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Office of Research and Graduate Studies publications (University of California, Irvine)
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
Title: University of California, Irvine, Office of Research and Graduate Studies publications
Creator:
University of California, Irvine. Office of Research and Graduate Studies
Identifier/Call Number: PS.011
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1967-2001
Abstract: This collection contains the official publications of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of California,
Irvine. Included are annual reports, brochures, academic catalogs, directories, manuals, memoranda, newsletters, posters,
and programs.
Language of Material:
English
.
The collection is open for research.
Property rights and copyright reside with the University of California. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please
contact the University Archivist.
Office of Research and Graduate Studies Publications, University of California, Irvine. PS-011. Special Collections and Archives,
The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information about sources consulted in this
collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquired periodically from the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.
Processed by Leland Smith, 2002.
The Office of Research and Graduate Studies was the University of California, Irvine's primary institutional agent in administering
federal, state and private foundation regulations for research and graduate education until 2002, when it was split into the
Office of Research and the Office of Graduate Studies. To carry out its institutional responsibilities, RGS operated six administrative
units under the direction of the Vice Chancellor and Dean.
Included in the initial planning for the University of California, Irvine, the Graduate Division was formally activated in
September, 1964, when Ralph Waldo Gerard, professor of biology and member of the National Academy of Sciences, was appointed
dean.
The University's Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs approved Irvine's first master's and doctorate programs in December,
1964. The four departments of the Division of Biological Sciences were the first graduate programs approved, followed by chemistry,
mathematics, physics, and English in May, 1965. When the campus formally opened in the fall of 1965, all campus divisions
were authorized to offer graduate instruction.
Mirroring the growth of the entire university, the Graduate Division gradually expanded in both size and scope. This progression
manifested itself in two important ways. First, the Graduate Division subsumed the already existing Public Policy Research
Organization, the Center for Pathobiology, and the Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering (later renamed Institute
for Transportation Studies) under its wing in 1974. These Organized Research Units (ORUs) were the first of fifteen that would
eventually fall within the parameters and mission of the Graduate Division. In concert with the University of California Regents
guidelines for such units, Irvine's ORUs developed as interdisciplinary research facilities consisting of two or more academic
departments or schools. A second key indicator of the research-oriented focus within the Graduate Division was reflected in
a name change. In 1981, the division officially became the Division of Graduate Studies and Research.
Another sign of the prominent role of graduate education at Irvine was the creation of a separate Vice Chancellor position
for Graduate Studies. Beginning with Dean Lewis Nosanow in 1987, the Graduate Dean took on the dual title of Vice Chancellor
for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies. Prior to this, Graduate Studies was directly accountable to the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs. This structural change effectively fused together the academic side of the Graduate Division with its
research arm under the authority of one university administrator.
A second surge of growth took place within Graduate Studies in the 1990s. By 1992, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies
had seven Organized Research Units. In an attempt to demarcate the different research interests and institutional boundaries,
two new research categories were created to complement the ORUs. The first, Irvine Research Units, was established with the
purpose of initiating and sustaining collective research endeavors within a single school or between multiple schools. The
second, Special Research Programs, was assigned research activities not necessarily confined to the Irvine campus or the University
of California. These endeavors combine efforts between the University of California and corporations, as well as state and
federal government agencies.
| 1964-1969 | Ralph W. Gerard serves as Dean of Graduate Division |
| 1969-1971 | Keith E. Justice serves as acting Dean |
| 1971-1972 | Howard M. Lenhoff serves as Dean |
| 1973-1976 | Jonas Schultz serves as Dean |
| 1977-1980 | Alexei Maradudin serves as Dean |
| 1979 | Hara Georgiou serves as acting Dean (January to June) |
| 1981 | Becomes Division of Graduate Studies and Research |
| 1980-1985 | Jaime E. Rodriguez serves as Dean |
| 1982 | Kivie Moldave serves as acting Dean (January-June) |
| 1985-1987 | Stuart Krassner serves as acting Dean of Division of Graduate Studies and Research |
| 1987 | Becomes Office of Research and Graduate Studies |
| 1987-1988 | Lewis Nosanow serves as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies |
| 1988-1989 | William H. Parker serves as acting Dean |
| 1989-1992 | Paul Sypherd serves as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies |
| 1993 | Patricia O'Brien serves as acting Dean |
| 1994 | William H. Parker serves as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies |
| 1995-2000 | Frederic Yui-Ming Wan serves as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies |
| 2000 | William H. Parker serves as Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies |
| 2002 | Becomes Office of Research and Office of Graduate Studies |
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection contains the official publications of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies atthe University of California,
Irvine. Included are annual reports, brochures, academic catalogs, directories, manuals, memoranda, newsletters, posters,
and programs.
This collection is arranged in 2 series.
- Series 1. General Publications, 1967-2001. 1.1 linear feet
- Series 2. Sub-unit Publications, 1987-1992. 0.1 linear feet
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Directories -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Posters -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Ephemera -- California -- Irvine -- 21st century.
Newsletters -- California -- Irvine -- 21st century.
Catalogs -- California -- Irvine -- 21st century.
Reports -- California -- Orange County -- 20th century.
Catalogs -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Ephemera -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Newsletters -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
Reports -- California -- Irvine -- 21st century.
Programs -- California -- Irvine -- 20th century.
University of California, Irvine. Graduate Division -- Archives
University of California, Irvine. Office of Research and Graduate Studies -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Curricula -- Catalogs
University of California, Irvine. Division of Graduate Studies and Research -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Archives
University of California, Irvine -- Graduate work