Commencement Speaker (Wernher von Braun) - Dorms (misc.)

The sub-series contains files on various subjects and people that contain primarily correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, notes, and other paper materials collected in the office of Howard A. White during his time at Pepperdine University in the capacity of professor, Dean of Graduate Studies, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Executive Vice President, President, and President Emeritus. The files contain documentation of university policies and procedures, material generated from administrative work and activities at Pepperdine, and information related to interests that would improve the Pepperdine community, including the process of moving the campus from Los Angeles to Malibu.

Major topics include budgets; commencements and commencement speakers; introducing computers to campus (with the Computer Services Committee and Computer Systems Company evaluations); enrollment; finance; faculty and faculty salaries; salary studies; IRS investigations; the McKinsey report; the Seaver family; the Malibu and Los Angeles campuses; campus professional schools (including the School of Law, School of Business and Management, and others); tuition; Hydril; the University Planning Consultants investigation; the Year in Europe study abroad program; and the 1984 Olympics.