MEMORIALS

Mr. Donald Peting, Architecture, read a memorial for Mr. Stephen Jen-Yao Tang, Professor Emeritus of Architecture. Mr. Tang, who retired in 1985 after 17 years of service to the University of Oregon, died on September 13, 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Kenneth O'Connell, Fine and Applied Arts, read a memorial for Mr. Andrew McDuffie Vincent, Professor Emeritus of Art. Mr. Vincent retired in 1968 after 39 years of service to the University of Oregon. He died in Brookings, Oregon on October 31, 1993.

The memorials to Mr. Tang and Mr. Vincent are a part of these minutes and can be found on pages 3-5.

Also a part of these minutes is a memorial (pages 6-7) to Mr. William R. Sistrom, Emeritus Professor of Biology. Mr. Sistrom retired in 1992 after 29 years of service to the University of Oregon. He died in Eugene, Oregon on September 19, 1993.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Provost Wessells announced that Mr. John Nicols, Chair of the Faculty Advisory Council (FAC), had asked that faculty be encouraged to complete the faculty governance survey sent out by FAC.

NEW BUSINESS

Provost Wessells recognized Mr. James Boren, Chair of the Undergraduate Education and Policy Coordinating Council (UEPCC), who introduced three motions which had been circulated to all voting members of the Assembly and distributed at the Assembly meeting.

MOTION TO REDUCE CREDITS FOR GRADUATION

The first motion proposed reducing the number of credits required for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education from 186 credits to 180 credits. Mr. Boren explained that the proposed reduction corresponded to requirements which have been eliminated, i. e., the Health Education and Physical Education courses formerly required for graduation. The motion to amend was rejected by a voice vote.

The Assembly then approved by voice vote. With no audible dissent the following motion:

A total of 180 credits with passing grades are required for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science. Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education. M

OPTION TO MODIFY REGISTRATION AND COURSE CHANGE DEADLINES

Provost Wessells, Mr. Boren and Mr. Soper explained that the second motion originating in the UEPCC and appearing on the day's agenda was a motion that normally would not go to the Assembly for approval, but was before the Assembly so it could correct a Senate mistake.

According to Mr. Boren, the motion was designed to address underenrollment caused by students who drop classes too late for other students to be admitted. The mistake occurred when the Senate amended the original motion to expand the proposed windows of opportunity for late registration and course change deadlines.

Mr. Boren moved to amend the registration and course change legislation approved by the Senate to make time lines consistent. The amendment was approved by the Assembly by voice vote.

The Assembly then added the registration and course change deadline legislation as approved by the Senate and amended by the Assembly. Here is the amended motion as approved by voice vote by the Assembly:

Introductory Comment: The different parts of the following motion should enhance the availability of classes for students and also enhance the quality of instruction by stabilizing classes early in the term. The deadline changes are proposed to encourage students to develop their class schedules at the beginning of the term. allow for an opportunity to add courses after the drop period. and maximize individual course enrollments,

Course Add The period of time when students can add courses will be the first eight teaching days of an academic term. Late Registration The period of time when students can register late for courses will be the first teaching day through the eighth teaching day of the academic term.

Course Drop The period of time when students can drop courses without the transcript notation of "W" will be the first six teaching days of an academic term. No fee will be assessed. Course Withdrawal The period of time when students can drop a course with a recorded "W" will be the seventh teaching day through Friday of the seventh week of an academic term. The current drop fee will be assessed. Grading Option and Variable Credit Changes The period of time when students can make grading option and variable credit changes will be through Friday of the seventh week of an academic term. A change fee will be assessed beginning on the seventh teaching day of an - academic term.

MOTION TO AMEND NEW CLUSTER REQUIREMENT RELATIVE TO PROFESSIONAL DEGREES

Mr. Boren then presented a third motion which he described as an amendment to the New Cluster Requirement approved by the Assembly at its November 3, l993 meeting, an amendment which would expand that requirement to professional degrees. Mr. Soper added that that subject had come up during the Assembly debate but action was deferred because there had not been discussion with the professional schools which would be affected. He reported that the Senate had approved the motion with an overwhelming vote.

Mr. Boren moved:

Introductory comment: The following motion makes a parallel amendment to the October 13 legislation affecting the Bachelor of Arts. Fine Arts and Science degrees.

The current Assembly legislation on General Education Group Requirements relative to the Bachelor of Architecture. Bachelor of Education. Bachelor of Interior Architecture. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Music is amended to read as follows:

Twelve credits in approved group satisfying courses in each of three areas. Sciences. Social Sciences and Arts and Letters. In each of the three areas. courses must be completed in at least two subjects (prefixes). and in at least two of the three areas at least two courses must be completed in one subject (prefix).

