Smyrna times., 1950-10-12
NEW PRESIDENT
AT DELAWARE.
DIR. John A. Perkins of Uni
versity of Michigan Named
President of u. of ID.
MANY CANDIDATES

DIR. John A. Perkins, assistant
provost and professor of political
science at the University of Michi-
gan, was elected Saturday as the
twenty-first president of the Uni
versity of Delaware. DR.. Perkins
election is effective Immediately
and he will assume his duties in
the near future. AS president he
succeeds Dr. William S. Carlson,
who left Delaware last April to be-
come president of the University
of Vermont. Since that time DR..
Allan P. Colburn, research adviser
at the University of Delaware, has
been the acting president. Former
Judge Hugh M. Morris, president
of the Board of Trustees, said that
DR.. Perkins had accepted the posi-
tion following upon his selection by
the board at special meeting in
Newark Saturday morning. He
was one of more than 100 candi-
dates considered by committees
representing the trustees and fac
ulty. In recent months he has Wis
tied the campus twice and has met
the trustees and the faculty.
Judge Morris stated: "Our choice
was made following a plan which
enabled all who actively work
with the president to participate
in the selection. After careful in
quiry was made, by a committee
representing faculty and trustees,
into the qualifications of the many
candidates, DR.. Perkins was one
of three seriously considered for
the position Before his election,
all full-time members of the facul-
ty and the presidents and councils
of the alumni and alumnae associ-
ations were included by the trus-
tees among those whose opinions
were sought "A democratic plan
for selection such as this is unus-
ual among colleges"
DR.. Perkins has been assistant
provost at the University of Michi-
gan, his alma mater, for the past
two years. His previous positions
include those of budget director Of
the state of Michigan and the state
controller, heading Michigan's De
partment of Administration
AS assistant provost, DR.. Per-
kins has been active in the plan
ming and direction Of many of the
university's academic activities,
under DR.. James P. Adams, the
provost. He has been in charge
of the research program at the
university, and among his other
responsibilities was the student re-
lations program.
A graduate of Michigan DR..
Perkins also received a Master of
Arts degree and a Doctor of Phil
:. osophy degree from that institu-
ton. From 1889 to 1943 he was a
member of the faculty of political
science at the University of Michi-
gan.
DR.. Perkins left Michigan for the
position of assistant professor of
political science at the University
of Rochester in 1943 He was as
siStant director of training for the
International City Managers AS
sociation in 1915, and late in that
year he returned to the University
of Michigan as assistant professor
of political science and as secre-
tary of the universitys Institute
of Public Administration. AS an
ciuC14OllIy Oll SONCI AAAAASAlb, ~ "O1
called by the state of Michigan as
a consultant in 1916. Late in the
same year he was made state bud
get director, with overall admin
istrative responsibilities for about
100 state agencies. His responsi.
bilities included making budget
recommendations for all the agen'
cies, allocating funds appropriated
and approving expenditures.
During the latter half of 1948
DIR. Perkins was state controller
preparing and administering thu
state budget, and supervising
many other aspects of Michigan''
government. He returned to tn
University of Michigan in Janu
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