Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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Board of Curators T HE Missouri School of Mines and Metal- lurgy is a division of the University of Missouri and is governed, therefore, by the same Board of Curators, This Board is com- posed of nine residents of the state of Missouri appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate. Appointments are for a six- year term, with each member of the Board being eligible for reappointment when his term runs out. Each two years three new members are appointed to the Board. Each year, the members of the Board of Curators appoint three of their number to serve as the Executive Com- mittee for the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy. This committee meets monthly for the purpose of auditing claims and attending to such other business as is given them by the Board of Curators, Dr. Freedrick A. Middlebush, for the past nineteen years president of the University of Missouri, is retiring from the presidency on June 30, 1954. This was made known by Powell B. McHaney, president of the Board of Curators, following a meeting of the Board in St. Louis on January 8. Dr. Middlebush headed the uni- versity through perhaps one of the most trying times of its history with the World War, and the extreme fluctuations of enrollment and the de- mands for the services of the University brought about by this conflict. Under his leadership the University has made outstanding progress. It was during this time that M.S.M. has perhaps made the greatest progress of any period in its history. An example of his constructive policies is the modernization of classrooms and labora- tory facilities. Page Eleven

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Curtis L. Wilson Dean, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy CURTIS L, WILSON B.S, 1916, Baltimore City Colleger E.M. 1920, Montana School of Minos; PH,Dh 1928, University ot Goettingen; Dean 1941. D R. CURTIS L. WILSON, Dean of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, is one of the outstanding figures in the field of engineering today, Dean Wilson graduated from Baltimore City College in 1916 and from Montana School of Mines in 1920. After work- ing for a year, he joined the faculty of Mon- tana School of Mines, teaching metallurgy and doing graduate work until 1926, when he went to Europe. In 1928 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Goettingen. He returned to Montana School of Mines as Professor of Metallurgical Engineering. In 1941 he accepted his present position as Dean of M.S.M. and since that time has strove to uphold the high standards of this institution. We of M.S.M. can be justly proud to have such a man as Dean of our school. Pag© Thirteen