Nostalgia – and some friendly competition – played a role when William Patterson, PetE’53, decided to name the staff office in Hasselmann Alumni House.
“When I looked at the alumni association information about naming opportunities, I saw that Bob Brackbill, MinE’42, had named a room,” he says. “Bob recruited me to Shell Oil Co. in 1953. It took him two dinners to convince me to join the company. He never let me forget it.”