SATURDAY. JANUARY 19. 1963
Storeroom Supervisor Retires
After 32 Years of Service
By BARBARA SCHEFFER
John F. Bleich, the “man be
hind the scenes" to chemistry
students officially retired on Jan.
I after 32 years at the University.
Bleich, who was 65 on Jan. 14,
has been responsible for receiving’
dispensing and shipping chemicals’
and allied apparatus as supervisor
of the chemistry storeroom. _
HIS ASSOCIATION with the
University did not end, however,
with his official work day. Bleich’s
“hobby” as supervisor of tickets
and ticket-takers was started 25
years, ago when- he was asked to
take charge of all ticket personnel
for a football, game.' '
Soon Bleich was handling .tick
ets, ticket-takers and arranging
for ushers at athletic events, grad
uations, dances,-concerts, lectures
and Artists Series.
Bleich’s “hobby” brought him
in contact with many famous per
sonalities. He has collected auto
graphs .of almost all of them,
including Adm. Richard E. Byrd,
polar explorer; Fritz Kreisler;
violinist; and Lauritz Melchior,
opera singer.
Bleich first became acquainted
with the University when he was
a student here. He was sent to
the campus with the Armv:Train
ing Corps-in the field of electrical
engineers.
. The armistice ending World
War i was .' signed, shortly, after
his arrival'and-he had to return
for. a job in his native Pittsburgh.
' FOUR YEARS later he returned
to State College to marry his col
lege “sweetheart,” the former
'Mabel Gephart.,
After his marriage, Bleich got a
job with the University. He has
watched the University -grow
“tremendously” just by .the num
ber of student chemistry. desks.
“When I 'first came we had
desks for -about 350 chemistry
students. Now we have something
like 3,300.”
He now plans to travel with his
wife, to" visit in Utah
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VETERAN EMPLOYEE in the chemistry storeroom, John F.
Bleich, as he completed one of his’ last tasks before retiring
Jan. 1. Known as "the man behind the scenes" to chemistry
students, Bleich held the storeroom supervisor's job for 32 years
and also directed ticket-taking at University events.
and California and also delve into
his woodworking hobby.
“I have to keep occupied. It’s
no good for a person to sit down
and do.,nothing. I 'guess I’ll drop
into the.storeroom,now and then
to see how things are running.
I’ll miss the day-to-day contact
with everyone at the storeroom:
They’re,'the grandest people I’ve
ever worked with.”
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Commonwealth Cam
New Kensington Campus
To Expand at New Site
(This is the thirteenth in a
series of articles concerning the
University's 14 Commonwealth
campuses. Today's article fea
tures New Kensington campus.)
By DOROTHY DRASHER
. Plans to ' construct ■ the first
building on a 30 acre site just out
side of New Kensington are now
underway. „ -
This is the first step in a pro
grain of expansion for this Com
monwealth campus. Student en
rollment is expected to grow from
the present 99 to 1,000 by 1970.
Meanwhile, a renovated public
school in the town is - being used
for .classes and offices.
SEVERAL YEARS ago a sur
vey of students in area high
schools was taken to determine the
need for such an educational insti
tution.
Although there are many other
colleges and universities in the
nearby city of Pittsburgh, there
were no schools offering a two
year technical program.
The University’s Board of Trus
tees then approved the extension
of the two-year associate degree
program to this area.
Following this approval a com
munity fund drive was begun. The
$40,000 collected was used to
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renovate the old school building.
Its two-story columns and the
entrance dated the building’s con
struction to the early 1900’s.
The multi-roomed building pro
vides space for the 125 full time
students, five full time and two
part time faculty members.
THE ENGINEERING oriented
faculty teaches the specialized
courses offered to the all male
student body in drafting and
design technology and electrical
technology, Eugene 11. I-leide, di
rector of the campus, said.
Most" of the students commute
to their classes since the majority
of them live within a 10-mile
radius of the campus.
At the present time the school
building is leased from the local
school board for $1 a year.
Study Abroad Shots Set
Stlidcnts participating in the
Liberal Arts Study Abroad pro
gram may take the first in a series
of shots and vaccinations from 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday and
Thursday, Dagobert deLevie, di
rector of the Study Abroad pro
gram, announced recently.
The free innoculations will be
given at, the Ritenour Healtl;
Center, be said.
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