No. 65

THE RECORD

November 1979

LYNDON B. JOHNSON SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

EDITOR: Marilyn Duncan

Cohen Appointed Sid Richardson Professor

Wilbur J. Cohen, who was Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1968, has been appointed first occupant of the Sid Richardson Chair in Public Affairs at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. His appointment was approved Oct. 12 by the UT System Board of Regents.

Professor Cohen will assume his new post in January. He will teach seminars on welfare reform and on unemployment insurance policy.

The Richardson Chair was endowed in 1978 by the Sid Richardson Foundation of Fort Worth. The position is for persons who have had distinguished careers in academic and public service fields.

Professor Cohen has had a long association with the University of Michigan, where he currently is professor of education and public welfare administration. From 1969 to 1978 he was dean of the Michigan school of education.

During his career as teacher, administrator, and policy-maker, he has been associated with broad fields related to human well-being.

In the mid-1930s, serving in the Roosevelt Administration, he was one of the original authors of the Social Security program. In addition, in 1960, he served as chairman of President Kennedy's Task Force on Health and Social Security. Now he is a member of the National Commission on Social Security and chairman of the National Commission on Unemployment Compensation.

Professor Cohen's experience with HEW began in 1961 when President Kennedy appointed him Assistant Secretary for Legislation. He held that post until 1965 when he became Under Secretary of HEW, serving in that role until 1968 when he was appointed Secretary by President Johnson. He is the only person to have been HEW's Assistant Secretary, Under Secretary, and Secretary.

He has a degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin and honorary degrees from a dozen universities. He is a past recipient of the Rockefeller Public Service Award, Jane Addams-Hull House Award, and the Bronfman Prize for Public Health Achievement.

He has written books and articles in the fields of social security, unemployment insurance, health, welfare reform, national health insurance, social services and education.

Jordan: A Woman of the Decade

Barbara Jordan, former Congresswoman from Texas who now is the Lyndon B. Johnson Public Service Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, has been named one of eleven "Women of the Decade" by the Ladies Home Journal.

Recipients of the honor were chosen by 10,000 readers from among the fifty-two women who had been cited as "Women of the Year" in the magazine from 1973 through 1978. Professor Jordan was one of eight persons selected as Women of the Year in 1975. She represented the category of political life. Professor Jordan and the other Women of the Decade will be honored by the Journal at a November 28 dinner in New York City.

Other recipients include the late Margaret Mead, anthropologist; Katharine Hepburn, actress; Barbara Walters, broadcast journalist; Helen Hayes, actress; Marian Anderson, opera singer; Betty Ford, former First Lady; Sylvia Porter, financial columnist; Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist; Joan Ganz Cooney, Children's Television Workshop president, and Beverly Sills, opera singer.

A special eight-page section in the November issue of the Journal includes information on the Women of the Decade, as well as ten "Women of the Future" (among them Sarah Weddington, Assistant to the President and a UT Austin law graduate) and twelve "Women to Watch in the 1980s."

The Journal's summary on Professor Jordan reads:

"She's a University of Texas professor now but Barbara Jordan made her name in politics. The Texas lawyer was the first black woman in her state senate, and first black congresswoman from the deep south. So strong and articulate has been her advocacy that she remains a force even though out of the mainstream of public life. Now Lyndon B. Johnson Public Service Professor at Texas U., she teaches others to use power to effect changes within the political system—for the good of all."

Professor Jordan came to the LBJ School faculty last January to hold the new LBJ Public Service Professorship, which is designated for a person who has had a distinguished career in public service. Serving in the Texas Senate (1966–72) and U.S. House of Representatives (1972–78), she became recognized as one of the most influential women in American public life. She is the recipient of twenty-five honorary degrees.

In the LBJ School, Professor Jordan teaches two graduate seminars—Intergovernmental Relations, and Political Values and Ethics. She calls Intergovernmental Relations "a practical course" for any student going into public service, for it deals with the inner workings of many levels of government—federal, state, local. Through that seminar, she hopes students will see "the big picture that all those levels are interdependent."

In the seminar, even those who might be planning careers in city management will "see some of the frustrations that will be theirs as 'the feds' become a 'big daddy' for them," she says.

