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Human Subjects, Committee on, 1974

 File — Box: 14-31, Folder: 16

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

The records of the first ten years of Steven Muller's presidency, 1972-1982.

This series encompasses the records of Steven Muller's first ten years as president of The Johns Hopkins University, covering the academic years beginning in July 1972 and ending in June 1982.

These records reflect the university's steady climb from the record deficits sustained in 1970-1971, to a stage where Hopkins was again operating in the black by the mid-1970s. This financial recovery was due in large measure to a program of administrative and academic belt-tightening. Numerous staff vacancies were left unfilled, at least temporarily, and budget increases were held to a minimum. Also responsible in part for the University's recovery was a massive and highly-successful fundraising campaign, the Hopkins Hundreds, which began in the early 1970s and culminated in the University's centennial in 1976.

The centennial celebration itself began in Fall 1975 and drew to a climax at the Commemoration Day observance held on February 22, 1976, the one hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of Daniel Coit Gilman as the first president of the University.

Shortly after being named University president, Muller also was elected president of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the first person to hold both posts simultaneously since Daniel Coit Gilman. The Hospital is an independent corporate entity, though it is closely tied to the University by virtue of the dual appointments granted to many Medical School and Hospital staff. As a result of Muller's being president of both institutions, there is a considerable amount of material in this series which pertains to the Hospital.

Another subject which is documented in this series is the impact on Hopkins, and higher education in general, of President Reagan's budget cuts. Although this series ends in mid-1982, numerous files contain letters of protest and other materials arguing against cutting federal funds for education. Whatever the long-term impact might be of this reduction in federal aid, there is little evidence in this series to make a judgment either way. Through mid-1982 Johns Hopkins remains a healthy, viable University, among the leaders in the world.

The records in this series are arranged alphabetically by subject, and chronologically within each folder. The container list which follows is not a folder-by-folder listing of the contents of each box, but rather a subject listing with inclusive dates.

Dates

  • Creation: 1974

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

All collections are closed except to office of origin or original owner until processed. University records are closed for 25 years from the point of creation. Files in this collection that have additional restrictions are noted accordingly.

Extent

From the Record Group: 328.93 Cubic Feet (148 record center cartons, 373 letter size document boxes, 4 letter half-size document boxes, 2 legal size document boxes, 1 flat box (19 x 14.75 x 3 inches))

Language of Materials

From the Record Group: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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