Editing University of Miami (section)

====Jay F. W. Pearson (1952 until 1962)====
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In 1952, [[Jay F. W. Pearson]], one of Ashe's long-time assistants, was appointed the University of Miami's second president.<ref name="jfwp">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5H0cAAAAIBAJ&dq=university-of-miami%20jay%20fw%20pearson&pg=3660%2C1972084|title=Dr. J.F.W. Pearson Named President of Miami University|work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=January 13, 1953|access-date=February 8, 2010|page=3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904090933/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5H0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zWQEAAAAIBAJ&dq=university-of-miami%20jay%20fw%20pearson&pg=3660%2C1972084|archive-date=September 4, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> A charter faculty member and [[marine biology|marine biologist]],<ref name="jfwp"/> Pearson held the university's presidency for a decade, until 1962.<ref name="umhist"/> Under Pearson's leadership, the University of Miami began awarding its first [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degrees, and student enrollment increased substantially, exceeding 4,000.<ref name="umhist"/><ref name="Time"/>

From 1961 until 1968, the university leased buildings on its south campus to the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] that were used in [[JMWAVE]], a [[covert operation]] and intelligence gathering operation against [[Fidel Castro]]'s [[Communism|communist]] government in Cuba.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations in Cuba, 1959–1965 |publisher=Potomac Books Inc |isbn=978-1-57488-675-7 |first=Don |last=Bohning |year=2005 |page=[https://archive.org/details/castroobsessionu0000bohn/page/79 79] |url=https://archive.org/details/castroobsessionu0000bohn/page/79}}</ref> The university no longer owns land at the south campus.

In 1961, the university dropped its policy of racial segregation and began admitting Black students and allowing their full participation in student activities and athletic teams.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894532,00.html|title=Education: Growing Up in Miami – TIME|access-date=September 8, 2009|date=June 23, 1961|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204203717/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894532,00.html|archive-date=February 4, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/01/archives/the-university-of-miami-drops-its-color-barrier.html?sq=%2522University%2520of%2520Miami%2522&scp=40&st=cse|title=The University of Miami Drops Its Color Barrier|date=February 1, 1961|page=33|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214410/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/02/01/archives/the-university-of-miami-drops-its-color-barrier.html?sq=%2522University%2520of%2520Miami%2522&scp=40&st=cse|archive-date=July 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/043002aaa.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512013250/http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/043002aaa.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2006|title=Miami Football History – Miami Official Athletic Site|access-date=October 13, 2009|publisher=UM Sports Information}}</ref> Five years later, in 1966, Ray Bellamy, a Black student at the University of Miami, became the first major Black college athlete in the [[Deep South]] to receive an athletic scholarship.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/alexander_wolff/11/02/wolff.1102/index.html|title=Breaking down barriers How two people helped change face of college football|first=Alexander|last=Wolff|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=November 2, 2005|access-date=February 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224182124/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/alexander_wolff/11/02/wolff.1102/index.html|archive-date=December 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until the early 1970s, as was widespread practice at colleges and universities nationally, the university regulated female student conduct more strictly than that of male students, including employing a staff under the Dean of Women charged with watching over female students. Under Pearson, however, the university began incrementally liberalizing these policies. In 1971, he consolidated the separate Dean of Men and Dean of Women positions in one.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www6.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930084317/http://www.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2004|page=12|title=Women's Commission Dissertation|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref> The same year, the university established a Women's Commission, which issued a 1974 report on the status of women on campus,<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www6.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930084317/http://www.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2004|page=1|title=Women's Commission Dissertation|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref> leading to the university's first female commencement speaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www6.miami.edu/commencement/history.html|title=Commencement History and Traditions|publisher=University of Miami|access-date=February 6, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627143104/http://www6.miami.edu/commencement/history.html|archive-date=June 27, 2010}}</ref> day care, and the launch of a Women's Study minor. Following enactment of [[Title IX]] in 1972 and over a decade of litigation, University of Miami organizations, including honorary societies, were opened to women's participation and inclusion. The Women's Commission also secured more equitable funding for women's sports.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www6.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040930084317/http://www.miami.edu/womens-commission/dissertation.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2004|pages=21–30|title=Women's Commission Dissertation|access-date=November 16, 2009|publisher=University of Miami}}</ref> In 1973, Terry Williams Munz became the first woman in the nation awarded an athletic scholarship when she accepted a University of Miami golf scholarship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.miami.edu/stories/2016/01/um-milestones.html|title=UM Milestones|date=January 30, 2016|work=University of Miami News and Events|access-date=February 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131002910/http://news.miami.edu/stories/2016/01/um-milestones.html|archive-date=January 31, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>