News Scrapbook 1970-1972

San Diego, Tuesd•y, April 18, 1972 NEW SDSC PRES/DENT MAKES GRADE Gol

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FR.O fring e l>enPfl ts of major importance. Goldin1(s . alarv al Wright State is 39.500. The maximum he C'/ln m11ke at Snn Diego State College, under the cur- rent 'alarv . chedule 1s 36.000.• 'or is any home 'pro1•ided for the SDSC presi- dent . 'Al my age it is eas) to gel secure in one place and JU t coa t along.'' the 52- ·rar-old former chemistry professor ~,d. "That's what I want lo avoid. Some people are looking for seC'urity. You might say I'm running away from it." Goldmg thrives on challenge, and he v. 111 talk proudly about past successes In both industry and academia. A native of Chicago, Golding earned his bachelor's, master's and doctorate i1Pgrees at Purdue University and then took a job as director of research m 1948 for a failing paint company in Jn- ciiana. When he left the firm 11 years Jater it was thnving and Golding will- ngly takes credit for putting the com- any on its feet again, During his last two years in industry Golding al o taught chemical engineer- Ing at Purdue and eventually headed up the umver. ity's prestigious School of Chem cal Engineering - a post he I ft in October 1966 to take over as president-elect of the future Wright State University when it was a new hranrh campus administered jointly by Ohro State and l\11am1 universities. Members of the faculty and adminis- tration generally agree Golding has al- rnost ingle-handedl,v .built Wright State from a di ·organized extension school Into the . howcase for hi~her educatron ln Ohio. But not everyone agrees wllh hi: methods. 'He's a great administrator," said one history professor who asked not to be identified . "But I'm not sure he al- a · und r land-. th& academic world o dou thou h, he deserves credit or getU g th! place in shape." Golding has won the admiration of most edueators, however. "He's a vr1v forceful administrntor," sa1rl Dr.• ic.holas Pied1scalz1. chair- man of )he university's department of rel11?10n "Brage has done wonders here. "He isn't afraid lo meet an Issue head on - nor doe. he mince words, Bra e i. a tough fighter, but you al- ways know exactly where you stand with him." "He was brought here to put things to ether and he made a few enemies. lt'. natural for an executive to step on some toes, but Golding t;ikes things too per onally. He's very paternal about thi. place and he will be about San Diego." Some faculty member said they think Golding mav be ducking o:.it on Wright State before everal smoldering problems concerning mmoirity hiring and budget upsets explode into chaos. But Golding fore ees smooth sailing for hoot and says he is leaving with a clear conscience. "There are alwa} s going 10 be prob- lem here or at any other school.·• Golrhng said. "But I think this . rhonl is in good shape - it's toughest years are behind it.'' Some of those closest to Golding at- tribute hi. desire to move as pure am- b1t1on , " While this place still offers chal- lenges." explained Fred White, vice- president and treasurer of Wright Stale. I'm sure Brage is thinking of his career. This move is a step up for him. " Even though he won't be as well off financially, going to San Diego has morp prestige. ,means a lot to him." Golding ,;a,..,,w.1-,., 1 diHerentl,i. 'The opport 1,. ti an a school of that size is excning.'' he said. "Jf e\·e111hing I've heard about San Diego s State 1s true, it is an exciting place Piediscalzi . aid Golding was hand- picked to . hape Wright State into a first class institution.

''Thev're branding me a rart t I even· get out there," he said. ' I'm not lryrng to hide anything, but I do like to have both sides of the story told in something this touchy." At the request of Mrs. Thomas, the U.S. Department of Health, Educalton and Welfare investigated her firing anrl ruled ii was discdminalion and. she should be offered equivalent work at the same pay. Golding said a HEW inve tigator ac- cepted his offer of three equivalent , jobs, but later ·reversed that decision and said the positions the university offered were not equivalent. The c~se is now pending in court but it will re- main for the next president of Wright State to iron out whatever problems evolve. Dr. Paul McStallworth, a black his- tory professor and chairman of his d<'• partment, said he thinks the admini~- lration bungled the matter from the be- ginning. "! don't believe Dr. Golding is a raC'- ist," .\1cStallworth said in an interview . "But the crux of this matter was a fail ure by the administration to handle the matter with more delicacy. '•If they had been more sensith·r- thev would ha\ e anticipated the re- sulis. I think the administration forced Bettv ertainly Golding. JI pola- rized this campus and the scars will be with us for ome · e." Students serm more neutral on Gold- ing. Harry Batt on .20 the bu hy-ha11 - ed editor t , ampu new~pap<'1 Guardian, ar meeun1; with Golding and ab know the 1-hrrf executive bette tudent "If I were going to label him any• thing," Battson said. "it would prob ably be a 'moderating force'." "Most of the things that have caused trouble here weren't really his fault, but he had to step in and catch all the hell while he tried to pick up the pieces and put things back together. "His biggest trouble is that be's a bit authoritarian. He says he has been try- ing to decentralize the administration. but when things go wrong he blames himself for not doing the job himself." Battson, a junior political science major, said Golding likes contact with students, but the growing size of the campus all but prohibits meaningful re- Iiitions. Wnght f1late now has more th;m 12.000 students. San Diego Slate enrol- ment stands at more than 26,000. Battson and Golding frequently dis- agree on the policy of the campus newspaper, but the young editor said Golding has never censored the publi- cation, although he does "chew me out quite a bit." A poll conducted by the campu.s newspaper indicated most students had little emotional response to the news that Golding was leaving. Linda Allen, a senior in business said "he's done a good job getting Wright State on its feet and nobody can expect a man to pass up advancement possi• bilities because he's been here since it started."

