Interview of Michigan State University Professor Emeritus E. James Potchen

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Michigan State University Professor Emeritus E. James Potchen, M.D. amd former chair of the MSU Radiology Department, talks about representing the university administration in the faculty grievance process. Potchen says that ninety-nine percent of the problems presented to the Grievance Office were the result of misunderstandings and that he didn't have to prepare very much for individual cases because there was so much redundancy in the type of grievances filed. Potchen also talks about why MSU created the faculty grievance process, attempts to unionize MSU faculty, the attitude of MSU President Peter McPherson toward MSU faculty having a voice, the move of the medical school to Grand Rapids, the changes MSU President Cecil Mackey made at MSU, his own role in the development of medical programs at MSU and his career as a professor and administrator at the university. Potchen is interviewed by retired MSU Professor of Labor Studies and former Faculty Grievance Officer John Revitte.

Date Issued:

2011-01-10T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

Michigan, East Lansing, Michigan, East Lansing, Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and East Lansing

Subject Topic:

Influence, Career in college teaching, Faculty, Faculty, Labor unions, Organizing, History, Grievance procedures, History, Grievance arbitration, Medical colleges, Medicine, Study and teaching (Graduate), and History

Subject Name:

Potchen, E. James, 1932-, McPherson, M. Peter, Mackey, Maurice Cecil, Jr., 1929-2018, Potchen, E. James, 1932-, Michigan State University, and Michigan State University

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5b56ff45