NEWS
The American Scientific Affiliation
VOLUME 8 NUMBER 3
16 July 1966
FISCHER NEW ASA PRESIDENT
The Executive Council of the ASA selects its own officers from Council members
elected by the membership. As the five-year term of Dr. V. Elving Anderson has expired, he steps down from the presidency as he leaves the Council.
Dr. Robert
Fischer has been elected by the Council to serve as President for the year 1966.
In a resolution the Council expressed its appreciation to Dr. Anderson "for his
outstanding service and stimulating leadership on the Executive Council for the
last five years, during three of which he held the office of President."
The personnel of the Executive Council is:
Dr. Robert Fischer, President
Dr. Wayne U. Ault, Vice-President
Dr. Robert Knudsen, Secretary-Treasurer
CONVENTION TIME IS HERE
Although it may seem to some that we have been going around in circles, at least
in regard to location, the ASA convention has actually been moving in an inexorable
oscillation from coast to coast. The location of the 1966 national convention passes through the x-axis again as we meet at North Park College in Chicago.
The 25th Anniversary of the ASA will be celebrated at this 21st annual convention
(it was impractical to hold conventions during the years of World War II). If
you don't like gray hair, the creaking of joints, or the glare from shiny pates,
don't come because the ASA Fossil Club is bound to be much in evidence.
"Science and the Future of Man" is the general theme, although evolution, sociology and psychology are prominent on the program. The policy of the Council is to
keep each convention broad with "something for everyone" (perhaps there are political implications here!). Such names as ANDERSON, CASSEL, HORNER, BARKMAN,
PATTISON, TRAVIS, WEAVER, WOLF grace the program and guarantee a profitable time
with lively discussion.
As the man said, "There is no use talking about your children; other people either
have children, or they don't." So it is with attendance at the annual conventions;
either you have attended or you haven't. Those that have are overwhelmingly enthusiastic, those that haven't are hard to convince. Break the vicious cycle and
try one, THIS ONE. It is purposely placed in Chicago, the center of gravity of
the country, to make it convenient for you to be there. Bring the wife, the kids,
or Aunt Minnie and Uncle Hoogo!
ISOTOPES INK. GRABS PARKS
Isotopes, Inc. of Westwood, New Jersey, has demonstrated their collective good
judgment again, this time in inducing Dr. Thomas D. Parks to join their staff as
Vice-President, Technical Operations. ASA almost has control of Isotopes Ink. Dr. Donald R. Carr
is Senior VP and Dr. Wayne U. Ault is a Senior Scientist. Other
ASA members include Dr. George Bate, Charles Tuce and George Lindberg and there
are good prospects lurking behind every counter and mass spectrometer.
Guiding light in the founding and present administration of the firm is Dr. J. Laurence
Kulp, former prominent member of the ASA. A full-page advertisement in Science (18 Feb. 66) brings the glad tidings that for about $150 you can have an
ancient bone dated directly (not by associated charcoal or other organic remains)
by-the collagen method which is free from the problems of false ages due to fractionation or other natural mechanisms. Samples as old as 9,000 years have been
dated by this method. Send all your radiocarbon business to Isotopes Ink! We
think ASA is close to full control and you know how much ASA needs money.
ODD AND WONDERFUL DEPARTMENT
Glenn Kirkland, Group Superintendent of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory,
has discovered that the cover of the March, 1966, issue of the ASA JOURNAL glows
brilliantly under ultra-violet light. Realizing the erudite nature o - f this journal,
one is not too much surprised at such a visible manifestation of intangible strength
within. But wait! Glenn found that some pages of ASA NEWS also fluoresce! This
calls for a new theory.
FEDERATION CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
The Federation Christian Fellowship met on Tuesday, 11 April 1966, at the Jefferson
Hotel in Atlantic City. Some 40 persons were in attendance, including some 15
international scientists from 10 different countries. Dr. A.
Kurt Weiss of the University of Oklahoma presided. Dr. James H. Shaw, Professor of Nutrition at Harvard
University School of Dental Medicine spoke on "The Spiritual Dilemma in These
Immoral Times."
At the business meeting it was decided to appoint an executive committee annually
with the specific task of planning for and arranging the next yearly meeting. The
committee charged with this task for the 1967 meeting which will be held April
16-21, in Chicago, consists of:
Dr. A. A. Smucker
North Central
Dr. Gordon Mills, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston (Chairman)
Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana
(Vice-Chairman)
Dr. A. Kurt Weiss, University of Oklahoma Medical
Center, Oklahoma City (Treasurer)
LOCAL SECTION NEWS
You can just bet that the newspapers would pick up Elving Anderson's comments on
artificial insemination at the 16 April 1966 meeting of the North Central Section
of the ASA! The Minneapolis Star quotes Dr. Anderson as saying that he does not
consider the question of adultery in artificial insemination a very serious one.
