Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85

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Series I: On Campus - General, 1980-85

Series II: On Campus - Academic Units, 1980-85

Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Gordon, William E.
	Title	Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon
	Dates:	1980-85
	Abstract:	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.
	ID	Rice UA Provost Gordon
	Extent	11.25 cubic feet
	Language	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston, TX

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.

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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.

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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)

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Restrictions

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.

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Index Terms

	Subjects (Persons)
		Gordon, William E.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Rice University - Provost's Office.

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Series I: On Campus - General, 1980-85
box	folder
1	1	AAUP, 1980
	2	Academic Advising, 1984-85
	3	Academic Affairs Committee, 1980
	4	Academic Deans, 1980-81,1983-84
	5	(VP) Administration, 1983, 1985
	6	Admissions Office, 1980-85, n.d.
	7	Alumni Association, 1981, 1985
	8	Alumni Committee on Athletics, 1980, 1985
	9	Alumni Institute, 1980-83, 1985
	10	Apple Consortium, 1983-84
	11	(Rice)-Baylor College of Medicine-HISD, 1985
	12	Budget/s, 1980/81
	13	Budget/s, 1981/82
	14	Budget/s, 1982/83
	15	Budget/s, 1983/84
	16	Budget/s, 1984/85
	17	Budget/s, 1985/86
	18	Budget/s, 1986/87
	19	Budget requests for computing equipment and services, 1984-85
box	folder
2	1	Campus Business Office, 1980-85
	2	Chairs, 1980-83, 1984-85
	3	Class/Conference Rooms, 1980, 1982-83, 1985
	4	College Courses, 1981, 1983
	5	Colloquia, Student Assistants, Symposia, etc., 1980-84
	6	Computer Advisory Board, 1983-84
	7	Computer Aided Design (CAD) proposal, 1982
	8	Computer Committee, 1980-84
	9	Computer Committee, 1985
	10	Computer Committee minutes and agendas, 1980-85
	11	Computer Subcommittee on Personal Computers, 1983
	12	Computing Board, 1983-85
	13	Computervision, 1984
	14	Continuing Studies, 1980-85
	15	Cost centers, 1980
	16	DAAD, 1982-84
	17	Dean of Advanced Studies and Research, 1980-85
box	folder
2A	1	Dean of Architecture, O. Jack Mitchell, 1985
	2	Dean of Engineering, 1980-85
	3	Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET) Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume I/William Marsh Rice University
	4	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Chemical Engineering
	5	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Civil Engineering
	6	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Electrical Engineering
	7	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Materials Science
	8	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Mechanical Engineering
	9	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Volume II/Mechanical Engineering, June 1984
	10	ABET Questionnaire, May 1981 - Visitations, 1981, 1984
	11	Dean of Humanities, Allen Matusow, 1980-85
	12	Dean of Natural Sciences, G. K. Walters, 1980-85
	13	Dean of Social Sciences, Joseph Cooper, 1980-85
	14	Dean of Students, 1983-84
box	folder
3	1	Dean’s meetings, 1980-81
	2	Dean’s meetings, 1982-85
	3	Departmental chairmen memos, 1980-83
	4	Facilities budget requests, 1981/82
	5	Facilities budget requests, 1983/84
	6	Facilities budget requests, 1984/85 - 85/86
	7	Faculty annual reports, 1982/83
	8	Faculty Appointments, 1981/83
	9	Faculty statistics, 1980/81
	10	Fondren Library, 1980/81
	11	Fondren Library, 1981/82
	12	Fondren Library, 1982/83
	13	Fondren Library, 1983/84 (folder 1)
	14	Fondren Library, 1983/84 (folder 2)
box	folder
4	1	Fondren Library, 1984/85
	2	Fondren Library/Friends (FOF), 1980, 1983-85
	3	Fondren Library/HARLIC/ARL, 1980, 1982-83
	4	Fondren Library/Houston Academy of Medicine, Medical Center Library, 1982-84
	5	Fondren Library/Huxley Celebration, 1984
	6	Fondren Library/Johnson Space Center, 1981
	7	Fondren Library/new courses or programs, 1981, 1983
	8	Fondren Library/Patent Depository, 1980
	9	Fondren Library/permission to recruit, 1981-82
	10	Fondren Library/retrospective conversion, 1982
	11	Huxley Symposium, NEH Proposal, 1987
	12	ICSA general, 1980
	13	ICSA general, 1981
	14	ICSA general, 1982
	15	ICSA general, 1983
	16	ICSA general, 1984
	17	ICSA general, 1985
box	folder
5	1	ICSA allocations, administrative, 1980
