Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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IVlr. L. lVl. Vallely, ager, is entrusted with Purdue Memorial Union North and East Cary Mr. Vallely came to assumed the duties as as office. Later he took ditor of the Student Org Residence Halls manage DIRECTOR OF NEWS BUREAU What happens at Purdue is news to the world. In order to let the world know what is going on at Purdue, a Bureau of Information is maintained with Mr. T. R. Iohnston as its director. This bureau sends out thousands of news letters and photographs both for information and publicity. The information cov- ers such items as athletic events, technical informa- tion, agricultural information, and news concerning the University personnel. DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH RELATIONS All research carried out at Purdue is under the direct supervision of Mr. C-. S. Meikle, the Director of Research Relations. As the head of the Purdue Research Foundation, lVlr. Meikle is a man of wide experience in industry and is able to solve industrial problems through the experiments conducted by the University. Before coming to Purdue, Mr. Meikle perfected several inventions among which are a hot cathode rectifier and a submarine detector. DIRECTOR OF RESIDENT HALLS the Residence Halls man- the management of the Building and also the Halls. Purdue in l926 when he sistant in the purchasing over the position as Au- anizaticns and finally the ment. ' ' J ' Page fourteen

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DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL The man who is entrusted with the task of find- ing a job for each graduating engineering and science student holds an important post, This task is en- trusted to Professor Frank C. Hockema, the Director ts of Personnel and Professor of Industrial Engineering. Under his supervision a complete personnel record of each student is assembled and placed at the disposal of various manufacturers to aid them in selecting l'T1el l. Professor William M. University, completes thir due University this year. vice more than one hund have been added to the During his administr combining close attention agement with a high deg faculty and students. LIBRARIAN l-lepburn, Librarian of the ty years of service at Pur- During this period of ser- red thousand volumes library. ation he has succeeded in to proper business man- ree of serviceability to the PURCHASI NC AC-ENT Using the knowledge gained through thirteen years practical experience in the purchasing field, lVlr. H. B. Abbett has reorganized the University purchas- ing department to operate in a more efficient man- ner. Through organized purchasing, a saving is ef- fected which is absolutely essential for the financial welfare and interests of a large institution. Mr. Abbett ably fulfills the rigid requirements of foresight and sound judgment required by the posi- tion of Purchasing Agent. Page thirteen

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RECISTRAR The Registrar, Professor R, B. Stone, is a direct connecting link between the student and the Univer- sity. Because of Professor Stone's constant consid- eration and foresight, registration details are being reduced to a minimum. Handling the matriculation of over three thousand students effectively twice each year, in less than three days time, is an accom- plishment that speaks well for the efficiency of the Registrar's office. Mr. W. A. Bodden, ing at the University of graduated, has held the troller and Chief Account the past six years. He has supervision of the invent in arranging its financial bility of auditing the bo on the campus has been ASSISTANT CONTROLLER who majored in account- Wisconsin where he was position of Assistant Con- ant of the University for been entrusted with the ory of the University and program. The responsi- oks of the organizations placed in his hands. DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT The Physical Department, headed by Mr. C. D. Bushnell, who is Director of the Physical Plant, has been entrusted with the care of the campus, roads, trees, and shrubbery. The largest single job of this department is the care of the power plant. Departmental manufacturing, police service, University repairs, remodeling existing structures, and caring for all University utilities are handled by Mr. Bushnell and his staff. Page fifteen