US-RPB-of1CA.M1 Guide to the Paul F. Maeder Papers1970-1977 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives

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English 19.75 Linear feet 1970-1977 The Paul F. Maeder papers consist of office files dated from 1970 to 1977. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic. They include materials concerning academic programs, administration and faculty of Brown University as well as issues such as affirmative action, ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps), energy use, and day care. Maeder, P. F. (Paul Fritz) Meader (Paul F.) papers Biographical note

Paul Fritz Maeder served as professor of engineering, vice president for finance and operations, and associate provost during the social and financial upheavals of the late sixties and early seventies at Brown.

Born in Basel, Switzerland in 1923, Paul Maeder received his master's in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich before coming to the United States in 1946 to teach and pursue his Ph.D. at Brown. He received his doctorate in 1951 and, three years later, became the youngest Brown faculty member to attain the rank of full professor.

He chaired the engineering division from 1962 to 1968, bringing it to national prominence. As head of Brown's aerodynamics laboratory, he accrued numerous government contracts and patents for his inventions, several of which were manufactured by College Hill Industries Inc., a company he founded. With colleagues, he built a transonic wind tunnel (reportedly the first at a university), and he worked on the conversion of the F-86 airplane, enabling it to break the sound barrier.

In 1968, at the height of campus unrest nationwide, Maeder joined Brown's administration as associate provost. Although his stern, upright, and acutely logical manner were unpopular with students at the time, he played a critical role in responding to their demands. He helped negotiate the resolution of the 1968 black student walkout, which resulted in Brown's commitment to increase the number of black students on campus. The following spring, the so-called Maeder Report on undergraduate education incorporated many recommendations from the Magaziner/Maxwell Report, leading to acceptance of the New Curriculum.

In 1972, as vice president for finance and operations, Maeder took on the additional challenge of curbing Brown's deficit. Bringing expenditures in line was at odds with student idealism and the release of President Donald F. Hornig's 1974 White Paper outlining forthcoming cuts sparked protests.

In 1977, Maeder quit administration to return to science, continuing his research in fluid mechanics. In 1986, he retired to Delray Beach, Florida, maintaining a home in Switzerland as well. Maeder died on January 30, 1994. (BAM 94:7:15)

