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Show An able administrator who first came to this desk in 1946, . . President Olpin took little time lor relaxation from his busy schedule whicn included During the eighteen and one-half years of President A. Ray Olpin s Administration the University has expanded greatly in size and scope. Dr. Olpin assumed his office in 1946 when thousands of GI s were returning to school. Enrollment increased from three thousand to over nine thousand during his first year. To accommodate the increase, 450 acres of land and nearly 200 buildings were acquired from Fort Douglas at little cost to the state. Important improvements and new developments that appeared on the campus during these years include the organization of the Graduate School, the addition of several professional colleges, added emphasis on research, construction of KUED, expansion of the University Press as a means of encouraging faculty publications, creation of important University museums and embarkment on a long-range building program. President Olpin's influence has also extended beyond the campus. In 1953 he visited all universities in New Zealand and Japan under the Leaders and Specialists Program of the State Department. This was followed by several trips to European, Asian and African countries to investigate opportunities for exchange of faculty and students. In 1963 he made a study for the Ford Foundation on the use of visual aids, including television, in Japanese classrooms and in 1964 he returned to Japan to obtain an outstanding library dealing with Oriental culture. Before becoming president he was a member of the technical staff of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Director of Research for Kendal Mills and Director of the Research Foundation at Ohio State University. His accomplishments as a scholar, a scientist, and administrator have blended together into a successful and diversified career. breaking ground for new buildings like the Union 16 |
