California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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27 JONAS BRACHFELD . . . Has compiled an excel- GEORGE HARDY . . . Home is in Pass-a-Grille, lent record since he came up to Tech from Mexico Florida . . . George is one of the younger and City, serving as treasurer of Tau Beta Pi and presi- brighter men in the class , . . His g.p. average of dent of the Chem Club . . . Joni is headed for Med 3.6 is just about tops. Formerly in Throop Club, School, but is graduating as a chemist. then moved to Dabney ,. . . Member of Musicale and Chem Club. DAVID L. DOUGLAS . . . Dave is president of Tau CAMERA Sl-IY Beta Pi chapter, and also president of Dabney House.. . hails from Kilmarnock, Virginia. . . orig- ROBERT H. HARRIS - - - Comes from D3Yf0 ' - - f inally a member of class of '43, but four years in B05 is 3 QVGY 9l'l0ST Of the Cl-355 of l94l - - - Was 3 the Air Corps changed things. , .member of Chem member of Bl-2Cl4er frOm '37 to 'All - . . is HOW Club, Beavers . . . one of the mainstays of the golf married . . . l'1OblDy, SUDDOrTirIQ wife . . . plans to team. . . will be on campus in the fall. get his Ph.D. CHEMISTS

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M APPLIED CHEMISTS DONALD DALTON MON , . . Entered Tech in I939 from Long Beach . . . served as secretary of the Beavers, V-P of the Junior Class, and as the first postwar president of Ricketts House . . . Don is forsaking Applied Chemistry for the Stanford Law School . . . Doubtless a wise choice since he is far and away the fastest talk-er in school, ELMO MOOREHEAD . . . Moory was in Throop Club until his senior year when he joined Dabney . . . enthusiastic barn dance man . . . hobbies are soccer, skiing, and Lacey prob- lems . . . plans to do grad work at MIT. RAMON TERMINEL-SALIDO . . . Transferred to Tech in I94I from University of Mexico as a soph . , . secretary of the senior class, a two-year soccer letterman and team cap- tain, and a Varsity Club man . . . God's gift to women . . . plans to become the first president of Mexico with a CIT degree. JEPTHA A. WADE . . . Jep started out at Tech as a member of the class of '44 . . . vice-president and social chairman of Blacker, . . dancer and bridge player par excellence . . . pet hates: demand curves and Lacey problems. JOHN BILLHEIMER . , , Another native son, from Pasadena . . . member of Chem Club, Throop Club . . . participated in Frosh debate in '37 . . . only known ambition is to graduate. GEORGE GORDON GAMMANS . . . From North Hollywood . . . transferred from L.A.C.C. in Junior year . . . likes to tinker with things to see what makes them tick , . .a chemist at heart . . . an ardent conversationalist, but keeps his pri- vate life strictly under cover. DONALD I. GRANICHER . . . Don has been one of the main- stays of Ricketts since l939 . . . liked the Junior year so well that he went through it three times . . . His activities include 2 years as treasurer of Ricketts and chairman of the UCC, vice-president of the Chem Club, member of the Glee Club, Beavers, Senior Judge of the Court of Traditions . . . an enthusiastic booster of house sports. HARVEY LAWRENCE . . . A native son from Los Angeles . . . genial Harvey is a long-time Throop Club man . . . started at Tech in '38 with 4 years in the RCAF and USMC in between . . . won his numerals on the frosh baseball team in I939 . . . recently married. PAUL A. LINAM . . . Entered Tech in i943 and has gone straight through except for a year in the navy . . . Paul is a member of the Chem Club . . . sketches and paints in his spare time . , . noted for his quiet sense of humor. JOHN L. MASON . . . Honor key . . . senior class president and a Dabney House elder statesman . . . started at Tech in I94O . . . Three year baseball letterman, Election Com- mittee chairman, Chem Club treasurer . . . member of Beavers, Varsity Club, Publicity Committee, California Tech and Big T staffs . . . expects to continue academic pursuits iinterrupted by three years in the Air Corps weather servicei with grad work in Chem Engineering at Tech.

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28 CHEMISTS JOHN HARRISON . . . Pasadena's prodigy. . . won the McKinney prize . . . John is a member of Musicale and Chem Club . . . interested in music. RICHARD HERNDON . . . From Los Angeles . . . Dick is one of the live wires ofthe chem section. . . spent weeks trying to make sugar in organic lab. JOHN M. MAYS . . . Tau Beta Pi , . . lucky Jean entered in I9-40 . . . took a few years off to serve Uncle Sam in the Air Weather Service . . . likes music, literature, and politics . , .opposed to exer- cise . . . plans to do grad work in Chemistry and marry a rich widow. DALE JOSEPH MEIER . . , Tau Beta Pi, president of the Chem Club, Dale comes from distant L.A. . . . active in Ricketts House sports, varsity soccer . , . spear fishing enthusiast . . . plans to go right ahead at Tech. ROLLIE J. MYERS, JR ..., Rollie is from South Pasadena . . . known for his winning smile, crew haircut, and troubles with the German language . . . already has a research paper to his credit . . . plans to enter the grad school in September. CAMERA Sl-lY WILLIAM ROBERT KING, JR .... Just a local boy from L.A .... member of A.C.S .... took a two-year vacation in the Marine Corps . . . likes flying . . . decidedly unambitious. RICHARD M. MENDENHALL . . . Born and bred in Day- ton, Ohio. . .one of the oldest men in his class. . .quiet and secretive . . . pet hate, answering questionnaires for the Senior Editor. AEROLOGIST DAVID OPPERMAN . . . The Count of Ricketts House . . . from Piper City, Illinois, but likes sunny California better , . . circulation manager of California Tech.