September-October,
1948
T H E GEORGIA TECH A L U M N U S
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Extensive Reorganization Plans for Georgia Tech Announced Following authorization by the Board of Regents on August 4, President Blake R. Van Leer announced extensive reorganization plans for Georgia Tech, effective as of September 1, 1948. The changes included the promotion of several distinguished faculty members to newly formed positions, and the designation of degree-granting departments as schools. The modifications were forecast when Georgia Tech changed its official name, July 1, from Georgia School of Technology to Georgia Institute of Technology. At that time, 22 different departments and divisions reported directly to the president. This number has now been decreased to eleven thereby providing for greater efficiency and increased service. The most far reaching change is that of the creation of a new officer, Vice President in Charge of Research, Extension and Construction. This office will be filled by Dean Cherry L. Emerson, who has done such an outstanding job as Dean of Engineering for the past three years. He will have charge of The Engineering Experiment Station, under Dr. G. A. Rosselot, Director; the Engineering Extension Division, headed by Professor R. S. Howell; the Buildings and Grounds Division under the direction of Mr. J. R. Jenkins; and the new construction Division which will be under the charge of Campus Engineer Russell A. Smith. Academically, the undergraduate work at Georgia Tech is now divided into two colleges. The General College with Dr. Ralph Hefner, Dean, and the College of Engineering under Dean Dr. Jesse Mason, will both report to the new Dean of Faculties, Mr. Lloyd W. Chapin, who will also supervise the Cooperative Division, the Army, Navy and Air Force R.O.T.C. Units, and the Graduate Division under Dean Dr. Ray L. Sweigert. Degree Granting Departments Designated as Schools All degree granting departments have been given their correct designation namely, "Schools," and their chief executive officers designated as Directors. These are: Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics — Professor D. W. Dutton, Director; School of Architecture — Professor Harold Bush-Brown, Director; School of Ceramics — Dr. Lane Mitchell, Director; School of Chemical Engineering — Dr. Paul Weber, Director; School of Civil Engineering—Professor T. H. Evans, Director; School of Electrical Engineering — Professor D. P. Savant, Director; School of Industrial Engineering — Professor F. F. Groseclose, Director; School of Mechanical Engineering — Dr. H. S. Weber, Director; A. French Textile School — Professor H. A. Dickert, Director; School of Industrial Management — Professor H. E. Dennison, Director; School of Physics — Dr. J. H. Howey, Director; and School of Chemistry — Dr. P . K. Callaway, Director. The Department of Engineering Drawing and Mechanics has been made into a Division with Professor W. B. Johns as Director. Other Changes The Georgia Tech Infirmary, under Dr. Leslie Morris, has been placed under the jurisdiction of the Dean of Students, Dean George C. Griffin, as has the Georgia Tech Y.M.C.A., directed by Mr. R. C. Commander. The Administrative Council is to be enlarged to include all Deans, Directors, three elected members of the Faculty and three students chosen by the Student Council.
President V a n Leer, seated, with a group of newly appointed executives of Georgia Tech. Shown standing (left to right): Cherry L. Emerson, Vice President; Dr. Jesse W . Mason, Dean of Engineering College, and Lloyd W . Chapin, Dean of Faculties.
The eleven people to report directly to the president will be: Dr. Phil B. Narmore, Executive Dean in charge of student discipline, the master schedule, the summer school, representative of the President on the numerous academic committees and bodies with which Georgia Tech is now affiliated; Jamie R. Anthony, Comptroller; R. J. Thiesen, Executive Secretary of the Georgia Tech Alumni Relations; C. L. Emerson, Vice President; John Fulton, WGST Relations; George C. Griffin, Dean of Students; W. L. Carmichael, Registrar; Mrs. J. H. Crosland, Librarian; L. W. Chapin, Dean of Faculties; Leslie F. Zsuffa, Director of Public Relations; and W. A. Alexander, Director of Georgia Tech Athletic Association. WGST, the Georgia Tech National Alumni Association, and the Georgia Tech Alumni Foundation are actually under the sole direction of the Trustees of their respective corporations; however, the direct contact of the organizations with Georgia Tech is, of course, through the president of the institution. In making the announcement, President Van Leer stated: "Georgia Tech has an exceedingly able group of administrative officers. To become the greatest technological institution of higher learning in the world — all it now needs is money and time."