The Michigan Daily - Friday, May 30, 1986 -Page 13
Duderstadt misses student contact
(continued from Page ii pose of exchanging profound elec- student opinion. His reputation in the "HE WAS ALWAYS willing to give "His experience, background, and
decisions during Duderstadt's tenure tronic messages with the squadron of college is pretty high," said Marc, you an ear, but he didn't always personality suggest that he will be
as dean. associate deans." Chapo, president of the Engineering agree. He was brutally honest," he comfortable dealing with state
"He's an autocrat," said one Duderstadt, who sometimes comes Council, the college's student gover- said. legislators. We think that will be a
engineering professor, who asked to to work between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., nment. One of Duderstadt's closest plus," said Richard Kennedy,
remain anonymous. "He should be laughs when asked about Cumninou's CHAPO AND OTHER students associates has been Mechanical University vice president for Gover-
more open to hearing other people, newsletter. point out that Duderstadt arranged Engineering Prof. Charles Vest, who nment Relations.
more receptive to influences from "I think she enjoys it. People find it three meetings each term with replaced him as dean on an interim
other sources." amusing. I find it amusing, and that's Engineering Council representatives basis. Vest acknowledges Duder- "IT GIVES our presentation of
PERHAPS the most outspoken fine," he says. "She's using satire to and leaders from various engineering stadt's blunt style, but discounts needs to the state a good deal more
critic of Duderstadt is Mechanical raise her concerns." honor societies anyone who calls him an autocrat. credibility since we've got an
Engineering Prof. Maria Cumninou. LSA JUNIOR Jen Faigel, who The meetings, which covered "Jim is blunt. He gets to the poiint, acknowledged expert in these areas,"
Cumninou has been publishing a currently serves with Duderstadt on everything from donut sales on North and he lets you know exactly where he Kennedy adds.
satirical newsletter mocking the for- the University Budget Priorities Campus to parking at the new stands," Vest says. "He's capable of
mer dean's "authoritarian" methods. Committee, describes his presence of engineering building, show that analyzing and thinking issues through Duderstadt will tackle these
The newsletter called the "The the committee as overbearing. Duderstadt "is definitely concerned much quicker than most people. Some problems with an appetite for
News from the College of "He seems to be really trying to for the engineering students and how people react to this by assuming he's working long hours that amazes his
Manageering' characterizes Duder- manipulate the decisions toward what they feel about things," according to not thinking things through. But he colleagues.
stadt as "Dean Van Mer he wants," Faigel said. "He hushes Chapo. is-he's just doing it faster." "He tends to work at a speed about
Markustadt," and satirizes what the for his arguments and doesn't listen "He's got his opinions and he's Duderstadt's greatest challenge in two-fold above everybody else," says
author awoare-ntly sees as excessis; to other arguments. determined about them, but he's his new position will be formulating Elaine Harden, an assistant to the
demands onf <culty. Duderstadt, seemingly unpertur- always been reasonable," Chaco ad- an effective University budget in an engineering dean who has been in the
Although Cumninou could not be bed, once again chuckles when con- ded. era where decreasing state college for more than 25 years. Har-
reached for c )mment, one issue of her fronted with this criticism. CLEARLY, one can get the im- allocations have caused a fiscal den swears that, other than planned
newsletter described "Markostadt's" "I'VE NEVER had a student say pression that he's a little ruthless," crisis. vacations, Duderstadt never missed a
mythical installation of a 16-hour that to me," he says, insisting that he said nuclear engineering prof. Bill HE SAYS he will seek renewed day of work during his time as dean.
work day "to increase (engineering) finds student input "terribly impor- Martin, who worked with Duderstadt state support, in addition to more unlike the five previous deans she has
faculty productivity and morale." tant." before he became engineering dean, corporate and alumni funds. Like worked with.
"THIS LEAVES faculty plenty of Engineering students and Duder- Martin adds that Duderstadt is other administrators, he reiterates And according to Conway, this in-
time to rush home for the late-late stadt's colleagues agree that he seeks really "not that way at all. He just that internal re-allocation may again tensity will add an element of un-
movie," the newsletter continues. out other opinions when making gets the job done." be necessary to insure the Univer- predictability to the administration.
"Ambitious buckaneers are urged decisions. They attribute the com- "I think some people don't work sity's high quality. "You never knew quite what was
however to set their alarms for 4 a.m. plainst against him to his intense per- well with him because he moves to According to top University of- going to come next in the engineering
for a few hours of reading and fectionism. , fast. He expects a lot from people and ficials, Duderstadt's past ability to college. Now the entire University
mastering the technology of E.T. "Engineers seem to agree that he's the people who don't produce may be secure engineering funds indicates he has that to look forward to," she says.
(Emerging Technology) for the pur- pretty fair and concerned with shunted aside," Martin said. will be successful.
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