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Washburn 7400000000000 Editor Romulus T. Weatherman...........00............. Managing Editor A. Michael Philipps 64....0000000000000000.. Associate Editor and Photographer Robert S. Keefe, ’68..0000000000000 ccc. Contributing Editor Mrs. Joyce Carter... ccc Editorial Assistant TABLE OF CONTENTS A Letter from Belfast ...0000.0000oocccoooccoccoeccecececeeee. ] Two New Trustees Named .0..0000000000000ooocccecceecee. 6 He Almost Made It oo... 0oocccocccoocccoccccccceccceeece: 8 Surprise and Reminiscence 00.00.0000... ccc. 9 Campus News ooo... occcccccceccccceececceseeveeeccseceseenee, 10 OT ET 0) 17 W&L Men in Richmond 0000000000000 occecceeceee. 21 In Memoriam ooo... cccccecccccececcccceceveceeceeeeeeeee. 23 Trustee Emeritus Dies 0000000000000. 24 Published in January, March, April, May, July, September, November and December by Washington and Lee University Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Virginia 24450. All communications and POD Forms 3579 should be sent to Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc., Lexington, Virginia 24450. Second class postage paid at Lexington, Virginia 24450, with additional mailing privileges at Roanoke, Virginia 24001. Officers and Directors Washington and Lee Alumni, Inc. RicHArD H. TurrReE.L, ’49, Short Hills, N.J. President A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON, 750, Richmond, Va. Vice President T. Hat Crarke, ’38, Washington, D.C. Treasurer WILLIAM C. WAsHBURN, ’40, Lexington, Va. Secretary Upton BEALL, ’51, Tyler, Texas RICHARD D. HaAynes, 758, Dallas, Texas WILLIAM H. HILuier, 38, Chicago, Ill. S. L. KopALp, JR., 43, Memphis, Tenn. J. PETER G. MUHLENBERG, ’50, Wyomissing, Pa. J. ALVIN PHILporTtT, ’45, Lexington, N.C. Emi. C. RAssMAN, III, 41, Midland, Texas BEAUREGARD A. REDMOND, 755, New Orleans, La. EVERETT ‘TUCKER, JR., ’34, Little Rock, Ark. On the cover: William (Buck) Buchanan is shown against a backdrop of the kind of violence that al- most daily disrupts life in Northern Ireland—in this case a bomb that exploded in a car without warning on the streets of Belfast. Dr. Buchanan has been in Belfast since last September doing research. Beginning on the opposite page, he writes a per- sonal view of what life is like in that tormented country. Ihe photo is by World Wide. Tillis << \ vv he 4 by William Buchanan A letter from Northern Ireland: ‘The barriers are built into society’ March, 1972 Dr. William Buchanan, professor of politics at WL and head of the department, is on a year’s leave of ab- sence, attending Queens University in Belfast and doing research on the parliament of Northern Ireland. The editors of W&L are grateful to him for this personal view of the “troubles” that are tormenting Northern Ireland. I’m responding with enthusiasm to your suggestion that I submit to the alumni magazine something “‘per- sonal” rather than “scholarly” on our experiences here, because I find it hard to be the detached, dispassionate observer. ‘The role of a visiting scholar in this situation is not always a happy one—rather like the guest who ar- rives just as the phone rings, the bathtub overflows and the roast burns. I occasionally encounter someone who says, “How kind of an American to come over and straighten out our affairs for us.’’ But the vast majority are genuinely eager to help a foreigner who is vainly try- ing to comprehend a very complex set of events. ‘he best insight is given by the now famous comment of an anony- mous Belfast citizen: “Anyone who isn’t confused here doesn’t really understand what’s going on.” Remember last spring our jokes about how I might become Jewish for the year to avoid identifying with either side? I came determined not only to be, but to appear, uncommitted. It’s fruitless. Everybody plays a game in which he tries to determine the faith of a new acquaintance, but one of the rules is that it’s not polite to ask directly. One’s name and its spelling, one’s neigh- borhood, one’s occupation are all grounds for a-guess. As a final resort you try to find what school he or his chil- dren attended, but this is so definite a clue that in effect it’s an admission that the game is lost. Of course, these clues won’t work with an American. (One comment was: “Washington and Lee—how ecumenical.”) ‘This doesn’t deter them from making up their minds. I should have felt a moment of triumph when a prominent Protestant politician introduced me to a Catholic one with the re- mark, “Professor Buchanan is a co-religionist of yours.” I should have been triumphant, but such is the pervasive- Dr. William Buchanan is pictured here in the country side near Lexington—a setting far more peaceful than the one he has been experiencing for the past six months in Northern Ireland. A Letter from Northern Ireland Wide World In Belfast, grim-faced policemen carry the coffin of a constable who was killed by terrorist machine gun bullets during an ambush in Londonderry. Such scenes are now common in Belfast. ness of the necessity of placing everyone that I heard myself, much to my