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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T o Gordon N. Ray The deep sense of regret which the members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois have felt since your decision to leave the University to accept the post of Associate Secretary General of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation has been somewhat assuaged by the fact that you will continue serving the academic world in another and broader area. In fourteen years at the University of Illinois you have been one of its distinguished scholars, a great teacher, and an able administrator. In all these areas you have had the respect and admiration of your colleagues on the faculty and associates in the University administration. The Board desires to take occasion to recognize publicly your services to Illinois and to express its warm appreciation. May you have continued success in your new work; and with this go our best wishes for good health and happiness in many years to come.

This resolution was unanimously adopted by a rising vote. Mrs. Watkins offered the following resolution:

To Herbert E. Longenecker The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois desires to record officially its appreciation of your five years of devoted service to the University of Illinois as Vice-President in charge of its Chicago Professional Colleges. You came into this position at a time when constructive leadership was greatly needed in a complex area of the University's total operations and services to the State. The results of your work in the relatively short time you have been at the University will continue to reflect this able leadership in the years ahead. We wish for you every success in your new post as President of the Tulane University of New Orleans, and many years of good health and happiness for you and your family. This resolution w a s unanimously adopted by a rising vote. AMENDMENT O F S E C T I O N 1 . ARTICLE I, O F T H E BY-LAWS O F THE B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S O F T H E UNIVERSITY O F ILLINOIS (29) Typewritten copies of this proposed amendment were furnished each member of the Board of Trustees at the beginning of today's meeting. Mr. Johnston moved that Section 1, Article I, of the By-Laws of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois be amended effective September 1, i960, to read: Section 1. T h e Board of Trustees shall hold an annual meeting on the second Tuesday of March, unless the date of such meeting be changed by the Board. T h e Board shall hold other regular meetings on the (second) third Wednesday of each month except March; the date of any meeting may be changed by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof; any monthly meeting may be omitted by vote of the Board or by order of the President thereof, in case it appears that the amount and nature of the business to be presented is not sufficient to justify a meeting. The change is to delete the word (second) and to insert in lieu thereof the word third, as indicated above.

This motion was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Harewood, Mr. Herrick, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

DEGREES CONFERRED The Secretary presented for record the list of degrees conferred at the Chicago Professional Colleges on J u n e 10, i960, and on other dates indicated, and the list of degrees to be conferred at U r b a n a on June 18, i960, in accordance, with the authorization of the Board of Trustees. Summary Honorary Degrees, conferred at Urbana: Doctor of Engineering 1