Vice President and Provost, 1939+ | Northern Illinois University

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Collection Overview

Title: Vice President and Provost, 1939+

Predominant Dates:1939-2005

ID: RHC/UA/16/

Extent: 138.25 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 00/00/1965

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The records of the office of the Vice President and Provost fall into four series and document the evolution of the office from 1941 forward.

The first series, Administrative Papers, includes correspondence of the various officeholders and the records of the Council of Academic Deans (1959-1969). The most comprehensive files are those for Romeo M. Zulauf (1941-1957), J.R. Hainds (1957-1963), Francis R. Geigle (1963-1970), and John E. La Tourette (1979-1986).

Series two consists of the office's Financial Records (1952-1967) including internal budgets (1952-1967) and research grant proposals (1960-1969). Budget documents subsequent to the 1960's for the Academic Affairs Division are found in UA5, Office of Budget and Planning.

The third series, Academic Programs, provides excellent documentation on the growth of Northern from a small teachers college to a multi-purpose university (1951-2001). Types of records include departmental program proposals, curriculum changes, annual reports of the colleges and departments, planning documents, and an extensive file of departmental program reviews.

Selected personnel documents concerning Northern's faculty (1924-1980) comprise the fourth series. The bulk of the material consists of faculty manuals, staffing plans, reports of academic staff, and recommendations for salaries, promotion, and tenure.

In June 1996 two departmental name changes were made. The Department of Theatre Arts became the School of Theatre Arts and the Department of Human and Family Resources was renamed the School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences.

Collection Historical Note

As Northern grew over the years there was a continuing need to modernize the administrative structure of the institution. Until 1941 all the academic and non-academic units directly reported to the president. In September of 1941, with the approval of the Teachers College Boards, President Adams installed Romeo M. Zulauf as Northern's first Dean of the Faculty with direct responsibility for the activities of department heads. Since that time the office has undergone several changes in function and title: Dean of Instruction, 1953-1959; Vice President in Charge of Instruction, 1959-1961; and Academic Vice President, 1961-1963.

In 1963 the position of Academic Vice President was abolished and its duties merged with the Executive Vice President's, creating the position of Executive Vice President and Provost. Francis R. Geigle held this position from 1963-1969. Late in 1968 President Rhoten Smith decided to separate the two positions and, in September, 1969, Geigle became Executive Vice President while Richard C. Bowers became Vice President and Provost. Both men continued in these positions until they retired in the summer of 1974, Bowers in July and Geigle in August. James E. Heald succeeded Bowers as Acting Provost for one year beginning in July, 1974. Heald then returned to his position as Dean of the College of Education and was succeeded by Emory G. Evans who served as Acting Provost from July, 1975 until William R. Monat became Provost in 1976. With the resignation of President Nelson in February, 1978, Monat was appointed Acting President. In July, Monat's appointment as President became permanent and he appointed Wendell V. Harris Acting Provost in September, 1978. Harris had been Associate Provost since September, 1969. In June, 1979 Harris retired and President Monat appointed John E. La Tourette as Provost. La Tourette served in this position until 1984 when Northern's Board of Regents appointed him Acting President: Monat had left NIU to become Chancellor of the Board system. La Tourette served in a dual capacity until the Board hired Clyde Wingfield as President in July 1985, and then he returned to full time duty as Provost. When President Wingfield resigned in the spring of 1986, the Board named La Tourette President.

Dean James Norris (L.A.S.) served as Acting Provost (1986-1987) until President La Tourette named Kendall Baker, Dean of the Graduate School at Bowling Green State University, Provost in 1987. La Tourette had also come to NIU from the Graduate Dean's position at BGSU eight years earlier. Baker resigned in 1992 and longtime History Professor J. Carroll Moody took the position as Acting Provost: President John La Tourette made that appoint-ment permanent in the spring of 1994. Moody retired in 1999 and was succeeded by interim Executive Vice President and Provost Lynne M. Waldeland. J. Ivan Legg was named Executive Vice President and Provost during the spring of 2001. Following Legg’s retirement in April 2006, Raymond W. Alden was chosen for the position, beginning his duties on July 1, 2006.

Administrative Information

Repository: Northern Illinois University

Access Restrictions: There are no restrictions on access to the records.