Professor Jordan explains that in her course on Political Values and Ethics "there are no answers to ethical questions." She said she would consider the course successful if students develop an "ethical sensitivity" to their own as well as others' behavior.

"Ethical sensitivity does NOT presage saintliness," she writes in the syllabus. "It does presage an awareness of action which violates generally accepted norms of civil conduct."

The former Congresswoman urges her students not to forget the role of the politician/public official in defining and implementing such concepts as "public decisions," "public will," "general welfare," "public interest." As the class attempts to sort out ethical principles, the professor says discussions will "focus on the difference between governing and representing and hopefully discover whether the value choices or ethics vary with the nature of the assignment."

Derived from UT News and Information release.

Public Sector Careers Program in November

A recruitment program for Black and Mexican-American students is scheduled for November 9–10 at the LBJ School.

The program, which is being coordinated by the School's Office of Admissions, Counseling, Internships, and Placement, is aimed at informing minority students from Texas colleges and universities about the School's MPA program and about career opportunities in the public sector.

A reception for participants and friends of the School will be held November 9 in the University Faculty Center. Among the invited guests are State Representatives Wilhelmina Delco, Gonzalo Barrientos, and Ron Wilson; Travis County Commissioner Richard Moya; Marvin Griffin, President of the Board of Trustees, Austin Independent School District; and representatives from a number of UT Austin departments and organizations.

LBJ School student coordinators for the event are Rodney Rideau and Carmen Gonzalez.

'ON THE RECORD'

Dean Elspeth Rostow attended the 1979 National Forum of the College Board in New Orleans, La. on October 29–30, where she chaired a panel on legislation.

Dean Rostow is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees.

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Professor John Gronouski will attend the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC '79) in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 13.

The conference of 140 nations will determine the allocation of radio frequencies for the next twenty-five years.

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Professor Sidney Weintraub was one of eight UT Austin faculty members who spoke at a seminar on hemispheric trade relations sponsored by UT's Institute of Latin American Studies October 29–November 2.

Also participating in the round-table discussions were fifteen economists from Latin America, brought to the U.S. as part of the International Visitor Program of the U.S. International Communication Agency.

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On October 25, Dean Elspeth Rostow hosted a lunch for Adeline Harrison, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Dallas).

Fran Phillips, Assistant Regional Administrator of Planning and Management in Washington, D.C., also attended the lunch.

Representing the LBJ School were Professor Gerard Rohlich, Professor Stephen Spurr, and Wilda Campbell.

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LBJ School Professor Stephen Spurr and retired Professor Keith Arnold recently participated in a program on forestry management on "The Next 200 Years," a weekly radio series broadcast nationally from UT Austin.

The two-part discussion also included Paul R. Kramer, director of the Texas Forest Service and Texas A&M Professor of Forest Science.

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Professor Jared Hazleton has been invited to participate in the Eighth Annual International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences, to be held November 23–25 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

The theme of this year's conference is "The Responsibility of the Academic Community in the Search for Absolute Values." Four hundred scholars and scientists representing sixty nations will be in attendance.

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Evelyn Ireland, 1976 graduate of the LBJ School, was recently elected chairperson of the Texas Women's Political Caucus. Ms. Ireland is research director for the State Board of Insurance.

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Professor Victor Arnold was recently appointed to a University planning committee to make recommendations to President Flawn on the University's Centennial observance in 1983.

The committee includes a faculty representative of each of the University's colleges and schools; four staff members; three students; three representatives of the Ex-Students' Association; a representative of the UT System chancellor and a representative of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library.

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Nutrition Policy in Transition, a book based on research conducted in last year's Nutrition Policy PRP, will be published by Lexington Books in the spring of 1980. Faculty directors for the PRP were Professors Jurgen Schmandt and Roseann Shorey.

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Professor Jurgen Schmandt was a panelist at the Third Annual Meeting of the Texas chapter of the Alliance of Information and Referral Services. His topic was "Diversity in Structuring Access Services."

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Ed Scott, Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, offered a slide presentation on office management and information to Professor Marlan Blissett's Public Management class October 25.

Mr. Scott's computer-assisted office information system was the subject of a recent article in the Wall Street Journal.