The motion was approved by voice vote with no audible dissents.

ADJOURNMENT

The business of the meeting having concluded, the meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

Nancie Fadeley Acting Secretary 

STEPHEN JEN-YAO TANG June 1, 1919 -September 13, 1993 Dr. Stephen Jen-Yao Tang, Emeritus Professor in Architecture, died on the 13th day of September 1993 of natural causes in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 74. He was born June 1, 1919 in Shanghai, China, the youngest child in a large family. He attended schools in Shamghai from grade school through his first year of college at To Tong University. In 1938, at the age of l9, just before the Japanese/Chinese war erupted making it impossible for him to go home until years later, Tang left China to further his education here in the United States. In 1942, he was awarded a B.S. in Architectural Engineering, with honors, from the UNIVERSlTY of Illinois in Urbana.

Upon graduation, unable to return to his family, he joined the U. S. Air Force and initially assisted in training Air Force cadets from China at Luke Air Field, Phoenix, Arizona. It was during this time that he met and married Dorothy Tsui, a U.S. Army nurse. Tang returned to the University of Illinois as a member of the military and was awarded an M.S. in Architectural Engineering in June 1944. He then went back to Luke Air Field where he served until the war ended in 1945.

After becoming a registered structural engineer, Tang was employed in Chicago as project architect and/or engineer by three internationally renowned ArchitectEngineering firms: Holabird & Root, 1945-49; C.F. Murphy, 1949-54; and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1954-60. During this fifteen-year period Tang was involved in many design awardwinning projects for which the costs totaled about 300 million dollars. A few noted projects were the Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, 1947; the Prudential Building, Chicago, 1951; the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, 1955; and the United Airlines Office Building, Chicago, 1957. All projects used advanced design concepts that demanded innovative structures and construction procedures.

Desiring to share his experiences from practice and with encouragement from a former professor, he began teaching at the University of Illinois. Having accepted an Associate Professorship in Architecture, he quickly became Professor, and served as a faculty member from 1960-1969. He then served 15 years as Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon from 1969 until his retirement in 1984. Shortly after returning to China for the first time, he was awarded an honorary Ph.D. from China Academy in Taiwan in 1974. He was also a visiting professor at Tong Ji University of Shanghai from 1982-1985.

Tang was awarded the Plym Prize and was a member of many national and international honorary societies including Gargoyle Society, and the engineering honoraries of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau. He belonged to the International Association for Housing Science and was a founding member of the steering committee for the now very important Technology Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.

Tang's classes and seminars provided students with a bridge between theoretical principles and practical architectural engineering. He conducted laboratory projects using substitute materials that simulated full scale building systems when tested for their structural behavior. He developed "Tanguage," a teaching methodology for making integrated decisions in construction management. He enjoyed a strong and long-lasting rapport with his students and colleagues. He spent his last years bringing an awareness of Chinese architecture to Boston area grade schools.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy, and sons, Stephen Jr. and Michael, all of Boston; daughter Janet of Colorado Springs and seven grandchildren.

Mr. President, I request that this memorial be made a part of the official and permanent minutes of this meeting and that copies of this memorial be sent to the immediate family by the Secretary of the Faculty.

Donald Peting Associate Dean Architecture and Allied Arts 

Andrew McDuffie Vincent 1898- 1993

Northwest painter and teacher, Professor Emeritus Andrew M. Vincent, died October 31, 1993 in Brookings, Oregon. He was 95 years old. Vincent may be best known as one of the long time Fine Arts faculty members at the University of Oregon where he taught for 39 years. He was a very active artist and was commissioned to paint many murals. He won commissions to paint murals in post offices and public spaces in Washington and Oregon. One of his largest was the 11 x 50 foot mural in the Eugene City Council Chambers in the City Hall building. Another large mural commissioned by Architect Don Lutes, is now hanging in the lobby of Lawrence Hall at the University of Oregon.

Vincent was born in Hutchinson, Kansas in 1898 and served in the U.S. Army from 1916-19 on the Mexican Border and in France. Educated at the Art Institute of Chicago he joined the University of Oregon to teach painting and drawing in 1929. He exhibited his art work throughout the northwest including the Portland Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, UO Museum of Art and the Henry Gallery at the University of Washington. His paintings were shown at the 1939 World Exposition in San Francisco. His art work was included in a special color edition of the Northwest Review in 1959.

During his 39 years of teaching at the University of Oregon he was a primary force in the development of the Art Department. He was a long time teacher in the Carnegie Summer Sessions and became director of them in 1944-45. He also taught as visiting faculty for a short time at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California.

