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Dear Alumrius:
Last March we sent out our first departmental news letter.
We were ple·ased at the responses that letter with its questionnaire
generated.
Since our 'intention was to ·do· this on an annual ·
basis, this news letter will be the second issue.
The holiday season is past an.d we are .now in what will be
our last lame-duck session. Next fall the semester is to begin
in late August so that the semester will finish prior to Christmas
vacation. In late January the second· semester begins and it
will finish in mid May.
Many of you in your questionnaire reply asked how we were
advising our students relative to the present "bleak 11 outlook for .
jobs in physics. Our answer is as 'follows.
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It is true that the job market today in physics as in
many •other fields is not what it was several years ago.
Although the present situation ·appears to have been
precipitated in large measure due to economic difficulties
for the country as a whole, it points out the need more
than ever before for the student to be -· forward looking. He
should be sure that he is preparing himself well in concepts
which are fundamenta l and not transitory. He should
concentrate on acquiring. expertise and - skills which
to the best of our ability· to predict, will hav.e vitality
and relevance for the late 70's and_ 80 ..' s.
Our physics curriculum is emphasizing .more ,than ever
before the fundamental concepts in physics, _(our freshman
and sophomore course syllabi is based on the Feynman lectures)
grounded .strongly in mathematical physics. As part of the
Sloan program, the physics student takes basics . in chemistry,
and math as well as biology or geology. Computer skills
are absolutely essential. The year's electronics course,
generally taken at the sophomore 'level, tries to show ~he
student. how to stay abreast with new developments in solid
state electronics. Much of the lab work done is learning how
to apply devices which have just been developed. Along with the
upper level courses, the st.udent becomes active in our growing
research program where the emphasis is on providing the en- .
vironment where the student can learn how to get things. done and
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how to approach problems with out text-book solutions. It
is a chance to really learn how to extend and apply the fundamentals from his course work. We feel if the student becomes
proficient in this, then for those jobs which are available,
our students will be good candidates.
Although our physics seminar program is primarily on
technical topics in physi-cs, we have this year established
the pattern where one meeting per month is held in one of
the professor's homes and . can include more informal topics such
as "physics and society 11 , 11 what goes on at a national physics
conference, 11 and -11 job market 11 , etc.
If any of you should
be in the Holland area and would like to participate in the
seminar programs, formal or informal, we and our students
would certainly appreciate it.
It should also be realized ·that the job market is rather
volatile. Today's freshm en student will be entering his
first job four to . eight y ears hence and the past has shown
how difficult it is to see both the economic and employment
situations that far in advance.
So our advice is, go into what you enjoy, what you are good
at, what you have enthusiasm for, and with your eyes wide open
as to whether you are gaini~g the abilities to grow with
changes in the outside world or whether you are only deve loping
yourself into a dead-end corner. Although physics has the
possibilities of the latter, it is our faith that it is
still the discipline with best potential for becoming the
former.
This time we are enclosing two items: 1) some news briefs,
and 2) a listing of all those ' who went on in physics or who graduated with a physics major. You should be aware that Hope did not
give a physics major until about 1949. In the listing there are places
where our information is very meager or incorrect. We've lost
track of a number of people. So if you can supply us with bits of
relavant information about yourself or someone else, please send it
to us, so we can update the file. Th~nks for the great cooperation
we've had thus far.
We were extremely happy last fall to welcome onto our staff
Dr ·. Christopher Schmidt. Chris is a theoretical physicist and
finished his Ph.D. work this summer at Iowa· State University. His
res.earch work was concerned with Angular Correlation Theory in High
Energy Physics. Since he is a gradu'ate of a small. college, Wartburg
College, Chris should have no trouble fitting into our group.
The physics department hopes that for you this year will be
most enjoyable- and rewarding.
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Harry Frissel
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Physics Department. News Briefs
1) The Friday afternoon prior to· Tulip . Time, .. May . 1971·, a . Physics
Open House was held.
Invitations were ·sent to all high schools
in the state. The response was amazing. · About 200 - 250 students
attended, representing high schools as - far aw_a y as Detroit .
2) Four physics majors -were graduated in the class of 1971.
