August 21, 1973
Dr. Hiatt settles in to his new role as UA president
Release date: 8/21/73
FAIRBANKS--The University of Alaska's new president settled into his office here yesterday,
met with top administrators, and made preliminary plans for a tour of the various
campuses of the university in the fall.
He was to meet today (Aug. 21) on an informal basis with native leaders, government
officials and legislators who are coming to the campus to continue the discussions
on decentralization of the Alaska State-Operated School System.
The university's Center for Northern Educational Research has arranged the discussions,
which are to take place at a joint meeting in the Gruening Building of the center's
Policy and Evaluation Advisory Council and the interim legislative committee studying
the state's educational delivery system in rural Alaska.
Dr. Hiatt assumed his new duties on July 2 but left the state shortly thereafter for
Washington, D. C. for a debriefing session regarding his former duties as United States
consular officer and counselor for scientific affairs in Tokyo. Then he returned to
his home in Hawiii to prepare for the move to Alaska.
On their return to the West Coast, Dr. and Mrs. Hiatt purchased a motor home and drove
to Alaska via the Marine Highway System. They arrived at their campus home Saturday
afternoon.
They stopped over at Ketchikan and Sitka on their way north to visit the community
colleges there and meet with administrators and members of the colleges' advisory
committees. In Ketcliikan they also met with university regent A.D. Robertson.
In Sitka, Dr. Hiatt and community college director David Knapp inspected proposed
sites for the college's first building.
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