Mat, 1909 HIGHACRES PERSONALITIES Synthesized "Sesquifulvalene" hasn't been discovered yet, but Dr.. Htain Win is working on it. Dr. Win was born in Rangoon, (Burmese: YUN-GOUN) Burma, -On January 1, 1931. He studied at the University of Rangoon and graduated with honop in Chem. iitry and a Bachelor of Science in 1954. It was at this time that fie was selected by the Burmese government as a government atate scholar for a Masters De -gree in Chemistry which he ac quired at the University 'of Wis consin at Madison, Wisconsin in 1955. DR. HTAIN WIN As a part of the scholarship, he made study visits to: the Na tional Bureau of Standards in Washington, D. C the National. Physical Laboratory in London, England, the International Bu reau of Weights and Measures in Paris, France, the Internation al Organization for Standardiza tion in Geneva, Switzerland, and Physikalisch Technische Bundes anstalt, a government physical laboratory in Braunschweig, Ger many. He completed his studies in 1956 upon which he returned to Burma and s ,worked with the Un ion of Burma Applied Research THE HIGHACRES: COLLEGIAN Institute in establishing the Bu reau of Standards. In 1958, he was sent to attend the International Standard Or ganization General Assembly as a Burmese representative in Har rogate, England. Due to' political instability, Dr. Win left Burma and came to the United States in 1960 where he worked for the Al lied Chemical Corporation Na tional Aniline Division in Buffalo, New York for two years. To procure a Ph. D. in Chem istry; he went to the State Uni versity of New York at Buffalo and completed his degree in 1967. Dr. Win joined Penn State in 1966. In 1968, he was the only recipi ent among the PSU common , wealth campuses chemistry fac ulty of a $25015 research 'grant from the National Science Foun dation - PSU. With this grant, Dr. Win hopes to synthesize hi therto unreported non-benzenoid aromatic hydrocarbon "Sesquiful valene" and investigate its phy sical and chemical behaviors. He is now activelyrengaged in procuring equipment and chem icals for his research. Dr. Win has also published three papers in the Chemical Journal; two papers in the Jour nal of Organic Chemistry and one in the Journal of Chemical Physics. He has just presented a paper at the Eastern Pennsylvan ia - PSU commonwealth campus es Chemistry Colloquium. Being one of the three-hundred Burmese people in this country who is an expert on Burmese cooking, Dr. Win recently con ducted a series of lecture demon strations in Oriental cooking at the local Gourmet club in Hazle ton. Dr. Win's philosophy of life is: "I have a free, , liberal outlook. I believe people should respect each other and help each other regardless of who they are; and optimistically look forward to un derstanding among humans for common survival." If you were asked to find a Highacres student who most re minded you of Errol Flynn, would you pick Jerry Notaro? Probably not. Jerry hails from the thriving metropolis of Kelayres, Pa., where he was born on July 28, 1944. As a tot, he attended the Kelayres Elementary School and graduated from Hazleton High School in 1962. JERRY NOTARO Being an enthusiastic patriot to his country, he spent three and a half years in the Navy. Of this, he was in Jacksonville, Florida, for two and a half years lavishing most of his time on thirty-day passes to soak up the Florida sun; in Memphis, Tenn essee, where he went to the Av iation Electronics Technician School for nine months; and in Spain for an interesting three months. He is presently in a two-year course for. Drafting and Design. Among his most recent accom plishments for the 1968-69 school year, Jerry is president of two organizations: Student Govern ment Association, and the Delta Delta Tau Fraternity for Draft ing and Design students. He is also vice-president of the Parnas sus_ Honor Society (Hazleton Chapter of Keystone Honor Soc iety), and has been nominated far Tau Alpha Pi, an honOrary PAGE THREE society for associate-degree stud ents in engineering technology. When asked what his favorite pastimes were, Jerry listed them as: tennis, basketball, hunting, ' and the most dangerous, crafty, and artful skill of reloading his own shells for hunting. There is very little that Jerry dislikes about the world. His chief gripes are insincere peo ple, rabble-rousers, and ,protest ors. A few of his favorite things are mechanics, old movies, new sports cars, the Hazleton Cam pus, thinking, an over-abundance of apple cider, Clark Gable and Errol Flynn. His comment on the newspap er: "I'm happy it's on its feet., again." Jerry's future plans include his entrance into the Capitol Campus in Harrisburg for a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Techno logy. HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS DO WELL IN COLLEGE University Park, Pa. For high school seniors with a taste for a challenge there's nothing like: a bite of college work to whet the appetite. And for those hungry enough to dig in, the menu can vary from English to math, anthropo logy to sociology or even physical education to geological science. ThiS academic bill of fare is called a Gifted Student Program and is offered by various insti tutions of higher learning hi the State in conjunction with the De partment of Public Instruction and local county school officials. At The Pennsylvania State Uni versity the dish is served up by five Commonwealth Campuses and while the system's not run like a key club, the doors are controlled by certain prerequis ites. The purpose is to permit su perior high school seniors to ex perience college level studies and earn college credits before they even set foot on the cam pus of their choice.
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