UC San Diego. Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Administrative Records, 1960-1990 (RSS 8400)

Extent: 9.45 Linear feet (24 archives boxes)

Records of the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences contain subject files, departmental materials, and committees. Materials document aspects of the administration related to the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego Medical Center.

The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Services at the University of California, San Diego was established in 1973 with V. Wayne Kennedy serving as the first associate vice chancellor. The Office is responsible for the administrative aspects of Health Sciences, including the School of Medicine and the UCSD Medical Center. When Kennedy was appointed, the Associate Vice Chancellor was responsible for managing and utilizing the financial, physical, and human resources of Health Sciences at the university; including the analysis and formulation of policy and guidelines affecting the Health Sciences. In addition, the Associate Vice Chancellor served as the principal liaison to campus and university entities on resource matters, as well as the Director of the UCSD Medical Center; reporting directly to the Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences.

The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences has evolved and reorganized several times since its inception in 1973. In 1978, the office was renamed the Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences Administration. By 1996, the office was renamed to Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs Administration - Health Sciences and in 1997, the name was truncated to Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs. The name of the office changed back to Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences Administration in 1999. By the time Gary S. Firestein was appointed in 2020, the office was named Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences.

Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences have included: V. Wayne Kennedy (1973-1981), vacant (1981-1983), Robert J. Erra (1983), position was absentia (1984), Michael Stringer (1985-1996), A. W. Russ (1996-1999), Roger D. Meyer (1999-unknown), Palmer Taylor (2002-unknown), and Gary S. Firestein (2020-present).

Records of the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences contain subject files, departmental materials, and committees. Materials document aspects of the administration related to the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego Medical Center. The bulk of the materials document the Associate Vice Chancellorship of V. Wayne Kennedy (1973-1981).

Arranged in three series: 1) SUBJECT FILES, 2) DEPARTMENTS, and 3) COMMITTEES.

Container List

SUBJECT FILES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) SUBJECT FILES: Include correspondence and memoranda, proposals, reports, and meeting minutes. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 1 Folder 1
Academic Affairs, Vice Chancellor - Saltman Correspondence, 1974-1979
Box 1 Folder 2
Academic personnel - Appointment and policy announcements, 1978-1980
Box 1 Folder 3-4
Academic personnel - Horowitz Report, 1971-1990

Includes revisions to the Academic Personnel Manual.

Box 1 Folder 5
Accreditation - Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), American Medical Association (AMA), and the California Board of Medical Examiners, 1970-1972

Includes report from survey of the UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Box 1 Folder 6-8
Affiliation agreements, 1971-1980
Box 1 Folder 9
Affirmative Action - Title IX review, 1978-1980
Box 1 Folder 10
Aging, 1979

Includes outline for research program.

Animal resources

Box 1 Folder 11
Accreditation and care, 1980

Includes correspondence with the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), as well as procedure for ordering laboratory animals.

Box 1 Folder 12
National Cancer Institute (NCI) proposal for rodent center, 1971
Box 2 Folder 1-5
Office of Animal Resources, 1971-1980
Box 3 Folder 1
Regulations and procurement issues, 1966-1969
Box 3 Folder 2
Balboa Naval Hospital Host tenant agreement, 1974
Box 3 Folder 3
Basic Science Building - Alterations and renovations, 1974-1979
Box 3 Folder 4
Biomedical Lecture Series, 1973-1974
Box 3 Folder 5
California Medical Association (CMA) - Questionnaire regarding minority student enrollment, 1972
Box 3 Folder 6
Capital Improvement Program, 1979-1980
Box 3 Folder 7
China Exchange Program, 1981-1982
Box 3 Folder 8
Clinical and Medical Teaching Facility, 1974-1978
Box 3 Folder 9
Clinical Teaching Facility, 1973-1978

Communications

Box 3 Folder 10
Accounting Office, 1976-1979

Includes correspondence with Frank R. Cvar.

Box 3 Folder 11
Assistant Chancellor of Facilities Management - Don Sites correspondence, 1975-1978
Box 3 Folder 12
Department Chairs and Business Administrators, 1975-1980
Box 4 Folder 1
Office of the Vice Chancellor - Business and Financial Management, 1974-1978
Box 4 Folder 2
President's Office - Correspondence Log, 1975-1980
Box 4 Folder 3-4
University of California systemwide administration, 1978-1980

Includes salary survey across multiple institutions.

