University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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University System of Georgia The University System of Georgia Board of Regents, created under the Reorganization Act of 1931, is responsible for all aspects of the operation and devel opment of the Georgia (Jniversity System and its institutions. While the board exer- cises broad jurisdiction over the Institu- tions of the system, each school is allowed a high degree of academic and administra- tive autonomy — an organizational factor since the inception of the board. In 1943, the Board of Regents became a Jesse Hill, Stateat-Large Rufus B. Coody, Stateat-Large Milton Jones, State-at-Large Marie W. Dodd, Stateat-Large O. Tor bitt Ivey, Jr., Stateat-Large Erwin A. Friedman, First District William T. Divine, Jr., Second District John H. Robinson, ill, Third District Scott Candler, Jr., Fourth District EIridge W. McMillan, Fifth District Lamar R. Plunkett, Sixth District Lloyd L. Summer, Jr., Seventh District Thomas H. Frier, Eighth District Sidney O. Smith, Jr., Ninth District Julius F. Bishop, Tenth District constitutional body of 15 members whose appointments are made by the Governor and ratified by the State Senate. The membership structure of the board consists of one member from each of the ten congressional districts and five mem- bers from the state-at-large. Members fill seven-year terms; two members are ap- pointed each year and one additional mem- ber is appointed one year during each sev- en-year period. rs And Staff Lamar R. Plunkett, Chairman Marie W. Dodd, Vice Chairman Vernon D. Crawford, Chancellor H. Dean Propst, Acting Vice Chancellor Henry G. Neal, Executive Secretary Shealy E. McCoy, Vice Chancellor — Fiscal Affairs and Treasurer Frank C. Dunham, Vice Chancellor — Facilities Mario J. Goglia, Vice Chancelor — Research Howard Jordan, Jr., Vice-chancellor — Services Harry B. O ' Rear, Vice Chancellor — Health Affairs Haskin R. Pounds, Vice Chancellor — Planning Thomas F. McDonald, Wee Chancellor — Student Services Robert M. Joiner, Vice Chancellor — Public Relations and Information Services Thj office «» eMoitiwX ' pfomolette institutitftTI theOmwfcih ' the MKUti» rf ajsowpoi ' ecutJngslpoiqil titv J r 28 ACADEMICS

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University Maintains Emphasis On Research a w e do not foresee that the Uni- versity ' s research effort will be diminished by the new emphasis in Wash- ington and the country. We are confident that the University ' s faculty will continue to be successful in competition for research funds because we are confident that our people will con- tinue to produce results. The re is also the fact that emphasis for research funding will remain on areas where the University is quite strong. The National Science Foundation, the Nation- al Institutes of Health and other major sci- ntific funding agencies will, we feel, con- tinue their strong support of the Universi- ty. We expect to succeed in basic re- search proposals to defense related agen- cies, and funding for energy research — one of our strong areas — should remain stable. One area on the prospective list of federal budget cuts was Sea Grant. We recently received an $875,000 renewal of this funding, a constant level from last year for this area in which the University is a national leader as one of only 15 Sea Grant institutions in the nation. In fiscal year 1980-81, The University of Georgia received $27 million in com- petitively awarded research support. Our total research expenditure in that period was $60 million or more than a 13 percent increase over the year before. The discoveries relating to nutrition, cancer, more and better food, an im- proved economy, and every other aspect of life are too numerous to list here. The information added to society ' s storehouse of basic knowledge is also too vast to chronicle. The growth of The University of Geor- gia into one of the nation ' s top 50 re- search universities is a remarkable suc- cess story. Consider that the $60 million devoted to research in 1980-81 is an 85 percent increase over the 1975-76 research bud- get, a $28 million increase in five years. This progress is a tribute to our facul- ty ' s performance in finding answers to so- ciety ' s problems. It is also a tribute to our state ' s leaders who made a commitment in the 1960s that The University of Geor- gia would become a first class research and graduate education institution. That commitment, enunciated by Gov- ernor Carl Sanders ' Commission to Im- prove Education was made because our leaders knew this state would never achieve its full potential without a first quality University of Georgia. That goal has been achieved with the support of the citizens of Georgia and their elected and appointed officials. President Fred C. Davison, State of the CIniversity Address, November, 1981. ACADEMiCS 27

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President The office of the President is the executive head of the University and of all its departments and exercises such supervision and direction as will promote the efficient operation of the institution. The office is responsible to the Chancellor for the operation and management of the institution and for the execution of all directives of the Board and the Chancellor. The office is also responsible for establishing and ex- ecuting all policy followed at the Univer- sity. A major duty of the president is the recommendation annually to the Board of Regents, through the Chancellor, for the election or re-election of the faculty and other employees of the institution, the salary of each, and all promotions and removals. The president of the institution also has complete authority to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Board, most research and service agreements for the University. I believe The University of Georgia is ready for the challenges of the coming decade. I say this because by every objective and subjective measurement we can ap- ply, the state of the University is excel- lent. Today, the University of Georgia is an absolutely first class teaching institu- tion. Our goal, in all programs, is to in- sure that no student chooses another institution because it offers a better edu- cation than The University of Georgia. The University today has what is perhaps the most extensive public ser- vice program in the country. And The University of Georgia is to- day a world class research university. The rich traditions of The University of Georgia include its consistent perfor- mance in successfully meeting chal- lenges. I have absolutely no doubt it will continue to do so. The University of Georgia is doing everything asked of it in a way that should make every Georgian proud. With the continued support of the society that created it and sponsors it, The University of Georgia will not be found lacking as the future unfolds. ACADEM!CS 29