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Professor David Warner and his wife Phyllis are the parents of a baby boy, Michael Beers, born September 30 at St. David's Hospital.

Gronouski Attends Reception for Pope, JFK Library Opening

LBJ School Professor John Gronouski attended a reception in the White House October 6 honoring Pope John Paul II.

Dr. Gronouski formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to Poland, 1965–68, during which time he met the Polish cleric who later was to be named the Pope.

Attending the reception with him was his daughter Julie, who works in the Library of Congress.

Dr. Gronouski, who served as U.S. Postmaster General from 1963 to 1965, also attended the opening ceremonies of the new John F. Kennedy Library in Boston October 20. He and Mrs. Gronouski flew to Boston from Washington, D.C. with President and Mrs. Jimmy Carter aboard Air Force One.

Other Cabinet members under President Kennedy, including Orville Freeman and Willard Wirtz, were also on board.

Presidential Management Intern Program Applications Available

Application forms for the Presidential Management Intern Program have been developed and distributed by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the federal agency responsible for administering the program. Forms are now available at the LBJ School in Room 3.100E.

Established in 1977 when President Carter signed Executive Order 12008, the program makes available each year 250 two-year internships in a variety of developmental positions throughout the executive branch of the federal government. The internships are awarded to new graduate degree holders in the field of public management.

Interns are assigned to staff units in administrative and managerial services, such as program, budget, and management analysis, and to appropriate positions in operating programs and agency field installations. Their work will be in such areas as program planning and evaluation, policy analysis, financial management, procurement, federal grant-in-aid management, labor relations, personnel management, and program/management analysis. Some internships may involve rotation among several positions and rotation between headquarters and field positions.

Participants in the Presidential Management Intern Program must be graduate students of public management who will receive advanced degrees during the current academic year. The LBJ School Internship and Placement Committee will screen applicants on the basis of academic achievement and a number of specific personal qualifications. It will then make recommendations to the Dean, who will nominate nine applicants. This number is based on 15 percent of the previous year's graduating class.

Students wishing to apply should go by the Internship and Placement Office, SRH 3.100E, and request a procedures and applications packet. Applications must be submitted to the IP Office by November 14, 1979.

Twenty-First Tax Assessors' Institute Scheduled for December

The Twenty-First Institute for Tax Assessors will be held December 2–4 in the Thompson Conference Center. The conference is sponsored annually by the LBJ School of Public Affairs in cooperation with the Texas Association of Assessing Officers and the Texas Municipal League.

The opening general session on December 3 will feature three addresses. Paul V. Corusy, Executive Director of the International Association of Assessing Officers, Chicago, will speak on the topic "The Property Tax: Prognosis for the 1980s."

Donald M. Fisher, a consultant who formerly was the Administrator in the Assessment and Appraisal Division, Oregon Department of Revenue, will speak on "From Fractional to Full Market Assessments: Lessons from Comparative Experience."

The final speaker will be Terry D. Kahn, Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning at UT Austin, who will talk about the impact of energy conservation measures on property values.

Seven concurrent workshops will be held that afternoon, on topics ranging from taxation of regulated industries to effective communication with taxpayers.

Concurrent sessions on the second day of the conference will focus on the appraisal of agricultural land on a productivity basis and on implementing the new Texas Property Tax Code (S.B. 621). Among the participants scheduled for these sessions are Kenneth E. Graeber, Executive Director, and Russell Graham, General Counsel, School Tax Assessment Practices Board; Susan Garrison, Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas; and tax assessor-collector from various parts of the state.

The institute is being coordinated by the LBJ School's Office of Conferences and Training.

Energy Development Bank Project Published

The final report of a project sponsored by the Texas Energy Advisory Council was published in October by the LBJ School Office of Publications, as part of its newly established Special Project Reports series.

The report, entitled Feasibility Analysis of a Regional Energy Development Bank, is the product of research by several UT Austin faculty members, under the direction of Professor Jared Hazleton of the LBJ School.

The study's stated objectives are "1. to examine the rationale for government involvement in energy R&D; 2. to explore alternative mechanisms for such involvement; 3. to analyze the structure and functions of an energy development bank; and 4. to assess the feasibility of the energy development bank mechanism, when compared with other policy alternatives, in meeting both national and state energy goals."

