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

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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

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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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ARCHIBALD VV. TAYLOR Dean of the G'l Cl,fl'IlIll6' School of Business Aclministmtion EAN Archibald YV. Taylor was born in eastern Nebraska. At the age of seven- teen he entered the Franklin and Wfeeping Water Academies where he pre- pared for Doane College. After one year in the field of merchandising, he entered Doane and received his A.B. degree in 1902. Dean Taylor then accepted a teaching position in Puget Sound Academy, Vlfashington. After serving as Principal for two years, he resigned to become Superintendent of Schools at Ritzville, VVashington. Instructorsl1ips in economics at Purdue University, State Teacher's College of Iowa, and the University of Pennsylvania followed this work. Dean Taylor was then made a professor of economics in the Department of Economics and History at the State College of Wasliingtoii. He remained there until 1916, when he came to New York University as economics instructor and Director of tl1e newly-organized Wall Street Division of the School of Commerce. In 1920 when the Graduate School of Business Administration was organized as a separate school in tl1e University, Dean Taylor was appointed the head of tl1is division. He holds the degree of M .A. from the University of Vllisconsin, an honorary degree of D.C.S. from Oglethorpe University, and an LL.D. from his alma mater, Doane College. He is the author of Pfrinciples of Investment. Dean Taylor is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Alpha Tau Omega, and Delta Phi Epsilon fraternities. 21