Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Dr. Weimer is co-author of a textbook, General Biology. which is used in more than 125 colleges and universities. He is a former national president of Beta Beta Beta, the honorary biology fraternity. Dr. Sweet joined the faculty in September of 1962. He came from the University of Pittsburgh, where he had obtained his Ph.D. degree and worked as a re- search associate. Mr. Bourne is a member of the American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science and the American Society of Zoologists. BERNAL R. WEIMER, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Biology Head of the Department EDWARD E. SWEET, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology EARL W. BOURNE, M.A. Instructor in Biology WILMA M. SHANER, B.A. Instructor in Biology 20

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The old and the new. Behind the Scenes Contained on this page are pictures that are con- ete proof of Bethany ' s progress. The Halford J. orlan Residence Hall for Women, and the Robert ichardson Hall of Science are two spectacular under- kings begun this year. Morlan Hall will make it possible to have all the girls housed and concentrated in a central location. Richardson Hall, circular in shape, will contain the finest and most advanced equipment of any college in the Lnited States the size of Bethany. Our hats are off to the Board of Trustees and the administration for their farsightedness. - - Work progresses on Morlan Hall. 19

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Dr. Draper served as President of the West Virginia Academy of Science in 1963. He is also chairman of he West Virginia Selection Committee for the Na- ional Science Camp, which will be held this summer n West Virginia: and he is a member of a committee if the National Science Foundation. Dr. Gaddis is the author of several articles for earned journals, such as the Journal of Chemical Edu- :ation. School Science and Mathematics, and Chemist nalyst. Dr. Pomerantz, who had been conducting post- foctoral research in biochemistry under a National Institute of Health Fellowship, joined the Bethany ' acuity this year. Dr. Dawson returned to Bethany College on April 1. He originally joined the faculty in 1930 and served as lead of the chemistry department from 1931-43. Later he was head of the Physical Division at East Tennessee College and then he was a staff member of the Good- year Atomic Corporation at the Portsmouth (Ohio) Plant. 7 si 1 f . I mr , ' 7 i j - T ,. aE JOHN I). HI! I ' EK. I ' h. II. Professor of Chemistry Head of the Department SHIRLY W. GADDIS, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Chemistry H. DONALD DAWSOX, Ph.D. Coordinator of Student Research Programs IRWIN H. POMERANTZ, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry 21