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JOHN W. SCHWADA BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS. STATE UNIVERSITY. DECEMBER, 1974 A Unktersity Grows in Stature and Seraice

To a university community accustomed to dra- Industry Research Center came to the campus to ex- matic enrollment growth and facilities expansion, the change information on solar energy research with year 1.973-74 at may ASU scientists. Five new research centers were estab- have seemed relatively uneventful. But a closer in- lished at ASU to intensify the search for new knowl- spection of the year's achievements reveals solid and edge and to serve the people of the state. significant gains in the fulfilling of its threefold mis- The first students were admitted to the new sion: teaching, research and service. Ph.D. programs in Geology and Sociology, and Growth was evident on every hand. Enrollment Ph.D. programs in Economics and Ceography were increased more than 5 percent, to 28,724 sttt- readied for launching in Fall Semester 1974. Pro- dents, during a period when national enrollments in posals for new graduate degree programs face in- higher education showed little or no gain. The rate of creasingly rigorous review, and even established increase in graduate enrollment at the University con- programs must now undergo periodic quality assess- tinued to exceed the University-wide rate. ment by the University's Graduate Council. Arizona State University awarded 5,648 de- Quality of entering freshmen continues to rise, recent that grees during the year - a larger number than any Ari- as evidenced by a study showed 59 per- zona university had ever awarded in a previous year. cent of ASU freshmen ranked in the upper quarter of The new Charles A. Stauffer Communication their high school graduating classes. Arts Building, the University Activity Center, and A record 6L nations sent students to Arizona Packard Baseball Stadium were dedicated. Work State University during 7973-74, and all 50 was begun on a new six-story addition to the Ceorge states are represented in the enrollment. Yet the Uni- M. Bateman Physical Sciences complex. versity continues to be primarily an Arizona institu- University Library holdings reached and passed tion, with more than 80 percent of the student body the 1,500,000-volume mark, exclusive of holdings composed of Arizona residents. in the library collections of the several professional ASU's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa received its schools. charter, and other academic honor societies on cam- But these numbers, impressive as they are, do pus enjoyed a year of growth and increased activity. not accurately reflect the progress achieved through- Graduates of Arizona's community colleges con- out the University in teaching, research and service. tinued to swell the University's upper-division enroll- The steady rise in quality of the faculty, student body ment. The Arizona Board of Regents made strides and University programs is less amenable to quanti- toward approval of a uni{orm plan for credit hansfer tative measurement. from the community colleges to the three state univer- Some idea of Arizona State University's growing sities. In addition, the Regents and the State Board of academic stature may be gained from the fact that Directors for Community Colleges of Arizona jointly more than 2,500 members of the American Insti- published the "Arizona Higher Education Course tute of Biological Sciences and its affiliated learned so- Equivalency Guide" to facilitate the transfer of cieties convened on the ASU campus in June for their credits. annual conference. This meeting was one of several In a move to cope with sharply-increasing educa- noteworthy national and regional conferences held tional costs, the Regents approved increases in Sum- at the University. Japanese members of the Overseas mer Sessions and Extension fees, and announced

3 that non-resident tuition at Arizona State University creasing numbers of students and faculty in services will be increased for the 1975-76 academic year. to central Arizona's disadvantaged people. Every col- The issue of permitting use of Sun Devil Sta- lege and school of the University, and most of its dium for staging professional football games was de- academic departments, conducted programs de- bated throughout much of the year. The Regents signed to utilize University resources to improve the heard proposals for playing pre-season exhibition quality of life for all Arizonans. games in the stadium and for permitting a proposed The creation of Friends of Channel 8 brought vi- Phoenix-based professional team to use it for home tal new