University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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Board of Trustees Pi-eMideiit, Hoard of TruMees CUXXEXCIIAM Cleary ' 1 ' Ir ' ]«ist yt ' Mi- has seen the (■(iiiiplcl ion ol ' the loiiji ' needed new heating and power ])lant ; (!TOo:ory Hall, a .si)lendid elassroom l)nildinj;-, replaeinji old Univer- sity Hall; the handsome Natural Kesources liuildins; and additions to MeKinley Hospital an l llie Libi ' ary. Of fji ' eatest general interest, perhaps, is Ihe heautit ' iil mini I ' nion Building — the lealization of a drcani of many years of aliiiiiiii. st iden1s, ami fai-ulty. I ' ii lcr eonsti ' uetion, also, arc a men ' s resiiU ' nee hall in ( ' liain- l)aign, and a union building in riiieago. It is hoped that by spi ' ing. plans for the transfer to the I ' niversity of tlu- entire responsibility for Ihe operation and management of the Heseareh and I ' ldu- cational Hospitals, in Ciiieago. will be eonsummated. Such arrangement, it is felt, will tremendously n- hanee the pi-estige of the Ciiieago ( ' olleucs and enable the I ' niversity to serve more eflieicully the people of the Slate of JlliiU)is and the eause of medical science. Through the K.U.T.U. the training of pilots and the services of faculty uu ' inbei ' s on arious (loveru- mental Boards and Commissions, Illinois is doing her full share in the cause of National l)e fens( Illinois has a wondei ' ful Physical I ' laut ami has one of the largest eniMllnients in the couiitrv ' . r if the true greatness of the I iii i ' rsity lies in the (piality au i scope of its educational ami I ' cscarch wurk. .Many lueinbei ' s of oiii ' faculty, as leaders ill their respective spheres of knowledge, ai ' e famous throughout this country and the world. This is eipially true back through the years. Illinois can right I ' lilly lioast of its eonlribution to education, science, and the progress of this state and nation and civilization itself, as this coiiiitry knows it. . s sludeiils, it ' you will learn to know your I ' liivei-sity before you leave the cam- pus, yon will ever after hold your head high in the pride of the knowleilge that mui atli ' iided, and w(U ' e a part of. one of the wurlil ' s truly i;real liiiver- sities. Ti x ' r - I ' nue 20

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ARTlil ' R CIT President, UxiVEi; Arthur Cutts Willnrd was elected seventh president of the University nf Illinois hy the Hoard of Trustees on March l ' . . 1934, and assumed the presidency in July of that year. He has been a nieinher of the University faeully since 1913, cominic; here as assistant professor of heating and ventilation in the Department of Mechanical KnKineeriniC. Knur years Inter he was made a full professor and in 1920 was named head of the d«-| artnit ' nt. Nine months previous to his election as president, he )iad U ' cTi ma Ie Actinc Dean of the Collet:e of Kncincerinff, Dr. Willard was born in Washintiton, D. C, and attended the Central Hitfh School there. He studied in the National College of Pharmacy for one year and then entered Massachusetts Institute of Technolo -, taking TS WILLAUD siTY OF Illinois n chemical cnjfincerinp course and rereiviuff his Bachelor of Science de- cree in 190-1. following jrradualinn from M.I .T. he tauf;ht for one year at the California School of Merlmnical Arts in San Francisco and for three years at George Washington I ' niversity in the national capital. The four years preceding his irnnsfer to Illinois he served the United States War Department as Sanitary and Heatini; Kncineer. Three honorary doctor ' s degrees have been conferred iiK)n President ■ Villard: Doctor of EnKineering by the Case School of v i plied Science, Doctor of Laws by Georpe Washington University, and also the Doctor of Laws by Northwestern Tniversily. Page 25

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Board of Trustees i Hoy. Dwn.iiT H. (iia.hN Governor of JUinois K IKRAKKR OORI)ON ' MOREY FORXOF Davis I-ivi.vosTosr (loventoi llox. DWIG Spri of lllillOI. ' ! iiT H. Grekx nfffield Superintendent of I ' ublic Instruction Hon. John- A. Wieland Sprinfffield U F F 1 K R .S O F T H E B O A R D HaroU) Pogle, Decatur. . Pregident nf the Board, Harrison- E. Cunningham Frank M. Gordon, Cliic-aj; Llotd Morey. Urbana iliuch 14. 1U4U- , Urbana o -ilnrcli 12, C .President 1941 .Secretary Treasurer omptroller ELKCTED MEMBE RS Homer Mat Vdams Springfield Jon N R. Fornof Streator I ' ARK Livingston Ilinsdale James M. Cle Chicago ary Mrs. IIki.kn Matthews Griosby I ' itts field Orvh.le M. Karraker llarrishurij Chester B. Davis If ' ayne Fr,vnk a. Jensen LaSalle K m:i. . . Meyer Chicago Page 27