Presidential Search Records, 1945-2002

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Series II. 1968 Presidential Search, 1968-1974

This series contains the records of the Faculty Search Committee for a Permanent President of the University convened in 1968. There are meeting minutes, notes, candidate files and general subject files, including the records of the Student Search Committee. The records end in May 1969, as the committees considered candidates but the search remains unsolved. The records include correspondence about the search process in 1969 that was shared with President McGill in 1974.



Box 2 Faculty Search Committee for a Permanent President of the University Minutes,, 1968-1969


1968 November 5, 1968


1968 November 25, 1968


1968 November 27, 1968


1968 December 4, 1968


1968 December 18, 1968


1969 January 8, 1969


1969 January 15, 1969


1969 January 29, 1969


1969 February 5, 1969


1969 February 12, 1969


1969 February 14, 1969


1969 February 18, 1969


1969 February 26, 1969


1969 March 14, 1969


1969 March 26, 1969


1969 April 11, 1969


1969 April 16, 1969


1969 April 23, 1969


1969 April 30, 1969


1969 May 1, 1969


1969 May 7, 1969


General Files, 1968-1969


Acknowledgements


Consultative Committee


Expense record


Members, Search Committee


Miscellaneous


Procedures, Search Committee


Press


Selection criteria


Student Search Committee


Courtney Brown to President William J. McGill, 1969-1974

[RESTRICTED UNTIL 2026]



Box 3 Candidates, General List, 1968-1969


General dossiers, 1968-1969


Candidate files, A-Z, 1968-1969