monday, august 25, 1875
daily nebraskan
page 8
Officials refl
Surprise 2nd disappointment were two
of the reactions ' of members of the NU
Board of Regents, AS UN President Jim Say
and Gov. J. James Exon to last week's
resignation by UNL Chancellor James
Zumberge.
Zumberge announced his resignation
last Wednesday. At the same time it was
announced that his name will be submitted
to the Southern Methodist University
(SMU) Board of Trustees for president of
tha't university.
Exon and Regent Ed Schwartzkopf of
Lincoln both said Zumberge's resignation
reflects the university's ability to attract
talented people who later are selected for
higher positions elsewhere.
Tight-fisted legislature
Zumberge said one of his reasons for
leaving is the Nebraska Legislature's
tight-fisted approach to faculty salaries and
the current question concerning the
division of authority between the
Legislature and regents.
; The Nebraska Constitution says the
regents are "an arm of the Legislature,"
Exon said. The Legislature should "take a
good hard look at budget requests' and
appropriate money, then let the regents
allocate the money as they see fit, he said.
Exon said it would be wrong to
conclude that Zumberge left for any other
reasons than for higher salary and a more
prestigious job.
Higher salary
Zumberge reportedly would receive a
$75,000 annual salary with a $25,000
pension fund if selected as SMU president.
His salary at UNL was $48,000 a year.
People in education are upwardly
mobile, Exon said, and there is no reason
to keep a maa in Nebraska if he can move
to higher places.
Whenever some one leaves the university
there are "always groans and moans about
money" and people say that if the
university paid more these people would
have stayed, he said.
"But as long as we're competitive in the
Big 8 in salaries," Exon said, the university
will continue to attract high quality people
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Other offers known
Schwartzkopf said that he was aware
that Zumberge has been offered positions
at other schools before being considered by
SMU.
He said that "within the last year"
Zumberge had expressed interest in the
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presidency ot the University ot Minnesota
and was "I think in the top three" on the
list of candidates for the job.
Schwartzkopf said he would be
disappointed if at least 200 people did not
. apply for the UNL chancellorship.
Zumberge said he would not
recommend a successor, but added that he
thought there were people within the NU
system qualified for the job.
Regent Kermit Hanson of Omaha agreed
with Zumberge, but declined to mention
any names.
Difficult replacement
ASUN President Jim Say said he
thought finding a replacement for
Zumberge will be difficult.
"He (Zumberge) has been both an
effective administrator and has been good
in working directly with students " Say
said. Say said Zumberge's involvement with
students seeking to lengthen UNL
residence hall's visitation hours was one
example.
' "Zumberge didn't have to become
involved," Say said. "He could have passed
the problem on down to one of his vice
chancellors, but decided instead to show a
real interest."
Say said hethought Zumberge related
well to people in the state and increased
goodwill between UNL and Nebraskans by
expanding respect for education.
"He is an academician as well as an
administrator, and this helped give the
university more status in the eyes of
Nebraskans," he said.
Acting chancellor not known
Say said he does not know who NU
President D.B. Varner will select as acting
chancellor once Zumberge leaves Oct. 1,
and said the regents probably will decide at
a Sept. 6 meeting' the procedure for
choosing membership to a search
committee for Zumberge's replacement.
Varner was unavailable for comment on
Zumberge's resignation, but in a statement
released last Wednesday, said "there is no
way to minimize the loss of Jim Zumberge.
"These are difficult times in higher
education throughout the country.
Certainly Nebraska is no exception. All of
us have made a major commitment to
building a stronger University for the
people of this state and Jim Zumberge has
given his best talent to his objective. Tntre
is no denying the moments of frustration
which he and others-have experienced."
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Zumberge said that current salaries
don't compete with other institutions and
that this has a "demoralizing" effect on the
faculty.
On the other hand, Zumberge said, the
Legislature has been very generous in
supplying capital outlay for new buildings.
He cited the new Law College, Love
Memorial Library addition, physical plant
improvements and the new Life Sciences
Hdg. as examples of this generosity.
Administrative experience
Before becoming UNL chancellor, the
Minneapolis native was dean of Arizona
University's College of Earth Sciences and
president of Grand Valley State College at
Allendale, Mich. He received his PhD.
from Minnesota University and was a
professor of geology at Michigan University
from 19S0-62, becoming a full professor in
1960.
Zumberge has been a member of two
expeditions to Arctic Alaska in 194647
and led an expedition to investigate the
geological history of Lake Superior in
1961-62.
The Marine veteran also organized and
accompanied two Antarctic expeditions,
the first in 19S7 as chief geologist for the
VS. International Geophysical Year study
of the Ross Ice Shelf and the second in
1959.
His research in polar regions led to his
appointment as chairman of the Polar
Research Board of the National Academy
of Sciences.
Recognition for Zumberge came when
Cape Zumberge, Antarctica, was named in
his honor in 1962 and when President Fcrd
named him to the National Science Board,
the governing body of the National Science
Foundation, in 1974. He was elected to the
board's executive committee last May.
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