Keith A. Brueckner Administrative Records
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
Copyright 2018
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
spcoll@ucsd.edu
Descriptive Summary
Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: Keith A. Brueckner Administrative Records
Creator:
Brueckner, Keith A.
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. School of Science and Engineering. Dean
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Office of Graduate Studies and Research. Dean
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics. Director
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics. Chair
Creator:
University of California, San Diego. Dean of Letters and Sciences
Identifier/Call Number: RSS 1001
Physical Description:
7 Linear feet
(17 archives boxes, 1 half archives box)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1970
Abstract: Administrative records of Keith A. Brueckner, professor of physics and administrator at the University of California, San
Diego. The collection documents the early planning and development of UC San Diego's academic departments, facilities, and
space allocation.
Languages:
English
.
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1988.
Preferred Citation
Keith A. Brueckner Administrative Records. RSS 1001. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Publication Rights
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Administrative History
Keith A. Brueckner served as the founding chairman of the Department of Physics (1959-1961), Dean of the School of Science
and Engineering (1963), Dean of Letters and Sciences (1963-1965), first Dean of Graduate Studies (1965), and director (1965-1970)
of the Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics, later named the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences.
In 1959, Roger Revelle appointed Keith Brueckner as a professor of physics for the new campus of the University of California,
San Diego. As the founding chairman of the Physics Department, Brueckner played a key role in recruiting science faculty for
the new School of Science and Engineering, originally planned as a graduate school.
In July 1961, Brueckner took a leave of absence to serve as vice president and director for the Institute for Defense Analyses
in Washington, D.C. Upon his return in January 1963, he was appointed Dean of the School of Science and Engineering and spent
much of the summer of 1963 recruiting faculty and establishing academic departments. In October 1963, his position title changed
to Dean of Letters and Sciences in order to reflect the addition of humanities and social sciences departments.
In February 1965, Brueckner accepted the position of Dean of Graduate Studies, which he held for five months. Citing a desire
to return to teaching and research, he became director of the new Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics (IRPA)
which later combined with the Institute for the Study of Matter (ISM) to form the Institute for Pure and Applied Physical
Sciences (IPAPS). Brueckner remained director of IPAPS until 1970.
Brueckner participated in campus development as a member of many committees. He served as chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee
on Humanities and Social Sciences (1964), the Undergraduate Planning Committee (1964), the Planning Committee for the Second
College (1964), the Space Committee (1963-1964), as well as an ex officio member of all Building Advisory Committees for First
and Second Colleges. As a member of the Academic Senate, he served on the Campus Planning Committee (1963-1964), the Chancellor's
Advisory Council (1963-1964), the Graduate Council (1964-1965), and the Research Committee (1964-1965). In addition, Brueckner
participated at the University of California systemwide level as a member of the Council of Engineering Deans (1963-1965).
Related Materials
Keith A. Brueckner Papers. MSS 94. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Library.
Scope and Content of Collection
Administrative records of Keith A. Brueckner, professor of physics and administrator at the University of California, San
Diego. The collection documents the early planning and development of UC San Diego's academic departments, facilities, and
space allocation.
The records cover Brueckner's administrative activities in the positions of founding chairman of the Physics Department, Dean
of the School of Science and Engineering, Dean of Letters and Sciences, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Director of the Institute
for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics.
Arranged in eight series: 1) COMMITTEES, 2) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS, 3) CORRESPONDENCE, 4) DEPARTMENTS, 5) BUDGET MATERIALS,
6) ACADEMIC PLANNING, 7) FACILITIES PLANNING, and 8) SUBJECT FILES.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brueckner, Keith A. -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Dean of Letters and Sciences -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- Administration -- Archives
University of California, San Diego -- Planning -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics. Chair -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Office of Graduate Studies and Research. Dean -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. Institute for Radiation Physics and Aerodynamics. Director -- Archives
University of California, San Diego. School of Science and Engineering. Dean -- Archives
Committees
Scope and Contents
Series 1) COMMITTEES: Contains files for campus administrative, academic senate and systemwide committees. The bulk of the
materials dates from 1963 to 1965, the period of Brueckner's greatest involvement in campus administration. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1, Folder 1
Administrative Committee to Review Academic Master Plan
1965
Box 1, Folder 2-4
Campus Planning Committee
1963-1965
General note
Minutes and agenda.
Box 1, Folder 5
Chancellor's Administrative Council
1965
Box 1, Folder 6
Chancellor's Advisory Council
1963-1965
Box 1, Folder 7
Committee for Naming Buildings, Streets, and Facilities
1964-1966
Box 1, Folder 8
Committee for Undergraduate Scholarships and Honors
1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 9
Committee Lists
1963-1967
Box 1, Folder 10
Committee on Academic Freedom
1966
General note
Contains materials on the "Vietnam Teach-In."
