MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
November 21, 1968
Communication from Chancellor Varner:
As I indicated to you in a personal visit a few weeks ago,
the officers and directors of First Federal Savings and
Loan Association of Detroit have invited me to join their
Board of Directors. They have traditionally had on their
Board one person from the field of higher education, and
this particular position was formerly held by Dr. Clarence
Hilberry. Since Dr. Hilberry's death the position has been
vacant, and they have now asked me to fill this post. You
indicated that you thought it would be a good thing to do
but that I should touch base with Don Stevens. Don suggested
that we hold up for a while on this, although he did not
personally have any objection.
Late last week, Mr. Hans Gehrke, President of First Federal
Savings and Loan, called to inquire about the status of
the invitation, and I told him I would let him know within
ten days or so. I then checked again with Don Stevens over
the weekend, and he suggested that I raise the question
with Mr. Huff since he would likely be familiar with the
Detroit area operations. Mr. Huff in turn recommended that
this matter be brought to the attention of the Board of
Trustees so that they would be informed. I am under the
impression that Mr. Huff personally has no objection to
this but that he feels that the Board should be informed
when any officer of the University accepts such a position.
In view of this, I wonder if you could bring this to the
attention of the Board at its next meeting. As I indicated
to you earlier, this is no emotional matter with me, but
I suspect it will be to the advantage of the University
in the long run to have this range of acquaintances, who
in turn can be helpful in a great many ways in developing
Oakland University in the community. Mr. Gehrke tells me
that their Board meets one day each month for a two-hour
period. I believe the regular meeting time is from 12 noon
to 2 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.
I await your advice and that of the Board.
After discussion it was decided to defer action on
this item until the Trustees have an opportunity to discuss
and develop a policy statement with reference to service by
officers and other employees of the University on corporate
boards, etc. It was suggested that Mr. Varner request the
First Federal Savings and Loan to keep this matter open until
January or February.
The Trustees discussed the dates of future meetings and agreed
that the December meeting should be held on December 11 and
12 as originally scheduled and that the meetings after the
first of January should be held on the third Thursday evening
and Friday morning of each month unless otherwise changed.
Appointment of George F. Feeman as Prof. in Math Dept. at
$16,000, effective 1/1/69
Tenure Recommendations:
Associate Professors who have served their probationary terms
and acquire tenure with this
reappointment, effective August 15, 1969:
| Joseph W. DeMent |
English |
| Keith R. Kleckner |
Engineering |
| John M. McKinley |
Physics |
| Siddheshwar Mittra |
Business Administration and Economics |
| Norton C. Seeber |
Business Administration and Economics |
| Harvey A. Smith |
Mathematics |
| W. Patrick Strauss |
History |
| Irving Torgoff |
Psychology |
Assistant Professors who have served their probationary
terms and acquire tenure with this
reappointment, effective August 15, 1969:
| John W. Barthel |
Modern Languages and Literatures |
Third probationary appointment as Assistant Professor for
two years, effective August 15, 1969:
| David E. Boddy |
Engineering |
| Leonardas V. Gerulaitis |
History |
| Anne H. Tripp |
History |
Second probationary appointment as Assistant Professor for
two years, effective August 15, 1969:
| Arthuo Biblarz |
Sociology and Anthropology |
| Marc E. Briod |
Education |
| Richard W. Brooks |
Philosophy |
| Edward L. Buote |
Modern Languages & Literatures |
| Robert C. Busby |
Mathematics |
| Kenneth R. Conklin |
Education |
| H.Meredith Ellis |
Music |
| Robert I. Facko |
Music |
| Jon Froemke |
Mathematics |
| Gerald C. Heberle |
History |
| Glenn A. Jackson |
Engineering |
| Patrick J. Kennedy |
Political Science |
| David W. Mascitelli |
English |
| Helene Mitterkalkgruber |
Modern Languages & Literatures (p.340)
|
| Donald E. Morse |
English |
| John R. Reddan |
Biology |
| Henry W. Rosemont, Jr |
Philosophy |
| David W. Shantz |
Psychology |
| Marshall J. Sheinblatt |
Physics |
| Richard L. Sprott |
Psychology |
| Luis Alberto Vargas |
Modern Languages & Literatures |
Second probationary appointment as Instructor for two years,
effective August 15, 1969:
| Maurice J. Beznos |
Modern Languages & Literatures |
| Louis M. Buchanan |
English |
| Leonard Bushkoff |
History |
| William C. Fish |
Education |
| Daniel H. Fullmer |
English and Linguistics |
| Roy A. Kotynek |
History |
| James R. Ozinga |
Political Science |
| Clifford I. Pfeil |
Music |
Second probationary appointment as Special Instructor for
two years, eff. August 15, 1969:
| E. Harold Bennett |
Education |
| Alice Engram |
Music |
| Norbert W. Noeldechen |
Modern Languages & Literatures |
A second extension of one year was recommended for Edward
Starr, Instructor in Business
Administration and Economics, effective from August 15, 1969
to August 14, 1970.
On motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it
was voted to approve the Appointments and Tenure Recommendations
for Oakland University.
Recommendations from the Director of Personnel
For the Computing and Data Processing Center:
a. Reclassify a Programmer VIII to a Systems Analyst AP-II
position
b. Reclassify a Programmer VIII to a Programmer AP-I position
Reclassify a Clerk-stenographer III to a Secretary V position
in Continuing Education
Reclassify a Department Secretary V to a Senior Department
Secretary VII in Education
Reclassify a Senior Department Secretary VII to an Executive
Secretary VIII position in Urban Affairs.
On motion by Mr, Thompson, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it
was voted to approve the above Personnel Recommendations.
Report of the death of Libor J, Velinsky, Assistant Professor
of Physics, on October 21, 1968. Dr. Velinsky was born on
December 31, 1931. He was a member of the staff of Michigan
State University from October 1, 1959, to August 31, 1963,
and on the staff of Oakland University since August 15, 1965.
It is recommended that his widow continue to receive his
salary for a period of 9 months beyond the date of his death,
or until July 21, 1969.
On motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr, Nisbet, it
was voted to approve the above recommendation.
Gifts and Grants
Grant of $225,244 from the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare for federal student loans under terms of the National
Defense Student Loan Program.
Grant of $81,700 from the Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare for education opportunity grants for needy students.
Grants as follows to be credited to the scholarship fund,
26762:
$100 from Bor-O-Tools, Inc., Troy
$ 40 from Alice Engram of Birmingham
$ 5 from Katherine E, Wasserfallen of Detroit
Grant of $1,358.57 from Research to Prevent Blindness of
New York City to be used under the direction of Everett Kinsey
in the Institution of Biological Sciences for research entitled
"Opthalmic Chemical Research."
Grant of $22,091 from the Royal Oak City Schools to be used
under the direction of Harry Hahr in Education fro the reading
and study improvement program.
Grant of $151 from various donors to be used under the direction
of Philip Johnson in Mathematics to acquire mathematics books.
The contributions were made in memory of Theodore Philip Linstruth,
Class of 1966.
Grant of $265 from various Upward Bound students to be used
under the direction of Manuel Pierson and credited to the
Upward Bound Discretionary Gift Fund. (p.341)
Grant of $1,000 from George N. Higgins Charitable foundation
and Trust of Ferndale to be used under the direction of Dean
Thomas Dutton in support of Project 20.
Grant of $13,000 from The Lula C. Wilson Trust of Detroit
to be used under the direction of
John Fernald to support the Meadow Brook Theatre.
Grants as follows to be used under the direction of Chancellor
Varner:
$ 500 from Russell Gibb for the Discretionary Gift Fund.
$ 500 from Ben D. Mills of Bloomfield Hills for the Chancellor's
Club
$1,000 from Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc., of Detroit for
" "
On motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it
was voted to accept the Oakland University Gifts and Grants.
Mr. Varner reported that the Oakland faculty have voted unanimously
to divide the summer trimester into two 8-week units so that
two sessions taken together would represent a full semester's
work. Unless there is serious objection by the Trustees, he
would like authorization to proceed with this change effective
for the 1969 summer term.
On motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it
was voted to approve the change to two 8-week units for
the Oakland University summer term.
Communication from Chancellor Varner:
With the approval of another $250,000 for the continuation
of Oakland University Campus Improvement Program (Phase
I--Roads, lighting, landscaping--complete plans and construction),
a review of our approach to this and other improvement construction
was made.
