University of Virginia Library

Foreword

This is the fifth directory of living alumni of the University of Virginia. Those preceding
it were the "Schele Catalog" (1825-1875); the "Decennial Catalog" (1875-1885);
the "Colonnade Club Catalog" (1910); and the "Centennial Catalog" (1921). The last
named was prepared by the Alumni Association under the direction of Lewis D. Crenshaw
as a necessary facility for the Endowment Fund Campaign of that time which
eventually resulted in the collection of over one million dollars.

The publication of the "Centennial Catalog" also resulted in establishing in the alumni
office a more or less accurate card index of alumni both living and dead. These cards
are in the same classifications as appear in this directory and carry the same information.
There is also a complete set of stencils, arranged geographically, which are in
frequent use by the Alumni Association as well as by officers of the University and student
organizations.

At many institutions the maintenance of an accurate alumni list is held of such importance
that the work is done directly by the institution itself at its own expense and
under its own immediate supervision. At Virginia the responsibility was assumed by
the Alumni Association in 1914 as part of its program of service to the University. But
the limited income of the Association has not permitted the service to be thoroughly
done, and from time to time the Board of Managers has pointed out to the University
authorities the necessity of adequate provision being made for the purpose and the publication
of a Catalog every five years instead of at irregular intervals.

In 1929 the Board of Managers of the Alumni Association by resolution created the
Alumni Fund Council; the Articles controlling the operation of this Council were later
ratified at the annual meeting and the first members of the Council, 15 in number, were
then elected. Five are now elected at each annual meeting to serve for terms of three
years. In the Fall of 1929 the Council was called together and Joseph M. Hartfield of
New York was chosen chairman. The Council immediately recognized, just as had been
the case when the Centennial Fund was inaugurated, that a new Catalog was imperative
before any intelligent or comprehensive start could be made on an annual alumni fund,
which was the objective of the Council.

Faced by this obstacle, Col. Hartfield guaranteed personally to defray the cost of all
work required to get copy in the printers' hands. Whereupon, an official of the University,
John Lloyd Newcomb, agreed that the University would pay for the printing.
McLane Tilton, then secretary of the Alumni Association, was requested to take charge
of the work, which has since been carried on with all the speed and efficiency possible
in view of the antipathy of our alumni to fill out questionnaires giving information concerning
themselves. For whatever errors and omissions may appear in this book, alumni
will have themselves to blame in largest measure.

In all the circumstances the best has been done that could be done and thanks are due
to the more than 3300 alumni who have placed orders for this Catalog and to whom it
will shortly be mailed.