e a n d f o u r
which
manufacturing
future, to sophisticated hi-tech offices
for
L o a n D e p a r t m e n t at M a n u f a c t u r e r s
Design
range from automated
been
ments Division, with responsibilities
the Division of E n g i n e e r i n g
Houston,
TX. T h e f i r m is i n v o l v e d in p r o j e c t s
A m e r i c a n R e s e a r c h L i a i s o n O f f i c e . H e is
chairman of g r a p h i c s at
T h o m a s E . H a n s z , A I A , A r ' 6 8 , is e m p l o y e d
committee.
North
r e s i d e s in D e a r b o r n .
at
Corp.
as well as the Dodge Rampage
and
general
m a n a g e r of the mid-volume business
amateur
of the C o r p o r a t i o n ' s
activities.
unit
Plymouth S c a m p front-wheel-drive
pickup
trucks. Prior to his present position, S a m
Reprographic
B u s i n e s s Group. Bill, w h o joined Xerox
in
w a s p r o d u c t i o n m a n a g e r of the
Belvidere
1962, will relocate f r o m L o n d o n , CT, to
Larry V i n c e n t , E E ' 5 0 , v i s i t e d t h e c a m p u s
August to say "hello". He's product
n e e r i n g m a n a g e r f o r l-T-E
in
engi-
p l a n t . H e j o i n e d C h r y s l e r in 1965 a n d
Rochester, NY, w i t h his w i f e a n d t w o
h e l d p o s i t i o n s in p r o c e s s c o n t r o l , p r o d u c -
of
has
his five children.
Electrical
P r o d u c t s of S p a r t a n b u r g , S C . H i s f i r m is a
division of S i e m e n s - A l l i s ,
Inc.
A l v i n R. P r e v o s t , A r E ' 5 1 , h a s b e e n
News for Alumni Notes
elected
president-elect of the Detroit C h a p t e r
of
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about
Construction Specifications Institute. The
honors, promotions, marriages, appointments and other activities. Moving? Send
Detroit c h a p t e r h a s m o r e t h a n 300 m e m -
your new address. •
bers r e p r e s e n t i n g e n g i n e e r i n g ,
tural, c o n t r a c t i n g , a n d
Presidents
us
address.
architecName
manufacturing
f i r m s . A l is a l s o p r e s i d e n t o f
C h e c k h e r e if t h i s i s a n e w
Major
and Class year
LIT's
Street
Club.
E m i l e M o r t i e r , P.E., A r E ' 5 3 , h a s a
of c i v i l , s t r u c t u r a l , a n d f i r e
City
practice
State
Zip Code
protection
e n g i n e e r i n g a n d a r c h i t e c t u r e in E u g e n e ,
OR. H i s f i r m h a s s e v e n
employees.
Two holes-in-one were m a d e this
past
s u m m e r b y P a u l M. J o c h a m , I E ' 5 4 .
Stonycroft Golf C l u b w a s the site of
the
rare e v e n t s . H a p p i l y , P a u l ' s b e e n in s u c h
great m o o d t h a t he's f u n d i n g a
a
scholarship
at LIT. W a y t o g o , P a u l !
T h o m a s N. E a s t e r d a y , I M ' 5 7 , i s
marketing
and new b u s i n e s s d e v e l o p m e n t
manager
in F o r d T r a c t o r ' s b u s i n e s s d e p a r t m e n t .
previously has held various
positions at Ford T r a c t o r a n d
North
American sales operations, and
F o r d T r a c t o r in 1963 a s a
He
marketing
joined
financial
analyst. H e a n d h i s f a m i l y r e s i d e in
Rochester.
Henry Selewonik, IM'57, p r o u d l y n o t e s
the
S e n d to: Director of C o l l e g e R e l a t i o n s a n d A l u m n i S e r v i c e s , L a w r e n c e Institute of T e c h n o l o g y , 21000 W e s t T e n Mile
R o a d , S o u t h f i e l d , M i c h i g a n 48075.
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tion control, quality control, product
design, and corporate quality. Before
going to Belvidere in January, 1982, he
was plant manager of truck assembly in
Chrysler de Mexico Operations.
Ward W. Sparks, EE'69, of Farmington
Hills has been named winner of Detroit
Edison's highest employee honor — the
Alex Dow Award — presented for outstanding contributions to the company
and community. His award was based on
his development of a device with the
potential of detecting equipment defects
which could cost Edison up to $1 million
to repair. He is a senior engineer in
Edison's Electrical System Dept. Good
work, Ward!
1970-79
Gary J . Binienda, ME'70, completed
requirements for an M.B.A. degree in June
from Wayne State. Gary is a supervisor at
Chrysler Corp. and is responsible for the
design, development, and release of
production front wheel drive automatic
transaxles.
John Dzuirman, AIA, AR'70, president of
Rochester-based Dziurman Associates,
Inc., architects/planners, has been
appointed an adjunct instructor at
Michigan State University. His responsibilities include advising and lecturing
graduate students enrolled in the College
of Education about architecture in general
as well as the role of architecture and the
architect in education-related careers.
David A. Sepesi, ME'70, is Michigan
District sales manager for Thompson
Industries, Inc., of Port Washington, NY.
He works In Rochester.
James R. Storfer, IM'70, has been named
assistant treasurer of ANG Coal Gasification Co. in Detroit. Jim is a director of
the LIT Alumni Association and resides in
Troy.
1983
wife, Connie, and four children reside in
Richmond.
Jon LeBlanc, IM'72, president of Fenton
Machine Tool, recently moved his firm to
expanded facilities in Holly Township. His
55-employee company manufactures
automotive suspension parts.
David A. Petke, IM'72, married Mary
Crawford in August. They reside in
Dearborn.
Wiiiiam Simmons, IM'72, CE'83, has been
promoted to staff engineer, assistant, at
American Geotechnical and Hydrologic
Engineers (division of Construction
Testing and Inspection, Inc.). He lives in
Madison Heights.
Campbell-Ewald advertising agency has
promoted James J . Ahee, IM'74, to vice
president. He resides in Harper Woods.
Joseph L Little, IM'74, has been
appointed manager of the Saline A & P
Supermarket.
Danny IVIurray, P.E., CE'74, is president of
D.W. Murray Building Contractors in
Wyandotte. The firm handles construction,
and commercial and industrial engineering.
He resides on Grosse Me.
IVIichael Hansel, MT'75, IM'80, of Canton
Township has been named manufacturing
manager of Hoover-NSK Bearing Co.
Congratulations to Derek W. Marshall,
IM'75, who won the "Purchasing Agent of
the Year" award for his employer, Hygrade
Food Products, Corp.
Lyie Reibling, Ma'75, a senior engineer
with Lear Siegler Instrument Division in
Grand Rapids, has been awarded an M.S.
in computer science from Western
Michigan. In addition to software project
engineering responsibilities at LSI, LyIe is
also working on the Ph.D. in computer
science from Michigan State. His research
interests are in the area of artificial
Intelligence.
in the Fisher Building.
Lynn M. Silkworth, AIA, Ar'76, BAr'76, is
vice president of James E. Gibson, architectural associates in Florida. He is a
registered architect in Florida and is
certified by N.C.A.R.B. Currently, he is
project manager on a $9.5 million
condominium complex. He lives In Vero
Beach.
Alan Fendt, IM'77, Is the third generation
of his family to run Fendt Builders Supply,
Inc. in Farmington. The concrete and
masonry supply company has been in
operation nearly 60 years.
Jack W. Olmstead, CE'77, is a project
manager with Apartment Contracting Corporation in East Lansing. APTCO is a
division of First Centrum Corporation and
builds apartment projects in Michigan and
Georgia.
Kenneth Stewart, CE'77, has passed state
licensing tests to become a registered
professional engineer. He is a civil
engineer for the Detroit Water and Sewer
Department.
A. Mark Sutton, MT'77, IM'81, has been
named Michigan's resident area technical
liaison for Data Instruments and E and E
Engineering, Inc. His activities will include
application engineering, analysis of industrial requirements, installation supervision,
troubleshooting, and coordination of marketing. His employers manufacturer and
distribute press room controls and
monitoring equipment.
John S. Sweda, CE'77, recently became a
registered engineer in the State of Michigan. He is also licensed as a residential
builder, and received an M.S. degree in
civil engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1979. He is employed
as a design engineer in the Bulk Systems
Division of the Jervis B. Webb Co.,
headquartered in Farmington Hills.
Tim O'Connor, ME'71, is in his third year
of providing consulting services to architects and engineers on computers and
computer graphics. He presented a
manual and spoke at the American
Consulting Engineers Council's CADD
seminar on October 6 in Williamsburg, VA.
His company is O'Connor Consulting, Inc.,
in Union Lake.
M. Syamak Shafi-Nia, EE'75, has been
awarded a Juris Doctor degree from
Western State University College of Law
in Orange County, OA. Syamak also
received a master's degree in computer
engineering from the University of
Michigan in 1978.
Larry S. Boyd, BA'78, has accepted a
position with Burroughs Corp. as senior
financial analyst of the Business Information Group at the firm's world
headquarters in Detroit. He is also a
C.P.A. Larry writes that he is "proud to be
a part of the ever-increasing alumni body
of LIT and that he promotes the College
whenever the opportunity arises." Thanks,
Larry!
James D. Wiggins, ME'71, has been
appointed plant manager of Richmond
Gear, the Richmond, IN, facility of the
newly-formed Gear Products Division of
Household Manufacturing. He holds an
M.B.A. from Ball State University. He, his
Michael 0. Meldrum, AIA, Ar'76, a
principal of MMA Associates, Inc., has
announced his firm's selection as consultants for the coordination of retail design
and construction for New Center One, a
new office center in Detroit. His office is
Mark A. Oppenhuizen, AIA, Ar'78, has
been named vice president and a partner
in the firm of Reid and Associates,
Architects, P.O. Reid and Associates has
offices in Grand Rapids and Vero Beach,
FL. Mark resides in Grand Rapids.
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Lawrence J . Ponka, IM'78, has been
named a m a n u f a c t u r i n g e n g i n e e r at G M ' s
new Lake Orion plant. He g r a d u a t e d f r o m
Central M i c h i g a n in May w i t h an M.A. in
industrial m a n a g e m e n t , a n d a p p e a r s in
Who's Who in the Midwest
a n d Who's
Who in Finance and Industry.
He resides
in Rochester.
Stephen J . Drake, B A 7 9 , has received an
M.B.A. f r o m University of I l l i n o i s ' Executive P r o g r a m . He resides in C h a m p a i g n .
David T. S o b o t a , Ar'79, BAr'79, has been
named a p a r t n e r a n d vice p r e s i d e n t in t h e
f i r m of Reid a n d A s s o c i a t e s , A r c h i t e c t s ,
P.C. The f i r m has o f f i c e s in G r a n d R a p i d s
and Vero B e a c h , FL. He is a r e g i s t e r e d
a r c h i t e c t in b o t h M i c h i g a n a n d F l o r i d a
and is N.C.A.R.B. c e r t i f i e d .
J a m e s B. Webster, III, ME'79, has
g r a d u a t e d f r o m M i c h i g a n S t a t e w i t h an
M.B.A.
1980-83
Mark C . A b a n a t h a , Ar'80, BAr'82, is an
a s s o c i a t e w i t h A l e x a n d e r V. B o g a e r t s a n d
A s s o c i a t e s , P.C, a r c h i t e c t s a n d p l a n n e r s
of B i r m i n g h a m .
John S . E n k e m a n n , Jr., AIA, Ar'80, has
been n a m e d an a s s o c i a t e at A l b e r t K a h n
A s s o c i a t e s , Inc., a r c h i t e c t s a n d e n g i n e e r s .
J o h n , a registered a r c h i t e c t , j o i n e d t h e
f i r m in 1978. A m e m b e r of K a h n ' s a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e v e l o p m e n t d e p a r t m e n t , he is
serving as project a r c h i t e c t for t h e D a t s u n
light t r u c k m a n u f a c t u r i n g plant, S m y r n a ,
T N , for N i s s a n . J o h n a n d his w i f e , W e n d y ,
and their s o n , reside in W e s t B l o o m f i e l d .
Gary Epstein, ME'80, m a r r i e d J o a n Pless
in J u n e . The c o u p l e reside in New O r l e a n s
w h e r e Gary w o r k s on t h e S p a c e S h u t t l e ' s
external t a n k for M a r t i n - M a r i e t t a
Aerospace.
David M. Horschig, Ar'80, has been
p r o m o t e d to t e c h n i c a l service a n d develo p m e n t a r c h i t e c t of t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n
p r o d u c t s d e p a r t m e n t at Dow C o r n i n g
Corp. in M i d l a n d . He j o i n e d their f a c i l i t i e s
e n g i n e e r i n g staff in 1980 a n d m a r r i e d his
w i f e , J i l l , in D e c e m b e r 1980. Involved in
the intern a r c h i t e c t p r o g r a m , a d d i t i o n a l
job responsibilities include curtainwall
consulting, structural silicone grazing
consulting, technical seminars, attending
project m o c k - u p s a n d j o b site i n s p e c t i o n s
a c r o s s t h e U.S.A. Dave a n d Jill m o v e d t o
Bay City in A u g u s t .
Jeffrey T. Mast, BT'80, a n d C a t h e r i n e
S a m o s i k were married in O c t o b e r , 1982.
The c o u p l e reside in N o r t h v i l l e . Jeff w o r k s
Magazine
for t h e City of Royal Oak.
Gregory A. Skynar, ME'80, m a r r i e d K i m
L a d z i n s k i o n O c t o b e r 24, 1981. The c o u p l e
resides in Livonia. G r e g g is e m p l o y e d by
the J a p a n e s e f i r m , A m e r i c a n Y a z a k i ,
Corp., as an e n g i n e e r in its
instrumentation division.
Robert Waldenmeyer, AR'80, a n d C a r o l
C u s m a n o w e r e m a r r i e d in S e p t e m b e r . He
w o r k s for H.H. R o b e r t s o n Co., in
C o n n e r s v i l l e , IN. The c o u p l e reside in
Newcastle.
Lynn Connor, B A ' 8 1 , has been p r o m o t e d
t o east c e n t r a l region m a n a g e r in t h e
S a l e s D i v i s i o n of t h e A d v a n c e d Care
P r o d u c t s D i v i s i o n of O r t h o P h a r m a c e u t i c a l
C o r p . S i n c e 1980, he served as area
m a n a g e r for east c e n t r a l . Lynn j o i n e d
O r t h o in 1979 as an a c c o u n t m a n a g e r in
t h e C o n s u m e r P r o d u c t s D i v i s i o n . He is a
r e s i d e n t of C a n t o n .
Venoy McAndrew, A r ' 8 1 , m a r r i e d K a t h l e e n
B u l l a r d o n J u n e 25. He is e m p l o y e d by
A b o n m a r c h e C o n s u l t a n t s of B e n t o n
H a r b o r a n d r e s i d e s in St. J o s e p h .
J a m e s McVicar, M E ' 8 1 , of Novi has been
n a m e d t o t h e " M i l l i o n Dollar C l u b " at
D e t r o i t Diesel A l l i s o n d i v i s i o n of G.M. in
r e c o g n i t i o n of a c h i e v i n g $1 m i l l i o n in c o s t
s a v i n g s for t h e d i v i s i o n . He is a s e n i o r
p r o j e c t engineer.
Catherine F. Reed, B A ' 8 1 , a n d Steven M.
Voorheis, BA'81 have m a r r i e d a n d reside
in U n i o n Lake. C a t h e r i n e w o r k s as a
c o m p u t e r p r o g r a m m e r for Ford T r a c t o r
a n d Steve is a s a l e s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e for
J. L. H u d s o n .
Michael S u c h a r s k i , M E ' 8 1 , is an
o p e r a t i o n s e n g i n e e r w i t h C o l u m b i a G a s of
O h i o , Inc. He resides in C o l u m b u s , O H ,
w i t h his new w i f e , B a r b a r a .
J o h n F. Watton, M E ' 8 1 , received his M.S.
in m e t a l l u r g y f r o m t h e 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 in J u n e a n d is now
a c a n d i d a t e for t h e D o c t o r of S c i e n c e
d e g r e e in t h e m a t e r i a l s s c i e n c e a n d
e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t at MIT. He resides
in B e l m o n t , MA.
Donald J . Andreski, Ar'82, BAr'83, has
j o i n e d t h e s t a f f of J o h n D z i u r m a n A s s o c i a t e s , Inc., a r c h i t e c t s / p l a n n e r s in
Rochester.
Rickey J . Archer, A r ' 8 2 , m a r r i e d D e b o r a h
Bellew in A p r i l . They reside in M i d l a n d .
Dean M. C i c h o c k , ME'83, has a c c e p t e d a
p o s i t i o n w i t h Sperry F l i g h t S y s t e m s of
P h o e n i x , AZ.
Richard Larys, EE'83, has been p r o m o t e d
to sales and marketing department
a c c o u n t m a n a g e r at Kelsey-Hayes Company. A s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e c o m p a n y since
1974, R i c h a r d w i l l be r e s p o n s i b l e for sales
of e l e c t r o n i c p r o d u c t s . He, his w i f e ,
J a n i c e , a n d their t h r e e c h i l d r e n reside in
Dearborn.
Randall L. Murphy, Ma'83, of Lake Katrine,
NY, m a r r i e d S a n d r a Ramsey, May 28. He
w o r k s for IBM in K i n g s t o n , NY.
In memoriam
J a m e s F. Gilliam, Cert'34, of Detroit,
F e b r u a r y 3, 1983.
David W. Ormes, Cert'34, of S o u t h f i e l d ,
J u l y 18, 1983. Survived by his w i f e , Vivian,
t w o s o n s , a n d a d a u g h t e r . David a l s o
s t u d i e d e n g i n e e r i n g at t h e Detroit I n s t i t u t e
of T e c h n o l o g y , W i l b u r W r i g h t Trade S c h o o l ,
a n d W a y n e S t a t e University. He w o r k e d at
t h e U.S. A r m y ' s Detroit A r s e n a l in W a r r e n
f o r 25 y e a r s b e f o r e j o i n i n g Chrysler Corp.
as a r e f r i g e r a t i o n engineer in 1965. He
retired in 1970.
William L. Eskuri, EE'41, of St. Louis.
Othello Hillman, ME'47, of D a y t o n a Beach,
FL, J u n e 22, 1983.
Burton P. Harrison, Jr., ME'48, of P l y m o u t h ,
S e p t e m b e r 15, 1982.
Michael Durella, ME'49, of East Detroit,
A p r i l 3, 1983.
J o h n Krammerer, ME'50, of R a n d o l p h , NJ,
J u n e 12, 1982. He w a s supervisor,
ordinance design engineering, assigned
t o t h e P i c a t i n n y A r s e n a l in Dover.
Albin H. Tunia, CivE'50, of O c e a n s i d e , CA,
A u g u s t 6, 1983.
Richard C a s t l e , CivE'54, of D r a y t o n Plains.
J o s e p h R. Franchi, ME'59, of Dearborn,
May 13, 1983. He w a s a m a n a g e r for Ford
M o t o r at t h e t i m e of his d e a t h . He is
survived by his w i f e a n d t w o c h i l d r e n .
Donald R. Monroe, IT'60, of T u l s a , OK,
May 17, 1983.
J o h n H. Diamond, IM'72, of W e s t
B l o o m f i e l d , A p r i l 4, 1983.
Timothy W. South, EE'74, of Ferndale,
M a r c h 5, 1983. He w a s a sales repres e n t a t i v e for I M F F o u n d r y . T i m is
survived by his w i f e a n d s o n .
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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
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College.
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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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September 30. Retired manufacturing
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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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Lawrence
INSTITUTE
TECHNOLOGY
' Magazine
Fall/Winter 1982
Founders Day: a golden
opportunity to celebrate
�Lawrence
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Magazine
Fall/Winter 1982
Volumes, No. 1
Published by the LIT Office of
Public and Alunnni Relations
21000 West Ten Mile Road
Southfield, Ml 48075
(313) 356-0200
By-lined articles express the
views of the author and not
necessarily either the opinions or
policies of the College. Persons
wishing to comnnent or subnnit
manuscripts for consideration
are encouraged to contact the
editor.
page 4
page 1
1
CAD/CAM c a n c a n ! A look at an
amazing new lab that will help
students prepare for state-of-the-art
design and manufacturing.
Production Assistants: Deborah A.
Faes, clerical; Diane Nagelkirk, Ar'82
graphics; Ursula Martnelli,
communications intern.
