VOL. 1 NO. 4
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DELAND, FLORIDA
APRIL 1973
$1.4 MILLION P-E BUILDING BEGUN
Judge Harold Clark
Installed Stetson
Alumni President
Harold Clark, a Duval County
Judge and a 1941 graduate of Stetson,
was installed as president of the
Alumni Association of the school
during the annual meeting of graduates
Saturday, February 24 on the campus
in DeLand. Judge Clark succeeds Frank
Ford, DeLand attorney, in the post.
Leland Phillips, class of 1961, was
selected as president-elect of the
association and will automatically
assume the presidency in 1974.
Phillips is a prominent
Washington, D.C. realtor
and developer.
Lee Rowell, director of Alumni
Affairs at Stetson, presented a report
on activities during the past year and
introduced John B. Rodgers ('39)
and Harry Gaylord ('36) who explained
new organizational and
by-law provisions.
Douglas Stenstrom, newly elected
chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Stetson University, addressed the
returning graduates in his dual
capacity as both an alumnus and
ranking officer of the trustees.
Stenstrom is the first graduate of the
university to serve as chairman
of the trustees.
Retiring president Frank Ford
presided at the meeting which
included presentation of Quarter
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DANA LAW 1SRARY
ADDITION DEDICATED
The dream of the Law School library
addition has become a reality and
appropriate ceremonies to commemorate
the event were held in March.
The dedication of the $400,000
addition was made possible by a
matching grant by the Charles A. Dana
Foundation and the efforts of the
campaign committee. William Amory
Underhill served as general chairman
and J. Ben Watkins was the chairman
of the campaign steering committee.
The Dedication was held on March
16 in the H. Jackson Crummer Hall.
Dr. J. Ollie Edmonds, chancellor,
presided at the ceremonies which were
highlighted by the presentation of the
addition by Maclean Gander, president
of the Charles A. Dana Foundation.
The addition brings the capacity of the
library, named for. Charles A. Dana to
160,000 volumes.
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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the
new Health & Physical Education
building were held on the DeLand
campus Tuesday, April 17. The
ceremonies were conducted by Dr.
John E. Johns, president, and Douglas
Stenstrom, chairman of the Board of
Trustees.
The $1,437,519 construction contract
is with Eugene W. Kelsey & Son, Inc.
of Orlando with completion "hoped-for"
within nine months.
W. E. McCully, vice president of the
construction firm and a Stetson
alumnus, will supervise construction
of the building which will serve as a
gymnasium for the university division
basketball team and also auditorium
for commencement, baccalaureate and
convocation exercises.
Frank Wheeler, of Oviedo, has
served as chairman of the Building and
Plans Committee of the Board of
Trustees, and with members Wendell
Jarrard, Sr. of DeLand, Charles Campbell
of Jacksonville, Gene Whidden of
Ft. Lauderdale and Dan Blalock of
Bradenton, have represented the
Trustees of Stetson in the development
of the plans.
The ground-breaking ceremonies, at
the site on the Boulevard north of
Emily Hall, were conducted before a
large audience of both university
personnel and DeLandites. The building
will also serve the needs of the local
community by providing a location for
special community events.
Dr. Johns commented that, "this is a
day long awaited by all who have known
the inconvenience of over-crowding
at basketball games; the agony of rain
during commencement exercises; and
the disappointment of turning away
large numbers for so many of the
lectures and musical events held on the
campus. This marks a great step
forward in the life of this university!'
The start of construction climaxes
two years of planning and preparation
for the multi-purpose building. Cartha
D. DeLoach vice president of Pepsi Co.,
Inc. has served as national chairman
of fund raising efforts. W. Michael
Chertok is director of Development
at Stetson.
Completion of the building will
enable an expansion of the academic
program of the Health and Physical
Education Department of the university.
Classroom and faculty offices will be
located in portions of the facility.
the new building will replace Hully
Gym, a 48-year old building on the
campus which was last used for
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