University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Dr. E. A. Holbrook, Dean of the School of Mines and Engineering, having received his education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, left his native state for the West. The success which he enjoyed at the Institute he was elected to Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary engineering fraternity, Scabbard and Blade, and O.D.K. carried over into his work as superintendent of mines in Montana, British Columbia, and Mexico; and as professor of mining and metallurgy at Nova Scotia Technical College. A professorship at the University of Illinois, service with the United States Bureau of Mines at Washington and Pittsburgh, and the office of Dean of the School of Mines and Metallurgy at Penn State preceded his dcanship at the University, to which he came in 1927. Interested in all kinds of mining. Dr. Holbrook is recognized as an authority particularly on coalmining. The genial and popular Dean has other interests. Reading, fishing, a New England farm, to which he goes every summer, a wife and five children afford a rich variety for non-professional hours and long vacations. Elmer A. Holbrook Dean of the School of Engineering and Mines Mr. J. Lloyd Mahoney, director of the Downtown Division, received his college education at New York University. He gained his practical experience at the Guarantee Trust Institute of New York City. Mr. Mahoney became director of the Downtown Division in the spring of 1934, after having been for several years a member of the faculty of the School of Business Administration. He is a tireless worker; his working hours leave him little time except for the reading of books on economics; lie salts this scientific reading with books of poetry. Not only is Mr. Mahoney the energetic, efficient administrator, he is in great demand as a singer. His musical career began in an unusual manner when, some years ago, one Sunday when Mr. Mahoney was singing as one of the congregation at church, a person of musical training recognized the excellence of his voice and persuaded him to take further training. Mr. Mahoney once thought seriously of taking up music as a profession. As it is, he sings at many different occasions in Pittsburgh throughout the year. J. Lloyd Mahoney Director of the Downtown Division 27

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tilKl'tone Siitdio. N«w Vofk Charles E. Prall Dean of tbt School of Education Charles E. Prall, dean of the School of Education, came to the University as an educator with a complete and varied career. From 1912 to 1927 he was superintendent of four different Iowa school systems. At that time he became professor of Educational Research at the University of Arkansas. The following year he accepted the position of dean of Education at the Arkansas State University. He left this position to become dean of Education at Pitt, September 1934. He is an active member of the American Educational Research Association and in the Minnesota Conference on Research in Higher Education. Dean Prall not only has a thorough knowledge of the problems of education and of educational research, but a vital and understanding interest in the people with whom he comes in contact. Dean Prall enjoys outdoor recreation. In Arkansas, his garden, upon which he expended his characteristic thoroughness, was one of the show places of the city. The Prall home was from early Spring to December plentifully supplied with flowers. Camping and fishing also interest the dean. He takes many fishing trips with his son. He enjoys baseball. Dr. Charles S. Tippets, dean of the School of Business Administration was present at a dinner of the American Institute of Banking some months ago. Before the end of the dinner everyone was calling him by his first name. The dean's case-inspiring attitude conceals no carefully planned front; to him everyone is a human being, a person to treat kindly and sympathetically. It never seems to have entered Dean Tippets' head that his position makes him in any way different from his students. He concentrates on the problem of how to do most for those with whom he comes in contact. After graduating from Mcrccrsburg, Dean Tippets attended Princeton where he received his B.A. degree and a fellowship for the study of law at Harvard. The war interrupted the course in law, and when the dean returned from France his interest in economics caused him to drop law. He studied at Princeton for his Ph.D. and taught there for three years. Before he came to the University he served as professor of Economics at Iowa, Washington University, and Buffalo. 26 Charles S. Tippets Dean of the School of Business Administration

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ABELE, HARRY D.. JR. Stub Hills Hifjt Scbttl Education Kappa Phi Kappa Men' Glee Club 1.2. 3. President 4; Pitt Player 1,2, 3; Spanish Club 4; Pitkin Club. ACKARD, GRACE M. MtUs Bryan High Scbttl Education Beta Sigma Omicron Recording Secretary. Beta Sigma Omicron 3; Student Chest Committee 3; Senior Tea Committee. AIKEN. FRED A. Crafttn High Scbttl Industrial Engineering American Management Association 1, 2, 3. 4. ABRAMS, SOL Schenhy High Scbttl College AGRESTI, BENNIE L. String Vincent High Scbttl, Erie College Alpha Phi Delta ALBRIGHT. WM. D. Belief nr High Scbttl Electrical Engineering Sigma Tau Track 1. 2, 3. 4; Cross Country 1. 2. 3. 4; American Institute of Electrical Engineering 1, 2. 3, 4. ALCORN. CHARLES W. Verana High Scbttl Education Physcia! Education Men's Club 2; Pitt B Team 2; Track 1. ALLEN. BERNICE BradfarJ High Scbttl College Zeta Tau Alpha W. S. G. A. Housing Chairman 4; Zeta Tau Alpha Historian 3. 4. ALLEN, WILLIAM H. Crat e City High Scbttl Business Administration ALEXANDER ROSLYN C. TetyUf AllderdlCe High Scbttl Education Pitt Players 2. 3. 4; Debating 3, 4. ALLEN, ELIZABETH R. Academy High Scbttl, Erie Education ALLISON, RICHARD S. Derry High Scbttl Business Administration Sigma Phi Epsilon Carnegie Tech Band 1, 2; Hospitality Committee 3; Fraternity cooperative Buying Association 3. 4; Pitt Band 4. 28