Bates College - Mirror Yearbook (Lewiston, ME)

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A scientist who is respected, a teacher who is loved, and a wit of repute, Dr. Karl Woodcock. 118. is an unusual professor of physics. He is equally at ease discussing intricate problems of nuclear physics or outlining the best plan for wiring a house. He enjoys photography, radio. television. electronics. surveying - in fact anything involving mechanics. Karl Woodcock came to Bates in the fall of 1914 as a student. and upon graduation in 1918 remained as an instructor in the department of physics. He studied summers until he secured his masterls degree in 1922. Then in 1932. after a leave of absence. he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has been head of the physics department for the last several years. His interest in astronomy led to the development of a course in that field, and recently he was infiuential in the construction of a planetarium in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Woodcock has long been a member of the American Society of Physics Teachers. Locally. he has served for the last several years as radiological defense chief for Maine Civil Defense. In this connection, he has taught several courses in Maine on the Fundamentals of atomic and nuclear physics. l .QL X Born in England. educated in Canada. with a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. and since 1921 a Stanley Professor of Chemistry at Bates College. Walter A. Lawrance has successfully combined the duties of teacher and those of industrial and research chemist, A tremendous worker. Dr. Lawrance sets high standards for his students both in technical excellence and in integrity. His retirement in 1965 will coincide with the completion of Dana Hall. a new chemistry building which Dr. Lawrance has supervised since its conception. Dr. Lawrance is also well-known outside of Bates College. During World War I. he developed a unit operation system whereby non- professionals were each taught a single step in a chemical process. This plan worked to spread scientific skills and to relieve shortage of chemists. It is. however. in the problem of river pollution that he has won greatest fame. The Herculean task of cleaning up the Andro- scoggin River was assigned to him in 1947 when he was given the title of Bivermaster. Today Dr. Walter Lawrance is recognized internationally as an authority on river pollution by industrial wastes. Chemistry majors now in industry and schools the country over recognize their debt to him. All Bates men and women are proud of the contributions he has made to the field of chemistry. Yeh - we c'n get wonderful effects - red flames - moonlight to order - 1 I, 'n everything. Mirror 1922 Boys returning from downtown late o'nights have often wondered as to the identity of the faithful chemist who burns the bright electrics into the wee small hours of the night. Rumor has it that Doc Lawrance is discovering new compounds and one of these days . . . .Wirror 1924 7

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for 11140 years of service . . . The class of 1965 takes gxeat pride in acknowledging the loyalty and interest of three outstanding Bates professors. demonstrated by nearly a century and one half of service. The students and faculty of Bates are not alone in their deep gratitude. The state of Maine and the nation owe much to the trio whose sound scholarship. effective teaching. originality in scientific research. and personal influence on students. teachers. and friends the world over have proved invaluable. Although their terms as members of the Bates faculty are drawing to a close. we look forward to seeing them on campus and in the two science buildings. towards which they have contributed so much time and effort. Xl Although Dr. William Sawyer officially retired as a mem- ber ofthe Bates faculty in 1963, he is still warmly welcomed whenever his footsteps turn him homeward toward Carnegie Hall. Of the three scientists mentioned here, he has served Bates the longest. having been a faculty member since his graduation from Bates in 1913. He was a Graduate Assistant in Biology from 1913-1915, an Instructor from 1916-1921, and received his full professorship in 1929. Meanwhile, he received his lVl.A. from Cornell in 1916, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1929. He was chairman of the biology de- partment whcn he retired. His love for Bates dominated his immeasurable pride in his department. As a teacher. he believed that his time belonged primarily to teaching and to student problemsg and it was evident that he found some of the best solutions to these problems by joining his students on a mountain climb. a trail-clearing expedition, or a fishing trip. For many years he was advisor and chief innovator ofthe Bates Outing Club. At present. Dr. Sawyer is serving as director of the visiting scientists program for schools in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. This project is sponsored by the Northern New England Academy of Science and supported bv the National Science Foundation. And yet withal a quiet man who some day is going to be a professor of Biology at Bates . . . His greatest pastime is catching cats and exercising Gordon Cave. and he is equally proficient in both. Minor 1913 6 guy

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