1942 - 1952
William Pettis Hall
Preston Eugene Hiestand
Joseph Ballard Pritchett
Warden Dana Harms
Louis Thomas Henderson, Jr.
Clarence James Hill, Jr.
William Barnes Calwell
Richard U. Byerrum
Howard Thomas Craven
Thomas Carroll
William Riley Hancock
William T. Rynick
Randall E. Pack
Walter Emery Williams, Jr.
Richard Merrell Freeman
Robert Verner Ormes
William Blundell Fisher
George Robert Hayman, Jr.
Robert Glen Fisher
Robert Landin Barta
Lester Riemann
Miller Davis, Jr.
John Hathaway Evans
John Henry Moynahan
John Javob Bullock
Frederick William Bigler
Jack Beeson Olds
David Blair Noland
Donald Kirchoffer
James Osborne, Jr.
Joseph Jerome Littell, Jr.
Howard John Baumgartel, Jr.
1942. Worked for E.C. Atkins in Indianapolis prior to World War II service. August 1942-December 1945, US Navy. Harvard Business School, Jan. 1946 - June 1947 -- MBA; 1947-48 Baker Simonds & Co. in Detroit (investment banking); 1948-51 Teaching at the University of Kansas -- human relations, econ history, administrative practices. 1951-55, University of Michigan earning Ph.D. in Social Psychology and field research with Survey Research Center. 1955 to retirement in Dec. 1988 -- University of Kansas. Teaching, research and administration in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Business; 1957-1987. Management training with National Training Laboratories, American Management Assn., Indian Institutes of Management, etc. 1963-64, 1967-68, spring 1976, 1980-81, spring 1984 -- Fulbright, AIIS, NSF grants to do teaching, institution building and research in India.
He married Nancy Taggart in 1945; divorced in 1960, three children, Mona, John and Tom -- now four grandchildren. Married Marguerite Myers Kerfoot in 1964, acquired three step-sons, Bill, Charles and John -- now six grandchildren and 2 1/2 great grandchildren. Worked extensively with Peace and Justice groups. He also has worked with Hospice and Senior Center volunteering, University retirees' activities, computer club, foreign affairs study group, Church groups. Jogging and running played a big role in his life from 1976 into the middle 1990s. Honors include: Fellow, Signa Xi; Fellow, American Psychological Association; Fellow, American Psychological Society Fulbright-Hays Awards; NSF Guest Scientist Award. University of Kansas awards included: Hillteacher Award, 1965; Mortar Board Outstandingly Educator Award, 1989; Chancellor's Club Career Teaching Award, 1988. He was also the recipient of the Tom & Anne Moore Peace and Justice Award in 2000.
John Merle Coulter
William Rogers Chattin
James Kelley Patchell
Stanely Edmund Hines
James Edward Milholland
John Howard Ingram
Richard Carroll Ragan
Theodore Roosevelt Bullock
Benton Baker, Jr.
William Horace Allerdice, Jr.
Edward Joseph Boleman, Jr.
Richard Gorman Hall
Jack Livergood Weber
David Ferguson Ormes
Bryan R. West
Ray Husted Smith
Charles A. Bookwalter II
Duke Lynch
Robert Siegfried Stempfel, Jr.
Leo James Noonan, Jr.
William Stewart Freeman
George Dale Welch
William Lilly Fisher
Eale Wayne Monroe, Jr.
John Herbert Clymer, Jr.
Bob Evans Wolcott
Arthur Christian Schrader
Thomas Harry Neff
Charles George Gudbrandsen, Jr.
James Arthur Goode
Leroy Charles Voss, Jr.
Spero Gregory
Arthur Baxter Gipe
Ralph Emerson Morrow, Jr.
Robert Russell Ragan
Thomas Burchard Jennings
William Omer Hedge
Francis William Bacon, Jr.
