Newly named president of George Mason University, Vergil H. Dykstra (center), addressing the George Mason University community and the media, April 3, 1973 in Finley Hall. On the right is former president, Lorin A. Thompson, while on the left is…
Photograph of George Mason University President, Robert C. Krug in his office at George Mason University, Fairfax Campus. Photograph is undated, but is most probably ca. 1977 or 1978. 5" x 7" photograph print; black and white.
Merten arrived on campus in 1996 believing Mason could emerge as an academic and cultural hub in the Washington, D.C., region like other metropolitan area universities around the country.
Dr. Shea is seated on top of a table. Caption at the bottom of the photograph reads: "If they try to draft me, they are going to have to take this table with me."
Robert Krug, then acting as Dean, cited in an oral interview that Dr. Shea had…