Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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TO i, GORDON F. HOSTETTLER, A.B., B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Speech and Dramatics Arts MAURICE F. KEEN. A.B., M.A. Biology WALTER LAV TON, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Mathematics JAMES D. POWELL, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Foreign Languages 25 WILLIAM ROGERS, JR., B.S., M.A., Ph.D. Chemistry

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WILLIAM T. CALDWELL, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. Dean To the Class of 1958: In this geophysical year, this time of Sputnik and of Explorer, the directors of the 1958 Annual Fund for Temple University chose as their maxim Non est ad astra mollis e terris via in order to remind us that lofty goals are not easily attained. This brings to mind obversely another quotation to the effect that Facilis est descensus in Avernum. It is my hope that the years devoted to learning will enable you to cope better with life ' s ups and downs, to keep your feet on the ground and to be on the level. The courses that you have had while here in history, philosophy, economics, literature, language, political science, sociology, physical and biologica sciences, psychology indeed, all of them, have one thing in common; namely, the purpose of improving your criteria of truth and of values. With more knowledge and greater wisdom derived from such, not simply among you but among the peoples of the world, we can hope that an increasing part of the technological developments based upon the physical sciences may be de- voted in the future to man ' s welfare. William T. Caldwell Dean SIDNEY AXINN, A.B., Ph.D. Philosophy J. LLOYD BOHN, B.S., Ph.D. Physics ARTHUR N. COOK, B.S., A.M., Ph.D. History ERNEST P. EARNEST, B.S., A.M., Ph.D. English 24

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7 keA Part in fate opulent 0jf atettite J. LLOYD BOHN, Professor of Physics and Chairman of the Department B.S., 1924, The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., 1928, California Institute of Technology Assistant Professor Mary Harbold of the Physics Department considers her primary role to be that of a teacher. Along with her physics courses, Dr. Harold teaches music acoustics. Her interest in music led to a scholarship to the Curtis Institute for composition. Later, as a teacher, Dr. Harbold ' s interest in physics, superseded for awhile by music, was revived. Al- though she plays piano and likes the outdoors, she now finds little time for these. Having recently completed work on a radia- tion-detector, Dr. Harbold has started writing a text-book for music students. It is her hope, that the book will be com- pleted within a year. The title will be decided after the book is finihsed. Dr. Harbold is very enthused about the University ' s plans for a new science building and she ' s especially happy about the non-echoing (anechoic) chamber where she will be able to perform her experiments. Professor J. Lloyd Bohn, Chairman of Temple ' s Physics Depart- ment has recently been busy explaining to the layman his part in the development of the satellite Explorer. He designed the equipment for micrometeorite detection in space. This was done by using amplifiers to scale down the device from c. 28 pounds to the size of a pack of gum. Dr. Bohn is now working on plasma (ionized gas) acceleration with a possible application to space travel. Dr. Bohn has great facility for explaining to the layman many aspects of his work. Students have seen his articles in the Temple News and the Alumni Review. In answer to the question of outside interests, Dr. Bohn said that he plays the flute was in fact the first flutist in the oldest orchestra in America (Harvard University). The Muses can thank him also for his devotion to their cause in painting. Dr. Bohn is credited with developing the technique of x-raying canvases of old masters for determining the originals. The test is based upon the fact that pigments used in more recent times are more easily penetrable by x-ray. Dr. Bohn, who likes sports, was once coach of Temple ' s wrestling team (1930-43) but physics now requires most of- his time. Associate Professor Leonard Muldawer ' s devotion to psychics is carried into his classroom for the benefit of his students. Dr. Muldawer has acted as a consultant for both industry and laboratories such as the Franklin Institute Laboratories. He has directed research projects here at Temple for the Air Force and for Army Ordnance. His main interests are in x-ray diffraction and metal physics. He is interested in determining atomic arrangement in alloys and how these vary with temper- ature. Diffraction techniques provide the only means of study- ing such atomic design. His present research at Temple Dr. Muldawer considers color- ful he is studying the colors of alloys. He is an experimental scientist, because he is fascinated by the unpredictable in natural phenomena. He likes to teach because he is stimulated by the challenge of getting methods of thinking and difficult subject matter through to the students. As a physicist and educator, Dr. Muldawer is interested in his students and feels concern for the present high-school system. For relaxation Dr. Muldawer turns to singing. He is a member of the Singing City Chorale. MARLY L. HARBOLD, Assistant Professor of Physics A.B., 1933, Goucher College; M.S. in Ed., 1946, University of Pennsylvania; M.A., 1955; Ph.D., 1957, Temple University. 26 LEONARD MULDAWER, Associate Professor of Physics A.B., 1942; A.M., 1944, Temple University; Ph.D., 1948, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.