program on the campus, a V-12 unit, comprising navy and marine enlisted men who were officer candidates. The first contingent arrived in July, 1943. Since the V-12 unit placed its men in regular college courses there was considerable satisfaction among faculty and administration even though requiring all trainees to take physics and mathematics made it necessary to expand these departments. Eleven fraternity houses were made available for V-12 quarters and offices were set up in the Student Union. The first officer in charge was Lt. Commander Donald R. Green. He was soon succeeded by Lt. Commander Omar C. Held, former dean of students at the University of Pittsburg, who contributed greatly to the success of the V-12 unit at Colgate; Capt. Leonard M. Foley, U.S.M., had special responsibility for the Marine trainees. Dean Carl A. Kallgren, ’17, was the coordinator representing the college. Trainees were informed in March, 1944, that those who came to Colgate directly from secondary schools would be granted full credit for work taken at Colgate and be automatically admitted as regular students if they returned after war service, while those from other colleges could apply for admission by transfer. The program ended in June, 1946. Its total enrollment had been 1,137 of whom 736 were bluejackets and 401 Marines.
