Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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:l9e-5; THE BOARD HILTON U. BROWN President This June will mark th? fiftieth year that Hilton U. Brown has been a member of the Board of Directors. He became a member five years after he graduated from Butler, and v. ' as first chosen president thirty-two years ago. The board now consists of John W. Atherton, Indianapolis: Robert C. Baltzell, Indianapolis: Crate D. Bowen, Miami, Fla. : Arthur V. Brown, Indianapolis: Earl Crawford, Connersville, Ind.; Edwin Errett, Cincinnati, Ohio: Clarence L. Goodwin, Greensburg. Pa.: William G. Irwin, Columbus, Ind.: Emsley W. Johnson. Indianapolis: Hugh Th. Miller, Columbus, Ind.: William C. Smith, Indianapolis: Mrs. Z. T. Sweeney, Columbus, Ind.: Charles M. Setser, Columbus, Ind.; John H. Titsworth, Rushville, Ind.: Lee Burns, Indianapolis: and Peter Reilly, Indianapolis. Officers of the board, besides Mr. Brown, are William G. Irwin, vice- president and chairman of finance and executive committtees: John W. Ather- ton, financial secretary: and Charles W. Wilson, secretary of the board and standing committees. The board meets four times each year in Mr. Atherton ' s ofll ice. Jordan Hall and other buildings now in use are merely the beginning of an extensive building program adopted by the directors. The general plan calls for additional buildings as needed. Among the first of these additions will be a building to house the College of Religion, an administration building and dormitories. Consideration is also being given to a building providing a meeting place for student groups.

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THE NEW PRESIDENT DR. JAMES W, PUTNAM Three times acting president, and for twenty-six years vice-president of Butler University and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dr. Putnam was inaugurated as president on Founders Day, Feb. 7. 1935. Dr. Putnam came to Butler as a professor of economics from the Univer ity of Missouri in 1909. He served as acting president after the resignation of the late Thomas C. Howe, in 1930, later replacing Robert J. Aley for three months in 1931. He succeeded to the post vacated by Dr. Walter Scott Ath- earn in 1933 and served as acting president until his recent inauguration. Dr. Putnam is the fifteenth president of the university.