Charles Nash
| Charles Presley Nash passed away from complications from pneumonia on July 15, 2007. He served for over 15 years as an active leader in the Faculty Association, both on the Davis campus and statewide. Throughout this time, he generously applied his unusually detailed and broad knowledge of the campus and university-wide process of shared governance to support the faculty as a whole and to support fair treatment of individuals in their relations with the Senate and the Administration. He devoted much of his life working to make life better for others through advocacy and action. |  |
The Charles P. Nash Prize
The Charles P. Nash Prize, funded by the campus community and the Nash family and friends, is awarded by the Davis Division of the Academic Senate, the UC Davis Academic Federation, the Davis Faculty Association and the Nash Family to acknowledge achievement in and commitment to promoting shared governance in keeping with Charlie Nash’s exceptional efforts in promoting and advocating for faculty interests and welfare. The prize is awarded to an individual who clearly represents advocacy, achievement and dedication within a body of service that exemplifies Charlie’s legacy.
Contribution to the Nash Prize can be made at UC Davis Giving.
Major Faculty Association Related Accomplishments:
- Supported legislation protecting faculty intellectual property right and published an article detailing his efforts (see On the Ownership of Academic Presentations: The Evolution of California Education Code Sections 66450-66452 [PDF], published in McGeorge Law Review, volume 35, 2004, pp 205-225.).
- Organized a campus forum on faculty intellectual property rights (see DFA Forum on Faculty Copyrights)
- Researched steps faculty should take to copyright their course materials and lectures (see Copyrighting your course materials)
- Helped to obtain a $10 million augmentation in the state budget in support of library print collections systemwide, plus an augmentation for the replacement of obsolete instructional equipment.(see UC Budget Update, May, 1998)
Memorials:
- Bob Meister, President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations
- Myrna Hays, Executive Director of the Davis Faculty Association and former Legislative Coordinator for the Council of UC Faculty Associations
- UC Davis News