University of Washington - Tyee Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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J. Drenden iHINGTON

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UNIVERSITY OF WP

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B I PiPDCATDOINI B B B 5 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B Twrlvc year ago vlicii asliiiijitoii first im-l iii. Prc-idcnt Sieg. you came to us as an filucator. a scholar, a man of science. It is. as vou once remarked, rallier difficult a- one is getting ready to wind up twelve years of a crowded life at this fine I niyersilv to pause on the la-t lap to look over the events of the past. The awards, aehieyemcnts. distinctions which lav in vour haekground when vou eanie to W ashington have heen too little mentioned. Few of our numher know that the co- operative plan to invest industry with university training was your idea. Even fewer students know of your recognition as a [)hysicist. who. with the aid of students at the University of Pittshiirgh, ohtaine l the first genuine optical constants of certain metals. ( )r. how many ashingtonians knew of vour part in estahlishing the flight of hombs in aerial warfare during orld Vi ar I? And. here at ashington. hou many of us realized the effectiveness of your working plan to democratize the faculty system, inaugurating a L niversity senate as a governing hody of the faculty to give faculty members a definite voice in the administration? No, not many students know that even the annual President ' s Reception for parents of freshmen was instigated bv ou at ashington to jiroinote a better understanding between incoming students and the L niversity. When vou asked yourself. Have I accomplished the chief vision which 1 had when 1 came? you qualified your answer with. ell. no. a vision must always be beyond accomplishment. That vou believed and still believe education to he a self-regulated, self-acquired thing, you stated and added, To the extent that our faculty has placed the respon- sibility for the students ' education in the students ' hands, I have attained my vision. Vi here that has not been reached. I have not attained my goal and the failure has been mine. No, President Sieg. there has been no failure on your part. ou have served us yvell and your services will not be forgotten. Twelve years ago you came to us with your experience an I your plans for our future. e ho|)e that as you leave us this year we ashingtonians have in some measure added to your wealth of experiences as you have to ours. To vou. Lee Paul Sieg. TYEE 1946 is dedicated. Lee Paul Sieg, 19t i President of the University of Washington. B.S., 1900, Unversity of Iowa; M.S. 1901, Ph.D., 1910, University of Iowa; LL.D., 1934, University of Pittsburgh. Fellow of the American Association for the Acfvance- ment of Science, American Physical Society and Optical Society of America; Sigma Xi; Gamma Alpha; Phi Delta Kappa; Scabbard and Blade; Kappa Phi Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. |.w La La i ! I ' rt l l ' vr u If l?r l i i i l - g?l