Office files Series I 1970-1977 Subseries A 1970-1971 AAUP - Association of American University Presidents 1 1 ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency 1 2 ASEE - American Society of Electrical Engineers 1 3 Admissions Office 1 4 Afro-American Society 1 5 Afro-American Studies 1 6 1971 Afro-American Studies 1 7 Alumni Office 1 8 Applied Mathematics 1 9 Appointments Applied Mathematics 1 10 Appointments Classics 1 11 Appointments Philosophy 1 12 Biological & Medical Science Department 1 13 Biomedical Division Finances 1 14 Board of Trustees of State Colleges 1 15 Bookstore 1 16 Brown/Pembroke Study 1 17 Budget Office 2 18 Building Code Review Board 2 19 Buildings and Grounds 2 20 Business Manager 2 21 Cammarian Club 2 22 Campus Planning Committee 2 23 Campus Unrest 2 24 Center of Biophysical Sciences & Biomedical Engineering 2 25 Center of Computer and Information Sciences 2 26 City Relations 2 27 Civil Rights 2 28 Commencement 2 29 1971 Commencement Forum 2 30 Committee on Academic Standing 2 31 Committee On Admissions and Financial Aid 2 32 Committees: Elected Members Standing Comm. Fac. Corp. etc. 2 33 Community Health Lab of Rhode Island 2 34 Computer Advisory Committee 2 35 1970-1971 Computer Sponsored Time 3 36 Computer Operation - Departments 3 37 Computer Allocations - Special Projects 3 38 Computer Laboratory 3 39 Corporation 3 40 Council on Federal Relations 3 41 Curriculum 3 42 Dean of the College 4 43 Development Office 4 44 Development Meetings 4 45 Development: Office of Academic Progress 4 46 Economics Department 4 47 Education Department 4 48 Educational Measurement 4 49 Educational Policy Committee 4 50 Election Recess 4 51 Endowment 5 52 Engineering Division 5 53 English Department 5 54 Equal Employment Opportunity: Faculty 5 55 Equal Employment Opportunity 5 56 Faculty Meetings 5 57 1970-1971 Faculty Policy Group 5 58 1970-1971 Farview Inc. 5 59 Geological Sciences Department 6 60 Graduate School 6 61 Grant & Contract Services Office 6 62 Housing 6 63 NASA 6 64 NSF 6 65 NSF: Expenditure Limitation 6 66 NSF: Institutional Grant 6 67 NSF: Status Report 6 68 Officer's Meetings 6 69 Pembroke College 7 70 Personnel Office 7 71 Physical Sciences Council 7 72 Physics Department 7 73 President's Office 7 74 Provost's Office 7 75 Psychology Department 7 76 Purchasing Department 7 77 R.I. Institute of Higher Education 7 78 ROTC: General 7 79 Registrar 7 80 Safety Office 7 81 Security Office 7 82 Stevens Vice President's Office 7 83 Strikes 7 84 Theater 7 85 THEMIS 7 86 Transitional Year Program 7 87 Tuition Room & Board 7 88 Wolk Vice President's Office 7 89 Subseries B 1971-1972 Academic Departments combined small depts. 8 1 Admissions Office 8 2 ARPA & Materials Science Program 8 3 Afro-American Studies 8 4 Alumni Office 8 5 AAU Council on Federal Relations 8 6 ACE American Council on Education 8 7 Assistant V.P. Finances & Operations & Dir. of Budget 8 8 Athletics 8 9 BioMed: Medical Program Governance 8 10 Bookstore 9 11 Budget Plant Operations 9 12 1972-1973 Budget & Fiscal Planning Office 9 13 Buildings and Grounds Division 9 14 Business Manager - Finance 9 15 Business Manager - Plant Operations 9 16 Campus Planning Committee 9 17 Caucus 9 18 Center for Biophysical Science & Biomedical Engineering 9 19 Center for Computer & Information Sciences 9 20 Commencement 9 21 1971-1972 Committee for Special Undergraduate Programs 9 22 Committee on Academic Standing 10 23 Committee on Admissions & Financial Aid 10 24 Committee to Examine the Council for Languages & Literature 10 25 Committees: Elected Members Standing Com. Fac. etc. 10 26 Computer Allocations: Special Projects 10 27 Computer Operation: Department 10 28 Computer: Sponsored Time 10 29 Computing Lab 10 30 Computing