Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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LIEUTENANT GENERAL TROY H. MIDDLETON i

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. Lt. Gen. Troy II. Middleton has served Louisiana State University in five different capacities, with time out for military service, since 1930. when he began a six year term as Commandant of Cadets. During the last two years of that duty he was also Dean of Men. Since there he has been Dean of Administration. Acting Vice-President and Comptroller a post he held from 1939 until February 1. 1951, when he became LSD ' s thir- teenth president, and the third general to head the University. General Middleton was born in Georgetown, Miss. October 12, 1889. He began his distinguished career as a private in the Army following his graduation from Mississippi State College in 1909. His first service came in 1912 during the Mexican border campaign in forays against Pancho Villa. During World War I he was the Army ' s youngest full colonel, the permanent rank he retained upon his retirement from the Army in 1936. But he was called back into service in 1942 as commander of the 45th Division, which he led in the invasion of Sicily and Italy during World War II. Later he commanded the Eighth Corps through France. Belgium. Luxembourg and Germany. General George Patton called his decision to hold Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge ' ' a stroke of genius. An able administrator, the General has also taught, in Army institutions and at LSU. Best known of his former pupils is President Dwight D. Eisen- hower, whom he once taught at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas.

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ADMINISTRATORS DANIEL BORTH Comptroller As chief business and financial officer of (lie University, sub- ject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Super- visors and the President, Dr. Borth is charged with the pre- scribing of all business and financial affairs of the University. Specifically, his activities include assisting the President in budget preparation, control of the University ' s budget opera- tions, supervision of all accounting and preparation of finan- cial reports, collection of institutional income, negotiation and execution of all contracts except those related to land and major construction, operation of all central stores, prep- aration of inventories and control of all University property. As a member of the faculty of the College of Commerce, Dr. Borth also usually teaches one course each semester in either some phase of accounting or corporation finance. ARDEN O. FRENCH Dean of Men A graduate of Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi; the YMCA Graduate Schoo l at Nashville, Tennessee, and with special work at the University of Cincinnati and Columbia University, Dean French began his work at Louisiana State University in 1930 as General Secretary of the Young Men ' s Christian Association. Between 1930 and 1940 he also served as Director of Foreign Students and Chairman of the De- partment of Religious Education. In 1940 he became Dean of Men, which position he now holds. As Dean of Men he serves as a general counselor to men students and to his office report the departments of Men ' s Housing, Campus DANIEL BORTH Comptroller ARDEN O. FRENCH Dean of Men 20 HELEN B. GORDON Dean of Women