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LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 40506-0032

UNIVERSITY SENATE COUNCIL

10 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 26 April 1985

Members, University Senate
The University Senate will meet in special session on Monday,

May 6, 1985, at 3:00 p.m. in room 106, Classroom Building.

AGENDA:

V Minutes of 8 April 1985.
Resolutions.
Chairman's Remarks
ACTION ITEMS:

a. Proposal to establish a Department of Physician Assistant
Studies, College of Allied Health Professions, and to
abolish the Department of Dental Hygiene. If approved, the
proposal will be forwarded to the administration for
appropriate action. (Circulated under date of 22 April
1985.)

Proposal to insert a third paragraph in University Senate
Rules, Section V., 3.1.2, Academic Probation and
Suspension. (Circulated under date of 19 April 1985.)

 

Proposed recommendation to the administration to alter the
Governing Regulations (page 48), also cited in University
Senate Rules, Section V., 4.1.7. (Circulated under date of
22 April 1985.)

Randall Dahl
Secretary

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY UNIVERSITY

 

 MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, MAY 6, I985

The University Senate met in a special session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, May 6, l985,
in Room lO6 of the Classroom Building.

Robert Bostrom, Chairman of the Senate Council, presided.

Members absent: Kathy Ashcraft*, Michael A. Baer, Charles E. Barnhart, Trudi
Bellardo, Jack C. Blanton, Thomas 0. Blues, Tex Lee Boggs, Daniel J. Breazeale, Henry
Cole, Glenn B. Collins, M. Ward Crowe, Stephen DeMers, R. Lewis Donohew, Herbert
Drennon, Nancy E. Dye, Anthony Eardley, William Ecton, Charles W. Ellinger*, Donald G.
Ely, Stanley Feldman, Gerald Ferretti*, Ray Forgue*, Timothy Freudenberg, Richard W.
Furst, Lester Goldstein, Andrew J. Grimes, Leonard Heller, Raymond Hornback, James
Hourigan, Donald W. Ivey*, John J. Just, Gail Kennedy, James 0. King, Laura L. Ladd,
James R. Lang, Donald Leigh, Robert Lawson, O. J. Loewer, David Lowery, Edgar Maddox,
Paul Mandelstam*, Kenneth E. Marino, Sally S. Mattingly, Marcus T. McEllistrem,

H. Brinton Milward, Robert C. Nobel, Clayton Omvig, Merrill Packer*, Alan R. Perreiah,
Robin D. Powell, Madhira D. Ram, Gerald A. Rosenthal, Charles Sachatello*, Edgar
Sagan, Donald Sands, Timothy Sineath, Otis A. Singletary*, Marcia Stanhope, Tom
Stephens, Howard Sypher, Kenneth Thompson, O'Neil Weeks, James H. Wells*, Charles T.
Wethington, Bill White, Carolyn Williams*, Paul A. Willis, Constance Wilson*,

Robert G. Zumwinkle

The Minutues of the Meeting of April 8, l985, were approved as circulated.

Chairman Bostrom recognized Professor James Kemp who presented the following
Memorial Resolution on the death of Professor Wesley Patterson Garrigus.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION

Wesley Patterson Garrigus l909-l985

”Dr. Wesley Patterson Garrigus, Professor Emeritus of
Animal Sciences, passed away April ll, l985. He was born
June l5, l909, in Storrs, COnnecticut, where his father was
Head of the Animal Husbandry Department. He received the
8.8. degree from the University of Connecticut in l93l, and
the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Animal Science from the Univer—
sity of Illinois in l933 and l935, respectively. Following
graduation he served as Assistant Agronomist with the
United States Department of Agriculture for two years and
then joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky as
Instructor in Animal Husbandry. He rose rapidly through
the ranks and for 33 years, l94l to l974, served as Pro-
fessor and Head or Chairman of the Department under the
successive names of Animal Industry Group, Animal Husbandry
Department, Animal Science Department and Department of
Animal Sciences. For eleven years, l95l to l962, he had a
dual appointment, Department Head and Associate Director
of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.

He retired from the University in l974 but remained
'active and interested in University and livestock affairs.
His most notable post-retirement activity was acting as
Curator of the Portrait Gallery of the Saddle and Sirloin
Club which was moved to the Kentucky State Fair and

*Absence explained

 

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Exposition Center in Louisville after the closing of the
International Livestock Exposition and Stockyards Inn in
Chicago.