"It would require a particular definition of adultery to believe this", he said.
"Donor insemination is a medical process which has none of the social and
psychological problems usually associated with adultery." Dr. Anderson also
stated that two extreme viewpoints must be avoided in genetics, "If something might
be misused, it must be wrong; if something is technically possible, it must be
right."
About 50 persons attended this meeting which was held at the St. Paul campus of
the University of Minnesota. Beside Dr. Anderson's presentation, "Moral Problems
in Genetic Advance", Dr. H. Harold Hartzler, Executive Secretary of the ASA and
Professor of Mathematics at Mankato State College, Mankato, Minnesota, spoke on,
"Astronomy and the Bible."
The dinner, to which wives and friends were invited, was a successful idea. Following dinner, the film "Search for Truth" was shown and discussed. Discussion
centered primarily around appraisal of the film and assessment of how it might be
used.
Chicago
"So sorry to hear about the death of your God", said the sign of the automobile.
The Spring meeting of the Chicago Section of the ASA dealt with the "Death of God"
controversy. Held at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School on Saturday, 14 April
1966, the meeting was opened by invocation and welcome by Dr. Wallace A. Erickson.
President of the Section. A formal paper, "A Critique of the "Death of God"
Theology" was presented by Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, of Trinity Evangelical
Divinity School. After discussion and a refreshment break, a business meeting was
held during which plans for the coming ASA convention at North Park College were
discussed.
Central Pennsylvania
A meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Section of the ASA was held 7 May 1966 at the
Calvary Baptist Church, State College, Pennsylvania. There were 15 present and the
enthusiasm was high. The constitution was approved UNANIMOUSLY (are you sure this
was an ASA meeting?). The business meeting was followed by a lively discussion on,
"The Scientist and his Faith", an article in the December, 1965, ASA JOURNAL by John A. McIntyre.
The new officers of this section are:
Daniel R. Eastman, President
Brian L. Jones, Vice President
Miss Anne Whiting, Secretary
Norman Frisbey, Treasurer
San Francisco Bay
On Friday evening, 13 May 1966, the San Francisco Bay Section of the ASA held a
get-acquainted dinner meeting at Rick's Swiss Chalet, Palo Alto. With friends and
wives (not necessarily a contradistinction) in attendance, Professor Richard Bube
of Stanford University spoke on, "ASA Objectives and Highlights from the ASA Convention." (The wheels grind slowly: Dick was talking about LAST YEAR'S convention.)
Metropolitan New York
The annual spring meeting of the Metro NY section of the ASA was held on 14 May
1966 at Eastern Christian High School, Paterson, New Jersey. Students were exempted from the $2 registration fee (good idea).
Dr. Wayne U. Ault conducted a field trip to Paterson Falls, a formation of considerable geological and historical
interest. Midafternoon Dr. Donald R. Carr, Vice President of Isotopes, Inc., spoke
on "Miracles." Other than knowing that Don would be in favor of them, no further
information is available.
After the discussion on miracles, there was a showing of the Moody Science film,
"Guide-Posts in the Sky." Here again, no detailed information is available.
(Ed., MIS has never heard of this one!).
At the evening session, Dr. Peter Berkhouer, a former teacher of biology and a physician of long standing in Paterson, spoke on "The Bible of Nature." Another interesting feature of this meeting was having a tape recorder available as well as
tapes of Dr. Donald Baker's "Contemporary Implications of a Theistic Faith", Dr.
W. Thorson's "Truth and Human Freedom: Suggestions for a Consistent Christian
Epistemology", and Dr. Lee Harvill's and Dr. Kenneth Allen's "Implications of
Evolution", and others. (Incidentally, fellows, remember that ASA runs a tape
library along with books. See Russ Mixter, Wheaton).
Washington D. C.
The Washington D. C. section of the ASA met Friday evening, 24 June 1966, at
Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian Church in Hyattsville, Maryland, to hear Dr.
Russell L. Mixter, Professor of Biology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, speak
on, "Crucial Issues Between Science and Christianity Today." Everyone will be relieved to know
that Glenn Kirkland gave the assurance that, "I don't think Mixter
will attack the magazine."
ORR BEHIND CURTAIN
Dr. J. Edwin Orr, active in ICL affairs, and Fellow of the ASA, writes as follows:
"It was my privilege to lecture this year in Serampore University and 20 Indian
colleges. I was robbed in Kathmandu in Nepal, and I spoke three times in Kabul, in
Afghanistan.
