DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Miss Dorothy Dockstadcr, Director Placement Bureau office staff De PC1111 University Placement Bureau, Job Finding Forum's 10th anniversary celebration now in its fourteenth year of activity, continues its operation in behalf of job- seeking De Paulites. Miss Dorothy Docksiader, Director of the Bureau, personally interviews CIH men graduates and alumni. Assisting her and handling student pari-time placement, is Mr. John R. Smith. Inter- l viewing and referral of women is under the guidance of Miss Alice Carey. Can- didates for teaching opportunities are counseled by Miss Elinor Kusman. An important affiliate of the Place- meni Bureau is the Job Finding Forum, which, in twice-monthiy sessions, proe Vides an opportunity for coilege-trained job seekers to discuss their job cam- paign techniques with personnel and other executives. Page 28

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A new alumni coordinator and a specific alumni- tund goal highlighted the year's events of the University Alumni Association. The Rev. Thomas A. Mahoney, C.M., came to De Paul in September, 1949, from the Vincentian Foreign Mission Society, where he had served as assistant director; he had been named by President O'Malley to succeed the Rev. F. I. Ward, C.M., as alumni head. In October, the alumni board of gov- ernors voted John J. Sullivan tLaw '36, Chicago attorney who was a co-captain of the 1935 De Paul football team, to succeed Mark I. Sheridan as Alumni Association president. Other elected offi- cers were Walter I. Madigan tCom. '28t, vice-presi- dent; Olivia COX tArts '26t, treasurer; and Helen Nichin Murray tArts '36t secretary. Fr. Mahoney and Alumni Officers Reverend Thomas A. Mahoney, C.M., Alumni Coordinator Headlining the yearly program of spiritual, cul- tural, and social activities was the April campaign for fundsea campaign given refreshing impetus by the announcement that beginning this year pro- ceeds of the annual drive will be directed toward the construction of a fieldhouse on the uptown campus. Sherman I. Sexton, prominent Chicago businessman and civic leader who is an alumnus of both the Academy and the University, accepted appointment as general chairman of the 1950 Fund Drive. Ably assisting Father Mahoney in conducting the varied business of the Alumni office are Kay Crowley, Mary Canine, and Shirley Drott. Alumni office staff members wmmwmm NMWNMWWW

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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION Dean Cornell, Veteran Coordinator rThe Veteran's Affairs Council has been in continuous operation since the inaugura- B. D. Cornell working out a few veterans problems tion Of the GI. B111 Of Rights in 1944 assist- ing thousands of G.I. veteran enrollees and rehabilitation trainees. The De Paul Veterans Bureau staff Mr. Cornell, Coordinator of Veterans Af- fairs in De Paul University, has been ex- ceptionally helpful in assisting incoming applicants in determining their fields of academic interest, in selecting their c01- 1eges and in adjusting to school life. The Coordinator also assists veterans cd- ready in training who feel the need of ad- visement and guidance service. When in- dicated, veterans are directed to the apti- tude testing service provided by the local Veterans Administration. Mr. Cornell has CI very efficient staff and the entire office personnel is constantly occupied in processing veterans affairs relating to such things as Changes in mari- tcd status, subsistence delays and the like. Certain Public Laws, continuously chang- ing V.A. instructions and regulations are promulgated efficiently for the benefit of our De Paul veterans.