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President's Office records: Hackerman, 1969-1985

These materials reflect the daily business of the President's Office during the years 1969-1985, concerning academics, fundraising, athletics, administration, research, student life, and planning for Rice's future. (64 linear ft.)

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Collection Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: On-Campus, General

Series II: On Campus, Departments

Series III: Off Campus

Guide to the Rice University President's Office Records, Norman Hackerman, 1969-1985

Collection Summary
Repository: Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX
Creator: Hackerman, Norman
Title: Rice University President's Office Records, Norman Hackerman
Dates: 1969-1985
Quantity: 64 cubic feet
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, notes, drafts, memos, etc. created and collected by the Rice University President's Office, (Norman Hackerman, President). These materials reflect the daily business of the President's Office during the years 1969-1985, concerning academics, fundraising, atheltics, administration, research, student life, and planning for Rice's future.
Identification: Rice UA Pres/Hack

Biographical Sketch

Norman Hackerman served as Rice Univerity's fourth Presdient from 1970 - 1985, after serving 25 years at the University of Texas. Immediately preceeding Hackerman was Acting President Frank Vandiver (1969-1970), who succeeded Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer.

During his tenure at Rice, the university launched the Jeese H. Jones Graduate School of Administration, and the Shepherd School of Music, as well as establishing separate engineering and social sciences schools, and new biochemistry, linguistics, and computer science departments. The endowment was significantly increased by his fundraising efforts, and the residential college system went co-ed under his approval.

Controversy touched his presidency in the early 1980s, when Rice hired Watson Brown as head football coach at a high salary, bringing many complaints from academic-oriented students and faculty. Hackerman reportedly considered the criticism a "commentary on society, not on [himself]".

Hackerman, a chemist, was born in Baltimore, MD in 1912, and graduated with bachelor's (1932) and doctoral (1935) degrees from Johns Hopkins University. He joined the University of Texas faculty as an assistant professor in 1945, and worked his way up through the academic ladder to become President in 1967.

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, notes, drafts, memos, etc. created and collected by the Rice University President's Office, (Norman Hackerman, President). These materials reflect the daily business of the President's Office during the years 1969-1985, concerning academics, fundraising, atheltics, administration, research, student life, and planning for Rice's future.

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Arrangement

This collection is arranged into three series:

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Permission to use papers must be obtained from the President's Office. Contact Woodson Research Center Staff, 713-348-2586.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Rice University President's Office Records, Norman Hackerman, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

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Related Material

See also Norman Hackerman Information File, and the papers of other Rice University Presidents, housed at the Woodson Research Center.

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Index Terms

Names:

Hackerman, Norman, 1912 -
Vandiver, Frank

Organizations:

Rice University

Subjects:

College and university presidents -- archives.
Colleges and Universities -- Texas -- History.

Document Types:

Brochures
Correspondence
Notes
Reports

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Rice University President's Office Records, Norman Hackerman, 1969-1985, [box.folder]; Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Acquisition Information

This material was transfered to the Woodson Research Center from the Office of the President.

Processing Information

The box and folder listing of this material was updated in April, 2004.

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Detailed Description of the Collection










Series I: On-Campus, General
Box Folder
1 1
AAUP Special Committee (1968/69)

