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Doudna retires after 15 years 1- , :p':'n-v-f-' .,,,. X- . S. sh I-4 L Ifgk? 1.4 P. 10: President Quincy Doudna proudly stands before Old Main. a symbol of Eastern Illinois University. P. 11, TOP: Vice Presidents Harley Holt, Martin Schaefer, Glenn Williams, and Peter Moody often confer with the President on university matters. BOTTOM: Doudna, as president, presides over graduation ceremonies. Quincy Von Ogden Doudna, the third president to head Eastern Illinois University, has completed 15 years of dedicated service to this university. He will step down from his post on September 1, 1971, and a new president will take his place. In those 15 years, President Doudna had his successes, failures, and aspirations for Eastern as a university and as a place of beauty. When President Doudna came to Eastern Illinois State College in September, 1956, the campus extended only from Old Main to the present library, and the school was only a teachers college geared to preparing students to be teachers. President Doudna's immediate aspirations for the school were to broaden the curriculum and to expand the campus. Within two years, the Union was built and changes in graduation require- ments were underway. President Doudna felt that this college should provide a broad education, one that would include depth in curriculum. So he increased the general require- ments for graduation. He also felt that Eastern should provide a wider choice of professional fields. He began work on expanding the areas to include such things as business. home economics, industrial technology, as well as expanding the curriculum for teacher education. Because of the expansions, enrollment grew by leaps and bounds. To curb the number of students, there was a tightening of admission regulations. This tightening made it possible for Eastern to select more qualified students, thus raising the level of academic achievement of the school. In 1958, the University went to the year round operation sys- tem. This made it possible to use the facilities more profitably. This also gave students a chance to get a head start on their college education. When President Doudna came to Eastern, the school was prima- rily a local institution. More people from this area attended the school than from any other part of the state. Today, Cook County leads
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Doudna era - one of expansion. the enrollment, state residents are second, with out of state and foreign students taking their place on the campus also. President Doudna succeeded in making Eastern a good university that offers a wide range of fields of study in a new and growing campus. Since 1956, construction on campus was far reaching, including eleven housing units, seven classroom buildings, ad- ditions to five buildings, and five service buildings. Academically, President Doud- na's successes ranged not only from the expansion of curriculum for the bachelor's degrees but also for the master's degrees. With the additional areas for bachelor's degrees in business, home economics, etc., a place for master's degrees came into being. Presently, master's degrees are offered in all fields and 188 graduate students are enrolled, compared to the 49 who received their master's degrees in 1956. Presidents have their failures and President Doudna has had two significant ones. One of his dreams was to turn the old Practical Arts Build- ing tStudent Services Buildingl around and to put a basement under it. This project would have been of aesthetic value to the campus. However, the students could only see the practical side of the picture and voiced such objection, causing the project to bedropped. The second goal not realized by the retiring president was the erecting of a carillon tower in the south end of campus. This tower, originally suggested by a student, was to be a memorial to veterans of war. However, the proposal caused so much con- troversy among students, which also accompanied the other proj- ect, that the President finally abandoned the project. Besides the increased ex- pansion projects in curriculum, facilities, the enrollment ceil- ing, and the furtherance of con- tinued improvement of the ac- ademic level of Eastern, there is one aspiration remaining that President Doudna still hopes for. President Doudna hopes that Eastern will soon be given the authority to incorporate a program into the present curriculum for the education of junior college teachers. The program would con- sist of one year beyond the mas- ter's degree and would end with a specialist degree. President Doud- na says we have the interest and the facilities at Eastern but the proper authorities will not give their approval. He has hopes that the program will eventually come into being. President Doudna leaves Eastern with no regrets. He says that he is proud of Eastern's achievements and he hopes only for the best for the University. 1 tres., LEFT: President Doudna combines his two favorite hobbies of sailing and travel- ing as he tries his hand at boating in the Caribbean. RIGHT: EIU's president performs a feat of marvel during his recent trip to Italy.
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