Former Ball State University president Jerry Anderson died one week ago in Amery, Wis. Funeral services were held Thursday.
Director of University Communications Kevin Burke said the university hadn't issued a statement for Anderson's death.
Burke said he was unsure if Ball State would have any memorial services for the former president.
According to Ball State's Web site, Anderson wanted to decentralize decision-making and encourage faculty research during his 18-month stint as president.
Anderson began as university president July 1, 1979 and resigned February 2, 1981 because of "some philosophical differences regarding future directions for the university," according to a letter written by Anderson that was printed in archived Daily News articles.
Anderson was vice chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh before becoming Ball State president. On Jan. 21, 1979, A 17-member search committee that included Will Parker, Board of Trustees chairman at the time, selected Anderson.
Anderson was given a three-year contract with a salary of about $60,000 a year.
Anderson was chosen out of a field of 244 applicants after a nine and one-half month search process.
In a press conference on the second day of his presidency, Anderson said he planned to review the administrative structure, according to Daily News archives.
Anderson said during his first press conference he also would be against raising the tuition fees.
But the Board of Trustees raised student tuition rates by 8.3 percent in April 1980.
According to Daily News archives, Robert Bell, vice president of business affairs in 1980, said the increase was due to inflation.
Anderson suggested the University Senate revise the planning and budgeting process before he was inaugurated into his office.
At Anderson's inauguration, he said the university faced many challenges.
"As we project the promise of the future, we face challenges in several areas, but our opportunities yet outweigh those challenges for Ball State University," he said.
Then Will Parker, Board of Trustees chairman in 1981, announced Anderson's resignation at a meeting with more than 1,000 faculty members.
The Board of Trustees wanted faculty and staff to come to the meeting, so the board canceled 1 p.m. classes the day of the meeting, according to Daily News archives.
Memos were delivered to 1,250 staff and faculty members before the meeting urging them to come.
Bell then became president of the university for three years after Anderson resigned.
A call made to Anderson's relatives was not answered. A second number for an Anderson was disconnected.
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