University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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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.

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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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Since 1953 HUGH CLARK, above, Associate Professor of Zoology, has worked diligently on a project supported by the National Institute of Health. The work, carried out in the interests of cancer research, deals with the nitrogen metabolism of reptile embryos. He is president- elect of Sigma Xi, member of the University Senate, past president of the A.A.U.P., and member of the Society of Zoologists, Society of Ichthyol- ogists and Herpetologists and the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine. Since 1940, RALPH J. KOCHENBURCER, above, Sc. D., Professor of Electrical Engineering, has been engaged in research relating to servo-mechanisms and cybernetics. Besides writing a number of classified papers concerning his work, in 1950 he published a paper in the Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers describing new techniques for handling a difficult type of servomechanjsms problem. For this work he was awarded the national Industry Prize by the A.I.E.E. and the Alfred Noble prize for 1950, an award made jointly by various engineering professional societies in the U. S. Dr. Kochenburger, who has been on the Storrs campus since 1950, has directed the M. W. Kellogg Project and the I.B.M. research project conducted by the University for the Air Force. EDMOND A. PERREGAUX, left, Ph. D., is Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management. On a special mission to France as Chief of the Food and Agriculture Division of the E.C.A., he assisted in the development of a more sani- tary fluid milk supply. His work helped a French dairy qualify to supply about half of the U. S. Armyis milk requirements in France. While there, he also developed demonstration projects for adult education in crops of hybrid corn and in the marketing of milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables. For his contributions to French agri- culture, he received the 0fHecer de Merite Agricolef' He joined the faculty in 1927 as a marketing specialist.