University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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DT 1.057 Phar- Jlty of versity Vlaster ind 1115 started Depart- ut UKC '42 he lol and Asso- ed the ning a :search 'i 1948 Dean Ameri- cience, Qi, Rho Society Phar- :s, and we and lr sons. school a in the we ever FIV, Ns '12 .- . ' X B A X, . .gk-x! XJ YQQ' CJ STI-1 IVJ4 INS dean, continuing education A busy man with a variety of duties and inter- ests, Dr. Cj Stevens is the Director of the constantly expanding Division for Continuing Education. Dr. Stevens received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. at Louisiana State University. He taught at Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in the department of Speech, and was Director of Radio. Dr. Stevens came to this campus in the fall of 1955 as an As- sistant Professor of Speech and Director of Radio-TV department. He became the Acting Dean of the Evening Division in 1956, and Director of the Department of Continuing Ed- ucation when the department was founded in 1958. Besides his regular duties at the Uni- versity, Dr. Stevens has maintained a continued interest in the musical activities of this area by assisting in the sponsorship of the Modern Jazz Workshop concerts and writing the li- bretto of Straus' opera, Der Rosenkavalier. He is a member of the spech Association of America, Missouri Valley Adult Education As- Sociation, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Rho, Theta Kappa Phi, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is married and has a son and daughter. With the leadership of Dr. Stevens the Depart- ment of Continuing Education has expanded 'aDidly to a position of influence and impor- tance on the urban Campus of UKC. I-IUC3-I1 VV. SPEER, dean, GCi.'L1C8.tiCDI1 Dr. Hugh W. Speer, King of Epperson Castle, has been Dean of the School of Education since the, Department of Education became a full school in 1955. From 1948 to that time he was the Chairman of the Education Depart- ment. Dean Speer received his A..B. from American University, his M.A. from George Washington University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. His experience in education covers a broad field, from serving as principal of high schools in Fredonia and Hays, Kansas, to director of Veterans Advise- ment Center at UKC from 1945 to 1947. He served with the American Red Cross during World War ll in ltaly'with the lOth Moun- tain Division. From 1951 to 1952 he studied in lran under a Fulbright Grant at the Uni- versity of Tehran, where he also served as advisor to the Ministry of Education on gen- eral revision of the public school system. Dean Speer is a past president of Phi Delta Kappa, and member of Delta Sigma Rho, American Association of School Administrators, Associa- tion of Supervisory Curriculum Development, American Personnel Guidance Association, and the National Education Association. He is mar- ried and the father of two daughters. The Education School, under the leadership of Dean Speer has progressed rapidly in all the varied areas of the education field. 25

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TED R. BRANNEN Cj.98.I1, 'lO'L1SIl.I'1SSS Dr. Ted R. Brannen is one of the new deans appointed at the start of the school year. Dr. Brannen received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Arkansas and his Ph.D. in Economic and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Texas. He served as a lieu- tenant j.g. in the U. S. Navy during the second world war. He served on the faculties of the University of Texas, Texas A.5'M. and the Uni- versity of Arkansas. He also was a Professor of Management at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Previous to his teaching he held positions as an economist with the Texas Com- pany in New York, and was Chief Regional Price Economist of the Office of Price Stabili- zation of the Southwest region from l95O to l952. He also served as Director of Industrial Relations and Co-ordinator of Labor Relations with the Arabian-American Oil Company in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from l954 to l957. Dr. Brannen wrote The Economic Effects of the i953 Tornado on Waco, Texas , and is working on a book on employee relations in underdeveloped areas. He is married and has two children. Since becoming the Dean of the Business School, Dean Brannen has completely reorgan- ized the entire program of that school. 24 LESLIE L. EISENBRANDT dean, pharmacy Dr. Leslie L. Eisenbrandt,'Dean of the Phar- macy School since l953, joined the faculty of UKC after graduating from Rutgers University with a Ph.D. in l936. He received his Master of Science from Kansas State College, and his A.B. from Emporia College in l932. He started here as an instructor in the Biology Depart- ment, teaching the first classes offered at UKC in physiologyand parasitology. In i942 he joined the faculty of the Dentistry School and served as the Director of Research and Asso- ciate Professor of Physiologly. He joined the Pharmacy School staff in I947, becoming a full Professor in l949. He carried on research work at the University of California from l948 to l949 using radioactive Isotopes. Dean Eisenbrandt is a member of Sigma Xi, Ameri- can Association for Advancement of Science, Scientific Research Society, Kappa Psi, Rho Chi, American Pharmaceutical Society, Society for Biology and Medicine, Society of Phar- macology and Experimental Therapeutics, and American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Eisenbrandt is married and has four sons. His six years a head of the Pharmacy school have been marked by increased progress in the curriculum and teaching methods in the ever expanding field of Pharmacy. C. de A bl ests con: Edu and taug We and to t sisti Rad Dea Dire uca l9E ver: inte by i Jaz brel He Am soc The He Wi mei rap tan

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I E I I I WILLIAM E. MCCREARY Director, Counseling Services DR. S. WI-IEADON BLOCH Dean of Students MRS. CHRISTINE D. HOGIN Director of Student Activities 1 5' - 9.112 'W