Phi Kappa Phi - Class of 1953: (first row)Louise (Rice) Dandelske, Margaret (Rockwood) Grimley, Maureen (Egan) Siino, Maria (Davenport) Williams, Joanne Filar; (second row) Luther Smith, Jr., Theodore Covert, Ralph Levitt.

ISOGON - The Senior Women's Honor Group.
(standing) Sally (Cande) Barber, Sonya (Anderson) Bergquist, Beverly (Sanford) Gray, Barbara Clifford;(sitting) Rosemary Quinn, Carol (Smith) Resnick, Nancy (Meader) Davidson, G. Elaine Norcross, Elinore (Mason) Escherich.

Our "Roiser Doisters" on stage. From left: Al "Bibs" Taylor, Peter (Mario) Bruni, Anna (Grant) Sibley (?), and Bettina (Hollis) Lussier.
(please correct me via "Contact Window" at bottom of Home Page if names are not correct)

ADELPHIA - Senior Men's Honor Society
(standing) Frank Donovan, Glenn Barber, Bill Graham
(sitting) Dave Baker, Dave Flood, Bill Whitmore, Milt Neusner, Alan Shuman.

Milt Neusner and Bob "Knobby" Nolan taking orders
for 1953 Class rings at the "C" Store.

The "Boys of Butterfield," including George Delaney ('52, cashier) and Herb Saunders ('53, milk duty) working at Butterfield's cafeteria.

Herb Sostek and Bob Pollock '54 - going for the strike in inter-fraternity bowling competition.

Thanks to Dave Cave (that's him circled,with the caption "me"), here's a photo of a military science "class" conducted somewhere in the woods near Amherst. Other recognizable people are Dave Flood (white sweatshirt), Warren Wilson (leaning on sign), and Myles Richmond (leaning on tank). Anyone else you can identify? Let us know at dmpflood31@aol.com.

Quarterback Noel Reebenacker (No. 21) taking the ball himself on a quarterback sneak into the end zone!

Our Veep - Gigi Howland (No. 11) taking the ball into "paydirt!" He is still carrying the ball well - helping to coordinate the Class of 1953 50th Reunion Committee!

WMUA Station Manager Frank Donovan interviewing Pat Carroll "On The Air."

This photo commemorates the formal inauguration of FM broadcasting by WMUA - 91.1 FM.
UMass President Ralph Van Meter is presenting WMUA's Station Manager Frank Donovan with the FCC license to operate WMUA as a new FM station (sometime late 1952 or early 1953).
Prior to that, WMUA operated, since its inception in 1949, at 640 AM on the dial via "carrier current" (i.e., the radio signal was impressed upon and carried via the regular 110 volt AC power lines). A small fire in the old transmitter ended that, and WMUA's Faculty Advisor, Prof. W. B. Smith of the UMass Engineering Department obtained a second-hand 10-watt FM transmitter from WESU at Emerson College in Boston. Joe Larson was WMUA's student-Chief Engineer at the time. Joe is now a professor at UMass Amherst.
Note: photos and explanatory text contributed by Frank Donovan.

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Note: if anyone can send me class photos (via e-mail or regular mail) that they would like to see on this page, please do so! I'll try my best to get them on. It would help if you can send me a caption to go with the photo. I'll be glad to return the photo if you so indicate. Dave.
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