University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Emery ROBERT D. HAWLEY, MBA. Treasurer Born 1895. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1920. M.B.A. Boston University 1938. Phi Sigma Kappa; Adelphia. Accepted to Faculty 1920. WILLARD A. MUNSON, B.S. Director of Extension Semice Born 1881. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1905. Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Sigma Kappa. Accepted to Faculty 1926. FRANCIS C. PRAY, M.S. Assistant College Editor Born 1909. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1931. M.S. Massachusetts State College, 1932. Phi Sigma Kappa. Accepted to Faculty 1934. FRED J. SIEVERS, M.S. Director of Experiment Station and Graduate School Born 1880. B.S. University of Wisconsin, 1910. M.S. University of Wisconsin, 1924. Fellow A.A.A.S.; Theta Chi; Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1928. ROLAND H. VERBECK, B.S. Director of Short Courses Born 1886. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1908. Phi Sigma Kappa. Accepted to Faculty 1924. BASIL B. WOOD, B.A. Librarian Born 1881. B.A. Brown University, 1905. Delta Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa. Ac- cepted to Faculty 1924. [13]

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Hawley JOHN K. BROADFOOT Assistant Treasurer Born 1884. Accepted to Faculty 1915. WILLIAM J. BURKE, B.S. Secretary Born 1910. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1938. Alpha Sigma Phi; Sphinx Head; Ho-nun-de-kah. Accepted to Facultj ' 1935. GEORGE E. EMERY, B.S. Field Secretary and Executive Alumni Secretary Born 1904. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1924. Sigma Phi Ep silon; Adelphia. Accepted to Faculty 1929. GLTVNAR S. ERICKSON, B.S. Business Officer Born 1897. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1919. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Accepted to Faculty 1935. GLTY V. GLATFELTER, M.S. Placement Officer Born 1893. B.S. Pennsylvania State College, ' 1919. M.S. Iowa State College, 1920. Kappa Sigma. Accepted to Faculty 1921. EMERY E. GRAYSON, B.S. Director of Placement Service Born 1894. B.S. Massachusetts State College, 1917. Alpha Sigma Phi; Adelphia. Accepted to Faculty 1927. MARGARET HAMLIN, B.A. Placement Officer for Women B.A. Smith College, 1904. Accepted to Faculty 1914. Miss Hamlin 12]

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Wildner and Mnie. Chiang AUiAfini Fighting this war is the chief occupation of Massachusetts State College Alumni. So reports Alumni Secretary Emery. The roster of Alumni in Uncle Sam ' s uniform now lists the names of more than eight hundred men and women — in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, WAACS, WAVES, Army and Navy Nurses Corps, and Merchant Marine; and of this num- ber seventy-five percent are commis- sioned officers. They are currently dis- persed all over the United States, on the seven seas, in Alaska and in Puerto Rico, in Iceland and the islands of the South Pacific, in North Africa and in India. Six Alumni already have been deco- rated for gallantry in action. Lieutenant Carl Wildner ' 38 has received the Dis- tinguished Service Cross for his part in General Doolittle ' s expedition over Tokio, and has also received the Chinese Flying Cloud Medal from Madame Chiang Kai-shek. Lieutenant Warren Bryant ' 39 has been awarded the Silver Star by Gen- eral MacArthur. Lieutenant George Spel- man ' 39 has received the Air Force medal for gallantry, an Oak leaf cluster, a further award, and has been commended by King George VI of England for his work as one of the crew of a flying fortress. Lieutenant Walter Miles ' 41 was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by General Doolittle. Lieutenant Lawrence Schenck ' 34, after having been wounded during the North African cam- paign, has received the Silver Star for gallantry. Corporal Wilbur Tirrell ' 35 has been awarded the Silver Star for ac- tion in the Southwest Pacific. Lieutenant Francis T. Fanning ' 39, U.S.N.R., an officer assigned to the heavy cruiser Northampton, is already a veteran of seven major engagements in the Pacific. After his ship, the Northamp- ton, was sunk. Fanning was given leave to return on furlough to his home in Mil- ton. While at home he was interviewed by a reporter from the Boston Traveler. We were with other ships off Guadal- canal, Fanning said. It was mid- November. We knew the Japs would come down from the north and make a try at landing more men and supplies in their attempts to hold Guadalcanal positions. Pitch dark, not a light showing any- where. And then the shooting started. Ensign Arslanian ' 42 14