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New Faculty Have
Top Degrees
(Editor's Note: We regret that all
faculty pictures are not available.
Watch for them in Range Rider issues
to come.)
Over half of the new academic per-
sonnel at Hardin-Simmons have doc-
tor's degrees or will receive them with-
in the next year, Dr. Edward G. Groes-
beck, vice president for academic af-
fairs, announced. Five divisions are
headed by men with doctor's degrees
and the top five administrators have
doctor's degrees.
"The addition of the doctors to the
present faculty and staff is only the
beginning of a stepped-up program of
recruitment and retention of faculty
members," Dr. Elwin L. Skiles, H-SU
president, explained.
New division chairmen include Dr.
John C. McGraw, education and social
studies; Dr. Doyle McCoy, division of
sciences and Dr. T. W. Dean, school of
music.
Dr. McGraw, also chairman of the
history department, holds a doctor's
degree from Texas Tech as well as de-
grees from Howard Payne College and
H-SU. He has done doctoral work at
Florida State University and Harvard.
Dr. McGraw is especially interested in
American, European and Latin Amer-
ican History as well as political
science. He is a former history instruc-
tor at Texas Tech and professor in his-
tory at William Carey College, where
the 1966-67 yearbook was dedicated to
Dr. McGraw.
Dr. McCoy is also head of the biology
department. He holds the PhD degree
from Oklahoma State University, the
master of science degree in botany
from the University of Oklahoma and
the bachelor of science degree from
East Central State College in Ada,
Oklahoma. HIe is the author of many
articles for scientific journals and pul -
lications.
Dr. Dean, nationally-known music
teacher and H-SU alumnus, received
the PhD degree in musicology at the
University of Southern California. His
master's degree is from Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, N. Y.
In addition to Dr. McGraw and Dr.
McCoy, other department heads in-
clude Dr. Guy F. Greenfield, sociology.
Dr. Floyd W. Bird, chemistry and
George Housewright, who is complet-
ing doctoral work at the University of
Arkansas, economics.
Dr. Greenfield holds the doctor of
theology degree from Southwestern
Theological Seminary in Fort Worth.
His bachelor of arts degree is from
Oklahoma Baptist University. He is
currently working on a master of arts
degree at the University of Alabama.
Dr. Bird holds the master's and doc-
tor's degrees from Oregon State Uni-
versity with a major in analytical
chemistry and minors in inorganic
chemistry and college teaching.McGraw McCoy
Housewright Bird
Also new to the H-SU faculty are Dr.
Lloyd D. Huff, professor of English and
Dr. Stephen Chen. associate professor
in political science and history. Dr.
Huff holds the bachelor of arts degree
from Trinity, master of arts from
Baylor University and PhD from In-
diana University. Dr. Chen holds the
master's and doctor's degrees from
Southern Illinois University. He has a
bachelor of arts degree from the Uni-
versity of Shanghai.
.Housewright holds a bachelor of
business administration degree from
North Texas State University and a
masters degree from H-SU.
Hugh Brown, former reference li-
brarian at Carson-Newman College,
has been named director of the H-SU
library. Brown holds the master of arts
degree and the master of library
science degree from the University of
Mississippi and the bachelor of arts de-
gree from Mississippi College.
Department Appointments
New department appointments in-
clude art, James Flury, instructor; bi-
ology, George Newman, candidate for
PhD at New Mexico State University,
Terry Foster, instructor; business, Bev-
erly Chiodo, instructor in secretarial
administration; chemistry, John Busby,
instructor; economics, James R. Vin-
son, candidate for PhD at the Univer-
sity of Houston, assistant professor:
English, Mrs. John Turner, assistant
professor; Jack Fryar, graduate as-
sistant; George Yonge, special parttime
instructor. and Mrs. Katherine Mc-
Neil, instructor.
French, Alta Jacobson. assistant pro-
fessor, and Mrs. Carol Ann Roberts,
special instructor; geology, Alvin C.
Hope, Jr., parttime instructor; history,
B. W. Aston, candidate for PhD atDean
Huff
a'a
GreenfieldChen
Texas Tech, assistant professor; psy-
chology, Rod Cannedy, candidate for
PhD at Baylor University, assistant
professor: physical education, Wanda
Jean Owen. instructor.
School of music, John C. Ellis, in-
structor in organ and theory: John
William Owens, assistant professor in
brass and music education; Mrs. Dor-
othie N. Owens, instructor in cello and
music education: J. G. Martin, candi-
date for PhD at University of Texas,
associate professor in music: ROTC,
Captain Carl Dean Taggart and Cap-
tain W. B. Bowersox, assistant profes-
sors in military science.
Acting Director
Speech, George W. Sorensen, instruc-
tor in speech and acting head of the
Van Ellis Theater.
Sorensen has served as head of the
fine arts department at Abilene's
Cooper High School for three years. He
received his bachelor of arts degree in
drama and education from Baylor and
his master of arts degree in speech and
drama from thle University of Colo-
rado.
A veteran of Army service, Sorensen
taught junior high school speech and
English in the Lubbock (Tex.) school
system for one year before joining the
Abilene system. He has directed three
plays which have won the right to go
to the Texas University Interscholastic
League one act play state contest, one
of which won first place in 1964.
Sorensen has directed four children's
theater plays in cooperation with the
Abilene Junior League.
Dr. Zane Mason, after serving as act-
ing dean of faculties for one year, will
le professor in history.
Dr. Joe T. Starnes of the Ahilene
Public Schools will be special parttime
instructor in education.
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