University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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ADMINISTRATORS MISS BESSIE B. COLLINS MR. JOHN E. HOCUTT Dean oT Women Dean oT Men Our Dean oT Women. Miss Bessie Collins. was a newcomer To The UniversiTy's TaculTy in SepTember, buT she has already Tormed Triendly Ties wiTh The women sTudenTs. Miss Collins is a naTive oT Norwood, Pennsylvania. She Took undergraduaTe work aT Ursinus and The UniversiTy oT Pennsylvania Trom which she received The degree MasTer oT Science. While in college, she was elecTed To MorTar- board, Phi Lambda TheTa, and DelTa Kappa Gamma. The diversiTy oT her career has seen her as a board member oT The Philadelphia branch oT The A.A.W.W., a member oT The personnel com- miTTee oT The STudenT ChrisTian MovemenT oT The Middle ATlanTic Region, and secreTary oT The Penn- sylvania AssociaTion oT Deans. She TaughT aT The lllman School Tor Children which is sponsored by The UniversiTy oT Pennsylvania's School oT Educa- Tion. BeTore coming To The UniversiTy oT Delaware, Miss Collins was AssisTanT Dean oT Women aT The UniversiTy oT Pennsylvania. Dean Collins is also inTeresTed in music, sporTs, and gardening. We exTend our hands in warmesT welcome and draw you inTo our UniversiTy liTe. FiTTeen A new personaliTy appeared on The UniversiTy oT Delaware campus when John E. l-locuTT assumed his duTies as Dean OT STudenTs in SepTember 1952. Formerly Dean oT Men and AssociaTe ProTessor oT ChemisTry aT William and Mary College in Virginia, Dean l-locuTT has TiT righT inTo The scheme oT Things here and Tills his posiTion well. Besides coordinaTing The sTudenT acTiviTies oT The men and women, Dean l-locuTT has worked hard over plans Tor The dining hall and Tor The proposed STudenT Union Building, in line wiTh his endeavors To help solve The problems oT The UniversiTy and To raise iTs sTandards. ln addiTion To his adminisTraTive duTies, Dean l-locuTT Tinds Time To be The TaculTy advisor oT The S.G.A., and a Training oTFicer oT The Naval Reserve. l'le is a member oT Phi BeTa Kappa, Omicron Delfa Kappa, Sigma Nu, and The American Chemical SocieTy. In his spare Time, Dean l-locuTT enioys reading, and specTaTor sporTs.

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ADMINISTRATDRS i DR. ALLAN P. COLBURN DR. FRANCIS H. SQLHRE ProvosT Dean oT UniversiTy ln I938 Dr. Colburn became chairman oT The UniversiTy's Chemical Engineering DeparTmenTg Through his eTTorTs we are building up our research and exTension Teaching programs. l-le was made assisTanT To The presidenT in l947, and in 1950 became acTing presidenT Tor several monThs. l-le is now provosT oT The UniversiTy. Originally Trom Madison, Wisconsin, Dr. Colburn was graduaTed and also received his docToraTe Trom The UniversiTy oT Wisconsin. For nine years he was employed as a research chemical engineer by The du PonT ExperimenTal STaTion. One OT Dr. Colburn's many posiTions is chairman OT The l-leaT TransTer Division OT The American SocieTy oT Mechanical Engineers. Civic organizaTions also engage his Time: he is direcTor oT The Delaware ChapTer oT The American Red Cross, and a member OT The WilmingTon RoundTable oT The NaTional ConTerence oT Chris- Tians and Jews. IncidenTally, ice slcaTing and slceTch- ing are Two oT Dr. Colburn's hobbies. FourTeen Francis l-l. Squire began his career aT The Univer- siTy of Delaware as an insTrucTor in The l-lisTory DeparTmenT and sTayed To become our respecTed and admired Dean oT ArTs and Science. Coming here when he did. soon aTTer his gradua- Tion Trom Yale UniversiTy, Dean Squire has wiT- nessed many OT The changes ThaT have Talcen place on campus. ln parTicular,i he has seen The School oT ArTs and Science grow Trom a small beginning To iTs presenT proporTions. Besides his duTies as head oT The largesT school oT The UniversiTy, Dean Squire is a Training oTTicer oT The Delaware BaTTalion oT The Naval Reserve, and is a member oT The American l'lisTorical Asso- ciaTion, l-lisTorical SocieTy oT Delaware, Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Kappa Tau, Lincoln Club oT Delaware, and Torch Club. l-Iis hobbies include reading, music. hisTory, and Tennis.

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MR. MILTON ROBERTS Coordinalror oT STudenT ATTairs Mr. RoberTs, beTTer known as MilT, is Trom Annapolis, Maryland. l-le received a Bachelor oT Science degree aT Johns Hopkins UniversiTy. Mill did graduaTe work in Spanish aT Middlebury College and The UniversiTy oT Delaware where he also Taughl Spanish. During World War ll, he served wiTh The inTanTryg received Three baTTle sTars and The Purple l-learT. MilT leads an acTive liTe, Tor being Trosh TooTball coach and varsiTy lacrosse coach is no sedanTary job. l-le has a library OT TooTball and lacrosse books which he has been collecTing since l932. Time ouT Tor relaxaTion means wriTing songs or conversing in Spanish. AT Delaware Mill became inTeresTed in personnel work. This inTeresT maTureol inTo his presenT posiTion as AssisTanT To The Dean oT STudenTs. l-lis aim is To see ThaT every U. oT D. sTudenT has an oppor- TuniTy To enioy college liTe. The name MilT RoberTs has come To be associaTeol wiTh a warm Triendliness and a readiness To help wilh any problem. MRS. GERALDINE M. WYATT PlacemenT Bureau DirecTor Mrs. WyaTT was born in ST. Louis, Missouri, and aTTended WashingTon UniversiTy. Drama has always held her inTeresT. While in college she parTicipaTed in musicals and drama producTions, and was also a member oT ST. Louis' LiTTle Thealer Group. AT presenT she is acTive in The UniversiTy Drama Group. Mrs. WyaTT is a member oT The Pi BeTa Pi sororiTy and The honorary socieTy. BeTore coming To The UniversiTy she held a posiTion wiTh an adver- Tising agency in New York. She is now head oT The PlacemenT Bureau. ADMINISTRATORS