Miami Hurricane, August 24, 1979

              Volume 55, Number 1	Summer, 1979	Phone 284-4401
By JANE L. MARCUS
News Editer
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V.P. Green Resigns, Eni e ring Reai Estate
By LORI BAKK1ST
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Dr. John Green, executive vice president for Adminstrution and Finance, resigned that post in June to enter the real estate business in San Diego, California. Green, whose resignation becomes effective August 1, had been with UM since 1976.
During the past three years. Green has directed and coordinated all UM activities related to financial affairs, intercollegiate athletic -business affairs, computer services, personnel, public safety, development affairs, and internal auditing.
According to UM President Henry King Stanford, one of Green's most significant projects was the initiation and completion of a cost study indicating what the several units of the University actually cost and how much revenue each generates.
“Dr. Green was also responsible for financial and physical plant planning. He developed five year financial projections and is now com-
"I nisli the enti re l niversity community the best and know that they will be successful in achieving excellence in all the things they nani to
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pleting a facilities planning study for the UM campus and the medical school campus," Stanford said.
Perhaps one of Green's most important duties was the administra-
tion ot the athletic program.
"When Dr. Green arrived, men’s intercollegiate athletics were placed in a new division which he was invited to head. Since that time. Dr.
Green has hired two football coaches and two athletic directors," Stanford said
Stanford attributes the improvements in UM’s football program to Green’s interest in athletics.
“i am displeased that Dr. Green has resigned because I looked forward to having his financial expertise available to me during my final period at the University,” Stanford said.
Stanford is scheduled to retire May 31,1981.
Stanford stated that he was aware that Green planned to resign as soon as the next UM president was chosen so that the new president could have his own top financial advisor.
No replacement for Green has been named. According to Stanford, that decision will be made by the next president of the University.
However, there will be a reorganization of Green's division, bringing under four heads all the activities that used to report to Green. These four will now report directly to Stanford.
"And I will involve myself more directly in the operation of that department,” Stanford said.
Stanford sees no threat to the stability of the University even though Green has resigned this year and he plans to leave next year.
Green agrees. “Each of the areas 1 have directed all have very responsible leadership and will carry on their work effectively.”
Both Green and Stanford stated that there is no truth to the rumor that Green was next in line for the
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It was inevitable and it had been discussed for years. It was only a matter of time.
But on May 25, 1925, it was announced by the Board of Regents (known today as the Board of Trustees) that a university would be located in Coral Gables.
In 1920 there were 560 students registered in UM's first class. This fall, the 54th class of approximately 2,000 freshman and 17,000 upperclassmen will enter UM. And just look where UM is today.
UM is constantly growing, changing, and reaching heights not achieved by other universities in existence far longer.
The 1980's hold many dreams and plans for UM. The question is, what kinds of changes will we be here to see, and where will UM be in the 80’s?
Construction has begun for the $4 million Jenkins and Stubblefield Business School, to be ready for use
by the fall of 1980.
The five-story structure will be unlike any other building on campus. It will house special energy conservation devices, computer rooms, a student and faculty lounge, classrooms, offices, and special audio visual equipment to keep up with the changing business world.
For the past 25 years, an on-campus football stadium was talked
about; it was only a dream.
Now, a $4.8 million, 42,000 seat football stadium is in (]je process of becoming a reality - by the fall of 1980.
UM will enter the 80’s with the retirement of its President of 17 years. Dr. Henry King Stanford
Stanford's official retirement date is May 31, 1981. However, If someone is selected by the spring of 1980 and is installed by the fall of that year, Stanford will step aside prior to the official retirement date
Though the completion date has not yet been determined, construction of a $2.287 million Communications Building and a $1.031 million General Research Building are planned.
And how does a $10 million multi-use fieldhouse sound for the late 1980’s?
And an executive park, replacing 20 acres of campus apartments to house business offices for the community and high rise apartments for UM students, in the near 80’s?
UM faces the 80’s.
Those years hold so many plans and dreams. But, it’s really the same dreams they had back in 1925 when UM was created - and just look where UM is today. Just imagine where UM will be in the 80’s.
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This ifSue of the Hurricane is the special summer mailuway edition I designed to give incoming freshmen and transfer students an insight
into UM.
The Hurricane is UM's official entirely sludent run. newspaper, j publishing Tuesday s and Friday s throughout the academic semester.
It is distributed on campus in each dormatory. the student union, j and the various academic buildings throughout the campus.
UM Shows Promise Surviving, Thriving
By JEFFREY M. WEISS
Manafinf Edit»,
In 1926 one of the most devastating hurricanes in American history swept across the Florida pennisula In its wake, it left a land swept clean and prepared for a new beginning. One of those new beginnings was the University of Miami.
The photo at the left shows what is now the Main Campus as it looked from 1926 to 1946 The Merrick Building skeleton and the Don Carlos Apartments (now the Student Health Center) are the only buildings.
UM was actually born in the early 1920s. Land developer and philanthropist George Merrick donated land and provided a substantial sum of money on the condition that the fledgling UM come up with matching funds.
Dr Bowman Foster Ashe, whose statue stands in the lobby of the Administration Building which bears his name, was the first UM president. He saw UM through those early years, surviving not only the 1926 Hurricane, but bankruptcy the Great Depression, and a world war.
In the fall of 1926, the first class of 550 students met in what was later known as the north campus.
The University consisted of a
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Music, and an evening division.
By 1942, five new’ schools had been added And by the time World War If was over, additional land was aquired from the federal campus, and construction resumed on the Main Campus
By 1950, enrollment had reached approximately 11.000 students, and in 1952 the schools of Medicine and Engineering had been added. It is worth noting the reputation that these schools have developed in only 27 years.
The second phase of construction was led by Dr. Jay F. Pearson, for whom Pearson Hall was named. Under his leadership, many new buildings were constructed on the Main Campus, including additional classroom space, library facilities, housing, and recreational activities. By 1962, UM matriculated 13,764 students.
The third phase of development was directed by current UM President Henry King Stanford. Under his leadership, UM has worked on a strengthening of the University concept, with a broadening of research interest
This year approximately 20,000 students will study at UM, as it moves strongly into the second half century of existence