NROTC University of Minnesota - Gopher Log Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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THE NAVY ON JULY I, I943, CREATED THE V-I2 PROGRAM FOR THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF GIVING PROSPECTIVE NAVAL OFFI- CERS THE BENEFITS OF A COLLEGE EDUCATION IN THOSE SPE- CIALIZED AREAS MOST NEEDED BY THE NAVY, THEREBY CREAT- ING A CONTINUOUS RESERVOIR OF POTENTIAL OFFICER MATE- RIAL TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE. THE V-I2 UNIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IS MADE UP OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ENGINEERS, PRE-MEDICAL, PRE-DENTAL. DENTAL AND MEDICAL STUDENTS. TRAINEES IN ENGINEERING COMPLETING THE V-I2 PROGRAM ARE SENT TO A PRE-MIDSHIPMEN'S SCHOOL FOR INDOCTRINA- TION AND FROM THERE TO A MIDSHIPMEN'S SCHOOL FOR FINAL TRAINING, WHICH, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, LEADS TO A COMMISSION IN THE U. S. NAVAL RESERVE. PRE-MEDICAL AND PRE-DENTAL STUDENTS, UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR PRE- MEDICAL OR PRE-DENTAL REOUIREMENTS, ARE SENT TO A NAVY-SPONSORED MEDICAL OR DENTAL SCHOOL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR TRAINING. MEDICAL AND DENTAL STU- DENTS MAY TAKE THEIR INTERNSHIP IN EITHER A NAVAL HOS- PITAL OR CIVILIAN HOSPITAL. GRADUATES OF THE V-I2 PRO- GRAM HAVE JUSTIFIED THE NAVY'S FAITH IN AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO HELP IN THE PROBLEM OF TRAINING SPECIALISTS FOR OUR RAPIDLY GROWING NAVY.

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LIEUTENANT DAVID MQDONALD U.S.N.R. HEAD OE THE V-I2 DEPARTMENT LieuTenanT David McDonald received his AB, Trorn BeThany College, BeThany, Kansas: his M.A. Trom The UniversiTy oT SouThern CaliTornia, and his Ph.D. in AdminisTraTion and Applied Psychology Trom The UniversiTy oT Oregon. LieuTenanT McDonald served as Commanding 0TTicer oT The V-I2 UniT aT The UniversiTy oT MonTana beTore coming To The Minne- SOTa V-I2 UniT. ENSIGN FRANK W. PATRICK U.S.N.R. Ensign Eranl4 W. PaTriclc received his BS. Trorn The UniversiTy oT PiTTsburgh. An All-American Tullbaclc he played in The Rose Bowl in I937. Ensign PaTriclc also played proTessional TooTloall Tor The Chicago Cardinals. l-le heads The Navy physical educaTion deparTrnenT aT MinnesoTa. LIEUTENANT GEORGE E. W. BOYLE U.S.N.R, l.ieuTenanT George E. W. Boyle received his Ph.D. in educaTion Trom NorThwesTern UniversiTy. l'le served wiTh The V-I2 UniT aT MargueTTe and was assigned To The MinnesoTa V-I2 UniT in January oT I944. BeTore enTering Naval Service l.ieuTenanT Boyle was Vice PresidenT oT Chicago Teachers College. LIEUTENANT ELMER J. ERICKSGN U.S.N.R. FORMER HEAD OE V-I2 DEPARTMENT LieuTenanT Elmer J. Ericlcson holds a Ph.D. Trom The UniversiTy oT SouThern CaliTornia. He was a sec- ondary school adn'1inisTraTor in CaliTornia, auThor oT books, and wroTe arTicles Tor proTe-ssional maga- zines. l.ieuTenanT Ericlcson leTT The MinnesoTa V-I2 UniT To Talce charge OT a similar uniT aT lndiana STaTe Teachers College.