' UNIVERSITY f HOTRE W S Department of Public Information

James E* Murphy, D irector

For re lea se in A N s, Friday* June 19th

Notre Dame, Ind ., June la Rev# Robert P elt on, C#8.C$, has been appointed

head of the department of r e lig io n at the U niversity of Notre Dane, according to an

announcement today by Rev# Theodore M* Res burgh, 0*8*0., U niversity president*

He succeeds Rev# Roland Simomtsch, C .8.C ., ubo has headed the department

since 1954. Father Simonitsch r / i l l join the faculty a t the U niversity of Portland

(Ore.)

A native of Evanston, 111#, Father P elt on has sp ec ia lised in a s c e t ic a l

theology# He is a 1945 Motre Dane graduate and holds a doctorate in sacred theology

from The Angelico# in Rome. He taught a t Notre Dane during the 1949*50 school year

and has been a member of the facu lty continuously since 1953#

For several years Father Pelton has been a member of the planning committee

for the I n s t itu te of S p ir itu a lity held annually a t Notre Dane in August He i s

author of A Thomistie Conception of the S p ir itu a lity of the Catholic U niversity Lay

Student and the e d i to r of S p i r i tu a l D irection -** A Current Biblf.ogranny# lie i s a

member of th e American Catholic Theological Society and the Society of Catholic

College Teachers cf Sacred Doctrine#

In addition to h is teaching, Father Pelton has been a c tiv e in Latin*

American cultural a ffa irs# He is vice president of the Catholdc Committee on Inter*

American Student Problems as c e l l as chaplain to the Latin*Acerican Students a t

Notre Dame# He rr&s a delegate to the International Congress of Catholic Culture

and Uorid Peace at Ciudad T r u jil lo , Dominican Republic, in 1956#

The 38»yew-old r r ie s t has served as rector of Tadin, Cavanaugh and

l%orr1 ssoy Halls at ^otro D&mo#

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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of P ublic Inform ation

James E. Murphy, D irec to r

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For re le a se in AH's, Sunday, June 21st:w»nlwm>n» ....... mmmm m i w m t * --------------------r- - ,,. . .. j.ji

Notre Dame, In d ., June 20 — Three p r ie s ts who have served the Congregation

of Holy Cross a t o t a l of 150 years w ill observe th e golden anniversary of th e i r

o rd ination here next weekend.

The ju b i l ia r ia n s , a l l ordained in Sacred H eart Church a t the U niversity

of Notre Dame on June 26, 1909, are Rev. Eugene P. Burke, C .S .C ., 75, who r e t i r e d

from th e U niversity facu lty a t the close o f the school year; Rev. Cornelius J .

Hagerty, C.S.C., 73, chaplain to the Brothers of Holy Cross a t D ujarie H all here;

and Rev. Thomas P . Irv ing , C .S .C ., 78, re s id en t confessor a t Corby H all, the p r ie s t s 1

residence on the campus.

Father Buxke w ill mark h is golden jub ilee by o ffe rin g a Solemn Mass of

Thanksgiving in Sacred Heart Church Friday (June 26th) a t 9 a.m. Father Irv ing

w ill ce leb ra te h is ju b ilee Mass F riday (June 26th) a t 8 a.m. a t nearby S t , Mary's

College in the presence of h is two s i s t e r s , both members of the Congregation of the

H o ly Cross. Father Hagerty*s golden anniversary Mass w ill take place Sunday

(June 28th ) a t 11 a.m, in Sacred H eart Church. The sermon on th is occasion w ill be

delivered by Rev. Boleslaus Sztuczko, C .S.C., p as to r of S t , Hetiwige's Church, South

Bend,

The three ju b ila r ia n s w ill be honored by th e i r fe llow Holy Cross p r ie s ts

a t a banquet in the U niversity of Eotre Dane's n o rth d in ing h a ll Saturday (June 27th)

a t 6:i;5 p.m . Rev. Theodore J . Mehling, C .S .C ., p rov incia l superio r of the Holy

Cross F a th e rs ' Indiana Province, w ill p reside . The p r in c ip a l address w il l be given

by Rev, William Havey, C .S.C., asso c ia te p ro fesso r of philosophy a t the U niversity .

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Golden ju b i le e . .« 2

F ather Bur’® , a native of Chicago, was graduated from Notre Dame in 1906

a f te r he had helped e d it the f i r s t issue of the DOME, the U n iv e rs ity 's yearbook.