public participation and funding for KAET, games. the University's public television station. Surveys The citizens of Arizona received a gift of 84,000 showed that KAET added 20,000 new viewing fami- square feet of residence hall facilities, made possible lies during the year and became one of the four "most by the transfer of title of the residence halls from the viewed" public television stations in the nation. For federal to the state government. Student residents' public affairs programming, television coursework fees paid off indebtedness on these halls, and the for credit, good music and drama, and thoughtful transfer thus was made without expense to the State commentary on today's world, KAET offers a re- of Arizona. source of inestimable value. The University attacked the energy crisis with a The University joined with the Arizona Bicenten- number of energy conservation programs. Not only nial Commission in sponsoring the state's first Ameri- was the power consumption for lighting, cooling and can Bicentennial event, "Two Centuries of Hispanic heating reduced appreciably, but Associated Stu- Contributions to the Southwest," in March. Noted dents officers instituted a computerized car pool, and speakers on many phases of Spanish influence were thousands of students turned from automobile to bi- brought to the campus for the week-long event. The cycle transportation. The student-developed "Bug- University also was host to an imposing array of Iine" bus service from Phoenix to the campus re- speakers throughout the year, including leaders in duced traffic and parking congestion. academia, national and state government, the arts, America's energy problems also spurred ASU re- business and industry. search activity in the development of solar energy The University's burgeoning program of wo- sources, and new research grants in this area helped men's athletics received assurances of increased fi- boost University research support totals to a new nancial support. ASU teams won national women's high. championships in swimming and tennis, and two The University's increasing research activity also other teams finished among the nation's top five. was evidenced in the creation of new academic and re- Support of the Arizona Legislature for demon- search centers: the Climatology Laboratory, Center strated University needs was generally adequate, for Solid State Research, Center for Environmental and the University continued to implement its pro- Studies, the Cancer Research Laboratory, and the gram of legislative relations and information for legis- Center for Health Services Administration. lative leaders. Programs for employing Arizona State Univer- Private support of the University showed encour- sity resources for the solution of state and commun- aging gains, and the Development Office is intensify- ity problems were again expanded. More than 6,000 ing its efforts to obtain financial support for Univer- Arizona business executives participated in training sity programs from alumni, friends, foundations and programs conducted by the Center for Executive corporate sources. Development. The Bureau of Business and Economic With increasing participation and support of the Research completed several important studies on people of Arizona, and with a dedication to excel- such diverse subjects as food prices, family budgets, lence on the part of students, faculty and staff, Ari- and the Maricopa County economic base. zona State University made significant gains during Grady Gammage Auditorium and the Univer- 7973-74. Further gains are necessary to serve a sity's excellent performing arts groups offered an ex- growing state and region which demands and de- ceptional season of cultural presentations. The Uni- serves quality university services. versity's Community Services program involved in-

4 Euents of the Year

Nrw REcENrs Charles F. Merbs, Donald H. Morris, James W. Ney, Ralph M. Bilby, Jr., Flagstaff, and Rudy E. Camp- Thomas L. Sherman, Christy G. Turner II, Alan Ping-l bell, Tempe, were appointed to the Arizona Board of Wang, and Robert W. Woodv. Regents succeeding Norman G. Sharber, Flagstaff, College of Business Administration: Gordon C. and John A. Lentz, Douglas, whose terms expired in Inskeep, Andreas Philippakis, and Charles B. Smith. January,1,974. College of Education: Lester L. Satterthwaite, Blair Benjamin, former associate advisor to the William S. Svoboda, and Morrison F. Warren. Board, was appointed advisor to the Board upon the College of Engineering Sciences: John D. Patter- resignation of Thomas L. Hall, who had served as ad- son, Paul F. Ruff, Vernon E. Sater, and Marvin C. visor since 1962. Woodfill.