Lab: Summary Sheets 10 31 Construction Planning Office 10 32 Controller's Office 10 33 Curriculum 10 34 Data Processing Office 10 35 Dean of Academic Affairs 10 36 Dean of Student Affairs 11 37 Department Chairmen Meetings 11 38 Development - Academic Programs 11 39 Development Financial Reports 11 40 Development Office 11 41 Educational Measurement Office 11 42 Educational Policy Committee 11 43 Engineering Division 11 44 English Department 11 45 Equal Employment Opportunity 11 46 Equal Employment Opportunity Faculty 12 47 Extension Division 12 48 Faculty Meetings 12 49 1971-1972 Faculty Policy Group 12 50 Faculty Shop Club 12 51 Finances: Budget 12 52 1972 Finances: Budget 12 53 1973 Financial Aid 12 54 Food Services 12 55 Graduate School 12 56 Grants & Contract Services Office General 13 57 Grants & Contracts - Cost Sharing 13 58 Grants & Contracts - Reports of Awards 13 59 Grants & Contracts - Proposals Submitted 13 60 Housing 13 61 Libraries 13 62 Medical Program Decision 13 63 Miscellaneous 13 64 NSF Institutional Grant 13 65 Parking Office 13 66 Personnel Office 13 67 Planning & Building Committee 13 68 President's Office 14 69 Provost's Office 14 70 Purchasing Department 14 71 Registrar's Office 14 72 ROTC 14 73 Safety Office 14 74 Security Office 14 75 Staff Meetings - Academic 14 76 Staff Meetings Administration 14 77 Summer & Special Programs 14 78 Systems Research Group 14 79 Treasurer's Office 14 80 Tuition 14 81 Transitional Year Program 14 82 University Health Services 14 83 Vice President Stevens 14 84 Vice President Wolk 14 85 Subseries C 1972-1973 Academic Affairs Dean of 15 1 Academic Council 15 2 Admission Office 15 3 Alumni Office 15 4 AAU 15 5 AAUP 15 6 Art Department 15 7 Athletics 16 8 Audit Committee 16 9 BioMed Program - Governance Curriculum etc. 16 10 BioMed Sciences Division 16 11 Bookstore 16 12 Budget Conferences 16 13 B&G 16 14 Building & Planning Committee 16 15 Business Mgr. - Finance Mr. Price 16 16 Business Mgr. - Plant Mr. Davis 17 17 Campus Planning Committee 17 18 Center for Biomedical Engineering 17 19 Center for Computer & Info. Society 17 20 Chaplain's Office 17 21 Commencement 17 22 1973 Committees: Elected Members Standing Committee tec. 17 23 Computer Advisory Committee 17 24 1971-1972 Computer Advisory Committee 17 25 1972-1973 Computer Operation: Departments 17 26 Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Education 17 27 1970-1971 Committee on Computers in Education 18 28 1972-1973 Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Education 18 29 1972-1973 Computing Lab. Summary Sheets 18 30 Computing Laboratory 18 31 Construction Office 18 32 Construction Planning - cont'd 18 33 Controller's Office 18 34 Department Chairmen Mtgs. 18 35 Development Office 19 36 Education Department 19 37 Employment and Employee Relations 19 38 Engineering Division 19 39 Engineering: Inst. Eng'g. Education JK 19 40 Equal Employment Opportunity 19 41 Esso Foundation 19 42 Extension Division 19 43 Faculty Club 19 44 Faculty Meetings 19 45 1972-1973 Faculty Policy Group 20 46 Mr. Farnum Asst. V.P. for Fin. & Op. and Director of Budget 20 47 Financial Aid Office 20 48 Food Services 20 49 Graduate School 20 50 Grant & Contract Services 20 51 Grass 20 52 Housing 20 53 Investment Committee 20 54 Management & Budget Office 20 55 Mathematics Department 21 56 Miscellaneous 21 57 NSF Expenditure Limitation 21 58 NSF Institutional 21 59 Parking Office 21 60 Physics Department 21 61 Plant-Budget 21 62 President's Office 21 64 President's Staff Mtgs. 21 65 Psychology Department 21 66 Purchasing Department 21 67 Registrar's Office 21 68 Safety Office 21 69 Security Office 21 70 Space Assignments 22 71 Staff Meetings - Fin. & Op. 22 72 Vice President for Administration