Guide to the Stanford University, Associate Provost for Computing, Records
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0208
Creator:
Miller, William F.
Title: Stanford University, Associate Provost for Computing, records
Dates: 1968-1971
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
Summary: The records in this collection are the office files of Miller as Associate Provost for Computing (1968-70) and Vice President
for Research (1970-71). Includes correspondence, memoranda, and proposals; subjects include SPIRES/BALLOTS, research policy,
government agencies and research, computer science department, electrical engineering department, and health delivery systems.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, 1981.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Stanford University, Associate Provost for Computing, Records (SC0208). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
William F. Miller, who holds three degrees in physics from Purdue University (B.S. 1949, M.S. 1951, Ph.D. 1956), joined Stanford
in 1965 as a professor of computer science. He was also appointed professor and head of the computation group at the Stanford
Linear Acceleration Center in 1965. In 1968 he was named associate provost for computing and in 1970 he became the first vice
president for research. From 1971 to 1978 he was vice president and provost of the university.
During that period he directed the development of the budget equilibrium program, widely regarded as an outstanding model
for resource planning and management in academic institutions. He was personally active in the development of several new
teaching and research programs and played a key role in the five-year $300 million "Campaign for Stanford" capital drive.
Miller led Stanford delegations to the People's Republic of China in 1976 and 1978 and was the principal university officer
in negotiation of student and scholarly exchanges with that nation. In 1979 he became the first Herbert Hoover professor of
public and private management in the Graduate School of Business, before being named president and cief executive officer
of SRI International. He has served on the National Acdemy of Sciences' Computer Science and Engineering Board and on the
National Research Council's Committee on Graduate and Postdoctoral Education since 1968.
Description of the Collection
The records in this collection are the office files of Miller as Associate Provost for Computing (1968-70) and Vice President
for Research (1970-71). Includes correspondence, memoranda, and proposals; subjects include SPIRES/BALLOTS, research policy,
government agencies and research, computer science department, electrical engineering department, and health delivery systems.
Access Terms
BALLOTS Project.
Miller, William F.
Stanford University. Associate Provost for Computing.
Stanford University. Computer Science Department.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering.
Stanford University. Office of Vice President for Research.
Universities and colleges--Data processing.
Universities and colleges--Research.
Box 1, Folder 1
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Box 1, Folder 2
BALLOTS/SPIRES merger (5100)
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Box 1, Folder 3
SPIRES/BALLOTS Executive Advisory Committee (5200)
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Box 1, Folder 4
SPIRES/BALLOTS space (5400)
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Box 1, Folder 5
Technical matters (5300)
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Box 1, Folder 6
Texas Instruments
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Box 1, Folder 7
SPIRES/BALLOTS budgets (5500)
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Box 1, Folder 8
Academic Freedoms and Research Controls, by Joseph D. Sneed
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Box 1, Folder 10
Floyd promotion, complete 7/10/70
1970
Box 1, Folder 11
Federal Aviation Administration (6600)
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Box 1, Folder 12
US Department of Labor (6700)
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Box 1, Folder 13
OST - Carl York (6810)
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Other Government agencies (6900)
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US Department of Housing and Urban Development (6920)
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Environmental Protection Agency (6930)
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Research policy - general (8001)
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Research policy - general (8001)
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Type C consultancies
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University Research Policy 1969
1969
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Grant foundations (9500)
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Nondiscriminatory hiring (9505)
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Reduction of staff (9600)
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University policy - general (9000)
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University organization (9200)
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Box 1, Folder 26
University stance on political action (Lyman memo) (9100)
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Travel policy (9300)
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Research administration (8150)
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Box 1, Folder 29
Government property control (8151)
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Box 1, Folder 30
SPIRES (NSF grant) - general (5600)
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Standard computer
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US Atomic Energy Commission (6100)
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Bureau of the budget (6150)
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Social science computing
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Computers - general
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Computers - general
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Graphic processing
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Computer science building
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Box 2, Folder 10
University of Nevada consulting
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Box 2, Folder 11
Computer science department
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Stanford computing forum
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Computer science department
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Computer science department research, source of support, etc.
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Electrical engineering department computer program
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Computer science department appointments
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Computer science Ph.D students
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Special interest group on computer science education
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Artificial intelligence project
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"Technology and Man"
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Correspondence - miscellaneous
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Health delivery systems
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Box 3, Folder 10
Health delivery systems - regional medical program
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Multidisciplinary health services research
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Box 3, Folder 12
Washington State University (Richard), May 22nd
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Cornell computing
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Box 3, Folder 15
Allocation of University computer funds (responses)
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University computing funds
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Box 3, Folder 17
Computer Science department - general correspondence
1969
Box 3, Folder 19
Stanford Computing Company
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Box 3, Folder 22
Summary of financial status -- SCC
Box 3, Folder 23
SCC campus facility operations, etc.
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Box 3, Folder 24
Davier/Bloom appointments - SIAC
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W. K. H. Panofsky - Director of SIAC
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Box 3, Folder 26
Microprogramming research in the computation group systems lab
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Box 3, Folder 27
Provost - computing affairs
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Box 3, Folder 28
Computer acquisitions
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Box 3, Folder 29
Provost - computing affairs
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