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eal Education Continues for Life 9 President Fred L. Hovde, as prexy of our University. has centered his interests around the promotion of campus activities to develop the resources of the student body. Presi- dent Hovde has encouraged the improvement of L'niversity facilities, both recreational and instructional. to aid the stu- dents in more fully realizing the ways and means of educating themselves. Through his efforts the graduate school has been improved and Purdue's influence and services have been extended to the people and educators of the state. Although Minneapolis, Minnesota. is his home town. President Hovde attended elementary and high school in Devil's Lake, North Dakota. He became an outstanding gridiron star in high school and was also a member of the basketball team. While attending the University of Minne- sota, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi. national engineering scholastic honorary, and Phi Delta Theta. national social fraternity. He distinguished himself in the sports world by being named all-conference quarterback. Upon graduating with a degree in chemistry, he was awarded a Rhodes Schol- arship. Taking advantage of this. he completed his mastei-'s degree in chemistry at Oxford, England. At Oxford he found time to compete in rugby and was honored by being one of the few Americans to receive the Oxford Blue for English rugby football. President Hovde was on the faculty of the University of Miiinesota for four years. Following this position he became Assistant to the President of the Lvniversity of Rochester in New York. In 19-I-1 he was chosen by President Roosevelt to go to England for the purpose of establishing a program of scientific research collaboration between the United States and Great Britain. In 1942. as an executive assistant in the National Defence Research Committee. he was the head of the research and development of rocket warfare. In his limited free time President Hovde enjoys playing bridge or golf. As a spectator he'll choose a first base seat for any major league baseball game. As we would expect from his own record, our prexy is an avid football fan. Foremost in President Hovdc's mind is the administration of science by the University to help retain our American way of life. At the end of his fifth year as head man at Purdue, he seems well on his way to accomplishing just that. President Hovde spends much of his time in the Rocket Lab here at Purdue. During World War II he was in charge of the rocket bomb development, and recently he completed two years as chairman of a joint armed services committee devoted to rocket arms development. 13533, 6 'Qs-5 W 1 4. n-g 5.