Publications created by and about the president\u27s office during Thomas Meredith\u27s administration

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Western Kentucky UniversityTopSCHOLAR®WKU Archives Collection Inventories WKU Archives1-1-2013UA3/8/11 Thomas Meredith PublicationsWKU ArchivesFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aidPart of the Higher Education Administration CommonsThis Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives CollectionInventories by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact connie.foster@wku.edu.Recommended CitationWKU Archives, "UA3/8/11 Thomas Meredith Publications" (2013). WKU Archives Collection Inventories. Paper 336.http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/336Western Kentucky University UA3 President’s Office Series 8 Thomas Meredith Subseries 11 Publications  Contact information:  WKU Archives Department of Library Special Collections 1906 College Heights Blvd.#11092 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Phone: 270-745-4793 Email: http://wkuarchives.wordpress.com/about/  Home page: http://www.wku.edu/library/archive  © 2013 WKU Archives, Western Kentucky University.  All rights reserved  Biographical/Historical Note:  The president's office was created in 1906.  The search for a new president began with Kern Alexander's resignation announcement on April 11, 1988.  The Board of Regents elected Thomas Meredith as president August 5 and installed September 21, 1988.  Under Meredith's leadership, the campus expanded with the purchase of the Bowling Green Center, creation the Institute of Economic Development and the implementation of the first strategic plan Western XXI.  He also hired WKU's first female vice president, Barbara Burch.  Meredith had served the university for a little over eight years when he announced his resignation February 5, 1997.  Thomas Carter Meredith was born in Owensboro December 7, 1941.  He obtained his BS from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1963, his MS from WKU in 1966 and his PhD from the University of Mississippi in 1971.  His early career was spent teaching high school in Owensboro, Kentucky and LaHarpe, Illinois.  From there he moved into administrative positions in Jeffersonville, Indiana and the board of trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi.  Meredith was vice chancellor for executive affairs at the University of Mississippi when he came to WKU in 1988.  Description:  Publications created by and about the president's office during Thomas Meredith's administration.  Dates: 1988-1997  Subject Analytics:  Meredith, Thomas Carter, 1941- Video recording Western Kentucky University  Accession Information: These records were transferred to the University Archives from the President’s Office in accordance with the records retention schedule.  Access Restrictions: none  Preferred Citation: UA3/8/11 Thomas Meredith Publication File, WKU Archives, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.  Processing Information: Finding aid created by Suellyn Lathrop 2013. 05/02/2013 Finding Aid Report Container Folder UA3.8.11 Creator Date Title UA3 President's Office Series 8. Thomas Meredith Subseries 11. Publications Subseries WKU Archives Publications created by and about the president's office during Thomas Meredith's administration. Container List Level Date Title Collection Scope & Content Records UA3.8 Linked to Box 1 1 A report on the ten year period 1987-1997.  D1310  Available online at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1665/  WKU President's Office 1997 President's Report Western Kentucky University Description Subjects Box 23 VHS tapes - 1   WKU Report to the Commonwealth, 1988 WKU President's Office 1988 Film/Video/Audio File - Reports Video recording Description Subjects 

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UA3/8/11 President\u27s Office-Meredith Publications

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