University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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' A --A - a:..v:-.1-:,1,': '- ii -V g,,,pu-L --- F s 1 5. WARREN J. BILKEY, above, Assistant Professor of Economics, has been at Connecticut for the past six years. As a result of research in a particularly important area, Dr. Bilkey is nearing completion of a thorough going study entitled Vector Analysis of Consumer Be- havior. He has presented papers on special topics before the A.M.A. and the New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supply and has published articles in the Review of Economics and Statistics. In addi- tion to his writing, he is a member of several societies, including the American Economics Association, the Econometric Association and the Catholic Economic Association. Under contract with the Atomic Energy Commission, WILLIAM C. ORR, left, has done extensive work in nuclear chemistry and the application of radioactive tracers to problems in inorganic chemistry. In connection with serving as advisor on radiological matters to the State Director of Civil Defense, he has invented a slide-rule calculator for A- or H-bomb fall-out dosage that is widely used throughout the country. As a sociologist, WALTER C. McKAlN, Jr., below, Pro fessor of Rural Sociology, has been instrumental ln the solution of problems of the aged throughout the state He is technical advisor to the Connecticut Commission on Po tentials of the Aging and director of the Connecticut Heart Association. As a writer, he is co-author of a text, Rural Life in the United States, and author of numerous experiment station bulletins and articles in professional and popular journals.

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'eived his aching at mm His if esbffcial he Christ. Petls have s Who in Qlllleclim WCS. is 2 lf la I F .HR F5 Q I 'ft ,J f , -5-.H 5. ,ni -I ,. s AQH- gt rl' X 41 Jigwl v . qgf, ICH. e,.gi0Ile Burrllf Exten- came eriC3' V him iwlllfh grtifut ahead' 'M-43' g After 14 years' service with his Alma Mater, STANLEY S. WEDBERC, above, Ph. D., was named Head of the Bacteri- ology Department in April. During World War Il, Dr. Wedberg was chief bacteriologist and assistant laboratory director of the 178th General Hospital in Europe, later assist- ant laboratory inspector for the entire European Theatre. From 1945-46 he worked with Dr. Jonas Salk, discoverer of the new polio vaccine, to combat an influenza outbreak among American soldiers. Dr. Wedberg, the author of Microbes and You, a text in basic microbiology, is active in many community organizations. For several years he has been chairman of the Commencement Committee and is presently treasurer of the Alumni Association. i u X I f wil X, ,J .A PJ, W...-it sf., ' Wliile in Iran in 195-l, PHILIP E. TAYLOR, above, Ph. D., was named head of the Economics Department to succeed Dr. XV. Harrison Carter. An authority on taxation and public finance Dr. Taylor went there to assist the Iranian government in revenue system problems. one of them the income tax system. Formerly associated with the Office of Price Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, he taught at Amherst and Trinity and joined the Connecticut faculty in 1946. For three years he was a member of the State Committee on Unemployment Compensation and the Commission on Health Resources. He is the author of The Economics of Public Finance, a top reference on governmental taxation, expenditures and debt policies. The appointment of PAUL S. RILEY, left, M. S., as supervisor of the Child Study Center in 1953 was a duty contrasting to his 3M years in the Marine Corps as a machine gun sergeant. In his staff position, Mr. Riley supervises the running of the Center and the student and staff members who have charge of children from the Storrs community. Born in Manila, P. I., Mr. Riley ' received his A.B. at the University of California and, in the postwar years, was an instructor at the Studio of Secondary Education in Los Angeles and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He taught at Columbia Teachers' College where he received his M.A. and is co-author of Working with Adolescent Groups. A lx R D X 9 it ixpz-. 19

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sim flea, a to Wing r of fqr 11... . below, Pro- nentzl in the the me He 'ation on Po mica Hem 3 tell, llllllll ug gpelllllflll and popular v. A few years ago, VIOLA KLEINDIENST, below, assisted in research relative to the physical fitness of Olympic champions. This work was carried out at Helsinki, the site of the Olympics. In the fifth year of her association with Connecticut, Miss Kleindienst teaches all phases of physical education. Her professional interest in school camping, which has lead to its encouragement and fostering by the state of Connecticut, brings her to local grammar schools and Scout groups. For the past four years she has been director of camps for the Girl Scout Council of greater New York. She is a member of Pi Lambda Theta, educational honorary society, and is currently working on her Ph. D. l ' mp. - Rd., .. 44 -'-11 .- 'M A ' NICHOLAS YV. FENNEY, left. M.P.H., joined the staff of the Connecticut College of Pharmacy in 1925. Since then every graduate of the School of Pharmacy has come under his instruction. In addition to originating post-graduate courses for practicing. registered pharmacists in Connecticut. he has been a lecturer at each of the courses. As a supra-active pharmacist, Professor. Fenney has been a guest lecturer for the Department of Phar- macology, the Department of Public Health. and the Cancer Control Section at the Yale Medical School. From 194649 he was a consultant on pharmacy for the National Pharmaceutical Survey. He is a member of the Joint Conference Committee of State medical, pharmaceutical, and dental so- cieties: a member and past chairman of the Connecticut Committee on Foods, Drugs, Cos- metics, and Devices: a member of the Connecticut Public Health League: and facultate member of the American College of Apothecaries. Besides being an honorary member of several pharma- ceutical societies, Mr. Fenney has the distinction of being Grand Regent of the Kappa Psi pharma- ceutical fraternity. STEPHEN S. FRIEDLAND, below, Ph. D., and Associate Professor of Physics, has been with the University for six years. He is the recipient of grants from the American Cancer Society for research and has done research at the University for the Atomic Energy Commission in nuclear physics and mass spectroscopy. Dr. Friedland is a virtual commuter between Storrs and New Mexico where he has worked on Operation Flashlight, an Air Force-commissioned study in the physics of the upper atmosphere. With the Doctors Orr and Williams, of the faculty, he completes the trio of atomic radiation scientists.