Williams College - Gulielmensian Yearbook (Williamstown, MA)

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. I' President JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER HI As an undergraduate Mr. Baxter was Editor-in-Chief of The Record, President of the Senior Class, President ofthe Student Council, Editor-in-chief of the William: Handbook, and Editor ofthe Gulielmemian,Gargoyle Society, Phi Beta Kappa, and Varsity debating team. Among administrative and advisory posts he has held in the Federal Government are Director, Research and Analysis Branch, Office of Coordinator of Information, july 1941- june 19423 Deputy Director, Office of Strategic Services, june 1942-Feb. 1943, resigning to become Historian, Office of Strategic Services, 1943-46, appointed by Research and Develop- ment Board, National Military Establishment, to Committee on Plans for Mobilizing Science, 19483 Appointed by Secretary of Defense, Forrestal, to Service Advisory Board, 1949. Mr. Baxter has received the following honorary degrees: 1.l..D., Harvard, Amherst, 1938, Wesleyan University and University ofMaine, 1939, Hobart College, 1942, Bowdoin College, 1944, 1Villiams College, 1947g l.itt.D., Syracuse University, 1945, 1..H.D., Case lnstitute, 1948g D.Sc., Union College, 1949. He was awarded the Pulitizer Prize in History for his book Scientists Against Time in 1947. ln 1948, he received the Presidential Certificate of Merit. President Baxter is also the author of The Introduction of the lronclad Warship , Harvard University Press, 1933. He has served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the American Historical Association, 1-938, President of the Society of American Historians, 1945, President of the ,Association of American Colleges, 1945, Chairman of the Commission on l.iberal Education, 1942-45, member of the Holloway Board, United States Navy, 1945-46, member of the Board of Visitors, U. S. Naval Academy, 1942 and 1947, Chairman, Board of Advisors, Historical Division, War Department Special Staff, and as a Trustee of Williams College, 1934-37, Radcliffe College, Phillips Academy, American Military lnstitute, and the World Peace Foundation. ' Mr. Baxter has been a Lecturer at the l.owell lnstitute, Boston, 1931, at Cambridge University, England, 1936, at the Naval1Yar College since 1932, at the National War College, since 1946, at the Post-Graduate School at .Annapolis since 1946, and at Annapolis at the Air War College, and at the Canadian Defense College. TIG...

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W JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, 3RD, PH.D., I,IT'l'.D I 'Q CHARLES DENISON MAKEPEACE, B.A., Secretary WILLIAM PRA'I I' SIDLEY, MA., LL.B. QUINCY BENT, B.A., D.ENG. FREDERIC TAYI.OR WOOD, B.A. LEWIS PERRY, M.A., I.I'rT.D., I..H.D., LL.D. JOHN P. WI1.SON, B.A., LI..B. NIORRIS BRYAN LAMBIE, I H.D., L.H.D. ALFRED SHRIYER, BA. JAMES BERWICK FOROAN CARLTON BYNNER OVERTON, BA. DANIEI. KNOWLTON CHAPMAN, B.A. HENRX' NEEDHAM FLYN'If, B.A. ARTHYR JOSEPH SANTRY, BA., I.I..B. NIAILK WINI-'IELD CRI-ZSAP, JR., M.B.A. GEORGE AVERY WHITE, I.I..B. MEREDITH WOOD, B.A. JAMES ALEXANDER LINEN, III, BA. TRUSTEES EMERITI BLISS PERRY, MA., I..H.D., I.I'I'I'.D., LI..D. GEORIPE .ALFRED Cl.l.'ET'I', M.A. -4 ..H.D., In D.SC., LI..D., President OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, 3RD, PH.D., I.ITT.D., RICHARD ACER NEWI-IALL, PH.D., I.l'I'I'.D .1 gh :JU S .mg It -vii? A ---v TRUSTEES KATHLEEN A. LYCONNELI., B.A. ...... .. HELEN HAYES ALLEN, B.A.. .. OFFICE OF THE DEAN ROBERT R. R. BROOKS, PH.D.. ELIYYN LIONEL PERRY, PI-LD.. FREDERICK CLEVELAND COP!-ILA ALBERT KEEP, MA ..... .... KATHRYN MCCRAW. ..,.... .. I..H.D., D.SC., I.L.D. ........ President . . . . .Chairman pro tempore ofthe Faculty . . .Secretary to the President . . . .Director of the College News Office ND, I'H.D. ............... . ...,..............Dean . . . . . .Counsellor of Veterans . . . . . .Director ofAdmissions . . . . . .Dean of Freshmen and Associate Dean OFFICE OF THE TREASURER CHARLES DENISON MAREPEACE, B.A.. .. EARI.E OLMSTEAD BROWN ..,,....... WILLIAM CLAYTON BRYANT. . . . OFFICE OF HEALTH THOMAS Y. URMY, M.D.. , . .. . . , . . . .Registrar and Editor Treasurer . . . . . , . .Assistant Treasurer Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings H. COLLIER XVRIGHT, M.D. .....,. . NORMAN B. IVICXVILLIAMS, M.D.. .. EDWARD J. COUOI-ILIN, M.D.. CAROLYN E. HAI.I., R.N.., OFFICE OF ATHLETICS JAMES E. BULLOCR, MA. JOHN C. JAY, BA. ..,.... .. OFFICE OF STUDENT AID LAWRENCE ART MUSEUM fffbb . . . . . . .Director of Health ................Ph-ysician .....,............Surgeon nsulting Orthopedic Surgeon .,.,..........Chief Nurse . . . . .Acting Director of Athletics lst semester . . . .Director of Athletics beginning Znd semester ALBERT VICTOR f,S'l'ERHOI I', B.A. Advisor in Undergraduate Ajairs and Executive Secretary of the Student Aid Committee SAMSON LANE FAISON, JR., MA., M.FA. .... .............,...... D irector STEPHEN MCNICOI. ...........................,,,........ Assistant to the Director ALUMNI OFFICE ALI-'RED LINDSAY JARYIS, BA.. .Secretary and Assistant Treasurer ofthe Society of Alumni PLACEMENT BUREAU WII.I.IAM OZYM AVYCKOFF, B.A. .... Director of Placement and Editor of lfVilliams College ' in World W'ar II FUND OFFICE QI-IARI.ES B. HAl.I., B.A. ................. Executive Sec: FRANK R. THOMS, JR., B.A., M.B.A. ................. .. LIBRARY XVYLLIS EATON XVRIGHT, M.A., B.S.. , .. ETHEL RICHMOND ........,,.,....,..... MARX' CEcII.IA IVICINERNI-1Y,B.A., B.S..... DONALD EDWIN CARY, B.A., B.S. .... .. MARX' DELORES HARRINOTON, B.A. .... . . ELIZABETH MARX' JONES, B.S. ..,.,.. HERBERT BONNESS CHISHOLM, MARX' ALICE LJIBRII-IN ..... ADEI.YN BURR MCKAN E ..... B.A. .... . . .. 'etaiy of the Alumni fund .................Asststant ....,......,..l.ibrarian . . . . .Reference Librarian . . . . . . .Head Cataloguer . . . .Reserve Room Head . . . . . . . . . .Yunior Assistant . . . . . . . . . junior Assistant Sub.-Professional Assistant Secretary to the librarian CHAPIN LIBRARY MARY L. RICHMOND, B.A.. . .. A. CAROLYN NOR'I'HRI?P, B.A. . . . . . . . . ,Clerical Assistant . . . . .Custodian . , . ,Assistant