Auburn University - Glomerata Yearbook (Auburn, AL)

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Governor George C. Wallace addresses the special session of the legislature which passed the special educational bill. fPhoto compliments The Bzrmzngham Newsj. Auburn Receives a 26.2 Per Cent Increase in State Appropriations Colonel Linwood FunchessQ Director of Build- ings and Grounds, surveys construction site of the Auburn Memorial Coliseum. Through the efforts of educational leaders and former Governor George C. Wfallace, an educational bill was passed by the special session of the Legislature. This bill provided for a S3,139,595, or a 26.2 per cent, increase in state appropriations to Auburn University. Combined with the 5B500,000 gift of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alumni Annual Giving program and other govern- mental, industrial, and private funds, this action allowed for increases in research and construction. One of the first major projects undertaken was the addition of new electrical substations. These substations will eventually allow the removal of all overhead lines from campus. Other features resulting from this alloca- tion were the addition of a olympic size swimming pool in the Auburn Memorial Coliseum, contracts awarded for the renovation of Comer Hall, an addition to the Forestry Building and a new Veterinary Science Building.

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President Philpott chats with some of the Alumni Association oin- eers at a fall luncheon. They are, from right: Ken Lott, '41, Presi- dent, Kelly Moseley, '24, Ex Officio Memberg Leonard Hudson, '49, Executive Committeeg Seawell Jones, '40, Executive Committee, Dr. Donald Goodall, '42, Executive Committeeg Glenn Mitchell, '35, Executive Committee and Dr. Harry Philpott. Alumni Association names ten Alum Professors Under the auspices of the Alumni Assoeiationis An- nual Giving project, several professorships were endowed and new projects undertaken during the 1966-1967 year. One of the highlights was the naming of ten Alumni professorships. These professorships recognized superior merit and provided salary supplements for the recipients. The Auburn Annual Giving total of 35166000 also in- cluded the second 350,000 gift of Dr. Estes Hargis for an endowed professorship. In the schools of chemistry and pharmacy, Alumni Advisory Committees were established for the promotion of professional excellence and to report on new and vari- ous professional fields. In addition to these projects, expanding enrollments were reflected in the continued growth of the current records of alumni maintained by the Alumni Association. Two new groups were organized and nine reactivated, bringing to fifty-one the number of currently active clubs. President Philpott, seated left, awards the first six Alumni Professorships to Drs. Smith, Hoerlein, Vachon, Lovell, Rea and Funderburk. 1 S 'I Four additional Alumni Professorships were awarded over Christmas. They area from left: Drs. Graf, Strength, President Philpott, Blanton and From- o .