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                              CARL M. HILL

Carl M. Hill, President of Kentucky State College, was born in Norfolk, Virginia,
in 1907. He received his bachelor's degree from Hampton Institute in 1931, his
master's degree from Cornell in 1935, and his Ph. D. degree from Cornell Uni-
versity in 1941. During the period he was studying for his advanced degrees, he
was assistant professor of chemistry at Hampton Institute. In 1941 he accepted
a position as associate professor of chemistry at Greensboro Agricultural and
Technical College. In 1944 he was appointed professor and Head of the Depart-
ment of Chemistry at Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State University. In
1951 he became Chairman of the School of Arts and Sciences and in 1958, Dean of
the Faculty. He accepted the presidency of Kentucky State College in 1962.

Dr. Hill conducted research in organic chemistry especially with ketenes and
aliphatic, alicyclic and arylunsaturated ethers and Grignard reagents, and publish-
ed extensively in these areas. He also worked on the quality of fruits and vege-
tables; low temperature treatments of soft coals; and aroxyl acids and plant
hormones. He is also the author of a general college chemistry textbook.

From 1948 to 1952 he was supervisor of chemical research projects for the
Tennessee Valley Authority. During this period he also was associated with the
Research Cooperative, the United States Air Force Research and Development
Command, and the National Science Foundation.

He is a member of numerous professional and civic organizations, including ser-
vice on the Board of Directors of the Nashville Chapter of the American Association
for the United Nations and the Presbyterian Westminster Foundation. He is a
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dr. Hill is a distinguished scientist and educator who has accomplished much in a
quiet, unassuming manner. He has maintained his scholarly interests during his
effective career as an administrator. He is respected highly by his associates in
educational administrative circles and his leadership has been e xerted forcefully
without fanfare.

                           JOHN MASON BROWN

John Mason Brown, distinguished scholar, author, lecturer, editor, and critic was
born in Louisville, Kentucky, on July 3, 1900. He began his career on the staff of
the Louisville Courier Journal in 1917. He received his A. B. degree from Harvard
in 1923 and subsequently taught courses in history of the theatre, Shakespeare,
playwriting, and history of dramatic criticism in the summers of i923, 1929, and
1931 at the University of Montana; in the summers of 1935 and 1936 at the Bread-
loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College; and in the sunmers of 1937
through 1940 at Harvard University.

He was associate editor and drama critic of the Theatre Arts Monthly from 1924
to 1928; staff lecturer of the American Laboratory Theatre from 1925 to 1931;
drama critic of the New York Evening Post from 1929 to 1941; and drama critic
of the New York World-Telegram from 1941 to 1942. He served in the United