University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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THE ADMINISTRATION HUGH POTTER BAKER, D.Oec, LL.D., President Bom 1878. B. S., Michigan State College, 1901, M. F., Yale University, 1904,0. Oec, University of Munich, 1910, LL. D., Syracuse University, 1933. Spent several years with U. S. Forest Service examining public lands in Central Idaho, Wyoming, Nebraska; field studies in New Mexico, Washington, Oregon. Assistant Professor of Forestry, Iowa State College, 1904-07. Professor of Forestry, Pennsyl- vania State College, 1907-12. Dean and Professor of Silviculture, New York State College of Forestry, 1912-20. Executive Secretary, American Paper and Pulp Association, 1920-28. Manager Trade Asso- ciotion Department, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1928-30. Dsan, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, 1930-33. Fellow, A. A. A. S., F. R. G. S. (London). Member, 2nd R. 0. T. C, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, August — November, 1917. With 46th Infantry and member of General Staff, 1917-19 Major, O. R. C. President of M. S. C, 1933- . WILLIAM L. MACHMER, A.M., Dean, Member of the Faculty FRED C. KENNEY, Treasurer Born 1869. Kappa Epsilon. FRED J. SILVERS, M.S., Director of the Experiment Station and Director of the Graduate School Born 1880. B. Sc , University of Wisconsin, 1910. M. S., University of Wisconsin, 1924. In- structor in Soils, University of Wisconsin, 1909-1912. Agronomist, Milwaukee County School of Agri- culture and Domestic Science, 1912-1913. Superintendent, 1912-1917. Professor of Soils, State College of Washington, 1917-1928. Member of the American Society of Agronomy, American Association of University Professors, Irrigation Institute, International Farm Congress. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Director of Herman Frasch Foundation for Research in Agricultural Chem- istry. Theta Chi, Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi. MARSHALL 0. LANPHEAR, M.Sc, Assistant Dean and Professor of Freshman Orientation Born 1894. B.Sc, M S. C. 1918. M.Sc, M. S. C, 1926. U. S. Army, 1918. Instructor in Agri- culture, Mount Hermon, 1919 Salesman with American Agricultural Chemicol Co, 1919-21. Instructor in Agronomy, M. S. C, 1921-24. Member of Massachusetts Soil Survey Party, 1922-25. Assistant Professor of Agronomy, M. S. C, 1925-26. Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor in Charge of Fresh- man Orientation, 1927-36. Professor, 1936- . Phi Kappo Phi. Kappa Sigmo, [19]

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THE TRUSTEES ORGANIZATION OF 1937 Members of the Board MRS. LOTTIE A. LEACH of Walpole JAMES F. BACON of Boston . MRS. LENA EDGE WILSON of Pittsfield HAROLD L FROST of Arlington DAVID H. BUTTRICK of Arlington . DAVID J. MALCOLM of Charlemont JOHN F. GANNON of Pittsfield DAVIS R. DEWEY of Cambridge . JOSEPH W. BARTLETT of Boston . PHILIP. F. WHITMORE of Sunderland JOHN CHANDLER of Sterling Junction FREDERICK D. GRIGGS of Springfield NATHANIEL I. BOWDITCH of Framingham WILLIAM C. MONAHAN of Framingham TERM EXPIRES 1937 1937 1938 1939 1940 1940 1941 1941 1942 1942 1943 1943 Members Ex Officio His Excellency CHARLES F. HURLEY cf Boston, President HUGH P. BAKER, President of the College JAMES G. REARDON, Commissioner of Education HOWARD HAINES MURPHY, Commissioner of Agriculture Officers of the Board of Trustees His Excellency CHARLES F. HURLEY, Governor of the Commonwealth NATHANIEL I. BOWDITCH of Framingham, Vice-President ROBERT D. HAWLEY of Amherst, Secretary FRED C. KENNEY of Amherst, Treasurer [18]

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ROLAND H. VERBECK, B.S., Director of Short Courses Born 1886. B. S, M. S. C, 1908. Principal Petersham (Mass.) Agricultural High School, 1908- 1910. Headmaster Parsonfield (Maine) Seminary, 1910-1916. First Lieutenant, Air Service, Com- manding 281st Aero Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919. Service in France, 1918- 1919. Director, New York State School of Agriculture at St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y., 1919- 1924 . Director of Short Courses, M. S. C, 1924- Notional Education Association, Harvard Teacher ' s Association, Phi Sigma Kappa. WILLARD A. MUNSON, B.S., Director of Extension Service Born 1881. B. S., M. S. C, 1905. Partner, Munson-Whitaker Company, 1905-1907. Farmer, 1908-1915. County Agricultural Agent, 1915-1920. Director, Division Morkets, Massachusetts Depart- ment of Agriculture, 1920-1926. Director, Massachusetts Extension Service, M. S. C, 1926- . President, Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, 1919-1921. President, National Association of State Market- ing Officials, 1926. President, New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Supplies, 1923- 1928. Member, Association of Land Grant Colleges. Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa. ROBERT D. HAWLEY, B.S., Secretary of the College Born- 1895. B. S., M. S. C, 1920 as of 1918. Supervisor of Extension Courses, M. S. C, 1920-1921, 1922-1924. Extension Editor, 1925-1926. Secretary of the College, 1926- . U. S. Army, 1917-1919. Second Lieutenant Infantry, A. E. F., 1918-1919. Adelphia, Phi Sigma Koppo. Member, Eastern College Business Officers ' Association. BASIL B. WOOD, A.B., Libranan Born 1881. A. B., Brown, 1905. Assistont in John Crerar Science Library, Chicago; Reference Librarian, Pittsfield and Springfield Libraries, Moss. Assistant in three camp libraries during the war. Librarian, Public Library, Westerly, R. I. Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. GEORGE E. EMERY, B.S., Field Secretary Bor n 1904. B. S., M. S. C, 1924. Assistant Alumni Secretary, 1929- . Sigma Phi Epsilon. FRANCIS C. PRAY, M.S., Assistant College Editor Born 1909. B. S., M. S. C, 1931 . M. S., M. S. C, 1932. Assistant College Editor, 1934- . C20J