Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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DEDICATION To Paul Alanson Warren, Professor of Botany, the Class of 1963 is proud to dedicate this, its yearbook. This man, “graduating” with us from Tufts Univer¬ sity, will be remembered forever for his discovery of the seedless cucumber and his famed tomato plants, but more for the respect and admiration he engendered in both his students and the faculty. Having received a B.S. in Biology at the University of Maine and his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, Doctor Warren came to Tufts in 1931, serving as Chairman of the Biology Department from 1940 until 1959. But his success and abilities were not limited to the Tufts campus. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Chi Beta Phi, The Genetics Society of America, and the Phi Sigma Biological Society, of which he was president from 1933 until 1948. At Tufts, he served on the Cur¬ riculum Committee of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Jackson and the Executive Committee of Graduate Schools. Doctor Warren is famous (or infamous) for his sense of humor which, although leaning toward the risque, becomes an art in the hands of the brilliant teacher. His wit is both a source of embarrassment and laughter to his students. His personality is both warm and stimulating to advanced pre-meds and Bio majors. One might describe him as a friendly classicist, an informal academician, a “real nice guy.” We could not ask for a more distinguished fellow “graduate.” We are proud and honored. 3