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Show Howard B. Cottrell Cashier John W. Crawford Maintenance Carpenter Arend H. DeBoer Director Stenographic Bureau Vera Dye Assistant in Registrar's Office Wendell L. Esplin Placement Director John C. Farner Building Custodian Leola Farr College Cafeteria Gay Felt Assistant in Library Betty Firth College Bookstore James R. Foulger, B. S., M. S., Ed. M., Ed. D Treasurer Wilma Grose, B. S., B. S. in L. S Reference Librarian Anna N. Gunarson College Bookstore Clarisse H. Hall, B. S Registrar Henry Hansen Building Custodian Lyle C. Hansen Secretary to College Veterans Coordinator Russell N. Hirst, M. D College Physician Luann Huss College Bookstore George A. Hyde Engineer Sarah Jackson Secretary to the Treasurer Georgia Johnson Secretary to Dean of Men Clyde Painter Maintenance Painter Jeanne Richards Assistant in Library Thomas Riley Assistant Treasurer Farrell Shepherd Manager, College Bookstore Gertrude Stallings Assistant to College Physician and Gymnasium Attendant Leslie Stallings Tool room Attendant Russell E. Streeper Accountant in Treasurer's Office William D. Stratford, B. A., M. A., Ph. D Dean of Men, Chairman of Student Guidance, Director of Guidance Mannie Takasogi Assistant in Treasurer's Office Lou Tillotson Secretary, Division of Technical Education Jerrald Truijello Night Engineer Abraham Visser Assistant Engineer Mae Welling, B. S., M. A Dean of Women and Chairman of Student Activities Darrell Williams Cashier LaMaus Wyatt Secretary, Extension Division Frank Yoshioka Maintenance of Grounds Adele Young Assistant in Treasurer's Office 1889 HISTORY 1931 Weber College, founded as an academy in the year 1889, was or-ganized as a junior college in 1922-1923 and transferred to State of Utah in 1933. Since that time it has been a state-supported junior college operated under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education. Weber College is fully recognized by institutions of higher learning. In 1932 it was accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. In 1931 it became a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges, and in 1939 of the American Council on Education. In 1940 Weber College was selected by the General Board of Education as one of nine colleges in the United States to receive a grant for cooperative study of terminal education courses, the findings of which were published May 1944, in a monograph prepared for the American Association of Junior Colleges by Henry Aldous Dixon, and members of the Weber College Faculty. Following are significant events in the administrative history of Weber College: 1889 Weber Stake Academy was founded by a corporation, the Church Association of Weber Stake. Louis Frederick Moench became Weber's first principal. 1890 Weber Stake Academy moved to the Weber Stake Tabernacle. 1891 Weber Stake Academy moved to the Fifth Ward Institute Building. 1892 The Louis Frederick Moench Building was erected. Emil B. Isgreen became principal. 1893 George Philips became principal. 1894 Louis Frederick Moench returned as administrator. 1902 David O. McKay succeeded Professor Moench as principal. 1907 A wing was added to the Moench Building. 1908 Wilford M. McKendrick became principal. During the fall of 1908 the name of the school was changed from Weber Stake Academy to Weber Academy. 1910 William W. Henderson became principal. 1914 James L. Barker succeeded W. W. Henderson as principal. 1916 The Normal School established by the L. D. S. Church Board of Education added two years of the college work to the four- year high school curriculum, and thus the institution acquired junior college status. The first college class was organized with H. A. Dixon in charge of the college work. 1917 Owen F. Beal became principal. 1918 The title of "Principal" was changed to "President." The name of the school was changed to Weber Normal College. 1919 Henry Aldous Dixon became president. 1920 Joel E. Ricks became president. 1922 Aaron W. Tracy became president. The institution was organized into two departments: (1) the senior high school (10th, 11th and 12th years); and (2) the college ( two additional years.) 1923 The High School Department was discontinued by the Commissioner of Education of the L. D. S. Church. The institution was named Weber College. The first Associate of Arts title was conferred. 1925 The Gymnasium Building was erected at a cost of $300,000.00 1928 The first Associate of Science title was conferred. 1931 Weber College became a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges. |