University of the Pacific Scholarly Commons Pacific Review University of the Pacific ubP lications 10-1-1971 Pacific Review October 1971 Pacific Alumni Association Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Pacific Alumni Association, "Pacific Review October 1971" (1971). Pacific Review. 221. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/pacific-review/221 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the University of the Pacific ubP lications at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pacific Review by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. New President ·Named Stanley E. McCaffrey, president of the San Francisco Bay Area Council and an executive with 25 years experience in top business, edu­ cation and government positions, has been named president of the University of the Pa­ CI Fie cific. Ted F. Baun, president of the UOP Board of Regents, announced that McCaffrey, 54, was selected from some 240 nationwide candidates to lead the University in the com­ EVI Ew ing years. He will assume the new position in December. U N IV E R S I TY The announcement of McCaffrey as the 21st president of the University comes eight 0 F T H E PAC I F I C months after the February death of Dr. Rob- ert E. Burns. Dr. Alistair McCrone, acting TO BE R, 19 71 ff1 ffJ. ffJ. president since the death of Dr. Burns, will re­ 0 C turn to his previous duties as academic vice president. McCaffrey's background includes a year of service as executive assistant to Richard Nixon when he was vice president, four years as vice president of the University of Califor­ nia, eight years as executive manager of the University of California Alumni Association, two years as assistant to the president for Kaiser Aluminum, president of the Peralta Junior College District Board of Trustees, and vice president of the Golden Gate College Board of Trustees. The Berkeley resident has been president and chief executive officer of the San Fran­ cisco Bay Area Council since 1961. The nine­ county organization is dedicated to the civic, economic and environmental enhancement of the Bay Area and is governed by leaders in the areas of business, industry, education, labor, and government. During 1960, when McCaffrey was associated with Nixon, the new Pacific presi­ dent was involved in liaison duties with the White House, cabinet and executive depart­ than $2 million for Golden Gate College when ments, Senate, and House of Representatives. he was vice chairman of development. McCaffrey was vice president of the Uni­ McCaffrey was a contributing author to a versity of California, from 1956-60. He repre­ book on the history of UC, has written an sented the university to numerous academic article for Saturday Review in conjunction and educational groups and associations and with his Bay Area Council position, and has was involved in the planning of new campuses, represented Rotary International throughout public relations, alumni activities, gifts and the world as the current first vice president. endowments, and legislative relations. McCaffrey received a B.A. degree in He was executive manager of the UC political science from the UC Berkeley Alumni Association from 1948-56, and in 1955 campus in 1938, with a specialization in public the organization was honored as the nation's administration. He was Phi Beta Kappa at outstanding alumni association by the Ameri­ Berkeley, president of the student body, can Alumni Council. named as Berkeley's "Young Man of the Before joining the UC system, McCaffrey Year" in 1952, and honored in 1969 for his con­ spent two years as assistant to the president of tributions to the university. Kaiser Aluminum. He was involved in Naval The new president is listed in Who's Who Intelligence during World War II and now is a in America, and his civic and social activities captain in the Naval Reserve. have included the Commonwealth Club of Additional · educational experience in­ California, various University of California cludes service as the first president of the alumni groups, the state's Little Hoover Com­ Peralta Junior College District Board of mission, Berkeley Recreation Commission, Trustees in the East Bay and vice chairman of chairman of the Veterans Board of California, ST C KTON, SAN FRANCISCO, development and vice chairman of education Oakland Manpower Commission, and A C R A ~~ EN TO, CAL IF 0 R N I A for the Golden Gate College Board of Trustees. delegate to the Governor's Conference on C OSTA R ICA • INDIA McCaffrey was leader of the six city Peralta Children and Youth. District when a $47 million bond issue for new McCaffrey was born February 26, 1917, COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC RAYMO ND COLLEGE ELBERT COVELL campuses was approved, campuses