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

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Front row: Daniel V. Santi, David Harris, Roger Millikan, C. A. Burton, Ber- nard Kirtman, Bernard Baker, Peter Ford. Second row: William Kaska, Domenick Bertelli, Curtis Anderson, Arthur Crestfield, Frank Miles, Glyn Pritchard, Ernest Bickerdike, Thomas Bruice, Douglas McCain, John Ken- nedy, Bruce Rickborn, Richard Martin, Robert DeWolfe, Pierce Selwood, Thomas Gerig. CHEMISTRY Flexible Resource Use Aided by Physics Link Viewing chemistry as a subject closely related to the utilization of natural resources and the build- ing of an industrial society with its natural proc- esses, members of the Chemistry faculty received special grants and fellowships from such agencies as Petroleum Research Fund, United States Public Health Services, the National Science Foundation, and the Sulphur Institute. Visiting professors R. S. Milliken, M. P. Cava, and A. Ledwith joined three new faculty members in 1967-68. In its second year of operation, the Na- tional Science Foundation Undergraduate Re- search Participation Program continued to involve interested students in summer study. The addition of the Chemical Physics program marked the beginning of a significant new ap- proach to study in the Chemistry Department. Ac- cording to the new department chairman C. A. Bunton, this program is a graduate course of study that gives students increased flexibility in pursuing problems that fall in-between the tradi- tional concerns of chemistry and physics. Another innovation was the introduction of the B.S. degree in the Chemistry Department, to help prepare to- morrow ' s chemists for careers in space technology, agricultural synthesis, and many other fields re- lating to the problems of human survival. Sparkling test tubes and beakers serve as a reminder that after the experiments are completed, the labora- tory must be restored for the next round of research. !52

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NATURAL SCIENCES Front row: Mary Erickson, Beatrice Sweeney, Robert Holmes, C. H. Muller. Second row: Robert Haller, W. Muller, W. N. Holmes, Henry Harbury, Ellis Englesberg (chairman). Third row: Marvin Cassman, David Mertz, James Cronshaw. Fourth row: John Riehm, Dale Smith, Edward Triplett, Joseph Counell, Adrian Wenner. Fifth row: William Murdoch, Ian Ross, Richard Seeks, John Cushing, Maynard Moseley. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Social Phenomena Invade Entire Systematic Domain Expansion became a dominant theme with the Department of Biological Sciences this year. Four new facuhy members swelled departmental ranks, while courses in Oceanogra- phy, Marine Biology, Physiology of Algae, and Plant De- velopment were added to the curriculum. Looking ahead to the fall of 1968 includes a move to new, larger facilities. Research programs continued to ultilize the natural lab- oratories provided by UCSB ' s marine environment. Such pertinent social problems as the population explosion and the polution of natural resources accompanying this ex- plosion, became the nexus for intense programs of study. The far-reaching effects of these studies spurred interest outside the confines of the biology department as faculty members delivered numerous lectures in all sectors of the campus community. Maintained by the Marine Biology Laboratory, the campus lagoon provides atmosphere for dreamers and worlds of possibilities for researchers. 251

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GEOLOGY Nofionol Recognition Accorded Geologists Capitalizing on the specialized features of UCSB ' s location, the Geology Department probed such mat- ters as the activity of the San Andreas Fault and its affect on the growth of Southern California. The movement of the geologically unique, transverse Santa Ynez Mountain Range also got attention. While striving to achieve a comprehensive cur- riculum, the department emphasizes three broad areas: petrology-geochemistry, sedimentology- stra- tigraphy-paleontology, and geophysics and struc- tural geology. The fusion of certain basic geological processes like tectonics, volcanism, and mountain - building within these areas of study has brought about unprecedented research activity. National recognition came to the faculty for its contributions in such areas as geochronology, in which Dr. Tilton has been studying the radioactive isotope and its relation to time-dating. The search for, and discovery of oil indicated by Santa Barbara ' s offshore derricl s, serves as one of the modern geologist ' s practical tasks. Front row: Clifford Hopson, George Tilton, Donald Run- nells, Robert Norris. Second row: Jan Rietman, William Wise, Terry Davis, John Crowell, Robert Webb, Joseph Clark, Dale Jackson. 253