News Scrapbook 1958-1961

s3:ffi~hMlJ~it#¼l Gets Treatise By Dr. W asel • The British Interplanetary Society has honored Dr, Albert D. Wasel, chairman O{ the Di• vision ot Mathematica and N11t- ural ScleRl'e& a.t the U;n.ive1•sity of San Diego, by acctptuig for publlcatlon hi~ treatise, "Orbi- tal Elements, Traje,:tory Simu- lation, and Prediction for Earth Satellites," Dr. WIU!el's theo1-y nf the prediction of satelltte patha has been tested on large-~cale digi- tal computing machine~ In the Mi sslles and Space Dfri sion of LockhePd Aircraft, Palo Alto, 1 Callf., and ha8 bPP!l fonnct ef- fective for dry-run t"ting of satellites. The British Interplanetary So~lety, whose headquarters are in London, will publish the re- search In a forthcoming ls2ue of Its bl-monthly Journal. Dr. W1111el, of 8373 EI Paseo Grande, La Jolla, Is a Stanford graduate. He was a naval air navigator In World War TI ~ncl later & professor of astronomy at Stanford and at Santa C!:Ia,·a. He epent three y~ar11 ln i,pace mechanics re~earch with Lock- heed before accepllng his pres• ent post at the Unlver~ifv f San Diego.

wice e ly At USD 1 D Roman Schmitt, 8 nu• He was one of the first sci-I clea~ chemist at the General enlists to Join General Atom- Atomic division ot General ic when it wa founded In D y n amics ;/8"'1!111~ 1936. Corp., Wlll he 1 -=-~-

a part - time r ulty m m- bi,r '-1t the i.; m• ver lty or San Diego's pring sem" ter. Schml will teach a twice• a week eours in qualitative anal} is hC'-

Sd,mltt inning Tu sdny, the V e r ? Rev. Russell Wilson, presi- dent o! the university's Col- lege for Men, announced. I St hmitt, 34, received a clo<:- tor's clf'gree In nucl~ar ch<:fi!· lstry at the University aI Chi- cago In 1953 and ~pent three years at thf' UmvPrsit, in Illinoi!! in re enrch on ura~1- um hs, ion and thor1um-m- duced high ener y X-ray~.

Pioneers Win, Face

usff't1fnqli€f( 40 Church Quintet Univer-stt)' ot Sa!l J)1ego cager la t night nipped United Breth1 en, 'i0-69, in .\1u- r.icipal Gym. Jim F!l'ming and John Ha. p er pac d the , ictors with 19 and 16 po nt<, re peUi\ e; C D olfk als 1cpo ted t a a i;ame s.:heduled tomo.ro, night \\ ,th Ohio ::itate L I' ln.st1 11ce I ad bl'er cancel d Y. e lJSD 11\e , 1 I m r LovoJ.i at Lo• Angel dav 1 i;:ht and Saturda; mo 0\ er to "an Fel nando a :;ame \\Ith Sa 1 Fe 1 ::;tat United lrtthrtn (OJ U5D (10) GFPT Slpmori 1 2 Cra e ~~~la'dor ff •J ~1)~! 0 ca G1Jcnr t 6 1 3 ,~ r MCMlen 10.002D~ mn • Werner 5 .i. 4 t• Ba

Dr Roman Schmitt, a nu- clear chemist at the General Atomic Dhision of General Dynamic• Corp., will be a part-time faculty member at the University of San Diego's College for Men, Very Rev. Russell Wilson, College for Men president, announced, Father Wilson expressed his gratitude to General Atomic officie.Ia for rele,qlng Dr. Schmitt on a part-time basis to teach a chemistry course In qualitative analysis twice a week. Dr. Schmitt, 34, was awe.rd• ed a doctor's degree In nu- clear chemistry e.t the Uni• veniity of Chicago in 1953. He spent three yMrs at the University of Illlnois ln ape• c1el research on uranium f1s- slon and thorium • Induced high energy X-rays. He was one of the first 1c!entlsts to join General Atomic when It was founded In 1958. Dr. Schmitt gave his first lecture at the college Tues- day, the day after the start of the sprang seme t<>r, He will work ,.ith Dr. RI -hard p Phllltps, chairman of the Department of Natural Sci• ces, a d Dr Albert D, Wasel chalnnan of the Divi- of Mathematics and Science.