disgust, saying, “No, I’m not really .er... uh.” Perhaps the most basic difference in the approach of an American is the naive expectation, or at least hope, that some “solution” or accommodation can be discover- ed. The European, and particularly the Irish, view of politics is that it is at best a messy and unpromising affair to whose defects the sensible observer must become re- signed. Empirically this view is sounder, but there are virtues in naivete. As I look to the years ahead and the comparable problems that face us, black and white, North and South, I believe that hoping for accommoda- tion is a better strategy than resignation. Of course, if I had been raised in Belfast I’d look at it differently. There was a period, roughly between 1800 2 and 1839, when relations between Protestants and Catho- lics were good, and Anglicans contributed to the build- ing of churches for the Catholics trickling in from the country. Then the city went into a population boom due to the linen and shipbuilding industries. Many of the row houses you see on TV were built between 1830 and 1900 to accommodate this population. ‘They still do—not very comfortably. Two rooms downstairs, three up; two windows front, two back; a cold water faucet in the kitchen and a toilet facing on the tiny rear patio that holds the garbage can. Nearly half the families have no more amenities than this. Though clean and well kept, they don’t provide much room for children to play or adolescents to exercise. The Catholics settled around their first churches and in the streets leading off the main road from the West that brought them into the city. That WeL was the +o Road, and March, 1972 one in five are unemp! eyed: in some | tected. “I believe that hoping for accommodation is a better strategy than resignation’ who ha ve . been unemployed for much of their: life—and | Catholic areas. mbex one week ¥ wh — the tive side ‘by side. a divi ides us from ‘the narro v iy a we see ane ba rricades (ill tached and s | semi , “Another aspect of the « cleavage i mI rif resence. rathe irch_ sck shpols, | Protestants to either de. noitiinational: or state schoo ll are largely : Se bys tax funds. | Both s 1 sets of schools teach 1 Youth : activities and adult recreational and social events | the U. Ss. ‘and church “Atendat ce is higher anywhere in the world. A sma two scout troops, one Catt “ 4 = a a a ; : ; : - / ; all town ‘aay have two Tittle _ | the olic, one Protes- aene A Letter from N orthern Ireland listorians are fond of saying that arn os od that are e condemnec a do that c our r Iandlady 1 next doot sare been bombed, t but it was exp ained that bombing ladies, even when they | were 0 minent in ae was considered bad | taste z and loudness so we « news necapitulat S "Each day we hear sev Wide World March, 1972 “Then it occurred to me that this middle-class haven of security was safe only relatively.” few minutes on the main arteries. We seldom see soldiers on foot patrol in our neighborhood, though one day last month they surrounded an apartment house across the alley for several hours—we never knew why. Of course it is far different in the troubled areas, where searches and arrests occur during the night, with women banging garbage can lids to warn the IRA that troops are in the vicinity, with stones flying during the day and tear gas seeping into the house, with snipers and troops firing at one another, and children underfoot even at the grimmest moments. (You can’t keep them in all the time, their mothers say.) Perhaps the most poignant story is about the car, found parked repeatedly on a country road in the middle of the night. The police became su- spicious and surrounded it with spotlights and guns at ready. Inside was an elderly couple. It wasn’t as com- fortable as their bed, they explained, but at least you could get a quiet night’s sleep. If there is a point to this, it’s that a community can survive tremendous disruption when there seems to be nothing you can do about it—personally, that is. Shops are boarded up after the bombings, workers show up in the morning haggard and sleepy, funerals proceed up the street, people stay in at night and watch TV. The IRA is making the same miscalculation that the U.S. Air Force has made on several occasions—overestimating the effect on society of high explosives. If this were a scholarly article ’d have to provide a conclusion. Of course there isn’t any conclusion. ‘here was once a time when Americans looked on such circum- stances as being remote in time and place—the sort of situation that English speaking people were now sensible enough not to get themselves into. But I’m impressed with how little there is in the Ulster situation that couldn’t potentially be translated into American terms. What is particularly distressing is that both sets of people who are doing these abominable things to one another are individually most hospitable, friendly, courteous, sympathetic people—not just in their encounters with visiting Americans but in their individual relations with one another, even across the religious divide. ‘he