Herman T. Briscoe has been responsible for many progressive steps by Indiana University since the inauguration of Herman B Wells as President. Dean Briscoe's research has brought about recommendations for the University's future advancement through his reports in the last 15 years which have furnished the President and the University faculty with a steady source of information for structural changes. Dean Briscoe has been Dean of Faculties since that office was created in 1940.
Besides being chairman of the Department of Astronomy, Frank K. Edmondson is secretary of the astronomical section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, treasurer of the American Astronomical Society, and is a member of two commissions of the International Astronomical Union. In addition to his active posts in all these organizations, Prof. Edmondson teaches several classes of astronomy at IU.
