University of Connecticut - Nutmeg Yearbook (Storrs, CT)

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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.

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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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tbove. been 5 and Japers per in rtrical ing a r the ze by ill. an -sional - been d the iroietl JI. JOHN MALCOLM BRINNIN, above, instructor of modern poetry and creative writing, is widely known as a poet and for his work as director of the New York Poetry Center. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he has done graduate work at Harvard. His first book of poems, The Carden Is Political, was followed by The Lincoln Lyrics, No Arch, No Triumph, and The Sorrows of Cold Stone. His poems are represented in leading collections, some of which he has recorded for the Library of Congress and the Harvard Vocarium Series. He has served as poetry editor for new World Writing and as poetry judge for the National Book Awards. He is currently working on a new volume of poems and a critical biography of Gertrude Stein. ' . t I n ' . v bi 1. rnrssra-rr N y X . 4 Z' if Once described as our most fluent interpreter of the works of God, Professor RAYMOND KIENHOLZ, above, is a most enthusiastic teacher and lecturer on conservation. Among his publications is Conservation Across the United States, written after taking 32 people front eight states on a 13,000 mile nation- wide tour. He is well-known for his lessons on extending the nation's resources by utilizing more forest products, developing substitutes, exploring new frontiers of science, and by careful management of wildlife and grazing areas. Dr. Kienholz, Head of the Department of Forestry and bvildlife Management, has illustrated a book on winter trees and has done research in the Douglas fir region of western Yilashington and on Mount Adams. BELDON H. SIAIAFFER, left, who received his M. A. in Public Administration from Syracuse ldniversity in 195-1. was named Acting Director of the Institute of Public Service at Storrs in March, 1955. He served previously with the health depart- ments of Buffalo and Tompkins County in New York and as an administrative intern at Albany. His reports Growing Suburbs and Town Finance and Small Homes and Community Growth have attained national recognition. ln addition, he is author and co-author of a number of publications and informational bulletins issued by the Institute.