Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ADMINISTRATION With constant changes occuring in a university in times of war, the Butler University Board of Directors has made several important decisions this year relative to the school. When the board voted to name Dr. M. O. Ross president of the university in December, the action was one approved by all students and faculty members at Butler. In appointing the new president, the board chose Dr. Ross not only for his extensive collegiate experience but also for his experience in active service during the lost war, a factor that is of help in directing a university under a wartime program. Since June, 1942, the Board of Directors has negotiated terms with the United States Army and Navy to train Army Aircrew students and Naval signal corps men on the campus and in the Butler fieldhouse, a measure that definitely enabled the university to contribute to the war effort. Signing more than 45,000 diplomas of graduates of Butler, Hilton U. Brown, president of the board, is called the grand old man of the university. He has been a member of the group of distinguished citizens for 59 years and has attended all except two commencements since he was graduated from Butler in 1880. Largely responsible for the financial success of projects concerning Butler is John W. Atherton, secretary-treasurer of the board and son-in-law of Mr. Brown. Others serving as members of the board are William G. Irwin, Emsley W. Johnson, vice- president; Crate D. Bowen, Arthur V. Brown, Lee Burns, Earl Crawford, Edwin Errett, George A. Frantz, John L. H. Fuller, Glen R. Hillis, J. I. Holcomb, Hugh T. Miller, John F. Mitchell, Peter C. Reilly, W. A. Shullenberger, Mrs. Ralph M. Sponn, Evan Walker, and Kenneth K. Woolling. I r HILTON U. BROWN FK JOHN W. ATHERTON