New York University - Violet Yearbook (New York, NY)

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' JOHN R. RAGAZZINI Dean, College of Engineering

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, NEW YORK 53, N.Y. ICE OF THE DEAN TELEPHONE. LUDLOW 4 0700 To the Class of l962: Among the pleasanter duties which come in due course to a College Dean, two stand out: welcoming an incoming freshman class in September, and wishing God-speed to a graduating class in June. When you entered College, it was a predecessor of mine who welcomed you. But I learned to know a good many members of 1962 before your freshman year had concluded, and in the year following, I saw almost everyone of you in confer- ences of varying lengths and intensity. The last two years have brought me still closer to you as a Class. Now, I feel some pangs in realizing that, like explorers trained to seek far horizons, you are raising your sails, that your home port named University Heights will know you no more as permanent citizens, but only as welcomed visitors. Though a trace of sadness must enter this message if only because it is my last one addressed to you as undergradu- ates, it is rather spurious -- like tears shed even amid the joy and hope of a wedding. Commencement has a happier sound than graduation. At graduation, I hope that as you run up the last four years in your personal inventory, you find there such stock of strength as will make you cheerfully face commencement. You go, most of you, into other schools now, off towards new horizons, and later you will sail farther and farther. In your luggage take the good memories of your lessons learned your friendships sealed, your ambitions stirred these last four years. Take also, and not as excess weight, the hearty Qgg voyage of your teachers, your younger friends who stay to carry on in your places, and of your Dean. And remember that no matter how far you sail, a true star shines over University Heights, one which stands fixed to guide you back. M John Warren Knedler, Jr. I

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NEWS' H'OI1K I,'NIX'IiRSITH' c'o1.1.1cG1-3 01-' 15Nc,a1N1f:14:1eING l'YI r1c11'x 11111111 Xl Y XORK Gentlemen of the Class of 1962: You have completed four or more years of study in the College of Engineering, and you are now entitled to a degree from your Alma Mater. I hope that your years at University Heights have been fruitful and rewarding and that you have attained a feeling of loyalty and friendship toward your class- mates and the faculty of the College. It is almost axiomatic that the things for which one must work hardest are the most valued. I am sure that you will agree with me that you have had to work very hard to achieve the distinction of becoming a graduate engineer. Yet this very rigor was most essential in ensuring that you would be worthy of the responsibility of becoming one of the next generation of engineers which is dedicated to serving the needs of society. Of all the individuals who will have a significant impact on our society in the coming decades, the engineer is sure to be at or near the top of the list. We feel that you are qualified to meet these chal- lenges and wish you success. I hope that your future will bring you many satisfactions, and that you will remember your Alma Mater and come back as loyal alumni to share with us your many experiences. Those who have pre ceded you have contributed greatly to our College and to the University, both materially and spiritually, and we hope that you will continue this tradition. Your accomplishments in the future will delight us, so let us hear from you often. Sincerely, John R. Ragazzini Dean 27