Feculrv Auo Srepr AppolNrusrurs Pnorpssons EuERlrus Hugh Burgess, formerly of the University of Ha- Retiring facultv granted emeritus status during waii architecture faculty, was appointed dean of the the year included: Clyde B. Smith, health, physical ASU College of Architecture, succeedingJames W. El- education and recreation; David B. Scoular, music; more, founding dean of that college. Robert B. Lyon, mathematics; Arleigh R. Burton, ac- The following were appointed chairpersons of counting; Loretta L. Willson, speech and theatre; Pat- academic departments: Louis Hill, civil engineering; ricia B. Keating, music; Calvin C. Straub, architec- A. Jerry Poe, finance; Leonard Goodstein, psychology; ture; Catherine G. Nichols, education; Joseph John Bell, secondary education; Ronald Alvarado, Barkson, engineering; Karl W. Burk, technology; Roy zoology; and Russell Roberts, aerospace studies. Act- H. Campbell, marketing; Stephen J. Kimler, educa- ing chairpersons during 1.974-75 will be Ted B. tion; Warren Kingsburv, education; Robert W. Lowe, Humphrey, philosophy; Dickinson McCaw, political foreign languages; Margaret Jane Rice, sp'reech and science; and Frederick Lindstrom, sociology. theatre; Benjamin Sacks, historv; and Paul S. Stuts- Warren K. Sumners is the new director of Grady man, chemistrv. Gammage Memorial Auditorium and the University Activity Center and Gertrude E. Thomas is director of Fnculrv HoNons the Memorial Union. Warren Fry has been named di- Any listing of faculty honors in teaching, re- rector of Audiovisual Services. Russell Flaherty is direc- search, publication and service would be woefullv in- tor of housing, and William A. Stock is acting director complete because of the great volume of such of the University Testing Service. achievements in any academic year. Thus the follow- ing are listed only to convey the scope and variety of PRorr.lorroNs To Pnorgsson faculty activity. The Arizona Board of Regents approved promo- Edward W. Cleary, law, won the 1974 Facultv tions to the rank of professor for these faculty mem- Achievement Award and Eugene P. Lombardi, music, bers: won the 1974 Distinguished Teacher Award at tl-re College of Liberal Arts: Alan Feldstein, Frederick annual Founders Day Dinner. C. Giffin, Margaret Gisolo, Elijah Ben-Zion The new Zebulon Pearce "Dean's Quality Teach- Kaminsky, Ma{orie J. Lightfoot, Scott G. McNall, ing Awards" for young faculty in the College of Liberal

5 Arts went to John Alcock, zoology, and Richard Nagasawa, sociology. John Klock, engineering, won further national acclaim for his work in sub-surface wastewater dis- Top: The University Activity Center provides a multi-purpose posal systems and in pollution controls. facility for large audience events. It is part of an athletics area on the north campus near the , new Packard Peter Stein lectured for 31/z months in Europe on Baseball Stadium, and ]oe Selleh Track. measurement systems engineering and bolstered his Bottom: Arizona State University's was standing among the world's authorities in this field. 88th Commencement held in the University Activity Center and featured a proces- Kenneth Rowe, business administration, was sional with the new ASU logo on color standards representing elected president of the National Council for Teacher each college. Education in Marketing and Distribution. Helene Hoover, home economics, is president- elect of Phi Upsilon Omicron, honorary home economics association, and was chairperson of that group's 28th biennial conclave on the ASU campus. Dorothy L. Mcleod, ntrrsinp;, was elected to chair ]ames Canright, botany, was elected to the Board the Faculty Assembly during the 7974-75 academic of Governors of the American Institute of Biological year, succeeding Phil A. Cook, education. Sciences and was chairman of the Institute's annual meeting at Arizona State University. Feculrv Drarus John P. Morris, law, was elected to the Council of Death claimed these faculty members during the the American Association of University Professors. year: James L. Schamadan, engineering, was ap- Harold E. Moore, professor emeritus of educa- pointed as Arizona's first director of health services. tion. |ohn F. Lounsbury, geography, received a cita- Samuel E. Vickers, former professor of political tion from the Association of American Geographers science. for his efforts in upgrading the quality of college geog- Lionel Stevenson, former English Department raphy instruction. chairman. R. Merwin Deever and Howard J. Demeke, edu- John O. Grimes, former dean of Arizona State cation, were awarded honorary Doctor of Letters de- College and professor of psychology. grees by Huron College for leadership in education. Willard Fetterhof, associate professor of secon- Troy P6w6, geology, headed the 50-member Un- dary education. ited States delegation to the second International Con- John E. Klingensmith, associate professor of edu- ference on Permafrost at Yakutsk, Siberia. cational psychology. Charles E. Backus, engineering, gained new IrvingW. Stout, former dean of the Graduate Col- prominence for his solar energy research and was lege and professor of education. named chief investigator for a $204,200 National Sci- ence Foundation investigation of solar energy utiliza- NrwUrurvrRsrrY CENTERS tion. New academic and research centers