January 30, 1996
MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY MEETING JANUARY 10, 1996
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The January 10, 1996 meeting of the University Assembly was
called to order by President David Frohnmayer at 3:15 p.m. in Columbia
150. The minutes of the September 27, 1996 meeting of the University
Assembly were approved as distributed.
ANNOUNCEMENT/MEMORIALS
The President reminded the Assembly members that the
"new" University Senate would meet on January 17, 1996. This
new Senate is a product of the change in governance approved by the
Assembly on May 17, 1995.
Mr. Richard Heinzkill, Library Systems, was recognized to read a
memorial for Professor Emerita S. Elizabeth Findly. Professor Findly
joined the University of Oregon faculty as a reference librarian in
1934. She taught in the UO School of Library Science and served one year
as Dean prior to her retirement in 1974. Professor Findly passed away in
Denton, Texas on May 23, 1995. The memorial can be found on pp 4-5 of
these minutes.
Mr. James Mohr, History, was recognized to read a memorial for
Professor Emeritus Robert G. Lang. Professor Lang taught history at the
University of Oregon for thirty years having joined the faculty in 1964.
He passed away in Eugene on November 23, 1995. The memorial can be found
on pp 5-7 of these minutes.
Mr. James Lemert, Journalism and Communications, presented a
memorial for Professor Emeritus Willis L. Winter. From 1964 until his
retirement in 1994 Professor Winter was a member of the faculty in the
School of Journalism. He passed away in Eugene on December 14, 1995.
The memorial can be found on pp 7-8 in these minutes.
A memorial for Assistant Professor Emerita Lois Schreiner has
been received by the Secretary for inclusion with these minutes. Mr.
Thomas Stave, Library Systems, prepared this memorial. Ms Schreiner was
a member of the faculty in the University Library from 1969 until her
retirement in 1983. She passed away on September 16, 1995 in Eugene.
The memorial for Ms. Schreiner can be found on pp 8-9 in these minutes.
Professor Kenneth Ramsing, Lundquist College of Business, has
submitted a memorial for Professor Emeritus Arthur E. Mace. Retiring in
1976 after 12 years as a Professor of Business Statistics, Mr. Mace
resided in Eugene until his death on July 27, 1995. This memorial can be
found on pp 9-10 in these minutes.
OLD BUSINESS
None.
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY
President Frohnmayer used this period to discuss with the
Assembly the proposals that have been put forward separately by the OSSHE
Board and the Governor on the future of higher education and public
education in Oregon. The President referred to this discussion as a
dialogue as a necessary re-investment in higher education. The concern
expressed by the President was that each faculty member had to be fully
aware of what has been proposed, what will be discussed, how the
discussions will develop, who will do the discussing and how the
University of Oregon will be involved in all of what is being proposed
and discussed. No faculty member should ignor what is going on at this time.
The facts are clear that demographics strongly suggest higher
education will boom within the next five years. The growth rate is
presently pegged at an increase of 30% over the number presently enrolled
in Oregon higher education. This number could increase appreciably if
the new plan for public high schools are as successful as some predict.
Continuing the President pointed out that the marketplace for
employment has changed dramatically within the last decade and will
change even more in the immediate future. Changing jobs will become more
and more a reality than it has been--even more so than it has been in the
last few years. Higher Education will be instrumental in this area as
education will be on a continuing basis and not one that will draw to a
close with a B. A. or B. S. Gearing up for the future will be a never
ending endeavor for each individual.
The President pointed out that continued disinvestment in higher
education in Oregon must cease. Since the dawn of Measure 5 public
higher education has seen its funding sunset as a dramatic drop in state
support has brought us to the present level of about 17%. Higher
education was not a projected target of Measure 5, but it has become
one. The Governor sees education as one continuing stream--from K
through graduate School and beyond. If higher education is to be part of
this stream, higher education will need to be funded at an appropriate
level to carry out its expected assignment.
At present the OSSHE Board has several tasks forces working on
the future of higher education in Oregon. The Task Forces will cover the
following areas:
a. Undergraduate education
b. Graduate education and research
c. Community and economic development
d. Lifelong learning--"continuous education"
It is possible that another task will be added and this would be
an intersection task force consisting of the provosts from each of the
universities and colleges. Their assignment would be to bridge each of
the other task forces so that all of it can be brought together,
coordinated and implemented.
The entire work schedule for all of this is extremely tight.
Everything must be concluded by the end of June 1996. In conjunction,
the Governor has a group working on his vision for education and this
group will commence work the first week of February. They too will be
under a tight deadline. OSSHE will also take part in the Governor's
discussions.
