University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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W. C. COFFEY WALTER C. COFFEY President of the University One of those rare quiet evenings at home. Always eager to meet students j KTsonally, smiling President Walter C. Coffey promptly puts them at case wlicn ushered into his spacious brown-toneil of- fice. Working iiartl at the numerous tasks that face the president of one of the largest universities in the coun- try, President Coffey ' s main interest is si ill ihc wel- fare of the thousands of students at the University of Minnesota. Never too busy, he welcomes letters from i)arents and sees that they are promjuly an- swered. 26

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ADMINISTRATION So it ' s Dcan-Dcan-Dcan — pages of ' em. Not the ferocious brow beaters that the quaking undergraduate fears but a fine gang — understanding, willing to help, interested in this year ' s 1943 student — a wartime stutlent. More care, more inter- est, more time is exerted this year by these capable and efficient directors of Minnesota ' s various colleges. Board of Regents FRED B. SNYDER President of the Board James F. Bell Minneapolis Daniel C. Gainey - - - - Owatonna Richard L. Griggs Duluth George W. Lawson - - - - St. Paul Albert J. Lobb Rochester E. E. Novak New Prague A. J. Olson Renville Albert Pfaender New Ulm Ray J. Quinlivan St. Cloud F. J. Rogstad . - . - Detroit Lakes Fred B. Snyder Minneapolis Sheldon V. Wood - - - - Minneapolis Back Row: Quinlivan. Gainey, Middlebrook, Willey, Grigss. Seated: Rogstad, Wood, Coffey, Snyder, Lobb, Bell, Olson. 25

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PRESIDENT AND FRIEND Always time for a student ' s joys, woes or great plans. A personal friend of the late President Coolidge, President CoHey is not ashamed to admit that he was once afraid of meeting famous people — when he was young and just beginning to make a name for him- self. He is firm in his belief that the students have been doing their level best in the war effort and is proud of their attitude toward war. He admits that whenever he and Mrs. Coffey feel like grouching over coffee rationing or some other small inconvenience, they draw a mental picture of the sacrifices that our boys in the armed forces are making. Host to army and navy trainees sent here for schooling, President Coffey is glad that these programs make it possible to utilize our excellent faculty in the face of the sharp decline in student enrollment. Dean Malcolm M. Willey DEAN MALCOLM M. WILLEY I Assistant to the President It ' s a two man job out of a one man job — that ' s what Dean Malcolm Willey says the war does to his position as President Coffey ' s right-hand man. Be- sides handling administrative problems, he schedules, runs and puts over the convocation hours. As assist- ant to the president, he is the link between the Uni- versity and the armed forces — that is — multitudes of deferment requests, each of which he devotes time and care to, as well as army and navy training proj- ects which need his consideration and his approval. 27