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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[May 20

T H E BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS To L E N O X R. LOHR

In Recognition of Distinguished Public Service T h e City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, and the Nation are the beneficiaries of his talents for the popular communication of knowledge, of his intense devotion to civic improvement, and of his capacity for leadership in achieving the tasks undertaken. Highlights of his career include distinguished service as an Army Officer in World W a r I and in the Corps of Engineers for several years thereafter; skillful organization and expert management of " A Century of Progress International Exposition," the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934; President of the National Broadcasting Company from 1935 to 1940; Director of the Illinois Civil Defense Agency, 1950 to 1953; President of the Chicago Railroad Fair, a masterly pageant of the development of our country's transportation system, 1948-1949; President of the Centennial of Engineering, 1952; Chairman of the Illinois Commission of Higher Education from 1954 to 1959, which was the precursor of current developments in planning for higher education in this State; Chairman of the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority from 1955 to 1957; and a quarter of a century of concentration of talent and work in developing his central interest — The Museum of Science and Industry, a great and unique educational institution in its own right. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois would add this citation to his many other honors, and would have him accept with it a grateful expression of appreciation of his special services to the University — as a member of its Citizens Committee since it was created in 1942 and as Chairman of the Committee for the past twenty years; and, more recently, as Chairman of the Jane Addams Memorial Fund campaign for the restoration and preservation of Hull House. Given at the University of Illinois May 21, 1964. RECOGNITION O F SERVICES O F DR. ALONZO G. GRACE, DR. JACK W. PELTASON, A N D DR. FREDERICK T. WALL (38) Three members of the faculty who have served as deans of colleges will leave the University this year. Because of their key roles in the formulation of recommendations for the Board of Trustees, it is appropriate that the record of the Board contain an expression of appreciation for effective, faithful, and important service and of good wishes for their future endeavors. T h e appreciation and good wishes of the colleagues of these gentlemen go with them in their new activities and relationships, with the hope, also, that their friendship ties to the University of Illinois will remain firm. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t s w e r e a d o p t e d , to b e i n c l u d e d i n t h e r e c o r d of t o d a y ' s m e e t i n g ; a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y w a s a u t h o r i z e d to p r e p a r e a p p r o p r i a t e copies to be sent to t h e three m e m b e r s of t h e faculty.

D R . ALONZO G. GRACE

Professor of Education and Dean of the College of Education Dr. Alonzo G. Grace, Dean of the College of Education since 1960, will retire September 1, 1964. Dean Grace was Associate Dean of Education at New York University from 1952-60. H e was Chairman of the Department of Education and Professor of Administration at the University of Chicago for a year before going to New York University in 1951 as Professor of Education. F r o m 1938-48 he was Commissioner of Education and Secretary of the Board, Connecticut State Board of Education, and lecturer in the Yale University Graduate Department of Education. I n 1948-50 he was in Berlin, Germany, as Director of Education and Cultural Relations, Office of Military Government, later the Office of the High Commissioner, American Zone of Occupation, and later the Republic of Western Germany. T h e four years during which Dr. Grace has been Dean of the College of Education have been marked by many important changes within the College. A new building has been planned and built, departmental and committee reorganiza-