California State University Northridge - Sunburst Yearbook (Northridge, CA)

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DR. LEO WOLFSON

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CONTENTS ....................... ADMINISTRATION P . ................ STUDENT GOVERNMENT - 1 I ' ........................ ORGANIZATIONS Sb ............................... ACTIVITIES J ............................. ATHLETICS 8 ........................... GRADUATES .................... ADVERTISING AND INDEX

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IN MEMORIAM 'iHis high professional and personal sTandards, his inTense devoTion To higher educaTion, and parTicularly To San Fernando Valley STaTe College, were an inspiraTion To all of us. STaTemenT of Ralph PraTor, PresidenT San Fernando Valley STaTe College AlThough he was carrying manifold duTies aT The College and in The communiTy he remained The genTlesT and humblesT of men. His leadership will be sorely missed. The educaTional buildings aT The local college sTand as a monumenT To his unTiring effoTTs To provide higher educaTion in The Valley. STaTemenT of The Honorable Julian Beck Chairman of The Advisory Board San Fernando Valley STaTe College These were iusT a few of The many TribuTes paid To Dr. Leo Wolfson. Vice PresidenT of The College, following his sudden deaTh lasT OcTober. Dr. Wolfson came To This college in 1958 and, unTil The beginning of This academic year, he held The TiTle oT ExecuTive Dean. Prior To his service here he was DirecTor of Admissions and Records and Dean of STudenTs aT Fresno STaTe College. For 20 years, from 1935 To 1955, he was associaTed wiTh Reedley Junior College, where he began as an insTrucTor and ulTimaTely became PresidenT of ThaT insTiTuTion. While serving in ThaT capaciTy, he was also SuperinTendenT of The Reedley High School-Junior College olisTricT. From 1927 To 1935 he was an insTrucTor and coach in The high schools of Arizona. Dr. Wolfson was born in Newark, New Jersey, buT spenT his formaTive years in Phoenix, Arizona, where his family moved shorle after his birTh. He was a graduaTe from The Phoenix public schools and The UniversiTy of Arizona, where he was awarded his bachelor degree in 1927. He wenT on To receive his MasTer of Science and DocTor of EducaTion degrees from The UniversiTy of SouThern California. He possessed an inexhausTible reservoir of energy. He worked hard To achieve his educaTion, holding iobs as an insTrucTor and high adminisTraTive posTs while he aTTended school. AT The ouTseT of World War ll, because of his devoTion To his counTry, he suspended his educaTional acTiviTies and enlisTed in The armed forces serving as a Navy air navigaTor. He remained acTive in The Naval Reserve and, aT The Time of his deaTh, he held The rank of commander. As an adminisTraTor he showed such unlimiTed capabiliTies ThaT he was also enTrusTed wiTh a major responsibiliTy in planning for The TuTure expansion of San Fernando Valley STaTe College. He worked hard for The college, always willing To sTarT early in The morning and work laTe. Because of his adminisTraTive skill and vasT knowledge of school finance he was mosT valuable To This insTiTuTion in iTs TormaTive years. His services were noT limiTed To educaTion, however. While he mainTained his busy schedule he also remained acTive in civic and communiTy affairs. He was especially acTive in The American Legion and The Masonic Lodge. In addiTion, he held memberships in many professional educaTional associaTions. Vice PresidenT Wolfson never waivered in his belief ThaT The ulTimaTe achievemenT of educaTion was a synThesis of inTellecTual developmenT and social growTh. The sTudenT was never a separaTe enTiTy To Dr. Wolfson for he believed in us as individuals subiecT To error buT capable of achieving, aT leasT in parT, maTuriTy. The college has losT an excepTionally able adminisTraTor, The JfaculTy a colleague, and The sTUdenTs a devoTed friend.