The Founding of Penn State Behrend

1957 Erie Advisory Board Behrend Center

The information below was remixed from the original source. This data is what we have collected so far:

Officers: Name Company Title Dates Associated HomeBusiness Letter List
President: Guy W. Wilson Gen*l. Mgr. L&CE April 8, 1953, 6/6/57 4145 Beach Ave.,Erie, Pa.
 General Electric Co.
    Vice-President William hamilton, Jr. May 1955 315 W. 40 St.,Erie, Pa.
    		 Hamilton Lumber Co.
    959 W. 12 St.,Erie, Pa.
      Secretary: Allyn Write Vice President 6/6/57 333 W. 7 St.,Erie, Pa.
      		 Reed Mfg. Co.
      1425 W. St.,Erie, Pa.
        Treasurer: Bertram E. Claridge. Vice President 6/6/57 R. D. 1, Wolf Rd.,Erie, Pa.
        		 Hammermill Paper Co.
          Mrs. Mary B. Behrend 21 W. Putnam Ave.Greenwich, Conn.
          Edwin W. Nick 2020 S. Shore Dr.,Erie, Pa.
            Attorney-at-Law W. Pitt Gifford 2166 S. Shore Dr.,Erie, Pa. 615 Masonic Bldg.
              President Jerry C. Stokes 1953, nov. 1953 1126 Hilltop Rd.,Erie, Pa.
              		 Perry Plastics, Inc.
              3409 W. 14 St.,Erie, Pa.
                President N. A. Carlson 4030 Coohran St.,Erie, Pa.
                		 Erie Motor Systems
                2420 Pearl Ave.,Erie, Pa.
                  Retired H. C. Mitchall 917 W. 6 St.,Erie, Pa.
                    William M. Conner 1953 1135 Chestnut Hill. Dr.,Erie, Pa.
                      Retired H/L/R Emmet R.D. 4, Arbuckle Rd.,Erie, Pa.
                        Pres. Ellis T. Knobloch Gen*l Mgr. 230 Superior Av.,Erie, Pa.
                        		 Union Iron Works
                        1500 Cascade St.,Erie, Pa.
                          Secretary_Executive Dir. Howard L. Kelly 1953 218 Gridley Ave.,Erie, Pa.
                          		 Mfgrs. Assoc. of Erie
                          404 Ariel Bldg.,Erie, Pa.
                            Mrs. Harold S. Ogden 1937 S. Shore Drive,Erie,Pa.
                              Mrs. C. Dean Klahr 1608 S. Shore Drive,Erie,Pa.
                                Ex-Officier: Mr. E. L. Keller Director General
                                  Administrative Head Mr. Irvin H. Kochel

                                  A list of all active and retired Behrend Center Advisory Board members as of an unspecified date in 1957. Contains contact information for all active members. The stongs of numbers tied to each member appear to be phone numbers, though they do not line up with the current pattern for phone numbers.

                                  Some people mentioned in the papers are not members of the advisory board. These include: Henry August Althof, who was Vice President of vice president of the Henry Althof's Sons Company, a manufacturing company in Erie, PA. His son, Richard H. Althof signed an invoice made by the family's company, represented in this archive.

                                  Henry August Althof is mentioned:

                                  Richard H. Althof is mentioned:

                                  One very important person mentioned in the letters is Louis Whiteside Balmer, who was Penn State Behrend’s first chemistry professor.

                                  Louis Whiteside Balmer is mentioned: