Delta College - Gnosis Yearbook (University Center, MI)

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JOHN R. KIRK earned his A.B. degree at the University of New Mexico and his Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is currently teaching the foundation courses in Western and non-Western civilizations, engineering speech, and freshman literature. He has taught at the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Texas, the University of Chicago, Roosevelt University and Michigan State University. His hobbies are music, astronomy, radio and television production (he was a station announcer at KFAC in Los Angeles), and the philosophy of science. He is married to Joyce and has a son, Gregory. JOHN S. KO STOFF received his B.S. degree in mathematics from MSU and his M.S. in math with a minor in Russian Language from MSU. He worked as a graduate assistant at Michigan State from September 1960 to August 1962. At present he is teaching math and Natural Science here. Mr. Kostoff hopes to get his Ph.D. in mathematics within the next few years. He played a clarient in the MSU marching and concert bands for four years, and also sang bass in the MSU singers and choir. He spent 9 years at the National Music Camp at Interlochen—five as a student and four on the staff, and he is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a national professional music fraternity. Mr. Kostoff is single. OLIVE L. LAGDEN, teacher of elementary and secondary Frrench, received an Associate in Arts degree from Bay City J.C., the A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Michigan, and in addition has taken summer courses at Western Reserve University, Boston University, and the University of Colorado. Miss Lagden has taught at Handy and Bay City Central high schools, and also at B.C.J.C. She lives with her 88-year old father and has two married sisters. Her personal interests are reading, travel and gardening. SAMUEL LEVINE is at present teaching Natural Science in the College of Letters Science Division and Chemistry. Previously, he has taught at Western Illinois Uni¬ versity. He received his B.A. from Brooklyn University, his M.S. and Ph.D. from Columbia. He is the father of three children—two boys and one girl. Dr. Levine ' s specialty is Physical Chemistry.

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DONALD HALL, assistant professor in the Natural Science division, received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Michigan State University. He has been an instructor at Michigan State and assistant professor at Ferris Institute and at Northwestern Michigan College. Mr. Hall is also director of Delta ' s planetarium. WILLIAM GILLIS of the Humanities Division received his B.A. at Northeastern University Boston; A.M. at Boston University; and his Ph.D. at Edinburgh University. In the past he has taught at Robert College in Turkey, and Moorehead State College, Minnesota. Dr. Gillis says he is interested in teaching only, but it is rumored that he sings some German drinking songs quite well. ERMA JOAN HELLMUTH, instructor of elementary and intermediate Spanish, has earned degrees at the University of Michigan (A.B., A.M.) and the Certificado de Supificiencia from the University of Madrid. Before coming to Delta, Miss Hellmuth taught Spanish at Bay City Central and Bay City Junior College. She enjoys spending the long summer vacation traveling. M. JEANNE KAHNKE teaches biology. She earned her B.S. degree in Medical Tech¬ nology M S in Physiological Chemistry and M.A. in Bacteriology at the University of Minnesota and her Ph.D. in Immunochemistry at McGill University. She has been employed at the University of Minnesota, McGill University, The University of Connecticut USVA Hospital in Oakland, Cal. Doctor Kahnke is a member of Sigma Xi, the American Chemical Society, Society of American Bacteriologists, and is an abstractor for Chemical Abstracts. 16

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CARLE TON MABEE is director of the Social Studies Division of the College of Letters. His degrees include A.B. from Bates College and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Married and the father of two children, he has taught at Swarthmare College, Olivet College, Clarkson College of Technology and Keio University, Tokyo. Dr. Mabee is a Pulitzer Prize-winner for a biography of Samuel F. B. Morse; he is also the author of The Seaway Story, a history of St. Lawrence—Great Lakes development. JOHN J. MCAULIFFE teaches German. He earned his B.A. in German from Boston University and a M.A. in Germanic Languages and Literature from the University of Minnesota. In the past he has taught German at the U. of Minnesota, German and Spanish at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. He has taught English as a foreign language in Washington, D.C., Honduras, and Columbia, South America. Mr. McAuliffe worked for five years as a translator with the FBI, and was Director of Binational Centers in Honduras and Columbia. All told, he has spent seven years in Venezuela, Honduras, and Columbia. He has a wife and four children. He reads much and is interest in music, particularly in playing the pipe organ. JOHN PAWLING, an instructor of natural science and geography, holds a B.A. from the University of North Dakota, an M.S. from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph D from Boston University. He has done additional work at USPHS, the Inter¬ national Language School, MIS-UHK, and the O.S. School of Personnel Management and Public Relations. Mr. Pawling is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and has been a Ful bright Fellow. His hobbies are knowledge and people, and education is his pastime. ROBERT B. PETTINGILL, professor of Economics, teaches principles of Economics, History of Economic Ideas, and Foundations of Society. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. at Stanford University in 1934. Dr Pettingill has taught at the University of Arizona, Stanford, Southern California, Clermont, Oberlin, Puerto Rico, Rollins College and American University of Beirut. He is married and has four children, ages ten to fourteen. His interests include chess, reading, real estate, children’s sports, politics, population-problem research, and ex- permentation with teaching methods. He has been chairman of the Faculty Executive Committee since January, 1961 and is a member of the Saginaw Valley Council, A.C.L.U. Dr. Pettingill has published two books and a score of articles m various journals.