THE RECORD

March, 1978

No. 50

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EDITOR Marilyn Duncan

PEACE COLLOQUIUM SLATED FOR MARCH 10

An examination of some of the broad issues related to the pursuit of peace in the world will be undertaken at a colloquium to be held at the LBJ School on March 10.

The event, entitled "The Road to Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities," is being sponsored by the Distinguished Visiting Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace.

Both the morning session and the afternoon session will be held in the East Campus Lecture Hall. The program schedule is on page 3.

HENRY DAVID HONORED BY SCHOOL

Dr. Henry David, who served on the LBJ School faculty from 1974 until his retirement in Fall 1977, returned to the School February 20 to attend a reception given in his honor and to visit with students and colleagues at a brown bag lunch.

The reception, held in the Hoblitzelle Room of UT's Academic Center, was well attended. Dean Elspeth Rostow expressed the School's appreciation for Dr. David's numerous contributions to the School, attributing to him the School's current emphasis on ethics in the context of public policy administration.

Professor Albert Blum, whose association with Dr. David is longstanding, recounted some of his personal and professional accomplishments and presented him with a certificate of appreciation from the School.

As a more permanent tribute to Dr. David's achievements in the area of labor and manpower policy, the School has established a Henry David Book Fund, with contributions to be used to create a Henry David Manpower Collection within the Public Affairs Library. Professor Blum is serving as chairman of the committee in charge of establishing the memorial fund and collection. In inviting contributions to the fund, Dr. Blum noted that the donation of relevant publications will also be welcomed.

Dr. David, who has held a wide variety of distinguished academic and governmental positions, is currently directing a four year project for Congress on vocational education. During his visit to the School, he met with interested students and faculty in a brown bag seminar to discuss the scope and plan of the project, which he described as a "PRP unencumbered by students and untroubled by participating faculty." The client agency, he explained, is Congress, which will use the recommendations resulting from the project's analysis of the nation's vocational education programs to write new legislation in 1982.

DEAN RUSK TO SPEND WEEK AT SCHOOL

Former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk will be visiting the LBJ School March 5-10 as the first Richardson Distinguished Visiting Fellow, and will participate in a number of School-sponsored events.

On Monday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m., Mr. Rusk is scheduled to speak to School students, faculty, and staff in the East Campus Lecture Hall, on the topic, "The Presidency." This will be a "revisitation" of his article in Foreign Policy in 1960.

On Wednesday, March 8, he will offer a public lecture at 3:30 p.m. in the East Campus Lecture Hall. His topic will be "Getting What We Want in Foreign Policy."

Mr. Rusk is also scheduled to participate in the Slick colloquium on world peace, to be held Friday, March 10, in the East Campus Lecture Hall (see page 3).

During his stay at the School, Mr. Rusk will be meeting with students and faculty on an informal basis to discuss public policy issues. He is currently the Sibley Professor of International Law at the University of Georgia in Athens.

'ON THE RECORD'

Professor Stephen H. Spurr has been appointed to the Yale University Council, a 35-member council which studies the major areas of the school at close range and offers recommendations for improvement to Yale's president. Dr. Spurr is chairman of the council's committee on the school of forestry and environmental studies.

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Dean Elspeth Rostow served as a member of the National Issues Panel at the 12th Annual Texas Legislative Conference in New Braunfels on March 3.

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Professor Jared Hazleton was in Washington March 1-3 at the invitation of the General Accounting Office to consult on a national policy toward regional development. He also met with Washington officials regarding internships and placement for LBJ students and conducted research at the Federal Reserve and the Office of Management and Budget for his PRP on macroeconomic policy in the Johnson Presidency.

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An article by Professor Albert Blum, "Working To Win World War II," which originally appeared in a 1976 issue of Worklife, was reprinted in a volume published by the U.S. Department of Labor entitled 200 Years of American Worklife.

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On February 3, Professor Lynn Anderson served as moderator for a panel session on "Public Employee Training: Utilizing University Resources," at the Annual Conference of Region VIII, American Society for Public Administration, in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Professor David Warner's monograph, "The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation," was recently published as a chapter in a book entitled Innovation and Implementation in the Modern Public Sector, edited by Richard Nelson and Douglas Yates of Yale University and published by D.C. Heath and Lexington. The chapter was earlier published as Working Paper #2 in the LBJ School's Working Paper Series.

