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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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tional Hospitals pose special problems in meeting the University's responsibilities during the next biennium. We will, therefore, continue vigorously to seek a solution to this particular budgetary problem. The report of the Finance Committee was unanimously adopted. The President of the Board took note of the fact that three members of the Board were present at the last meeting of their term of office. The following resolutions were presented as indicated and approved unanimously. Mr. Pogue offered the following resolution:

To IRVING DILLIARD

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby expresses its grateful appreciation for your services during the past six years as a member of this Board. Your able contribution to the work of a number of committees is recognized, and special commendation is noted for the service you have given to the Committees on Alumni and Student Welfare and Activities, of which you served as Chairman. You brought to the deliberations of this Board a special understanding of academic affairs and policy. It should also be noted that your writings and service in the fields of journalism and communications and government, as exemplified by your selection in 1949 to deliver the Edmund James lecture, "The Development of a Free Press in Germany, 1945-1946; An Aspect of American Military Government," have been recognized by honorary degrees from numerous educational institutions. Your colleagues note with satisfaction your professional achievements: in journalism as editor for many years of the editorial page of The St. Louis PostDispatch; as the author of numerous books and other writings on government and public affairs; as recipient of abundant recognition at home and abroad and of many invitations to lecture at colleges, universities, and other cultural institutions. The President and other administrative officers of the University have indicated their desire to join the members of the Board of Trustees in this tribute and in extending their best wishes to you and Mrs. Dilliard. The Board of Trustees directs that this resolution be incorporated in the minutes of today's meeting to become a part of the official public record, and that a suitable copy be given you as a permanent reminder of the esteem and affection in which 30U are held.

Mr. Johnston offered the following resolution:

To FRANCES B. W A T K I N S

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby expresses its grateful appreciation for your public-spirited and distinguished service as a member of this Board for eighteen continuous years from 1949 to 1967. You have served effectively for long periods on numerous Board committees: the Committee on Alumni for eighteen years, as Chairman for two; the Executive Committee for sixteen years; the Finance Committee for fifteen years; the Committee on General Policy for ten years; and the Committee on Student Welfare and Activities for sixteen years. Special recognition is due your eighteen years of service, sixteen of those as Chairman, on the Committee on Chicago Departments. Those years, 1949 through 1967, saw both expansion and development at the Medical Center campus and the creation of the Chicago Circle campus. Your energy and devotion in the field of educational trusteeship are confirmed by your services as a Regional Director and as a member of the Executive Committee and the Program Committee of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. The President and other administrative officers of the University have indicated their desire to join the members of the Board of Trustees in this tribute and in extending to you their best wishes for the years ahead. The Board of Trustees directs that this resolution be incorporated in the minutes of today's meeting to become a part of the official public record, and that a suitable copy be given you as a permanent reminder of the esteem and affection in which you are held.

Mr. Swain offered the following resolution: