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Accession #MC2010/146
TopicManchester College: Resource Guide
KeywordsPublic Relations, Media Relations, Alumni, Faculty/Staff,
TitleManchester College Resource Guide
LocationLarge Box 146
CitationManchester College Resource Guide, MC2010/146, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceUnknown, in Archives prior to April 2006
Scope and Content1.  One booklet listing the achievements of famous alumni and the names of on-campus and home phone numbers of faculty/staff.
Date of AccessionUnknown
Bio History Note

Listed are famous students in the "Positively MC" Section along with a brief description of their work. Brief excerpts from this list follow:

MC and ATV's - Marcia K. Sowles, 1972 MC graduate and trial attorney, instrumental in the enforcement action against Honda Motors Company involving the safety problems presented by all-terrain vehicles.

MC and NASA - Dr. Roger Dilling, MC Class of 1961, is an earth science remote sensing specialist at NASA's Goddard Space FLight Center in Maryland, and Dr. James Gaier, MC Class of 1975, is a research scientist involved with semi-conductors at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Ohio.

MC and Tennis, Baseball, Football, and More - John Garver, Class of 1951, built a pitching machine that was modified to pitch footballs, bseballs, hockey pucks, softballs, soccer ballks, volleyball, and even tin cans.  The machine is utilized by major league bseball teams and NFL teams.

MC and Walt Disney World : Citing Dr. Jeffrey Keaffaber, Class of 1985.

MC and Chinese Dissidents: Citing Dr. Wu Ningkum, MC Class of 1948.

MC and Wold Hunger: Citing Daniel West, MC Class of 1917.

MC and the Methodist Church: Citing Susan Keirn Kester, Class of 1968.

MC and the Peace Corps: CIting Howard Sollenberger, MC Class of 1941.

MC and Kids Concerns: Citing Jean Childs Young, MC Class of 1954.

MC and Money: Citing Dr. Roy Blough, MC Class of 1921.

MC and Scratch-Resistant plastics: Citing Dr. Max Bechtold, MC Class of 1935.

MC and Teflon: Citing Dr. Roy Plunkett, MC Class of 1932.

MC and Acid Rain: Citing Dr. Gene Likens, MC Class of 1957.

MC and the 1992 Olympics: Citing Mike Emrick, MC Class of 1968.

MC and the Nobel Prize: Citing Dr. Paul J. Flory, MC Class of 1931.

MC and Tropical Disease: Citing Dr. John Hamer, MC Class of 1948 and Esther Rinehart Hamer, MC Class of 1950.

MC and Al Capone: Citing Myrl Alexander, MC Class of 1930.

MC and the United Nations: Citing Andrew W. Cordier, MC Class of 1922.

MC and Crime: Citing Ronald Wuthrich, MC Class of 1981.

MC and Orange Juice: Citing Dr. David Heckert, MC Class of 1961.

 

 

 

 

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 13 October by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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