"I flew by Soviet plane over the Hindu Kush and Pamir ranges into the Central Asian
Republics (Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan & Turkmenia). I stayed in
Tashkent, a city of a million, before flying on west to the Caucasian Republics
(Azerbaijan, Georgia & Armenia), finding Armenia's capital Erevan near Mount Ararat
most interesting.
"I found little Baptist congregations in Kiev also, the rebuilt capital of the
Ukraine. I sat on the platform of one church, seated for 300 but with 500 present,
including young people. The messages were given with real fervor, and the congregation prayed quietly while an intercessor led in a public prayer: the singing was
inspiring. I visited Kishinev, capital of Moldavia, and Minsk, capital of Belorussia
where there are churches. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia already visited, I returned
to Moscow.
"The Soviet capital compared favorably with the one I knew 30 years ago. Huge
apartment blocks had sprung up along the main boulevards. I found my way alone to
the First Baptist Church of Moscow for one of its three midweek services, and found
1500 present of whom 300 stood. The first message was on Psalm 139, 23-24, the
second on repentance. There were tears as the people prayed. The service lasted
two hours, with four spoken and six choir messages. On Sunday morning, 1800 attended,
with 34 baptisms that night. Baptists, Evangelicals, Mennonites and Pentecostals
are united in this church -- 5000 members, despite limits on evangelism.
"My journeys took me east through Siberia, seven hours change of time, and I
contacted Baptists in Irkutsk --- near Lake Baikal, deepest lake in the world. It was
250 below zero at the spring equinox. When I left Nakhodka by Soviet ship, I had
traversed 10,000 miles in all in the Soviet Union."
Whitworth College
Dr. Edwin A. Olson, Chairman, Science Division, Whitworth College has expressed his
case in a compelling way:
"Our ' science division at Whitworth College in Spokane has just received a Research
Corporation grant in excess of $100,000 which will be used to increase our science
faculty. Additions to be made as soon as p9ssible, but no later than the fall of
1967, include one Ph.D. holder in Biology, Chemistry (inorganic preferably), Mathematics and Physics. With these additions, our staff will then stand at four in
Biology and Chemistry, three in Math and Physics, and myself in Geology. An opening might also develop for an invertebrate paleontologist strong in field geology.
"The science program at Whitworth is definitely on the upswing. Next fall we are
moving into a million-dollar science facility with some 35,000 square feet of area.
A new science lecture series, begun this past academic year, has brought some outstanding men on campus and you can be sure we have feasted on their talents.
Lately the intellectual ferment among our science students has been of the sort that
augurs well for a bright future.
"I want to emphasize that the four new men we are seeking must be totally committed
to Jesus Christ. The president of Whitworth (a college affiliated with the United
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A.), and we of the science faculty have no intention of
compromising our standards in this area simply because finding men with both academic and spiritual strength is a difficult task. We are looking for competent
scientists who want to pitch in with us to work out a program where the witness of
Christ can be integrated with a quality science education. Since Whitworth requires
no pledges for student entrance (nor for faculty hiring), many students are apathetic,
unsympathetic, or even hostile toward Christ. What a challenge we face! 'Stagnation
and sheltered environment are the farthest from us. Hence, we ask your help in
publicizing, in whatever way you can, our needs for additional faculty members.
Interested persons should write me at Whitworth College, Spokane, Washington 99218."
Nyack Missionary.College
Nyack Missionary College is interested in receiving information on available teaching personnel seeking placement in any science area, minimum requirement, Master's
Degree. Please contact Thomas P. Bailey, Dean of the College, Nyack, New York.
GIACUMAKIS APPOINTED DANFORTH ASSOCIATE
A recent announcement by the Danforth Foundation revealed that Dr. and Mrs. George
Giacumakis, Jr., of the Dept. of History, California State College at Fulle
have been appointed as Danforth Associates for the campus during the years 1966-68.
Through the Associate Program, the Danforth Foundation seeks to recognize and encourage good teaching and to assist in personalizing the educational process. The
program places an emphasis on the role of the teacher-scholar who has a strong concern for students as persons, who has competence in his discipline, who is a man of
faith and who has an awareness of the relevance of that faith to the problems of our
age. Presently 1500 faculty couples at over 650 colleges and universities in the
United States are related to the program. The appointment also provides funds,in
carrying out the aims of the program, funds for the teacher-scholar's library and
funds to attend learned society meetings.