Dr. Garrigus or Wes, as he was known to his many friends,
was an enthusiastic teacher of livestock production and live—
stock judging courses and an avid supporter of student activi-
ties such as livestock and meat judging teams and the Block
and Bridle Club. He had a close relationship with many of
his students who sought his counsel many years after graduation.
Under his leadership the Department of Animal Sciences grew
from a small department that taught mostly undergraduate
courses to an internationally known Ph.D. granting department
that at times had as many as 90 graduate students. He was
proud of these graduate students and kept an up—to-date file
on the location and position of each.

He was a respected research scientist especially in the
areas of forage utilization, feeder calf production, cow and
calf management, and use of distiller's by—products in live-
stock feeding. His work with forage utilization had a
significant influence both nationally and internationally.
His work on utilization of by—product feedstuffs which were
conducted during and immediately following World War II took
on added significance during the recent energy crisis and re—
newed interest in alcohol as an energy source. He authored
more than l25 scientific and popular articles including a
textbook, Introductory Animal Science. His ability to recruit
faculty and his rapport with faculty is well known. Many

 

young scientists spent a few years at the University of
Kentucky and then moved to significant positions at other
universities or in industry. Others stayed and are now
leaders in the Department and College.

Dr. Garrigus was active in University affairs. He was
a member of the University Senate, Senate Council, Graduate
Council and numerous University committees. In addition, he
represented the University on various national boards and
committees including a joint pasture technique committee for
the American Society of Animal Production, the American Dairy
Science Association and the American Society of Agronomy.
He was a member of the Feed Survey Committee of the American
Feed Manufacturers Association for several years and served
on the Subcommittee on Nutrient Requirements for Beef Cattle
of the National Research Council. He was instrumental in
forming and served on the Board of Directors of the Kentucky
Beef Cattle Association.

He provided strong leadership to state and national
organizations and received many recognitions for that leader—
ship. He was named “Man of the Year“ in Kentucky Agriculture
in l950 and l964 and “Kentucky Cattleman of the Year“ in
l965. In l968 he was the recipient of the Distinguished
Service Award to Agriculture by the Kentucky Farm Bureau
Federation. He served as President of the Southern Section
of the American Society of Animal Production in l957 and

 

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Vice President and President of the American Society of
Animal Production (now American Society of Animal Science)
in l958 and l959, respectively. He was named a Fellow of
the Society in l973 and received its Animal Industry Ser—
vice Award in l974.

In l983 he was honored by having his portrait presented
to the Saddle and Sirloin Club. It now hangs along with that
of his distinguished father in the protrait gallery at the
Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center and Executive Inn West.

Dr. Garrigus was a member of numerous societies and
fraternities including Alpha Zeta, Alpha Gamma Rho, Gamma
Sigma Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi.
He was a long time member of the Rotary Club and a faithful
and active member of the Second Presbyterian Church.

Dr. Garrigus was a devoted family man and is survived by
three children - Dr. Robert Garrigus of Murfreesboro, Tennes—
see, Mr. Jim Garrigus of Arcadia, California, and Mrs. Jerry
(Betty) Baird of Utica, Kentucky — eight grandchildren and
one great granddaughter. He enjoyed his family and loved to
have them around. During their formative years the family
toured much of the United States on family vacations.

He and his late wife, Helen, entertained graciously in
their lovely home or in the backyard garden in which they
took pride. They had a gentle way of making new faculty
welcome and of mixing new and old faculty and non-faculty
guests in a friendly and informal manner.

Dr. Wesley Patterson Garrigus was a teacher, re-
searcher, administrator, church and community leader, family
man and friend. The University, the Lexington community,
and the State of Kentucky are better places as a result of
his many contributions ”

(Prepared by Professor James Kemp, Department of Animal
Sciences)

Professor Kemp requested that the Resolution be entered into these minutes and
that copies be sent to the Garrigus family. Chairman Bostrom asked the senators to
stand for a moment of silence in tribute and respect to Professor Wesley Patterson
Garrigus.

Chairman Bostrom recognized Professor John Landon who presented the following
Memorial Resolution on the death of Professor Gwen Elaine Mead.

MEMORIAL RESOLUTION
Gwen Elaine Mead

“Gwen Elaine Mead, associate professor in the College
of Social Work, died April l9, l985, in Olivet, Michigan.
A native of Nebraska she earned the A.B. degree in Economics
and Anthropology in l966 at the University of Nebraska and

 

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the M.S. degree in Social Work in l968 at Columbia University
where she also completed some work towards her doctorate.