Mr. Stevens 22 73 Dean of Student Affairs 22 74 Summer and Special Programs 22 75 Treasurer's Office 22 76 Unfinished Long-Range Business 22 77 University Health Services 22 78 University Hospital Advisory Committee 22 79 Committee on Urban Studies 22 80 Vice President Wolk 22 81 Subseries D 1973-1974 Academic Council 23 1 Admission Office 23 2 Afro-American Studies 23 3 Alumni Office 23 4 Art 23 5 Athletics Office 23 6 Audit Committee 23 7 B & G 23 8 BioMed Steering Group 23 9 Bookstore 23 10 Bldg. Code Review Board 23 11 Building & Planning Committee 23 12 Business Mgr. - Finance Mr. Price 23 13 Business Mgr. - Residence Service Mr. Hill 23 14 Campus Planning Committee 23 15 Caucus 23 16 Center Computer & Info. Sciences 23 17 Chemistry 23 18 Commencement 23 19 1974 Committee on Awards & Benefits 23 20 Committee on Budget & Finance 24 21 Committee on Information Systems 24 22 Computer Advisory Committee 24 23 Computer Operation: Departments 24 24 Computer Operation: Special Projects 24 25 Comp. Lab - Corporation Comm. on Computers in Educ. 24 26 1973-1974 Computing Laboratory 24 27 Computing Lab - Summary Sheets 25 28 Construction & Capital Projects 25 29 Controller's Office 25 30 Corporation 25 31 Council on the Arts 25 32 Data Processing Office 25 33 Dean of Academic Affairs 25 34 Dean of Counseling 25 35 Dean of Student Affairs 25 36 Department Chairmen Meetings 25 37 Director of Physical Plant Mr. Chan 25 38 Educational Policy Committee 25 39 Employment/Employee Relations 25 40 Energy Council 25 41 Energy Crisis - Correspondence 25 42 Energy Crisis incl. Calculations 25 43 Engineering Division 26 44 Engineering - Inst. Eng'g. Educ. 26 45 Equal Employment Opportunity 26 46 Faculty Club 26 47 Faculty Meeting 26 48 Faculty Policy Group 26 49 Finances - Budget Conferences 26 50 Financial Aid Office 26 51 Food Services Office 26 52 G&C: Cost Sharing 26 53 Graduate School 27 54 Grants & Contracts Services Office General 27 55 Housing Office 27 56 Investment Committee - 27 57 1973-1974 Linguistics 27 58 Management & Budget Mr. Parker 27 59 Miscellaneous 27 60 Music 27 61 NSF Institutional Grant 27 62 Physics 27 63 Plant - Budget 27 64 President's Office 27 65 Provost's Office 27 66 Psychology 27 67 Registrar's Office 27 68 Safety Office 27 69 Security Office 27 70 Space Assignments 27 71 Special Consultant for Plant Mr. Davis 27 72 Staff Meeting - Fin. & Op. 27 73 Summer and Special Programs Office 27 74 Treasurer's Office 28 75 Purchasing Department 28 76 Religious Studies 28 77 Placement Office 28 78 President's Staff Meeting 28 79 Urban Observatory 28 80 Vice President - Administration Mr. Stevens 28 81 Vice President Wolk's Office 28 82 Subseries E 1974-1975 Academic Policy Committee 29 1 Administration Committee on Appointment and Promotions 29 2 Admissions Office 29 3 Afro-American Studies 29 4 Alumni Office 29 5 Applied Mathematics 29 6 Art 29 7 Athletics 29 8 Audit Committee 29 9 Awards & Benefits Committee 29 10 BioMed Sciences Division 30 11 BioMed - Finances 30 12 BioMed Division - Steering Group 30 13 Bookstore 30 14 Brown University - Alumni Development System 30 15 Business Mgr. - Finance Mr. Price 30 16 Business Mgr. - Resident Services 30 17 Business Mgr. - Services Mr. Lees 30 18 Campus Planning Committee 30 19 Chemistry 30 20 Classics 30 21 Committee on Academic Standing 30 22 Committee on Info. Systems 30 23 Construction & Cap Projects 30 24 Controller's Office 30 25 Council on the Arts 30 26 Data Processing 30 27 Day Care Center 30 28 Dean of the College 30 29 Dean of Counseling 31 30 Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs 31 31 Dean of Student Affairs 31 32 Department Chairmen Meetings 31 33 Department Review Meetings 31 34 Development - Academic Programming Development 