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

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!t Pnicrx Grayson, Pray, Verheck.Ericks ilamUn Maihmer, Lanphear THE ADMINISTRATION HUGH POTTER BAKER, D. Oec, LL. D. President Born 1878. B.S., Michigan State College, 1901. M.F., Yale University, 1904. D.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, Pennsylvania 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- ciation Department, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, 1928-30. Dean, New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, 1930-33. Fellow, A.A.A.S., F.R.G.S. (London). Member, 2nd R. O. 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 LAWSON MACHMER, Ed.D. Dean, Professor and Acting Head of Mathematics Department Born 1883. A.B., Franklin and Marshall, 1907. A.M., Franklin and Marshall, 1911. Columbia University, 1912. Ed.D., American International College 1936. Teacher in Public Schools of Penn. Head of Department of Mathematics, Franklin and Marshall Academy. Instructor in Mathematics, M.S.C., 1911. Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 1913. Associate Professor of Mathematics. 1919. Professor of Mathematics and Assistant Dean, 1920. Acting Dean, 1922-23. Acting Dean and Registrar, 1923-25. Dean, 1926-. Assoc. Secretary of New England College Entrance Certificate Board. Vice-President of Eastern Assoc, of Deans and Advisors of Men. Sec, Franklin Harvest Club. Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Kappa Phi. Pi Gamma Mu. Alpha Sigma Phi. Adelphia. FRED C. KENNEY, Treasurer Born 1869. Ferris Institute, 1890-91. Previously employed; Manistee and Northeastern R. R. Co. Michigan Agri- cultural College. Treasurer, M.S.C., 1907- . FRED J. SIEVERS, 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. Instructor in Soils, University of Wisconsin, 1909-1912. Agronomist, Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Science, 1912-13. Super- intendent, 1912-17. Professor of Soils, State College of Washington, 1917-28. Member of the American Society of Agronomy, American Association of University Professors, Irrigation Institute, International Farm Congress. Fellow American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science. Director of Herman Frasch Foundation for Research in Agricultural Chemistry. Theta Chi, Sigma, Xi, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi. MARSHALL OLIN LANPHEAR, M.Sc. Assistant Dean and Professor Born 1894. B.Sc, M.S.C., 1918. M.Sc, M.A.C., 1926. Previously employed, Mount Hermon School for Boys. Soil Survey in Massachusetts. American Agricultural Chemical Co. Instructor in Agronomy, M.S.C., 1921-24. Assistant Professor of Agronomy, 1925-26. Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor in charge of Freshman Orientation, 1927-36. Professor, 1936- . Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Sigma. {19}

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TRUSTEES BOARD OF TRUSTEES Term expires 1939 David H. Buttrick of Arlington David J. Malcolm of Charlemont Term expires 194o John F. Gannon of Pittsfield Davis R. Dewey of Cambridge Term expires 1941 Joseph W. Bartlett of Boston Philip F. Whitmcre of Sunderland Term expires 19 42 John Chandler of Sterling Junction Frederick D. Griggs of Springfield Term expires 1943 Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham William C. Monahan of Framingham Term expires 1943 Mrs. Elizabeth L. McNamara of Cambridge James T. Cassidy of Dorchester Ter7n expires 1945 Mrs. Katherine G. Canavan of Amherst Joseph B. Ely of Westfield MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall, Governor of the Commonwealth Hugh P. Baker, President of the College James G. Reardon, Commissioner of Education William Casey, Commissioner of Agriculture OFFICERS OF THE BOARD His Excellency Leverett Saltonstall, President Nathaniel I. Bowditch of Framingham, Vice-president Robert D. Hawley of Amherst, Secretary Fred C. Kenney of Amherst, Treasurer 08

