Princeton University - Bric A Brac Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Joseph Clifton Elgin, PH.D. Dean of the School of Engineering Jeremiah Stanton Finch, PH.D. Dean of the College DEANS James Douglas Brown PH.D., LITT.D., L.H.D.. LL.D. Dean of the Faculty Ernest Gordon. B.D., S.T.M. Dean of the University Chapel William D ' Olier Lippincott, A.B. Dean of Students Hugh Stott Taylor K.B.E., D.SC, LL.D., F.R.S. Dean of the Graduate School

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PRESIDENT-ELECT PHOTO HV CABOR EOER Professor Robert F. Goheen, Ph.D. I m 1 1 — tut Hohkrt F. Goheen was n. lined as the six- teenth Presidenl oi Princeton I niversitj on December 7. L956 l the unanimous vote of the I niversity ' s Board of rrustees. His election marked the culmination ol more than a year and a half of canvassing the country s out- standing figures in the field of education. Dr. Goheen will ;i — ii i n - lii- duties after the retirement of I ' resident Harold Y. Dodds at the end of the current academic year. The sun and grandson f Presbyterian medical mission- aries, Dr. Goheen carries n the tradition f a clerical background and membership in the Princeton famil) [or Princeton presidents, fter graduating cum Limit- from the Lawrenceville School, lie entered Princeton and graduated a member f the Class of 1940. i the age ol thirty-seven he will he the third youngest man to assume the presidencj of the I niversity. t Princeton a- an undergraduate, lie was an outstanding man in his class, wi nning the M. Ta hir l ne Honor Prize, which is ' the highest general distinction the I niversit) can confer upon an undergraduate. In addition to his academic achievements in graduating Phi Beta Kappa ami with Highest Honors in the humanities program. Dr. Goheen was active as an athlete, a member of the I ndergraduate Council and a leader of the elub program. In 1941 he married Miss Margaret M. Skelly of Wilmington, Dela- ware. (They are at present the parents of six children, four girls and two boys. I ller a year of graduate work. Dr. Goheen entered the army as a buck private draftee, and left it four years later as Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence in the First Cavalry l)i ision in the Pacific with the rank of Lt. Colonel. He was decorated four times. After the war. Inning given up his ideas of entering business. Dr. Goheen returned to Princeton and received one of the first four Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, designed to attract young talent into the teaching profession. Obtaining his Ph.D. in 194!!. Dr. Goheen joined the Classics Department. Since that time. Professor Goheen has earned the re- spect of his students and the admiration of his colleagues. The student who attends his lectures is aware that he is listening to a noted expert in the field of Greek literature and criticism. In addition, for three ears Dr. Goheen gave half his time to serve as director of the National Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Program. In this capacity lie isited virtual!) ever) outstanding universitj in the I . S. and Canada in addition to main liberal arts colleges, giving him an excellent opportunity to observe the varying patterns, academic and administrative, of American higher education and to become acquainted with leaders in this field and more familiar with the problems which education in the arts and sciences must face during the coming years. illi the Selection of a teacher and scholar of the Classics who has a wide ranging interest in other fields of learning. Princeton can expect to maintain the balance between the natural sciences, the social sciences and the humanities that is its particular goal. Dr. Goheen ' s devo- tion to teaching, his standing as a scholar, bis brilliant administrative ability, and his profound personal integ- ritv lit him uniquel) to carrj mi the high traditions of the I niversit] in the coming ears. In Dr. Goheen ' s words: Never have the nation or the world needed more wisdom, intelligence, tolerance. M simple hope is that 1 can help Princeton continue to grow in it- contribution to the welfare of mankind, in this spirit 1 inherit from President Dodds and from Princeton- past. ' On behalf of all Princetonians pas) and pn-ent. we extend to Dr. Goheen e ei rood wish for success and hap- piness in the man] fruitful years ahead. 22

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Uexander Leitch Secretary l!i( ardo A. Modes Treasurer Kclfiar Mills Grmnipll idministrative Secretary Charles William Edwards Director o) tdmission OFFICERS OF THE I low ai d ellington Stepp R egistrai 1 1. 1, i l , oli Smyth Chairman l Board of Scientific and Engineering Research Un Kenneth Pairman Director of .Itlilclics 24