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Chancellor-Designate Dynes Remarks to Campus

Following is the text of UCSD Chancellor-Designate Robert C. Dynes'
remarks delivered at a news conference on April 9, 1996:

It is an honor to have been selected the 6th Chancellor of the
University of California, San Diego. In my judgment, UCSD is the most
dynamic university in the country today. It is the brightest rising
star in the stunning constellation known as the University of
California.

UCSD has had a tradition of outstanding leaders, beginning with Roger
Revelle and continuing through Dick Atkinson, and I am humbled to
follow in their footsteps. During this past year, Marjorie Caserio
has been a superb Interim Chancellor. The University and the
community owe her a deep sense of gratitude for her excellent
stewardship of the campus. She has led boldly. She has made tough
decisions. And she has contributed great dignity and personal charm
to the office of the chancellor. I look forward to working with her
to make our transition as effective as possible.

The faculty and staff have achieved unprecedented success in UCSD's 36
years. But much still remains to be done. UCSD is young by the
standards of higher education. Harvard was founded in 1636 and the
University of California in 1868. Yet UCSD's brief but brilliant
history is just a prelude to even greater promise for the future.

I have many goals for UCSD, among which I would like to mention the
following:

First, we must ensure that students are an integral part of the life
of the campus and that the UCSD culture is more responsive to
students' needs.

Second, we must accommodate the enormous demand for college admissions
that is projected to occur in the next 10 to 15 years; and we must do
so in a manner that maintains UCSD's academic standards while
encouraging students from California's diverse communities to aspire
to a higher education.

Third, we must continue to recruit the best faculty that this nation
and the world have to offer in order to meet our teaching and research
responsibilities. The quality of the faculty will be the single most
important determinant of UCSD's future.

Fourth, the basic research enterprise on Torrey Pines Mesa has the
potential to be the best in the world. We must create more active
collaborations among these research institutions and San Diego's
business community to realize this potential.

Fifth, we must build closer partnerships between the University and
business -- locally, nationally, and internationally. Both partners
will benefit from such relationships but the greatest benefit will
accrue to the San Diego region in terms of a more vital economy
and a better quality of life.

Sixth, we must continue to build a strong sense of community at this
young campus. UCSD has nearly doubled the number of faculty and
students in the past 15 years. A strong and vibrant sense of
community will enable UCSD to accommodate the additional growth
expected in the next fifteen years.

Seventh, I want to extend this sense of community to the entire San
Diego region -- including the South Bay, East County, and downtown. I
want them all to believe that UCSD is their university and to take as
much pride in UCSD's accomplishments as do La Jolla and North County.

UCSD has been the recipient of enormous goodwill and support from
alumni, donors, elected officials, business and community leaders,
parents, and friends. And UCSD's success is tied directly to that
support. The State of California's share of UCSD's annual budget has
dropped below 18% in recent years; we will need the continued
support of the community to sustain UCSD's growth and vitality in the
years ahead. In turn, UCSD's contributions to this community will
repay San Diego many times over.

On a personal note, I came to UCSD 5 years ago from AT&T Bell
Laboratories, one of the nation's preeminent corporate research
organizations. I did so because I wanted to devote more time and
energy to students and because UCSD has an unparalleled record of
encouraging innovative research. I declined positions at Harvard,
Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, and UCLA because Dick Atkinson convinced me
that UCSD was uniquely situated to enable a faculty member to fulfill
his greatest dreams. He said the lack of tradition at this young
campus would enable me to get things done that would be more difficult
elsewhere. Dick was right, and my enthusiasm for UCSD burns even
brighter today than it did when I arrived.

San Diego's vision for its future also exerted a strong pull on me.
In my view, Boston and Philadelphia were the great American cities of
the 18th century. New York and Chicago became so in the 19th century.
San Francisco and Los Angeles have achieved this distinction in the
20th century. Each of these cities had a great university associated
with its rise to prominence. I truly believe Mayor Golding's bold
assertion that San Diego will be the first great city of the 21st
century -- and I am committed to seeing that UCSD helps to make this
vision a reality.

As the first member of my family to receive a college education, I
have a deep respect for education and what it can make possible in
one's life. I have a strong commitment to ensuring that others have
access to the same benefits that I have received. Those of us in
higher education must do all we can to see that society benefits
maximally from the American university.