MINUTES OF THE MEETING
of the
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
January 19, 1967
Finance Committee items:
Communication from Mr. May:
A. Oakland University has received a gift of 50 shares of
Ford Motor Company stock from Mr. and Mrs. Theodore 0. Yntema.
Authorization to sell the stock is requested.
B. Oakland University has received a gift of 300 shares of
Fidelity Fund, Inc. stock from Mrs. Elizabeth B. Graham. Authorization
to sell the stock is requested.
C. Authorization is requested to sell the following stocks
received by Oakland University:
1000 shares of MacManus, John & Adams, Inc.
75 shares of One William Street Fund, Inc.
27 shares of Proctor & Gamble Company
At the November Trustees' meeting, Mr. Varner and Mr. Carr
were authorized to negotiate with Mr. James L. Howlett of
Hartman, Beier, Howlett & McConnell of Pontiac toward
his employment on an annual retainer basis to serve as an
attorney adviser to Chancellor Varner at Oakland University
but responsible to Mr. Carr. It was understood that there
would be filed with the Board a statement of the understanding.
Mr. Varner and Mr. Carr join in recommending that Mr. Howlett
be appointed at an annual retainer of $5,000 to perform the
services described in his statement dated November 30, 1966,
copies of which were presented to each Board member.
Recommendation from Chancellor Varner for the employment
of the architectural firm of O'Dell, Hewlett, and Luchenbach,
to prepare plans for the following:
a) Minor modification of Trumbull Terrace, at an estimated
cost of $27,000, to be financed by Mr. & Mrs. George
Trumbull.
b) Expansion of the stage house of the Howard C. Baldwin
Pavilion, as well as the design of small ticket office at
the entrance to the Festival grounds, at an estimated cost
of $75,000, to be financed through a grant from the Kresge
Foundation.
On motion by Mr. Harlan, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it was
voted to approve the above items.
Minutes of the Meeting
Cancellation of appointment of Robin Olden as Assistant Director
of the Academy of Dramatic Art as of October 1, 1966.
Sabbatical leave for Robert E. Simmons, Prof. & Chairman,
Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, from September 6,
1967 through. December 20, 1967, to study in Germany.
Sabbatical leave for Walter S. Collins, Prof. & Dean
of the Music Department and the Meadow Brook School of Music,
effective from August 20, 1967 through February 20, 1968,
to study in New York, at full salary
Sabbatical leave for James C. Haden, Prof. & Chairman
of Philosophy Department, effective September 6, 1967 through
April 20, 1968 to study at home, at half salary.
Military leave for David Jenks, Custodian in Housing, effective
February 1, 1967 through June 30, 1967.
Military leave for Winston Pfahlert, Sr. Clerk, University
Services effective Oct. 17, 1966 through June 30, 1967.
Appointment of David Ward Shantz as Assistant Professor in
Psychology effective Aug. 15, 1967, at $9,000.
Appointment of Richard L. Sprott, Assistant Professor in
Psychology effective Aug. 15, 1967, at $10,000.
Transfer of Jerry W. Rose from Admissions Adviser AP-V at
$9700, to Assistant Director AP-V, Scholarships at $10,000
effective January 1, 1967.
Change in salary for Robert E. Simmons, Prof. & Chairman
of Modern Languages & Literature Department effective
February 1, 1967, from $12,600 to $13,000.
Promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor of Aharon
Kuperman, Psychology, with a salary increase from $7,800 to
$8,300 per year, effective February 1, 1967.
Designation of Donald C. Hildum, Associate Professor of Psychology,
as Acting Chairman of the Department with an additional salary
of $100 per month, effective from January 1 to August 14,
1967.(p.265)
Recommendations as follows from the Director of Personnel:
a. Reclassify an Education Counselor AP-V to Assistant
Director AP-V position in Alumni Education.
b. Establish a Budget Director AP-VIII position in the Business
Office
c. Reclassify an Assistant AP-I to Assistant Director AP-1
in the Mott Center
d. Reclassify a Clerk-Typist II to a Senior Departmental
Secretary VII position in Information Services.
e. For the Library:
1) Establish an Assistant Librarian,
Head Acquisitions AP-VI position
2) Establish a Senior Library Clerk
IV position
f. Reclassify a Departmental Secretary V to Assistant to
the Director AP-1 position for the Meadow Brook Music Festival
g. Reclassify a Draftsman IX to an Engineering Technician
XII position in Physical Plant
h. Establish an Departmental Secretary V position in Engineering
Gifts and Grants
1. Grant of $936 from the Woman's Literary Club of Pontiac
to be used to establish a short-term student loan fund.
2. Grants as follows to be used for scholarship purposes:
a. $240 from Tuesday Musicale of Detroit for a student
in the Meadow Brook School of Music.
b. $150 from Ott Memorial Scholarship of Pontiac for a specified
student.
3. Grant of $11,010 from the National Science Foundation
to be used under the direction of John Dettman in Mathematics
for the secondary science training program.
