Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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TNS-4' JAMES G. ALLEN, Dean of Student Life Dean of Student Life For help with problems, Techsans usually con- sult a friendly native Texan, james G. Allen, Dean of Student Life. Dean Allen has the re- sponsibility ol all student ailairs outside the class- room. Dean Allen began his career at Tech in 1927 as an instructor in English. Ten years later he bc- came a Prolessor and Dean of Men. In 1950, he took over the position ol Dean of Student Life. Dean Allen received his B. A. degree from Southern Methodist University, his Master's de- gree from Harvard and has done Work on his Doctorate at the Universities ol Chicago and Texas. Always active in eivie and church affairs, he also lound time this year lor the Lubbock Little Theatre, the Lubbock Symphony and the Lubbock Library Association. He is a charter member ol St. Iohn's Methodist Church, has been a steward since the beginning of the church and has served as chairman ol the board and of the building committee. Assisting Dean Allen is Iames B. Whitehead, who has also worked as Assistant Dean of Men and as a Dormitory Supervisor. He is a graduate of the University ol Indiana. Page 22 IAMILS B. VVIII'I'IiIIEAD, Assistant Dean of Student Life

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Assistant Tn The President Holding down two very important positions at Tech hardly leaves time lor gardening, but Iames Roy Wells manages to do all three very well. Mr. Wells is the man who is largely responsible for making out Tech's budget. The Assistant to the President also serves as Secretary to Tech's Board of Directors. Alter graduating from Baylor University, where he received a B. A. and a B. B. A. degree, Mr. Wells was auditor of John Tarleton College, taught business at Sam Houston State Teachers College, and was head of the B. B. A. Department at Clarendon Iunior College, Simmons University, and Sam Houston State College. fx, .t x L A . t ' t ffg. Vice President and Cnniptrnllers Having the dual position of non-academic Vice President and Comptroller is Marshall L. Pen- nington, who came to Tech in 1949. Alter receiving his B. B. A. from the University of Texas in l935, this native of Georgetown taught at El Paso High School one year. There he coached Varsity Basketball and Freshman Football and was Business Manager for Texas Western College. From 1944 to 1946, he served as a gang crew member on a merchant ship in the U. S. Navy Armed Guard. He then returned to Texas West- ern until Tech hired him to serve as the clearing point on all contracts and financial matters. t r ., - at r ' K 'T1 3 , Q. 4. Q. . F' 9 .t : tt . sm- rr N F' . 3 , tt f kt, is .J . ' ' x, MK., W. PS5 Vice President .Holding the reins of Tech's academic adminis- tration since l953 is Dr. G. E. Giesecke, Vice President. He received all three of his degrees from Stanford University and has studied at the University ol Marburg, Germany. Dr. Giesecke served as Assistant Dean in Lib- eral Arts and Sciences and associate professor of German at the University of Illinois and head of the School of Applied Arts and Sciences at North Dakota Agricultural College. In his short time in Lubbock, Dr. Giesecke has been very active in civic ailairs. He is on the Mayor's Committee on Young Citizens and the Ballot, is Chairman of the Foreign Visitor's Com- mittee of the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and a mcmher of the Texas Administrative Committee on Conservation Education.

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Dean of Men WILLIAM R. GEISER'I' Assistant Dean of Men A man who knows from experience all of the problems as well as the schemes of Tech men is Lewis N. Iones, an ex-Tech stu- dent. Nearly every Teehsan knows that he was the line captain for the Red Raiders in 1936 and 1937. He also received his Mas- ter's degree at Tech. As Dean of Men. his work includes citizenship, housing and per- sonnel records of all male students. His spare time is divided among several student-connected activities, such as serving on the National Executive Board of Alpha Phi Omega. Mus. DOROTIAIY TAFT GARNER Assistant Dean of Women .KPN ..l ,W MIss JACQUELINE STERNER Assistant Dean of Women LEWIS N. IONIES Dean of Men Dean ui Women Miss Florence L. Phillips was well prepared to help Women students achieve a well-rounded life while at Tech when she took over her job. For ten years she had experi- enced working with personnel at Sylvania Electric. Mar- shall College, Eastern New Mexico University and Indiana University. MISS FLORENCIQ PHILLIPS Dean of Woiizert w.w -.-. X wi .m rw-- vv