urn:taro:rice.wrc.00121 Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85 Sharon Link Woodson Research Center 2004 Finding aid written in English. 20042307 Edited with XMetal 3 by Mandy York, according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85 Sharon Link Woodson Research Center 2004 Descriptive Summary Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon 1980-85 Rice UA Provost Gordon 11.25 cubic feet Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX These records reflect the daily business of the Provost's office under physicist and astronomer William E. Gordon’s leadership (1980-85). They reveal the daily business of the Provost's Office, which has the overall responsibility for the institution's educational and research programs. Gordon, William E. Materials are in English. Biographical Note

William E. Gordon’s appointment as provost and vice president of Rice University began July 1, 1980. He retired July 1, 1985, although he continued to serve as provost until his replacement reported to work in spring 1986.

Gordon came to Rice from Cornell University in 1966 and taught space physics and astronomy, as well as electrical engineering, during his 19 years on the Rice faculty. Prior to his becoming provost and vice president in 1980, he served as dean of natural sciences (1975-80) and dean of science and engineering (1966-75).

He attained international prominence through his work on the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico, a project he conceived, planned and directed during the first years after its completion, 1960-65. It is the world’s largest radar-radio-telescope, sometimes described as earth’s ear turned to outer space.

Recipient of numerous honors and awards, Dr. Gordon had the rare distinction of being a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. He was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Geophysical Union, and past president of the International Union of Radio Science (1981-84).

Excerpted from press release of Rice University Information Services 2/22/1985; 4/2/1980.

 Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 15 boxes of records from the provost’s office during Dr. Gordon’s tenure (1980-85).

Series I contains the On Campus-General files. They contain correspondence and documents pertaining to the non-academic departments of the university. The material includes budget information, computer/computing at Rice, including ICSA files, Fondren Library correspondence, promotion and teaching evaluations, space allocations and other files on non-academic departments such as Rice University Studies, Jefferson Davis and various other office files.

Series II contains the On Campus Academic files. They contain correspondence and documents that passed between the provost and the university academic departments.

 Arrangement

The Provost Records for Dr. William E. Gordon are divided into two series, each with folders arranged alphabetically by name and then chronologically.

Series I: On Campus – General, 1980-85. (Boxes 1-9A) Series II: On Campus – Academic Units, 1980-85. (Boxes 10-13) Preferred Citation

Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

 Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Provost's Office 8/1989, 6/1990, 8/1990, and 7/1995.

