Central Michigan University
BOARD OF TRUSTEES M I NU TES
December 14, 1966
Central Michigan University Board of Trustees
Meeting of Decembe r 14 , 1966
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Members pres ent: Mrs . Jean Backus; Lloyd M. Cofer ; Mrs . Katharine C.
Ha fstad , Chairman ; Lawrence D. Rahilly; James M. Umphr ey; Walter W.
Wightman; Judson W. Fous t , P r es ident.
Also: Nor vall C. Bovce, Tre.1.SUre l·; Mr s . Do r is L. Crippo. Secretn r y;
Byron P . Gall agher , Legal Counsel; WjJbu r E . Moore, Vice P resident
of Academic Afft\itsj John H. De Car lo. Vice President of Publ ic Serv ices.
ltIembers absent: E. Allan Morrow.
The meeting was ca lled to o r der at 2:30 P . M.
It was moved , seconded and carried that the Minu tes of the Spec ial Meeting
of Nove mber 2 aOO of the Regu lar Meeting of November 16. 1966, be
approved as printed.
Dr . Lloyd M. Co fer was nomina ted as Chai rman and Mrs . J ean Backus
as Vice Chair man o f the Boa rd of T l'Ustees for the 1967 ye:u·. Il was
moved, seconded and car r ied t hat the no minations be closed and that a
unanimous vole be cast for t hese two nominee s .
The Incumbent Sec r etary , Mrs . Do ris L. Crippo, and T reasurer , Dr .
Norvall C. Bovee were nominat ed to continue for 1967. It was moved ,
seconded and cartied that the nominat ions be c losed, and that a unanimous
vote be cast for these two nominees.
The Chairman call ed for r eports from the Standing Committees:
Finance Committee - - f..ir . Mo rrow (Abs ent)
It was moved , seconded and car ri ed that the report made in the
morning session by Mr . Mor row on the two Internal Audits - Pre-
number ed Checks and Payroll -- be approved and t hat a
letter of comme ndation be sent to Mr . F red C. Conant, the
Inter nal Auditor.
Academic Affairs Committee - - Dr. Cofer
The co nunlttee met and dis cussed c ertain changes des ir ed by the
University Senate in the Poliey on Appointment of Deans, Vice
P r esidents and President as accepted by the Boa rd on Ju ne 29,
1966.
It was moved, seconded and canied that the follOwi ng ameooments
to the P olicy on Appointment of De ans, Vice P res idents, and
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President be approved:
Deans (Acade mic)
First paragraph to read as follows :
When II new school is to be creat ed and the Dean thereof to
be namL"<i, or the incumbent Dean of an existing schoo l is
to be replaced for any r eason, the P res Ident of the University
sh al l so inform the Univer sity Senate, t he faculty, the
Vice P I'Csldent of Academic Affa irs, and, at the same ti me,
the Board of T r ustees . The follOWing procedure will then
be implemented:.
Vice Pres idents
Item 1 uMer second paragraph to r ead as fo llows:
A screening committee of ten (10) s t aff me mbe r s will be
fu t' mL'(1. The P res ide nt of the Univer s ity s hall a ppoint s ix
(6) member s of this committee and t he Unive r s ily Senate
s hall e lect four (4) members from t he faculty to the
committe e.
Pres ide nt
It em 3, second paragraph to read as follows:
The Sc reening Committee shall be c omposed of nine (9)
me mbers. The Univer s ity Senate will no minate a s late of
e ight (8) facu lty m ember s, no more than tWO (2) of which
sha ll be from the same s chool or division, to be s ubmitted
to the faculty for s el ection. The four (4) faculty members
receiving the highest rumber of votes wU\ become member s
of t he Screening Commi ttee . The Board of Trustees will
awoint four (4) more from the adminis tration r anks. The
AiullUli Boa rd will e lect one ( 1) member to s i t on the Committ ee.
It was recommended that ackm wledgement be made of the r eceipt of t he
Report on the Self- Liquidating Buildings by .Mr. HamUland Dr . Bovee' s
r eply in taking car e of the recommendations .
h was moved , seconded and car ried that the folloWing modification of the
regul at ions gove rning the credit of graduate COurses taken off campus as
approved by t he Gradiate Committee on October 20, 1966, by the Univers
lty Senate on November 7, 1966, and by the Adm ini st r ation be app roved:
Of the minill'lllm of 30 semester hours reCJ.I lred for the Mast e r 's
d!'gJ.'ee, a student may earn from 18 to 24 in off- caDlj:1Js classes,
provided that appropr ia te courses ar e offered in a center avaUable
10 him. The student who takes off-campus graduate coorses
s ole ly at the University's Saginaw, Marlette, and/o r Midland
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centel's ITIlI St comp lete at least SL,( se meste r hou r s on t he campus
at f.loun t P leasant. The s tudent \\'ho trtkes o ff- campus gradua te
courses at ccn tcl's other than Saginaw, iI'lariette, and Midland,
however , must c:ompiC'te eith er a six-semeste r hour hlock or thrrc
[oul'-seme ste l' hour blocks on the campus at llilount Pl casant,
The foll ow i~ mc<.'l.ing datcs for tho Board were set:
W('Idnesdav .. raIlU:lI'Y 18, I !.I 67
T\I (>q(!:l\'. f\~ hl'll:II'\' 14. 1967
Wednesday. ;\{;ll'l,11 15. 1967
Wedne sday, April 10. 1967
Wednesday, i\>Iay 17, 1967
We d nesday , June 21. 1067
Dr . Wilbur E. Moore ~avc a r C'pnrl on ill(' varilUS events planned for
the 75th Anniversary Cel ebration.
