Historical Note

The Staff and Administrative Personnel Committee was first formed as the Committee for Non-Academic Personnel, as announced by Santa Clara University President Fr. William J. Rewak, S.J. in an April 2, 1979 announcement to the campus community. Within a year or so of its founding, the Committee for Non-Academic Personnel was renamed the Committee on Staff and Administrative Personnel. The committee was composed of elected and appointed members, including exempt staff, nonexempt staff, and members of the instructional faculty. The Chair of the committee originally was appointed by the Vice President for Business and Finance; beginning in the 1988-1989 academic year, the Committee began selecting chairs by election; Bill Everhart served as the first elected chair.

On January 20, 1988, Ralph Beaudoin circulated a memorandum to the University Community that announced a change in name for the Committee from “Staff and Administrative Personnel Committee” to “Staff Personnel Committee.” In later years, the Committee underwent a number of other name changes. According to changes in the Bylaws which took place approximately in October 2008, the 2007-2008 academic year was the last year the Committee was known as the Staff Assembly Council and the 2008-2009 academic year was the first it was known as the Staff Senate, although documentation for agendas and minutes still refer to the group as the Staff Assembly Council.

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