By Bethany Anderson
[Printer Friendly] | [ Email us about these records]Title: Executive Committee Minutes, 1933-79, 1987-99
ID: 11/1/53
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Engineering
Extent: 4.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Chronological.
Date Acquired: 02/27/2013
Subjects: Engineering, College of, Engineering Education, Engineering Instruction
Languages: English
Minutes of the College of Engineering Executive Committee (1933-1999), contain memos, reports, and correspondence concerning the formation of the College's curriculum, including efforts during World War II to synchronize the College's civilian curriculum, Navy College Training Program, and an Army Specialized Training Program (1943-1944); the publication of the Illinois Technograph (later The Technograph) (1942); the activities of the Committee on Acceleration of Regular Engineering Programs of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education (1941); approval to offer such courses as the History of Engineering (1939); proposals for new graduate and undergraduate degree programs and courses; reports on course revisions; changes to the College by-laws; the reports of subcommittees; reevaluations of undergraduate core courses; policies of the tenure review committee; the development and success of the Department of Physics' polymer group (1991); course data and outlines; and the creation of criteria for evaluating proposals and curriculum revisions (1994).
Organized when the University opened in 1868 and formed as a college in March, 1873, the College of Engineering operates an experiment station, twelve departments, and a graduate program.
The duties of the Dean of the College of Engineering have evolved from being chairman at faculty meetings to being chief administrator for and representative of the College within the University system.1 In this capacity as chief administrator, the Dean has the power to create positions and offices under his direct control in order to meet his obligations to both faculty and students.2
The Measurement Program was created in 1948.3 It is a branch of the Engineering Experiment Station, which was founded in 1909 and placed under the control of the Dean of the College.4 It functions as a service group for the entire campus by calibrating and repairing optical and electrical laboratory equipment used for experimentation or instruction.5
Student Placement is an office providing information and assistance to graduating students seeking employment.6 This office developed as a result of the University's policy of leaving employment counseling to the deans of the colleges.7 Its budget and staff are incorporated into the general administrative allocations of the College.8
The Bioengineering office was created in 1973 when the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a recommendation from the College of Engineering for the establishment of a bioengineering option. Because students in any of the engineering curricula are eligible to participate in this option, this office was placed under the control of the Dean of the College.9
1. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 114-116.
2. Statutes, September 1, 1957, p. 10.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, June 15, 1948, p. 1289.
4. Ira O. Baker and Everett King. A History of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, 1868-1945, p. 116.
5. Interview with the Acting Director, February, 1980.
6. Interview with the Assistant Dean, February, 1980.
7. Annual Register, 1943-1944, p. 109.
8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 41st Report, June 24, 1941, p. 317.
9. Board of Trustees Transactions, 57th Report, March 21, 1973, p. 234.