Portland State University - Viking Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT 1 DR. THURMANi S. PETERSON BERNARD C. BAUMGARTNER Chairman, Division of Science Executive Assistant Pressures of expanding -scientific knowledge, along with the demands of sheer numbers of students, are changing the science picture at Portland State as dramatically as any other division of the college. Authorization of a 52,225,000 science building which is scheduled for opening two years from now was the most signifi- cant event of the year for Dr. Thurman Peterson and his staff as well as a symbol of Portland State's total development. The Applied Science Department inaugurated a year ago under Dr. Harry White places the college in the vanguard of a new scientific training field. The program, a combination of engineering and basic science, bridges a widening gap in American technological education, fitting its graduates especially for technological research in electronics, automation systems, nuclear power, astronautics, product development and design.

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DR. HOYT C. FRANCHERE Chairman, Division of Humanities At right are humanities professors, Asher Wilson, John Sfel-in, and Egbert Oiiver. Below are Egbert Oliver, Frederick Waller, and fFrc1nk Eaton. HUMANIT IES DEPARTMEN Within the Division of Humanities lie the disciplines generally referred to as The Arts-Eng- lish and American 1it'erature, foreign languages, mu- sic, philosophy, speech and theater, architecture and the sculptural and graphic arts. Every PSC stu- dent comes into contact with this staff through re- quired work in English. Dr. Hoyt Franchere, division chairman, and his staff have been very active in expansion of course offerings. The Foreign Language Department is one in which registration is climbing and new offerings being added under the impetus of the new aware- ness of America's great need for language compe- tence in meeting international responsibilities. Through foreign languages Humanities has been deeply involved in the relatively new inter-disci- plinary program of Near East Studies. This and one other certificate program, Urban Development, are concentrations of offerings around single prob- lem areas where specialists are needed. Development of a minor course program in jour- nalism was a 1961 inauguration of the Humanities Division.

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GEORGE C. HOFFMANN Chairman, Social Science Division SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Joseph Blumel, Social Science secretary, and Norman Greene. Two major expansions of Port- land State curricula in 1960-61 were recognitions of the quality and growt'h of the Social Science Division under its chairman, Dr. George Hoffmann. Authorization and a special ap- propriation to offer a graduate lev- el program in social work came from the legislature. The course, first graduate degree offering at PSC authorized by t'he State Board of Higher Education, will provide professional training not available before in any Oregon institution. Second recognition of Portland State's role in the Higher Educa- tion System lifted the business ad- ministration curriculum from de- partmental to full divisional status. Dr. Donald Parker, a former PSC faculty member, will return in September to head this division. Included in t'he Social Science Division are: psychology, sociology, history, geography, anthropology, political science and economics.