The meeting of the University Assembly was called to order at 3:35 p.m. in Columbia 150 by President Myles Brand. The minutes of the November 6, 1991 meeting of the University Assembly were approved as distributed.
Mr. Richard Davis, Economics, was recognized to present two memorials. The first memorial was in memory of Mr. Paul Kleinsorge, Professor Emeritus Economics, who passed away on November 5, 1991 in Eugene. Mr. Kleinsorge served on the faculty of the University of Oregon from 1948 until his retirement in 1972. A copy of this memorial can be found at the end of these minutes.
The second memorial was for Mr. Marshall Wattles. Mr. Wattles was a member of the Department of Economics faculty from 1950 until his retirement in 1981. Professor Emeritus Wattles died on Eugene on November 7, 1991. A copy of his memorial can be found at the end of these minutes.
President Brand announced that he has requested Senate President Paul Engelking, Chemistry, to appoint an ad hoccommittee of five individuals to look into reconstituting the Committee on Intercollegiate Athletics. The
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The January agenda for the Assembly will concentrate on the Report of the Committee on the Curriculum. Copies of the Report will be available for faculty review prior to the January 8 meeting.
The President introduced the subject by stating that the purpose of the discussion was to look at the implementation of the plan. How we will make the plan a reality and what needs to be refined. To look at the entire plan critically and digest it so that the plan will truly represent what the faculty and the University wish to see happen over the next several years. Action teams are next on the agenda and they will be assigned the task of bringing forth the objectives and strategies. The President encouraged all faculty to contact the action teams with any suggestions or concerns they have about the "Vision For the Future."
Mr. Jerry Kissler, Senior Vice Provost for Planning and Resources, took the Chair at this time and reviewed the development of the Plan over the past 18 months. Recurring themes emerged from each of the task forces a. recruitment and retention of faculty; b. support for graduate students; c. undergraduate education; d. infrastructure;Ã Ã e. support for research. Mr. Kissler stated that some of the themes included more than one interest, e.g., the Library was found to be a part of each of the themes, and thus the interests were not isolated or independent. In fact all of the recurring themes were interdependent.
Mr. Richard Sundt, Art History, expressed his concerns in a letter to Mr. Kissler, but he now wanted to state one or two of these concerns. First, the question about writing across the curriculum. Could this not be implemented quite easily during the period of implementation of this plan, and second the lack of involvement of students in the process bothered him. President Brand stated that Mr. Sundt had some very legitimate concerns and ones that were appealing as well as sound academically. The plan is just that a plan it is a blueprint, it is not concrete in any manner, shape or form. The implementation process is a process of initiating ideas to bring the plan into being. It, the implementation process, is not the end result, that is where we will be heading as the implementation process moves forward.
Mr. Arnold Ismach, Journalism, asked if the proposed move toward 4 or 5 credit hours would remove or end all 3 credit hours. The School of Journalism has classes, as perhaps does other schools and colleges he suggested, that will not fit into the 4/5 mold. They are distinct and appropriate for the 3 hour mold. The move should be understood that the change in hours to 4/5 would only be where appropriate. The President stated that this was understood and that not all classes would be 4/5 under the proposal. The best way to teach a class or course is the best way to list the class. The whole change is still a part of an on going discussion, and the "Oregon Model" includes much more than the 4/5 switch.
Mr. Charles Wright, Mathematics, inquired if any one person or group of persons has been assigned the task of providing good solid examples of how the "Oregon Model" will improve the educational opportunities of our students. Mr. Kissler has been assigned this job, the President replied. Mr. Larry Smith, Career Planning and Placement, asked how the entire plan/model fitted in with legislation passed by the State Legislature and aimed at the public schools the so called "Katz Plan." The President stated that the "Katz Plan" is still being studied by the public school people and its implementation is down the road a bit. However, the University of Oregon has been keeping in mind this plan and we do not plan to move too far in front until the "Katz Plan" has been fully addressed and understood as well as implemented.
Mr. Jerry Finrow, Architecture, asked about the areas contained in the plan, i. e., affirmative action, funds to assist development, and such. Mr. Kissler stated that some of these areas has created some controversy and thus more discussion is needed, and is taking place now, to make sure the areas are fully understood prior to implementation. The International College, which is one of the areas referred to by Mr. Finrow, is going to need outside (external) funding. This is a way down the road, but the move is toward it and the finding of funding. President Brand added that much of the "Oregon Model" will need additional, external, funding and that the Deans will be involved in establishing the ideas as to what could be included in a campaign for funds.