Box 4 Folder 5
University of California systemwide administration - Correspondence regarding hospital operations, 1976-1979

Includes report on the UC San Diego Medical Center, submitted to the Hospital Operations Subcommittee of the Board of Regents.

Box 4 Folder 6
Community Hospital, 1980
Box 4 Folder 7
Contract and Grant Task Force - Review of budget control system, 1976
Box 4 Folder 8
County / UCSD Analysis Team - Report on hospital title transfer, 1975
Box 4 Folder 9
Delegation of Authority, 1973-1979
Box 4 Folder 10
Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 1979
Box 5 Folder 1
Faculty Clinic - Internal Medicine Group, 1978-1979
Box 5 Folder 2
Graduate Studies, 1974-1978
Box 5 Folder 3
Health Maintenance Organization - Individual Practice Association (IPA), 1979

Regarding possible conflict with the UC San Diego Medical School Clinical Compensation Plan (MSCCP).

Box 5 Folder 4
Institute for Burn Medicine, 1977-1978
Box 5 Folder 5-8
Institutional Self-Study Task (ISSTASK) Force, 1978

Includes meeting minutes and report drafts, as well as UC San Diego financial report for 1977-1978.

Box 5 Folder 9
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center agreements, 1973-1979

Includes materials from Agreement Task Force.

Box 5 Folder 10
Kern Medical Center affiliation agreement, 1979-1980
Box 6 Folder 1
Learning Disabilities Clinic, 1976-1979
Box 6 Folder 2-3
Libraries - Biomedical Library, Central Library (Geisel Library), and University Hospital Library, 1968-1979

Includes meeting minutes from the Advisory Committee for the San Diego County Medical Society on the University Library and materials from the Building Advisory Committee.

Box 6 Folder 4
Lipid Research Clinic Facility, 1977-1978
Box 6 Folder 5
Medical ethics, 1982-1983

Includes proposal for endowed professorship and medical ethics program.

Medical School Clinical Compensation Plan (MSCCP)

Box 6 Folder 6-9
Correspondence, 1975-1980

Includes reports and drafts of the MSCCP.

Box 6 Folder 10
Faculty Compensation, 1972-1977
Box 7 Folder 1
Official documents, 1976-1978

Includes guidelines and plans.

Box 7 Folder 2-3
Plan - Revisions, 1977
Box 7 Folder 4
Sherwood Document - Drafts and final, 1976-1977
Box 7 Folder 5-7
Medical Teaching Facility, 1973-1974

Includes meeting minutes from the Building Advisory Committee, as well as minutes from the architectural firm Mosher, Drew, Watson and Associates.

Box 8 Folder 1
Medicine Education Research Foundation, 1979
Box 8 Folder 2
National Medical Audiovisual Center, 1973-1974
Box 8 Folder 3-7
Office of Continuing Education, 1974-1980

Includes budget proposals, course approvals, and correspondence regarding extension courses.

Office of Learning Resources (OLR)

Box 8 Folder 8-9
Office of Learning Resources (OLR), 1960-1968

Includes correspondence, proposals, reports, and budgets.

Box 9 Folder 1-5
Office of Learning Resources (OLR), 1968-1980

Includes correspondence, proposals, reports, and budgets.

Box 9 Folder 6-7
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - Audit report and feedback report, 1977-1979
Box 9 Folder 8
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - Willed Bodies Program, 1966-1971
Box 10 Folder 1
Patents - Policy and applications, 1970-1973
Box 10 Folder 2
Pharmacology, 1973
Box 10 Folder 3
Physiology and Pharmacology graduate program, 1974-1980

Planning

Box 10 Folder 4
Health Sciences, 1969-1970
Box 10 Folder 5
Health Sciences Planning Council, 1969-1970
Box 10 Folder 6
Preclinical Faculty Compensation Plan, 1975-1980
Box 10 Folder 7
School of Medicine (SOM), 1971-1973
Box 10 Folder 8
University of California Academic Planning and Program Review Board - Visit to the San Diego Campus, 1972
Box 10 Folder 9
UC San Diego - Ten-Year Plan, 1969-1972
Box 10 Folder 10
Professional fee components, 1978
Box 10 Folder 11
Program Priorities Review Board - Administrative Program Group, 1974
Box 10 Folder 12
Program Review Board, 1970-1971

Includes report for the target year 1972-1973.

