CORNELL UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENTS Volume 62 of the Cornell University Announcements consists of twenty-three catalogs, of which this is number 10, dated July 31, 1970. Publication dates: twenty-three times a year (four times in August and October; three times in March; twice in June, July, September, and November; once in January, April, May, and December). Publisher: Cornell University, Sheldon Court, 420 College Avenue, Ithaca, New York 14850. Second-class postage paid at Ithaca, New York. Cornell University School of Hotel Administration 1970-71 Programs leading to professional careers in the management of hotels, motels, restaurants, clubs, hospitals, and institutions generally, and in the design and layout of the equipment for them. Cornell Academic Calendar 1970-71* Registration, new students Th, Sept. 10 Registration, continuing and rejoining students F, Sept. 11 Fall term instruction begins, 7:30 a.m. M, Sept. 14 Instruction suspended for citizenship recess, 1:10 p.m. S, Oct. 24 Instruction resumed, 7:30 a.m. Th, Nov. 5 Thanksgiving Day, a holiday Th, Nov. 26 Instruction suspended for Christmas recess, 4:30 p.m. T, Dec. 22 Instruction resumed, 7:30 a.m. M, Jan. 4 Fall term instruction ends, 1:10 p.m. s, Jan. 9 Independent study period begins, 2:00 p.m. s, Jan. 9 Final examinations begin w, Jan. 13 Final examinations end w, Jan. 20 Intersession begins Th, Jan. 21 Registration, new and rejoining students Th, Jan. 28 Registration, continuing students F, Jan. 29 Spring term instruction begins, 7:30 a.m. M, Feb. 1 Spring recess: Instruction suspended, 1:10 p.m. s, Mar. 27 Instruction resumed, 7:30 a.m. M, Apr. 5 Spring term instruction ends, 1:10 p.m. s, May 15 Independent study period begins M, May 17 Final examinations begin M, May 24 Final examinations end T, June 1 Commencement Day M, June 7 * The dates shown in the Academic Calendar are subject to change at any time by official action of Cornell University. Contents 2 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 4 CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SCHOOL 5 FACULTY 11 SCHOOL OF HOTEL ADMINISTRATION 17 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 44 STUDENT ACTIVITIES 46 PLACEMENT SERVICE 72 ADMISSION 78 REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION 80 CURRICULUM 88 WORKSHOPS FOR EXECUTIVES 88 SUMMER SHORT COURSES 89 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 89 PUBLICATIONS 90 PRACTICE REQUIREMENT 93 EXPENSES AND SELF-SUPPORT 95 SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AIDS 104 INDEX LIST OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, inside back cover The courses and curricula described in this Announcement, and the teaching personnel listed therein, are subject to change at any time by official action of Cornell University. J t* COtMWlV M J THE WOHLD The School's Committee on Admissions meets frequently to make a careful selection of student applicants, whose requests have first been screened for qualifications by the University’s Admissions Office. (Left to right) Mr. Clinton L. Rappole, Assistant Professors David C. Dunn and William Fisher, Dean Robert A. Beck, and Assistant Deans Paul L. Gaurnier and Gerald W. Lattin. Correspondence Concerning ... The academic requirements for admission (see pp. 72-77) should be ad­ dressed to the Office of Admissions, Edmund Ezra Day Hall, Cornell Univer­ sity, Ithaca, New York 14850. The personal requirements for admissions (see p. 74), specifically regarding interviews, should be addressed to the Admissions Committee, School of Hotel Administration, Statler Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850. The program of the School, the content of courses, the requirements for graduation, and questions of financial aid to students should be addressed to the School of Hotel Administration, Statler Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850. Credit against the practice requirement should be addressed to the Chair­ man, Practice Committee, Statler Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850. University Administration Dale R. Corson, President of the University Robert A. Plane, University Provost Mark Barlow, Jr., Vice President for Student Affairs Lisle C. Carter, Jr., Vice Provost for Social and Environmental Studies W. Donald Cooke, Vice Provost for Research Lewis H. Durland, University Treasurer W. Keith Kennedy, Vice Provost Samuel A. Lawrence, Vice President for Administration E. Hugh Luckey, Vice President for Medical Affairs Thomas W. Mackesey, Vice President for Planning Paul L. McKeegan, Director of the Budget Robert D. Miller, Dean of the University Faculty Steven Muller, Vice President for Public Affairs Arthur H. Peterson, University Controller Neal R. Stamp, Secretary of the Corporation and University Counsel School of Hotel Administration Robert A. Beck, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Gerald W. Lattin, Ph.D., Assistant Dean of the Hotel Administration; E. M. Statler Profes­ School of Hotel Administration; Professor sor in Hotel Administration in Hotel Administration Paul L. Gaurnier, M.S., Assistant Dean of the Katherine R. Spinney, B.A., B.L.S., Reference School of Hotel Administration; Assistant Librarian, School of Hotel