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 pel icy of LIT.
Founders Day! LlT's Golden
Anniversary was commemorated with
an afternoon of reunions with friends,
games, picnics, and nostalgic return
to the era of the Collegers founding.
How do you spell 'enjunear'? LlT's
School of Engineering establishes a
new laboratory to help students sell
themselves — and their ideas.
Contributing Editor: Anne CatternnoleLevy, associate director of public
and alunnni relations
Notice of
non-discriminatory
policy as to students
page 17
In this issue
Editor/Designer: Bruce J. Annett, Jr.,
director of public and alumni relations
College Photographer: Walter G.
Bizon, BAr77; additional photos by
Bruce Annett, Anne CattermoleLevy, and others.
page 9
8
11
PingPong potentate An LIT student
'racqueteer' looks ahead to Olympic
competition.
Reflections on China George and
Barbara Bowden relate some of the
rich history, paradoxes, and
differences they encountered during
a recent visit to the People's Republic
of China.
17
Annual Giving 81-82 Annual giving
sets a record! Here's a listing of the
great people, corporations, and
foundations who made it happen.
28
On campus Enrollment's up, a new
Founders Society is formed, the
Affleck House to get a facelift, and
more.
31
Alumni Notes Advancement, moves,
and other news from LIT graduates
near and far.
About the cover: Hur^dreds of
students, alumni, faculty, and
staff returned to campus
September
12 as LIT celebrated
its Golden Anniversary
Jubilee
with Founders Day '82. Hot air
balloon rides, games and oldfashioned amusements
hightig fit ed the afternoon
commemorating
the College's
founding in 1932. Bizon photo.
�FOUNDERS DAY!
A golden anniveisaiy to celebrate
LITs first fifty years
T
he LIT Alumni Association not only
"sewed up" a great Founders Day
September 12, some participants even
managed to work some stitch witchery
on a 15-foot gash in a visiting hot
air balloon.
Some 500 graduates, students,
faculty, staff, and friends returned to
campus to celebrate the Fiftieth
Anniversary of the College's founding
on the hot, balmy mid-September
Sunday. Association directors and LIT's
public and alumni relations staffers
worked to recreate some of the happier
moments of a Depression-era 1932 by
planning lots of old-fashioned games
and competitions, visits by 1930's-era
personalities, old time movies, antique
auto chases, and hot air balloon
rides. Chicken dinners were served
under the "big tent."
The day's only hitch occurred when
a tethered hot air balloon lost a fight
with a nearby 65 foot red oak tree.
The balloon, which was to give rides,
snagged a branch of the tree on its
inaugural ascension, much to the
disappointment of the crowd. However,
alumni and other friendly volunteers
grabbed needle and thread and within
several hours the balloon was again
fit for flight.
Students and staff, dressed as
clowns, flappers, gangsters, the Marx
Brothers, and others amused visitors as
did the amazing antics of professional
Laurel and Hardy impersonators Jim
Mulleague and Rick Underwood. So
true to form were Mulleague and
Company's impressions, one visitor
was heard to remark, "I thought those
guys would look a lot older now."
Alumni coming the greatest
distance to attend LIT's Golden
Anniversary Founders Day were Ford
Grant, AeroE'35, of Sedona, AZ, and
Larry Vincent, EE'50, of Spartanburg,
SC. •
More photos
on page 2
Among the 1930's-era
personalities
visiting campus for Founders
Day
were Oliver Hardy and Stan
Laurel,
a.k.a. Jim Mulleague and Rick
Underwood.
�Students from LIT's three fraternities —
Alpha Sigma Phi, Phi Kappa Upsilon, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon, two sororities — Chi
Omega Rho and Delta Tau Sigma, the
Waterford Jaycees, the Alumni Board of
Directors and lots of others helped make
Founders Day a success. Bottom:
"Desperadoes"scurried
through campus
with LIT security in hot pursuit. An
authentic Model A was provided by Hank
Kovalsky, ME'62, while Hal McDavid
captained the College's replica convertible.
Fall/Winter1982
2
��I
Audrey
Rudofski,
in LITs
Communications
standing,
provides
guidance
to students
seeking
to improve
their
skills
Lab.
How do
you spell
'enjuneai^
Changing tech tallc' into English
is goal of new UT
Communications Lab
Fall/Winter
1982
4
s there an engineer somewhere who
has Invented a car that gets 100
miles to the gallon but who can't tell
anyone about it? Not if Audrey
Rudofski, director of LIT's new and
innovative Communications Lab for
Engineers has anything to do with it.
The lab, located in the middle of
the more traditional metallurgy, electronics, robotics, and computer labs,
opened September 20. Funded by the
William Randolph Hearst Foundation,
it is a direct result of concerns of
engineering faculty that their students
could not speak or write adequately,
as well as dissatisfaction among
employers with the "average"
engineer's ability to communicate.
According to Rudofski, whose own
background is in English, the lab will
not be a "dummy" room but rather a
place where all who attend can
improve their writing and verbal
skills.
"We want this to be a comfortable
place for our clients," states Rudofski,
"an informal, non-threatening atmosphere with highly individualized attention. We're not miracle workers.
Students can't expect to walk in the
front door with problems and exit a few
hours later "cured." However, we do
expect to work hard to meet their
individual needs and, in time, upgrade
the quality of tomorrow's engineers."
In the lab, emphasis will be placed
on the whole spectrum of technical
writing, from organization through
grammar — in a context that engineers
can understand — their own reports
and letters.
"Today's average writer would
probably have been considered the
poor writer of a hundred years ago,"
Rudofski notes, "so the communications skills of the society-at-large have
deteriorated. In the lab, we won't
attempt to turn out William Shakespeares. Instead, we'll be helping the
engineers of tomorrow communicate
with each other and the rest of the
world."
The tutors in the lab, who will be
working under the direction of
Rudofski, are engineering students
themselves. It is hoped that the
"clients" will be more comfortable
working with "one of their own" and
that the tutors can relate the learning
of communications skills to the more
familiar learning of engineering
theories.
"Writing Is a process of thinking,"
�notes one of the three tutors, Chris
Michael of east Detroit. 'The sanne
logic that applies to solving an
engineering problenn applies to
technical writing."
Students may be referred to the lab
by a professor, sign up voluntarily, or
just drop in. The lab is open from noon
to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
"When students come in, we can
start immediately to help them with set
programs in each of the writing problem
areas. We won't be administering tests
or rating anyone on their abilities, and
we aren't here to label students as
'underachievers,' or 'slow learners,' "
Rudofski concludes. "We are here to
help in an area that has been neglected
'We're not miracle workers. Students can't
expect to walk in,,. with problems and exit
a few hours later cured. However, we do
expect to work hard to meet their needs
'
— Audrey
Rudofski
too long. When we can do that, we will
have made a definite contribution to
our engineering graduates and the
profession itself. I know of no other
technical writing lab like ours; in fact, I
hope we serve as an inspiration to
other engineering colleges. It is an idea
whose time has come." •
Assistance
in writing resumes and letters
of inquiry are among the topics
covered
in LIT's Communications
Lab.
Blanche
Wilson, assistant
director of
placement,
(far right) was a recent
speaker.
�CADICMAm
A new computer lab offers students amazing
capability for design and manufacturing instmction
I
t looks as if R2D2 should come
"beeping" around the corner looking
for a deadly droid, but the only things
"popping around" the corner of the new
CAD/CAM (computer-aided design/
computer-aided manufacturing) lab at
LIT are fascinated Associate Studies
students.
The new computer system, which
takes up an entire room of its own, has
made "state of the art," the "state of
the College" at LIT. Worth over
$230,000, the entire unit was a donation from General Motors Corporation's
Truck & Coach Division.
According to Dr. Richard Michel,
dean of the LIT School for Associate
Studies, the computer far surpasses
systems available to most college
students.
"We know of few colleges which
are able to offer their students the
Student operators
create a part
design
on this work station. A hard copy can be
drawn on the plotter (above right). In
application,
the design data could
alternately
be fed directly into a
numerical
control machine for the part's
actual
manufacture.
Fall/Winter
1982
6
opportunity to work on such up-to-date
equipment," he states. "They can
become well-versed on a system which
— it is quite conceivable — they may
be using when they graduate."
The donation of the system was the
result of much "legwork" by many
LIT alumni, faculty, and staff but
especially Gary Budzinsky, Ma'78, and
John Grden, EE'77, director of LIT's
computer center. Budzinsky, who
worked as a student in the center with
Grden and is now with G.M., learned
of the availability of the system and
contacted Grden to see if LIT might
be interested.
Grden spent numerous hours visiting
with G.M. officials and was able to see
the system in operation — luckily
for LIT. When the unit was finally
donated and arrived, it came in
hundreds of pieces, all of which Grden
�John Grden, director of LIT's Computer Center (left) and Dr. Richard Michel, dean for
associate
studies, explain
the plotter's
functions
to students.
Any number of working
drawings or prints can be created on the plotter using the terminal in the foreground
or
pictured below. The units are a gift of G.M. Truck and
Coach.
put together.
Grden often fixes the connputers in
the connputer room, using his electrical
engineering experience, but
assembling such a large unit was
quite another thing.
"I'd never worked on a system
like this," he notes, "and there weren't
too many instructions. Still, it went
together a lot easier than I thought it
would and it only took me about a
week, working on it in between my
regular duties."
Because the unit is so "up-to-date,"
Dean Michel had to look outside of
the College for someone to help
teach both LIT students and personnel
how to operate the system. Erich A.
Senft, a computer-aided design
specialist, was brought in to fill this
need. Currently, Senft is conducting
evening classes to introduce Associate
Studies technology students, faculty.
and data processing personnel to the
various ways in which the system
can be used.
"The CAD/CAM lab offers a very
advanced application of computer
graphics and computer-aided design,"
notes Senft. "It is being used today in
many industries such as aerospace,
architecture, chemistry, automotive
electronics, and the oil industry. An
aircraft manufacturer recently designed
a new plane using a system like this
one. On that project, CAD/CAM
systems made over 20,000 drawings,
enough to cover 7 acres."
LIT's "stand alone" graphic design
system includes three work stations,
two CRT (displays) and a digitizerplotter. The digitizer-plotter not only
transfers the "on-screen" image,
designed by the operator, into a "hard"
copy drawing, but also has the capacity
for picking up point and line data from
the drawing and transferring it to the
screen (CRT) and computer storage.
The drawings made on the plotter
table are made by using different
colored pressurized ballpoint pens,
automatically controlled by
the computer.
"Anything that could be done
manually, using old world design
tools," Senft notes, "can be done with
the touch of a button on this CAD/CAM
system. It provides not only greater
efficiency than a normal engineering
design process but also better quality
and more accuracy than can be
achieved by the old method.
"The capabilities of the CAD/CAM
systems are endless," he continues.
"They can be used by artists,
architects, or sign painters, as well
as engineers because there is a
certain flexibility in the functions they
can perform. In fact, they can also
take an engineering design made on
the system, convert it Into an N.C.
tape and then immediately put in on
on a numerically controlled machine
to actually make the part."
There seems to be only one
"drawback" to having the system at
LIT.
"My biggest problem is not trying
to get students," Senft laughs, "but
rather how to keep them away when I
open the door. The system draws
people in from the halls like a magnet."
Currently, LIT's School for Associate
Studies offers a new continuing
education workshop in CAD/CAM
technology designed for managers.
The one-day course teaches initial
skills to those who are now, or may
be in the future, involved with these
types of computer systems.
The next step will be to offer a
complete course in operating the
system. Students will then be able to
get a much better idea of how the
machine can be used in industry,
once again reflecting the "real world"
approach to education which LIT
strives to maintain. •
�Mike Veillette, a senior in LIT's mechanical
engineering
program,
has achieved international
fame for his table tennis prowess
and is
UTs Mike W
Veillette juggles
college, job, and
family to pursue
the sport he
loves
a contender
for the United States'
1988 Olympic Team. Understandably,
he's done well in LIT intramural
competitions.
hy do participants in LIT table
tennis competitions dread
playing Michael Veillette? Maybe it's
because his father, a Michigan state
champion and table tennis coach for
the Detroit Club, has been guiding his
"ping-pong potential" since Veillette
was nine years old. Or, maybe it's
because he has been active in
international tournaments since 1971.
Or, could it be because he has a good
chance at ranking high enough to be
sent, along with the U.S. team, to the
1988 Olympics?
Fall/Winter1982
8
Lewis Moon, director of student
activities at LIT, says of Veillette,
"He's quite a ping-pong player. The
first year he played, he won hands
down, so the next year no one would
sign up when they found out he was
playing."
To solve the problem, Veillette has
been asked, for the past few years,
to "sit out" until the final match.
That way players avoided being
eliminated by him in the early stages
of the tournament before they had a
chance to play against opponents of
�Pinging
potentato
possible Olympic
pick
Canterbury, England a n d , in 1975, he
w a s back in Europe for the Yugoslavian Open, the S c a n d i n a v i a n O p e n ,
and t o u r n a m e n t s in M a n c h e s t e r a n d
Middlesex, E n g l a n d . M i k e notes t h a t
his p r o f e s s o r s have been unders t a n d i n g w h e n he has m i s s e d c l a s s e s
t o a t t e n d c o m p e t i t i o n s , a l t h o u g h he
a l s o a d d s that s i n c e e n t e r i n g LIT, he
has had t o s o m e w h a t limit his
p a r t i c i p a t i o n in m a t c h e s . S t i l l , he has
m a n a g e d to play e n o u g h t o m a i n t a i n
his high a m a t e u r s t a n d i n g w h i c h is
based on the type and n u m b e r of
t o u r n a m e n t s a t t e n d e d e a c h year.
equal skill. Veillette g r a c e f u l l y o b l i g e d
and then, each tinne, dazzled the c r o w d
in that final bout — t h o u g h he
modestly notes that the m a t c h e s were
not always so one-sided.
Twenty-five year old V e i l l e t t e is a
mechanical engineering senior at LIT.
He works part t i m e for Detroit Edison
as a data processor, devotes t i m e t o
his family, squeezes t o u r n a m e n t s
somewhere In between it all and s t i l l
manages a 3.1 grade point average.
Veillette regularly c o m p e t e s in
national t o u r n a m e n t s and has a l s o
traveled abroad to a t t e n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l
competitions. In 1971, he w a s in
Competition for the top rankings w i l l
be g e t t i n g more intense, however, as
t a b l e t e n n i s has now been a c c e p t e d
as a C l a s s A sport for the O l y m p i c s .
In 1984, it w i l l be run as an e x h i b i t i o n
event a n d , in 1988, it w i l l be given a
regular place in the O l y m p i c
competition.
The United S t a t e s Table T e n n i s
A s s o c i a t i o n (U.S.T.T.A.) w i l l p r o b a b l y
t a k e the top five a m a t e u r players
and t w o alternatives (based on national
ranking) to the O l y m p i c s . V e i l l e t t e
c u r r e n t l y has an overall r a n k i n g of 14
and ranks seven or eight a m o n g
a m a t e u r s . He hopes to c o n t i n u e or
better t h a t s t a n d i n g right up to the
t i m e the O l y m p i c players are c h o s e n ,
m a k i n g him a g o o d bet t o be c h o s e n
t o represent A m e r i c a In the s p o r t ' s
debut.
And — the c o m p e t i t i o n will probably
be fierce In t h o s e first O l y m p i c t a b l e
tennis matches. Although table tennis
is o f t e n t h o u g h t of as merely a hobby,
V e i l l e t t e notes t h a t , in w o r l d c h a m p i o n -
s h i p s , more c o u n t r i e s p a r t i c i p a t e than
in any other sport. A m e r i c a , t h o u g h
not ranked in the t o p ten as it is in
m a n y events, has c o n t i n u e d to remain
a f o r m i d a b l e o p p o n e n t in t e a m play.
" A m e r i c a is currently ranked 17th
out of 18 t e a m s in the first division
i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y but we are g e t t i n g
b e t t e r , " he adds. " N o w that it has
b e c o m e an O l y m p i c sport, the O l y m p i c
A s s o c i a t i o n is s e n d i n g many more
y o u n g people overseas to play In
w o r l d t o u r n a m e n t s . This is the best
w a y for t h e m t o improve their skills
b e c a u s e the c o m p e t i t i o n is so m u c h
t o u g h e r t h a n in local or national
tournaments."
Of course, there is still one country
t h a t is " t h e one to b e a t " in w o r l d
t o u r n a m e n t s and in the u p c o m i n g
O l y m p i c s — The People's Republic of
China.
" T h e y are by far the b e s t , " Veillette
(who has played t h e m in c o m p e t i t i o n )
c o n f i r m s . " T h i s is probably because
t a b l e t e n n i s is their n a t i o n a l sport.
It's not u n u s u a l t o see roadside tables
for p l a y i n g t a b l e t e n n i s in China, m u c h
like we see baseball d i a m o n d s everywhere in t h i s country.
" A l s o , " he c o n t i n u e s , " t h e Chinese
are a l w a y s developing new s u r f a c e s to
use on their racquets, w h i c h seems to
c o n t r i b u t e to their w i n n i n g . They are
very friendly and open m o s t of the
t i m e , but they are very secretive about
the s u r f a c e m a t e r i a l s . They'll generously hand out s a m p l e s of their
r a c q u e t s to everyone but s o m e h o w ,
the s u r f a c e on the s a m p l e s isn't quite
Continued
on next
page
�Ping-Pong
(continued)
the same as that on their o w n
r a c q u e t s , " he adds w i t h a s m i l e .
Veillette has kept himself busy in
the last year, playing in several
t o u r n a m e n t s i n c l u d i n g the N a t i o n a l
Sports Festival (NSF), played in nonO l y m p i c years. This year at the NSF,
the northern t e a m , on w h i c h V e i l l e t t e
played, t o o k the silver medal for t e a m
play.
A l t h o u g h he has m a n a g e d to keep
up his ranking, even w h i l e w o r k i n g
and going to s c h o o l , V e i l l e t t e ' s
a t t e n t i o n is now on the f u t u r e —
s p e c i f i c a l l y after his g r a d u a t i o n f r o m
LIT in December. He hopes t o be able
to a t t e n d at least t w o t o u r n a m e n t s a
m o n t h , even t h o u g h he w i l l be w o r k i n g
full t i m e . His i m m e d i a t e s i g h t s are on
the 1983 Pan A m g a m e s being h o s t e d
by Caracas, Venezuela.
And — not only w i l l more tournaments take up a great deal of his
non-work t i m e and energy, but t r a i n i n g ,
w h i c h is a lot harder t h a n m o s t people
imagine, will also fill up his " s p a r e "
m o m e n t s — especially if he w a n t s t o
attain his O l y m p i c d r e a m . A l t h o u g h
m u c h of the t r a i n i n g is " o n - t a b l e "
practice, it w i l l also be i m p o r t a n t for
Veillette to practice f o o t w o r k d r i l l s ,
develop his s w i n g w i t h w e i g h t s , and go
t h r o u g h other exercises t o b u i l d
endurance.
" A n y player s h o u l d be able t o go
t h r o u g h one s t r e n u o u s m a t c h w i t h o u t
being beat," V e i l l e t t e relates. " H o w ever, if you're w i n n i n g in a t o u r n a m e n t ,
you could be in seven or eight m a t c h e s ,
one right after the other, so e n d u r a n c e
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does b e c o m e a f a c t o r after a w h i l e .
Your legs, a r m s , or entire body c o u l d
t i g h t e n up if you're not p h y s i c a l l y up
t o the m a t c h e s , and you a l w a y s have
t o remember the s t r a i n t h a t can be
placed on your eyes — e s p e c i a l l y if
there is bad l i g h t i n g . "
It is t h i s type of expert t r a i n i n g and
c o a c h i n g that has brought V e i l l e t t e up
t o his current t o p ten a m a t e u r r a n k i n g ,
but there is a n o t h e r f a c t o r t h a t m u s t be
c o n s i d e r e d . V e i l l e t t e believes t h a t
living in the Detroit area has a l s o
helped him excel In the sport, as t h i s
is the " h o t b e d " of t a b l e t e n n i s a c t i v i t y
In the United S t a t e s . U.S. Opens are
o f t e n held in Detroit, a t t r a c t i n g
h u n d r e d s of s p e c t a t o r s and h u n d r e d s
of p a r t i c i p a n t s . In a sport where m o s t
of the expenses are h a n d l e d by the
players t h e m s e l v e s , the fact t h a t s u c h
major t o u r n a m e n t s were c l o s e to h o m e
added to V e i l l e t t e ' s c h a n c e s for
success.
