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William Stirton Records Vice President for University Services and Development William E. Stirton Papers, 1935-1956 (Predominately 1952-1955) 10.25 Linear Feet Accession Number 576 The papers of the Vice President for University Services and Devel- opment, William E. Stirton, were placed in the University Archives in July of 1958 and June of 1960. The papers include not only Stirton's files when he was Vice President hut also his files as Assistant to the President and Director of the Division of Community Relations. Also included are some files of John Richards who was Stirton's predecessor as Assistant to the President. William E. Stirton came to Wayne University in 1951 as assistant to President David D. Henry, became one of the University's four vice presidents in 1953 and served in that capacity until he left Wayne in 1956. Prior to coming to Wayne, he was a member of the Cass Technical High School faculty beginning in 1925 and served as its principal from 1946. During World War II Stirton was director of war training activ- ities for the Detroit Board of Education and was secretary and general manager of the Labor-Management Council. He was also the general man- ager of Detroit's Automotive Golden Jubilee, secretary of the Victory Council and a member of the board of directors of Detroit's 250th Birth- day Festival. Stirton earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engi- neering and a master's degree in physics and mathematics from the Uni- versity of Michigan. Stirton began his tenure at Wayne in September of 1951. As Assist- ant to the President, he served as a liaison between the University and the community and was involved, in particular, with proposed civic pro- jects. He also assumed some of the duties previously assigned to the President's Executive Assistant, Dr. John Richards, who left Wayne in 1951 to serve as Special Assistant for Education on the Secretary of the Army's staff. One of these duties was the liaison with the military for the University's Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program. In addition to carrying out special assignments for the President, Stirton was named Director, Division of Community Relation, in July of 1952. The office of vice president was created at Wayne in August of 1953. The first four vice presidents were: Arthur Neef (Vice President and Provost), Winfred A. Harbison (Vice President for Academic Admin- istration), Olin E. Thomas (Vice President for Business and Finance) and William E. Stirton (Vice President for University Services and Will lam E. Stirton Collection -2- Development.) While at Wayne, Stirton was appointed by the United States Foreign Operations Administration in 1955 as chief of an Indonesian ed- ucational survey team and spent two months in Indonesia. In 1956 he trav- eled to Bangkok, Thailand, to work on the development and direction of a technical institute to he affiliated with Wayne. During the spring of 1956 Stirton was a leading candidate within the Detroit Public School System to succeed Arthur Dondineau as super- intendent but removed himself from consideration. On July 1, 1956 he left Wayne to become a vice president at the University of Michigan at Dearborn. To a great degree his new responsibilities corresponded roughly to those at Wayne, namely university services and development. At the end of the year he was named director of the Dearborn campus and remained so until his retirement in 1968. Stirton died at age 79 in 1983. Upon his death U of M spokesman Richard Reynolds said, "...under his vision and direction the university annex became a reality. You could almost call him the founding father of U-M Dearborn." The papers of the Vice President for University Services and Devel- opment reflect Stirton's, and to a lesser degree Richards', activities in developing a good relationship with the community, business and in- dustry. The files often illustrate both the University's inadequate funding and search for funds, frequently successful; offer considerable information on scholarships, research and building proposals and pro- grams; and detail Wayne's involvement in civic affairs such as Detroit's millage campaigns of 1949 and 1953. In addition to public relations, fund raising and community "involvement, the papers provide perhaps the best documentation on the University's ROTC program through 1956. The files, originally maintained by Richards, trace Wayne's attempt to get a program in the 1930s and 1940s, the inception and activities of ROTC units from 1947 through 1956 and the Air Force's initial decision to disestablish its unit in 1955. William E. Stirton Collection -3- Important subjects covered in the collection are: (an index to subjects and correspondents will be found on page l6 Adult Education, 1954-1956 Alumni Awards, 1949-1951, 1955 Alumni House, 1956 Alumni Office, 