Following h is o rd in a tio n , he taught a t Koly Cross College, Washington, D. C ,, and

studied fo r h is doctorate which he received from th e Catholic U niversity of America

th e re . Father Burke f i r s t joined the Notre Dame fa c u lty in 191U fo r a five year

period and has been teaching English and re lig io n a t the U niversity continuously

since 193lu He i s a former p residen t o f the U niversity of Portland (O re.), and he

served as e d ito r of THE ARE MARIA, published a t Notre Dam, fo r f iv e years beginning

in 1928, F ather Burke composed the ly r ic s for one of Notre Dame's s p ir i te d fo o tb a ll

songs, "When the I r i s h Backs Go Marching By," Upon h is retirem ent from the fa c u lty

recen tly , he was appointed chaplain a t the S tu d en t's Infirm ary on the campus.

Born in South Bend, In d ., Father Eagerty also is a 1906 Notre Dame graduate.

A fter receiv ing a doctorate from the C atholic U n iversity of America in 1911, he

taugh t philosophy a t Notre Dame fo r ten years. He was a fa c u lty member a t th e

U niversity of Portland from 1921 to 192h and a t S t , Edward's U niversity , A ustin,

Tex. from 1926 to 1935. During the next eighteen years he taught courses in apolo-

g e tic s and dogma in Hot re Dame *s re lig io n department# He i s the author of a college

te x t in apologetics# Since 1953 Father Hagerty has been chaplain a t Bujarie H all,

the house of s tud ies o f th e Holy Cress Brothers a t Notre Dame#

Father Irv ing is a native of Glyman, Wisconsin# Graduated from Notre

Dame in 190h and awarded a doctorate in physics by th e C atholic U niversity of

America in 1909, Father Irv ing has spen t v ir tu a l ly h is en tire p r ie s t ly l i f e a t

Notre Dame# He served as d ire c to r of s tud ies a t Notre Dame during the 1919-20

school year and as vice p resid en t of the U niversity from 1922 to 1925* He has been

superior of Moreau Seminary (1921-22, 1925-31), Holy Cross Seminary (1912-19), the

Community House (193U-37) and the Community Infirm ary (1937-W) * For seven years,

from 1950 to 1957, he was a member of the P rovincial Council o f the H oly O^oss

F a th ers1 Indiana Province#

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James E. Murphy, D irector

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For re le a se in PM’s , Tuesday, June 23rd:WWWWK* m m » H W ' I K ■"»■— mmmm h » — » * mmrnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Notre Dame, In d ., June 23 — The s p i r i t of contemporary mathematics and

many of i t s ideas and concepts are incorporated in In troduction to A nalysis, a new* * m m . d p n m r n m m m m m m * ■ n - w u m u u r m m m m m *

college tex t by th ree U niversity of N otre Dame mathematicians.

The book, published by Ginn and Company, i s the f i r s t of a two-volur::e

sequence to be known as A Course in Mathematical A nalysis. I t presents elementary

analysis both as mathematics and as aft instrum ent of sc ien ce .

The authors are Dr. Norman B. Haaser, associa te p ro fessor of mathematics5

Dr. Joseph A. S u llivan , assoc ia te p ro fesso r of mathematicsj and Dr. Joseph P.

L aSalle, former professor of mathematics a t Notre Dame and now a member of the

Research In s t i tu te fo r Advanced Study, Baltimore, Md.

According to the au thors, th e next te x t i s designed to provide students

with a firm foundation in analysis and thereby enable them to continue th e i r mathe­

m atical education in various of the sp ec ia lized or basic f ie ld s of mathematics. I t

w ill also give them the mathematical tra in in g th a t i s a p re re q u is ite fo r th e i r basic

science and engineering courses.

Haaser taught a t Notre Dame during 19U6-U7 and has been a fa c u lty member

continuously since 1950. He i s a consu ltan t to th e Advanced Development L aborato ries,

Bendix Productions D ivision, Bendix A viation Corp. He holds an undergraduate and

m aster’s degree from Hotre Dame and a doctorate from Brown U niversity .

S u lliv an , a "o tre Dame fa c u lty member since 1950, w i l l be a v is i t in g

mathematics p ro fesso r a t Boston College during 1959-60. He has degrees from Boston

College, K, I , T ., and Indi-ma U niversity which awarded him a docto rate .

LaSalle was educated a t Louisiana S ta te U niversity and the C alifo rn ia

In s t i tu te of Teolmology where he received his Ph. D.

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For release in PM's, Thursday, June 25th:

Notre Dame, Ind., June 25 — The appointment of Dr. Harry 0. Saxe as head of the University of Notre Dame's department of civil engineering was announced today by Rev, Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., University president.

Saxe, who has been teaching at the University of Cincinnati since 1957, succeeds Prof, Walter Shilts, head of the department since 1938. Shilts will continue teaching civil engineering courses and will assume other responsibilities,

A specialist in structural theory and design and structural research techniques, Saxe formerly taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Florida. His professional affiliations include the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi and Chi Epsilon.

