Michigan Technological University - Keweenawan Yearbook (Houghton, MI)

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Professor and Head of The Deparf- menT of Physical Educafion and Direc- Tor of AThleTics, is Alan J. Bovard. Professor Bovard aTTended The Uni- versiTy of Michigan and received The A.B. degree from ThaT insTiTuTion in 1930. He was a member of The Uni- versiTy of Michigan VarsiTy foofball 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 accepfing his posiTion aT Tech, he coached The sTaTe basl4eTball championship Team and unofficial sTaTe fooTball champs aT Lansing Sexfon High School. Mr. Bovard's ouTsTanding achievemenr wifh Tech's undefeafed fooTball Team in 1949 led To his elecTion in 1950 To The Nofional FooTball Coach's Hall of Fame. BURTON L. FRYXELL Languages, HisTory and Geography ALAN J. BOVARD AThleTic DeparTmenT Dr. B. L. Fryxell, B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, instruc- Tor, James Millikin Universify 1937-41, head of English Deparfmenf, 1941-47. From 1947 To 1950, head of The De- parTmenT of English aT FairmonT STaTe College, W. Va., professor of English, UniversiTy of Alaska, 1950-52, auThor of Blazing Alaska's Trails , insfruc- Tor, Michigan Tech, 1953, head of The Deparfmenf of Languages, HisTory, and, Geography, 1956, member of Phi Efa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi BeTa Kappa, Alpha Psi Omega, The American Scandinavian Foundafion, and The American Sociefy for Engi- neering EducaTion.

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JOHN M. HARRINGTON Mathematics Dr. C. T. Eddy, Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, B.S., E.M. and Ph.D. from Michigan Tech, attended U. of California and Tech- nishe Hochschule of Aachen, instructor in metallurgy at Michigan Tech since 1927, head of department since i94O, engaged in research and consulting work, author of numerous publica- tions. ln T931 he was awarded the Alfred Nobel prize for The Most Out- standing Contribution to the Metallur- gical Field ot Science by Men Under Thirty Years of Age , listed in Who's Who in America and in numerous engineering and scientific biographies, member of metallurgical and scienti tic organizations including the Insti- tute ot Metals in London, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Sigma Mu and Theta Tau tra- ternities. Heading the Department of Mathe- matics of the Michigan College ot Mining and Technology is Professor J. M. Harrington, B.S. and E.M., Mich- igan College of Mining and Technol- ogy, Ph.M., University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement ot Science, The American Society for Engineering Education, The American Association of University Professors, is listed in Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who in Engi- neering. He is a member ot Theta Tau Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi and Phi Eta Sigma, American Legion and local civic organizations. CORBIN T. EDDY Metallurgical Engineering

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U. J. NOBLET Forestry Professor Manderfield, B.S., Michi- gan College of Mines, 1921, and Met.Engr., 1925, 1923-24, research engineer for Anaconda Copper Com- pany, Associate Professor of Metal- lurgy and Ore Dressing, Michigan Tech, 1925, professor and the head of the department since 1935. Mem- ber of Engineering Education, and Mining and Metallurgical Engineering Associations, Lake States Mining In- stitute. Author of Low Grade Ore of Michigan Iron District , Native Copper Ore Dressing , and co-author with Messrs. Tolonen and Jasberg, Concentration Characteristics of the Low Grade Iron Ores of Mchigan. Professor U. J. Noblet organized the Department of Forestry in 1936. A graduate of Michigan State Col- lege, he completed post-graduate work at Michigan State and the Uni- versities of Minnesota and Michigan. He was in charge of land and timber appraisal work when assigned to the U. S. Engineers at Rock Island, llinois, instructor in mathematics and physical education at high schools in Cadillac and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Head of the Department of Athletics, at Michigan Tech, 1929. Professor Nob- let 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 a faculty advisor of the Forestry Club. NICHOLAS H. MANDERFIELD Mineral Dressing