OLIVER W. HELMRICH Sr DIES IN PITTSBURGH

Oliver  W. Helmrich. Sr., Pittsburgh, a former city resident, died Friday, Oct 29, 1971 in a Pittsburgh hospital. 

Nationally known for his work in education of retarded children, he was associate professor of educational psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and director of its program for training school psychologists.

As a Boy Scout on the Last Raft, at the time of the tragedy here  in March 1938,  he received the Scout's Gold Medal of .Honor for helping to  save 14 lives.

Mr Helmrich was a president of the International Juggler's Association.   Earlier this year he received a plaque for outstanding service from the American Assn. of Baton Teachers.

A colonel in the Air Force Reserves. he 'was flight commander of Flight D, 9536th Air Reserve Squadron at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. 

During service in Korea, he was evacuation officer for the evacuation of the Air Force from South ' Korea prior to hostilities. He also taught at West Point.

He was a member of the Caterpillar Club, having survived a , mid-air collision of two military aircraft during World War II.

Mr. Helmrich was a member of  the Governor's Commission at the White House Conference on Children and Youth, and supervisor. of classes, Wayne County Studies of Handicapped children.  He was a member of several education and psychological associations.

A 1938 graduate of Williamsport High School, he received his  bachelor's degree at Lycoming College, a master's degree at Bucknell University , and did doctoral work at the Pennsylvania State University and at the University of Pittsburgh.

 

He was a member of Masonic bodies at Pittsburgh.

Surviving are hIs wife, Isabel; four sons, Oliver Jr., Craig, Raymond Scott, and George; one daughter, Laura; and two brothers,  Williain S., of South Williamsport ;  and Charles V., city.

Born in Williamsport, Feb. 20, 1922, he was a son of William F.and Louse Helmrich.