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September 9, 2009
Arthur A. Hockey
[We recently put my father's WWII uniform in one of the Design
Department's empty display cases. - TH]
Arthur A Hockey’s (1906-1976) father, Alfred, immigrated
to a farm near Barnes City, Iowa, from England. Arthur
Hockey graduated from Iowa State Teachers’ College
(now UNI) in 1928. His degree was in Industrial Arts
Teaching, a program later housed in Latham Hall.
Hockey went on to obtain a Master’s Degree from the
University of Iowa. He taught, and served as principal,
at several Iowa secondary schools.
Upon the outbreak of war, Hockey enlisted in the United
States Navy and earned the rank of Lieutenant. His
assignment was to teach meteorology to naval aviators.
Thus, he likely is to have been one of the first meteorology
instructors from Iowa.
Hockey’s uniform is displayed here. The label reads
“Bremer’s, Iowa City.” The table of logarithms in the
pocket was compiled by a professor at Iowa State College
(now ISU).
The textbooks are those from which Hockey taught. The
slide rule provides all the functions now incorporated into
an (electronic) scientific calculator. The “playing cards”
are in fact teaching tools and identify friendly and enemy
aircraft by their silhouettes. The small ship models are to
help pilots recognize vessels from above.
After World War II, Hockey was a professor of mathematics,
and chair of the Mathematics Department,
at Tri-State College in Indiana. He retired in 1971. His
widow lives in Cedar Falls.
Posted by hockey at September 9, 2009 3:49 PM