1984_02 The Daily Collegian February 1984

              CSU, Fresno
Wednesday, Feb. 1,1984:
The Daily Collegian
Burton resigns as dean of business
""** Dr. Gene E. Burton announced Tues¬
day that he will officially step down as
Dean of the School of Business and
Adminstrative Sciences beginning July I
to devote all his time to teaching.
In an interview with the Daily Colle¬
gian, Burton said he will be reassigned a
position as a full-time instructor in the
business school next fall and that he doe*;
not know at this time who will fill the open
Burton, who was insuted as dean in
July 1979. said he is "tired" and that "it's
time to let somebody else come in with
some good ideas."
Burton also said that in the five years he
has been dean that the business school has
"made fantastic progress."
"I'm just tired," Barton said. "1 think
I've really contributed all 1 can do in the
best interest of the school to make sure we
keep on moving ahead. Let's bring some¬
body else in and see if he or she can handle
November by unnamed professors in the
business school were not a factor in his
request to be reassigned.
"The (plagiarism) issue was closed back
in November, so I dont think that's been
hanging over my head. The charges were
investigated and that was over two months
ago." Burton said.
'I'm just tired...I think I've
really contributed all I can
do in the best interest of
the school to make sure we
keep on moving ahead.
Let's bring somebody else
in and see if he or she can
handle it.'
—Burton
A professor in management and mar¬
keting. Burton obtained his bachelor's
and master's degrees in business adminis¬
tration at the University of Texas at
Arlington and his doctorate from North
Texas State University. His business
experience includes management positions
with General Electric Co. and with Rock-
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well International, an aerospace firm.
In addition to his administrative duties
as dean of the business school. Burton
currently'teaches classes within the school.
He said that he is now ready to devote his
time in the classroom rather than in the
office,
. "I really do like to teach. I'm a very
good teacher." he said. "And there are'
ot her things I like to do: I like to research,
I like to read, but 1 have precious little
time to do those things in the dean's
chair."
As outgoing dean. Burton said he
would liked lo have .seen the business
school more "aggressive" in the attain--
ment of new equipment.
"I think we could have perhaps pursued
the computerization of our curriculum
with a little more fervor," he said. "We're
U iking at hopefully adding another mi¬
crocomputer lab for Ihe fall. WeVe done
agcment and marketing department.
They (the courses) will be in the area of
management and marketing, I'm sure.
Thais what rr,
hinkw
i, but 1
perhaps could have done a better
job there. The new administration will
have to pay particular attention to that."
Burton said the kinds of courses he will
be teaching next fall will approved by Dr.
Richard Tellier
Snow reports $20,000
in unallocated funds
More than $20,000 are left in the Asso¬
ciated Students' unallocated funds. AS
administrative Vice President Chris Snow
informed the senate at their meeting Tues-.
day afternoon.
Snow congratulated the senate, saying
this is a substantial sum for this point in
:. Snow
alyear.
Also in his report to
said the College Union Board is consider¬
ing changing their procedure manual and
Uking a chairman from the ranks of the
board rather than having the AS Admi¬
nistrative Vice President chair the meet¬
ings. The AS Administrative Vice Presi¬
dent would be given a vote.
"This directly concerns the Associated
Students," Snow said, "because the chair¬
manship is the key position on the board."
No decision has been made concerning
this policy change, but a meeting will be
held Monday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. in CU 308
to discuss the issue. Snow urged the sena-
:ors. officers and interested students to
mend the meeting because it is "impor-
ant  to the Associated  Studenu as a
Since committees have just set their
meeting times and have so far taken little .
action, and lOday's notice Is required/or
an item to appear on an agenda, the AS
senate meeting this week was short.
The 10-minute meeting began when
Legislative Vice President Michael Balad¬
janian read what he called a "detriment lo
our work" in the form of a memo from
Sen. Thomas Watson. Watson was asking
for consulution before items are placed
on the agenda concerning the Legal and
Legislative Committee, which he chairs.
Specifically, he was protesting the agen¬
da for the Feb. 7 meeting, which includes a
voter registration resolution, and the agen- '
da for Jan. 24, on which StERN (State¬
wide Educational Rights Network) was
placed even though, he said, it had already
•Sec Senate, Page 3
Salaries under review
in UC, CSU systems
Salaries for the presidents and chancel¬
lors ofthe California State U niversily and
University of California have come under
fire in a resolution introduced by State
Sen. Robert Presley,
Presley (D-Riverside) seeks to put the
presidents and chancellors "on notice" for
what Presley describes as "exhorbitant
salary levels" for the administrative posi-
liohs at the CSU and UC systems.
The CalifornU Sute Board Trustees
voted by a 12-2 vote last November to give
the presidents and chancellors an increase.
Presley voiced strong criticism last fall
over raises of top-level administrators,
calling the salaries "outrageous." He con¬
tends in the resolution lhat at both Califor¬
nia State University and the University of
CalifornU systems, the "fiscal integrity
has been increasingly threatened by the
esublishment of exhorbiunt salary levels
for many ofthe administrative positions."
Presley said the resolution would put
the saUries of top-levels administrators of
the CSU and UC systems under legislative
review. The resolution would not have the
binding effect of a Uw. but Presley pointed
out that "its passage will send them a
.Roy Brophy, one of the trustees who
voted against the increase, said in an
earlier sutcment that he wasn't opppoted
to the raise, just the amount. He noted
that along with the raises were fringe
benefits, which include a housing and
entertainment allowance that push the
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