	2	ICSA allocations, administrative, 1981
	3	ICSA allocations, administrative, 1982
	4	ICSA allocations, administrative, 1983
	5	ICSA allocations, administrative, 1984-85
	6	ICSA allocations, computers, 1982/83
	7	ICSA allocations, computers, 1983/84
	8	ICSA allocations, computers, 1984/85
	9	ICSA allocations, educational, 1980
	10	ICSA allocations, educational, 1981
	11	ICSA allocations, educational, 1982
	12	ICSA allocations, educational, 1983
	13	ICSA allocations, educational, 1984
	14	ICSA allocations, educational, 1985
	15	ICSA allocations, research, 1980-85
	16	ICSA Annual Report, 1981
	17	ICSA Annual Report, 1985
	18	ICSA budget, 1983, 1985
	19	ICSA charges/rate change, 1980, 1983
	20	ICSA Computer Science, 1980, 1984 (folder was unlabeled)
box	folder
6	1	ICSA computing upgrade, general, 1981
	2	ICSA computing upgrade, general, 1982
	3	ICSA computing upgrade, proposal, 1982
	4	ICSA contracts
	5	ICSA Educom, 1980-84
	6	ICSA Educom Seminar, 1983
	7	ICSA Edunet, 1980-84
	8	ICSA equipment, 1981-82, 1984
	9	ICSA Horace Flatt, 1981-82
	10	ICSA, IBM, 1983
	11	ICSA memberships, 1985
	12	ICSA miscellaneous, 1980-82
	13	ICSA Mudd Building/ad hoc committee on academic use, 1980-83
	14	ICSA Night Owls timesharing, 1980-81, 1984-85
	15	ICSA operations, 1980-82, 1984
	16	ICSA Period 3 research accounts, 1983
	17	ICSA revenues, 1980-85
	18	ICSA Self-Study Panel on computing, 1984
	19	ICSA student research, 1981-82
box	folder
7	1	(ad hoc committee) Industrial Sponsors for Rice Research, 1981
	2	Jefferson Davis, 1980-83
	3	Laboratory enhancement, 1980
	4	Languages, 1981-83
	5	Lectures, 1981
	6	Pending, 1981
	7	Personal, 1980-81, 1983
	8	President/3 VP’s, 1980-81
	9	Preregistration, 1981
	10	PRIME, 1984
	11	Promotions, 1981/82
	12	Promotions, 1982/83
	13	Promotions, 1983/84
	14	Promotions, 1984/85-86
	15	Publications Revolving Fund, 1980-85
	16	Registrar, 1980-85
	17	Registrar’s report, 1980-84
	18	Rice Architecture Computer Lab (RACL), 1983
	19	Rice Institute for Policy Analysis (RIPA), 1984-85
	20	Rice University Fund, 1980
	21	Rice University Historical Society, 1982
	22	Rice University Studies, 1980-85
	23	ROTC, 1981-82, 1984
box	folder
8	1	Safety Officers, 1981-81, 1985
	2	Salary Report, 1980-81
	3	SASS, 1984
	4	Scienta, 1980-85
	5	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Background
	6	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Budgets
	7	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Charges for panels 1-9
	8	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Final Report Schedule
	9	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - The Goals Manual, 1981
	10	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Hudspeth Survey
	11	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Library Material
	12	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Master Information
	13	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Master Plan for Growth, Cesar Pelli and Associates, 1983
	14	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Preliminary Panels Report
	15	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Steering Committee and Panels Directory
	16	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)/Brochures, Manuals, Guidelines and Other College Studies
	17	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Commission on Colleges, Report of the Visiting Committee, 1985
	18	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Correspondence, 1980, 1982-85
	19	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Draft Approvals, 1985
box	folder
9	1	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Follow Up, 1984-85
	2	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1984
	3	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1983
	4	1984 (Rice University) Self-Study Materials - SACS, Site Visit Correspondence, 1984-85
	5	Space, 1981/82
	6	Space, 1982/83
	7	Space, 1983/84
	8	Space, 1984/85
	9	Staff meetings, 1980-81
	10	Standing committees, 1981-83
	11	(Academic) State of the University, n.d.
	12	Summer program, 1980-85
box	folder
9A	1	Teaching evaluations, Spring 1981
	2	Teaching evaluations, Fall 1981
	3	Teaching evaluations, Spring 1982
	4	Teaching evaluations, Fall 1982
	5	Teaching evaluations, Spring 1983
	6	Teaching evaluations, Fall 1983
	7	Teaching evaluations, Spring 1984
	8	Teaching evaluations, Fall 1984
	9	Teaching evaluations, Spring 1985
	10	Teaching evaluations, Fall 1985
	11	Teaching evaluations master file, 1980-85
	12	Teaching evaluations personnel, 1980-85
	13	Tuition rebates to cost center schools, 1983
	14	University Council/Promo Committee, 1980/81
	15	University research grants, 1982-83, 1985