The business of the meeting having concluded the meeting adjourned at 4:32 p.m
Keith Richard, Secretary
Professor Wattles' field of interest in economics wasÄ international trade and finance. The topic of his Ph.D. dissertation was the Venezuelan balance of payments, and he continued research and published on this topic during the 1950s. He taught courses in international economics and shared with other members of the department in the common task of conducting numerous sections of the introductory course. We note that during this period, in 1952, the Department of Economics awarded its first Ph.D. to Walter J. Mead, whose thesis adviser was Professor Wattles.
Beginning in 1957 with his appointment as Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Professor Wattles' time and efforts were more and more directed to academic administration. A turn to applied economics came with his appointment to the team of advisers to the Economic Development Council in South Korea, on which he served from 1959 to 1961. The nature of his work here in reflected in articles in South Korean journals concerning South Korea's balance of payments and exchange rate problems.
In 1961 Professor Wattles returned to his duties as Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and also assumed the duties of Director of the Honors College. The following year he became Acting Dean of the College of Liberal Arts. In 1965 came another opportunity to see more of the world in a professional capacity when he was appointed as Senior Research Economist with UNESCO, where he worked on the economics of literacy, particularly in third world countries.
In 1967, shortly after his return from UNESCO, he was appointed Associate Dean of Faculties and in 1971, in the course of a reorganization of the university administrative structure, his title was changed to Vice Provost for Academic Administration. From 1971 until 1980 he served as Secretary of the University Faculty and University Assembly. The intervening years were not restful ones of University Administrators. There were the episodes of student unrest, recurring periods of financial stringency, and the continued growth of enrollments, which always seemed to outstrip the growth of personnel, classrooms, office space and equipment. It was an atmosphere that required more than ordinary patience, diplomacy and firmness on the part of administrators, and Marshall Wattles eminently displayed those qualities.
In 1981 the title Professor Emeritus of Economics was added to the long list of titles that Marshall Wattles carried during his tenure at the University of Oregon. In his post retirement years, he continued to make his talents available, notably to the Emeritus Professors' Association and the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. There was time for friends, family gatherings, concerts, travel, reading and tennis. We can be pleased that he was able to enjoy those years and activities up to a few month from the end, when his illness overtook him.
Mr. President, I request that this memorial be made a part of the official and permanent minutes of this meeting and that copies of the memorial be sent to the immediate family by the Secretary of the University Assembly.
Richard Davis Professor Emeritus Department of Economics
During his years at Oregon Professor Kleinsorge established a well deserved reputation as an effective and conscientious teacher. His lectures were invariably well organized, thoroughly prepared and scrupulously respectful of facts. His courses in labor economics were popular an experience common to many generations of Oregon students. The days were full. There were more than the usual committee assignments; he was active in the Oregon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; he was General Chairman of the Northwest Labor Management Conferences held in Portland and Eugene in the summers of 1951 through 1955; he held offices in the Western Economic Association, becoming President for the year 1958 59.
Through the years the number of arbitration cases continued to mount, and with them the number of his Reports, most of them published in ÃÃLabor Arbitration Reports and several reprinted in other journals and textbooks. The numerous requests for his services reflect the confidence which both employers and labor unions came to have in his impartiality and judgment.
Professor Kelinsorge enjoyed recounting an episode of his childhood in Sacramento. The I. W. W. held a parade which passed by his family's house. He recalled standing in the yard and yelling "I wont' work" (the then popular parody of the I. W. W.'s name) at the marchers as they went by. It is instructive to contemplate the journey which lay between the shouting youngster and the respected labor arbitrator.
Paul Kleinsorge and his wife, Elizabeth, were inveterate travelers. Summers and sabbatical years, including a Fulbright lectureship at the University of Malaya, were spent in Australia, Japan and Singapore. There were also journeys to Antarctica, Eastern Europe, various Pacific Islands, and later China and Tibet. They were hard working travelers, and their journeys resulted in carefully written travel letters to their friends. They also resulted in published studies of labor arbitration and collective bargaining in Singapore, Australia and Japan.
In 1965, years of effort on the part of Professor Kleinsorge and others on campus culminated in the establishment of the "Institute of Industrial and Labor Relations." He was appointed its first Director and saw the Institute through its initial growing years. His retirement and the title of Professor Emeritus came in 1972. Near blindness in his later years restricted his arbitration activities, as well as his reading and traveling, but he continued to enjoy his life with friends, concerts, and social occasions.
Mr. President, I request that this memorial be made a part of the official and permanent minutes of this meeting and that copies of the memorial be sent to the immediate family by the Secretary of the University Assembly.
Richard Davis Professor Emeritus Department of Economics