The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-18

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 Capt. Strome was born in Wilkes Barre, Pa, of an old colonial fam fly that has been represented in the nations armies since the earliest Colonial-India Wars. He is de- scendant of Gen. Joseph Warren, who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill. An uncle, Major Gen. eral Charles Bowman Dougherty, was commander of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps dur ing the Spanish American War and was for many years division com mander of the National Guard of Pennsylvania. A cousin, Colonel Charles Bowman Dougher, WesSS Point '32, is currently one of the youngest colonels in the air forces of the army.
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 Capt. Strome entered Holy Cross in 1919 at the conclusion of 16 months of service in the U. s. Army during World War I, and graduated in 1923 as permanent marshal of his class. He returned to the col lege in 1927 as executive secretary of the General Alumni association after an outstanding career as a newspaper man in his native Wilkes-Barre, and has organized the alumni of Holy Cross in various centers throughout the country. He WaS the founder and has been the editor of the Holy Cross Alumnus' since its inception and is the author of many articles on alumni and their relation to the colleges. Dean of the Catholic College Alumni Secretariat, he is widely known as an authority on alumni manage ment. He has directed the last two drives put forth in the name of the alumni, the current Centennial Building Fund Drive and the drive inaugurated for Kimball Hall in 1929.
 In Boston today Dr. Thomas w. Wickham, '09, president of the Gen. eral Alumni association of Holy Cross issued the following state ment on behalf of the board:
 'The board of directors of the General Alumni association of Holy Cross college has received the resig- nation of Charles Bowman Strome as executive secretary of the asso- citation, post which he has filled with honor and distinction for the past 16 years. Mingled with pride that he is eager to serve his coun- try again is the deep regret that we are to lose MT. Strome, as he has been such an invaluable and integral part of the alumni asso- ciation during all this time.
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 When he came to this position in 1927, there was much to be done in the way of improvement in or ganization. This MT. Strome set out to do and he did 1t well. We are indebted to him for the Holy Cross Alumnus, most excellent publica- tion which he founded and edited. He made the central executive alumni office model of efficiency. He devoted much energy to the es- tablishment of many new alumni clubs throughout the country, as well as to strengthening the or ganization of the clubs already in existence. Working throughout all these years with constant energy and intelligent discretion, he has been a highly efficient executive and every phase of alumni life has profited by his constructive work.
 All this has been done with a personal love for his work and a loyalty and devotion to the best in terests of the college and the alum nj association, and the high esteem which we early formed for him has steadily increased throughout the years. It is hardly necessary, there fore, to state that MT. Strome will be greatly missed but his patriotic motive of service to our country must take precedence over the 1n- terests of our alumni and our aS- Sociation."