 Access Restrictions

Permission to access these records must be obtained from the Provost’s Office. Form to request permission may be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish these records must be obtained from the Provost’s Office. Form to request permission may be obtained from the Woodson Research Center.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Gordon, William E. Subjects (Organizations) Rice University - Provost's Office. Detailed Description of the Collection Series I: On Campus - General, 1980-85 11 AAUP, 1980 12 Academic Advising, 1984-85 13 Academic Affairs Committee, 1980 14 Academic Deans, 1980-81,1983-84 15 (VP) Administration, 1983, 1985 16 Admissions Office, 1980-85, n.d. 17 Alumni Association, 1981, 1985 18 Alumni Committee on Athletics, 1980, 1985 19 Alumni Institute, 1980-83, 1985 110 Apple Consortium, 1983-84 111 (Rice)-Baylor College of Medicine-HISD, 1985 112 Budget/s, 1980/81 113 Budget/s, 1981/82 114 Budget/s, 1982/83 115 Budget/s, 1983/84 116 Budget/s, 1984/85 117 Budget/s, 1985/86 118 Budget/s, 1986/87 119 Budget requests for computing equipment and services, 1984-85 21 Campus Business Office, 1980-85 22 Chairs, 1980-83, 1984-85 23 Class/Conference Rooms, 1980, 1982-83, 1985 24 College Courses, 1981, 1983 25 Colloquia, Student Assistants, Symposia, etc., 1980-84 26 Computer Advisory Board, 1983-84 27 Computer Aided Design (CAD) proposal, 1982 28 Computer Committee, 1980-84 29 Computer Committee, 1985 210 Computer Committee minutes and agendas, 1980-85 211 Computer Subcommittee on Personal Computers, 1983 212 Computing Board, 1983-85 213 Computervision, 1984 214 Continuing Studies, 1980-85 215 Cost centers, 1980 216 DAAD, 1982-84 217 Dean of Advanced Studies and Research, 1980-85 2A1 Dean of Architecture, O. Jack Mitchell, 1985 2A2 Dean of Engineering, 1980-85 2A3 Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume I/William Marsh Rice University 2A4 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Chemical Engineering 2A5 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Civil Engineering 2A6 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Electrical Engineering 2A7 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Materials Science 2A8 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Mechanical Engineering 2A9 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Mechanical Engineering, June 1984 2A10 ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Visitations, 1981, 1984 2A11 Dean of Humanities, Allen Matusow, 1980-85 2A12 Dean of Natural Sciences, G. K. Walters, 1980-85 2A13 Dean of Social Sciences, Joseph Cooper, 1980-85 2A14 Dean of Students, 1983-84 31 Dean’s meetings, 1980-81 32 Dean’s meetings, 1982-85 33 Departmental chairmen memos, 1980-83 34 Facilities budget requests, 1981/82 35 Facilities budget requests, 1983/84 36 Facilities budget requests, 1984/85 - 85/86 37 Faculty annual reports, 1982/83 38 Faculty Appointments, 1981/83 39 Faculty statistics, 1980/81 310 Fondren Library, 1980/81 311 Fondren Library, 1981/82 312 Fondren Library, 1982/83 313 Fondren Library, 1983/84 (folder 1) 314 Fondren Library, 1983/84 (folder 2) 41 Fondren Library, 1984/85 42 Fondren Library/Friends (FOF), 1980, 1983-85 43 Fondren Library/HARLIC/ARL, 1980, 1982-83 44 Fondren Library/Houston Academy of Medicine, Medical Center Library, 1982-84 45 Fondren Library/Huxley Celebration, 1984 46 Fondren Library/Johnson Space Center, 1981 47 Fondren Library/new courses or programs, 1981, 1983 48 Fondren Library/Patent Depository, 1980 49 Fondren Library/permission to recruit, 1981-82 410 Fondren Library/retrospective conversion, 1982 411 Huxley Symposium, NEH Proposal, 1987 412 ICSA general, 1980 413 ICSA general, 1981 414 ICSA general, 1982 415 ICSA general, 1983 416 ICSA general, 1984 417 ICSA general, 1985 51 ICSA allocations, administrative, 1980 52 ICSA allocations, administrative, 1981 53 ICSA allocations, administrative, 1982 54 ICSA allocations, administrative, 1983 55 ICSA allocations, administrative, 1984-85 56 ICSA allocations, computers, 1982/83 57 ICSA allocations, computers, 1983/84 58 ICSA allocations, computers, 1984/85 59 ICSA allocations, educational, 1980 510 ICSA allocations, educational, 1981 511 ICSA allocations, educational, 1982 512 ICSA allocations, educational, 1983 513 ICSA allocations, educational, 1984 514 ICSA allocations, educational, 1985 515 ICSA allocations, research, 1980-85 516 ICSA Annual Report, 1981 517 ICSA Annual Report, 1985 518 ICSA budget, 1983, 1985 519 ICSA charges/rate change, 1980, 1983 520 ICSA Computer Science, 1980, 1984 (folder was unlabeled) 61 ICSA computing upgrade, general, 1981 62 ICSA computing upgrade, general, 1982 63 ICSA computing upgrade, proposal, 1982 64 ICSA contracts 65 ICSA Educom, 1980-84 66 ICSA Educom Seminar, 1983 67 ICSA Edunet, 1980-84 68 ICSA equipment, 1981-82, 1984 69 ICSA Horace Flatt, 1981-82 610 ICSA, IBM, 1983 611 ICSA memberships, 1985 612 ICSA miscellaneous, 1980-82 613 ICSA Mudd Building/ad hoc committee on academic use, 1980-83 614 ICSA Night Owls timesharing, 1980-81, 1984-85 615 ICSA operations, 1980-82, 1984 616 ICSA Period 3 research accounts, 1983 617 ICSA revenues, 1980-85 618 ICSA Self-Study Panel on computing, 1984 619 ICSA student research, 1981-82 71 (ad hoc committee) Industrial Sponsors for Rice Research, 1981 72 Jefferson Davis, 1980-83 73 Laboratory enhancement, 1980 74 Languages, 1981-83 75 Lectures, 1981 76 Pending, 1981 77 Personal, 1980-81, 1983 78 President/3 VP’s, 1980-81 