approved by H. K. Newburn, education, was a recipient of one the Board of Regents and established at the University of the first Distinguished Educator Awards presented during the year will provide broadened services to the by the University of Iowa. state and nation. The new centers with their directors: Harry Wood, art, became the first Arizona artist Climatology Laboratory, Robert Durrenberger; represented in the National Portrait Gallery, Washing- Center for Solid State Research, LeRoy Eyring; ton, D.C., when the Gallery purchased his portrait of Cancer Research Laboratory, George R. PettiU Center philosopher George Santayana. for Environmental Studies, Melvin Marcus; and Franklyn W. McCabe, military science, became Center for Health Services Administration, Charles the first full-blooded Navajo Indian to achieve the Eveland. rank of lieutenant colonel in the Army. The Center of Criminal |ustice, established in Martin T. Farris, busine5s administration, was ac- 7973, launched a newly-approved Bachelor of claimed "Transportation Man of the Year" by Delta Science in Criminal Justice program with more than Mu Alpha national transportation societv. 200 students majoring in the field. In addition, the Keith Davis, business administration, won na- University received grants to implement a graduate tional recognition for his research and publication ctn program in criminal justice. organizational "grapevine" communication. The Institute of Public Administration was re-

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7 structured and renamed as the Center for Public Af- fairs, with Brent Brown as acting director. Top left: George R. Pettit, right, professor of chemistry and NarroNel EoucerroNAL DEVELopurNr CoNsoRrruM director of the Cancer Research Laboratory, checks a compound Arizona State Universily joined six other universi- with Malcolm Allen, post-doctoral fellow. ties in the establishment of the National Educational Bottom left: Christy Turner II, professor of anthropology, Development Consortium. The new consortium will sorts artifacts gathered from Akun Island in the Bering Sea during a summer 1973 dig. develop graduate programs in criminal justice, deve- lop a faculty and student exchange program, and con- Far right: Examining a solar collector are, left to right, pro- duct research in criminal justice manpower fessors of mechanical engineering Dean ]acobson, Charles Backus, Leon Florschuetz, and, senior student Rand Lane. The development. NASA-developed surface is aluminized mylar on fiberglass. With ASU in the new program are Michigan State University, University of Maryland, Eastern Kentucky University, Northeastern University, Uni- versity of Nebraska and Portland State University. Faced with sharply-rising costs of acquisitions, Acaorvrc CoNrrnrNces both in the United States and abroad, the Library en- Arizona State University has in recent years been countered increasing difficulty in making available host to increasing numbers of regional, national and funds cover badly-needed new materials. international conferences. The largest of these was Donald W. Koepp, in his first full year as Univer- the fune, 1974 annual meeting of the American sity Librarian, inaugurated a physical rearrangement Institute of Biological Sciences, which attracted of the Library to make materials more readily availa- 2,500 biologists from all over America and several ble to students and faculty, and reduce the cost of foreign countries. |ames Canright, chairman of the stdffing. ASU Department of Botany and Microbiology, was One of the nation's major Shakespeare collections, conference chairman. the Alfred Knight Collection, was placed on extended The 28th biennial conclave of Phi Upsilon Omi- loan in the University Library by the City of Phoenix. cron, honorary home economics society, was held at The 2,500-volume collection also includes volumes the University the same month. Chairperson for the and materials from the Napoleonic era, first editions of meeting, which attracted representatives of 70 uni- 19th and early 20th century authors, and several an- versities and colleges, was ASU's Helene Hoover, na- cient documents. tional president-elect of the society. The ASU Library Associates purchased two 16th Arizona State University and the Arizona Bicen- century manuscripts in colonial Mexican history and tennial Commission were joint sponsors of the state's several other rare volumes, and an anonymous gift of first Bicentennial event, "Two Centuries of Hispanic $8,000 provided for the purchase of the Harcourt-Brace- Contributions to the Southwest," which was held on Jovanovich reprint of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex the campus in March, 1,974. Atlantictrs. Members of the National Academy of Sciences In addition, the Library acquired letters in the late Committee on Polai Research convened on the cam- Arizona Senator Henry F. Ashurst's collection, includ- pus in March. ing those from every U.S. President from Franklin D. ]apanese members of the Overseas Industry Re- Roosevelt to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mrs. John D. search Center team met with Arizona State University Renoe, Upper Montclair, N.J., widow of Sen. engineers in March to discuss possibilities for in- Ashurst's stepson, made the presentation