New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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MUSIC Cfmirmmz-Associate Professor Harold I-Ieeremans. Born in Bristol, England, I soon decided to avoid work if possible. Seizing upon music as the most playful way of divert- ing oneself through life, I studied the piano: then, to increase my statistical chances, the violin and organ, singing in a boy choir for cash on the side. Upon leaving school, I practiced until I was 16, when I entered the profession as a violonist in a movie theater. jobs in legitimate theaters. cafes. a zoo, and symphony and concert performances, followed. Because of an increasingly aggravating situation across the English Channel, a pressing invitation to join the British army was accepted. The news of this apparently travelled swiftly, for the overseas argument was won before I had a chance to make a point or two. As an infantryman, I joined an army concert party in Cologne, Germany, this was my most active service. Returning to England in 1920, I emigrated to Canada. In Canada, I broadened my experiences by playing piano in a stock company orchestra, organ in a movie theater, and con- ducting vaudeville. Emigrating to the United States in 1923 I acquired the right to vote-usually on the losing side. In 1924, I was organist of the Rivoli and Rialto Theaters, Times Square, New York, In 1931, the time had come to close my education. Taking the easier way, I joined the faculty of the University of Washington, Seattle, as teacher of organ and music history, An invitation to join the faculty of New York University in 1936 projected me into the hustle, tussle, and bustle of the life of a musician who becomes mixed up with the local artistic machinery. As National President of the Amer- ican Guild of Organists, I fly away from it all upon occasion to tell local chapters and national gatherings how pleased I am to be with them. My hobby is resting-a commodity peculiar in that its rarity is dependent upon its expense. Profefror-Alfred Greenfield. Adjmzrf Arrirlmzl Pro- ferror-Stephen lay. PHILOSOPHY Clmirnzmz-Professor Harmon M. Chapman. Although there is no record of it, my birth took place shortly after the turn of the century. According to one account, the notorious james brothers burned the local courthouse where some official records of their misdeeds were held. There is no evidence that they had further designs against me, or my nativity. But others did. I was submitted to an upbringing which has left a permanent stamp on my character and on such other parts of me as were susceptible to formative influ- ences. Several schools in as many parts of the country suffered my presence and labored diligently at my improving. Their efforts were only moderately successful. yet sufficient to gain me admission to college, Fortunately, at this time college ad- mission did not require much more than a declaration of intent and the ability to pay fees. My college career began rather spectacularly. for other than academic reasons, at Annapolis, was resumed at Ohio Stateg was later transferred to the Uni- versity of Oregon: and then came to a head at Harvard University. This was followed by three important events: two and one-half years of study abroad, and the great depression, and my marriage to a lovely little English teacher at Wellesley. In 1934, NYU, in a moment of despair, sought my services as a teacher of philosophy, confident no doubt that so many institu- tions of higher learning must have left some deposit. The next fifteen years were the happiest of my life. Indigent though they were. they brought me four priceless blessings: three chil- children and the opportunity to teach. This idyllic period expired with the close of the war. The specter of committees then reared its ugly head: it stalked me, laid siege to my time, and ravished my energies. It also taught me two salutary lessons: to regard retirement as a release from bondage and to avoid speaking of oneself at any cost-someone may be looking for a chairman. A.r.ri.mmf Proferfor-Raziel Abelson. I125Ir11cfor.r-Phe- roze Wadia, Stanley Malinovich. .

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METEOROLOGY AND OCEAN OGRAPHY Cbaiwmzlz-Professor james E. Miller After two years in the US Weather Bureau as observer and forecaster, I came to NYU in 1940 to assist in the training of weather olhcers for the Army Air Corps. My temporary ap- pointment has stretched out somewhat longer than was antici- pated. Since 1940 I have acquired four daughters, one step- daughter, and one stepson. These years have been productive in other ways. I have found teaching a most satisfying career, at least equal to making a fortune. Along with teaching there has been the pleasure of research work in a number of the atmospheric sciences: east coast storms, turbulence, energy trans- formations, and most interesting of all to me, tornadoes, the small but utterly deadly twisters. ' I graduated from Central College in 1957, took some courses at the University of Tennessee while working the night ob- server shift at Knoxville, and finished the Masters degree at NYU in 1941, Between Central College and the Weather Bureau, I spent a year with an exploration crew in Illinois for the Shell Petroleum Co. The best part of that job came during wet weather when the trucks could not operate on the back roads. Our custom then was to play non-stop poker until the weather cleared. Pr0fer.r01'.r-Gerhard Neumann, Willard Pierson, jr., Jerome Spar. Afroriafe Pfvferforr-Ben Davidson, Richard M. Schotland. Adjznzri Airoriazfe Pl'0fE.l1l'0i i Silvio G, Simplicio. MILITARY SCIENCE Chnirmmz-Lieutenant Colonel Albert R. Houghton. On October 4, 1910 I was born in Boston, Mass. I completed high school in 1928 at Winnwood High, a private institution, located in Lake Grove on Long Island, New York. In 1932, I graduated from the College of Business Administration, Boston University and also