Dr. Giacumakis has just finished his forthcoming book, The Akkadian of Alalah to be
published by the Mouton Co., The Hague, The Netherlands. It is a study of group
of ancient tablets in cuneiform found at the site of the ancient city of Alalah in
North Syria.
ASA MEMBERSHIP STATUS
Harold Hartzler, Executive Secretary of the ASA recently reported to the Executive
Council that the membership stood thusly:
In addition, there are 414 subscribers of the Journal as of 19 March 1966.
PUBLIC RELATIONS
The Executive Council is very much aware of its responsibility to establish extensive and favorable contact with the public and also the individual members feel
their inadequacy in this specialized field. Perhaps somewhere throughout the membership of the ASA there are persons
knowledgeable in this field or who have contact
with those who are and who might be willing to assist in shaping a policy and in
doing something proper and effective in this area. Contact President Bob Fischer
or Executive Secretary Harold Hartzler.
SERMONS FROM SCIENCE
Following the tradition started at the Golden Gate International Exposition in
1939-40 when Dr. Irwin A. Moon first presented Sermons From Science under world's
fair conditions, and followed by Dr. George E. Speake's presentation at the Seattle
World's Fair in 1962 and the New York Fair in 1964 and 1965 (with James I. Moon and
George E. Speake, Jr.), EXPO '67 in Montreal is also planning to have Sermons From
Science. A group of leading Canadian Christians, most of them laymen, have organized to make this a possibility. They are setting something of a record in having
their pavilion well along the way to completion a year before opening day! Dr.
Brian P. Sutherland ' is on the committee and has signed a letter that has gone to
all ASA members seeking their support of this important witness at EXPO '67. The
address: Sermons From Science "67", Inc., P. 0. Box 3, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
OXFORD FALLOUT
Stating that heretofore he had written to Whittier only for Hamilton
microsyringes, Dr. David A. Booth points out that he met his first real, live ASA members at the
Oxford International Conference last summer. That was his first impact. The second
was at the annual convention at King's College, Briarcliff Manor, last summer. The
combination was irresistible, he joined.
Now that he is one of us, he will return to England as a foreign missionary (or
rather as a British national returning to work among his own needy people) where he
will root for ASA in the erudite circles of the Research Scientists Christian
Fellowship. These people are very self-sufficient and Dr. Booth wants the good
wishes of every ASAer as he goes as a "tentmaker missionary" among these people.
Dr. Booth moves from Yale to Rockefeller University for the suamer and thence to
Sussex University Laboratory of Experimental Psychology in early fall. At Yale he
recently talked to a Yale Christian graduates' group on "Body-Mind" Problems."
He is currently working on a combination bibliography and discussion group question
list on science and religion under RSCF auspices and is soliciting contributions to
be edited for incorporation into this. Any reading lists, brief literature surveys,
seminar quizzes and the like which might be known to ASA members or composed by
them would be most welcome. He would be glad to send any inquirer an outline of
the current conception of the problem.
MOBERG AND GERIATRICS
David 0. Moberg, Chairman of the Dept. of Social Sciences, Bethel College, St. Paul,
declared that "both disengagement and re-engagement with religion are typical in
old age" (Quoted from the Gerontologist by Geriatric Focus, Vol. 4, No. 16). There
are so many concepts of religiosity that it is difficult to form a satisfactory
basis for scientific assessment of the situation, says Dr. Moberg.
The bulk of evidence indicates religious feelings increase for more people than
for whom they decrease, although we must be wary of too hasty conclusions. The
aged seem more certain of life after death, more certain there is a God, more inclined to adhere to traditional forms of their faith, but whether these are the result of aging or merely incidental to changing social mores is not known. Dr.
Moberg has not been able to locate any data as to whether personal knowledge of the
basic tenets and sacred writings of one's faith increase or decrease with age.
"Religious commitment is a complex phenomena with many ramifications" and a study
of the role of religion among the elderly has important implications for geriatric
practice, and for "more realistic and wholesome relationships between clergymen and
psychologists, social workers and medical personnel."
Dave, would it help if the ASA Fossil Club offered themselves as subjects?
WESTMONT MOVES AHEAD IN PSYCHOLOGY
Dr. C. Eugene Walker has been made Chairman of the Division of Education and Psychology at Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California. Among the several forward
steps taken to upgrade the work in psychology are the following:
The Psychology department of Westmont College has received a grant of $2,000 in
matching funds from the National Science Foundation to be used in purchasing equipment for the College's experimental psychology laboratory.
Dr. Michael Mecherikoff is director of the project.
