University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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DEAN PERRY DEAN HILDEBRAND ' DEAN HUTCHISON DEAN LEWIS CALIFORNIA DEANS Claude B. Hutchison, Dean of the College of Agriculture, in addition to being resident instruc- tor on four campuses, is head of agricultural studies. Preparing students for industrial research is the duty of Gilbert N. Lewis, Dean of the College of Chemistry. The College of Commerce under Robert D. Calkins provides undergraduates with a sound background in business. The School of Architecture under Dean Warren C. Perry gives instruction in handling modern architectural prob- DEAN CALKINS 24

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John H. Boalt Professor of Law and former Dean of the School of Jurisprudence; and F. J. Teggart, Professor of Social Institutions. Professor R. J. Traynor left the School of Juris- prudence on becoming a member of the Supreme Court of the State. Among the honors received by members of our fac- ulty a few may be mentioned. Professor E. 0. Lawrence, our Nobel laureate, was also awarded the William du Bois Duddell Medal of the Physical Society of London. The Charles T. Daly Medal of the American Geo- graphical Society was bestowed upon Professor Carl 0. Sauer. Professors Karl F. Meyer and Wendell M. Latimer were chosen members of the National Academy of Sciences. The American Philological Society elected Professor George M. Calhoun as president; the American His- torical Association in turn elevated Professor James Westfall Thompson to the presidency. The Entomolog- ical Society of America named Professor W. B. Herms its president. The Sather Professorship of Classical Literature was held by Axel W. Persson, Professor of Classical Archae- ology and Ancient History at the University of Upsala, Sweden. Professor William B. Cannon, George Higgin- son Professor of Physiology, Harvard Medical School, and Professor James Franck, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Chicago and a Nobel laureate, were Hitchcock Professors during the year. Professor Ivan M. Linforth was named Faculty Re- search Lecturer for 1940-41 Within the organization of the University two changes may be noted. A School of Optometry (with authority to confer the degree of B.S.) has been set up, and the School of Architecture is to begin with the junior year and confer the degree of A.B. In honor of Stanford University which is this year celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation, President Ray Lyman Wilbur was invited to deliver the Charter Anniversary Address on March 27. Such were a few of the changes in the academic year now coming to a close. MONROE E. DEUTSCH CHARLES B. LIPMAN Dean of Graduate Division RAYMOND G. GETTELL Dean of Summer Sessions JAMES H. CORLEY THOMAS B. STEEL Comptroller Registrar 23

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ACTING DEAN UREN DEAN DERLETH lems. Joel H. Hildebrand, Dean of Letters and Science is a leader in the field of liberal arts. Acting Dean Lester C. Uren teaches efficiency in the im- provement and development of mining. Charles Derleth Jr., Dean of Engineering, helps conduct governmental and industrial research along with regular instruction. Practical instruction in teach- ing is provided by the School of Education under Dean Frank N. Freeman. The School of Juris- prudence, guided by Edwin Dickinson, prepares students for law and legal research. Sydney B. Mitchell, Dean of the College of Librarianship, heads the graduate courses in this field. DEAN FREEMAN PI OW DEAN DICKINSON DEAN MITCHELL 25