Box 1, Folder 11-12
Committee on Educational Policy (CEP)
1963-1967
General note
Minutes and memoranda.
Box 1, Folder 13
Committee on Proper Relationship of SIO and Graduate Education (Ad Hoc)
1964-1965
Box 1, Folder 14
Committee on Research
1963-1967
General note
Minutes and memoranda.
Box 2, Folder 1
Committee on Space Technology
1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 2
Committee to Nominate Candidates for College Masters
1964
Box 2, Folder 3
Committee to Nominate Contract Administrator
1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 4
Committee to Review Proposed Appointments
1966
Box 2, Folder 5-7
Council of Chief Campus Officers (systemwide)
1963-1965
General note
January - March.
Box 2, Folder 8-9
Council of Engineering Deans (systemwide)
1963-1965
Box 2, Folder 10
Executive Space Committee
1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 11
Fine Arts Cluster Center Committee
1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 12
Fine Arts Committee
1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 13
San Diego Faculty Committee on Honorary Degrees
1963-1964
Box 2, Folder 14
Second College Planning Committee
1965
General note
See also Series 7: Second College.
Box 3, Folder 1
State of the University Committee
1966-1968
Box 3, Folder 2
Ten-Year Planning Committee
1964-1965
General note
See also Series 7: Ten Year Plan.
Contracts And Grants
Scope and Contents
Series 2) CONTRACTS AND GRANTS: Documents efforts to procure extramural funding for institutes and contain proposals to furnish
newly constructed biology and chemistry laboratory buildings. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 3, Folder 5
Higher Education Facilities Act
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 6
Institute for National Studies
undated
General note
A proposal by Keith Brueckner for a non-profit corporation sponsored by the Regents of the University of California.
Box 3, Folder 7
National Science Foundation - Institutional Grant
1964-1965
Box 3, Folder 8
National Science Foundation - Undergraduate Instructional Scientific Equipment proposal
1963-1965
Box 3, Folder 9-10
UCSD 1155, 1168, 1169, 1178 - Institute for the Study of Matter
1963-1965
General note
Bernd Matthias.
Box 3, Folder 11
UCSD 1241 - Expansion of Computer Facility at La Jolla
1963-1964
Box 3, Folder 12
UCSD 1354 - Fixed Laboratory Furnishings for Building C
1964
General note
N.M. Kroll. Building C [Mayer Hall].
Box 3, Folder 13
UCSD 1559 - Expansion of a Computer System
1965-1966
Box 4, Folder 1
UCSD 1602 - NSF Matching Grant, Building 2A (Biology Building)
1965-1966
Box 4, Folder 2
UCSD 1602 - Preliminary proposal to NSF for a Graduate Science Facilities grant
1965
Box 4, Folder 3
UCSD 1602 - Revised proposal to NSF for a Graduate Science Facilities grant
1965
Box 4, Folder 4
UCSD 1621 - Health, Education, and Welfare Facilities Act - Matching Grant for Building 2A
1963
General note
"Matching Grant, Building 2A."
Box 4, Folder 5
UCSD 1621 - Health, Education, and Welfare Facilities Act - Proposal for Higher Education Facilities grant
1965-1966
General note
"Matching Grant, Building 2A."
Departments
Scope and Contents
Series 4) DEPARTMENTS: Largely documents Brueckner's interactions with academic departments reporting to the Dean of Letters
and Sciences. The materials often relate to the formation and development of individual departments. Well represented are
the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Applied Electrophysics and Physics Departments. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
1961-1968
Box 5, Folder 1-2
Applied Electrophysics
1964-1966
Box 6, Folder 5
FY 1964 budget
1962-1964
General note
Materials created between 1962-1964.
Box 6, Folder 6-7
FY 1965 budget
1963-1965
General note
Materials created between 1963-1965.
Box 6, Folder 8-9
FY 1966 budget
1963-1965
General note
Materials created between 1963-1965.
Box 7, Folder 1
FY 1967 budget
1965
General note
Materials created between 1965-1966.
