The Clerk of the Faculty sets the agenda and presides at faculty meetings. They also work with the Recording Clerk on minutes of the Faculty Meeting. The term is one year, with a possible one-year extension.
Terms in early years are not clear. It appears that until 1980 the clerk assumed office in winter term/semester. Thus Warren Staebler, for example, became clerk in January 1963 and concluded his term in December 1964. This was changed in 1980 so that terms coincided with the academic year. Before 1967, some clerks served three years.