Saxe was born in Long Island City, N, Y., and took his undergraduate work in civil engineering at the City College of New York, He holds a master's degree from the University of Florida and a Doctor of Science degree from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.The 39-year-old engineer has served as a consultant and structural

engineer for several construction projects in the southeastern states. He was an aviation engineering officer and airport engineer with the U, S. Army diring World War II. He has contributed a number of articles to professional and industrial journals.

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UNIVERSITY OF NQT3B DAME Department of Public Information

James B. Murphy, D irec to r

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For immediate re le a se :

Notre Dame, In d ., June 27 — A U niversity of Notre Dame geologist and Ms

wife have teamed up to take co lor a e r ia l photographs of p a rt of S t . Joseph County

and the southwest MicMgan dunes area in a two-year research p ro je c t supported by the

U. S. Navy,

Dr. Erhard M. W inkler, assoc ia te p ro fesso r of geology, has been awarded a

,$6,500 grant by the O ffice of Naval Research to conduct th e study e n t i t le d " In te r ­

p re ta tio n of G lacial Deposits from Color A ir Photos." The Vienna-born s c ie n t is t is

photographing the area with sp e c ia l camouflage detec tion film provided by the Navy.

Mrs. Winkler, who has a commercial p i l o t 's c e r t i f i c a te , i s doing the precision f ly in g .

While v i r tu a l ly a l l of S t . Joseph County has been photographed in b lack

and w h ite , i t i s believed th a t Winkler’s film s M i l be the f i r s t extensive co lo r

photographs of the area. According to the Notre Dame g eo lo g is t, the special f ilm

w ill capture shades and hues of s o i l which would not show in standard ae ria l co lo r

photos. The co lo r v a ria tio n s , he explained, w ill in d ic a te d if fe re n t types of s o i ls

as well as th e p o ss ib le presence of underground w ater.

According to Winkler, th e g la c ia l deposits of tM s area are ty p ic a l of

th e northern g lac ia ted hemisphere includ ing northern Europe and northern Asia.

Consequently, i t may be possib le to generalize the re s u lts of Ms two-year study

to a ce rta in extent and apply them to other p a rts o f the w orld. Phenomenon

discovered in the a e r ia l photos, he sa id , w il l be confirmed l a t e r by d e ta ile d f i e ld

work,

Winkler jo ined the Notre Dame fa c u lty in 19i|B. He received a doctorate

from tho U niversity of Vienna in 19h$ and fo r th ree years was associa ted with the

In s t i tu te of Technology a t the Austrian c a p i ta l . He is a member of the Geological

S ociety of America and several o th e r p rofessional o rg an iza tio n s .end

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Department of PutiLio Information

James E. Murphy, Director

For release in AM's Tuesday. June 30th:

Notre Dame, Ind., June 29 — Three recent graduates of the University of

Notre Dane have been awarded grants to study abroad during the 1959-60 school year.

James L. Merz, Teaneck, N. J« (908 Lincoln Place), and Frank Hayden,

Memphis, Tenn. (877 L. Neptune St.,), have received Fulbright scholarships. Joseph

T. Nicholas, Gorham, New Harpshire (380 Main St.) is the recipient of a U. S.

educational exchange award under the Smith-Mundt Act.

A total of 51 grants for graduate study and research have been awarded to

members of Notre Dame's 1959 senior class md to graduate students currently*

enrolled at the University. Notre Dame's 22 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship winners

constitute the fifth largest group at any college or university in the nation.

Merz, who received a bachelor's degree in physics earlier this month,

will study physics at George August University, Goettingen, Germany. Earlier he

was awarded fellowships by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation md the Dan forth Foundation .

Hayden plans to study at the Institute of Fine Arts in Munich, Germany.

He received a master of fine arts degree from Notre Dame at the June commencement.

Nicholas, also a member of this year's senior class, will take Latin

American studies at the University of El Salvador in that country.

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HEWS RELEASES TOR JTJHB, 1959

6/18/59 Appointment of Rev. Pel too ,0 .8 .0 ., to head ofreligion dept.

59/177 6/20/59 Golden anniversary of Fathers Burke, Hagerty and Irving

6/23/59 Math te x t book 'Introduction to Ana/lysis by Profs,Haaser, Sullivan and LaSalle.

59/182

6/25/59 Appointment of Dr. Harry G. Saxe to head ofc iv il engineering dept.

6 / /59

6/27/59

6/29/59

Father Jo|m O'BrienN honorary Doctor of Law degreeColor

Dr. Winkler' a /ae ria l photographs of S t. Joseph County

Fulbright scholars hips. Three N.D. graduates awarded grants to study abroad.