Box 7, Folder 2-3
Budget for Capital Outlay
1964-1967
Box 7, Folder 4
Provisions and Budgeting
1962-1965
Academic Planning
Scope and Contents
Series 6) ACADEMIC PLANNING: Documents Brueckner's involvement in academic planning at both the graduate and undergraduate
levels. Important documents relating to the development of the undergraduate program at UC San Diego can be found in the "Undergraduate
Planning" folders. The files on the Council of Engineering Deans (systemwide) reflect Brueckner's participation in the formation
of a UC master plan for engineering. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 7, Folder 5
Academic Master Plan
1963-1965
Box 7, Folder 6
Academic Salary Scales
1951-1968
Box 7, Folder 7
Allocation of Teaching Resources - Dean of Letters and Sciences
1964
Box 7, Folder 8
Allocation of Teaching Resources -Dean of Graduate Studies
1965-1966
Box 7, Folder 10-12
Engineering Master Plan - Study I
1964-1966
Box 8, Folder 1-2
Engineering Master Plan - Study II
1964-1965
Box 8, Folder 3-4
Engineering Master Plan draft
1965
Box 8, Folder 5
Engineering Master Plan
1965
Box 8, Folder 6
Engineering education at UCSD - Reports
1966-1968
Box 8, Folder 7
Establishing institutes
1962-1967
Box 8, Folder 8
Establishing new departments
1962-1965
Box 8, Folder 9
Faculty planning
1962-1965
Box 9, Folder 1
Faculty planning
1962-1965
Box 9, Folder 2
Faculty / student ratios
1962-1965
Box 9, Folder 3
Graduate Program
1963-1965
Box 9, Folder 4
Master Plan for Higher Education in California for 1960-1975
1964
Box 9, Folder 5
Professional schools
1965
Box 9, Folder 6
Research Institutes
1964-1965
Box 9, Folder 7
Revelle College - Undergraduate planning
1963-1965
Box 9, Folder 8-9
Undergraduate planning
1963-1964
General note
January - June.
Box 10, Folder 1-3
Undergraduate planning
1964-1965
General note
July - October.
Box 10, Folder 4
Undergraduate Planning - Transfer Policy
1964-1965
Facilities Planning
Scope and Contents
Series 7) FACILITIES PLANNING: Although many of the buildings on the campus of the School of Science and Engineering were
nearing completion when Brueckner returned from Washington in 1963, considerable efforts were required to furnish and outfit
laboratories and instructional facilities. In addition, planning for the Second College was well underway in 1964. The FACILITIES
PLANNING series documents planning for the furnishing of Revelle campus science laboratories and instructional spaces. Also
included are planning documents related to Camp Matthews, Camp Elliott and a central library. Arranged alphabetically.
Box 10, Folder 5
Buildings - Building A (Central Utilities), B (Urey Hall), and C (Mayer Hall)
1963-1964
General note
See also Series 2 - UCSD 1354.
Box 10, Folder 6
Buildings - Building B (Urey Hall), C (Mayer Hall), and D (Bonner Hall)
1962-1964
Box 10, Folder 7-8
Buildings - Building E (Humanities Library)
1964-1965
Box 10, Folder 9
Buildings - Building E (Humanities Library) - Detailed Project Program
1962
Box 10, Folder 10
Buildings - Building E (Humanities Library) - Project Planning Guide
1964
Box 10, Folder 11
Buildings - Building F (Undergraduate Sciences)
1964-1965
Box 11, Folder 1
Buildings - Building F (Undergraduate Sciences) - Detailed Project Program
1962
Box 11, Folder 2
Buildings - Building G / 2A (Biology Building)
1963-1966
General note
See also Series 2 - UCSD 1602 and UCSD 1621.
Box 11, Folder 3
Buildings - Building G / 2A (Biology Building) - Detailed Project Program
1964
General note
See also Series 2 - UCSD 1602 and UCSD 1621.
Box 11, Folder 4
Buildings - Building 2B
1964
Box 11, Folder 5
Buildings - Building 2C
1964-1965
Box 11, Folder 6
Buildings - Building 2D
1964
Box 11, Folder 7
Buildings - Central University Library, Step I Project Planning Guide
1965
Box 11, Folder 8
Buildings - Central Facilities Building, Step II
1964
Box 11, Folder 9
Buildings - Physical Education Building and playing fields
1964
Box 11, Folder 10
Buildings - Residential apartments
1964
Box 11, Folder 11
Buildings - Residence Hall Unit #1 and Central Facilities Building
1965
Box 11, Folder 12
Buildings - Residence Hall Unit #2
1965
Box 11, Folder 13
Buildings - General campus utilities and site development - Detailed Project Program
1964
General note
Detailed Project Program.