In a recent curriculum revision, Westmont College has developed an intensive one
year psychology program (taken in the junior year) which is geared to preparing
students for graduate school. A number of new ideas and educational innovations
are included in the program. A more general and less technical program will be
reco ended for students not planning on graduate school. The latter, which will
be an interdepartmental program, will be termed a major in "Human Relations."
Westmont College is interested in building up its library holdings in technical
books and journals, especially in the field of psychology. The college will reimburse donors for postage. Those interested may write to Dr. Vernon Ritter,
Librarian, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California for mailing instructions. Please
send an itemized list or general description of the books and journals involved
before shipping.
ACCELERATION WITHIN THE ASA
When it comes to nuclear physics and particle accelerators, the ASA has good representation from coast to coast.
Richard A. Carhart associates with such exotic instruments as the
Alternate Gradient
Synchrotron, cosmotron) cyclotron and hydrogen bubble chambers as a regular part of
his life at Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island. The March 13th issue of
POWER (Scripture Press) has an article on Dick and describes how he took a physics
aptitude test a year early and did what some educators said was impossible; he
gave the correct answer on all the questions. National Merit Scholarship and
National Science Foundation grants saw him through undergraduate work at Northwestern University and doctoral work at University of Wisconsin. He was brought to
the Lord through Young Life activities. "I believe that God's creation can be
studied objectively", Carhart says, "and science is constantly discovering truths
of His creation that no Christian will want to reject."
John A. McIntyre, a stalwart ASA member and member of the Physical Science Commission
is another who has cast his lot with particle accelerators. After graduating from
the University of Washington, Jack went on for his Ph.D. in physics at Princeton.
After some years as Associate Professor of Physics at the Sloane Laboratories at
Yale, he was made Distinguished Professor of Physics at Texas A&M where he is now
director of the Cyclotron Institute. Jack is in on the ground floor of what promises to be one of the truly great centers of nuclear research in the world and, at
the moment, is constructing a modern 88" cyclotron.
Lawrence H. Johnston has been in the nuclear game longer than both Carbart and
McIntyre put together, starting in the early days before the 187-inch cyclotron at
University of California in association with Lawrence and Alvarez. After a hiatus
as Professor of Physics at the University of Minnesota where he built a nice big
linear accelerator, Larry finally arranged to get back to California. Flaunting
all the cross-Bay rivalries he joined in the construction of the Stanford Linear
Accelerator, heading up the vital electronics for the monster. Length: 10,000
feet. Electrons will be accelerated to 20 Gev (109 electron volts) or to
99.99999999% of the speed of light under which conditions their mass is considerable,
to say the least. The hope is that the monster will be functioning this fall.
CAPS NEWS
We try to keep informed on happenings within our brother organization, Christian
Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) as many ASA members are also members
of CAPS. They had a successful convention in April at Calvin College: 128 members
and guests attended and heard the topic "Christian Perspectives on Hostility" discussed.
The membership of CAPS is now 221, including the 35 new members recently inducted.
They announce their 1967 convention for April 12 and 13 at Stouffer's Oak Brook Inn
in Oak Brook, Illinois with the topic "Personality Disorders."
MEMBERSHIP SURVEY RESULTS
In 1965 a survey questionnaire was sent to all ASA members. Skimming off the
11creamil reveals that:
The five most common present specialities are:
Chemistry 233 members
Physics 155
Mathematics 117
Biology 109
Electrical Engineering 74
Collpges Attended for first degree:
Wheaton College 151
Goshen College 65
Calvin College 42
Univ. of California 38
Houghton College 32
College attended for second degree:
Univ. of Illinois 55
Univ. of Michigan 41
Michigan State Univ. 39
Univ. of California 38
Univ. of Minnesota 32
Major, first degree:
Chemistry 383
Mathematics 284
Physics 209
Biology 159
Electrical Engineering 80
Which ASA Commission is of greatest interest to you?
Psychology 72
Physical Science 201
Biological Science 190
Social Science 42
History & Philosophy of Sci. 93
How many ASA Sectional meetings have you attended?
None 58%
1 or 2 19%
3 or more 23%
How many National meetings have you attended?
None 64%
1 or 2 25%
3 or more 11%
What topics would you like to have discussed in future
meetings
and
Journal
articles?
Origin of universe 182
Origin of life 214
Origin of species 171
Philosophy of science 180
Ethical probs. in science 181
Biblical interpretations 186 members
Christian view of society 147
Psychology and conversion 139
Population and birth control 116
Control of man's future 113
To
implementing the stated purposes of the ASA where should the emphasis be placed?