In February Dr. Warner served as a discussant on a panel on Brackenridge Hospital issues, at a meeting organized by the Gray Panthers.

In March, as part of College of Business Administration Week, he will appear with hospital administrators from San Antonio, Houston, and Austin, on a panel discussing the role of the public hospital.

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Professor Jurgen Schmandt participated in a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, Washington, D.C., on February 23. His topic was "Science, Analysis, and Decisions: How Nations Differ in Putting the Three Together."

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Professor Dagmar Hamilton will be on leave of absence from the University during the 1978 Fall semester to accompany her husband, UT Law Professor Robert Hamilton, to the University of Philadelphia, where he will hold a visiting professorship.

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Pat Ramage, Cataloger in the Public Affairs Library, announced that her daughter Jeanne is a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Could it be that the inherent brilliance of the LBJ School community is inheritable?

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Professor Dagmar Hamilton served as moderator for a symposium entitled "The Water Crisis," part of a six part symposia program on crisis and change being sponsored by UT's World Order Studies Program. Upcoming symposia, all of which are open to the public, include "The Population Crisis" (March 7), "The Food Crisis" (March. 28), "The Debt Crisis in the Third World," (April 18), and "The Future of Austin and the Southwest in a Changing World" (May 9).

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On February 28, LBJ School students held a reception in the Student Lounge for new and visiting faculty.

Faculty introduced to the large group in attendance included Visiting Slick Professors Gunnar and Alva Myrdal; Visiting Richardson Professor S. Fred Singer; Professor Peter Flawn, who is on special faculty assignment at the School this semester; and Professor Bruce Buchanan of UT's Department of Government, who is currently teaching a section of Policy Process.

GIFTS TO LIBRARY ACKNOWLEDGED

The graduating class of 1976 has presented a class gift of $50.00 to the Library, to be applied toward the purchase of significant reference tools required by but unavailable to the current student body. The Library, pleased to receive such an opportune gift, plans to use the donation to purchase desk dictionaries which have been requested by members of the first year class.

Professors Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, joint holders of the Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace, recently have arranged for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute to supply the Library with one copy of all its in-print publications. These materials, now ready for circulation, cover a broad range of specialized peace-conflict topics, and include such books as Ecological Consequences of the Second Indochina War (1976), Chemical Disarmament (1975), and Oil and Security (1974). The Library reports that the Myrdals/SIPRI gift of some thirty volumes has greatly strengthened its collection and improved the potential for in-house peace research.

The Library is especially appreciative of its regular donors and supporters. During the past year, donations have been received from a number of people, including Professors Arnold, Blissett, Eaton, Glover, Gronouski, Spurr, Warner and Weintraub, and Dean Rostow.

EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM DESCRIBED AT BROWN BAG

(Report by Gary C. Flynn)

Mr. Ralph McGuire, former U.S. Ambassador to Mali, spoke with interested students and faculty February 17 about the past and continuing efforts of the United States, Russia, France, West Germany, Italy and other nations to bring emergency relief to the Sahel. This area borders on the southern rim of the Sahara and has been devastated by drought in recent years—the worst such drought in over fifty years.

After outlining the geographic and demographic characteristics of the countries comprising the Sahel, Mr. McGuire turned to the problem of implementing a program of relief. He identified four topical areas through which to view such a program of relief:

Transportation: Once deciding on the type of relief, the manner in which to reach the problem sites was faced. The Sahel, Mali in particular, presented formidable problems because of completely inadequate access from ports to the inland sites. Finally, food and materials were airlifted in, but not without breakdowns because of the intense sandstorms and the excessive workloads.

Communication: Virtually none existed to the inland sites of the disaster. The basic problem of identifying the areas to serve was especially difficult. The nomadic tribes that were most affected by the drought did not lend themselves to easy identification.

