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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DELEGATION O F S I G N A T U R E S

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Mr. Swain offered the following resolution.

Resolved, that the President and the Secretary of T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois are authorized to delegate the signing of their names as President and Secretary, respectively, to vouchers to be presented to the Auditor of Public Accounts, and to warrants drawn on the Treasurer of the University, under the following conditions: T h e President of the Board of Trustees is authorized to delegate to C. O. Parvin, R. N. Parker, R. H . Suter, in Urbana, to James E. Osborn, David W. Bonham, Walter E. Cowart, R. E. Porter, H . O. Albers, A. W . Catrambone, in Chicago, and to C. H . Moody, Helen Culbertson, in Springfield, authority to sign his name as President of the Board of Trustees to vouchers against the Auditor of Public Accounts; and to C. C. DeLong, R. W . Zimmer, W . M, Griffith, S. E. Read, in Urbana, and to James E. Osborn, David W. Bonham, Walter E. Cowart, R. E. Porter, H . O. Albers, L. Rea Jones, in Chicago, authority to sign his name to warrants on the University Treasurer covering vouchers approved in accordance with regulations approved by the Board. The Secretary of the Board of Trustees is authorized to delegate to R. C. Wicklund, George H . Bargh, Virginia J. Hendrix, in Urbana, and to Anthony J. Diekema, Velma M. Davis, Margaret Clancy, H .W. Bailey, Alfred P . Maurice, Joseph S. Carlson, in Chicago, authority to sign his name as Secretary of the Board of Trustees to vouchers against the Auditor of Public Accounts and to warrants on the University Treasurer.

This resolution was unanimously adopted.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT PRESIDENT OF THE Mr. H u g h e s indicated that President H e n r y wished to announcement, and the President asked the Secretary he h a d p r e p a r e d a n d w a s s u b m i t t i n g t o t h e T r u s t e e s m e e t i n g . T h e t e x t of t h e l e t t e r is a s f o l l o w s :

To THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES :

UNIVERSITY m a k e a special to read a letter at this a n n u a l

At this annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, I believe it is timely for me to announce my intention to retire from the presidency of the University at the close of the academic year in which I shall have reached age sixty-five, September 1, 1971. Although mandatory retirement would not apply until September 1, 1974, I believe that I should change to a less demanding work schedule. By the date indicated I shall have been active in the Presidency of the University of Illinois longer than any other person (sixteen years) and I shall have completed a tenure of thirty-two years in high-level administrative responsibilities at three major institutions. Apart from these personal considerations, I believe that a change in the presidency will bring new outlooks, energies, and approaches to meeting the requirements for leadership in the period immediately ahead. Plans for the University in the next decade are in the process of formulation. Obviously, there will be new tasks, new problems, new relationships, and new opportunities. Happily, the University is in a position of unusual strength to enlarge its role as one of the great universities of the world, and I believe that new leadership should be called upon for the new tasks and challenges. I hope that my making this announcement at this time will be of assistance to the Trustees by providing an interval of sufficient time in which to select a successor and to make an orderly transition in administration. I am grateful for the honor and the professional opportunity which the Trustees have vested in me as President, as well as for their confidence and support through the years. I shall do all in my power to make the remainder of my tenure productive and effective. Sincerely, c. Mr. Earl W . Porter, Secretary DAVID D . HENRY of the University President