PROFILES: JAMES R. (BOB) PATTERSON New association president will follow in his father's footsteps s an MSM graduat e, .J ames R. (Bob) I allerso n ha s see n th e uni versit y change and ex pand ['rom th ea rl y 1950s to th e pre!'.enl. A s th e new ly in stall ed pres ident 0[' th e A lumni As!'.ociation, h w i ll help :- hape UMR ' s J'uture. Durin g th e recent homeco min g ac ti vi ti es, Pat ter!'.o n took tim e to reca ll son e 0[' the peo ple and place!'. J'rom hi !'. !'. tud ent da ys, talk abo ut hi s ['amil y and ca i'ee r and di scuss th e association 's plans J'o r th e co min ~ year. '"The civi l engineerin g departm 'nt was loca ted inllarri :- Iiall at that tim e and th ' ['oothall J'ield was behin d th e lihrary," says Pallerson , who rece ived a bache lor's degree in ci vi l eng ineering in 1954. '"M y w iJ" and I l ived in A rm y barracks w hi ch had he 'n co nve rt ed into apartmen ts betwecn w hat is no w th e ( ;raduate Ce nter J'o r Ma terial s Researc h and the Cat holi c churc h. "Pro J'e:-so r:- I ~ rkil , ti an in the math departm ent and .J o ' Senne, w ho taug ht stru c tures in th e ci v il en!,!in ee rin g departmcnt, prov ided exce ll ent in stru cti on," he adds. '".J ohn Best, w ho is now a proi'cSSlll' oj' civ il e n gineer in ~ at LJMR, was my stud y co m pa n ion , a nd we w 're 0 I't en en roll ed in t he sa me cla sses. " O ut :- id e th ' c la ss roo m, Pa ll erso n's activities inc lu ded membcrs hip in A lph a Phi O mega, a ['ra t ' f'I1it y oj' J'ormer Boy Sco ut s, w hi ch work ed pri maril y on s 'rv icc proj 'c ts around ca mpu s. '"O ne projc 't th at I rememher was a hook trade -in serv ice J'or stud ent s w ho wa nt ' d to sc II or bu y used tex tbooks," he says. Sinn : hi s da s as an MSM stud en t, severa l huildin gs ha ve bee n co nstru ct ' d on camp us and Pallerso n cred it s hi s J'a th er 's inJ'lu enc' in so m ' 0[' thos' chan ges. " M y ['a til er, J .F. ' Pat ' Pallerson, was a Mi sso uri s ' n;lI ll1' J'or _.\ y '