George Washington University - Cherry Tree Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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WOOD HULL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Offices of the President , the Secretary , and the Treasurer of the University . 14

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Villiam Miller Collier, A.M., LL.D. President of the University RESIDENT Collier is a native of New York State and received his bachelor ' s and master ' s degrees at Hamilton College and has the honor- ary degree of Doctor of Laws from the same as well as from The George Washington University. He studied law for a brief period at Columbia University, New York City, and after some practical experience in law offices was admitted to the bar and settled in Auburn, N. Y. He has been active in the civic life of that place and is connected with numerous chari- table and philanthropic organizations and is a member of the Episcopal church. He has held highly important and responsible government positions and has become well-known for his numerous writings on Civil Service law. bank- ruptcy, diplomacy, and economic questions. Among these have been: “Collier on Bankruptcy” ; “Collier on Civil Service Law”; “The Trusts: What Can We Do With Them? What Can They Do For Us?”; and a volume of diplo- matic memoirs entitled, “At the Court of His Catholic Majesty”. He was first a Referee in Bankruptcy and then a member of the New York State Civil Service Commission under Theodore Roosevelt when Governor, and president of the same under Governor Odell. In 1903 he was made Special Assistant Attorney General of the United States by President Roosevelt and afterwards Solicitor of the Department of Commerce and Labor. He then served f o r over f o u r years as A merica n M i n is ter Pleni po t c n t i ary to Spain . Si n ce that time he lias given special courses of lectures upon international law and diplomacy at several universities and colleges and has been engaged in the practice of international law. In 1914, he was appointed by President Wilson as Plenipotentiary and head of the American delegation to the International Conference held at Christiania, Norway, to frame a government for the Islands of Spitzbergen. In recognition of his writings upon Spain and his successful efforts in pro- moting cordial relations between the United States and that country, the King of Spain in 191 (i F several years after President Collier had ceased to be Minister there, conferred upon him the Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic, one of the highest Spanish orders. President Collier has travelled very much, having made nearly twenty trips to Europe, as well as an extended tour through nearly all the South American countries and a journey to Northern Africa. President Collier became the head of George Washington University on September 1, 1918, and since that time, under his efficient administration, the University has made— and continues to make— remarkable strides in growth and prosperity.

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Officers of Administration WILLIAM MILLER COLLIER, A.M., LL.D. President of the University HOWARD LINCOLN HODGKINS, Ph. D, Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences Dean of the College of Engineering WILLIAM ALLEN WILBUR A. M. ( Litt. D. Dean of Columbian College WILLIAM CARL RUEDIGER, Ph. D. Dean of the Teachers College GEORGE NEELY HENNING, A, M., Litt, D. Dean of the School of Graduate Studies MERTON LEROY PERSON, A M., LL. M, Dean of the Law School WILLIAM CLINE BORDEN, M. D. Dean of the Medical School CARL JOSEPH MESS, D, D. S. Dean of the Dental School HENRY E. KALUSOWSKI, M. D M Phan D. Dean of the National College of Pharmacy CHARLES W. HOLMES Treasurer of the University ELMER L. KAYSER, A, M. Secretary of the University ALFRED F. W. SCHMIDT, A. M. Librarian 15