Arizona State University - Sun Devil Spark / Sahuaro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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G. HOMER DURHAM PRESIDENT G. Homer Durham St ASU'j tenth president it a dynamic person- ality. deeply concerned with and Interested In the future of our university. Arizona State pretentt an opportunity on- equaled in American higher education to- day ... We can look forward -o the day when Tempe will be at well known aca- demically at the cities of Oxford, Cam- bridge, ard Berkeley. Our immediate tatk It to clarify our goalt and then ter a tteadfatt course toward reaching them. I predict a great future for Arizona State University at a center for the fine art» ard the humanitiet. Our growing industrial community will assure a contiro- Ing Interett in the phytical sciences, in an- glneering, and In technological progress of many kinds. Moreover, I believe we will tee here an intensifying of the search for the relationships between the life ard physi- cal sciences as the next maior step in the progress of the natural science field. No- thing is loo sacred for the competent mind to examine in the university in the Interett of social well being. These are the words of the man who Is our new academic leader and the staunch de- fender of our academic freedom. His con- victions and beliefs concerning higher edu- cation reflect his background of unrelenting pursuit of knowledge, from his first day el school when he was promoted to the third grade before the day was over, to his last position as Academic Vice President of the University of Utah, Or. Durham has dis- played the same vital and versatile Chirac- ' tcristics which single him out as a man of distinctive and impressive ability. President Durham graduated from the Uni- versity of Utah with a B.A. degree in history and political science, and received his PhD. at the University of California at I os Angeles. He has taixjht at Utah State University, Swerthmo'e College, and the University of Utah Hit popularity as a teacher it apparent in this remark made by one of his students: You can learn more getting an 'E' from that guy thin you can In getting an 'A' from anyone else in the department. Dr Durham himself once tald. The proudest title I have ever worn or ever will wear it that of 'professor'. Considred an authority in public adminis- tration, Dr. Durham it also much in demand at an advisor to government bodies in sev- eral western states. Our now president's Interests are not lim- ited to the academic world, however. He is an ardent tennis player, mountain climber, swimming and skiing enthusiast, and can play any musical Instrument, He worked his way through college playing piano wirh a dance band. He hat been quoted at saying. I play the piano for my own amazement The father of three children, he met hit wife, Eudore. while on « mission for the latter-day Saints Church. A prominent speaker, the president sums up hit philosophy of university administration In these woras: Get the facilities, get the policies, get the organization under which the faculty can work best with students - and then get out of the wayl Scholar, professor, administrator, consultant, sportsman, musician, churchman, speaker, husband and father these titles all belong to Dr. G. Homer Durham, President, Arizona

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A late study session, gratifying sleep — and the second day is launched in a sea of 10,000-plus students flooding the campus at class change. A student is bom.

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