Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1963-1966)

MARCH MEETING, 1965 735
William MI. Cave, Associate Professor of Education, to complete a book on educational and social change in the underdeveloped nations, with W. K. Medlin as
co-author, the work to be done in Ann Arbor
John F. Check, Associate Professor of Education, Flint College, to complete a
research project in creativity, the subjects for his study being students of public
and parochial schools in Flint, where the work will be done
Lester Fader, Associate Professor of Architecture, for study and research in the
Detroit area
Elmer G. Gilbert, Professor of Instrumentation, to complete a manuscript for a book
on sampled-data systems, to do research on computational methods for solving
problems in optimum control, and to review computational methods from a
variety of fields which may prove useful in the solution of optimum control
problems. He will spend six weeks in Europe.
William P. Graebel, Associate Professor of Engineering Mechanics, for research in
the Department of Applied Mathematics of University College, University of
London, in association with Professor K. Stewartson and Dr. L. Hocking
G. Robert Greenberg, Professor of Biological Chemistry, to work in the laboratories
of Dr. Edward Kellenberger at the Institute of Molecular Biology of the University of Geneva, Switzerland
Fred T. Haddock, Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Astronomy, to participate in a radio-astronomy observing problem on non-thermal radio sources
(distant galaxies) at the California Institute of Technology (p. 732)
Paul G. Kauper, Professor of Law, to study foreign constitutional developments in
Europe, principally in West Germany
Gerald Mast, Associate Professor of Drawing and Painting and Co-ordinator of the
Extension Program in Grand Rapids, to establish headquarters in Amsterdam to
study the abstract qualities found in the works of Rembrandt
Giuseppe Parravano, Professor of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, to conduct research in surfaces and catalysis with Professor M. Boudart at Stanford
University (p. 736)
Joseph N. Payne, Associate Professor of Education, to write a book on elementary
school mathematics in collaboration with Professor Phillip S. Jones, and to
prepare a long-range research plan in mathematics for the University
Alan N. Polasky, Professor of Law, to devote full time to his study of governmental
control and taxation of the devolution of wealth, and to undertake a comparative study of selected foreign systems of devolution of wealth, probably including Canada, England, Sweden, and two South American countries
James D. Scott, Professor of Advertising, for research and writing on decisionmaking with respect to marketing and advertising problems. His headquarters
will be in Ann Arbor, but he will interview business executives throughout the
United States.
Wilfred M. Senseman, Professor of English, College of Engineering, to conduct a
concentrated study of literature such as novels, short stories, and plays which
raise questions concerning the effect of science and technology on human affairs
Charles B. Sharpe, Professor of Electrical Engineering, for research on the synthesis
of multimode structures such as nonuniform wave guides
Eugene Troth, Associate Professor of Music, to observe music instructional methods
and materials used in elementary and secondary schools of Western Europe
G. Brymer Williams, Professor of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, to
evaluate his recent research in mass transport processes and to increase his
knowledge of the theory of phase equilibria
Fall and Winter Terms
(with half salary)
Paul Cooper, Associate Professor of Music, to devote the year exclusively to musical
composition in London
Eugene E. Dekker, Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry, to work in collaboration with Dr. H. A. Barker of the University of California at Berkeley
Robert M. Haythornthwaite, Professor of Engineering Mechanics, for research and
study at Simon Engineering Laboratories of the University of Manchester,
England
Allen Menlo, Associate Professor of Education, to undertake a program of observation, data collection, and writing with Sheffield University, England, as a base
Henry J. Meyer, Professor of Social Work and of Sociology, for research and
writing
The Vice-President for Academic Affairs noted that the sabbatical
leaves represented 5 per cent of the total faculty.