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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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86 Name F E L I X H E N R Y BORTO BOARD O F T R U S T E E S [September 29 State from Which They Obtained Certificates Indiana Address Hammond, Indiana PETER B. BREKKE RUSSELL ROBERT BUCHMANN NORMAN M Y R O N D U B I N Des Moines, Iowa Webster Groves, Missouri Chicago Iowa Missouri District of Columbia JOHN PATRICK KENNELLY H E N R Y CHESTER K O R F F EDWARD P H I L I P K U R Z Park Ridge Arlington Heights Chicago District of Columbia Indiana Colorado ROBERT STRATTON LATHAM Cleveland, Ohio Ohio RAYMOND ROGER MAXWELL HAROLD GEORGE STORCK Fort Lauderdale, Florida Belleville Florida Missouri BERNARD LAURENCE WEDDEL Hammond, Indiana Indiana I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r a n g e , these certificates w e r e a w a r d e d . RESOLUTION FROM T H E UNIVERSITY OF THE ANDES During the summer of 1954, Dean W. L. Everitt of the College of Engineering, while on a brief trip to Venezuela and Colombia, South America, visited the University of the Andes in Bogota. This is a new institution of higher education which has been sending a number of its students to the University of Illinois for advanced studies. At a reception for him, Dean Everitt was presented with two resolutions, one a personal salute of welcome and appreciation, and the other for the President of the University of Illinois and its Board of Trustees expressing gratitude for the services of the University of Illinois to the University of the Andes. The Secretary of the Board presented a translation of this resolution, the original of which is in his files. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Secretary was requested to send an appropriate acknowledgment to the officials of the University of the Andes. MEMORIAL TO MERLE JAY TREES President Megran offered the following: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois records with deep sorrow the passing on August 7, 1954, of Merle Jay Trees, a former member and one time President of this Board. Mr. Trees was born near Mayview, Illinois, on June 14, 1883. H e graduated from the University of Illinois in 1007 and received the professional degree of Civil Engineer in 1911. H i s long and successful business career was even more distinguished by generous contributions of time and energy to numerous worthy activities and causes. H e was one of the University's great and loyal friends, devoting years of service to his Alma Mater. H e was President of the Alumni Association in 1921 to 1922. He served as a member of the Board of Trustees for twelve years from 1923 to 1935 and was President of the Board from 1926 to 1928. During his two terms on the Board of Trustees he devoted much of his time and talent to shaping up the University's investment policy. H i s service on the Board extended through the years of the south campus development of the University, including the construction of the Library, David Kinley Hall, the Architecture Building, George Huff Gymnasium, and the Memorial Stadium. H e was a generous contributor to the Memorial Stadium fund and to other Illini projects for which his aid was sought. H e served on the Stadium Executive Committee which had the responsibility of financing the construction of the Stadium and was one of its financial guarantors. One of the finest gifts the University has received was announced in January, J 938 — the "Emily Nichols Trees (Class of 1905) and the Merle Jay Trees (Class of 1907) Collection" of paintings. Mr. and Mrs. Trees have been adding to this collection of masterpieces of a r t each year and established an endowment fund for its maintenance. I t is an artistic and educational resource of inestimable value.
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