Title: "The Prefabricator", 1946-1952, 1956-
Administrative History of Creating Unit
In 1939, the Board of Trustees established a Division of Student Housing.1 The director had general supervision of all student housing, advised fraternities and sororities on building plans, cooperated with Physical Plant Department "in its supervision of off-campus personal conduct of students," and acted as agent of the Student Officers Committee and secretary of the Student Discipline Committee.2 The Housing Division operates and maintains all University-owned residence halls and housing facilities. It is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for Campus Affairs for the inspection of certified student living quarters, for listing available off-campus housing, and for promoting safety, health, and good living conditions.
Divisions:
--Director's Office
--Administrative Affairs
--Food Services Department
--Student Affairs
--Business Office
--Family Housing
--Central Food Stores
--Housing Information and Off-Campus Housing
--Residential Services Office (Maintenance and Custodial)3
--Food and Residential Services (1974)
--Undergraduate Residence Halls (1971)
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 40th Report, July 21, 1939, p. 505-06.
2. Ibid., Sept. 30, 1939, pp. 580-82.
3. Statement by Lawrence J. Gaffney, Associate Director for Administrative Affairs, Housing, February, 1974.
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