Administration Professor in Hotel Administration Staff of Instruction In the School of Hotel Administration (This list includes only those members of the University staff whose sole instructional responsibility is the teaching of students in the School of Hotel Administration.) Frank H. Randolph, B.A., M.E., P.E., Professor Leslie E. Bond, Cdr., USN (Ret.), Lecturer in in Hotel Engineering, Emeritus Hotel Administration Charles I. Sayles, B.S., M.E.E., Professor in Paul R. Broten, M.S., Professor and Director Institutional Engineering, Emeritus of Research and Development Thomas W. Silk, A.B., B.S., M.S., Professor in Robert M. Chase, B.M.E., M.B.A., Assistant Hotel Accounting, Emeritus Professor in Properties Management Louis A. Toth, C.P.A., Professor in Hotel Ac­ Vance C hristian, A.B., B.S., M.S., Professor in counting, Emeritus Hotel Administration O. Ernest Bangs, Associate Professor in Food Charles E. Cladel, M.S., C.P.A., Professor in Facilities Engineering Hotel Accounting James H. Barrett, Ph.D., C.P.A., Lecturer in Warren M. Cole, B.S., Lecturer in Properties Hotel Accounting Management Robert A. Beck, Ph.D. E. M. Statler Professor Richard A. Compton, B.S.M.E., M.S., Assistant in Hotel Administration; Dean of the School Professor in Properties Management of Hotel Administration Donal A. Dermody, M.S., Assistant Professor Matthew Bernatsky, Professor in Hotel Ad­ in Hotel Administration ministration Thomas M. Diehl, M.B.A., Assistant Professor Donald M. Biles, B.S., General Manager, Sky- in Hotel Administration top Lodge, Skytop, Pennsylvania; Lecturer David C. Dunn, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in in Hotel Administration Hotel Accounting 6 Faculty Myrtle Ericson, M.S., Professor in Hotel Ad­ New York City; Acting Assistant Professor ministration in Hotel Accounting William Fisher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Keith McNeill, B.S., Lecturer in Hotel Admin­ Hotel Accounting istration Charles Fournier, President, Gold Seal Vine­ Richard G. Moore, M.E.E., M.B.A., Instructor yards, Inc. Hammondsport, New York; Lec­ in Hotel Administration turer in Hotel Administration William Morton, Ph.B., Vice President, I.T.T.- Paul L. Gaurnier, M.S., Assistant Professor in Sheraton Corporation; Lecturer in Hotel Hotel Administration; Assistant Dean of the Administration School of Hotel Administration Mrs. Helen J. Recknagel, Ph.D., Professor in H. Victor Grohmann, B.S., Chairman of the Hotel Administration; Editor, School Pub­ Board, Needham & Grohmann, Inc.; H. B. lications Meek Visiting Professor in Hotel Adminis­ Clinton L. Rappole, M.S., Lecturer in Hotel tration Administration Mrs. Valerie Gyrisco, M.S., Lecturer in Hotel Mrs. Ellen C. Seaburg, B.S., Lecturer in Hotel Administration Administration Walter Herrmann, B.S., Lecturer in Hotel Ad­ John H. Sherry, B.S., LL.B., Professor in ministration; General Manager, Statler Inn Hotel Administration Albert E. Koehl, B.S., President, Koehl, Landis Mrs. Laura Lee W. Smith, Ph.D., Professor in & Landan, Inc., New York City; Lecturer in Hotel Administration Hotel Administration Katherine R. Spinney, B.A., B.L.S., Reference Gerald W. Lattin, Ph.D., Professor in Hotel Librarian, School of Hotel Administration Administration; Assistant Dean of the Jeremiah J. Wanderstock, Ph.D., Professor in School of Hotel Administration Hotel Administration John D. Lesure, B.S., C.P.A., Senior Partner, Herbert Witzky, M.B.A., Lecturer in Hotel Ad­ Laventhol, Krekstein, Horwath & Horwath, ministration In Other Schools and Colleges of Cornell (This list includes only those members of the University instructing staff who are directly engaged in giving courses regularly taken by students in the School of Hotel Administration.) George P. Adams, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Russell Dickenson Martin, M.S., Associate Economics Professor of Communication Arts Jack A. Barwind, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chandler Morse, M.A., Professor of Eco­ Communication nom ics Gary William Bickel, Ph.D., Associate Profes­ Richard Thomas Selden, Ph.D., Professor of sor of Economics Economics Doris J. Breunig, M.A., Assistant Professor of Robert Mumford Smock, Ph.D., Professor of Institution Management Pomology Wynn Van Bussmann, M.A., Assistant Profes­ Thomas Sowell, M.S., Assistant Professor of sor of Economics Economics J Milton Cowan, Ph.D., Professor of Linguis­ George J. Staller, Ph.D., Associate Professor tics; Director of the Division of Modern of Economics Languages Ronald J. Vogel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Lawrence Bryce Darrah, Ph.D., Professor of Public Administration Marketing William B. Ward, M.S., Professor and Head of Mrs. Marjorie Devine, Ph.D., Assistant Pro­ the Department of Communication Arts; fessor in Human Nutrition and Food Editor in Chief of Publications Douglas F. Dowd, Ph.D., Professor of Eco­ Harold Henderson Williams, Ph.D., Professor nom ics of Biochemistry John C. H. Fei, Ph.D., Professor of Economics Chester Higby Freeman, M.S.A., Associate Professor of Communication Arts Visiting Lecturers, 1969-70 Walter Galenson, Ph.D., Professor of Indus­ Frank Berkman, Executive Vice President, trial and Labor Relations Hotel Sales Management Association, New Frank H.