Pres. George W. Hazzard President George W. Hazzard Papers RG 020_01_11_00 ABSTRACT: These are the papers of George W. Hazzard, 11th president of WPI, serving from 1969-1978, and the president during implementation of the WPI Plan. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: George W. Hazzard was born in Cortland, New York in 1915. He received his B.S. and M.S. from St. Lawrence University in Physics and Mathematics, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University in Experimental Physics and Physical Chemistry in 1947. Dr. Hazzard taught at St. Lawrence University until 1954. From 1954 to 1965 he worked at the General Electric Research Laboratory as University Representative and Research Personnel Section Manager. In 1965, he became Associate Provost and later Vice Chancellor of professional schools and research at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He married Jean Fawcett in 1940, and they had three children. During his presidency at WPI, Dr. Hazzard promoted the idea of the technological humanist, the engineer who is also a humanist. In 1970, under his presidency, the WPI faculty approved the WPI Plan, under which students planned their programs of study with their faculty advisers, and had to complete two projects relating their major field of study to a social need. They were also required to complete a sufficiency equivalent to a minor in the humanities. Dr. Hazzard served as a member of the state Board of Regents, as a trustee of WPI's George I. Alden Trust, and as an honorary trustee of the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts. He was also a trustee of Worcester Academy and St. Lawrence University. He was named in 1980 by Gov. Edward J. King to a state commission on reorganization of public higher education, and he and John F. Collins, former mayor of Boston, drafted the report that charted the wide-ranging revamping of the state's college system. Note: some of the above information is taken from published obituaries for Dr. Hazzard. SCOPE AND CONTENT: Most of the collection is from Dr. Hazzard's presidency of WPI, 1969-1978. Much of it is made up of the President's Committe minutes and reports to the trustees. The correspondence in this collection is primarily memoranda to the WPI community. More correspondence may be found in the President's Planning Group records, which are the records and related materials of the faculty committee charged with creating and implementing the WPI Plan. Also in this collection are articles and addresses by President Hazzard and articles by others about WPI and the Plan. The last part of this collection contains research President Hazzard did, most during his retirement, on the history of private engineering colleges. There are also two drop-front boxes containing congratulatory citations on President Hazzard's inauguration. This collection is organized by series: Series I: Biographical information and material related to President Hazzard's inauguration. Series II: Correspondence Series III: President's Committee (later President's Advisory Committee) Agendas and Minutes Series IV: Reports of the President to the Trustees Series V: Press releases, news articles, other reports, search committee for new president Series VI: Articles and Addresses by President Hazzard Series VII: Articles and papers about WPI and the Plan by others Page 1
Series VIII: President Hazzard's research on the history of private engineering colleges None Series I: Biographical material and WPI Inauguration RG 020_01_11_01 Box 01 Folder 01 1969-1978 Biographical material/announcement that Dr. Hazzard is chosen new President Box 01 Folder 02 1971-1980 Honorary degrees, other honors from colleges and universities Honorary degrees: Clark University, Union College, St. Lawrence University; Alumni Trustee, St. Lawrence University Box 01 Folder 03 1978-1989 Obituary/articles about Pres. Hazzard after his WPI service Box 01 Folder 04 May 25, 1977 President Hazzard's resignation announcement Box 01 Folder 05 September, October 1969 Preparations for Inauguration Box 01 Folder 06 October 1969 Inauguration Programs and Invitations Box 01 Folder 07 March-October 1969 Includes news clipping re. appointment, March 1969 Inauguration - press releases, correspondence, news clippings Series II: Correspondence Most of this correspondence is memoranda to the WPI community. Box 01 Folder 08 RG 020_01_11_02 1969, 1970 Correspondence to WPI Community Includes 5-page paper on the WPI Plan: "New Directions for Technologically-based Education," with cover letter, Sept. 13, 1970 Box 01 Folder 09 1971 Correspondence to WPI Community Box 01 Folder 10 1972 Correspondence to WPI Community Box 01 Folder 11 1973 & 1974 Correspondence to WPI Community Box 01 Folder 12 1975, 1976 Correspondence to WPI Community Includes Affirmative Action Policy, with cover letter, March 2, 1976 Box 01 Folder 13 1971-1978 Correspondence, general Box 01 Folder 14 1970 Correspondence, Alden Trust Letters re. grants from Alden Trust for library materials and Architectural Planning Project; also statement of Page 2
