Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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E. Kenneth Smiley, Vice-President, directs the Univer- sity ' s broad array of services and activities for students. Operation and development of the University is guided by the Board of Trustees, headed by Monroe J. Rathbone. Board of Trustees Honorary Member Eugene G. Grace Corporate Members Emeritus William L. Estes. Jr. Nevil E. Funk Monroe J. Rathbone Andrew E. Buchanan. Jr. Alfred V. Bodine Theophil H. Mueller Frank L. Magee Edwin H. Snyder James M. Straub J. Porter Langfitt Joseph A. Fisher. Jr. Arthur B. Homer Corporate Members Members Elected bx Alumni Appointed Trustees Francis M. Huffman Robert E. McMath Frank W. Sterrett Leonard M. Horton Edward A. Curtis Albert B. Maginnes Henry R. Maddox Kenneth L. Isaacs Howard S. Bunn Ralph L. Wilson S. Murray Rust. Jr. Hugh P. McFadden Robert B. Honevman 23

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Converting into working policy the Trustees ' goals is the challenging task of Martin D. Whitaker, President. Focusing far-flung forces on Lehigh ' s greater goals In the tenure of office of one man, Lehigh has undergone its most energetic period of expansion. From post-war doldrums, the University has risen to become an institution of pre-eminence in sev- eral diverse fields and to a position of respect in the eyes of educators and industrialists through- out the nation. That these two matters are con- temporaneous is more than coincidence, it is justi- fication for these few lines of tribute to President Martin Whitaker. Taking office in 1946, Doctor Whitaker came to Lehigh from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and the directorship of Clinton Labs, a high-priority plant developing vital nuclear materials. Today, his is the voice of Lehigh. The ambitious programs of development and their continuing fruition; the increased prestige Lehigh enjoys, not only as a school of engineering, but as a university; and the continuing importance of her role as a major institution of learning: these are all facets of the Lehigh purpose and personality which Doctor Whitaker so capably represents. The University ' s chief officer and his wife chat during an evening away from official duties in their residence near the Alumni Me- morial Building.

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r in 1 Hi . jTy vcr J 11 if li; 1 I I ► l ■ -— ' ry . SP ; ' .i m |BC ■ H m V rl ■ Lehigh ' s academic development is the particular province of Harvey A. Neville, Vice-President and Provost. J. Douglas Leith, Dean of Students, is the key link between the President ' s Office and the student body. Student interests are supported by Associate Deans Clarence B. Campbell and Preston Parr. 24