The University of Alberta has offered graduate work since its establishment in 1908. Graduate programs were administered by the Committee on Honours and Graduate Studies (1912-1915) and the Committee on Graduate Studies (1915-1952). A School headed by a director was approved in 1952, and finally, a Faculty headed by a dean in 1957. The Faculty administers all graduate degree programs, master's and doctoral, as well as postgraduate diploma programs. It implements regulations, approves applications for admission and graduation, and maintains a permanent record of graduate students. Committee Chairs: 1912-1915 Adolph L.F. Lehmann; 1915-1936 William Alexander Robb Kerr; 1936-1943 George Malcolm Smith; 1943-1944 Robert Kay Gordon (Acting); 1944-1952 John Macdonald. Directors: 1952-1957 Osman James Walker. Deans: 1957-1971 Arthur Gilbert McCalla; 1969-1970 Henry Kreisel (Acting); 1971- 1976 John Ross McGregor; 1976-1982 John Forster; 1982-1983 Stuart B. Woods (Acting); 1983-1994 Fu-Shiang Chia.