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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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demic Advisory Committee recommend that buildings under construction at Chicago Circle be named as follows : Classroom Buildings — Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Lorado Taft, Daniel Burnham, Jane Addams, Ulysses S. Grant, and Thomas Jefferson. Functional names are not feasible since these buildings all serve the same purpose. The names have been selected from a long list of statesmen and contributors to the arts and to social progress identified with the history of Illinois and of Chicago. Administration and Staff Building-—University Hall Lecture Center — Lecture Center Illini Union—Illini Union Engineering and Science Laboratories — Science and Engineering Laboratories I recommend approval. Mr. Pogue reported that the Committee on Buildings and Grounds had reviewed these recommendations and supports them. On motion of Mr. Swain, the recommendations were approved. MEMORIAL TO FRANCES MYERS BAUER Mr. Swain read the following and moved its adoption: Resolution WHEREAS, since the last meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Fran Myers Bauer who has covered the meetings of the Board for her newspaper, The News-Gazette, has passed on; and WHEREAS, her record shows that she was a great friend of the University and a dedicated newspaper woman over many years and one who has ably reported our proceedings for approximately forty years; Now Therefore Be It Resolved in recognition of her contribution to our great University and her great interest in the University of Illinois, we, the Board of Trustees, hereby express our deep sorrow upon her passing as she will be greatly missed by all of us. This resolution was unanimously adopted. DEGREES CONFERRED IN JUNE. 19 64 The Secretary presented for record the following lists of degrees conferred on candidates at the Medical Center campus on J u n e 11, 1964, and on the other dates indicated, and on candidates at the U r b a n a Champaign campus on J u n e 13, 1964, in accordance with the authorization of the Board of Trustees. Summary Honorary Degrees, conferred at Urbana: Doctor of Fine Arts 1 1 Doctor of Music Doctor of Science 1 Total, Honorary Degrees (3) Degrees in the Graduate College, conferred at Urbana 162 Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Education 20 1 Doctor of Musical Arts 146 Master of Arts Master of Science 390 Master of Music 10 Master of Education 107 Master of Social Work 44 Master of Fine Arts 8 1 Master of Laws Master of Architecture 7 Master of Accounting Science 19 Master of Business Administration 17