General Motors Institute - Reflector Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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The plant protection operation of the In- stitute was strengthened during the last year by the installation of a complete industrial and building security system. The American District Telegraph Company installed the necessary elec- trical devices to provide protection by the fol- lowing systems: fire alarm system, industrial supervisory system, and forcible entry system. The fire alarm system includes pull boxes throughout the building connected to a series of alarm sirens to alert all building occupants in an emergency. Remote areas such as pent- houses, custodial cribs, Isotope and Computor Laboratories are equipped with rate of rise and smoke detection. The industrial supervisory system provides immediate information on a control panel should a failure develope ‘in key-heating, ventilating, refrigeration, and power panels. An alarm system for each entrance of the building and major equipment storage and lab- oratory areas was installed to pfovide immediate detection of forcible entry attempts. The newly redecorated reception lobby is one of the two plant protection centers at the Institute. 1961-1962: Industrial and Building Security System Installed The two ADT control boxes are centrally located in the reception lobby and the Building Service office. A familiar sight: the emergency exit signs installed to facilitate emergency evacuation of the Institute.

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1961-1962: Faculty Gets New Offices The new home of the Physics Section. The Manufacturing Engineering offices were remodeled. Several faculty and staff offices have been re- located or remodeled during this year. Instruction Departments which relocated their offices are: Chem- istry and Metallugry moved to the second floor near the Chemistry Laboratories; The Electricity and Electronics Department acquired new quarters in the new addition to the west wing; Mechanical Engi- neering Laboratories remodeled the area previously occupied by Chemistry and Metallurgy; and, the Physics Section of Science-Energy now occupies the old Electricity Laboratory area. The Plant Management Training offices were moved to the second floor of the west wing. The offices for the Manufacturing Engineering and Stu- dent Relations Departments were remodeled during the year. The trend in new faculty offices is toward grouping three or four faculty members in each room. This provides more privacy for the instructor and is more conducive to student-faculty discussions. The new Mechanical Engineering Laboratories offices.

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Spring, 1962: Accreditation by NCA Dr. Sheldon Stillwell (center) converses with two GMI instructors. Accreditation has been one of the highlights of the past school year. On March 29, 1962, the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools announced that GMI had been accredited and admitted to membership in the NCA as a Bachelor’s degree-granting institution of higher learning. Accreditation came in less than a year after GMI sub- mitted its original application last June. Since that time a self-survey report was reviewed by the NCA and an examining team from the organization spent two days observing the operation of the Institute. On March 25, Dean Tutt and Dr. Rodes appeared before an NCA committee in Chicago to make a final review of the application and status of GMI. Accreditation will be of particular value to graduates in such areas as acceptance of credits for graduate work, application for officer’s training in some service organiza- tions, and admission to membership in some professional associations. Other than in these areas, however, accreditation mainly confirms the high standards of engineering and management education that GMI has maintained in the past and will continue in the future. Dr. Stillwell observes equipment in the ME Laboratory.