Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Corporate chairmen and presidents are behaving as if they expect both profits and stock prices to keep going up. U.S. companies will probably schedule $13 billion worth of new stock issues for sale in 1976-already well ahead of the $9.2 billion actually marketed in all of last year. Stock splits are also on the rise; they have been announced by such companies as Bendix, Crane, Amsted, and U.S. Steel. Most important, corporate directors are encouraging investors by announcing the largest number of dividend increases in 20 years...
...Dean to bring the School to excellence. One member said that the logical head "could possibly be" an architect but that an architect should be hired with the proviso that he can build. Another remarked that an administrative, non-professional Dean could be considered if more powerful department chairmen could be found. Several members saw that the academic qualifications of a Dean are secondary to the need to find someone to stimulate the sense of purpose and mission which the Committee found lacking in both faculty and students, as well as to attract a higher claibre of faculty...
...member remarked that "this is the least distinguished faculty in the history of the GSD." Other members saw a lack of intellectual disagreement in the faculty and were particularly critical of the passiveness of faculty members present at the faculty session. (It was pointed out that the essence department chairmen at this session may have had an inhibiting influence on junior faculty, and it was suggested that in the future the Committee should meet with faculty alone without chairmen.) Another member suggested that low faculty salaries prevent the School from attracting top quality faculty, and cause existing faculty to work...
...Committee met with the Dean, the departmental chairmen, and other faculty members, with four groups of students representing the individual departments and with a combined group concerned specifically with affirmative action. In addition the Committee heard at luncheon on May 28 reports on the Bicentennial Design Heritage Project and on the development needs of the GSD. The Dean read his Report to the Visiting Committee and copies were distributed to those who attended luncheon...
...officials also visited the Graduate School of Design on Monday, interviewing members of the GSD personnel office and the chairmen of the GSD academic departments...