Flemming: A Leader in Hiaher Education
On most Friday afternoons
during tiie academic year, a
strange phenomenon takes place
at the University. Groups of stu
dent* are seen filing into room
110, Johnson Hail without ap
pointment to see the president of
tiie University,
Tiiis tradition of “open" office
hours is just one of many be
gun by Arthur S. Flemming since
he became University president
four years ago
20 Years With Government
A tall, silver haired man of 00,
Arthur Flemming brought to his
present job over 20 years of ex
perience in government, including
a cabinet position and nearly as
many years in educational institu
tions.
Fleming has provided himself
to lie a liberal in the literal sense.
He has stood sijuarely behind the
principles that underlie the
spirit of a true university aca
demic freedom, civil liberties, and
free discussion of ideas
He has been so tolerant, in
fact, that conservative groups
around tiie state have attacked
him for positions he has taken,
ilail Controversy
T h e stormiest controversy
erupted in 1962 when Flemming
relhrmed his policy of free
speech and permitted Gus Hall,
general secretary of the Amer
ican Communist party to speak
on the campus. Hall was allowed
on only one other campus in the
Northwest Iteed College in Port
land.
The president got so many
phone calls during the Hall af
fair that his home telephone was :
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT ARTHUR S. FLEMMING
temporarily disconnected.
A similar incident took place in
the spring of 1964 over an is
sue of the Northwest Review, stu
dent literary magazine, which
some persons charged was ob
scene The Oregon Grange de
manded Flemming's resignation.
But during the controversy and
afterwards, the president has re
stated his belief in the right of
University students to entertain
discussion of any sort on the cam
pus.
Open Hours
Despite his hectic schedule,
Flemming manages to maintain
Dart Given Grant
For Nepal Travel
Francis Dart, professor of gen
eral science at the University, has
been awarded a Fulbright Mays
travel grant for two months of'
research in Nepal, a remote Him
alayan kingdom situated between
India and Tibet.
The professor is currently on,
sabbatical leave He is a senior
specialist at the East-West Center
at the University of Hawaii for
the 1965-66 academic year.
The Fulbright-llaya grant will
enable Dart to continue a study
in Nepal of the interactions of
western science with non-western
cultures. The study is aimed at
developing better materials for
science teaching in the develop
ing countries of Asia
Has Trained Volunteers
He will work in Katmandu and
several villages where Peace
Corps Volunteers are teachers.
Dart has participated in a num
ber of training programs for
Peace Corps Volunteers and is
a Career Consultant in Science
for returning Peace Corps Vol
unteers
Dart became interested in the
problems of the developing coun
tries and the fleets of science on
them when he first visited Nepal
eight years ago At that time, in
1957-5B, he spent two years there
as a member of the University's
contract team which helped Nepal
establish its first college of edu
cation.
During his present stay in
Nepal, he will also be chairman
of the Conference for Young
Asian Leaders, set for September
22 30 under the auspices of the
American Friends Service Com
mittee.
40 leaders to Attend
Nearly 40 leaders from a num
ber of Asian countries, represent
ing a variety of professional and
academic interests, will come to
the conference for informal study
and discussion on current prob
lems.
Dart has served on a number of
national and international proj
ects of the American Friends Ser
vice Committee and is a member
of its board of directors.
His interest in the problems of
developing countries has involv
ed him in a number of projects
in recent years.
He spent a year at the Na
tional Academy of Sciences in
Washington, DC., administering
the Academy's international study
and research grants.
In Asia Sis Weeks
Dart was in Asia for six weeks
during 1963 to make a study of
science laboratory teaching in In
dia, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaya
and Taiwan for the National Aca
demy of Sciences.
He was awarded the Seinor
Specialist Award, which he now
holds for study and research at
the East-West Center, to con
tinue his study of how western
science affects non-western, de
veloping countries, and of the
problems these countries face in
teaching science.
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I his open office hours from 3-5
p in. each Friday, a time when
anyone may visit him to dscuss
issues concerning him. The pres
ident continually stresses the im
portance of keeping open t h e
channels of communication and
has achieved this goal to a great
degree.
Born on June 12, 1905, in
Kingston, N Y., Flemming was
the son of Harry H. Flemming,
well-known New York trial law
yer. Arthur went to get a B.A.
degree at Wesleyan University,
an M.A. at American University,
and a law degree at George
Washington University in 1933.
He was an instructor in govern
ment. a debate coach, director of
the School of Public Affairs and
executive officer at American Uni
versity.
He also served as president of
Ohio Wesleyan University.
Journalist 4 Years
He worked for four years on
the editorial staff of the U.S.
Daily (now U.S. News and World
Report), in Washington, D.C., and
covered former President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt’s press confer
ences.
He entered government and
worked his way through various
ofTices under the administration
of Roosevelt, Truman and Eisen
hower.
I His highest post in government
was his three years as secretary
of health, education and welfare
under President Eisenhower.
Many persons will remember him
as the man who banned the sale
of some contaminated cranberries
across the nation in 1958.
Held Many Offices
During his years in the federal
government he was director of
the Office of Defense Mobilization,
a member of the U.S. Civil {serv
ice Commission, War Manpower
Commission, National Security
Council, a committee chairman of
the Atomic Energy Commission,
and an advisor to the Retraining
and Reemployment Administra
tion of the department of labor.
Flemming is a Methodist and
is a vice president of the Na
tional Council of Churches for
Christ.
While he was in Washington,
D.C., Harper’s magazine described
him in an article as a “durable do
gooder who is perhaps the clear
est exemplar in public office to
day of a new professionalism ...
he is a man whose instincts for
uplift are agreeably balanced by
common sense ”
President Flemming is also
somewhat unique among college
presidents in that he teaches a
class, in Education, Welfare and
National Security Policy,” a three
term sequence in political sci
ence.
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