Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
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1298 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 20 TRELEASE, MRS. LEAH F., Associate Professor of English — leave of absence with full pay beginning February I, 1954, and continuing through as much of the second semester as may be necessary, on account of her health. ELECTION OF OFFICERS T h e temporary Chairman called for nominations of officers of the Board to be elected at this meeting for one year and to hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified. MR. H. B. MEGRAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD M r . Nickell nominated M r . H . B. Megran for the office of the President of the Board for 1954-1955. T h e nomination was seconded by M r . Johnston. O n his motion, the nominations were closed and the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous vote of the meeting for M r . Megran as President. T h e ballot was cast and M r . Megran was declared elected President of the Board for the year 1954-1955, or until the next annual meeting of the Board and until his successor has been elected and has qualified. He took the chair and expressed his appreciation of the confidence of the Board in electing him to this office. APPRECIATION OF SERVICES OF MR. PARK LIVINGSTON On motion of M r . Johnston, the Board recorded its appreciation of the services of Mr. P a r k Livingston as President of the Board during the past three years (1951-1954) as well as during the years 1943-1948. MR. A. J . JANATA ELECTED SECRETARY Mr. H i c k m a n nominated Mr. A. J. Janata for the office of Secretary of the Board. This nomination was seconded by M r s . W a t k i n s . On her motion, the nominations were closed and M r . J a n a t a was elected Secretary of the Board for the year 1954-1955, or until the next annual meeting of the Board and until his successor has been elected and has qualified. MR. HERBERT O. FARBER ELECTED COMPTROLLER T h e By-Laws of the Board of Trustees provide for the office of Comptroller, to be elected annually for a term of one year. T h e y provide that the duties of Comptroller shall be such as "denned in the Statutes of the University." T h e Statutes assign to the Comptroller certain direct accountabilities to the Board and also the functions of general business officer of the University under the supervision of the President. They also provide that he shall be appointed by the Board "on the recommendation of the President of the University." T h e President of the University presented the following recommendation : When I assumed the office of President on September 1, 1953, the Board, on my recommendation, appointed Herbert O. Farber as Acting Comptroller for the remainder of my unexpired term, until the next annual meeting of the Board. Hence this appointment will expire at the March, 1954, meeting. After observation of Mr. Farber's work during this period and discussion with numerous persons with whom he has been intimately associated, including the heads of all divisions of the Business Office (I have had no unfavorable comment on his work), I now nominate him for appointment as Comptroller for the year 1954-1955. In the organization of the office a separate division is maintained in Chicago under Howard A. Hazleton as Business Manager. His work is highly effective in
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