Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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Page Eig Moen Q 1. STANLEY KING PRESIDENT Stanley King, the eleventh presi- ctent of Amherst College, assumed office in 1932. following an active and prominent career in law and business. After graduating summa cum laude from Amherst in 1903, where he was affiliated with Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa, President King received his iV1.A. from Harvard Law School in 1906 and was admitted to the Flas- sactlusetts Bar. Since becoming president, he has been awarded Doctor of Laws de- grees from Dartmouth, Vvesteyan, Colgate. Columlaia, and Xvitliams.

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. .1'M.t-- -- THE BIJAHD IIE TRUSTEES ALFRED ERNEST STEARNS I-I Nationaiiy icnown among' educators and administrators, Alfred Ernest Stearns, present Chairman of the Corporation, was eiected head of t1Ie Board of Trustees in 1937. A mem- ber of Psi Upsilon, he graduated from Amherst in 1894. becoming head master of Andover in 1903, from which post he retired in 1937. FREDERICK SCOULLER ALLIS f-1 Frederick Scouiier Aiiis, Amiiersfs able Secretary of tile Alumni Council from 1914 to 1939, has served as Secretary of the College Corporation since 1929. A member of Psi Upsiion, ire graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst in 1893 and iioids honorary M.A. and L.H.D. degrees. o ALFRED ERNEST STEARNS Litt.D., LL.D., L.H.D. Chairman of the Corporation STANLEY KING LL.D. President of the College ARTHUR LEE KINSOLVING D.D. HARLAN FISIKE SToNE LL.D., D.C.L. GEORGE EDYVIN PIERCE B.A. ROBERT NVASHBURN 1X'1AYNARD LLB. HERBERT LEE PRATT P.E.D. LUCIUS Roor EASTMAN LL.B. EDVVARD TUCKERMAN ESTY LL.D. LEWIS VVILLIAMS DOUGLAS LL.D. NVALTER STUART ORR LLB. FRANK LEAROYD BOYDEN L.H.D., LL.D. XNILLIAM SARGENT LADD NLD. FREDERICK SEWALL BALE B.A. FRANCIS T. P. PI.IIwIPToN LLB. JOSEPH BARTLETT EASTMAN LL.D. FREDERICK SCOULLER ALLIS L.H.D. Secretary of the Corporal PAUL DYESS XVEATHERS B.A., IVI.B.A. Secretary of the Corporal TRUSTEE EMERITUS ARTHUR CURTISS JAMES 1VI.A. ALFRED ERNEST STEARNS FREDERICK SCOULLER ALLIS Page Serv

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Tn the Members of the Elass 01711: For four years you have been members of the College. During the past year you have accepted the opportunities for leadership in the undergraduate affairs of Amherst and have exercised this responsibility with sound judgment and ex- cellent good sense. The extraordinarily rapid development of the world crisis this year has presented unusual problems of great seriousness to the whole under- graduate body. The College deeply appreciates your leadership. As you leave the College in June to talce your places in an uncertain world, you carry with you our confidence that you will face the issues presented to you with a stout heart. Vve shall miss you on the campus when the College reassembles in September. v. fi'-lf' 1616.15 C. SCOTT PORTER DEAN Charles Scott Porter, '19, joined the Amherst faculty in 1924, becoming assistant professor of Mathematics in 1927, associate professor in 1929, and Dean of the College in 1931. A member of Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. Dean Porter started teaching in 1919 as a Mathe- matics instructor at Worcester Polytechnic 1nsti- tute, receiving his 1Vl.A. from Clark in 1932.