Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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EDWARD T. CAWLEY Associate Professor GERALD W. KAUFMAN, M.S Instructor DONALD L. BURTON Instructor JOHN F. BAMRICK, Ph D Associate Professor 15

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BIOLOGY JOSEPH E. KAPLER, Ph D- Professor Chairman REV. WARREN E. NYE, Ph D- Professor A major problem of the new decade is environmental pollution. Recognizing this, Loras’ Biology Department is directing research and implementing courses to aid in the understanding and the controlling of our polluted world. Already threee projects have been established on Catfish Creek to study water pollution. The department has applied for state funds and is hoping for Federal grants to further promote this type of project. To instruct the public and to extend to Loras students the opportunity to expand their awareness of the en¬ vironment, a course entitled “Environment and Man” was offered this year for the first time. Other courses already in the biology curriculum will take a more in depth look at the biologists’ relation to environmental control. 14

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REV. ROBERT J. DOLTER, Ph.D. Professor Chairman ( Pro-temps ) With Dr. Kenneth Kraus, the elected head of the (’hem is try Department, presently taking a leave of ab¬ sence and teaching at California State College in Long Beach, Father Robert Dolter is the interim chairman of the Loras Chemistry Department. When asked about the aims of his department Father Dolter stated “We desire a more relevant course for non-science students espe¬ cially. It is our hope to eventually restructure the entire science requirement of the college in order that we may cover a broader gamut of scientific knowledge and thereby benefit the community at large by training its citizens to cope more adeptly with the important scien¬ tific problems of our times ' In the past year, besides new equipment being brought in and research carried on, a Tri-College semi¬ nar has been inaugurated and the consortium has been utilized effectively with particular emphasis on bio¬ chemistry. The Loras Chemistry Department is also up for a review by the American Chemical Society, and if approved would mean a prestigeous honor of no small significance, benefiting both students and faculty. It is apparent that the year has been productive, and Father Dolter anticipate s even more successes ahead. CHEMISTRY FLORIAN STORK, M.S. Professor MSGR. GEORGE N. SCHULTE, Lit Professor 1 ) 16