OUR DEANS ARE FRIENDLY LEADERS
THOMAS P. COOPER
One of the foremost agricultural leaders in fhe United States, Dr. Cooper has been dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics since 1918. He has served as president of the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and chief of the U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Dean Cooper acted as president of the University for one year after the retirement of Dr. Frank L. McVey.
CECIL C. CARPENTER
A UK staff member since 1936, Dr. Carpenter was made dean of the College of Commerce last year. He is a University graduate and a native of Mercer County. Formerly professor of economics at Marshall College, he was an economist for the Office of Economic Mobilization in Washington, D. C, during the war. Since 1938 he has organized programs for summer bankers' conferences and has had articles published in several leading professional journals. Quiet, sincere, and hardworking, he is highly respected by students and colleagues.
DANIEL V. TERRELL
Made dean of the College of Engineering in 1946, Prof. Terrell had been on the staff since 1912. A graduate of the University, he was instrumental in the establishment of the first laboratory in the South for testing road materials and now serves as director of the Modern Highway Materials on campus and of the Engineering Experiment Station. Dean Terrell assisted in the original design, and later, in the enlargement of McLean Stadium.
LOUIS A. PARDUE
An internationally known physicist, Dr. Pardue became dean of the University's Graduate School in 1948, succeeding the late Dr. W. D. Funkhouser. Dr. Pardue is chairman of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. Under his leadership, the University has participated actively in the Oak Ridge research program and has used facilities there to provide additional training for its faculty. Dr. Pardue has always shown a keen interest in the University's athletic program and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Athletic Association since it was formed.