Ronsome Ross Williams
Warren LeClair Niccum
William Anthony Philip Keefe
William Bland Osborn
James Robert Fowler
Donald Eugene Stebing
Eugene Stewart Wolcott
Roy Andrew Yoder
Richard Howard Maxwell
Samuel W. Williams
Robert Eugene Petit
Charles Helm Bennett
Donald Sinclair Rogers
Frank Rieden Welsh
Thomas Jefferson Wynne
Roger Lee Fedosky
Hubert Harold Cummins
Herman Joseph Meyer
James Kirkpatrick Allerdice
Donald Charles Ambuhl
Allan Durward Clauser
Frederick Hoke Lesh
Whitfield George Hughes
William Gray Cathcart
Fritz Otto Meyer
James Mason Givens, Jr.
Edward Wagner III
Charles Leslie Miller
George Shepard Haerle
William Franklin Kelle
Robert Myers
Joseph Warren Ricketts, Jr.
Robert Benson Scircle
Walter Thomas Spencer
Edward Frank McElwain
Byron Trippet Franklin
John Joseph Noonan
Richard Ridgeway Gilchrist
Robert Earle South, Jr.
James Logan Gardner
Donald Louis Wise
Robert Verlan Hannaford
William Allison MacDongall
Stewart Edgar Elliott
Burton Franklin Swain III
Stuart M. Place
Charles William Goering
George Augustine Jenckes, Jr.
Chandler Holmes
Edward Murray Keith '51. President, Sphinx Club (1949-1950; 1950-1951)
Roger Edmund Parsell
Arthur Allen Brinklow
Philip Walter Slattery
Robert Staley McCain
Marsh Hanly Blackburn
Thomas Randolph Cassady
Thomas Arthur Mahoney
Thomas Allen Klingaman
Donald Bates Miller
Arthur Lee Milford
Edgar Hart Steeg
Jameson Woollen
George Hathaway Littell, Jr.
Robert Boyce Galliher
Linton Gustov Cox
Robert David Mathias, Jr.
Thomas Bastain Moser
James Chestey Norris
Jere L. Jones
Charles E. Finch
Charles E. Finch died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his residence in University City on Wednesday, June 9th. He was 73. Charlie, as he was called by his friends, was the husband of Mary Ellen and father of Nathan and John. He is remembered for his devotion to his family, friends, and former students, his generous support of a wide range of causes and organizations, and his firmness in standing up for what he believed was the right thing to do and say.
Charlie was born on the family farm in Williams County Ohio in 1930. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN in 1951 and a master of arts in teaching from Harvard University in 1955. At that time he began a career as an educator that included teaching positions in Evanston, IL, University City High School, and Clayton High School and post-graduate work at Washington University. In 1967 he was hired to teach history at Webster Groves High School where in 1977 he became one of the first coaches of high school girls track and cross country in the state of Missouri. Several years later he was the driving force behind lobbying the Missouri State High School Athletic Association to approve holding statewide girls cross country and track and field meets. He retired from teaching at Webster Groves in 1994.
Because of Charlie's involvement with high school girls track and cross country, he served as a volunteer officer of the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association for almost 25 years. He served as their Executive Secretary-Treasurer for eight years and is a member of the Hall of Fame of both the National High School Athletic Coaches Association and the Hall of Fame of the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association.
In retirement, Charlie served as a volunteer assistant coach for the Wabash College cross country and track and field teams. In the fall of 2000, he served a brief stint as the college's temporary cross-country coach while the regular coach was in Australia for the Olympics. In addition to coaching for his alma mater, Charlie had served and was currently serving on the National Association of Wabash Men Board, he was active in the St. Louis Association of Wabash Men, and was a member of the college's Elihu W. Baldwin Circle.
Charlie, who joined the army in 1951 and was a Korean War veteran, also had an extensive 27-year military career ending with his service in the army reserves where he attained the rank of Colonel and served as the Commanding Officer of the 307th Civil Affairs Group and a Staff Officer of the 102nd USAR Command. He is a member of the Fort Sill Artillery Officer's Candidate School Hall of Fame.
Ralph Clemens Vonnegut, Jr.