Use Restrictions: Literary rights are dedicated to the public.

Acquisition Method: The University Archives acquired the records of the office of the Vice President and Provost in regular installments beginning in the mid-1960's.

Box and Folder Listing

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[Series I.: Administrative Papers],
[Series II.: Financial Records],
[Series III.: Academic Programs],
[Series IV.: Personnel],
[Addendum 1],
[Addendum 2],
[Addendum 3],
[Addendum 4],
[Addendum 5],
[Addendum 6],
[Addendum 7],
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Addendum 2

Subject Files 1: Academic Programs

Box 223

Folder 3: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Admissions, 1947-1979
Folder 4: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Announcements, 1977-1978
Folder 5: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Bibliography, Bilingual Education, 1980
Folder 6: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Bilingual-Bicultural Education Program, 1975-1976
Folder 7-8: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Bilingual Education, 1973-1977
Folder 9: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Bilingual Education: Guidelines, 1980
Folder 10: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Bilingual Steering Committee Notices, 1977-1978
Folder 11: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Center for Minority Studies, 1973-1977
Folder 12: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Census, 1980
Folder 13: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Chicano and Latino Material, 1978

Box 224

Folder 1: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Chicano Studies, 1971-1973
Folder 2: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Class Announcements, 1977-1978
Folder 3: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Class Schedule, 1978
Folder 4: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Clippings of Special Events, 1978
Folder 5: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Communication Skills Program, 1975-1976
Folder 6: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Community Assistant Program, 1976-1977
Folder 7: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Community Education Program, no date
Folder 8: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Communities, Surrounding, 1974-1978
Folder 9: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Conference Confirmation, 1981
Folder 10: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Conference Correspondence, 1981
Folder 11: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Conference/Ethnic-Minority Studies, 1977-1979
Folder 12: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Conference Participation List, 1981
Folder 13-14: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Correspondence, 1971-1981
Folder 15-16: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Ethnic Heritage Grant Proposal Forms, 1975-1976
Folder 17: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Evaluation of Educator's Bilingual/ Bicultural Program, 1980
Folder 18: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Governmental Studies, Center for 1979

Box 225

Folder 1: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Graduate Assistantships, 1980
Folder 2: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Graduate Student Organization, 1980
Folder 3: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Grant Proposals, 1969-1974
Folder 4: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Grants, 1978-1981
Folder 5: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Hispanic Alpha List, 1980
Folder 6: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Illinois Conference of Latin Americanists, 1980-1981
Folder 7: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Illinois Humanities Council, Dance, Remember, Dance, 1978
Folder 8: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Illinois Migrant Advisory Council, 1978
Folder 9: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Illinois Migrant Council, 1979
Folder 10: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Information Requests, 1978-1979
Folder 11: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Internal Memos on Bilingual/ Bicultural Education, 1974-1978
Folder 12-13: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latin American Studies, 1975-1980
Folder 14: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latin American Studies Association Meeting, 1980
Folder 15: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latin Arts Festival-Jesus J. Garcia, 1979
Folder 16: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino and Higher Education Conference Speakers and Panelists, 1980-1981
Folder 17: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino and Higher Education Grant, 1980-1981
Folder 18: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino and Higher Education Holmes Student Center Hotel Accommodations, 1981

Box 226

Folder 1: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino Faculty and Staff, 1975-1978
Folder 2: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino/ Latin American Publications, 1978-1979
Folder 3: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino/ Latin American Travel/Study Programs, 1978
Folder 4: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino Life Courses, 1979
Folder 5: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino Students, 1978-1981
Folder 6: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Latino Studies Program, 1977
Folder 7: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Masters Programs, 1981
Folder 8: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: McCrossan Proposals Bilingual/ Bicultural Education, 1975-1976
Folder 9: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Midwest College List, no date
Folder 10: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Midwest Latino Collection, 1979
Folder 11: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Miller Committee, 1976
Folder 12: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Minority Advisory Committee, no date
Folder 13: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Movimiento Artistico Chicano-Hispanic Arts, 1978-1979
Folder 14: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: NEPR Report with Cuts-Module I, II, 1977
Folder 15: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Newsletters, 1979, no date
Folder 16: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Newspaper Articles-Latino Community, no date
Folder 17: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Notice of Conferences, 1979
Folder 18: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: OLAS Budget, 1972-1974
Folder 19: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: OLAS Newsletters, 1972, no date
Folder 20: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Originals for Printing, 1980

