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Show Deivid E. Jones Associate Professor of Theatre "In the Theatre," says Dr. Jones, "there is an opportunity for imaginative self-expression. One has a chance to penetrate into realms that are not readily accessible to him in real life." A fascinating man with an effervescent manner, he exploits the potentialities of the dramatic situation to awaken in students an awareness of the fullness of human life and experience. Since joining the faculty in 1965, after several years of distinguished theatrical accomplishment in his native England and at the University of Minnesota, he has breathed creative force into dramatic works and wrung from them, as teacher and director, their full measure of significance. Dr. Jones is interested above all in people; his goal as a teacher and as a man is to foster a broader outlook and a greater scope in human understanding. "Education," he says, "is a very personal thing," and must first function on this basic level. The experience of theatre, with its potential for creative involvement among people and between performers and their audiences serves as the best possible kind of education - the education of the whole being. Don M. Rees Professor of Zoology Completely dedicated to teaching and human betterment, Dr. Rees has contributed significantly to medical entomology. He is respected throughout the nation as a pioneer in mosquito abatement and control. His reverence and love of life, both personally and academically, reflect his productive and honest nature. "To me," he says, "there is no more fascinating study than the study of life." His pet project at the University is the new Institute for Environmental Biological Research, which combines the talents of all environmental sciences in cooperative effort to produce ways of "improving the fast deteriorating environment in which we live." But teaching and personal cooperation with students remain his first loves, and even after 37 years he approaches a classroom with enthusiasm. Dr. Rees feels that a teacher must stimulate in his students a lasting interest in his subject and challenge them to independent study. He takes pride in the successes of his students, and despite all his personal attainments, he feels that his "greatest satisfaction has been in teaching and in the accomplishments of students that I've been working with." 47 |
