Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship University Anniversaries & Historical Documents University Archives 1980 History of GSU 1969-79 Ted F. Andrews Governors State University Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/anniv Recommended Citation Andrews, Ted F., "History of GSU 1969-79" (1980). University Anniversaries & Historical Documents. Paper 5. http://opus.govst.edu/anniv/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Anniversaries & Historical Documents by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “A community without history is like a person without a memory – incoherent.” Bernard Bailyn FOR Dwayne, Dwight, Glen, and Ken and Betty HISTORY OF GSU 1969-79 Ted F. Andrews PREFACE I. EARLY HISTORY: PRE-STUDENT ERA II. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES III. PHYSICAL FACILITIES IV. COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS V. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS VI. FACULTY AND STUDENTS VII. GOVERNANCE SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING VIII. BUDGETS: OPERATING AND CAPITAL IX. ASSOCIATIONS, CENTERS AND SPECIAL OFFICES X. SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES XI. UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS XII. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY XIII. APPENDICES In 1966 the Illinois Board of Higher Education (BHE) recommended that an institution for commuting college students should be established in the Chicagoland area and that new model of higher education would be developed by the new University. As a result of the recommendation by the BHE, Governors State University was founded on July 17, 1969 as an upper division institution of higher education when Governor Ogilvie signed House Bill 666 into law at Olympia Fields Country Club.