University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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PRESIDENT MIDDLEBUSH Frederick A. Middlebush has been president of the Univer- sity of Missouri since 1935. During this time he has seen the University change from peacetime to wartime and then adjust itself back to peace- ful days agam. President Middlebush has worked tirelessly to insure a finer school along with the in- creased enrollment m the post- war period. He has done much to aid the World War II vet- erans in their college adjust- ment. A graduate of the Univer- sity of Michigan, President Middlebush was Dean of the School of Business and Public Administration from 1926 un- til 1935. Vice-Presidenls of the University- Leslie Cowan, in charge of business operations. Thomas A. Brady, extra-divi- sional educational activities.

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PHIL M. DONNELLY GOVERNOR Phil M. Donnelly, the chief executive of the State of Missouri, was born in Lebanon, Missouri, in 1891. He received his early education in the Missouri public schools, and graduated from St. Louis University in 1913. Governor Donnelly started his political career by serving as prosecuting attorney for Laclede County. From this start he moved to the Missouri House of Representatives where he served two years. In 1924 he entered the state senate and remained there until his election to the governorship in 1944. BOARD OF CURATORS Term Expires January 1, 1949 Roscoe Anderson Webster Groves David W. Hopkins St. Joseph Harold J. Moore Brookfield Term Expires January 1, 1951 Frank C. Mann Springfield Allen McReynolds Carthage Guy A. Thompson St. Louis Term Expires January 1, 1953 Stratton Shartel Kansas City Frank Stonner Jefferson City John H. Wolpers Poplar Bluff Officers of the Board Allen McReynolds, President Carthage David W. Hopkins, Vice-President St. Joseph Leslie Cowan, Secretary Columbia R. B. Price Columbia F. A. Germann Rolla The Executive Board at Columbia John H. Wolpers, Chairman Poplar Bluff Roscoe Anderson Webster Groves David W. Hopkins St. Joseph The Executive Committee at Rolla Frank C. Mann, Chairman Springfield Stratton Shartel •. Kansas City Guy A. Thompson St. Louis The Board of Visitors A. P. Green, Chairman Mexico Theodore Anderson Montreal James Sidney Rollins Columbia Allen Oliver Cape Girardeau W. R. Heckler Dalton

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PRESIDENT MIDDLEBUSh OF SERVICl There is a rumor on campus that Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush is the man who isn ' t there. Many students call him the invisible man because they have never seen or met him. This is really an undeserved title, for he is the man who is ever3Tvhere, on the campus and around the country. Besides keeping the Univer- sity operating smoothly, his services are sought by numerous scholastic and governmental boards. In the light of his varied activities it is not diffi- cult to understand how the myth of his being the in- visible man arose. That it is a myth is proven by the fact that, although he is out of town often, while in Columbia he attends many campus functions. In any case it would be well-nigh impossible for 14,071 stu- dents to know him well. The record-breaking enrollment of 14,071 oc- curred in Dr. Middlebush ' s lucky number year. Thir- teen is his lucky number; this is his 1 3th year as president of the University. He was born on October 13, received his A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1913, was elected president in his 13th year on the Missouri faculty, and he is the 13th president of the University. Dr. Middlebush became president of the Univer- sity in 1935. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1913, 1914 and 1916. The degree of LLD. was conferred upon him by Knox College and Hope College in 1937, and Washington University in 1944. Upper left — President and Mrs. Middlebush as they first ar- rived at the University in 1922. Middle left — A photograph taken June 4, 1935, of the mem- bers of the Board of Curators of the University with President Walter Williams, Acting President Frederick A. Middlebush and Leslie Cowan, Secretary of the Board. Left — The academic procession at the Centennial Convoca- tion in the fall of 1939, celebrating MU ' s hundredth year. In the procession are President Conant of Harvard University and President Sproul of the University of California. Page 5