Still, there have been and still are
ahead, long days of t r a i n i n g and
c o m p e t i t i o n w i t h prize money, even for
t o p w i n n e r s , barely covering the c o s t
of the travel and living e x p e n s e s for
the m a t c h . So, w h a t keeps V e i l l e t t e
s w i n g i n g ? The thrill of victory? The
a g o n y of defeat? A c t u a l l y it's m u c h
s i m p l e r t h a n that.
"Love of the sport," Veillette laughs.
•
LITs Capital
Campaign and
the opening of
the Bueli
Building have
sparked the
most extensive
campus
improvements in
LIT histoiy
�Jack Armstrong, (left) director of campus facilities,
cfiecks progress
on a badly
needed
storage shed under construction.
By using LIT students
and staff, rather than
outside
contractors
for campus improvements,
costs have been reduced by
two-thirds.
Building anew
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fannily" w a s the
LIT m o t t o t h i s s u m m e r as J a c k
Armstrong, director of c a m p u s
facilities, and his crew a c c o m p l i s h e d
what was probably the m o s t extensive
renovation of the c a m p u s in the h i s t o r y
of the College.
"Work has been done on j u s t a b o u t
every b u i l d i n g , " reports A r m s t r o n g ,
"and by using s t u d e n t s , w h o are
exceptionally hard w o r k e r s , and our
own staff, we have not only s u p p l i e d
our own people w i t h j o b s and experience, but we have cut the s k i l l e d labor
cost to about 33 percent of w h a t it
would have been had we used o n l y
outside help."
A student staff of 19, in a d d i t i o n
to the regular c a m p u s f a c i l i t i e s
w o r k e r s , has been busy s i n c e last
May renovating a l m o s t 20 percent of
the c a m p u s . O u t s i d e , new l a n d s c a p i n g
and a d d i t i o n a l parking s p a c e s needed
to a c c o m m o d a t e the i n c r e a s i n g
e n r o l l m e n t s were f i n i s h e d by the start
of the fall t e r m . Inside, major a l t e r a t i o n
work is visible a l m o s t everywhere. The
Architecture and Engineering Buildings
in particular have been the target of
"major retrofitting."
In a r c h i t e c t u r e , new f a c u l t y o f f i c e s
have been added t o alleviate o f f i c e
c o n g e s t i o n t h a t o f t e n had six or seven
professors s h a r i n g the s a m e q u a r t e r s .
In a d d i t i o n , c l a s s r o o m s have been
refurbished or c o m p l e t e l y altered to
bring t h e m up-to-date.
A fully-equipped m i n i - a u d i t o r i u m
has replaced one ordinary c l a s s r o o m ,
a l l o w i n g the S c h o o l to provide another
complete audiovisual/lecture facility
for up to 50 people. The audiovisual
resources of the entire b u i l d i n g were
also improved w i t h special w i r i n g for
video r e c e p t i o n being placed in all
c l a s s r o o m s and d e s i g n s t u d i o s . Also,
c o n d u i t s leading f r o m the Science
B u i l d i n g t o the A r c h i t e c t u r e Building
carry c o m p u t e r cables w h i c h permit
the hard-wired c o n n e c t i o n of c o m p u t e r
t e r m i n a l s to the new VAX 11/780
computer.
Another major project in architecture
involved the s o u n d p r o o f i n g of classr o o m s and s t u d i o s . Previously, it was
s o m e t i m e s d i f f i c u l t to adequately
c o n d u c t c l a s s e s because of the noise
f r o m s u r r o u n d i n g areas. Special
a c o u s t i c a l tile and wall t r e a t m e n t s
have taken care of some of the problem
w i t h new d i v i d i n g units also helping in
s t u d i o areas where more than one
c l a s s is c o n d u c t e d at a t i m e .
A l t h o u g h Dean of A r c h i t e c t u r e Karl
Grelmel notes t h a t "every piece of old
f u r n i t u r e w a s used in the new
f a c i l i t i e s , " it w a s also necessary to
acquire new furnishings for some of the
r o o m s . Most apparent are forty new
t a b l e s built by A r m s t r o n g ' s carpentry
staff, a c c o r d i n g t o an original design
by Gary Kecskes and Ken L i v i n g s t o n ,
a s s i s t a n t s to the dean. The tables are
s p e c i f i c a l l y d e s i g n e d in modular units
so that they can be used as separate
s t u d y areas for s t u d e n t s w o r k i n g on
d r a w i n g s or other c l a s s projects or
arranged in a variety of c o m b i n a t i o n s
for c o n f e r e n c e s or group work.
The tables were not the only
c o n t r i b u t i o n that Kecskes and Livings t o n m a d e t o the a l t e r a t i o n work. In
keeping w i t h the " f a m i l y a p p r o a c h " to
the c a m p u s r e c o n s t r u c t i o n , both
a r c h i t e c t u r e staff m e m b e r s designed
all of the plans for the building changes
and w o r k e d w i t h A r m s t r o n g ' s men in
seeing t h e m t h r o u g h to c o m p l e t i o n .
They did all of t h i s in a d d i t i o n to their
regular a d m i n i s t r a t i v e d u t i e s .
The Engineering B u i l d i n g w a s also
u n d e r g o i n g major a l t e r a t i o n s t h i s
s u m m e r and work c o n t i n u e s on
projects t o bring the f a c i l i t i e s up to
d a t e w i t h advanced labs and new
e q u i p m e n t . Included in the planned
and c o m p l e t e d renovations are: an
e n g i n e e r i n g g r a p h i c s lab, power
s y s t e m s lab f u n d e d by the Detroit
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�b o o k s t o r e , and t h e library all had to be
re-established in their new quarters —
no s m a l l t a s k by a n y o n e ' s standards.
And — as if all this were not enough,
t h e c a m p u s f a c i l i t i e s staff also began
an a b s o l u t e l y perfect replication of the
A l b e r t Kahn Library. The library was
o f f e r e d to LIT on p e r m a n e n t loan by
the a r c h i t e c t ' s a s s o c i a t e s in 1977, and
i n c l u d e s not only b o o k s but also
K a h n ' s o f f i c e c a b i n e t r y and other
a c c o u t r e m e n t s as w e l l .
LIT's w o r k m e n , using the same floor
plan and m a t e r i a l s used to construct
the o r i g i n a l , are p a i n s t a k i n g l y
d u p l i c a t i n g the library in every detail.
A new computer-aided
design
lab has been created
Edison in-house c a m p a i g n , e l e c t r i c a l
engineering f e e d b a c k lab, a n t e n n a lab,
and an expanded t h e r m a l s c i e n c e lab.
A l s o f i n i s h e d w a s a new r o b o t i c s lab
w h i c h reflects the high t e c h n o l o g y of
the future w i t h s u c h e q u i p m e n t as a
Copper W e l d robot and a Rhino
t e a c h i n g robot.
New o f f i c e s have also been
c o n s t r u c t e d to serve a g r o w i n g f a c u l t y
made necessary by the large n u m b e r s
of s t u d e n t s e n t e r i n g t h e e n g i n e e r i n g
programs. A d d i t i o n a l l y , several
e x i s t i n g c l a s s r o o m s and lecture halls
were refurbished after having
remained virtually u n t o u c h e d s i n c e t h e
b u i l d i n g opened in 1955.
One new f a c i l i t y , the c o m p u t e r - a i d e d
design lab f u n d e d by LIT g r a d u a t e s
e m p l o y e d at Ford M o t o r C o m p a n y ,
puts LIT far ahead of m o s t e n g i n e e r i n g
s c h o o l s in the area. A c c o r d i n g t o Dean
Stephen R. Davis, it is one of t h e best
equipped and m o s t e x p a n s i v e of any
available to s t u d e n t s at other c o l l e g e s .
The tables w h i c h c o n t a i n the T e k t r o n i x
g r a p h i c s t e r m i n a l s in t h e lab are a l s o
the result of " i n - h o u s e c o o p e r a t i o n . "
They were s p e c i f i c a l l y d e s i g n e d and
constructed by A r m s t r o n g ' s carpenters
and are uniquely f i t t e d to m a k e t h e
best use of the c o m p u t e r t e r m i n a l s .
"Without a doubt," Davis notes, " t h i s
is one of the nicest u n d e r g r a d u a t e
engineering c o m p u t e r labs in the
country. It a l l o w s us t o offer our
s t u d e n t s first-hand e x p e r i e n c e in an
area w h i c h w i l l b e c o m e more and more
i m p o r t a n t in the e n g i n e e r i n g f i e l d .
W i t h o u t the help of our a l u m n i at Ford,
however, we c o u l d not have even
a t t e m p t e d s u c h a fine f a c i l i t y . T h r o u g h
their d o n a t i o n s , we were able to
c o m p l e t e l y o u t f i t it w i t h the latest
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in the old registrar's
office.
e q u i p m e n t and are e x t r e m e l y g r a t e f u l
t o t h e s e and all of our c o n t r i b u t o r s . "
The s t u d e n t s are the ones w h o have
b e n e f i t t e d t h e m o s t f r o m the engineering and a r c h i t e c t u r e r e n o v a t i o n s
and G r e i m e l notes t h a t they are
e x t r e m e l y pleased by t h e i m p r o v e d
facilities.
" I ' m a m a z e d at the c o m m e n t s
s t u d e n t s have m a d e , " he reports.
" T h e y s e e m t o now have a s e n s e of
p h y s i c a l s p a c e and feel more like they
have a ' h o m e base' at LIT. They are,
q u i t e frankly, o v e r w h e l m e d . "
A l t h o u g h the a l t e r a t i o n w o r k w a s
m a s s i v e e n o u g h t o keep everybody
busy, there w a s s t i l l even more d o n e by
t h e LIT c a m p u s f a c i l i t i e s staff. The
s t u d e n t s , hired by A r m s t r o n g for the
s u m m e r , also played a big part in the
m o v i n g of o f f i c e s t o t h e new Buell
B u i l d i n g , saving t h e C o l l e g e an
a m a z i n g a m o u n t in m o v i n g c o s t s . The
r e g i s t r a r ' s o f f i c e , p l a c e m e n t , and
a d m i s s i o n s as w e l l as t h e c a f e t e r i a ,
Although the c a m p u s facilities staff
a c c o m p l i s h e d a g a r g a n t u a n task
d u r i n g the few short s u m m e r months,
there is still a great deal left to do. The
t o t a l c o s t of all the a l t e r a t i o n work is
e x p e c t e d to be$1.5 m i l l i o n , according
t o Dr. Richard E. Marburger, LIT
president, but, he notes that without
the help of everyone involved at LIT,
t h e c o s t c o u l d have been m u c h higher.
The r e n o v a t i o n s are being funded by
LIT's C a p i t a l C a m p a i g n , Sharing in
Excellence, begun in 1979 to raise
$12.5 m i l l i o n for c a m p u s expansion
and a l t e r a t i o n s .
S t i l l , Dr. Marburger notes, the best
result of the " f a m i l y a p p r o a c h " to the
c a m p u s a l t e r a t i o n s , j u s t m i g h t be the
spirit of c o o p e r a t i o n t h a t has arisen
f r o m the work.
" O n e of the most s i g n i f i c a n t
f e a t u r e s to c o m e out of t h i s great
p r o j e c t , " he notes, " h a s been the very
o b v i o u s feeling of c o o p e r a t i o n demons t r a t e d by College staff. It is gratifying
to see it in a c o l l e g e of t h i s s i z e . " n
LIT's old library building on Civic Center Drive is being
to student organization
and lounge
areas.
converted
�Reflections
Housing and feeding
Its burgeoning
citizenry remains a
prime concern of
today's China
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4
O
ver one fifth of the world's
people
live in the People's Republic of
China. Despite the
fundamental
differences in governmental
philosophy
and human rights between China and
the U.S., China will figure even more
prominently in world affairs,
trade,
economics, and growth in the
years ahead.
"The Chinese will be a
superpower
whether we'd like them to be or not,"
former President Nixon remarked
after
his recent visit.
Several LIT faculty members
have
journeyed to China since the People's
Republic was opened to Western
travel
in the early 1970's. This past
summer,
George Bowden, chairman of LIT's
department of
construction
engineering, and his wife,
Barbara,
visited China. Here, they reflect on
some of the rich history,
paradoxes,
and differences
they encountered
in
the world's most populous
nation.
by Barbara
Bowden
W
hat China is really a b o u t is
people. A f i f t h of the w o r l d ' s
population lives in C h i n a , w h i c h is a
country only s l i g h t l y larger t h a n the
U.S., including A l a s k a . M o s t of
China's population is c o n c e n t r a t e d in
the eastern cities, w h i l e the more
remote western areas are i n h a b i t e d by
nomadic herdsmen. S h a n g h a i alone
has some 12 m i l l i o n people, and the
Chinese consider a city of 2 m i l l i o n
A typical vessel carrying products
on the
Yangtze River is a family operated
"junk."
They lumber up and down the river under
sail, by oar, or by being
towed.
0. '
�Curious
Chinese
welcome
the visitors
near Chongqing.
as rather small. China is people —
housing and feeding them.
High rise apartment buildings are
being put up at a phenomenal rate in
every city and town. The only word for
these buildings is "functional."
In fact, the Chinese seem to
have a facility for making something
new look at least fifty years old. The
initial impression you have of the cities
is that they are dirty. But, this is not
the case at all. The cities are very
clean — it is just the overwhelming
drabness that conveys this impression.
The housing units in these new
apartment buildings are not large and
you can see at night that each room is
lit by a single, stark, fluorescent tube.
Older housing often appears to be
at least a hundred years old — very
small, one-story windowless buildings
that often have only a doorway. These
are generally built around a courtyard
that will contain a community tap for
water. Toilet facilities are also shared
in a nearby building.
The only privately owned vehicles in
China are bicycles which exist in
numbers beyond belief. In fact, there
are bicycle parking lots in all of the
cities. An attendant collects a fee,
and watches over the locked bikes
while the people attend to business.
The city streets are often so filled
with bikes and pedestrians that the
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Note the absence
of motor
vehicles.
few trucks and buses on the roads
find it difficult to pass.
Commercial vehicles s e e m e d limited
to buses and small trucks. There is
nothing at all like the large tractortrailer trucks we have on our highways.
In fact, there are no roadways that
could accommodate a vehicle of that
kind.
Much commercial transport is still
done by means of horse and wagon.
These are a common sight in all of the
large cities of China. Much of the
produce that is brought into the free
markets in the mornings comes on
people's shoulders. The yoke and
baskets are, indeed, one of the most
common means of getting goods from
place to place.
Farming isalmostall manually done.
Every square inch that can be cultivated, is, as feeding these masses of
people is a huge problem. Rice still
appears to be a staple. There are
many types of noodles, vegetables,
fish, beef, pork, and chicken. The
average Chinese meal, however,
seems to be a large bowl of rice,
with only a few strips of vegetable
and perhaps a bit of meat. Eggs seem
to be plentiful, but milk and other
dairy products are very scarce.
We started our 17 day tour in
Beijing (Peking), the capitol of China.
One of the major attractions here is the
Forbidden City, the former Imperial
palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Work was started in 1406 and spread
over a period of 15 years. The general
public was "forbidden" to enter this
huge complex (hence the name) until
1925, when it was turned into a
museum.
We also visited the Great Hall of the
People — a very impressive structure
that had been built in only 10 months
time. Remember seeing pictures of
former President Nixon being
entertained in China by Chairman Mao
in a huge dining hall? This is in the
Great Hall. Ten thousand people can
be entertained at a cocktail party, and
around 5,000 can be fed at a sit-down
dinner.
Air travel in China is interesting.
We never had an "on time" flight and
delays ranged from 2 to 13 hours.
Many times seat belts were nonexistent or broken. On one plane, we
sat near the galley, and they had an
ordinary home refrigerator on board.
More often than not, the plane would
begin its take-off before all the
passengers had gotten seated. We did
take one train which was on time and
quite pleasant.
Xian, our second stop, had been
the capitol of China 8,000 years
ago. Here is the site of the archeolog-
�ical e x h i b i t i o n of the Qin " w a r r i o r s . "
These are an ancient terra c o t t a
" a r m y " that guard the t o m b of Qin
Shi Huang — the emperor w h o u n i f i e d
China in 221 B.C. The burial site
covers some 21 sq. miles, and it is
estimated that s o m e 8,000 clay f i g u r e s
guard the grave of the emperor. The
site has been only partially e x c a v a t e d ,
but it is certainly an impressive s i g h t
to see.
At Chongqing (Chungking) we travelled
quite some d i s t a n c e into the countryside in order to see s o m e B u d d h i s t
carvings that dated to the 9th and 13th
centuries. These had been carved right
out of the m o u n t a i n s i d e , and were
marvelously well preserved, even t o
some of the original paint t h a t
remained on s o m e of the huge f i g u r e s .
We were told that we were one of the
first American g r o u p s to get t o see
them, as this particular area had only
been opened to t o u r i s t s about a year.
The carvings were a b o u t a six hour bus
ride out of C h o n g q i n g , and we arrived
at the small village where we were to
spend the night on a market day.
People were c o m i n g into the village
from the s u r r o u n d i n g c o u n t r y s i d e .
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bearing all manner of g o o d s and
produce for trade and sale. W e are
sure t h a t many of these people had
never seen W e s t e r n e r s before. Our
presence in the t o w n created s u c h a
stir. Our hotel and bus were s o o n
s u r r o u n d e d by people w h o c a m e j u s t
to s t a n d and stare at " t h e s e s t r a n g e
v i s i t o r s . " It w a s an odd f e e l i n g , and
we w o n d e r e d w h a t these " I n s c r u t a b l e
C h i n e s e " were t h i n k i n g a b o u t It a l l .
Part of our tour w a s a boat trip
d o w n the Yangtze river. The q u a r t e r s
on the boat were s m a l l , but c e r t a i n l y
a d e q u a t e . The Yangtze is a very s i l t y
river, and all the w a t e r for b a t h i n g and
d r i n k i n g w a s taken f r o m the river. The
d r i n k i n g water, of c o u r s e , w a s b o i l e d ,
but w h e n you got d o w n t o the b o t t o m
of the t h e r m o s t h a t c o n t a i n e d the
boiled water, there w a s a t h i c k layer
of silt. At one t i m e , b o a t s were
m a n u a l l y t o w e d up river, and we did
see s o m e of t h i s g o i n g on even today.
People all over C h i n a are up early,
and those in Shanghai are no e x c e p t i o n .
There is a great park a l o n g t h e
water front, and people by the hundreds
gather there at five or so in the
m o r n i n g , m a i n l y for the purpose of
exercise. It is q u i t e a r e m a r k a b l e
s i g h t to see h u n d r e d s of people out at
t h a t hour d o i n g t h e i r T a i Ji Q u a n .
I had q u i t e a lengthy c o n v e r s a t i o n
w i t h a y o u n g man in the park, w h o
t o l d me of his d i s s a t i s f a c t i o n w i t h
t h i n g s in C h i n a today. In spite of the
news t h a t t e l l s us that f r e e d o m is
g r o w i n g in C h i n a , it certainly seemed
j u s t the o p p o s i t e to us. Most workers
m a k e only about $30 a m o n t h , and have
no c h o i c e about where they work, or
w h a t t y p e of j o b they m i g h t like to
have. It m a k e s no difference if you are
a g o o d worker or j u s t an indifferent
one — everyone gets the s a m e pay.
The C h i n e s e work an 8 hour day, 6
days a week, and have only three
h o l i d a y s a year. T h a t ' s it. In theory
you do have a c h o i c e whether or not
to accept an " a s s i g n m e n t " f r o m the
g o v e r n m e n t for a particular job.
However, if you turn d o w n a job
offer, you w i l l have to remain at home
for at least t w o years before another
a s s i g n m e n t Is offered. During that
t i m e , you w i l l have no pay or " w e l f a r e "
of any kind. You must rely on the
largess of your family. So, practically
s p e a k i n g , you have no c h o i c e at all.
The average Chinese do not have
the o p p o r t u n i t y to travel. Besides the
low w a g e s , there is little t i m e off,
and people m u s t receive governmental
permission to travel. One Is not allowed
t o move or c h a n g e j o b s w i t h o u t the
A restored section of the Great
Wall of Ctiina snakes over hills
near Beijing. The wall separates
more than 3,000 miles of countryside but was already outmoded
by
the time Marco Polo visited
China
about 1200 A.D.
|
�China
(continued)
consent of the g o v e r n m e n t .