79 Preregistration, 1981 710 PRIME, 1984 711 Promotions, 1981/82 712 Promotions, 1982/83 713 Promotions, 1983/84 714 Promotions, 1984/85-86 715 Publications Revolving Fund, 1980-85 716 Registrar, 1980-85 717 Registrar’s report, 1980-84 718 Rice Architecture Computer Lab (RACL), 1983 719 Rice Institute for Policy Analysis (RIPA), 1984-85 720 Rice University Fund, 1980 721 Rice University Historical Society, 1982 722 Rice University Studies, 1980-85 723 ROTC, 1981-82, 1984 81 Safety Officers, 1981-81, 1985 82 Salary Report, 1980-81 83 SASS, 1984 84 Scienta, 1980-85 85 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Background 86 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Budgets 87 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Charges for panels 1-9 88 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Final Report Schedule 89 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - The Goals Manual, 1981 810 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Hudspeth Survey 811 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Library Material 812 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Master Information 813 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Master Plan for Growth, Cesar Pelli and Associates, 1983 814 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Preliminary Panels Report 815 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Steering Committee and Panels Directory 816 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)/Brochures, Manuals, Guidelines and Other College Studies 817 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Commission on Colleges, Report of the Visiting Committee, 1985 818 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Correspondence, 1980, 1982-85 819 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Draft Approvals, 1985 91 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Follow Up, 1984-85 92 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1984 93 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1983 94 1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Site Visit Correspondence, 1984-85 95 Space, 1981/82 96 Space, 1982/83 97 Space, 1983/84 98 Space, 1984/85 99 Staff meetings, 1980-81 910 Standing committees, 1981-83 911 (Academic) State of the University, n.d. 912 Summer program, 1980-85 9A1 Teaching evaluations, Spring 1981 9A2 Teaching evaluations, Fall 1981 9A3 Teaching evaluations, Spring 1982 9A4 Teaching evaluations, Fall 1982 9A5 Teaching evaluations, Spring 1983 9A6 Teaching evaluations, Fall 1983 9A7 Teaching evaluations, Spring 1984 9A8 Teaching evaluations, Fall 1984 9A9 Teaching evaluations, Spring 1985 9A10 Teaching evaluations, Fall 1985 9A11 Teaching evaluations master file, 1980-85 9A12 Teaching evaluations personnel, 1980-85 9A13 Tuition rebates to cost center schools, 1983 9A14 University Council/Promo Committee, 1980/81 9A15 University research grants, 1982-83, 1985 Series II: On Campus - Academic Units, 1980-85 101 Anthropology, 1982 102 Architecture, 1980/81 103 Architecture, 1981/82 104 Architecture, 1982/83 105 Architecture, 1983/84 106 Architecture, 1984/85 107 Art and Art History, 1981-82 108 Chemical Engineering, 1980-81, 1985 109 Chemistry, 1983 1010 Civil Engineering, 1981-82 1011 Computer Science, 1984-85 1012 Economics, 1981, 1983-84 1013 Education, 1983 1014 Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, 1980, 1982-83 1015 Engineering, 1980/81 1016 Engineering, 1981/82 1017 Engineering, 1982/83 1018 Engineering, 1983/84 1019 Engineering, 1984/85 111 (School of) Engineering Abercrombie Lab Project, 1981-82 112 (School of) Engineering Advisory Council, 1985 113 English, 1980-81, 1985 114 French and Italian, 1981-82 115 Geology and Geophysics, 1980-81, 1985 116 German and Slavic Studies, 1984 117 Health and Physical Education, 1984 118 History, 1981-83 119 Humanities, 1980/81 1110 Humanities, 1981/82 1111 Humanities, 1982/83 1112 Humanities, 1983/84 1113 Humanities, 1984/85 1114 Jones School of Administration, 1980/81 1115 Jones School of Administration, 1981/82 1116 Jones School of Administration, 1982/83 1117 Jones School of Administration, 1983/84 1118 Jones School of Administration, 1984/85 1119 Jones School of Administration Dean Search Committee, 1980/81 1120 Linguistics and Semiotics, 1980, 1985 1121 Mathematical Sciences, 1983-84 1122 Mathematics, 1983-84 1123 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 1983-84 1124 Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Accreditation, 1984 121 Military Science, 1980/81 122 Military Science, 1981/82 123 Military Science, 1982/83-1983/84 124 Military Science, 1984/85 125 Natural Sciences, 1980/81-1981/82 126 Natural Sciences, 1982/83 127 Natural Sciences, 1983/84 128 Natural Sciences, 1984/85 129 Philosophy, 1980-82, 1984 1210 Physics, 1980-82, 1984 1211 Political Science, 1980-81 1212 Psychology, 1980-81 1213 Religious Studies, 1980, 1982 1214 ROTC credit for courses, 1980/81 1215 ROTC credit for courses, 1983-84 131 Shepherd School of Music, 1980/81 132 Shepherd School of Music, 1981/82 133 Shepherd School of Music, 1982/83 134 Shepherd School of Music, 1983/84 135 Shepherd School of Music, 1984/85 136 Shepherd School of Music Search Committee, 1981 137 Social Sciences, 1980/81 138 Social Sciences, 1981/82 139 Social Sciences, 1982/83 1310 Social Sciences, 1983/84 1311 Social Sciences, 1984/85 1312 (School of) Social Sciences Policy Center, 1981 1313 Sociology, 1981 1314 Spanish, Portuguese, Classics, 1983, n.d.