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the Louisville Cardinal
Vol. XLV No. 13
Narrowed to five
A & S Dean's
Search "Continues
by Jim McGovern
The search for a Dean of the Arts and
Sciences College of the University
continued on Monday of this week when
the first of the final five interview
candidates visited Belknap Campus.
Professor Barry Marks, Chairman of ·
the Department of English of American
University, spent the entire day meeting
with a variety of groups and individuals.
The schedule included early afternoon
"open forums" with both students and
faculty , as well as interviews with
President James G . Miller and
Vice-President for Academic Affairs John
A. Dillon, Jr.
A second candidate, Professor A.J.
Slavin, Chairman of the Department of
History at the University of California at
Irvine conducted a similar schedule on
Wednesday of this week.
Three other candidates have survived
an extensive screening process by the
Search Committee which has operated
since Spring of J 972 in search of a dean
to replace IX. Richard L. Barber, who
had resigned.
The Sear.ch Committee had
recommended two men for the position
in May of this year after a lengthy round
of application and rejection. Both men
were eventually eliminated from
consideration by the new adrninstration .
of President Miller. The A & S faculty
then voted to redirect the same
committee to again consider candidates
for the position.
The Committee is composed of nine
elected faculty members and three
students elected by the A & S Student
Council , and is chaired by Dr. William~ .
Bos of the Chemistry Department.
A third candidate, Professor Harry
Finestone, Dean of Academic Planning at
California State University, Northridge,
will visit Belknap Campus on Monday,
December 3.
The schedules of all five visiting
candidates include hour-long Open
Forums for students (usually beginning at
1:30 p.m.) and faculty (usually beginning
at 2:30 p.m.) in the Lincoln Room of the
U.C. Building.
The other two candidates scheduled
for final interviews and visits to campus
are Professor Robert L. West, Chairman
of the international Development Studies
Program at the Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy, Tufts University and
Professor Richard V. Dietrich, Dean of
Arts and Sciences at Central Michigan
University. Professor West is scheduled
for Monday, December 10. Dietrich will
be scheduled if possible before the
Christmas break.
The five candidates were selected from
55 nominations received from faculty
members of the Arts and Sciences College
since May. This nomination procedure
was a departure from the more traditional •
methods used in last year's search (i.e.
advertising placed in academic journals
and other outlets.)
photograph by Carl Maupin
Professor AJ. Slavin, Chairman of the History Department at th~ University of
California, Irvine, was the second of five candidates for Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences who will visit Belknap Campus.
Faculty endorses
. Pan African studies
by Jim McGovern
In a regularly scheduled meeting on
Tuesday of this week, the Faculty of the
Coll~ge of Arts and Sciences unanimously
voted to approve the recommendation of
the A&S Plans and Policies Committee to
grant Departmental status to the Pan
African Studies Program on July 1,1974
"if by that time the following stipulations
are met:
I. That a minimum of three full-time
faculty members in the field be hired (i.e.
a minimum of two plus Mr. Thomas
Green, the present director).
2. That at least two-thirds of the
above mentioned persons be in possession
of what is generally regarded today as the
terminal degree in their respective fields.
3. That at least three widely different
fields be represented amongst the
specialties of those hired (it is conceivable
that two historians be hired but their
major interests should be distinctly
different, e.g. African, Carribean or
American Histocy).
· 4. That monies be made available by
the administration to fund the above
items 1-3 ."
In speaking for the proposal on behalf
of the Plans and Policies Committee,
Professor Richard H. Akeroyd noted that
"at this juncture, Black Americans are
developing a national and racial identify
(after) having been colonized, dominated
and transported to a European culture.".
Akeroyd further emphasized the
Department would be "fulfilling a
necessary role" at U of L.
In other business, A&S Dean Thomas
H. Crawford outlined some of the
contingencies that might be required of
the University to meet the "Energy
Crisis'' ih the coming months. Among th
plans mentioned as possible alternatives
were a four-day academic week and
revised or lengthened vacation periods.
photograph by Carl Maupin
They're off ... The annual Intramural Trukey Trot was run on November 19, starting from the Administration Building.
One immediate action announced by
Crawford was a University-wide
shutdown from Dec. 24 through Jan. 1.
Only absolutely essential staff members
will work, and they will be rewarded
compensatory time off at some later date.
Crawford also announced that Spring _
Schedules of Classes will become available
at the Dean's Office on Dec. 3.