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

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When the Rev. Dr. Louis Hirshson was inaugurated nineteenth president of Hobart College four years ago. a clerical tradition was re-established which had existed from 1822 until 1936. He dis- claims any working knowledge in the field of higher education, and admits to the mastery of no unique administrative techniques. However, his previous record indicates unusual if not professional preparation for the job at hand. He once told a reporter, that he doesn’t shy away from being called a “utility infielder” and says that whatever he has accomplished in the past has been through his ability to see the essential though sometimes hidden nature of the problem, and to inspire others toward its solution. As far as his plans for Hobart are concerned there is nothing hidden. They are to push in every concerned area, not to keep Hobart the good college that it is, but to get it into the forefront of America’s truly fine liberal arts colleges, and to strengthen its relation with the church. Dr. Hirshson has had a rich and varied career. Receiving his B.S. degree from Harvard Univer- sity in 1922, he was ordained in 1925. From 1946 to 1956 he was Dean of Christ Church Cathed- ral. Hartford, Conn., and in 1956 received his S.T.D. from Berkeley Divinity School, New Haven, Conn. President Hirshson has also been engaged in the business world. He was a salesman for Proctor and Gamble in Ohio, coached a professional football team for three years, and has been associated with the founding of trusteeship of several schools, two of which are graduate schools of theology. During World War II he was chairman of the Pittsburgh, Pa., Area War Labor Board Committee and, since 1950, trustee of the Inter-Professional Commission on Marriage and Divorce Laws of the American Bar Association. This is an unusually rich preparation for a college presidency. 31

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30 Rev. Dr. Louis M. ITirshson

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TRUSTEES Merle A. Gulick Chairman oj the Board of Trustees The Rt. Rev. Dudley Scott Stark Chancellor of the Corporation Mr. Merle A. Gulick Chairman of the Board ALUMNAE TRUSTEES Miss Helen M. Overs Mrs. G. Robert Witmer Miss Helen P. Maney Mr. Carroll R. Harding Vice-Chairman of the Board ALUMNI TRUSTEES Mr. William F. Hamilton Dr. Lynn Rumbold Mr. Lawrence I. Clarke Mr. James W. Bamption Mr. Donald W. Goode MEMBERS of the BOARD of TRUSTEES The Rev. Louis M. Hirshson President of the Colleges Mr. Joseph J. Myler Mr. George D. Whedon Mr. Paul E. Vogt The Rt. Rev. Lauriston L. Scaife Dr. Robert E. Doran Mr. Byron S. Miller Mr. Carroll R. Harding Mr. Richard H. Mansfield Mr. Harry G. Haskell, Jr. Dr. A. Lachlan Reed Mr. Ivar N. Hultman Mr. Cebern L. Lee Mr. George E. Wasey Mr. Henry P. Bakewell Dr. Horace Newton Hubbs Secretary of the Board 32