More witness to fellow scientists 265 members
Aid to pastor and other Christian workers 219
Assistance to high school students 198
Assistance to college undergraduates 283
Assistance to graduate students 226
Materials to the general public 216
Other 23
a) Attempt to derive relations or moral conclusions from science are misguided,
whether in an effort to support or to oppose Christian faith. Do you agree?
Yes 174 members
No 125
Qualified Answer 137
b) The Bible is written in pre-scientific language. Do you agree?
Yes 294
No 63
Qualified Answer 108
c) Some questions in scientific research are inappropriate for a Christian to study
since they are already settled in the Bible. Do you agree?
Yes 32
No 370
Qualified Answer 63
d) Over the course of time plants or animals have undergone changes leading to the
formation of new species. Do you agree?
Yes 224
No 88
Qualified Answer 125
e) All the living forms in the world have been derived from a single form of life.
Do you agree?
Yes 20
No 295
Qualified Answer 137
f) The first man lived more than 50,000 years ago. Do you agree?
Yes 170
No 64
Qualified Answer 170
g) Efforts should be made to prevent the use in high schools of textbooks teaching
evolution. Do you agree?
Yes 54
No 217
Qualified Answer 202
Here is a profile of opinion within the ASA; what does it mean to you?
Yes
No
Qualified Answer
PERSONALS
Betsy Ancker-Johnson is not a member of the ASA at the present time, but she should
be for her qualifications are very high. Her work in physics made the cover of
Physics Today, October 1965 issue. Her work in solid state thermonuclear fusion at
Boeing Scientific Research Laboratories has been attracting much well-deserved
attention as they build solid state analogues of several different types of plasmaconfinement devices.
Marie H. Berg, Chairman of the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics,
Northwestern College, drove to the West coast in her little Volkswagen to attend
meetings at Oregon State University and visited Moody Institute of Science's new
laboratory on the way. Dr. Berg is President of the North Central Section of the
ASA.
Donald C. Boardman ' was part of the Wheaton group who presented a fiber glass copy
of a mastodon femur to Judge and Mrs. Joseph Sam Parry of Glen Ellyn on whose
property a complete skeleton of a mastodon was discovered and presented to Wheaton
College.
John T. Chappell, President of Sheng-Te Christian College, Taiwan, will be in the
U. S. this summer.
Neal 0. Brace has been appointed as Associate Professor of Chemistry at Wheaton
College. He has held the same position at North Park College.
David Brandt has been an instructor in physics at Wheaton College. He is leaving
for graduate study at the University of Oklahoma.
Howard H. Claassen, physics, Wheaton College, was one of the 321 national recipients
of the 1966 Guggenheim awards totaling $2,277,000. He will be doing full time research at Argonne National Laboratory this fall. Dr. Claassen's book, "The Noble
Gases", a part of D. C. Heath's Topics in Modern Chemistry series, will be off the
press soon.
Donald C. Cronemeyer leaves Bendix Research for a position at Wheaton College as
Associate Professor of physics.
Lambert T. Dolphin is Assistant Manager of the Radio Physics Laboratory of Stanford Research Institute. His work has been with auroral and meteor clutter radar
and radio investigations of atmospheric and ionospheric effects on nuclear explosions and the development of advanced high-powered radars for research applications.
Stewart E. Ensign will become Associate Professor of Biology at Westmont College
in the fall. His work has been in molecular biology.
F. Alton Everest and wife have returned from an eleven-week trip visiting 22 cities
in 14 countries of Latin America. He reports great interest in the new Portuguese
and Spanish versions of the revised Moody science films.
Gerald E. Fisher with his wife and two children will be returning to the Central
African Republic in July for their fourth term of medical-missionary work in that
land. Their address will be Ippy, B. P. 13, Central African Republic.
Dean H. Garrison is studying this summer at Texas A&M University under the National
Science Foundation College Teacher program. He is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Wheaton College and is acting chairman of the department for the year
1966-67.
William K. Ghrist freely admits that he has spent 34 years trying to evade the step
of giving up an established practice in ophthalmology, a teaching position at the
university, home and friends to become a medical missionary in Africa. But now he
is going to Kenya under Biblical Missions.
Lars I. Granberg, Professor of Psychology, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, has been
appointed by the Board of CAPS to serve as editor of a book on "Guilt and Forgiveness.
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Stuart Harverson, Medical missionary in South Viet-Nam, has been battling an epidemic of plague and cholera. While 21 Hrey died of plague and 6 of cholera because
they did not ask for treatment because of their demon-worship, his evangelists
saved the lives of 70 cholera and 30 plague cases while in another village two more
evangelists saved the lives of 40 more cholera patients. There is a great turning
to God, reports Harverson. "Ha Thanh village is now mostly Christian with 340 believers....Vi Rabua is all Christian except for two families. Vi Jo has 30 Christian families..." His co-worker, John Haywood, was killed in a VC ambush and recently 27 boys of his village were killed in one skirmish with the VC.
