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University Daily Kansan Monday.Sept.10.1956.
University Appoints 37 New Faculty Members
At least 37 new faculty members have been appointed to the staff of the University for the 1956-57 academic year, according to a list compiled by the University Daily Kanan from department of public relations releases. The list includes appointments up to Sept. 6, and may not be complete.
Seventeen of the new faculty members are in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, nine in the School of Medicine, two each in the schools of Fine Arts, Engineering and Architecture, Business, Education, and in ROTC, and one in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information. In the College of Liberal Arts and
In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences;
Department of English—Dr. Ward Miner, visiting assistant professor and acting chairman of the American Civilization Committee. Dr. Miner will take the place of Dr. Edward Grier, who is absent on leave on a Fulbright Fellowship to teach American literature at the University of Lyon and the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Dr. Miner has taught at Temple University and at Queens College, and has been lecturing for the past two years at the University of Turku, Finland, on a Fulbright grant. He received the A.B. degree from the University of Colorado, the M.A. from Chicago University, and the Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Geography—Dr. Duane S. Knos, assistant professor, will teach urban geography and the geography of Russia. He has an A.B. degree from Upper Iowa University, and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the State University of Iowa.
Geology—Dr. Charles W. Pitrat, assistant professor, will teach aerial photography and geomorphology. For the past two years he has been assistant professor of geology at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He received his A.B. from the University of Kansas, and the M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.
Dr. Edward J. Zeller, assistant professor, will teach geochemistry and nuclear geology. He received his A.B. from Illinois, his M.A. from Kansas, and his Ph.D. from Wisconsin.
German and Slavic languages and literature—Dr. Aage Schiottz-Christensen, visiting associate professor Dr. Schiottz-Christensen is a teacher at the Ordpur Gymnasium in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has also lectured at the University of Gateborg, Sweden. His special field is 19th century Danish literature.
Eugene Norwood, instructor. His field is 19th century German literature. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin, and taught at Bryn Mawr College from 1953 to 1956.
Mathematics—Dr. Donald R. Truax, assistant professor, will teach statistics. He holds A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of Washington, and the Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Elbert A. Walker, assistant professor. Dr. Walker was a mathematician for the National Security Agency in 1955-56. He received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Sam Houston State Teachers College and his Ph.D. from KU.
Political science—William J. Gore, assistant professor and research associate in the Bureau of Governmental Research. Dr. Gore will be in charge of developing the new graduate program for training students for administrative work in state government. He received his A.B. degree from the University of Washington, and the M.A. and doctor of public administration degrees from the University of Southern California.
Dr. John Grumm, assistant professor and research associate, will teach courses in state government and assist in the in-service training programs for city and county officials. He has the A.B. degree from Occidental College, the M.A. from the University of California, and will receive the Ph.D. from that university this fall.
Dr. Kenneth T. Kofmehl, visiting assistant professor, who was visiting instructor last year. He received his A.B. degree from Idaho University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Psychology—Dr. William B. Broen
Jr., assistant professor. He has held a U.S. Public Health Service fellowship in clinical psychology for the past two years. He received the A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota.
Romance languages—Dr. Darnell Roaten, assistant professor of Spanish. Dr. Roaten taught at the University of Texas from 1953 to 1956, and has also taught at the University of Michigan, Lehigh University, and Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. He holde the A.B. degree from Central State College, Oklahoma; the M.A. from the University of Texas, and the Ph.D. from Michigan.
Dr. Arnold H. Weiss, assistant professor of Spanish. He is a specialist in medieval Spanish literature, and traveled and studied in Spain in 1954-55. He has been chairman of the Spanish department of the Milwaukee Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin. He received his A.B. degree from Western Reserve University and hi M.A. and Ph.D. from Wisconsin.
Speech and drama—Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor. He will teach a new course, theater costuming, and will be stage designer for the University Theatre. Mr. Godfrey has been at Michigan State University for the past three years. He received the A.B. and M.A. degrees from the State University of Iowa.
Miss Sally Six, instructor, will teach children's theater and direct two children's plays. She earned the A.B. degree from KU in 1955 and the M.A. last June.
E. Arthur Keen, instructor, will teach stage lighting for both theater land television. He received the master of fine arts degree from Yale University in June.
School of Fine Arts—Charles L
Moon, instructor in music. Mr. Moon received the bachelor of music degree in piano from the University of Oklahoma in 1948 and the bachelor of music theory in 1949.
P. A. Davison Jr., instructor in voice. He has been assistant professor of voice and choral director at Judson College, Marion, Ala. He received the bachelor of music degree in voice, bachelor of music in piano, and master of music in voice from Louisiana State University.
School of Business—Dr. Jack D. Steele, associate professor of business administration, will teach busines policy and business administrative practice. He received his B.S. degree from Missouri Valley College, the master of business administration from KU, and doctor of business administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Charles W. Riley, instructor in business law. He has A.B. and LLB. degrees from the State University of Iowa.
School of Engineering and Architecture—Dr. Charles H. Thomas, professor of electrical engineering. For the past six years he has worked in the analytical engineering section of the General Electric Co. in Scheenectady, N.Y. He specialized in solving problems in the field of automatic control by the use of electronic and mechanical analog computers. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas Technological College, and the M.S. and doctor of science degrees from Harvard University.
Dr. Kaikhoosroo B. Irani, assistant professor of electrical engineering. He has been with the Phillips Telecommunication Industries in The Netherlands for the past five years. His work has been in the department of line telephony with emphasis on the design and development of electric wave filters for carrier telephony. He has B.S. degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering from Bombay University, and the M.S. and the Bh.D. from Michigan.
School of Education-Elbert F. Northern, assistant professor, will teach educational measurement and evaluation. He taught at Arkansas State College and has been a summer lecturer at North Texas State College and the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Harry J. LaPine, assistant professor and member of the Guidance Bureau staff. He has been men's vocational counselor at Cornell University for the past three years. He received his* A.B. degree from Brockport (N.Y.) State Teachers College, and his M.A. from the University of Chicago, where he is completing requirements for the Ph.D.
School of Journalism—George Link, instructor, and business adviser of the University Daily Kansan. He has been on the advertis-
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