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Substantial increases in oper ating and capital improvement budgets for Iowa State Univer sity and other state institutions were approved Friday by the State Board of Regents. Total appropriation for oper ations to be sought from the State Legislature for the Re gents’ institutions, $133,584,467, for the 1965-67 biennium, is about one third more than cur rent appropriations. In addition, the Regents ap proved capital improvements to iling $39,788,450. The Increases The operating budget is $33, 053,583 more than the current appropriation for Iowa State, the State University of Iowa, State College of Iowa and three smaller institutions, the Iowa School for the deaf, the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School and the Oakdale State Sanitori um. The operating budget request ed for Iowa State is $47,961,548, of which state appropriations would amount to $34,834,458. The present appropriation is $23,517, 900; the increase sought thus would be $11,316,558. A spokesman said the in crease was to serve expect ed increased enrollment at Iowa State. Increases in staff and faculty numbers and salaries are among the scheduled uses for the addi tional funds. Also in the budget are in creases for the Agricultural Ex periment Station, to $7,795,396, of which $6,066,500 would be state appropriation, an $816,500 hike from the present and the Extension Service, to $7,958,424, with a state appropriation of $4,253,958, up $553,958 from the present budget. The total of capital improve ments requested for Iowa State come to $16,555,000, with top priority assigned to a $2.5 mil lion classroom and office build ing. All of Iowa State’s first prior ity projects were approved by the Regents. They included the classroom building; a $1.8 mil lion library addition; $1.7 mil lion engineering building; $3 million veterinary medicine buil ding; $1.1 million science build ing addition; $900,000 for an ad dition to East Hall; $650,000 for a computer laboratory; $759, 000 for a steam generator; $1,825,000 for remodeling of ex isting buildings; $1,560,000 for equipment purchases deferred from the 1963-65 biennium and $170,000 for a bridge over Squaw Creek on Stange Road. For the Agricultural Experi ment Station, a $500,000 green house and $100,000 for miscellan eous buildings. Other Institutions Budget totals recommended for the other institutions are State University of Iowa, $55, 075,627, up $12,588,127; Univer sity Hospital, $26,846,184, up $2,290,492; psychopathic hospital $3,737,673, up $613,773; Bacteri ological Laboratory, $1,237,638, up $245,688; Hospital School for Handicapped children, $2,233, 149, up $497,789; State College of Iowa, $16,176,943, up $3,657,318; Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School, $1,138,278, up $149,478; Iowa School for the Deaf, $2, 073,100, up $276,000; State San atorium, $2,623,622, up $47,902. Before winding up its two-day meeting, the Regents also Approved a project budget of $3,285,000 for construction of 5300 married student housing units at Iowa State to be locat ed north of Squaw Creek and east of Stange Road. The bud get was reduced from the origi nal apparent low bid total of $3,388,018 by the acceptance of the bid of Iowa Road Builders of Des Moines and Jackson Con struction Co., Nevada, for $83, 790 for streets and parking lots. Approved — preliminary plans for a $1.7 million wo men’s dormitory at Iowa State. The proposed 110-story struc ture would be the first of a complex of residence halls to be located east of Wallace Road and north of Lincoln Way. It It would be built in increments housing 500 students each, even tually to consist of six buildings providing for 3,090 to 3,500 wom en. In appearance, the building would look somewhat like the twin-tower men’s dormitory now under construction on Storm Street. Each floor of the building would accommodate up to 68 students in double rooms and would provide a den, ironing room with space for storage of formal gowns, central toilet and shower rooms and a luggage storage room. Elevators and stair towers and service areas for utilities would be in a cen tral core with rooms and dens located on the exterior perim eter. No mention of food service is made in the proposal and it is presumed students housed in the building would take their meals elsewhere. Approved staff and faculty appointments at Iowa State— Samuel A. McDowell, assist ant treasurer, to become act ing treasurer Sept. 9 and ac cepted the resignation of John P. Dodds, treasurer, to become lecturer in finance at Fresno State College, Fresno, Calif. Robert A. Jacobson, to be as sociate professor of chemistry Sept. 1. He has been an assist ant professor of chemistry at Princeton University since 1992. Charlyce R. King, to be asso ciate professor of child devel opment Sept. 1. She has been associate professor and direc tor of homemaker service pro ject, Family Life Institute, Uni versity of Oklahoma since 1959. Herman H. Trachsel, to be visiting professor of history and government Sept. 1. He has been professor and head of the department of political sci ence at the University of Wy oming since 1948. Edmund G. Blinn to be asso ciate professor of technical journalism. He has been on the faculty at South Dakota State College. Resignations Resignations included Dr. John W. Gowen, profes sor, department of genetics, to join the department of radio biology and radiation biology, college of veterinary medicine, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Coro. Timothy C. Brock, associate professor of psychology, to the department of psychology at Ohio State University, Colum bus, Ohio. Leaves of absence were granted to Dr. Earl O. Heady, executive director, Center for Agricultural and Economic De velopment, to serve as chief consultant to the government of Greece on the evaluation and reorganization of the national research program; Donald Benson, associate professor of English and speech, for post graduate study in England and Holland and Jati K. Sengupta, associate professor of econo mics and sociology, to serve as visiting associate professor of economics in the Indian Insti tute of Management, Calcutta, India. Promotions Promotions include — George Seifert to professor and acting chairman of the department of mathematics. Morton Smutz to professor and deputy director of the In stitute for Atomic Research. Paul L. Van Moeseke to as sociate professor of economics and sociology. Gave Iowa State permission to grant the Ph.D degree in child development.
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Ames Daily Tribune
Ames, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 08, 1964
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