University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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The most distinguished honor that has come to the University was the award of the Nobel Prize for physics to the brilliant young scientist, Dr. Ernest Orlando Law- rence, p rofessor of physics and director of the Radiation Laboratory. Special ceremonies were held on the evening of February 29 at the University for the bestowal of the award since circumstances prevented him from going to Sweden to receive it at the hands of the King. Among the additional presidencies of learned societies which came to our university were that of the American Mathematical Society, to which Professor Griffith C. Evans was selected; the presidency of the Paleontological Society of America, bestowed on Professor Ralph W. Chaney; the presidency of the International Botanical Congress, Stockholm, to which Professor E. B. Babcock was chosen. The University secured a goodly number of medals during the year, among them being the following: the Nichols Medal, awarded to Dr. Joel H. Hildebrand; the 1938 Agassiz Medal (oceanography), awarded to Dr. Harold U. Sverdrup; the John Deere Medal, awarded to Professor H. B. Walker; the Commonwealth Club Medal for Literature, awarded to Professor George R. Stewart; the Commonwealth Club Medal for Works of Scholar- ship, awarded to Professor Herbert I. Priestley. President Sproul was elected a member of two very important boards: i.e., that of the Rockefeller Founda- tion and that of the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad- vancement of Science. One of the important happenings of the year was the construction and occupation of the well-equipped build- ing of the University Press at the corner of Oxford and Center streets, which will make possible increased facil- ities for the publications of the University in its various fields. Lack of space forbids a summary of the other academic happenings of the year, which continued to mark the progress of the University. MONROE E. DEUTSCH. THOMAS M. PUTNAM, Dean of Undergraduates RAYMOND G. GETTELL. Dean of Summer Sessions LUCY W. STEBBINS, Dean of Women THOMAS B. STEEL, Registrar CHARLES B. LIPMAN, Dean of the Graduate Division LUTHER A. NICHOLS, Comptroller

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ADMINISTRA YEAR MONROE E. DEUTSCH Vice-president and Provost During the year which is just now closing, a number of important additions was made to the faculty of the Uni- versity. Among these may be mentioned Dr. Frank N. Freeman, professor of educational psychology, who assumed the deanship of the School of Education, replac- ing Dean W. W. Kemp, who had just retired from the post. In Economics, the instruction in the field of inter- national trade, which had been carried by Dean Henry F. Grady, now Assistant Secretary of State, was placed in the hands of Dr. John B. Condliffe, who has come to us from the University of London, at which he held a professorship. Professor Archer Taylor, chairman of the Department of German at the University of Chicago, accepted appointment in our department. Professor Rob- ert W. Desmond of Northwestern University joined the faculty of the University as professor of journalistic studies in the post which was held for many years by the late Professor Charles H. Raymond. To head the new Department of Social Welfare, Dr. Harry M. Cassidy was called as professor of social welfare from British Columbia, where he had been in charge of these activities. Professor Herbert J. Rose, professor of Greek at St. Andrew ' s University in Scotland, held the position of visiting Sather professor of classical literature. In the Department of Music, Arthur Bliss served as visiting pro- fessor, and Ernest Bloch, the distinguished composer, joined the faculty. Retirements at the close of the academic year 1938-39 included Professor J. W. Thompson, professor of medi- eval history, and Professor E. C. Van Dyke, professor of entomology. Dr. W. C. Fleming assumed the post of dean of the College of Dentistry, succeeding former Dean Guy Mill- berry. In the College of Letters and Science, Dean George D. Louderback retired from the deanship and was suc- ceeded by Professor Joel H. Hildebrand of the Depart- ment of Chemistry. The Charter Exercises were held on March 28, 1940, owing to the fact that the exact date, March 23, fell dur- ing the spring recess. The speaker was President J. B. Conant of Harvard University. Numerous honors came to members of the faculty. Guggenheim fello wships were awarded to Dr. Leland S. McClung of the Hooper Foundation for Medical Re- search, Professor Lesley B. Simpson of the Department of Spanish, Professor Robert C. Tryon, of the Depart- ment of Psychology. Professor Eric C. Bellquist was granted a research fellowship by the Social Science Research Council through which he carried on studies in the Scandinavian countries. Professor Ivan M. Linforth, of the Department of Classics, was appointed as the first incumbent of the visiting professorship on the Andrew Fleming West Foundation at Princeton Universi ty. Professor Richard B. Goldschmidt, of the Department of Zoology, delivered the Silliman lectures at Yale University. Professor Max Radin delivered the Storrs Foundation lectures at Yale, and Professor Arturo Torres-Rioseco was the Flexner lecturer at Bryn Mawr College. 20

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DEAN ROGER J. TRAYNOR, Jurisprudence DEAN CHARLES DERLETH, JR., Engineering DEAN FRANK H. PROBERT, Mining DEAN CLAUDE B. H UTCH ISON, Agriculture DEAN GILBERT N. LEWIS. Chemistry 22