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The Daily Nebroskan
Tuesday, February 2, I960
AlEE Award
Robert Allinjrton Is
Top Student Engineer
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Robert Allington, a 24-year-old
graduate student, has
been selected as the top elec
trical engineering student in
the country by the American
Institute of
Electri c a 1
E ngineering.
The award
was made on
the basis of
AH 1 n ton's
description of
an electronic
t 1 meter
ing device in
n article . m
subnri t e d AHingtw
in the institutes annual com
petition. Technical Article
Allington has been confined
to a wheel chair since 3955
when he contracted polio
'white attending Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
He developed his device, de
signed to measure the pres
sure of a cow's stomach, in a
basement workshop.
Son of a University profes
sor of plant pathology, he
also won first place honors
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for the best technical article
in an engineering college
magazine, awarded by the Na
tional Engineering College
Magazine Association.
Other Allington achieve
ments include a chemical fac
tion collector, a relatively
new method of separating
and measuring chemicals;
and a wind speed telemeter
ing system for the Universi
ty. New Invention
Allington currently is de
signing a new device, similar
to his award winner, that will
measure the chemical reac
tivity of an animal's stom
ach. In addition to earning a
full load of studies during the
school year, Allington goes
into business for himself dur
ing the summer. He has been
designing and with the help
of a machines! partner, con
structing various types of tele
metering equipment for re
search centers, universities,
and pharmaceutical bouses.
His company's name is In
strumentation .Special ties
Company.
A member of three honor
aries, Sigma XL, Sigma Tau,
and Eta Kappa Nu, he has
maintained a seven-point
average at the University in
addition to doing experimentation.
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Honorary doctoral degrees
were conferred on two prom
inent University alumni at
mid-year commencement Sat
urday by Chancellor Clif
ford M. Hardin.
Awarded an honorary Doc
tor of Science Degree was
Dr. Earl C. Heady, C. F. Cur
tiss Distinguished Professor
of Agriculture at Iowa State
University.
Test Manager
William A. McConnell, man
ager of vehicles testing labo
ratories of Ford Motor Co.,
received an honorary Doctor
of Engineering degree.
Degrees also were con
ferred upon 373 graduating
seniors at the commence
ment Dr. A. C. Breckenridge,
dean of faculties, served as
master of ceremonies. The
Rev. Charles Wilson, pastor
of First Christian Church, Lin
coln, was chaplain.
'End of Routine'
"You who have qualified
for degrees may be ending a
certain routine, but you are
Six Gratis
Receive High
Distinction
Degrees with 'hih distinc
tion" were presented to six
University graduating seniors
at mid-year Commencement
last Saturday.
In addition, nine other stu
dents received their degrees
with k distinction".
Those earning 'high dis
tinction" were:
Patricia Ann Arnold. Htichelnr of Sci
ence in education; Paul Bower, Bach
elor of Scienie in electrical ensmwr
hiK; James (ieist. bachelor of Science
in husinetHi artnunintration.
Dwaine Rone. Bachelor of .Science
In civil enginttenuK. Dennis Stewart.
Bachelor of Arts with Knahsh mumr;
F. Duvid Hwmm. Bachelor of Science
in civil engineering.
Graduate. receiviiiK their degrees with
"distinction": Mrs. Joan Webster Alien,
Bachelor of Science in home economics.
Rex. Bofltey, Bachelor of Science; Jaro
hIhv hohi. Bachelor of Science in elec
trical eneinoerinK ; Stephen Pawelski,
Bachelor ol Science in mechanical
engineering; James Ouick. Bachelor of
Science in chemical etiKineeruiK
Paul Rooney. Bachelor ot Science in
hu.iineK administration : Karen Schu
ster, bachelor of Science in education;
Sharon Smith, Bachelor 01 Music in
education; Alvrna he h mid,. Bachelor ot
Science in education.
Faculty Members Get
Overseas Fellowships
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not winning exception from
any of the obligations which
have to do with learning. In
fact, your obligation to the
cause of learning is now
greater than before,1'' Chan
cellor Hardin told the gradu
ating class.
"The degree which you
have received certifies that
you have demonstrated a very
significant level of academic
proficiency.
