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

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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

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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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PROFESSOR SWINGLE Dean B. Swingle, Chairman of the College of Applied Science, was born in South Canaan, Pennsylvania. He received his B. S. from Kansas City Agricultural College in 1900, his M. S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1901. and his Ph. D. from the latter institution in 1931. From 1901 until 1906 he did research work in the Department of Agriculture. He came here in 1906 and has remained here since except for a year’s leave of absence to obtain his advanced degree. His later years have been given to Taxonomy and he has published a “Textbook of Systematic Botany.” He belongs to the Botanical Society of America, the Society of American Bacteriologists, American Phytopathosical Society, and to the following honorarics: Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Sigma. Doctor Swingle lends his support to the policy of nature’s resources for the benefit of the masses instead of a limited group. He is a good mountaineer, and is often seen in company with his dog “Pat. a short-haired Irish terrier who attends classes quite regularly, but has failed to pass any courses. Professor Swingle is a very good teacher and is well liked by his students. He believes in a square deal and is willing to give and take in the same manner. He is an ardent enthusiast of wrestling and is on the committee of National Wrestling Rules. Page Twenty.nine