Although English is taught in m a n y
Chinese s c h o o l s , there is little
d i s s e m i n a t i o n of I n f o r m a t i o n about the
U.S. to the C h i n e s e people. Whatever
i n f o r m a t i o n they may have about our
way of life is gained t h r o u g h magazines (which are not easy t o c o m e
by) and f r o m d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h t o u r i s t s .
Shanghai w a s the only city where I saw
newspapers for sale on a n e w s s t a n d .
In all other c i t i e s , the only n e w s p a p e r s
we saw were posted on b u l l e t i n boards
along the s i d e w a l k s .
We visited several f a c t o r i e s ,
i n c l u d i n g a silk factory, carpet f a c t o r y ,
and jade and ivory carving f a c t o r y . All
of the work is done by h a n d , and t h e s e
places are quite s m a l l by our
s t a n d a r d s . W e were able to visit a
middle s c h o o l that was billed as a
" k e y " s c h o o l — m e a n i n g t h a t it w a s
one of the top s c h o o l s in the area.
It is probably unfair t o try to make
a j u d g m e n t about a n a t i o n after
s p e n d i n g only 17 days there, but one
does become a c u t e l y aware of the
problems f a c i n g the C h i n e s e today.
Much of the " c a t c h u p " in t e c h n o l o g y
is the direct result of the lost years of
the Cultural Revolution. However, one
really w o n d e r s if the g o v e r n m e n t of
China is really ready or w i l l i n g to c o m e
into the 20th Century, or if they are
having s e c o n d t h o u g h t s a b o u t It now.
Perhaps it is just t o o d i f f i c u l t t o keep
that many people " i n l i n e " if they are
allowed too many f r e e d o m s . W e were
told by the A m e r i c a n c o n s u l t a t e in
Hong Kong that fewer Chinese students
will be a l l o w e d to c o m e to A m e r i c a n
colleges because they are not t h a t
Interested in returning h o m e .
After my c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h the
young man in S h a n g h a i , I a l s o
wondered if, in a few years, t o u r i s t s
will have the o p p o r t u n i t y to speak to
s t u d e n t s on the streets so freely as
we d i d .
We left China w i t h m u c h to t h i n k
about. Certainly there are t h i n g s in t h i s
country that most of us c o m p l a i n
about f r o m t i m e to t i m e and w o u l d
like to change. However, we c a m e
home w i t h a s t r o n g sense and awareness that at least we have the f r e e d o m
to c o m p l a i n , and perhaps help m a k e
c h a n g e s in the government here. W e in
the U.S. have freedom over our d e s t i n y ,
and we s h o u l d all be g r a t e f u l for t h o s e
freedoms. •
Fall/Winter
1982
16
Top: StefDS down to tlie Yangtze River assure that this riverfront
town has access at whatever
level the river happens to be during its annual 200 foot rise or fall. Bottom: A highway
outside
Chongqing
is jammed with individuals
carrying all manner of goods to market or home.
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recognizes
e v e r y donor
from
vjhom a g i f t
was
r e c e i v e d between J u l y 1 , 1981 and June 30, 1982. We are d e l i g h t e d t o
r e p o r t r e c o r d l e v e l s o f g i v i n g t o L I T . Given t h e s e v e r e l y depressed
Michigan economy, t h i s is a g r e a t t r i b u t e t o t h e many who mrked
so
hard
on behalf
of the
College
and
to the
thousands
of donors
who
re-
sponded
so generously.
Yes, we can now say "thousands" o f donors. For
the f i r s t time i n LIT h i s t o r y , t h e number o f c o r p o r a t i o n s , a l u m n i ,
f o u n d a t i o n s , f r i e n d s , and members o f t h e "LIT f a m i l y " who made g i f t s
exceeded two thousand. This i s a w o n d e r f u l r e c o r d i n t h i s , o u r 50th year.
P r i v a t e c o n t r i b u t i o n s make t h e d i f f e r e n c e between an o r d i n a r y i n s t i t u t i o n
o f h i g h e r l e a r n i n g and a g r e a t one. Your commitment t o t h e e x c e l l e n c e o f
t h i s College
s t r i v e very
i s a source
of tremendous
hard to continue
to merit
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look
back
\Nith
pride
and
encouragement
your
support.
look
forv^ard
to us and we
to the
shall
challenges
v^hich
are s t i l l t h e r e . Foremost, o f c o u r s e , i s t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f o u r C a p i t a l
Campaign. We a r e determined t o achieve our goal o f $12,500,000 by December
31 o f t h i s y e a r .
As we go t o p r e s s , we can r e p o r t t h a t g i f t s and
commitments exceed $12,100,000.
Phase I , t h e Wayne H. B u e l l Management B u i l d i n g , i s f i n i s h e d and i s s e r v i n g
s t u d e n t s and s t a f f .
We have embarked on Phase I I , a l t e r a t i o n s f o r Engineering,
A r c h i t e c t u r e , and A s s o c i a t e S t u d i e s , and w i l l move ahead soon w i t h p a r t o f
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Master
Plan.
Jhank
you
for your
strong
vote
of confidence.
Jogether
we
are h e l p i n g t o
e n r i c h t h e l i v e s o f p r e s e n t and f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s o f LIT s t u d e n t s .
Sincerely,
G. Robert H a r r i n g t o n
Vice P r e s i d e n t - Development
President
A c c r e d i t e d by t h e Nor\h CenUal
School of Architecture • School of Arts and Science • School of Management
School of Engineering • School for Associate Studies
AssociaUon
of C o l l e g e s a n d S c h o o l s
M e m b e r of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n of I n d e p e n d e n t C o l l e g e s a n d U n i v e r s i t i e s of M i c h i g a n
�Special Friends
Every c o l l e g e has a s m a l l g r o u p o f s p e c i a l f r i e n d s w h o
exhibit strong c o m m i t m e n t through their significant
f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t . I n d i v i d u a l s c o n t r i b u t i n g a t least $ 1 , 0 0 0
t o LIT d u r i n g t h e 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 g i v i n g year deserve special
r e c o g n i t i o n . The f o l l o w i n g g r o u p o f 3 3 i n d i v i d u a l s c o n t r i b u t e d a t o t a l of $ 2 5 3 , 1 3 9 .
Mr. a n d Mrs. H e n r y H. B e a m
D r . a n d M r s . B e n F. B r e g i •
Mrs. Wayne H. Buell •
G r a c e A. C h a m b e r l i n
Dr. a n d M r s . S t e p h e n R. D a v i s •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Micholas D e M a r c o •
Mr. a n d Mrs. E d w a r d J . D o n l e y •
A r t h u r a n d Betty Fealk •
Bernice Fortunski
Q. R o b e r t a n d D o r o t h y M. H a r r i n g t o n
Mr. a n d M r s . W i l l i a m D. I n n e s •
The H o n o r a b l e a n d Mrs. Charles
Kaufman
M r . a n d M r s . E r n e s t W. K o s t y •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Stanley J . K u k a w k a •
M r s . E. G e o r g e L a w r e n c e •
M r . a n d M r s . C a r l t o n R. L i n d e l l
•
M r . a n d M r s . A. L e o n L i n t o n •
M r . a n d M r s . C h e s t e r F. M a l l y
H a n s A. M a t t h i a s •
D r . a n d M r s . M e l s o n A. M i l e s
W i l l i a m A. M o y l a n , J r . •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h B. O l i v l e r i
M r s . E l i z a b e t h C. P a t t e r s o n
D r . a n d M r s . L o u i s W. P e t r o •
M r . a n d M r s . L o u i s Q. R e d s t o n e
M r . a n d M r s . L l o y d E. R e u s s •
G o d f r e y A. R o s s •
Paul S a k m a r •
M r . a n d M r s . M o r r i s 1. S h e i k h
E d w a r d A. a n d J o s e p h i n e S i m o n
S t a n l e y A. a n d E s t e l l e S i m o n
Mr. a n d Mrs. Louis J . Steigerwald
M r . a n d M r s . K u r t O. T e c h •
Presidents Club
Members of L I T s Presidents Club c o n t i n u e d t h e i r fine
s u p p o r t of t h e College. The m e m b e r s h i p r o s t e r grew t o
4 8 8 (as of J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 8 2 ) . A t o t a l of 3 0 0 m e m b e r s
c o n t r i b u t e d $ 6 5 , 6 4 2 d u r i n g 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 - a n increase of
$ 2 1 , 9 9 5 (50 p e r c e n t over t h e $ 4 3 , 6 4 7 c o n t r i b u t e d d u r i n g
1980-81).
LITs new library, built ttirough ttie generos ':y of alumni and friends.
Gdving Totals
(July 1,1981
through June 30,1982)
Donors
Special Friends
Presidents C l u b
Century Club
General C o n t r i b u t o r s
Corporations
Corporate M a t c h i n g
Gifts
Foundations
Associations
Totals
No. o f G i f t s
33
300
324
848
401
Total Gifts
$ 253,139
65,642
44,035
29,180
980,530
77
18
12
77,948
687,047
20,795
2,013
$2,158,316
Donors i n each o f t h e a b o v e c a t e g o r i e s are l i s t e d o n t h e
following pages of t h i s Annual Giving Report. A b o x (•)
following n a m e s i n d i c a t e s t h e d o n o r also m a d e a c o n t r i b u tion d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s f i s c a l year, 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 .
The Special Friends c a t e g o r y r e c o g n i z e s g i f t s of $ 1 , 0 0 0 or
more; the Presidents C l u b c a t e g o r y recognizes m e m b e r s o f
the Presidents C l u b w h o c o n t r i b u t e d d u r i n g t h e 1 9 8 1 - 8 2
g i v i n g year; t h e C e n t u r y C l u b l i s t h o n o r s i n d i v i d u a l s w h o
gave at least $ 1 0 0 ; a n d t h e General C o n t r i b u t o r s c a t e g o r y
recognizes a l l o t h e r i n d i v i d u a l g i f t s .
The lists w h i c h follow r e c o g n i z e c o n t r i b u t i o n s (not pledges)
received between J u l y 1, 1 9 8 1 a n d J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 8 2 . D o n o r s
are listed only at their highest level of giving. Please r e p o r t
any o m i s s i o n s or c o r r e c t i o n s t o t h e Office of D e v e l o p m e n t .
James J . Abernethy •
T i m o t h y G. A g a j e e n i a n
•
A n d r e w D. A g o s t a •
S t a n l e y R. A l l i s o n •
P a u l S. A l l m a c h e r •
George H. A m b e r •
P a u l S. A m b e r , P.E. •
David Anderson
Victor and Sophie Angelescu •
Bruce J . Annett, Jr. •
Irving Appelblatt •
R o g e r C. A s m a n •
R o g e r E. A v i e •
Edward J . Baker •
J i m a n d Bobbie Baker
Donald a n d Marge B a m f o r d •
M r . a n d M r s . A l b e r t L. B a n d l o w
Mr. a n d Mrs. H i c k Baracos •
M a x i n e S. B a s s o
J a m e s T. a n d r i a n c y A. B a t t l e •
Don a n d J a n Beattie •
A l b e r t L. B e d n a r s k i •
F r a n k a n d Y v o n n e Bell •
H u g h a n d Stella Bennett •
M r . a n d M r s . A l l a n M. B e r c a w •
M r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d V. B e r n a r d •
M a r k D . Bill •
W i l l i a m H. Bishop •
A. R o b e r t a n d M a r i a B l i v e n •
Roy E. B o n n e t t •
D a v i d G. B o o t h •
M. T h o m a s B r a u n •
M r . a n d M r s . E d w a r d E. B r e w e r •
E r n e s t E. B r o w n •
L a w r e n c e E. B r o w n •
Parke a n d Mancy B r o w n •
Cle a n d B e u l a h B u c k •
F l o y d W. B u n t •
G e r a r d E. B u r k e •
M r s . W i l l i a m C. B u r k e
A r t h u r A. B u r r •
R o b e r t E. B u s s e l l •
T h o m a s M. C a i r n s •
M r . a n d M r s . J o h n M. C a m p b e l l
Richard J . Carey •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h F. C a r o l i n
Patrick James Carolin
Colonel Mathaniel Carr
M r . a n d M r s . R a l p h E. C a r t e r •
Jerome J . Cislo •
Mr. a n d Mrs. K e n n e t h J . C o o k •
Vincent and Diane Cornacchia
C a r l W. C o w a n •
D r . J e r r y L. C r i s t •
W a l t e r G. C r o s b y , J r . •
Terry Cross
Mr. a n d Mrs. R i c h a r d H. C u m m i n g s
E m i l S. a n d V i o n a D a h e l •
M r . a n d M r s . E d w a r d T. D a r l i n g
S t e v e n V. D a r s t •
J a m e s E. D a v i e s •
B r u c e A. D e a n •
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t F. D e d o e •
D e a n V. D e G a l e n •
L o u i s A. D e G e n n a r o
•
R o b e r t A. D e n t
Ashok Deshpande
•
Mrs. Kathleei^DeVlleg
D e n n i s T. Dolbee •
Mr. a n d Mrs. E d m u n d J . D o m b r o w s k i
E d w i n H. D o n a l d s o n •
A d d i e a n d Fred D r o t a r •
Mr. a n d Mrs. G i l b e r t H. D r u t c h a s
W i l l i a m A. D r y b u r g h •
S a m E. D u k e s , J r .
Joseph J . Dyki •
G e o r g e T. a n d E l a i n e M. D z e n d z e l •
R o b s o n M. F a m e s
C o d a M. a n d B e r y l H . E d w a r d s •
Dr. J o h n W. E n g l i s h •
M r . a n d M r s . E d w a r d F. F a l k o w s k i •
Kenneth J . Farquharson •
R u t h G. F a v r o •
J o h n R. a n d M a r g a r e t F a w c e t t •
D a v i d E. F i l l i o n •
Mr. a n d M r s . E d w a r d J . F i l l i o n
•
D u d l e y F. F i s c u s •
J o h n F. F i s h e r •
Michael J . Fitch
Dean F i t z p a t r i c k
M i c h a e l W. F i t z p a t r i c k •
J o h n a n d Helen Flood
D o u g a n d Eleanor Foley •
A.P. F o n t a i n e •
Mr. a n d Mrs. J o h n F o n t a n e s i •
Joseph Forgione •
L a w r e n c e T. F r a n k •
William C.Gaines •
Gilbert and Dorothy Gatchell •
R o b e r t W. G i e s e y , P.C.
Fay a n d A n n G i f f o r d •
Mr. a n d M r s . L a w s o n G i s t , J r .
Peter a n d G r a c e Gossel
Mr. a n d Mrs. R i c h a r d I . G r a d y
J a m e s C. G r a h a m •
D e a n a n d M r s . K a r l H. G r e i m e l •
Dr. a n d M r s . Perry E. G r e s h a m •
J i m and Dinah Hadfield •
D a v i d S. H a m b u r g e r •
•
�F l o y d W. H a n s e n •
T h e S t a n l e y F. H a r r i s F a m i l y •
H o m e r T. H a r r i s o n •
D o n a l d L. H a r s h m a n •
Alvin Hart •
Walter!. Hartung •
Mr. a n d M r s . R u s s e l l B. H e b e r t •
R o b e r t ! . Heck •
William J . Helmore •
Sonia and Marvin Henckel •
Stanley Hewett •
ArDath Lynette Holmes •
Mr. a n d M r s . H e n r y B. H o r l d t •
Emmett and Virginia Horton •
Alexander Hossack •
David Hoyle
Dr. a n d M r s . J o h n D. H r o m i •
M e l b u r n E. a n d R u t h L. H u e b n e r
Wendelin a n d Mary H u g h e s •
W i l l i a m W. I r o n s i d e •
Frank a n d Valerie James •
r i o r b e r t T. J a n k o w s k i
M e l v i n L. J a n n e y •
Emil J . Jaworowski •
H e n r y C. J o n e s •
William P.H.Jones •
Joe a n d Beverly Kado •
Mr. a n d M r s . H e n r y A. K a f a r s k i
D e n n i s R. K a p p •
n e i l R. K a r l •
A r t h u r a n d Betty Kelley •
K e i t h a n d Mary K e s l i n g
Mr. a n d M r s . W a y n e J . K i p p o l a •
Lee K. K i r k p a t r i c k •
E. J o h n K n a p p
Mr. a n d M r s . D o u g l a s s V. K o c h •
Victor and Carolyn Kochajda •
E l m e r E. a n d P h y l l i s A. K o e n i g •
Mr. a n d M r s . J a c k L. K o r b •
Mr. a n d M r s . S t a n l e y K o r e n k i e w i c z
C o n r a d W. K o s k i
Henry Kovalsky •
R i c h a r d C. K o w a l s k e •
Edward Kristofik, Jr. •
Roland and Dorothy Krupp •
R o b e r t a n d Rose K u h n e r t
Roy Q. L a Q r a n t •
Lee a n d J u l i e L a h r •
Henry J . LaMotte •
Z a c k J . a n d M o d e l l e C. Lee •
R o b e r t W. L e m o n •
H a r r y H. L i p t o n •
M a r l y n K. a n d P h y l l i s I . L i s k •
Mr. a n d M r s . K e n n e t h M. L i v i n g s t o n •
David J . Logan •
Q e o r g e n. L o u n s b e r y •
Sam Lovalenti •
Dr. Q e o r g e W. M a c h
Mr. a n d M r s . E r n e s t L. M a i e r •
Joseph Maiuri •
W i l l i a m E. M a k u c h •
Qeorge a n d Kate M a l c o l m •
R a l p h E. M a l y •
D e n n i s R. M a r b u r g e r •
K a t h r y n Mary M a r b u r g e r •
Dr. a n d M r s . R i c h a r d E. M a r b u r g e r •
R o g e r E. M a r c e •
Zaven a n d Qladys Margosian •
Mr. a n d M r s . J o s e p h J . M a r k u s
E t i e n n e F. M a s a l s k i s •
Thom.as a n d C h r i s t i n e M a s s o n •
R i c h a r d E. M a u n d
Peter E. M c A l p i n e
Peter Y. M c A l p i n e •
Mary Jane a n d C a l v i n McClellan •
H e n r y L. M c C o l l •
W a l t e r F. M c C o s k e y •
F. H a l M c D a v i d •
Mr. a n d M r s . F r a n c i s F. M c F a l l •
R o b e r t W. M e a d
L u c y Q. a n d B e r n a r d J . M e r r i t t •
R o b e r t F. M e t t l e r
Richard and Martha Michel •
Mr. a n d M r s . T h e o d o r e M i l e k •
R o b e r t W. M i l i t z e r •
Mr. a n d M r s . D a v i d T. M i l l s •
Qretchen Minnhaar •
Mr. a n d M r s . M i c h a e l L. M i t c h e l l •
R o n a l d D. M o o r e •
Marvin and Carol Muckenfuss •
Dr. a n d M r s . R i c h a r d A. M u r i e •
A n d e r s o n R. M y l e n e k •
Mr. a n d M r s . H e n r y W. Place •
M a r k L. a n d P a t r i c i a F. Magel •
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E a r l Q. O g g e r •
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O r v a l A. O p p e r t h a u s e r •
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E d w a r d S. P a p e l i a n
Robert a n d Carol Parker •
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M r s . C l a r e n c e A. P h i l l i p s •
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Philip W.Taylor
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L a V e r n e A. T r a t e c h a u d •
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s O. T r e w •
M i c h a e l P. U g o r c a k , J r . •
M r . a n d M r s . R a y m o n d L. U r b a n •
Qary a n d Eleanor Vance
Henry Vanderzee, Jr. •
Qary and Charlotte Van neck •
Q e o r g e M. V a n r i o r m a n •
Mr. a n d M r s . L e w i s C. V e r a l d i
Maurice and Jean Vermeulen •
Robert Lewis Voiers •
G r e g o r y W. W a l e k e •
Mr. a n d M r s . J o h n F. W a t t o n
W i l l i a m H. W a r f i e l d
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K a r l W. W h i t s t o n •
Thomas and Elizabeth Wieszkowiak
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W i l l i a m S. A l l e n
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C a r l E. B a l l a r d
J o s e p h Q. B a l o g h •
J . T. B a r n e s •
A r t h u r E. B a t e s , J r .
