Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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sincerely dedicated to prexy . . . That the past fifteen years have been a period of steady growth and progress for Tufts College is due in great measure to the skillful leadership, wise planning and limitless energy of President Leonard Carmichael. Students and staff alike were al¬ way s amazed at his capacity for accomplishing many things without ever seeming to be hurried. IIis calm temperament was seldom ruffled, his equanimity rarely dis¬ turbed, despite the daily pressure of problems requiring his decision and the heavy demauds on his time and energies, demands arising not only from the responsibilities of Jus office but also , as he achieved national prominence, from outside sources. Yet in attending to his innumerable daily responsibilities, he never lost sight of the main course on which he was leading Tufts College nor did he ever forget that the primary concern of the college is the student. He found time for the individual student who needed his help or advice and for the student functions he sincerely enjoyed attending. His pleasant greeting as he met students on the campus was the greeting of a man who likes young people. lie could not assume the role of a “stuffed shirt if he tried, for he is inherently a modest and a humble man. It requires a longer view than that afforded in the four undergraduate years to assess the accomplishments of President Carmichael during his nearly fifteen years here. Many of them were of an intangible nature and reflect his aim for a better, not a bigger. Tufts. ’ The concrete achievements of his administration are many. Among them, one would point to: an increase in endowment and plant funds from eleven million dollars in 1988 to seventeen and a half million today; a student body on the Hill grown from 1,400 to £,400; changes in degree requirements to emphasize the individual student in the educational scheme; one third more courses in the Liberal Arts School; a revised Engineering School curriculum; establishment of Naval and Air Force R.O.T.C. units; development of the extensive program of research carried out in the college laboratories; and addition of the affiliated schools: Bouve-Boston School, Boston School of Occupational Therapy, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists and the Nursery Training School. The physical facilities of Tufts have been vastly improved under Dr. Car¬ michael. New buildings are the Jackson Gymnasium, Bookstore, Hamilton Pool, War Memorial Library, President’s House and Bray Engineering Laboratory, with Carmichael Hall and the Cohen Auditorium yet to come. Davies, Wade, Anthony, Sawyer and Wyeth Houses were added as Jackson dormitories. The new Medical and Dental Schools became part of the New England Medical Center. Buildings remodeled or renovated were North, Ballon, Curtis, Robinson, East, West and Dean Halls, B romfield-Pearson Building and Bar Am Museum. Mention should also be made of the establishment of the Men ' s Infirmary, reorganization and new housing of the Maintenance Department and establishment of a system of insurance and retirement annuities for the faculty. This brief summary, incomplete as it is, suggests the dynamic leadership under which Tufts College has prospered during the past fifteen years. President Carmichael s accomplishments are an important part of the heritage on which Tufts will continue to forge ahead in the century to come.