Chancellor search leader quits
By Kelvin Wee
Emerald Managing Editor
Oregon’s search for a new
chancellor of higher education
continues to roll on, even
though the chancellor search
committee coordinator has
resigned.
Charles Duncan, University
professor emeritus of jour
nalism, resigned as the commit
tee's coordinator last Wednes
day. Duncan said each of the
four finalists in the unsuc
cessful search were qualified
candidates for the chancellor
position.
"The board made a grave
mistake in rejecting the can
didates,” he said. The
chancellor’s job is not a purely
academic, political or public
relations position, and a perfect
candidate would be almost im
possible to find, Duncan said.
Duncan said he believes
either of the last two candidates
would have been excellent in
the position, because both were
unanimously recommended by
the search committee.
The committee consisted of
five Oregon State Board cf
Higher Education members,
three state system school
presidents, one institution vice
president, two faculty members
and one student.
Duncan said he does not con
sider the unanimous recom
mendation of 10 people lightly
when it is rejected.
Duncan said he never directly
accused Gov. Neil Goldschmidt
of meddling in the selection
process, as reported in some
newspapers, because he said he
did not have any proof if
Goldschmidt intervened or not.
However, he said he still
believes the search should be
put off for at least another year
because a new chancellor, if
selected and appointed, cannot
jump in and take over the job.
There will be at least a six
month period between the ap
pointment time and the take
over time for the new
chancellor, who would also
come in cold during the next
legislative session, he said.
Duncan added that a new
chancellor could be found in
the short time the board has
given for the new search. The
"chances are very slim, but it
could happen," Duncan said.
However, it would be almost
impossible to find someone of
the high calibre the state board
wants for the kind of salary of
fered for the chancellor posi
tion, he said.
Duncan said that all this
would not be happening now if
Goldschmidt had not requested
the resignation of Chancellor
William E. "Bud” Davis, whose
term ran out June 30. Davis was
a fully capable and competent
chancellor, he added.
"I’m deeply concerned about
the state system,” Duncan said.
“I’ve been a part of it for 35
years or more and I hope a really
good chancellor can be found.”
Duncan said he believes the
interim chancellor, W.T. (Bill)
Lemman, is fully capable of
handling higher education
issues until a new chancellor
can be found because "he (Lem
man) knows more about the
state system . . . than anyone
now in office.”
Grant awarded for geological research
The University Foundation has received a
$275,000 grant to help study the chemical history
of rocks and the chemical composition of new
superconducting materials.
The grant, awarded by the W.M. Keck Foun
dation of Los Angeles, will enable the geological
sciences department to acquire an electron probe
microanalyzer. The instrument produces an im
age of particles as small as 100 angstroms across
— object that are so miniscule they must be
magnified 50,000 times to be seen. Researchers
also will be able to analyze the composition of
these particles.
Geology department officials expect to place
the order in late October, and will receive it when
the new laboratory specially designed to house
the instrument is completed in 1989. The instru
merit will be placed in Science VI Hall, the
geological studies building which is currently
under construction as part of the $45.6 million
science complex.
The instrument will provide improved
capabilities to researchers that the current scann
ing electron microprobe, which has been in ser
vice for 20 years, is unable to do.
The Keck Foundation’s primary focus is on
grants to universities and colleges with a par
ticular emphasis in the earth sciences, engineer
ing and medical fields. This is the first grant the
University has received from the organization,
which was established in 1954 by the late
William M. Keck. Keck was the founder of the
Superior Oil Co.
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This telescope at the Lane County Planetarium enables
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The planetarium's staff
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