Box 227

Folder 1: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Postsecondary Education, 1978
Folder 2: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Proyecto Latino, 1977-1978
Folder 3: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Provost, 1979
Folder 4: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Revista Chicano-Rique, 1978-1979
Folder 5: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Schedules, Center Associates, 1978
Folder 6: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Science and Engineering Proposal Consortium, 1980
Folder 7: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Speaker for October 20th, 1980, 1980
Folder 8: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Special Program Graduate Assistantships, no date
Folder 9: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Subscriptions Ordered, 1978
Folder 10: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Support Service Evaluations, 1981
Folder 11: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Title VII Bilingual, 1972-1977
Folder 12: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: Urban Education Masters, no date
Folder 13: Center for Latino and Latin American Studies: WIT'S Programs, 1977
Folder 14: College Of Business-Correspondence and Programs, 1970-1973
Folder 15: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:, 1983-1984
Folder 16: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Anthropology, 1981-1985
Folder 17: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Biological Sciences, 1984-1985
Folder 18: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Chemistry, 1982-1985
Folder 19: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Communication Studies, 1982-1985
Folder 20: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Computer Science, 1983-1986
Folder 21: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Computer Science: Advisory Committee, 1983

Box 228

Folder 1-2: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Economics, 1982-1985
Folder 3: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: English, 1983-1985
Folder 4: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Foreign Language and Literature, 1983-1985
Folder 5: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Geography, 1983-1985
Folder 6: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Geography Department (Meteorology Program), 1983-1985
Folder 7: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Geology, 1984-1985
Folder 8: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: History, 1983-1985
Folder 9: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: History: Chair Selection, 1984
Folder 10: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Journalism, 1982-1985
Folder 11: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Journalism: Review, 1984
Folder 12: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Philosophy, 1981-1985

Box 229

Folder 1: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Physics, 1984-1985
Folder 2: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Political Science, 1983-1985
Folder 3-4: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Political Science: Master in Arts in Public Affairs, 1983-1985
Folder 5: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Psychology, 1982-1985
Folder 6: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Sociology, 1983-1985
Folder 7: College of Professional Studies, 1981-1984
Folder 8-10: College of Professional Studies: Allied Health, 1970-1978

Box 230

Folder 1: College of Professional Studies: Allied Health/Physical Education, 1978-1983
Folder 2-4: College of Professional Studies: Allied Health, 1979-1985
Folder 5-7: College of Professional Studies: Communication Disorders, August 1977-October 1979

Box 231

Folder 1-2: College of Professional Studies: Communication Disorders, November 1979-1984
Folder 3: College of Professional Studies: Communication Disorders: Grants, 1980-1981
Folder 4-6: College of Professional Studies: Home Economics, December 1977-1980

Box 232

Folder 1-3: College of Professional Studies: Home Economics, January 1981-August 1982
Folder 4: College of Professional Studies: Home Economics: Chair, 1984
Folder 5: College of Professional Studies: Home Economics: Space Correspondence, 1979-1980
Folder 6: College of Professional Studies: Human and Family Resources, 1984-1985
Folder 7: College of Professional Studies: Industry and Technology, 1982-1985
Folder 8: College of Professional Studies: Library Science, 1983-1985

Box 233

Folder 1-2: College of Professional Studies: Military Science, 1968-1984
Folder 3-5: College of Professional Studies: ROTC Advisory Council, 1983-1995
Folder 6-7: College of Professional Studies: Nursing, 1977-July 1979

Box 234

Folder 1-5: College of Professional Studies: Nursing, July 1979-1985
Folder 6: College of Professional Studies: Nursing: Program Discussion, Fall 1979
Folder 7: College of Professional Studies: Nursing: Springfield, 1979-1980
Folder 8: College of Professional Studies: Physical Therapy, Home Economics, and Nursing, 1980
Folder 9: College of Professional Studies: Sullivan, Peggy, 1981-1984
Folder 10: College of Visual and Performing Arts, 1983-1984