Cooperation and Targeting of Relief Efforts: Given that many donor countries were involved in the relief effort, coordination had to be worked out. This was difficult since each nation was at first reluctant to relinquish its control over its own relief efforts. Of special importance was the desire of Mali to direct and have a major say in the total relief efforts being implemented by outside nations within its borders.

This problem of coordination with the affected countries by the relief-donor countries was a major point of contention in the Sahel.

Overall Problem of International Relief Programs (U.S. Programs): Mr. McGuire cited the incremental approach taken by the U.S. Congress in funding these programs. Because of this, a programmatic approach to international relief is frustrated.

In sum, former ambassador McGuire attempted to highlight the problems encountered when administering a program of international emergency relief. Beyond the geographic obstacles and the obvious need to coordinate relief efforts on the part of the donors, Mr. McGuire underlined the necessity to keep in mind the indigenous characteristics of the nation being helped, such as disease prevention precautions, when undertaking irrigation projects. The result of such an oversight might well cancel out the intended aid by unforeseen negative effects of such aid. Moreover, he said, one must never seek to implant one's own solution to another culture and locale without first coordinating and seeking the advice of the local officials. Numerous pitfalls were experienced in the relief effort, and they could have benefited from the addition of valuable local insight. In some ways, Mr. McGuire imparted a post-Vietnam lesson in perspective.

COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE

MORNING SESSION

10:00 a.m. Opening of Colloquium—Elspeth Rostow, Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

10:10 a.m. Interdependence and International Cooperation—Gunnar Myrdal, Nobel Laureate, Economics, 1974; Co-holder of the Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace

10:35 a.m. The United States and the Quest for Peace—Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State 1961-1969; Visiting Richardson Fellow

11:00 a.m. Comments from Participants

11:15 a.m. Questions from the Floor

12:00 noon End of Morning Session

AFTERNOON SESSION

2:00 p.m. Opening of Afternoon Session—William Livingston, Chairman of the Tom Slick Committee and Professor of Government

2:10 p.m. The Risks of Increasing Militarization—Alva Myrdal, Swedish Minister of Disarmament, 1966-72; Co-holder of the Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace

2:35 p.m. The Road to Peace: Perspectives from the Third World—Davidson Nicol, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

3:00 p.m. Panel Discussion—all Participants

4:00 p.m. Summary of Colloquium—Sidney Weintraub, Dean Rusk Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

4:20 p.m. Adjournment

DEAN HOSTS LUNCH MEETINGS

The Dean's Office periodically hosts lunches in the Dean's Conference Room to offer School faculty members and department heads opportunities to meet new and visiting faculty, public officials, University administrators, and other persons with current or potential ties with the School.

Several such noon meetings were held in February and others are scheduled for March. Brown bag lunches were held February 2 for Visiting Richardson Professor Fred Singer, and on February 13 for Visiting Slick Professors Gunnar and Alva Myrdal. On February 24, a lunch was given for Mr. Jerome Chapman, Commissioner of the Texas Department of Human Resources.

Mr. John Kyle, new director of the University of Texas Press, was introduced to the faculty at a brown bag lunch on March 1. A meeting with Visiting Professor Kent Mathewson is scheduled for March 17.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR MARCH

1 Faculty Brown Bag: John Kyle, Director, University Press (12:00 noon-Dean's Conference Room)

6 Session with Dean Rusk for LBJ Students, faculty and staff (4:00 p.m.-East Campus Lecture Hall)

8 Public Lecture by Dean Rusk (3:30-East Campus Lecture Hall)

8-10 Conference on Organizing for Health Planning (David Warner)

10 Tom Slick Peace Colloquium—The Road to Peace: Obstacles and Opportunities

13 Faculty Meeting (12:00 noon-Dean's Conference Room)

15 Faculty meet for Spring Evaluations (Dean's Conference Room)

17 Faculty Brown Bag: Kent Mathewson (12:00 noon-Dean's Conference Room)

20 Spring Vacation begins

27 Classes resume

Executive Council Meeting (12:00 noon)

ALUMNI FORUM

The first of the LBJ School Alumni Association's "occasional seminars" was a success. The members of the Continuing Education Task Force and the Alumni Board thank the approximately fifty persons who participated in this seminar.