Professor Mead spent l3 years working with the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company in Lincoln, Nebraska and served for a
short time as Assistant Director of the Amsterdam Social Service
Center, New York City Department of Social Services, before join—
ing the faculty of Marywood College Graduate School of Social
Work, Scranton, Pennsylvania where she served for three years.

Gwen Mead joined the faculty of the College of Social Work,
University of Kentucky in the Fall of l97l where she remained
at the time of her death. She had been in poor health for several
years and had filed for disability earlier in the Spring Semester,
l985.

Professor Mead taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate
courses over the years in the social policy area. She was instru—
mental in developing several new courses which were adopted into
the curriculum. She served as Chairperson of the Curriculum Com-
mittee in l973—74, as faculty advisor to the undergraduate social
work student organization, SWA, and as an advisor to International
Students. She was instrumental in helping to prepare the first
self-study report leading to the accreditation of the undergraduate
social work program by the Council on Social Work Education in
l974. One of her major contributions to the College was a two-
year review, at the Dean's request, of the faculty evaluation pro-
cess. Her plan for revision of this process was adopted by the
faculty in all its essential points.

Gwen Mead served on the University Senate for a number of
years and on a joint faculty committee with the Kent School of
Social Work, University of Louisville. She served as a regional
committee member of the White House Conference on Aging and on
Governor Shopp's (Pennsylvania) Human Services Task Force. In
l977-78 she spent a sabbatical year in England studying at the Cen—
tral Council for Education and Training in Social Work and the
London School of Economics and Political Science.

Professor Mead was a member of the Council on Social Work
Education, the National Association of Social Workers, the Academy
of Certified Social Workers, The American Association of University
Professors, the Social Welfare History Group, the American Public
Welfare Association and the Kentucky Welfare Association.

She is survived by two sisters, Polly Mead Lillie of Olivet,
Michigan and another sister in Nebraska. Memorial contributions
may be given to the Center for Creative Living, l530 Nicholasville
Road, Lexington, Kentucky, 40503 in her memory, with notification
to Reverend Harold and Polly Lillie, Route 2, Box l44, Olivet,
Michigan 49076.“

(Prepared by Professor John Landon, College of Social Work)

Professor Landon requested that the Resolution be entered into these minutes and
that copies be sent to the family. Chairman Bostrom asked the senators to stand for

 

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a moment of silence in tribute and respect to Professor Gwen Elaine Mead.

The Chairman made the following remarks:

“My remarks this afternoon will be blessedly brief.
I want to thank you first of all for coming to this special
meeting. I really appreciate your indulgence because the
items on the agenda are needed to finish out the ragtag
ends of the year. Thank you again for coming. I deeply
appreciate it.

This is my last meeting as Chairman of the Senate Council,
and I want to publicly express my thanks to you and the senate
especially the Committee Chairpersons who worked so hard all
year. I want to also thank Professor Blyton, the parliamen-
tarian, Martha, we couldn't do without her, George Dexter, and
now Randy Dahl. I especially want to thank Celinda for all
her help. It has been a wonderful year. You have all helped
a lot with it.

Many of you have asked what is happening to the General
Studies Committee Report now that it has been presented for—
mally to the Senate. It has gone on routinely as any other
curricula proposal would to the Undergraduate Council. They
have had two meetings, and we have yet to receive their'report.
I have been informed that the Undergraduate Council is pretty
much in favor of the proposal, and it will be arriving at the
Senate Council Office very soon. I may be speaking out of turn,
because Professor Canon will be handling the expeditious fu-
ture of the proposal. It is my anticipation that it will go
to the Admissions and Academic Standards Committee and then to
the Senate Council. All those recommendations will come back to
you sometime in the Fall. That will be up to Brad Canon and
the new Council when that does take place. One of the reasons
we have been interested in all deliberate speed is that we
would like for it to be as good of a proposal as we could get.
We want as wide participation in the University community as
we possibly can and that means involving as much of this body
as we can. That is where the proposal is at the moment.

My last announcement is that this is also Bradley Canon's
last meeting as Secretary of the Senate Council. The next time
we meet in senate assembly Brad will be chairing this group.
You should be advised that his place and my place in two years
will be taken by Professor Nilbur Frye from the College of
Agriculture. This is a very popular choice, and I am sure you
all will enjoy both of those chairmanships.”

