Miami University - Recensio Yearbook (Oxford, OH)

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Dr. Shriver came to Miami from Kent State where he served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He had been on Kentis faculty since 1947 and had become assistant dean in 1959 and acting dean in 1963. During a period of 18 years at Kent State, he was chairman of several key faculty and administrative committees, moderator of the Kent Congregational Church and president of the Kent chapter of the American Association of University Professors. He was given Kent Stateis tiMost Dis- tinguished Faculty Memberii and itMan 0f the Yearii awards. Leadership and accomplishment have been a way of life for the new Miami Presi- dent: Phi Beta Kappa at Yale, Honor graduate and Jacob Schiff Fellowship recipient from C0111 mbia. One facet of a veTsatile President. Thursday, October 11,, 1.965 - I naugurat'ion. This organized, positive, precise man pre- sented definite ideas for the future development of Miami in his Master Plan. He advocated a. ceiling of 15,000 full-time students by 1980 contingent With his belief: itThe philosophy of the individual university should be to seek to personalize the educational experience of each student in the face of continually increasing numbers of students to be served. This can be effected only if the student population is kept at a minimum. This truly per- sonal president Who felt that his main responsi- bility was itto be fully informed With the Miami situation, gradually accomplished this immense undertaking through invitational brunches, coffee hours at the Res and attendance at campus activi- ties. The president stated, iiIn these student- president affairs, they may query me as to my ideas, and I, to theirsfi His warm personality in this and similar situations made itself felt in his first year at Miami. 21

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Dr. Phillip R. On Thursday, the fourteenth of October, Phillip R. Shriver was inaugurated as the seventeenth President of Miami University uniting the promise of the future with the traditions of the past. Strains from ttThe Proph- ettt accompanied the splendor of academic regalia remi- niscent of another age as nine thousand students and the bustle of todayts world looked on. In an era of change, things remained constant. On October fourteenth, these were a faith in the past and anticipation of a future found- ed on the triumphs of preceding years. S hriver, President

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22 In 1926 Charles R. Wilson received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Miami University. But future years were to carry him far from the Miami Valley-first t0 the University of Cincinnati where he was awarded his Masters Degree, then to Colgate University where he served as chairman of the History Department from 1941 to 1961 and Director of the Foreign Policy Con- ference for twelve years. With his wife Dr. Wilson trav- eled twice around the world Visiting Malaya, India, Ger- many, France, England, Holland and most recently Ja- pan. In 1961 he returned to Miami to accept the position of Provost and in 1964 assumed the role of Acting Pres- ident upon the resignation of J ohn D. Millet, gracing the office with wisdom, ingenuity and his guttural speaking voice. In 1950 Miami awarded Dr. Wilson the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He is a member of the American Mississippi Valley and Southern Historical Association and the American Association of University Professors. He maintained membership in Phi Beta Kap- pa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Delta Phi, Pi Delta Epsilon and Phi Sigma honorary fraternities. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and was on the fraternityis Alumni Council-an amazing man to say the very least, and a fine father as seen in his two Miami graduate sons. C lockwise, Mrs. C . R. Wilson, LloydA. Goggin, Mrs. P. R. Shriver, Dr. P. R. Shriver, Mrs. L. A. Goggin and Dr. C. R. Wilson. Doug Wilson and Dad. Dr. Charles R. Wilson, Provost