George F. Howe, Professor of Biology, Westmont College, is co-author with Dr. S.
Maxwell Coder of Moody Bible Institute of "Truth Triumph", a correspondence course
put out by Moody.
Cornelius Jaarsma, while not a member of the ASA, has contributed significantly to
its program, not the least of which was Monograph one "Christian Theism and the
Empirical Sciences." Dr. Jaarsma died on 15 May 1966. He had only recently retired from his position as Professor of Education at Calvin College.
0. Carroll Karkalits, former Manager of Research for Petro-Tex Chemical Corporation,
has transferred into the Department of Technology as of February 1. He is now responsible for setting up a new "Development Engineering Group." The new job title
is, "Assistant Director of Technology." The main assignments for the new group
involve optimizing operations for the petro-chemical plant, economic feasibility
studies, and review of pilot plant data just prior to commercial design.
Willis M. Kaufman has moved from East Nigeria to Houghton College where he will be
in the Department of Chemistry.
Michael Mecherikoff has completed his work for a Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and has been named Associate Professor of Psychology at Westmont College.
Russell L. Mixter, Chairman of the Department of Zoology, Wheaton College, spoke to
a group of Wheaton alumni in Providence, Rhode Island, on the subject, "Issues Between Science and Scripture", followed by an open discussion. -
E. Mansell Pattison, Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of
Medicine, authored an article, "Closed Mind Syndrome: An Analysis of Data" in the
Christian Medical Society Journal, Spring 1966.
William W. Paul of the Department of Philosophy, Central College, Pella, Iowa, left
June 9 on a trip around the world with stops in Paris, Rome, Bankok, Manila, Hong
Kong, Tokyo and Hawaii. He recently received a Fulbright Fellowship primarily to
spend the summer in India visiting some eight different university centers talking
to students of science and humanities seeking a deeper understanding of Indian
philosophies on the nature of man.
Peter A. Pav has been appointed Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Florida
Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, for this coming fall.
L. Evans Roth, Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Biochemistry and
Biophysics at Iowa State University, Ames, has recently been appointed to the Editorial Board of
the Journal of Ultrastructure Research.
John C. Sinclair received his Ph.D. degree in the field of Veterinary Physiology
at Iowa State University on 28 May 1966. The title of his dissertation is "The
Chronic Implantation of a Thermistor For The Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow
Transients in the Pig Induced by Epinephrine, Norepinephrine and Acetylcholine."
Elbert T. Williams, 901 Grace St., Birmingham, Alabama 35209. Director of Baptist
Student Work for Univ. of Ala. Medical Center. Rank: Associate
Dennis Dale Ashlock, 1905 California, Bakersfield, Calif. Teaches Biological Science
at South High School, Kern County Union High School District. Biology & Econ.
Rank: Member
Bruce Richard Cairns, 409 James Road, Palo Alto, Calif. 94306. Research Chemist
with Fairchild Semiconductor, Research and Development Lab. Chemistry. Rank:
Member
Vernon P. Magnuson, 2139 Rocking Horse Rd., San Pedro, Calif. 90732. Staff Engr.
for Scantlin Electronics Inc., Los Angeles. Chemistry & Math. Rank: Member
Ronald F. Mathis, 2025-C E. Wilshire Ave., Fullerton, Calif. 92631. Student at
Calif. State College. AA & BA in Physics and Math. Rank: Member
Stanley Ralph Obitts, 5208 Keo Dr., Santa Barbara, Calif. 93105. Asst. Prof. of
Philosophy at Westmont College. BA & BD at Wheaton, PhD Univ. of Edinburgh, all
in Philosophy. Rank: Member
Neil L. Frank, 90 West Lake Drive, Hallandale, Florida. Meteorologist for U. S.
Weather Bureau, Miami. BA & MS in Meteorology. Rank: Member
David Brandt, 421 Emerald, Wheaton, Ill. 60187. Instructor in Physics at Wheaton.
BS & MS. Rank: Member
John D. Gill, Jr., Wheaton Academy, Wheaton, 111. Head of Science Dept. at Wheaton
Academy. BS & MS in Biology & Physics & Gen. Science. Rank: Member
John Adrian Taylor, 1128 Maple, Evanston, Ill. 60202. Student at Bethel College.
