University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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'A'Hard working permanent secretary of the Alumni Association was Frank Turnerj Always willing to undertake any task that was beneficial to the university, he served on Gym, Homecoming, Grad Class and many other student committees. For the third consecutive year he was commanding officer for UNTD. Besides his many campus activities Frank was an active A member of the downtown Ad and Sales Bureau. But of all his interests there was one that remained uppermost in his mind all the time-his son and daughter. welcome to '51 grads, and request the general active support of each in one or all of the several avenues of interest, our 'Chroniclel our 'Development Fund, our public relations, our meetings, towards our over- all obiective, that is-the furtherance of education in our Province. Mr. Macdonald pointed out that a full-time Association office was opened in Brock Hall, UBC, in Ianuary, 1946, with the appointment of Mr. Frank I. E. Turner QBA, B Comm. '39j as the first and present permanent secretary-manager. Since that date, active membership totals have risen from 150 to -i,200, and alumni scope and influence have expanded in similar fashion. During the past several years, branch groups have been established in many B.C. and other centres- including one in the United Kingdom. At present, there are active chapters in Victoria, Kamloops, Kelowna, Summerland, Penticton, Kimberley, Trail, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Northern and Southern California. Assisting Frank Turner in the alumni office, and the person directly responsible for supervising some 15,000 alumni records is Miss Dorothy Dawson, another university graduate. Dot, with the help of periodic student employment, looked after more than 120,000 pieces of mail to a1umni last year, and made more than 5,000 individual changes of address. I. I LM.. UBC Alumni Chronicle is a monthly magazine for benefit of all university graduates. More than 8,000 ex-UBC students subscribed to the magazine this year, and were kept up-to-date on the news of their former classmates. The Chronicle included the latest develop- ments of engagements, marriages, and births among old grads. The grads seemed to get keen enjoyment from seeing names of old friends linked in the mar- riage column. The Chronicle tried to keep track of UBC grads who were becoming well-known, and articles were published frequently on those people who were busily bringing fame and fortune to their Alma Mater. 'l'John Brown presents Acting President Dean Chad with a cheque for 515,000 to be used for Women's Dorms, Scholarships and the President's Fund. 3

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