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ROLAND H. VERBECK, B.S., Director of Short Courses Born 1886. B.S., M.A.C., 1908. Cornell University, summer school, 1910. Bureau of University Travel Tour on European Agriculture, 1911. Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1916-17. Harvard Summer School, 1924. Previously employed. Principal Petersham Agricultural High School, 1908-10. Principal Parsonfield Seminary, Maine, 1910-16. 1st Lieut., Commanding 281st Aero Sqadron, A.E.F., France, 1918-19. Director, New York State School of Agriculture at St. Lawrence University, 1919-24. Director of Short Courses, M.S.C., 1924- . Member National Education Association. Phi Sigma Kappa. WILLARD A. MUNSON, B.S., Director of Extension Service Born 1881. B.S., M.S.C., 1905. Partner, Munson-Whitaker Co., 1905-07. Farmer, 1908-15. County Agricultural Agent, 1915-20. Director, Division Markets, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, 1920-26. Director, Massachusetts Extension Service, M.S.C., 1926- . President, Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, 1919-21. President, National Association of State Marketing Officials, 1926. President, New England Research Council on Marketing and Food Sup- plies, 1923-28. 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., 1920-21, 1922-24. Extension Editor, 1925-26. Secretary of the College, 1926- . U. S. Army, 1917-19. Second Lieutenant Infantry, A.E.F., 1918-19. Member, Eastern College Business Officers ' Association. On leave of absence for one year, studying at the Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston University. Adelphia, Phi Sigma Kappa. JOHN K. BROADFOOT, Assistant Treasurer Born 1884. Previously employed, Agent, American Express Company. Clerk, Central X ' ermont Railway Company. Cashier, M.S.C., 1915. Assistant Treasurer, 1924- . GUNNAR S. ERICKSON, B.Sc, Business Officer Born 1897. B.Sc, M.A.C., 1919. Boston University, College of Business Administration, 1922-24. Previously em- ployed. Alliance Realty Co., N. Y. C. Beard and Abney— C. P. A. ' s, N. Y. C. Business Officer, M. S. C, 1935- . New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Sigma Alpha Epsilon. BASIL B. WOOD, A.B., Librarian Born 1881. A.B., Brown University, 1905. Previously employed. City Library, Springfield. Camp Libraries, Camp Gordon, Ga., Camp Lee, V ' a. John Crerar Library, Chicago. Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield. Public Library, Westerly, R. I. Librarian, M. S. C, 1924- . Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa. Appalachian Mountain Club, Randolph Mountain Club. GEORGE E. EMERY, B.S., Field Secretary and Assistant Alumni Secretary Born 1904. B.S., M. S. C, 1924. Field Secretary and Assistant Alumni Secretary, M. S. C, 1929. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Adelphia. EMERY E. GRAYSON, B.S., Director of Placement Service Born 1894. B.S., M. A. C, 1917. Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass., summers 1924-25. Previously employed. Farm Bureau Work, Gardner, Mass., 1917-18. Field Artillery, Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., O. T. C, 1918. Baseball Coach and Assistant Coach in Football and Basketball, Amherst College, 1924. Associate Professor of Physical Education, Amherst College. Coach of Baseball, Basketball, Assistant Coach of Football, Amherst College, 1926-27. Assistant Football Coach, M. S. C, 1919. Coach of Two-Year Athletics, 1919-24. Director of Placement Service. Adelphia, Alpha Sigma Phi. E. C. P. O. Formerly Vice-President, now President, Eastern College Personnel Officers. GUY VICTOR GLATFELTER, M.S., Placement Officer Born 1893. B.S., Penn. State College, 1919. M.S., Iowa State College, 1920. Iowa State Experiment Station. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C, 1921-1933. Placement Officer, 1933- . Kappa Sigma. Eastern College Personnel Officers Association. FRANCIS CIVILLE PRAY, M.S., Assistant College Editor Born 1909. B.S. M. S. C, 1931. M.S., M. S. C, 1932. Assistant College Editor, M. S. C, 19.S4. Phi Sigma Kappa. STANLEY ALLEN FLOWER, B.S., Assistant College Editor Born 1915. B.S., M. S. C, 1938. Alpha Gamma Rho. MARGARET HAMLIN, B.A., Placement Officer for Women B.A., Smith College, 1904. M. S. C, 1913-14. Placement Officer for Women, M. S. C, 1918-. Eastern College Per- sonnel Officers Association. {20