University of Texas Austin - Cactus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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The University Board of Regents, in -keeping with their progressive outlook for the University, continued making major academic policy decisions to update administrative procedures. The Board, responsible for the supervision of The University of Texas System, met once each six weeks, maintain- ing a central government. Variety abounded among the governmental group, for as The Da y Texan wrote, How the body votes on any particular issue is impossible to predict because of the diver- sity of the individuals on the Board. Led by Chairman Frank C. Erwin Jr., the nine- member Board implemented a pass-fail grading system, substituted a four-point grading system replacing the previously used three-point, armed 15 traffic and security supervisors, abolished and then later reinstituted the Chilean Exchange Pro- gram, affirmed the construction of a faculty center atop the new dormitory complex, and, in a con- Board of Regents troversial move, reorganized the Texas Union Board of Directors to include four students and one fac- ulty member whose actions, the Board decided, would not have any force or effect until it had received regental approval. The Development Board, directly responsible to the Board of Regents, planned and coordinated benefits for all units of the System. It was formed in 1939. Board members are chosen by the Ex- Students ' Association and the Regents and are composed of prominent citizens who voluntarily devote time and effort to the welfare of the Uni- versity. The Chancellor is an ex-officio member of the Board whose new chairman, Joe AA. Dealey, took office during the fall. REGENTS ABOVE: FRONT ROW: Mrs. J. Lee Johnson III, Chair- man Frank C. Erwin Jr., Dr. E. T. Ximenes. SECOND ROW: Rabbi Levi A. Olan, Jack S. Josey, W. H. Bauer, Frank N. Ikard, Joe M. Kilgore, John Peace. 21

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Gov. John B. Connally, Univer- sity alumnus, headed the admin- istration of Texas education and its State supported colleges and univer- sities, including The University of Tex- as System, for his sixth and final year. He chose not to run for an unprece- dented fourth term as the State ' s high- est public official. Administrated by Chancellor Harry Huntt Ransom, the multi-million dollar, 52,681 student body multiversity continued to grow. Ransom, who finished his first year as head of the System, was suc- ceeded as administrative leader of the University at Austin by Dr. Norman Hackerman. John B. Connally Harry Huntt Ransom V As the link between the Board of Regents and the heads of the Uni- versity ' s 1 2 statewide units, Chancel- lor Harry Huntt Ransom coordinated uniform programs of study, both undergraduate and graduate, as the System increased in size and scope. A growing enrollment under his ad- ministration was matched by growth in facilities and in academic achieve- ment. Speaking to The Chancellor ' s Council in September, Ransom said, In every perspective and in all its 12 official locations, the University is a public institution. It was built phys- ically on Texas ground. It has come through the modern history of the State as one of the instruments of intellect and imagination, guided and developed by successive Governors, legislatures, State agencies, and gov- erning boards rooted in public trus- teeship. 20

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John M. Quinn, Director of University Information Service Frank D. Graydon, Budget Officer Burned Waldrep, University Attorney Joseph C. Kennedy, Director of Personnel George Kozmetsky, Executive Associate of Economic Office Analysis William D. Blunk, Executive Director of Development Board Floyd O. Shelter, Executive Director of Investments. Trusts, and Lands 22