Kent State University - Chestnut Burr Yearbook (Kent, OH)

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Dedicated to Kent by Adda Bogun In 1944 a new president and his wife moved into a country home near the Kent State university campus. Cows from the pasture next door occasionally wandered through the back yard. The old orchard on the other side of the house was a better place for the dog to run and play than for picking good apples. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Bowman still live in the same white frame country home, but the country has become a campus. A women ' s dormitory, Terrace Hall, stands where the orchard once bloomed, and the classrooms and audi- toriums of the Speech and Music Center have taken over the pasture. In eighteen years of planning, working and making decisions, President Bowman has watched Kent State undergo tremendous growth in academic pres- tige, public interest, and physical facilities of laboratories, classrooms, offices and residence halls. As they relax, the Bowmans discuss an anecdote concerning student life. Those first years, Mrs. Bowman recalls, my husband worked very hard to achieve the greatest possible development of the human resources coming to the campus. He literally ' lived ' Kent State twenty-four hours a day. Students, alumni, faculty and administrative personnel have worked closely with Mr. Bowman to bring about Kent State ' s great physical growth. Building to keep pace with the expanding enrollment has been very difficult. But Mr. Bowman has felt that there were two tasks more important to be accomplished before the physical growth could realize its potential. First, reports Mrs. Bowman, he has insisted on assembling a faculty and administration of superior ability, character and learning. Secondly, he has worked to instill a feeling of pride in, and loyalty to, Kent State university on behalf of students, alumni, faculty and administrative personnel. He feels that Kent State ' s growth can have real meaning only with an outstanding faculty with pride in its work of teaching. Continued on p. 12

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No rest for the President In one of those rare moments when they can be alone together, the Bowmans have some fun producing one of their own special recipes. He is busy again with the gardening that he enjoys so thoroughly and this time he is among the roses that rank as his favorite. As one of his many official duties, the President presents a citation to retiring Prof. Marion VanCampen.