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WINSLOW
PH.D.
H. HARTFORD,
Associate Professor, Winslow
H. ‘Doc’ Hartford, a trans
planted Yankee from Newton,
Mass., heads the Department of
Chemistry at Belmont Abbey
College. ‘Win’ Hartford spent
the first quarter of his life in the
New England setting. He
commuted to Boston University,
where he earned the bachelor of
science degree in chemistry. He
then entered Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to pursue
graduate study and in 1933 was
awarded the doctorate of
philosophy in the field of
inorganic chemistry. The nation
was in the throes of the great
depression, and ‘Win’ Hartford
was one of the few new Ph.D’s to
walk out of the University and
into a job. He was tapped by
Mutual Chemical Co. for a post
in their laboratories in
Baltimore, Md. So he embarked
on his career in industry in this
city and continued until 1958,
when the company, by now a
part of Allied Chemical, trans
ferred him to Syracuse, N.Y.
Here he resumed research for
new products until he retired
from the firm in 1969.
It was during those years in
Baltimore that he met Mary
Haviland. Both performed in a
community dramatic group. In
time they were married and
were blessed with a son and a
daughter. He was always
happiest when around young
people, and so he became active
in scouting, serving as troop
master in both Baltimore and
Syracuse. He also co-authored
the Boy Scout merit badge
handbook in chemistrv.
An ardent enthusiast for the
outdoors, ‘Win’ joined and later
served as chairman of the
Mountain Club of Maryland.
These were people who were
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addicted to the crisp, fresh air of
the Appalachians. They
organized one of the first ski
clubs in the area — long before
this sport became nationally
popular. After his transfer to
Syracuse, he continued his
association with mountain buffs
who had a project of maintaining
trails in the Adirondacks. Today
he is a member of the con
servation committee of the
Sierra Club of Charlotte.
This love of nature and of
forests also led him to become a
member of the American Wood
Preservers Association, a group
who are seeking to promote
conservation through the
discoveries of science. Over the
years he has published
numerous scientific papers on
the chemistry and technology of
chromium compounds and wood
preservation, and was the
recipient of company awards for
scientific achievement.
Since joining the faculty of
Belmont Abbey College in 1970,
‘Doc’ Hartford has been an
energetic instructor and student
advisor. He has been involved in
various activities on campus.
Last year he directed the very
successful musical “A Funny
Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum.” His love of the arts
complements his achievements
in the field of science - he has
. appeared in dramatic produc
tions of the Charlotte Little
Theatre and the Mint Museum.
He has for years enjoyed choral
singing as a member of a male
chorus in Baltimore and
Syracuse, and now sings with the
Charlotte choral society. For
relaxation, he and Mary play
bridge (they have even won
some Master’s points in tour
naments), and are avid readers
of detective and mystery stories.
At informal parties ‘doc’ can
sooner or later be found plunking
out tunes on a piano, which he
has learned to play quite well by
ear for his own enjoyment.
Most recently he has been
planning and seeking to promote
an inter-disciplinary con
centration in environmental
studies and conservation. He
has introduced a special course
in ‘‘Man and His Environment”
for non-science students which
has proved to be very popular.
Belmont Abbey College is for
tunate to count a man of such
rich experience and broad in
terests among its faculty, and we
look forward to the many con
tributions a man of his talents
will make to our educational
program.
(Alumni News, cont’d)
director of emergency health
services with the Erie County
Department of Health and lives
in West Falls, N.Y. Peter
Rawlings is Maintenance
Department supervisor with
Corning Glass Works in Woon
socket, R.I. James Ralston is
Washington City Manager of
Chrysler Motors Corporation,
and he and Teresa and their
three children live in Bowie, Md.
U.S. Air Force Captain Michael
Smithson has been recognized
for his participation in Operation
Linebacker II, the successful air
campaign last December
against key military targets in
North Vietnam. Members of
USAF’s Eighth and Seventh Air
Forces and U.S. Navy Task
Force 77 who carried out the
operation received the coveted
Collier Trophy for 1972. During
the campaign Mike served as a
B-52 Stratofortress pilot with the
Eighth, which is headquartered
at Andersen AFB, Guam. He is
assigned permanently to the 68th
Bomb Wing at Seymour Johnson
AFB, N.C.
’67 “ Frank Dubowskl is a real
estate broker in Jamaica, N.Y.
Robert Parks is chairman of the
Social Sciences Department with
the Broward County Schools. He
received the Masters from
Florida Atlantic University and
lives in Ft. Lauderdale. Richard
Stetson is plant industrial
engineer with Burlington In
dustries and lives in Oxford, N.C.
Thomas McLoughlin is a per
sonnel interviewer for Franklin
National Bank in New York City.
