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6 : O O p . m . BANQUET PROGRAM

BAUROOM OF THE ULINt UNION

WILLIAM

L* EVBRITT, Dean of the College of Engineering, Chairman

Introduction of distinguished \ isitors Address

"EDUCATION FOR HERB A NO NOW"

A, WALK, R* President^ Pennsylvania State University

DR* ERIC

OR* ERIC A, WALKER received his doctorate In engineering from Harvard In 1935. He taught mathematics and was head of Electrical Engineerlng at Tufts University 1933*40, was head of Electrical Engineering at the University of Connecticut 1940-42, and worked with the Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory 1942-45* At Pennsylvania State University he was head of Electrical Engineering and Director, Ordnance Research Laboratory 1945-51, dean of Engineering and Architecture 1951*56, vice-president 1956, and president since October 1, 1956, Dr. Walker was vice-chairman of the President's Committee for Scientists and Engineers 1956-58, and chairman of the National Science Foundation's Committee for Engineering, 1951-53* He is o member of the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation and president of the American Society for Engineering Education,