1111, ......... otimesamisi, Senior Week Supplement TUESDAY. MAY 9. 1961 Annual Alumni Drive Begins Alumni Association Connects University and Its Graduates By ELAINE MIELE. '6l Since 1870 the Alumni Association has been the link between the University and its graduates. The organization was begun informally in the 1870's when a Harvest Home Week was held each spring to welcome graduates back to the college farms. In 1874 the association was chartered and in 1875 alumni seats were provided on the Board of Trustees. At present the Alumni Asso ciation serves over 65.000 alum ni through its permanent cam pus headquarters under the di rection of Executive Secretary Ridge Riley and Assistant Ex ecutive Secretary Ross B. Leh man. RILEY Alum Fund Donations Since 1953 All Faith Chapel Class Funds Colleges and Campuses Hebei Union Building President's Fund Religious Activities Retired Staff Assistance Fund Stone Valley Alumni Memorial Scholarships Levi Lamb Grants-in-Aid Lou Bell Memorial Fund Designated Scholarships Designated Loan Funds University Library Miscellaneous Newman Club Given Award The Newman Club was recently awarded a citation by the Na tional Newman ederation for continued increasing membership. At the present time the Univer sity Newman Club has the larg est campus chapter in the nation with a total membership of 1,075. The presentation was made at a three-day Middle Atlantic Pro vince Convention held recently in Pittsburgh, according to John Bonella, regional director of the club. The Newman Club offered to act as the publicity committee for the Middle Attlantic Province at the convention. If given such a position, Bonella said, the club would be responsible for sending publicity to clubs in Pennsylva nia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. • t • 1111 tig (14:11llrgt The alumni office in Old Main keeps records of University grad uates and supplies information to alumni clubs and others who re quest it. The Association coordinates and - sponsors the activities of the 75 alumni clubs and maintains a communications system between Penn State and its alums. Seniors who purchase mem bership in the Alumni Associa tion will receive the "Alumni News," a magazine edited by Lehman which is published sev en times a year to bring Uni versity news and items of spe cial interest to alumni. In the world of sports, Ridge' Aiu • mni Fund Riley's Football Letter is written' and mailed to dues paying alums following each football game. The Tops $llB 000 "letter" includes accounts of the' games and items about the foot-' ball team and season. All alumni receive copies of the 1 61 Campaign Penn Stater, a quarterly news -1 A total. of $118,405 has been paper written especially for Uni collected for the 1961 Alumni versify graduates. !Fund from 4,976 contributors ae- The association also sponsors two special campus weekends for cording to 'latest tabulation. alumni. Next year the annual This year nearly 4,000 class Homecoming Weekend will begin agents, 50 class chairmen and 500 on Oct. 28 and the Alumni In- assistant class chairmen helped in stitute and Class Reunions will be the Fund drive. held in June. Every Penn Stater should help Membership in the Alumni win the battle of education by con- Association entitles graduates to tributing, large or small, to the receive ballots for electing three University, J. E. Holtzinger '25, alumni members to the Board Altoona publisher and chairman of Trustees each year. Gradu- of the 1961 Alumni Fund, said etas who are not members do recently. not receive ballots unless they One need for the alumni submit a written request for money is to help provide a more them. rounded type of education at the A 9-year-old addition to the as- University, to make it a little sociation's projects is the Alum- more attractive for those who are ni Fund which totals almost $l.- students there now and who will 700,000 in contributions to the be students in the years to come, University. Part of the fund pro- Holtzinger said. vides for the Alumni Memorial The Alumni Fund has collected Scholarships, 15 grants which are nearly $1,500,000 since its estab given each year to new freshmendlishment in 1953. The money is given by alumni, friends, faculty and corporations to support proj ects for which neither state nor Weral money is provided. $246,890.15 101,499.04 63,843.97 57,098.50 9,678.50 44,205.33 5,410.50 60,961.14 127.381.83 109.772.78 9,305.20 201,257.36 11,006.51 Name Changes Plague Office 20,956.71 344,149.95 All of the University's many de partments have their own pecu liar problems, and the alumni office is no exception, according to ! Mary S. Neilly, managing editor !of the Alumni News. It seems that when alumnae and alumni decide to become alumna and alumnus they forget to notify the alumni office that the name and address of the alum na is now the same as that of the alumnus. In other words, when two Uni versity graduates get married to each other, they should notify the alumni office of the change in name and address of the bride. In fact, Mrs. Neilly said, any change of name or address should be forwarded to the alumni office so that the necessary filing changes can be made. At present there are about 3,650 alumna to alumnus marriages re (Continued on page seven) FOR A BETTER PENN STATE LEHMAN Packard to Receive Alumni Award By NICK! WOLFORD, '6l Vance Packard, best-selling 'author and sometime critic of advertising, will be one of five University graduates to re ceive the 1961 Distinguished Alumnus Awards. In addition to Packard, Puerto Rican educator Rafael Menendez Ramos and three industrialists, Frederick J. Close, Willard F. Rockwell and John T. Ryan, will receive the awards• during the June Class Reunion Weekend. The Distinguished Alumnus Awards were established by the Board of Trustees in January, 1951, to recognize the achieve ments of outstanding alumni. Seniors to Be Asked To Join Association During the remainder of the week