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OFF-CAMPUS BULLETIN _ SEPTEMBER 2077SFSU Retirement Assn. do Office 1600 Holloway Avenue, ADM153 , San Francisco, CA94132 www.sfsu.edu/- retire email: retire@sfsu.edu

LARRY IANNI -THE RIGHT MAN

AT THE RIGHT TIME

By Richard Giardina

Ianni Hall! Has a nice ring doesn't it? Thinkperhaps a manor house in the Cotswolds or avilla in Tuscany or maybe a palatial mansionin Woodside or Aptos. But, no, it's actually abrand new residence hall on the campus of theUniversity of Minnesota, Duluth [UMD]. Andon Friday, September 16,Z0LL, at 11:30am, itwill be dedicated as a residence hall in honorof Lawrence lanni, UMD's fifth chancellor.

PRESIDENT'S CORNERBv Tom Soencer

"Happy NewYear" everyone. September has alwaysbeen a more excitingtime for me than |anuary. Thebeginning of another "academic year" meant new groupsofeager students, new class preparations, and newchances to improve my teaching. One of the greatadvantages of academic life is to start anew, to get it rightthis semester. Even in retirement, if it's September,l feelthat I have many places to go and much to do to get thenew term started. Skinner's idea was right about that oldschool bell conditioning. As we start the New Year, Iwanted to call your attention to a couple of importantitems.

First, I wanted to extend the RetirementAssociation'scongratulations to Provost lanni. It isn't every day thatone has a building named after him fsee separate article)."Way to go, Larry. You have obviously made a differenceto be so highly honored."

Manythanlis to Kay McGough who has been workinghard on the development of a new format for our Off-Campus Bulletin, Please give us your feedback on thislayout. Are we going in the right direction? What contentshould we cover on a regular basis? How should theRetirementAssociation be using its Bulletin? Yourcomments maybe sentto our email addressretire@sfsu.edu

Markyour calendars for our annual fall luncheon onNovember 15tr. Our guest speaker will be Provost andVice President for Academic Affairs Sue Rosser fseeevents).The Vice Presidentwill be discussing recentchanges in the academic structure of the universityincluding our colleges and departments. As many of youknow, there will also be adminisffative changes as VicePresident, Leroy Morishia has departed for CaliforniaState University East Bay as Interim President andPresident Corrigan has announced he will step down atthe end of this academic vear.

SoZALI-LZ is shapingup to be an excitingyear. Comejoin your RetirementAssociation and continue to be a partof academic life at SFSU.

Charrcelbr Emeritus I-lrrmence A. Ianrri

MORE ON IANNI

We, of course, know Larry well from his yearsat San Francisco State. He was hired by thenProvost Don Garrity in fall 1975 as dean offaculty affairs. When Garrity left in fall 1978to become president of the CentralWashington University, Paul Rombergappointed Larry as interim provost. Larrywas anointed as permanent provost and vicepresident for academic affairs in Fall 1979,remaining in the position until the end of theL985-87 academic year, at which time hebecame Duluth's chancellor, with his wifeMary Ellen gracefully assuming the position ofUMD's first lady.

According to University of MinnesotaPresident Kenneth H. Keller at the time ofLarry's appointment "Lawrence lanni is theright person for the Universi| of Minnesota,Duluth, and the University of Minnesota. I waslooking for a leader, an aggressive personwithhigh academic standards and a commitment topublic education. These are all of the things wewanted in the Minnesota system, and I thinkwehave found all of them in Dr. Ianni."

Larry received his bachelor's degree fromClarion University of Pennsylvania and thenwent on for his M.A. and Ph.D. in English fromCase-Western Reserve University. It was atClarion that he metwife-to-be Mary Ellen;they married in March of L952. [Note to alltheir friends: the big 60ttt anniversary iscoming up in March 20L2!1

Larry's first teaching job was at ConneautValley High School, about 35 miles south ofErie, PA. Then, after moving to Mentor, OH, toteach high school and start his graduate workat Case Western, he and Mary Ellen [withdaughters Laura and Bethl moved back toPennsylvania so that Larry could teach Englishat Indiana University of Pennsylvania

At Indiana U., Larry was a department head,associate dean ofthe Graduate School, andfinally collective bargaining agent for theAdministration vis-A-vis the faculty.

lnL975, Larry and the family moved to SanFrancisco, with Larry continuing to climb theeducational administration ladder leadingultimately to the UMD chancellorship. SFSUcolleague Nanry McDermid has these wordsto offer about Larry;

"As e member of the 1975 selectioncommittee, I was privileged torecommend the initial hiring of LarryIanni. In L979, he became provost and Istarted serving my 23 years as dean ofthe College of Humantties. I havealways admired the clarity, courogeand honesty with which Larry stateshis opinion; such a voice is a valuableone, especially in the university. Larrymade significant contributions to thehumanities: the creation of the WomenSfudies Department; the beginnings ofthe Japanese, Classics, and MuseumStudies MA's; the dream of a newHumanities Building;

the hiring of cadres of outstanding faculty; thesupport ofthe Poetry Center and Forensics;respect for academic fteedom even whentested and taunted by Golden Gator headlines;and his own delightin designing a course on"beatnik poets." Throughout the 36 years ofourfriendship, Larry has never been too buryto listen, or to be leaned on."

