{"id":65289,"date":"2022-05-31T13:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65289"},"modified":"2022-05-31T13:44:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T18:44:47","slug":"fhsu-celebrates-university-icon-with-naming-of-registrars-suite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=65289","title":{"rendered":"FHSU celebrates university icon with naming of registrar\u2019s suite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY FHSU FOUNDATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The registrar\u2019s suite at Fort Hays State University now has a new name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a ceremony last week, those offices on the\nthird floor of Picken Hall were named the Standlee V. Dalton Registrar\u2019s Suite\nafter the university\u2019s legendary first registrar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen\nI think about the registrar\u2019s office, I think about it representing the heart\nand integrity of this institution,\u201d said Dr. Tisa Mason, FHSU president. \u201cIt\ngives us great joy to celebrate the work that this office does every single day\nand to honor the legacy of Mr. Dalton.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nThe late Standlee V. Dalton was an icon of Fort\nHays State. He joined the university faculty in 1935 as a biology instructor,\nteaching botany, biology, and bacteriology. As the university grew, there\nbecame a need for a full-time registrar. Dalton was named the first registrar\nof FHSU in 1937, and he served in that capacity until his retirement in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalton served Fort Hays State as registrar\nthrough four presidents and made friends with faculty, staff, administration,\nand students along the way. While in the biology department, Dalton shared an\noffice with Lyman Wooster and stood as his best man at his wedding. Wooster\nwent on to become the fourth president of FHSU in 1941.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalton was also friends with Dr. Morton\nAlbertson and was considered a regular when it came to attending fossil digs\nwith George Sternberg or helping in the apple orchard and faculty garden behind\nCuster Hall. Dalton was among the group that traveled to Gove County with\nSternberg 70 years ago to successfully collect and bring the world-famous\nfish-within-a-fish fossil back to campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dalton loved teaching biology and working with\nthe FHSU students. Throughout his tenure as registrar, he continued to teach\nclasses because he treasured his time teaching and surrounding himself with\nstudents. He also wanted to be on both sides of faculty and administration.
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\nDalton\u2019s only son, Standlee H. \u201cBud\u201d Dalton, was in attendance to commemorate\nthe naming and dedication of his father in Picken Hall last week. Bud grew up\non the FHSU campus, moving to Hays at the age of 2. Bud was ecstatic about the\nnaming of the registrar\u2019s suite in memory of his dad.
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\n\u201cIf my dad were alive today, he would be super\nimpressed and amazed at what Fort Hays State has become and all that it is,\u201d\nBud remarked. \u201cIt was such a small school back then and we couldn\u2019t fathom the\ngrowth that it has had and its importance to the university system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standlee V. Dalton passed away in 2004 at the\nage of 103. His love for Fort Hays State was immense and will live on through\nthose who knew him and in the naming of the Standlee V. Dalton Registrar\u2019s\nSuite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suite is the second area on campus to bear\nDalton\u2019s name. The \u201cPieces of the World\u201d art sculpture outside Tomanek Hall was\ndedicated in honor of Dalton and James Kellerman in 1997. Dalton and Kellerman\nwere the university\u2019s first two registars who collectively served in that\nposition for 57 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 20 members of the Dalton family were on\nhand for the ceremony, including Tom Dalton from the Kansas City area, a\ngrandson of Standlee V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Dalton said that his grandfather would be\n\u201chumbled and proud of this honor and excited for the future of Fort Hays State\nand its vision for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLeading\nthe Office of the Registrar was the role he cherished most,\u201d Tom said, \u201cbecause\nhe loved people and loved being the first point of contact for every student\nwho set foot on campus. If he could greet students today, Stan would tell them\nto embrace the future, to remain optimistic, and to never stop learning. Never\nbe afraid to adapt and evolve.\u201d
\nTo learn more about the FHSU Foundation and how\nyou can name a space on campus in honor of a loved one, call 785-628-5620,\nemail foundation@fhsu.edu<\/a> or\nvisit https:\/\/foundation.fhsu.edu<\/a>.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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