Phillips University - Phillipian Yearbook (Enid, OK)

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Mrs Vlrqlnla POWHBI' Judy Crumrine, Kafhy Barnes, and Marilyn Agee Preslclenf S Secrefary Preside-n+'s Office Sfaff Keeping fhe Universify records sfraighf is fhe iob of fhe Regisfrar's Office. Mr. Merrill Ziegler, our able regisfrar, is a nafive of Nebraska. He sfudied for his gracluafe work af fhe Universify of Arkansas where he received' his Bachelor in Business Adminisfrafion and lvlasfer in School Aclminisfrafion. l-lis main clufies here on P.U. campus are as regisfrar and as fhe secrefary of fhe Aclminisfrafion Cabinef. Mr. Ziegler and his wife have been here for eleven years ancl have definifely found a place here. They are members of fhe Universify Place Church where Mr. Ziegler is chairman of The official board. They have fwo daughfers. The Whife House f1,Q 'fFf'F? .nf 1 ,, ,. .fir 1m:+.efe,a2+s:.-u ., i ' - 5

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DR. EUGENE S. BRIGGS l l PresidenT, Phillips UniversiTy rf i Drl Briggs obTained his MasTer's degree Trom l Missouri UniversiTy and his Ph.D. Trom Columbia l UniT?ersiTy, New York. l-le has always been inTeresTed in civic aTTairs. l-le was inTernaTional presiclenT oT The T Lions Club in 1948-I949. Some oT his greaTesT T X acc6mplishmenTs are: principal oT Okmulgee High School in Oklahoma: presidenT oT SouTheasTern Teaghers College, DuranT. Oklahoma: presidenT oT Ohiri,isTian College, Columbia. Missouri. Dr. Briggs came To Phillips To become presiclenT in I938. l-le was STaTe Chairman OT The Crusade Tor Freedom, a member oT The Board oT DirecTors of The ChrisTian Board oT PublicaTions and in The Oklahoma Hall oT Fame. PresidenT Eugene S. Briggs. The son oT Thomas l-l. Briggs. was born in ArmsTrong. Missouri, where he spenT his childhood. l-le meT Mary GenTry while They were boTh Teaching high school in Moberly. Missouri. Miss GenTry was direcTing The musical PinaTore when she heard him sing and 'casT him as Dead Eye. They were married in SepTember l9l4. AlThough They losT one child l7 monThs old, They have a daughTer, Eleanor Sue. now Mrs. Tom MonTgomery. living in Oklahoma CiTy. Oklahoma, and a son, William. OT Dallas, Texas. Dr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Briggs f The PresidenT's Home - 25 Hifi .f:1v 2!:wi

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U I I I Mrs. Lois Adams, Mrs. BeH'y Jo Hammer, Mrs. Sh'rle Scoii' Business Office Siaii I Y Mrs' Jewell Laporie The financing of Phillips Universiiy comes under 'l'he iurisdiciion of Mr. R. W. Adlfisson. Mr. Adlcisson is originally 'from Missouri where he aifended Cen- iral College. receiving his B.A. degree. He received his MA. from Michigan Universi+y. Mr. Adlcisson has been on our campus 'rwo Times. The iirsi lime he sfayed only lwo years, I939-l94l. buf la'rer Erefurned in I947 'ro serve us again. I-lis main duiies here on 'rhe campus are as Jrhe business manager and as Treasurer of 'rhe board. This includes Jrhe iadminisiering of The budgei and oiher finances of 'lhe Universiiy. The Business Aclminis'I'ra+ion Building B. B. Blalcey s Asslslani R. W. Adlcisson Execurive Direcior of ihe Universify