University of South Florida - Aegean Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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Championing the needs of the community Running a major state university is not a leisure job. Just ask John Lott Brown, president of the University of South Florida. A typical week for Brown included three to four meetings downtown, 3 four day convention in Washington, DC. and a USF meeting at Chinsegut Hill in Brooksville. Brownls tight schedule also necessitated that he frequently attended the daily breakfast, luncheon or dinner meetings; and often attending three to four additional engagements on the weekend. Although he rarely could be found in his office, tucked away in the north side of the Administration Building, Brown believed his efforts were worth the work to build the best university in Florida. In 1985, Brown claimed USF was the only one of the nine Florida State Universities which could be classified as a large, comprehen- sive, reseaIch university with a broad range of programs. Located in a major metropolitan area. the surrounding environment was a key to USFls growth, so Brown aimed to develop further programs that would benefit Tampa, such as business management, engineering, urban planning, medicine and social work. But USFls scope was not limited tojust that. llAt the same timefl Brown continued, tttUSFt must preserve the proper level of exposure to programs in the liberal arts and preserve the opportunity for students to come to USF and get a liberal arts education. Brown believed that a liberal arts education assures that students will be better able to understand people and social concerns. He deemed his challenge as llchampioning the needs of the area while lttrying to preserve the core of liberal arts? To aid him in his goals, Brown compiled a staffof seasoned profes- sionals. Barbara Ann Blue assumed the position of Vice President for University Relations while Daniel Walbolt took on the duties of Vice President for Student Affairs. Gregory OlBrien served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Albeit Hartley was employed as the Executive Vice President and Rickard Fender was Vice President for Administrative Affairs. Barbara Cox served as Executive Assis- tant to the President, Richard Connar was the Vice President for Medi- cal Affairs and Joseph Busta took on the dutes of both Executive Vice President for the USF Foundation and Vice President for Develop- ment and Alumni Affairs. Rounding out the list were David A. Carter, Faculty Assistant to the President and Bryon Burgess, General Counsel. 30 Admlnlstralion The woman behind the man. Patrice Welch, one of the secretaries in the Presidents office, transcribes one of the many memos which are distributed from the office each day. USF Headquarters, The Administration Building is home base for USF's top officials.

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The Leader of the Pack John bolt Brown is the current President of the University of South Florida. - .....4.A ..,. .t . mo..- um... VWJ-h-u-Awl-u-Cnnan-m v. - lHu.A'rw-... . ' r- Kan President Brown's staff: Barbara Cox. Joseph Busla, Barbara Ann Blue, Albert Hartley. John Lon Brown, Bryan Burgess, David Caner. Rickard Fender. Daniel Walbolt and Gregory O'Brien Admlnlstraflon 31