The analysis is accompanied by a number of appendices, including a discussion of Texas's future energy environment, prepared by Dr. Hazleton; a report on development bank financing, by LBJ School Professor Victor Arnold; a reprint of an article by Prof. Hazleton entitled "Synthetic Rubber—A Case of Accelerated Technological Development"; and a summary of pending proposals to stimulate synthetic fuels production.

NASPAA Conference

LBJ School Well Represented

The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) held its Annual Conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on October 21–25.

Representing the LBJ School at the conference were Dean Elspeth Rostow, Associate Dean Jared Hazleton, and Ms. Elizabeth Hall and Ms. Wilda Campbell of the School's Office of Admissions, Counseling, Internships, and Placement.

Dean Elspeth Rostow serves as an elected member of the Executive Council of NASPAA. Associate Dean Jared Hazleton serves on the Peer Review and Site Selection Committees, and has been appointed to the Program Committee for the 1980 Conference which will be held in San Antonio, Texas.

Wilda Campbell serves as Chairperson of NASPAA's Task Force on Career Opportunities for Pre-Service Students. The Task Force conducted a workshop at the conference on "Strategies of Successful Placement," addressing issues such as the role of placement in a public management school, placement office materials and resources, placement networking, career counseling, federal sector placement, and market evaluation.

Elizabeth Hall served on a panel entitled "Improving Approaches to Recruitment of Students," chaired by Delmer Dunn of the Institute of Government, University of Georgia. Others on the panel represented North Texas State University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

LBJ Professors Attend Public Policy, Management Research Conference

The first annual Research Conference on Public Policy and Management was held in Chicago on October 19–20, 1979. Joining the approximately 350 scholars attending the Conference were Professors Victor Arnold, Matthew Berman, Norton Grubb, Jared Hazleton, Jurgen Schmandt, and Kenneth Tolo of the LBJ School.

Professor Tolo chaired the session on Education Policy Research at which Professor Grubb presented a paper on "Schools and Changing Labor Markets: Historical Perspectives on the Human Capital Equilibrium." Professor Berman presented a paper on "Petroleum Reservoir Conservation Policy," and Professor Schmandt presented a paper, co-authored with Professors Marlan Blissett and David Warner of the LBJ School, on "Training Through Public Policy Research."

The conference was initiated by eighteen institutions involved in public policy and public affairs research. In addition to the LBJ School, these institutions included: the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Committee on Public Policy at the University of Chicago, the School of Urban and Public Affairs at Carnegie-Mellon University, the Institute of Policy Sciences and Public Affairs at Duke University, the Urban Institute, the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and the Institute of Public Policy Studies at the University of Michigan.

Others include Rand Graduate Institute, the School of Organization and Management at Yale University, the W. Averell Harriman School of Urban and Policy Studies at SUNY of Stoney Brook, Mathematica, Inc., the Public Management Program at Boston University, the School of Urban and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, the Institute for Public Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University, and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

Highlighting the conference was the establishment of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. The purpose of the association is to encourage excellence in research, teaching, and practice in public policy analysis and management.

Registrants at the conference approved a constitution for the new association and elected officers to direct its affairs for the coming year. Professor Jared Hazleton was elected Treasurer. Professor Hazleton and Dean Elspeth Rostow will be serving on the Policy Council of the association.

In addition to sponsoring an annual research conference and publishing the conference proceedings, the association plans to produce a Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, which will provide professionals in the field an opportunity to present the results of their research.

The association's second annual research conference will be held in Boston in October 1980.

Hamilton Obtains Nuclear Waste Information At Hearing in New Mexico

Professor Dagmar Hamilton recently attended a public hearing in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the U.S. Department of Energy's draft environmental impact statement for the Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP).

The WIPP site is located just east of Carlsbad, N.M. The federal government proposes to use it for underground burial of nuclear wastes.

At Professor Hamilton's request, the Department of Energy has supplied the LBJ School with ten volumes of the draft environmental impact statement for WIPP, as well as ten additional copies of the appendix; ten volumes of the draft EIS for management of commercially generated radioactive waste, with appendices; ten volumes of the Report to the President by the Interagency Review Group on Nuclear Waste Management; and other related materials.

