University of Alaska Fairbanks - Denali Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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Dr. Ernest N. Patty, President CONTROL OF NATURE IS WON-NOT GIVEN Many of the graduates of the class of 1955 are destined to pjay an important part in the future of Alaska as engineers, scientists, business people, or educators. The stage upon which you will play your role is a large and ' challenging one. In a frontier country you will frequently come into contact with the primitive forces of nature. Remember that the control of nature is won— not given. Set your sights high— make big plans— and work to make them come true. ERNEST N. PATTY, President

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|)r ( hartal I Bunnell. I ' rrsidrnt-Kmrritus When be retired nl ol the University ol Alaska on July l. 1949. Dr. Charles E Bunnell added another distinction to wh.it was then a Ions and honorable ■ ■.line the fust president emeritus Of this institution And. in this ' Dr Bunnell continues today i promote the Interests of the university that be I Hi- labor for thi of Alaska never ceases At presenl a cheery man of Bunnell is hard at work compiling a history ■ ( the Institution which he guided from it -mall, struggling agriculture college to a permani university !)• the world to gather documents, museum articles, and books in order to contribute more to the growth of the University of Alaska Dr Bunnell teemed destined almost from the start of life to ! •• a leader in the education field and ultimately to guide the University of Alaska for more than a quarter entury Bon. Pennsylvania swk In 1878, he worked his way through high school and through a prl • finally entering Bucknell University in 1896 !!■ from that institution summa cum laude on June 2(1. 1900. when 22 •ig |M,sition in the ■ vernment school on W( trait I m Kodlak Alask luata work for an M A from Bucknell. and here he began his lone career in A! In 1921 Um Agricultural College and Si ■). • Judge Bunnell v. I qualified to bead the new institution • | nt of the only school of higher learning in the territory, thus beginning hi with the institution In 1925 Bucknell l ' n.. implishments and I him an honorary d ' .ctor of law degree in recognition of |hfa and law in Alaska In 1935 the Ihf nai l ge to th. .wing that the institution had . sufficiently under Dr Bunm . to merit thl is Today. Dr Bum • - flexing its muscl- iching the maturr stage In which It will .. ' titUtton ' S motto Ad Summum or

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DEAN WILLIAM R. CASH FN William R Cashen is a familiar name and figure at the University native son of Douglas. Alaska, he entered t! • • of Alaska as a freshm.m in 1933. took his Bachelor of Science degree in 1937. After five years as a teacher in the An- chorage Public Schools, he returned to the -ity as Instructor in Mathematics in 1942 Except for one year. 1947-48, whin he took a leave of absence to earn a of Arts degree at I ington. Mr Cashen has been on the faculty ever since. In January. 1950. Mr Cashen was appointed Director of Summer Sessions and in August of the same year he was named Dean of Men Besides these administrative duties he continues teaching on a half-time basis as professor of mathematics DEAN NEIL W. HOSI E Y Hr I! .ith a ■ ■ tudenti and helpii 1934-33 Ph D III Wildlife Itanagl this • and Wildlife M with l Wildlife Service as a f Wildlife 1 on Public Lands In 1950 I Wildlife research Unit w;is ami Univei -a. and Dr Hosley trans- ferred to College as the Unit l.. A year Utter, on July I. 1951 he a . ■i as Dean of the Uni- DEAN DRUSKA C. SCHAIBLE Mrs Druska Schaible has served as Dean en for the past year, succeeding Mrs Mary Little She is a graduate of U ■ ■ if Alaska, having received a Bache- Science degree in 1938 She received pee fro mtl i erf Washington in 1 M1 Mrs Schaible comes from .■ father. Dean Duckering. served as Dean of U .ears. logical • ■ Department, and maintains a full schedule of courses in Zoology, Bad- Mammology and other biological m