Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Ronald Joseph Brochu R.F.D. 6 Norwich, Connecticut Sigma Alpha Epsilon Ron Masque 1; A.I.Ch.E. 2, 3, 4. Martin Richard Beck 60 Churchill Road Quincy, Massachusetts Sigma Alpha Epsilon A.I.Ch.E. 4. Douglas Edward Bryant South Street Barre, Massachusetts Phi Sigma Kappa Doug Achers A.I.Ch.E. 4. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Once a month, usually in Kinnicutt Hall, a group of neophyte chemical engineers gather to discuss their business and listen to descriptions of various facets of their selected field. The group — the Worcester Tech student chapter of the American Institute of Chem- ical Engineers. The discussions — addresses by prom- inent members of the chemical and chemical engineer- ing profession and the showing of enlightening mov- ies on said subject. The purpose — to give the students a preview of some of the problems they will be con- fronted with in the modern and complex industry of today. This is not the full scope of the A.I.Ch.E. ' s activ- ities, however. One of the social aspects is the annual Unit-Op Hop, held amid absorption towers, evapora- tors, and fluid-flow meters in the illustrious Unit Operations Lab. Also, still on the social kick, the an- nual student-faculty outin g is held each spring to the malt-flavored enjoyment of all. Naturally, all this could not happen without an excellent advisory hand extended to the group. This hand belongs to Dr. Bob Wagner, one of the ablest advisors a group could hope to have. First row: Bruce Schoppe, Ralph Trotter, Vin DeAndrea, Bob Kandall, Ralph Smith, Russ Banks, Thomas Staron, Jack Petersen, Phil O ' Reilly, Joe Kuklewitz. Second row: Dick Loring, Frank Droms, Jerry Gibbs, Chan Wells, Ray Levesque, Al Kowalewski, Karl Karlsson, Terry Dupuis, Manny Ganz, Dave Baker. Third row: Dave Chesmel, Ken Vardion, Bob Davis, John DiPalma, Dick Meyer, Joe Faucher, Harold Christopher, John Donnelly. 22

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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY Professor Wilmer LeRoy Kranich Head of Department The future of the department of Chemical En- gineering and Chemistry at Tech looks even brighter than its colorful past. A campaign to raise six hundred thousand dollars from private and industrial sources for a complete remodeling of the interior of Salisbury Hall is well under way. Although work has been slow, due to the impossibility to make extensive repairs during classes, it should pick up speed this summer. No longer will a junior chemist find ceiling plas- ter added to his yield every time Hiram Phillips dem- onstrates to a freshman lecture the rapid reaction between hydrogen and oxygen; and never again will a senior Chemical Engineer be asphyxiated by excess hydrogen sulfide overflowing quietly from a soph- omore qualitative lab, whose chief means of ventila- tion are the lungs of the long suffering sophomores. The Department looks forward to an increase in opportunities on the graduate level to say nothing of the field of research. With sizeable grants for re- search given to Drs. Todd and Plumb, Worcester Tech cannot help but to gain stature as a promoter of basic chemical research. 21

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James Raymond Buchanan 74 Boylston Street Worcester, Massachusetts Phi Sigma Kappa Jim A.I.Ch.E. 4. Alan Davis Buckley 22 Marilyn Drive Auburn, Massachusetts R.O.T.C. 2nd. Lt. William Merrigan Cannon 17 Mayfair Street Worcester, Massachusetts Phi Gamma Delta Bill Nautical Ass ' n 2, 3. Robert Adam Condrate 62 Harrison Street Worcester, Massachusetts Sigma Alpha Epsilon Bob ' Skeptical Chyms. 3, 4; Arts Society 1. Mr. Kenneth Roettger, Prof. John Petrie, Dr. Wilmer Kranich . for a new building? Hmmm. Plans 23