to the Uni- creased solar energy use in a period of world-wide versity. energy shortages. Papers and memorabilia of late Governor Dan Garvey also were presented to the Library. UNrvrnsrrv LrsRAnv The total number of items, including microform, TuE GnnouATE CoLLEGE in the University coliections at Charles Trumbull Hay- The continuing growth of graduate study at Ari- den Library exceeded the 1.5 million mark for the zona State University was evidenced in the graduate first time. Hayden Library now houses 1.,535,956 enrollment increases achieved during the year. Grad- volumes, with another 118,563 in the Law Col- uate enrollment for Fall '1.973 was up 9.1 per- lege Library and additional volumes in other Univer- cent over the previous year and Spring 1974 enroll- sity collections. ment increased 13.1 percent over the Spring

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9 L973 total. Graduate enrollment in Fall 1973 was 7,387. The first students were admitted to the new Doc- tor of Philosophy programs in geology and sociology. Two other Ph.D. programs, in economics and in geo- Top left: Laura Boulton exhibits one of the 300 exotic musical graphy, will be launched in Fall 1974. Also new instruments which she presented to ASU. The collection, includ- ing 30,O00 records, is displayed in the Music Building. are the Master of Health Science and the Master of Ar- chitecture programs. Bottom: Wallace Adams, chairman, Department of History, addresses The Graduate College is conducting skenuous as- the 7974 Bicentennial banquet held at ASU. Senator Barry Goldwater and Mrs. Mildred May are at right. sessment and review of proposals for new graduate programs, and existing graduate programs are now being reviewed periodically by the Graduate Council. The first programs reviewed under the new policy were two of the University's oldest Ph.D. degree pro- grams/ in Chemistry and English. Foreign study programs were offered at Oxford A study of the ratio of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) University, England, and in Guatemala and Mexico. enrollment to head count enrollment in graduate pro- The Community Services Program continued to grams revealed that this ratio increased from 48.8 enlist the time and talent of both students and faculty percent in 1963 to 63 percent in 1973. The in- for a broad spectrum of services to campus and state creasing number of full-time graduate students is agencies. A total of 757 student volunteers de- primarily responsible for the climb in the FTE-to-head voted about 7,600 hours to community service and count ratio. faculty were active in service on community advisory The Faculty Grant-in-Aid Program, designed to boards and in people-serving projects. encourage faculty in all areas of the University to en- Summer Sessions offered two five-week terms gage in creative work, continues to attract increasing and one eight-week term, with enrollment reversing a participation. A total of 106 research and teaching two-year downward trend to show a 7.5 percent projects, with funding of 9776,924, were ap- gain in Summer 1974 over the previous year. proved during 7973-74. The University's research grants and contracts EttRor-r-urxr from governmental and private sources totalled On-campus enrollment for Fall Semester 19Zg-24 $6,459,582 an increase of 92,780,371. over totalled 28,724, up 1.,402 students and 5.13 percent the previous year. Largest increases were in psycho- from the previous year's total. Enrollment exceeded logy, criminal justice, business, engineering, educa- the projected total by 824 students. Nationally, uni- tion, and solar energy research. versity and college enrollments increased less than half of one percent. U N I v rn s trv E xrp N s ro r.I A r.r o S u v rt,r E R S ES s roN s The ASU on-campus total included27,3g7 under- University extension continued to broaden educa- graduates and7,387 graduate students. The Full Time tional opportunities for all of Arizona's citizens with Equivalent enrollment was 24,383. increased offerings bn many fronts. Significairtly greater numbers of admissions ap- Enrollment in extension credit courses increased plications for Fall Semester 1974 gave indications of to 5,437 as of Spring Semester 7974 - up 390 even larger enrollment increases during the year from the previous year. Enrollment in correspon- ahead. dence courses varied from 450 to 525 students throughout the year. Drcnrrs GnaNrpo More than 70 non-credit continuing education Arizona State University awarded 5,648 de- programs were offered, with participation by almost grees during the 1,973-74 academic year, the lar- every college of the University. gest number in the University's history. Instructional television courses continued popu- Of that total, 4,048 were undergraduate de- lar, with courses offered in Production of Audiovisual grees and 1,600 were at the graduate level. Materials, Home Furnishings, Beginning Algebra, Undergraduate degrees granted, by college, Man and the Environment, Introduction to Philo- were: Liberal Arts 7,239 , Education 7,'l.g1, sophy, and Western Civilization. Under preparation Business Administration Z82, Engineering during the year were two new television courses, Sciences 406, Fine Arts 242, Nursing 140, and Open Math and The Exceptional Child. Architecture 49.

