Dates

• Existence: 1949 - 1988

Administrative History

The Inter-Organizational Council (1949-1988) was a student administrative body at Brigham Young University. The council coordinated the establishment of social units and social clubs, coordinated activities, and during some periods enforced university policies.

The Inter-Organizational Council was established in 1949 to assist the university in managing the campus social unit organizations. Generally composed of the presidents of each social unit, the group helped determine policies for activities and to establish unit rules. After the dissolution and replacement of social units with social clubs in 1961 the IOC continued its work with these new organizations. The IOC worked with other student organizations in enforcing university regulations, including the Penal Court. In a revision of the group's constitution in 1966, the council was for a time given responsibility for investigating rule infractions prior to prosecution in the student courts.

In 1970 the council became more closely aligned with the Associated Students of Brigham Young University (ASBYU) Organizations Office. As a result the scope of the group at times expanded to include other clubs, but by the mid-1980s it was again focused on social clubs. In 1986 the IOC officers resigned in protest of revised university policies that they saw as undermining their oversight role for social clubs. With the dissolution of ASBYU in 1988, the IOC was also abolished.

Presidents of the Inter-Organizational Council included Clayne Fosgren (1961), Merve White (1962), Bill Blackburn (1965), Ron Rossiter (1966), Jan Perkins (1970), and Gregory Kearl (1986).

Citation:

Brigham Young universe, Dec. 8, 1949: p. 2 (Inter-org Council; Inter-Organizational Council)

Banyan, 1950: p. 409 (Interorganizational Council; established this year)

Banyan, 1951: p. 115 (Inter-Organizational Council; Merrill Andrus, president)

Banyan, 1953: p. 54 (Inter-Organizational Council; I.O.C.; determines policies and limitations on social unit activities; negotiates constitutional amendments and by-laws) p. 55 (Penal Court tried cases where I.O.C. regulations were broken)

Banyan, 1954: p. 30 (Inter-Organizational Council; group of presidents of all university student organizations; resolved problems that arose)

Banyan, 1960: p. 266 (Inter-Organization Council; counseled and advised units; published handbooks of school policies; aided in establishment of new social units; sponsored International Week)

Banyan, 1961: p. 123 (Inter-Organization Council; IOC; under direction of Clayne Fosgren)

Banyan, 1962: p. 144 (Inter-Organization Council; IOC; president Merve White)

Banyan, 1963: p. 160 (Inter-Organizational Council; IOC Council)

Daily universe, Apr. 27, 1965: p. 8 (Bill Blackburn, president)

Daily universe, Feb. 9, 1966: p. 2 (Inter-Organization Council; new constitution passed, IOC given right to investigate and prosecute infractions of university standards)

Daily universe, Mar. 1, 1966: p. 4 (Inter-Organization Council; Dave Zappe, president)

Daily universe, May 13, 1966: p. 6 (Inter-Organizational Council; IOC; Ron Rossiter, president)

Daily universe, Jan. 13, 1970: p. 2 (Inter-Organizational Council; IOC; under direction of Vice-President of Organizations, Associated Students of Brigham Young University; organized under Jan Perkins)

Daily universe, Oct. 21, 1982: p. 8 (Inter-organization Council established by ASBYU Organizations Office)

Daily universe, Oct. 22, 1985: p. 1 (Inter-Organizational Council; coordinates activities of social clubs)

Daily universe, Sept. 24, 1986: p. 1 (Inter-Organizational Council; officers resigned in protest over new university policy; consists of presidents of each social club; organizes and plans activities; Greg Kearl, president)

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