Fonds 1995-13 & 1996-42 & 1998-38 - Carleton University. Bursars Office fonds

The Bursar Office grew out of the work of the Accountant and was officially established in 1947. As chief non-academic officer, the Bursar's primary duty was to advise the President on the resources needed to provide support for the educational process. This included measuring the efficiency of the financial operations and the upkeep and security of university grounds and buildings. Until the mid 1960's the office also formulated and coordinated all non academic policy and activities. In 1948 the Accountant became a formal position under the auspice of the office. In the 1960's the University underwent increased growth, forcing the Bursar's Office to spawn financial, administrative and physical plant officers. In 1960 Physical Plant was created as an administrative unit and later became a subordinate department in 1966. In 1965 a controller was added to the financial division of the office followed by a purchaser in 1967. To handle the Universities increased administration an officer of Administrative services and a officer of Personnel were appointed in 1967 . The University also established The Computing and Data Processing Centre (now called Computing and Communication Services) as an administrative unit in 1966 to meet its increased technical needs. In 1970's the various divisions of the Bursars office broke away to become subordinate departments. These included the Finance Office (1970), Administrative Services (Later called University Services) (1970) and the Office of Instructional aid (1971). In 1973, the name of the office was changed to the Office of the Vice-President (Administration) and Bursar. In 1991, the office became known as the Vice-President (Finance and Administration). Past appointed heads of the Bursars office included Elizabeth M. Meikle (Bursar, 1947-1948); Fredrick James Turner (Bursar, 1948-1970); A. B. Larose (Vice-President Administration and Bursar, 1970.