The president is the chief executive officer of the multi-campus Washington State University system and reports to a 10-member Board of Regents. As the University’s leader, the president collaborates with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to define the vision and set the direction for the institution. As the champion of its reputation, the president articulates the strategic goals and messages of the University in order to build broad support for and ownership of WSU’s aspirations among its many constituents, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, the Board of Regents, the WSU Foundation, local communities, government, business, and industry leaders statewide, the media, and the general public. Wilson A. Compton held the presidential office from about 1945-1951.
This collection includes records from the President's Office from 1944-1952. Records consist of bills, plans, budgets, and cash receipts. Memos, reports, correspondence, mainly related to relationship with Board of Regents. Also includes the E.H. Hopkins story.
This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.
Items are in no particular order.
This collection is open and available for research use.
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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Office of the President Records, 1944-1952 (UA2001-05)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Special Collections, in the person of Elaine Snyder, at the College of Wooster Libraries (Wooster, OH) on July 16, 2001 and retained as UA2001-05.
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