University of South Carolina Columbia - Garnet and Black Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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University Expands Under Direction Of Sum wait DR. ROBERT L. SUMWALT, who became president of the University of South Caro- lina May 2, 1959, has been a member of the University faculty since 1926, at which time he was an associate professor. In 1931, he became a full professor and, in 1943, was promoted to Dean of the School of Engineering, a position which he held until he became acting president of the Uni- versity, December 1, 1957. Dr Sumwalt attended the University of Dela- ware, where he received a B.S. Degree in Civil Engineering and also received the S.B. Degree in Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1946, the University of Delaware conferred on him the honorary Doctor of Science Degree. Through the years, Dr. Sumwalt has been named to membership in many professional, social, and educational organizations, and has served as an officer in many of the scientific and engineering societies to which he belongs. Listed in Who ' s Who in America, and Who ' s Who in Engineering, he is a former recipient of the KSK service award. To The Students of Carolina: The University has never had a finer student body than it has now. I have been inspired by the cooperation they have shown, and by their endeavors to make the University of South Caro- lina a better place in which to live and study. The University has made noteworthy physical progress, having acquired valuable property for the necessary expansion of our plant. But our progress has been more than material. Many able and gifted teachers have joined our various faculties, and student-faculty relations have been a source of satisfaction. The classroom has been the center of this venerable institution since the days of its founding, and must ever remain so. As long as the University has students with a passion for learning and professors with a passion for teaching, it will be accounted a great institution. I am proud of the accomplishments of the Uni- versity, and I am confident that our students and faculty will continue to work for the good of the institution and the State which it serves. Robert L. Sumwalt, President. Board of Trustees Seated: J. D. Keer, J. L. Moss, Jr., F. W. Welbourne, Secretary-Treasurer; A. C. Todd, Vice-Chairman; R. L. Osborne, Chairman; R. L. Sumwalt, President; R. D. Miller, W. H. Callcott, Dean of the Faculty; J. D. Poag, J. P. Mozingo, III. Standing: D. McKay, W. H. Patterson, Dean of Administration; J. W. Cothran, E. C. Cushman, R. M. Dennis, W. H. Welborn, R. M. Smith. Absent: E. F. Hollings, J. T. Anderson, S. Blatt, Jr., E. M. Singleton, H. O. Hanna.

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: : ;♦; ;♦; w » s» «• «■» «■ -- -; ; Hungry faculty members may always be seen on the back steps of the Russell House during the lunch hour rush. President Sumwalt and Clemson ' s President Edwards, the summer graduation speaker, discuss the day ' s program. Faculty a nd administrators join Carolina students to vigorously cheer the Gamecocks during the Big Thursday game. 25

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DR. ROBERT L. SUMWALT President of the University President and Mrs. Sumwalt, Robert, Jr., and Mary form a Elizabeth and Rob Sumwalt pay very close attention to companionable family group around the Sumwalt piano. their grandfather as he shows the secret of a toy duck. f