American University - Talon / Aucola Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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man WILLIAM O. NICHOLLS Vice President — Treasurer and Business Manager A.B., M.B.A., Syracuse University K. BRENT WOODRUFF Vice President — Director of University Development M.A. Harvard Left RICHARD BRAY Division of Special Studies and Associate Dean of Faculties B.A., M.A., University of Colorado Right ERNEST GRIFFITH School of International Service A.B., Hamilton College; D.Phil. Oxford University Ph.D. Harvard University Left ROBERT E. GOOSTREE Acting Dean of School of Government B.A. Southwestern; M.A., Ph.D. State University of Iowa; LL.B. American University Right SUMNER O. BURHOE Acting Dean of Graduate School B.S. University of Massachusetts; M.S., Kansas State College; Ph.D. Harvard University 15

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- ' STAFFORD H. CASSELL Vice President — Administrative Assistant to the President A.B., American University; M.S. Pennsylvania State; L.L.D., Lycoming College ..■ DONALD DERBY Vice President — Dean of Faculties B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard Vice Presidents and Deans The Vice-Presidents of the University are re- sponsible for the maintenance and curriculum of the various schools and are also involved with such proj- ects as admissions, counseling, summer sessions, special studies, and graduate degree studies. The Deans of the various schools also have a responsibility to their fac- ulty and students. Maintaining the curriculum while trying to raise standards is not an easy task, but one that is necessary for any university, especially one that is expanding as rapidly as ours. It is vital to the life of the University that academic standards increase in proportion to rapid physical growth. Above NATHAN A. BAILEY School of Business Administration B.S.S. City College of New York; M.A., Ph.D. Columbia University Left RALPH JOHN College of Arts and Sciences BA. Berea College; S.T.B., S.T.M. Boston University; Ph.D. American University Right JOHN S. MYERS Washington College of Law B.S., LL.B. Harvard University 14

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WILLIAM WEIFENBACH Associate Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Ph.B., University of Wisconsin RUTH McFEETER Assistant Dean of College of Arts and Sciences B.S., Beaver College; M.A., Columbia University College of Arts and Sciences SUMNER O. BURHOE Biology B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Kansas State College; Ph.D., Harvard University Department Chairmen The College of Arts and Sciences is the most complex and the largest part of The American Uni- versity. The primary objective of the college is to pro- vide a program of liberal art studies which produce graduates with an understanding of mankind and the world in which he lives. The college consists of eighteen departments which are organized into the divisions of humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, social sciences, fine and communicative arts and education. Most of the liberal arts fields are represented in these divisions. An outstanding feature of the college is the honors study program. Students participating in gen- eral honors take a series of four seminars under the direction of an honors professor. The topics they dis- cuss are drawn from the natural sciences, social sci- ences, and humanities. Students taking departmental honors study independently in areas of special interest. W. DONALD BOWLES Economics B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D. Columbia University JOHN W. DEVOR Education B.A., M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Chicago CHARLES M. CLARK English A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University