Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, September 28, 1961, page 10 (of 24)
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Dr. Muskat Too Active To Retire
DR. MUSKAT Dr. Irving E. Muskat, vice president for research of the University of Miami, was born Dec. 25, 1905. He grew up in Marietta, Ohio, attending schools there and being graduated from Marietta College in 1929 with his AB degree. He then took graduate work at the University of Chicago, obtaining his MS in 1925 and his PhD. in chemistry in 1927. Dr. Muskat remained at the University of Chicago as a faculty member until 1934. During this period he served as director of chemical exhibits at the Century of Progress Exposition, where he met and formed a lasting friendship with Dr. Jay F. W. Pearson, UM president. After further study as a national research fellow at the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Muskat served for a year as director of refining research for the Gulf Oil Corporation, then became research director for the Columbia Chemical division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, from 1936 to 1942. In 1942 he organized and became president of the Marco Chemical Company of Linden, N.J., which he headed until it was sold to the Celanese Corporation of America in 1953. Dr. Muskat stayed with the purchasing company in an advisory capacity for several years. In 1955, Dr. Muskat came to Miami to retire from active business, but continued his association with a number of industries in New York, Detroit and Chicago. It was not long before he organized the Elkin Chemical Company, on UM's South Campus, to do research in synthetic resins and plastics. In 1959 he sold his company's patent rights to the Texas Butadiene and Chemical Corporation. During World War II, Dr. Muskat was actively engaged in classified work for the U.S. government. Dr. Muskat is a member of a number of scientific societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Institute of Chemical Engineers and the London Chemical Society. He and Mrs. Muskat reside in a home which they built at 4975 North Kendall Drive. They are the parents of two daughters.
Students Also Bring Cash Along
Student spending accounts for $12 million spent annually in the Miami area according to Jack Bohlen, UM Development Director. The average student who resides in Dade County spends $937 while those from out of town average approximately $2,000 a year. In addition to this, 70 per cent of the out of town students' parents visit them for an average stay of 10 days each year. Their average expenditures in addition to their hotel or motel accommodations is $15 per day. The university stimulates local tourist trade in other ways as well. Participants in the eight sponsored conferences such as the Tax Conference and the Police Administration Conference, spend over $100,000 each year. Visitors to football games and other athletic and cultural events spent over $200,000 last year.
Gableite Is New Head Of Keyes Co.
J. M. Vroon, Gableite and long-time executive of the Keyes real estate organization, has been promoted from vice president to president of Keyes Realty Cos. of Miami. He and Mrs. Vroon, who have three daughters, live at 1541 Salvatierra Dr. Kenneth S. Keyes, founder of the company and who simultaneously moved up to chairman of the board, said of Vroon's promotion: "As vice president and treasurer of our firm, he has for many years supervised the full operation of our companies in my absence . . . It is logical, therefore, that Mr. Vroon step up to the presidency of the company at a time when we are blueprinting its future growth and expansion." Vroon, 56, is a native of Holland and came to this country as a youth. Reared in Michigan, he moved to Miami in 1934 and joined the Keyes organization as treasurer in 1947.
School Notes SW School Paper Wins Honor
By JOY CHERRY Correspondent The award-winning Southwest High School Lancer has received the title of "All American" which is the highest rating given by the National Scholastic Press Association to a high school publication. The Lancer is one of seven in the country, serving a school with an enrollment above 2,000, awarded this recognition. Last spring, the Lancer received the "Medalist" rating, which is the top achievement a school newspaper can obtain from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Heading the Lancer staff this year is editor Kathy Valletta, last year's feature editor. Joy Cherry is associate editor. Maureen Alberts and Sandra Peyser, feature editors were reporters and wrote features while on last year's staff. Sherre Colvin is literary editor while Steve Berlinsky, last year's business manager now sells ads. New staff members are news editor, Patsye Doyle; ex-change editor, Marybeth Dittemore; business manager, Kenneth Golden; Advertising manager, Rosalind Yagman; circulation manager, Adrian Schwartz; Feature writer, Connie Feltham; reporters, Joanne Glass, Martha Zamorano, and Carolyn O'Malley. Several staff members will be attending the Florida Scholastic Press Association District Conference in Hollywood, Fla. Sept. 30. They are Patsye Doyle, Connie Feltham, Shari Hirsh, Steve Berlinsky, Rosalind Yagman, Carolyn O'Malley, Marybeth Dittemore, Kathy Valletta and Joy Cherry. EARN WHILE LEARN Southwesterners are finding out this year that work can pay by attending classes at school from 7:30 to 1:15, then working at various jobs in the Miami area. Participating in the Distributive Education program are Robert McCoy, William Hansen, Connie Everhart, Betty Faxon, Michael Calendano. Others include Richard Lax, James Visconte, Barbara Zannino, Stanley Farber, Mike Drunker and George Drobnie. D. E. students will have a special advantage this year by working under the direction of Myron W. Rice, who is top man in his field. Rice is the Dade County Distributive Education Coordinator, president of the Florida Distributive Coordinators, and vice-president of the Florida Cooperative Education Coordinators. SOUTHWEST ALUMNI Southwest alumni Francis J. Wright Jr. was one of 410 who achieved the highest scores in a Coast Guard Academy examination taken by 4,277. "The success which this young man experienced on the Coast Guard Academy entrance examination is proof that the standards of your school are of the highest, and it is sincerely hoped that other qualified students from your institution will want to make the Coast Guard a career," wrote Lt. Comdr. A. B. Howe, U.S. Coast Guard, in a letter to Southwest principal Dr. Lee A. Aber. U.N. CLUB Members of the Southwest United Nations Club will usher at a public meeting of the Coral Gables U.N. Associations October 12, in Beaumount Hall, University of Miami Campus at 8 p.m. Florida congressman Dante Fascell will speak on the topic "The United Nations and the United States." A few of the members participating in the United Nations Week program are Ephraim Newmark, Leslie Forrest, Victor Thieling, Gordon Jobe, Janet Bieble and Sharon Campbell.
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