The Chairman recognized Professor Bradley Canon, Secretary of the Senate Council,
for a motion. Professor Canon, on behalf of the Senate Council, recommended approval

of the proposal to establish a Department of Physician Assistant Studies, College of
Allied Health Professions, and to abolish the Department of Dental Hygiene. Professor
Canon said the proposal was basically a departmental reorganization to undergird the
changes in degree programs. The program will be operational the first of July. This
proposal was circulated to members of the senate under date of April 22, l985.

 

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The Chairman said that a report from a committee needed no second and reminded
the senate they were not the final authority, but the proposal would be sent to the
President for his recommendation which would then go to the Board of Trustees for
their final disposition.

There was no discussion, and the proposal, which passed unanimously, reads as
follows:

Recommendation:

The College of Allied Health Professions has recommended that
(l) the Department of Dental Hygiene be abolished, and, (2) the
Physician Assistant Program be established as the Department

of Physician Assistant Studies.

Background:

These recommendations are a product of the l984 program review
of the Department of Allied Health Education and Research which
called for a reorganization of various units within the depart—
ment.

The abolition of the Department of Dental Hygiene is warranted
because the B.H.S. program was reestablished as an Associate
Degree program in the Lexington Community College in l978. The
AHP Department has no students, no faculty with primary appoint—
ments, and no courses have been offered for several years.

At a recent Board of Trustees meeting, the Board accepted the
President's recommendation which was approved by the Senate to
establish the Physician Assistant program as a B.H.S. program.
The program has been operational for the past ten years within
the Department of Allied Health Education and Research. With
the establishment of the baccalaureate program, it becomes
appropriate to establish the Department of Physician Assistant
Studies. The program continues to be accredited by the American
Medical Association, has qualified faculty, qualified students,
and adequate finances to function as a department.

These actions are strongly supported by the College and Chair—
man of the Department of Allied Health Education and Research,
the Academic Council for the Medical Center, the Senate Com—
mittee on Academic Organization and Structure and the University
Senate Council.

Chairman Bostrom recognized Professor Bradley Canon, Secretary of the Senate
Council. Professor Canon, on behalf of the Senate Council, moved adoption of the
proposal to insert a third paragraph in University Senate Rules, Section V., 3 l.2,
Academic Probation and Suspension. This would allow students suspended from one
college to transfer to another college on campus provided they were eligible for
transfer under the policies of that college or program. This proposal had been
circulated to members of the senate on April l9, l985.

 

 

There was no discussion and the proposal which passed unanimously reads as
follows:

 

 Proposal:

V., 3.l.2 Students suspended from a college or program
because such college or program has requirements more strin-
gent than general University requirements, may transfer to
another college or program provided they are eligible for
such transfer under the policies of that college or program.

Rationale:

Prior to April 25, l984, Senate Rule V., 3.l.2 consisted of

a single paragraph dealing with the definition and signifi-
cance of the quality point deficit in the probation and
suspension policies of the University. At the Senate meeting
on that date, a second paragraph was added to this Rule per-
mitting colleges to establish higher standards for probation
and suspension if approved by the Senate. Although the
minutes of that meeting, as well as other information, clearly
indicate that it was not_intended that students suspended

from a college be automatically suspended from the University,
this is not explicitly stated nor can it be easily inferred
from statements elsewhere in the Rules. As a result, students
suspended by a college are now subject to suspension from the
University even though they have a GPA higher than 2.0. The
proposed additional paragraph to this Rule (which is entitled
”Academic Probation and suspension“) should clarify the
situation.

If the proposal is passed, it is intended that the language
relating to probation and suspension elsewhere in the Rules
will be codified to clearly reflect the distinction between
college/program, probation/suspension and University probation/
suspension. Further it is intended to place in the Rules

all policies of programs or colleges relating to probation

or suspension which have been passed by the Senate.

Implementation Date: Immediate.

The Chairman recognized-Professor Canon for the third action item. Professor
Canon, on behalf of the Senate Council, moved adoption of the proposed recommendation
to the administration to alter the Governing Regulations, also cited in University
Senate Rules, Section V., 4.l.7. Professor Canon said the proposal would allow UK
faculty members to pursue advance degrees at the University so long as they were not
in the discipline in which they are employed or hold academic rank. He said the
Graduate Council had reported to the Senate Council their recommendation, the Senate
Council approved the wording, and the proposal came from the Senate Council. This
proposal was circulated to members of the senate under date of April 22, l985.