The responses on the evaluation questionnaire were tabulated and the dominant opinion of the respondents was that the usefulness of the seminar, the relevance of the topic, the panel presentations, and the opportunities for participation were excellent.

Based upon the responses given in the evaluation questionnaires concerning future seminar topics, the Continuing Education Task Force has decided to tentatively schedule the second occasional seminar for Thursday evening, April 27. The topic will be state and local finance. Issues to be explored include the following: How much debt can a city (state) assume? What types of bonds should be used for what kinds of projects? How can a government "get around" a constitutional limitation on indebtedness? How is debt administered at the state and local level?

We believe that this topic will be of particular interest to the alumni in the Austin area, as they will be requested to vote for or against bond issues this autumn.

All alumni are welcomed to offer suggestions regarding the topic or issues to be discussed at this seminar. Also, we invite you to suggest names of persons who might be willing to speak at this event.

Other topics in which persons expressed interest include grantsmanship and computer management and modeling. These topics, we felt, need to be presented in a session with a duration longer than one evening. Tentative plans are being made to schedule an all-day session in the late summer or early fall for one of these topics.

Copies of the articles concerning consultants which were available to participants at the seminar are available upon request to all contributing alumni. The articles are also available to non-contributing alumni at a cost of two dollars. Please send your requests to the Alumni Board prior to April 15.

A tape recording of the seminar presentations is available in the library of the LBJ School. Mr. Robert Tinsman, who was scheduled to speak, was unable to do so because of a called meeting of the Executive Board of the Lower Colorado River Authority.

All alumni are asked to contact one of the board members prior to April 1, in regard to any changes which need to be made concerning the information provided in the 1978 Alumni Directory. Copies of the directory are available to all interested parties at the cost of three dollars.

--Malcolm MacDonald

FIRST ALUMNI SEMINAR HELD HERE

The LBJ School Alumni Association has initiated a continuing education program for alumni, aimed at providing supplemental information and training in a variety of areas. The first occasional seminar in the program, held February 23 in the LBJ School faculty lounge, was on the topic, "The Care and Feeding of Consultants."

Approximately fifty alumni, guests, and students attended the session, which featured three guest speakers with different perspectives on the roles of consultants in public and private spheres.

Mr. John Frannea of the Texas Department of Human Resources stressed the usefulness of consultants for both "poor" and "rich" agencies. Even "poor" agencies, he said, can supplement their staffs with consultants when the need for specialized knowledge arises, and the "rich" agencies can tap consultants' resources for a wide range of research needs.

Mr. Frannea also emphasized that it is the agency's responsibility to define the issues or project needs for which the consultant is being hired. He said an agency should not hire a consultant if it cannot be specific about its information needs, as the consultant's usefulness would be limited.

Mr. Terrell Blodgett, a principal with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., reiterated the importance of the hiring agency's defining the problem. He added that the agency must provide direction during the period in which the consultant is performing the study and make available records and files pertinent to the subject matter. This also includes any previous consultant studies done on the subject, he said. Mr. Blodgett said the consultant may also play a role in the implementation of recommendations resulting from a study. He stressed that in some cases, political reality may force a consultant to modify recommendations that seemed viable earlier.

Mr. Philip Barnes of Barnes Inc. spoke to the group on how to begin a successful consulting business. He said a person should have 1) a specialization; 2) broad (positive) visibility; and/or 3) previous training in a successful consulting firm. He noted that even with one or all of these qualities, it usually takes between three and five years to make the business a successful enterprise.

A tape recording of the speakers' presentations is available in the Public Affairs Library.

IS THERE LIFE AFTER WORK?

In an effort to continue readers' education in the area of staff biography in the vicinity of Sid Richardson Hall Bldg. 3, The Record presents installment II of "Is There Life After Work?" This month's affirmative answers come from the OACIP and the Office of Conferences and Training.

