1971-1972 Faculty
Planning Faculty on an Old Growth Stump.
Planning Faculty on an Old Growth Stump, Some Names Identified.
The planning faculty were hired following the February 8 & 9, 1970 Academic Planning Conference. Provost Dave Barry charged the three Academic Deans to recruit eighteen faculty, and in short order. The planning faculty were to be appointed by June 1970 so that they could plan the first coordinated studies programs, and describe those programs in sufficient detail to recruit additional faculty and students for Fall Quarter 1971. The goal was to admit and retain 1,000 students, the large majority of them directly from high school.
Frederick Young, Richard Brian, and Richard Alexander were hired within six weeks of the Academic Planning Conference. An additional seven faculty members were hired in April, and all eighteen were selected by June, 1970.
In this photo Sid White is speaking. To his left are Byron Youtz and Willi Unsoeld. To his right are Bill Aldridge, and next to him two figures one of whom appears to be Provost Dave Barry. Merv Cadwallader is visible seated beneath a magazine rack.
Planning Faculty on Break Outside Modular Building.
The Academic Deans sped recruitment by turning to their personal networks, looking especially for faculty who would bring experience in non-traditional pedagogy. For example, Richard Alexander, Richard Brian, Robert Sluss, Byron Youtz and Larry Eickstaedt had worked with Cadwallader at either San Jose State or SUNY Old Westbury. Youtz had worked with Fred Tabbutt at Reed College. Jackson Webb had been at Prescott, and William Humphreys at New College. The Academic Deans also sought faculty who were intrigued by Evergreen’s possibilities, and had not yet attempted interdisciplinary learning or collaborative teaching.
Subject areas represented by the Planning Faculty:
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Science and Math |
Humanities |
Social Science |
Art |
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Math: Frederick Young Richard Brian Biology: Bob Sluss Larry Eickstaedt Al Wiedemann Chemistry: Robert Barnard Fred Tabbutt Physics: Byron Youtz |
English: Richard Alexander, Rudy Martin, Jack Webb Philosophy: Will Humphreys Willi Unsoeld History: Dave Hitchens
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Political Science: Beryl Crowe Psychology: Richard Jones Sociology: William Aldridge
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Visual Art: Sid White
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Pack Forest Retreat.
During the fall and winter of 1970 the Planning Faculty and the Academic Deans created the curriculum for the first year of instruction, and between March and July 1971 hired the additional faculty needed to staff this curriculum. In June, 1971, along with staff and administrators, they met for several days at Pack Forest, followed by additional days on campus for intensive program planning for the first year.
For more information on the early faculty, see the Class of '72 Faculty Yearbook.