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where education can grow and change. "San Diego is a mature campus. Only 20% of the students are freshmen and sophomores. compared to 70% at Wright. That makes a big difference in the kinds of program· you can have." Golding should be popular with facul- h· at SDSC. He frown on what he calls ,'.legislative meddling" in academic af- fairs and considers research - and the oul.51de funds it attracts-as the life- blood of a university. That philosophy might rally support on campus, but it won't necessarily win friends in Sacramento. Golding is strongly in favor of main- aining an Diego a '- p1oneei'4!oe- toral programs which California's leg- islative analys1 A. Alan Post has called an "unnecessary financial burden to taxpayers." ''I'm in favor of research." he said. ''Why shouldn't I be? J was in industry for years. Research is my field." Some of Golding's critics have ac- cu. ed him of being so partial to the . c1entific limbs of the academic tree that he 111nores the liberal arts. But Dr. James Gleason. chairman of the Eng- lish department at WSU, doesn't share that opinion ":'io one can show me where Golding has favored the sciences at the expense of liberal arts departments.'' Gleason aid. "I know his field is chemical en- gineering, but whate,er his personal inclination he has never given a dis- proportionate amount of money or at- tention to sciences instead of liberal arts. ''All of the liberal arts departments have grown equally with the sciences. In some cases, more so. "He has been pushing for a medical school for .ome time now, and I sup- pose some people have grabbed on to that as indication he favors science. But that's utter nonsense." Despite the general praise Golding receives from his administration and faculty, there ha,e been moments dur- ing his tenure at Wright State when things were touchy. The hottest item Golding has handled since taking the job was the Betty Thomas incident-a charge of discrimination against a black woman which is still unresolved. Mrs. Thomas. a 35-year-old former staff assistant. was passed over for a promotion and charged the university with discrimination because of both race and sex. Golding counters her charges by saying that the decision not to renew her contract was an admin- istrative reaction to employe insubor- dination. The incident ha. been emharrassing to Golding - particularlv when stories appeared recently in the Dai!v Aztec, the student newspaper at San Diego State.

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Nancy Hunt, a senior psychology ma- jor, said she doesn't hink Golding dirl enough for Wright State. She said more innovative ideas should be tried before the school grows too large to m ke ex- perimental education possible. everal students said they think Golding has fulfilled his mission and is leaving at the right time.

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'Oii~ ¥'./i_6_/;/2 WEEKEl\"D REVIEW -Friendship was the key- 'llote of many of the parties with a purpose on the weekend. Among them was the seated dinner given Friday by Thomas J. Fleming at his La Jolla apart- ment to introduce Dr. and Mrs. Author E. Hughes to friends in the county. Dr. Hughes is the president or the Univer-;ity of San Diego and honored with him and l\lrs. Hughes wne the Rev. i\lsgr, Jolm Portman and the Rev. Dr. and )lrs. Delwin Schneider. Aftel' dinner Dr. Hughes spoke to each table group about the university and future plans. Msgr. Port- man, chairman of the religious studies program at USD. spoke on the first course being offered through the new Ecumenical Center for World Religions, a . eminar on Hinduism. Also speaking was Dr. Schneider, a Lutheran minister who is coordinator for the Ecumenical Cen- ter. Assisting Mr. Fleming as hosts and hostf'Sses at dinner tables were the Messrs. and Mmes. Thomas Keelin, Edward Monahan and Thomas Finn. The legal prol'ession and judiciary were we-JI rep- r&ented and so were the many ciyic grou11s the honorees partici11ate in at the reception Friday bon• · orin Jud e and llrs. Charles W. Froehlich Jr. -----