2
Abercrombie Tower [building] (1968/69-75/76)

3
Accidents (1971/71)

4
Accounting Office (1968/69-70/71)

5
Accounting Office (1971/72)

6
Accounting Office (1972/73-73/74)

7
Accounting Office / Comptroller's Office (1974/75-75/76)

8
Administrative Reorganization (1969/70-71/72)

9
Admissions Office (1968/69-70/71)

10
Admissions Office (1971-72)
Box Folder
2 1
Admissions Office (1972-73/74)

2
Admissions Office (1974/75-75/76)

3
Admissions Office (1976/77-79/80)

4
Admissions Office (1980/81-81/82)

5
Admissions Office (1982/83)
Box Folder
3 1
Admissions Office (1983/84)

2
Admissions Office (1984/85)

3
Advisory Council--General (1969/70-73/74)

4
Advisory Council in Accounting (1974/75-76/77)

5
Advisory Council in Chemistry (1969/70)

6
Advisory Council in Development (1970/71)

7
Advisory Council in Economics and Accounting (1969/70-   72/73)

8
Advisory Council in Engineering (1969/70-71/72)

9
Advisory Council in Engineering (1972/73-75/76)

10
Advisory Council in Fine Arts (1970/71-71/72)

11
Advisory Council in Geology (1968/69, 70/71-72/73)
Box Folder
4 1
Advisory Council in ICSA (1970/71-73/74)

2
Advisory Council on the Library (1970/71-71/72)

3
Affirmative Action Position--Applicants (1973/74)

4
Affirmatice Action Program (1969/70)

5
Affirmative Action Program (1970/71-74/75)

6
Affirmative Action Program (1980/81-84/85)

7
African Studies Program (1968/69)

8
Alcoholic Beverages (1970/71-76/77)

9
Alumni Association (1969/70-70/71)

10
Alumni Association (1971/72-72/73)

11
Alumni Association (1973/74-75/76)
Box Folder
5 1
Alumni Association (1976/77-78/79)

2
Alumni Association (1979/80-80/81)

3
Alumni Association (1981/82-82/83)

4
Alumni Association (1983/84-84/85)

5
Alumni Homecoming (1969/70-82/83)

6
Alumni Letters (1969/70-83/84)

7
Annual Report--Faculty Members (1970/71)

8
Apple [computer] Sales (1983/84-84/85)

9
Applications (1980/81)
Box Folder
6 1
Applications (1981/82-1982/83)

2
Archives Committee (1968/69-69/70)

3
Art Institute Complex [building] (1969/70-70/71, 80/81)

4
Assistant to the President (1968/69-70/71)

5
Athletic ASI Agreement (1981/82-83/84)

6
Athletic Committee (1979/80)

7
Athletic Department (1968/69-70/71)

8
Athletic Department (1971/72)

9
Athletic Department (1972/73)
Box Folder
7 1
Athletic Department (1973/74)

2
Athletic Department (1974/75)

3
Athletic Department (1975/76)

4
Athletic Department (1976/77)

5
Athletic Department (1977/78)

6
Athletic Department (1978/79)
Box Folder
8 1
Athletic Department (1979/80)

2
Athletic Department (1980/81)

3
Athletic Department (1981/82)

4
Athletic Department (1982/83)

5
Athletic Department (June 1983 - Nov. 1983)
Box Folder
9 1
Athletic Department (Dec. 1983 - May 1984)

2
Athletic Department (1984/85)

3
Athletic Department--Coach Conover Resignation   (1975/76)

4
Athletic Department--Head Football Coach Search   (1976/77)

5
Athletic Department--Head Football Coach Search   (Nov. - Dec., 1970)

6
Athletic Department--Head Football Coach Search   (Nov. 1970 - May 1971)

7
Athletic Department--Peterson Replacement (1971/72)

8
Athletic Department--Peterson Resignation (1971/72)
Box Folder
10 1
Athletic Review Committee, 1975/76

2
Athletic Department--Women's Intercollegiate Athletics   (1973/74-74/75)

3
Athletics--Complaints (1983/84)

4
Athletics--Stadium (1972/73, 1977/78, 1984/85)

5
Autopen (1970/71, 1973/74)

6
Austrian History Yearbook (1968/69, 1970-71, 1973/74, 1977-78, 1981-82)

7
Baker College 1968/69-78/79)

8
Band (1969/70-72/73)

9
Band (1973/74)

10
Band (1974/75-1978/79)

11
Band (1979/80-1984/85)
Box Folder
11 1
Band and Cheerleaders--Complaints (1971/72, 1975/76)

2
Base Rate Increase and Bonus (1974/75)

3
Benefactors, Scroll for (1969/70)

4
Flexible Payment Benefits Plan, 1984

5
Biomedical Laboratory Committee (1968/69, 74/75-75/76)

6
Black Student Union (1972/73, 1974/75-75/76, 78/79,   84/85)

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1969

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1969

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1969

10
Board of Governors / Trustees, July 1969

11
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1969

12
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1969

13
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1969

14
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec. 1969

15
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1970

16
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1970

17
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1970

18
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1970

19
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1970

20
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1970

21
Board of Governors / Trustees, July 1970

22
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1970

23
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1970

24
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1970

25
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec. 1970
Box Folder
12 1
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1971

2
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1971

3
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1971

4
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1971

5
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1971

6
Board of Governors / Trustees, Special May 1971

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1972

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1972

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, FSA: Appointments, Renewals, Promotions, 1970-71

10
Board of Governors / Trustees, FSA: Jan.-March, 1971

11
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1972

12
Board of Governors / Trustees, FSA, June - Dec., 1971

13
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC meeting, April 28, 1972

14
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC May, 1972

15
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC June, 1972

16
Board of Governors / Trustees, July, 1972

17
Board of Governors / Trustees, August, 1972

18
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept., 1972

19
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct., 1972

20
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov., 1972

21
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec., 1972

22
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1973

23
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1973

24
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1973

25
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1973

26
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1973

27
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1973

28
Board of Governors / Trustees, July 1973

29
Board of Governors / Trustees, August 1973

30
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1973

31
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1973

32
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1973

33
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec. 1973
Box Folder
13 1
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1974

