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

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PHILIP PRICE Director of Slzzdem' Aftiritief University Heights JANE SHIPTON Afsismmf Director, Student Activities University Heights ASHLEY T. DAY Librarian University College of Arts and Science HANs E. HOPE Assistant Director, Student Activities University Heights ROBERT LESUEUR Libmripzn College of Engineering

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GLEN N. Cox Affiftmezf Dean College of Engineering wg JOSEPH C. O,CONNELL Bzzrinefr Manager University Heights MQW, ff, DONALD M. MYRICK Cbairfmzfz of Admifriom University College of Arts and Science LAWRENCE J. HoLLANDER A.f5j.mz1zr Z0 the Demi College of Engineering H. FREDERICK HOLlN'IES Cbfzizwmziz of ACf7lZi5fjOl'25 College of Engineering X

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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AIR SPACE Cbaimzrzn-Lieutenant Colonel Arthur F. Nicholson. I joined the Air Force Qthen Army Air Corpsj from my native state of Indiana in November, 1942, and a year and a half later was flying combat missions over Europe in a B-17 Flying Fortress. One of the flights I remember best was my D-Day bombing mission. My group had targets behind the landing beaches and I had a birdseye view of the invasion forces on Normandy beachhead. Another memorable flight was a shuttle mission to Russia. The mission to Russia was con- ceived to enable my B-17 group to bomb important targets too deep in Germany to enable the aircraft to return to England without refueling. Because of battle damage to my own B-17, I spent three weeks in Russia and had an opportunity to watch Russians and the Russian Air Force in action. Prior to my assignment to New York University's Air Force ROTC, I was stationed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Cali- fornia, as the Base Transportation Oflicer. Though I was pri' marily concerned with supporting the ballistic missile program there, I managed to get involved in some unusual jobs in my transportation work. One such job calculated to make the life of a Transportation Olllcer anything but dull was the moving intact of a huge F-102 Delta Dart Fighter plane, which was incapable of flight, but which could not be dis- mantled, from the base to Santa Maria, California. 25 miles away, for display in the town square. I had a lengthy session with the California Highway Patrol, the Santa Maria Chamber of Commerce, and 'other interested agencies to work out a plan to tow the aircraft on the highway. The plane was so large that the telephone company had to move telephone lines. the power company had to raise their power lines, highway maintenance crews had to cut brush and move rocks, and the State Police had to reroute traffic. Arroriaie Professor-Major George F. Drury. Arrirffzzzf Proferror-Captain Bruce Peterson. BIOLOGY Cbfzirfmzn-Professor H. Clark Dalton. Interest in the living things of the world seems to be built into every growing child. Some of us never get over it and become biologists. In my own case enthusiasm for animals and plants was nourished primarily by an encouraging grandfather, whose avocation was natural science, and by summers spent at the seashore, where exploration of the beaches brought daily contacts with the life of marine organisms in fascinating variety, More formal training in school and college left me with the impression that biologists have more fun than anybody. an opinion which I would change on maturer reflection only to the extent of rephrasing to say that for me biology is more fun than anything. lwfy hrst faculty appointment after finishing the doctorate was interrupted by an invitation from the Draft Board to spend one year in military training. Five years and a world war later I resumed an academic career, having meanwhile met a host of vivid characters and engaged in a number of improb- able and somewhat biological pursuits ranging from the operation of a VD prophylactic station in the mayor's office of a New England town to commanding a cooks and bakers school in the jungle of New Guinea. The potentialities for growth and development are to me the most intriguing and the most puzzling aspect of living systems. viewed in the span of a lifetime or in the scale of evolutionary progress. My research interest concerns the action of genes in controlling developmental processes leading to hereditary patterns of pigmentation in salamanders. Recognition of developmental potentials is at the bottom of my enthusiasm for teaching and my conhdence in the abilities of students. Proferrorr-Richard P. Hall, Charles H. Willey. A5- rnciale Pl'0f6,l'J'01'-OffO M. Helf. Arrirfzzzzf Pr0fe,rr0rr- Helene N. Guttman, Douglas B. Webster. ., aw, www-A .413 i inn-ma