You will recall that Act 252, Public Acts of 1967 provided
an original $50,000 for campus improvement and in June we
asked the Board of Trustees to appoint Johnson, Johnson
and Roy, Inc. of Ann Arbor to handle this project. Since
then and with the addition of the $250,000 (Act 244, Public
Acts of 1968) it is our opinion that the University would
be advantaged if the two sums of money could be put together
and the total project assigned to an engineering firm whose
primary purpose and work is road construction. Johnson,
Johnson and Roy have planned the original $50,000 of work
through preliminary drawings on an hourly basis paid from
our campus planning retainer agreement with them. We would
like to have one of the engineering firms listed below to
pick up the work from Johnson, Johnson & Roy and incorporate
the balance of the work with the new $250,000. We would
ask the new firm to do the contract drawings, specifications,
and supervision for construction of the total $300,000 package.
Now we ask the Board of Trustees to give us approval for
the above described change of procedure and we recommend
for the Board's approval the following firms in order of
preference:
Johnson & Anderson, Inc,, Pontiac
Giffels-Webster, Inc., Birmingham
Hubbell, Roth and Clark, Inc., Bloomfield Hills
On motion by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it
was voted to approve the recommended change of procedure
and appointment of Johnson & Anderson, Inc., to continue
the plans for the Oakland University Campus Improvement Program.
The following alteration and improvement items have been
approved and are charged to Alterations and Improvements account
17203:
| Pedestrian signs |
$ 367.50 |
| Grill remodeling |
70.20 |
| No trespassing metal signs |
77.42 |
| Partitions for Dean of Students area |
387.95 |
| Installation of partitions for Dean of Students Area |
268.21 |
| Installation of bookshelves for Arts and Sciences |
193.94 |
| |
$1,356.22 |
Additional payments to salaried employees since September
20:
| Activity Planning Committee |
|
|
Computer Center |
|
| Harold Dawson |
$ 29.37 |
|
Heinreich Hellman |
$ 51.15 |
| Dean Rowe |
35.82 |
|
M. Pauline Jones |
34.44 |
| Gary Schroeder |
10.89 |
|
Margaret Keller |
22.95 |
| |
|
|
Joan Kowalski |
30.60 |
| Audience Development |
|
|
Mary McKenzie |
29.93 |
| Sharon Brown |
200.00 |
|
Edith Ricks |
22.68 |
| Carlton Smith |
500.00 |
|
Diana Roberts |
80.55 |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Bookstore |
|
|
Continuing Education |
|
| Suzanne Baal |
66.44 |
|
Maureen Bieber |
30.24 |
| Betty Hansen |
213.89 |
|
Eleutherios Botsas |
50.00 |
| |
|
|
Jenny Cross |
18.00 |
| Business Office |
|
|
Alfred Lessing |
50.00 |
| William Allen |
26.70 |
|
Carol Quinlin |
29.40 |
| Harold Dawson |
53.40 |
|
Carlton Smith |
50.00 |
| Terry Schoneman |
28.63 |
|
Edward Van Slambrouck |
232.50(p.342) |
| |
|
|
|
|
| Housing |
|
|
Public Safety |
|
| Wanda Johnson |
$ 51.98 |
|
William Allen |
$ 24.92 |
| Marian Lucking |
76.23 |
|
John Davis |
59.70 |
| Edward Star |
566.66 |
|
Patricia Kleindl |
20.55 |
| |
|
|
Albert Klug |
56.07 |
| Meadow Brook Estate |
|
|
Robert Richert |
40.05 |
| Daniel Aldrich |
64.08 |
|
Dean Rowe |
201.67 |
| William Allen |
24.03 |
|
Gary Schroeder |
185.13 |
| Jack Calvert |
135.28 |
|
|
|
| Harold Dawson |
170.21 |
|
Miscellaneous |
|
| Albert Klug |
48.06 |
|
Edward Davies |
215.99 |
| Dean Rowe |
89.55 |
|
Jon Froemke |
100.00 |
| Terry Schoneman |
200.40 |
|
Cecilia Genereux |
55.34 |
| Gary Schroeder |
46.28 |
|
Helen Ghrist |
174.02 |
| |
|
|
Charles Morton |
187.50 |
| |
|
|
Roderic Righter |
100.00 |
| |
|
|
Ruth Rounds |
43.35 |
Adjourned at 11:30 a.m. (p.343)