Cornell University - Cornellian Yearbook (Ithaca, NY)

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VAN BLARCOM ROGALSKY ADMINISTRATION CHARLES D. BOSTWICK, '92, after practicing law for four years, became Legal Advisor to the Treasurer. Since 1919 he has served Cornell as the Comptroller of the University. Besides his responsibilities as Comptroller, Mr. Bostvvick supervises Cornell's twenty-eight million dollar endowment fund. WOODFORD PATTERSON, '95, has been the University Secretary since 1917. As an under- graduate he was on the Widow Board and a member of Phi Gamma Delta. After graduation he became associated with the New York Evening Sun, and later became editor of the Cornell Alumni Neuu. CONANT VAN BLARCOM, '08, before accepting his present position as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in 1931, had become prominent among the structural engineers of Cleveland and was president of the Cleveland Builders Exchange. He is also a former president of the Alumni Corporation. MRS. ANNA FIELDEN GRACE, '10, has been connected with the University Dormitories ever since her graduation. Upon the death of Thomas Tree she became Manager of Residential Halls, in which position she supervises the Work of the hired personnel and those working for room and board. GEORGE S. FRANK, '11, as Manager of Purchases, is responsible for the testing and procuring of all supplies for the University. Mr. Frank graduated from Cornell with the degree of Civil Engineer and is a member of Tau Beta Pi. He has been employed by Cornell since 1921. MANN FRANK GRACE V '15, 5 iaaf di ji 2 1,2 fl.:-'s i - fr- Vflli F5 '

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SIMMONS BRADFORD BOOCHEVER BOSTWICK PATTERSON U N I V E R S I T Y DR. ALBERT RUSSELL MANN, '04, graduated from Cornell in 1904. In 1916 he became Dean of the College of Agriculture, and in 1924 conducted an investigation of agricultural education in Europe. Since 1931 he has acted as Dr. Farrand's assistant as the Provost of the University. GEORGE F. ROGALSKY, '07, is a member of Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa and grad- uated from Cornell in 1907. He was formerly connected with the National City Bank and the Tompkins County National Bank. In 1920 he accepted his present position as the University Treasurer. DR. EUGENE F. BRADFORD has been Director of Admissions since that ofiice was created in 1928. He had previously served in a similar capacity at Syracuse University. Upon the death of Davy Hov in 1931 Dr. Bradford also assumed the duties of Registrar. LOUIS C. BOOCHEVER, '12, L. has been director of Public Information since 1927. He is responsible for establishing newspaper contacts for the University, the Cornellian Council, and the Athletic As- sociation. Before coming to Cornell he was associated with the Manhattan Knitting Mills and the War Savings Organization. NELSON SIMMONS, '12, is the Legal Assistant to the Comptroller, in which ofhce he supervises properties and mortgages. He is also the Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors and has charge of the WESG broadcasting franchise, Mr. Simmons has been connected with Cornell since 1922.

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THE CORNELL ALUMNI CORPORATION Cornell supports several alumni otganizationsflargely independent in their fields of action although naturally interlocking to a degree. The Cornell Alumni Corporation is the general alumni association. The Cornellian Council, described on the opposite page, is the ofiicial fund-raising agency. The Camel! Alzmzfzi Nezw is the ofiicial alumni magazine. The Federation of Cornell Women's Clubs and the Cornell' Association of Class Secretaries have titles which are self-explanatory. At a meeting in 1872, four years after the opening of the University, representatives of the classes then grad- uated founded the organization known as the Associate Alumni of Cornell University. As the alumni increased in number and formed local clubs and organizations, the need arose for a more competent and central organization. The Associate Alumni became a corporation in 1903, In 1923 the name of the association was changed to the Cornell Alumni Corporation. All persons who have at- tended Cornell University as students, whether graduated or not, are members. More than a hundred alumni clubs, in all parts of the world, form the main structure of the organization, and the Corporation derives its financial support mainly from assessments levied on these clubs. Besides the annual meeting in Ithaca just before Com- mencement, the Corporation holds biennial conventions, generally in the autumn. Until 1930 these conventions were scheduled annually, in the future, conventions will be held in the fall of each even-numbered year. Baltimore will play the host in November 1936. Fifteen alumni com- prise the Board of COFFIN Directors of the Corpo- ration. Twelve are district directors, elected from twelve districts into which the world has been divided, and three are directors-at-large. The ofiicers are: President, Mr. Vanneman, Vice- Presidents, Mr. Fulton and Mr. Chase, Treasurer, Archie C. Burnett, '90, Secretary, Foster M. Coffin, '12. The central office of the alumni is that of the Alumni Representative. This office was created in 1920, by the Board of Trustees of the University, at the request of the alumni organizations. The Alumni Representative is responsible to a committee composed of representatives of the Alumni Corporation, the Association of Class Secretaries, and the Cornellian Council, together with two members of the University Board of Trustees. His primary duty is the development of the relations between the University and its alumni, with responsibility for the maintenance of alumni records, for the activities of the local clubs, for all alumni activities except those asso- ciated with fund-raising. Foster M. Coffin, '12, has been Alumni Representative since the office was created in 1920. Associated with the office since 1930 has been Ray S. Ashbery, '25, Alumni Field Secretary, one of whose principal functions is to visit the local clubs. In the last five years Mr. Ashbery has met with clubs in all parts of the country. His special responsibilities include also Cornell Day, the annual visitation to the campus, on a week-end in May, of selected students from the secondary schools. The Alumni Corporation and the Office of the Alumni Representative have functions in common, with Mr. Coffin and Mr. Ashbery serving as the executive staff of the Corporation. One of the most active alumni organi- zations is the Corporations committee on relations with secondary schools, of which Mr. Thorne is chairman. VANNEMAN