Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Y 0fPu Durmg the urdue wa y drrected by a shorthanded Those res n le for the excellent record welc he peacetl e hedule for lt brmgs an mcreas umber of and returnmg staff members 1th these and women as her mamsta d w1th Fr er k L Hovde as her new 5 5 pfesid r urdhe is u' ped fsf the vast program Aafmmz Zzb mf Family

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P1fe5zZz'eniF1fm'e1fzbk L. Horde .-Xugust Il, I9-15, was the day on which the appointment ol' the tenth president of Purdue lvniyersity was announced. lfredericli l.. Hovde is the man who has assumed this great responsi- bility. He is a chemical engineer, a member ol lan Beta Pi, 11 Rhodes scholar, and a former star college athlete. ln his undergraduate days at Minnesota, he was an .-Xll-Conference quarterback and a baslietball player ol' ability. While studyf ing at Oxford, llllfl-32, he starred in Rugby. Since he was graduated from the University ol' Nlinnesota in llllfi, Hr. Hovde has risen to national tame. .-Xtter four years on the Minnesota faculty he was named assistant to the President ol' the lhiyersity ul- Rochester. He was chosen by President Roosevelt in ll!-ll as a member of the .-Xmerican mission to coordinate scientilic work between Great Britain and the United States. l.ater he ably directed the important rocket bomb development pro-iect of the United States govern- ment during the war. At an informal reception following a basketball game on January eighth ol- this year, the new thirty-seven year old President was first presented to the students, who greeted him enthusiastically. Their admiration was mutual. Under the vigorous, youthful, and experienced guidance ot. President Hovde, the University looks forward tu a significant expansion and to the continuation of the high standards and line spirit which have always made Purdue distinctive among American educational institutions.