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11 Honorary degrees presented at the L974 Com- mencement went to Hugh Downs, Doctor of Humane Letters, for achievements in communications and Top left: Robert W. Durrenberger, director the humane causes; and to Paul Rappaport, Doctor oI Climatology of Laboratory, checks a weather map with Amanda Nicolai, office Science, for his pioneering work in solar energy con- manager. The lab collates information from Arizona stations. version. Bottom left: A continuing culture exchange brings students Cuesr SprerrRs from the Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, to the campus. Students watch a traditional dance performed on the mall. Prom.inent speakers representing many acade- Far right: Hugh Downs, national television personality, mic disciplines, gave government, the arts, religion, busi- the address at the dedication of the Charles A. Stauffer Com- ness, and a variety of other interests addressed the munication Arts Building in October. University community and the public during the year. Among them were: Sidney |ones, Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Commerce Department. A student team headed by Michael K. Sipe won Spencer Kimball, president of the Church of Je- the annual freshman engineering design competition sus Christ of Latter-day Saints. with an automatic page-turner for paralyzed persons. Hugh Downs, television personality and author. John Shy-Wen Chen became Taiwan's youngest li- Robert W. Galvin, chairman of the board, Motor- censed architect at age 25. Maxine Noiris, a ola, Inc. member of the Papago Tribe, won the "Miss Indian America" title. David Halberstam, Pulitzer Prize-winning journa- list. A design by John A. King, Tempe, was selected for the official logotype of the new Arizona Fuel and Sir Fred Hoyle, professor of astronomy, Univer- Energy Office. Lyle Zeigler, Phoenix, built an electron sity of Manchester, England. beam welder, at a cost of 9200, that would cost the A. Fishman, Joshua Yeshiva University, Israel. University $20,000. Wayne Tominaga, a student in Billy Graham, conductor of international evange- product design, won a national packaging design lism crusades. competition. Senators Barry Goldwater and paul Fannin. Architecture students designed and helped build James L. Hayes, president of the American Man- a demonstration home at Guadalupe, using natural agement Association. and discarded materials, at a cost of only 9100. The William D. Ruckleshaus, former Environment home uses an experimental methane geneiator and so- Protection Agency Chief. lar energy. Students combatted the energy crisis by forming Chesterfield Smith, president of the American a computerized Bar Association. car pool system to reduce automobile use. In addition, they became enthusiastic users of Senator Howard Baker, Tennessee. the student-developed "Bug Line" bus system from fessica Mitford, author and social critic. Phoenix to Tempe. Thomas A. Staudt, director of marketing, Chevro- ASU's Angel Flight, Air Force ROTC auxiliary, let Division. was named the best of the nation's 137 Angel Charlton Heston, film actor. Flight units in competition at Houston. ]ean Westwood, former Democratic National The nation's 1974 "Maid of Cotton,, is Kath- Committee chairperson. leen Raskin, a junior from Litchfield park. Jonnie Banks, an airline stewardess, Covernor Nelson Rockefeller, New york. set a record for student commuting by flying to the Paul campus from Kansas City, Rex Beach, U.S. director, Asian Develop- Mo., every Wednesday ment for a class in television Bank. production. Governor Carlos Armando Biebrich, Sonora. The increasing quality of entering students was documented by a study SruopNr Acumvrurrurs which revealed that 59.1 percent of incoming ASU freshmen ranked in the up- Arizona State University students in every col- per quarter of their high school graduating classes. lege won regional and national honors for their acirieve- Five years ago, only 45.8 percent ranked among ments. Others earned recognition for community the upper quarter. service. The contingent of foreign students on campus