Andrew Vincent was dedicated to teaching art to general university students. He always enjoyed teaching non-majors as much as the art majors. One of the students whom he talked about was Oregon Supreme Court Justice Kenneth J. O'Connell who, as a faculty member in the School of Law, had taken a term of painting from Professor Vincent. The retired justice says that he considered Andrew a fine teacher and good friend. Vincent was also known for his strong support of the faculty.

Vincent had a strong interest in making home movies with sound. He filmed his family, his travels, and the many events related to the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Some of his films were shown in 1989 during the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the School. He helped make possible the awarding of the first MFA degree in film and animation to David Foster in 1957.

Vincent retired in 1968 from teaching at the University. He lived in E:ugene for a number of years in the house he designed and built in 1929. He left Eugene in 1985. His last years were spent on the Oregon coast in Brookings where he continued to paint as long as he was able.

Andrew Vincent is survived by his brother Clinton Vincent in Bellevue, Washington; and his three children, Cynthia Bowers in Evergreen, Colorado, Andrew Jr. in Lake Oswego, and Douglas in Redmond, Oregon. There are nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Mr. President, I request that this memorial be made a part of the official and permanent minutes of this meeting and that copies of this memorial be sent to the immediate family by the Secretary of the Faculty. 

Kenneth O'Connell Professor Fine and Applied Arts

William R. Sistrom February 15, 1927- September 19, 1993

Dr. William R. Sistrom, Professor Emeritus of Biology, died of cancer September 19, 1993 at his home in Eugene. He is survived by his wife of 41 years (Dorothy), three sons (Chris, Peter, and Michael), a daughter (Anne), a sister, and four grandchildren.

Bill was born February 15, 1927 in Hollywood, California, and earned his bachelor's degree in biology at Harvard in 1950. His Ph.D. degree was awarded in 1954 at the University of California, Berkeley, under the guidance of the late Dr. Roger Stanier. During 1955-57, he was a post-doctoral fellow at Institut Pasteur in Paris where he worked with Dr. Jacques Monod. In 1958-63, he returned to Harvard as an assistant professor of biology.

It was in 1963 that he joined the Biology faculty of the University of Oregon as an associate professor. He was promoted to professor in 1968. His official retirement from full time teaching and research was in June, 1992.

Bill's principal research was on aspects of photosynthesis basic to all photosynthetic organisms, and more particularly on photosynthesis in one of the types of organisms most used to study this process, the photosynthetic purple bacteria. These bacteria were used because of their ease of handling, very rapid growth rates, and their great potential for genetic manipulation. He was a pioneer in this field and discovered several properties of this complex process. Together with co-workers he was the first to demonstrate the essential role of carotene pigments in protecting photosynthetic organisms from the otherwise lethal combination of light and oxygen, the demonstration that carotene worked as an anti-oxidant.

In 1966, he received a five-year Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health which paid his salary for this period. His life's work, comprising about 45 research papers, covered the biochemistry, genetics, and structure of the photosynthetic apparatus, and pigment synthesis in these microorganisms. Bill was also the author of a popular elementary text entitled MICROBIAL LIFE, and was co-editor of a large volume, THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC BACTERIA, published in 1978.

During his last decade at Oregon, Bill devoted more and more of his time to teaching. The great focus and interest of his career was to help develop, coordinate, and teach in the multi-term CORE course for all biology majors. He will be remembered most by colleagues and innumerable past students for this, arguably his greatest, contribution to the University of Oregon. He really wanted biology majors to understand cell biology and biochemistry. This did not mean a mere memorization of components, compounds, and biochemical reactions, but rather a true understanding of how and why cell metabolism operates as it does under various conditions. A colleague who was part of the team teaching CORE biology with Sistrom in the mid-70s had the following compliment: "The purpose of this letter is to volunteer the opinion that Dr. Sistrom's lectures deserve special praise. He has expressed ideas I have not read or heard elsewhere and that strike me as profound...I believe that the long-range impact of Dr. Sistrom's teaching on some students will be greater than that of anyone else involved in the CORE. He has certainly influenced my own thinking about physiology."

Bill Sistrom was a modest man, an extremely honest man and scientist. In Biology faculty meetings he was considered the "conscience" of the department. His service on Ph.D. committees (including those of his own students and at least ten of mine) was that of great conscientiousness and interest, and was very much valued by all. Bill Sistrom's approval was just about the greatest hurdle for many Ph.D. students to overcome in his or her graduate career.

He will be greatly missed, but well remembered by members of tbe Biology faculty and staff, the Institute of Molecular Biology, and by me, his friend and close colleague for 30 _ years.

Mr. President, I request that this memorial be made a part of the official and permanent minutes of this meeting and that copies of the memorial be sent to the immediate family by the Secretary of the Faculty.

Richard Castenholz Professor Biology

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