THE GRADUATE SCHOOL

 ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY

 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL consists of the dean, the assistant deans, the
Graduate Council, and the graduate faculty. General policies and standards
of the Graduate School are established by the graduate faculty. The Gradu-
ate School is responsible for the enforcement of minimum general
standards of graduate work in the University and for the coordination of the
graduate programs of the various colleges and divisions of the University. The
responsibility for the detailed operations of graduate programs is vested in the
individual colleges, divisions, and departments. In most of the colleges an
assistant dean or other official is directly responsible for graduate study in his
college.
 The Graduate Council, of which the dean is chairman, assists him in
being the agent of the graduate faculty for execution of policy related to
graduate study and associated research. The Council considers petitions and
recommends the award of graduate degrees. Members of the graduate faculty,
who are appointed by the dean with the approval of the Graduate Council,
fall into two categories in accordance with their function: the Graduate Studies
Faculty, who are appointed to teach graduate courses and to direct master's
theses, and the Doctoral Research Faculty, who are appointed in addition to
direct doctoral dissertations. No staff member is expected to perform any of
these functions without having been appointed to the graduate faculty, though
temporary exceptions may be made in unusual circumstances.
 In the beginning the organization of graduate study was very informal.
Control was in the hands of a faculty committee which reported directly to
the President. In 1910, however, James N. Anderson, head of the Department
of Ancient Languages, was appointed Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
and Director of Graduate Work, and in 1930 he became the first dean of
the Graduate School. He was succeeded upon his retirement in 1938 by T. M.
Simpson, head of the Department of Mathematics, who held the position
until 1951. C. F. Byers, head of the Department of Biological Sciences in
the University College, served as acting dean from June, 1951 until August,
1952, when he was succeeded by L. E. Grinter, who came from the Illinois
Institute of Technology, where he had been Vice President, Dean of the
Graduate School, and Research Professor. Upon becoming Acting Executive
Vice President in 1969, Dr. Grinter was named dean emeritus of the Graduate
School. He was succeeded by Harold P. Hanson, who came to Florida from
the University of Texas, where he had served as Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Physics. In 1971, Dr. Hanson was appointed Vice President for