Evening star., 1945-07-02

DR.. Gewehr, Rowan
will Help Conduct
|GI Schools Overseas

DR.. Wesley M. Gewehr, head OF
the history department of the Uni
versity of Maryland, and Edward
B. Rowan, Falls Church, fine arts
consultant for the fine arts section
of the Public Buildings Administra-
ton, are among $50 American edu-
Gators who will sail for Europe this
week to assist in conducting two
universities for Army enlisted men
remaining overseas.
DR.. Gewehr, who said the uni
versity has given him a years leave
Of absence to direct the history
branch in the Gruniversities, said
one of the Army schools will be
located in France and the other in
England. He said the first will open
July 16 and the second in August.
Youngman Is in Group.
Among 20 Government employees
who will sail this week with the
first group CT educators, will be w.
H. Youngman, garden editor of The
Star and an employe of the farm
management division of the Agricul-
ture Department.
A native of Chicago, DR. Gewehr
received A. B. and masters degrees
from the University of Chicago in
1911 and 1912, and was awarded a
Ph. D. degree there Is 1922.
He joined the history department
of American University here in 1929,
where he taught until he became
connected with the University of
Maryland five years ago. He was
exchange professor at the Using
Hua College, Peking, China, in
1924-5, and was a member of an in
ternational relations seminar in
1896 and it's director in 1888. A son
Sergt. Hamilton D. Gewehr, was re-
Gently discharged from the Army
after serving 38 months in the
Pacific area. He lives at 4531 Lowell
street NV.
Mr.. Rowan, who lives at BOG Lee
highway, Falls Church, is a native
of Hamilton, Ohio, and attended
Miami University at oxford, Ohio
Had Charge of Murals.
Before the war he had charge OF
competitions for murals and sculp-
ture for public buildings through
out the country. Since the war he
has been in charge of special skills
for patients at Walter Reed and
servicemen patients at st. Eliza
beth's.
Other Government employees and
the fields with which they will be
connected follow:
r. B. Kennard, 1929 Nicholson
avenue NV, Bureau of Standards
physics; Dalton B. Myers, 2120 Six
teenth street NV, Commerce De-
partment, economies; Frederick w
Ganzert, 1921 o street NV, For
eign Economic Administration
Latin American history; Edgar S
Gealy, 1880 Wisconsin avenue NV.
of FEA, electrical engineering; Ivar
Booker, GIT North Lincoln street
Arlington, National Education AS
sociation, educational psychology
I. H. Holt, ONCE of Education
physics.
George H. Primmer, BIT South
Ode street, Arlington, Office ot
Strategic Services, geography: J
Herbert Burgy, 2441 ! street NV.
State Department, geography; Ottt
Nathan. Treasury Department, eco.
nomics; Carl F. Taeusch, 3l33 Con.
necticut avenue NV. Agricultur,
Department. philosophy: Julian T
Boatman, 6522 Western avenue, ans
William F. Watkins, 6521 Maple
avenue. Chevy Chase, both of tn,
Agriculture Department, agronomy
j. w. Scott, lit South Thoma.
avenue, Arlington, Agriculture De.
partment, finance and insurance
Edwin e. Wilson, 1924 Euclid street
NV, Agriculture Department, eco.
nomics.
Lester A. Ade. 1884 Connecticut
avenue NV, War Relocation Au.
thority, educational administration
Aaron H. Chute, 364o Fessender
street NV, Of the War Food Ad-
ministration, marketing and sell.
ing; Virgil G. Wilhite, 1928 Thirtietf
road South, Arlington, War Depart.
fment economics, and I. r. Dawson
Agriculture Department, anima
| Ihusbandry.