At this point the President discussed how the UO will deal with
all of this. Fortunately the UO has done much since Measure 5 was
implemented and with accreditation coming in 1997 the UO is geared to
take an even closer look at itself. What the UO has done since 1990 and
will do in the accreditation study should result in the UO being poised
to accomplish great things in the future. But it must be emphasized that
OSSHE has $135 million less than it did in 1990 and this is not a figure
adjusted for inflation. Reinvestment is necessary if higher education is
to survived.
The growth of industry in Oregon is the type that is geared
toward degree holding employees. Employees will need continuous
eduction. If these degrees are to originate in Oregon and the continuous
education is to be Oregon based this reinvestment is basic to the future
of this state. And Oregon higher education must be involved in the
process of continuous education. Doing nothing about the plight of
higher education funding in Oregon is not, in reality, an option.
Enterprise will import educated employees if the state does not reinvest
so Oregon higher education can produce the needed employees. Without
reinvestment Oregonians will be left behind in what is becoming a major
part of the new economic platter in this state.
More erosion of public higher education in this state has alarmed
private enterprise and many legislators. Reinvestment must be high on
any future agenda for Oregon.
Mr. Charles R. B. Wright, Mathematics, asked what would be the
product of the task forces or the governor's appointed group. The
President said that it was not possible to guess at an outcome as this
would discourage discussion and free exchange of ideas. Conclusions must
not be pre-determined.
In response to a question concerning the "flagship"
quality of the UO within higher education in Oregon, the President noted
that we are still the flagship and that this flag is still strongly held
by the UO. What has been done since 1990, though initiative and
innovation, has positioned the UO well for the changing future we all
face. With reinvestment the UO will be able to continue moving forward
in service to the people of this state.
ADJOURNMENT
The business of the meeting having concluded the meeting
adjourned at 3:54 p.m.
Keith Richard
Secretary
S. ELIZABETH FINDLY
April 2, 1908 - May 23, 1995
For decades Elizabeth Findly practiced information retrieval
before that term became a catchword and the designation of information
specialist began to supplant librarian. Her career encompassed the
publication of monumental printed bibliographies and library catalogs to
the inception of microforms and other machine readable resources. Her
expertise in perfecting search strategies influenced several generations
of embryo librarians and scholars.
She was born Sarah Elizabeth Findly on April 2, 1908 in Winfield,
Kansas. She died May 23, 1995 in Denton, Texas. She earned a B. A.
degree in History from Drake University (1929), a B. S. in Library
Science from the University of Illinois (1934), and an M.A. in Library
Science from the University of Michigan (1945). Between 1929 and 1933
she was a high school teacher and principal in Geneva, Iowa. In 1934 she
was appointed a reference assistant in the University of Oregon Library
and in 1947 became head reference librarian. In 1968 she joined the
faculty of the new School of the Librarianship at the University of
Oregon, teaching courses in government documents and reference work.
During her final academic year she was interim Dean of the school,
retiring in 1974.
She was active in professional library organizations, serving as
president of the Oregon Library Association, as the Oregon representative
on the American Library Association Council, and chaired the Board of
Managers of the Pacific Northwest Library Association's Bibliographic
Center during a crucial period.
Miss Findly was known as an astute reference librarian, with a
remarkable memory of the contents of key reference works. Her strong
emphasis was on the role of librarians as teachers. She combined a no
nonsense approach with a graciousness borne out in natural dignity. The
writer recalls her melodious chuckle when he advised her that an
undergraduate, trying to recall which librarian had assisted him, said
"the lady built like a fullback." Former students and retired
faculty have remarked on her unfailing cordiality even when besieged with
repetitious directional questions at the information desk. She was never
desk-bound, sitting and pointing, but actively assisted users in locating
and understanding reference works.
Her persistence was responsible for the location of back files of
many obscure Oregon newspapers. She travelled many miles during her
vacations to pick up the files for preservation microfilm in the
University Library, resulting in a definitive collection of Oregon
newspapers which continues today. When student athletes were assigned to
her department to earn their stipend, she insisted, to their chagrin,
that real work be done, and utilized the musclemen to shift bound volumes
of newspapers and journals.
Beginning in 1950, she spent considerable time acquiring and
organizing international and federal documents--a field in which she took
particular delight. To her regret, she was unable to complete the full
serial set of federal documents.
Her reference courses were enlivened with real problems, drawn
from her experience, e. g. Who notified the British government "I
have Sind"?
The library profession was enriched by her example of service and
the scholarly community by her provision of resources and assistance in
research.
Prepared by Robert McCollough
Professor Emeirtus,
University Library
Read by Thomas Stave
Professor, University Library
ROBERT GUY LANG
June 22, 1933 - November 23, 1995
Robert Guy Lang, born June 22, 1933 in Portland and raised in
Eugene, was a member of the Department of History since his appointment
to the University in 1964. He received his degrees from Columbia
University (A. B. 1955) and the University of Oxford, Oriel College (D.