It was moved, seoonded am c:1tTied that the open sosslon of the BoaI'd
be moved back fl'om 2:30 p . I\1. to 2:00 p . M.
h w:\s monx!. seconded :Inrl C:lrriod thai the follo\\inl!," ]'ccnmmenclations
ns pr<''8E'nted by President f ousi be a pproved:
RETIREl\IENTS:
Dr. KClUwth T. Bonli ne . Dean of the School of Education , effcct
in, June 30. 190,;. with the ,':Ink of Dean Enw r ilus.
:\lr, Haro ld H. \Vi lco.\; . . \ SSiSt'UlI Pl'o(cssor Ell\t'l·itus . Cffl'ctin'
as of January 7 , 1967 .
RESIGNATIONS:
'\Irs . Jane D. Rl'am.
J une 11. 1967.
Resident lIa ll [)i r('(' tor A-I. el'fccth'e
Mrs , l\Iarilyn Courter. Stenographer C- 2 , Business Depart mcnt,
effective November 14, 1966.
Mrs . Leom Hu! s('. Housekeeper M- O. Housing. cffl..'Ctivc
October 3 1, 1961;'
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Resignat ions continued -
l\Irs. Augusta Simmer, Housekeeper M-O, Housing. e ffec tive
November 4, 1966 .
APPOINTMENTS:
1\1'1'. ·~ elTc Roger i\loore, Instructor (Temporary), pari- time.
Physics Department , for t he s pr i~ semes ter. 1967 .
MI' . Robert A. St, Pete l's, Instructo r , Education-University
Laboratory School , for the sp ring semester, 1967,
1\[rs . Isabel Collin , Reside nt Director A-I . Housing, cffcct
h'e Novenver 21, 1966 .
l\1.rs. SMdra L. Allen, Stenographer C-2, ha lf- time, An
Department , effective October 30, 1966.
l\lrs, Barbara J. Knuth , Stenographer C-2, hulf-time ,
Philosophy Departme nt, e ffective November 8, 1966,
!\Irs, Ma rcia L , Ance, Clerk C- l , Student Flnane ia.! Aids.
Smdent P e rsonnel Services, e ffective November 16. 1966,
i\Iiss Ruth F ., Swayze , Typi st C- l. Business Division . effect
ive November 18, 1966.
\lrs . Dol or es A. Brindle. Cle rk C-O , half-ti l1'!e. Eoonomics
Department , e ffective November 15 , 1966.
till' . Fremnn A. fral ey. Watchman M-2, nights, Sl'Curity
e ffective Q;tober 27 , 1966 .
'\Irs . ;\ugusta 1\1. Simmer , Housekeeper 1\1-0 , Hous ing , effeeth"
c Novembe t· 7. 1966,
There were two T empor ary Grounds men hircd since the last
Board of Trustees meeting on October 19, 19GG,
TRANS F ERS AND RECLASSIFICATlOl\S:
'\11', Vitold Kohisz, Ins tructor , .\It Depa t'l mL'nt, from that of
il:S!ntl'\OI' (T empo r ary). cff('(.,tlv(' Septemher!l. 1966.
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Transfers and Reclassifications continued -
JIolrs . Evelyn A, Biziorek, Secretar y C-4, Student Personnel
Services , from that of Key ?cinch Operator C-l , c ffective
November 7, 1966.
Mrs. Rita Deni, Stenographer C-2, ]liIusic Department, from
that of Clerk C-O, effective Nove mber 28, 1966.
Mrs. Hel en Davis, Stenographe l' C-2, Chemistl'Y Dcpru' tmenl,
from that of Cl erk C- l. crfective November 28. 1966,
1\111'. Frankl!n W. Kasper, Custo:!!an ]1,1-1, Maintenance, effec tive
Nevember 28, 1966,
Recommend that al l University sta ff be nllo\\'ed 10 ac cu mulate one-half
1V0rking day of sick leave for ea ch co mpleted hi-w(.'()kly payroll period
rather than one day per month, I'etroactive to November 28, 1966.
Recommend that Roger Allen am Associates be employed to design a
total of 96 !l1arriecl Student Ap<u'tment s.
Recommend approva l o f the Summer Program, OU-Campus, 1967 :
Additions; and De letions to the Spring Program, Off-Campus, 1967 ,
as submitted. (C opy on file in the Secretary!s Offic c.)
GIFTS:
Grant in the amount of $83 ,570 fl'om the National Sc ie nce Foundation
for support of a "Summel' Ins titute in M.'lthematics for
Secondary School Teachers" for the 1967 Summer Session,
The sum of $2000 from MI.'. and Mrs. Carl A. Gerstacker,
Midland, Michigan ,
Gift of two used Iinotypes from the Detroit F ree Press to our
Univer s ity Pres s , Estim."l led vn luc - $ 1000.
Supplies and equipment from The Dow Chemicnl Company to our
Chemistry D~artment , Estimated value - $3188.
Gift of $160 (rom Mr. George l. Fl'ancis to the Devel opment Fund.
Gift of $20.00 £Loom Jeanine Ryan to the Deve lopme nt Fund.
The sum of $300 from the Fordney Club for i\furching Band Awards.
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Gifts continued -
Gifts lo the Development Fund in the amounts of $25. 00 or more
(List on file in the Secretary's Office. )
To the Clarke Hi storical Library:
From:
Dr. Normnn E. Clarke, Sr " Birmingham . Michigan, a collection
of ra re books, Estl mated value - $855 ,
On motion, mooting adjourned at 3: 15 p , M.
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Respectfully submitted,
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Doris L, Crippo (Mrs.)
Secretary