worst occurs only when each group gets together behind its barriers—but the barriers are hard to surmount for they are built into the society. Brooks and Lewis are named trustees; St. Clair and Hendon become emeriti Frank C. Brooks of Baltimore, a 1946 graduate of Washington and Lee, and Sydney Lewis of Richmond, a 1940 gradu- ate, were elected to the University’s Board of ‘Trustees at the regular winter meeting. Both men will serve initial six-year terms on the Board, and each will be elig- ible for re-election to subsequent six-year terms, under the 1969 plan of reorganiza- tion adopted by the trustees. Brooks, a partner in the insurance brokerage firm of Tongue, Brooks & Co., has been extremely active in the Univer- sity Alumni Association, having served on its Board from 1956 until 1959, the last year as national Alumni Association vice president. Lewis is the founder and president of Best Products, Inc., the retailing firm with 13 showrooms in a number of states. After receiving his B.A. degree, Lewis attended the Washington and Lee School of Law, the Harvard University Graduate School and the George Washington University School of Law. of Business Administration, He is a member of the boards of Vir- ginia Union University, the Mediterran- ean Society, and the Jewish Family Services of Richmond. Lewis is also past president of the Southern Region Council of Jewish Federations, and has served on the boards of Temple Beth Ahabah and the Rich- mond Area Community Council. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have been important bene- factors of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. At Washington and Lee he was presi- dent of Phi Epsilon Pi social fraternity and was active on the Athletic Council, the Intramural Board, the Christian the basketball team, and the Monogram Club. Council, Brooks is a trustee and member of the Frank C. Brooks Executive Committee of both the Boys’ Latin School and the Baltimore Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital. In addition to his service to the University through the Alumni Association, Brooks has served as a regional agent and class agent for the annual Alumni Fund for several years. He has also actively aided the University in the Baltimore area in terms of ad- missions and student recruitment. As a student at the University, he was an honorable mention All-America la- crosse player in 1947 and was captain of the team. A member of Delta Tau Delta, he was also a member of the Dance Board, president of the Sophomore Class, and chairman of the Student War Me- morial Scholarship Fund Committee. Both Brooks and Lewis have sons who are recent B.A. graduates of Washington Sydney Lewis and Lee. Frank C. Brooks, Jr. received his degree in 1971, and Sydney Lewis, Jr. received his in 1966. Trustees Emeniti Two dedicated trustees of the Uni- versity, Dr. Huston St. Clair of Surfside, Fla., and John Franklin Hendon of Bir- mingham, Ala., have resigned from the Board and have been elected trustees emeriti by their former Board colleagues. Dr. St. Clair was rector of the Board for five years and had been a trustee since 1943. As rector, he succeeded Dr. J. Morrison Hutcheson in 1965. (Dr. Hutche- son’s death on Feb. 12 is reported else- where in this issue of WeL.) Hendon was elected trustee in 1959. Dr. St. Clair, formerly president of WeL css a Oo a a _ 7 Set Oe _ pe ey oS by Rupert N. Latture John J. Crittenden: He almost made it In searching the records for Washington and Lee men who have served as Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, it was found that John J. Crittenden, who at- tended Washington Academy 1802-04, was nominated by John Quincy Adams to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, but was not confirmed by the Senate. Crittenden was nominated to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Robert ‘Trimble, who died on August 25, 1828. Remembering his father’s experience with nominations, President Adams did not make a recess appointment. In the meantime President Adams and General Andrew Jackson had waged a bitter campaign for the presidency, with Jackson emerging as the winner. On December 17, 1828, President Adams sent a mes- sage to the Senate nominating Crittenden to fill the Court vacancy. The nomination was referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary that same day. However, no report was made by the Committee until January 26, 1829, and even then the debates were kept secret for a time. Senator Berrien (Georgia) for the Committee on the Judiciary reported two resolutions, the main one being “Resolved that it is not expedient to act upon the nomination of John J. Crittenden as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States during the pres- ent session of Congress.”’ Excerpts taken from remarks made by Senator Holmes (Maine) during the debate on February 2, 1829, gives a fairly clear idea of the underlying reason for Senate in- action. “‘Sir’’, he said, “let the advocates of this resolution say what they will, and enforce this determination by what arguments they can, and the public will and must believe that this Mr. Crittenden is postponed and vir- tually rejected for no other earthly reason than that he was not in favor of General Jackson for President... . Now if it is expedient to take from one administration and give it to the next, why not meet the question at once and reject? Why not say that John J. Crittenden ought not to be a Justice of the Supreme Court because he was opposed to the election of General Jackson? If that is the reason, avow it, and the people will judge whether it is a sound one”’. John J. Crittenden was an extraordinary person. His actions as a student at Washington Academy showed early evidence of independence and boldness. Dr. Cren- 8 John J. Crittenden shaw in his General Lee’s College tells of two instances in which he was disciplined by the trustees, once for re- fusing to testify in a faculty investigation of a report that certain students were attempting to “fight or abet a duel’, and the second for throwing a biscuit at the ste- ward in the dining hall. As a consequence he transferred to the College of William and Mary to complete his col- lege studies. Few men have rendered more varied services in gov- ernment than John J. Crittenden. He served for several years in the Kentucky legislature, in the state judiciary, and in the governorship of his state. He served four un- connected terms as Kentucky’s representative in the U.S. Senate. He was Attorney General of the United States under three Presidents: Harrison, Tyler and Fillmore. He strove mightily to bring reconciliation between North and South on the issues of secession and slavery. His last public office was a two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was renowned for his eloquence, his integrity and his patriotism. It is regrettable that the faculty of Washington Aca- demy did not perceive Crittenden’s irascibility as indica- tive of the significant role he was to play in the drama of American history. WeL — Bn Oo ee re nationally. Two-fifths of the Wz and Lee men replied they expect to join a fraternity; only 15 per cent said so na- tionally. a ee More than two-thirds at Washi President and Mrs. Huntley examine the Lee clock given to the University by Mrs. Fred A. Fitzgerald. March, 1972 S. G. C. Watkins, a dentist in Montclair, N. J., from whom Fitzgerald acquired it. The clock is inscribed “B. Chandlee Nottingham”, indicating that it was made by Benjamin Chandlee, Sr., a prominent Quaker clockmaker who flourished in Nottingham, Md., from 1714 until 1741. Clocks made by members of the Chandlee family are highly prized by per- sons with antique grandfather clocks. President Huntley said, ‘Washington and Lee is most grateful to Mrs. Fitzgerald for this significant gift. It is appropriate that this particular clock find a resting place in the last home of General Lee. There it will be a constant reminder of the hours President Lee spent in devoted service to the rebuilding of Washington College”’. A Gift of Letters A number of letters providing a unique- ly colorful and detailed description of the American soldier’s life in France and Germany at the end of World War I have been donated to Washington and Lee and will be placed on permanent loan at the George C. Marshall Research Library. The letters were written between May and December, 1918, by Capt. Lewis Cole- man Gordon of St. Louis. Born in Salem, Va., in 1887, Gordon was a student at Washington and Lee from 1904 until 1907, and his father, Dr. Edward Clifford Gordon, was treasurer, secretary and proc- tor of the institution while Robert E. Lee was its president following the Civil War. The letters were donated to the Uni- versity by Mrs. Alfred Taylor of Grosse Point, Mich., Capt. Gordon’s niece. Mrs. Taylor’s husband is a graduate of Wash- ington and Lee. The Gordon letters provide a valuable I] Campus News documentation of the day-to-day activities of the American soldier in the last months of the war and immediately after the Armistice during the first months of the Allied ocupation in France. Most of the letters are addressed to Capt. Gordon’s mother, some to his father, and one to his future wife. One letter, written Dec. 26, 1918, in Dungenheim, Germany, is remarkable for a prediction it contains of World War II: “It is difficult to eradicate the product of of education and_ blood. There is ample material for another Ger- generations man army over here. Unless a peace is concluded that will effect a vital change in German government, education, econ- omy and philosophy for two or three gen- erations, I fear that she will reach out . “Tell all my sisters-in-law and friends to raise again for her place in the sun... their boys to be soldiers. America may need them some day.” Capt. Gordon acted as his own censor, occasionally writing of “the battle of ——.” A multi-page letter written to his future wife, in which he alludes to his intent to propose marriage to her, has a small rec- tangle cut neatly from every page, where an inscription on the letterhead could have given away his unit’s location. Capt. Gordon