Sphinx Senior Society: 1940-1949

  • Class of 1940

    Robert McDonald: Chief
    Allan Hunter, Jr.: Scribe
    Charles H. Augspurger
    Edward J. Bechtold
    William S. Bradway, Jr.
    Samuel W. Carnwath
    James P. Connell
    John C. Decker, Jr.
    Charles J. DeRitis
    Robert M. Edmiston
    Lester R. Geigerich
    Harlan I. Gustafsen
    George W. Jack
    William G. Koepsell
    Max H. Leister, Jr.
    L. Walter Long
    A. LeConte Moore
    Robert E. Nagle
    Samuel A. Rea
    Paul S. Scalera
    Stephen A. Schoff
    Jerry Seeders
    Williams P. Shade, II
    Warren B. Smith
    Enoch H. Thomas
    George L. Wilson, Jr.

  • Class of 1941

    Rix Nelson Yard: Chief
    Francis X. Reagan: Scribe
    William M. Barstow: Pharisee
    Anthony Caputo
    Anthony A. Chizmadia
    John T. Cumbler
    Louis D. Day, Jr.
    Winston Dorrell
    J. Donald Eagan
    Edward J. Emmett
    Clifford E. Engler
    Raymond A. Frick
    Robert M. Hunt
    Norman M. Keiser
    Frank M. Knight, Jr.
    Karl R. Kurz
    Hood S. McChord
    William J. McLane
    Austin W. Milans
    William H. Miller
    Samuel R. Moore, Jr.
    Robert W. Partridge
    John R. Reilly
    Fred H. Stapleford
    Edwin W. Steidle
    Robert W. Troup, Jr.
    Thomas L. Tyler

  • Class of 1942

    George H. Dixon: Chief
    Edward C. McDonald: Scribe
    H. Allen Gardiner: Pharisee
    Edward W. Beetem
    Albert J. Brechka
    Ernest C. Clark, Jr.
    William P. Coliton
    John H. Craemer
    Eugene H. Davis
    Charles A. DeLone, Jr.
    T. James Fernley
    William M. Frick
    Lyman D. Gridley
    George W. Hain
    Richard W. Havens
    Frederick W. Keyes
    James J. Laggan
    William E. Levering
    Stewart McCracken
    Walter G. Moeling III
    Gordon V. Moyer
    William G. Owen
    George A. Roeder
    Henry A. Soleliac
    Harry Teets
    Michael Waris, Jr.
    Sidney Wertimer, Jr.
    Joseph R. Young

  • Class of 1948

    Frederic J. Durkin: Chief
    Richard W. Fenwick: Scribe
    Jack A. Shiffert: Pharisee
    Erwin J. Antoni, Sr.
    Donald T. Casey
    Jack N. Colberg
    Daniel J. Congdon
    Grant Ellis
    Elmer J. Dusty Gray
    Wilson Greenwood
    Peter J. Kassak, Jr.
    Robert B. Evans
    Arthur R. Littleton
    Edward E. Marshall
    Eugene S. Martin
    Dale G. Mattern
    Jerome F. McCarthy
    John R. McKee
    Anthony S. Minisi
    William S. Wall, Jr.
    Stanley Novak
    Marion D. Patterson
    John D. Sacksteder
    William N. Smith
    John M. Stern, Jr.
    Henry P. Sullivan
    Thomas Weaver

  • Class of 1949

    Charles P. Melley: Chief
    Robert H. Carlson: Scribe
    Daniel G. Foley, Jr.: Pharisee
    Charles P. Bednarik
    John M. Bixler
    Earl F. Brown
    Leonard J. Collins
    Francis J. Cooney
    William B. Crooker, Jr.
    Charles T. Elzey
    Forrest R. Farrow, Jr.
    Ernest S. Forest
    William B. Grant
    Robert M. Grebe
    Phillip R. Greene
    William K. Haylock
    George S. Hershey
    Jeffrey Kirk
    George D. Knapp
    Edward W. Madeira
    Jack Mayer
    Archibald R. Montgomery III
    Irving W. Peak
    Charles E. Peck
    Alfred J. Sica
    Donald C. Smith
    James L. Smith, Jr.
    William T. Steerman
    William Talarico, Jr.
    David D. Townsend

  • Sphinx went inactive during the 1943-1944 and 1944-1945 academic years due to WWII, but those who left in the middle of their studies to fight remained members of Sphinx upon their return to Penn, causing distinctions between “classes” to often become blurred; for example, one could enter Penn as the Class of 1944 but graduate in 1947.

    John M. Welsh, Jr. ’43: Chief
    Frank E. Rodgers, Jr. ’46: Chief
    Michael J. O’Neill ’47: Chief
    H. Allan Crowthers ’43: Scribe
    Emery W Wheeler ’46: Scribe
    William Dallas ’47: Scribe
    Donald A. McGovern ’43: Pharisee
    Mark Townsend ’43: Pharisee
    Frank K. Mayers ’47: Pharisee
    Edward B. Allen, Jr.
    Howard B. Greeson
    Thaddeus A. Barasczo
    R. Donald Bitler
    W. Joseph Blood
    Richard C. Bostwick
    J. Richard Brand
    William H. Breeden
    Richard R. Brown
    Robert P. Brundage
    Cleo R. Calcagni
    Joseph R. Clausen, Jr
    Robert G. Clifton
    Herbert K. Cooper, Jr.
    Francis P. Crossin
    J. Seth H. Cruice
    L. Craig Dick
    Garrett S. Ditmars
    John B. Donaldson
    Robert C. Fernley
    G. Ross French
    H. Paxson Gifford
    Donald J. Graham
    Edwin E. Grain
    James E. Hall
    Richard M. Hammerman
    Norman H. Heaven
    Robert D. Hedberg
    John C. Hetherston
    John W. Hook
    Edward K. Hueber
    William R Kline
    Bernard C. Kuczynski
    Joseph T. Labrum, Jr.
    Juan C. Llerena
    Lyle Lodwick
    James F. Lunn
    Edward E. Marshall
    Stuart McCash
    Theodore F. McDonald
    David H. Mercer
    William W. Miller
    Robert A. Mostertz
    Thomas R. O’Connor
    Robert H Odell
    William D. Patterson
    James K Patrick Jr
    Hubert R. Peck, Jr.
    Charles B. Pester
    Donald K. Potts
    John R. Roberts, Jr.
    Charles G. Rodman
    Edmund H. Rogers, Jr.
    Francis C. Rooney, Jr.
    Edward F. Ryan
    Neal K Schnaitter
    C. Frederick A. Shultz, Jr.
    Alan F. Scott
    Raimond D Senior
    Glenn W. Smith
    Donald M. Solenberger
    Ernest T. Southard
    Donald J. Stalker
    Rhys L. Stanger
    Robert F. Stenglin
    William M Stout Jr
    Eugene F. Sullivan
    Frank D. Sweeten
    William T. Tooker, Jr.
    James R. Van Wagner
    Charles L. Viguers**
    Robert E. Walton
    James B. West
    David F. Whelan
    Walter H. Wiesmiller, Jr.

    **Removed from the society in 1943