UA 002F - Office of the President (William T. Jerome III) Records, 1957-1971
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| Title | UA 002F - Office of the President (William T. Jerome III) Records, 1957-1971 |
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| Introduction | Dr. William T. Jerome served at Bowling Green State University's sixth president, from 1963-1970. During his seven years as president, he guided the University through a period of rapid physical growth due to a major jump in enrollment, as evidenced by the addition of ten buildings, including the library, and the establishment of programs such as the Center for the Study of Social Behavior. Library growth during this time included the establishment of the University Archives, the Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, and the Browne Popular Culture Library. Dr, Jerome also guided the campus during the turbulent Vietnam era. Thanks to his leadership, BGSU remained open during the days following the May 1970 Kent State shootings, the only Ohio state university to do so. In 1982, the Bowling Green State University Board of Trustees passed a resolution re-naming the University Library in honor of Dr. Jerome. A rededication and naming ceremony was held at the William T. Jerome Library on September 23, 1983. Duplication of materials in this collection is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. As described in the Visiting Researcher Application Form, researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright. Materials found in this collection may be duplicated in other University Archives collections including overlaps between this collection and the collections of President Harshman and President Moore. |
| Biographical Sketch | William Travers Jerome, III (1919-2008) was a 1941 magna cum laude graduate of Colgate University. He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from Harvard University and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Middlebury College, Vermont. During his career, Dr. Jerome worked as teacher, administrator, research associate, lecturer, writer, and consultant to both business and government. His career as an educational administrator began at Middlebury, Vermont, where he was assistant to the President and instructor in economics (1946-1950). In 1953 he was appointed Associate Professor of Business Administration at Syracuse University, where, in 1958, he became Dean of the College of Business Administration. Jerome served as Bowling Green State University's sixth president from 1963-1970. He left BGSU in 1970 to accept a position as special consultant to the President of Florida International University. He later became Distinguished University Professor of Management at FIU. Dr. Jerome passed away in March 2008. |
| Scope and Content | The collections consists of subject files that may contain committee meeting minutes, annual/special reports, statistical information, policies, program self-studies, and correspondence on various topics, arranged alphabetically. The collection also includes records relating to the Protest Era and campus unrest surrounding the Kent State University shooting of 1970. Collection size: 51 legal sized manuscript boxes (25.5 cubic feet) |
| Inventory | Box 1:
1: Academic Advising Memos/Reports, 1964 Box 2: 1: Academic Long Range Planning Council Minutes, 1965 Box 3: 1: Admissions, 1964 -1965 Box 4: 1: Alumni Association Constitution and Bylaws, 1965, n.d. Box 5: 1: American Civil Liberties-Correspondence, 1964; 1967 Box 6: 1: Antioch Ecumenical Community Proposal, 1969-1970 Box 7: 1: Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1967-1970 Box 8: 1: BG News, 1966-1969 Box 9: 1: Board of Regents-Correspondence/Statistics, 1968 Box 10: 1: Bursar: Goals, n.d. Box 11: 1: Campus Long Range Planning Council: Minutes/Files, 1964-1965 1: Center for Research on Social Behavior- Proposal, 1965 Box 13: 1: College to University-BGSU (Background Information), 1969 Box 14: 1: Danforth Foundation, 1964-1967 (sc.) Box 15: 1: Development Council: Minutes/Files, 1964 Box 16: 1: Doctoral Program at BGSU-Henderson Study, 1961-1963 Box 17: 1: Education College-Special Education Center: Proposal, 1966 Box 18: 1: Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty, Relationships to Television Teaching, 1965-1966 Box 19: 1: Fees-Quarter System, 1968 Box 20: 1: Foundation-Falcon Club, 1964-1967 (sc.) Box 21: 1: Graduate School-Annual/Key Result Area Reports, 1963-1967 Box 22: 1: Higher Education Act 1965, 1967 Box 23: Box 24: 1: Information Systems, 1967 Box 25: 1: International Programs/Students, 1966 Box 26: 1: Interstate 75, 1964-1965 (sc.) Box 27: 1: IUC, 1965 Box 28: 1: IUC-Minutes, 1939-1963 (2 vols.) Box 29: 1: IUC-Minutes, 1963-1964 Box 30: 1: Jerome, William T.-Statement to US House of, Representatives Committee on Government Operations Subcommittee on Conflicts Between the Federal Research Programs and the Nation's Goals for Higher Education, 1965 Box 31: 1: Labor relations, 1967-1968 Box 32: 1: Library-New Building, 1965 Box 33: 1: Marketing Department-Annual/Key Result Area Reports, 1965-1968 Box 34: 1: Mission-Expanding Horizons, 1966 Box 35: 1: Naming Buildings-Policy, 1966 1: NCACS-Basic Institutional Data Forms, 1969 Box 37: 1: Ohio College Association, 1965 Box 38: 1: Ohio University-Non-Academic Employees Strike Report, 1967 Box 39: 1: Performing Arts Center, 1965-1967 (sc.) Box 40: Box 41: 1: President's Assistant-Annual/Key Result Area Reports, 1966-1969 Box 42: 1: Publications Office-Annual/Key Result Area Reports, 1966-1968 Box 43: Box 44: 1: Rhodes, James A., 1963-1970 Box 45: 1: Selective Service, 1966-1967 Box 46: 1: Student Activities Office, 1964 Box 47: 1: Teacher Development for Disadvantaged Youth-Proposal, 1965 Box 49: 1: University Board of Appeals, 1968 Box 50: 1: University Union Financial Statements, 1967 Box 51: Provisional/Master Plan for Public Higher Education in Ohio, 1965 |