arrived in France with the 4th U.S. Engineers early in May, 1918. His unit arrived in Dungenheim, where he was sta- , “Kingdom of Prussia,’ tioned during the Occupation, on Dec. 15, after a 260-kilometre march. A career officer, he retired from the Army with the rank of colonel in 1946. At the time he was commanding officer of the Reserve Officer Training Corps unit at the Michi- gan School of Engineering. Col. Gordon died in 1951. In 1969 the Col. Lewis Coleman Gor- 12 don honor scholarship fund was created at Washington and Lee through a bequest from the estate of his widow, who died in 1967. ‘The Gordon Scholarship is held this academic year by Bryan E. McNeill, a sophomore from New Orleans and Dean’s List scholar. Leyburn Concert Dr. James Graham Leyburn, pianist, gave a entitled ‘Eighteenth Century Composers and their 20th Cen- tury Admirers” on Feb. 14 in the Lee Chapel. Dr. Leyburn, professor of sociology and anthropology, is the former head of the sociology department and was dean of the University from 1947 until 1955. His program included works of Ra- meau, Scarlatti, Couperin, Haydn and concert Mozart, as well as the 20th century com- posers Debussy, Paderewsky, Ravel, Hin- demith and Prokofieff, whose works on the program were inspired by and pay tri- bute to their 18th century ancestors. An accomplished concert pianist, Dr. Leyburn is characterized by deep convic- tion and a level of expertise matching that of the great professional pianists. As a sociologist, Dr. Leyburn taught at Yale before coming to Washington and Lee. He is the author of a number of major sociological studies, among them the classic Haitian People, recently re-pub- lished by the Yale Press and winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Award. Student Efforts Rewarded Student efforts at Washington and Lee have been rewarded with a $20,000 grant from a North Carolina foundation to be used in offering scholarships to economi- Dr, James G. Leyburn cally disadvantaged students. The grant from the Hillsdale Fund, Inc., of Greens- boro was made as a result of a proposal designed by the Student Recruitment Committee at Washington and Lee, an agency of the student government. The $20,000 is to be awarded at the rate of $5,000 a year for four years, ac- cording to terms of the grant. The first scholarships to qualified students will be awarded in the 1972-73 year. The Hillsdale Fund award will be ad- ministered by the University Committee on Student Financial Aid, as are all schol- arship and loan funds. Student representa- tives serve on that committee in matters of policy, but not in the consideration of individual applications. The Hillsdale grant is the second to be made to the University because of the work of the student group, which was formed in 1969 by Stephen W. Robinson, now president of the student body. Cur- WeL “ably My _ het Campus News Athletic Director Bill McHenry turns over $141 check, proceeds from “Bob Munson Day” held Feb. 5, to Charles F. Phillips, president of the Lexington Boys Club, and William W. Pusey, III, a director. Munson, a former wrestler at WeL and founder of the Boys Club, died before graduating last December. He was awarded a degree posthumously. ed to membership on the board of trustees of the preparatory school he attended in Maine. Dr. Phillips was voted to receive the outstanding director award of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor soc- iety, the first time that the annual award has been awarded to a director in the re- gion which includes Virginia. The award was made “‘in recognition of Prof. Phillips’ outstanding work to further the society’s goals in the field of economic science and to further knowledge in the profession.” In addition, Dr. Phillips was one of two new trustees to join the board of Hebron (Me.) Academy this winter. Dr. Phillips is a 1952 graduate of the 168- year-old preparatory school. A member of Washington and Lee’s faculty since 1959, Dr. Phillips is the au- 14 thor of two texts in economics, including the widely used Economics of Regulation —Theory and Practice in the Transporta- tion and Public Utility Industries, and more than 30 scholarly articles. He has served as a consultant to such firms as the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., the New York Stock Exchange, and the Virginia Electric and Power Co., and is active in public service as well, serving currently as mayor of Lexington, chair- man of the area planning district, and president of the Lexington-Rockbridge Boys’ Club. Student Housing Center In a new effort to put student ten- ants in contact with landlords in Lexing- ton and elsewhere in Rockbridge County, the Student Center at the University has begun an informational center on student housing. Landlords register property they wish to rent. The housing center then provides the information to students, who then contact either the landlord directly, or the landlord’s agent. In the current year, more than one-half of Washington and Lee’s 1,600 students live in rooms, apartments, or houses off campus. Of a total