Dedicated servants receive honors Founder's Day April 30 retirement has Memorial provided more time for painting - - year by the WSC Alumni Association. Edith Hester, WSC director of alumni relations, said the alumni board chose Hurst ‘‘. . . because of his outstanding service to Weber } pre years. art department came to him with the problem of how they could go on to college and study art when they couldn’t afford to live away from home. student petition started art dept. 0 that 946. eld » late 35 Smith a. } y of lion,’ said Outdoor Sam Powell. Collett M.A. earned He has American World writer a member staff. B.A. and Brigham Young also attended the of the WSC faculty or Hurst will receive the award during ‘“‘Founders Day’’ ceremonies April 30. | The 3 both degrees from University. the highest is award the association bestows upon award was established in 1970 by the family of former Weber College president Dr. Henry Aldous Dixon, for the purpose of recogniz- ing outstanding WSC employees. Hurst has served as vice presi- Brady telephoned him and asked if had he and his wife could come to the campus, ‘‘I was just too swamped to leave for a few days, so he told me over the telephone.”’ ecting the college’s news bureau, assorted publications, alumni relations, cultural affairs and college development. : Active in the community, he has served as president of the Ogden Rotary Club, Ogden Week chairman, United Fund Campaign chairman -- and has performed in num- first housed home-ec in area He remembered the first art department was housed in a con- verted home-ec He recalled of “T suggestedthat they get a petition up, and if they could get enough signatures on it I would take it to President Henry Aldos rendering and to we hard VanWagoner, who are still on campus,” he said. of the ficent State, to higher education, the community.” She said this moved onto the new campus we were in Building two, and from there we expanded into literally every building on campus except the gymnasium,”’ he laughed. years at WSC and talked about the beginnings “It was back in 1939,”’ he began, “and I was an art teacher at Ogden High School.’’ He explained that several of his good art students ector of professional art schools in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York, and painted an entire year while traveling throughout Europe. In 1973 he received the Dixon Award at WSC, and an Honorary Doctorate in 1977. . He said he was very honored that the art building would bear his name. “I really had no idea about it until the President called,’ he said, remembering that when President name. Viarch member but keeps almost as busy as before. He recently returned from the Oklahoma Wildlife Art Festival where, for the second year, he ‘‘won best of show award for his magni- and the building which will bear his Stuart a _ itis a wildcat or an individual. He describes the life of a In an interview at his studio last week, Collett reminisced about his ic as each the art area. ‘“‘When the planning building, which stages would make Weber the first college cam- pus in the state to have a special building just for art. The architect was Keith Wilcox, Dixon for them, and see if they who had been one of those high could get an art department startschool students to initiate art at ed.” WSC. ‘‘He worked very closely “They came up with 51 names,”’ with the entire faculty to plan the he grinned, ‘“‘and President Dixon ' building,’’ Collett said, recalling the said if that many people want an long hours each of the faculty put in to add their special expertise to art department we will have one.” Farrell Collett became the art de-— the plan. The building was completed in 1965. partment. ‘‘I started the program, wishes to share honor with wife dent for college relations since of 1980. Prior to that he assistant to the president A May was for col- lege relations. Joining the WSC staff in January of 1967, he carried out an assortment of assignments direct- ing college relations and develop- ment under three different presidents. During his career at WSC college for dir- broad responsibilities Collett expressed the desire to share the honor with his wife. ‘If I hadn’t had Martie, I couldn’t have erous productions. Hurst was born done the things duated from attended the Weber College and University of Utah I have done,’ he said. ‘‘She has backed me 100 percent.”’ The memorialization ceremony will be held in the art building gallery at 11 am Friday, April 30. local dramatic in and he has musical Ogden, gra- before going into the advertising and public relations business. He is married to the former Carol Watkins. They are the parents of three children. Page 7 aee-tit fine seo y. The hools. years presented aes est 37 Award, acmmasmneeeicee tote After ondon rica S By the WSC faculty, he retired in 1967, developed the curriculum and everything,” he added. “We taught 16 to 18 credits every quarter in those days,” he recalled, explaining that even with the heavy load, enrollments were soon too high for him to handle it all by himself. ‘‘As the college grew we added Doyle Strong and Ric- alumni award Howard Noel Dean W. Hurst, vice president for college relations at Weber State College, has been named the 13th recipient of the H. Aldous Dixon - Farrell R. Collett gets to know the subject of his art, whether The Founders’ Day Celebration will begin with memorialization of the Farrell R. Collett Art Building in honor of the man who helped design the building and was chairman of the art department for 30 to receive Art Galleries of New York, and his paintings are on exhibit in galleries awards are numerous sheepherder and his method of making sour dough bread, as Hurst biting member of the Grand Central throughout the U.S. and in Canada. _ portrayed in this picture. Dean deeeciadieamect All through his years of teaching he was also a very popular free lance artist. Even though he is modest in discussing his acccomplishments, his shelves boast an entire row of books giving him illustration credit. He is an exhi- athens Sei “Who’s Who in American Art”’ and in “American Artists of Renown.”’ anaemia The art building on campus will bear the name of retired professor Farrell R. Collett, who shared his talents with WSC students for over 30 3 years. Collett is listed in |