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

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...THEIR SERVICES Handling the University ' s finances is Robert Dorman Hawley, who has been Treasurer since 1939. Mr. Hawley previously served as Secretary of Massachusetts State College. The responsibilities of Registrar Marshall Olin Lanphear include supervision of admissions, registration, and scheduling; issuance of grade reports; and preparation of the University ' s catalog. Since 1939 James William Burke has performed the Secretary ' s function of administrative assistant to the president. He is now also the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Acting Director of the University Extension Service. MARSHALL OLIN LANPHEAR, B.S., M.S. (Uni- versity oi Massachusetts), Registrar of the Uni- versity. ROBERT DORMAN HAWLEY, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), M.B.A. (Boston University), Treasurer of the University. JAMES WILLIAM BURKE, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), Secretary of the University.

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RALPH ALBERT VAN METER, B.S. (Ohio State University), M.S. (University of Massachusetts), Ph.D. (Cornell University), President of the University. FOR HIS LEADERSHIP Administrative head of the University of Massachusetts is Dr. Ralph Albert Van Meter, who has been with the University since 1917. After having held such administrative positions as Head of the Division of Horticulture, Head of the Department of Pomology, Dean of the School of Horticulture, and Acting President of the University, Dr. Van Meter took over the presidency in 1948 as successor to President Emeritus Hugh Potter Baker.

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HIS ENCOURAGEMENT His Excellency, The Governor Paul A. Dever President, Ex-Ofiicio, Board ol Trustees BOARD OF TRUSTEES Ernest Hoftyzer, B.S, (Ohio State University), Wellesley Alden Chase Brett, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), Belmont Mrs. Elizabeth Laura McNamara (Graduate Teacher ' s College), Cambridge Leonard Carmichael, S.B., Sc.D. (Tufts College), Ph.D. (Harvard University), Litt.D. (Portia), LL.D. (Boston University, Colgate Uni- versity, Northeastern University, Rhode Island State College, St. Lawrence University), Medford Mrs. Joseph Swan Leach, Walpole Ralph Fred Taber, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), A.M. (Har- vard University), West Newton John Martin Deeley, A.B. (Williams College), Lee Clifford Chesley Hubbard, A.B., Ph.D. (Brown University), A.M. (Harvard University), Mansfield Harry Dunlap Brown, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), Billerica John William Haigis, M.A. (Amherst College), Greenfield Joseph Warren Bortlelt, A.B. (Dartmouth College), LL.B. (Harvard University), LL.D. (University of Massachusetts), Boston Philip Ferry Whitmore, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), Sunder- land William Michael Cashin, A.B. (Boston College), Milton William Aylott Orion, B.A., M.A. (Christ ' s College, Cambridge), M.Sc, D.Sc. (University of London), LL.D. (Boston College), Northampton MEMBERS EX OFFICIO His Excellency Paul Andrev Dever, LL.B. (Boston University), Gov- ernor of the Commonwealth, President. Ralph Albert Van Meter, B.S. (Ohio State University), M.S. (Uni- versity of Massachusetts), Ph.D. (Cornell University), President of the University. John Joseph Desmond, Jr., A.B., A.M. (Harvard University), Com- missioner of Education. John Chandler, B.A. culture. Joseph Wanen Barllett, University), LL.D. (Ur man. James William Burke, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), Amherst, Secretary. Robert Dorman Hawley, B.S. (University of Massachusetts), M.B.A. (Boston University), Amherst, Treasurer. (Yale University), Commissioner of Agri- A.B. (Dartmouth College), LL.B. (Harvard iversity of Massachusetts), Boston, Chair- Standing: Hawley, Carmichael, Keleher, Mahan, Burke, Chandler Desmond, Whitmore, Stokes. Sitting: Brown, McNamara, Hubbard, Williams, Van Meter, Bart- left. Leach, O ' Brian, Marsh, EIL f0 V •x