University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook

“Or James P Kohn comes from a family of educators five of eight children in his family are either principals or deans Kohn is originally from Indianapolis: he preped at Cathedral High and enlisted in the army in 1 942 While in the army, he managed to attain two years of college training at the University of Wisconsin, but was eventually sent to the South Pacific. In his division on Okinawa, he was one of twenty-six survivors out of an original 200 man division Upon return to the states. Kohn entered Notre Dame to fin- ish his undergraduate work in chemical engineering He went on to receive his MS at the University of Michigan in 1952 and his Ph D at the University of Kansas in 1956 Professor Kohn returned in 1 955 to start his career as a professor in the Business College Soon, however, he switched to the Department of Chemical Engineering, where he has been for fifteen years Dr Kohn genuinely enjoys teaching at Notre Dame In his department, he says that " we get our share of the finest students in the world " Even though he has had many offers to teach or to head departments elsewhere, he likes the academic freedom that he has experienced while teaching here He boasts that " in Chem E we ' re big " Kohn claims to be a " research dilhtant " because, as he says " I let my research interests slide with the needs of society . " He has published an average of two articles a year and also was the main author of the doctorate program in Chemical Engineering Dr Kohn enjoys golf and calls himself a " poor man ' s nat- uralist . " Currently, he is dabbling in instruments that will better measure pollutants He believes in " conserving what nature has provided in the most intelligent way " - WILLIAM G WICH Holland. Michigan B S Aerospace Engineering PATRICK H. WILBUR Elmhurst. Illinois B S Civil Engineering THOMAS M WILLIAMS Burgettstown. Pennsylvania B.S Aerospace Engineering JAMES P. ZELLER Griffith. Indiana B S Chemical Engineering ALAN R. ZENKEL Rochester. New York B S Mechanical Engineering WILLIAM B ZILLI Cincinnati. Ohio B S Aerospace Engineering DANIEL R AERNI Cincinnati. Ohio B S Mechanical Engineering JAMES E ALLEMAN South Bend. Indiana B S Civil Engineering THOMAS J BORGER Mishawaka. Indiana B Arch Architecture LOUIS M GERMANO Melrose Park. Illinois B Arch Architecture FREDRICK K. ICKES. Poughkeepsie. New York A B Architecture RUSSELL A PENNELL Neptune. New Jersey B Arch Architecture ”