University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange President's Annual Report Office of the esidentPr 1-1969 [Annual Report of the President] The University of Tennessee Biennial Report, 1966-1968: Hallmarks of Greatness Andrew D. Holt University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_presrep Recommended Citation Holt, Andrew D., "[Annual Report of the President] The University of Tennessee Biennial Report, 1966-1968: Hallmarks of Greatness" (1969). President's Annual Report. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_presrep/4 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the Office of the President at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in President's Annual Report by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ENROLLMENT-becomes 23rd largest university in the nation CURRICULA-expand to 20 colleges and schools offering 308 degree programs LIBRARY-reaclles lofty goal of more than a million books F AC ULTY -shows significant growth in size and distinction STUDENT BODY-advances in abilities and achievements ATHLETICS-broaden in scope to provide greater student participation RESEARCH-grows into a nationally outstanding program PUBLIC SERVICE-extends to new areas in serving the state's economic growth PHYSICAL PLANT-expands phenomenally with planned campus development FINANCIAL SUPPORT-comes from gifts and grants to supplement state appropriations The U niver ity of Tennessee is ascending to height of greatnes unprecedented in the in titution' di tingui hed past. Each year bring impressive expansions in enrollments in program of study in physical plant and in public service to the people of Tenne ee. In fact, these development brought about the re rganization of the in titution into a full tate-wide "university sy tern. The 1966-68 biennium bas been particularly significant in the progress of the institution, not only because of new advancements but also becau e of the culmination of a number of long-range development during this period. Thi Biennial Report therefore, actually cover more than two year in the tory of the University - in the achievements e f TelH.J\;::;�t:::t:. that represent H Hallmarks of Greatnes .' Seated, lelt to right: Clyd e iV!. York , Leon I'd Raulston Ben Douglass, Frank R. Ahlgren, Charle D. Re pectfully submitted. Lockett, Wa lie Fisher, Dr. John Folger, executive director, CommisStOll on Higher Education, Pre ident D. Holt, Governor Buford Ellin ton (Chairman), Was ell Randolph (Vice Chamnan). il1ian-1 E. � Mille,� Harry W. Laughlin, W.F. Moss, Commis 'loner of Agriculture, Tom Elam, E. Boyd Garrett, Dr. Frank P Bowyer, Herbert S. WalLel . (Absent, Jerome G. Taylor, and J. How rd Karl, Com­ A.D. Holt m' sio n e r of Education.) Pre ident i "_ ILc - McClung Tower is symbolic of the "New Campus" of The University of Tennessee at Knoxville ENROLLMENT/becODles 23rd largest university in the nation One measurement f the em'nence f a uni­ THE NATION'S 'TOP 30' UNIVERSITIES versity is its size. Bigness, of ourse, does not Full-time students only, as reported in annual necessarily mean greatness, but with bigness can survey by School and Society magazine come the ad antages of broad co rse offerings, 1967-68 a cosmopolitan fe culty and student body, and 1. State University of New York (139,454) the essentials f physical facilities which give the 2. The C alifornia State Colleges (122,637) institution the qualities to achieve gre tn s', 3. Universit of California (91,494) For the first tim in its histor , The niver'ity 4. Th e City University of New York (64,969) of Tennessee m \'ed into the "t p . 0" institutions 5, Univer ity of Minnesota (46,088) of higher education in the l nited States in 1964. 6. The Wisconsin State University System (45,691) A ranking of 28th largest among the nation's 7. University of Wisconsin (44,267) 2.000 colleges and universities was att' ined that 8. University of Texas (42,774) year; and in sub 'equent years the institution s 9. University of Illinois (40,391) p sition has tended upward on thi' exclusive 10. Ohio State University (38,666) list. 11. Indiana University (37,419) In 1960 U-T moved to 23rd 1 rge-t in the 12. Michigan State University (37.395) L nited States, then retained that ranking in 1967 13, University of Missouri 32,010) as it continued to advance at the same rate as 14. University of Maryland (31,857 other gre' t universities of the nati» - further 15. University of Michigan (29 491) attes ing to it· capacity to ,en'c thc needs )1' the 16. Pennsylva ia State University (29,225) y) th of the ,'tate and the nation. 17. University of North Carolina (29,138) 18. Purdue University (25,322) 19. Uni versity of Wash ington (24,284) 20. Louisiana State University (22.554) 21. Southern Illinois University (21.358) 22. University of Puerto Rico (21,332) 13 21 11. It r 1t J - 24. Kent tate Univer ity (19,747) 25. Wayne State University (19,244) 29 20 26. Brigbam Young University (19,063) 27. Ohio University (18,412) 28. University of Iowa (18.389) 29. University of FlOrida (1 ,0 8) 30, University of Kentucky (17 265) 40,000 39,00 0 � 38,00 o· 1 I �<' 37,00 0 36,00 0 { ,..,V 35,000 ,,� 34,000 ,..,tI 33,000 1./ 32,00 0 .,.41- 31,000 I 30,000 " 29,00 0 � 28,00 0 I 27,00 0 'I 26,000 J 25,000 I 24,000 II 23,000 �r 22,000 L 21,00 0 1 957 - 11 , 774 1 958 - 11,651 20,000 j� I 1959 - 11,682 19,000 L 1960 - 12,497 18,000 L 1961 - 13,310 17,00 0 1962 - 15,382 1963 - 16,226 16,000 �, 1964 - 20,229 �� 15,000 , 1965 - 22,765 14,00 0 1966 - 25,774 1967 - 29,088 13,000 �" 00 �� 12,000 1969 - 36,600 11,000 1970 - 39,600 :- > � ....:; o 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 FALL QUARTER ENROLLMENTS OF RESIDENT STUDENTS, TOTAL UNIVERSITY CURRICULA/expand to 20 colleges and schools offering 308 degree prograDls To serve rising enrollments and the changing Agriculture; insurance in the College of Business • Achievement of a closer relationship be­ needs of Tennessee, U-T has made substantial Administration; aerospace engineering in the Col­ tween the Medical Units and U-T Memorial expansions in its course offerings. More enroll­ lege of Engineering; and biochemi try in the Research enter and Hospital at Knoxville by ments mean a greater d'versity in the career op­ College of Liberal Arts. In all, the total number making the latter a unit of the Medical Units portunities soug t by students - and a justifica­ of degree programs has risen to 308 - 120 on under the administrative supervision of Chancel­ tion for addi tional course offerings because of the baccalaureate level, 138 on the master's lor Homer Marsh. the numbers involved. At the same time, such and 50 on the doctoral. • The establishment of a lVlental Retarda­ new academic programs fill the state's needs for tion Center, now under construction at the Medi­ personnel trained in these specialties and pro­ cal Units in Memphis, which will become one of Other notable academic strides include: fessions. only three in the nation and which will function Since the beginning of the 1960's, the number • The merger of the Department of Audiol­ as a hospital, research center, and educational of colleges and schools has incr .ased by one­ ogy and Speech Pathology with the East 1ennes­ center to train specialists to help the mentally thir� rising from 15 to 20. Added to the list see Hearing and Speech Center. retarded. have been the School of Ax bite ture; the Gradu­ • The addition of outstanding scientists at • , trengthening of the summer quarter cur­ ate School of Planning; the UT-Oak Ridge School the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as part-time ricula, with a re ulting 90 per cent increase in of Biomedical Sciences; the Space Institute at faculty members under a Ford Foundation grant. enroilment, from 4,825 in 1961-62 when the ex­ Tullahoma; and the School of Health, Physical • Expansion of the Nashville Center to a pansion began to 9 185 in 1966-67. Education, and Recreation. four-year degree-granting institution. • Expansion of curricula and degree offer­ But the increase in the number of colleges and • Continued growth of the Graduate School, ings at the Martin campus, with the addition of schools is only a small portion of the new degree with the number of master's and doctoral degree degree program in liberal arts and busine s programs added by the UniverSity. Many others programs doubled in the past decade, and ex­ administration, and the offering of that campus ' have been developed, on both the undergradu te pansion through the establishment of the pace fIrst master degree- in education. and graduate levels, in the growth of the older Institute at Tullahoma, the King port University • Installation of a chapter of Phi Beta colleges and schools. Examples of these are: Center, the Chattanooga "enter, and the bio­ Kappa the eminent honorary society in the field forestry and food technology in the College of medical sciences school at Oak Ridge. of liberal arts. Arts and Sciences Home Economics Agriculture Journalism Architecture Law Basic Medical Sciences Medicine Biomedical Sciences Nursing Business Administration Pharmacy Dentistry Planning Education Social Work Health, Physical Education, Space Sciences and Aerospace Engineering and Recreation Engineering Graduate Study LIBRARY/reaches lofty goal of ore than a Dlillion books The progress of a university is to a large ment Program in 1960 when the library pos­ as the 49th member.