COVER SHEET FOR
RECOMMENDATION FOR EMERITUS STATUS
(Reverse side contains amplification of procedures for recommendations)
NAME OF CANDIDATE
DEPARTMENT
CURRENT RANK
DATE OF RETIREMENT YEARS OF SERVICE AT RETIREMENT
DATE EMERITUS APPOINTMENT IS TO BE EFFECTIVE
Guidelines: (PPM 2.5.1.6) Every individual who, at the time of retirement, holds a tenured appointment at Texas A&M University and has served the University at least 10 years must be considered for emeritus status unless the faculty member requests in writing that he/she not be so considered. Individuals who are non-tenured or who have served less than 10 years may be so considered. Such an individual's department or unit head shall convene the departmental tenure and promotion committee (or the college committee where departmental committees do not exist) to begin procedures. Please see the reverse side of this form for additional information and summary of steps and procedures.
SUMMARY OF VOTES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommended action by:Yes No Absent AbstainSignatureDate
Vote of all available
tenured faculty members / / /
Department Head
Dean
Dean of Faculties
Executive Vice President
and Provost
Accompanying this form should be the following: (See reverse for amplification of this information)1. Departmental committee report
2. Vote of the tenured faculty
3. A letter of recommendation from the department head
4. A letter of recommendation from the dean.
5. Comprehensive vita and any other supporting documentation to include:
(a.) Narrative statement of no more than two pages regarding the candidate's teaching, research and service prepared by the tenure and promotion committee, ie. courses taught, graduate committees chaired, major grants and projects obtained.
(b.) An autobiographic statement of no more than two pages of the candidate's career history at Texas A&M University indicating involvement with the University and its subdivisions as well as personal accomplishments beyond those delineated in the vitae.
Note: Your college representative on the Committee on Emeritus Status is available to provide advice and counsel in the preparation of nomination packets. Those names are listed on the reverse side.
Office of the Associate Provost and Dean of Faculties 9/97
See other side for additional information
PROCEDURES FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROFESSOR EMERITUS
The decision for granting emeritus status must be based on comprehensive consideration of career involvement in the institutional context. This is to ensure that contributions of faculty are evaluated in light of the conditions existing at Texas A&M during the whole career. Each candidate for emeritus status, working with the appropriate tenure and promotion committee, will prepare a dossier that contains the following:
1. This cover sheet.
2. A comprehensive vitae.
3.A narrative statement of no more than two pages regarding the candidates teaching, research and service prepared by the tenure and promotion committee, i.e. courses taught, graduate committees chaired, major grants and projects obtained.
4. An autobiographic statement of no more than two pages of the candidates career history at Texas A&M University indicating involvement with the University and its subdivisions as well as personal accomplishments beyond those delineated in the vitae.
5. A letter of recommendation from the head of the department.
6.A letter of recommendation from the dean of the college.
Steps after preparation of dossier:
A.A departmental meeting will be scheduled to which all available tenured faculty members are invited for discussion of the dossier and recommendation. The tenured faculty in the department should be provided access to the dossier for ten working days before conducting the discussion meeting and all tenured faculty shall be polled and may vote yes, no or abstain. In many departments a paper ballot has worked well for this step. The dossier at this time would include items 1-4 above.
B.The recommendation of the tenured faculty in the department (including any information gained from the discussion meeting) shall be forwarded to the department head for his/her endorsement/non endorsement and comments. The department heads recommendation along with the complete dossier is forwarded to the dean.
C.The dean then adds his/her recommendation and letter of support or non-support.
D.This entire dossier is then forwarded to the Office of the Associate Provost and Dean of Faculties, who will in turn forward the recommendations to the Committee for Emeritus Status. The Committee on Emeritus Status shall review all nominations, both favorable and unfavorable, and forward its recommendations through the Associate Provost and Dean of Faculties to the Executive Vice President and Provost. The Executive Vice President and Provost shall consider the recommendations of the departments, the Deans, and the Committee for Emeritus Status in making recommendations to the President.
The Committee on Emeritus Status shall be comprised of one tenured faculty member from each academic college and the Library. The Dean of Faculties serves as an ex officio member. Committee members shall be nominated by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and approved by the Senate.
FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE ON EMERITUS STATUS
1997-98
Charles SchultzLibrary (Chair)98
Don AustinArchitecture98
VacantEducation99
William GriffithMedicine00
Robert GustafsonScience99
Jared HazeltonBusiness99
Jo HowzeEngineering00
Arnold LeUnesLiberal Arts98
Page MorganAgriculture98
Bruce SimpsonVeterinary Medicine99
Thomas YanceyGeosciences00