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13 was the largest ever - 458 students from 61 na- tions. Of that total, 128 were from Far East nations. But ASU students continue to come principally from Top left: The nine-story Mathematics wing of the George C. Arizona - 80.8 percent of the total enrollment in Bateman Physical Sciences Center will be complemented in the 7973-74. coming year with an addition to the complex which houses the Rick Weiss, Phoenix, was elected president of As- Departments of Physics, Chemistry and Geology. sociated Students of Arizona State University for Bottom left: The mall fountain provides an informal meeting 7974-75, succeeding Mark Kerrigan of Phoenix. place for students in front of the Hayden Library. Far right: Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium draws visi- SruoerurFms tors daily to view the Frank Lloyd Wright designed structure. As the Center for the Performing The Arizona Board of Regents announced its in- Arts, the building provides a unique setting for many types of entertainments. tention to increase both resident and non-resident stu- dent fees at Arizona State University, and Northern Arizona University, effective for Fall Semester, 1975. Comparisons of current new stadium and lighted field. William Guthrie pack- fees with those of other universities show that Arizona ard Baseball Stadium was dedicated April 7, State University fees are considerably below nation- 1974. The initial stadium structure seats 3,400 '1.974-75 al medians. ASU's resident fee for is and was projected with public facilities and press ac- $370, compared with a median fee of $531 for commodations for future additions. member institutions in the National Association of The Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant has State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. The ASU continued to expand with the growth of the campus. non-resident fee is $1,260, compared with the na- The plant is now receiving its seventh chiller ma- tional median of $1,378. chine, bringing the cooling capacity to 12,000 tons. The Regents earlier had voted to increase the The plant's capacity has been keeping pace with build- Summer Sessions fee at Arizona State University from ing expansion so that most of the heating and cooling $18 per credit hour to $20. Because the g1 per week is being accomplished with steam and chilled water student activity fee was absorbed in the general Sum- generated from a central source. The 2,500-ton unit mer Sessions fee, however, the net cost to students now being placed will be ready for the spring and sum- remained virtually unchanged. mer loads. Extension course fees for ASU were increased by The Charles A. Stauffer Communication Arts the Regents from 916 per credit hour to 918. Building, with 72,000 square feet of floor space, was formally dedicated in October, 1973. It houses the Ceupus CoNsrRucrrorl Department of Mass Communications, the Depart- The George M. Bateman Physical Science Center ment of Speech and Theatre, and the Bureau of Broad- is receiving a major addition which will house the ex- casting, which operates the University's public televi- panding physics and geology programs. The Center, sion station, KAET, Channel8. expanding by 110,000 square feet, houses mathema- Continuing development of utility tunnels and tics, physics, chemistry and geology, and has been pedestrian malls has taken place throughout the year. designed to receive future additions to fulfill the As the campus expands outwardly, the distribution needs of these academic programs in those areas as system for utilities and walkways continues to be ex- needed. tended into new areas. The completion of the University Activity Center in April, 1974has brought a new potential for pro- UNtvrnsrry DrvELopHasNr duction large of audience-attended events on the The University Development Office, created a University campus. For play, the facility year a1o, made significant progress in encouraging will seat 14,200 persons in individually-armed seat- and coordinating support of the University. Carl S. ing. The new center has been used very successfully Miller, director of development, was elected presi- for Commencement exercises, convocations, cultural dent of the Arizona State University Foundation suc- events, registration and scheduled physical educa- ceeding |ames E. Patrick of Phoenix, who was elected tion classes. The Sun Devil basketball team will begin chairman of the Foundation board. its home schedule in the new arena in December, The Alumni Annual Fund, headed by fack M. 1,974. Foreman, was consolidated with the Development Of- A continuing successful baseball program has fice. brought about the development and completion of a Among the major gifts to the University from