Box 11, Folder 14
Building Funds - Allocation
1963-1964
Box 11, Folder 15
Building Funds - Building B (Urey Hall), C (Mayer Hall), D (Bonner Hall), and E (Humanities Library)
1962-1965
Box 11, Folder 16
Building Funds - Building F (Undergraduate Sciences)
1964
Box 11, Folder 17-18
Building Programs - Major Capital Improvement Program
1963-1965
Box 11, Folder 19
Building Programs - Major Capital Improvement Program for 1965-1970
1964
Box 12, Folder 1
Building Programs - Major Capital Improvement Program for 1967-1972
1966
Box 12, Folder 2
Building Programs - Major Capital Improvement Program (School of Medicine) for 1965-1970
1964
Box 12, Folder 3
Building Programs - Major Capital Improvement Program (School of Medicine) for 1966-1976
1965
Box 12, Folder 4
Building Programs - Minor Capital Improvement Program
1964-1965
Box 12, Folder 6
Camp Elliott - Proposal for a Field Station
1964
General
Appendix I of this proposal is a topographic map entitled "Area 'D' UCSD Field Station Site Plan," located in the map case
drawers.
Oversize MC-034, Folder 05
Area "D" UCSD Field Station Site Plan
1964 August 7
General
Appendix I of the October 30, 1964 University of California, San Diego proposal entitled "Proposal for a Field Station." Topographic
map.
Box 12, Folder 9
Long Range Development Plan
1963
Oversize MC-034, Folder 05
Second College at UCSD plans
1964 September 21
General
2 hand drawn sheets illustrating the layout of Second College buildings.
Box 13, Folder 2
Second College - Planning Study
1964
Box 13, Folder 3
Second College - Project Planning Guide
1965
Box 13, Folder 4
Second College - Selection of architect
1964
Box 13, Folder 5
Space - Building B (Urey Hall)
1963-1968
Box 13, Folder 6
Space - Building C (Mayer Hall)
1963-1964
Box 13, Folder 7
Space - Building D (Bonner Hall)
1963-1965
Box 13, Folder 8
Space - Classrooms
1963-1965
Box 13, Folder 9-10
Space - General
1962-1968
Box 14, Folder 1
Space - General
1962-1968
Box 14, Folder 2
Space - Lower campus (SIO)
1962-1964
Box 14, Folder 3
Space - Project Planning Guide
1964-1965
Box 14, Folder 5
Space - Undergraduate Laboratory
1964-1965
Box 14, Folder 6
Space - Yearly space requirements
1965
Box 14, Folder 7
Space Sciences Laboratory
1962-1965
Oversize MC-034, Folder 05
Buildings - Building F (Undergraduate Sciences) preliminary plans
1964 April 13
General
5 sheets showing the spaces in which different subjects were to be taught.
Box 14, Folder 10-11
Academic administration
1962-1967
Box 14, Folder 12
Academic Senate and Campus reactions to war protests
1970
Box 15, Folder 1-2
Administrative organizations
1964-1968
Box 15, Folder 5
Admissions - Undergraduate procedure
1964
Box 15, Folder 6
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges - Division of Engineering
1963-1965
Box 15, Folder 7
Bryne Report (Los Angeles Times)
1965
Box 15, Folder 8
Center for Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences
1964-1965
Box 15, Folder 9
Computer Center
1962-1968
General note
See also Series 2 - UCSD 1241 and UCSD 1559.
Box 15, Folder 10-11
Conferences / visitors
1963-1964
Box 16, Folder 1
Conferences / visitors
1964-1965
Box 16, Folder 2
Consulting fees
1963-1964
Box 16, Folder 3
Council for the Study of Mankind
1964
Box 16, Folder 7
Enrollment statistics
1962-1966
Box 16, Folder 9-10
General miscellaneous
1963-1968
Box 17, Folder 1
General miscellaneous
1965-1968
Box 17, Folder 2
Graduate student support
1967
Box 17, Folder 3
High School Seniors Honors Program
1964
Box 17, Folder 4
Humanities and Social Sciences
1963-1965
Box 17, Folder 7
Open Discussion and Advocacy Area
1965
Box 17, Folder 8
Physical Education Program
1964-1965
Box 17, Folder 9
Physics - Consultants / visitors
1963-1965
Box 17, Folder 10
Postdoctoral reports
1964-1965
Box 17, Folder 13-14
Revelle College - Meetings
1965-1970
Box 18, Folder 1
School of Medicine
1963-1965
Box 18, Folder 2
School of Medicine - First year curriculum
1964
Box 18, Folder 3
Sea water conversion research
1963-1964
Box 18, Folder 4
Student Health Service
1964
Box 18, Folder 5
Subject A
1964
General
Subject A was an examination given to all new undergraduate registrants to the University of California. The examination tested
ability in English writing, grammar, diction, sentence structure, and punctuation.
Box 18, Folder 6
Summer employment
1964-1965
Box 18, Folder 9
UCSD / General Atomics Cooperative Program
1965
Box 18, Folder 10
Undergraduate Advising System
1964
Box 18, Folder 11
Undergraduate students
1963-1965
Box 18, Folder 12
University Management Program
1964
Box 18, Folder 13
Year Round Operation
1963-1965