j .
' A former UK faculty member, Dr. Logan Wilson was '
I named president of the American Council on Education , ,
I in 1961. Educated in his native state of Texas, he re- v_ ,·  _
‘ ceived the MA and Ph.D degrees from Harvard Uni-   j
versity.   l
I Dr. Wilson was professor and head of the UK De-   I I
j partment of Sociology (1943-44), and later became dean     I
· of Tulane University’s Newcomb College and then presi—  
dent and chancellor of the University of Texas.   __,·-  
Chairman of the Problems and Policies Committee of I   _, 
the American Council on Education, Dr. Wilson also    
has been active as director of the Center for Advanced     I
Study in Behavioral Sciences and director of the Carnegie    *
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
He is author of “The Academic Man,” and joint author I
of “Sociological Analysis.” I
· l
I David C. Scott, an alumnus of the UK College of ’
Engineering, joined General Electric at its Owensboro  
plant following a term in the U.S. Navy. In 1949, he  
X ` I received the companys highest honor, the Charles E.  
I ’ ‘ Coflin Award, for his design and development of I
I I processes and machinery for the automated assembly of I
{ .. I; ?     j ` electronic tubes.  
1    4  s  ` ~  5 In 1960, he was appointed general manager of GE’s i
g  A, *' . . Cathode Pray Tube Department. ·Three years later, he  
I , »    — was named vice president and member of the board of j
  I I  —.__ si _ directors of Colt Industries at Hartford, Conn. He was  
I named president of Allis-Chalmers in 1968. [
Mr. Scott is a UK Fellow, a member of the UK De-  
K velopment Council and of the College of Engineering I
Advisory Council. A director of the Alumni Association,  
he recently was elected to its Hall of Distinguished
Alumni. I
Dr. Lyle R. Dawson, professor emeritus and head of
the UK Department of Chemistry (1945-65), is a native
of Illinois and was educated at Illinois State University, [_ ~  
Normal, Ill., and the University of Illinois. `      
He was awarded the doctor of philosophy degree from   e  ( ‘
State University of Iowa,   ```  A j   
In addition to his duties in chemistry, Dr. Dawson ·    
twice served as acting dean of the Graduate School.    
In 1956, he was named distinguished professor of physical      4 ; .II   
Chemistry. His research interests and achievements have   · f   A I  ‘
been in the area of non-aqueous solutions and solvents    
having high dielectric constants.      I _
Retiring from the University faculty in 1970, Dr. ° ‘   ·’? 
Dawson was a fellow of the American Association for 'I
the Advancement of Science and the American Institute
of Chemists. He was president of the Kentucky Academy
of Science and of the Lexington Chapter of Sigma Xi.
5
l