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R a y m o n d W. B e r t a •
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T h o m a s S. B r i s b e y •
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D u a n e Q. B u c k •
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A r t h u r P. C a m e r o n •
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M r . a n d M r s . L a w r e n c e P. C a s a i •
E d w a r d O. C a s c a r d o •
Anne Cattermole-Levy
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M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h a m p l i n
Frank Chikos
Casimir Chrabaszewski
J o h n C. C h r i s m a n
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M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h u t e •
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W a y n e W. d i n g e r •
William J . Coatsworth •
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John J . Connors
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P a u l A. D a n i e l
Michael Danilowicz
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Alan J . Daschke
Mr. a n d M r s . W i l s o n D a u g h e r t y
•
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J o s e p h M. D e i n e k , J r . •
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R o b e r t D. D e z u r •
Robert J . Dika
Herman Dishman, Jr. •
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V i c t o r K. D o r e r , J r .
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J o s e p h R. D u n n , J r . •
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OttoH. Fauth •
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Robert J . Ford •
J a m e s A. F o w l e r •
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L. M. F r e i d i n g e r
E l d o n C. F r e v i k
J o h n A. F u r c h a k •
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n a d i n e E. Q i b b s
R i c h a r d C. Q l o w a c k i •
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R i c h a r d A. Q r i m m •
M a r v i n R. Q r o h •
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J o h n A. H a a p a l a
R o b e r t W. H a b e r s t r o h •
Paul H a b o i a n •
R i c h a r d J . H a c k m a n , O.D.
n e l s L. H a n s e n •
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. H a t c h •
Q e r a l d E. H a t c h e r •
D e n n i s L. H a u t a u
F r e d T. H e b e n s t r e i t
K e n n e t h C. H e i n
T o m m y E. H e n d e r s o n •
D e a n W. H i l l
Mr. a n d M r s . J a m e s L. H o d g e s •
W i l l i a m W. H o d g e s •
Mrs. Elizabeth Hood
Christopher Horton •
Q e o r g e M. H o w a r d •
J e r r y K. H u b b e l l
D a v i d R. H u b b s
Ronald Huizenga
D o u g l a s W. H u n t e r •
M r . a n d M r s . L l o y d Q. H u n t e r •
Donald Hurd •
J o h n F. H u r l e y •
J o h n D. J a n i s s e
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M r . a n d M r s . Q a r y A. J o p p i c h •
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C a r l M. K a n i o w s k i
Steve Kastner
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J a m e s H. Kelly •
M r . a n d M r s . T i m o t h y R. K e n n e d y •
M r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d W. K e n t •
M r . a n d M r s . S e m o n E. K n u d s e n
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Walter J . Kraimer
Peter J . K u c h t a
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Qlenn Laing
J o h n W. L a i s t e r
Lee E. L a n d e s •
J e f f r e y D. L a s w e l l
C o r n e l l J . Lazar •
L a w r e n c e A. L e n s k i •
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H a r r i s o n A. L e v y
E r i c A. L e w i s
M r . a n d M r s . S a m u e l F. L e w i s •
H e r b e r t A. L i b k i e
O s c a r F. L i c h n e r
Harold Linton
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D e n n i s R. L u c h t •
R o b e r t F. L u p p i n o •
S t e p h e n A. L u t z
Dennis MacRae
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�LIT's Wayne H. Buell Building, dedicated in May, 1982, houses the School of Management and the College library, dining room,
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David Q. M a r k u s •
Linda Marsh
Robert M. M a r t i n •
R i c h a r d S. M a s l o w s k i •
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Anthony Mazur
D e b o r a h L. M c B u r n e t t
J a m e s L. M c B u r n e y
Charles L. M c C a r t h y
W i l l i a m E. M c L e a n •
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Terry L. Measel •
Denis Q. M e d w i c k •
W. L. M e l t o n , J r .
Mr. a n d M r s . M i c h a e l J . M e r s c h e r
Stephen K. M e s s e n g e r
Ralph W. M i c h e l s o n •
Dr. a n d M r s . J o h n E. M i l l e r
Mr. 6f M r s . P h i l i p V. M o h a n •
Leslie M o U o n •
John Moody
Dr. 6f Mrs. R o b e r t n. M o r a l e s •
David C. M o r r i s o n
M o r m a n M. M o r r i s o n
J o s e p h E. M u c c i o l i •
B a r b a r a K. M u e l l e r •
William Mullaly
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W. T h o m a s M u n s e l l •
Charles A. M u r r a y •
Erwin M u t n i c k •
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Mr. & M r s . H a r r y J . F i e d e r l a n d e r
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Julius rieidert
T h e r o n E. Meir •
G e r a l d L. N i c h o l s •
R i c h a r d L. O g l e t r e e •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Fred O l m s t e a d
JackW.OImstead •
D o n a l d R. O s t l e r
M i t c h e l l S. O s t r o w s k i
B r u c e Q. O v e r b e y , II
H e v i l l e M . Pack
D o n a l d Payne
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F r a n k J . Penoza •
Robert H. Peoples •
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R o b e r t M. P r o s z k o w s k i
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C h a r l e s R. R a d c l i f f e
A l b e r t W. R a t u s h •
A n t o n i o C. Rea
Robert Rebeschini •
Q e r a l d W. R e i n •
Bodo Reinholz
E. D a v i d R e i t z e l
R o b e r t A. R o g g e n b u c k
S t a n l e y F. R o m a n
Frederick J . Rosiak •
Charles Ruppenthal •
D o n a l d O. R u s f e l d t
J a m e s P. R y a n •
T h o m a s E. R y s z k a
H a r r y Sakjas •
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M r . a n d M r s . R a y m o n d P. S a n d s •
M r . a n d M r s . Roy W. S c h e n k e l •
E a r l e V. S c h i r m e r •
Josef J.Schraner •
A. W a r r e n S c h u l t z
Dr. M a r t i n Sclar
David Scroggie •
K e n n e t h Segel
M a r k S. S e l l e r s •
T h o m a s E. S e l t z •
Betty-Lee Seydler-Sweatt
Charles T.Shedd
W i l l i a m T. S h e p p a r d •
P e t e r L. S h e r r i c k
Mr. a n d Mrs. V i c t o r S h r e m
Harry Siegel
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T h o m a s W. S i m p s o n •
S u s a n A. S k u p i n s k i •
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E d w a r d R. S m i t h •
L a w s o n K. S m i t h
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R o b e r t S. S o l g a n •
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Daniel J . Stackpoole •
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Frederick J . Strozeski •
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D a v i d C. T r a v i s •
R o b e r t W. T u r r e l
G a r y P. V a l e n t i n o
Gregory Papp Vance
Thomas J . Varga •
Clarence I. Vellner •
T h o m a s A. V e n e t t i s
S t a n i s l a u s Wajda
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James C.Watkins •
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P a u l D. W i c k e r •
Dorothy Wilamowski
G e r a l d A. W i l k •
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JackC. Wong
IvanD. Woodhull, Jr.
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P r e s i d e n t s C l u b m e m b e r s , or C e n t u r y C l u b m e m b e r s .
H a r o l d E. A b b o t t
J a m e s A. A b r a h a m •
Daniel Agnello •
W a l t e r F. A h l e s •
T i r a t h S. A h l u w a l i a •
Robert Aiken •
J e a n e H. A l l y n
R o b e r t D. A l o n z o •
R a y m o n d E. A l t m a n n •
Peter M. A m a t a n g e l o
R i c h a r d C. A n d e r s o n •
M r s . T r a n c e s A. A n n e t t
R o b e r t L. A n t h o n y
M i c h a e l A. A n t u s h e v i c h •
J a m e s F. A r n o l d
J a m e s R. A r n o l d •
L a r r y D. A r n o l d •
Thomas J. Artushin
J o h n n y D. A u s t i n •
P a u l E. B a c h e l o r
F r e d e r i c k A. B a c h l •
Kenneth C.Bakhaus •
J a m e s H. B a l c o m
F r a n k W. B a l o g
G e o r g e C. B a l o s •
R a n d i S. B a l t z •
P a u l M. B a n a s z a k •
J o s e p h A. B a r a n , J r . •
Robert Bartnicki
William Bartolemeo •
C a r l D. B a r t o n e •
J o h n A. B a u m a n •
J a n i n e M. Bay
M a r g a r e t A. 6f T h o m a s B e a u c h a m p
J e r r y Q. B e c k
Jack Beckman
H a r o l d B. Bell •
Dale J . Belsley •
K e n n e t h E. B e n n e t t , J r . •
A b r a h a m A. B e r m a n
Donald Bertuzzi
D a v i d L. B e s s i e
R i c h a r d W. B e z e r k o
T h o m a s M. B i a l e k •
Alfred Bieman •
James J . Biezki
Paul J . B i l l o c k
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C a r l R. B i n k l e y
Alexander Bireescu •
L e w i s A. B i s h o p •
E d w a r d E. B i s s o n •
Mr. a n d M r s . W a l t e r Q. B i z o n •
neil Bjornson
R o b e r t A. B l a c k
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Michael J . Blasko •
Leonard Boger •
David Boldia •
F r a n k E. B o l e y •
Frederick Bond, Jr. •
Thaddeus Bonkowski •
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R o n a l d A. B o r o w
R i c h a r d R. B o r o w s k i •
D o n a l d C. B o s k e r
A d r i a n A. B o s w e l l •
P a u l R. B o u l a n g e r •
Burnell Bowman •
M i c h a e l R. B o w n
L a r r y S. B o y d •
William J . Boyd •
M i c h a e l A. B r a n d •
Roberto. Brandau •
S t e v e n T. B r a n s t n e r
V i n c e n t C. B r a u n
T h o m a s S. B r e n n a n •
Allen Breyer •
David J . Brick
J a c q u e l y n M. B r i s k e y •
WaineT. Brock •
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J a m e s O. S a w y e r , I I I
D o n a l d n. S c h a e n i n g •
Robert J . Schlenke
R i c h a r d M. S c h m i d t
Mr. a n d Mrs. T h o m a s Schneider •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Walter S c h o n e c k •
S a m u e l L. S c h u g a r
R o b e r t D. S c h u l e r t
G a r y R. S c h u l t e
J o h n P. S c h u l t z •
M a r v i n D. S c h u l t z
P r a n k M. S c h u s t e r •
B a r r y E. S c h w a b
C o n r a d P. S c h w a r t z
J a y A. S c h w a r t z
C a r l P. S c h w e i t z e r
R i c h a r d C. S c o t t •
Dalen.Scrace •
J . Paul Seehaver
H a r v e y M. S e l l i n g
J a m e s E. S e r a f i n o •
W i l l i a m E. Sey
Patricia Shamamy
W i l l i a m L. S h a r p , J r . •
B r u c e R. S h a w
R o b e r t A. S h m i n a
D o n a l d A. S h o w , J r .
Herbert J . Shriner
G e o r g e W. S i e r a n t
M i c h a e l S. S i f t e r
D o n a l d P. S i k o r a •
Krishundyal Singh
Paul Sisko, Jr. •
Edward Skaggs
J o s e f 8f A m i r a S k o c z y l a s
D a v i d R. S k u b i k •
Charles Skupin •
G a r y L. S l a u g h t e r
Walter J . Smak
W i l l i a m P. S m e t a n k a
Robert J . Smiley •
D a v i d H. S m i t h
E d w a r d S. S m i t h •
J o h n C. S m i t h •
K e n n e t h R. S m i t h
R i c h a r d L. S m i t h
R i c h a r d L. S m i t l e y
Anthony J . Smoiek
T h o m a s D. S m y t h
J e r o m e E. S o b i e r a j •
L a w r e n c e G. S o l o m o n •
R i c h a r d D. S o u d e r •
�Tony Spadafore
Gordon Spaulding
Maurice St. Qermain
Philip E. Stankewicz •
Catherine M. & James B. Stanley
Thaddeus C. Stawiasz •
Arthur C. Steger •
Qerrit J. Stemmer
Gary J. Stengle •
Q. Gregory Stephen
Ralph J. Stephenson
Jon E. Stepleton
Peter S. Stevens
James R. Storfer •
David John Stram
Frederick Strauss •
Frank B. Streberger
Mr. & Mrs. Roy E. Stringer
Vincent J. Styrna
William n. Sullivan
Lawrence P. Suzak •
Wayne V. Swanson •
Gerard J. Sweeney
Michael P. Sweeney •
Robert J. Szkotnicki •
Stanley M. Taras •
Bruno Tasson
Robert A. Taylor
Warren E. Taylor
Ronald C. Tegge
Bruno Temporelli •
Harry F. Terbrueggen
James C. Tessmer
Raymond L. Tessmer •
Richard P. Theobald •
Timothy J. Theriault
The Buell Building memorializes
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Arthur T. Thomas •
James & Bill Tiefel
John M.Tiley
James J. Timmerman •
Thomas V. Timmons
Larry Tinsley •
L.J.Tischler
Benedetto Tiseo
Cynthia M. Tomsic •
Stephen E. Tomsick
Lynn M. Tooman
George D. Toth
Lawrence J. Trapp •
Richard J. Trippett •
Larry C. Trudelle
John P. Trupiano, Jr.
George W. Turczyn •
Herbert n. Turner
Peter I. Tzilos •
Bruno G. Urban
Fred Urbaniak
John A. Urbonas
Charles T. Valade
Daniel T. Valascho •
Michael A. Valenti
Donald G. Valentine •
Gary L. Vance
Sino J. Van Dyk
George E. Van Sach •
Frank M. Varlamos
James C. Veale •
Domenico Verticchio •
Frank Vettraino, Jr.
Robert J. Villaire
Richard J. Vinnay
Regis A. Volansky •
Earl B. Volz •
Richard Wadowski •
Eric G. Wagenschwanz
Robert G. Wagner •
Alexander Waligora •
Michael J. Walsh
O. Ralph Wampler
Henry W.Ware, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Warren •
Michael W. Waskul
William L. Watson •
Frank J. Weber, Jr. •
Leo S. Weber
Lee Weberman
Ytzchak Weingarten
Kurt Wentzel
Jerry B. Werner •
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Werry, Jr. •
Jesse L. Wertanen
William E. Wertz •
Stanley A. West •
Starling C. West •
Gene Whitfield •
Donald Wickman •
Deborah Ann Wickowski
Michael Wierzbicki •
James W. Wild
John M. Wilk •
Thomas Q.Wilk
Marvin E. Williams •
Mr. and Mrs. Glen S. Wilson •
Harold S. Wilson •
Ronald L. Winebrenner •
Daniel W. Winey, Jr. •
Ernest E. Wise •
David C. Witt •
a number of donors as well as the leadership of Wayne H. Buell, ChE'36.
James L. Woloszyk
Robert E. Woolf
Lawrence J. Worobec •
David A. Wynkoop
James M. Wyss •
Thomas R. Vanity
Harold R. Yates •
Frank K. Yesh •
Thomas J. Yestrepsky •
Richard J. Young •
Richard A. Yutendale
Philip J. Zalewski •
Paul H. Zang •
Charles L. Zeese •
Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Zemens •
Thomas J. Zeoli •
James A. Ziegenfelder •
William D. Ziegler
Richard W. Zimmerman
Michael Ziniuk
Frederick J. Zink
Richard A. Zischke
Frank Zmuda, Jr. •
William J. Zombory
James J. Zrimec
JohnM.Zukoff •
Stephen Zulczyk
Donald A. Zurawski
�Corporations
The n u m b e r of c o r p o r a t i o n s s u p p o r t i n g t h e C o l l e g e a n d
the a m o u n t o f s u p p o r t r e c e i v e d f r o m t h e s e c o r p o r a t i o n s
during the 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 g i v i n g y e a r r e a c h e d record h i g h levels.
The n u m b e r of c o r p o r a t e gifts g r e w from 3 0 5 d u r i n g
1 9 8 0 - 8 1 to 4 0 1 d u r i n g 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 . T o t a l c o n t r i b u t i o n s g r e w
from $ 7 1 5 , 7 5 4 t o $ 9 8 0 , 5 3 0 .
AMR S t o r a g e C o m p a n y
A c c u r a t e B o r i n g Sf M a c h i n e C o m p a n y ,
Inc. •
Ace S p r i n k l e r C o m p a n y
Acorn B u i l d i n g C o m p o n e n t s , Inc.
Acoustical C o n t r a c t o r s A s s o c i a t i o n of
Greater D e t r o i t
Active T o o l & M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
Advance S t a m p i n g C o m p a n y
Air Gage C o m p a n y
Air M a t i c P r o d u c t s C o m p a n y , I n c . •
Air P r o d u c t s & C h e m i c a l s , I n c . •
Air T r a f f i c S e r v i c e C o r p o r a t i o n
Alexander
Alexander of Michigan,
Inc. •
Allen I n d u s t r i e s , I n c . / D a y c o
Corporation
Allied C o r p o r a t i o n •
A l t a i r T o o l 8f E n g i n e e r i n g
Ambrose Associates, Inc.
American Airlines •
A m e r i c a n Glass 6f M e t a l s
American Motors C o r p o r a t i o n •
American n a t u r a l Resources
Company •
A m e r i c a n Safety E q u i p m e n t C o r p o r a t i o n
American Sunroof C o r p o r a t i o n
Amoco Oil C o m p a n y •
A n c h o r F a s t e n e r s Sales
Anderson-Cook, Inc.
Apex C o r p o r a t i o n
J i m m i e H. A p s e y flf S o n s , I n c .
Architectural Panels C o m p a n y , Inc.
A r r o w s m i t h T o o l flf Die, I n c . •
Atlas T o o l , I n c .
The A u s t i n C o m p a n y •
Autodynamics Corporation of America
Automotive Moulding Company
Awrey B a k e r i e s , I n c .
B 8f K C o r p o r a t i o n
B fif M I n d u s t r i e s , I n c .
Baker E l e c t r i c a l P r o d u c t s , I n c .
Barton-Malow C o m p a n y •
Bayview E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y
Bell F o r k L i f t , I n c .
Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n •
Bent Tube, Inc.
Berg T o o l , I n c . •
Berry I n v e s t m e n t C o m p a n y
Best B l o c k C o m p a n y
Bigelow-Liptak C o r p o r a t i o n •
Birchard Coal C o r p o r a t i o n
H.L. B l a c h f o r d , I n c .
Dave B l a c k M a s o n r y , I n c .
Blue Water F a b r i c a t o r s , I n c . •
Blue Water P l a s t i c s C o m p a n y
Boice B u i l d e r s S u p p l y , I n c .
The B o o m e r C o m p a n y
Bopp-Busch M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y •
Borg-Warner C o r p o r a t i o n •
Borin B u i l d e r s S u p p l y
Borman's, Inc. •
Braun E n g i n e e r i n g C o m p a n y
Brettrager M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
Brillcast, Inc.
J . Brodie Sf Sons, I n c .
Brooks
Perkins, Inc.
The B r o w n C o r p o r a t i o n o f I o n i a , I n c .
Burroughs Corporation •
C-E Cast I n d u s t r i a l P r o d u c t s
Camelot Electronics •
C a p i t a l Die 6f M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
Cargill D e t r o i t C o r p o r a t i o n
J o h n V. C a r r 8f S o n , I n c . •
The R o b e r t C a r t e r C o r p o r a t i o n •
C a v a n a u g h 6f Soave, I n c .
Central States M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y
Century Rain-Aid
Champion Spark Plug C o m p a n y •
Chessie S y s t e m R a i l r o a d s
Chillers U n l i m i t e d , Inc.
Chrysler C o r p o r a t i o n •
City Metal R e f i n i n g C o m p a n y , I n c . •
Clark C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y , I n c .
Cleaners H a n g e r C o m p a n y •
Climax M o l y b d e n u m C o m p a n y Of
Michigan (Amax F o u n d a t i o n )
Cold H e a d i n g C o m p a n y
Cole C a r b i d e I n d u s t r i e s
Colonial Brick C o m p a n y
Commercial Contracting Corporation •
Computerized Insurance Techniques •
C o n c o r d T o o l 6f M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Corporation •
C o n d a m a t i c Company, Inc.
C o n s t r u c t i o n Pipe C o m p a n y , I n c .
C o n s u m e r s Power C o m p a n y •
Controlled Rubber Products
Cook Industrial Coatings, Inc. •
Cooney Engineering Company
C o o p e r T i r e 6f R u b b e r C o m p a n y
Coopers & Lybrand •
Core Industries, Inc. •
Monte Costella
Company
Craft-Line, Inc. •
Crankshaft Machine Company
Creative Foam Corporation
C r e s c i v e Die flf T o o l
The Cross C o m p a n y •
C r o w l e y , M i l n e r Sf C o m p a n y •
D &f F C o r p o r a t i o n
DMI I n d u s t r i e s , Inc. •
D a r i n 8f A r m s t r o n g , I n c . •
Daverman Associates, Inc. •
George H. Davis, Inc.