OACIP

Elizabeth "Liz" Hall, Director of the OACIP, was born in Mississippi. She received her BA from Baylor University and an MA in history and political theory from Duke University. Her pre-School work experience includes serving as Southwest Regional Representative for the Community Action Program of OEO (a "grand experiment", she says), doing the staff work for the opening of the Austin-Travis County Mental Health Community Center (the first of its kind in Texas), and at UT, directing Special Projects in the Office of the Dean of Students and serving as Assistant Director of Admissions. She came to the LBJ School in January 1975 to head the Office of Student Affairs (now OACIP).

Liz's after-office activities are also wide-ranging, including horseback riding (English riding and jumping), swimming in Barton Springs, hiking, and mountain climbing (including in the Tetons, which she says was a most exhilarating experience, but never again...). She also enjoys reading (biographies, C.P. Snow and Peter DeVires novels, and John Creasy mysteries), art shows, the Symphony, and politics.

Liz and her husband have three sons, one daughter, and one terribly bright and happy granddaughter.

Nancy Bailey, Senior Secretary, has lived in Austin since she was 3 and has worked in the OACIP since October 1977. She has a B.A. in government from UT.

Nancy's life after work includes reading nonfiction, working with plants, and water skiing. She is also a member of the Nautilus health club, and spends several evenings a week in pursuit of total fitness.

Kathy Ryan, part-time Clerk-Typist, when not trying to keep track of LBJ students and studying, spends some of her time training her 70 pound Irish Setter puppy. She's not been too successful yet and friends say Kathy can often be seen running a fast 1/2 mile after "the red blur."

As the weather improves Kathy plans to spend time camping in Central Texas areas.

Her newest venture is Soaring. Right now she is more than content to learn the ups and downs of being chief ground crew person and leave the flying to her husband, Mike. But who knows, Kathy may be the School's first Amelia Earhart or woman astronaut ....

Wilda Campbell, Placement and Internship Coordinator, is a native Texan. Before coming to the LBJ School 2 years and 2 months ago, she taught anthropology at SWTSU (specialization: Asia and in particular India). She lived in India in 1966-67 and in 1972. During the earlier stay she taught English at the University of Allahabad in Northern India under the Fulbright tutor program. She also spent four months conducting anthropological fieldwork in the small South Indian village of Narikulam. She hopes to return to India, and says she thinks about retiring there whenever she thinks of retiring!

Wilda is currently serving as president of the Austin Planned Parenthood Affiliate, an involvement she says stemmed from her experience in overpopulated India.

She lives in an old house in South Austin, which she is currently remodeling (the house, not South Austin). Other activities she enjoys are water skiing, camping, vegetable gardening, and walking with her two elderly dogs.

Sandy Hons, Senior Secretary, was raised on a farm outside of Brenham, Texas, and moved to Austin in 1966 after graduating from Blinn Junior College. She has worked at the LBJ School since mid-October 1977.

Sandy spends her off-work time craft-hopping, working with plants, camping, water skiing, and playing tennis. She took tennis lessons last spring at the Pharr Tennis Center, and plans to continue the classes as soon as weather permits. Her goal: to play in tournaments.

Another of Sandy's major projects is the remodeling of her house, and she is taking an interior decorating course to equip herself creatively for that undertaking.

As for her educational goals, Sandy plans to continue her education by taking a business course next fall and working toward a degree in business.

Office of Conferences and Training

Nancy Bussey, Administrative Secretary, is a native of Austin and has worked at UT for four years, two at the LBJ School. She has a B.A. in English from Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas).

One of Nancy's primary outside interests is creative writing. She hopes to have her short stories and poetry published in major magazines someday, and her ultimate goal (still on the back burner) is to write novels.

In the past six months Nancy has made two trips to Las Vegas with her father and says she has been lucky so far (no details available).

In addition to writing and travelling, she enjoys playing tennis, swimming, reading, and camping.

Cora (Corky) Hilliard, Training Specialist, speaks for herself.

The Early Years

Born at an Army Base in New Jersey, but quickly was taken to southern Illinois where I lived most of my years. I really did attend a two room school house—during elementary school days, but my life wasn't as provincial as that might indicate (or maybe it was). One of the biggest influences in my life was my Italian Grandmother—who was slightly red-headed and had great big blue eyes. She taught me everything I know about Italian cooking—mostly she taught me never to eat at Italian restaurants. I attended a slightly larger school during secondary phase—Sandoval High—and graduated in a class of 36. I was a wonderful and outstanding student there . . .but that's not what you want to hear.