intention to provide $500,000 for professorship in Mr. Alden's name. Box 01 Folder 15 1973-1977 Correspondence, notes, draft of paper re. Energy Crisis Series III: President's Committee/President's Advisory Committee RG 020_01_11_03 This committe generally met at least twice a month. It had been in existence before President Hazzard arrived and continued after he left WPI. It was comprised, in 1969, of Dr. Hazzard; Dean M. Lawrence Price, Vice President and Dean of Faculty; Dean Edward Clarke, Associate Dean of Faculty, Director of Research and Professor of Engineering and Science; David E. Lloyd, Vice President for Business Affairs and Treasurer; Dean Martin Van de Visse, Dean of Student Affairs; Warren B. Zepp, Assistant to the Vice President, University Relations; Roger N. Perry, Director of Public Relations; and Gardner T. Pierce, Director of Planning Department. Topics ranged from general ones related to programs of the school to building projects and specific needs (e.g., better piano in Alden Hall). The committee provided advice to the President, and made practical decisions and implemented them. Box 01 Folder 16 July 1969-December 1969 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 01 Folder 17 January 1970-May 1970 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 01 June 1970-December 1970 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 02 January 1971-May 1971 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 03 June 1971-December 1971 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 04 January 1972-June 1972 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 05 July 1972-November 1972 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 06 January 1973-June 1973 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 07 August 1973-December 1973 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 08 January 1974-June 1974 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 09 August 1975-December 1975 President's Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 02 Folder 10 August 1974-December 1974 President's Committee/President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 03 Folder 01 January 1975-June 1975 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 03 Folder 02 January 1976-June 1976 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 03 Folder 03 September 1976-December 1976 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 03 Folder 04 January 1977-June 1977 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Box 03 Folder 05 September 1977-December 1977 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Page 3
Box 03 Folder 06 January 1978-June 1978 President's Advisory Committee Agendas and Minutes Series IV: Reports of President to Trustees RG 020_01_11_04 Box 03 Folder 07 October 1969-May 1970 Reports of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 08 October 1970-February 1972 Reports of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 09 October 1972-May 1974 Reports of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 10 June 1974 President's Five Year Report to Board of Trustees Box 03 Folder 11 October 1974-May 1975 Reports of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 12 October 1975-May 1976 Reports of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 13 October 1976-May 1977 Report of President to Trustees Box 03 Folder 14 September 1977-May 1978 Report of President to Trustees Series V: Press releases, local news articles, other materials RG 020_01_11_05 Box 03 Folder 15 May 1975 Report - Statistics on Higher Education in Massachusetts Academy for Educational Development, Inc. Box 03 Folder 16 1975 Faculty evaluations of President Hazzard Administerd by Faculty Committee on Appointments and Promotions Box 03 Folder 17 1969-1973 WPI Press Releases Box 04 Folder 01 June 1977-December 1977 Search Committee materials for new president Box 04 Folder 02 1972-1976 Local news articles about President Hazzard and WPI Box 04 Folder 03 published 1963 Paper - "Physics and Culture," by Gerald Hotton Series VI: Addresses and Articles by President Hazzard Box 04 Folder 04 October 17, 1969 Inaugural Address RG 020_01_11_06 Page 4
