Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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' ilR. ROBERT THORNBURG is a newly 11 ppointed Instructor of English. A Phi ® Seta Kappa graduate of Gettysburg Col- l! sge in 1942, Mr. Thornburg was awarded k is Masters degree at the University of ,f ’ennsylvania. He is an Army veteran of he Second World War and is married the former Jean Decker. MR. DONALD TRAILL, Asst. Professor of History, was bom in Edinburgh, Scot- land. Professor Traill earned a Master of Arts at the University of Edinburgh and a Master of Sacred Theology at Union Theology Seminary. He taught at Drew University, and Brandon College in Canada before coming to Muhlenberg. Professor Traill is married and has four children. ROMANCE LANGUAGES • SOCIOLOGY DR. JOHN E. TRAINER, Professor of Biology, received his Ph D. from Cornell University in 1946. He holds membership in the American Ornithologists Union, the American Society of Mammalogists, Phi Delta Kappa, and the Wilson Orni- thological Club. On campus he is faculty advisor to both the Pre-medical Society and Lambda Chi Alpha. THOMAS TRIPLETT, head football coach, received his bachelor of science degree at Western Kentucky College in 1939 and began a teaching and coaching career at Ironton, Ohio High School. He compiled an excellent record in football, basketball and track and came to Muh- lenberg in 1949 as assistant football coach. He was advanced to the head coaching assignment in 1951. WILLIAM WARD, a Muhlenberg gradu- ate, is an instructor in the Department of Sociology. He received his education at the University of Syracuse and at the Lutheran Seminary, Philadelphia, and has been associated with ’Berg since 1947. He is a member of many sociological so- cieties among which are included the Pennsylvania Person Society and the Population Association of America. Mr. Ward is Pastor of the Lutheran Mission for the Deaf and, on campus, is associ- ated with Omicron Delta Kappa and the Muhlenberg Sociological Society. He is married and has two children. DR. KENNETH WEBB, Assistant Pro- fessor of Romance Languages, an ardent tennis enthusiast, is associated with the Department of Romance Languages. He earned his B.A. and Ph.D. at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh where he taught before coming to ’Berg in 1946. Dr. Webb served as a Tech Sgt. in the Army Engineers during thte last war. On campus, he is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and Phi Sigma Iota. He is married to the former Ruth Fisher and is the father of one child.

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MR. ROY E. SMELTZER is an In- structor in Insurance of the Department of Economics. He has been a member of the Muhlenberg faculty since 1940. Mr. Smeltzer is an active member of the American Society of Chartered Life Un- derwriters and of the executive board of the Lehigh Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is married to the former Grayce T. Long. FRANK SMOYER, a Yale graduate, is an instructor in the English Department. He was born in neighboring Bethlehem, Pa and has taught in many schools in the course of his career, including the University of Minnesota and Mercers- berg Academy. PHYSICS • PSYCHOLOGY •. RELIGION PROFESSOR HAROLD L. STENGER, JR. is an Instructor in the English De- partment. He received his A.B. and A.M. from the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Stenger holds membership in the Shakes- peare Association of America, The Re- naissance Society of Pennsylvania, and Phi Beta Kappa. After four years service in the Navy during the Second World War, Mr. Stenger was honorably dis- charged as a Lieutenant. He is now a member of the Naval Reserve. Professor and sole member of the Clas- sics Department is DR. EDWARD B. STEVENS. Dr. Stevens was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Chicago in 1930 and since then has had extensive teaching experi- ence. He joined the Muhlenberg faculty in 1949. DR. RUSSELL W. STINE, in addition to his post of Professor in the Depart- ments of Religion and Philosophy, is an ordained clergyman of the United Luth- eran Church. He has written several ar- ticles for publication in “The Lutheran”. Dr. Stine holds membership in the Amer- ican Philosophical Association, the Na- tional Association of Biblical Instructors, and the American Association of Uni- versity Professors. He is national presi- dent of Alpha Kappa Alpha, national honorary philosophy fraternity, for the 1951-1952 period, and advisor of Omicron Delta Kappa. DR. JAMES E. SWAIN. A member of the |j Muhlenberg faculty since 1925, Dr. James i E. Swain is professor and Department [ Chairman of the Department of History and Political Science. Dr. Swain has | written extensively for publication, with |i “Taleyrand and Belgian Neutrality” } being publis hed in 1951. He holds mem- bership in the American Historical As- ,j sociation, the American Society of Inter- ! national Law, the Author’s Club of Lon- i don, England, and numerous Greek ; letter societies.

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KARL F. T. WITTRICH a native of Hamburg Germany is acting head of the Dept, of Business and Economics. He received his B. S. and M. S. at Columbia and taught at Hofstra College before coming to Muhlenberg in 1941. He is associated with the American Economic Association the American Academy of Political Science, and Beta Gamma Sigma Fraternity. DR. RALPH CHARLES WOOD, is head of the German Dept. He received his B. A. and M. A. at University of Cincin- nati and his Ph. D. at Cornell University. He taught in many fine schools such as Cornell, Princeton, Lehigh and Penn State before coming to Muhlenberg. On campus Dr. Wood is associated with the Deutsche Verein and is faculty advisor of Phi Kappa Tau. He is married and has two children.