University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Board of Regents Board of Regents . . . Theirs is a six year job of Bow tie bobbing jovially, E, B. Pierce was never major-domoing the University . . . The big prob- missing from alumni functions . . . as Alumni Ex- lems are theirs to handle . . . Present members are ecutive Secretary it was his task to keep graduates, . . . Iames F. Bell of Minneapolis . . . Daniel C. interest and spirit in the University . . . he proved Gainey of Owatonna . . . Richard L. Griggs of Du- himself a perfect MC at the Dad's Day luncheon luth . . . I. S. Iones of St. Paul . . . George W. . . . supervised the publication of William Gibsonls Lawson of St. Paul . . . Albert I. Lobb of Rochester Minnesota Alumnus magazine . . . scurried around . . . E, E. Novak of New Prague , , , A, I, Olson getting graduating seniors into the Minnesota Alum- of Renville . . . Ray I. Quinlivan of St. Cloud . . . ni Association . . . University comptroller Laurence F. I. Rogstad of Detroit Lakes . . . Fred B. Snyder R. Lunden attended to a mass of administrative of Minneapolis . , . and Sheldon V, Wood, also of detail . . . served as secretary to the Board of Re- Minneapolis . . . The board is headed by the honor- gents . . . supervised the University's accounting, able Fred B. Snyder. investments, purchasing and inventory departments. Left: Ernest B. Pierce, alumni secretary, loolrs over a group of portraits in his office. Right: University comptroller Laurence R. Lunden checks with his secretary on the inter-oFFice phone. Page 24

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The nlverslt As vice president in charge of academic adminis- tration, Dean Malcolm M. Willey coordinated a maze of activity . . . he headed sixteen departments . . . was executive of all the non-teaching units . . . which included the University Press . . . the library . . . and the Dean of Students office . . . Dean Wil- ley arranged for all Convocation speakers . . . and scouted around for substitutes when regular speakers were unable to appear . . . he served as a member of the Public Library Board . . . and traveled to New York as a member of the Social Science, Re- search Commission. William T. Middlebrook, vice president in charge of business administration, had varied problems to handle . . . and kept his department heads hop- ping . . . worked hard on the bill before the legis- lature on increased University appropriations . . . was Overseer of all service enterprises . . . had the housing problem on his hands . . . and planned a construction program for future years . . . showed interest in the proposed merger with Duluth State Teachers' College . . . and kept track of all state endowed funds. Vice President of Academic Administration Malcolm M. Willey T- ' ' rlmlnlstrallnn Vice President of Business Administration William T. Middlebroolr R. E. Summers took over as dean of admissions and records in Iuly, 1946. Dean Summers also teaches in the mechanical engineering department. Dean of Admissions and Records Robert E. Summers. ' ' . :A Y Wziif? T Tff'1' ,,-.. ,. :km Page 23

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Dean nf Students Dean Edmund G. Williamson's office was the hub around which nine student service bureaus revolved . . . the ofhces covered every phase of a student's extracurricular life . . . a freshman was referred by the Housing Bureau to a rooming house gleaned from a list of available housing in the area . . . he climbed Hights to the attic of Folwell for a test at the Speech Clinic . . . headed for the student coun- seling bureau, which, with the Veterans, Counseling bureau, carried on testing, diagnosis, and counseling of vocational, educational and social probems. Sooner or later he became acquainted at 209 Eddy Hall . . . the Student Activities Bureau, handling the problems and paper Work of over 270 campus or- ganizations . . . advice was available on how much of which activities to participate in . . . all foreign students Were interviewed by Forrest Moore to aid them in adjusting themselves to the University . . . George B. Risty of the Bureau of Student Loans and Scholarships administered all grants, loans and schol- arships . . . and was ready with financial advice for any who asked . . . a mobile speech clinic under Miss Laila Larson toured the state testing high school students. It was the job of the Dean of Students' office to coordinate these services . . . and to see that they reached the greatest number of students possible. Edmund G. Williamson, dean of students, gets things in order before going to Germany tall quarter. Theron Johnson became acting Dean of Students in Dean Williamson's absence. FRONT ROW: Viola May Brandon, acting assistant director, Barbara Robertson, Joan Clark, Theron Johnson, director. BACK ROW: Howard Jensen, James Hall, Robert Zumwinlxle, Edmund Babcock, all of the Student Activities Bureau. Q Y,,,, 'li .Qi 11: , Page 25