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

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THOMAS A. TISCH LLOYD TBII In spite of the fact that he made Tau Beta Pi as a Senior, Tom Tisch's advisor swears that he has taken a maior in extra curricular activities. As a freshman Tisch was captain of the freshman water- polo team, got elected to the ASClT Board as Representative-at-Large, lthe firstl, and finished the year as a member of the swimming team and Frosh Athletic Manager. Sophomore year he lettered in varsity waterpolo, and to the delight of his teachers showed a spark of interest in engineering by joining the IRE. As a iunor lhe ran for an office and lostl he wrote for the California Tech, then teamed up with John Todoroff to edit the Wretchecl Rag. His senior year, was high- lighted by his selection as captain of the varsity waterpolo team, and subsequent choice as guard on the All-Conterence Waterpolo team. At last notice, though, Tisch had decided to go on for a higher education, and was planning to take a Masters degree in EE from any school that would accept him. CHRIST O. VELLINE RUDDOCK TBH BYRON F. SUMMERS OFF-CAMPUS DAVID P. TURNER DABNEY In addition to learning all the things a good EE should know, Dave learned the techniques for fixing elections as chair- man of the elections committee. Since the outcome of football games can't be rigged, his presence as senior manager of the football team was to no avail. Dave also has been an active member of the student shop, and rounded out his extra-curricular activities by being a UCC in Dabney House. Dave is planning to continue his education in Grad school next year, then to put in 3 years as a lieutenant in Uncle Sam's Air Force before going out to make his first million. GARY O. WALLA BLACKER Leaving his girl in San Diego, Gary came north to grow to manhood at Caltech. All in life is not electrical engineering he said, but developing socially. He prompt- ly ioined Blacker House, ROTC, Glee Club and eventually the EE option. After three years of frivoling away from his home, with girls, music, rifle shooting, and EE, he decided to share his social wisdom and become president of Blacker, winding up his term by winning the lnterhouse sing. He has also been voted the man with the best liked tool box on campus, received an Honor Key, and is an alumni representative. Gary found it easy to get a iob if you're in ROTC. To prove how eager he is, Gary is marrying the girl back home and has promised Proctor and Gamble he can make soap bubbles elec- trically.

