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

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HISTORY Perspective for Study Seen as Serious Goal Professor Roger L. Williams, acting chairman of the History Department, theorized upon the im- portance of the study of history in stating that, There is some evidence that mankind is faced with the loss of its memory — which is history. When an individual loses his memory, his primary loss is the sense of who he is and where he is going. Loss of civilizational memory amounts to the same thing. He sees the study of history as a vehicle for regaining this memory and coming to analyze all problems in their proper perspective. To encourage further studies, the department added several new courses in European, Eastern European and Asian history and gained nine facul- ty members to fill out the teaching staff in these diversified areas. Distinction came this year with the awarding of honors and fellowships to three of its faculty mem- bers, while several of the staff contributed signifi- cant publications to the field. Many-faceted Campbell Hall, scene of several lower- division history classes, might be the theme of reflec- tion for Dr. Graham. By day, the hall can pass for a mini-cyclotron, while the night shadows turn it into a potential Byzantine mosque. Front row: Frank Frost, Carroll Pursell, Donald Limoli, Henry Misbach, Robert Kelley, Don- ald Dozer. Second row: Albert Shirk, Lawrence Badash, A. Russell Buchanan, Elliot Brownlee, Joachim Remak, Harold Kirker, Otey Scruggs, Wilbur Jacobs. Third row: Paul Sonnino, George Had- dad, David Jones, Martin Le- gassick. Fourth row: F. A. Bonadio, Abraham Friesen, Roger Williams, Alfred Gollin, John Peterson, Richar d Ogles- by, Stephen Hay, Francis Dutra, John Fleckles, H. A. Barton, Robert O ' Dell. 246

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Margaret Greenwald Norman Gosenfeld Michael Kuhn Berl Golomb Sri Ratnam Swami John James Yehuda Kedar Robert Curry GEOGRAPHY Burgeoning Discipline Adds People, Programs Geography has complied with campus expansion by the addition of three new facuhy members. Dr. Yehuda Kedar, visiting professor from the Hebrew University in Israel, Dr. Robert R. Curry, recent PhD from Berkeley, and Michael Kuhn, winner of the Distinguished TA Teaching Award at UCLA, all joined the program intending to broaden under- standing of the physical and human environment. Indicating the diversity of their field, the de- partment members initiated studies in many spheres, from Dr. James ' coastal climatology to Dr. Swami ' s urban blight in Santa Monica. Expanding programs featured the addition of an airphoto lab, and a concomitant course in photo- interpretation. A class in field analysis did on-the- spot research during field trips into the nearby Santa Ynez mountains. To house the extra classrooms and labs needed for these augmented programs, as well as a room for the map collection presently being compiled, the department is eager for the completion of a new classroom and office building in late 1968. n examining a map of the continental United States, Dr. Robert Curry pauses to point out a feature of prominent geographical interest to Michael Simpson. 245

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Front row: Wolfram Hanrieder, Thomas Schrock, Hyman Shevelew. Second row- Michael Gordon, A. E. Keir Nash, Gordon E. Baker, Henry Turner, Russell Fitz- gibbon, William Ebenstein, Robert Wesson, Dean Mann, Robert Noel, Robert Kear- ney, Carl Hetrick, John Moore, Stanley Anderson, Raghaven Iyer, R. J. Snow .ii - «j w. -WC . -%- % ■M;i v- , y. . -J P(icff,f % v i POLITICAL SCIENCE Theoretical Slant Given To Majors and Minors Through its six major areas of study, the Depart- ment of Political Science emphasizes both the domestic and the international aspects of its field. Seeking to provide a balanced curriculum, course planning is aimed not only at the major student, but at those who will use their knowledge of politics to more effectively guide the contributions they bring to society from other spheres. Integration with the broader University com- munity is achieved through the study of commu- nal institutions, forces and ideas. Three new faculty members joined the staff of this expanded department. Extracurricular acade- mics saw Humanities Institute grants awarded to Dr. Pete H. Merkl and Dr. Raghaven Iyer. Pub- lications included the second edition of Interna- tional Organization, by Stephen Goodspeed, West German Foreign Policy, by Wolfram Hanrieder, and Dean Mann ' s Men Who Govern. Scanning the Los Angeles Times brings the State of the Union, 1968 to Santa Barbara residents, facil- itating the knowledge of political activity at all levels of government which is essential to a sophisticated study of Political Science. 247