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't5 individuals, foundations and corporations were: Charles S. Mott Foundation, $151,000 for the ASU Top left: Mrs. Allan Rosenberg donated the 318-pound El Regional Community Education Center; Mrs. Irene Sampal meteorite from Argentina to the Center for Meteorite Studies. Carl Miller, director of development, Frank Flinn, $46,464 for heart research; Crisman estate, Gray, and Charles Lewis, associate curator of the Center are shown with $24,000 for the Alumni Student Loan Fund; Mr. and the donor. Mrs. Ernest W. McFarland, $20,567 for academic Bottom leftr The master control room of KAET-TV, Channel scholarships; an anonymous gift of $23,737 for 8, is in the Charles A. Stauffer Communication Arts Building. the Center for Meteorite Studies; AAA Foundation Top right: Arizona's business community beneffts yearly from for Traffic Safety, $22,000 for Driving While Intoxi- seminars sponsored by the Center for Executive Development. cated program; Carlsberg Foundation, $21,531 Bottom right: Charles Merbs, chairman, for the Center for Meteorite Studies; National Brew- Department of An- thropology, checks skulls from a shipment of 8OO skeletons ing Company, $20,000 painting for College of Busi- from the Nubians, African Sudan, for Thule culture research. ness Administration; Sun Angel Foundation, $19,000 for athletics, activities and other uses; and Phelps- Dodge Corporation, $15,500 for academic scholar- from the previous year, compared with a national edu- ships. cational placement decline of 16 percent. The largest individual gift ever made to the Univ- Starting monthly salaries in Business-lndustry- ersity, the $230,000 pledge announced late last year Government averaged $825 for those with bache- by the family of William Guthrie Packard, was pre- lor's degrees, $960 for master's, and $1,400 for sented for the construction of Packard Baseball Sta- those with doctorates. dium. The Laura Boulton Collection of World Music Spnvrcr To BusTNESS ANo INousrny and Instruments, comprising 30,000 records of tradi- Arizona State University's partnership with Ari- tional and liturgical music, 300 exotic instruments zona business and industry was enhanced during the and other materials was presented to the University year by a notable increase in executive training pro- by Dr. Boulton in January. It is now on permanent dis- grams and in economic research sfudies. play in the Music Building. The Center for Executive Development, in the Fourteen months of effort was culminated in May College of Business Administration, conducted with the arrival on the ASU campus of the famed 132 training programs for Arizona business and in- 318-pound iron meteorite, El Sampal, which fell in dustrial leaders as compared with 76 programs dur- Argentina. The meteorite is a gift to the Center for Me- ing the previous year. Enrollment in these programs teorite Studies from Mr. and Mrs. Allen L. Rosenberg rose to 6,337 from the 3,827 total of a year of Phoenix. ago. The Department of Anthropology, through the Among the many service and research programs work of Charles Merbs, department chairman, ac- conducted by the Bureau of Business and Economic quired two collections totaling 800 skeletons for re- Research were consumer price index studies for Me- search of the Thule culture and the Nubians of the tropolitan Phoenix, family budget studies, food price African Sudan. index research, Maricopa County economic base ana- lysis, and an Arizona trade-off model. Cenmn SrRvrcrs Karr, CueruNrl8 The Office of Career Services made 1,064 be- Arizona State University's public television sta- ginning job placements in its Business-Industry- tion, KAET, Channel 8, moved in October, 1973 Government Division during 1973-74, and to its new studios in the $2.4 million Charles A. 'J.,022 beginning placements in its Education Divi- Stauffer Communication Arts Building. Television sion. The average annual starting salary in Business- personality Hugh Downs made the dedicatory ad- Indusky-Govemment was $9,900, and the average in dress at ceremonies opening the new building. Education was $7,800. Mr. Downs also accepted the chairmanship of the Salaries for all such placements of ASU graduates new Friends of Channel 8, an association of Arizon- totaled $18,505,000. ans dedicated to the development and additional An encouraging upturn in Business-Industry- funding of the public television station. In its first Govemment placements was noted, with placements eight months of operation, Friends of Channel 8 en- in that division up 17 percent over the previous listed 4,81.5 families, who gave a total of year. Educational placements declined 14 percent $88,144 for development of KAET.

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