University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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DEVELOPMENT BOARD Director Assistant Director HULON W. BLACK EDWARD W. SMITH BOARD GEORGE P. HILL, Chairman, Fort Worth J. R. PARTEN, Houston HINES H. BAKER, Houston ROBERT W. STAYTON, Austin L. H. CULLUM, Wichita Falls ROGER J. WILLIAMS, Austin J. A. ELKINS, Houston JAMES RALPH WOOD, Dallas JAMES P. HART, Austin ANGUS G. WYNNE, Dallas and Longview The University of Texas Development Board is designed to bridge a broad gap in the financing of a constantly expanding University program. It is composed of ten members, four of whom are named by the Executive Council of the Ex-Students ' Association and three by the Board of Regents. By invitation of these two establishing bodies, two members are elected by and from the general faculty. Each of these nine members i s named for a term of six years and is eligible for reappointment. The Chancellor of the University is a member ex officio. The purpose of the Board, stated simply, is to survey the needs of the University, to determine which of these needs will not be supplied either by appropriation by the Legislature or by income from the endowment, known as the Permanent University Fund, and to endeavor to finance these latter needs with funds from other sources. The Development Board was organized to meet the well-recognized need for an official agency to formulate and direct the efforts toward acquisition of gifts and endowments and to furnish consultative service to prospective donors. After a long period of planning, the Board was organized in May, 1938. The Director assumed his duties and opened the Board ' s office in December, 1939. The program got fully under way early in 1940. With direct responsibility to the Board of Regents, the Development Board works in close collaboration with the office of the Chancellor of the University, the other administrative offices, the ex-student gioup and the faculty, and is part and parcel of the University official family. The Board elects its own officers and names its staff. Its members serve without pay and without reimbursement of expenses incurred in attendance upon meetings or otherwise. Among the basic policies promulgated by the Board and approved by the Board of Regents are these: 1. The pursuance of a continuous, sustained effort toward the acquisition of gifts and endowments through a program of information and education without the use of what are commonly known as high-pressure methods. 2. The determination, with the collaboration and approval of the Board of Regents and the Administration, of the major needs of the University which it is hoped the efforts of the Board will fill. 3. The coordination of all gift-getting efforts of the University and the encouraging of the friends of the University, whether individuals, corporations, philanthropic foundations, or others, to channel their activities in this field thr ough the board and its agencies. , Left to right: STAYTON, SMITH, WOOD, HART, HILL, BAKER, BLACK, WYNNE.

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Left to right: ROCKWELL, DARDEN, SEALY, VOYLES, PAINTER, WOODWARD, HART, WARREN, GATES, SWENSON, TOBIN. BOARD OF REGENTS Chairman D. K. WOODWARD, JR. Vice-Chairman DAVID M. WARREN WILLIAM E. DARDEN, Waco A. M. G. SWENSON, Stamford L. S. GATES, Center MRS. EDGAR TOBIN, San Antonio JAMES W. ROCKWELL, Houston CLAUDE W. VOYLES, Austin TOM SEALY, Midland PAGE 12

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CARROLL D. SIMMONS V ice-Chancellor for Business and Finance Because of a long and very personal friendship with the late President Benedict, Mr. Simmons takes particular pleasure in the new building dedicated to Benedict ' s memory. That new build- ing program is a big job but that ' s a big man handling it. JAMES C. DOLLEY Vice-President, Main University Ah, hah! Could that be the vice-president of The University of Texas. The candid camera proves Dr. Dolley can relax as humanly as anyone else while he picks the flaws in the Wall Street Journal. I ADMINISTRATION - C. R. CRANBERRY Assistant to the Chancellor Mr. Cranberry and son Larry take time out from other sports to display one of the world ' s finest collections of arrowheads. Deeply interested in student affairs and progress, his sponsorship of Silver Spurs has contributed greatly to that group ' s growth. CHARLES H. SPARENBERG Auditor Effervescent Charlie relaxes with family Lucile, Susan, and Russ in their beautiful Vista Lane home. Watch that book technique closely, kids that ' s how poppa got to be a big wheel. FADE 14 HENRY Y. McCOWN Registrar and Dean of Admissions Pictured in front of his beautiful new home, genial Capt. McCown recalls a few of his salty tales while displaying an old sailing lamp from Gitmo, Cuba. His oldest son, Ted, is now serving as an ensign in Pacific waters.