University of Akron - Tel Buch Yearbook (Akron, OH)

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24 Academics ACADEMICS Melanie Clifford Editor This is the first of three Buchtel Halls, known then as Old BuchteL Constructed in 1871-72, Old Buchtel was destroyed by fire in 1899.

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i l I i 'I D cl' ol t Ed t' ' G I C 3 T G O Ll C 3 I G H l i lt is hard to imagine an educated man such as l, Dr. Dominic Guzzetta as a cobbler, but this is the f W ., i trade he learned from his father. President Guz- ' zetta was born in Fredonia. New York, the sec- ,i ond of two sons. ll He graduated from high school in Silver Creek, yl New York. as valedictorian. Upon graduation. he - li accepted a scholarship to Alfred University in .I New York. There, he completed a year and a half lf- of college before going into the Armed Services. i ln February, l94l, he enlisted in the New York , Y National Guard. During his military career, he I had several assignments, with his last being on the staff of General MacArthur in the Philip- t pines. ' After leaving the service in I946, he returned f to college at The University of Buffalo in New York. In l948, he graduated with a Cum Laude l baccalaureate degree in history and government. i From there he began teaching English, Latin and history at the high school level at Marion Central r l School in New York. While teaching, he attended K A .x m g l graduate classes at The University of Buffalo, ' f- f,',i,i. , Q ,fag l The University of Rochester and Syracuse Uni- 1 ' :','t6f'f 1, ., gr j. I versity. In l95l. he received his master's degree ,, ' ' g ' Qt' 2 ' . ' ' ' from The University of Buffalo. ' - Q at , f ' Q . 'H ' 5 i ' , lt was at this point that he left teaching to , 'if j . Q' 4 . , ...Qs ' . I begin work on his doctoral degree. During this , . Kwik W ' ,iv ' t , Q, . , i i period, he took an administrative position as . ' - 43' 1. LQ' - , ' '41 ', . 5 assistant to the dean of The Millard Fillmore ' , , ' ff t ' - LNCS, Q s 1 1, Y l College at The University of Buffalo. ln 1953. 4:5 y, . ' i . ggi . .ut 'u of Q President Guzzetta received his doctoral degree i A'g ' I s ' , ' , T, i' sy' , 3 at that institution. -' ' ,' ' Ac, ' g y . -Q ,f.J q' ' -. 4 gl ' His first appearance at The University of , 'I -fag' ' ' .' Pill f M 'Y A Akron was in l954 when he became assistant 1 g,...sx ' 1 s T -' x ' i dean of the Evening College. ln l956. he was pro- ', . moted to dean of the Evening College and served I in that capacity until l959, when he became dean I . 4 of the General College. , l - I 3 President Guzzelta thinks fha! students are, i . . more serious minded and more slrongfi' J urienled In the educalional process than lhqv i were Iengvears ago. , l l I 26 Academics Dr. and Mrs. Dominic Guzzella. l In l958. he was also appointed acting dean of the College of Education, He held other adminis- trative posts, his last being senior vice president and provost before he left on February l. l968, to become president of Marion College in Indian- apolis, Indiana. On August I, l97l. Dr. Guzzetta returned to The University of Akron to accept the presi- dency. He said that he came back because there was something special about The University of Akron, and that it had a personality of its own. He knew the University. the type of stu- i i dents it attracted and he was familiar with the i community. Dr. Guzzetta said that the one best thingf about the University is that it is people oriented. He also feels that there is a strong. positive rela- I tionship between the University and the commu- nity. Q One pertinent fact is apparent about Dr. Guz- l . . . . l zetta. He is a very positive. compassionate man l with a deep concem for the University and its . students. . I l i l l l