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

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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

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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 SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE The School of Agriculture extends its activities for beyond the limits of student instruction. It is active as the State Agricultural Experiment Station, resulting in the necessity for the promotion of an Extension Service; it has under its supervision the Forestry School at Mont Alto where the facilities of the Pennsylvania State Forest Research Institute are made available. it conducts special Winter Courses in agriculture to aid those persons living on forms or those intending to do so. The Extension Service is the channel through which general agricultural information and the re- sults of experimental work are distributed and made effective throughout the state. This work, which is concerned with production and agricultural economics, is carried on through definite and sys- tematic community programs in each county in cooperation with the county organization devel- oped for that specific purpose. M. S. McDowell S. tV. Fletclwx' Viue-Deuu 11nd ' Director of Extension it'v-Denn and II. A. Butcher F. P. TVenvor R. U. Binslngnme t x i. u I . n I . x t. . or o and Biulogical Economics Research Chemistry Engineering 1 . D. Gnnlner Agrmmmy F. L. Bentley E. 1!. Forbes F. D. Kern Butuny W. A. Brnyles Institute of Rum! Ellllmltinn n mu Nutrition Annual Husbandry J. A . Ferguson Forum rt E. II. Dushmn Zoology mnl Entmnulnuy Ii. C. KnmuIL-I l'uultry Huslm ndry A, A. Imrlnnd Iiusiuuiiiry THE SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS XV. R. Hum G. C. Cimmllee D. S. Physics Uln-miulry Cm Eng! tV P. Duvoy Iildust-rinl M. R. It MlHkO l'vtmlnum lh-linim; I'. G. 1!. Muck Tenth- Chemistry Crydcr univnl nearing; 0. F. Smith Assistant Ih-nn l r dimlh-nl thirty With the return of more prosperous times has come an unusual demand for chemists, chemical engineers, and physicists. This trend is especially noticeable in the industries making synthetic organic products, requiring the services of all these groups while offering exceptional opportunity to the well trained organic chemist. The School of Chemistry and Physics is steadily improving its work from the undergraduate field through the graduate to the post-doctorate, to better meet the requirements of industry. This is evidenced by the accrediting of the curriculum in chemical engineering by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and by the establishment of a fellowship by one of our largest industries for post- doctorate research. The experience of our graduates in the Pre- Medicai curriculum indicates that the broad train- ing offered by the School in the biological and physical sciences furnishes a sound preparation for the work in medical school.