Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Director Of Testing lr. John Nelson began teaching at Breck thirty-six years ago. His mathematical grasp and uncanny ability to tell if homework was not done soon earned him the nickname the “Fox”. While Mr. Nelson officially retired two years ago and taught his last regular class last year he continues at Breck in the capacity of Director of Testing. In this position he still has contact with the students, many of them sons of Mr. Nelson’s former students. We all hope that Mr. Nelson will stay on at Breck in his present capacity. For when he goes a little bit of Breck goes along with him. The 1967 Mustang Staff extends its best wishes to a great teacher and a great man, Mr. John Nelson, the “Fox.” sons of Mr. Nelson’s former students. 15

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Administrative Assistant Mr. Krrmit W. Si rebel, B.A.. M A. Mr. Kermit W. Strebcl. the school's able Administrative Assistant, came to Breck in 1965 with an impressive background. Born in 1920, he graduated from high school in Arlington. Minnesota with the class of '38. After receiving his B.A. from Carleton College. After briefly attending the Harvard Business School he enlisted in the Navy at the outbreak of World War Two. During the war Mr. Strcl ol served in a number of posts on both land and sea. After the war Mr. Strcbcl elected to remain in the Navy. From 1946 to 1965 he served in various executive positions of progressively increasing authority and responsibility. During this time he worked in such diversified places as Atlantic City, Guantan-omo Bay, Cleveland, Denver, Paris, The Pacific Fleet, Washington, D.C., and Yorktown. Virginia. His last job with the Navy was as Comptroller of the U.S. Naval Weapons Station, a major base with an annual budget of fifteen million dollars and employing in excess of seventeen hundred persons. While holding this responsibility Mr. Strcbel attended night school at George Washington University and, in 1965, received his Masters Degree in Personnel Administration. Since coming to Breck Mr. Strebel has been deeply involved in the “Commitment to Betterment.'' He has done a fine job and the Mustang Staff wishes him continued success. The Administrative Assistant confers with his predecessor

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Mr. Aarthun, Athletic Director Mrs. Alice Danyluk, Secretary