New York University School of Commerce - Commerce Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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,1-,-,, g,4 . .q..A. , e 11LfZw'a,ff..affsvfwff- EDWVARD JONES KILDUFF Assistant Dean SSISTANT Dean Edward Jones Kilduff was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on December 15, 1889. Twenty-three years later he received his A.B. from Yale. In 1915 he obtained his M.A. at New York University. While still an undergraduate at Yale, Dean Kilduff was awarded the james Gordon Bennett Prize in economics and English prose. In 1912 he came to the School of Commerce of New York University. He is a Past President of the National Association of Teachers of Marketing. In 1937 the American Business Writing Association chose him as its president. In addition to the duties he fulfills as an assistant dean, Dean Kildulf is a professor of business English, Chairman of the General Course Department, Chairman of the Curriculum Committee, and Chairman of the Publicity Com- mittee. Dean Kilduff is the author of many text-books on commercial subjects. Included in his writings are: How to Choose and Get a Better job, The Private Secretary, The Stenograjoltens Manual, and the Vocabulary Buildefs Notebook. Within the past year, he became a co-author with Professor McKee and Professor Nyberg of the Business English Department, in writing a book entitled The Studenfs Public Speaking Record Book. Dean Kilduff was also the editor of Business Terms and Expressions in the New Century Dictionary. Dean Kilduff is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Phi Sigma, Sphinx, and Alpha Delta Sigma. His social fraternity is Alpha Kappa Psi. 19

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GEORGE ROWLAND COLLINS Associate Dean EORGE ROKNLAND COLLINS, associate dean ol the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, came to New York University in 1922 as a graduate of Harvard from which he had obtained his MA. degree. Previously he had studied at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota to earn his B.A. In 1934 he received from Macalester College the degree of LL.D. At present, Dean Collins is a professor of marketing in the Graduate School of Business Administration of N.Y.U. from which he at one time received the degree of M.B.A. He is also the Director of the College-Commerce course at the College of Arts and Pure Science of New York University and the Administrative Director of the New York University accredited courses in the University of Newark. Organizations with which he is afhliatecl include The American Economic Association, American Academy of Social and Political Science, American Asso- ciation of University Professors, American Management Association. Before entering his present profession, Dean Collins was a partner in the sales promotion company of Lawrence Swan and Associates and an editor in the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Vlfashington, D. C. He has also written many books used in the held of marketing. These include Platform Sjaeakingg Market- ing, Salesmcmship, and Outline of Business. Honorary and social fraternal organizations of which Dean Collins is a member are Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Gamma Sigma, Pi Kappa Delta, and Alpha Kappa Psi. 18

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HERBERT M. Sc1a11rF13R Assistfmlc Dean SSISTANT Dean Herbert M. Schiffer was born in New York City in 1890. He received his B.C.S. from New York University in 1916, and i11 1932 was awarded his M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business Administration at New York U. His business career was closely associated with the marketing and salesman- ship courses he had taken in college. Starting as a clerk in the S. H. YVetmore Company, a druggist supply house, he rapidly advanced to the position of vice- pres ident. In August, 1926 he left private industry to become Assistant Director of the Day Division of tl1e School of Commerce, and in 1937 he was appointed Assistant Dean. From 1916 to 1926 Dean Schiffer was acting as an assistant in the Accounting Department. He is at present, a professor of marketing. Dean Schiffer is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi and Theta Nu Epsilon social fraternities. His honorary fraternities include Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Delta Sigma, Sphinx, Arch and Square, and Sigma Eta Phi. He is also a member of American Marketing Association, Academy of Political Science, Catholic Club of New York, Knights of Columbus, American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Association of University Professors, and New York University Men in Advertising. Dean Schiffer was recently honored by the Alumni Association when, in 1938, he received the Alumni Meritorious Service Award. 20