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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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SALE OF SECURITIES M r . S w a i n , for t h e F i n a n c e C o m m i t t e e , offered the following a n d m o v e d its a d o p t i o n : WHEREAS the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the owner of the following described common stock SCO shares of American Can Company 150 shares of Northern Illinois Gas Company; and WHEREAS it is the decision of said Board that these securities should be sold and disposed of, Now, therefore be it resolved that H . O. Farber, Vice-President and Comptroller, and A. J. Janata, Secretary, be authorized to sell such securities and to execute all documents necessary in order to complete such sale.

This resolution was adopted.

TRIBUTE TO ALBERT JAMES HARNO

At this point, Mr. Swain offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:

On September I, 1957, Albert James Harno will bring to a close a period of service to the University of Illinois of thirty-six years as Professor of Law and thirty-five years as Dean of the College of Law, a service remarkable not only for its length but for its accomplishments. Under his stewardship the College of Law has grown into one of pre-eminence in the field of legal education. In this process he has himself become a national figure as a scholar, teacher, and law-school administrator. T o his colleagues on the faculty of the College he has been the inspiration, through example, of the university teacher who, while being ever vigilant to keep a close contact with the non-university world, yet is able to see the problems of that world with the long-range vision and objectivity of the scholar, and is devoted to the task of imparting that vision to his students. To thousands of law-school alumni throughout the nation, he is already a living legend. To all of his colleagues in the University, his name is synonymous with tolerance, judiciousness, and fair dealing. Dean Harno's service to the University has not been limited to the College of Law. H e was Chairman of the committee, appointed by President Chase in 1930, to study all aspects of the University administration and procedure, and bring recommendations for changes in the administrative structure, including a definitive statement of the statutes of the University. He served as Provost of the University from 1931 to 1944, under two presidents and one acting president, and many of the present functions of that office were outlined during his term. H e has been, at one time or another, a member of or chairman of almost every University committee. H i s interests have been as broad as the University itself, and he has brought to his many assignments the qualities of unswerving honesty, good judgment, loyalty, and warm sympathy which have won him the respect and confidence of all friends of the University. In this period he has also become a leader of the legal profession, at both state and national levels. H e has, for example, been President of the Illinois State Bar Association, of the American Judicature Society, of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and of the Association of American Law Schools. H e has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Council of the American Law Institute. H e is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. H e has been a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and a member of the Hoover Commission Task Force. H e is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Past National President of Order of the Coif. H e is the author of: The Supreme Court in Felony cases (Illinois Crime Survey), Cases on Criminal Law and Procedures, fourth edition 1957; Legal Education in the Lnited States; and co-author of: Parole and the Indeterminate Sentence; and a contributor to many legal periodicals. H e has been widely and favorably known in the profession, and has done much to bridge the gap between the practicing profession and its academic branch.