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ELIZABETH
VOLUME
APRIL. 1968
NUMBER 6
''Youth And The Future” Meet President-Elect,
Dr. Marion Thorpe
In its March 19 meet
ing, the Elizabeth City
State College Board of
Trustees elected Dr„
Marion Thorpe as the next
president. His term is to
start officially July 1,
however, upon invitation
he will meet the College
family June 1. The youth
ful 36 year old scholar
is now Vice-President of
Central State University
in V.'ilberforce, Ohio.
Dr. Thorpe brings with
him one of the most color
ful backgrounds an educa
tor could claim. Last year
during our Diamond Jubi
lee Celebrations, he was
a guest speaker repre
senting the North Caro
lina Board of Higher Edu
cation. In 1966, Dr.
Thorpe served Ix)th as
Manpower Development
Officer and leader of the
Job Development I'ask
Force for the United
States Department of La
bor. From December,
1965 through September,
1966, President-elect
Thorpe was Director for
Fields of the Neighbor
hood Youth Corps.
As an experienced
teacher Dr. I'horpe was
employed as Assistant In
structor of I'ducational
Psychology, Graduate
Assistant for NDEA and
Foundations of Education
all atM ichigan State.Then
from June, 1961 to April
1965, he held the posi
tion of Assistant Profes
sor and Associate Pro
fessor of Psychology.
Dr. Marion D. Thorpe
was born in Durham
where he later attended
Hillside High School un
til graduating in 1950.
I'here upon graduation he
entered North Carolina
College but “Air Force
Blue’ interrupted his
college career from June,
1952 through June 1956.
During his military ser
vice, President - elect
Thorpe was Military
Drum Major, a most fla
vorful toast to his var
ied experiences. Return
ing to North Carolina Col
lege in June, 1956 he made
his concentrations Psy
chology and Education,
thereby, in 1958 Dr.
Thorpe graduated Cum
Laude receiving both the
B. A, and M. A. degrees
in Psychology. In June
1961 he was awarded the
Ph. D, in Administrative
and F,ducation Services
from Michigan State Un
iversity. Dr. Thorpe con
tinued his quest with post
graduate study at the
United States Merchant
Marine Academy, Execu
Dr. Marlon Thorpe
tive Seminar Center.
North Carolina College
utilized his talents and
helped him bloom in many
facets. For instance , he
was a member and As
sistant Director of the
North Carolina College
Band, the Echo’s manag
ing editor, trainee to the
“Eagle” football team,
an intramural basketball
player and in September
of 1961 Chairman of the
Interim Committee on
Psychology. The next
year. Dr, Thrope was ap
pointed Dean of Students
and served in the position
until April, 1965.
Among his academic
memberships. Dr. Thorpe
includes the American
Personnel and Guidance
Association, the North
Carolina Psychological
Association, Ad Hoc Ser
vice , State Committee
on Health Careers of the
North Carolina League for
Nursing and Phi Delta
Kappa.
His life has not gone
without reward and orna
ments. Among the honors
received for his services
to mankind. President -
clect Thorpe includes Al
pha Kappa Mu Honor So
ciety, Psi Chi National
Psychology Honorary So
ciety, White House Fel
lows, invited to partici
pate in the regional finals
in 1965, Honorary Gene
ral, State of West Vir
ginia, 1966; and Honor
ary Citizen, Kentucky,
1966.
GREEK NUS
Epsilon Alpha Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi an
nounced their list of in
ductees for the fall term.
Eight young men were ini
tiated into the Scroller’s
Club of Kappa Alpha Psi.
Their induction was held
just before the Spring
Break.
The Pledgees were
Billy Joe Reid, Grover
Armstead, Oliver Har
rison, Richard Francis,
George Stanley, Willie
Stewart, Hubert Moorer,
and Charles Hicks.
President of the Scrol
ler’s Club is Billy Joe
Reid. Willie Stewart,Vice
President; George Stan
ley, Secretary; and Rich
ard Francis, Treasurer.
Congratulations gen
tlemen. All of you are to
be comTiended for your
undertakings. The best of
luck!
ECSC Professor
Lectures In Moscow
Russian scientists have
invited an Elizabeth City
State College Negro bi
ology professor to lecture
at the University of Mos
cow August 9-11.
The recipient is Dr.
Herman G. Cooke, who
holds degrees from Vir
ginia State College, The
University of Pennsyl
vania, and the University
of Wisconsin.
Occasion for the Mos
cow invitation is the
meeting of the Interna
tional Zoological and En
tomological Symposium
on Chironomid Research,
with the famed Russian
Scientist, Dr. N. J. Soko
lova, presiding.
Dr. Cooke first gained
attention of world renown
scholars in August, 1963,
at the International Sym
posium on Lim’nology at
the University of Wiscon
sin. There his original
Chironomid research was
recognized by Dr. Ernest
Palmer, of Finland, and
Dr.. Ernest Fittkau, of
Germany,
In August 1967, Doctors
Palmer and Fittkau, re
cognizing Dr. Cooke’s
scholarly attainments and
research, invited him to
lecture at the Internation
al Symposium of Ecolog
ical and Zoological Re
search in Helsinki, Fin
land,
While abroad Dr. Cooke
was privileged to study
four weeks at the famous
Thienemann’s Research
Center, Max - Planck -
Institute for Hydrobiolo
gy at Plon, Germany.Dur
ing his research at Plon,
he established a new spe
cies of Chironomid, which
was added to the world’s
zoological nomenclature
by the committee. Dr.
Cooke’s new species
bears the name Ababsem-
yia cookie.
In Finland, Dr. Cooke
and other members of his
scientific delegation were
entertained in the Admin
istration Building of the
King’s Palace. Before re
turning to America, he
visited Oslo, Stockholm,
Liege, Belgium, Copen
hagen, Hamburg, Bre
men, Luxenbourg, and
Paris.
Because Russian Scien
tist Sokolova and his as
sociates were favorably
impressed by Dr. Cooke’s
1967 lectures and re-
Dr. Herman Cooke
search in Finland and
Germany, they arranged
for him no perform sim
ilar services in Russia
in 1968.
After his visit to Rus
sia, Dr. Cooke will con
sider journeying to other
countries whose scien
tists, when he was abroad
in 1967, asked him to so
journ in their lands at
his earliest convenience.
Some scientists inviting
Dr. Cooke to visit their
research centers, includ
ed Dr. J. Kugler, Tel-
Aviv Unitersity, Israel;
Dr. H. Hashimoto, Tokyo
Kyoiku University, Japan;
and Dr. F. Freeman,
British Museum of Nat
ural History, London.
Within the last five
years Dr. Cooke has
published the following
monographs: “The Im
mature Tendipedidae
(Chironomidae) Flarbor-
ing Streams of Wiscon
sin,” 1962; “The Ecol
ogy and Life Histories of
Tendipedidae (Chirono
midae) Inhabiting Deep
Lakes of Wisconsin,”
1964; “The Im mature
Tendipedids of Subfamily
Peloplines (Tanytarus) in
the Vicinity of Madison,
Wisconsin,” 1965; “Re
currence of a Tail Mu
tation in the Rat,” 1965;
“Taxonomy of Immature
Tendipedids of Germs
Tanytarus of Wisconsin,”
1966; and “The Mining
Tandipedids,” 1967.
At its golden anniver
sary December 11, 1966,
Elizabeth City State Col
lege, through its presi
dent, Dr. Walter N. Rid
ley, awarded Dr. Cooke a
citation for eminent re
search, notable scholar
ship, and internationally
recognized ecological
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