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Rtport tTrizonfr of thu 5tnte, ?resident Llntuersity 1981 1982 Report tTrizonfr of thu Statu ?resident l-tntaersity 1981 1982 J. RUSSELL NELSON Photos by Conley Photography: Pages 11,15,19,23, and27. BUREAU OF PUBLICATIONS. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY O DECEMBER 1982 j{ew Chnllenges for ai{ew Era Because Arizona State University has dealt primarily Because resources are more limited, and many other with explosive growth and expansion, the modest enroll- governmental programs, particularly human services, ment increases anticipated in the 1980s pose some rather are becoming stronger contenders for the available state special challenges. To understand the implications of this funds, our challenge will be greater. change, it is helpful to recall the circumstances leading It is a time for reassessment. Chancellor R. Bromery up to it. of the University of Massachusetts observed the begin- The expansion began with the flood of veterans ning of that process several years ago when he wrote, enrolling in American colleges and universities following "The ever-expanding market for higher education has World War IL Returning veterans triggered a quarter begun to sense its own outer edges, and the educational century of growth and expansion unequalled in the his- 'Bulls' in and out of our institutions of higher learning tory of higher education. Impressive as those national have begun to make place for the'Bearsl The philosophy figures were - from 2 million to 9 million students - of almost limitless growth that characterized the 1950s they did not begin to match the growth which occurred and 1960s has been replaced by the concepts of limited at Arizona State University. resources and the need to prove higher education's worth Under President Grady Gammage's Ieadership, Ari- to a somewhat less receptive societyJ' zona State Teachers College was recovering rapidly from Colleges and universities across the country are the depression, reaching a pre-war enrollment peak of facing the same task-preserving quality with reduced 1,341 in 1940. As at other colleges and universities, the resources. There is no single formula, nor is there an wartime student body declined drastically-to 484 stu- easy means of identifying for a particular university a dents at Arizona State Teachers College. But, by the fall tactic which best suits local conditions. It is a challenge of 1946, returning veterans swelled the enrollment to which calls for broad involvement in creative discussion, 2,180 students. In four years the numbers had nearly innovative planning, realistic decision-making, and doubled-4,045 students in1950.The next three decades always, efficient and effective use of resources. were unmatched by any other institution in terms of The motivation must be the good of the institution sheer growth.By1960, enrollment had climbed to 10,640; and the education of the students. As stated so well by by 197 0, 26,425; and in 7980 , 37,828 . Roger W. Heyns, president of the Hewlett Foundation, E. T. York, Jr., Chancellor of the State University "There must be a renewed sensitivity to the needs of the System of Florida, noted that Americans have become university itself, a dedication to its welfare, and a will- enamored of growth. "For most of our 200 years, we ingness to subordinate one's own desires and those of have equated our progress as a nation with the amount one's group to the common interestl' and rate of our growth in most areas of human endeavors. For Arizona State University the challenge is height- More and bigger have been virtually synonymous with ened by the circumstance that we are not only trying to better and the American way of lifei' Growth has become preserve quality, but to enhance it. We are striving for an American standard for measurinS success. excellence, and in keeping with our mission, "becoming Not only in higher education, but perhaps in other competitive with the best public universitiesl' areas as well, we would be well advised to modify that definition of "progressl' Some observers have described the state in which higher education finds itself as a period of "uncertaintyJ' By whatever name, it is one which requires adjustment /0,rrrJ/,>t!