These are archived copies of the School's newsletters.
| Volume |
Years |
Highlights |
| 1 |
1962-63 |
School established; grants received. |
| 2 |
1963-64 |
Killingsworth testifies in Washington DC; Conference on Poverty |
| 3 |
1964-65 |
School begins graduate program |
| 4 |
1965-66 |
Visiting professors:comparatalive labour relations and social security |
| 5 |
1966-67 |
Manpower Service initiated; negotiation workshops; Glasgow economist visits; first six months review of Medicare |
| 6 |
1967-68 |
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| 7 |
1968-69 |
Enrollees include 9 foreign students; remedies for minority employment problems; HEW secretary speaks on T-groups; labor education offered |
| 8 |
1969-70 |
French guest professor; equal opportunity studied; new LIR course; mgt by objectives; labor role in ecology; comparative LIR; open school bargaining debated |
| 9 |
1970-71 |
Salvaging alcoholic workers, originally developed at TRW Systems; effects of retraining; new public administration roles; women in the workforce; seminar used systems approach; Repas writes manpower planning book; Blum edits book on white collar workers |
| 10 |
1971-72 |
Allen succeeds Hoehler as LPS director; MLIR degree options; LIR grad employment prospects; manpower grants received; conference for unionists; Blum writes pamphlet on labor history; issues in public health; Stieber offers views from abroad: Japan, India, Iran, Israel, Belgium; Borus writes book on impact of manpower programs |
| 11 |
1972-73 |
Placement remains strong; enrollment up; research growing; Olds-AUW fight drugs, alcohol; eight women among enrollees; public unions face new problems; Brophy: Professionals show new interest in collective bargaining; Woodcock given honorary degree |
| 12 |
1973-74 |
Books: Stieber et al.: Public Employee Unionism; Kruger et al.: Occupational Licensing; Wolkinson: Blacks, Unions and the EEOC; Patten: Organizational Development; College of Ed-SLIR sponsor conference; Great Lakes Assembly on Collective Bargaining; new labor specialist program created; Borus studies Israeli education system; Parker joins faculty |
| 13 |
1974-75 |
Enrollment grows; extension programs increase; women in labor history; Kruger examinies role of U in manpower planning; PMPS offers more courses; 4th annual alumni meeting; Brimmer, Woodcock and Smith discuss multi-national corporation issues; union leadership institute; PMPS offers certificate program; Nosow: Organizational Development in a Non-Industrial Organization; videotaping: students evaluate their collective bargaining effectiveness |
| 14 |
1975-76 |
Masters degrees total 57; Patten compiles extensive bibliography on compensation; Sullivan presents first personnel management certificate; Patten finds executive compensation is "alive, well and v. health"; Gwen Andrew appointed Social Science dean |
| 15 |
1976-77 |
Stieber: School marks 20th year; enrollment remains high; Labor Ad Com meets; 20th Anniv. Program; Killingsworth: what will happen when unemployment compensation runs out; Block, Curry join SLIR; Kruger: health manpower survey; 20th Anniversary SLIR Symposium draws 300 to MSU Nov. 4-5 |
| 16 |
1977-78 |
SLIR: largest masters program in country with 110 enrollees; LPS, PMPS continue serving major areas of state; Kruger initiates seminars or legislators, administrators and staff members; job creation: what works; Revitte, Davis, Runyan arrive at MSU SLIR |
| 17 |
1978-79 |
New LPS projects: women and minority groups and occupational safety and health; SLIR Alumni Association becomes part of MSU Alumni Ass'n; School has nearly 500 grads; SLIR continues serving Michigan; Stieber: Protection Again Unfair Dismissal; PMPS works with court officers; PMPS designs program for American Compensation Association; Alumni Association features speakers; Belkin, DeFreitas, Haddad, LaLuz, Mulligan join SLIR; Soltow co-authors basic reference work |
| 18 |
1980 |
SLIR awards 68 MLIR degrees (grads total 550 plus since program began in 1965); Tobey joins SLIR-OSHA; DeFreitas: Economic Effects of Immigration; 50 attend homecoming reception; LPS-PMPS have high total of service programs; PMPS Ad Com meets;Revitte: 32-page, Union Town: A Labor History Guide to Detroit; speakers highlight Alumni Day; Booker joins SLIR; Curry on management |
| 19 |
1981-82 |
SLIR make progress despite budget cuts; Gleason joins SLIR; Stieber named IRRA president; Harel: COLA and Chutzpah in Israel; Freedman speaks at Alumni Day; Dooley joins SLIR; Anderson leaves; foreign students praise SLIR; Poe joins SLIR; Whiting speaks to alumni; secretaries provide support; Women Workers conference; Hernandez to coordinate women and minorities program |
| 20 |
1983-84 |
External review; budget constraints; SLIR publishes Protecting Unorganized Against Unfair Discharge; PhD students choose SLIR because of national reputation; Hispanic programs promote leadership; pay equity; new staff; Curry teaches workshop for U.S. Supreme Court; PhD grads scattered in U.S. |
| 21 |
1984-85 |
SLIR offers urban studies joint degree option; Stieber retires as director--Alumni launch Jack Stieber Award; Swiercz fills in for Patten; Block named SLIR director; Freeman joins SLIR; Fleming is Alumni Day speaker; Block reflects on SLIR past and future; Labor History project wins national award; slide show on Michigan labor history |
| 22 |
1985-86 |
