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        Z. Dr. Leslie Martin Appointed Acting Dean of Men.

        President Donovan reported that Dean A. B. Kirwan had requested
that he be permitted to resign as Dean of Students that he may give full time
as professor of history in the Department of History and be permitted to do
research and writing. He recommended the appointment of Dr. Leslie
Martin as Acting Dean of Men, Doctor Martin to occupy the apartment in
Bowman Hall and Mrs. Martin to serve as hostess of the Men, s Dormitories.
He read the following statement.


               Appointment of an ActinR Dean of Men

          Dr. A. D. Kirwan, Dean of Students, informed me approx-
      imately one year ago that he would like to be relieved of his
      administrative duties and return to teaching on a full-time basis.
      He stated that he felt that his administrative duties as Dean of
      Students consumed so much of his time that he could not pursue
      scholarly studies and teaching, which were in reality his primary
      interests.  At that time he asked me to consider the appointment
      of someone to take over the administrative work of Dean of
      Students and permit him to give all of his time and attention to
      teaching and historical research.  Dean M. M. White of the
      College of Arts and Sciences and Professor Thomas Clark,
      Head of the Department of History, also made requests that
      Dr. Kirwan be permitted to give his full time to the History De-
      partment.  For the past year I have been studying various
      persons in relation to the administrative position which Dean Kirwan
      has held; and I am now prepared to make a recommendation on
      this matter.  I am recommending that Dr. Leslie L. Martin,
      Assistant Director of Personnel and instructor in Psychology,
      be appointed Acting Dean of Men (former title for this position)
      to fill this vacancy.

          Dr. Martin was born in Indiana; he is thirty-seven years of
      age; his college work was done at Purdue University.  He received
      his B. S. Degree in 1937 and his M. S. Degree in 1941. Later he
      studied at Indiana University, completing his work for the doctorate
      in 1950. His major field of study was Psychology with emphasis
      on Educational Guidance.

          We brought Dr. Martin to the University of Kentucky as
      Assistant Director of Personnel in 1949,  He has also taught
      Psychology in the College of Education since that date.  Approx-
      imately two-thirds of his time has been devoted to Veterans,
      Guidance and Clinical Counseling and one-third to the teaching
      of Psychology.  He has served as Director of Speech, Hearing,
      and Clinical Psychology in the Michigan City Schools, Indiana;
      as Clinical Psychologist in the Army Air Force; and Assistant
      to the Dean, Junior Division, Indiana University.  Dr. Martin
      has proven himself to be a very able teacher and a very effective
      vocational counselor.  His preparation for the work of Dean of
      Men is exactly what we would like to have.  He is a man of
      excellent personality and fine ideals,  He has abundance of