| |
| |
Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
This is a reduced-resolution page image for fast online browsing.
EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:
1964] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1199 tion has been effected, curriculum revisions in a number of areas have been completed and others have been initiated, a new program of alumni relationships has been started, research activity has been greatly enlarged, and new faculty members for vacancies and new positions have been successfully recruited. Relationships with the school systems of the state, with agencies of state and national government and neighboring institutions in teaching education are cordial and professionally productive. A number of programs have come into national and international recognition. Dr. Grace has carried out his duties as Dean faithfully, planfully, and with imagination. T h e work of the College and the University has been greatly enhanced and strengthened through his contributions and his general leadership. The stature of the College and its faculty, the scope of its service and the importance of that service to the state and the nation are at a new high level. This distinction belongs to many people, but the calm, sound, and experienced leadership of Dean Grace has been a central influence in the remarkable record of these four years. DR. JACK W A L T E R PELTASON Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Jack W . Peltason came to the University of Illinois as Assistant P r o fessor of Political Science September 1, 1951. His previous teaching experience was at the University of Missouri, Princeton University, and Smith College. By virtue of his scholarly work, his reputation for effective teaching and the wide regard of his colleagues for his capacity for academic leadership, Dr. Peltason was a natural choice for the Deanship when a vacancy occurred in September, 1960. Dean Peltason will leave the University this summer to become Dean of the College of Arts, Letters, and Sciences of the Irvine Campus of the University of California. In presiding over the largest college of the University, Dr. Peltason has established new relationships with the other colleges and the other campuses of the University while working in many ways to improve and develop the academic achievement of his own unit. His interest in undergraduates is reflected in new arrangements for counseling, for communication with students, and for supervising and improving teaching in the introductory courses. H e has encouraged academic excellence at every point and brought strong support to the graduate work of the departments. H e has worked to build new programs, particularly in non-Western studies, and assisted in finding new resources for them. In University-wide matters, Dr. Peltason has been a thoughtful and wise adviser, with a broad view of the welfare of the institution as a whole and a deep conviction as to the central social importance of higher education. Dr. Peltason has played an important role in advancing interinstitutional cooperation by joining with his fellow deans in developing new cooperative programs under the auspices of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. Within the state, he served with distinction as a member of the "Master-Plan" Committee on Collegiate Programs of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. The work of the College is broader, stronger, and more effectively organized because of Dean Peltason's administration and the University as a whole has profited greatly from his imaginative leadership. DR. FREDERICK THEODOKE W A L L Professor of Physical Chemistry Dr. Frederick T. Wall was appointed Dean of the Graduate College on August 1, 1955, and served until September 1, 1963, when he returned to full-time teaching and research in physical chemistry. On September 1, 1964, he will become Professor of Chemistry, University of California Santa Barbara Campus, after twenty-seven years at the University of Illinois. Dr. Wall's earlier academic experience was at the University of Minnesota, where he also earned his baccalaureate and doctor's degrees, and at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Wall's prominence as a scientist was established before he undertook the Deanship of the College, and his continuing achievements in his field led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1961. H e received the Ameri-
| |