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STEPHEN D. SLOBIN Steve Slobin was his high school's vale- dictorian, getting all A's in every course he took. Steve, who came to Caltech as a freshman, has that rare blend of sensitiv- ity and hustle that makes him likeable to everyone that meets him. After his arrival at school, Steve tried finding his niche at Caltech: neither frosh waterpolo lone dayl nor frosh football ltwo daysl seemed to suit him, and he quit each because of a fight with Coach Preisler; however, he finally found his place in IRE of which he has been an active member, and interhouse athletics where he has been one of the really spirited Blacker Indians. A prodigious reader, Steve's favorites are lonesco, photography annuals, and books on electricity and magnetism. Steve's im- mediate plans are for graduate work, and his farsighted dreams includea split-level ranch house somewhere in the San Fer- nando Valley, 0 nice white Protestant girl, and absorption by some big corporation. JOHN R. SMITH DABNEY John came to Tech determined to become an Electrical Engineer. He has fulfilled this goal very well if the cries Hey, Smith, how do you do the 106 problem are any indication. Around Dabney House, John is noted as a perpetrator of clever stunts. He has also bored us all to tears with stories of his travels in Europe last summer. He has spent much of his time at the swimming pool, if not as a mem- ber or manager of the swimming team, as a life guard. John has also been active in the Student Shop and is a member of the IRE. After grad school, John will be designing clever devices for some lucky company. KAY SUGAHARA PAGE Kay has always taken his card playing seriously. Most anytime he can be coaxed into a friendly game of most anything. When he plays, the kibitzers come from miles around to study his anticseno one plays cards quite like Sugahara. Kay has also distinguished himself as quite a golf player, a mainstay on the varsity squad. This year he expanded his empire by joining the Big T staff, certainly a noble gesture. JOHN P. STENBIT DABNEY TBH On seeing Skip, Bert La Brucheric's little heart skipped a beat and his beady eyes brightened; for Skip is 6'-3 of brute force and was born to be an all confer- ence tackle. Unfortunately, Skip was so weighted down with his honor certificate, honor key and T.B.P. bent that he couldn't make it to the football field; he collapsed at first base and earned three letters in baseball. As a defense mechan-- ism icompensating for what he calls his yellow streak regarding footballi, Skip has participated heavily in extra-curricular activities earning a spot as a Beaver; Skip's future ambitions involve manage- ment, and after Grad school iTech or Stanfordl he will become a wheel at I.B.M. SAMUEL R. SUITT DABNEY Sam decided shortly after his arrival at Tech that since nearly everyone around here was either a troll or a twitch, he should distinguish himself in athletics. After lettering in frosh football and base- ball, his interest died, his weight in- creased, and he went in for more exciting pastimes.. He established several records such as ill 34 minutes from Mt. Wilson to Dabney House in a '54 Plymouth, l2l staying up 110 hrs. without sleep during exams, i3i wall papering an entire alley with TS letters, l4l earning i2l $2600 in one summer, i5l catching the worst case of mononucleosis on infirmary record, and, of course, he is co-holder of the LA. to Charlotte, NC. driving record of 48 hours. Sam will be remembered for a long time for his willingness to help Ol' Dabney and his fellow students, his foggy, glassy-eyed expression shortly after the beginning of each term, and his ability of snag cake from a blonde in a T Bird at 75 mph. Sam plans on getting a iob, getting married, and getting an M.S., in that order.

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ASTRONOMY BIOLOGY JOEL A. MICHAEL FLEMING Joel began as a typical gung-ho frosh physicist, but having seen the light he is finishing as a gung-ho biologist. Dur- ing this metamorphosis he has also be- come a typical Fleming boor, as inveterate bridge player, a persistent JV soccer player, and as a manager, the slave driver of the swimming team. Rumor has it that he has become a beakish and somewhat less than infallible UCC. With this sordid background he is a prime can- didate to become a grad student at some indiscriminant school, moioring in of all things, neurophysiology! I MILES W. MCLENNAN RICKETTS A member of the numerous Class of 1960.5, Bill came to the center of the known universe from Ohio. Besides an exponentially decaying CPA, among the things he collected at Tech were numerous friends, 2 swimming letters, a taste for hi-fi, a waIk-on part in an ASCIT play, 4 trophies for junk collecting, and a beautiful wife. After bouncing harmlessly off physics, he settled down to his tree love, astronomy. After graduation, he Wlll appropriately enough become a sonar engineer and do his part to extend the arms race. LELAND H. HARTWELL OFF-CAMPUS Originally from Glendale, Lee transferred to Tech following his freshman year at Glendale College. Ignoring the pleas of football coach La Brucherie, Lee dedicates himself to becoming an excellent bioloe gist. For his efforts he achieved honor standing in. his iunior and senior years. Next year Lee will venture to Boston and MIT where he will continue his studies in the field of Biochemical Genetics. With Lee will go his attractive wife Judy and young son Tod. LAURENCE J. SLOSS FLEMING Larry is one of the most unusual charac- ters seen in Fleming House in a long time. Whether this is good or bad de- pends on your point of view. At any rate no one can imagine Fleming without Larry. His socially approved activities have included being librarian and social chairman several times, but his genius has more often been applied to other activities. His familiar lunprintablel greet- ing to House members returning from dates have been a boon to four genera- tions of Women are Evil Club Presidents and his church activities have brought salvation and baptism to courtless Flem- ing. Men, Larry will undoubtedly be best remembered for his role in The Sloss Case and the subsequent Doug Stalin McLane dictatorship.