S EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 351 



CHANGES IN PERSONNEL 



In Administration, Arval L. F.rikson, assistant to the director, who 

 was given a > ear's leave of absence to serve w ith the Office of Price Ad- 

 ministration in Washington, resigned at the end of his leave, May 15, 1942. 

 John C. Sim, editor, resigned at the end of the previous fiscal year to take 

 his place in the armed forces. John 1 . Kangas, assistant editor, resigned 

 September 5, 1942 to take a similar position with (Cornell University. 

 David Joll\-, university librarian, resigned August 31, 1942 to assume the 

 position of hbrarian at Hampton Institute and Robert B. Sears, assistant in 

 charge, plant and animal sciences lil)rar)', resigned August 31, 1942 for 

 military service. Miss Camilla Romstad was appointed publications editor 

 October 1, 1942. Miss June M. Owen was appointed as assistant editor at 

 the beginning of the fiscal year and served until November 3, 1942. Miss 

 Thclma Brackett was appointed university librarian, September 1, 1942. 

 Miss Lurlene Ciordon was appointed library assistant in charge of plant 

 and animal sciences library, September 3 of the same year. 



Two assistant chemists, Miss Helen J. Purinton and Arthur E. Teeri 

 were added to the staff in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry on May 

 17 and iMay 1, 1943, respectively. 



John C. Holmes, for several years employed as an assistant in the field 

 with land use and similar studies, was given a definite contract as research 

 assistant in Agricultural Economics, January 1, 1943. 



In Agronomy, we lost C. L. \V. Swanson who was called in as a re- 

 serve officer in the army, July 1, 1942; also, Walter H. Lyford who left us 

 September 12, 1942 to accept a similar position with the U. S. D. A. Louis 

 T. Kardos was appointed as assistant agronomist, June 1, 1943. 



With the relinquishing of our sheep project Albert Littlehale, shep- 

 herd, became herdsman in the department of Animal Husbandry with a 

 title change to correspond. 



Mrs. Bessie G. Sanborn severed her connection with Bacteriology in 

 order to give all her time to seed testing in Agrononn-. Arthur F, Howe 

 completed his work as graduate assistant in Bacteriology as of June 30, 

 1942. Miss Edythe M. Kenney and Arthur J. Shanahan served as technical 

 assistant and graduate assistant, respectively, for the fiscal year. Miss 

 Theresa Sicilian was appointed graduate assistant as of July 1, 1943 and 

 Mrs. Dorothy Turtle w as also appointed as laboratory technician for the 

 new fiscal year. 



Ra>'mond W. Barratt was changed on March 22, 1943 from a grad- 

 uate assistant in Botan>- to a full-time worker with the title of research 

 assistant. Mrs. Helen R. Barratt was hired also as a research assistant as 

 of March 8, 1943. 



In Entomology, Anthony Standen, research chemical assistant, com- 

 pleted his assignment at the end of the fiscal year. Joseph W. Enke suc- 

 ceeded him w ith the title of research assistant. 



William A. Johnson was given an assignment in Forestry Extension 

 work in this state, September 15, 1943. 



jMiss Wilmer D. Brewer in Home Economics resigned at the end of 

 the fiscal year, June 30, 1943, to take a position nearer home. Mrs. x\lice M. 

 King, hired on a temporary basis, had her contract extended to August 31. 