Davis Iron Works, Inc.
Dawson Carbide Industries, Inc.
Delray Foundry C o m p a n y •
Delta Airlines, Inc.
DeMaria B u i l d i n g C o m p a n y , Inc. •
Demers Electric Company
D e q u i n d r e T o o l fif Die C o m p a n y
Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc.
Detroit Bank & Trust Company
Detroit Edison Company •
D e t r o i t F r e e Press, I n c . •
Detroit Mason Contractors Association
D i a l M a c h i n e 6f T o o l C o m p a n y
Diamond Stamping Manufacturing
Company
D i e h l df D i e h l A r c h i t e c t s , I n c . •
D i l l o n 6f D i l l o n , A t t o r n e y s
D o m i n i o n T o o l 8e D i e C o m p a n y
D o r - O - M a t i c Sales fif S e r v i c e , I n c .
D o u g l a s 8f L o m a s o n C o m p a n y
Dover C o r p o r a t i o n •
Dow Chemical C o m p a n y •
Drake Printing Company •
Drilling Corporation
W.C. D u C o m b C o m p a n y
Dunn Tool Company •
G.B. D u p o n t C o m p a n y , I n c . •
Dura Corporation
D u r a n t e McAlpine
Eastown Floor Covering, Inc.
Eaton Corporation •
EbelingSf Hicks, Inc.
Electro-Matic Products, Inc. •
E.W. E n s r o t h C o m p a n y
Environetics, Inc. •
E q u i p m e n t M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Inc.
Erb L u m b e r C o m p a n y
Ersco C o r p o r a t i o n
Ethyl Corporation •
E t k i n , J o h n s o n fif K o r b , I n c .
Evans Industries, Inc.
T h e E v e n i n g Piews A s s o c i a t i o n •
Excel Industries, Inc.
Ex-Cell-O C o r p o r a t i o n •
Export Corporation
Fabricating Engineers, Inc.
J . n . Fauver C o m p a n y , Inc. •
Fayette Tubular Products Division
Federal-Mogul Corporation •
Fendt Builders Supply, Inc.
Ferro M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n
First Federal of M i c h i g a n •
Fischbach-riatkin Company •
Flynn Paving Company •
Ford Motor Company •
F o r g i n g Specialties, Inc. •
F o r m Flow, Inc.
Q. F o r t e C o m p a n y
Foster Chemicals, Inc.
J.A. F r e d m a n , Inc.
Freeman-Darling, Inc.
French Sullivan, Inc. •
F u t u r e Pak L t d .
Q.P. P l a s t i c s , I n c .
Galaxy B o r i n g Company
Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation
Gatchell
Associates, Inc. •
General Electric Company •
General Motors Corporation •
G e n e r a l R i g g e r s fif E r e c t o r s , I n c .
O. G e r m a n y , I n c .
R o b e r t W . G i e s e y , P.C.
Giffels Associates, Inc. •
J o h n W. G i l l e t t e C o m p a n y
Clarence Gleeson, Inc. •
Gonzalez Design E n g i n e e r i n g C o m p a n y •
G r a n d Rapids Metalcraft Industries, Inc.
C. L. G r a n s d e n fif C o m p a n y
Gray Electric C o m p a n y , Inc.
G r e a t Lakes Gas T r a n s m i s s i o n
Company •
G r e a t L a k e s Steel •
J o h n E. G r e e n P l u m b i n g 8f H e a t i n g
C o m p a n y , Inc.
Harlan Electric Company
H a r l e y E l l i n g t o n P i e r c e Yee A s s o c i a t e s
J o h n T. Harley C o m p a n y
H a w t h o r n e Metal Products C o m p a n y
Hentschel I n s t r u m e n t s , Inc. •
Hiller Fuels, Inc.
Hirschfield Sons C o m p a n y
Peter Ho & C o m p a n y , Inc.
Holley Carburetor Division/Colt
Industries •
Howard Contractors, Inc.
H o w a r d S t r u c t u r a l Steel, Inc.
W.J. H o w a r d & Sons, Inc. •
Howe-Martz Glass C o m p a n y
Hydra-Zorb Company •
Hydromation Company •
Hygrade Food Products C o r p o r a t i o n •
IBM C o r p o r a t i o n •
I-T-C E l e c t r i c C o m p a n y • _
ITT H a n c o c k I n d u s t r i e s
ITT U n i t e d P l a s t i c s D i v i s i o n
I m p e r i a l Floor Covering, Inc. •
I n d u s t r i a l Metal Fabricators C o m p a n y
I n l a n d Tool & M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Inc. •
Inmont Corporation •
International Industrial Contracting
Corporation
Johnson Stamping
Fine — B l a n k i n g
G e o r g e L. J o h n s t o n C o m p a n y
K mart Corporation •
K-R A u t o m a t i o n C o r p o r a t i o n
K a l a m a z o o S t a m p i n g 6f D i e C o m p a n y
K e i p e r , USA, I n c .
W i l l i a m H. K e l l y C o m p a n y
Kelsey-Hayes C o m p a n y •
Kent-Moore Corporation •
Kentec Corporation •
Korreck M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , Inc.
Koskinen Manufacturing Company
Kowalski Sausage C o m p a n y , Inc. •
D a v i d C. K r o g s r u d A s s o c i a t e s ,
Architects •
Kuhlman Corporation •
Kysor Cadillac-Division of Kysor
Industrial Corporation •
LOF Plastics, Inc.
Lamb Technicon •
L a n e T o o l 8f M a n u f a c t u r i n g
Corporation •
Lear Siegler, Inc.
Leidal a n d Hart Mason Contractors, Inc.
E d w a r d C. L e v y C o m p a n y •
L i n c o l n Park B o r i n g C o m p a n y •
Lobdell-Emery M a n u f a c t u r i n g Company
M
S Manufacturing Company
M a c c a b e e s M u t u a l Life I n s u r a n c e
Company •
MacPhail I n d u s t r i a l Sales, Inc.
M a j e s t i c M a c h i n e af T o o l C o r p o r a t i o n •
M a l a g T u b e Specialties
R a l p h E. M a l y , I n c . •
Manco Tooling, Inc. •
S e y m o u r H. M a n d e l l , A r c h i t e c t •
Manufacturers national Bank •
Manufacturers Products Company
Marathon Oil Company •
Mardon Construction Company
Maxitrol Company •
Mayotte-D'Haene Associates, Inc. •
McCausey Lumber C o m p a n y
M c L o u t h Steel C o r p o r a t i o n
Mecha Engineering C o m p a n y •
Medusa Cement Company
Merlo Steam E q u i p m e n t C o m p a n y
Metamora Products Corporation
Michaelson Construction
M i c h i g a n Bell T e l e p h o n e C o m p a n y •
M i c h i g a n Brick, Inc.
M i c h i g a n C o n s o l i d a t e d Gas C o m p a n y •
Michigan Industrial Piping Supply
Company
Michigan Mutual Insurance Company •
Michigan national Bank (Controllers
Group)
M i c h i g a n - W i s c o n s i n Pipe L i n e C o m p a n y •
Midway Products Corporation
M i d w e s t M a n u f a c t u r i n g fif Sales, I n c .
Milton M a n u f a c t u r i n g , Inc. •
Modern Industrial Engineering
•
Company •
H.A. M o n t g o m e r y C o m p a n y
Moore Brothers Electrical Company, Inc.
Morison-DeLaere Associates, Inc. •
Morley Brothers D i s t r i b u t o r s
Multi Crafts, Inc. •
Mundet Insulation Company
n L I n d u s t r i e s F o u n d a t i o n , Inc. •
nagle Paving Company
n a t i o n a l Bank of Detroit •
national Gypsum Company-Cement
Division
n a t i o n a l T i m e 6f S i g n a l C o r p o r a t i o n
nelson-Mill Company
K e n n e t h n e u m a n n 6f A s s o c i a t e s
n i e m i e c e t n e m e s , P.C.
nor-Cote, Inc. •
n o r t h e r n Fibre Products C o m p a n y , Inc.
n o r t h w e s t B l u e P r i n t fif S u p p l y C o m p a n y
Olofsson Corporation
O u t w a t e r Trane Service Agency, Inc. •
J o h n C. P a l e n C o r p o r a t i o n
J . Pappas Associates, Inc.
P a r a m o u n t Financial Planning, Inc.
Parker H a n n i f i n C o r p o r a t i o n
The Paslin C o m p a n y
Perry P r i n t i n g C o m p a n y
T e d P e t e r s e n ftf A s s o c i a t e s , I n c .
Peterson A m e r i c a n C o r p o r a t i o n
Petoskey M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , Inc.
Phoenix C o n s t r u c t i o n Company
Photo R e p r o d u c t i o n Materials, Inc.
Pigeon M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o m p a n y , Inc.
Pine D e s i g n E n g i n e e r i n g
Manufacturing Company
Pipe S y s t e m s , I n c .
Pollack Industries, Inc.
Port H u r o n Brass F o u n d r y C o m p a n y
Power Process Piping, Inc. •
D a l e L. P r e n t i c e C o m p a n y
Pressform Company •
P r i d g e o n 6f C l a y , I n c .
Prince C o r p o r a t i o n
P u l l m a n Industries, Inc.
Pulte C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y , Inc. •
Rebmann Products Corporation
L o u i s G. R e d s t o n e A s s o c i a t e s , I n c . •
Reef-Baker C o r p o r a t i o n
Regal S t a m p i n g C o m p a n y
Resistance Welder C o r p o r a t i o n , Inc.
W.J. R e w o l d t C o m p a n y
R i v e r s i d e Meta,! P r o d u c t s C o m p a n y
The Gary Robertson C o m p a n y
Rockwell International Corporation •
Rohn Fireproofing Company
Rossetti Associates •
Rotor Electric Company
Rupp Oil C o m p a n y
S 8f H F a b r i c a t i n g 8f E n g i n e e r i n g
Salvage One Store Fixtures
Sardo C o n s t r u c t i o n Com pany, Inc.
Saroki-Sellards Group
A b b o t t K. S c h l a i n C o m p a n y
Schlegel M i c h i g a n , Inc.
S e a r s R o e b u c k 6f C o m p a n y •
S e c u r i t y B a n k 6f T r u s t
Roy A. S e e l b i n d e r C o n s t r u c t i o n C o m p a n y
Servomation Corporation •
Sesco, Inc.
Shay M o t o r s C o r p o r a t i o n
J.L. Sherk Company
Siegel-Robert Plating Company
S i m p s o n Industries, Inc.
Sislin-Splane P r i n t i n g •
C M . Smillie accompany •
J.R. S n y d e r C o m p a n y , I n c . •
South Haven Rubber Company
S o u t h e a s t e r n M i c h i g a n Gas C o m p a n y
S o u t h e a s t e r n T i l e Si M a r b l e C o m p a n y
Special Machine
Engineering, Inc.
Splane Electric Supply C o m p a n y
S p r i n g f i e l d M a c h i n e 6f S t a m p i n g
Standard Products
The Stanley-Carter C o m p a n y
Stellar Engineering, Inc. •
Stouffer's n o r t h l a n d Inn •
Structural Fabricators
H.B. S t u b b s C o m p a n y
Suburban Brick Company •
S u m m i t Industries, Inc. •
S u m m i t Polymers, Inc.
Sun Petroleum Products C o m p a n y
Supreme Tri-Bit Company
Sutter Products Company
TRW, I n c . - M i c h i g a n D i v i s i o n •
Tawas Industries, Inc.
T a y l o r E n g i n e e r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n (The
Gage Company)
Teal Electric C o m p a n y •
J . Walter T h o m p s o n C o m p a n y
�fitf
Three M Tool
Machine, Inc.
Tiseo
Associates, Inc.
T o u c h e Ross
Company •
R.J. T o w e r C o r p o r a t i o n
Tri-Mark Metal C o r p o r a t i o n
Tru-Val T u b i n g C o m p a n y
Turner-Brooks, Inc.
U.S. M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n
U n i s t r u t D i v i s i o n (QTE) •
United Airlines •
The Valeron C o r p o r a t i o n
Leo J . V a n d e r v e n n e t flf S o n s , I n c .
V a u n g a r d e E n g i n e e r i n g flf Sales C o m p a n y
Visual Services, Inc.
W.K. I n d u s t r i e s , I n c .
WXOn-TV, Inc.
Walbridge, Aldinger Company
H i r a m Walker, Inc. •
W a r r e n Steel W o r k s , I n c . •
Washers, Inc.
J e r v i s B. W e b b C o m p a n y •
Western Electric C o m p a n y •
W e s t e r n Steel C o m p a n y
Williams Products
Wilson-Qarner Company •
Wohlert Corporation
R o b e r t Lee W o l d & A s s o c i a t e s , I n c . •
Woods C o n s t r u c t i o n Company, Inc.
Wyandotte Cement, Inc.
X-Celsior Machine C o r p o r a t i o n
Q e o r g e E. Y o u n g n u r s e r y . I n c .
L.C. Y o u n g P a i n t i n g Sf D e c o r a t i n g
Company
Zenith Industries, Inc.
Z i e g e l m a n Architects, Inc. • -
Corporate Matching Gifts
C o r p o r a t i o n s r e c o g n i z e t i i a t tliere are a v a r i e t y of w a y s to
invest in tlie future. O n e w a y they lielp do tliis is t h r o u g h
m a t c h i n g gift p r o g r a m s to e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s .
Seventy-seven different c o r p o r a t i o n s m a d e m a t c h i n g gifts
t o L I T b e t w e e n J u l y 1, 1 9 8 1 a n d J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 8 2 . T h e s e
m a t c h i n g gifts totalled $ 7 7 , 9 4 8 .
A e t n a L i f e 6f C a s u a l t y F o u n d a t i o n
A i r P r o d u c t s Sf C h e m i c a l s , I n c . •
Allis-Chalmers Foundation
American Broadcasting Companies,
Inc. •
American Davidson, Inc. •
American Hospital Supply
Corporation •
American Motors Corporation •
American n a t u r a l Resources
Company •
American Telephone & Telegraph
Company •
A m e r i c a n U n i t e d Life I n s u r a n c e
Company •
BASF W y a n d o t t e C o r p o r a t i o n •
Bell L a b o r a t o r i e s •
Bendix Corporation •
The B o e i n g C o m p a n y •
Borg-Warner C o r p o r a t i o n •
Bundy Foundation
Central Illinois Light Company
Chrysler Corporation •
C i t i b a n k , n.A.
•
C u m m i n s Engine Foundation
Daniel I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o r p o r a t i o n •
Detroit Edison Company •
D o w C h e m i c a l USA •
Eaton Corporation •
Ex-Cello-O C o r p o r a t i o n •
Exxon Education Foundation
Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation
Federal-Mogul C o r p o r a t i o n •
Ferro M a n u f a c t u r i n g C o r p o r a t i o n
F i r e s t o n e T i r e fif R u b b e r C o m p a n y
Ford Motor Company •
Fruehauf Corporation
General Dynamics C o r p o r a t i o n
General Electric F o u n d a t i o n •
General Telephone & Electronics •
Gould Incorporated •
Halliburton Education F o u n d a t i o n , Inc.
J o h n A. H a r t f o r d F o u n d a t i o n •
Hercules Incorporated
Howmet Turbine Components
Corporation •
IBM C o r p o r a t i o n •
I n d u s t r i a l Risk Insurers
Ingersoll-Rand, Inc.
Karmazin
Kennecott Corporation
Marathon Oil F o u n d a t i o n •
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Martin Marietta Corporation
McGraw-Hill Foundation, Inc.
Mellon national Corporation
M i c h i g a n Bell T e l e p h o n e C o m p a n y •
Midland-Ross Corporation-Robotron
Division •
Monsanto Fund
Motorola Foundation
n a t i o n a l Bank of Detroit •
n a t i o n a l Steel C o r p o r a t i o n •
Occidental Petroleum
Owens-Illinois •
Pacific M u t u a l Life I n s u r a n c e
Company •
Peoples Energy C o r p o r a t i o n •
Pillsbury Company Foundation
Price Waterhouse F o u n d a t i o n
Protection Mutual Insurance
Company •
Rockwell International •
SOHIO
S o u t h w e s t e r n Bell T e l e p h o n e C o m p a n y
Sperry-Rand Corporation F o u n d a t i o n •
Stauffer Chemical C o m p a n y
Sterling Drug Company
TRW, I n c . - M i c h i g a n D i v i s i o n •
Teledyne Incorporated
UOP F o u n d a t i o n •
United Technologies •
Warner-Lambert Company •
Westinghouse Educational Foundation •
Xerox Foundation •
Arthur Young Foundation
Associations
A v a r i e t y of a s s o c i a t i o n s , c i v i c g r o u p s , a n d o t h e r o r g a n i z a t i o n s r e c o g n i z e d t h e C o l l e g e w i t h t h e i r s u p p o r t . E a c h of
these associations has an important link with the College
a n d their c o m b i n e d gifts a d d e d a l m o s t $ 2 1 , 0 0 0 to L l T ' s
resources.
A m e r i c a n Chemical Society
American Concrete Institute •
A m e r i c a n I r o n fif S t e e l I n s t i t u t e •
American Production »Inventory
C o n t r o l Society
A m e r i c a n Society for Metals
A s p h a l t Pavers A s s o c i a t i o n
Detroit A m a t e u r Radio Association
Fall/Winter
1982 2 6
Forging Industry Educational &
Research F o u n d a t i o n •
LIT A l u m n i A s s o c i a t i o n
Michigan Road Builders Association
n a t i o n a l A c t i o n C o u n c i l for Minorities
in Engineering, Inc.
Rotary Club of Southfield
Foundations
A t o t a l of e i g h t e e n p r i v a t e
during the 1 9 8 1 - 8 2 giving
tions h a d given during the
from foundations totalled
Carman Adams Foundation •
Qeorge I. Alden Trust
W i l l i a m R. A n g e l l F o u n d a t i o n
T h e C h a r l e s M. B a u e r v i c F o u n d a t i o n ,
Inc. •
The Clarence SfQrace C h a m b e r l i n
Foundation •
T h e H e l e n L. D e R o y F o u n d a t i o n •
DeSeranno Education Foundation,
Inc. •
T h e C h a r l e s B. Sf C h a r l e s R. D e V l i e g
Foundation •
foundations supported LIT
y e a r . E l e v e n of t h e s e f o u n d a 1 9 8 0 - 8 1 g i v i n g year. Gifts
$687,047.
Fisher-Insley F o u n d a t i o n •
R o l l i n M. Q e r s t a c k e r F o u n d a t i o n
Qordy Foundation Incorporated
Kresge Foundation
T h e R.C. M a h o n F o u n d a t i o n •
A l e x ef M a r i e M a n o o g i a n F o u n d a t i o n
T h e J.S. M c C o r m i c k C o m p a n y
Charitable Trust
McQregor Fund •
Sage F o u n d a t i o n •
Lula C.Wilson Trust
•
�LIT Family
The f a c u l t y , s t a f f , a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , a n d m e m b e r s a n d
trustees at L I T c o n t i n u e d to do t h e i r s h a r e d u r i n g t h e
1981-82 g i v i n g y e a r . T o t a l g i v i n g from 1 5 9 m e m b e r s of
the L I T f a m i l y w a s $ 5 7 , 6 7 9 . 2 9 .
