Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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DEAN COBLEIGH William M. Cobleigh, Dean of the College of Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering at Montana State College, graduated from the College of Montana at Deer Lodge in 1893, and came to Montana State College as Assistant in Chemistry in the College of Engineering and the Experiment Station, in 1894. Mr. Cobleigh continued for a number of years in the Department of Chemistry and also attained a professorship in Physics which at that time was under a single head with the Department of Chemistry. In 1908 Mr. Cobleigh became Director of the Department of Chemistry and in 1915 the added title of Professor of Chemical Engineering was given to him. Preceding Mr. Cobleigh’s appointments in 1908 and 1915 he had completed work for a Master’s Degree and graduated from Columbia University in 1899 after studying at Harvard and Chicago Universities. In 1929 Mr. Coblcigh became Dean of the College of Engineering. Dean Cobleigh has made a most important contribution to the upbuilding of Montana State College. His own training was thorough, and he has always maintained high standards in his work. Throughout the years he has continued his contact with the large eastern institutions, which has been valuable to the many Chemistry graduates in assisting them in getting fellowships and assistantships to make possible graduate training. Dean Cobleigh is a successful administrator. He is an effective organizer, and has the rare faculty of maintaining a fine cooperative relation with his associates. Page Twenty-seven

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DEAN LINFIELD Frederick Bcrtil Linfield, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station, was graduated from the College of Agriculture of Toronto University, in 1891. For the two years following graduation lie was connected with the Farmers' Institute Service of the Province of Ontario, Canada, giving instruction in Dairy Manufacturing work. In 1893. he became a member of the faculty of Utah Agricultural College as Professor of Dairying, and four years later was made Professor of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. Mr. Linfield remained at Utah State until 1902, when he came to Montana State College as Professor of Agriculture. In 1903 he became acting Director of the Montana Experiment Station, and the following year was made active Director. His appointment as Dean of the College of Agriculture came in 1913. Dean Linfield has been a successful administrator. He has unusual capacity to analyze situations and to separate the essential facts. In his relations with his associates and those who come under his administrative direction, he is held in highest regard, because of his ability in clear thinking, and unvarying fairness in his decisons. Throughout the twenty-nine years that Dean Linfield has been associated with the Experiment Station and the College, he has made a large contribution to the development of agriculture within the state. He has the confidence of the men of large responsibilities; and the support accorded to the work of the Experiment Station especially has grown because of the confidence in which he is held by the public generally. Page Twenty-six

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5 x PROFESSOR McKEE Clyde McKee, N ice Dean of Agriculture and Professor of Agronomy, is a graduate of the Kansas State Agricultural College and came to Montana State College in 1921 as head of the Department of Agronomy. He was appointed Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture in 1927 following the resignation of Professor Arnett. During 1930-31 Professor McKee spent a year in advanced study of agricultural work, gaining a wider vision of agricultural conditions in Montana and learning much in regard to methods of benefitting the present situation. Professor McKee is a faithful worker with a good appreciation of scientific values. He fully demonstrated his ability to handle large responsibilities when during the past fall the directorship of the Agricultural Experiment Station and full charge of the College of Agriculture were added to his duties as a result of Dean Linfield’s tour of the Orient. Professor McKee is a man of high standards both in his own work and in that which he expects from his associates and students. He has gained for himself a great deal of admiration and respect from all who know him, especially the strong and loyal group of assistants who help him with his task as Vice Dean. Page Twenty-eight