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

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ADMINISTRATION After successfully guiding Butler University through the difficult years of World War II and the primary period of peacetime adjustment, Dr. Maurice O. Ross, President of Butler University since 1942, can look ahead to Butler ' s peacetime expansion program. This year Dr. Ross has been instrumental in adding the fifth and sixth colleges to the University; these are the University College which will enable the University to give to its students in their freshman and sophomore years a well-rounded, general education leading to the specialized and pre-professional courses of the junior and senior years, and the College of Pharmacy purchased from the Indianapolis College of Pharmacy in October, 1945, which will continue and broaden pharmaceutical education through the wide scope of educational facili- ties on the Butler Compus. Under the active leadership of Dr. Ross, Butler Uni- versity will in the near future resume its pre-war status; expanding and enlarging upon this to accommodate an increased enrollment of students, many of whom are veterans of World War II; in the advancement of the curriculum of the University; and to place Into operation the numerous building plans retarded by war. Dr. Ross Isaving Jordan Hall. Dr. Ross attending fall open hour.es

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DR. MAURICE O. ROSS, President

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Hilton U. Brown, one of Bu+ler University ' s oldest, living alumni, is president of its Board of Directors. A member of the class of 1880, Mr. Brown ' s life-long in- terest in Butler University has been instrumental in its growth and expansion from a college to a university embodying six colleges. In serving his alma mater for over sixty years as a member and later as president of the Board of Directors, he has endeared himself to thousands of Butler alumni. Mr. Brown can quite often be seen on the campus of Butler University talcing an active interest in the school from which he received his A. B. and A. M. degrees. In 1935 the honorary LL. D. degree was conferred upon Mr. Brown. A first citizen of Indianapolis, Mr. Brown is regarded with pride, gratitude, and high esteem by his associates, friends, and the student body of Butler University. HILTON U. BROWN JOHN W. ATHERTON John W. Atherton, a member of the class of 1900, has been a member of the Board of Directors as well as financial secretary and secretary-treasurer of Butler Uni- versity since 1920. Under Mr. Atherton ' s capable management the endowment of Butler University has been increased from $600,000 to in excess of $7,000,000. Besides being an ardent supporter of Butler Univer- sity, Mr. Atherton has been one of the leading citizens of Indianapolis and the State of Indiana. Plans for the post-war future of Indianapolis have been made by the City Plan Commission headed by Mr. Atherton, who also is president of the Board of Zoning Appeals of Indian- apolis. In 1940 he was elected a State Senator in the Legislature and was reelected in 1944. A loyal member of Delta tau Delta Fraternity, Mr. Atherton has been a member of the Columbia Club, the Indianapolis Rotary Club, the Central Christian Church, and the Council for Central Indiana Boy Scouts. BUTLER UNIVERSITY