Clarion University of Pennsylvania - Sequelle Yearbook (Clarion, PA)

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rg L J President Thomas Bond Inaugurated May 9, 1981 The inauguration of Dr. Thomas A. Bond as the thirteenth president of Chirion State College was held Saturday, May 9, at 2 p.m. in Marwick-Boyd Auditorium. Faculty, staff and students were invited to attend the inauguration and the public reception that followed in Chandler Dining Hall. Official delegates from over 40 academic institutions attended the inauguration ceremony. The CSC Symphonic Band opened the inaugural convocation Saturday at 2 p.m. with Crown Imperial by William Walton. The convocation featured the investiture of Bond by John McNulty, president of the Clarion State College Board of Trustees. Greeting was also presented by a number of groups represented on the convocation platform. Students were represented by Ken Natale, president of the CSC Student Senate, while staff greetings came from LaRue Taylor, a member of the AFSCME executive committee. Nadine Donachy, president of the Clarion APSCUF, and Janice Horn, chairperson of the CSC Faculty Senate, offered greetings from faculty. Dr. James Cole, dean of the school of Communication, represented admin- istration and Eugene Kocher, pre- sident of the Clarion State College Alumni Association, gave a welcome for alumni. Clarion Mayor Daryl Rhea was scheduled to represent the community and Dr. James McCor- mick, president of the State College and University Board of Presidents, gave greetings from the state college and university system in Pennsylvan- ia. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Bond attended private schools and a military academy in his hometown. He attended Washington University ' for two years before transferring to the University of Missouri, where he received an A.B. degree in Ceology in 1961. In 1963, he received a M.S. degree in Geolog ' from the Universi- ty of Oklahoma and a Ph. D. in Geolog ' from the same university ' in 1966. While working on his doctorate, Bond was an instructor at the University of Oklahoma and a geologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey. At Georgia Southern College Bond was an assistant and associate professor of Geology and dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Starting as assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Bond also served as director of summer session at Idaho State University. He followed his work at Idaho State University as Vice President for Academic Affairs at Midwestern State University from 1976-78. Before coming to Clarion in 1980, Bond was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Eastern Illinois University- He and his wife Judy have two children, Amy Elizabeth and Tom Jr. President Bond 3

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PLEASED TO MEET YOU, WON ' T YOU GUESS OUR NAMES? - WE ' RE CLARION STATE A VARIED GROUP OF FRIENDS. FAMI- LY. BROTHERS. AND SISTERS. BROUGHT TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE AND EACH OTHER. AWAY FROM HOME. SOMETIMES FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ACHIEVE A SPECIAL CLOSENESS A CLOSENESS WHICH CAN BE TOO TOUGH. SO MUCH IN FACT. THAT WE MUST BREAK AWAY FOR A WEEKEND. FOR AN HOUR. Opening 5