ART = : Mrs. Ida HAWAII Francis, t Michael “Sed, - a “eX Macfarlane, WELCOMES GEIS pS ae Mr. ALUMNI ‘ Jim a Wwe ed ‘ Francis GROUP On July Sth a party of 17 left the Salt Lake City Airport for the Hawaiian islands under the sponsorship of the Weber State College Alumni Association. The group included Mr. and Mrs. James Francis, Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Talmage DeLange, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Damon, Alice Koldewyn, Alice Bragonje, Kathryn Riley, Louise Richter, Pat Fehlman, Janet Blaser, Madalyn Blaser and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Macfarlane. After the customary island welcome and transportation to the lovely Holiday Isle hotel in Honolulu, the party gathered in the evening for a reunion with Weber State alums from the islands. In 1928 the Weber College football team journeyed to Hawaii to play a team from the McKinley High School of Honolulu. Some of the McKinley players later came to Ogden and enrolled at Weber. This group returned to Hawaii in 1931 for another contest with the Micks of McKinley. Several former students from this group were in attendance at the July Sth reunion in Honolulu. The Ogden group was greeted by George Zane who had been responsible for the reunion arrangements in Honolulu. He was accompanied by his wife Nancy and they were joined by Bill and Priscilla Baker, Johnnie Peterson, Lee Witton, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Augie Aulf, Mr. and Mrs. LeMoyne Garside, and Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Ing. Old acquaintances were renewed and many tales were told during the course of the evening. It was late into the night before the party broke up with the resolve to reunite the group in Ogden during homecoming week of 1972. After a 2 day stay in Honolulu and vicinity, the group flew to the garden island of Kauai where they were to take advantage of the beautiful beaches, see the spectacular Waimea Canyon and float leisurely up the Wailua River to the cool green beauty of the Fern Grotto. This writer left the tour at Kauai to return with some regret to the mainland and the typewriter. The tour was scheduled to visit the islands of Maui and Hawaii before returning to Salt Lake City on the 16th of July. This years tour and reunion in Hawaii is the first of what is hoped to be an annual program of the Alumni Association. Plans are now being made for a trip next year possibly to Hawaii once more or the historic pyramids of Mexico City. If you have plans of travel keep your eye on this alumni publication. We will be traveling again next year. Please plan to be with us. DEPT. NAMES NEW CHAIRMAN Peter L. Koenig, of Cambridge, Mass., who has served as art department chairman of Eastern institutions, has been selected as the new chairman of the Weber State College Art Department. He succeeds Professor Farrell R. Collett, who had been Weber’s art department chairman for 30 years. During the past year, Charles A. Groberg, associate professor of art, has officiated as acting chairman of the department. Mr. Koenig’s appointment at Weber State becomes effective September 1, announced Dr. Helmut P. Hofmann, WSC Academic Vice President. Mr. Koenig has served as chairman of the art departments at Wheelock College, Boston, Mass., and at Kingswood School in Michigan. An art major graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, he earned his master of fine arts degree at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and took a second master’s degree in visual education at Harvard University. He has taken post-graduate work at Warsaw, Poland, Academy of Fine Arts; Boston University, Florida State University, Japan and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston. Mr. Koenig has taught drawing, painting, graphs, art history, photography and design. His works have been on exhibition in many major art centers in the East. His paintings have won awards at Birmingham Arts Festival, Michigan State Fair, University of North Dakota, Providence Art Club and Cape Cod Art Association. His exhibitions have been seen in the Yoseido Gallery, Tokyo, Worchester Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, Butler Institute of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and many others. Mr. Koenig’s wife, Karen is also an art educator. She earned her bachelor degree at Michigan State University and her master of arts from Rhode Island School of Design. Professor Collett instituted Weber’s department of art in 1938 while the institution was a junior college. guided its growth from a one man department present faculty of eight, who conduct classes in State’s new Art Department Building which Prof. helped design. Prof. Collett will remain on the art a faculty member. He has to its Weber Collett staff as AlumNus SPEC. medal Medal flights. MILITARY SGT. WARREN F. BRANNEN, ’69, is on duty at Nakhom and Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, as a space tracking specialist. firs class i first ‘69, has been promoted to airman BUCK, RGE E. Phanom control specialist. His tate AFB, Arizona where he is an information wife, former Deanna Draper of Farmington. fens Defense SGT. WILLIAM B. CAWLEY, graduate Information Schools broadcast specialist course at Fort Benen Harrison, Indiana where he was trained in communica d from the PROGRAMS Many members of the surrounding communities of Ogden and alumni of the school are not aware of the many programs presently offered for the graduate or former student to continue his or her education . . . Several programs are presently offered or are scheduled to begin in the fall on campus work shops and travel study. In addition to special area studies, evening classes are available during the regular school year in degree programs and special instruction. Workshops and seminars are presently being planned in the areas of Oral History, Hairstyling, Outdoor Education and Juvenile Delinquency. For the first time Weber State is also offering special travel study programs through the department of Continuing Education. On August 16th, a group of students will leave Ogden for a month long program in Guadalajara, Mexico. The cost of the course is $350 which includes round trip transportation from Ogden, 6 credit hours in