University of Arkansas Fayetteville - Razorback Yearbook (Fayetteville, AR)

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Penn Oil Corporation President Charles Fox Wood (BSCE ’04) has been very successful since his University days when he played varsity football. Retired after 4 6 years with Anaconda Co., Samuel Blair (BCE ’10) was Executive Mechanical Engineer of the Foundry Dept. INDUSTRY In utilities, mining, oil, international business, University alumni have become nationally and internation¬ ally prominent. In an industrially oriented economy such as ours, leaders as these are in tremendous demand. James H. Goss (BSME ’30), Vice-President and International Group Executive of General Electric, is required to travel a great deal. He and Mrs. Goss are shown upon their arrival in Karachi, Pakistan. As Vice-President and Director of Personnel of Louisiana Power and Light Co., W. H. Senyard (BA ’26) has had a very successful career. —Photo courtesy of Leon Trice, New Orleans. 16

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' ' Design was completed in ’59 for the proposed National Cultural Center, to be located on the bank of the Potomac in Washington. Within the last seventy years, architecture has made a transition from the cluttered and ugly to the clean and beautiful. The genesis of Frank Lloyd Wright has been sustained by the work of perhaps the most famous UofA alumnus. But going beyond Wright, this man has instituted his own style which is widely copied. Today’s foremost architect, Edward D. Stone (Att. ’23), has con¬ tributed much to the UofA, having designed many of its new buildings. —Karsh-Ottawa. At Villa Malcontenta, Venice, Mr. Stone creates variations of his style of design, which he considers as an individual’s creative expression. 15

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Talking with the editor of the Denver University news¬ paper, Mort Stern (BA ’47), right, represents the Denver Post, of which he is Editorial Page Editor. Senior Editor of Life Magazine Gene Farmer (BA ’39) has received much recognition for his work; he is also the recipient of the Chevalier of the French Legion of Flonor. —Photo courtesy of M. Norton. JOURNALISM University alumni are scattered over the nation, involved in various phases of journalism and printing, as editors and execu¬ tives. But their jobs are more than just sitting behind a desk. The irs is a commitment to journalism itself.” E. C. “Ernie” Deane (BA ’34), well known columnist for the Arkansas Gazette, was named Outstanding Citizen of Mexia, Texas, 19 52, by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, for devoted service to the community. President of Lions International and Vice-President and General Manager of the American Printing House for the Blind is Finis E. Davis (BSE ’3 8).