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\{L-! Rtport tTrizonfr of thu Statu ?resident Llntuersity 1973 1974 ', A i ,t i , ) .]t,',., i,-.r' 'l ? 77 ',i ni 7 Rtport tTrizonfr of the, Stntu ?resident Llntnersity 1973 1974 JOHN W. SCHWADA BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS. ARIZONA 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 Arizona State University 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.

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