Pasadena City College - Pageant Yearbook (Pasadena, CA)

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Greetings to the Students, Faculty, and General Staff at Pasadeno City College: PCC is a great community college with university and college transfer courses, vocational curricula, and liberal arts education to meet the needs of individual students and to serve the community surrounding the college. Pasadena City College is humbly proud of its programs of instruction, guidance, and extracurricular activities. The college has a five million dollar building program undervvay with architects ' plans for a campus center, women ' s physical education building, improved athletic facilities, and additional classroom and laboratory facilities in the new buildings. Pasadena looks to the future with great confidence in the role of the public junior colleges of California in meeting in- creased needs for higher education. V ?fc LK (yl ri 2 President 21

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. DR. CATHERINE J. ROBBINS AB, AM, PhD, Stanford; PG: University of Washington, University of California at Berkeley, University of Southern Colifomia, Columbia University. With the close of the current semester President Catherine J. Robbins completes her first full year at the administrative helm of Pasadena City College. Dr. Robbins has been honored with several awards this year. Her most outstanding tribute came from the Los Angeles Times, which named her Woman of the Year in the field of education. In 1959 Dr. Robbins wa s also awarded the Kiwanis Citation and the Business and Professional Woman ' s Club Citation. 20

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ADMINISTRATIVE DEANS Dean Armen Sarafian is Pasadena City Col- lege ' s administrative dean in charge of in- struction. Mr. Sarafian was very active in the field of education, especially in the Pasadena area, before being assigned his present post last year. Included among the many responsibilities of his position are planning and supervision of the colorful graduation and commencement exercises in June, revision and addition to the college catalog so that it stays up to date with all activities, and vital participation in the inservice education program for PCC. Dean Sarafian also serves as an ex-ofFicio member of all college committees and is the head of the student curriculum committee. Administrative Dean John E. Twomey is an- other individual with a host of duties to per- form. In the absence of the president he takes over the responsibilities of that position. Mr. Twomey is also in charge of administer- ing the operation of the college ' s day pro- gram. Dean Twomey coordinates develop- ment of class and room schedules as well as appropriating teacher load assignments. This year Mr. Twomey added another impor- tant activity. He assumed command of the college ' s five million dollar building program which got underway earlier this year. He also meets with members of the Pasadena High School administration for the express purpose of combining the utilization of campus facili- ties. In addition he organizes the college in prepa- ration for all types of emergencies, supervises clearing house functions, publishes the Crier, coordinates planning of the master calendar, supervises collections for the Tournament of Roses and welfare agencies, hosts eminent visitors to the college, and is also an ex- ofFicio member of all college committees. Albert V. Bean supervises PCC ' s large ex- tended day program as well as summer school sessions. This job includes parent education, distributive education, trade extension and apprenticeship training. He is the liaison be- tween the administration and the functioning of these programs, for which he coordinates the administrative services. He takes part in the activities of the adult education division of the State Department of Education and with the adult education direc- tors in California and throughout the nation. Dean Bean helps to interpret the function of the community college to lay and professional groups and is another ex-officio member of all college communities. JOHN E. TWOMEY Administrative Dean AB, MA, University of Arizona; PG: University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles, University of Southern Califor- nia, Wiiittier College, Claremont Graduate Scfiool. ARMEN SARAFIAN Administrative Dean, Instruction AB, LaVerne College; MA, Claremont Graduate School. ALBERT V. BEAN Administrative Deon AB, Stanford; MS, University of Southern California; PC: University of California at Los Angeles, Whittier College. 22