 

The floor was opened for discussion. Professor Rea moved an amendment to delete
the words ”at the University” in the second paragraph. The amendment was seconded
by Professor Olshewsky. Professor Rea felt the proposal discriminated against faculty
members getting degrees at Kentucky as opposed to those getting degrees elsewhere.
Professor Lyons wanted to know if there were other positions for faculty members seek—
ing degrees at other universities. He did not see how someone could work half—time
at UK and receive a degree elsewhere. He felt the original proposal was aimed at

 

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faculty members wishing to take advance degrees at the University of Kentucky. He
wanted to know whether there were other provisions that governed the behavior of
those wanting degrees at another university. The Chairman said there were very clear
provisions about meeting classes.

Professor Eakin said his department had just gone through the problem of the
definition of qualifying examinations. He wanted to know if “qualifying examination“
was well defined at any other institutions. Dean Royster felt that generally the
qualifying exam was well defined but at the department level there were sometimes
arguments. Dean Royster felt if ”at the University” was deleted, the University of
Kentucky would be telling other institutions what their rule should be for a faculty
member from UK studying at their institution, and he did not think the senate could do
that. Professor Rea said it merely applied to the work load of a faculty member at the
University of Kentucky and had nothing to do with another university.

Professor McMahon thought it was strange to have an amendment to the amendment to
the rules when the provision that originated on the senate floor was to facilitate
faculty members who do not hold Ph.D.'s. He felt the proposal was going to make it
more difficult for faculty members from UK to get a Ph D.

Professor Thrailkill said all universities did not have the rule as UK does of
having one year full—time before and after the qualifying exam. He did not know how
this would be interpreted at another university. Professor Neil agreed with Dean
Royster and felt the senate was passing rules about UK's governing academic matters.
He felt the amendment was a limitation on the work load a faculty member could carry
and that ought to be an administrative regulation.

Professor Olshewsky wanted to know if the proposal was to be a restriction on em—
ployment at the University of Kentucky or was it to be a restriction on academic
programs. If the restriction as stated had to do with employment at the University
of Kentucky, it did not have any restrictions on employment elsewhere. He assumed
the proposal did not have any restrictions on graduate programs. Professor Neil felt
Professor Olshewsky was incorrect in saying the proposal was not a restriction on
employment because the rules state that the student must be a full—time resident at
the University the year before and after the qualifying examination.

Professor Olshewsky asked for a point of information. He wanted to know if UK
had any graduate students who were approved the year before the qualifying exams or
the year after the exams who are not in full—time employment. Chairman Bostrom said
that was the case in the College of Communications. Dean Royster said the rule was
that the student should not be fully employed during that time, but it was hard to
check. As far as he knew, there were no students employed full—time during those
years before and after the qualifying exams.

Professor Kemp felt the senate was missing the point. The original motion was
to allow instructors and assistant professors to get degrees and not getting the
degree by ”goofing off” or working full-time. The idea was to ease the rule so pro-
mising young faculty can get a degree if willing to work half-time.

The amendment to strike ”at the University” failed.
There was no debate on the main motion. The proposal passed and reads as follows:
Proposal: (delete bracketed portion; add underlined portion)

V., 4.l.7 Faculty Members as Candidates for Degrees
Members of the faculty, except those in the Community

 

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College System, having a rank higher than that of
instructor may not be considered as candidates

for degrees in the discipline in which they are em-
ployed and hold academic rank. [or as candidates
for degrees above the master‘s degree at the Univer—
sity.]

 

Faculty members pursuing degrees above the master's
degree at the University may not hold more than

a half time work assignment either during the two
full-time, consecutive resident semestersgpreceding
qualifying examinations or during the two semesters
of full-time dissertation study immediately follow-
ing the qualifying examination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In response to Senate discussion, the above statement is more
specific and less open to various interpretations than the
previously proposed statement (circulated under date of 28 Feb—
ruary l985.)

The Graduate Council was unanimous on the recommended work
load assignment during the semesters of full—time residence
preceding the qualifying examinations and felt that a similar
work load assignment on the two semesters succeeding the
qualifying examination would encourage faculty working to-
ward doctorates to complete the doctorate as quickly as possi—
ble.