4. Grant of $7,500 from the United States Office of Education
to be used under the direction of Don R. Iodice in Modern
Foreign Languages and Literatures to support the NDEA Institute
for Advanced Study in Modern Foreign Languages.
5. Grant of $500 from Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A. Townsend Foundation
of Bloomfield Hills to be used under the direction of David
DiChiera in Music to support the opera workshop.
6. Grant of $9,449 from the United States Office of Education
to be used under the direction of D. C. Hildum in Psychology
for a prediction of college performance and personality based
on association rating of all possible sets of terms in a course
of instruction.
7. Grants as follows to be used under the direction of Dorothy
Hope in Alumni Relations and deposited to the Alumni Contributions
account:
A. $160 from Oakland University Alumni
B. $25 from Aetna Life & Casualty of Hartford, Connecticut
C. $45 from General Electric Foundation of Ossining, New
York
8. Grants as follows to be used under the direction of Chancellor
Varner:
a. 50 shares of Ford Motor Company common stock valued at
$1,987.50 from Mr. & Mrs. Theodore 0. Yntema of Detroit
for the Oakland University Foundation's Chancellor's Club.
b. For the Meadow Brook Theater:
$5,000 from The Josephine
E. Gordon Foundation of Detroit
$8,000 from The Lula C. Wilson
Trust of Detroit
c. For the Meadow Brook Music Festival:
$5,000 from The Josephine E.
Gordon Foundation of Detroit
$2,000 from The Mary Louise
Johnson Foundation of Detroit
$1,000 from The Lyon Foundation,
Inc., of Birmingham
$15,000 from the Lula C. Wilson
Trust of Detroit
d. For the Discretionary Gift Fund:
1) $1,500 from Harold A.Fitzgerald
of Pontiac
2) $242.17 from the Charles
Stewart Harding Foundation of Flint
3) 300 shares of :Fidelity Fund,
Inc., capital stock valued at $5,418 from Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Graham of Bloomfield Hills.
4) 75 shares of The One William
Street Fund, Inc., valued at $1,122.75 from Mrs. Dorothy M.
Johnson of Bloomfield Hills.
5) 27 shares of Procter &
Gamble Company common stock valued at $2,001.24 from David
L. Gamble of Grosse Pointe
e. 1,000 shares of Mac Manus, John & Adams, Inc., preferred
stock valued at $1,000 from Charles F. Adams of Bloomfield
Hills, the proceeds of the sale of the stock to be credited
to the Chancellor's Club account.
On motion by Mr. Nisbet, seconded by Mr. Stevens, it
was voted to approve the Oakland University Items. (p.266)
Additional payments to salaried employees since the December
Trustees' meeting, as follows:
| Advising |
|
|
Education |
|
| James Appleton |
$160 |
|
E. Harold Bennett |
$400 |
| Thomas Atkinson |
300 |
|
Jane Davidson |
400 |
| Lawrence Auld |
190 |
|
Wallace Messer |
400 |
| James Bailey |
370 |
|
|
|
| V. John Barnard |
450 |
|
Library |
|
| John Barthel |
200 |
|
Lawrence Auld |
100 |
| Edward Birch |
240 |
|
|
|
| John Blair |
320 |
|
Mott-Oakland Forums |
|
| David Booth |
40 |
|
David Lowy |
35 |
| Richard Burke |
320 |
|
|
|
| John Cameron |
260 |
|
Upward Bound |
|
| Thomas Casstevens |
20 |
|
Charles Morton |
625 |
| Jerry Dahlmann |
380 |
|
|
|
| Arthur Daniels |
420 |
|
|
|
| Peter Evarts |
20 |
|
|
|
| Robert Facko |
250 |
|
|
|
| Thomas Fitzsimmons |
20 |
|
|
|
| Robert Gamble |
160 |
|
|
|
| Robert Gaylor |
130 |
|
|
|
| L. V. Gerulaitis |
20 |
|
|
|
| James Haden |
20 |
|
|
|
| Gerald Heberle |
380 |
|
|
|
| M. Patricia Houtz |
180 |
|
|
|
| Robert Howes |
430 |
|
|
|
| Alfred Lessing |
320 |
|
|
|
| Edward Lynch |
270 |
|
|
|
| Roger Marz |
150 |
|
|
|
| George Matthews |
40 |
|
|
|
| Steven Miller |
320 |
|
|
|
| Fred Obear |
240 |
|
|
|
| George Rawick |
320 |
|
|
|
| Henry Rosemont |
230 |
|
|
|
| Alan Seltzer |
320 |
|
|
|
| Richard Shank |
600 |
|
|
|
| Fred Smith |
120 |
|
|
|
| Edward Starr |
400 |
|
|
|
| Norman Susskind |
60 |
|
|
|
| Paul Tipler |
120 |
|
|
|
| Reuben Torch |
490 |
|
|
|
| Carl Vann |
440 |
|
|
|
| Marilyn Williamson |
210 |
|
|
(p.267) |