Box 04 Folder 05 Box 04 Folder 06 Box 04 Folder 07 May 5, 1970 Address: "Common Problems of Technical Colleges and Businesses" Annual meeting of Forging Industry Education & Research Foundation, Williamsburg, VA October 25, 1971 Address: "Technical Educaiton: WPI's Response to the Future" to American Society of Mechanical Engineers Management Executives Conference Fall 1972 Address: "Education through Engineering" Opening Convocation at WPI Box 04 Folder 08 n.d. Address: "As I See It" Box 04 Folder 09 January 8, 1973 New York Times Annual Education Review Article: "Engineering Schools Try to Mold a Broader, More Humanistic Graduate" Box 04 Folder 10 November 20, 1973 Worcester Telegram Article: "What's Right with America: Its Youth" Box 04 Folder 11 Box 04 Folder 12 Box 04 Folder 13 February 26, 1974 Address: "The Technological Humanist: A New Professional-Liberal Education" presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science, 140th Meeting, San Francisco, CA January 1975 Article: "For the Technological Humanist: The WPI Plan" Reprinted from The American Biology Teacher c. 1976 Article: "A New Breed of Leader...The Engineer" AIAA Student Journal Box 04 Folder 14 Box 04 Folder 15 July 1976 in Experimental Mechanics January-March 1978 in various newspapers Editorial: "The 'Technological Humanist'" Opinion Piece: "Technology Must Serve Human Value" Series VII: Articles about WPI and The Plan by others RG 020_01_11_07 Box 04 Folder 16 October 2, 1970 "A College Throws out the Curriculum," by Tim Metz Wall Street Journal Box 04 Folder 17 Box 04 Folder 18 November 16, 1970 "WPI Plan Transforms Education" Chemical Engineering News, Vol. 48, pp. 42-48 1971 "Free but Accountable -- Engineering Students Chart Own Course," by Kenneth G. Gehret Christian Science Monitor Box 04 Folder 19 September 7, 1972 Los Angeles Times "Tech School Students Plan Own Programs," by William Trombley Box 04 Folder 20 Summer 1973 "It's Your Education" Mosaic Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, published by National Science Foundation Page 5
Box 04 Folder 21 June 1974 "WPI's Program for Technological Humanists" Change, the Magazine of Higher Learning, Vol. 6 No. 5 Box 04 Folder 22 Box 04 Folder 23 August 31, 1974 Business Week May 1, 1975 Machine Design "Engineers Learn by Doing" "Training Tomorrow's Engineers," by Mark D. Zimmerman Box 04 Folder 24 September 7, 1975 Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA "'Plan' -- New Philosphy of Education," by Phyllis Anderson Box 04 Folder 25 January 1976 in Engineering Education "History Instruction in a Technical Setting," by JoAnn Manfra, Thomas Shannon, & John Zeugner, WPI Box 04 Folder 26 Box 04 Folder 27 Box 04 Folder 28 Box 04 Folder 29 Box 04 Folder 30 Box 04 Folder 31 January-February 1976 "The Making of a Technological Humanist," by Andreas de Rhoda reprinted from American Education, Vol. 12, No. 1 Spring 1976 "Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the WPI Plan," by W. L. Kranich & I. Zwiebel, WPI Chemical Engineering Education January 10, 1977 "A New Curriculum is Engineered for 'Technological Humanists,'" by Anne C. Roark Chronicle of Higher Education April 1977 Paper: "The WPI Plan: A New Approach to Education,'' by William R. Grogan, et. al., WPI Other authors: Kenneth E. Scott, James S. Demetry, Robert A. Peura 1977 "Technical School Requires a Minor in the Humanities," by Gene I. Maeroff New York Times January 16, 1978 "Engineers train for the new world of business" reprinted from Business Week Series VIII: Research on history of private engineering colleges RG 020_01_11_08 This series includes correspondence with private engineering colleges, articles and histories of some schools, a draft of an outline and introduction to the subject, and index cards containing research notes. These materials were given to William R. Grogan by Mrs. Hazzard in 1997. Box 04 Folder 32 n.d. handwritten Outline, notes, draft of beginning: private engineering colleges in U.S. Box 04 Folder 33 c. 1974-1977 Research on private engineering colleges includes correspondence, bibliogrpahies, statistics, notes Page 6
Box 04 Folder 34 1980-1983 Research -- private engineering colleges -- correspondence, article Box 04 Folder 35 1983 Correspondence, special collections listings -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Box 04 Folder 36 Box 04 Folder 37 1965, 1978, 1983 Correspondence, published history: Illinois Institute of Technology History: The Heritage of Illinois Institute of Technology; ITT position papers 1968, 1983 Correspondence, article, manuscript -- California Institute of Technology Manuscript: First Funds for Cal Tech, by Lawrence Shirley, 1968 Box 05 Folder 01 n.d Typed manuscript: Illinois Institute of Technology history Box 05 Folder 02 1983 Correspondence, research: Carnegie-Mellon University Box 05 Folder 03 1983, n.d. Correspondence, article: Case Western Reserve University Box 05 Folder 04 1983, n.d. Correspondence, published histories: Clarkson College Box 05 Folder 05 1983 Correspondence: Cooper Union Box 05 Folder 06 1983, n.d. Correspondence, articles: Drexel University Box 05 Folder 07 1983 Correspondence: Harvey Mudd College Box 05 Folder 08 1983 Correspondence: Lehigh University Box 05 Folder 09 c. 1955, 1975, 1983 Correspondence and histories: Polytechnic Institute of New York Box 05 Folder 10 n.d., 1982, 1983 Biographical sketch of Charles Pratt Correspondence, article, biographical sketch: Pratt Institute Box 05 Folder 11 n.d., 1983 Correspondence, articles: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Box 05 Folder 12 1896, n.d., 1983, 1984 Correspondence, articles: Stevens Institute of Technology Box 05 Folder 14 on index cards research notes Page 7