Veritas, Vol. 22, No. 13, April 28, 1982

              Vol. 22, No. 13 April 28,1982
Verità
For the Faculty, Staff and Friends of the University of Miami
Campus ceremony
OI to confer 2,232 degrees on May 11
William H. Webster; Director of the Fédéral Bureau of Investigation, will give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree during University of Miami commencement exercises on Tuesday, May 11, at 8:30 a.m.
Ceremonies will be held on the green adjacent to the Ashe Administration Building and the Richter Library. In case of rain, the ceremony will take place in the Coconut Grove Exhibition Center at Dinner Key.
There are 2,232 degree candidates:
1,292 from thé University’s six undergraduate schools and the College of Arts and Sciences; 383 from the Graduate School, 378 from the School of Law, and 179 from the School of Medicine.
For the first time, UM President Edward T Foote II will preside over University commencement exercises and confer the degrees, including five honorary degrees.
Mr. Webster will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws; journalist Carl T Rowan and Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer; also a UM Distinguished Professor of English, will both receive Doctor of Letters degree. Doctor of Engineering degrees will be presented to Dr Robert A. Frosch, vice president of General Motors Corporation in charge of research laboratories, and to Jack S. Kilby, an inventor who has been awarded more than 50 U.S. patents for his work in the field of integrated circuits, the first patent on the hand-held calculator; and the first patent on the semiconductor thermal printer Kilby is Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University.
The invocation will be given 4>y Polly Cook, director of the Wesley Foundation, and Rabbi Mark Kram, director of the Hillel Jewish Student Center; will give the benediction.
Following commencement, Dr Lou Kleinman, dean of the School of Education and Allied Professions, will present the University’s 12th Annual Outstanding Teacher Award to Simine Heise, a social studies teacher at Homestead Senior High School. The presentation will take place at a reception for graduates of the School in Room 316 of the Merrick Building at 11 a.m.
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Isaac Singer
William Webster
as provost
Dr William E Lee, the veteran dean whose 18 years of leadership has brought the UM School of Music into national prominence, has been named Provost and Executive Vice President, effective June 1, 1982.
UM President Edward T Foote II said, "Dr Lee brings an unusual combination of talents and experience to this important post. An accomplished scholar; composer; musician and teacher; Dr Lee has earned national recognition as an educational leader
"In nearly two decades as dean of the University of Miami School of Music, Dr Lee has brought a small, struggling institution to vigorous strength and prominence. The place crackles with quality, pride and excitement. He is an outstanding administrator in the best sense. He inspires as he gets the job done.”
Dr Lee, 53, earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Science degrees from North Texas State University. He also holds Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from the University of Texas and did advanced studies at the Eastman School of Music, Rochester;
New York.
A professional composer and arranger as well as an award winning author, he has earned 13 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers awards for the quality and frequency of performance of his serious compositions. His books include the authorized biography Stun Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm, The Music Theory Dictionary, The Nature of Music. Rill Lee's Jazz Dictionary, the Top-Score Instrumental Series (with co-
author James Progris). His extended work Eight Vignettes for a Festive Occasion—A Simul-Sensory Experience. brought him a Pulitzer Prize nomination. His book on Kenton was selected by ASGAP for the 1981 Deems Taylor Award.
In 1972 he was named composer-inresidence with the Rome Festival Orchestra, and in 1977 was named one of the 32 top professors, in all fields, by Change
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Preliminary campus landscape plan unvetted
The first phase of the campus master landscaping plan was presented to UM academic and administrative leadership April 21 at the Faculty Club.
Kalvin Platt, president of the SWA
Group, and Taft Bradshaw of Bradshaw Associates explained their concept for the Coral Gables Campus using aerial photographs and colored landscape renderings to show before and after versions.
SWA and Bradshaw Associates were recommended by the special selection committee as consultants for the purpose of developing the master landscape plan.
In his presentation, Platt described the current campus as "very uneven in quality, attractive in some areas, unattractive in others, and many areas falling in between.” He also said there is a lack of identity, definition and orientation in the campus layout. For example, it is difficult to define which is the main entrance to the campus. The proposed plan would determine specific entrances as major ones for students, faculty and the public.
One of the problems he cited is the area of residential housing along Ponce de Leon Blvd. Since this area faces South Dixie Highway and eventually the Metro-rail Station, it has the potential for presenting a more attractive image of the University than presently exists.
This preliminary plan is an ambitious one. The designers have tried to create a theme for the campus using water areas and lush garden-surrounded walkways and plazas. A waterway originating from Lake Osceola is planned to accent the main entrance area at the intersection of Stanford Drive and Ponce de Leon Boule-
vard. A tree-lined promenade would connect this area with the heart of the campus where the academic buildings are located.
Parking areas which currently exist would be further developed to create more parking with added shade trees. Additional landscaping along the "soft edge” periphery of San Amaro and Campo Sano Drives would also help blend this interfacing area with the surrounding Coral Gables community.
Another innovative feature of the plan includes the creation of a residential area for faculty and married student housing. This proposed University Village would provide more efficient utilization of the property between Red Road and San Amaro Drive where there are few existing buildings.
President Edward T Foote II stated that the plan was the first step in moving toward a unified campus design and that comments are welcome.
Bradshaw said that he expects to return with a more complete master plan incorporating suggested changes in about four months. The final plan will be broken into definite phases to be implemented over a period of time.
President Edward T Foote II and Acting Provost Clarence Stuckwisch discussed the master plan at the Faculty Club April 21 with Kalvin Platt, a member of the design team.