James J . A b e r n e t h y •
W i l l i a m S. A l l e n
Stanley R. A l l i s o n •
Jeane H. A l l y n
Victor a n d Sophie A n g e l e s c u •
Bruce J . A n n e t t , J r . •
Jack A r m s t r o n g
Jerry Q. B e c k
Mr. a n d M r s . A l l a n M. B e r c a w •
Mr. a n d M r s . W a l t e r Q. B i z o n •
Mr. a n d M r s . J a m e s B. B l a n d f o r d •
Mr. a n d M r s . A r n o l d J . B l y t h e •
Mr. a n d M r s . Q e o r g e F. B o w d e n •
Burnell J . B o w m a n •
Dr. a n d M r s . B e n F. B r e g i •
Mr. a n d M r s . E d w a r d E. B r e w e r •
Parke a n d Piancy B r o w n •
Cleand Beulah Buck •
Mrs. Wayne H. B u e l l •
Floyd W. B u n t •
r i o r m a n R. B u r k h a r d t
Mr. a n d M r s . J a m e s W. C a r p e n t e r •
Mr. a n d M r s . L a w r e n c e P. C a s a i •
Eugene R. G a t e s •
Anne C a t t e r m o l e - L e v y •
Mr. a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h a m p l i n
Mr. a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. C h u t e •
D o r o t h y H. C l a r k •
Gary R. C o c o z z o l i •
Mrs. P a t r i c k C o g a n •
John J . Connors
Mr. a n d M r s . J o s e p h P. C o n s i d i n e , J r . •
Mr. a n d M r s . K e n n e t h J . C o o k •
Qeorge A. C o u s i n s
Mr. a n d M r s . Roy C. C r a n e •
Dr. J e r r y L. C r i s t •
Mr. a n d M r s . R i c h a r d H. C u m m i n g s
Mr. a n d M r s . Q e r a l d C u p e r •
Mr. a n d M r s . W i l s o n D a u g h e r t y •
Dr. a n d M r s . S t e p h e n R. D a v i s •
L o u i s A. D e Q e n n a r o •
M r . a n d M r s . F r a n k de H e s s e l l e •
Ashok Deshpande •
Metin Dogu •
Mr. a n d M r s . E d w a r d J . D o n l e y •
Mr. a n d Mrs. T h o m a s J . D r a g o n •
J o h n &t D e b b i e Faes •
Kenneth J . Farquharson •
H. R o b e r t F a r r a h
R u t h Q. F a v r o •
M r . a n d M r s . L e o n a r d A. F o r r e s t •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Qary J . Qabel •
M r . a n d M r s . R o n a l d D. Q a l l e s e r o •
J a c k Q . Qearhart •
James Qiachino •
Fay a n d A n n Q i f f o r d •
D e a n a n d M r s . K a r l H. Q r e i m e l •
Dr. a n d M r s . Perry E. Q r e s h a m •
M r . a n d M r s . C. R i c h a r d H a l l •
Q. R o b e r t a n d D o r o t h y M. H a r r i n g t o n •
T h e S t a n l e y F. H a r r i s F a m i l y •
Mr. a n d M r s . R o b e r t D. H a t c h •
Sonia and Marvin Henckel •
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s L. H o d g e s •
M r s . E l i z a b e t h A. H o o d
D a v i d R. H u b b s
Ronald Huizenga
Jesse H u n t •
M r . a n d M r s . L l o y d Q. H u n t e r •
J o h n F. H u r l e y •
M r . a n d M r s . W i l l i a m D. I n n e s •
M e l v i n L. J a n n e y •
Qary Jelin •
Q l e n S. J o h n s t o n e •
Mr. a n d M r s . Q a r y A. J o p p i c h •
Q a r y A. K e c s k e s •
M r . a n d M r s . T i m o t h y R. K e n n e d y •
M r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d W. K e n t •
Keith a n d Mary Kesling
M r . a n d M r s . P a u l F. K i n d e r •
M r . a n d M r s . D o u g l a s s V. K o c h •
M r . a n d M r s . F r a n k A. K o l t u n i a k •
Mr. a n d M r s . S t a n l e y K o r e n k i e w i c z
LIT B o o k s t o r e Staff
LIT L i b r a r y Staff
LIT R e g i s t r a r ' s Office Staff
LIT S c h o o l o f A r t s a n d S c i e n c e Staff
Lee a n d J u l i e L a h r •
M r s . E. Q e o r g e L a w r e n c e •
J u l i a n a C. L e Z o t t e •
M r . a n d M r s . S a m u e l F. L e w i s •
Harold Linton
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t A. L i s k a •
M r . a n d M r s . D a v i d L. L i t t m a n •
M r . a n d M r s . K e n n e t h M. L i v i n g s t o n •
Dr. Qeorge M a c h
M r . a n d M r s . E r n e s t L. M a i e r •
Qene Manis
Dr. a n d M r s . R i c h a r d E. M a r b u r g e r •
Zaven a n d Qladys Margosian •
Albert Marnon •
Matthew Mashikian
R i c h a r d S. M a s l o w s k i •
T h o m a s and Christine Masson •
Larry McCoUister •
R i c h a r d D. M c C o r m a c k •
F. H a l M c D a v i d •
L u c y Q. a n d B e r n a r d J . M e r r i t t •
Mr. a n d Mrs. M i c h a e l J . M e r s c h e r •
Richard and Martha Michel •
D r . a n d M r s . n e l s o n A. M i l e s
Dr. a n d Mrs. J o h n E . M i l l e r
Richard J . Miller •
C a r o l E. M i l l s
M r . a n d M r s . P h i l i p V. M o h a n •
W. T h o m a s M u n s e l l •
D r . a n d M r s . R i c h a r d A. M u r i e •
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s D. r i a n n y •
T h o m a s J . Mashlen •
Qail n a s t w o l d •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h B. O l i v i e r i
Mr. a n d M r s . F r e d O l m s t e a d •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h W. P e t r o , J r . •
Dr. a n d M r s . L o u i s W. P e t r o •
M r . a n d M r s . R o b e r t B. P o w e l l •
Marilyn Rands •
M r . a n d M r s . L l o y d E. R e u s s •
D o n a l d L. R i c h a r d s o n •
Dr. a n d M r s . F r e d r i c R i v k i n •
M r . a n d M r s . L a r r y M. R o c k i n d •
P h i l i p M. R o t h w e l l
Mr. a n d M r s . R a y m o n d P. S a n d s •
M r . a n d M r s . J o s e p h F. S a v i n •
M r . a n d M r s . Roy W. S c h e n k e l •
Mr. a n d Mrs. T h o m a s S c h n e i d e r •
Mr. a n d Mrs. Walter S c h o n e c k •
Betty-Lee Seydler-Sweatt
Patricia Shamamy
Mr. a n d Mrs. V i c t o r S h r e m
M i c h a e l S. S i f t e r
Mr. a n d Mrs. Q r e g Snyder •
Manuel Spinner •
J o h n O. S t o c k •
M r . a n d M r s . Roy J . S t r i c k f a d e n •
M i c h a e l P. S w e e n e y •
M r . a n d M r s . K u r t O. T e c h •
M r . a n d M r s . J a m e s O. T r e w •
Richard J . Trippett •
Qary a n d Eleanor Vance
Mr. a n d M r s . L e w i s C. V e r a l d i
Robert Lewis Voiers •
Mr. a n d Mrs. T h o m a s H. W a r r e n •
Mr. a n d 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 . a n d M r s . Q l e n S. W i l s o n •
Allan J . Winkeljohn •
P a u l H. Z a n g •
Mr. a n d Mrs. C o n r a d Z e m e n s •
These rosters include names on record for contributions
between July 1,1981 and June 3 0 , 1 9 8 2 . Omissions or
should be reported to the Office of
Development.
received
corrections
�On-campus
Faculty and staff notes
Glen A. Bauer has been n a m e d an i n s t r u c t o r
in t h e S c h o o l of A r t s a n d S c i e n c e . Bauer
received B.S. a n d M.A. d e g r e e s in
m a t h e m a t i c s f r o m W a y n e S t a t e University.
Dr. Eugenie R. Beall has j o i n e d t h e C o l l e g e
as s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s a d m i n i s t r a t o r . Her
r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n c l u d e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n of
CPCU/CLU i n s u r a n c e p r o g r a m s a n d " L e t ' s
Read." Formerly, she was academic
p r o g r a m c o o r d i n a t o r for t h e W a y n e S t a t e
University/University of M i c h i g a n - s p o n s o r e d
U n i v e r s i t y C o u r s e s in A d u l t E d u c a t i o n .
Dr. Beall h o l d s a B.A. in E n g l i s h 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 , an M.A. in
E n g l i s h f r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y of D e t r o i t , a n d a
Ph.D. in E n g l i s h f r o m W a y n e S t a t e . She is
p r e s i d e n t of t h e Detroit A s s o c i a t i o n of
Phi B e t a K a p p a .
European study
tour offered
Richard Maslowski has been a p p o i n t e d
a s s i s t a n t dean of the S c h o o l of Engineering.
M a s l o w s k i a s s u m e s his new role in
a d d i t i o n t o m a i n t a i n i n g his p o s i t i o n as
c h a i r m a n of t h e e l e c t r 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 . A m o n g his new d u t i e s as
a s s i s t a n t d e a n are c o o r d i n a t i n g LIT's
S c h o o l of E n g i n e e r i n g Career Day P r o g r a m ,
all a d v i s i n g a n d c o u n s e l i n g , a c a d e m i c
s c h e d u l e s for b o t h day a n d e v e n i n g
p r o g r a m s , and high s c h o o l recruiting e f f o r t s .
A m e m b e r of t h e f a c u l t y at LIT s i n c e
1966, M a s l o w s k i received his B.S.E. in
e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g f r o m t h e University
of M i c h i g a n , his M.S.E. f r o m W a y n e State
University and also attended Worcester
P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e for post g r a d u a t e
s t u d y in e l e c t r i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g .
M a s l o w s k i w i l l a l s o c o n t i n u e as f a c u l t y
a d v i s o r t o t h e Tau Beta Pi a n d Eta Kappa
Nu s t u d e n t e n g i n e e r i n g h o n o r s o c i e t i e s and
t h e LIT s t u d e n t c h a p t e r of t h e I n s t i t u t e of
E l e c t r i c a l a n d E l e c t r o n i c Engineers (IEEE).
Naila D. IVIikhaeil has been n a m e d an
a s s i s t a n t p r o f e s s o r in t h e S c h o o l of
Engineering.
M i k h a e i l received his degrees f r o m
C a i r o University, in his native Egypt, and
B r a u n s c h w e i g University in W e s t Germany.
He has w o r k e d in New York and Cairo as
an e l e c t r i c a l engineer.
George E . Quinn has been named an
a s s o c i a t e p r o f e s s o r in the School
of A r c h i t e c t u r e .
Q u i n n received his B.A. in architecture
f r o m A r i z o n a S t a t e University and his
M a s t e r s in p l a n n i n g f r o m University of
S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a . His previous p o s i t i o n s
i n c l u d e d serving as vice c h a i r m a n of the
D e p a r t m e n t of A r c h i t e c t u r e at The Ohio
S t a t e University a n d a s s i s t a n t d e p a r t m e n t
head of pre-design p r o f e s s i o n s at Kansas
S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y ' s C o l l e g e of A r c h i t e c t u r e
and D e s i g n . •
Preparations for the fourth annual
European S t u d y Tour progrann,
s p o n s o r e d by L a w r e n c e I n s t i t u t e of
Technology, are n o w u n d e r w a y .
T h i s p r o g r a m is d e s i g n e d t o h e l p
those participating enhance their
k n o w l e d g e oif t h e E u r o p e a n " b u s i n e s s
w o r l d . " In 3 0 d a y s t h e t o u r g r o u p w i l l
v i s i t s i x c o u n t r i e s a n d 12 c i t i e s
i n c l u d i n g L o n d o n , P a r i s , Ronne a n d
Zurich. Six to eight days will be
devoted to industrial tours and conferences with local business people.
The Gucci luggage factory, British
Law Courts and Europe's Ford Motor
Co. are annong t h e p o s s i b l e e s t a b lishnnents to be v i s i t e d .
The overall c o s t , i n c l u d i n g air fare,
l o c a l t r a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d nnost b r e a k fasts, will run approxinnately $2,400
to $2,500. The t o u r g r o u p will leave
J u l y 16 a n d r e t u r n A u g u s t 1 4 . F o r
i n t e r e s t e d s t u d e n t s o r a l u m n i , it i s
possible to receive up to nine h o u r s of
credit for the trip and Professor Ernie
Maier will assist those seeking
graduate credit.
For further i n f o r m a t i o n , c o n t a c t
Ernie M a i e r in L I T ' s S c h o o l o f
M a n a g e m e n t at 356-0200. •
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1982
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Michigan wineiy tour
LIT Alumni Association
members journeyed
to Paw Paw in October to visit three
Michigan
wineries.
The all day bus excursion
included dinner at Win Schuler's
in Marshall, lunch in
Turkeyvllle (really!), and plenty of time for serious wine sample
comparisons.
�Founders
established
©^cartoons b y l
' I got tired of looking for my car everyday!'
Fall enrollment grows three percent
D
uring these troubled times, when
most institutions of higher education are experiencing declining enrollments, figures just released by
Lawrence Institute of Technology
show that the college is still continuing to grow.
Fall 1982 registration figures
indicate a record 5, 868 students had
enrolled In classes in day and evening
baccalaureate and evening associate
studies programs. This was a 3 percent
increase over 1981 when the fall enrollment showed a record 5,703 students.
According to LIT President Dr. Richard
E. Marburger, the continuing increases
have resulted in classes and programs
filled to capacity and a need to
stabilize the enrollment in the
coming years.
"After experiencing envollment
increases of about 5 percent each of
the past five years, we are planning
to stabilize at about the 6,000 student
level. In most programs, and during
much of the day, we are at capacity,"
he notes. "Although certain programs,
such as Associate Studies, meeting
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
might accommodate a few more
students, for the most part our
concentration will continue to be on
attracting more exceptional students
rather than on growth."
The largest single increase at LIT
continued to occur in engineering
where the highest number in the
College's history, 2,821 students,
enrolled in construction, electrical, or
mechanical engineering. In 1981,
the engineering enrollment was 2,590.
The total number of women at LIT
also increased to 1,088, a trend which
reflects the change in society's
attitudes toward women in formerly
male-dominated fields. This year,
women accounted for 19 percent of the
total student body and increased to
just over 8 percent of the engineering
enrollment. The largest single female
increase in an individual program
occurred in the School of Management
where a total of 249 women enrolled
in the business administration
program, compared to 192 in fall 1981.
Basic tuition for bachelor of science
degree programs is $610 per term. For
associate programs it is $540 per term. •
An LIT Founders Society, recognizing
the contributions of major donors to
the College, has been formed and will
begin meeting periodically next year,
Dr. Richard E. Marburger, LIT
president announces.
The Society offers its members the
opportunity to become part of an
academic community whose greatest
accomplishments have been achieved
through private means, according to
Marburger.
"LIT's continuing educational
leadership requires the encouragement
and active investment of individuals
who share a desire to provide enduring
and generous support," he added.
Membership in LIT's Founders
Society can be attained by any one of
the following forms of investment in
the College:
v
• A gift of $10,000 or more in cash (or
cash equivalent) payable immediately, or at the rate of at least
$1,000 a year for ten years or
less, or;
• A deferred gift of $15,000 or more
payable through a bequest, a life
income or unitrust agreement, or a
trust agreement, or;
• A cash/bequest gift combination of
$5,000 outright or over 10 years or
less at a rate of at least $500
annually, and a minimum bequest
of $7,500, or;
• A matching gift arrangement
combining an individual gift of
$7,500 with a corporate matching
gift of $7,500, or;
• An insurance policy (other than
term) of $25,000 or more on the
life of the contributor or spouse.
The College hopes to enroll 45-50
"Charter Members" by December
31,1982.
For more information, write or call
G. Robert Harrington, LIT's vice
president for development. •
Send your change of address to the
Alumni Relations Office!
�Affleck House
restoration
drive begins
Restoration of LIT's Affleck House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and
completed
in 1941, will be assured by a group of friends dedicated
to raising funds for the
landmark. Mrs. Ivabelle Harlan, inset, is chairing the effort.
Presidents Club welcomes 22
The LIT Presidents Club welcomed 22
new members during a fall dinnerdance October 23 in the College's new
dining room in the Buell Building.
Dinner was preceded by a reception
in the Building's atrium. Following
dinner, LIT President Richard Marburger
and Club President Alvin R. Prevost,
ArE'51, were featured speakers. Vice
President for Development G. Robert
Harrington updated the 179 attendees
on the College's Capital Campaign
progress.
New members included: Andrew D.
Agosta, IM'69; Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Baracos, ME'53; Gregory R. Cheek;
Vincent, IM'79, and Diane Cornacchia;
Dean V. DeGalan, EE'74; Coda M.,
ME'58, EE'60, and Beryl H. Edwards;
Ruth G. Favro; Chester G. Janssens,
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1982
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ME'60; The Honorable and Mrs. Charles
Kaufman; Keith and Mary Kesling;
Stan, EE'56, and Leona Korenkiewicz;
Chet and Laura Mally; Albert F. and
Paulyn Myers; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome
Obdziejewski, IM'69; Joseph B. Ollvieri;
Edward, Ma'75, and Vicki Repik, II;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Savin; Mr. and
Mrs. Morris I. Sheikh; Edward and Jo
Simon; Stanley A. and Estelle Simon;
Gary and Eleanor Vance; and John F.,
ME'81, and Sharon Watton.
Fred Faes and his Orchestra
provided entertainment to round out
the evening.
The Presidents Club's 489 members
have invested over $1.5 million to date
to enhance and insure the tradition
of excellence at LIT. •
The restoration of LIT's Frank Lloyd
Wright-designed Affleck House has
received a shot in the arm thanks to the
efforts of a newly-formed group of
friends and neighbors of the home.
The group, called "Friends of Frank
Lloyd Wright • Affleck House," will
raise funds necessary to restore the
home and provide a maintenance fund
for future needs. It is being led by Mrs.
Ivabell Harlan of Bloomfield Hills.
Affleck House, completed in 1941,
was the residence of the late Gregor S.
and Elizabeth B. Affleck. It was given
to LIT and its School of Architecture in
1978 by the Affleck children, Mary Ann
(Mrs. Karl F.) Lutomski, and Gregor P.
Affleck. Since then it has served as an
outstanding teaching resource for
students and faculty, and as a center
for important LIT seminars,
conferences, and special receptions.
The home, in Bloomfield Hills, is
considered by architectural scholars to
be one of Wright's most significant
works. According to Dean of
Architecture Karl H. Greimel, it
represents the last great period of
Wright's architecture which he called
"Usonian" — the way of building a
structure in harmony with its site.
Wright developed a close friendship
with the Afflecks and was a frequent
visitor to their home. Nearly 10,000
architects and guests from throughout
the world visited the home during the
time it was the Affleck's residence.
Contributions would be used for
such purposes as refinishing interior
and exterior walls, addition of
insulation and modernization of the
home's heating plant, repairer
replacement of skylights and roofing,
masonry repairs, and landscaping.
Some funds must be expended in
the immediate months ahead for the
above items. Creation of a special
maintenance fund, however, would
assure that future preservation needs
could be met with income from
investment of the fund's principal.
Alumni and friends interested in
making a tax-deductible contribution
can contact Edward T. Darling, LIT
development officer, for more
information at (313) 356-0200. •
�Alunnni Notes
Craw
Marra '49
1933-59
Dante V. PeronI, Ch'36, h a s retired f r o m his
civilian p o s i t i o n as a s u p e r v i s o r y engineer
at W r i g h t P a t t e r s o n A i r F o r c e Base, Dante
now resides in D a y t o n , O H .
Edward B. Chester, EE'49, is d i r e c t o r of
industrial r e l a t i o n s f o r C a l s p a n Field
Services, Inc. at t h e A r n o l d E n g i n e e r i n g
Developnnent Center, USAF, near T u l l a h o m a ,
TN. He has been w i t h C a l s p a n f o r 27 years.
Frank 8. Marra, ME'49, h a s been e l e c t e d
president a n d chief o p e r a t i n g o f f i c e r of
VSI Corp., P a s a d e n a , CA, a s u b s i d i a r y of
Fairchild I n d u s t r i e s , Inc. He w i l l be headquartered at t h e D-M-E h e a d q u a r t e r s in
Madison H e i g h t s . VSI is a d i v e r s i f i e d m u l t i national c o r p o r a t i o n c o m p o s e d of several
companies with products for commercial,
industrial, a n d a e r o s p a c e m a r k e t s .
Walter F. Ruffer, ME'50, p u r c h a s e d a
product line f r o m A m e r i c a n S t a n d a r d ,
Inc. a n d began Detroit S w i t c h , Inc. in
1971. He is n o w v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of Detroit
Switch in P i t t s b u r g h , PA, w h i c h e m p l o y s
48 people t o m a n u f a c t u r e p r e s s u r e a n d
t e m p e r a t u r e c o n t r o l s w i t c h e s f o r use by
the U.S. Navy, r a i l r o a d s a n d r e f r i g e r a t i o n
manufacturers.
Jack Mohr, C i v E ' 5 1 , m a r r i e d t h e f o r m e r J i l l
Templin of Dearborn o n J u n e 12. The c o u p l e
are residing in M e x i c o City, M e x i c o , w h e r e
Jack has a three-year a s s i g n m e n t w i t h
Ford M o t o r C o .
