Fairleigh Dickinson University Madison - Columns Yearbook (Madison, NJ)

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PresidenT SammarTino I O ,, , . s a- -4' 1X Q I' .- ' , E 5T ' i? F ; .t T x o, 2: .V Y - f 115' i ii- . . . - J rnrwo-ua-rr p-c-a deN r On December 3, 1941, Dr. SammarTino and his associaTes esTablished Fairleigh Dickinson as a Two-year college. Because of HS rapid developmenT, iT was expand- ed in 1948 To a four-year academic insTiTuTion. The PresidenT's goal is To mainTain The presenT level of enrollmenT and To conTinue advancing The academic sTandards of The UniversiTy. Thus, The emphasis is a qualiTaTive raTher Than a quanTiTaTive one. Dr. SammarTino sees The main Task of The adminisTraTion as one of conTinued sTriving for excellence in all aspecTs of universiTy life. Through his exTensive Travels and inTeresTs in inTernaTional affairs, Dr. Sammar- Tino has gained wide recogniTion abroad for himsehC and for The UniversiTy. This awareness of The viTal imporTance of mainTaining an inTernaTional ouTlook is ex- emplified by Fairleigh Dickinson's newly acquired graduaTe school in England and by special UniversiTy programs designed To reduce The cosTs and enrich The experi- ences of Travel abroad. Dr. SammarTino's global perspecTive and widely ranging inTeresT in human affairs is refiecTed in The characTer of Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiTy.

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Boa rd of Trustees Edward T. T. Williams .- . President Henry P. Becton Fairleigh S. Dickinson Not shown: Dr. Harold S.Sloan The fuTure and presTige of The UniversiTy is gov- erned To a large exTenT by The decisions of The Board of TrusTees. This body has The never-ending Task of guiding The progress and policy of The UniversiTy wiTh The obiecTive of making Fairleigh Dickinson a more perfecT universiTy. In addiTion To handling school prob- Boa rd of Fellows The Board of Fellows of Fairleigh Dickinson Uni- versiTy is composed of leading ciTizens inTeresTed in The growTh and developmenT of The UniversiTy. Mem- bers of The Board especially inTeresTed in aiding The developmenT of The Madison Campus are: Leonard Dreyfuss, PresidenT of The UniTed AdverTising Corpo- raTion in Newark; WalTer MargeTTs, Chairman of The Arthur A. Kron Samuel J. Silberman lems and financial maTTers which concern The develop- menT and preservaTion of The UniversiTy, The Board of TrusTees is always ready To meeT any imporTanT issue ThaT may have an eFFecT on The general well-being of The UniversiTy. Indeed, The Board of TrusTees ads as a guardian To The school. Board of LayTham Foundry in PaTerson; H. Bruce Palmer, PresidenT of The NaTional lndusTrial Confer- ence Board; Mrs. Lila Tyng, a Fellow of The Morgan Library in New York CiTy; and E. Hornsby Wasson, PresidenT of The New Jersey Bell Telephone Company in Newark.

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Dr. Clarence Decker - Vice President Dr. Decker came To Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiTy afTer serving as PresidenT of The UniversiTy of Kansas CiTy. As Vice-PresidenT of our University, he has been responsible for The acquisiTion of sTafT and faculTy members of naTionally recognized eminence. FurTher, wiTh his assistance Two granTs were awarded To Fair- leigh Dickinson UniversiTy from The Ford FoundaTion. As culTural supervisor of The UniversiTy, Dr. Decker is in charge of The conTinuing search for new courses Dr. Clarence R. Decker and programs To be added To The presenT academic sTrucTure of The UniversiTy. In his capaciTy as Vice- PresidenT, he has Traveled all over The counTry and has sTudied The programs of many public and privaTe schools. As a resulT of his invesTigaTions and his desire To conTinue The culTural growTh of The UniversiTy, Dr. Decker has esTablished as one of his chieic goals The creaTing of a cenTer of humanisTic sTudies in The Col- lege of Liberal ArTs. Dr. Drake became ProvosT of Fairleigh Dickinson UniversiTy afTer serving as Chancellor aT The UniversiTy of Kansas CiTy. He is in charge of The adminisTraTion of universiTy academic policies concerning curriculum and personnel. His posiTion also involves appoinT- menT and reappoinTmenT of universiTy sTafT posiTions and regulaTion of sTafT salaries. Dr. Drake's policy is one of mainTaining a uni- versiTy aTmosphere which will aTTracT and reTain Teach- Dr. Richard Drake - ProvosT 6 Dr. Richard M. Drake ing abiliTy of The highesT caliber. As ProvosT, Dr. Drake, dedicaTed To The improvemenT of Fairleigh Dick- inson UniversiTy, aTTemst To adminisTer To The needs of The UniversiTy by performing cerTain duTies in The specific areas ThaT are embodied wiThin The ToTaI framework of The UniversiTy. Even Though The Three campuses may be somewhaT diFferenT, Dr. Drake is pledged To serve The UniversiTy as a whole. Indeed, he has kepT his pledge.