California Institute of Technology Cal Tech - Big T Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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u [ i I I With one third or its staff starred hy the Ameri- can Men or Science, the histitute has a complement or scientists which marks it as the modern interpreta- tion ot Plato s Academy. Having two Nobel prize winners on its staff, the Physics department, headed by Robert A. Milhkan, is noted throughout the world for its successful investi- gations in nuclear and atomic physics, radiation, and cosmic rays. Dr. Max Mason and the 200 inch tele- scope keep the Institute constantly in the public eye. Under Linus Pauling the Chemistry department has made great advances, especially in research along the lines of structural and biological chemistry financed by the Rockefeller Foundation. Biology has been focussed on genetics, in a con- certed effort led by Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan to for- ward this study as a quantitative science. Working in a field which is becoming more basic to all other sciences, Dr. E. T. Bell has made the Mathematics department outstanding for its activity in new realms. Seismology, the study of earthquakes and the earth s interior, has made the Geology department, headed by Dr. John P. Buwalda, world famous in recent years. l icliard Tolnian Erir Be l inus I ' iinlin Idlin P. Buwalda Thomas H. Morgan 20

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iinni Registrar P. S. lo g Caliloriiia I ct li is lorlunalc in [)ossessing excellonf administrative ofllccis. I lie details of nnarice, ol records, and ol advice are all handled siiiootnly and ( mcientiy ny a fine groiq) ol men. Col. I r( dericK W. Hinricns Jr. is I )ean of Lif)f)erclassmen. Dean I liiiri MS is a West Point graduate and as sucn possesses cin admirarile tiiililary i)carin i. He is oolli pronipl and complete in liis manner of dealin witli tne difficulties ol student lile. Anyone who lias been to llie [Jean lor nel|) will testily tlial lie s[)ares no Ironnle to he ol sincere help. Dr. Ray [ xiwartf Untereiner is Dean ol Freshman. Dean Untereiner considers that it is his task to solve each problem as it arises helore its consequences become serious. He brings his legal training to bear uf)on trie fcnotty problems of the freshmen; and with his cheery smile usually sends the erring trosh on their way properly directed into tlie right chcumels. The important position of Registrar is filled by Mr. Philip S. Fogg. His office is the home of blue slips and transcripts of records. Mr. Fogg was trained for his position at Harvard s Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Fdward Cecil Barrett, at Caltech since 1911. controls the school s budget. As Comptroller he has been able to keep Tech in the black in si)ite of hard times. Dean tlinriciis Oc.in L ' nlcrcincr 19

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I rtuiklin I liuiiitis Rnv.il W. S .r.nsr Roljort LJnuglirrly Ten years in the history of the Institute nitiy enromfjass tfu entire life of a deparf- inent. or it may lje only the latter [)ortion of a long existence. Pounded in I UK), with the advent of Professor Sorensen, the Electrical Engineer- ing division falls in llie latter classification. Its rote in the deN(lo|)rnent of higli-f)otential power transmission lias been outstanding, while research in electronics has been ever advancing. Civil Engineering, under the leadership of Professor franklin Thomas, holds a sig- nificant record in i)ul)lic service, pfirticularly in the riefds of soil mechanics and earth- quawe prevention. Economic and social service are perpet- ual aims of tfie Mecfianical and Hydraulics Engineering division which is instrumental in the saving of millions of dollars in pufjlic projects. The Metallurgical division is a pio- neer in alloys. Head of tfie hydraulics defiartment is Professor Rofjert L. Daugfierty. His re- search in devefof)ing various fiydraulic pro- jects and his textfjool on the same sufjject have been valuable contributions. As the most productive aeronautical lab- oratory in the world, the Aeronautics depart- ment under 1 heodore von Karman is the youngest and fastest growing of this out- standing array of studies encompassed by the Engineering department. The Guggenfieim Laboratory of Aero- nautics was erected in 1028. It was to super- vise work here and at the Guggenheim Airship Institute at Akron, Ohio, that Pro- fessor von Karman left Eurojie. [ b [ [ 21