Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences Audio/Video File, 1969-71 | University of Illinois Archives

Agricultural instruction was provided for in the Land Grant Act of Congress in 1862 and it was one of the chief aims of the university at its beginning.[sup]1[/sup] In 1867, the Board of Trustees established the Agricultural Department, made up of the School of General Agriculture and the School of Horticulture, Fruit-growing, and Landscape Gardening.[sup]2[/sup] It was formally recognized as a College and the dean's office was established in 1877.[sup]3[/sup] The dean is appointed biennially by the Board of Trustees and his duties include: preparing the budget; representing and reporting on the college to outside authorities; and coordinating the activities of the departments and special offices.[sup]4[/sup] The dean is also responsible for the operations of the Office of Publications and the Office of Agricultural Communications, both established in 1966,[sup]5[/sup] and the Office of International Agricultural Programs, which was established in 1966 to coordinate college-wide programs such as the International Soybean Program.[sup]6[/sup] In 1965, the title of the office changed from Dean of the College, Director of the Experiment Station, and Director of the Cooperative Extension Service to Dean of the College of Agriculture.[sup]7[/sup] On May 11, 1995, the Board of Trustees approved a proposal to rename the College to the College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) to reflect the breadth of disciplines taught and researched by the College.[sup]8 [/sup]The Board also approved of the reorganization of the College which integrated the existing fifteen administrative units into the following seven administrative units: Agriculture and Consumer Economics; Food Science and Human Nutrition; Human and Community Development; Crop Sciences; Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences; Agricultural Engineering; and Animal Sciences. The interdepartmental, intercollegiate Division of Nutritional Sciences was also part of the reorganization to create the College of ACES.[sup]9[/sup] 1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, Laws Concerning the Industrial University, Laws of Congress, p. 1-3; 1st Report, May 7, 1867, p. 47. 2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1st Report, May 8, 1867, p. 50. 3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 9th Report, June 7, 1877, p. 45. 4. University of Illinois Statutes, May 17, 1972, p. 12-14 5. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, October 13, 1966, p. 169. 6. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, September 21, 1966, p. 84. 7. Board of Trustees Transactions, 53rd Report, February 17, 1965, p. 393. 8. Board of Trustees Transactions, 68th Report, May 11, 1995, p. 277-8. 9. Ibid. p. 277-8.; University of Illinois, Faculty and Student Senate, Urbana-Champaign Senate, meeting minutes, March 27, 1995, EP 94.33, p. 35.