Weber State College COMMENT WSCAA awards top honors to Dr. our men were chosen by the Weber prey r one ‘asa t the fe SO birds > ag- received ‘Distinguished Alumni” awards and Dr. Russell N. Hirst and trong Daniel Martino, both of Ogden, were given “Distinguished Service” awards case, ssive. perholic make is acbeen e one or for Aarti, earch a ;, and / proehind le are n betrofesSouth ise of rticles tor of the and ment of Agriculture in 1965 and since that time served as an adjunct professor at Smith College in Massachusetts and as Director of Governmental Studies at Brookings Institute. Junius R. Tribe He was appointed by Utah Governor Herbert B. Maw to the advisory coun- cil of the state Department of Business Regulation from 1946-52 and was elected an Ogden City Commissioner in 1949, : He was president of Ogden Pioneer Days for 13 years, was president and campaign chairman of the Community Concert Association for 16 years and is currently vice president of the McKayDee Foundation. He received his associates degree in | history from Weber College in 1926 and served as Weber student president in 1924. He completed requirements ation. se arainted for a bachelor’s degree at the University of Utah in 1933. -o colwould He is a member of the WSCAA Board and has twice been its president. Tribe is married to the former Alberta Stratford. They are the parents of three children. Dr. Hirst received his medical degree from Washington Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri, and has been a physician in Ogden since 1946. He was chief of staff of the the old Dee and St. Benedict's hospitals and has been the Dr. James Sundquist He served as an administrative assistant in the United States Senate and as an assistant to the chairman of the democratic National Committee in 1953-54. He is a native of West and is currently Point, a member Utah of the physician at Weber State from 1946 to the present. Dr. Hirst served in the Medical Corps of the United States Army in France from 1942-45. In 1954, after establishing a practice ‘in Ogden, he became the president of the Weber County Medical Society. American Political Science Association, the Governor’s Commission on Virginia's Future and the Executive Committee of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. He served on the President's task force on poverty, as the chair of the White House Conference on Balanced Na- tional Growth and Economic Development, and on the President's Appalachian Regional Commission. He graduated from Weber College in 1934 and received. his master of science degree from Syracuse University in New York. He and his wife Geraldine are the parents of three sons. Tribe has been an Ogden real-estate broker since 1949. He served as Presi- dent of the Ogden Real Estate Board and president of the Utah State Realty Association and is a member of the Utah Council of ‘National Real Estate Association. He has served as vice president and general manager of The Continental Broadcasting Company, an administrative assistant to the chief of maintenance at Hill Air Force Base and as manager of the artist's bureau of the Radio Corporation of Utah. Affairs composer under Dimitri Mitropoulos who conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera reflection of their own = accomplishments. The Distinguished Service award can be given to either an Dr. Sundquist retired as the Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Depart- author, work at the University of Kansas and at every university in Utah. He studied |Alumni award is for the person who has brought credit to the college by the who _ has of Cultural Minnesota. He has done post graduate Oct. 26. Edie Hester, executive director of the WSCAA, said, “The Distinguished alumnus or non-alumnus served Weber State well.” Office is a conductor, and educator. He earned his undergraduate and | master’s degree at the University of during the homecoming banquet held ». four Martino is currently the WSC direc- State College Alumni Association to receive the top two honors that that organization gives. Dr. James Sundquist of Arlington, Virginia and Junius R. Tribe of Ogden Er: page 5 Dr. Russell N. Hirst He was president of the Ogden Surgical Society’s annual meeting in 1956-57 and in 1949 served as president of the Ogden Exchange Club. He has been honored by the WSC Wildcat Club and in 1962 was made an honorary member of the WSC Athletic Scholarship Drive. He and his wife Verna are the parents of two sons and two daughters. Company. Martino has been a faculty member at numerous colleges and universities in Minnesota, Ohio and Indiana. He was chairman of the department. of music education at Brigham Young University and currently teaches musicology at Weber State in addition Daniel Martino to his other duties. He is a fellow of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters and is a member of the International Platform has conducted Utah Oratcrio Society Association. In 1983 the Utah Music Educators Association presented him with the Special Service award. That same year he was designated a ‘Paul Harris Fellow” by the Ogden Rotary Club. He has written several books and numerous articles and is currently in the process of publishing a text for music students. In 1964 he was a guest conductor of the Utah Symphony and a8 performances of Mendelssohn's “Elijah.” He has been a conductor, adjudicator, consultant, speaker and guest professor in 31 states. He has been at Weber State since (965 and is responsible for bringing a ‘wide variety of cultural entertainment, including the New York Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony, the Boston Symphony, The Academy of St. Martins in the Field and other prestigious groups, to Ogden. He is married to the former Ruth Sawyer. Obituaries oN GROSE, Randy L. FRANCIS, Gilbert Smuin ~ Age 26, July 28, Ogden September 25, Bountiful ODEKIRK, RobertL THOMPSON, Walter J Age 29, August 4, North Salt Lake Age 65, October 4, Ogden MCFARLAND, Martha Bingham YIN, Chun On Age 89, August 11, South Ogden Age 79, October 4, Ogden CALLAHAN, John Joseph (Jack) CALL, Bruce Arden Age 63, August 12, Ogden October 11, Brigham City STIMPSON, J. Allen RARDIN, Paul R. Age 69, August 13, Roy Age 61, October 11, Layton BUDGE, Jennie Farr HIRAI, Mack Susumu Age 96, August 15, Ogden October 15, Ogden SORENSEN, Howard N. WOODLAND, Carol Johnson Age 87, August 16, Riverdale October 17, Willard WILSON, Mary Pett FRANCIS, Merrell L. Age 50, August 16, Brigham City Age 51, October 17, Roy HYLDAHL, Kirk K JAMES, Phillip A Age 62, August 18, Ogden Age 44, November 1, Ogden EVANS, Ariel Davis ALLEN, Fred Jr Age 83, August 19, Ogden Age 53, November 3, Hooper MORDAUNT, Jerrold L. — s3ALLEGOS, Thomas M. Age 53, August 19, Ogden Age 31, Gillette, Wyoming BARKER, Gary Olsen BROWN, Ora Geneva Age 40, August 23, West Point Age 89, November 5, Ogden sTEWART, Natalie Washburn BROWN, Bertha Beckstead Age 35, West Jordan Age 85, August 24, Ogden BUCK, Dewaine BINGHAM, Thomas S Age 62, August 24, Ogden Age 87, November 5, North Salt Lake SEAMONS, Arthur E Seamons ERICKSON, Luetta R. Age 90, August 27, Pleasant View _ Age 61, November 9, Ogden POOLE, Reed Clarke KINGSLEY, David Dale Age 47, August 29, South Ogden Age 80, November 17, Farr West HERRICK, Richard Val FRANKLIN, Udey Age 72, November 19, Ogden Age 62, August 29, South Ogden MESSERSMITH, Ben W. HURST, Leo C. Age 39, August 30, Pleasant View Age 80, November 22, Ogden ENSIGN, Olive M. BARTON, Florence Richter | Age 88, September 1, Ogden Age 68, November 20, Kaysville CHRISTENSON, Don Alfred STONE, Verna Oborn Whiteley Age 86, November 24, Ogden Age 72, September 6, South Ogden EDWARD, Colin McKay MURDOCK, James G. Age 75, November 26, Salt Lake City Age 62, September 10, Ogden MONSON, Robert Dean MCDONALD, Joseph D Age 73, November 26, Ogden Age 47, September 11, Ogden PILGRIM, Gean G. LEAVITT, Perry C Age 57, September 15, Harrisville Age 66, November 22, Seattle pores 2m January 1985