College Days

I completed both my bachelor and masters degree work at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. There I was a typical child of the 60's with a foot in both worlds—sorority and campus activities early on—later war protests and civil rights activities. My undergraudate work was concentrated in the areas of political science (a blend of public administration and state/local government) and an honors program—similar to Plan II at UT. I began graduate school immediately after receiving my BA (the next day). My area of concentration was Student Personnel Administration in the Higher Education Administration Program. Basically it was a blend of ed ad, counseling, soc, and psych. Lots of fun. Sometime during this phase I participated in an international exchange program (Experiment in International Living)—and spent several months with a Swiss family in Schaffhausen—a northern town, near Germany, on the Rhine River. A wonderful experience for me and I have been fortunate to return to visit them.

Career

Most of my post college work experience has been with student unions—mostly as educational programs director and coordinator of student activities. While in Graduate School I worked in the student activities office at Carbondale. After grad school I went to work at a branch campus of SIU located at Edwardsville (just across the river from St. Louis, Mo.). I worked there several years. I came to UT in 1973 and was the assistant director of the Texas Union where we closed the old building for remodeling and opened the first bar. That was quite an experience. In 1975 I left for New York, where I was the director of Ed. Programs for the Cornell University Unions (there are three there). I enjoyed the experience but pined so for Lone Star, Jalapeno peppers, and the warm Texas sun (not to mention tubing down the Guadalupe) that I left the following summer and returned to Texas. I spent that year doing some intensive work in the fall political campaigns, supporting myself by my consulting work (which I have been doing since 1972), and traveling.

Current

I bought a house—it was a pit—it's not so much of a pit now—so you know what I have been doing. My current project is painting the outside—I'm now at the six gallon mark. I read non-fiction for fun and also work in local political clubs and enjoy cooking and sewing. I have a puppy named Phutzer who looks just like me— and a mother named Alda who is lots of fun.

Jean Land, Senior Secretary, has a B.A. in history from UT and is currently continuing her education by taking an accounting course. She lives at 2311 Newfield, where she has a beautiful view of MoPac. She and her seven-year old son, Lee Chambers, have two cats, Bryan and Walto.

Jean says the best year she ever spent was in San Francisco, working for Dean Witter and Co. (stockbrokerage). She has also been a caseworker for the Texas Department of Welfare, a bookkeeper for a church, and the owner and operator of an artificial flower shop.

Jean lists as her hobbies gardening, wielding minor decorating magic, rooming purple martins, playing the piano, water skiing, and keeping a '67 Buick running.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SPEAKS AT SCHOOL

Assistant City Manager Andrea Beatty discussed current and possible future relationahips between the City of Austin and the LBJ School at a brown bag lunch on Tuesday, February 7. Ms. Beatty has a degree in Comparative Urban Studies from the University of Michigan. Prior to assuming her present position in the City Manager's Office, she worked for the City of Austin with the Model Cities Program, the Community Action Program, and as Personnel Director.

Ms. Beatty expressed an interest in expanding LBJ student internships with the City. She said that the Intergovernmental Personnel Act will fund city internships, with minorities and women having top priority.

Joint projects between the City and the LBJ School were also mentioned. One of these is the study currently being conducted by Professor David Eaton and the Austin Emergency Medical Service to find ways to systematize the EMS station location process. Ms. Beatty felt that more of these joint projects should be undertaken.

The role of the City as job provider was also discussed. Ms. Beatty suggested that jobs in city departments provide excellent exposure to the nuts-and-bolts operation of city government. Several areas were mentioned for which LBJ students, as generalists, are well-suited. These included working on the budget and capital improvements program, designing new accounting systems, and formulating responses to new federal guidelines.

In evaluating the qualifications of LBJ students for city employment, Ms. Beatty noted that employees with an education such as that provided by the LBJ School tend to move upward quickly and are well-suited to the City's higher, decision-making positions.