They are listed in the enclosure. Theron Wierenga found summer
employment at Brookhaven National .Labs, and had a very rewarding
summer.
Fred Ebeling was able to start his graduate research ·
assistantship at the U. of Illinois in June.
3) Four students, supported under the COSIP.grant, worked on
assembling equipment for the research projects associated with
the accelerator, e.g. vacuum systems, deflection magnets, detection
devices, etc. A £ew ordered items are still begging delivery ,
but as soon as they arrive it will not be too long before some
preliminary data will be forth coming. The .t hree areas of study
will be 1) isotope shift measurements, 2) astrophysics reactions,
and 3) detection of trace impurities.
4) Over $200,000 worth of proposals have been sent out: Research
Corp. ( 2) , NSF ( 3) , primarily they are intended to promote ou·r
research programs both experimental and theoretical. One is for a_
summer institute for high school seniors, SSTP, prepared jointly
with the mathematics department . . It would focus on computer technology
and include computer programming, digital logic circuits and . feed
back systems.
5) Dr. Marker now r ents a Telex machine so - that he can converse
with the large computer at MSU via the telephone lines.
Dave is
much easier to live with now that he doe sn ' t have --to make so many
trips t9 Lansing, in order to get some .research done.
6) The expectation is that the 1972 senior_ class will include
seven physics majors. Of these seven students three .have dual
majors - Physics-Geology, Physics-Chemistry, Physics- Philosophy.
The class of ~973 will have 6-8 physics majors.
7) The second semester several upperclass students have beEm
assigned to a staff member to become fam ilai~ with· and involved
in one of the research areas of the staff.
If our funding proposals.
are successful, many of these can be given stipends fQr summer work.
8) It is gratifying to report increased enrollment in certain
courses: Astronomy 85, Acoust ics 18, Physical Science 50-75,
Gen. Physics (2nd sem.) 110, Into. Theor. Phys. 29, Electronics
18, E & M 6, Adv. Lab 8. Senior level courses still have small
enrollments because at that level students are making choices .
9) The machine shop is getting considerable use these days. Dr.
Seeser is in charge of the shop and under his direction a number
of students have become quite proficient in shop work while
fabricating equipment for the many projects.
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10) This sununer ele·v en students and staff members took an overn.i ght
trip and visited the Ford Laboratories in Detroit (tour directed by
Tom Hunt), The Cyphernetics Computer Company in Ann Arbor (tour
directed by Jerry Cole's brother Allen) and finally the cyclotron
laboratory at MSU to inspect the new accelerator. and its computer
facility.
A year ago a similar tour was taken to the Argonne Lab
and the new National Accele~ator Laboratory. These tours have been
made possible by a Maes, Inc. g_r ant.
11) Tne Maes, Inc. gave the department its third unrestricted grant
of $750. Also Donnelly Mirrors, Inc. gave $3,500 towards the cost
of our accelerator; previously they had given $3,000 for the same purpose.
12) Dr. Marker spent two weeks at .a Young Life summer school held
at the Fountain Valley school in Colorado. The course Science and
Faith which he taught there has given him background to offer such a
course next semester at Hope College as an Interdisciplinary Studies
course which also satisfies the senior seminar requirement.
13) Early this fall Dr. James Seeser attended the . APS Nuclear
Physics Division meeting held in Tuscon, Arizona. Much of the
meeting dealt with x - ray flourescence, an area closely allied· to
our accelerator projects.
14) A day or so ago the $6100 scattering chamber from Ortec arrived.
That means · it will not be long till two of our research projects will
be well under wa¥ .
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HOPE COLLEGE PHYSICS ALUMNI
[Includes grads prior to 1948 who went on in Physics although Hope did
not give a major ~n Physics until 1949]
YEAR
NAME
GRADUATE WORK
REMARKS
1919
KLEIS, CLARENCE
85 w. 21st St.
Holland, Mich.
49423
M.A., U. of Mich.
Hope College 1923 - 64
Chm. Dept. 1923~63
Retired, 1964
1921
MULDER, PETER
2 w·. 19th st.
Holland, Mich.
49423
Ph.D.
