Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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Ralph L. Watts The School of Agriculture Robert L. Sockett The School of Engineering THE DEANS Ralph L. Watts, Dean of the School of Agriculture since 1912, has a longer record of service as the head of a School than any other dean in the college. Under his guidance the Departments of Agricultural Engineering and Agricultural Economics have been established and through his mediation the Department of Forestry at Penn State and the Mont Alto School of Forestry were merged into the Pennsylvania State Forestry School. Deon Sockett was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1891, where he received the degree CE. in 1896. After serving as professor at Eorlhom College and Purdue University, he was elected Dean of the School of Engineering in 1915. In this capacity he has been instrumental in having the School of Engineering recognized by the leading industries of the country. Charles William Stoddort, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, was born in Boscobel, Wisconsin, on October 14, 1877. He received his A.B. at Columbia in 1900,- his A.M., i901; and his Ph.D. at the University of Wis- consin in 1909. After serving in various positions on the faculty, he was elected Dean of The School of Liberal Arts. During his administration, the enrollment has increased greatly and the standard of the School has been raised by the organizing of the upper and lower divisions. Frank C. Whitmore, Dean of the School of Chemistry and Physics, is one of the foremost scientists in the country and come to Penn State in 1929 from Northwestern University. Dean Whitmore is now serving as president- elect of the American Chemical Society, and was awarded the 1937 William H. Nichols Medal for his study in metolIo-organic compounds. Under his Charles W. Stoddart The School of The Liberal Arts twenty-eight

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THE BOARD UP TRUSTEES George H, Earle, III . - - Governor of the Commonwealth - - - . - Harrisburg Ralph D. Hetzel - . - - President of the College - - - - - State College Lester K. Ade . - - - Superintendent of Public Instruction - - - - - Harrisburg J. Honsell French - - - - - Secretory Of Agriculture ' - ' - - Harrisburg APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR S. Forry Loucks, York, Pa. P. J. Denmon, Bradford, Pa. Frederick A. Heim, Williamsport, Po. Hannah McK. Lyons, Lincoln University, Pa. D. Glenn Moore, Washington, Po. J, Hole Steinmon, Lancaster, Pa. ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION William L. Affelder, Pittsburgh, Pa. James Milhollond, Pittsburgh, Pa. J. H. M. Andrews, Philadelphia, Pa. J. Franklin Shields, Philadelphia, Pa. Hugh M. Clarke, Lancaster, Pa. Boyd A. Musser, Scranton, Po. George H. Deike, Pittsburgh, Pa. James G. White, New York City John T. Harris, Harrisburg, Pa. ELECTED BY DELEGATES FROM SOCIETIES E. S. Bayard, Pittsburgh, Pa. Vance C. McCormick, Harrisburg, Pa. John C. Cosgrove, Johnstown, Po. George W. Slocum, Milton, Po. Robert R. LeWis, Coudersport, Pa. John G. Benedict, Woynesboro, Po. Edwin W. Nick, Erie, Po. Ernest Jh Poole, Reading, Poh Henry D. Brown, Williamsporf, Po, Chester J. Tyson, Gordners, Po. Furmcm H. Gyger, Kimberton, Po. Frank P. Willits, Word, Pa. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES J. Franklin Shields - - - - - - - - - President James G. White - - - - - - - - - Vice President Ralph D. Hetzel - - - . - - - - - Secretory Samuel K. Hostetter - - h - - - - Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Messrs. Andrews, Bayard, Brown, Cosgrove, McCormick, Shields, and Tyson THE COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION Ralph Dom Hetzel, LL.D. - - - - - - - - President Assistants to the President Adrian O. Morse, M.A., Executive Secretary, in Charge of Resident Instruction J4 Orvis Keller, MS., in Charge of Extension Samuel K. Hostetter, in Charge of Business and Finance Mary T. Nitzky, Secretary to the President twenty-seven

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lt'fCJdership research work in chemistry has been recognized by the industries 0f the State. Will Grant Chambers, Dean of the School of Education since 1923, came to Penn State from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was also Dean 0f the School of Education. In addition to his capacity as Dean, he has been Director of Summer Session since I921. He has written many articles, especially on child study. While doing Under-graduote work, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary Scholastic fraternity. He is a member of many educational societies anti has served on the Department of Child Study for the National Educational Association. Edward Steidle came to Penn State from the Carnegie Institute ef Technology, and became Dean of the School of Mining and Metallurgy m I928. In 1930 he was made Dean of the reorganized School of Mineral lr'Idusfries. He belongs to many technical societies and recently established the only mineral art gallery in the world. Through his untiring efforts, the mining and oil interests of the State have granted fellowships to carry on research work in this School. Dean Frank D. Kern came to Penn State from Purdue University, where he was Associate Botanist and Instructor in Botany. Since 1912 he has been Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, also Dean of the Graduate School since 1922. He is reco hi 5 ecinisf in the roup of fungi known as plant rust. - . ASide from jorieithoihoe pUnited Stotes,ghe has carried on research and Frank C. Whitmore . botanical explorations in Europe, the West Indies, and South America. He The SChOOI 0f Chemistry and PhYS'CS WCIS Acting Dean of the College of Agriculture, University of Puerto Rico on tWO occasions. The University of Puerto Rico conferred on him the degree 0f Doctor of Science in 1926, and in 1934 the Government of Venezuela gave him the decoration of Medal of Honor for Public Instruction; Wi G. Chambers Edward Steidle Fred D. Kern The School of Education The School of Mineral Industries The Graduate School twenty-nine