Crooks to Replace Elliott As Head of Summer School

Thomas E. Crooks '49 has been named director of the Summer School of Arts and Sciences and of Education. Assistant director since 1956, he will assume his new post on July 1.

Crooks succeeds William Y. Elliott, LeRoy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, who has resigned to spend more time on his writing and research. Elliott has been director of the School since 1949.

Leaves Placement Office

When he takes over the post, Crooks will relinquish his current position of director of Student Placement in the Faculty. His chief duty at the present is helping students with post-graduate plans.

Since 1952, the School's enrollment has increased from 2,162 to a total of 3,669 last summer. In 1959 these men and women took over 130 different courses, came from 279 colleges, and included students from 61 foreign countries.

School's History

Summer instruction began at the University in 1871 with a course in botany. The following summer approximately 50 students took part in a research project in natural history conducted on Penikese Island in Buzzard's Bay.

The University recognized the school formally in 1891, but did not add any courses in education until 1920.

The School's new director held a National Scholarship and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard after serving in the Second World War. During the Korean crisis he taught history and economics at West Point, joining the University's staff in 1956 after two years with the Ford Company.

Crooks grew up in western Pennsylvania and attended the New Bethlehem High School. After graduating from the College he received a Master of Public Administration Degree from the University in 1952.