These have been placed on reserve in the Public Affairs Library for use by Professor Hamilton's classes in policy development, but they should be of interest to any faculty members or students working in energy- or environment-related fields.

Spurr Heads U.S. Delegation to Third Forestry Congress in Paris

Professor Stephen Spurr attended the Third Congress of the International Union of Societies of Foresters in Paris October 1–6.

These congresses, held every five years, provide an opportunity for forestry professionals to meet on a nonpolitical and informal basis, in contrast to the World Forestry Congresses, which are sponsored by the F.A.O. and are therefore subject to U.N. political maneuvering.

As head of the U.S. delegation. Dr. Spurr served as honorary Vice-President of the Congress. He also delivered a short keynote paper on "Improving Public Understanding of Forest Resource Values and Forestry through Education: A Priority Need in Today's Urbanizing World."

ALUMNI FORUM

Association events

The Alumni Association sponsored two student events during October: a brown bag luncheon discussion on October 1, and a reception for first-year students on October 9. Approximately 30 students attended the luncheon to discuss the services of the Association and internship and placement opportunities. The reception at Bill Stotesbery's home on October 9 drew a group of approximately 35 students and alumni.

Christmas party

The Alumni Association would like to determine the interest in an organized bus trip to the Coupland Inn for barbecue and dancing sometime in December. It is currently expected that the trip would cost $12–$15, including both bus and meal, and depending on the size of the group. Any alumni who are interested in a Christmas party at Coupland should call one of the Board members: Bill Stotesbery, 458-8436; Malcolm MacDonald, 443-1799; Laura Doll, 451-0096; Bob Campbell, 345-1128; Dennis Deegear, 476-8303.

Alumni Survey

The alumni questionnaire survey was mailed out in late October. The survey is the major source of communication with the Association, particularly with alumni who live outside of Austin. The survey provides up-to-date personal and employment information for the Alumni Directory, and it allows alumni to communicate their ideas about the proper function of the Association. A pre-paid return envelope was not used this year, due to excessive cost. Alumni are asked to provide postage, and to return the survey as soon as possible. If you have not received a survey by November 20, please contact the Alumni Association at P.O. Box 13241, Austin, Texas 78701.

Alumni Reception Held in Dallas

The LBJ School of Public Affairs hosted a reception in Dallas October 17 for friends of the School and alumni. The reception was held in the new Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla.

Guests included Dallas alumni and numerous members of the City of Dallas government: City Manager George R. Schrader; and Assistant City Managers Camille Cates, Dean Vanderbilt, and James Favour.

Others attending the event included William Pitstick, Executive Director, North Central Texas Council of Governments; Judge and Mrs. Barefoot Sanders; Dan Petty, president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and several representatives from the regional federal offices.

Carter Appoints Campbell Cochairman, President's Management Improvement Program

Dr. Alan K. Campbell, on leave from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs to serve as director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, has been appointed by President Carter to be cochairman of the President's Management Improvement Council.

The other cochairman is James T. McIntyre Jr., director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The 19-member council will advise the President on management problems and issues in the federal government and assist in efforts to improve federal management and program performance. Members are drawn from government, industry, labor, academe and the professions. Other members from Texas include former Governor Dolph Briscoe and George R. Schrader, City Manager of Dallas.

Dr. Campbell was dean of the LBJ School for a few months in early 1977, prior to going on leave to be chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission. When the commission was reorganized in 1979, he became director of the Office of Personnel Management.

Before joining the Texas faculty, he was dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University from 1969 to 1976.

UT News and Information Service

November Calendar

Nov. 5	Noon	Brown Bag: "International Oil Politics" Bernard Darbyshire, Visiting Professor	Student Lounge
9	Noon	Brown Bag: "Implications of Foreign Investments in the U.S." Milton Berger, Department of Commerce	Student Lounge
9–10		Minority Program on Public Sector Careers and Graduate Preparation	(See related article, p. 1)
13	Noon	Brown Bag: "Careers with the CIA." Bill Wood, Central Intelligence Agency	Student Lounge
19	Noon	Brown Bag: "A Talk with Students" Barbara Jordan	Student Lounge
22–24		Thanksgiving Holidays
26–28		Preregistration fee bills for Spring Semester distributed