Rationale:

The current proscription of degree pursuit beyond the master's
level is unrealistic and deprives the institution of potential
intellectual ferment which attends advanced educational

activity across disciplinary lines. As the current rule/regu—
lation stands, a faculty member who wishes to pursue an advanced
degree must leave the institution, either through leave of
absence or sabbatical leave. This would seem to deprive the
institution of potential inter-disciplinary activity which

could be beneficial in light of recent trends toward development
of inter—disciplinary research centers.

In fields such as medical technolgy the number of persons with
earned doctorates is limited. Therefore, in recruitment, it
is a definite advantage to have a doctoral program as an
option for incoming faculty.

In colleges such as Allied Health, where the teaching load is
excessive and where greater emphasis is being placed on re—
search, the availability of a doctoral program is essential to
tenured and untenured faculty.

Since the University is a microcosm of colleges and since there
are many departments in those colleges, it is no longer inbreed-
ing to earn a degree in another college because a totally
different faculty would be teaching the ”student faculty.“

 

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Other prestigious universities have become aware of the advan-
tages of having doctoral preparation for their faculty given
within their institutions. One example is the University of
Illinois at Urbana—Champaign.

If we believe in the quality of our graduate programs and fur-
ther, if we want to strengthen them, how better to do it than
by promoting our graduate programs and by accepting our faculty
who are theoretically already screened and selected for quality?

The Senate Council has solicited information from the Univer—
sity in general about the apparent need for such a modification.
Our responses indicate that as many as forty (40) current faculty
could be interested in advanced study of this type.

In addition, a number of persons in the University community
have written strong endorsements of this proposal.

Last, but certainly not least, the Visiting Committee Report
of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
made a specific suggestion to the University that this rule
be relaxed.

This proposal is offered with the endorsement of the Senate
Council. The proposal will be sent to the President and then
to the Board of Trustees as a modification of the current
Governing Regulations.

 

There was no further business, and the meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

Randall w. Dahl
Secretary, Univeristy Senate

 

 DR. WESLEY PATTERSON GARRIGUS

Dr. Wesley Patterson Garrigus, Professor Emeritus of
Animal Sciences, passed away April 11, 1985. He was born
June 15, 1909, in Storrs, Connecticut, where his father
was Head. of the Animal Husbandry Department. He received
the B.S. degree from the University of Connecticut in 1931,
and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees 111 Animal Science fronl the
University of Illinois in 1933 and 1935, respectively.
Following graduation he served as Assistant Agronomist with
the United States Department of Agriculture for two years
and then. joined. the faculty at the University of Kentucky
as Instructor in Animal Husbandry. He rose rapidly through
the ranks and for 33 years, 1941 to 1974, served as Professor
and Head or Chairman of the Department under the successive
names of Animal Industry Group, Animal Husbandry Department,
Animal Science Department and Department of Animal Sciences.
For 11 years, 1951 to 1962, he had a dual appointment,
Department Head and Associate Director of the Kentucky
Agricultural Experiment Station.

He retired from the University in 1974 but remained
active and interested in University and livestock affairs.
His most notable post-retirement activity was acting as
Curator of the Portrait Gallery of the Saddle and Sirloin

Club which was moved to the Kentucky State Fair and Exposition

Center in Louisville after the closing of the International

Livestock Exposition and Stockyards Inn in Chicago.

 

 Dr. Garrigus or Wes, as he

was an enthusiastic teacher

livestock judging courses and

activities such as livestock

the Block and Bridle Club.

with many (fif his students who

after graduation. Under his

Animal Sciences grew from a

mostly undergraduate courses

Ph.D.

graduate students.

and kept an up—to—date file

of each.

He was a respected

the areas of forage

cow and calf management,
in livestock feeding. His

had a significant influence

nationally.

granting department that at times

research
utilization,
and use of distiller's

work with forage

was known to his many friends,

of livestock production and

an, avid. supporter' of student

and meat judging teams and

He had a close relationship
sought his counsel many years
leadership the Department of
small department that taught

to an internationally known

had as many as 90

He was proud of these graduate students

on. the location and position

scientist especially in

feeder calf production,

by—products
utilization
both inter—

nationally and

His work on utilization of by—product feedstuffs

whidn were conducted during and immediately following World
War II took on added significance during the recent energy

crisis and renewed interest in alcohol as eni energy' source.

He authored more than 125 scientific and popular articles

including a textbook, Introductory Animal Science. His

 

ability to recruit faculty and his rapport with. faculty

is well known. Many young scientists spent a. few jyears

 

 at the University of Kentucky and then moved to significant
positions at other universities or in industry. Others
stayed and are n