Newsletter from Lycoming College, May 1962

              Newsletter From
COMING VOLUME 15— NUMBER 2 MAY 1962
1962
ALUMNI
WEEKEND
SCHEDULE
HONORARY DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED
CHANCELLOR TOLLEY NAMED
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
William Pearson Tolley, Chancellor of Syracuse
University, will receive the honorary degree. Doctor of
Laws, and deliver the Commencement Address, at the
114th Commencement of Lycoming College June 3,
1962. Dr. Tolley became the seventh chancellor and
president of Syracuse University in 1942.
Before returning to his alma mater as chancellor.
Dr. Tolley had for 11 years headed Allegheny College
in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
^^mb» He was elected president J P V of Allegheny in 1931 at the r^ v
age of 30—then the young-
' est man in the nation to
head a four-year institution
V '-8^% ^*-v of higher learning. In the
brief span of nine years be-
^^^A *%, v |^^ tween graduation from
|^^B r4 J ' ^^^B Syracuse in 1922 with an HbS^^ %| A.B. degree and the ap-
^L^ff '."•• pointment as a college
«"» f?. .*r president, Dr. Tolley ac-william
pearson tolley complished the follow-ing:
° Earned four advanced degrees and in 1925 was or-dained
a minister of The Methodist Church. The
degrees were: M.A., Syracuse University, 1924; B.D.,
Drew Theological Seminary, 1925; M.A., Columbia
University 1927: ;inrl PhD Columbia Universitv,
1930.
Assumed additional duties in 1927 as Alumni Secre-tary
of Drew Seminary and Assistant to the Presi-dent
of Drew University.
* Elected the first Dean of Brothers College in 1929.
At the same time he completed studies for his Ph.D.
degree at Columbia while planning the curriculum
and organizing the faculty for Brothers College.
His accomplishments at Syracuse have been no less
striking. Dr. Tolley has completed several successful
financial campaigns including one for $15,000,000, in-creased
the physical assets of the University from $13,-
000,000 to more than $65,000,000 and he has increased
the endowment more than five-fold from about $4,000-
000 to more than $20,000,000. Nearly 1,400 faculty
members now teach in educational programs that span
the state.
Twenty-four colleges and universities have con-ferred
honorary degrees upon Dr. Tolley.
R1SHOP CORSON TO DELIVER
RACCALAUREATE SERMON
Fred Pierce Corson, Resident Bishop of the Philadel-phia
area of The Methodist Church, will deliver the
Baccalaureate Sermon to the Class of 1962 at 10:45 on
the morning of [une 3, 1962. In the afternoon, at the
114th Commencement of Lycoming College, he will
have the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters,
conferred upon him. As in recent years, the bacca-laureate
service will be held in the sanctuary of the
Pine Street Methodist Church.
Bishop Corson received his A.B. degree from Dick-inson
College graduating with Phi Beta Kappa hon-ors.
Drew University con-ferred
the B.D. degree up-on
him where he was the
first recipient of the John
Heiston Willev Award for
pulpit excellence. He
joined the New York East
Annual Conference of The
Methodist Church in 1920
serving as pastor of church-es
in New York and Con-necticut.
Later he served
as District Superintendent
of the Brooklvn South Dis-trict
of that Conference. In
1934 he was elected the 20th President of Dickinson.
He continued as President until 1944 when he was
elected to the episcopacy of The Methodist Church.
Minister, educator, and administrator. Bishop Cor-son
has had a distinguished career. Last year he was
installed as President of the World Methodist Council,
His extensive travels abroad have made him an influ-ential
figure in international affairs. In 1961 he was
a delegate to the World Council of Churches' Assem-bly
in New Delhi, India. He is also the recipient of
the St. George's Medal for distinguished service in the
World Methodist Church.
A member of a number of academic societies and
fraternities. Bishop Corson was awarded tin- Yoiktown
Medal of the Society of Cincinnati for distinguished
service in the Held of Christian citizenship and educa-tion.
A trustee of seven institutions. Bishop Corson has
been a member of the Board of Directors of Lycoming
College since 1949.
Twenty-four colleges and universities have con-ferred
honorary degrees upon Bishop Corson.
FRED PIERCE CORSON