John Waters is a case worker in
Monmouth County, N.J., and
lives in Red Bank. Mike Daniels
stopped by when he was in
Charlotte for a seminar with his
company. Mutual of Ohio. He
and Reni and son Andy live in
Atlanta. A1 Santoro is a
Lieutenant in the Navy and is
head of data systems
programming at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. James Gerhold is
manager, mideast field research
and development, for Stauffer
Chemical Co. and lives in
Cranbury, N.J. He received the
Masters in Entomology from
Purdue University and has
credits toward the Ph.D. Joseph
Schall is assistant personnel
manager for Colonial Stores,
Inc. in Columbia, S.C.
Congratulations and best wishes
to Mickey Thompson and Roger
Estridge, who were married in
Belmont Abbey Cathedral July
21, and to David Wheeler and
Frances Suzanne Weeks, who
were married in St. Peter’s
Catholic Church, Columbia, S.C.,
July 28. Art Gazzo received the
Master of Arts in Soviet and East
European studies from Niagara
University on May 27.
Congratulations to Louise and
Paul Ford on the arrival of
Christine Elizabeth June 26.
Paul is loan officer with NCNB in
Greensboro, N.C.
’68 ~ Richard Kailer is a stock
broker with Merrill Lynch in
New York. Bob Cullen is district
sales manager for the Polaroid
Corporation in New Jersey.
James Ruppe teaches ninth
grade social sciences at Grier
Junior High School in Gastonia.
Jim Nissley is branch manager
and loan officer of Bank of
Virginia - Potomac and lives in
Woodbridge. Their first child,
Catherine Elizabeth, was born
August 13, 1972. Klllan Dias is
product engineer with the Singer
Company in Pendleton, S.C.
James Gagnon is in the per
sonnel department of the U.S.
Bimeau of Customs and lives in
Alexandria, Va. Julio Nolla is in
law school at Inter-American
University in Puerto Rico.
James Matthews is with the
Postal service in Whitestone,
N.Y. James Newgaard is
marketing representative of
Control Data Corporation and
lives in McLean, Va. Phil Kiefer
is a special agent with the U.S.
Secret Service and lives in
Ellicott City, Md. John Lynch is
assistant vice president of
Security National Bank and lives
in Kensington, Md. Thomas
McNamara is territory manager
of Baxter Laboratories in
Central Islip, N,Y. Gregory
Lowry is associate programmer
with IBM and lives in Lake
Hiawatha, N.J.
’69 - Calvin Arrowood is a CPA
with Butler & Stowe in Gastonia.
Shirley Arrowood, his wife, was
with the Employment Security
Commission in Gastonia until
she resigned to stay home with
their young son Marc. Michael
Fallon is working on his Masters
at the American University in
Washington, D.C. Burma Hill
Wooten teaches earth science in
the Charlotte - Mecklenburg
Schools and lives in Mt. Holly.
James Williamson is a free lance
writer in Knoxville, Tenn. He is
working on his Masters in Anglo-
Saxon philology at Vanderbilt.
Richard Salem is an attorney in
Tampa, Fla. Daniel Downs
teaches science in the elemen
tary school in St. Augustine, Fla.
Lt. James Cook is a training
officer in the Army stationed at
Ft. Bragg, N.C. Arthur Padula
is controller of American
National Housing Corporation in
St. Petersburg, Fla. Joseph
DeGance is an attorney in Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla. Richard
Marchltelll is real estate ap
praiser and consultant with
LaPinto & Marchitelli, Inc. in
West Babylon, N.Y. David
Archambeault is dispatcher,
customer service, DCP
department, with General
Electric and lives in
Waynesboro, Va. Vincent Knick
is a research scientist with
Burroughs Wellcome Co. and
lives in Cary, N.C. Michael
Orsinger owns Mike’s Welding
Service in McLean, Va. Ken
Todryk is division manager of
F.W. Woolworth Company in
Wisconsin Rapids, Wise. Darrell
Dore is assistant supervisor,
underwriting services, with
Continental Insurance com
panies in Charlotte. Louis Nappi
is operations manager of Sea
Land Service in Portsmouth,
Va. Robert Begglo is systems
analyst with National Clearing
Corporation and lives in
Bloomfield, N.J. George Fox is a
landscaper with New England
Landscaping Co. in Wilton, New
Hampshire. Bill Ficke is
manager of the service depart
ment with Allstate Insurance Co.
in White Plains, N.Y. Allan
Ehrich is working on his Masters
in finance at Fairleigh Dickin
son. John Schrenker, his wife
and three children, visited the
Abbey while he was on vacation.
He is a staff accountant with
W.O. Daley and Co. in Orlando,
Fla. Bert Bowman visited the
Abbey in July. He is a counselor
for Yadkin County (N.C.) public
schools and he and Susan and
their five children live in
Boonville. William Scholly
teaches at Rutledge Academy,
Rutledge, Ga. He received his
Masters in Social Science at the
University of Georgia. Stephen
Rltz is in plant management with
Blue Bell, Inc., Mr. Wrangler
Division, in Greensboro, and
lives in Franklin, N.C.
’70 - Frank Tassone has
graduated from the University of
Florida Law School and is
working for Daniel Naughton
Law Offices in Jacksonville, Fla.
(See Alumni, Page 8)