Pikeville College - Highlander Yearbook (Pikeville, KY)

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Pikeville College Board of Trustees MR. NORMAN A. CHRISMAN Pikeville. Kentucky DR. JAMES W. ANGELL Lexington, Kentucky I IR. WILLIAM J. BAIRD Pikeville. Kentucky MR. JARRETT M. WOOD Ashland. Kentucky MR. R.H. HOBBS Pikeville. Kentucky MR. ROBERT T. CALDWELL Ashland. Kentucky i IR. LON B. ROGERS Pikeville. Kentucky DR. JAMES S. STEWART Scarsdale. New York MR. B. F. REED Drift. Kentucky MR. ERNEST R. MITCHELL Cincinnati. Ohio DR. C. RALSTON SMITH Oklahoma City. Oklahoma DR. LLOYD G. BROWN Idaho Falls. Idaho MR. W.W. WALKER Bluefield. West Virginia MR. E.M. PACE Wheelwrisht. Kentucky MR. R.W. AUXIER Pittshurah. Pennsylvania DR. VICTOR L. BAER Ossining. New York REV. HEINRICH B. FILER Ashland. Kentucky MR. JAMES C. ZIMMERMAN Louisville. Kentucky 20

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FACULTY AND STAFF 19

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Acting President For twenty years Acting President Redi- ford Damron has been a vital part of Pikeville College. Coming to the college in 1946, he began as an instructor of biology and director of the college Laboratory School. Later he headed the Education Department, and in 1957 became Academic Dean. On July 1, 1965. the Board of Trustees appointed him Acting Pres- ident. The increase in his responsiWlty has been concomitant with the gro vih of the col- lege frome a junior college status to that of a senior four-year college. President Damron is a native of Pike County, attended Pikeville High School and Pikeville Junior College. From Morehead State College he obtained his bachelor ' s degree, then received his master ' s degree from the University of Kentucky. President Damron takes professional pride in the field of education. This pride manifests itself in his membership in Phi Delta Kappa, the Kentucky Education Association. American Association of Academic Deans, and the Advisory Council on Public Higher Educa- tion in Kentucky . Acting President, REDIFORD DAMRON 21