Hofstra University - Nexus Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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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

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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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Much of greaT momenT has happened since The Class of T954 came To The HofsTra campus. We have seen our college grow wiTh phenomenal rapidiTy. Phil- lips Hall, Heger Hall, and The wings To Memorial Hall have risen abouT us in These four years. HofsTra no longer belongs To The small college ranks as far as enrollmenT, faculTy, and educaTional prominence are con- cerned. As seniors, we can feel proud To have had a parT in This growing process and we feel ThaT our class hisTory reflecTs This growTh paTTern. As freshmen, our STeering CommiTTee was The largesT and The mosT acTive The college had known. For The firsT Time in HofsTra hisTory, a class puT ouT iTs own newsleTTer, The Frosh Flash , To sTimulaTe class spiriT, and The Mardi Gras was a big success. As sophomores we planned and iniTiaTed a Fresh- man OrienTaTion program of sTudenT advisors for boTh The SepTember and February classes. We felT ThaT This program helped Them To become beTTer members of The college communiTy. In our iunior year noT only did The class have a hand in The Junior-Senior Prom, buT also sponsored The firsT WinTer Carnival The college ever had. This Three- day Trip To The Poconos To parTicipaTe in winTer sporfs was such a success ThaT iT has become an annual affair. This year, under The leadership of our officers, we endeavored To carry ouT a program which would add To our already wonderful memories as well as TQ The college TradiTions. 28 ROBERT KURZMAN President 1950-5'l Efll