It is a certification which
is made with expectancy the
expectancy that you will con
tinue to demonstrate the in
tellectual proficiency of which
you have proved yourself ca
pable and that you will add
to it," he said.
NU ROTC
Commissions
Given 21
Twenty-one University sen
iors received military com
missions Saturday morning in
ceremonies proceeding mid
year Commencement exer
cises. The commissions were pre
sented by Lt. Gen. Guy N.
Menninger, former adjutant
general of the State of Ne
braska. R. Bruce Abernethy and Da
vid Linn were selected for ap
pointment in the Regular
Army and Glen Schmieding
was selected for Regular Air
Force appointment.
Army commissions were re
ceived by: Roger Bushboom,
Lvman Cass, William Cook,
Jr., William Flock, Walter
Hutchison, Thomas Kilker,
Ronald Maiwald, Dwaine
Rogge, Guy Sapp, Jr., Charles
Smith and Byron Speice.
Commissions in the Navy
were James Hutchins and
Thomas Smith.
Air For c e commissions
were given to: Robert Aden,
Gordon Anderson, Larry
Brown, Dean Stoneman, Greg
ory Titman.
Abernethy, Linn, Maiwald.
Rogge, Schmieding and Speice
were named distinguished
military graduates.
I )r. Feeney Takes
(California Post
The Board of Regents Sat
urday acecpted the resigna
tion of Dr. Robert Feeney,
professor and chairman of
the department of biochem
istry and nutrition. It will be
effective March 15.
A member of the staff since
1953, Feeney has accepted a
position with the University
of California's College of
Agriculture at Davis, where
he will be a professor in the
graduate area of compara
tive biochemistry in the de
partment of food science and
technology.
A It S Filings Open
Filings for positions on the
AWS, Associated Women
Students Board open today in
335A Student Union. Inter
views will be held Saturday
at 9 ajn.
Woods Foundation Faculty
Fellowships have been
granted 'to three University,
professors for use in a year's
study abroad. I
The Fellowships, each
valued at $5,000, are awarded
through the University Foun-!
dation, and - were approved
Saturday by the .Board of
Regents. j
Recipients are:
Gail H. Butt, Jr., associate
professor of art, who will
pursue a program of cre
ative painting and related re
search in Japan,
Robert L. KoehL associate
professor of history, was
will study the evolution "of
the Nazi SS leadership corps
in Germany. ,
Bernice Slote, associate pro
fessor of English, who will do
research and writing on Dy
lan Thomas and primitivism
in literature in England and
Wales.
Ultimate Purpose i
Dr. Koehl said his ultimate
purpose in studying the Nazi
SS leadership ""is to under
stand how National Socialism
could "gain so much influence
in Germany, even with in
telligent and practical people,
and to make this understand
ing available to the rest of
modern western society, in
the hope of preventing - its
recurrence, either in Ger
many or elsewhere.1'
He plans t write a history
f the SS leadership during
the 11-year period from Hein
rich Himmler's appointment
as Rcichfuhrer SS to the out
break of the war in Poland
He will do research at the
Berlin Documents Cen'er 'o
develop comparative b i o
graphies for 50 to 100 SS -oui-cers
and o fficials and to
place their .careers as fully
into the -context of SS organ
ization as possible.
In Japan, Mr. Butt plans
to study what Is being done
in the Orient to resolve the
problem of form and con
tent in painting. He also
hopes that the Fellowship
will enable bim lo do a series
of paintings in the media
used in Japan.
Miss Slot plans to visit
Wales to gather material for
a book-length study on the
poetry of Dylan Thomas, who
is considered one i the most
influential of contemporary
poets. t
' She plans to study the man
uscripts of his poems, which
are mostly in the hands of
private collectors; to visit the
Thomas country in Wales
and gather material from the
people who knew him; and
to make a particular study
of the qualities in his poetry.
Two Poets
Miss Slote also plans lo
start a unified study of the
specific relationships with
primitivism which occur in
the work of the following
pairs of writers; two English
poets, James Hogg and John
Keats: two American experi
mentalists, Henry David
Thoreau and Walt Whitman;
and two novelists, of Ameri
ca and England, Willa
Gather and D. H. Lawrence,
In other action, the Board
Accepted research and
training grants, totaling
$229,747.
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