Mr. Richard Davis, economics, read a memorial for Mr. H. Thomas Koplin, professor emeritus of economics. Mr. Koplin died in Eugene on December 16, 1993, after thirty-five years of service to the University of Oregon.

The memorial to Mr. Koplin is a part of these minutes and can be found on page 3.

OLD BUSINESS

President Brand recognized Mr. James Boren, chair of the Undergraduate Education and Policy Coordinating Council, who made a motion to reconsider the vote by which the assembly approved curriculum policy recommendations at its January 5, 1994, meeting.

I hereby move reconsideration of the first motion of the university curriculum committee (that contained on page 3 of the preliminary curriculum report for 1994-95 passed at the January 5. 1994. faculty assembly meeting.

I do not believe the faculty assembly fully understood the implications of these "recommendations" when they became faculty legislation as the result of a formal vote. The faculty senate did not discuss them as such but only noted their appearance as part of the curriculum committee's report. The faculty senate's discussion was focused on the curriculum committee's specific program and course decisions.

In the interest of a deliberate and informed legislative process. I urge the assembly to vote to reconsider this motion. If such a vote is in the affirmative. I will subsequently move that this motion be referred back to the faculty senate.

It is my expectation that the faculty senate will further refer parts of this motion to the Undergraduate Education and Policy Coordinating Council. and perhaps other parts to the Graduate Council. The UEPCC was created by the senate in part to prevent what has inadvertently happened in the passage of this motion: creation of faculty legislation with general policy implications without antecedent thorough and informed discussion. The oversight functions of the UEPCC in this instance (parallel to the long-established function of the Graduate Council! have been mistakenly ignored. At the very least. a referral to the UEPCC can have the positive effort of refining the language of this motion and clarifying the implications for undergraduate education that will result from the implementation of these recommendations.

The University Assembly approved by voice vote with no audible dissent Mr. Boren's motion to reconsider the vote by which the assembly approved the policy recommendations made by the University Committee on the Curriculum when it presented the preliminary curriculum report for 1994-95.

During the discussion of Mr. Boren's intention to refer the policy recommendations back to the University Senate, Mr. Micheal Dyer, chair of the University Committee on the Curriculum, suggested that Mr. Boren limit his motion to items two through six. Mr. Boren accepted that suggestion.

The University Assembly approved by voice vote with no audible dissent Mr. Boren's motion that items two through six of the curriculum policy recommendations that were before the assembly be referred to the University Senate.

In his role as Chair of the University Committee on the Curriculum. Mr. Dver requested that items 1. 7. and 8 be withdrawn from the floor of the Assembly. There were no objections to Mr. Dyer's request.

Mr. Dyer introduced the third supplement to the 1994-95 preliminary report of the committee on the curriculum to the University of Oregon faculty. He noted changes from the second supplement including substantive modifications made by the University Senate in the mathematics curriculum for undergraduates in the College of Education's educational studies majors specializing in integrated licensure. He reported that the committee on the curriculum had been at first skeptical of the changes proposed by the College of Education but ended up endorsing them unanimously.

University Senate President Davison Soper explained that the main item in the third supplement is the revised undergraduate program in the College of Education, adding that the Graduate Council had not yet finished its consideration about the curriculum report of the graduate program. He reported that, during the senate discussion, Dean Martin Kaufman said the proposed College of Education programs would be a benefit to the State of Oregon and to the University of Oregon, would not duplicate other programs in the state, and would not drain resources from other University of Oregon schools and colleges; that Mr. Paul Engelking, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, said the programs would generate more revenues than costs; and that the senate vote to approve the third supplement had been unanimous with some abstentions.

Dean Kaufman gave the rationale for and history of the changes proposed in the third supplementary report. He told the assembly that they resulted from a charge given him by President Brand and Provost Wessells to renew the College of Education with the aim of making education and social systems work for all and to do so within present resources. Noting that the proposed educational studies major was based upon a market survey that indicated a broadened context for professionally trained educators, Dean Kaufman said the major would offer a bachelor's degree in three specializations: (1) learning systems technology, (2) educational and social systems and (3) integrated licensure.

The University Assembly approved by voice vote with no audible dissent the second and third supplements to the 1994-95 preliminary report of the committee on the curriculum to the University of Oregon faculty.

ADJOURNMENT

The business of the meeting having concluded, the meeting adjourned at 4:02 p.m.

Nancie Fadeley

H. Thomas Koplin May 2, 1923-December 16, 1993

Professor H. Thomas Koplin died at his home in Eugene on December 16, 1993, after some months of illness with cancer. He was born in Elyria, Ohio, on May 2, 1923, and received his elementary and secondary school education in the public schools of that city. The Koplin family owned and operated a family drug store in Elyria. Tom's contributions to the family enterprise as a youth were a rich source of anecdotes and illustrations in his lectures and conversation.

Professor Koplin entered Oberlin College in 1941. His college education was interrupted by army service from 1943 to 1946. He returned to Oberlin and received his B.A. in economics in 1947. His studies with Professor Ben Lewis at Oberlin were important in directing his interests in economics to the areas of industrial organization and public policy. He was a graduate student and teaching fellow in the Department of Economics at Cornell University from 1947 to 1950. Here he continued his study of industrial organization under the direction of Professor Alfred Kahn. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1952.

In 1950 Professor Koplin came with the rank of instructor to the University of Oregon, which would be the scene of his professional career. Promotions came in due course in 1953 to assistant professor, in 1959 to associate professor, and in 1965 to professor of economics. The year 1954-55 was spent as a Ford Foundation Fellow at Oxford University. At Oxford he developed his interest in general economic theory. During the 1950s Professor Koplin's organizational abilities, his conscientious attention to detail, and his dependable work on committees became recognized beyond the confines of his department. In the years 1959-61 he was assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the first director of the new Clark Honors College. His work was recognized as an important factor in laying the foundations for the success of that college.

Professor Koplin never allowed administrative duties to interfere with his responsibilities to his students. He was involved in both the graduate and undergraduate programs in the economics department and took a deep interest in the progress of his students at all levels. He was scrupulous in preparing for his meetings with them, individually and in his classes; he felt it to be important to present his material accurately and systematically and he insisted, in turn, on high standards of student performance. This was appreciated. In 1966 he received the Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, a signal honor at the University of Oregon.

Professor Koplin was an active member of the American Economics Association and the Western Economics Association. Early in his career, Professor Koplin's scholarly papers and reviews dealt primarily with public utility regulation and other aspects of the relations between government and business organizations. Later publications showed his growing interest in economic theory, especially that of welfare economics. In 1971 he published his textbook Microeconomic Analysis (Harper and Row). It was well received and many students acquired their education in economics at the intermediate level from this book.

Professor Koplin retired in June of 1985 but continued for a time to teach a seminar in the economics of uncertainty, which was his main research interest in the years before his death. Professor Koplin declined the title "professor emeritus" upon his retirement in 1985 but was persuaded to accept the title in 1988. He kept up his friendships with former graduate students and colleagues, attended concerts, and continued his studies until the last weeks of his life.

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.

Richard Davis Professor Emeritus Economics

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