Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-23 | Page 4 | Boy, 11, and Father Receive Honorary Degrees of 'Doctor of Mountaineering'

Boy 7 II If and Father Receive Honorary HonoraY r Degrees Of Doctor of Mountaineering BOULDER Colo Aug 23 AP year old Bobby Melzer and his father Carl Melzer of Denver are recipients of honorary degrees of doctor of mountaineering re recognizing them as the only persons ever to climb all 64 peaks in the United United United Unit Unit- ed States exceeding feet in altitude The degrees were presented with mock solemnity last night at the commencement program of the Colorado university recreation department nt held at Flagstaff mountain west of Denver Ten candidates for lor masters degrees including seven girls had to qualify quality by climbing down dow a rope that hung over a foot 40 vertical cliff The 10 were Dorothy Weaver Tuscola Tuscola Tuscola cola III Ill Beverly Hesse Waterloo Iowa rowa Rosemary Ridings Wichita Kan David Francisco Kansas City Kan Marthena Burton McConnel Crescent Okla Kveta Chicago Meredith McDonald South Bend Ind J J. J O. O Smith Warrensburg Warrensburg Warrensburg Warrens- Warrens burg Mo Wilma Nuttall Robinson Ill and Annette Anderson Ander Ander- son El EI Dorado Kan