1969-1970 Yearbook

SHIRLEY BIRDSALL, MSLS DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Olree studies best conditions of fitness for space program DH. IIAHHY DOYLE OLHEE, Director of Hesearch, conducted experiments under cont ract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to determine Ihe best condi ti ons for developing and mainlaining th e hii!hest level of physical fitness for space flight. Hesults of this year's experiments were compared to those of previolls ycars~ and recommendations w('rc then presented to NASA for their consideration. Cha irman of the physical educat ion depar tment. Dr. Olree served as president of the Arkansas Association for H ealth . Ph ys ica l Education and Recrea tion. J-Ie is a fellow in th e Amrrican associa - tion of the organ ization and serves as ed itor of th e newsletter an d a member of the Board of Trustees of th e Ameri can Co llege of Spor ts M ed icin e. 26 LIBRARIAN Miss Birdsall's main objective is $400,000 library addition SHIRLEY ANNE BIRDSALL, editor of the 1954 Petit Jean, has been librar ia n at Harding since 1962. H er rna in concern this year has been the plans for the 5400.000 addition to the present library fa cilities. She worked closely with department chairmen in building and expanding the excellent library collection of more than 92,000 volumes. She is a member of the Arkansas Library Association , the Ameri can Library Association. the American Association of U niver sity Women and Beta Phi Mu, an honorary lib rary science society. HARRY DLREE, EdD

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