2
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1974

3
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1974

4
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1974

5
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1974

6
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1974

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, July 1974

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, Aug. 1974

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1974

10
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1974

11
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1974

12
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1975

13
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1975

14
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1975

15
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1975

16
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1975

17
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1975

18
Board of Governors / Trustees, July 1975

19
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1975

20
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1975

21
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1975

22
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Jan. 1976

23
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Feb. 1976

24
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, March 1976

25
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, April 1976

26
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, May 1976

27
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, June 1976

28
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Sept. 1976

29
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Oct. 1976

30
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Nov. 1976

31
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Dec. 1976

32
Board of Governors / Trustees, AAC, Jan.1977

33
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb.1977

34
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1977

35
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1977
Box Folder
14 1
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1977

2
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1977

3
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1977

4
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1977

5
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1978

6
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1978

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1978

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1978

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1978

10
Board of Governors / Trustees, Aug. 1978

11
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1978

12
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1978

13
Board of Governors / Trustees, Aug. 1979

14
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1979

15
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1980

16
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1980

17
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1980

18
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1980

19
Board of Governors / Trustees, Aug. 1980

20
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1980

21
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec. 1980

22
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1981

23
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1981

24
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1981

25
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1981

26
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1981

27
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1981

28
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1981

29
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1982

30
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1982

31
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1982

32
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1982

33
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1982

34
Board of Governors / Trustees, August 1982

35
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1982
Box Folder
15 1
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1983

2
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1983

3
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1983

4
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1983

5
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1983

6
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1983

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1983

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1983

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, Nov. 1983

10
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1984

11
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1984

12
Board of Governors / Trustees, March 1984

13
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1984

14
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1984

15
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1984
Box Folder
16 1
Board of Governors / Trustees, Sept. 1984

2
Board of Governors / Trustees, Oct. 1984

3
Board of Governors / Trustees, Dec. 1984

4
Board of Governors / Trustees, Jan. 1985

5
Board of Governors / Trustees, Feb. 1985

6
Board of Governors / Trustees, April 1985

7
Board of Governors / Trustees, May 1985

8
Board of Governors / Trustees, June 1985

9
Board of Governors / Trustees, Alumni Governors - General, 1969/70-1975/76

10
Board Correspondence - General, 1968/69-1969/70

11
Board Correspondence - General, 1970/71-1972/73

12
Board Correspondence - General, 1973/74-1975/76

13
Board Correspondence - Allen, Herbert, 1970/71 - 1975/76

14
Board misc. - Duncan, 1977

15
Board Correspondence - Ewing, Maurice, 1971/72 - 1973/74

16
Board Correspondence - Herring, Robert R., 1971/72

17
Board Correspondence - Illig, Carl, 1969/70

18
Board Correspondence - Law, Theodore N., 1972/73 - 1973/74

19
Board Correspondence - Liedtke, J. Hugh, 1969/70 - 1974/75
Box Folder
17 1
Board Correspondence - Lovett, H. Malcolm, 1968/69 - 1973//74

2
Board Correspondence - O'Connor, Ralph S., 1970/71

3
Board Correspondence - Pollard, Jack C., 1971/72

4
Board Correspondence - Symonds, Gardiner, 1970/71

5
Board Correspondence - Teague, James U., 1970-72

6
Audit Committee, Nov. 1982

7
Board, B & G Committee, June 1982

8
Board, Committee on Development, 1968-1970

9
Board, Financial Affairs Committee, 1969-1972

10
Board, Financial Affairs Committee, 1972-1982

11
Board, FS&A Minutes, July 1970-March 1971

12
Board, Retirement Committee (Pollard), 1969-1971

13
Board Meetings, Feb. 1975 - Sept. 1975

14
Board of Governors, Minutes, 1980/81

15
Board of Governors, Minutes, 1981/82
Box Folder
18 1
Board of Trustees and Governors, Minutes, 1979/80

2
Board of Trustees and Governors, Minutes, 1980/81

3
Board of Trustees and Governors, Minutes, 1981/82

4
Board of Trustees and Governors, Minutes, 1982/83

5
Board of Trustees and Governors, Minutes, 1983/84

6
Bonner Nuclear Lab, 1976/77 - 1979/80

7
Brown College, 1968 - 1971, 1976 - 1980, 1983 - 1985

8
Brown Development Committee, 1968/69 - 1969/70

9
Brown Scultpure Committee, 1983-84
Box Folder
19 1
Budget, 1969/70

2
Budget, 1970/71

3
Budget, 1971/72

4
Budget, 1972/73, General and notes

5
Budget, 1972/73, Academic Affairs - Austrian History Yearbook

6
Budget, 1972/73, Band - Building and Grounds

7
Budget, 1972/73, Campus Business Affairs - Commerce

8
Budget, 1972/73, Deans - Development

9
Budget, 1972/73, Economics - Environmental Science

10
Budget, 1972/73, Film and TV - French and Italian
Box Folder
20 1
Budget, 1972/73, General and Administrative - Journal of Southern History