languages, meals, lodging and native tours in Guadalajara, lodging and group tours of Mexico City. Also being offered for the first time this year, is the semester abroad which takes students to Austria for approximately three months. ALAN KRIS WIDDISON, ‘68, was named ‘“‘Airman of the Year” at Kirkland AFB Albuquerque, New Mexico. He served as a physicist in AF Weapons Lab. Civil Engineering married to the former Kathleen Maw. division and is SGT. RAYMOND B. YOUNG graduated with honors from the U.S. Air Force Non Commissioned Officer Leadership school at Lockborn AFB, Ohio. He received advanced military leadership and management training. techniques of radio and television. CRAWFORD, ‘70, is an LDS Chaplain’s Assistant in be. US. Army at Fort Carson, Colorado, He and his wife reside at ALUMNUS Widefield, Colorado. in the Republic of Vietnam. . i ‘69, received i the Army GOOCH, D. medal during a recent ceremony at Ft. Rucker, GARTH seadienaiens Alabama, for meritorious service finance and accounting officer. AYNE toon H. JEPSEN, awarded silver while duty assigned as deputy Guard First Lieutenant has f ‘70, Airj National j wings upon from graduation navigator training. His wife is the former Jenene C. Ekstrom. T. ERIC D. LEE, ‘ ‘70, has been awarded his silver wings and ph es: to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, the air Command whiehto guards the Arctic air approaches to No. America. He is married the former Mary Lemon of Willard. D S. LEGAS, promoteted to the rank : ‘67, was recently ead and received a silver star medal evacuation as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. while of ’09 - FLORENCE MAE OWEN OLSEN was honored on her 80th birthday in June. She is the mother of 6 and has been active in church organizations, a member of the Daughter of Utah Pioneers and has 13 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren. 718 - DR. ERNEST WILKINSON has resigned as President of Brigham Young University after 20 years. He was honored by the Religious Heritage Group as one of 10 men in the U.S. to win the “Business Man of the Year” Award for 1971 in education. He also received for the second time, the George Washington Honor Medal for the Freedoms Foundation for his address to the Oakland Rotary Club on Academic Anarchy vs. University Management. TWENTIES ¢ ‘70, graduated at Sheppard AFB as specialist and is assigned to Nakhom Phanom in Thailand. He is a member of Tau Kappa service aaa Royal Thai AFB Epsilon. : ‘69, a 2nd Lt., completed hisis pilpilot AFB, Texas, and is assigned to fly as a pilot with 23 - J. WILLARD MARRIOT, chairman of Marriott one of 10 recipients to receive the ““Business Man of Award for 1971 by the Religious Heritage Group industry. He was awarded an Honorary degree of Humanities at Weber in 1970. the 316th Tactical Airlift Wing at Langley AFB, Virginia. apti APT . LARRY V. MCKENZIE, i ‘69, was promote d to Captain in and received the soldiers medal for valor for saying Hee. Sa : 0 His wife is the former Maurie Bailey, also a Weberite, class YMOND F. MOSS, ¢ ‘68 has graduated from t he U.S. Air Force’s apaine. He ae professional military school at Maxwell ae and his wife, the former Ernestine Mael have one daughter. | he Marine is Lt.t in the Sec as Second GARY NICHOLAS, commissioned Corp, stationed at Pensacola Naval Air Station, ee : undergoing pilot training. He is married to former LeAnn Stewart. : : : Fee NICHOLAS, ‘69, is a first Lt. serving as a navigator Corp and stationed at ElToro Naval Air Station, Der tasae Mitton. Ardella California. His wife is former PVT. Lewis, Ogden VAL L. RICHINS Washington has completed with the Army. ba hisis basic He is a training at Ft. 66 graduate from High and attended Weber State before entering the service. a a | 2nd : ‘70, has been commissioned issi Lt. in the R. ROSS, upon graduation from Officer Training spect a hie oie Arizona for pilot Lackland AFB and assigned to Williams AFB,Idaho. training. His wife, Beverly Newberry of Boise, S fas RON E.: STOOR, : 69, was N 1ST CLASS at Vandenberg AFB, California. of the Month Air Force Academy at Colorado, he will work room of the hospital. HUNDREDS 708 - DRUCILLA HOLMES MCFARLAND celebrated her 80th birthday in May. She has been Weber County Mother of the Year in ’59, Pioneer Days Queen in ’65 and had many articles printed in state and national publications. She is the mother of 6, has 22 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. on a medical AN ROBERT E. LONG, pattie CREE NINETEEN because 0 f a severe wound i i from action retired W. DAVIS, OWEN by an enemy grenade, has been awarded the purple ee ornational servi defense service medal, and Vietnamese Campaign me . MANNING, CONTINUING EDUCATION BECKON ALUMNI SGT. 4 FRED G. UMBRELL, JR. was awarded the Bronze Star with ““V” Device for heroic actions in Vietnam, and the Air for meritorious achievements while participating in aerial His wife, former Sheila Rogers. seselected ““Airman Now stationed at in the operating Corp. was the Year” in lodging Doctor of THIRTIES °33 - DR. GEORGE W. THATCHER, Professor of Economics at Miami University and faculty member since 1940, has been honored among others as ““Most Effective Teacher” at Miami U. Also serving as a consultant to the Governor’s Task Force on Tax Reform, he and his wife were chosen Miami Parents of the Year in 69. °34 Light, Fame Ogden E. LYNN FOLEY, Division Manager of Utah Power and has been elected Chairman of the Weber County Hall of Board, and first vice president of Rotary. He resides in with his wife, Genet. JACK T. HIGGINBOTHAM has been named chief of the programs branch for the national intelligence division of IRS in Washington D.C. He has been with IRS since 1938 and has served as President of the Federal Exec. Assn. for Utah. °37 - DR. H. TRACY HALL, Professor of chemistry at Brigham Young University and the first man ever to produce artificial diamonds in the laboratory, received an honorary doctor of Science degree from BYU during the 1971 commencement. As an outstanding chemist he has received many awards for his achievements. °39 - RAY J. PIERSON, President of Pierson, Kearney and Hurst Advertising agency in Ogden, received the first annual Weber County Outstanding Democratic award for his role in the local political campaigns.