Jones, William C.

Professor William C. Jones served as professor of political science and Dean of Administration at University of Oregon from 1951 until his retirement in 1969. Jones also served as Interim President of University of Oregon from 1960-1961 after President Wilson resigned.

Arthur S. Flemming (1905-1996) served as the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Eisenhower administration. He became 10th president of the U of O and professor of political science on February 24, 1961, While president, university enrollment, faculty size, and curriculum were expanded, with the addition of the School of Librarianship and the School of Community Service and Public Affairs. Controversy filled his tenure, as he defended the right of U.S. Communist Party secretary Gus Hall to speak on campus and also maintained the right of the literary magazine Northwest Review to publish so-called "dirty poems." In the end, the gap between the more conservative voice of Oregonians who disapproved of his laissez-faire administrative attitude and young students who saw him as the voice of forward thinking moved him to resign and accept an offer of the presidency of Macalester College.

From the guide to the Office of the President: William C. Jones (acting) and Arthur S. Flemming records, 1960-1968, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)