of 862 students living off campus, the larger share, 578, live in Lexington, and fewer than one-third, 284, live in the county (or elsewhere outside Lexington). The 45 per cent who do not live in private housing are either dormitory resi- dents, live in fraternity houses, or com- mute from their parents’ homes. Only 521 private units—which includes the entire range of houses, apartments, and single rooms—are rented by students in all geographical areas, according to re- sults of a comprehensive housing survey taken at the time of student registration last autumn. Those 521 units accommo- date all 862 off-campus students, the sur- vey disclosed. The survey also showed that students pay monthly rentals ranging between $20 and $150 for apartments and from $45 to $150 for entire houses—depending on the accommodations provided. The University is currently investigat- ing whether it is financially feasible to build new on-campus student housing in the near future. President Robert E. R. Huntley said in October the institution hopes to construct new “apartment-type” housing to accommodate approximately 200 upperclass students within the next two or three years. He made the statement in an address during Parents’ Weekend. WeL Oo Bn Bn Campus News ally pledged, according to statistics pro- vided by the Interfraternity Council. In 1970, almost the same proportion—65 per cent—pledged. Fifteen national fraternities maintain chapters at the University. Sigma Phi Epsi- lon, which in 1970 had assumed “lodge” status and moved from its chapter house on Preston Street, came back last fall as a full member of the IFC. Undergraduate SPE members hope to move back to their house in the near future. Under an ar- rangement between the University and the fraternity alumni organization, owners of the house, Washington and Lee has maintained it as dormitory housing for freshmen (last year) and upperclassmen (this year), but that arrangement is sche- duled to expire at the end of the 1972-73 academic year. Fancy Dress Returns Fancy Dress returned to the Washing- ton and Lee campus this year with a dance and concert by the rock group Sha- Na-Na on Feb. 12 in Evans Dining Hall. The floor was jammed for the event spon- sored by the Dance Board, under the di- rection of Fancy Dress President Brian Greig of Austin, Tex. Costume was either black tie or the garb of the 1950’s appropriate to the music played by Sha-Na-Na. And as it turned out, slicked-back hair, white socks, jeans and saddle shoes predominated. The festivities began at 9 p.m. and continued until 1 a.m. Sha-Na-Na appeared at W&L last year in what was considered the fav- orite concert of the season. The group equalled that performance at Fancy Dress this year. The dance was preceded by a cocktail party at the Buffalo Creek pavilion. 16 Edwin J. Foltz Foltz Heads Lee Associates Edwin J. Foltz, president of Campbell has chairman of the Robert E. Lee Associates, Soups International, been named a major leadership group at Washington and Lee. He is a 1940 law graduate of Washington and Lee. Foltz succeeds Richard H. Turrell of Short Hills, N.J., as head of the Lee As- sociates. Turrell, secretary of the Fiduci- ary Trust Co. of New York, remains as president of the Washington and Lee Alumni Association. He is a 1949 gradu- ate of the University. The Lee Associates, with almost 300 members, consists of Washington and Lee’s most dedicated supporters. The or- ganization holds a principal leadership role in development and implementation of policy at the University. In addition to his duties as president of Campbell Soups International, Foltz is vice president of the Campbell Soup Co., the parent corporation, with offices in Camden, N.J. He holds a number of directorships in related industrial and management groups. Foltz is a member of the bars of Vir- ginia, Georgia, Arkansas and Ohio, and has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. He is active in the American Management Association, serving as a member of its board of direc- tors and as vice president of its World Council. He is also a member of the board of the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management. Mr. and Mrs. Foltz live in Gladwyne, Pa., and have one son and two daughters. Second Troub Play John Osborne’s award-winning drama Luther opened a five-day run at Wash- ington and Lee on Feb. 16 as the second production of the season by the Univer- sity’s Troubadour Theatre. Robert Carrere, a senior from New Orleans, played the title role, and Gre- gory P. Buch, a junior from Fremont, Neb., played Hans Luther, the father. A central theme in the drama is the conflict between the two men, the senior Luther unable to comprehend his son’s rejection of worldly affairs. Lee Kahn, assistant pro- fessor of drama and head of the Troub Theatre, directed the play. Luther, an intense human drama, won the New York Critics’ Circle award as the best play of the season in 1964. Its author wrote Look Back in Anger and other plays as well. WeL - finished in cherry welcome gift for Christmas, _ birthdays, anniversaries, or