Karl Schwarze, M E ' 5 1 , has r e t u r n e d t o t h e
engineering o f f i c e at C h r y s l e r C o r p . as
manager of body d e s i g n . Previously he w a s
manager of vehicle t e s t i n g at t h e Chrysler
Proving G r o u n d s .
Carl F. Ortolf, EE'52, is a d i s t r i c t m a n a g e r
for G o u l d , Inc's., D a y t o n , O H o f f i c e .
Charles K n i g h t o n , ME'55, h a s been
a p p o i n t e d vice-president of s m a l l car
engineering a n d p l a n n i n g f o r Ford M o t o r
Co.'s N o r t h A m e r i c a n A u t o m o t i v e
operations. He p r e v i o u s l y held t h e p o s i t i o n
of vice-president of p r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t
for Ford of Europe.
Gretchen Minnhaar, A r E ' 5 9 , w a s part of a
team w h i c h recently d e s i g n e d t h e Gerald
R. Ford M u s e u m in G r a n d R a p i d s . G r e t c h e n
is with DeWinter a n d A s s o c i a t e s in t h a t
city.
1960-69
Daniel H. Craw, IM'60, h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d
assistant vice-president for personal
b a n k i n g at Detroit B a n k & T r u s t ' s (DBT)
M a p l e - O r c h a r d Lake b r a n c h . DBT is t h e
p r i n c i p a l s u b s i d i a r y of C o m e r i c a
Incorporated.
Steven V. Darst, I M ' 6 1 , h a s been e l e c t e d
i n t e r n a t i o n a l p r e s i d e n t of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n
for S y s t e m s M a n a g e m e n t (ASM). Steve is
e m p l o y e d as a v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of S t a n d a r d
Federal S a v i n g s a n d L o a n A s s o c i a t i o n in
Troy. He, his w i f e , M y r t l e , a n d t h e i r f o u r
c h i l d r e n reside in St. Clair S h o r e s .
C l e m e n t L. Martzolff, ME'62, h a s been
a p p o i n t e d r e g i o n a l m a n a g e r of b u s i n e s s
development for Gilbert/Commonwealth,
an i n t e r n a t i o n a l 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 . He w i l l be r e s p o n s i b l e f o r d e v e l o p i n g
i n d u s t r i a l m a r k e t s in t h e m i d w e s t f o r t h e
company's Jackson-based Industrial and
Environmental Division.
T h o m a s F. O ' C o n n o r , ArE'64, w a s e l e c t e d
c h a i r m a n of c o m m i t t e e C-24 o n B u i l d i n g
Seals a n d S e a l a n t s of A S T M , t h e internationally recognized standards-writing
o r g a n i z a t i o n . He is a b u i l d i n g t e c h n o l o g y
specialist for Smith, Hinchman and Grylls
A s s o c . , Inc.
N i c k SarzynskI, IM'64, is t h e d i r e c t o r of
t h e 1982-83 S c i e n c e a n d E n g i n e e r i n g Fair,
s p o n s o r e d by t h e E n g i n e e r i n g S o c i e t y of
Detroit a n d t h e Detroit News. He h a s left
G e n e r a l D y n a m i c s t o d e v o t e f u l l t i m e t o his
b u s i n e s s , Delta H a r d w a r e o n H a r s e n s
I s l a n d , w h i c h he o p e r a t e s w i t h his w i f e ,
Joan.
C h a r l e s R. BIsel, A I A , ArE'66, h a s been
a p p o i n t e d t o d i r e c t a n e w l y f o r m e d Departm e n t of F a c i l i t i e s at P r o v i d e n c e H o s p i t a l
in S o u t h f i e l d . T h e n e w d e p a r t m e n t is a
merger of t h e d e p a r t m e n t s of c o n s t r u c t i o n ,
buildings, and grounds.
W
N o r m a n R. H u g h e s , Ar'69, has been n a m e d
t o t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Energy in W a s h i n g t o n
D.C. as t h e a s s i s t a n t t o t h e A s s i s t a n t
S e c r e t a r y for C o n s e r v a t i o n a n d Renewable
Energy. T h i s p o s i t i o n , at a s e n i o r executive
level, i n c l u d e s r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e
development, implementation, and
m a n a g e m e n t of a p r o g r a m d e s i g n e d t o
t r a n s f e r federal d e v e l o p m e n t t e c h n o l o g i e s
and federal demonstration facilities to the
p r i v a t e sector. In a d d i t i o n , N o r m a n w i l l be
w o r k i n g t o e n c o u r a g e private s e c t o r
a c t i v i t i e s in lieu of federal i n v e s t m e n t .
Ely T a m a , IM'69, recently a n n o u n c e d t h e
f o r m a t i o n of his new p r o f e s s i o n a l
c o r p o r a t i o n d o i n g b u s i n e s s as Haas and
T a m a , P.O., c e r t i f i e d p u b l i c a c c o u n t a n t s .
The new partnership is located in Southfield.
1970-79
J o h n D z i u r m a n ' s , Ar'70, a r c h i t e c t u r e f i r m ,
D z i u r m a n A s s o c i a t e s , w a s f e a t u r e d in t h e
Observer and Eccentric
newspapers on
S e p t e m b e r 16. T h e a r t i c l e f o c u s e d in on
t h e f i r m ' s i n t e r n a t i o n a l flavor w i t h a staff
c o m p o s e d e q u a l l y of A m e r i c a n a n d
European trained architects.
Pedro G. O r b e g o s o , IM'72, w r o t e
c o n g r a t u l a t i n g LIT on»its 50th Anniversary
a n d on t h e c o m p l e t i o n of t h e Buell
B u i l d i n g . Pedro a l s o s e n d s best regards
f r o m L i m a , Peru, w h e r e he n o w resides.
D o n a l d K. L e d f o r d , IM'73, is e m p l o y e d at
Ford M o t o r Co. Don r e p o r t s t h a t he traveled
in Europe in 1970 a n d 1975.
A l a n D. Z a h m , Ch'73, w r i t e s t h a t he is now
w o r k i n g w i t h t h e c i t y of O r l a n d o , FL. A l a n
is r e s i d i n g in W i n t e r Park, FL.
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�Darst '61
Robert Bishop, M E 7 4 , has been a m e m b e r
of the Troy S c h o o l B o a r d s i n c e 1976 a n d
is c u r r e n t l y m a n a g e r of P o w e r t r a i n
Engineering of N o r t h A m e r i c a n V e h i c l e s
Overseas d i v i s i o n of General M o t o r s .
George A. Washnak, IM'74, m a r r i e d t h e
f o r m e r Deborah S a n t o , S e p t e m b e r 4 , 1 9 8 1 .
The c o u p l e resides in B r o w n s v i l l e , TX.
George is the c o n t r o l l e r for Valley
Community Hospital.
David A. Wynkoop, IM'74, a L i e u t e n a n t
in the M e d i c a l S u p p l y C o r p s , U.S. Navy,
w a s a d v a n c e d to m e m b e r s h i p s t a t u s in the
A m e r i c a n College of H o s p i t a l
A d m i n i s t r a t o r s . David is a m e d i c a l
c o n s t r u c t i o n l i a i s o n o f f i c e r for a replacement h o s p i t a l f a c i l i t y at C a m p L e j e u n e ,
North Carolina.
Douglas W. Kueffner, Ar'74, has been
n a m e d an a s s o c i a t e w i t h T o s h a c h a n d
Sobczak A s s o c i a t e s Inc., a S a g i n a w
a r c h i t e c t u r e f i r m . In a d d i t i o n t o his LIT
degree, D o u g l a s a l s o h o l d s a m a s t e r ' s
degree f r o m W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y .
Dennis Dimoff, Ar'75, BAr'76, w a s r e c e n t l y
m a d e l i e u t e n a n t g o v e r n o r of t h e M i c h i g a n
K i w a n i s o r g a n i z a t i o n . He w a s e l e c t e d t o
t h i s p o s i t i o n after five years as t h e
Kiwanian's "Gazebo Concertmaster."
Dennis w a s given the previous t i t l e in
r e c o g n i t i o n of his l e a d e r s h i p in r u n n i n g
a free c o n c e r t series in t h e g a z e b o he
d e s i g n e d as a s t u d e n t at LIT, in t h e Mill
Pond Park in B r i g h t o n .
Oswin H. Wagner III, Ar'75, BAr'76, has
been n a m e d an a s s o c i a t e at M i c u d a
A s s o c i a t e s , Inc. of P o n t i a c . O s w i n lives
in W i x o m .
Paul J o h n s o n , Ar'76, received his
a r c h i t e c t u r a l r e g i s t r a t i o n t h i s year. He is
c u r r e n t l y e m p l o y e d as s p e c i a l p r o j e c t s
c o o r d i n a t o r for T u b e l i t e A r c h i t e c t u r a l
P r o d u c t s in Reed City. Paul r e s i d e s in
Hersey w i t h his w i f e , P a m e l a , a n d t h e i r
son, Nathaniel.
Mark Bedell, Ar'77, has c o m p l e t e d his
i n t e r n s h i p and s t a t e e x a m i n a t i o n s a n d has
q u a l i f i e d as a l i c e n s e d M i c h i g a n a r c h i t e c t .
He is c u r r e n t l y p r a c t i c i n g in B i r m i n g h a m
and resides in F a r m i n g t o n H i l l s w i t h his
wife, Charlotte.
J o s e p h S . Matusz, EE'77, received his
M.B.A. f r o m the U n i v e r s i t y of M i c h i g a n ' s
Dearborn c a m p u s in A p r i l , 1982. A n e m p l o y e e
at Detroit E d i s o n , J o e r e c e n t l y p a s s e d his
P.E. e x a m for c e r t i f i c a t i o n in M i c h i g a n .
T h o m a s Artushin, Ch'78, received his M.A.
in b u s i n e s s f r o m C e n t r a l M i c h i g a n University in S e p t e m b e r . He is c u r r e n t l y a l i a i s o n
c e r t i f i c a t i o n e n g i n e e r at Ford M o t o r Co.
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'62
Michael A. Piatak, ME'78, w a s a w a r d e d his
M i c h i g a n p r o f e s s i o n a l e n g i n e e r s t a t u s in
J u l y . He is e m p l o y e d by G u l f a n d W e s t e r n
as a p r o d u c t d e v e l o p m e n t engineer.
Michael S w e e n e y , ME'78, has received his
professional engineering license from the
S t a t e of T e x a s . He is e m p l o y e d in t h e
M a r i n e D i v i s i o n of B r o w n & Root, Inc. of
Houston. Michael recently married the
f o r m e r C i n d y Pugh a n d he a n d his new w i f e
reside in Katy, TX.
Mike Hammond, A r ' 7 9 , is n o w a r e g i s t e r e d
a r c h i t e c t in t h e S t a t e of M i c h i g a n . He is
a project architect with Samborn, Stekette,
O t i s a n d Evans, Inc., a r c h i t e c t s a n d
e n g i n e e r s in T o l e d o , O H .
Timothy J . Jeffrey, BA'79, has been n a m e d
m a n a g e r of M i n t o n S c h m i d , L a n d e r s V i n t o n
R e u t h e r & S m i t h , Inc.'s W e a t h e r f o r d , TX
o f f i c e . M i n t o n S c h m i d is t h e o n l y Fort
W o r t h - b a s e d b r o k e r a g e f i r m . T i m has a l s o
been n a m e d vice p r e s i d e n t of t h e s a m e
company.
Kevin R. Martin, Ma'79, EE'79, received his
M.S. d e g r e e in c o m p u t e r s c i e n c e f r o m t h e
U n i v e r s i t y of S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a in J u n e .
He has been p r o m o t e d t o s o f t w a r e g r o u p
head in t h e S i m u l a t i o n a n d G r a p h i c s
S e c t i o n at H u g h e s A i r c r a f t Co. in Los
A n g e l e s , OA.
P a m e l a (Nash) Murdock, DT'79, is an
o p e r a t i o n s a n a l y s t for t h e R e s e a r c h
F o u n d a t i o n in A l b a n y , NY. Her p r e s e n t
p o s i t i o n has her w o r k i n g o n t h e S t a t e
U n i v e r s i t y of New Y o r k n e t w o r k s y s t e m ,
w h i c h c o n s i s t s of a p p r o x i m a t e l y 300
t e r m i n a l s all over t h e s t a t e .
1980-82
O'Connor
'64
Wynkoop
'74
Edward A. Zyjewski, ET'81, has a c c e p t e d
a p o s i t i o n at Bell L a b o r a t o r i e s in New
Jersey as a t e c h n i c a l a s s i s t a n t . His d u t i e s
i n c l u d e C A D i m p l e m e n t a t i o n for logic
d e s i g n in m i c r o p r o c e s s o r s a n d logic
s i m u l a t i o n in r e l a t i o n t o t i m i n g of s i g n a l s
through gates.
William J . J a c k s o n , BA'82, recently j o i n e d
the H o u s t o n o f f i c e of S e i d m a n & S e i d m a n ,
t h e n a t i o n a l a c c o u n t i n g f i r m . He is staff
a c c o u n t a n t in t h e f i r m ' s a u d i t d e p a r t m e n t .
He a n d his w i f e , J o y c e , reside in w e s t
Houston.
Michael Lazur, EE'82, has j o i n e d Intel
C o r p o r a t i o n in A l o h a , OR as a p r o c e s s
engineer. Mike m a r r i e d t h e f o r m e r J e s s i c a
W o o l f e n d e n on S e p t e m b e r 4 a n d now
resides in P o r t l a n d , OR.
in memoriam
J u l i u s W. DeMunnik, CivE'33, of Royal Oak,
J u l y 14,1982. J u l i u s retired in 1970 f r o m
t h e U.S. A r m y C o r p s of Engineers, Detroit.
He is survived by his w i f e . Rose, a s o n ,
t w o d a u g h t e r s , a n d five g r a n d c h i l d r e n .
S a m u e l C . Williams, EE'38, of Mt. Clemens.
Stanley C . Mirecki, EE'49, of Portland, OR,
J u n e 2 8 , 1 9 8 2 . S t a n l e y w a s retired from the
B o n n e v i l l e Power A d m i n i s t r a t i o n after
35 years of service. He is survived by his
w i f e , Ethel, a n d s o n Greg.
T h o m a s Barkley, BA'50, of Detroit.
Grant A. Morrison, M E ' 5 1 , of H o u s t o n , TX,
A u g u s t 9,1982.
Max B. Shull, EE'58, of Royal Oak.
Dan Connelly, Ar'80, m a r r i e d t h e f o r m e r
A n n Kurnez, A p r i l 24. Dan is w i t h R. E.
Frailey a n d he a n d his new w i f e reside in
Troy.
Gary D. Roberts, A r ' 8 0 , has j o i n e d t h e
e n g i n e e r i n g d e p a r t m e n t of D e M a t t i a Co., a
Farmington Hills-based general contracting
firm.
Cynthia M. T o m s i c , ME'80, has j o i n e d
G e n e r a l D y n a m i c s C o r p o r a t i o n . She is
a m a i n t a i n a b i l i t y e n g i n e e r in t h e
c o m p a n y ' s Land Systems Division.
Helza W e i c h s e l b a u m , ME'80, w o r k s f o r G M
Plant E n g i n e e r i n g a n d C o n s t r u c t i o n as a
p l a n t engineer. She is a l s o c u r r e n t l y
w o r k i n g t o w a r d her p r o f e s s i o n a l
e n g i n e e r i n g r e g i s t r a t i o n in M i c h i g a n .
Douglas A. Wright, A r ' 8 1 , is n o w w i t h t h e
David A. T r a u t m a n f i r m in P e t o s k e y .
F r a n c i s C . Przybysz, ME'64, of Utica,
A u g u s t 1,1982. F r a n c i s w a s e m p l o y e d at
G M as a s e n i o r p r o c e s s e n g i n e e r in the
a d v a n c e d e n g i n e e r i n g d e p t . He is survived
by his w i f e , M a r i o n , a n d t h r e e d a u g h t e r s .
Benedict J . R a w s k i , MT'64, of D e a r b o r n .
Rudolph B a r d u c a , CE'69, of B l o o m f i e l d
Hills, J u l y 2 , 1 9 8 2 . Rudy w a s chief engineer
at C a d i l l a c A s p h a l t Paving Co. He is
survived by his w i f e , B e r n i c e , his three
c h i l d r e n , a n d five g r a n d c h i l d r e n .
Michael V. C e p e d a , IM'75, of K a l a m a z o o .
Michael E. Marx, IM'75, of W e s t l a n d ,
July 17,1982. M i c h a e l w a s e m p l o y e d by
W a y n e C o u n t y as an a u d i t o r before his
d e a t h . He is s u r v i v e d by his p a r e n t s , Mr.
a n d Mrs. E d w a r d C. M a r x , a brother, a n d
t w o sisters.
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listed
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are open to students, alumni, and friends
of the College without charge.
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occasionally
must be
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design work. LIT A r c h . Gallery; Mon.-Fri.,
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
December 14 Good, Better, Best — Public
Art in Detroit, Dennis N a w r o c k i , a u t h o r
and h i s t o r i a n , Detroit I n s t i t u t e of A r t s .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
January 4,1983 Model Photography,
Ken
Paul, p h o t o g r a p h i c s p e c i a l i s t , S m i t h ,
H i n c h m a n & Grylls A s s o c i a t e s , Inc.
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
January 11 The Continued Excavation
of
an Egyptian TempleiTemple
of Mut, Karnak,
Luxor, Egypt, Bill Peck, c u r a t o r , department of e d u c a t i o n , Detroit I n s t i t u t e of A r t s .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
k
January 19,21 Registration,
Evening C o l l e g e
baccalaureate programs, second term.
Classes begin J a n u a r y 24.
January 20 Marketing in the
Eighties:
Pitfalls and Pluses, Gerre J o n e s , editor,
publisher, and m a r k e t i n g s p e c i a l i s t .
LIT A r c h . A u d . ; 7:30 p.m.
F o u n d e r s Day Marx our word, there was lots of fun on campus on Founders
12. Students
and staff dressed up to portray several zany '30's personalities.
story starts inside on page 1.
Day
The
September
complete
January 20, 25 Registration,
Evening
College associate programs, second term.
C l a s s e s begin J a n u a r y 27.
February 3-March 10 LIT
Architecture
faculty exhibit. LIT A r c h . Gallery; Mon.Fri., 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
January 25 The Detroit Institute
of Arts:
What's In It For You?, P a t i e n c e Y o u n g ,
c u r a t o r , d e p a r t m e n t of e d u c a t i o n , Detroit
I n s t i t u t e of A r t s . LIT A r c h . A u d . ; n o o n .
April 2 3 , A l l - c a m p u s Open
House,
11 a.m.-5 p.m. S a t u r d a y , 12 noon-5 p.m.
Sunday
February 3 After Modernism,
Robert A. M.
Stern, architect, autliqr, and professor,
C o l u m b i a Universit>^ LIT A r c h * A u d . ; n o o n .
April 23 Alumni Dinner
Details to c o m e .
Dance/Reunion.
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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)
�features
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.
�features
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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L.l.T.'s new student-designed footbridge over the Rouge River links the College's
athletic facilities with the rest of the 85-acre campus.
outdoor
Students "bridge" flood problem at L.l.T.
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
George Bowden, and Dr. Richard E. Marburger, L.l.T. vice president for academic affairs look on.
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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
2. Zippered Sweatshirt with Hood. Navy or
Lt. Blue, 50% Kodel/50% polyester, $11.99
3. Football Jersey. Navy and white $6.99
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nylon $6.95
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cotton $5.30
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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.
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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.
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"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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Students "pick up pieces" where Pioneer leaves off -- Faculty and staff notes -- IMS organizes; elects officers -- Students from 43 nations enrolled at LIT this year -- All hail to thee, our alma mater -- Industry and LIT together bring construction engineering "into its own" -- Where there is a will, there is a way - eventually -- Confronting the '80's: looking ahead at college development, an interview with G. Robert Harrington, LIT vice president for development -- LIT "outreach" provides new experience for minorities -- Alumnus moves into "space" -- NBC mini-series filmed at LIT -- Dean Michel sees associate programs filling special needs -- Architecture professor promotes tornado safety -- Coping with tornadoes: what you can do at home / James J. Abernathy -- Alumni Association news -- Alumni notes -- Etcetera.
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