University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton Administration A modern-Gothic monolith, the Administratioa Building stands today as the effective center of the campus mace Mr. Rockefellerl Everything con- cerning every student and teacher, every action and change, every matter of money or morals, every- tlaz'a-Ig must run along passages of red tape which begin, end, andXor synapse somewhere within the approximately eighteen million square inches of floor space in the Administration Building. The head of the organism is on the fifth floor. From this base the jobs of initiating, planning, cor- relating, recording, and integrating the immense complex of actions and interactions known as the University of Chicago are carried on by Chancellor Lawrence A. Kimpton and the five Vice-presidehts tDean 0f Faculties, Business Affairs, Special Scien- tific Programs. Development, and Special Projectsl In June, 1956, Edward L. Ryerson, retiring 3t 70 from the chairmanship of the Board of Trustees, performed his last public act as chairman by taking spade in hand and effeccing the groundbreaking for the new womenhs dormitory. The Administration Building m

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AboveeReth-ing Chairman of Board of Trustees, Edward L. Ryerson; SideeRe- partee between the Chancellor, Ryerson, and Glen A. Lloyd A trustee since 1923 and Chairman since June, 1953, he became an honorary trustee and continued his work with the University as chairman of the steering committee of the Universitfs campaign for $32,700,000. Ryerson was awarded an honor- ary LLD. as an . . . industrialist, humanist, and humanitarian, who, in the true spirit of all these capacities, exemplifies dedication to the progress of his time. As chairman of the Board of Trustees, Ryerson was succeeded by Glen A. Lloyd, 21 University alum- nus, who has previously served as president of the Law School Alumni Association. Recently elected members of the Board of Trustees are J. Harris Ward texecutive vice-president of Commonwealth Edison Companyi and John F. Merriam ipresident of Northern Natural Gas CoJ. Money not only talks, it walks, sings, builds, de- stroys, liberates, enchains, saddens, and delights. On the first floor of the Administration Building is located the center of money matters: the Bursar's thce. The Bursar tpronounced With two strong syllablesi is Albert F. Cotton, and with his two assistants, Madeline G. Irwin and A. Wayne Gies- man, he oversees the operations of bookkeeping for student fees, check distribution, and so on. The uOffice of the Dean of Students is a tricky title, implying as it does one office and one dean. In actuality this complex of operations has more effect on the studentas life than any other single unit. Under the one Dean of Students of the Uni- versity, Robert M. Strozier, the oFHceii is a multi- plicity of offices which record and regulate the ac-