wed- | dings. All profit from sales of the chair goes to the scholarship | ham, ‘14. Le Price: $42.00 fob. — Gardner, Massachusetts Mail your ¢ order to ? _ WASHINGTON AND I LEE AuuMNI, INc. | mats Virginia 24450 | The normal — shipping — os five to ‘Six weeks interval | affairs of the day, Bow ; The chair is sede of i tarch and - rock maple, hand-rubbed in — black with gold trim and arms » At makes a | fund in memory of John Gra- 7 after ‘the ‘receipt of , 1972 7 1888 ROBERT ADGER BOWEN, Washington parr oldest: alumnus, is tive, | Bowen rode the « crest of a av mirers during the Christmas holidays a party given in his honor by the family and. close friends in Greenville, $.C. Alert to many ested in public. education. He said it is not what it should be, to put it mildly. He does not write any more after decades of compil- ing manuscripts of prose and poetry. Bow has, a pee ane ie for law enforce- ment pees ipa setrcaly fen Dues operates a + dairy farm 8 "4 924 EDDIE CAMERON, a ‘member of the ee Uni- versity athletic staff since 1926, will retire ef- fective Aug. 31. Cameron, after graduation, coached football at Greenbrier Military Aca- demy before going to Duke. In 1929 he took over as Duke’s varsity backfield | coach. That same year he was named P2609 coach. ) record His | basketball teams posted a 226-9 over 14 seasons. Duke won three Southern Conference titles and never ‘finished out of the first: division. | In 1942, when Wallace Wade left Duke, Cameron was named acting football coach and athletic director. Cameron was one of the founders of the Atlantic Coast Conference when it was formed in 1953 and en is particularly inter- . at a recent annual meet 1998 | cee ce ee ie _ served as is currently President of a New River Shrine Club. 1926 vo] 7 Dr. . Joun R. VAN BUREN is completing | 10 | school board in Benicia, Calif. 1997 ALLEN H. eR S, JR, president of Harris Manu- | facturing Co. of. Johnson City, Tenn., has — been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of | Manufacturers. His. selection to NAM’s s policy-making board was_ ng in NSH York 5 Gey — After 41. years of service WitiamM, T. ‘OWEN, : sident and secretary- has retired as” vice 31 after Te it Ben i. ser Rayer a the ba cok in Ark Jan snuary, 1967 to to January served for years as its basketball committee a chai rm an. : ep 1925 For) eight a each year, M. R. | BRUIN stays on his farm in Draper, Va. He goes Florida from December through April. Bruin is active in the local Masonic L Club, Ruritan Club, and Political affairs. He 4, , Lions JAcK 7 STARK practices | medicine in Bel- pre, Ohio. He is a member of the American, treasurer of New Ye —- Co. He a | lives in A Perasot2). Fla. a ns a a Law Co. ad Co, Co., Ir ny A Md. ee re ow te el nS Te a a Bn oe ee een of ce = and since er 1, 1971 m1 hae t 7 E. STEPHEN WALSH, formerly with a private for E._ firm, is now assistant general counsel F. Hulton & Co. of New York City. ern rn product manager with A: New York City, is now ‘group product a ager with S. B. Thomas, Inc., makers of qual: ity bakery products. 1965 BORN: Mr. and Mrs. Paut S. Morea, 2 son, Paul, after receiving an MBA from W RANDOLPH - Woorton, jr formerly north- William ‘Spencer Murphy, on April 19, 1971 . School, is now with the New York mar ment f consulting firm of Cresap, McCon nick | ae and Mrs. Joun. F. “MarsHaut, jr, daughter, io on Feb. 23, 1971. Mar- | a Associates, Inc. an insurance ‘brokerage firm | in 1 Houston, Tex. a | elected Republican minority leader. Mr. Hopkins represents Roanoke city and county in the Senate; ME Turk represents Galax and Radford and Montgomery counties. — Washington and Lee are ‘Omer L. 4 [ , 36, from Fairfax; 7 Thoma sR. MeNamar, 52 Law, one 2 Of = ee .. and | a. FE Stone, ’ 38 3 Law, ; and “James ¢ Cc Te "52 Taw: was cities and Carroll, Floyd, Grayson | Other state Senators claimed by | r, 44 Law, part ‘of Henrico Coun. was” re-elected ins ‘November, but -resigned | his seat in February to. ac. - cept an. appointment to the Circuit _ Court judgeship of Chesapeake. He © was confirr ed unanimously in the - judgeship by both houses of the - - men serving in the Virginia House _ _ of Delegates include three first-term-_ | ers and five who were reelected sia om Wyatt B. Durrette ei 64 Law, 7 i was elected from Falls Churc | - Robrecht, 59, '62 Law, was el | from Salem and from Roanoke and a ; . saree, counties, and dota | G Tow. a part of Fairfax County; Raymond R. - J. Warren. a 7s "36 39, - N ren | folk. oe a Of the Was | ee and = ee ee - for the department of clinical =< the on 1970, Colles oe versity of Alabama in January, BENNERS, JR. is now in the ‘manage- t training program — at in Birmingham to the partment. In. add ‘includes Walter ion E. Constine, Jr 52, , II, °57. mieri on July 24, coarton eo stationed with the U. ‘S. systems omit for Procter of | Cincinnati, Ohio. - 7 . Grorce A. ROBERTSON received 2 a] _ _Biovoey = viene B Valve He os et as a scout master for 35 years and as the first pres ident of the Shenandoah Area Boy (IIL) judge ar awyer, died in Sun City, / Ariz. ¢ on. “Dec, 18. “While at Washington and | Lee, he was an All-America fetbett Player. —&t ¢ head football, golf, and baseball coach and teacher at Stephen F. Austin Col lege in Nachadoches, Tex. White moved to _ Illinois to practice law in 1939, and he was _ elected a county judge in 1954. Following his tirement as a judge, he continued to prac- tice owe ha Mount Carmel. During , adn ministrator for the tion. He retired in hic’ ch time he moved to — _ Wabash County and W “time member of the Illinois State Bar Associa- tion, | ll as a member of the American h h County Bar Associations. 