&r"- or change in the accustomed way of doing business. fr Fortunately for Arizona State University, because of our anticipated in-migration, we are entering a period of ]. RUSSELL NELSON stabilization with smaller enrollment increases. President 3 Eaents of thuYnr ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS Tioy F. Crowder, former Assistant to the President A. J. (lack) Pfistec Phoenix, and Donald G. Shropshire, and Director of University Relations, was appointed Tucson, were appointed to the Board by Covernor Bruce Special Assistant to the President. Babbitt, replacing Rudy E. Campbell of Tempe and Dwight Two new deans of colleges were appointed. L'William W. Patterson of Mesa. Seidman, vice chairman and chief administrative and Vada Manager, political science senior at Arizona financial officer of Phelps Dodge Corporation and former State University, succeeded Shannan K. Marty, University economic advisor to President Gerald Ford, was named of Arizona, as student regent for 1982-83. dean of the College of Business Administration, succeed- Officers of the Board for 7982 are Esther N. Capin, ing the interim dean, William E. Reif . Gerald R. McSheffrey, Nogales, president; William P Reilly, Phoenix, president- former dean of the College of Architecture, Planning and elect; Tio A. Tachias, Flagstaff, secretary; Thomas Design at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, was Chandler, Tucson, assistant secretary; William G. Payne, appointed dean of the College of Architecture, succeed- Tempe, treasurer; and James F. McNulty, Jr., Bisbee, ing Hugh Burgess. assistant treasurer. William H. Akins, chair of the Department of Theatre, was appointed acting dean of the College of Fine Arts ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS during the Fall Semester 1982 sabbatical leave of Dean The University's administrative structure was reorga- Jules Heller. nized in Fall 1981 to achieve better operational effective- Other administrative appointments included: Lonnie ness. These vice presidential changes were made: L. Ostrom, Director of Developmen| Gerald E. Snyder, Paige E. Mulhollan, former Provost and Vice President Comptroller; Monty Roth, Director of Student Health for Academic Affairs, to the new position of Executive Services; C. Russell Duncan, Director of Public Safety; Vice President. Paul G. Barberini, Director of Financial Aid; Kenneth C. Frank J. Sackton, professor in the Center for Public Pollock, Associate Executive Vice President for Infor- Affairs and first dean of the College of Public Programs, mation Resources Management; and Brent W. Brown, to Vice President for Business Affairs, succeeding )ack Assistant Vice President for Community Relations. G. Penick. New academic department chairs and directors for Elmer R. Gooding, former Assistant Provost, to acting 1982-83 are: Vice President for Academic Affairs. Later in the year a College of Architecture -Iames Elmore, Planning. search committee selected Jack B. Kinsinger, former College of Business Administration - Joe Fritzemeyer Associate Provost at Michigan State University and a (acting), Accounting; William Boyes, Economics; Michael chemist with university, government and industry experi- Joehnk, Spring L983, Finance; Glenn Henderson (acting ence, as Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective Fall7982), Finance; Bruce Walker (acting), Marketing; September 1,7982. James Hershauer (acting), Quantitative Systems; Louis Roger M. Swanson was appointed acting Vice Pres- Olivas (acting), Center for Executive Development' ident for Student Affairs, succeeding George F. Hamm, College of Education-Ken Howell, Spring 1983, who resigned to become President of the University of Special Education; Keith Van Wagenen (acting, Falllg9}), Texas at Tyler. Betty Turner Asher, former Associate Vice Special Education. Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the Minnesota State College of Engineering and Applied Scimces-Darryl University System, was selected as Vice President for Metzger, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Charles Student Affairs, effective Juty1.,1982. She is the first woman O'Bannon, Civil Engineering; George Seperich, Division to serve as an Arizona State University vice president. of Agriculture. Luis Aranda, former Assistant Provost for Affirmative College of Liberal Ars-Joaquin Bustoz, Mathematics; Action and Director of Minority Affairs, was named Brian Foster, Anthropology; Frederic Giffin, History; Assistant to the President for Affirmative Action and William Knauth, Geology; Jeffrie Murphy, Philosophy; Equal Opportunity. Melvin Marcus (acting), Laboratory of Climatology; Rose 5 Weitz, Women's Studies; Ieanie Brink, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; William Graf, Center for South- west Studies; Mark Roosa, Center for Family Studies. Michael Kroelinger was appointed assistant dean, College of Architecture; William Reif, associate dean, Top: Paige E. Mulhollan was named Executive Vice President by Presi- College of Business Administration; and Ann Nichols, dent Nelson. Formerly he was Provost and Academic Vice President. assistant dean, School of Social Work. Center: Iack B. Kinsinger (left) assumed duties as Vice President for Academic Affairs; Betty Turner Asher was named Vice President for MISSION AND SCOPE STATEMENT REVISION Student Affairs and became ASU's first woman in that administrative The Arizona Board of Regents revised the Mission position;