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I KENTUCKY ALUMNUS g ~
About Doctor Funkhouser
I Dean of Graduate School and Anthropology Professor at University Num- .
f_ V bered Among Nat1on’s Greatest Scientists; Is Recognized As
  Entomoligical Expert ,
$(2; I “[’ve worked off all my requiI‘cIneI1tS::’ remarks 1929 Wabash College, his first alma mater, con-  
»  . the University of Kentucky senlor, S0 that I ferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor E
lmall . may elect some of Funkh0use1"s COU1`S€S·” Such of Science, in recognition of his outstanding con- l
mas' is the undergraduate estimate of the iI1StI‘uctl0H tributions to the scientific field, »  
lghgg Offered by Prof. W. D. Funkhouser, head of the Dr. W. D. Funkhouser received his appoint-  
avery Departmegiigg off Zoologgklielan of the tG;1aduat·e ment to the University of Kentucky faculty as _ Q
n in- , Seheol an ro essor 0 n ropo ogy a e Um- head of the Departmentof Zoology in 1918, which  
versity of Kentucky. duty entailed the teaching of courses in Zoology i
_ _ It is hard to estimate in mere words the value and Anthropology. In 1925 Doctor Funkhouser .»
glues ‘ gf this man’s Work was appointed dean _ A
°°n'  . in relation to his . ef the Graduate j
]l?€rS A Students, the Uni' V School and at the l
hgulgg  { Vc1‘SltY which h 9 e it _ ‘ commencement ex- .
d   $9¥`V€Si ahd the · ercises in June of .
B es  e state of Kentucky,   _y_'`   ° this year the first
clubs . to which he has bc- .       ‘ _ l candidate for a Ph.
force  __ c om e a valuable - . A `c‘` igi sgfe   ~ D_ degree eve,. te be
3 the ' CltlZ€I`l.   an under- .   .   ‘ , graduated   the
lo dc- gl`2ldl,13.t€, receiving ‘   ‘   ` University Of Ken-
ll the information through A    .*5  '4'`A  A   tucky Will be PI`€‘ l
steel A his fellow students _ ,       sented by Doctor
lrslty _ 35 to th€ €1ualltY of       ,  .4 is     . - Funkhouser.
· I the courses of i¤- `.‘·’   e           ‘ Classical Aroliee- ,
ualges stru c tio n which   ..`i 5, __ · i   `’4,t A     ology has been a
Br m· Doetoi- Funkhouser   D i e   i ;,;§;.;;y,      ‘ hobby with Doctor ‘
1 the . teaches, is thus able S » ` _ _ ‘ _ `._,     Funkhouser for sev_
make  e to appreciate his op-   ‘ A .1   · o ,_ —»'. ¤ .    ‘ A _ eral years, and in
hould t p o r t u n i t y, h0W l . V .—   V ` ° 4   I ` _ ` ` _ I his travels has spent I
1 and much more does the   _- _` 5 ` I as ‘ _ ·l ··`_ l   . l ·_ ‘ much time in Rome,
hues alumnus, schooled ` A .. ji;  he ’ —     . ` ‘ Y Greece and Egypt
E and I now in the lessons L .·_.-     ‘ .1 ,»~·   — A i studying classi-
t our  , of experience, come · .». .—  ‘ {   A   e al remains, b ut
_ - to know and under- , A, `.·‘`ll * 5 e _, , I st  ·_ — upon coming to the
’bt`?m  Q stand the quality {GI?  ·. — .· ‘ ·_   . .` _ _- University of Ken-
temal l` of Doctor Fulili-   _ _ f ¤ ~     'A tucky, Prof. A. M.
me Qf h0user’s work, and * M _. * · _ , A Miller succeeded in
’btam l the breadth of his ` , , — i » ` Q;     s immediately intel'-
I Qxperiencee . V e V- _ Il e it-     €Sl]lI].g the y O u H g
€_lh" ’ William Delbert — · ° . I professor of Zoology
1 It to FuIlkhOuS€Y is 3. Ha-- DR W D FUNKHOUSER i H t h G research
?I`9ng' tive Of Indiana, and ' ' l specimens available
attended the Shortridge High school in In- in the state, to the extent that Doctor Funk-
1 com V Clianapolis before entering Wabash College, from houser, first with Professor Miller and later with
night Which he was graduated with a Bachelor Prof. W. S. Webb, of the department of Physics
J Y/IH  Y of Arts degree in 1905. In 1912 he received his at the University, have unearthed some remark-
Blume = M. A. degree from Cornell, returning in 1916 to able materials indicating the manner of living of
)f Qur Obtain his Ph. D. In 1916-17, Dotctor Funkhouser pre-historic peoples in Kentucky.
Brslty ` Was made an Honorary Fellow at Cornell and in During the summer of 1919 these men worked