Physics Staff (? )
Retired
1925
WISSINK, GERRIT
M.S., Ia. St. U. 1927
132 E. Glencrest Dr. Ph.D.~Ia. St. U. 1933
Mankato, Mn. 56001
1932
NICHOLAS, RUDOLPH
93 W. End Ave.
Summit, N.J.
07901
Ph.D., U. of Mich.
1934
RENZEMA, THEO
P.O. Box 225AA
SUNY A
Albany, New York
Ph.D., Purdue U. 1948
Chm. Dept. of Physics
Clarkson Coll. of Tech .
Physics Dept. - SUNY
Albany, N.Y.
1942
FRISSEL, HARRY
5 E. 29th Street
Holland, Mich 49423
M.S., Ia. St. U. 1943
Ph.D. 1 Ia • . St. U. 1954
Cornell Aero Res. Lab,
1943-48
Hope College, 1948Chm. Phys. Dept., 1964-
1948
HEEMSTRA, RAY
3011 Coventry Dr.
Bay City, tMich.
2 Fellowships, 3
summers, 1 NSF Inst.
Physics Teacher
Bay City Central High,l9
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1949
OVERWAY, MARVIN
4175 40th Ave.
Hudsonvil l e, Mich.
1950
RYSKAMP, JOHN
273 Overbrook Ave.
Newton Sq. Pa.
1951
DYKEMA, JAMES
728 Ruth
Holland, Mich. 49423
Mankato State College
Prof. of Physics
Dean of Instruction (4)
Administration (8)
Retire.d, · 1971
Physics Teacher, Hudsonvil
High School
Administration
M.S., U. of Mich.
Research Physicist,
Donnelly Mirror s, 1951-
NAME
YEAR
GRADUATE \vORK
RENARKS
1952
VANDER VELDE, JOHN
1607 Brooklyn
Ann Arbor, Mich
48104
M.A., U. of Mich.l953
Ph.~.!u. of Hich.l957
1953
BOS, RON
7698 Diagonal Rd.
Kent, Ohio 44240
M.S. , Amherst
1953
MAYER, WALTER
10017 Menlo Ave.
Silver Spring, Md.
20910
M.S., M.S.U., 1955
Ph.D. 1 M. S. U. , 1"9 58
Research Physicist,
Acoustics & elastic
const.
Physics Staff, Georgetown
University
Publications - 41 plus
1953
MESTLER, WILLIAM
4615 Ellenita Ave.
Tarzana, Calif·o rnia
91356
Studies at U. of
Rochester
Rutgers University
Mestler and Assoc.
Corporate b roker and
19 54 .
ALDRICH, BYRON
1954
BARKEL, LAVERNE
Mich. Tech.
966 Bluebell Ct.
Holland, Mich. 49423
1954
FOWLER, JOSEPH
101 East Ave.
Walden, N.Y.
12586
1955
BROWN, RONALD
U. of Wise.
16341 South Park Ave Western Seminary
South Holland, Ill .
6 0473
1955
DE PREE, J-oHN
1729 Imperial Ridge
Las Cruces, N. M.
88001
1955
M.A., U. of M, 1 957
VANPUTTEN, JAMES
4031 Lakeridge Dr.
Ph.D. 1 U. of M, 1960
Holland, Mich. 49423
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L.S.U. - 1 year
SUNY - New Paltz
Presently part- time
M.S. , U. of Col.
Ph.D, U. of Oregon
Prof. of Physics
U. of Mich., 1957
Experimental Research Elementary particles
Sabbatical - Sorb onne ~
France
c~nsultant
Engineer,
Lear ~ Sigler
President, Walden Ins.
Agengy (CPCU)
Member Board Trustees,
· Hope College
Ministry, RCA
Grand Haven
Grand Rapids
South Holland
New Mexico State Univ.
Prof. of . Math
Publications - 11
NSF, Danforth, Rackam Fell
NATO Post Doctoral,
CERN, 1960 - 61
Cal. Tech., 1961- 67
Asst. Prof. Physics
Hope College, 1967 'Prof. Physics
Publications - 12
YEAR
1956
1956
1957
NAME
HOLT, WILLIAM
VANDER YACHT,
CLIFFORD
4228 Lancashire Dr.
· Jackson, Mich. 49203
BAKER, JAMES
373B Chestnut Ave.
