Holdings Engineering Dean's Office Associate Dean's Correspond... Finding Aid Title: Associate Dean's Correspondence, 1932-37, 1946-59, 1985-98
ID: 11/1/5
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. College of Engineering
Extent: 3.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: By subject, chronological thereunder.
Subjects: Assistant and Associate Deans, Engineering, College of, Engineering Education, Engineering Library, Engineering Research
Languages: English
Correspondence of Associate Deans Harvey H. Jordan and Stanley H. Pierce concerning the Real Cooperative Company of Champaign-Urbana (1932-37), the Division of Special Services for War Veterans, statistics on engineering students (1946-59) and the Lisle A. Rose Memorial Award Fund Committee (1955-57). Also includes incoming and outgoing correspondence of Associate Dean Tony F. Graziano (1985-98) with faculty, heads, and other administrators, concerning the establishment of partnerships with industry; the formation of committees (e.g. the College Artificial Intelligence Committee in 1985); proposals for new centers and initiatives; plans to offer graduate-level courses off-campus (i.e. Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering courses at the McDonnel Aircraft Company in St. Louis delivered via the AT&T Gemini 100 Electronic Blackboard, ca. 1985); site visits from federal grant agencies; grant proposals; faculty and committee appointments; the disposition of laboratory equipment; plans to establish historical plaques on the Engineering campus (1992); the College's budget; plans to build an engineering library; and the development of research initiatives.
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.
Assistant and Associate Deans
Engineering, College of
Engineering Education
Engineering Library
Engineering Research
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