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Show Two Ufaims to Receive C.SJU. Honorary Degrees 1 Two prominent Utah educators educa-tors will receive honorary doctorates doc-torates from College of Southern South-ern Utah at commencement exercises Jun? 5, It was announced an-nounced by Dr. Royden C. Braithwaite, CSU president. David L. Sargent, formerly head of the CSU Biology and Agriculture Departments and ' professor emeritus of the college, col-lege, and N. Blain.3 Winters, director of teacher personnel and school community relations rela-tions for the State Department of Public Instruction, will be awarded the honorary degrees in Humanities in recognition of their outstanding rviee to CSU, Cedar City, and the State of Utah, Dr. Braithwaite said. Prof. Sargent was born in Hoytsville, Utah. Ho graduated graduat-ed from Summit Stake Academy Aca-demy and received teaching certification from the University Univer-sity of Utah. He taught In Box Elder County and later returned to the U of U and USU to complete requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree. lift, rr.; , (''. " ' 1 1- " i ff Hat . 4iK ii HhI' M Mm i i 'la- km HHI .. MMSM . IHiBM N. BLAINE WINTERS lie served as principal of Grace, Idaho, High School and as county agent of Bear Lake County. He became head of the Agriculture Department at Branch Agricultural College, forerunner of CSU, in 1920. He completed requirement;? for a Master's degree at USU in 1927, where he was elected to Phi Kappa Phi national mm I i iiii i (Ppjf( i sjiiiii i ill Jl " i'ii.'iihiwiimiiwwiiwwwiu ji .ffli.iffv UNMAN DAVID L. SARGENT honorary scholarship fraternity. fratern-ity. He attended Michigan State College in 1934-35, working work-ing toward a PhD degree. Prof. Sargent became head of the CSU Biology Department Depart-ment in 1935 and held that position until his retirement in 1955. He continued teaching teach-ing on an emeritus basis until 19G0, when he and Mrs. Sargent Sar-gent were called to fill a mission for the Church of Je-us Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hawaii. While there he taught at the Church Col-legs Col-legs of Hawaii. He taught at CSU for three more years after af-ter returning to Cedar Clt; He has served the LDS Church as a, stake president, bishop, rnembeY of the High Council, patriarch, and many other positions. He has also held positions of leadership in the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce, Escalante Knife and Fork Club, Iron County Farm Bureau, Rotary Club, and Southern Utah Rehabilitation Rehabili-tation Center. Mr. Winters is a native of Ogden and was graduated from USU. lie did graduate work at Yale, University of !outlv3rn California, and U of U. He holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees. He taught in the Cache and Davis School Districts and was principal in the Beaver and Mebo Districts. Ho has served serv-ed on the visiting faculties of the U of U, USU and BYU. has been secretary-treasurer of the Utah Conference on Higher Education since its organization or-ganization in 1944 anH is at present a member of the Board of Trustees of the Utah Education Association. Mr. Winters held office in the Utah Congress of Parents and Teachers, Utah and National Na-tional Safety Councils, Utah State Board on Alcoholism, Utah Child Guidance Center, Adult Mental Hygiene Clinic, and Intermountain Radio and' Television Council. He has written and published on a variety of subjects including -aety. democratic school administration, ad-ministration, health, library surveys, problems of teacher' supply, education for citizenship, citizen-ship, school janitors' salaries, problems of alcoholism, teacher teach-er certification, and savings programs. |