1969

> Harold R.W. Benjamin, former Dean of the College and internationally-known educator, passes away on Jan. 12 at age 75.

> An Ad Hoc Committee of the College Faculty Council (established in 1966) submits its report on April 23. The Faculty Assembly adopted only one portion of the report, the recommendation that the Department of Measurement and Statistics and the Department of Social Foundations be established.

> The Board of Regents approves in November the establishment of a Department of Measurement and Statistics. The Social Foundations area is turned down for designation as a separate department.

> The University of Maryland Teacher Corps Program is founded. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the program is a joint project staffed by the Colleges of Education at College Park and at University of Maryland Baltimore County. The program, leading to a master's degree in education, trains Corpsmen to become master teachers in teacher education centers established in the Baltimore City public schools.

> The Department of Industrial Education receives a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to fund a field research project, headed by Donald Maley , in several Maryland counties, studying the effectiveness of the Cluster Concept method of teaching vocational education.