Box 11 Folder 1
Radiology - San Diego Radiology Research and Education Foundation, ca. 1978-1980
Box 11 Folder 2
Regional Pediatric Cardiology Center, 1980
Box 11 Folder 3
Research units - Correspondence, budgets, and proposals, 1966-1974

Includes list of approved organized research units in the University of California.

Box 11 Folder 4
San Diego County Medical Society, 1967-1973
Box 11 Folder 5
School of Medicine (SOM), 1973-1980
Box 11 Folder 6-7
School of Medicine (SOM) - Public relations, 1968-1973
Box 11 Folder 8
Scripps Community Outreach for Public Education (SCOPE) meetings, 1973-1974
Box 11 Folder 9
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1976-1978

Includes correspondence regarding space planning and the establishment of a Marine Biomedical Program.

Box 12 Folder 1
Sharing Agreement - University of California and Veterans Administration Hospital, 1973-1977
Box 12 Folder 2
Space - Hospital internal space allocations, 1974
Box 12 Folder 3
Special administrative projects - Robin Perry, 1979-1980

Students

Box 12 Folder 4
Charter Class Academic Festival and Commencement, 1972
Box 12 Folder 5
Commencement, 1973
Box 12 Folder 6
Minority and disadvantaged admissions, 1968-1972

Includes: Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) grant proposal for a Minority Student Recruitment Program; materials related to the Recruitment and Admissions Committee; and report by Melvin Col titled "The representation of black students in schools of the health sciences."

Box 12 Folder 7
Minority students - Graduate study and research, 1969-1972

Includes proposal to sponsor the San Diego chapter of the Black Student Psychological Association (BSPA).

Box 12 Folder 8
Office of Student Affairs - Vice Chancellor and Dean, 1979
Box 12 Folder 9
Student Aid Program, 1972-1973

Includes report of average National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) scores for students by department.

Box 12 Folder 10
Student enrollment and class size, 1970-1973
Box 12 Folder 11
United States-Mexico Border Public Health Association (USMBHA), 1973
Box 12 Folder 12-13
University Hospital - Correspondence and Master Plan Site Study, 1973-1980
Box 12 Folder 14
University Towne Center facility - Proposal draft and preliminary plans, 1976-1977
Box 13 Folder 1
Veterans Hospital - Correspondence, staff meeting briefing, and reports, 1974-1981
Box 13 Folder 2
Winzer Commons, Basic Science Building - Renovations and operation plans, 1972-1980

DEPARTMENTS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) DEPARTMENTS: Documents the administration of the various departments in the School of Medicine; including departmental correspondence and memoranda, grant and funding materials, agreements with other institutions, budgets and long-range plans, reports, and department reviews. Materials are arranged alphabetically.

Box 13 Folder 3
Department of Anesthesiology, 1972-1980

Includes report from the Department of Anesthesiology and correspondence regarding the Veterans Administration Hospital.

Box 13 Folder 4
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (AMES), 1974-1979
Box 13 Folder 5
Department of Biology, 1969-1979
Box 13 Folder 6
Department of Chemistry, 1969-1980
Box 13 Folder 7-8
Department of Community Medicine, 1973-1980
Box 14 Folder 1
Department of Community Medicine, Division of Family Medicine, 1974-1981

Includes draft of report titled "Funds allocation to affiliated Hospital Residency Training Program."

Box 14 Folder 2
Department of Mathematics, 1973-1980

Department of Medicine

Box 14 Folder 3-6
Department of Medicine, 1968-1980
Box 14 Folder 7
Department of Medicine - Budget request, 1976-1977
Box 14 Folder 8
Department of Medicine - Lipid Research Clinic, 1971-1973
Box 14 Folder 9
Department of Medicine - Seven Year Plan, 1975
Box 15 Folder 1-3
Department of Medicine - Seven Year Plan, 1975
Box 15 Folder 4-5
Department of Neurosciences, 1969-1980
Box 15 Folder 6
Department of Neurosciences - Tutorial Environment, Alma S. Wittlin, 1970-1971

Includes minority report submitted by Wittlin titled "Evaluation of the Tutorial Environment."