Phil. in Modern History, 1963), where he wrote his frequently-cited
dissertation on "The Greater Merchants of London in the Early
Seventeenth Century." In his scholarship and teaching, Professor
Lang specialized in English history of the Tudor and Stuart periods.
Professor Lang devoted his scholarly career to the study of Tudor
commercial life, taxation, and wealth distribution, especially as
recorded in the Tudor assessment rolls for the city of London. His
critical edition of these sources, Two Tudor Subsidy Assessment
Rolls for the City of London: 1541 and 1582, was published in 1993
by the prestigious London Record Society. This definitive edition
provides tax and wealth indicators for more than 11,000 individual, with
extensive analytical tables and detailed index. These are accompanied by
a meticulous introduction to the principles and procedures by which taxes
were assessed and wealth recorded int he Tudor period. This work is a
valuable research instrument for a broad range of scholars of Tudor
social and economic history, and has already influenced the conclusions
of specialists in the field.
Professor Lang taught early English history and advanced courses
on the Tudor and Stuart periods. He was regarded as an exceptionally
conscientious teacher. His lectures were outstanding scholarly syntheses
in their own right. He continually revised lectures on the same subject
to represent the most recent scholarship, such that graduate students
attending a course two years in succession commented that he never gave
the same lecture twice. Moreover, he gave close individual attention to
both undergraduate and graduate students, and taught extensively outside
of load in response to student need. He served as department head,
director of graduate studies, and undergraduate director, in which
capacity he established the department's peer advising service. Within
the University, he served numerous functions, notably chair of the
Committee on Committees.
Professor Lang was regarded by colleagues and students alike as
the embodiment of professional excellence and deep humanity. Personally
devoted to the University as institution and community, he was an
outstanding citizen. The total attention he gave to the study of
Tudor-Stuart England and to the students entrusted to his mentoring
witnessed a vocational commitment dutifully and lovingly pursued. His
peaceful passing in Eugene on the morning of Thanksgiving Day, 23
November 1995, terminated a long illness. It also deprived the
University of Oregon of an exemplar cultivated in the best of its traditions.
Written by George Sheridan
Professor, Department of History
Read by James Mohr
Professor, Department of History
WILLIS L. "BILL" WINTER
1926 - 1995
With the death of Professor Willis L. Winter December 14, 1995 in
Eugene, the School of Journalism and Communication lost a beloved teacher
and a lifelong mentor to its advertising graduates. As one of his
colleagues put it, Dr. Winter was "... devoted to his students,
before class, in class, [and] after class."
During his career here, it would have been impossible for any of
his colleagues in the School not to see the evidence that his
students and his graduates were, in turn, equally devoted to him. If he
was in his office, you simply couldn't pass his door without seeing
students gathered around him. Bill was a treasured career resource for
many hundreds of his students, both as they entered the field and as they
themselves began to become prominent in it. As one heartfelt letter to
Bill's family from a former student put it, "Your father still lives
today. He lives in all the people he's helped...I know I speak for all
of them when I say he made us better thinkers...and better people."
Bill Winter was born in San Francisco on January 15, 1926. He
received his B. S. degree in Marketing from the University of California
at Berkeley, his M. S. degree in Journalism from the University of Oregon
and his Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Illinois in Communications.
Bill actually had two University of Oregon teaching careers, one as an
instructor from 1955 to 1957 while he was a graduate student in the
Journalism Masters Degree program and the second as an associate and then
a full professor from the Fall of 1968 until his retirement in 1994, when
he was named a Professor Emeritus of Journalism.
In addition to teaching here, Bill also taught at the University
of Minnesota, the University of Illinois and the University of
Washington. His teaching skills and genuine interest in his students,
long apparent to his colleagues in the School and to his current
students, were more formally recognized in 1987 with the presentation of
the Burlington Northern Outstanding Teacher award to Bill.
During his active teaching and consulting career, Bill also was
an author of the most widely adopted basic advertising text in the
country, a book that has been published in seven languages and in several
editions. He was voted "Advertising Man of the Year" by the
American Advertising Federation in 1972 and probably was the single
person most responsible for putting Oregon on the national map in the
field of advertising education.
A chain smoker ever since he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in
1944, Bill had managed to kick the habit almost 51 years later. Alas,
that was just a couple of months before his death.
Bill is survived by a sister, Carol, of Talent, Oregon, three
daughters, Mary Ann, Katherine, and Jane, and five grandchildren. Each
of the daughters, along with her respective husband and children, live in
Eugene. Bill's wife Barbara, like him a warm and welcoming person, died
in 1994.
James B. Lemert
Professor,
School of Journalism & Communication
LOIS M. SCHREINER
February 3, 1920 - September 6, 1995
Lois Schreiner, Assistant Professor Emerita in the University
Library, died of leukemia, in Eugene, on September 16, 1995. She was 75
years of age.
