University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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lid fift -fii ' e f €» r ¥ a r c1 progress has been the primary goal of the administrators faculty and students of a growing university here recorded in part — its ever-changing moods the spirit and the pulse of georgia 1955 li LEONARD F. HULL, JR. Editor-in-Chief

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To Lamar Dodtl To Lamar Dodd. artist, scholar, ami teacher, we dedicate the I ' Xio Pandora. Of iiis iiiiiuinerahle coii- trii)Utions to the I ni ci -il and lo ihc slate, (icoiiiia and Georgians cainiot liclp Imt he indiiil. In j;i inj; of his time, talent. ad ice. and supervision. Mr. Dodd has placed within the grasp of his students a means bv which their goals, hoth personal and professional. mav he obtained. To pupils and associates he supplies the source ol knowledge, the means of inspiration. Hy unstinted assistance. Mr. Dodd smooths the wa for others to venture toward the heigiit- r lie hinisi-if has already reached. While realizing that individuals must find their own ways to self-sufficiency. Mr. Dodd stands always by to lend support, encouragement, and direction to meager efforts. .And therein lies the true role of the teacher. It is with respect, admiration, and affection, that we dedicate this volume, willi the hoiie tiuit the 105.T Pandora ma) prove a fitting tribute to l.amar Dodd. . V Lamar Dodd, a native of Fairburn, Georgia, first studied at the School of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, and then with the Art Students League of New York. In 1937. Mr. Dodd came to the L ' niversitv of Georgia as an associate professor of art. and. a year later, was made head of the art department. He was appointed to the Graduate Faculty of the University in 1942 and named regents professor bv the Board of Regents of the University System in 1948. Throughout the country, Mr. Dodd is widely known, both as a lecturer and as a member of numerous art juries. He has participated in countless exhibitions, including the .American Painting Today Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, the Chicago Art Institute Annuals, the Corcoran Biennial Exhibitions, and showings at the Gallerie De Jeanne Bucher in Paris, France, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Academy of Design, the New York World Fair, and the Smithsonian Institute. He has had 27 one-man shows and has received a grant from the General Education Board for European travel, as well as Carnegie Grants-in-Aid. Mr. Dodd is represented in permanent collections housed in such places as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Virginia Museum in Richmond. His work has been reproduced in nation-wide publications, and he is the author of several books. His writings appear in the Book of KiKJwledge and in various art magazines. In addition, Mr. Dodd has served as president of the Southeastern Arts Association, the Southern States Art League, the Association of Georgia Artists, and the College Art Association of America.