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MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, DECEMBER 10, 1973

The University Senate met in regular session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, December

10, 1973. Chairman Adelstein presided. Members absent: Staley F. Adams*,
Lawrence A. Allen, John Banwell*, Charles E. Barnhart, Robert P. Belin*, Ben

W. Black, Harry M. Bohannan*, Peter P. Bosomworth*, Robert N. Bostrom*, Charles
L. Brindel*, Thomas Connelly, Raymond H. Cox, James E. Criswell*, Vincent Davis*,
Wayne H. Davis*, John A. Deacon*, John L. Duhring, Claude Farley*, James Flegle,
Juanita Fleming*, Lawrence E. Forgy, R. Fletcher Gabbard*, Art Gallaher*, John

G. Gattozzi*, Jack B. Hall, Joseph Hamburg, Holman Hamilton*, Thomas Hansbrough,
George W. Hardy, Damon Harrison*, S. Zafar Hasan*, Virgil W. Hays*, Ron Hill,
Raymond R. Hornback, Charles W. Hultman*, Raymon D. Johnson*, William S. Jordan*,
John J. Just*, Irving F. Kanner, E. Barrie Kenney*, James B. Kincheloe*, Robert
L. Lester*, Arthur Lieber, Cynthia Link, James W. Little*, Paul Mandelstam*,
William L. Matthews, Marion E. McKenna*, Michael P. McQuillen*, Alvin L. Morris*,
Robert C. Noble*, Jacqueline A Noonan*, Blaine F. Parker*, Paul F. Parker;

Harold F. Parks*, James A. Prestridge*, Donald A. Ringe*, Wimberly C. Royster*,
D. Milton Shuffett, Otis A. Singletary*, David Smith, Robert H. Spedding*,

Susan Sprague, William J. Stober*, Andy Strickland*, Paul A. Thornton*, Relmond
P. VanDaniker*, Jacinto J. Vazquez*, Wayne Waller, Daniel L. Weiss*, Rebecca
Whitis*, Paul A. Willis, Constance P. Wilson*, William W. Winternitz*, Ernest

F. Witte*, Robert G. Zumwinkle*.

The minutes of September 10 and November 12, 1973 were approved as circulated.

Vice President Lewis W. Cochran presented a Resolution on the death

of Dr. Ralph H. Weaver and directed that the Resolution be made a part of the
Minutes and that copies of the Resolution be sent to his family.

Dr. Ralph Holder Weaver was born in Khedive, Pennsylvania, January
13, 1903. He received the 3.8. degree in 1922 at age 19 from Allegheny
College where he was also elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. One year
later he received the M.S. degree from Allegheny, and in 1926, the Ph.D.
degree from Michigan State College. While working on the doctorate he
served as a graduate assistant.

Dr. Weaver came to the University of Kentucky as Instructor in
Bacteriology in 1926. He rose rapidly through the academic ranks to full
Professorship in 1936.

During his 47 years here at UK, Ralph Weaver was an outstanding example
of balance in his efforts in his Department and in the University. Over
this entire period he taught regularly a microbiology course at the be-
ginning level, and shortly after his arrival he developed courses in Bac—
teriology of Foods and Bacteriology of Water and Sewage which he taught
regularly for many years. Following initiation of the Ph.D. program in
Microbiology on this campus, Dr. Weaver contributed to this program with
two graduate level courses, "History of Bacteriology" and "Advanced General
Bacteriology". At about this time very rapid development was occurring
in the fields of bacterial anatomy and microbial genetics and, recognizing
the need for organized instruction at the graduate level in these areas,

Dr. Weaver's Advanced General Course soon consisted chiefly of advanced work
in these two areas along with material on bacterial taxonomy and nomenclature.

This course became one of the core courses in the microbiology graduate program.

*Absence explained