University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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I5 .B THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ERNEST E. HOWARD, CHAIRMAN THE BOARD of -I'rusTees are The UniversiTy of Kansas CiTy's official represenTaTives. Besides conTrolling financial policy, The Board sTands legally accounTable for The com- pleTe operaTion of The UniversiTy. And alThouqh They en- TrusT much of This responsibilify To oThers professionally Trained in The field of higher educaTion, The Board, never- Theless, provides The invaluable counsel and crificisrn essen- Tial To The prosperous life of any insTiTuTion. Ernesf E. How- ard has been chairman of The Board since The formal incorporaTion of The Universify on June 27, I929. TAYLOR S. ABERNATHY R. B. HEWITT JESSE ANDREWS BERT L. HUPP PAUL D. BARTLETT ALBERT R. JONES DAVID T. BEALS L. RUSSELL KELCE W. E. BIXBY JAMES P. KEM WILLIAM J. BRACE JAMES M. KEMPER W. J. BREIDENTHAL HORACE W. KIMBRELL KENNETH I. FLIGG J. J. LYNN W. T. GRANT ARTHUR MAG JOYCE C. HALL ROY A. ROBERTS RAYMOND W. HALL LESTER SIEGEL WILLIAM B. HENDERSON SIGMUND STERN 9

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TWENTY YEARS OF ON OCTOBER 2, I933, The Universify opened wi'rh one building, a greenhouse and a garage, a facul+y of +wen'ry-one, a s'ruden+ body of 264, and an inaugural convocafion a+'rended by some 2,000 well-wishers. Today if has sevenfeen buildings, an overall faculfy of approximafely 250, an annual sfudenl' body of around 4,000, and an ever-grow- ing supporf of +he communify. EVEN TO 'rhe seven original members sfill serving on 'l'he Board of Trusiees, fo 'I'he facul'ry and alumni PRCJGRESS of The early years, and +0 lhe 'iirsl' benefaciors and friends who helped +o launch fhe Universily, our achievemenis over 'I'hese fleefing years musi' seem impressive. The record is 'rhe more remarlcable when we remember 'rhaf all we have and all we are doing on fhisvcampus uloday has been buill' in a period of, firsf, economic and social disfress, fhen world war, and now 'rhe coniinuing fhreal of war. We shall indeed be grafeful if we accomplish as much in ihe nexl fwo decades. 1-sr.. 5 xr' ,f g- ,if ,., 3. , ,,, .k Y 2 , .Lg maxi' 5, ' , ., 3of, 4'T '.,,.s' '49 'T J Enjoying a momenfs respife from fire frials and problems of Universify E ff? ' direcforslvip are Dr. and Mrs. Clor- , ',, . l,iv3,.r W ence R. Decker in fhe living room ,, we-1 is - sr:-.flEQ ? y X I Vp of fheir home cn' 5100 Rockhill Road. ini' .I , N .4 gr, ,V V I ,tiki 4 am ,f I -cfs' '