1952-1956 Athletics, 1949, 1950, 1953-1955 Awards, 1940-1954 Bonstelle Playhouse, 1951 Buildings: see entries for Bonstelle Playhouse Medical Science Building Chatsworth Appartments Nursing, College of, Building Community Arts Building Physical Plant Community Service Building President's House General Services Building Science Hall Dedication Kresge Science Library State Hall Dedication McGregor Memorial Center Webster Hall Labor Dispute Mackenzie Hall Business Administration, School of, 1950-1956 Businessmen's Advisory Committee, 1954, 1955 Campus Trees, 1956 Chatsworth Apartments, 1951 Chemistry Department, 1954-1956 Cinema Guild, 1953 Computation Laboratory, 1951-1956 Community Arts Building, 1951, 1952 Community College, 1953-1956 Community Service Building, Proposed, 1952, 1953 Council of Religious Advisors, 1954-1956 Council of State College Presidents, 1953-1955 "Convertaplane," 1951-1954, 1956 Course Enrollment/Description, 1951 Cranbrook-Wayne Music Affiliation, 1953 Crathern, Alice, 1952-1954 Detroit Millage Campaign, 1949, 1953 Engineering, College of, 1946-1948, 1950-1956 Flyer Distribution Policy, 1952 Food Facilities, 1951 Foreign Visitors, 1953-1956 Geology Department, 1953-1955 Gear Engineering Institute, Proposed, 1954, 1955 General Services Building, 1955 Geriatrics, 1952-1955 Gifts and Grants, 1947-1956 Glee Club, 1952, 1953 Home Economics Department, 1952-1954 Housing, 1951, 1954-1956 Husband, George R., Chair, 1953 Industrial and Vocational Education, 1954-1956 Information Center, 1954-1956 Insurance, 1953-1955 William E. Stirton Collection -4- Journalism Department, 1951-1956 Kresge Science Library, 1951, 1953 Law School, 1955 Linck, Orville, 1955 McGregor Memorial Center, 1955, 1956 Maccabees Building, 1953 Mackenzie Hall, 1951 Materials Management Center, 1951-1954 Medical Science Building Michigan Week, 1954-1956 Mortuary Science, 1950, 1955 Music Department, 1946, 1952-1956 Music Hall, 1951 National Defense Involvement, 1951 Non-Matriculated Students, 1954 Nursery School, Home Economics, 1955 Nursing, College of, 1947-1956 Nursing, College of, Building, 1948-1956 Parking, 1948-1954 Patent Policy, 1946-1949 Personnel, 1950-1956 Personnel Policies, Non-Academic, 1951-1953, 1955 Pharmacy, College of, Parke-Davis Pharmacy Laboratory, 1952 Physical Plant, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955 Physics Department, 1954, 1956 President's House, 1953-1955 Press Relations and Publications Office, 1952-1956 Religion in Life Week, 1952-1955 Research Projects, 1950-1955 Restaurant Training Program, Proposed, 1955 Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1935-1956 Royal Oak Township, 1955 Scholarships, 1949-1956 Science Hall Dedication, 1949 Space utilization by non-University groups, 1954, 1955 Sports, 1949, 1950, 1953-1955 State Aid, 1946-1949, 1953-1956 State Control, 1946-1948, 1955, 1956 State Hall Dedication, 1949 Students, Non-Matriculated, 1954 Television, 1952-1955 Theatre, University, 1951-1956 Un-American Activities, 1952, 1953 Wayne Alumni Fund, 1955, 1956 Wayne, Anthony, Portrait, 1952 Wayne Engineering Research Institute, 1946-1954 Wayne University Foundation, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955 Wayne University Religious Center, 1955, 1956 Webster Hall Labor Dispute, 1948 Williams, Governor G. Mennen, Birthplace, 1955, 1956 Yarncraft Center, 1951-1953 William E. Stirton Collection -5- Among the correspondents are: (an index to subjects and correspondents will be found on page 16 Bow, Warren (President) Kornhauser, Arthur (Psychology) Boyd, Charles E. Larsen, Spencer A. (Business Butts, Carl (Sociology) Administration) Campbell, Harvey Lee, John J. (Dean, Graduate School) Carr, Arthur (Dean, Engineering) Lewis, Charles (Public Relations) Cortright, Rupert L. (Speech) Neef, Arthur (Vice President and Faville, Katharine (Dean, Nursing) Provost) Folley, Walter C. (Dean, Business Pixley, Henry (Associate Dean, Administration) Administration) Haessler, Carl Rapport, Victor A. (Dean, Liberal Henry, David D. (President) Arts) Hilberry, Clarence (President) Redl, Fritz (Social Work) Holden, Sprague (Journalism) Scott, Preston H. (Business Administration) Jacobson, Arvid W. (Computation Spathelf, Victor (Dean, Student Affairs) Laboratory) Zuidema, Henry Contents 22 manuscript boxes Series I, University Files, 1940-1943, 1946-1956; Boxes 1-11, 22 Records relating to colleges, departments, programs and committees and including subjects such as adult education, research and scholar- ships. Personnel files, box 22, are closed. Series II, Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Files, 1936-1956; Boxes 12-15 Files documenting Wayne's attempts to establish a ROTC program at the University in the 1930s and 1940s, the inception and activities of ROTC units from 1947 through 1956 and the Air Force's initial decision
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