31 35 Development Office 31 36 Director of Physical Plant Mr. Chan 31 37 Economics 31 38 Education 31 39 Education Policy Committee 31 40 Energy - Correspondence 31 41 Energy Council 31 42 Energy - Fuel 31 43 Energy - RISD 31 44 Engineering Division 31 45 Engineering Staff Meetings 31 46 Faculty Meetings 31 47 1974-1975 Faculty Policy Group 32 48 Financial Accounting System 32 49 Financial Aid Office 32 50 Food Services 32 51 G & C: Proposals Submitted Rejected 32 52 G & C: Reports of Awards 32 53 Geological Sciences 32 54 Graduate School 32 55 Grants & Contracts Office 32 56 Grounds Maintenance etc. 32 57 History of Math 32 58 Housing 32 59 Investment Committee 32 60 Libraries 33 61 Linguistics 33 62 Music 33 63 Parking 33 64 Physics 33 65 Plant - Budget 33 66 Political Science 33 67 Placement Office 33 68 Planning & Building Committee 33 69 President's Office 33 70 Printing & Photo Lab 33 71 Provost's Office 33 72 Purchasing 33 73 Registrar's Office 33 74 Religious Studies 33 75 Renovation Proposal - Marvel Gymnasium 33 76 Resumed Education 33 77 Safety 33 78 Security Office 33 79 Slavic Languages 33 80 Sociology 33 81 Space Assignments 33 82 Summer & Special Programs 33 83 Treasurer's Office 33 84 University Committees 33 85 University Health Services 33 86 Vice President for Administration Mr. Stevens 33 87 Vice President Wolk's Office 33 88 ACE 34 89 Caucus 34 90 Commencement 34 91 1975 Computer Advisory Committee 34 92 Computer: Dept. Allocations 34 93 Computer: Special Projects 34 94 Computer: Sponsored Time 34 95 Computer: Summary Sheets 34 96 Corporation 34 97 Corp. Committee on Computers in Education 34 98 May 6 1975 Equal Employment Opportunity 34 99 Faculty Club 34 100 Finances - Budget 34 101 1975-1976 Finances - Budget Conferences 34 102 Finances - Closing of the Books 34 103 1973-1974 Finances - Director of the Budget Parker 34 104 HEW Health Education & Welfare 34 105 I.B.M. 35 106 Miscellaneous 35 107 NSF 35 108 Office of Academic Computing Services Freiberg 35 109 Office of User Services Mr. Jette 35 110 Personnel Office: Employees 35 111 President's Staff Meetings 35 112 Staff Meetings - Finance & Operations 35 113 Year Round Operation 35 114 Subseries F 1975-1976 AAU 36 1 ACE 36 2 ACUP 36 3 ACUP Reports 36 4 1975-1976 Academic Policy Committee 36 5 Admission Office 36 6 Affirmative Action 36 7 Alumni Office 36 8 Appts. & Promotions Committee 37 9 Athletics Office 37 10 Audit Committee 37 11 Bibliography 37 12 BioMed Sciences Division 37 13 Business Mgr. - Resident Services Mr. Hill 37 14 Business Mgr. - Services Mr. Lees 37 15 Campus Planning Committee 37 16 Chaplain's Office 37 17 Commencement 37 18 1976 Committee on Awards & Benefits 37 19 Committee on Information Systems 37 20 Committee on Year Round Operation 38 21 Corporation 38 22 Corporation Committee on Computers in Education 38 23 Day Care Center 38 24 Dean of the College 38 25 Dean of Counseling 38 26 Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs 38 27 Dean of Student Affairs 38 28 Department Chairmen Meetings 38 29 Director of Physical Plant Mr. Chan 38 30 Educational Policy Meetings 38 31 Energy Council 38 32 Energy Council Minutes 38 33 1976-1977 Energy Council Minutes 38 34 1975-1976 Energy Council Minutes 38 35 1974-1975 Energy Council Minutes 38 36 1973-1974 Energy: Oil Gas & Electric 38 37 Faculty Meetings 38 38 1975-1976 Faculty Officers & Committee 38 39 Faculty Policy Group 39 40 Finances: Budget 39 41 Graduate School 39 42 Graphic Services 39 43 Health Services 39 44 HEW 39 45 IBM 39 46 Institutional Planning Group 39 47 Internal Auditor 39 48 Investment Committee 39 49 Miscellaneous 39 50 Office Institutional Research 39 51 Personnel Office Records Benefits 39 52 Physical Plant: Budget 39 53 