Lois was born in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, in 1920, and moved with
her family to a homestead east of Roseburg in 1922. Her family later
relocated to Eugene, where she attended school, graduating from Santa
Clara High School in 1938. This made Lois nearly a lifelong Oregonian, a
fact in which she took some pleasure, as she developed a strong
identification with the State, especially it mountains and wilderness
area.
When Lois joined the University of Oregon in 1958 as a classified
staff member, she was a single parent with four children and with little
formal education. While working full time for most of this period, she
earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the UO Geography Department in
1968, and in 1969 her Master of Library Science. Her single-minded
pursuit of these goals was a characteristic trait, which marked her
service to the University as well. She raised her four children alone.
One daughter, two months after Lois' death, was elected to a seat on the
Fairfax County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors.
Lois joined the University of Oregon faculty as a librarian in
1969, and for the next 13 years served in the Library's Reference
Department and Government Documents Section. She worked in many areas,
as her department never enjoyed luxuriant staffing levels. but her
passion was to penetrate the intrigue and esoterica of foreign and
international documents. The documentation of the League of Nations, the
UN, and what was then called the European Economic Community were like
her backyard. She showed a generation of students how to trace a General
Assembly resolution or track down a British Command Paper, or whatever
the arcane pursuit happened to be.
She worked hard for causes she cared about. In the early 1980s
she was treasurer of Faculty Women for Equity, and a named plaintiff in
the famous case of Penk et al v. Oregon State Board of Higher
Education. She was President of the Friends of the Three Sisters
Wilderness, a group that played a critical role in the eventual
designation of the Three Sisters Wilderness Area. An long-time member of
the Obsidians, a local hiking and climbing club, she edited that group's
newsletter for 20 years. This was a chore most of us who live in a
word-processed environment, or who do not share Lois' concern for the
details of task, cannot appreciate: until she automated the project, she
would type each issue, manually justifying every margin. She earned the
distinction "Obsidian Princess" by climbing each of the ten
highest mountain peaks in Oregon, and continued her climbing and hiking
well into her retirement. Her &kquot;Princess" name, by the way,
was "Monadnock", which is a geological term denoting a residual
mountain standing well above a surrounding peneplain, not connected to
any other chain or mountains. She enjoyed that identification, and
displayed a version of the name on her license plate. Her adventuresome
spirit carried her to other parts of the world than Oregon. She spent a
semester as ship's librarian for World Campus Afloat. One wy or another
she got to Egypt, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, and most parts
of North America.
Lois is survived by her husband, Clair Cooley; three daughters,
Penny Gross of Alexandria, Virginia, Renee Armon of Springfield, and
Christine McKinnon of Eugene; a son, John of Eugene; seven grandchildren;
and three great-grandchildren.
Thomas Stave
Professor, University Library
ARTHUR E. MACE
June 14, 1916 - July 26, 1995
Professor Arthur Mace joined the University of Oregon faculty of
Business Administration in 1964 from the Battelle Memorial Institute in
Columbus, Ohio where he had been a Research Associate in Statistics. Art
joined our then small statistics department with the desire to teach
after being in a research capacity at Battelle, and earlier at Case
Western Reserve, Ohio State, Cornell, and MIT.
Mr. Mace received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1938 from Amerst
College in Economics with a PhD from the University of Chicago in
economics and statistics in 1947. Prior to coming to the University of
Oregon, Professor Mace taught at Western Reserve University, the
University of California at Los Angeles, and at Duke University.
Art was a diligent teacher of statistics at the undergraduate and
graduate levels, serving on several doctoral dissertations. One of his
greatest goals was to write the definitive technical book covering
statistical regression analysis applied to problems in management and
social sciences. Although he did take a sabbatical leave to write in
1970-71, his book never came to fruition. Without being published but
instead being used as a monograph in the College, Art revised the
material numerous times to achieve perfection. Yet, the material never
reached the level of excellence which he perceived it should and thus it
was never submitted to a publisher as a completed document.
Art mace retired from the University of Oregon on June 30, 1976
after being diagnosed with cancer. However, the cancer was kept in
remission until his death. In the mean time, Art became the informal tax
consultant for members of the Ya-Po-Wa Terrace and Campbell Center
retirement community. In addition, he regularly audited the retirement
community store and in other ways helped the community in which he lived.
Art was an avid walker, never owning a car. He could be seen
walking miles each day until shortly before his death. He was member of
the Central Presbyterian Church which occupied his time when he was not
working with members of his retirement home. He also took two visually
impaired children "under his wing" and helped them extensively
with their elementary education as well as providing for them after his
death with financial support for school through the university level.
Kenneth Ramsing
Professor,
Lundquist College of Business
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