San Francisco State University

ACADEMIC SENATE RESOLUTION

IN HONOR OF JUDITH ANNE OTT

#RF01-187


WHEREAS, Judith Anne Ott has served San Francisco State University loyally and unstintingly since 1964; and
WHEREAS, during that time she has seen this campus grow from San Francisco State College (15,600 students) to San Francisco State University (27,700 students), an increase of 78 percent; and
WHEREAS, during that time she has also seen the Bulletin grow from three slim volumes to its current impressive and shelf-bending size, to its cyber-version, and beyond; and
WHEREAS, she retains in her incomparable memory everything about every major or minor program ever offered at this University, including all prerequisites for now-defunct programs; and
WHEREAS, she demonstrates extraordinary efficiency in all she undertakes; and
WHEREAS, the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee of the Academic Senate would have long since lost its bearings without her unerring sense of direction and purpose; and
WHEREAS, she has decided to retire from San Francisco State University after thirty-seven years of distinguished service; and
WHEREAS, her retirement will leave a void on this campus which cannot easily be filled;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Judith Anne Ott receive, on behalf of generations of faculty, the thanks of the entire Academic Senate and of all who have served, are serving, and will serve in the Senate and on its Curriculum Review and Approval Committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Judith Anne Ott be enrolled among the legendary figures of San Francisco State University and be memorialized in its tales of remarkable feats; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Academic Senate urge the Office of Academic Affairs to retire her nameplate and have it enshrined in a place of honor in Academic Affairs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Judith Anne Ott be made an honorary member of the Academic Senate in perpetuum and be awarded the title domina curriculorum emerita.
*** APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY OCTOBER 23, 2001 ***