University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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State Board of Education FRED P. CONE, Governor. ,.,.. .... fl 'allallassee R. A. GRAY, Secretary of State, , , .,.. Tallahassee W. V. KNOTT, State Treasurer ....., ,.,. T allahassee CARY D. LANDIS, Attorney General ,,...,,.......... Tallahassee COLIN ENGLISH, State Superintendent' of Public Instruction V Board of Control W. M. PALMER ..........,..,.......,.,.... CHARLES P. ITELFENSTEIN . . , . , . . HENRY P. ADAIR .....,.... .,.. THOMAS W. BRYANT .,.. ,. ROYAL P. TERRY ....,....... . . JOHN T. DIAMOND, Secretary ..,. . . . Tallahassee . . . . , .Ocala . .Live Oak . Jacksonville . .Lakeland . . . . .Miami . Tallahassee 120:

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THE PRESIDENT I i-UMW , N Ak'fQiY Nliiwwtx W Wim IJ R. .I U HN .l. 'I' 1 C E R 'lf Vanderbilt. 1904 MA. f0x0nj. LI,.D. Ed.D.. D.C.L. D.I,iH., L.H.I7. 'l'llld UNIVERSITY is fortunate in having as its President one of Americzfs greatest, educators. Under his capable and wise lead- ership, the University of Florida has become one of the nationis outstanding colleges, and the passing of each year sees additional. ' id improvement as a result of his untiring efforts. development. .u

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College of Arts and Sciences Filling two important jobs capably at the Univer- sity keeps Townes R. Leigh pretty busy during the scholastic year. Besides holding down the post of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Leigh is also acting vice president of the University. .lt was largely through his efforts that a school of pharmacy was established here. Dean Leigh later was promoted from head of the department of chemistry to Dean of the College of Pharmacy. Leigh Chemical So- ciety, local undergraduate group, was named in his honor as a tribute to his achievements. Dean Leigh is a past national president of Gamma Sigma Epsilon, honorary chemical fraternity, past president of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, and a member of the following societies: Society of Chem- ical lndustries., London, Deutsche Chcmische Gessell- shaft, Berling American 'Institute of Chemists, Amer- ican Chemistry Society and American Pharmaceut- ical Association. His social fraternity is Sigma Chi. Dean J. N. ANDPIIKSON Ph.D. fjohns Hopkinsj MA. fUni11ersity of Virginiaj Dean '1'owNEs R. li.ElGll ILS. flukaj, A.B. fLebanon University l'h..D fUni1mrsity of Chicagoj The Graduate School One of the oldest members of the faculty in point of service, is kindly, gray-haired J. N. Anderson, dean of the Graduate School. Dean Anderson left the fac- ulty of Florida State College for Woliieli to become head of the department of ancient languages at the University when it was founded. In 1910 he became dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and when the Graduate School was created in 1930, he was ap- pointed its first dean. He is a Chi Phi.