Newsletter from Lycoming College, May 1958

              Newsletter From
COMIN VOLUME 11 — NUMBER 2 MAY 1958
1958
ALUMNI
WEEKEND
SCHEDULE
HONORARY DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED
ALUMNUS FIRST RECIPIENT
DOCTOR OF LAWS DEGREE
Mr. Robert F. Rich was born on June 23, 1883, at
Woolrich, Pennsylvania. He attended Mereersburg
Academy in 1902 and was graduated from Dickinson
Seminary in 1903. He received his Bachelor of Sci-ence
degree from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Penn-sylvania.
He was in the class of 1907 at Dickinson
and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
ROBERT FLEMING RICH
Mr. Rich, who served nine terms in Congress, is
probably best known nationally for the expression
which became his trademark while in Washington,
"Where are you going to get the money?" He was
elected to Congress with a large majority from the
Sixteenth District to fill the unexpired term of Edgar
R. Kiess whose death occurred in 1931.
Mr. Rich succeeded his father, M. B. Rich, as
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Williamsport-
Dickinson Junior College after his father's death in
1931. He has continued to serve Lycoming College
in the same capacity. His present position with the
Woolrich Woolen XI ills in Woolrich, Pennsylvania, is
that of Vice President and Treasurer. He is President
of the Avis State Bank of Clinton County, and an
officer or director of the following:
Dickinson College
The Methodist Home for Children
Pearce Manufacturing Company
Chatham Water Company
Lock Haven Trust Company
During all of his adult life, Mr. Rich lias been an
active churchman. At the Woolrich Community
FIVE HONORED AT
110th COMMENCEMENT
At the 110th Annual Commencement of Lycoming
College on June 8, 1958, five honorary degrees will
be conferred. Having been granted the authority by
the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction,
two of the honorary degrees will be conferred for the
first time; they are Doctor of Humane Letters and
Doctor of Laws.
It is significant that the first Doctor of Laws De-gree
should be conferred on an alumnus, The Honor-able
Robert F. Rich. He was elected Chairman of
the Board of Directors of Williamsport-Diekinson
Junior College in 1931 and has continued to serve
Lycoming College in the same capacity. Also receiv-ing
the Doctor of Laws Degree is George Shuman,
Jr., Financial Vice-President and Treasurer of Dickin-son
College.
Bunche Commencement Speaker
The Commencement speaker, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche,
Under-Secretary Without Department, United Na-tions,
will be the first person to receive the honorary
degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, from Lycoming
College. The Doctor of Divinity Degree will be con-ferred
on the Rev. Howard T. Brinton, a missionary
of The Methodist Church who returns to the Belgian
Congo later this year. Mr. William T. Piper, Presi-dent
and Chairman of the Roard of the Piper Aircraft
Corporation, will be the recipient of the degree,
Doctor of Humanities.
HOMECOMING WEEKEND
OCTOBER 18, 1958
Church he is President of the Board of Trustees. He
lias served as lay delegate to the Central Pennsyl-vania
Conference of The Methodist Church. He has
also been a member ol the Jurisdictional Conference
as well.
Over the years, one ot the most generous and
consistent benefactors ot Lycoming College lias been
Robert F. Rich.