were and is married to the former Beth, Conolley. COLLEGE CALLISON COLLEGE CO NSERVATORY OF MUSIC ; planned, college presidents selected, and new The couple have two children. Mrs. McCaffrey SCHOOL OF EDU CATION SCHOO L OF PHARMACY SCHOOL OF programs were developed, including special has been active in the United Bay Area ENG INEERI NG SC HOOL OF DEN TIST RY McGEORGE SCHOOL educational opportunities for disadvantaged Crusade and is a member of the Pacific School OF LAW SC HOO L OF MED ICAL SC IEN CES GRADUATE SCHOOL students and minorities. He also raised more of Religion Board of Trustees. Raymond College Alters Curriculum, Eliminates All Required Courses By Richard Doty, Courses. There will be no single course re­ Director, News Bureau quired and many of the classes will be inter­ disciplinary and involve team teaching. Raymond Colleg~the first cluster college in The students can take more than 12 area the United States-is revamping its cur­ courses, and they will be encouraged, Kolker riculum to become "virtually unlimited for said "to take courses that will allow them to the creative student." pursue continuing interests. They should take While retaining the ability for a student to a distribution of courses which will acquaint graduate in three years, which has been part them with a broad spectrum of knowledge." of Raymond since the college opened in 1962, Students taking the minimum 12 Area the new program has eliminated required Courses can pursue the other nine courses courses. It also gives the student a virtually through independent studies, classes in other unlimited choice in planning his college years. schools and colleges at Pacific, seminars and Berndt Kolker, provost at Raymond Col­ internships. lege, said he believes the new curriculum is The internship programs, another unique the only one of its kind in the country today­ feature at Raymond according to Kolker, are which marks another first for the college that designed to serve as a bridge from the college Increase Noted first started the self-contained, cluster con­ community to the larger society. Students cept nearly 10 years ago. may be placed with the United States Con­ As Enrollment Kolker said the new program was created gress, national political party headquarters, by the college's students and faculty in an ef­ model cities program, the state legislature Surpasses 5,000 fort to obtain maximum flexibility "so each and in other locations. Fall semester enrollment at student can satisfy his intellectual predilec­ Kolker explained that students at Ray­ all campuses of the Universi­ tions as he perceives them." mond will be advised from the onset of their ty of the Pacific stands at "Students entering college in the 1970's freshman year on the kinds of courses most 5,423 students according to are going to be considerably different from suited to their respective stages of develop­ Dr. Elmer Wagner, dean of those of the 1960's," he explained. "We feel ment, but no one will be forced to take specific records and institutional this new type of student will include many in­ courses. research. dividuals who view a college education In summarizing the new curriculum, The total includes 4,178 on primarily as a means for self-realization and Kolker stated: "Raymond College believes the UOP campus in Stockton, personal growth rather than a device for ob­ that this new curriculum will serve the needs 386 at the School of Dentistry taining a professional or occupational of contemporary students in a way that will ef­ in San Francisco and 859 at preparation." fectively recognize both individual differences McGeorge School of Law in He said the new program-which takes ef­ and common needs. Its possibilities virtually Sacramento. fect this school year-involves the completion are unlimited for the creative student, and for A breakdown on the of 21 courses and faculty approval for receipt those who desire a more prescriptive and Stockton campus enrollment of the Bachelor of Arts degree. structured course of study, such will be avail­ shows 2,149 students at Using a 4-1-4 school year common to many able." College of Pacific, 196 at colleges and schools at Pacific, the normal Raymond College, 172 at load for a Raymond student will be three Elbert Covell College, 222 at classes in the fall semester; one course, inde­ Callison College, 197 at the pendent study or a seminar during the Janu­ Conservatory of Music, 350 at ary winter term; and three courses during the School of Dentistry to Begin the School of Education, 95 at spring semester. the School of Engineering Under the old program, Raymond stu­ Continuing Education Program dents were faced with three terms of 12 weeks and 432 at the School of Many Northern California dentists will soon Pharmacy.