Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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LIEUTENANT COLONEL LESLIE C. FENSKE Lieutenant Colonel Fenske, Professor of Air Science and Tactics, graduated from Michigan State College in 1933 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering. Receiving his initial commission in March of 1942, he entered active duty the following month. From 1942 to July, 1950, he served with the Ferrying Command, the Air Transport Command, and the Military Air Transport Service. From 1945 to 1948 he served in the North Atlantic area, receiving a commission in the regular Army as permanent Captain. ln 1948 he was transferred from the Army to the Air Force. being promoted to permanent Maior in July of 1948 and to permanent Lieutenant Colonel in December of 1949. During the two years prior to September of 1950, when he ioined the college staff as Professor of Air Science and Tactics, Colonel Fenske served as Air Inspector for Personnel and Administration at Head- cua ters, Mil tary Air Transport Service at Andrews Air Force in Washington, D. C. Heading the Department of Mathematics of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. is Professor John M. Harrington. His ap- tI?OLntment in July, 1944 was the result of the retirement of Dr. James is er. Professor Harrington is a graduate of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and received the B. S. and E.M. degrees I' from this institution. He also holds the Ph.M. degree from the University of Wisconsin. ' His professional organization memberships in mining and en- gineering societies include The American Association for the Advance- ment of Science. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi Association and Theta Tau Frater- nity, and also is a member ofthe Lions Club and the American Legion. Professor Harrington is listed in Who's Who in Engineering. NICHOL tw-M4 AS H. MANDERFIELD, Mineral Dressing JOHN M. HARRINGTON, Mathematics Professor Manderfield was born in Hubbell, Michigan on March 25, 1900. He received a B. S. degree at Michigan College of Mines in 1921 and ci degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the same school in 1925. From 1923-24 he was a research engineer for the Anaconda Copper Company. ln 1925 he became Associate Professor of Metal- lurgy and Ore Dressing, until 1935 when he became the professor and the head of the department. ln 1940 when the new Mineral Dressing department was formed Professor Manderfield was appointed head. The Professor belongs to the Engineering Education, and Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Associations, as well as the Lake States Mining Institution. He has been the author of a number of private consulting reports as well as several made public. Notable of these are Low Grade Ore of Michigan lron District , Native Copper Ore Dressing , and his latest which is co-authored with Messrs. Tolonen and Jasberg, is Concentration Characteristics of the Low Grade Iron Ores of Michigan. 15 0,-,,,,,a.----'

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.err-7' . Professor and Head of the Department of Physical Education and Director of Athletics, is Alan J. Bovard, who fills the vacancy created by the death of Professor Donald P. Sherman. Professor Bovard attended the University of M.ichigan and re- fcived the A. B. degree from that institution in 1930. He was a member of the University of Michigan Varsity football team during his college years and was placed on several All-Conference teams. His coaching career began at his alma mater, where he served as line coach in 1930. Before accepting his position at Tech, he coached the state basketball championship team and unofficial state football champs at Lansing Sexton High School. Mr. Bovard's outstanding achievement with Tech's undefeated football team in 1949 led to his election in 1950 to the National Football Coach's Hall of Fame. i'fP ' HENRY L. COLES, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Heading the Department of Metallurgy is Dr. C. T. Eddy. He ALAN J. BOVARD, Athletic Department Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Dr. Henry L. Coles was appointed as successor to Dr. C. M. Carson in 1940, who retired at that time. Dr. Coles received his B. S. and Ph. D. degrees from Ohio State University and Ch. E. and M. S. degrees from Rose Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Coles formerly headed the Department of Chemical and Metal- lurgical Engineering at the University of Alabama, engaging in con- sulting work at that time. The author of two books and numerous articles in scientific and technical publications, Dr. Coles holds numerous patents in the fields of chemistry which were much used during World War ll. Dr. Coles is a member of a number of chemical societies and is listed in The American Men of Science , Who's Who in America , and Chemical Who's Who , and holds professional engineer's licenses in the States of Michigan and New York. received the B. S., E. M. and Ph. D. degrees from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and cfttended the University of California and the Technishe Hochschule of Aachen. ln 1927 Dr. Eddy ioined the Michigan Tech staff as an instructor in Metallury, and in July of 1940 he was appointed l'ead of his department. Dr. Eddy has engaged in research and consulting work and is the author of numerous publications in the field of metallurgy. He was awarded the Alfred Nobel prize in 1931 for, The most out- standing contribution to the metallurgical field of science by men under thirty years of age. Dr. Eddy is listed in Who's Who in Engineering , American Men of Science , America's Young Men , Who's Who in the Middle West , and Who's Who in American Education . He holds mem- bership in a number of metallurgic and scientific organizations includ- ing the Institute of Metals in London. His social groups include Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Sigma Mu, and the Theta Tau fraternities. 14 CORBIN T. EDDY, Metallurgical Engineering

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Dr. Morrill, Head of the Department of Languages, ioined the faculty of the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in October of 1949. After receiving the B. A. and M. A. degrees from Brown University, Dr. Morrill attended Harvard University, where he received the Ph. D. degree in English in 1937. From 1932 to 1938, Dr. Morrill taught at Washington and Jeffer- son in Washington, Pennsylvania. In 1938 he became Head of the Department of English and, in 1941, Dean of Faculty at Geneva College in Beaver Falls. He remained in this capacity until 1949 when i he came to the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. Dr. Morrill holds memberships in Phi Beta Kappa and the American Association of University Professors. U. J. NOBLET, Forestry Professor Wilfred C. Polkinghorne was appointed Head of the ' DR. MORRILI., Languages The Department of Forestry, organized and led by Professor U. J. Noblet, was created in 1936. A graduate of Michigan State Col- lege, Professor Noblet completed post-graduate work at Michigan State and the Universities of Minnesota and Michigan. Formerly, Professor Noblet was in charge of timber mapping and cruising when assigned to the U. S. Engineers at Rock Island, Illinois. Prior to serving as Head of the Department of Athletics when he ioined the Michigan Tech staff in 1929, Professor Noblet instructed mathematics and physical education at high schools in Cadillac and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Professor Noblet is a member of the Society of American Foresters and the American Forestry Association. He is also a member of Kappa Delta Psi Fraternity and is faculty advisor of the Forestry Club. Q Xml Department of Civil Engineering in the fall of 1945. He holds the degrees of B. S. and E. M. from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology and a M. S. degree from Yale University. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Professor Polkinghorne served as chairman of the A. S. C. E. Seventh Registration for Engineers, Architects and Mine Surveyors in 1939, and has served as chairman of that board. He also holds membership in structural and engineering organizations and also in the Theta Tau Fraternity, the Yale Club of Michigan and the Masonic Order. Professor Pol- kinghorne's biography appears in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Engineering . 16 WILFRED C. POLKINGHORNE, Civil Engineering