1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

In the battle to win tenure, there
is always an overriding threat to
or
m,ny fnSl'uClO'S
01 such ;I prae-
Constance Gefvert held 1M posItion
n Dlrecto. 01 Ihe r,nhMiln [",lIsh Pr0-
gram for elthr years. Du rinl flv .. 01 t~
el,k! yurs she wotlced on .. te.lbook to
compoetf! "'fill the p""IK~.H.1I H" .. dh.xri of
Ealllislt. She completed II H ... d"""ll/ """ri·
c •• [~ In Iilnu;lry ot 19a~ and II will be
I>ubllshed 11I1 .. n~ryof Ins. While Dr.Cel.
vertlKOCnlled the nKHsllyofpubUshlnl
~nd lese""h to add to Ihe pool oIlf!achlnll
material to m.lntaln a symblotk ra!he,
than p,,, .. sUle ."I;l1lollslllp. she questioned
the i'bIllty d the Unl~ MVIew boiwd 10
differentiate betw"e" I he levels of
leachr", .blliry. Cetv..n pointed to Ihe rl!­
vlew bo.Ird"s orientation toward p~tI.
CkJus publish"" whil:h sevoed 10 p.oe tenure
to InJ(rU(torJ who w.:o"" just - competenr
I1Ith .. , t~n IOOd or "...l$llIndl"l- Dr
~rt 's opinion held true In other col.
1qe-s. llso
Dr loll .. L junkln, diM ~panment 01
En.cln~rllII ScreMe 'lid Mecil;lnks. one 01
the most prolific dep.ilrtmenlS In terms of
publish In,. upheld the hl,h poSition 01
schoLtol$blp ... hlle concummtly rec&nlzlnl
the competillon bel ... ee~ scholarship and
In51""ellon, 0 •. lunklns completed a textbook
titled Opll",.1 SPII'ter.11 R.I.lj.~.1
Mo",wlland ~;lrlous othello\>m .. 1 artld .. ~ .
In I~) . O. Junkins III'iiIS "lII'iiIrdf'd the
Mechanle.lll.nd Control of FlI,hl Alll'iilrd by
th .. Amerlaln InsUtute of AeroMutics and
A$uon .. ullcs ... direct resull of his extensive
,eseirch and publication. 0 •. lunklns
stated that ..... II.published and prestl,Iou5
resean;:h III'iiIS essentl .. 1 to the Collele of
Enllneerln, to supplem"nt Insufficient
lunds pthered throu,h the spOnSOorShlp of
p,I""e Indultry. His annual ..., ....' ch
budlet III'iiIS S25O.ooo. a sal"t .. 10 lunklns­
III'OfII from both the lO"emment and prl\lilte
indusuy Thus. ~p .. bllsho< perlsh ~ beame
Mpubllsb and fIourlsh ~ lor 'untins. Whl~ Of.
lunklns' emp"-slJ on scholarship 111'ii15