MMENT WEBER STATE COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AUGUST 1972 The Bishop Period Begins July 1, 1972 was a very important date in the history of Weber State College. The date marked the official retirement of Dr. William P. Miller, who led the Ogden School through one of its greatest periods of growth and development. As it was an end, it was also a beginning; 39 year old Dr. Joseph L. Bishop, Jr. settled into the Administration Building and began his term as the new president of the State of Utah’s fastest growing major college. Dr. Bishop was named president of Weber State at the meeting of the Utah State Board of Higher Education on the 23rd of May, and for the past month or so has been tying up loose ends in his previous position as director of a consortium of colleges in Miami, Florida, and moving his family into the area. The selection of Joseph Bishop to succeed Dr. Miller as president of Weber State has been soundly applauded, as Dr. Bishop brings an excellent background, a dynamism and a sense of urgency into the positon. Always of interest in a change of command is the feeling, and the philosophy, that a new leader will bring to a position. Much of this feeling is involved with the personal background and family of the individual. Dr. Bishop and his wife, Carolyn, an experienced teacher in her own right, bring with them to the campus 5'sons ranging in age from 5 to 14. The fact alone, of have 5 active, energetic, boys in the official presidential residence and moving about the campus is bound to have an effect on both students and faculty. It has been said of Dr. Bishop, that he is very much student oriented, and we are reminded that the basic reason for institutions of higher learning is to serve the student, and to do all for them that the in- stitution and its many staff and faculty are capable of doing. ‘News Chief Lou Gladwell, Dr. Bishop Although presently still in the settling period, when both the new president and his family, as well as all faculty and staff members are becoming accustomed to one another, there are indications that the mark of the administration of Joseph Bishop may well be one of decisive leadership and direction as well as accessability. Accessability by the many publics of the college; the community, the alumni, the faculty, the staff and most importantly, the student and the prospective student. Dr. Joseph Bishop was born in Delta, Utah, August 23, 1932. He attended local schools until graduation from high school, after which he enrolled at Southern Utah State College, then the College of Southern Utah at Southern Utah State College, then the College of Southern Utah at Cedar City. Ater two years at CSU, Dr. Bishop entered BYU, graduating from the Provo school with a BA degree in Spanish in 1957. Between his graduation from College of Southern Utah, and his enrollment at BYU, he spent 2% years as an LDS missionary in South America, where he became very fluent in the Spanish language, which later became his major subject. After completion of his Batchelor’s Degree he remained at BYU until 1959, when he was awarded a master of arts, also in Spanish with a minor in French. Dr. Bishop was accepted at Claremont Graduate Shool in Claremont, California in 1964 earning a PHD in Education from that highly touted institution in February 1971. Dr. Bishop has an interesting and varied background in Education, in both teaching and administration. In 1960-62 he was an instructor of English and foriegn languages at Imperial Valley College in California. In 1962 he became President of the Haitian- Americian Institute in Haiti, was a professor and dean of instruction at Mt. San Jacinto College in Gilman Hot Srpings, California from 1964-67, and vice president of Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois. He remained at Prairie State until 1969, when he helped organize GT-70, a consortium of 10 community colleges, with headquarters in Miami, Florida. He then became Executive Director of GT-70, a position he has held up to the present time. Joseph Bishop was an above average student, but did not confine all of his educational activities to the classroom. At College of Southern Utah, he played on the baseball team for two years, was featured in various school dramatic offerings, and took an active part in fraternal and social functions on the campus. While at BYU much of the time that Joseph Bishop was not spending in classrooms was spent in personal pursuits, one such pursuit being a young lady from his home town by the name of Carolyn Callister. Joseph L. Bishop, Jr. and Carolyn Callister were married in Salt Lake City in 1956 and joined the ever- growing ranks of the married students. Mrs. Carolyn Bishop, like her husband, is a native of Delta, Utah. She is a talented musician, and was active in drama and musical productions through high school and college. Preceding her husband by one year, Carolyn Bishop graduated from the BYU in 1956 with a BS degree in Business Education and a minor in Music. Upon graduation Mrs. Bishop taught at the BY High School Preparatory School in Provo, pie assisting her husband in completiton his senior year. She later taught at - Central Union Hgh Schoool, in El Centro, California and Imperial Valley Jr. College, also in Clifornia. An energetic and vivacious