Delta College - Gnosis Yearbook (University Center, MI)

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L. A. PURSGLOVE received B.S., M.S., and Sc.D. at the Carnegie Institute. He has taught at Bay City J.C., West Virginia University, and now teaches organic chemistry, general chemistry, and Natural Science. Dr. Pursglove has been enployed by Dow Chemical Company (with whom he holds seven U.S. patents), the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Co., Food Machinery Corp., and, for the past twelve years, has been a part-time translator for Chemical Abstracts . He is married to another chemist, and has five daughters. The oldest is a senior at Pine Crest High School in Ft. Lauderdale, and the youngest was born last November 7. His other hobbies are reading, handball, American Chemical Society, Science Quiz, Unitarian Fellow¬ ship, and bridge. To list the professional organizations and honor society memberships, patents and publications which Dr. Pursglove has to his credit would take another paragraph fully as long as the one preceding. ANDREJS G. STRAUMANIS was born in Latvia where he lived until the fall of 1944 whe, with the rest of his family, he fled to Germany. From 1944 to 1947 he learned his second language; when he came to the United States in 1947 he learned his third. He enrolled in the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy in 1952. After five semesters of science and engineering, he went into the US army and served in Ger¬ many. He enrolled in the University of Michigan in 1958, where he studied Russian Language. In 1959 Mr. Straumanis was appointed teaching assistant in the department of Slavic Languages. He received the B.A. in 1961. He married in 1961 and now lives in Bay City. Besides his work, he enjoys keeping up with the relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. THEODORE VOSBURGH, is currently teaching music appreciation, elements of music, and choir. He has earned degrees as bachelor of music and master of music from East¬ man School of Mucic; Ph.D. from Detroit Institute of Musical Art and holds an honorary doctorate of music from Western Michigan University. He has been employed as head of the voice department of Newberry College, associate professor of music and di¬ rector of vocal organizations at Albion College, and as music director for Dow Chemi¬ cal Co., Midland. Dr. Vosburgh is the father of five children and includes among his personal interests: hunting, boating, and traveling. DONALD A. WHEELER-In this, his first teaching position he serves as instructor of botany and general biology. He has received both a B.S. and M.S. from Michigan State University. He and his wife Dorothy have three children: Jean, David, and Michael. Among his personal interests are woodworking, fishing, and being a lay reader at Trinity Episcopal Church, Bay City.

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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.

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dent research jobs. He. his wife Ann and their two boys spend part oteacn ye farm in Virginia where they can “grow things, study, and enjoy DON W. WOODWORTH attended Dartmouth also Indiana University, where he earned h English in the College of He now teaches Humanities in the ° tlndia a Universi ty, and an instruc- Community Service. He was aTeaching associate Umver y in tor at Connecticut College. Mr. Woodworth s Non-Violent Tech- cluding Japanese art (he has severai exc P reducing non-productive anxiety in £22? IZ rlTJ Mobile, is married and has a year-old daughter, named Bethany. PALMER WRIGHT, Natural Science instructor, has attended Cal. Tech., Dartmouth, and the University of Michigan, where he earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees. During WWII he was commissioned in the U.S. Navy after attendance at Annapo is. Mr Wright’s hobby is card tricks. Other interests include music, writing poetry, and skiing He is the father of three children. For thirteen years, Mr. Wright worked as a chemcical engineer, and has two patents in plastics research. He enjoys speaking on ™d discussing philosophical and ethical issues, has been active in adult discussion groups including the Great Books and World Politics programs. LUIS E. FOLGUERAS, director of Delta’s School of Nursing, holds a diploma m nursing from Rockland State Hospital, a B.S. from New York University dim LA He has been a Pharmacist’s Mate l c in the Navy, has heldposltl a R ° in State Hospital as head nurse, night supervisor, instructor m the school of nurs g, and has been director of the Nursing Service and School of Nursing at Sagina Hospital. Treasurer of the American Nurses Association, he and his wi children, Donald and Lucine. Mr. Folgueras is interested in golf, hunting, and bowling.