Newsletter FoR coLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR5 ENGAGED ININSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUND RAISING - Volume 11 - Number 8 - July 1957

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Newsletter focused on institutional development and fund raising for college and university administrators, highlighting a major Ford Foundation-approved grant to ACPRA for a far-reaching self-study. The issue reports plans for a fall “summit” conference and outlines study goals covering educational mission, administration and public relations competence, philanthropy’s role, and closer ties between education and private industry. It also lists committee members, development leadership resolutions, and 1957-58 council officers, plus a “Brainstorming” session summary tied to corporate giving.

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VOLUME 11, JULY 1957, NUMBER 8

ACPRA Ford Foundation Grant and Self-Study Plans

Self-Study Committee and Development Leadership

Development Section Council Officers (1957-58)

Brainstorming Session on Corporate Gift Giving

# Newsletter FoR coLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR5 ENGAGED ININSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUND RAISING | VOLUME 11 | JULY,1957 | NUMBER 8 | | --- | --- | --- | Editor:Arthur J.Schaefer/Vice President,DePaul University/64 East Lake Street /Chicago 1,Illinois Business Manager:W.Noel Johnston/Executive Secretary,ACPRA/1785 Massachusetts Ave.,NW/Washington 6,D.C. THE BIG NEWS,of course,out of Omaha was Jim Armsey's dramatic announcement that"the Ford Foundation has approved a grant of $50,900 to ACPRA\#to enable its Self- Study Committee,appointed at the Greenbrier a year ago byFORD FOUNDATIONPresident Lymn Poole with Everett H.Hopkins as chairman,toOK's "BIG LOOK\#take "the big look at existing administrative structures onAmerican campuses as they relate to public relations,plan- ning and development.You'll get the full report later from "Hoppy"and hiscommittee but here's what they hope to accomplish and how they plan to go aboutachieving it: They're seeking "a better understanding of our educational mission.…and ofsound principles of administration and organization..an appraisal of our general competence as professional public relations people…a better understandingof the role of philanthropy in our society with special reference to principles andtechniques in the educational field….a better understanding of the great potentialvalue--as well as some of the hazards--of a closer relationship with privatebusiness and industry….a better understanding of our own potential roles,on ourrespective campuses,in matters of day-to-day as well as long-range policy determi-nation..even more important,a better understanding of how all these activitieson any given campus can be integrated and coordinated in such a way as to result ineach activity helping every other activity count for more." They!re planning,as a climax to questionnaires,surveys,and interviews,a"summit"conference during the fall semester that will bring together collegepresidents,industrial leaders,management consultants,public relations and fund-raising counselors,and public relations and alumni college officers for "one of themost carefully planned two-and-a-half-day meetings it is possible to arrange." "For this great foundation to put enough trust and confidence in us to conduct(this)far-reaching study is not just a milestone for the ACPRA,"said "Hoppy"to theconvention delegates;"I believe it is a milestone for higher education.We arenow morally and professionally obligated to see to it that our contribution iscommensurate with the faith and confidence they have placed in us." Members of the Self-Study Committee,in addition to Hopkins,who is vice chancel-lor at Washington University,St.Louis(Mo.),are Arthur Brandon,director of university relations,University of Michigan(until his pending move to New YorkUniversity);James Jordan,director of umiversity relations,State University ofIowa.;Lyle Nelson,assistant to the president,San Francisco State College;MarvinOsborm,director of public information,Washington University,St.Louis;LynnPoole,director of public relations,The Johns Hopkins University;Francis Pray,public relations counselor,University of Pittsburgh;Edward C.VonderHaar,directorof public relations,Xavier University,Cincinnati(0.);and w.Noel Johnston,executive director,ACPRA. Outgoing Development Section Chairman Stewart S.Howe received a unanimous resolutionof appreciation from Development members attending the Omaha meeting for "his untir-ing efforts for the rapid expansion in membership and services of the DevelopmentSection." The new Development Section Council(whose membershipis listed at the end of thisNewsletter)elected the following officers for 1957-58: Chairman--Arthur J。Schaefer,vice president,DePaul University;lst Vice Chairman--Everett H.Hopkins,vice chancellor,Washington University;2nd Vice Chairman--Donald V.Stophlet,director of business and industrial relations,University of Pittsburgh;Secretary--William P.Campbell(B

FAQs

What grant was approved and what self-study committee was formed?

The Ford Foundation approved a grant of $50,900 to ACPRA to enable its Self-Study Committee, appointed at the Greenbrier the previous year.

What is the purpose of the planned “summit” conference?

The committee plans a “summit” conference during the fall semester to bring together college presidents, industrial leaders, consultants, public relations and fund-raising counselors, and alumni college officers.

Who were the elected Development Section Council officers for 1957-58?

The newsletter lists Chairman Arthur J. Schaefer; 1st Vice Chairman Everett H. Hopkins; 2nd Vice Chairman Donald V. Stophlet; Secretary William P. Campbell; and Treasurer Albert N. Williams.

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