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One of the busiest members of the facuky of The American University is Dr. Dorothy Ditter Gondos, to whom the 1959 TALON is dedicated. Mrs. Gondos graduated from S ' arthmore Col- lege in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania and earned her advanced degrees from the University of Penn- sylvania. Since the Fall semester of 1947, Dr. Gondos has been teaching ' all shades of history. Herself a veteran of forty months in the Navy, she says of the early days of 1947, there were waves of veterans on the campus. She states that she has observed the peak enrollment then, seen it fall off and rise again to its present peak. Prior to coming here. Dr. Gondos taught English and Latin in the public schools of Penn- sylvania. She has also worked in historical socie- ties before and after her military service and has had editing experience and collated several manu- script collections. Dedication Presently, Dr. Gondos is the facidty advisor to the History Club, Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary, Cap and Go vn Women ' s Honorary Scholarship and Leadership Fraternity and Delta Gamma social sorority. Dr. Gondos is also on the Execiuive Committee of the faculty. This is an elected position on a board to study problems of educational policy and to coordinate committee structtne of the university. Dr. Gondos is a member of the University Honor Society and has been President and Secretary-Treasurer of that organization. She is also a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Sigma Alpha and the Selection Committee of College Council. In ad- dition, she has served on College Council for ten years. Mrs. Gondos is married to Victor Gondos, Jr. He is Archivist in charge of the Civil War Branch at the National Archives. Mrs. Gondos stated that she enjoys cooking when she gets the time. Of her years at A.U., Dr. Gondos remarks, It ' s been a pleasure to observe the growth over the past half decade and to realize that there is indeed a great present and future for the Uni- versity but whether the university is large or small it is the quality of the students, faculty and administration that makes for greatness. On my part, I have always enjoyed being here at A.U.
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