University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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McWhinnie Retires as Registrar Ralph Edwin McWhinnie, after serving for 43 years as Registrar, retired last July to become Ad- ministrative Consultant and Registrar Emeritus with an office in the American Studies wing of Coe Li- brary. In his long service to the University of Wyo- ming, Mr. McWhinnie has been manager of the Uni- versity Bookstore, Director of Men ' s Residence Hall, Acting Dean of Men, President of the Alumni Asso- ciation and President of the Mountain States Ath- letic Conference, all while maintaining a permanent position as Registrar. Such efforts, along with numerous others won him the Distinguished Alumnus Award for the University in 1958. Over the years Mr. McWhinnie has witnessed an enrollment increase from 300 in 1916 when he was a Freshman to 4849 in 1963. He has known personally over 1000 faculty members and 30,000 UW students. As Administrative Consultant, McWhinnie will be available to assist his successor, Dixon Smith, and any others who may be in need of his accumulated experience. Also, he hopes to spend considerable time editing an informal history of UW and its alumni— and who is better qualified? A familiar scene during registration Mrs Una Smith, Sigma Nu Housemother, pictured with Mr. McWhinnie and Governor Clifford Hansen. Mr. McWhinnie is a charter member of the Epsilon Delta chapter of Sigmo Nu at Wyoming and Governor Hansen is an alum.

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