Box 15 Folder 7
Department of Pathology, 1969-1980
Box 16 Folder 1-2
Department of Pediatrics, 1968-1980
Box 16 Folder 3
Department of Physics, 1969-1972
Box 16 Folder 4-5
Department of Psychiatry, 1968-1980
Box 16 Folder 6
Department of Psychiatry - FTE allocations, 1973-1980
Box 16 Folder 7
Department of Psychology, 1969-1978
Box 16 Folder 8
Department of Radiation, 1970-1973
Box 16 Folder 9
Department of Radiology, 1969-1980
Box 16 Folder 10-11
Department of Reproductive Medicine, 1968-1980
Box 16 Folder 12
Department of Sociology, 1970-1973
Box 16 Folder 13
Department of Surgery, 1969-1973
Box 17 Folder 1
Department of Surgery, 1978-1981

Includes proposal for an Eye Institute at UC San Diego, as well as correspondence regarding an agreement with Kaiser Foundation (Kaiser Permanente) hospital.

Box 17 Folder 2
Department of Surgery - Division of Otolaryngology, 1971-1973

COMMITTEES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) COMMITTEES: Include correspondence, agendas, and meeting minutes. Arranged alphabetically.

Box 17 Folder 3
Advisory Committee for University Center and Cluster Center Development, 1970-1971
Box 17 Folder 4
Animal Resources Faculty Advisory Committee, 1969-1973
Box 17 Folder 5-6
Biohazards Committee, 1974-1979
Box 17 Folder 7-8
Biomedical Research Support Grant (BRSG) Committee and awards, 1975-1981
Box 17 Folder 9
Campus Planning Committee, 1973-1974
Box 18 Folder 1
Campus Planning Committee, 1974-1975
Box 18 Folder 2-3
Cancer Center Facility - Building Advisory Committee (BAC), 1977-1980
Box 18 Folder 4
Chancellor's Committee to Review the Office of Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, 1979
Box 18 Folder 5
Committee on Government Relations (COGR) - Washington, D.C, 1974
Box 18 Folder 6
Committee on Human Subjects - Campus wide, 1971
Box 18 Folder 7
Committee to Develop Equitable Salary Plan for Nonmedical Faculty, 1979
Box 18 Folder 8
Coordinating Committee on Animal Care, 1974-1979
Box 18 Folder 9
Faculty Advisory Committee for Computer Facilities, 1971-1972

Faculty Compensation Fund Committee (FCFC)

Box 18 Folder 10-11
Correspondence, 1972-1975
Box 19 Folder 1-4
Correspondence, 1975-1981
Box 19 Folder 5-6
Financial Reports, 1977-1980
Box 19 Folder 7
Meeting minutes and agendas, 1974
Box 20 Folder 1-5
Meeting minutes and agendas, 1974-1979
Box 20 Folder 6
Systems Review of Professional Billing Procedures by Ernst and Ernst, 1976
Box 20 Folder 7-8
Clinic Operations Subcommittee, 1975-1979
Box 21 Folder 1-3
Finance Subcommittee correspondence, 1976-1980
Box 21 Folder 4-7
Finance Subcommittee - Minutes and agendas, 1975-1977
Box 22 Folder 1-5
Finance Subcommittee - Minutes and agendas, 1977-1979
Box 22 Folder 6
Financial Distress Stress Review Committee, 1976-1979
Box 22 Folder 7
Mercy Hospital Affiliation Committee, 1974-1980

Includes meeting minutes and affiliation agreements.

Box 22 Folder 8
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - Faculty Advisory Committee, 1971-1972
Box 22 Folder 9
Office of Learning Resources (OLR) - President's Advisory Committee on Learning Resources, 1970-1971
Box 23 Folder 1
Primary Care Program Committee, 1974-1977
Box 23 Folder 2-3
Program Review Committee, 1970-1973
Box 23 Folder 4-5
Program Review Committee - Capital Outlay and Space Subcommittee, 1973-1975
Box 23 Folder 6-7
Program Review Committee - Subcommittee on Budget and Program Priorities, 1973-1974
Box 23 Folder 8
Recruitment and Admissions Committee - Minority Recruitment Subcommittee, 1971-1972
Box 23 Folder 9-10
Registration Fee Committee - Advisory Committee, 1971-1973
Box 24 Folder 1
School of Medicine (SOM) - Basic Science Department Committee, 1978
Box 24 Folder 2
School of Medicine (SOM) - Committee on Academic Personnel, 1979-1980
Box 24 Folder 3
School of Medicine (SOM) - Committee on Human Subjects, 1974-1975
Box 24 Folder 4
Scripps Clinic Medical Group - Affiliation Committee, 1974-1978
Box 24 Folder 5
Third College Health Science Committee, 1969-1971

Committee on the establishment of a Health Science major in Thurgood Marshall College.