As we all know, after Larry retired as UMD'schancellor, he and Mary Ellen moved backto the BayArea, returning to the home they still owned in SanBruno. And, ofcourse, Larry now seryes the SanFrancisco State University Retirement Associationwith distinction as a member of its Board ofDirectors.

The Budgeteer [Duluth's local paper) reporter DickPalmer summed up Larry's assets in a single phraseheadlining a lengthy and glowing article inDecember of L994: "He's a likeable, secondgeneration Paisanwith a special gift!" His manyfriends here in the Bay Area [and especially those ofItalian origin!l would certainly agree.

SAN FRANCISCO STATE'SHISTORY CORNER

By Meredith Eliassen

The Arts... and lndustry:D & l's early history

With the recent restructuring of collegesat San Francisco State due to ongoing economicchallenges, it would be easy to forget thatnothing is new... and our campus has

often used times of hardship toinnovate new curriculum to suitcurrent needs. The Department ofDesign and Industry traces its roots to

teacher training.Evelyn Susan Mayer (1889-1955J taught

the first manual arts course, Aft.7 "Craft" in1926 where students learned manual arts asthey created their own designs. Employingblockprinting stenciling painting and dyeingsfudents made scarves, pillows, lampshades,and bookends. Mayerwas credited in somecircles with introducing European influences inmodern art to American art education, andstudents asked her to be the first facultyadvisor for the Art Club. Alice Allcutt and FrankRay taught Art TS "lndustrial Arts for PrimaryGrades and Kindergarten" beginning in 1928.This class was designed to prepare teachers toorganize curriculum involving craft projects inthe kindergarten and primary grades andincluded instruction in makingtoys, boxfurniture, and children's costumes, alongwithcardboard construction and mixing andhandling of clay.

ANNUAL FALL LUNCHEONFeaArfirg SFSU Provost & Vicn Pre6,tut?f,/l Sue Rosser,wfro will discuss the Untvqsllt's rcorganiatlon.When: Tuesday, November L5,20LtTime: 11:30 a.m.Where: Basque Cultural Center

599 Railroad AvenueSouth San Francisco, CA 94080

Note: A flyer, with additional details, willbe forthcoming.

BEACH BLANKET BABYLON.,,.a joint venture with The

University Women's Association (UWA).When: Sunday, November L3,201LTime: 2:00 p.m.Where: Club Fugazi,678 Beach BlanketBlvd., SFCosu $44.00 per ticketRSVP: Send check payable to UWA {noIater than Septembef 30tn) to Lin Ivory,

145 Sequoia Dr., SanAnselmo, CA94960

MORE HISTORY CORNER

Frank Ray joined the Art Department in7920. Ray hailed from Australia and studied atWesley College, Melbourne, Australia,Melbourne Technical College as well asCalifornia School of Arts and Crafts, Berkeley,California.

Ray as the first Industrial ArtsDepartment's chair (and only professor)launched a program comprised of five coursesin 1929. The going was tough since the GreatDepression compelled consolidation of campusresources. While the program includedmechanical drawing woodwork, toyconstruction, stage mechanics, and householdmechanics, the Iast two courses were notoffered until 1934. Women dominated thestudent body and this curriculum was designedto fulfill school needs; mechanical drawing andwoodworkingwere soon offered as more menenrolled at San Francisco State. Manual Artsreturned to auspices of the Art Department inL936.

Daniel S. Farmer was hired in 1930 toteach in the Physical Education Department andserve as director ofSan Francisco State CollegeRecreation Camp offered in Summer Sessions,but he broadened the Industrial Arts curriculumduring the war years to include courses on workbench techniques, printing hobby craft, generalshop, drafting and furniture makingthatincorporated wood turning fi nishingupholstering and advanced carpentry. 1n1942,Industrial Arts first was offered as a minor forstudents seeking kindergarten-primaryeducation, elementary and junior high schoolteaching credentials. Soon Farmer served as thechair and Ray was assistant professor. Thefollowing year they offered a course "lndividualProjects" for advanced students to exploreemerging area in the industrial arts. Once thewar ended, veterans demanded courseworkthat would prepare them for jobs in industry,and by 1952 Industrial Arts offered a majordegree.

IN MEMORIAM...

6"ry6"rfrIPRESIDENT CORRIGAN

TO RETIREPresident RobertA. Corrigan announced thathewill complete his term as president by the end ofthe academic year. The L2th president in SF Statehistory Corigan has served the campus since1988.

"l love thisUniversityand takegreat pridein all wehave beenable toaccomplishtogether. Inan academiccareer thatspans 54years,

I can say that you have been the greatest groupof colleagues with whom I have had the greatgood fortune to workwith Corrigan said.

TO THE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATIONENDOWMENT FUND TO SUPPORT

FUTURE TRAVEL AND PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

Julian Randolph in Memory of Maurice Tseng;LaVonne Jacobsen; Elinor Charleston; and

EulaWest