Physical Plant: Construction & Capital Projects 39 54 Physical Plant: Grounds & Maintenance 39 55 Planning & Building Committee 39 56 President's Office 39 57 President's Staff Meetings 39 58 Provost's Office 40 59 Purchasing Department 40 60 Research Administration 40 61 Safety Office 40 62 Space Assignments 40 63 Space Policy & Allocations Committee 40 64 Staff Meetings - Finance & Operations 40 65 University Research Council 40 66 Subseries G 1976-1977 Academic Policy Committee 41 1 ACUP 41 2 1976-1977 Administrative Data Processing 41 3 Admission Office 41 4 Affirmative Action 41 5 Alumni Office 41 6 Appointments and Promotions 41 7 Art 41 8 Athletics Office 41 9 Audit Committee 41 10 Awards and Benefits 41 11 Biology & Medicine 41 12 Biology & Medicine: Finance 41 13 Bond Issue 42 14 Bookstore 42 15 Business Mgr. - Finance Mr. Price 42 16 Business Mgr. - Resident Services Mr. Hill 42 17 Business Mgr. - Services Mr. Lees 42 18 Campus Planning Committee 42 19 Caucus 42 20 Center for Energy Studies 42 21 Commencement 42 22 1977 Committees & Faculty Officers 42 23 Committee on Information Systems 42 24 Corporation 43 27 Corporation Committee on Computers in Education 43 28 Day Care Center 43 29 Dean of the College 43 30 Dean of Faculty & Academic Affairs 43 31 Department Chairmen 43 32 Director Computing Lab 43 33 Economics 43 34 Educational Policy Committee 43 35 Energy - Correspondence 43 36 Energy - Electric 43 37 Energy Council 43 38 Engineering 43 39 English 43 40 Faculty Club 43 41 Faculty Meetings 43 42 Faculty Policy Group 44 43 Finances: Closing of the Books 44 44 Jun-76 Finances: Budget 44 45 Financial Aid Office 44 46 Food Services 44 47 Geological Sciences 44 48 Graduate School 44 49 HEW 44 50 Health Services 44 51 Housing 44 52 Housing - Rental Properties Farview - Mr. Hill 44 53 INSITE Phys. Plant 44 54 Institutional Planning Group 44 55 IPG - Sub-committee 44 56 Insurance 44 57 Internal Auditor 45 58 Investment Committee 45 59 Linguistics 45 60 Miscellaneous 45 61 Music & Theater Arts Project 45 62 NACUBO 45 63 NSF 46 64 Office of Institutional Research 46 65 Personnel: Fringe Benefits 46 66 Director of Personnel & Budgets 46 67 Personnel Matters Appeals etc. 46 68 Personnel Office - Miscellaneous Matters 46 69 Physical Plant - Construction & Capital Projects 46 70 Director of Physical Plant Mr. Chan 46 71 Planning & Building Committee 46 72 Plant Budget 46 73 President's Office 46 74 President's Staff Meetings 46 75 Purchasing 46 76 Recommendations by PFM 46 77 Research and Administration 47 78 Safety 47 79 Safety: Radiation Safety Committee 47 80 Sociology 47 81 Space Assignments 47 82 Space Policy and Allocations Committee 47 83 Speeches by PFM 47 84 Staff Meeting - Finance & Operation 47 85 Student Employment 47 86 Treasurer's Office 47 87 University Research Council 47 88 Collection information

The Paul F. Maeder papers are organized chronologically in one series: I. Office files.

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Paul F. Maeder Papers, OF-1CA-M1, Brown University Archives.

The Paul F. Maeder papers consists of office files dated from 1970 to 1977. The files are arranged alphabetically by topic in seven subseries, one for each academic year. The papers relate to a broad range of academic and fiscal issues during Maeder's tenure as the Associate Provost of Brown University (1968-1972) and the Vice President for Finance and Operations (1972-1977).

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Names Brown University. Office of the Provost. Subjects Brown University--Administration. Universities and colleges--Administration Universities and colleges--Finance Occupations

Types of Materials Administrative records Office files RIAMCO Browsing Term Education