University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Dean C. Leonard O'Connell UNIVERSITY DEANS C. LEONARD O'CONNELL Dean of the School of Pharmacy In Dean C. Leonard O’Connell, an inquisitive and idealistic mind has sought expression in many complex endeavors. His whole life has been permeated with an altruistic desire to help others. It is not strange that he interests himself studying in the held of scholastic philosophy. His idealism has fostered a sense of civic pride and justice, that has prompted him to assume the chairmanship of the Board of Managers of the Juvenile Detention Home. His pharmaceutical vocation is never neglected, however, he frequently contributes articles to professional and trade publications and acted as coauthor of Pharmaceutical Juris-prudcncc,” a recently published work. Dean O'Connell's background is particularly appealing since he is a Pittsburgh boy, receiving his Ph.G., A.B., Phar.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1912, 1916, and 1929 respectively. He served as president of the Pittsburgh Pharmaceutical Association from 1929-1931 and is an active member of several groups in his profession. 25

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H. EDMUND FRIESELL Dean of the School of Dentistry The growth of professional schools in the Uni-versitv has been studded with the names of many brilliant men, among the foremost of whom is Dean H. Edmund Fncscll. There is probably no other name that is so closely linked with an institution's progress as Dr. FriescU's is with the school of Dentistry. From the moment he assumed his duties of dean in 1904, the Dental school has grown in size and eminence, being recognized annually as a Class A institution by the Dental Educational Council of America, since that body began its ratings in 1918. Dean Fricsell has long been a national figure among dental authorities. He founded the American College of Dentists in 1920 and has served on numerous state, national and international committees on dental research. He has found time to contribute widely to dental literature. His personal library contains a great number of almost priceless volumes, some of which were exhibited at the Century of Progress in 1933-34 by the American Dental Association. Dean Fricsell received his D.D.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1895, but returned to Pittsburgh to take his B.S. here at the University in 1913. He was honored by Marouette University with an L.L.D. in 1920 and by the University of Pittsburgh in 1930 with a Sc.D. degree. Dean H. Edmond Friesell UNIVERSITY DEANS Dean Elmer Allen Holbrook ELMER ALLEN HOLBROOK Dean of the Schools of Engineering and Mines To all engineers and miners at Pitt, Dr. Elmer A. Holbrook is not only a capable dean, but a real guy as well. In him his students have found the sympathy and insight of a character mellowed by many years of academic and technical experience. Born of hardy New England stock, he began his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and received his degree in 1904. He began his teaching career at Nova Scotia Technical College; he moved to the University of Illinois in 1913 and continued there until the outbreak of rhe World War. Dean Holbrook served as mine superintendent in Montana and British Columbia, and in 1933 he acted as technical advisor on coal for the N.R.A. Despite his many duties as dean, Dr. Holbrook has found time to write more than one hundred articles on mining subjects and engineering education. 24

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DEPARTMENTAL HEADS lexasdrr Silver mas, Head of the 'rtment of Ohm is try s Dam bach, Director of Physical ion Ions Lei• Holcombe, Head of tary Department Hutchissos, Head of the De-f Physics Acting as a corporate whole, the University of Pittsburgh is nevertheless dependent upon the activities of its various parts for its successful functioning. Ranging down through the administrative management from the Chancellor and the Provost through the schools, activities finally center in the departments, each of which represents a particular field of study. The departments, however, arc not the definite division of knowledge into specific fields, for many departments arc intcr-dcpcndcnt, and many arc in turn subdivided in interest and activity. As a result, certain departments fall into natural groupings, and these groupings provide the fundamental divisions of knowledge; the social sciences, the natural sciences, and the humanities, arc all represented in rhe average course required for graduation 26