attained through the Army ROTC program a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Reserve. For about ten years, until World War II, I travelled exten- sively throughout the northeastern and middle western states representing sterling silverware manufacturers in No. Attleboro, Mass, and Meriden, Conn. In February 1942, now a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Reserve, I was called to active duty and served at Fort Benning, Ga., Camp Shelby, Miss., and Camp Claiborne, La. I fought with the 65th Infantry Division under General Patton's Third Army in Europe and at war's end was waiting in Enns, Austria to meet the Russian Army advancing from Vienna, I was promoted to Battalion Com- mander in May 1945. In july 1945 the 65th Division was withdrawn from duty in Austria and I was transferred to G4 duty in the Traffic Division of XX Corps at Starnberg, Germany. I transferred in 1949 to japan, where I participated in a number of intelligence operations in Fukuoka and Tokyo. Throughout the Korean War my duty station remained in Tokyo with a special support unit from GHQ for the intelli- gence effort in Korea. In 1952, my wife and I left Tokyo for my new assignment, Counter Intelligence Division, GZ, in the Pentagon and completed courses in the Strategic Intelligence School and Personnel Actions Division. From 1956 to 1959 we were stationed in Heidelberg, Germany with G2 Division, USAREUR Headquarters. During this assignment, time was permitted for occasional visits to many European countries including Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and a visit to the Worlds Fair in Brussels, Belgium. Aifimzmf Proferrom-Major Norman I-I. Trede, Major Roy E. Reed, jr., Captain Carl F. Snyder,

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Cbnirmafz-Associate Professor Daniel E. Quilty. A resident of Yonkers, I graduated from NYU in the Class of 1949. I served two and one half years with the Navy in the Pacific area during World Wzir II. I was a member of the NYU basketball team for three years, a team which played in three straight National Invitation Tournaments. Immediately after graduating NYU, I was appointed director of intramurals and instructor in the Department of Physical Education at University Heights. I later took over the duties of freshman basketball coach and assistant varsity basketball coach for a period of seven years. Eventually, I became chairman of the required physical edu- cation program at the Heights. I revamped the entire program, building it up to the extent where I now consider it one of the finest in any institution of higher learning, My objective in the program is to give the students exposure to dif- ferent sports which they can incorporate in some way into their later lives. I feel that it makes more well-rounded citizens out 'of them, in addition to improving their physical condition. Arroriate Professor-Salvatore F. Variello, flriirfmzf Profermrr-Esther V. Foley, joseph F. Healey, Lucio A. Rossini. I72J'f7'ZI6l'07'J'-DOI'19.lCl A. Newbery, Mayer Rossabi, Franklin I. Russell, Margaret E. Schlichting, Arthur Loche, Jerold Monkofsky. PHYSICS C bfzirnmzz-Professor Sidney Borowitz. Becoming a professor has satisfied a childhood ambition of mine, Becoming a professor of physics is a goal that I have had since high school days. The route which I took in attain- ing these goals, however, has been a circuitous one. I was born in New York City in 1918. Having completed my elementary school and high school education in the New York City schools, I entered the City College of New York in 1933 and obtained a B.S, degree from that institution in 1937. Since I could not obtain any support to go on for graduate work, I took advantage of the night school arrangement in the Graduate School of New York University to study while working as a statistical clerk in a wholesale fur establishment in New York City. In 1939 I had completed the course work for a Master's degree. At that time I decided to go to the University of California in Berkeley, The attraction at that institution was Professor J. Robert Oppenheimer, who was part of one of the best departments of theoretical physics in the country. I was forced to return to the East for personal rea- sons in 1940 and had to abandon my studies. From 1940 through the war years I was employed first by the U. S. Gov- ernment as a glassmaker and junior physicist. Later I moved to Western Electric Company first as a junior engineer and then a section chief in engineering at the Kearny Works. In 1946, I became a production manager for a small instrument firm in New York City, and shortly thereafter went into business for myself as a publisher of a magazine called Public Domain. This magazine gave a summary of all patents which were ex- pired during the years in which it was published. The business was unsuccessful. A chance encounter with Professor Hamer- mesh of New York University while my business was about to be liquidated brought me back as an instructor of Physics at New York University in the fall of 1946, During the next two years I was an instructor and a student, and obtained my Ph.D. from New York University in 1948. From 1948 to 1950 I was an instructor of physics at Harvard University. In 1950, I returned to the University Heights Campus as an Assistant Professor of Physics. I have been associated with New York University ever since. In 1957 I moved to the Washington Square Physics Department of New York University and also to the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in an admin- istrative capacity. In 19-61 I returned to the University Heights campus as Chairman of the Physics Department. Pmferyorr-Benjamin Beclerson, George E. Hudson, Serge A. Korff. Armriate Profefmf'-Lawrence A. Born- stein. Airiilam' P1'0f6JJ01'I-TCfSUC Arase, Kurt Haller, Harry H. Nickle, Kenneth K. Rubin, I22lrzzci011r-Ed- ward Pollack, Thomas E. Suttles, Edward Robinson, judae Schwartz.