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Show 'Ihe Summer Clironiele Tuesday. July named Vice-pre- z Dr. Cedric Davern,dean of the I'niversity College of Medicine and an internationally knejw n pioneti in molecular genetics, has Urn named for vice-preside- nt Academic Affairs, effective September 15. The appointment recommended t Presidnet David P. Gardner approved today by Institutional Daetn was the Council. replaces Dr. Pete D. Gardner who will return to and leaching c full-tim- e research in herniary and biology. Gardner said it has Urn customary to draw fiom within the I'niveisity for this jxjsition and he continued the pattern because of the "able, talented people alieady on our campus." During the past two months, Gardner has had individual discussions with each of the deans of the 15 schools and colleges, the and a dozen members faculty seeking their advice and counse l I maintain and protect the creative activites of all its faculty and students. "We must continually reassess w here we've come from, w ho we are as a society, and w here we might be heading. "A university consists of live. "The trouble is. so manv people want to move places like that that their job markets are glutted. Thev 're buvcrs" markets. Many manage! s earning $2C000 a seal in Chicago or another eastern city would be lucks to get $17,000 in Denver and the Mountain States," wains lini D. Barton, president, Cadillac As,iates Inc.. Chicago, the nation's largest executive and technical placement paradoxical elemhe says. "Faculty members need protection and quiet for concentrated scholarship, but at the same time they need the stimulation of argument and organization. Regional jxiv diffeienees are nothing new, but until a few sears ago, they were based primarilv on differing costs of living in various cities. living in the South oi West w as usually less exjnnsive than living in the urban Fast, so jobs in Charlotte, N.C., Des Moines, Iowa. Portland, Ore., and similar cities of ten xiid less than corresponding jobs in Cleveland, New York Citv or Pittsburgh. "Now, cost of living doesn't have very much to do with it. Boston, for example, is piobably the most exiiensive c.ty to live in in the United States, but salaries there are generally low. A $20,000 job might only jxiy $18,000 in. Boston. People evidently are willing to take that $2,000 difference in scenery, " Barton explains. "I lie same thing holds true for Milwaukee and the Twin Cities. A $20,000 job might only pay $16,000 in Minneapolis, but there are enough people who figure the controversy. While they need lime and opportunity to gather a data base and develop ideas, faculty also need to teach, for the explic it act of communication serves to bring clarity and coherence to thought." The new says the university is the tool by which a sophisticated culture keeps a critical record of its past achievements and provides the options for the future in an vice-preside- ever-changin- Salary varies with ihe scenery Sun and sceneiy may U-- just what you're looking for in your next place to live, but make suie sou realize how much lh3t scenery will com sou in sour jiavcheck. , "Denver with its mountains, California and Florida Vith the sun. Boston with its srac exist, and the Southwest with its healthful c Innate -- dies re all wonderful plai es to many ents." nt g world. 12, 1977 aiea s abundance of winter sjms makes it worth the price to keep the supply of job seekers w rong. However, the Cadillac president is quick to joint out these are average figures lie is talking about. An exec utive with a strong track moid or a sjjcxial set of skills will command the same vilaiy in San Francisco or Oiieago But the average middle manager will find himself or herself vers much in the regional salatv bind. "But just as salaries are lower in the sun and scenery locations, thevie moving higher in cities that managers are hesitant to relocate to. "New Voik Citv and Detroit are classic examples. When we talk to job seekers, the fust tiling thev tell us is, "I'll go anv w here ex e pi New Vol k or Detioii.' As a result, c omtianies in those c niesaie Utosting salanes to attrac t good B.iitcn explains. A $20,000 job in CJiicagooi Cleveland mighteasilv jxiv $27,000 a vcar in New York. And in Detroit, we've even set ri cases where comjunie saie living to loc k in their good eople by JKiving them salaries so fai over their market value that a move to another city would be financial suicide. Barton adds. In one case, a manufacturer that had lost several top managers in one department assed out raises of from $10,000 to $12,000 to the remaining managers. "That means those people w ill be looking at sizeable salary c uts if they try to leave Detroit which is just what the eniplover wants." the Cadillac president notes. Will this xcttern of regional juy differences U- with us for long? It's hard to say. Cost oi living diffeienees are fast fading it costs just a Unit the same to live in almost any area of the xountrv lodav. - on the Commenting appointment, he said. "Dr. Davern has the administrative ejeiiene and background that readies him for the jx)si(iot) of aeade mic sice piesident. I lis extensive expei ietue at the I'niversity of California and as dean of the I'liiversity's College of Medic ine fully pre Kites him for the academic problems and opportunities he will encounter in his new position," Gardner said. "I have confidence in his judgment, respect his high academic and professional standards, and am dc lighted that he has accepted this position," the president said. Dr. Pete D. Gardner, for outgoing aademic affairs, said his successor has '"tremendous breadth and is one of the brightest, most thoughful and attic ulate individuals I've ever known. I acquired enormous resjKct for him vice-preside- afte r I first met him on the Santa Cm campus of the I'niversitv of California. Dr. John A. Dixon, for health sc ienc es. Davern has contributed says to greatly progress in the Medicine. "His of Qillcge based capabilities in broadly science as well as in the humanities, coupled with his drive for exc ellenc e. make him idealy suited for the academic vice-preside- nt v ," says Dixon. The new joined the University faculty in 1975 as Fxcles Visiting Professor, holding a joint appointment as professor both in the Department of Biology and the Department of Microbiology. He was appointed dean of the College of Medicine in March 1976. Davern says he was first impressed with the "high quality of the faculty" when he came to the University in 1973 during a sabbatical leave from the University of California at Santa Crus. "The intellectual environment at Utah was stimulatvice-preside- nt ing and congenial." His interest in the stems from a interest in the "long-teruniversity as an institution," arising out of his association with the youngest campus of the University of California system. "Its organization sought to maximize and relate the often conflicting cultural imperatives of a vice-presiden- cy m broad-base- d liberal arts education and highly specialized scholarship." Davern believes the many services a university provides will inevitable diminish in quality and scope if the institution does not w y , TO THE FACULTY AND STAFF you may have. 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