2
Budget, 1972/73, Language Lab - Naval Science

3
Budget, 1972/73, Philosophy - Psychology

4
Budget, 1972/73, Registrar - Trustee expenses

5
Budget, 1973/74, General and notes

6
Budget, 1973/74, Academic Records - Austrian History Yearbook

7
Budget, 1973/74, Band - Buildings and Grounds
Box Folder
21 1
Budget, 1973/74, Campus Business Office - Commerce

2
Budget, 1973/74, Deans - Development

3
Budget, 1973/74, Economics - French and Italian

4
Budget, 1973/74, General and Administrative - Institute for the Arts

5
Budget, 1973/74, ICSA

6
Budget, 1973/74, Journal of Southern History - Naval Science

7
Budget, 1973/74, Philosophy - Psychology

8
Budget, 1973/74, Registrar - Rice University Studies
Box Folder
22 1
Budget, 1973/74, Sammy's - Travel Expenses

2
Budget, 19743/75

3
Budget, Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, 1971/72

4
Budget, President's Interview, 1970/71

5
Budget, Proposed Faculty Salary Schedules, 1969/70 - 1971/72

6
Budget Analysis, 1972/73

7
Campanile, 1968/69, 1971-1973, 1979 - 1984

8
Campus business office, 1970/71 - 1972/73

9
Campus business office, 1973/74
Box Folder
23 1
Campus Business Office, July - Dec., 1974

2
Campus Business Office, Jan. - June, 1975

3
Campus Business Office, July - Aug., 1975

4
Campus Business Office, Sept. - Dec., 1975

5
Campus Business Office, Jan. - May, 1976

6
Campus Business Office, 1976/77

7
Campus Business Office, 1977/78

8
Campus Business Office, 1978/79
Box Folder
24 1
Campus Business Office, 1979/80

2
Campus Business Office, July - Dec., 1980

3
Campus Business Office, Jan. - May, 1981

4
Campus Business Office, 1981-82

5
Campus Business Office, 1982-83

6
Campus Business Office, 1983/84 - 1984/85

7
Campus Police, 1969/70 - 1976/77

8
Campus Police, 1977/78 - 1980/81
Box Folder
25 1
Campus Police, 1981/82 - 1984/85

2
Campus Store, 1968/69 - 1978/79, 1981/82 - 1983/84

3
Cashier's Office, 1969/70 - 1976/77

4
Catalogue, Printing and Distribution, 1968/69 - 1975/76, 1978/79, 1980/81

5
Center for Research in Social Change and Economic Development, 1968/69 - 1969/70

6
Center for the Study of Man, 1971-73

7
Chancellor Croneis, 1969/70 - 1971/72

8
Chemical Waste Removals, 1969/70, 1982-1984

9
Chemical Waste Removals, 1984-85

10
Chemistry Building (Dow Foundation), 1972/73, 1977/78
Box Folder
26 1
Code of Student Conduct, 1969/70 - 1970/71

2
Christmas cards, 1975/76

3
CLEP Testing, College Entrance Exam Board, 1973/74

4
(Residential) College Masters, 1969/70 - 1976/77

5
College Masters, 1977/78 - 1983/84

6
College Masters Selection, 1970-72, 1978-83

7
Colleges (Residential), 1968/69 - 1976/77

8
Colleges (Residential), 1977/78 - 1984/85

9
Commencement, 1968/69

10
Commencement, 1969/70

11
Commencement, 1971/72

12
Commencement, 1975/76
Box Folder
27 1
Commencement, 1976/77, Feb. - April 1977

2
Commencement, 1976/77, May 1977

3
Commencement, 1977/78

4
Commencement, 1978/79

5
Commencement, 1979/80

6
Commencement, 1980/81
Box Folder
28 1
Complaint letters

2
Comptroller's Office, 1974/75 - 1976/77

3
Comptroller's Office, 1977/78 -1980/81, 1982/83 - 1983-84