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Stl Pioneers Cop Close Win

L.A. State Routs • 1oneers, 124-75 $pedol to The 5an DIH0 Union LOS A.'\IGl~LES, 1-'<>h. 4 A hand of sharpshooLers repre- i,; 1 ting l,<.1s Angc>lt's Sta(,, riddlrd Univf'rsity of San Diego's bask<'Lba!l ll"am, 121-'i,i, hem• tonight

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cagers no~ed out United Brethren, 70-69, in Municipal Gym last night as the Pio- neers warmed up for week- end games. They play Loyo- la Frldarnight and San Fer- nando State the following evening, both tilts to be away from home. Jim Fleming paced last nlght's win with 19 points, three more than John Harper bagged. The Pioneers' tilt wltll Ohio State Life Insur- ance tomorrow night ha s been called of!. Summary: Unlttd Brothii ~,.,. USO (ID) i1tr;;:7 l ,l SCNODOr 3 l O ' A. '-Nicol G lchrist (, 'J 3 ,, Harper McMJl1~ra 10 0 I) lG Fle,n,k,g; Werntr S , ' 1.( i°ri!~~s Podrwskl r.=nm. •'usJotii! s,t111 "" 32. GFPT J I 2 l -' J O 11 1 ¥ ! 1l I 3, 19 1 0 l l 2 ! 0 5 2 0 2 4 :,o 1a 1, 10 Un It ad FrN lllrows ,,,,...d, UB 1 Schnell, 1, Sctllcdor, 1, Gllchrl.st, 1, Wttner, 2. USO -Crove-ns, 1, Fleming; •~· --~-

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Pioneers Find

USO Loses Two ore !&k~}°' asketbal! Pioneers are get-• ting ·popular ln the Los An- geles area - but the USD troops don't care tor the feeling. The Pioneers who haven't won in Los Angeles in over a year, suffered two more setbacks there over the week- en~, losing to Loyola, 63-57, Friday night and then to San ernando Slate Saturday 76- 6 - , ,. . And there seems little re- 1et ahead for the Pione..rs as they play tough Marine Corps Recruit Depot tomor. row night in Point Lf>mil High ym, USO plays Cal We tern Sat. rday night in JI< ion Bay gh gym. Summarl': USO UtTl San Fernando (76] GFPT GFPT 0 3 " Powers 8 3 .: 19 0 1 1 l Stringer 2 Cl 5 4 -' 7 -' 15 Harnack ,1 , J lo 2 6 2 10 McMullen J 3 7 1 O O 2 Ma!

n's three-game v, Inning atreak 'nent by the hoard1 In Orange whPn Chap m n ('oil e protrctcd a two- year hnme win Ing itreak w th an 8.'i-54, I ory. Meanwhl the Pioneers av!! !..o~o,a'~ Ulm~ a terrlt le batllr. at PlaJ a Del Rry btlore dropp rg a 6~ 57 deri- B on, ThP. Pwn rs led at the hnlf 0-29 but the L ions roa "d In the !, st halt to t11ke t b tter y • fou ht el'g11ge- mf"lt. J m F'- r Ing I

r. Wasel Professor's Treatise Slated_ for Publication A treatise by Dr. Albert D, ford and at Santa Clara- He Wasel, 8375 El Paseo Grande, spent three years in space me- La Jolla, w-n be pur<:based by chanics research with Lock- the British Interplanetary So- heed before accepting his pres- ciety. Dr. Wasel is chairman ent post at tlle University of of the division of mathema- San Diego. Iles and natural S{;lences at the University of San Diego.