the fourth annual alumni drive will be held to recruit seniors for membership in the Alumni Association. One hundred ninety-four class agents will contact all seniors to offer them membe now is made up of 65,000. for Graduates Gel Campus News From Bulletins By KAREN HYNECKEAL . No matter where graduating 'eniors work or live after ;leaving Penn State, they will !always be in touch with their classmates and alma mater Ithrough the three publications lof the Alumni Association— !the Alumni News, the Football ;Letter and The Penn Stater. The Alumni News is sent out ',seven times a year to the paid !members of the association. Pub lished in magazine form, it in icludes stories, features and photo graphs on the professions of Penn i State graduates as well as the current campus news. Mrs. Mary Neilly, who edits the Alumni News with Ross Lehman, Mays that the most popular fea qtwe in the magazine is the "News From the Classes" which includes ,wedding, birth and personal items ;submitted from graduates all over :the country. ' Approximately 15.000 alums receive the magazine, Mrs. Neilly said. In the fall, the Football Letter, is added to the publications for graduates. Written by Ridge Riley, executive secretary of the asso ciation, the letter is sent out the ,Tuesday after every football game. Riley comments and quips on the games and the players and :reports what Coach Rip Engle has said about the season's events. ' The third publication for grad uates is The Penn Stater, a 4- page tabloid size newsletter sent to all graduates. Approximately 65.000 alums now qet The Penn Stater which includes news tak en from the Alumni News, sports scores and administra tive news. All three publications are fi nanced by the Alumni Associa lion and are among its best known land most important services since 'they help to keep Penn State graduates together long after they 'have left campus. Five alumni are selected an nually for this honor by the ex ecutive committee of the Board of Trustees from a panel of candi dates recommended by the Uni versity president. President Eric A. Walker said that the 1961 distinguished alum ni were chosen by the Board of Trustees because their personal lives, professional achievements and community service best ex emplify the objectives" of the Uni versity. Packard, who graduated from the UniverSity in 1936, has writ ten three best sellers, "The Hid den Persuaders" in 1957, "The Status Seekers" in 1959, and "The Waste Makers" in 1960. He now lives in New Canaan, Connecticut. Ramos, class of 'l5. was dean L • 1 ttn I ‘ , Senior Week 1 Supplement By SUSIE LINKROUM, '6l ship in the association which er Penn Staters. A special rate of $2.00 is of fered to seniors for the first year if they join before the day of commencement. After that date regular rates are $3 for the first year. The annual rate becomes $5 five years after graduation. - " The Alumni Association offers a life membership which costs • $7O if pledged before graduation or $75 if pledged later. Present ly there are 7200 alumni who hold life memberships. Seniors may join throtigh their class agent or directly at the alum ni office in 104 Old Main, Tames Ettelson, co-chairman of the drive, said. Dues received tram the Alumni Association are used to Support 75 district alumni clubs through out the country, the Alumni Me morial Scholarship program, and various University and alumni activities, Mrs. Mary Neilly, man aging editor of the "Alumni News" said. Members will also receive a copy of the "Alumni News" sev• en times yearly, she added. Chairmen of the alumni drive and the colleges they represent are: Frank Milus, Agriculture: Gary Robinson and Charles Gaston, Engineering and Archi tecture: Edgar Grubb, Business Administration:.Stephen Brown, Chemistry and Physics: and Susan Sherman, Education, Gretchen Yant, Home Econom ics; Judith High, Margaret. Mc- Pherson and Tim Nelligan, Lib eral Arts: Eugene Grumer, Miner al Industries; and Polly Mitten, Physical Education. The following are class agents: AGR ICULTURE Richard Campbell, Darrell Even. Edward Fert•uson, Mill - 0)14D Goldalcin, David Graham, Marcia Ilrmm, Alfred Horne, Ant-1i Levan, Duane Mat-. tocka, Frederick !Neck ley, Janine Mitchell, Richard Nekard, Syh•in Prey, Frederick Rickel, • Herbert Rothe, liobert ticart h. Laurence Spencer, Wesley_ Teumbnuer, John Yoenni, Frank 111ilus. , BUSINESS ADM INISTR ATION EilEar Grubb, Lawrence Abram:4, David Ale K an.: der, Stewart Barmen, John Bonplin, FrP(l.• erie Bower, David litirstin, Keith Carlson, John CitapiTit, Mark Dv Mara, Floyd Greer, It kiln IA Uornwitii, Kohn, lohn Kohl, Edwin Kohler, Myron Landau, Ches.. 'ter lit-itlo, Era nris %Dinky, Thomas Marta, John .MuNiti:r, Rona lel Novak, James 01. (jiver, Bryan Pok ran. Mgt thr:w I' rntta, Bernard Quire, Victor Smith, Rohl rt Sor into, Winfield Stoner, James Swah, John Ya mid)». Pau/ Y eagle. David Young. CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS: Stephen Brown, Mary Barrows, Beverly Caselln, .Jame,, Christioi, Timothy Eisnmen, ward (Inlets, Robert, Hl:wk. George Ron hey°. Harry John, David Jones, Robert Lamm, Ellen Mills, Charles Moran, Sno drn Rimm, William Thompson, Jnek Wert, John Ynolmv. EDIWATION: Susan Shermnn, Marilyn (Continued on page six) of the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts at the Uni versity of Puerto Rico for many years and is now manager of Sociedad Agricola Cooperaliva, one of the largest agricultural supplies cooperatives in Puerto Rico. He is the only one of the five who is not a native of Pennsylvania. Ryan, '34, is president of the Mine Safety Appliances Company and Research _Corporation in Pittsburgh and chairman of the board of Callery Chemical Com pany Rockwell, '35, of Pittsburgh, is president of the Rockwell Manu facturing Company, and Close, '2B, is vice president and general sales manager of the Aluminum Company of America. PAGE FIVE
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