Dates

• Existence: 1969 - 1990

Administrative History

University Personnel Services (1969-1990) was a department at Brigham Young University which oversaw university employment.

Due to the growth and success of the Placement Center and the Employment Office, these offices merged into the Department of University Personnel Services in 1969. Personnel Services was given a Director, B. Keith Duffin, who served until 1984. He was given more responsibilities at this time, for example, recruiting and recommending the employment of administrative personnel. The Placement Center and the Employment Office continued as subunits with their respective responsibilities. Duffin oversaw the Benefits Office, the Ad Hoc Age Discrimination Committee, Communication Committee, Pre-School Conference Committee for Administrative Personnel and Staff, and the Church Educational System Personnel and Employee Benefits Committee. He also completed a personnel policies and procedures book, organized a personnel program and administrative personnel, organized a training program, held meetings with various staff and committees (Leadership Training, Public Relations Coordinating, Retirement, Pre-School Conference, University Safety Committees, and the Student Financial Aids Council), and oversaw the Personnel Committee. More subunits were created as Personnel Services continued to grow. Jay A. Adamson became the Managing Director of Personnel Services in August of 1984. In 1990, University Personnel Services became Human Resource Services, maintaining much of its structure.

Citation:

Brigham Young University Telephone Directory, 1980: p. 55 (University Personnel, variant name)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1968-1970: p. 34 (Student Employment is a subunit)

Brigham Young University Telephone Directory, 1979-1980: p. 35 (The Director is now called Assistant Vice President-Personnel)

Personnel Services (Personnel Services Department, variant name; University Safety Committee is associated) (UA 580 box 2 fol 10, 11)

Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years, 1975: vol. 3 p. 641 (The Department of University Personnel Services was created because of the growth and success of the Placement Center and the Employment Office, these offices merged into the Department of University Personnel Services in 1969. Personnel Services was given a Director, B. Keith Duffin, and he was given more responsibilities, for example, recruiting and recommending the employment of administrative personnel.)

Ben E Lewis Records and Correspondence,1948-1980: box 8 fol 3 (Personnel Department, variant name) box 8 fol 3.02: (University Personnel Services Office and Personnel Services Office, variant names) box 8 fol 3.03: (Duffin also oversaw the Benefits Office, the Pre-School Conference Committee for Administrative Personnel and Staff, completed a personnel policies and procedures book, organized a personnel program and administrative personnel, organized a training program, held meetings with various staff and committees; Associated units: Benefits Office, Benefits Committee, Retirement Committee, Wage and Salary Committee) box 18: (1968: Placement Center is a subunit with General and Education Placement; Personnel Department is a subunit with Staff Employment and employee records, Student Employment, Training, Employee Benefits) (UA 1326)

BYU Faculty-Staff Telephone Directory, 1984-1985: p. 37 (University Personnel Services answered to the Assistant Administrative Vice President of BYU, Warren R. Nielsen since at least 1984)

BYU Faculty-Staff Telephone Directory, 1985-1986: p. 37 (In 1985, Jay A Adamson became the Managing Director of Personnel Services and R. Wayne Hansen the Managing Director of Placement and Employment Services)

BYU Faculty-Staff Telephone Directory, 1990-1991: p. 21 (Human Resources is future unit)

Brigham Young University Personnel Services, 1977-1978: box 1 folder 1 (University Personnel Services had a Director's Office that was in charge of enforcing Affirmative Action; Personnel Services had five other subunits: Employment Office, Campus Safety Office, Benefits Office, Training and Development Office, Placement Center; Duffin was in charge of and a member of several committees: Ad Hoc Age Discrimination, Benefits, Leadership, Personnel, Public Relations, Retirement, Pre-School Conference, Church Educational System Personnel and Employee Benefits Committee and the Financial Aids Council) (UA 773)

Brigham Young University Employee Relations/Equal Employment Opportunity Office, 1967-1996: box 2 fol 5 (Duffin replaced in August of 1984; Communication Committee) (UA 1289)

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