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.,   V   _, , L V" r    li · —~ `   years. That progress has continued.
. A   1      F;   it  The status of a university as a whole is
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    _ members within it. In time the whole
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\; ` additionally notice grants and contracts
l` the faculty receive. An annual ranking
· -  (  » at or around 50th in the value of
  i iresearch grants to the faculty testifies to
Among the thousonds of olumni supponing Dr. Singleton/s fund-roising efforts ore Bob lVlcCowon, the merits Of the project applications
left' Gnd En/In NUHGL Ugh" and the reputations of the researchers.
Generall these cast an ima e on the
being in the late nineteenth century. Singletary is vice president of the universit; as a Whole and regbresent the
These programs became integral parts United Chambers of Phi Beta Kappa researeh mission of the univcrsityr
of university life in America earlier with succession to the presidency. This Now with over two miiiion vo]nrnes’
than most modern academic kind of presidential visibility on the the Universitv’s iibrarv beiongs to the
departments. national scene enhances the visibility of 106 member Ameriean and Canadian
No president of a university can thc Uhh/efSitY Helélfge- He is visible OH Association of Research Libraries and
dissociate himself from the athletic the Fegi0h2ll Zihd national higher ranks 56th in SiZe_
program. He would not only suffer €dl1CHIlOh level, Sihd il'! WHShihgt0h, The academic reputation Of the
severe criticism, at the very least, but D-Cd Ih€ h€?1ClW€1[€F$ of [h€ $tF€?1m$ University of Kentucky has improved
he would lose touch with a traditional from which money flows into during the last 18 years, and the
university activity. Only when educational channels. eontinnitv of efforts by an unusually
lollowing a program closely can a Universities thirst for favorable iong and stable administration has been
president exercise some steady recognition, in whatever form, because an important reason_ The University is
inlluencc upon it, yet he exposes it enhances status. It would be difficult now a better university than it was last
himself to the charge that he spends too to exaggerate how much it meant to year, or the year before, or than it was ,
nmch time upon athletics. UK that in the spring of 1986 the 13 ygays ago_
Singletary has achieved national debate team defeated Georgetown President Singletary’s administration
recognition in both academic and University to win the national debate has been good for the University and
athletic circles. He is unusually championship. That is what can be for the Commonwealth. He leaves the ‘
prominent in both the Southeastern called playing in the academic big University in good shape. It is in a
(Tonlcrence and in the National leagues, carrying into them the oldest strong position under proper leadership
Collegiate Athletic Association. He has winning tradition in UK’s history. to continue its advance toward the
been a shaping inlluence upon That marvelous tradition of excellence greatness to which it has iong asnired
intercollegiate athletics in the nation. in debate and oratory began on UK’s
lf Singletary has been prominently original Ashland-Woodlands campus Dr- Carl COM is H UK pmftmw emmlw (U,
attentive to athletics, let it be 114 years ago. HUGO). He Z-X summa) wmmgd book abou, me
remembered that he is likewise Any ellort to rank universities is in ;n·n0U, Dflhg U,,,·U£,m·n,' This is hijjsm
prominent in academia. Currently part impressionistic, in part subjective, Cgyigrjbupjayi [0 The Kmi,ir]o,A[u,,i,,,ir magaZgm,_
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