East Tennessee State University - Buccaneer Yearbook (Johnson City, TN)

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Frank G. Clement Governor TENNESSEE EXECUTIVE CHAMBER NASHVILLE March 13, 1963 Dr. Burgin E. Dossett, President East Tennessee State College Johnson City, Tennessee Dear Burgin: Thank you for writing me on March 7, concerning the change of status of East Tennessee State College to University rank. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and we are proud of this Institution and its outstanding program and progress which justifies its elevation. You, the faculty and the students have every reason to be proud of this achievement and we share your pride. With best wishes to all of you, I remain Sincerely, Frank G. Clement FGC:mal Citizens ' committee Chairman Carl A. Jones, President Dossett, Commissioner of John P. Lamb, Jr., Director of the East Tennessee State University School of Education J. Howard Warf, and State School Board Member Tom Devine pose Health, with Governor Clement just before the signing. In the background is Professor

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Area members of the state legislature who supported the university status bill so staunchly are pictured with other officials at the signing. Pictured are Rep¬ resentative Bill Bowers, Representative Leon Cox, Senator W. A. S. Furlow, Representative R. Doyle Moore, Senator Herman Robinson, Representative James R. Carter, President Dossett, Lieutenant Governor James Bomar, and Repre¬ sentative David J. Torbett. In the background is Joe Jared of the citizens ' com¬ mittee. Area legislators not in the picture include Senator Harry Lee Senter and Representatives William L. Jenkins and Thomas G. Hull.

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Among school officials on hand for the signing were retiring Business Manager John Clack, School of Health Director John P. Lamb, Jr., Dean of Students and Director of Student Personnel Services Ella V. Ross, President Burgin E. Dossett, and Dean Mack P. Davis. Also pictured along with Governor Clement is State Commissioner of Education J. Howard Warf. Dean Davis and Professor Lamb played a major role in assisting President Dossett in the presentation of the in¬ stitution ' s case during the period when the bill was going through the legisla¬ ture. These ETSU students are all smiles as Governor Clement prepares to sign the epoch-making bill. The students ' joy over the signing was representative of the feelings of the student body as a whole. The pictured students, who rep¬ resented the leadership of various campus groups and organizations which had been active in promoting university status, were taken to Nashville by a special plane graciously furnished by Mr. Ward King to witness the signing, meet the governor, and go on a tour of the capital. From left to right, Jane Ducan, Janice Harbison (behind her), Judy Thomas, Cliff Engle (behind Judy), Sandy Jones, Richard Wilson, Anita Keith, Bill Cates, Bill Mason, Andy Slemp, Eddie DeLozier, Knute Schmidt, Joan Haire, and Lucretia Meece. I ' ..-;- ■■ I ' H ■•■■■ 1 : ■I ill . : ' I • I