Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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FACULTY James Howarp MItter, B.S. Assistant Football Coach; Instructor in Physical Education B.S., Purdue, Coached at Monticello. Member of Lambda Chi. Served in Naval Air Corps for three and one-hallt years as Flight Instructor, Lieutenant (s.g.) during World War II. First year at Wabash. Married. Assistant Professor of Botany B.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Member of Sigma Xi. Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Botanical Society of America. RicHARD A. LAUBENGAYER, Ph.D. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Biological Stain Commission, Indiana Academy of Science. American Association of University Professors. Came to Wabash in 1946. Unmarried. Vicror Morcan Powe i, M.A. {ssistant Professor of Speech B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Mis- souri; Professor of Speech, Dartmouth College 1946-1947; Staff Sergeant in U. S. Army 1942-1946; Served in South- western Pacific. Member of Delta Sigma Rho. Married, no children. Jost M. GALLARDO, Ph.D. Professor of Spanish A.B., Park College; A.M., Penn State; Ph.D., U. of North Carolina; LLD., Polytechnical Institute of Puerto Rico; Litt.D., Park College. Member of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portugese, Modern Language Association, N.E.A., American Association of University Professors, Phi Sigma Iota, Tau Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Tau Alpha, Alpha Phi Omega. Co-author, “Como se vive en otra tierras.” Acting Governor of Puerto Rico, 1941-43; Commissioner of Education for Puerto Rico, 1937-45; Member of American Council on Educa- tion 1945-46. Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army attached to Puerto Rico 1918-1919. Married, one child. At Wabash since 1946.

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GLEN WALTER HaARMESON, B.S. Coach of Football; Instructor in Physical Education B.S., Purdue University. Member of the Purdue coach- ing staff for four years, 1930-34. Coached freshman football two years, varsity backfield two years, and freshman bas- ketball for four years while at Purdue. All conference (Big 10) football, one year; basketball, two years. Coached basketball at Lehigh University, 1934-37; football, 1937-42; Director of Athletics, 1939-42. Lt. Commander, U.S. Navy. 1942-45. At Lehigh, 1945-46. Married. At Wabash since 1946. ALFRED J. COULOMBRE Instructor in Biology B.S., Catholic University of America. Member of Phi Beta Kappa; American Association for the Advancement of Science. Spent the summer of 1947 doing Behavior Research at Jackson Memorial Laboratories at Bar Harbor. Maine. Served during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services in the China Theatre of Operations. Unmarried. New to Wabash this spring. FACULTY Frep West, Ph.D. Edgar H. Evans Professor of Bible and Christian Religion A.B., Lynchburg; B. D. Yale Divinity School; Ph.D.., Yale University. Member of Tau Kappa Alpha. Ordained Minister, Christian Church. Author, “Alexander Campbell and Natural Religion.” Contributor to “The Church and Organized Movements.” Taught at Lynchburg College. Chairman of Department of Religion at Texas Christian University. Winner of Texas State Open (Tennis) 1946, runner-up in 1945. Winner, Virginia State Singles and Doubles Championships for two years. Tennis Coach at Wabash. Married, two children. At Wabash since 1946. Witurs H. Jounson, Ph.D. Professor of Zoology A.B., Wabash; M.S., Ph.D., Chicago University. Taught at Wabash 1925-35; Stanford 1935-46. Member of Pi Delta Epsilon, Tau Kappa Alpha, Sigma Xi, American Society of Zoologist, American Society of Naturalists, Ecological So- ciety of America, Ind. Academy of Science, Committee on the Ecology of Animal Population of National Research Council. As Professor of Biology at Stanford directed ASTP Pre-med program. Member of Shrivenhan American University, England. Lectured at service schools in Hol- land, France, and Germany during 1945. Came back to Wabash in 1946. Married, two children.

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Frercuson R. Ormes, A.M. Professor of Economics; Comptroller A.B., Colorado College; A.B., Yale University; A.M., University of Chicago. Taught at George School of Tech- nology, 1914-16. Employed by Pace and Pace, New York Accountants, 1919-21. Member of Alpha Sigma Phi. Author of “Elementary Construction and Interpretation of Finan- cial Statements.” Served in U. S. Naval Reserve 1917-18. At Wabash since 1921. Three children. DUANE E. Rouuer, Ph.D. Professor of Physics A.B., M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology. Also studied at the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State University. Professor at University of Oklahoma and Hunter College; research associate Columbia University; chief technical aide, Na- tional Defense Research Council, since 1941; editor, Amer- ican Journal of Physics, since 1933. Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, Delta Upsilon, American Physical Society. Winner of the Oersted Medal in Physics, 1946. At Wabash since 1944. Married, one child. FACULTY ARTURO SERRANO, M. Assistant Professor of Spanish Attended Central University of Madrid, Spain; Pro- ficiency degree in Modern Languages, Central University School of Language, Madrid; A.B., College of Philosophy and Letters, Central University; study for doctorate in- terrupted by Spanish Civil War; Vice-director of Liceo Nacional de Zipaguira 1936-44; Faculty of Business Ad- ministration, Gimnasio Moderno, Bogota, Columbia, 1945- 17; with Ministry of Education of Bogota 1936-47; Co-author “Reading in English for Doctors and Nurses ;” now writing “American Idioms,” “Practical Spanish.” Mem- ber: Columbia Association of Teachers of English; Presi- dent 1946. Married, three daughters, one son. Joun D. Forses, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History A.B., University of California; A.M., (economics), Stan- ford; A.M. (history), Harvard; Ph.D., Harvard. 1938-40. Curator of Paintings, Golden Gate International Exposi- tion; Chairman, Department of Art, University of Kansas City, 1940-42. Second Lieutenant, U. S. Army, 1942. Asso- ciate Editor, American Enterprise Association, 1945. Mem- ber of Faculty of History, Bennington College, 1943. Mem- ber Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Psi, American Historical Asso- ciation, The Iranian Institute, Montgomery County His- torical Society. Member College Art A ssociation, Editorial Board “Wabash Review”. Came to Wabash, 1946. Married, two children.