University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Regents Regents of the University of California — Clockwise from far left, seated around the table — Gus Olson, William G. Merchant, Edward W. Carter, Cyril C. Nigg, Victor R. Hansen, Cornelius J. Haggerty, Gerald H. Hogor, Jesse H. Steinhart, Edwin W. Pauley, Robert G. Sproul, Earl J. Fenston, Donald H. McLaughlin, Edward H. Heller, Mrs. Dorothy B. Chandler, Thomas M. Storke, Samuel B. Mosher, Mrs. Catherine C. Hearst. Standing at rear — Chancellor Raymond Allen and Chancellor Clark Kerr, The administration of the University of California is entrusted under the state constitution to this corporate body, the Regents of the University of California, composed of 24 members — 16 of them appointed by the governor for 16-year tearms — and eight of them ex-officio. The corporation has full powers of organization and government, subject only to such legislative controls as may be necessary to insure compliances with the terms of the endowments of the University and the security of its fun ds. The Regents select a president of the University who becomes responsible to the regents for the proper administration of the University on all of its eight campuses namely, Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Santo Barbara, La Jola, Riverside, Mt. Ham- ilton, and Son Francisco. The president, in turn recommends chancellors for the large campuses, provost, and directors for other campuses and state wide presidents. The president of the Regents is the governor, Goodwin J. Knight, and the chairman is Regent Edwin W. Pauley.

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ROBERT GORDON SPROUL PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA The 1957 edition of the La Cumhre is a textual and pictorial record of a segment of the life of every graduating senior — a period ot growth and development the memories and influences of v hich v.e hope will never fade Every col- leae and university in the world wonts to be proud of its alumni, and every alumnus rightly hopes thahis Alma £er will o woys ' b; an institution in which he may take similar pride. Graduates of the University of California are extremely fortunate in this regard. Whatever their campus, college or university of their firs allegiance they have the reputation of the University, eighty-nine years old, and respected in every port of the world, to stand back of them in their endeavors To this blessed company of its alumni, the University welcomes you as you go forward ,n your of the people you met, the :ollege or a university is a betterment through individual devel- careers. In years to come you will find that the years you have spent here are memor , , ,, ... professors under whom you studied, and the fellow students with whom you worked. A college or a ;;jn ' versity community of scholars and students working with a common purpose of human betterment through individual d, opment. How well it achieves this purpose depends, of course, upon you and your fellows, upon how deeply it has impressed upon you the meaning of truth and the importance of searching for it. If this yearbook serves to remind you not only of the events of happy days past, but of the transcendent purpose ot those days it will be of great and lasting service both to you and your Alma Mater. n u r- c i ' Robert d. bproul

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Provost Dr Noble wos born and raised m Korea where he graduated from the Seoul Foreign High School, This school was attended chiefly by children of American missionary and business people, but also by children from several consulates representing some five or six European nations. He then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained his B.A,, M.A., and Ph.D. degress. He came to Santa Barbara College in 1936 as an instructor of Zoology. In 1947 he became chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences. In 1951 he became Dean of the Division of Letters and Science. Dr. Noble was appointed to his present position as Acting Provost of Santa Barbara College in 1956. He has conducted a continuous program of research in parasitology, where his mterests lie in basic problems of life cycles, cytology, chrom- osome activity, and the ecology of parasitism. His research activity has been supported by grants from the Office of Naval Research and from the National Science Foundation. Last year, on sabbatical leave, he worked at the Marine Laboratory of the United Kingdom at Plymouth, England. During the academic year as Acting Provost, Dr. Noble has been concerned, with a long range Academic Master Plan for the campus. This Plan centers around the maintenance of a univer- sity liberal arts college in the face of expanding enrollments and demands for increasing em- phasis in graduate programs. ACTING PROVOST ELMER R, NOBLE