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University of California, Santa Cruz Dean E. McHenry Library DEAN E. McHENRY VOLUME II THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ: ITS ORIGINS, ARCHITECTURE, ACADEMIC PLANNING AND EARLY FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 1958-1968 Interviewed and Edited by Elizabeth Spedding Calciano Santa Cruz 1974 ii Chancellor Dean E. McHenry Seated at a desk on the UCSC campus meadows March 2, 1962 iii All uses of this manuscript are covered by an agreement between the Regents of the University of California and Dean E. McHenry, dated February 20, 1971. The manuscript is thereby made available for research purposes upon his death unless he gives written permission to the Office of the University Librarian and/or the Office of the Regional History Project that the manuscript is to be available at an earlier date. With the exception of certain rights granted to Dean E. McHenry, all literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, are reserved to The University Library of the University of California, Santa Cruz. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the University Librarian of the University of California, Santa Cruz. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume II INTRODUCTION ............................................................. VII APRIL 3, 1968 9:15 A.M. ................................................... 1 UC STATEWIDE .......................................................................................................................................................1 1957 All-University Faculty Conference ....................................................................................1 Clark Kerr, Berkeley Chancellor ....................................................................................................6 Raymond Allen or Clark Kerr as UC President -- Factors Influencing the Regents' Choice .........................................................................................................................................11 McHenry -- Academic Assistant to President Kerr ............................................................22 The Santa Barbara Problem .................................................................................................................25 The University Calendar ......................................................................................................................29 THE MASTER PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA Membership of the Master Plan Survey Team ......................................................................................................................33 The University and State Colleges Work Out a Compromise .........................................36 The University's Political Power ................................................................................................40 Getting Approval for the New Campuses ....................................................................................50 THE SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS -- SITE SELECTION .......................................................................................58 Almaden vs. Santa Cruz ........................................................................................................................58 APRIL 24, 1968 9:00 A.M. .................................................. 60 The Santa Cruz Proposal Takes Shape .........................................................................................63 Santa Cruz Wins .........................................................................................................................................68 THE PLANNING BEGINS .....................................................................................................................................73 The Decision to Build on the Middle of the Campus .......................................................74 Origins of the Residential College Concept ........................................................................77 McHenry is Appointed Chancellor ..................................................................................................82 Other UC Chancellorships ...................................................................................................................85 ATTITUDES OF REGENTS, POLITICIANS, AND OTHERS TOWARD UCSC ............................................91 The Regents ..................................................................................................................................................91 Chancellor Murphy ....................................................................................................................................98 Governors Brown and Reagan ............................................................................................................103 President Hitch and the 28:1 Budget Formula ....................................................................106 Jess Unruh, Max Rafferty, and Robert Finch ......................................................................110 MAY 8, 1968 9:15 A.M. .................................................... 114 UCSC ARCHITECTURE .......................................................................................................................................114 The McHenry Philosophy ......................................................................................................................114 Selecting Architects for the Major Building Projects ..............................................119 Opening Up the Campus' West Side ..............................................................................................128 The Long Range Development Plan ................................................................................................130 Ernest Kump, Consulting Architect ............................................................................................141 UCSC's Physical Planning Staff ...................................................................................................144 `Problems With the Cowell College Plans .............................................................................150 The Campus Planning Committee .....................................................................................................158 Parking ..........................................................................................................................................................161 MAY 29, 1968 9:15 A.M. ................................................... 173 LONG-RANGE PLANS FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS ENVIRONS ......................................................173 Married-Student Housing ....................................................................................................................173 v Regional Shopping Center .................................................................................................................180 The Possibility of Purchasing Other Cowell Property ................................................183 Commercial Enterprises on Campus Land ..................................................................................197 UCSC's Relations with the City and County Planning Staffs ................................202 FUND-RAISING ...................................................................................................................................................205 Cowell and Stevenson Colleges .....................................................................................................205 Negotiations with the Sloan Foundation ................................................................................208 The Merrill Trust ..................................................................................................................................211 Naming the Colleges .............................................................................................................................213 EARLY ACADEMIC PLANNING .........................................................................................................................216 Kerr and McHenry Differ on Several Basic Concepts .....................................................216 The Tschirgi Committee ......................................................................................................................229 Academic Consultants, Summer of '62 .......................................................................................244 Academic Consultants, 1963 ............................................................................................................250 The First Faculty/Staff Appointments ....................................................................................253 JUNE 6, 1968 9:15A.M. .................................................... 259 Problems with Nomenclature ............................................................................................................259 1965-1968: PLANS BECOME REALITY .......................................................................................................264 Establishing Boards of Studies, not Departments ..........................................................264 The Role of the Boards of Studies, the Colleges, and the Administration in Faculty Hiring ..................................................................................................................................270 The Divisions of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities are Officially Formed