History of the Emeritus College
Founding of the Emeritus College at ASU
Based on a suggestion sent in 2003 to President Michael Crow by Richard Jacob, Professor Emeritus of Physics, a steering committee consisting of nine ASU emeriti was established with Jacob as Chair to develop a proposal for the creation of an Emeritus College at Arizona State University. The proposal was submitted to Provost Milton Glick on July 6, 2004 and was approved by the university administration. The College was officially established November 2, 2004. A detailed personal account of the founding of the Emeritus College by Founding Dean Richard Jacob was published in the Spring 2010 issue of Emeritus Voices, the Journal of the Emeritus College.
Following are the Proposal and Appendices as submitted to the ASU administration.
Proposal for an Emeritus College at Arizona State University
Appendix A: Emeritus Associations at Selected Universities
Appendix B: In-Depth Analysis of Emeritus Interests
Appendix C: Emeritus College Survey - Summary of Responses
Appendix D: Proposed Physical Facilities
Appendix E: Hypothetical Budget
Survey of ASU Emeriti
An inaugural convocation celebrating the establishment of the College was held on July 8, 2005.
The Emeritus College Founding Council at the Inaugural Convocation. Left to right: Leonard Gordon (Sociology), Winifred Doane (Zoology), Howard Voss (Physics), John Bell (Secondary Education), Charles Merbs (Anthropology), Takayori Atsumi (Music), Richard J. Jacob (Dean, Physics), and Fred Fehr (Psychology). Not pictured: Charles Elliott (Engineering) and Ronald Alvarado (Zoology). Gordon, Voss, Bell, Atsumi, Alvarado and Fehr are deceased. All but Merbs served on the Steering Committee.