Long Beach, Calif.
90807
GRADUATE WORK
u.
of Kansas
u.
of Mich.
M.D.
Mayo Clinic
REMARKS
Antarctic expeditions ( 2)
Composer in Music
Byron Center High
Physics- Math Teacher
. Electro- Chemistry
Engineer
Computer c9nsultant- at
present
Long Beach ·Memorail Hospit
Pathologist, primarily
in Hematology
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1957
DEN UYL, RON
1959 Chestnut Ave.
Antioch, Calif.
94509
South Haven High, 1957-?
Physics-Math Teacher
Liberty Union High,
Teacher
Brentwood, California
1957
ROLFS, ELLSWORTH
2307 Cherry Lane
Alamagordo, N.M.
Los Alamos
1957
DE WITT, EARL
164 Tanglewood Lane
Fairfield, Conn.
06430
1957
M.A. 1 U. of M., 1958 .
VAN IWAARDEN, JOHN
MSU, 1959 - 61
294 E. 13th St.
Holland, Mich. 49423
1957
VOSS, HOWARD
6922 E. Windsor·
Scottsdale, Ariz.
85257
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19"58
BROWER, KEITH
10508 Chapala Pl.
N.E.
A~buqurque, N.M.
MNS, Arizona St.
M. S • , Purdue
M.S., U. of Mn., 1961
_Ph.D.,U. of Ill. 1966
Hope College
Math Department,
1961- 65, 1968Applied Math
Stevens Tech., 1965-68
Arizona State University
Physics Staff and
Asst. Dept. Chm.
Sandia Corp.
Research Physicist
EPR Studies of 1 attice
damage
Publications - 1 3
1958
VANDER KOOY, EDWARD
715 MaryLane Dr.
Holland, Mich. 49423
H.E. Morse, Co.
Sales Manager
1958
VANDER LINDE, MERWYN Ph.D., Ohio U., 1965
6771 Bowerman Ct.
Worthington , Ohio
43085
Battel Labs
Research Physicist
YEAR
NAME
GRADUATE WORK ,·
REMARKS
US ·Army Def. Sch.-1 yr. West Valley Engineering, Ir
U. of Texas
General Manager
Publications - 17
1958
VERHULST, JACK
714 Iverness Way
Sunnyval e, Calif.
94087
1958
U. of Pittsburgh
LEE , DON
24627 Penn. Ave.
Lomita, Calif . 90717
1958
MENNING, CURTIS ·
6009 W. Leonard
Coopersville, Mich .
49404
1958
HILMERT, JAMES
4917 Northcrest Dr.
Apt. H
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Magnavox Corp.
1959
BROCKMEIER, RICHARD M. S. , Cal. Tech . ·,. 1961
933 S. Shore Dr.
Ph.D . Cal. Tech . , 1965
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Holland, Mich . ·49423
N. S . F . , Danforth, Woodrow
Wilson Fellow
Cal. Tech .
Po-st Doctoral, 1966
Hope College
· Physics Staff, 1966-
1959
BUIT, PAUL
1842 Hendricks
Muskegon, Mich .
494 41
1959
su' LAWRENCE
1959
196.0
U. of Cal ., Berkeley
U. of Mi.c h .
Delta College
Phys i cs Staff
Grand Valley College
Physics Staff
MSU - Engineering
General Telephone
Planning Engineer
Plans budgets, schedules
investments
M. S . , Notre Dame
Detroit,
Physics Teacher
VANDER MAAT, PAUL
35 0 Kimberly Lane
Los Alamos, N.M .
87544
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M. S . , U. of Wise.
Los Alamos, 1963Theo. Design Div .
Work is classified
DE JONG, MARVIN
210 W. Pacific
Branson, Mo . 65616
M.S., Clarkson C of-T. Greenbanks Lab
Ph. D.JRPI-Astronomy- 1965 Radio Astronomy
Ohio State University
Phys ics-Astronomy Staff
School of the Ozarks
Chm . Dept . Physics-Math
Publications - 8
4849 Kenmore Dr .
Okemos, Mich. 48864
.u . of Mich .
DE VRIES, MARTIN
M. S . , U. of Toledo
281 Roosevelt
'Holland, Mich . 49423
Donnelly Mirrors, Inc .