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Series II: On Campus - Academic Units, 1980-85
box	folder
10	1	Anthropology, 1982
	2	Architecture, 1980/81
	3	Architecture, 1981/82
	4	Architecture, 1982/83
	5	Architecture, 1983/84
	6	Architecture, 1984/85
	7	Art and Art History, 1981-82
	8	Chemical Engineering, 1980-81, 1985
	9	Chemistry, 1983
	10	Civil Engineering, 1981-82
	11	Computer Science, 1984-85
	12	Economics, 1981, 1983-84
	13	Education, 1983
	14	Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, 1980, 1982-83
	15	Engineering, 1980/81
	16	Engineering, 1981/82
	17	Engineering, 1982/83
	18	Engineering, 1983/84
	19	Engineering, 1984/85
box	folder
11	1	(School of) Engineering Abercrombie Lab Project, 1981-82
	2	(School of) Engineering Advisory Council, 1985
	3	English, 1980-81, 1985
	4	French and Italian, 1981-82
	5	Geology and Geophysics, 1980-81, 1985
	6	German and Slavic Studies, 1984
	7	Health and Physical Education, 1984
	8	History, 1981-83
	9	Humanities, 1980/81
	10	Humanities, 1981/82
	11	Humanities, 1982/83
	12	Humanities, 1983/84
	13	Humanities, 1984/85
	14	Jones School of Administration, 1980/81
	15	Jones School of Administration, 1981/82
	16	Jones School of Administration, 1982/83
	17	Jones School of Administration, 1983/84
	18	Jones School of Administration, 1984/85
	19	Jones School of Administration Dean Search Committee, 1980/81
	20	Linguistics and Semiotics, 1980, 1985
	21	Mathematical Sciences, 1983-84
	22	Mathematics, 1983-84
	23	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, 1983-84
	24	Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Accreditation, 1984
box	folder
12	1	Military Science, 1980/81
	2	Military Science, 1981/82
	3	Military Science, 1982/83-1983/84
	4	Military Science, 1984/85
	5	Natural Sciences, 1980/81-1981/82
	6	Natural Sciences, 1982/83
	7	Natural Sciences, 1983/84
	8	Natural Sciences, 1984/85
	9	Philosophy, 1980-82, 1984
	10	Physics, 1980-82, 1984
	11	Political Science, 1980-81
	12	Psychology, 1980-81
	13	Religious Studies, 1980, 1982
	14	ROTC credit for courses, 1980/81
	15	ROTC credit for courses, 1983-84
box	folder
13	1	Shepherd School of Music, 1980/81
	2	Shepherd School of Music, 1981/82
	3	Shepherd School of Music, 1982/83
	4	Shepherd School of Music, 1983/84
	5	Shepherd School of Music, 1984/85
	6	Shepherd School of Music Search Committee, 1981
	7	Social Sciences, 1980/81
	8	Social Sciences, 1981/82
	9	Social Sciences, 1982/83
	10	Social Sciences, 1983/84
	11	Social Sciences, 1984/85
	12	(School of) Social Sciences Policy Center, 1981
	13	Sociology, 1981
	14	Spanish, Portuguese, Classics, 1983, n.d.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Guide to the Rice University Provost's Office Records: William E. Gordon, 1980-85

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

Arrangement

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Use Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Acquisition Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I: On Campus - General, 1980-85

Series II: On Campus - Academic Units, 1980-85