University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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This picture shows four of our Michigan people in attendance at UNESCO conference in Paris. Left to right are: Pearl Baxter, principal at Heidelberg; Edwin M. Boyne, superin- tendent in Berlin; Alta Fisher, principal at Erlangen; Richard F. Meyering ( ' 40), head of the Dependents Schools Service in Germany. Mr. Paul W. Boynton of the Socony- Vacuum Oil Company is shown interview- ing a student, one of a group for engi- neering, sales, and foreign operations. Dr. Ewan Clague, Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor is answering the occupational information questions of students after his vocational lecture, The Job Outlook Occupational Trends and Opportunities on December 10, 1946. 17

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k bureau of appointments Under the direction of Dr. Purdom, the Uni- versity Bureau of Appointments and Occu- pational Information carries out a varied and extensive program in occupational guidance and job placement. The Bureau aids stu- dents, alumni and veterans in making voca- tional choices, through its nation-wide con- tacts with business concerns, industrial or- ganizations, government agencies and edu- cational institutions, has been of real assist- ance to Michigan veterans by placing them in occupations where they had the best op- portunities for success and happiness, and in the geographic locations they preferred. GUIDANCE DIVISION attempts to assist an individual in solving his vocational prob- lems by helping him find the right use for his abilities, skills, interests and personality traits in the vocation for which he is best suited. Through its extensive u p-to-date occupation- al information reading files the person can get a complete picture of the vocations he is considering as a life career. TEACHER PLACEMENT DIVISION aids seniors, alumni and veterans in securing first positions and later promotions in teaching jobs in nursery school, elementary grades, high school, and college. The Bureau also places many alumni in supervisory and ad- ministrative positions in academic, vocation- al, and technical schools both public and pri- vate throughout the United States, Alaska, Hawaii and the countries of South America as well as many other countries around the world Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and as exchange teachers to the United Nations. The General Placement Division assists seniors, alumni, and veterans in securing jobs of all kinds outside of the educational field. These are extremely varied, and include such things as accounting, secretarial work, engi- neering and sciences, laboratory technician work, airplane hostesses, social service, sales work of all kinds, advertising, research in va- rious fields. The Bureau has also developed a sum- mer placement service which has proved invaluable to the many students desiring work in summer camps, resort hotels, dude ranches, in laboratories or offices, and other types of vacation and vocational ex- ploratory jobs. Now that peace has re- turned and vocational planning is again possible, the Bureau is reviving its pre-war plan of contacting employers in order to broaden the scope of work opportunities so as to better take care of the needs of the students who want exploratory and try-out summer experience preliminary to choosing a vocation and preparing for it. Dr. T. Luthur Purdom, Director 16

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alumni association Clair B. Hughes Mrs. Lucille B. Conger T. Hawley Tapping Executive Officers: Robert O. Morgan Waldo M. Abbot, Jr. Clair B. Hughes President Wyeth Allen Vice-President Mrs. Nellie Rice Roberts Vice-President Oscar A. Eberbach Treasurer T. Hawley Tapping General Secretary, Editor of THE MICHIGAN ALUMNUS Robert O. Morgan Council Secretary, Assistant General Secretary Mrs. Lucile B. Conger Executive Secretary of Alumnae Council Waldo M. Abbot, Jr Field Secretary BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Clair B. Hughes, ' 12, ' 141, Lawyer, New York City, New York, President Wyeth Allen, ' 1 5e, Management Engineer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Vice-President Mrs. Nellie Rice Roberts, ' 99, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Vice-President Oscar A. Eberbach, ' 06, e ' 02- ' 05, Manufacturing Pharmacist, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Treasurer Don T. Hastings, ' 07e, Consulting Engineer, Detroit, Michigan Emory J. Hyde, ' 041, Retired, Tucson, Arizona Christian F. Matthews, ' 19, ' 211, Lawyer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan Walter G. Kirkbride, ' 001, Lawyer and President, Hickok Oil Company, Toledo, Ohio Earl D. Babst, ' 93, ' 941, A. M. (Hon.) ' II, Chairman, The American Sugar Refining Company, New York City, New York Shirley W. Smith, ' 97, A. M. ' 00, LL D. (Hon.) ' 45 Vice-President Emeritus of the University, Ann Arbor, Michigan Thomas S. Hammond, l ' 03- ' 06, President, Whiting Corporation, Harvey, Illinois Ray B. Johnston, ' 071, Lawyer, Detroit, Michigan Harry B. Culbertson, ' 06e, Contractor, Detroit, Michigan Paul S. Bigby, ' 3le, g ' 3l- ' 32, Engineer, U. S. Rubber Company, Detroit, Michigan Mrs. Lola Jeffries Hanavan, ' 12, Detroit, Michigan Mrs. Ethel Jocelyn Watt, ' 18, Birmingham, Michigan Mrs. Elizabeth Nutt Potter, ' 28, Ann Arbor, Michigan James D. Fleming, e ' 02- ' 03, ' 03- ' 05, Insurance, Elmira, New York Edward N. Kendall, ' I7e, Engineer, Bell Telephone Company, Washington. 15, D. C. Horace W. Mitchell, ' 13, District Sales Manager, The MacGillis Gibbs Co., Columbus, Ohio Dr. Ralph O. Rychener, ' 20, ' 22m, g ' 24- ' 25, Physician, Memphis, Tennessee Earl F. Bucknell, ' 26, Vice-President and Actuary, The Bankers Life Company, Des Moines, Iowa Clem F. Storckman, ' 221, Lawyer, St. Louis, Missouri Robert A. May, ' 34, ' 361, Lawyer, Tucson, Arizona Joseph C. Hooper, ' 231, ' I8- ' 20, Lawyer, Ann Arbor, Michigan Dr. Milton Shaw, ' 12, ' 14m, Physician, Lansing, Michigan Dr. Roland J. Sanregret, ' 22d, ' 1 7- ' 1 8, Dentist, Negaunee, Michigan Roby M. Burley, ' 20, Auditor, Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co., Seattle, Washington Joseph V. Brady, ' 26, Vice-President, The Citizens ' Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. Howell, Michigan 18