Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
Scope and Content
In 1968 the post of Executive Vice President was established. William James McKeefery was the second Executive Vice President, succeeding Warren Brandt. This collection contains the correspondence and other official files of McKeefery during his tenure as Executive Vice-President. There is material dealing with the College of Agriculture, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, Home Economics, Committee to Study Revision of University Council, International Programs, new degree programs, Learning Resources Center, Inter-American Institute of Ecology, Education Task Force, Phi Beta Kappa, Southern Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities, Squires Student Center, State Council of Higher Education in Virginia, Student Government Association, Urban Transport Consortium, and University Council. There is also a large amount of correspondence with T. Marshall Hahn.
Dates
- Creation: 1969 - 1973
Creator
- McKeefery, William James, 1918- (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Dr. McKeefery was educated at University of Pennsylvania (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1941), Princeton Theological Seminary (B.D.,Theology, 1945), and Columbia University (Ph.D., Philosophy, 1949). Before assuming his post at Virginia Tech, he was Dean of Academic Affairs, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (1961-1969); Vice President, Washburn University, Topeka Kansas (11958-1961); Dean of the Faculty (1950-1958) and Assistant Professor (1948-1949), Alma College, Alma, Michigan. He served as the second Executive Vice President of Virginia Polytechnic Institite from 1969 to 1973. Author of Parameters of Learning: Perspectives in Higher Education (Southern Illinois University Press, 1970), Curriculum Study: Master Plan for Higher Education, State of Illinois (1964), and A Critical Analysis of Psychological Studies of Religious Phenomena (Eagle Press, 1950).
Full Extent
27 Cubic Feet (27 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is in its original order.
Location
Please note: This collection is located in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Acquisition Information
The Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute were transferred to Special Collections.
Physical Characteristics
26 cu. ft.; 26 boxes
Subject
- McKeefery, William James, 1918- (Person)
- Title
- Records of William James McKeefery, Vice President, Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
- Date
- August 18, 2010
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Edition statement
- Created by Kira A. Dietz in 2010 from HTML inventory.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu