Administrative Matters
1995
Administrative
Includes findings related to: Faculty meetings, retreats and appointments; Departmental teaching, studies, and admissions; Correspondence exchanged among the faculty members and between faculty and students.
Contents
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Promotion of Gary Black to Tenure. Includes his file with recommendations, research and other creative work, and teaching
06/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Mary Comerio, Stephen Tobriner, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Tenured Faculty, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Letter indicating attached are the Ad Hoc Committee Reports for Gary Black and Ralf Weber's tenure cases (not attached) with the date for discussion
11/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Francine Terrell, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Tenured Faculty, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Note
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Details for and against the recommendation for Gary Black's tenure
13/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Stephen Tobriner, Mary Comerio, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Request for emergency meeting with recipients regarding Gary Black's CV and Statement of Activities regarding the misstatement of facts
14/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Mary Comerio, Stephen Tobriner, Sam Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Gary Blacks Role in C.E.S. Professional Work: Overview of his life as a student and a detailed review as an employee at C.E.S., with a closing indicating he should be tenured
14/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Sam Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Re: Written Statements in your Promotion File: Letter expressing the reaction of Christopher Alexander to the way Gary Black has presented the work he has done in C.E.S. from 1982 to 1994, which include extensive inaccuracies regarding his real contribution to work; letter is followed by two attachments with specific references to Gary Black's CV and Statement of Activities with a handwritten note by Prof. Christopher Alexander "All Marks Indicate Editing is Required". Together with the letter there is a copy of "Statement of Activities for R. Gary Black" with a handwritten note by Prof. Gary Black "Indicates recent changes"; there also two drafts of the body of the letter with few insertions
19/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Gary Black, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Re: My Failed Attempts to Meet with Gary Black's Tenure Committee; history of the requests made to meet with the tenure committee and a request to understand why it has been rejected
14/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Memo to File, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Notification of enclosed draft documents for their information. Mentions: Draft letter for Gary file, copy of letter given to Gary and a marked up copy of Gary CV (none attached)
22/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Sam Davis, Stephen Tobriner, Mary Comerio, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Handwritten letter stating concern that Christopher Alexander has not heard from Gary Black indicating time is of the essence in this situation with the documentation
25/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Gary Black, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Letter stating that Gary Black should be given tenure with the caveat that grave concerns about the truth of facts which need corrections; two slightly different versions of the unsigned letter
24/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Stephen Tobriner, Mary Comerio, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Letter regarding Gary Black's role in C.E.S. Professional Work
25/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Sam Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Gary Black Promotion Case: Promotion of Gary Black to Tenure. Letter of recommendation to tenured position
26/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Mary Comerio, Stephen Tobriner, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Tenured Faculty, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Gary Black Promotion Case: Notification that there remains a few problems post Gary's updates that still need to be discussed
25/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Sam Davis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Response to Draft Report of Mid-Career Evaluation
20/09/1995
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Hansjoachim Neis, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Ad Hoc Committe, Dan Solomon, Peter Bosselmann, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Clarification for Black, R.G. (1995) 'Design of Concrete Tracery Trusses to Define Architectural Space' J. Arch Engrg., ASCE 1(1), 9-17
03/05/1996
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Bijan Mohraz, United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Structures Division, Gaithersburg, MD, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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Regarding tenure proceedings, notification of receipt of letter to Professor Stephen Barnett is provided, and the decision that no further actions will be filed against Gary Black pursuant to the charges set forth
10/01/1997
Administrative, Promotion CaseSender:Carol Christ, University of California Berkeley, Office of the Chancellor, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Recipient:Christopher Alexander, University of California Berkeley, College of Environmental Design, Department of Architecture, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Medium:Letter
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