Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck - Cygnus Yearbook (Teaneck, NJ)

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fairleigh dickinson university teaneck To the Class of 1965: Motivation to come to the University is great and inspir- ing. Regardless of the end, the true worth of the beginning cannot be challenged. The members of the Class of 1965 have faced the responsibilities thrust upon them by an ever changing world in the academic atmosphere of the Teaneck Campus. The drive to think and learn has been sustained. Many convictions you brought with you when you entered have been set aside for new and more realistic ones. And this is as it should be, for the individual who leaves with all the same convictions he had when he entered has not re- sponded to the opportunities for culturing the mind. The capacity to doubt all presuppositions is, in a manner of speaking, true scholarship. It is my belief that you sub- scribe to this hypothesis, and recognize that any assumption must be analyzed, checked, and understood. That, you have learned, and it will support you well in your future relations in and with society. 184 t. 14.,- - ' j H . v .. dean marinus C. galanti When you came here from preparatory school you brought with you many keys-keys to open the doors to the halls of learning. You learned that education is not possible through mere attendance and the payment of fees; that it depends solely on your willingness to assume necessary re- sponsibilities, and possess maturity to meet them. The desire for knowledge should not wane with your bac- calaureate degree. The joy of learning is real. You have experienced it during the past four years, and in years to come the satisfaction will be greater. My compliments to the Class of 1965.

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u n iversity provost dr. richard drake This year responsibility for the University Catalogue become another one of the many duties of Dr. Drake, Provost of the University. With the aid of u n iverSity Assistant Provost, Dr. Joseph Green, Dr. Drake sets the pace of academic direction in the University. He coordinates educational policies of the three ' ' campuses; all campus and college deans are responsible to him in oco- Vlce preSIdent demic matters. Dr. Drake regulates and administers the academic budget, admissions, library, and scholarship policies. With Dr. Drake directing academic policy, the University has attained dr' Clarence decker superior quality. In February, 1963, o sub-committee ot the Committee of the Future, chaired by Dr. Green, re-orgonized the University structure in the Campus and College Structure. This policy booklet, coditying proce- dures involving academic innovations, has brought satisfactory results to the school. Fairleigh Dickinson now encompasses tour undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a professional school, and two omliote colleges. Dr. Drake diligently fulfills the mammoth responsibility of the academic admin- istration of the growing university. When Dr. Decker joined the University, the Tecneck com- pus was still under construction. As the University has grown so have the duties and responsibilities of the Vice-President. Dr. Decker is deeply concerned with the faculty, curriculum and cultural atmosphere of the school. Seeking to establish the best faculty possible, he has been instrumental in the employment of many of the University's finest professors. In his quest for academic excellence in the school, Dr. Decker travels around the country and the world studying the prob- lems and advancement of higher education. He then con- siders these developments in the light of the problems of our school and makes suggestions to Dr. Sommortino and the Board of Trustees. Dr. Decker's driving concern is for the student of the University. His activity has resulted in the academic and culture! advancement of Fairleigh Dickinson. 183

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college of education acting dean maurie hillson college of business administration dean harold feldman 185