Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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KARL D. HARTZELL Dean of the University ADMINISTRATORS The Dean of the University is Dr. Karl D. Hartzell. who is responsible for the entire educational program of the University. Students confer with him when they are seeking advice concerning courses or choice of a career. The person responsible for the direction of registration and enrollment for courses each semester, as well as for the preparation of class schedules and tuition charges, is Mr. George R. Faint. Registrar of the University. Miss Florence Py!e. Recorder, maintains the academic records, prepares transcripts, and calculates grade point averages of all Bucknell students. The Office of Admissions, under the direction of Mr. Fitz R. Walling, is responsible for the selection of students to attend the University. This office provides information for incoming students. The Director of Engineering. Captain Herbert F. Eck- berg, co-ordinates the activities of the four Engineering Departments with regard to administrative matters, curricula, and teaching methods. He is responsible for maintaining the records and answering all correspondence pertaining to the Engineering Departments in general. Mr. Harold W. Hayden. the head Librarian, is respon- sible for the administration of our 1.57.000 volume library. Under his supervision are the departments concerned with cataloguing, periodicals, and circulation. GEORGE R. FAINT Registrar HERBERT F. ECKBERG Director oj Engineering HAROLD E. HAYDEN Librarian FITZ R. WALLING, Admissions Director: MALCOLM E. MUSSER, Associate in Admissions; ROBERT A. NEWCOMBE. Assistant Admissions Director FLORENCE PYLE Recorder »» ' « TBWirrt»™ '

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« « « • « • 1 % k « » ♦ ♦ 1 VICE PRESIDENT DR. WILLIAM HAROLD COLEMAN. Vice President of the University, also serves as Secretary of the Bucknell Study, a program designed to make a comprehensive evalu- ation of all phases of the L ' niversity. Having previously taught at Bates College and Furman University. Dr. Coleman came to Bucknell in 1924 as professor of English. He was appointed Dean of the College in 1945. Vice President and Dean in 1953. and to his present position in 1956. Dr. Coleman received his M.A. from Yale, his A.B. and Litt.D. from Acadia, and has studied at Wisconsin, Harvard, and Cambridge. He was awarded the honorary degree. Doctor of Humane Letters, hy Bucknell. At Buck- nell Dr. Coleman helped inaugurate the survey courses in World Literature and was co-editor of the anthology. Western World Literature, the text used for many years at Bucknell as well as at other colleges in the United States. Dr. Coleman was largely instrumental in securing for Bucknell the two largest gifts in the history of the LTniversity. These included the F. W. Olin Science Building, completed in 1955 at a cost of $900,000 and the .$1,475,000 classroom building now under construction. The latter building will be named Coleman Hall in his honor at the direction of the Olin Foundation, Inc., which provided the funds for both buildings. CHAPLAIN As Chaplain of the University. DR. MARK C. EBER- SOLE is the official religious representative of the Lhiiversity at all Bucknell functions and is in charge of the Wednesday chapel services. He serves as a personal counselor and teaches several Religion courses. Born in Hershey. Pennsylvania, Dr. Ebersole was grad- uated from Elizabethtown College. He received his Bache- lor of Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary and his Master ' s Degree in American History from the University of Pennsylvania. At Columbia LIniversity and Union Theol- ogical Seminary he earned his Ph.D. Before coming to Bucknell, Dr. Ebersole taught at Elmira College. In 1953 he joined this University ' s faculty as Assistant Professor of Religion. He was appointed Asso- ciate Professor of Religion and Chaplain of the University in 1954. After World War II Dr. Ebersole worked as Relief Ad- ministrator in Europe with the American Friends Service Committee. Last year Dr. Ebersole was tapped for mem- bership into Omicron Delta Kappa, national men ' s service honorary. He is also a member of the National Association of Biblical Instructors and the National Association of College and University Chaplains. 19 ♦ • ♦ ♦

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DONALD B. YOUNG Treasurer WALTER C. GEIGER Superintendent of Bui dings and (ir ' unds ESTHER i;. 1,1 iM, Director of Food Service CARL J. GEISER Purchasing Agent Mi . John F. Zeller. the Assistant tu the President, is the chief business officer of the University. He plans the Uni- versity ' s budget, supervises expenditures and collection of funds, and works with the board of trustees on finances and endowments. Mr. Donald B. Young, the Treasurer and Comptroller, supervises the investments of the University, all purchases and departmental budgets, and the accounting of the Uni- versity funds. His office receives payments of college accounts and maintains the student bank fund for the con- venience of the students. The University buildings and grounds are maintained, heated, and repaired by the depart- ment of the physical plant under the direction of Mr. Walter C. Geiger. His office also enforces the University traffic rules. Mrs. Esther B. Long, the Director of Food Service, is in charge of the University ' s food service department, which includes the women ' s dining hall, the University cafeteria, and the J. Houghton Harris cafeteria in Swartz Hall. The Purchasing Agent. Mr. Carl J. Geiser. purchases all supplies and equipment for the University and sujiervises the switch- board, the post office, and the University farm and dairy plant. He also has charge of the stenographic pool and the duplicating facilities. ADMINISTRATORS JOHN F. ZELLER Assistant to the President 21 ■•• ■ •♦♦•♦ ■ •