Harvard University - Red Book Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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OTTO OLDENBERG CHARLES PALACHE GEORGE W PIERCE Prufcssor ol' I'hysi1's 1 xufwiox of Mmm' Llogv I mr rllus Rumford Prof of Phyelcs Emeritus N ALEXANDER H. RICE Profrssox oflnlwumlology ruf, of Gcngruplxiczll Iixplorutim JOHN H. WELSH, JR. Associato I'1'0fcssol' of Zoology HASSLER WHITNEY DERWENT S. WHITTLESEY fkssoclate Professor of Mathematlcf Professor of Geography Mathernatxuan George D Blrkhoff IS a widely .known expert on re1at1v1ty as Well as d1fferent1a1 equations and quantum

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LOUIS F. FIESER Emory Professor of Organic Che I ALBERT HAERTLEIN Mcliuy Prof. of Civil Eugineeri EDWIN S. KEMBLE Professor of Physics 7i.Wf A U 4 , 'f wi' ' i. . -1 5, ., ,fliilgfl . Zig . 1 ., il 751 fig, .A . N 'wx A A n 9'- 'VY' 5 Q gg' W 1 . 1 9 0 2 L f F y r,f 1 3, Q 'I xl , f 733 G E M 1 I 1 X 4 J ' F r i I 51453, k -gr: 25:11 ,r i - ,, , , psy.-4, A 4 .,,.,,,? dx 9. I ,igvof 1 nr X, 7? ff ly N 1 'Z if 4 5 A fr fx ., . . v 1 ' .2 f 4 4 P I V 1 GEORGE S FORBE . S m, Professor of Chemistry LEIGH HOADLEY ng Professor of Zoology RONOLD W. P. KING Associate Professor of Physics HENRY A. FROST RUSSELL GIBSON Professor of Architecture Assoc. Prof. of Economic Gcoleg CORNELIUS S. HURLBUT, JR. GRINNELL JONES Associate Professor of Mineralogy P1 Ofcssor of Ch0HliSl1'Y ARTHUR B. LAMB Erving Professor of Chemistry ESPER S. LARSEN, IR Professor of Pctrogruphy - .vii '. Xl Q' v' I. , W' .2 N . GEORGE W.'MACKEY I PAUL c. MANGELSDORF KIRTLEY F. MATHER HARRY R. MIMNO FQCUHY IIWSW'-1Cf0F III MQIUJBIDMICS Professor of Botany Professor of Geology Associate Professor of Physics Alfred S. Romer, Professor of Zoology, is also Curator of the Edwin Crawford Kemble, a well-known physicist, is a popular Universityls collection of Vertebrate Paleontology. teacher.

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Corporation The University Corporation, embodied in the charter of 1650, is the oldest corporation in the United States. lt was founded by President Dunster for the dual purpose of giving the University a corporate personality and of cen- tralizing its administration in a smaller group than the Board of Overseers. Now as then, it consists of seven members, the President of the University, the Treasurer, and five Fellows empowered to appoint their successors. Its duties, at first were numerous and all-embracing, it legislated on all Uni- versity matters, appointed officers and servants of the Uni- versity, accepted gifts and made disposition of the monetary resources of the University. When Harvard was still a small colonial college, the Corporation found time to regulate the length of the students' hair, to take inventory of kitchen equipment and to persuade reluctant biddies to return to work. With the expansion of the University, the Corporation, although retaining all of its former duties, was forced to delegate the detailed work to the administrative departments and officers. All adminis- trative decisions however, must be approved by the superior body. The Board of Overseers, now largely an honorary body, passes on the appointment of instructors and the bestowal of degrees. Meeting twice a month in Massachusetts Hall, most of the Corporation's time is spent on financial matters, but its most vital function is the formulation of University policy, a matter of increased importance in war time. The Fellows all live in or near Boston and New York and are all, except for Dr. Roger I. Lee, lawyers. The only new face at Corporation meetings during the war was that of the late A. Calvert Smith, former Secretary to the President, succeedingjerome D. Greene, who retired as Secretary to the Corporation. Greene, long prominent in University affairs, has been appointed Honorary Keeper of the Corporation Records. The Corporation meets every few weeks to plan general University policy. They are Cleft to rightj: Henry L. Shattuck, Grenville Clark, Henry James, President Conant, Jerome D. Greene, Charles A. Coolidge, jr., Roger I. Lee, and William H. Claflin,jr. f. -'--'. 4 s 341