1998 7 ANDREW “Taytor| MCALISTER died Oct. 16, 1971. He was vice chairman of the board of © Taylor Iron Works & Supply Co. in Macon, a 199 9 REAR ApM. RoserT D. Powers, JR. (Ret.), who was deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Navy during the 1960’s died Nov. 29 in the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth, Va. Powers was the first legal officer to be called to active _ duty at the outbreak of World | War IL. be . Dr je Morrison Hutcheson, 7 trustee emeritus of Washington | oe Lee, died on Feb. 12 in Richmond, va, at the age | - three yen in boyse s Schools is ‘North ; Carolina and Virginia and for four years at the former Women’s Col- _ the Medical College of Virginia from which he graduated in 1909. T ‘He taught at MCV, becoming a pro- fessor of therapeutics in 1914 and a professor of clinical ‘medicine in lege in Richmond while attending — “densyaney_ College in 1947. He is survived by a a ‘son, ‘Dr. J. | Morrison. Hutche on, Jr. of Rich- mond, a 1948 graduate of Washing: ton and Lee, and a daughter, Mrs. William Dorrier of Wilmington, ‘Del. The family requested that in lieu of flowers that _ contributions be made to Washington and Lee _ / Raiaeese or to the /Minginia Home. | 24 retired in 1964. Powers received an honorary degree from Washing on anc Lee in haiaa Since his ne ; t district attorney s died January 7. "and county of Je was supervisor partment before s office, in which I, president of . and a lifelong Al: » died Jan. 3. ‘committee of 100_ an attorney in WeL — ANOTHER SPECIAL ALUMNI CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 16-18, 1972 THE TOPIC: Washington and Lee Today... Its Plans... Its Future Much about your University is changing. It now has exciting plans for continued development. The Special Alumni Conference to be held November 16-18, 1972, is the fifth in a series of such confer- ences designed to give a relatively small group of alumni a three-day, in-depth look at every facet of Washington and Lee. The conference will feature small-group discussions that bring all points of interest into sharp focus. Past conferences have been highly successful, enjoy- able, and worthwhile. | If you are interested in attending the November conference, please write to William C. Washburn, Alumni Secretary, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450. The Washington and Lee University Alumni Directory — 1749-1970 WASHINGTON AND. LEE - UNIVERSITY It’s a Directory ALUMNI DIRECTORY Lies i eed It’s a Document It’s an Answer Book The new up-to-date Washington and Lee Alumni Directory is now available at only $5.00 per copy, in- cluding postage. Question: Have you ever wondered whether the father, the grandfather, an uncle of one of your classmates also attended Washington and Lee? You’ll find this answer and much more in the new Alumni Directory. Every person who attended W&L from 1749 on is listed alphabetically, together with his class, his degree, his address, and his occupation. Question: Have you ever wanted a full list of the members of your class or any class? You’ll find it in the Class Listing section of the Alumni Directory. Question: Have you ever wondered how many W&L alumni live in Cleveland, in Philadelphia, in Cairo —anywhere? The Geographical List in the Alumni Directory will tell you. If you’re passing through, you can look them up. No Washington and Lee alumnus can afford to be without this valuable reference book in his home or office. Use the form below to order your copy today. Washington and Lee University Alumni, Inc. Lexington, Virginia 24450 Please send Me.................00. copy(ies) of the Washington and Lee University Alumni Directory at $5.00 each, in- cluding postage. Name Address Zip WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY Lexington, Virginia 24450 Vy D 7 es & > « iw 4 “7. ¥ é CLASS REUNIONS — SPRING, 1972 honoring Academic and Law Classes 1922 1982 1947-1957 1962 (50th) (40th) (25th) (15th) — (10th) and THE OLD GUARD (All Classes Prior to 1922) on MAY 12 and 13 IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ONE OF THESE CLASSES, IT IS FUN FOR YOU IN ’’72: Renew old friendships and see first-hand what Washington and Lee is like today. The program includes cocktail parties, class banquets, athletic events, the John Ran- dolph ‘Fucker Lecture and other Law Day activities, and the annual meeting of the Alumni Association. Reservation forms and the complete program will be mailed to you. But reserve the dates on your calendar now. Pawn