Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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The Administrators . . . Top: Dr. Wallace P. Roudebush. Bottom: Dr. Clarence W. Kreger. At right: Dean Melva Lind Forty years of service to Miami University is the outstanding contribution of Vice President Wallace P. Roudebush who has been an active Miami alum- nus since 1911. During these years Dr. Roudebush has been responsible for the construction of many of the University class buildings and residence halls. Dr. Clarence W. Kreger joined the faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry after receiving his diploma with Miami's class of 1918, and since has risen to his present position as vice president of the university. His promotion of the Navy's V-12 pro- gram during the war and his present position of civilian co-ordinator of the ROTC units has won him well-deserved recognition. Miami is proud to claim her two vice presidents as alumni, the best od- vertisement of any university.

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In Tribute to a President and First Lady . . . Mrs. Hahne enioys the companionship cf an evening at home. November 25, 1952 marked the end of a chapter in Miami history with the death of the University's fifteenth president, Dr. Ernest H. Hahne. Coming to Miami in 1946, Dr. Hahne earned the re- spect and admiration of the faculty and student body alike during his six-year term of office. While upholding its academic standing, President Hahne worked to strengthen Miami's public relations by appointing a full-time alumni secretary and by stressing excel- lence in all intercollegiate activities. The resulting increase in national attention brought an expansion in the University's enroll- ment. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Chicago, Dr. Hahne served twenty years on the faculty of Northwestern University as professor of economics. During these years President Hahne became known as an authority on taxes and assessments. At Miami, the president and his wife indulged a love of football by llfollowing the team. Visiting campuses all over the country, the Hahnes collected memories of the American college scene. Mrs. Hahne, who shared her husband's interest in Miami, was also a valuable member of Oxford clubs and church groups. As a gardener, she took special interest in Miami's well-planned grounds and used color photography and oil painting to capture favorite scenes. As a lasting tribute to this fine president, the Board of Trustees has created the Ernest H. Hahne Memorial Fund within the Miami University Foundation. Since the Foundation was the proiect of Dr. Hahne, it is fitting that such a fund be created in his memory. Miamians everywhere feel that President and Mrs. Hahne carried to the fullest the University traditions first started by President and Mrs. Robert Hamilton Bishop. Page Thirteen

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Dean Carl Knox Dean William E. Smith A man of many diverse interests is Dean of the Graduate School, William E. Smith. Taking over this position in 1948, Dr. Smith is proud of the fact that the Graduate School was recently ac- credited for two years of advanced work. A new project is that of integrating Miami's graduate 'program with that of other Ohio universities and cataloging source reference collections for state- wide use. Among other things, Dr. Smith collects guns and antique furniture while searching for lost Ohio history. Well known at Miami for her humorous Freshman convocation speeches is Dr. Melva Lind, Dean of Women. Dean Lind is known elsewhere as one of the foremost American woman educators in the field of modern foreign languages. Her latest honor was the award of the Palmes Academiques by the French government in early January. Dean Carl Knox who came to Miami last fall from Northern Illinois State Teachers' College is Miami's first Dean of Men. The title, as such, has never been given before. Dean Knox is in charge of men's housing, counselors, and Interfraternity Council in the same way that Dean Lind is responsible for women's housing, coun- selors, Panhellenic Council, Women's League, and lnter-Residence Council.