Shady Side Academy - Academian Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Energehc, devofed men formulafe policy... In addition to his responsibilities as executive of one of Pittsburghis large family- owned businesses-an obligation relinquished only two years ago-Mr. E. Bruce Hill has for many years acted as Chairman of the Shady Side Board of Trustees. During the war years, lVIr. Hill combined with his duties as bank director, chair- man of an advisory board for the Oflice of Price Administration, and leader in the Sixth United Presbyterian Church, the difficult task of guiding the Academy through a period of reorganization. As chief of the School's policy makers, Mr. Hill has guided Shady Side wisely, effectuating progressive ideas ranging from a teacher's retirement program to the erection of Memorial Hall. Under his administration, Shady Side's plant, facilities, and financial status have been greatly improved. The Academy annual in 1901 pictured Mr. Hill as a member of the graduating class, the 1954 Academian pictures him again. An untiring worker in community and school projects, Mr, E. Bruce Hill exemplifies the men of vision who are build- ing Pittsburgh and Shady Side anew. E BRUCE HILL President Board of Trustees

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V F ai 'n 's.,i4uv GEORGE L. FOLLANSBFF Headmaster In the first year of his administration, Mr. George L. F ollansbee, Headmaster, has left upon the Academy a sharp imprint. After his graduation from Shady Side twenty-four years ago, Mr. Follansbee attended Princeton University, where, before he graduated in 1934 with an A.B. degree, he had been captain of the baseball team and manager of the wrestling team as well as President of the Westminster Society and Intra-Collegiate Board. He later did graduate work at New York University and the University of Pittsburgh. Following a brief period of work with a Pittsburgh steel corporation, Mr. Fol- lansbee became a teacher of biology at Philips and soon head of the department. Long interested in work with boys, the new headmaster, an athlete and avid sports fan, in recent years has served as director of youth activities at Chautauqua, where he, his wife and two children, Geof and Karen, spend the summer. In September, lNIr. Follansbee returned to his native city and alma mater be- cause, . . . the ties were still there, the pull was great, the challenge stimulating. His return to the Academy in 1953 provided the dynamic leadership necessary to make Shady Side complement the current rebirth of Pittsburgh. and lead Shady Side 9 forward