Frohlich, William (NU Press) (2 folders), 1986-1988

This series, which comprises the bulk of the collection, documents the professional interests and activities of JAC before and during his tenure. The mail log and correspondence files document the daily operations of the President's Office. Included are memoranda, research reports, notes, publications, agreements, budgets, newspaper clippings, artifacts, cards, programs, certificates, flyers, proposals, articles, forms, and surveys.

Biographical information about JAC includes his resume, inauguration as NU president (including the invitation and program), speeches he made as president, and videotapes of the testimonial dinner held in his honor at NU in 1996. The series also includes certificates, plaques, and medallions JAC received.

Of special interest in this series are records documenting JAC's efforts to address declining student enrollment. These include correspondence with and reports by Peter Stace, Vice President for Enrollment Management, and the subject files on enrollments and retention, which include surveys and reports. Several analyses of student attrition conducted by Professor Frederick Wiseman of the College of Business Administration are in this series. Files that document JAC's work to stabilize NU's finances between 1988 and 1991 include budget analyses and reports.

Series 3 also documents NU's various long-range planning initiatives relating to the university in general and different aspects of its operations, in particular the facilities and the campus. These planning files include memoranda, reports, and meeting minutes. Information about NU's actions to comply with Title IX legislation and the reorganization of the Athletics Department are contained in subject files in this series and in files relating to Irwin Cohen, Dean of Men's Athletics, and Barry Gallup, Athletic Director.

There are several files about the search and hiring process for high-level administrative positions at NU such as provost, senior vice president/treasurer, and vice president for cooperative education. Other personnel records include files on faculty who were awarded tenure. All of these personnel records (Boxes 41-44) are restricted for 75 years. Also contained in this series are files named for specific NU administrators such as Anthony Bajdek, Ellen Jackson, Walter Jones, and Joseph Warren. These files contain reports, correspondence, memoranda, proposals for a children's day care facility in Mission Hill (unrealized), and statements of strategy regarding NU's role in urban redevelopment of Boston.

Also contained in series 3 are records that document JAC's interactions with external entities such as the 1991 report by NU that assessed the governance, operations, and finances of Boston Public Schools.