Veritas, Vol. 14, No. 21, February 25, 1974

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Dr. Lou Kleinman
Dr. John R. Beery
Successor to Beery Named
The School of Education will have a new dean September 1 when Eh*. John R. Beery retires after 33 years’ service to the School he joined in 1941 as associate professor of education. He has been Dean since 1947.
He will be succeeded by Dr. Lou Kleinman, associate dean of the New York University School of Education, with which he has been associated since 1960.
Dr. Kleinman holds his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in education from NYU
and his master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Prior to joining NYU, he was with Rutgers University for five years as professor of education and director of Rutgers’ Camden Division. His career experience includes three years as a high school teacher in Fair Lawn, N.J., and a year as demonstration teacher for State Teachers College at Oneonta, N.Y.
He is a three-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, serving as a radar technician from 1943-46.
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Dr. Kleinman’s professional memberships include Phi Delta Kappa, the American Association of School Administrators, National Conference of Professors of Educational Administration, University Council for Educational Administration, and the American Educational Research Association.
Volume 14, Number 21
UM to Participate in Flood Studies
UM has been named one of three universities in the country to participate in a project studying flood-prone areas, in cooperation with the American Institute of Architects Research Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Professors and students from programs in architecture, architectural engineering and urban and regional planning will study site and building factors determining flooding potential under the supervision of Peter Vander-klaauw, assistant professor of architecture and architectural engineering.
Other universities working with the project are the Rhode Island School of Design and Louisiana State University.
Exhibit Features Blacks In Medical Profession
A literary exhibit, Blacks in Medicine, illustrating some of the involvement of black physicians in the medical profession, will be on display at the Calder Memorial Library of the School of Medicine through March 29.
The exhibit consists of three showcases containing books and other printed matter, as well as pictures and biographical sketches of some well known black physicians. Part of the material was obtained from Meharry Medical School and from Howard University Medical School, from which the majority of black physicians graduated. The exhibit was assembled by Cyril C. H. Feng and Shirley L. Maccabbee of the library staff.
February 25, 1974
Good News... And Bad Reported
The story starts, “I’ve got some good news and some bad news ...” President Henry King Stanford, in a memorandum February 8 to vice presidents, deans, directors and department heads, had a similar approach.
The good news was that last year’s drop in Spring enrollment to 89 percent of Fall’s did not repeat. This year’s net decline was to 92 percent, which is similar to the 1971-72 figure.
the Fall 1973 semester enrollment were available. The dollar relationship of Spring and Fall undergraduate tuition increased from the 1973 Spring semester percentage of 89.34 percnt to 91.61 percent.
Concerning the increased revenues, he advised that: The net of the numerous plus
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In announcing Dr. Kleinman’s appointment as Dean, President Henry King Stanford said, “The University of Miami is most fortunate in securing as successor to Dr. Beery a man so well qualified to carry forward the innovative programs which have characterized Dean Beery’s stewardship. Dr. Kleinman’s experience as associate dean for personnel and research administration for New York University will stand us in good stead as we look toward the development of new programs to meet the needs for education in this era of challenge and change.”
Dean Beery Brought Many Changes
The bad news was that the improved enrollment was offset by the increased costs for such things as electricity and UM contributions to Social Security for employees.
Dr. Stanford stated: “In my memorandum of October 9, 1973, I reported that, based on final enrollment figures for the Fall 1973 semester, together with utility charge increases of over $400,000, we had projected a budgetary imbalance of approximately $1,130,000 for the current fiscal year 1973-74. I pointed out that with the freezing of all reserve funds set aside for contingencies this fiscal year, we could bring the current budget in balance by saving approximately $600,000 in budgeted expenditures in the “U” accounts.” (“U” accounts are those funds based upon general revenues of the University and not related to research or contracted projects which are under specific extramural funding.)
The President continued: “Now I have some felicitous news to report. We have determined that the tuition revenues from the Spring undergraduate enrollment are approximately $212,000 higher than the forecast made after the dollar figures for
When Dr. John R. Beery joined the University of Miami in 1941, the University was only 15 years old and the School of Education even younger, having been established in 1929, although courses in education had been offered from the start as part of the College of Liberal Arts.
Under his guidance, the School of Education expanded its graduate programs to meet professional needs. Areas of specialization have been developed over the years to include 15 programs for the master’s degree, six for the Doctor of Education, and seven for the Doctor of Philosophy in areas encompassing teaching, guidance, and administration.
Undergraduate programs have also been developed to include specialized areas. Last September they attracted 1,079 education majors, almost as many students as were enrolled in all University programs^,504—back in 1941.
It was also under Dean Beery that the School pioneered in the education of black teachers long before the 1954 Supreme
Court decision, offering special in-service training programs. Its work was largely responsible for the establishment of the Florida School Desegregation Counsulting Center at the University, which has assisted schools throughout the southern region to develop harmonious integration plans.
His memberships in professional societies are too numerous to list, since they encompass not only education but psychology and the sciences, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
For his extensive contributions to higher education, Dean Beery’s first alma mater, Juniata College (Huntingdon, Pa.), conferred on him the honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 1951, 21 years after his graduation magna cum laude with an A.B. in mathematics and chemistry. He earned his master’s degree in math from the University of Chicago (1934) and his Ph.D. from Columbia University (1942), specializing in secondary education and research methods.