Liberal Arts. Rank: Associate
Ray W. Fuller, 2436 Cardinal Drive, Indianapolis, Ind. 46227. Senior Pharmacologist
for The Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Co. BA, MA & PhD in Chemistry,
Microbiology & Bacteriology. Rank: Member
Dr. Epiphanes K. Balian, 381 Arlington St., Watertown, Mass. 02172. Rhode Island
Hospital in Providence. M. D. Rank: Member
George D. Swanlund, 60 Pontiac Rd., Waban, Mass. 02168. Principal Staff Engineer
for Honeywell. BEE in EE and Math. Rank: Member
David G. Carlson, 1510 Palmer Blvd., Muskegon, Mich. 49441. Student at Bethel
College. Rank: Associate
Miss Ruiess Yvonne Van Fossen, 5524 Cass, Detroit, Mich. 48202. Teaching-Research
Fellow at Wayne State Univ., Dept. of Chemistry. BS & MS in Chem. Rank: Member
Richard Eugene Carlson, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, 15th Ave. & Lake St.,
San Francisco, Calif. 94118. MD Intern coming in. At the time of application he
was in Minnesota. DVM & MD Univ. of Minn. Rank: Member
Dale Herman, 5 East Broadway, Plainview, Minn. 55964. Student at Gordon College
in Pre-Med. Rank: Associate
Del Ray H. Peterson, 1398 Midway Parkway, St. Paul, Minn. 55108. Teacher of science
at John Glenn Jr. High School in N. St. Paul - Maplewood Schools. AA, BS & MEd in
Health & Phys. Edu. and Natural Science. Rank: Member
James Benjamin Starr, 1499 Hythe St., St. Paul, Minn. 55108. Principal Research
Scientist for Honeywell. BS, MS, PhD in ME and Math. Rank: Member
John Wayne Van der Beek, Rt. 2, Brooten, Minn. Grad. Asst. at Oregon State System
of Higher Education. AB in Math. & German. Rank: Member
Gordon Keller, 1022 6th St. S. E., Minneapolis, Minn. 55414. Asst. Prof. at Univ.
of Minnesota. BA, MA, PHD. in Math, General. Rank: Member
Robert Holyer, Bethel College, P. 0. 715, St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Student. Rank:
Associate.
Theodore Paul Wicklund, 1458 Skiles Lane, St. Paul, Minn. BA in Chem. & Biology.
Rank: Member
David E. Reid, 1015 Oak Lane, Plainfield, N. J. 07060. Grad. Student & Research
Asst. at Rutgers Univ. BS in Ceramic Engr. Rank: Member
Chester Minarcik, Jr., 14 Baldwin Ave., So. Bound Brook, N. J. 08880. Student at
Rutgers. Rank: Associate
Paul M. Crawn, Jr., Biology Instructor at King's College, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y.
10510. BS, MS in Biology. Rank: Member
Craig William Ellison, Box 4, Castle Creek, N. Y. 13744. Grad Asst. at Wayne State
Univ. BA in Psych. & Econ. Rank: Member
Robert Chapman Newman, 912 Dryden Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14850. Grad Fellow at Cornell
Univ. BC in Physics. PhD expected in 1967. Rank: Member
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Ohio
Larry Klingler, 719 Ohio St., Ashland, Ohio 44805. BS in Chem. & Zoology. Rank:
Member
Samuel David Shearer, Jr., 896 Rosetree Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230. Senior
Sanitary Engineer for U. S. Public Health Service. BCE in CE MSSE in San Engr-,
PhD in CE and Phy. Chem. Rank: Member
Tomuo Hoshiko, 3578 Riedham Rd., Shaker Heights, Ohio 44120. Asst. Prof. of
Physiology at Western Reserve Univ. School of Medicine. BS & PhD. in Physiol.
Physiol. Chem. Rank: Member
Oregon
John A. Klebe, 3290 Harris St., Eugene, Oregon 97405. Grad. Teach. Asst. at Univ.
of Oregon. BA in Psych. & Bible. ThM in Theol. & Bible. Rank: Member
Pennsylvania
Timothy Ronald Kirkland, Rear 401 Felty St., Uniontown, Pa. 15401. Student at
Roberts Wesleyan College in Biology-Chemistry. Rank: Associate
Wisconsin
Gene G. DeMaster, Rt. 1, Oostburg, Wisconsin 53070. Grad. student at Wayne State
University. AB in Biology & Chemistry. Rank: Member
South India
T. Norton Sterrett, "Highfield", Kotagiri, Nilgiris District, S. India. Staff
Member of International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. BA, AB, ThD, ThM in
N. T. Greek. Rank: Associate
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