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

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Acting Librarian Resignation of Miss Cora Miltimore in September, 1937, as University librarian put Miss Henrie May Eddy in line for the position she now holds, acting librarian. Efficient, energetic and with a wide back- ground as librarian makes tall Miss Eddy well fitted for the job. Before coming to the University as head reference librarian in 1927, she managed the circula- tion department at the University of Tennessee library. She attended school at the University of Colorado and has an M. S. degree in library science from Columbia University. Miss Eddy is a member of the American Library Association, secretary of the Florida Library Association, American Associa- tion of University Women and Delta Kappa Gamma. Her social sorority is Delta Delta Delta. D. R. BILLY MA'r'rm:ivs . Director HA. fUniversi1y of Floridaj Librarian Miss HENRIE MAY EDDY fUniversity of Coloradoj WIS. fflolumbmj Director of Florida Union His parents named him Donald Ray Matthews, but everyone knows him as '4Billy. Heis director of Florida Union, and his alfable manner and broad smile have given the building a distinctive person- ality. Billy', was graduated from the University of Florida in 1929 with a Bachelor ol' Arts degree. He stacked up an enviable record of achievements dur- ing his stay here., being vice president of the student body, president of Blue Key, president of Sigma Phi Epsilon and president of the Clee Club among other honors. After a short session in the state legislature in 1935, Matthews returned to the University in June, 1936, to act as director of the new Florida Union. He is a member of Phi Gamma Mu, Tau Kappa Alpha, Alpha Phi Epsilon, Kappa Phi Kappa, Sabres, Lions, Young Democrats and Sigma Phi Epsilon. 128:

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BICRNAIHD V1C'ron lilllllS'l'l'INSl'IN Dircclor l'l1.ll. fWisconsinl School of Forestry As a result ol' thc cllorts ol' Profcssor Newins, the University ol' lflorilla saw the installation ol' a School ol' l orcstry. Professor Ncwins came to the Uni- versity in 1935 to act. in his capacity as Heafl ol' the llepartmcnt ol' Forestry of the tlollcgc ol' Agriculture. During thc two and one-hall' years ol' service to the Univcrsity he consistently triecl to establish a School Ol' Forestry anil thc result was the founiling of such a School, ollcring a four-year tlegrce 4'0llrS0 illlll il Iwo-ycar liangcr coursc. Professor Newins is a Fellow ill thc Socicly for the Allvancement ol' Science, a lncmhcr ol' Xi Sigma Pi, national honorary profes- sional l'ratcrnity: Society ol' American Foresters anll l'1lSt Chairman ol' thc Southcastcrn Section: anal mem- hcr ol' Phi Sigma. His social fraternity is Phi Gamma llclta. -27- School of Pharmacy Director Bernard V. Christensen ol' thc School ol' Pharmacy is onc ol' the most aclivc aml capahle men associated with thc University. Hc was gratluatcml from the University ol' Wisconsin where he rcceivecl his Ph.B., lVl.S. and Ph.lJ. llcgrccs. ln l927 lloctor Christensen camo to thc University of Florida as Pro- fessor of Pharmacognosy anal Pharmacology, and in 1933 he was appointed llircctor of thc School ol' Pharmacy. Hc is a mcmhcr ol' thc Ploricla Statc Pharmaceutical Association, 'l'hc American Pharma- ceutical Associaliong Sigma Xi, Honorary Scicntilic Societyg Rho lihi, Honorary 'Pharmaccutical Socicty, National Treasurer, l93l-35, Gamma Alpha Scientific Society: Phi Sigma, Honorary Biological Pratcrnity: Beta Phi Sigma, Prol'cssional Pharmaccutical Fra- ternity: Presitlcnt ol' thc Plant Scicncc Seminar, l93l-32, Follow in the .American Association for thc Advanccment ol' Scicnccg Nlcmhcr ol' lhc National Conference on l,ll1lI'lIlill'0llllt'kll licscarch. lloctor Christensen had the honor ol' having his name in- chulecl in American Nlcn ol' Science. llAll0l,Il S. NICWINS Director PILH. fliafaycllcjg M. F. IYa1cj 2-.L i

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Dr. GEORGE CLARENCE 'I'n.I.MAN flamory Universilyj fjolms Hopkinsj Business Manager Always on the job is Klein H. Graham, an old- llmer who has grown gray in his service as business manager of the University. Graham became business manager one year after the University was founded and has held that position since, a period of over 30 Years. He attended the University of West. Virginia and the East Florida Seminary., out of which later emerged the University of Florida. A past president Of the Association of Southern Educational Buyers 111111 Business Ollicers, Graham is also secretary-treas- llrer of the Rotary Educational Loan Corporation, and a past Exalted Ruler of the Elks. He is a mem- ber of Pi Gamma Mu, Blue Key, Masons, Knights lrgemplar, Rotary, Florida Faithful and Beta Theta 1. 129: Wztgillg a winning hattlc against infection and disease on the campus is the University infirmary, directed by competent Dr. George Clarence Tillman. Dr. Tillman attended Suminerlin Institute at Bartow. took medicine at Emory University and did postgrad- uate work at ,lohns Hopkins University. He came here in 1916 as clinical assistant to Dr. E. R. Flint, then University physician. Three years later Dr. 'llillman took over the joh and has held it since. ln 1927 the infirmary was awarded the fully approved rating of the American College of Surgeons, the only college infirmary to win the honor. Dr. '1'ilhnan is a past grand historian of Alpha Epsilon Delta, a Fellow of American College Surgeons and a major in the Medical Corps of the U. S. Army. KLE1N H. GRAHAM Business Manager