Anderson to head space management
department at Yale

Beth Anderson

lizabeth (Denis) Anderson, director of Space Management, will become the new manager of space management and information at Yale University, beginning Aug. 13. She will be providing comprehensive support to the space management programs and will be directly responsible for the university's space information system. Her last full day on campus is July 27.

     "She's played a very key role in a difficult area," said Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Paul Page. "Space is the last frontier, so dealing with the fact that we're short of it is not the easiest [way] to make people happy. She's had a particularly difficult assignment and has handled it quite well. She's an asset that we're going to miss."

     A Chancellor's Citation recipient in 1997, Anderson has served the University for 21 years, joining the Office of Space Management 18 years ago. During her tenure, the campus developed a comprehensive space management system and designed a complementary set of computerized tools. She was instrumental in the creation of a full set of classroom and class laboratory utilization reports, office and research space studies, the expansion of the space inventory reports, and she oversaw the creation and upkeep of a full set of AutoCAD floor plans for the campus. These software tools and CAD plans have been used by the University for numerous special projects including the full University and various departmental accreditation reviews, the new TelCom system, the campus ADA study, the Facilities Condition Audit, and Animal Care reporting, among others.

     Recently she was responsible for the redesign and conversion of the software to Oracle 8I and its subsequent copyright on behalf of the University.

     Anderson received the Chancellor's Citation for her work in developing these software tools and for the subsequent use of the Space Needs Assessment Model to provide overall space needs and background information for specific projects. This included developing space needs for the pre-design programs used in space re-use, renovation, new construction and property acquisition projects, including the Conte Polymer Research Center, Mullins Center, Knowles Building, the Computer Science Building, the Engineering Laboratory Building, the Isenberg School of Management addition, the alumni center, the Continuing Education Building, and the Polymer Science, Continuing Education and Computer Science backfill plans.

     She has served on a number of committees and boards such as the Faculty Senate Space and Calendar Committee, the Architectural Access Board, and numerous building committees. She also helped develop the ADA Transition Plan and a full classroom and class laboratory study.

     Last year Anderson was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Society for College and University Planning, recognizing her role as a faculty member in the SCUP National Space Management Workshops. She has been active in SCUP for years, serving on the regional council as membership coordinator and currently as vice chair of the national membership committee. She has been a presenter, panel participant and special interest group leader at both SCUP and other national facilities conferences.

     She received her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the University in 1973, was elected into both the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honorary societies and has taken a number of graduate courses. She has been involved in several civil organizations, including serving as chairman of the board and president of the corporation of First Call for Help in Amherst, and has been an active member of North Congregational Church.