Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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William Wallace, Drake Director of Development, is res- ponsible for overseeing the student admissions program, public relations, alumni relations and Drake fund-rais- ing-or, as he puts it, Funds, fresh- men and friendsf, A Drake graduate himself, Wallace is involved directly in the plans which will provide for the future expansion of Drake as it not only grows in size but becomes more national in scope. J V Carl Kasten, Vice President of Business and Fi- nance, is responsible for the business aspect of the functioning of Drake and sees that it is carried out smoothly so that the primary purpose of Drake, that of education, can be efficiently and more vigorously pursued. This in- cludes supervising the accounting, building and grounds, purchasing and auditing departments. Kasten, who has been at Drake since 1950, is a grad- uate of the University of Wisconsin and received his master of business administration degree at the Univer- sity of Chicago.

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A Message X from the President .- If Dear Friends: A yearbook is one of our best Ways of recalling the events of our year together. In this sense, it reminds us of the experiences we have shared as a community and recaptures something of the excitement, the involve- ment and the participation of students and faculty in the year's events, major and trivial, formal and casual, planned and unplanned. In a deeper and far more significant sense, our Quax each year calls to mind the spirit that has motivated these events. Student leadership, participation and commitment to the great issues of both campus and so- ciety show through these pages. This is as it should be. A university is only as great as the life of its students and its faculty. They are the uni- versity, and this is part of their record for the year. Sincerely, -1 Paul F. Sharp

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George Huff, Vice President of Academic Administra- tion, a man who has been a member of the Drake community in several positions, now plays a quite different role at Drake than when he was enrolled as a fresh- man. Dr. Huff supervises the educational facets of Drake, providing for the effi- cient running of high-quality classes, some of which he has previously taught. This responsibility includes constantly striv- ing for higher standards of academic ex- cellence and maintaining, a faculty of high caliber. Dr. Huff, whose primary in- terest is Drake, has contributed to scientif- ic journals and is also interested in for- eign affairs and athletics. He is a mem- ber of Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Huff, who has held his present position since 1955, graduated from Drake in 1928 and re- ceived his master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees from the Univer- sity of Iowa. He has been professor and chairman of the biology department and acting dean of the College of Liberal Arts.