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and Land Grant Colleges, and American Academy of Transportation. Honor societies include (among about a dozen) Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi. He has received many honors. He received an award for Distinguished Service in Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received his B.S. and M.S. degrees. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Lawrence Institute of Technology, Detroit. And last, but far from least, he is an honorary Knight of St. Patrick at UMR. He is a member of Triangle Social fraternity, the Rolla RotafY Club, the Rolla Area
Chamber of Commerce, and the ÂŁ<'irst Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Johnson is also actively involved in the Presbyterian Church , Hospital Auxiliary, and many other civic organizations. The dean hopes that retirement will give him a little more time to spend on some of these activities and on some of his hobbies wood working, photography, playing the organ and such. But he doesn't intend for retirement to mean that he stops his interst and involvement in his profession. "The main thing is that it will change the rigidity of my schedule - the deadline pattern of everyday work," Johnson says. "We'll be able to visit our children
- Russell and his family in New Jersey, Martha and family in Massachusetts, and Sylvia and family in Michigan - when we want to , rather than during vacation months. " Besides family travel, he hopes to be able to tie in some trips with overseas education, preferably in Africa and Asia. Engineering education in developing countries has been a special interest since he became involved in UMR's project to develop and improve engineering education at the National Technical Center in Saigon, Vietnam . "But when we travel, it won't be for very long at a time," he adds. "I'm a native Missourian, and Rolla will remain home.
Harold Q Fuller When Dr. Harold Q Fuller received the title of professor emeritus of physics in May commencement exercises at the University of Missouri-Rolla, it was the second time around for him. Five years ago he became dean emeritus of the College of Arts and Sciences. Both retirements are mandatory by University policy - at age 65 for administrators and age 70 for faculty members. But, according to Fuller, "retirement" depends on each individual's definition. And few of his associates believe his definition fits the ordinary conception of the word. They have good reason for this opinion. He has a well-deserved reputation as one of the hardest working people on campus. As one of his associates puts it, "H. Q" has always had his choice of parking places on the campus. The Fuller pick-up is usually one of the first vehicles to arrive in the morning, and is surrounded by vacant parking places when it leaves in the evening. While
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dean , he still managed to find time for numerous community and church activities and to look after the Fuller acreage on East 10th Street. That has been the pattern of life for Fuller for the last 30 years since he came to what was then the Missouri School of Mines. But it started before that. "I'm a Hoosier country boy," Fuller explains . A native of Montgomery Indiana, Fuller County , graduated from Waynetown High School and from Wabash College in nearby Crawfordsville. He received his Ph. D. in physics at the UniverSity of Illinois in 1932. " I got out when there weren't any jobs, " Fuller remembers. Newly married (to Charlotte Mae Gohl , a high school classmate), he returned to Illinois to the only job he could find, a half-time postdoctoral appOintment that paid $300. "I earned more from tutoring than from the University," he adds. "The next year I got a full-time job, teaching at (Continued on page 22) MSM Alumnus!21