# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1965_S146
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146 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

To Establish Additional Professorships
RESOLUTION 6-33

Reports 6-01, 6-25 (CW, pp. 186, 250); 6-73 Un (URO,
p. 35)

Wuereas, The synodical institutions in the United
States and our institution in Brasil are in need of new
professorial chairs to provide for institutional growth
and faculty stability; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Synod establish the following

number of additional chairs at the indicated schools:
Concordia, Springfield
Concordia, River Forest
Concordia, Seward
Concordia, Ann Arbor
St. Paul’s, Concordia
Concordia, Milwaukee
Concordia, Portland
Concordia, St. Paul
Concordia, Sao Paulo
Proseminary, Porto Alegre

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PRESENT WORDING

6.53 Members of Teaching Staff

c. Assistant Professors: The Board of Control, on recom-
mendation of the president of the institution, shall appoint
an approved number of assistant professors. The period
of appointment shall be four years. If there is no intent
to renew the appointment, the Board of Control shall convey
notice in writing, to the person involved, through the
president, at least six months prior to the date of expiration
of the current appointment.

d. Associate Professors: Associate professors shall be
chosen in accordance with the synodical regulations. They
shall have permanent tenure.

e. Professors: Associate professors may be advanced to
the rank of professor by the Board of Control on the recom-
mendation of the president of the institution and with the
consent of the Board for Higher Education. Qualified per-
sons not on the teaching staff of a given school may be
called as professor according to synodical regulations. Pro-
fessors shall have permanent tenure.

f. Substitute Teachers: ...

g. Visiting Professors: .. .

and be it further

Resolved, That upon request of the respective board
of control the Board for Higher Education, within the
budgetary limitations established, authorize the filling
of the granted chairs; and be it finally

Resolved, That the Synod by provision of Handbook
6.125 delegate the power of establishing the number
of teaching positions at each school to the Board for
Higher Education in future years.

Action: This resolution was adopted.

To Adopt “Handbook” Revisions Regarding
Teaching Personnel at Synodical Institutions
RESOLUTION 6-34
Overtures 6-43, 6-44, 6-45, 6-46 (CW, pp. 259, 260); 6-80

Un (URO, p. 37)

Resolved, That the following Handbook revisions be
adopted in reference to questions of tenure, rank, nomi-
nation, election, and promotion of teaching personnel
at our synodical high schools, colleges, and seminaries:

PROPOSED WORDING
6.53 Members of Teaching Staff

c. Assistant Professors: The Board of Control, on recom-
mendation of the president of the institution, shall appoint
assistant professors. The period of appointment shall be four
years. If there is no intent to renew the appointment, the
Board of Control shall convey notice in writing, to the per-
son involved, through the president, at least six months prior
to the date of expiration of the current appointment. The
Board of Control, on recommendation of the president, shall
grant tenure to an assistant professor within eight years of
the initial appointment to a synodical institution or convey
notice in writing that tenure will not be granted.

d. Associate Professors and Professors: Assistant profes-
sors with tenure and associate professors may be advanc
in rank by the Board of Control on recommendation of the
president of the institution and with the prior consent of the
Board for Higher Education. Associate professors and pro-
fessors shall have tenure.

e. Call with Tenure: Qualified persons not on the teach-
ing staff of a given school may be called with tenure accord-
ing to synodical regulations (6.73, 6.101—6.129).

f. Eligibility for Tenure: Ordinarily candidates for teach-
ing positions with tenure on the Synod’s instructional staffs
shall be graduates of a theological seminary or teachers
college affiliated with the Synod or have achieved the status
of Lutheran pastor or teacher by colloquy or have acquired
similar status in a church body in fellowship with the Synod.

g. Substitute Teachers: ...
h. Visiting Professors: ...

i. Lay Members on Teaching Staff: In the case of lay
members of congregations affiliated with the Synod who
have served on the faculty of one or more synodical schools
for at least eight years, the Board of Control may make
occasional exceptions to the policy stated above on recom-
mendation of the president of the institution, with the prior
consent of the Board for Higher Education and with the
concurrence of the President of the Synod and the president
of the synodical District in which the school is located. The
procedure outlined in 6.54d shall be followed.