Hofstra University - Nexus Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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-ff IIUHUIIIIIIH Hllllll IIIEIIIIIIIIS Since May, I948, Hotstra has awarded nineteen honor- ary degrees to outstanding men and women in the United States. Those people are pictured on these pages, and their names listed below constitute a very impressive list. 'I 948 Robert I. Gannon, President of Fordham University, N.Y. L.H.D. Robert Moses, Commissioner Long Island State Park Com- mission 8i Trustee of Hofstra College - LL.D. T949 Halsey B. Knapp, Director ot Long Island Agricultural 81 Technical Institute, Farmingdale - LL.D. Trygve Lie, Secretary-General of the United Nations - LL.D. Walter Bedell Smith, Lt. General and Commanding Gen- eral, Headquarters, First Army - LL.D. 1950 Robert Porter Patterson, Secretary of War - LL.D. Dwight David Eisenhower, President of Columbia Univer- sity - L.H.D. 1951 William Henry Harrison, Administrator, Defense Produc- tion Administration -- LL.D. Aymar Embury II, Hofstra College Architect -- L.H.D. Harry Woodburn Chase, Chancellor of New York Univer- sity - LL.D. Kate Trubee Davison, Honorary Chairman of Red Cross, Central National Committee and Nassau Red Cross-LL.D. 1952 Arthur Stanton Adams, President, American Council on Education - L.H.D. Cornelia Otis Skinner, Actress, writer, monologuist-L.H.D. Father Gannon, Commissioner Moses Dr. Adams Dr. Adams, Halsey B. Knapp, Trygve Lie, Robert Moses Robert Moses, Walter Bedell Smith, Robert Porter Patterson, Dr. Adams, William Henry Harrison, Dr. Adams Dr. Adams Dwight D. Eisenhower Aymar Embury II

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II-IEHIIH NOT PICTURED Carrie E. Attmore Instructor in Chemistry Leonard B. Brabec Assistant Professor of Chemistry Robert L. Cannan Assistant Professor of Management Patricia A. Farnsworth Egon Steinegger Instructor in Biology Wydelle Martin James A. Moore Instructor in Physics William J. Veigele Nicholas C. Vogel Instructor in Engineering Assistant Professor of Accounting I I-Iumbert S. Revel Instructor in Geology Ercole Rosa Assistant Professor of Management Miriam M. Schleich Assistant Professor of Readingg Director of Reading Center Instructor in Political Science Frances S. Wilson Katherine B. Warren Assistant Professor of Biology Harold L. Wattel Instructor in Economics .,,,5-.-,,-- wmws f .fr Ifzr we , I . ., . fr Instructor in Fine Arts Instructor in Physics Algard P- Whllney Aaron Wold Harold E- Yuker Instructor in Reading Instructor in Chemistry Instructor in Psychology Henry Wolf Assistant Professor of Mathematics 25 ff

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'W-f-my Dr. Adams, Mrs. Henry Pomeroy Davison, W Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase fgw Dr. Adams, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Arthur S. Adams, Trustee Roosevelt 1953 Herman Jan von Roijen, Ambassador to the Netherlands - LL.D. John William Davis, Former Ambassador to Great Britain -- LL.D. Emily Lowe, Patron of Arts - L.H.D. Welles Van Ness Moot, Member of Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York - LL.D. Carroll Vincent Newsom, Associate Commissioner tor Higher Education, University of the State ot New York - L.H.D. 1954 Matthew Bunker Ridgway, Chief ot Staff ot the United States Army - LL.D. Herman Van Roiien and Dr. Adams Welles Van Ness Moot, Emily Lowe, General Ridgway John W. Davis, Carroll V. Newsom 27