Research & Dev .
YEAR
NAME
GRADUATE WORK
REMARKS
1960
MONTLE, HAZ EL
544 Carpenter
Apt. 10
Akron, Ohio
Ohio University
1960
ALBERS, PATRICK
P.O. Box 544
Muskegon, Mich.
1961
DEJONG, DOUGLAS
17 3·3 3 Upland
Fontana, California
92335
1962
BREDEWEG, ROGER
308 Rudd St.
Midland, Mich.
M.S., Ia. St. U.
Dow Chemical
Research Physicist
1962
HOEKMAN, THEO.
908 Cadillac Ave.
Nashville, Tenn.
37204
Ph.D., U. of Ill~
1968 - Biophysics
School of Medicin e
Researcher and Staff
Vanderbilt Univ.,
Dept. of Pharmacology
Nerve and m~scle res.
Publications - . 5
1962 .
MARIS, DAVID
M.S., Iowa St. U.
37 - 16 Parsons Blvd. B.D., Western Sem.
Flushing, N.Y. 11354
Ministry, RCA
Flushing, New York
1962
OVERKAMP, FRED
M.A., U. of Conn.
71 Carriage Hill Dr. (Aud. - Vis. Adm)
Niantic, Conn.
06357
East Lyne High
Physics Teacher
(In charge of audio
visual)
1962
VANDER LUGT, KARE L
1201 w. 38th
Sioux Falls, S.D.
57102
Ph.D., Wayne St. · U.
1967
Naval Res. Lab (1 year)
Augustana College, 1968
Physics Staf f
19-63
CETAS, TOM
National Stand.
Lab
Sidney, Australia
Ph.D., Ia . St. U.
1968
I.S.U., 1969 - 70
Post Doctoral
Low temp. scales
Nat. Standards Lab
Post Doctoral
Until summer 1972
1963
GRI FFITH, MAURICE
9702 Glen Court
Manassas, Va.
.2 2110
East Ill. Univ., NSF .
Tuskegee Inst.; NSF
Physics Teacher - 3 years
I BM
Systems Programmer, 1967
1963
LUCAS, PAUL
1315 Pentridge Rd.
Baltimore, Md. 31239
M.S., John Hopk ins
Heidleberg College
Physics Staff, - 1971
John Hopkins U. (on leave)
Pursuing Ph.D.
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Sparta High School
Physics Teacher
Teaching (?)
YEAR .
NAME
GRADUATE WORK
REMARKS
1963
MARR, GEORGE
4273 Clearview Rd.
Allentown, Pa.
18102
M.S. , Miami U. , ·1964
Ph .D. , Ohio State
Grad. work in high
energy physics
Bell Telephone Lab
Res. Phys.
Semiconductor surface
Physics ~xp. & ~heory
1964
CONEY, THOMAS
7744 Neff Rd.
Median, Ohio 44256
M.S., U. of Toledo
NASA, Lewis Res. Center
Behavior propellants,
Me as. of .a.toms ,
Parameters
Publications - 5
1964
HOLLENBACH, DAVID
1114 W. Kiowa
Colorado Springs,
Colorado 80904
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Ph.D., Cornell
U.
1969
NSF, Danforth, Woodrow
Wilson Fellow
··· ._, · '
Harvard University
':. .Post. Doc. Res. 2 1969 - 71
Astrophysics
Worked on textbook
U. of Colorado (at Col.
Springs)
Physics Staff, 1971-
1964 .
KLEIN, JOHN
4450 W. 186th St.
Country Club Hills,
Ill .
60477
1964
KOLLEN, WENDELL
2206 Fox Bourne Rd.
Toledo, Ohio
43614
M.S., Clarkson Col.
ofT., 1967
Ph.D. Clarkson Col .
ofT .,l969
.'NDEA Fell-ow
Libey-Owens
Research Phys.
1964
WYNNE, EDWIN
R.R.#2
Allegan, Mich.
49010
M.A. , 1971
Fennville High .School
Physics Teacher
Allegan Jr. High
Math Teacher
1965
FELIX, ANDRE
3213 Lorna Vista
Flagstaff, Arizona
86001
M.A. (Voc. Ed .)
