San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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DR. WALTER R. HERNER President My work is my lite. My primary interest lies in education, were the words ot Dr. Wal- ter R. l-lepner, president ot our San Diego State College, when interviewed. l-lis outstand- ing protessional record has proven his statement more than true. President l-lepner received the AB., Mfr. and Ed.D. degrees trom the University ot Southern Calitornia. l-le has spent two years ot graduate study in the tield ot Sociology at the University ot Chicago and one year in the tield ot Education at the University ot South- ern Calitornia. ln spite ot his tull time program, Dr. l-lepner tinds time tor hobbies. l-le enjoys working in his victory garden and orange groves. l-le is the co-author rot three social science text- boolcs. Our president also spends a great deal ot his valuable time reading articles in various tields ot education to lceep himselt well intormed in the many ditterent tields ot worlc in which he is a participant. IO

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Deans Charles E. Peterson, Dean ot Men, calls himselt a three-headed individual because he is also nead ot the men's Physical Education Department, Director ot Athletics, and taculty adviser. l-lis popularity, so evident among the students, is the resultant ot his ready smile and magnetic personality. At the present time his primary ambition is to help the organi- zations ot the college adopt a program which will meet the individual needs ot returning service men in the tield ot athletics in spite ot their handicaps by including activities in which our war veterans can talce part. During his leisure moments Dean Peterson worlcs on his several acre avocado and orange grove. Because ot her warm-hearted personality, genuine interest, and triendliness to everyone, Dr. Mary Mendenhall, Dean ot Women, is well lilced by the students ot San Diego State Col- lege. She received her AB. degree trom the University ot Colorado and then attended the University ot Southern Calitornia where her M.A. degree was earned. A tew years later Dean Mendenhall decided to- turther her studies at Yale University where she was the recipient ot her Ph.D. Dean Menclenhall's worlr includes aiding in all women's activities, counseling stu- dents, and helping them to solve their problems. Under the Dean's sponsorship are Cap and Gown, A.W.S., and the lnter-sorority Council. Dean ot Liberal Arts, Arthur G. Peterson, widely lcnown by his butch haircut, came to State college in I92I. Though lcept continually busy counseling students on problems re- lating to theirliberal arts curriculum, Dean Peterson is also director ot the Institute ot World Attairs, head ot the summer session and taculty adviser tor Social Science majors. To this is added time spent in photography and victory gardening, both hobbies. Pre-war days tound him traveling with his tamily throughout the United States and Canada. DEAN C. E. PETERSON DEAN MENDENHALL DEAN A. G. PETERSON