University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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Dr. Carl E.B. McKenry — Dean of Business School Everyone has heard of the man who has everything — how lucky he must be! Well the University of Miami ' s School of Business is lucky enough to have as its interim dean, the man that has done [practically] everything, Dr. Carl McKenry. When last year ' s dean, Dr. Gary Walton, announced that he would not be staying on at the University of Miami, an in-house search immediately began to seek the most capable professor for the position. Once McKenry, who was at that time chairman of the department of General Business Management, was considered, the search could have ended. McKenry could offer what no other candidate could — experience, and lots of it. I have served at so many different administrative capacities here at the University, that perhaps I was the most knowledgeable about the workings of the Business School, commented McKenry. He continued, I ' ve been here a long time. I ' ve worked my way up the ladder. I started in 1 956 as an Assistant Professor of Management, then I was promoted to Associate Professor of Management and Law, then Professor of Management and Law, and in 1 977, I was appointed Chairman of the General Business Management Department, and finally, this year I became the Dean of the entire Business School. Now that McKenry has the interim Deanship, which bestowes upon him all the powers of a regular dean, but implys that the position is temporary, his greatest challenge is operating under severe budgetary limitations. Although the school ' s budget was in the red when McKenry became Dean, he is convinced that with the necessary cuts the budget can be in balance by the year ' s end. Dean McKenry is also striving to better the school ' s academics and he believes the key to this is aggressive recruiting of well-qualified students. McKenry commented, Presently, we are the only accredited Business School in South Florida, and I would like to build on that. We have the potential to become one of the best in the nation. We are a much better University than we give ourselves credit for, stated McKenry. I think it ' s an injustice to the U.M. to compare us to Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. We are us, we are unique, we are different. We don ' t have 300 years of tradition dragging behind us. We can change with the times. McKenry is also very active at the Law School and Center for the Aging. He has published several articles, most of them dealing with his specialties — aviation and transportation law, and the law and the elderly. As busy as he is, McKenry ' s involvements at the U. M. are not restricted to those dealing with his work and colleagues, he actively works with more than five student organizations including: Phi Beta Lambda Business Society, the Varsity Debate team, S.A. F.A.C., WVUM, and the Student Publications Board. Indeed, the Business School is lucky to have such a person as Carl E. McKenry, Jr. as interim dean. In fact, there are many people, students and faculty alike, who believe that the school would be even luckier should Dean McKenry be considered to stay on permanently. By Sandy Van Dine Their 2B Faculty - ■

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Dr. James L. Ash, Jr., Honors Dean The University of Miami ' s administration has dedicated itself to the pursuit of academic excellence . Since the Honor ' s Program is a cornerstone of the University ' s academic programs, the administration saw the need to appoint a dean of the Honors Program who is capable, far-sighted, and an enthusiastic individual. They found such characteristics in Dr. James L. Ash, Jr. , the former chairman of the Department of Religion. Dr. Ash is quick to point out that an Honors Program is not just some sort of academic luxury, but an integral and necessary component of any university. As he says: I am convinced that the best way to insure the future success of this university is to expand our efforts to recruit and retain superior students. The Honors Program is the ideal instrument to attain this goal. Dr. Ash brings to his new position an almost unbridled optimism that the University of Miami ' s Honor Program can be one of the finest in the nation. His goals for the program include: a broader curriculum with more honors sections of popular courses, the involvement of some gifted and inspiring faculty members, who are not presently teaching in the Honors Program, better housing, and more privileges for honor students. Dr. Ash also emphasizes that in order for these proposed improvements to be effective, it is essential to have student input which is strongly considered. In congruence with his theory, Dr. Ash makes himself highly accessible to students and informs students of his ideas either through letters or meetings, such as an informal gatherings with the Honor ' s Students Associations ' executive board or a discussion session at a regular H.S.A. meeting. The Honors Students, along with many other people on campus, are convinced that with a director as dynamic as Dr. Ash, the Honors program will experience much growth and prosperity in the very near future. And, perhaps more importantly, this growth will undoubtly benefit the academic climate of the entire University. By Dave Auslander and Sandy VanDine Honors Program 27

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Schoc; ;1 Dr. Frank C. Stuart, History Dr. Frank C. Stuart teaches a two pant Development of Western Civilization course that, in recent years, has given the University of Miami and the History Department world-wide attention. It is a television style lecture course that traces the evolution of man through a unique use of carefully researched scripts, authentic artifacts, vintage film, and on location scenarios. The Universal College, a group of major universities, believes that Dr. Stuart ' s program is the best in the country; the group even approached him to compile a World Civilization course along the same lines as History 131 and 132. Stuart received his Bachelor of Arts at the University of New Mexico, a Masters at the University of London, and his Ph. D. at New Mexico. He began teaching at the University of Miami in 1 969, specifically to produce a Western Civilization course. Stuart is a self-taught lecturer who wrote and researched the bulk of the 84 scripts that make up the course. The course stresses dynamic individuals and the roles they have played in the course of history. By associating visuals with what the student hears, says Stuart, one can more effectively learn and retain the information. The course begins with growth and development of primitive man, follows his progression along the banks of the Nile and Tigus-Euphrates Rivers and the Mesopotamian and Phonecian Civilizations, traces the rise and fall of both the Greek and Roman empires, and sets the stage for the European invasions and expansions. Part-two C1 32D takes up where 131 left off, at the important bridge between the formation of the nation states and the beginning of intense European rivalries. The British Reformation and the French Revolution are brought to life, as are World Wars I and II. Entire lectures are dedicated to each of the major world powers, as well as smaller nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Europe ' s success story, Switzerland. The impact of European expansion and the effects of industrialism and revolution upon Western society are major themes underlining part-two of the Development of Western Civilization. Stuart has designed the course, which he also produces, in such a way that all viewpoints are presented in survey form. The horrors of Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler and Italy under Mussolini are balanced against the world peace policies followed by Great Britian ' s Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the United States. One lecture in particular, The Nazification of Germany, contains excerpts from Triumph of the Will, one of the greatest progaganda films ever compiled. An eerie silence permeates the Learning Center each time this lecture concludes. It is the unique combination of such moving visuals and actual historical accounts that make this history course so successful. The department can boast of an BO percent plus positive student reaction. The area of Humanities on the University curriculum has Dr. Stuart ' s Development of Western Civilization to thank for renewed interest in the dynamic individuals that have left such lasting imprints in the annals of world history. By Steve Boyer Faculty 29