Hobart College - Echo of the Seneca Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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TRUSTEES The Rt. Rev. Dudley Scott Stark Chancellor of the Corporation Merle A. Gulick Chairman of the Board Carroll R. Harding Vice-Chairman of the Board Merle A. Gulick, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Colleges of the Seneca, is vice- president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, and a Hobart graduate, class of 1930. In his undergraduate years, Mr. Gulick was president of his freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes, played varsity football, basketball, and lacrosse, and was named to every campus honor society. In December, 1958, Mr. Gulick was nominated for inclusion in the National Football Hall of Fame. He is a member of Kappa Alpha. In 1930, Mr. Gulick joined Equitable as a service supervisor in the Group Department, and has since then, worked himself up to his present high post. A Lieutenant Commander in the Coast Guard, Mr. Gulick helped or- ganize the Port Security Division, the organization which protected two hundred and fifty ports against sabotage during World War II. He saw action in the European and Pacific theaters. Joseph J. Myler George D. Whedon Paul E. Vogt The Rt. Rev. Lauriston L. Scaife Robert E. Doran William F. Hamilton, Alumnus Trustee Byron S. Miller Helen M. Overs, Alumna Trustee Lynn Rumbold, Alumnus Trustee Mrs. G. Robert Witmer, Alumna Trustee Helen P. Maney, Alumna Trustee Richard H. Mansfield Harry G. Haskell, Jr. Lawrence I. Clarke, Alumnus Trustee A. Lachlan Reed Ivar N. Hultman James W. Bampton, Alumnus Trustee Cebern L. Lee George E. Wasey Donald W. Goode, Alumnus Trustee Henry P. Bakewell The Rev. Louis M. Hirshson, Ex-officio H. Newton Hubbs, Secretary 16

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i President Hirshson, as an Episcopal clergyman, follows a tradition which existed since Hobart's founding, with the exception of the years from 1936 to 1956. He continues in his plan to make Hobart one of America's finest liberal arts col- leges. We feel sure that he is succeeding. Hobart is fortunate and blessed to have such a man at the helm. Since his arrival at Hobart in July of 1956, Dr. Hirshson has lost no time in endearing himself to us all. Familiarity with his collections of shav- ing mugs and train records has spread, and stu- dents and faculty alike regard him as a personal friend. 15

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ASSOCIATE DEAN BENJAMIN P. ATKINSON Benjamin Atkinson, Associate Dean of Hobart College received his B.A. at Am- herst in 1938, graduating Magna Cum Laude. In 1941, he received his M.A. at Syracuse University, where he became an instructor in English until 1947, when he came to Hobart. He became Assistant to the Dean at Ho- bart in 1950, Associate Professor of English in 1954, Assistant Dean in 1955, and Asso- ciate Dean in 1958. Aside from his affiliations with the Ad- ministration of Hobart College, Mr. Atkinson is the co-editor of Literature for Our Time, a college anthology of modern writing. He is also the faculty advisor to the Fencing Club. TREASURER H. NEWTON HUBBS Horace Newton Hubbs is the Treasurer of Hobart College as well as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and professor of mathematics. Dr. Hubbs received his B.E. at Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1915. In 1925 he received his M.A. at the University of Rochester and in 1931 his Ph.D. at Cornell University. In 1955 Dr. Hubbs served as Acting Pres- ident of the Colleges and in 1956 received his LL.D. at Hobart College. 17