Box 235

Folder 1: College of Visual and Performing Arts: Arts, 1983-1985
Folder 2: College of Visual and Performing Arts: Civic (or Lyric) Opera, 1984
Folder 3: College of Visual and Performing Arts: Dean's Office Reorganization, 1983
Folder 4: College of Visual and Performing Arts: Music, 1980-1985
Folder 5: College of Visual and Performing Arts: Theatre Arts, 1980-1985

Subject Files 2: Administrative Subject Files

Box 235

Folder 6-8: Admissions, 1971-July 1977
Folder 9-10: American Council of Education (ACE) Newsletters, 1971

Box 236

Folder 1-2: American Council of Education (ACE) Newsletters, 1972-June 1973
Folder 3-5: Committees, Councils, and Boards, 1969-1978
Folder 6: Health Related Programs, 1971, no date
Folder 7: New Program Proposals Submitted to Board of Directors/Regents, 1971-1973

Box 237

Folder 1-3: Registration, July 1974-May 1977
Folder 4: Sponsored Projects, 1984-1987
Folder 5: Sponsored Projects: Grants, 1985
Folder 6: Sponsored Projects: Research, 1985
Folder 7: Staffing Plan (Five Year), 1982-1986
Folder 8: State Economic Development Conference, 1984
Folder 9: Statistical Reports, 1984-1986
Folder 10: Student Affairs, 1981-1982

Box 238

Folder 1-2: Student Affairs, 1983-1987
Folder 3: Student Affairs: Vice President Search, 1982
Folder 4: Student Affairs: Student-At-Large, 1980-1982
Folder 5: Student Association, 1982-1987
Folder 6: Student Association: Response to Questions, Fall 1983
Folder 7: Student Financial Aid, 1985-1987
Folder 8: Student Housing, 1984-1987
Folder 9: Student Information System, 1983-1985
Folder 10: Students (Older/Non Traditional), 1982
Folder 11: Student Profile, 1985-1986
Folder 12: Student Support Services Study, 1981
Folder 13-15: Summer Session, 1984-1986

Box 239

Folder 1: Summer Work Week, 1983-1987
Folder 2: Sunstrand, 1986
Folder 3: T, 1982-1987
Folder 4-5: Telecommunications (Central Management Services Committee Network Plan), 1987
Folder 6: Telephone Credit Cards, 1982-2985
Folder 7: Testing, 1984-1987
Folder 8: Tuition and Fees, 1982-1986
Folder 9: Tuition Waivers, 1984-1986
Folder 10: Tuition Waiver Committee (Undergraduate), 1982-1986

Box 240

Folder 1: U, 1980-1986
Folder 2: United Way, 1982-1986
Folder 3-11: University Council Meetings, September 1985-May 1986
Folder 12: University Council Meetings: Meeting Schedule, 1985
Folder 13: University Council Meetings: Membership, 1985
Folder 14: University Health Services, 1983-1986
Folder 15: University Honors Program, 1983-1987
Folder 16: University Press, 1983-1986
Folder 17: University Publications, 1981-1986
Folder 18: University Resources Advisory Committee (URAC), 1982-1986
Folder 19: University Resources Advisory Committee (URAC): Budget, 1985-1986
Folder 20: University Resources Advisory Committee (URAC): Financial Exigency Committee, 1983
Folder 21: Upward Bound, 1985

Box 241

Folder 1: V, 1982-1985
Folder 2: Valley Industrial Associated, Aurora, 1986
Folder 3: Vice President's Meetings, 1986-1987
Folder 4: Vice President's Meetings: Regency University Meeting, 1985
Folder 5: Vice President's Meetings: System Meeting, 1985
Folder 6: Vice President Regency Academic Committee
Folder 7: Vocational, Technical, and Career Education, 1984-1985
Folder 8: W, 1982-1985
Folder 9: Waubonsee Community College, 1985-1986
Folder 10: Weather, 1984-1986
Folder 11-14: West Suburban Regional Academic Consortium (HECA Grant Funded), 1984-1987

Box 242

Folder 1: West Suburban Regional Academic Center Meeting, 1986
Folder 2: Western Michigan University, 1984-1985
Folder 3: White House Fellows, 1983
Folder 4: Women Correspondence, 1985-1986
Folder 5: Yearbook, 1982-1984