Evening star., 1937-06-06
G. Y. j. TO HONOR
/ SEVEN Alumni
l1augurates Custom of Con.
! ferring Achievement
Z Awards to Alumni.

sfnaugurating what is expected to
become an annual custom. George
Washington University will confer
alumni achievement awards on seven
OF It's alumni at the commencement
exercises Wednesday.
Those to receive the awards given
for excellence in profession and in
service to the University are Miss
May Paul Bradshaw, Harry G. Davis,
Frank A. Hornaday. Sarah T. Hughes,
Paca Oberlin. James NJ. Proctor and
Gordon Strong.
Miss Bradshaw is principal Of the
Roosevelt High School here and vice
president of the George Washington
General Alumni Association. She
took her A. B. at the university with
the class of 1909 and her masters
degree four years later.
Davis Was Board Member.
Davis. for many years member
and secretary of the university's board
of trustees and former alumni pres
ident, received his A. B. at George
Washington in 1878, his masters de-
gree in 1881, and an honorary L. H
D. in 1894
Hornaday, physician here. is also
past president of the alumni asso-
citation He took his B. S. with the
class of 1909, his NJ. D. year later
and his NJ S in 1920.
Judge Hughes is Judge of the
14th judicial district of Texas and
president Of the George Washington
Alumni Club of Dallas.
Oberlin is counsel for the Erie
Railroad Co. at Cleveland, Ohio. and
3 past president of the George Wash
;ngton alumni there. He took his
ILL. B. in 1903, his LII. M, a year later
and his M. Dip. the year after that.
He received his D. c. L. in 1911.
Proctor Is Justice Here.
Proctor, IL. B. with the class Of
1904 is associate justice of the Dis
trict Court of the United States for
the District Of Columbia and has also
headed the General Alumni Associa-
ton
Strong. Ii. B. In 1890 and LII. M
four years later is director of the
Strong Educational Foundation estab-
.lished in Chicago under the will of
the late Gen. Henry Strong and which
makes annual allotments to the uni
rersity for student loan scholarships.
He is past president of the university
alumni in Chicago.
The awards are made on recon-
mendation of the General Alumni
Association and will be conferred by
DR.. Cloyd H Marvin, president of
the university. The recipients will
be introduced by Charles S. Baker,
retiring president of the General
Alumni Association.
Hugh H. Clegg, assistant director
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, was elected president of the
General Alumni Association of George
Washington University at the organ
izations annual meeting last night
at the May1ower Hotel.
Other officers chosen were: Vice
tpresidents, Robert P. Smith, DR. w.
Raymond Thomas, Frank H. Weitzel,
DR.. Malcolm G. Gibbs. Miss Ida Lind,
William F. Roeser, DR.. Walton c.
John and DR.. Ralph l.. Morrison;
treasurer, Miss Roberta Wright; as
sistant secretary, Mrs, Martha B.
Gartrell, and executive secretary, Les
ter A. Smith,
AT a meeting Of the George Wash
ington Law Association. also held at
the Mayfower Hotel last night, E.
Hilton Jackson was reelected presi-
dent. Walter c. Clephane, Marryman
Dorsey and August H. Moran were
chosen vice presidents, and Charles
Oscar Berry, secretary treasurer.
Mary Agnes Brown, Paul Hannsh and
Dwight Taylor were elected to the
Executive Committee.