Page 2 a June 1979) COMMENT F b Two honored by WSC Dr. Harold W. Ritchey, as chief executive officer, guided Thiokol Corporation’s rocket programs) from obscure beginnings to its) pie bs position as the national) A leading watershed scientist, A. : Russell Croft, and a specialist in eading producer of propellant rocket motors. Dr. Harold W. Ritchey, received honorary doctorates. A. Russell Croft served as a national forest administrator responsible for watershed management and restoration from 1951 to 1962. member of the board in 1958, was hydrology from 1934 to 1950 for the U.S. Forest Service. He completed his career as a professor of watershed management at the University of Arizona from 1964 to 1967. Mr. Croft is the author of about 50 publications in watershed management and forest hydrology. President of the WSC Alumni Association in 1940-41, he also served as president of USU Alumni, 1943-45. He has received many awards and special recognitions for his professional and civic work and worked in the Boy Scout man of the board and chie executive officer in 1970. He retired in 1977 and resides in Ogden. vad 99 Dr. Ritchey was educated at Pur due and Cornell universities, receiving a doctorate in physical chemistry in 1938. a op elected president in 1964 and chair-) san) vice president and Recipient of many national awar- ds, Dr. Ritchey holds an honorary) npe oS Prior to that time Mr. Croft taught biology and forestry at Weber State College from 1925 to 1933 and was a researcher in forest He became solid: doctorate degree of engineering from Purdue, and an honorary doc.) tor of science degree from Uta State University. He is a member)” of the dation Purdue and has Research Foun) 2 the development of solid rocketry, -Touring the campus was part of activities for two hundred members of the classes of ‘31 , ‘32, and ‘33, who came from many states for the annual Alumni Emeritus Banquet class reunion. Charles E. (Chuck) Peterson was keynote speaker and certificates were presented to Alumni present. a membership in) many professional societies. QD ert OH op Dr. Harold W. Ritchey Advisory Board. In 1954 Dr. Ritchey received they C.N. Hickman Award of they American Rocket Society for out- standing contributions to the field of solid-propellant rocketry, and served as president of this sociely in 1961. He has contributed to numerous publications. = A. Russell Croft Th i a President Rodney H. Brady addressed the graduating class> br Council and a Silver Beaver. A member of the WSC Develop ment Fund since 1969, Mr. Cro served as vice-chairman fiy years. He also serves on the USU 282 Education degrees. program for 52 years. He was in they” presidency of the Lake Bonnevilk) "ve Second-class postage paid at Ogden, J) Utah, published five times a year ih }) October, December, February, April J)” and June at Weber State College with editorial offices in the Alumni Office, “Qicw oO Traditionally students at Weber State College have graduated with Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises. This year, the 9ist, the Studentbody voted to incorporate the two exercises into a single Commencement. Held Friday evening, June 1, in the Dee Events Center, students received degrees, including the first two students to earn Master of Ogden, Utah 84408. Vol. 11 No. 4, June 1979. COMMENT is mailed at no charge to alumni of Weber State College. ‘ Alumni : Editor: Arlene Wilson. Alumni Board of Directors Executive Committee Tim Morris, president Ken Petersen, first vice president Margaret Favero, second vice president Alan E. Hall, executive director Directors Mary Miller, widow of William P. Miller, former WSC President, admires plaque designating the administration building as “The Miller Administration Building” in honor of her husband. During the memorialization ceremony May 4, President Rodney H. Brady, right, praised President Miller as a “preeminent builder.” Holding the plaque are, left to right, Ogden Mayor A. Stephen Dirks, Dale T. Browning, chairman of the Institutional Council and Dean W. Hurst, assistant to the President for College Relations. Lorna Rich Tim Blackburn Gene Hansen Paul Skeen George Stromberg Reed Swenson Michael D. Lyon Dick Speechly Greg Garfield Lewis Joseph Jerry Lindquist Donna Roberts Jeff Flamm Mike Hunsaker Donnell Stewart Jim Packer ss