Bakersfield College - Raconteur Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Guided By The fgrediclenf With the close of the year 1958-59, Bakersfield College proudly completes its forty-fifth year of service to the youths and adults of this area. To the members of the class of 1959, may I offer special congratulations, to all other students, my thanks for being mem- bers of one of our finest student bodies. For you who will be leaving for advanced study, employment, or other ventures, we hope that your experiences here will prove to have been worthwhile. For you who will return next fall, come back refreshed with a sincere desire for an even better year at Bakersfield College. To our faculty and staff may l say, Well done! Your competence, your sincere in- terest in our students, and your ability to encourage and in some cases caiole and prod our students to do their very best, are appreciated by the community, the Board of Trustees, and the students themselves. Each of you has performed a most important service in working with and understanding THE STUDENT AND HIS PROBLEMS. Starting his first full year as president of Bakersfield College, having taken over in February of l958, Dr. Simonsen assumes the burden of administering a rapidly growing community college. Dr. Simonsen, a native Californian, is a graduate of the Col- lege of the Pacific, where he earned his A.B. degree and where he was student body president. His Master of Arts and Doctor of Educational degrees in education administration were taken at the University of California. In addition to college administration, he has concentrated on music, history, and physical education. During World War ll, Dr. Simonsen was a pilot in the Marine Corps, and now holds the rank of Maior in the Marine Corps Re- serves. As president of Bakersfield College, Dr. Simonsen serves on several important committee assignments. He is chairman of the State Athletic Committee of the California Junior College Associa- tion and is a member of the Association's Committee on Junior College Plant Planning. He is also onthe Personnel Practices Com- mittee ofthe California Association of Secondary School Adminis- trators. In addition, he belongs to Phi Delta Kappa, international men's honorary educational fraternity. Though the life of a college president is a busy one, Dr. Simonsen finds time to spend with his wife and three daughters.