Records of the Office of the President, Florida International University, 1967-1977.

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Records of the Office of the President, Florida International University, 1967-1977.

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This collection is comprised of the official records of Charles E. Perry during his time as President of Florida International University, dating 1967-1977. There are a wide variety of reports, minutes, lists of councils and committees, and correspondence and other materials regarding all the issues involved in starting a university from the ground up. Persons significant to the collection include: Chester H. Ferguson, William Travers Jerome III, William Safire, Claude Kirk, Claude Pepper, Spessard Holland, Reuben Askew. Subjects include: Buildings and construction, educational programs, FIU history, higher education in Dade County, Florida, blacks in higher education, Florida State University System, tenure policy, accreditation, Board of Regents correspondence, land use, recruiting faculty and staff, security systems, academic affairs, administration, library, Affirmative Action, athletics, Biltmore Hotel, mascots, student services, Florida Atlantic University, groundbreaking, University of Miami, University of South Florida, women, grading system, minorities, diversity, Richard Nixon letters, campus safety.

23 boxes.

Florida International University, Green Library, Modesto A. Maidique Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7631420

Florida International University, Green Library, Modesto A. Maidique Campus

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State University System of Florida

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Florida International University

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Perry, Charles E., 1937-1999

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Student and later administrator at Bowling Green State University, serving as an admissions counselor, director of admissions, director of development, and assistant to the president. Later served as president of Florida International University. From the description of Papers, 1955-1998. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 44898600 Dean and professor. Charles E. Perry is Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Adjunct Professor of the Grad...

Florida. Board of Regents

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In 1965, the Board of Regents (Ch. 63-204; Ch. 65-138, Laws) assumed the duties of the Board of Control, which had been in existence since 1905 (Ch. 5384, Laws). The Board of Regents is a corporate entity holding all the powers of a body corporate and elects a corporate secretary. Its Regents are the Commissioner of Education plus twelve members appointed by the Governor. The Board acts as the Director of the Division of Universities in the Dept. of Education (Ch. 69-106, Laws). The...