University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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CELEBRATES A BIRTHDAY President Richard A. Harvill came to the University in 1934 as a young assistant professor in economics. Since that time he has been dean of the Graduate College and the College of Liberal Arts with four years leave during World War 11. In 1950 he was appointed president of the University and has held that position for more than a decade. Dr. Harvill ' s qualifications for these posi- tions date back to his schooling. He earned his bachelor of science degree as an economics major from Mississippi State College. Duke University awarded him the master of science degree the following year, 1927. He received his doctor of philosophy degree in 1932 at North- western University. For two years Dr. Harvill taught economics at his first two alma maters and was a research assistant at the third. He then came to the Uni- versity. Mrs. Harvill is a noted Tucsonan in her own right. Besides participating in numerous other national and local activities, she is a member of the West Coast Advisory Council of the Experi- ment in International Living. She also serves on the Rocky Mountain Regional Advisory Com- mittee of the Institute of International Educa- tion. Dr. Harvill slices the Student Union ' s tenth anniversary birthday cake with Bill Varney, Director of the Student Union, and Paul Chuppa, SUAB Chairman. AND ACKNOWLEDGES A GIFT A ,•• til1 11111Ciiii sae tiiIIIIL tea! Nino ‘ lui- JINNI III 11111111■—.01111114111111ye - 11111111 WE II r oh:: ..4.111111•1111 tall! ' 11111111111111111rP4Oeas 4 ell11111111111111111111111 1111111■ MIMI ' ..eassinia tangy`A , i 41111111k41 NW 1111111111111111111111111111111 NMI 1 . ,, • 1 IMMO •••111t MI II Ai igIllidig-TIIIIIIIMIIIIRr ill11111111111 ..:4111111 il.... 1111 ,, AN i All 1 I aaIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII AIM Ilidili Al1111111111111111111111111.1111111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 ANIMINIIIIIIIIIIIII 11111111111 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111.111 II AI ' 11111111111111111111111111111111111 President and Mrs. Harvill display an alum ' s gift of 15 unique elephants, each carved from a different wood found in Burma. 31

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PRESIDENT RICHARD A. HARVILL STATEMENT BY DR. RICHARD A. HARVILL The year of graduation for the Class of 1962 is a significant one not only for those receiving degrees but also in the life of the State of Arizona and the University of Arizona. For one thing, the State of Arizona is cele- brating this year its fiftieth anniversary of Statehood. No longer the Baby State, since the recent entrance of Alaska and Hawaii into the Union, Arizona has long since left behind its raw but romantic days as an untamed frontier. It has now emerged as a mature, progressive and productive member of the community of states with na- tional interest being increasingly focused upon it. It is in no small measure that the University itself has helped bring about this progress, through the contribution of three generations of soundly trained graduates to the ranks of the state ' s enlightened citizenry, and through its far-flung programs of research and extension which have helped build an increasingly prosperous industrial and agricultural base for the state ' s economy. Further, just one hundred years ago the Morrill Act, signed by Abraham Lincoln, called into existence the nationwide system of land-grant colleges and state uni- versities, of which the University of Arizona has been a part since its founding. Throughout the United States a wide-ranging program in observance of this Centennial is now underway. Land-Grant institutions, which for the first time in the history of the world brought higher edu- cation within the reach of all citizens instead of being restricted to the more privileged, number only 68 of some 1,250 American colleges and universities. Despite this low numerical proportion, they now enroll more than twenty per cent of the nation ' s students, grant more than forty per cent of the doctoral degrees, conferring half of the doctorates in science, engineering and the health profes- sions and virtually all of the degrees in agriculture. In addition, twenty-five per cent of the degrees in the arts, languages, business and commerce, and teacher prepara- tion, are given by L and-Grant institutions. Graduates of the University of Arizona are part of a proud history. I offer my personal congratulations to those receiving their degrees, either bachelor ' s or advanced, upon the successful attainment of this important goal in their per- sonal and academic careers. Richard A. Harvill

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Governor Paul Fannin is the first Univer- sity of Arizona alumnus to hold Arizona ' s highest political office. He is devoted to ex- panding Arizona ' s higher educational sys- tems. This year, for example, he approved the board of regents ' request for the allot- ment of $4,460,000 for University construc- tion programs. He made several visits to the campus, maintaining personal knowledge of Univer- sity progress. He was the main speaker at Arizona ' s Girls State last summer. In Novem- ber, he spoke at the Roads and Streets Con- ference and was a special guest of the Uni- versity during Homecoming. On Morn and Dad ' s Day, Governor Fannin visited his sons, Robert and William, enrolled in the Univer- sity law school. PAUL J. FANNIN Governor of Arizona The Board of Regents of the Universities and State Col- lege of Arizona has control over the University of Arizona and is the financial and general-policy-making body for the institution. The ten-member Board effects its control by approving the budget, faculty and staff appointments, and academic offerings. Perhaps its influence is felt most greatly through the financial appropriations it requests of the State Legislature for the efficient maiintcnance and continual progress of the University. This year it requested for the 1962-63 academic year $4,460,000 for land acquisitions and new buildings, including a women ' s physical education building and addi- tions to the music building, infirmary, and auditorium. This request was in addition to the annual appropriation of sev- eral million dollars for the operation of the University. It also requested authority to issue $1,500,000 in bonds for an additional women ' s dormitory. The Board, during the current year, approved the plans and specifications for a new College of Education Building, a new Science Library, and an addition to the General Library. Construction of these buildings began in the spring. BOARD OF REGENTS: John G. Babbitt; Mrs. Vivian L. Boysen; Governor Paul J. Fannin, ex officio; Leon Levy; President Richard A. Harvill of the University of Arizona; Lynn M. Laney, former Presi- dent; Samuel H. Morris, present President; Elwod W. Bradford; 0. D. Miller; George W. Chambers; W. W. Dick, ex officio, State Superin- tendent of Public Instruction. 32