Working on
Lear-Sigler
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Instructor, Science
Writer, Quality Assur.
Eng.
Publications - 16 manuals
Flagstaff High School
Vee. Electronics Ins~r .
1965
GREIFFENDORF, DENNIS M.S., U. of-Toledo
R.R.#3
Box 187-D
Benton Harbor, Mich.
49022
IBM
·Printing Business
Internal ~ontrol systems
Manager of production
. plant
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YEAR
NAME
GRADUATE WORK
REMARKS
1966
OEHM, DENNIS
71 Sherwood Rd.
Dumont, N.J. 07628
City Coll. , N.Y.
1967
BOS, RANDALL
M.S., U. of Miss.
(Col.)
NDEA Fellow
Physics Teacher
BRUNSTING, ALBERT
M.S., U. of New Mexico
Sandia Corp.
Part t~m~ r.es. c~ystal
defects
Lo's Alamos Lab
Part tim~ r .es. , BioMedical
U. of New Mexico, 1967Grad . Stud., Cell
struct. via l ight
scattering
1967
1916 Coal Pl. S.E.
Albuqurque, N.M.
871·.0 6
1967
CHANG, EDWARD
Penn. St. U.
Materials Res. Lab .
Penn. State Univ.
Univ. Park, Pa. 16801
Penn. St. U., 1967Grad. Stud., Ph.D.
Spring - 1972
Research; Lattice
dynamics of ZmS and
~NO, second order
elastic constants
1967
Hoffman, Alfred
750 Strubel, N.W.
Grand Rapids, Mich.
'+950'+
Lear- Sigler, Inc.
Instrument Division
1967
LAMPEN, JAMES
R.R.#l
Hamilton, Mich.
M.S.U.
Michigan State uriiv.,
1967 - 68
U.S. Military, 1969-
1967
TANIS, JOHN
38 Victoria Ave.
Lake Hiaw~tha, N.J.
0703'+
M.S., U. of Iowa
1969
Bell Tel. Lab
Res. & Dev.
New York University
Currently working (Part
time) on Ph.D
Wants to teach eventuall
1967
VAN WYCK, CARL
675 E. St. Rd .
Apt. 302
Warminster, Pa.
1897'+
Working on M.S. (21 Hrs)
196'8
AUSTIN, ROBERT
Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Ill.
-Urbana, I 11.
M.S., U. of Ill.
1970
Johnsville Naval
Res. and Dev. Center
Operations Research
Analyst
Univ. of Ill., 1968 Grad. Student, towards
Ph.D., Research;
- Biophysics, pulsed light
down enzyme chain
NAME
YEAR
GRADUATE WO.RK
REMARKS
1969
LONGRACE, IRVIN
Rd 2
Sanbury, Pa . 17801
1969
WIEREN , JACK
27 1/2 N. Pleasant
Ave .
Fairbanks, Ohio
M.S ., u •. of Wise .
1970
COLENBRANDER, DAN
U. of Rochester
Dual Major - Physics & Cherr
Muskegon Jr. High.
Math Teacher
1970 '
GRANT, ROD
499 Beatrice St .
Teaneck, N.J . 07666
Enrolled
U. S. Navy, 1970-71
American Univ . 1971
Grad . Study, aimed
towards physics teaching
Interest; philosophy
of science
1971
EBELING, FRED
Comp. Eng . Dept .
Univ. of Ill.
Urbana, I 11 •.
Enrolled
Univ. of Ill.
Grad . Study, Computer
Eng . Dept.
Working on · M.S.
Res. & Dev. Univ . Plato
System
1971
HANSEN, MICHAEL ·
2489 Briarwood
Holland, Mich . 49423
Donnelly Mirror, Inc .
Res . & Dev . , Pin-hole
free thin films
1971
WIERENGA, THERON
11 E. 15th
Holland , Michigan
49423
Muskegon Public High
Physics Teacher
1971
YTSMA, ED
26 1/2 E. 21st St.
Holland, ~ich. 49423
Bohn Aluminum
Engineering Devel.
Hopes to go to U. of M.,
Bus . Adm .1 in near future
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Rev. & Dev . , course
work