PMPS enrollment up; LPS teaches hazard communication standards to Ford-AUW workers; Alumni Day; NY Times cites SLIR for course innovations; Moore initiated information systems course; faculty report on travel abroad; Kruger's
"marksmanship" with Act 312 in portrayed in Detroit News political cartoon; Stieber recalls SLIR history at retirement dinner; grad student creates educational "Negotiate" board game; Michigan holds first IRRA meeting; Thomas Miner speaks to alumni; GOALS funds minority students; Nasow retires |
| 23 |
1986-87 |
Yokich gives address at MSU; family conference features Joyce Miller; Gleason, Moore involved in disability management project; SLIR grad, Denise Anderton, named MSU Director of Personnel; retiring Killingsworth notes "Winds of Change" over the past 30 years; Msgr Higgins declares joint efforts essential; Ford's Savoie on "power of participation"; LPS: Leadership Development Institute; Kossek, Gash join SLIR; Haddad: impact of new technology and the Japanese worker; Alumni Day |
| 24 |
1987-88 |
Arbitration program trains 19 minorities, women; Cutcher-Gershenfeld and others tell of research; Kossek on management innovation; Henandez writes handbook; growth and grants; LPS programs; Barrett, Winthrope join SLIR; Kruger speaks at Alumni Day |
| 25 |
1989 |
SLIR received $1.8M contract; new computer system adds versatility; Lundy and Glatz join SLIR; LPS contract continues work with "Healthy U" |
| 26 |
1990-91 |
Ameritech execs offer "Insights for a Competitive Age"; computer lab dedicated; Roberts joins faculty; Peters heads GOALS, a consortium to encourage minority students to study LIR-HR; Kossek: First Annual Governor's Conference on Employer-Sponsored Child Care; Smith joins SLIR; Clarke visits from Britain; Cummings addresses alumni; School to celebrate 35th; Welch joins SLIR; GOALS grows; Basnight and Montemayor join SLIR; Bahr covers American competitiveness in the global marketplace;Hardin retires; Alumni Day; Steve Premack Fund; Highlights of the 1990 SLIR Alumni Survey; LPS helps United Ass'n with training progs |
| 27 |
1992 |
PIERS: Project on Innovative Employee Relations Systems receives 3-year $220,000 Kellogg grant; message from SLIR Acting Director Sandra Gleason; LPS: Plans:Innovations in Collective Bargaining Conference and three grants received; PMPS adds new seminars; GSA plans alumni reception at Renaissance Center in Detroit; GOALS |
| 28 |
1993-94 |
Moore: School defines goals, direction; enrollment at all-time high; SLIR holds hearings for National Commission on the Future of Worker/Management Relations; Alumni Conference set for April--IBM's Czarnecki to speak; PIERS news; Siberian faculty members visit campus; Beck facilitates Fasanella exhibit; reports from GSA, SHRM-MSU |
| 29 |
1995-96 |
SLIR to celebrate 40th anniversary--alumni conference; MSU President McPherson defines goals and guiding principles; Robertson and Polzin join SLIR; SLIR receives MSU Excellence in Diversity Award; Japan Project--5th anniversary; GOALS |
| 30 |
1996-97 |
External review proves valuable to SLIR; Yakura and Pentland join SLIR; PMPS becomes HRetc; Revitte covers SLIR history; SLIR has 1,900 alumni worldwide; SLIR faculty holds retreat |
| 31 |
1997 |
Brickner retires; Toey named LEP director; Fox Endowed Scholarship; Great to hear from alumni; Beck et al: Builiding mutuality and resolving conflicts; Goree, Wheaton join SLIR; SLIR trip to S. Korea, Thailand; SLIR tour to Europe focuses on trade unions; Russian visitors tour MSU; SLIR more actively recruits minorities; Labor History Conference; MSU President McPherson visits PIERS project site; Brickner and Carroll do study for WAGE Project (Worker Adjustment to the Global Economy); SLIR alum in Taiwan received honors; SLIR to get website |
| 32 |
1998 |
SLIR launches website; upcoming alumni events; Basnight remembered; report on first faculty retreat; Kruger sees expanded role for academic affairs office; Valenti, Bierma join SLIR; alumni report promotions and more; Austey, Lee--international connections; Japan Project: Knowledge-Driven Work--book--out in August; Brickner reports from Emeritus Mountain; LEP trains firefighters in Mexico; HRetc offers new programs; LEP: Strengthening Unions; Young: Information in the electronic Age |
| 33 |
1999 |
Nichols, Berg, Chang, Hoffman join SLIR; Killingsworth remembered; Beck in South Africa; Kruger is interim director during search; Moore: converting brownfield mass production to lean; reports from alumni; students value internships; Welch lead review of workers' compensation in Washington state; SLIR WCC offers worker's compensation certification; Brickner writes from Emeritus Mountain; Yakura heads diversity project; Curry works with Michigan House of Representatives; LEP: Women's Conference, emergency response training, newsletter; labor contract administration; Riley, Lundy coordinate National Health Executive Coalition; Porter joins SLIR |
| 34 |
2000 |
Curry is new SLIR director; alumni conference and celebration of Kruger's retirement planned; SLIR mission, vision, values; SLIR faculty members write book: Managing Human Resources in the 21st Century--co-edited by Kossek and Block; alumni reports; Brickner on Emeritus Mountain; overseas study; Ford underwrites state-of-the-art classroom; recruiters; Gaffney on challenges ahead; AU in Ann Arbor--VandeVord, Kruger; asking alumni; Power talks about future |
