| Commemoration of the Section's 50th Anniversary |
On March 27, 1963, Section President C. Martin Duke called together fourteen past presidents of the Los Angeles Section of ASCE to discuss alternatives for commemorating the founding of the section. Wallace L. Chadwick was asked to prepare ideas for development into a program to be carried out by the regular officers and committees. The Section program committees, under the chairmanship of Jack W. Pearce, worked together for the following year to develop the programs. During this time, the 50th Anniversary Observance Committee was formed, which was comprised of the following members:
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| Wallace L. Chadwick |
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Honorary Chairman, Director, District 11, ASCE |
| Jack W. Pierce |
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General Chairman, Past President, Los Angeles Section |
| Norman B. Hume |
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President, Los Angeles Section |
| C. Martin Duke |
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Past President, Los Angeles Section |
| George W. Adrian |
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Secretary, Los Angeles Section |
| Walter H. Cates |
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Chairman, Financial Committee |
| Robert Chieruzzi |
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Chairman, Engineering Education Committee |
| Robert Y.D. Chun |
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Chairman, Publication Committee |
| Pearce Godley |
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Chairman, Reception Committee |
| Edward A. LaBahn |
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Chairman, Public Relations and Publicity Committee |
| John D. Parkhurst |
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Chairman, Program Committee |
| Arthur G. Pickett |
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Chairman, Student Activities Committee |
| Joseph Siegel |
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Chairman, Arrangements Committee |
| James W. McWee |
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President, Associate Member Forum |
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Also appointed at that time was the 50th Anniversary Publication Sub-Committee, whose charge was to publish a pamphlet recording the commemoration activities. The following persons served on the committee:
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| Robert Y.D. Chun |
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Chairman of Publications Committee |
| Roger E. Stephenson |
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Vice Chairman of Publications Committee |
| LeVal Lund |
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Advisor to Publications Committee |
| Kenneth Richard Putnam |
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| Richard A. Harris |
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| Barry R. Schilberg |
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Layout Artist |
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The observance programs developed by the committees resulted in the commemoration being carried out in three stages:
(1) A general evening meeting on the anniversary date in December, 1963;
(2) An evening meeting for high school students and their counsellors in March, 1964, and
(3) An all-day meeting in May, 1964.
The general meeting in December, 1963, was convened under President Duke's administration, and the latter two under that of President Norman B. Hume.
The following Table of Contents, scanned from the 50th Annivarsary pamphlet, gives an overview of the activities comprising the commemoration. A CD containing scanned images of each page of the pamphlet is available upon request by sending an email to the History & Heritage webmaster from the Homepage of this site.
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