Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954 [PAGE 564]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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WEKBEL, LESLIE M., Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Fellow in Chemistry — resignation effective 2-1-53. WILKEESON, LOWELL E., Flight Instructor in the Institute of Aviation — resignation effective 2-23-53. W u , W E N - S H A O , Fellow in Mechanical Engineering—declination effective 2-1-53. RETIREMENTS SOMERS, LEE A., Assistant Professor of Horticulture, Emeritus, retirement effective 3-1-53. LEAVES OF ABSENCE CHEW, GEOFFREY F., Associate Professor of Physics (C) —cancellation of leave of absence for the second semester of 1952-1953. PRACYK, JOHN A., Instructor in the Admitting Clinic, in the College of Dentistry — leave of absence from January 1 through August 31, 1953, without salary, for military service. READ, HADLEY, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension (C) and Extension Editor in the Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics — additional leave of absence without pay to June 1, 1953. WII.COCK, RICHARD C , Assistant Professor of Labor and Industrial Relations — leave of absence for one month with pay, to be combined with his vacation allowance of one month, June 22 through August 14, 1953. DEGREES CONFERRED IN FEBRUARY, 1953

The Secretary presented for record the following list of degrees conferred at Urbana on February 15, 1953.

Summary Honorary Degree: Doctor of Letters Degrees in the Graduate College: Doctor of Philosophy Doctor of Education Master of Arts Master of Science Master of Music Master of Education Total, Graduate College Degrees in L a w : Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Laws Total, Law Baccalaureate Degrees: BachelcjJ of Science, College of Agriculture Bachelor of Science, College of Engineering Bachelor of Arts, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science, College of Education Bachelor of Science, College of Commerce and Business Administration.. Bachelor of Science, School of Journalism and Communications Bachelor of Science, College of Fine and Applied Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine and Applied Arts Bachelor of Music, College of Fine and Applied Arts Bachelor of Science, School of Physical Education Bachelor of Science, Division of Special Services for W a r Veterans Total, Baccalaureate Degrees Total, Degrees Conferred HONORARY DEGREE D e g r e e of D o c t o r of L e t t e r s at a special ceremony on February

1 48 5 27 114 1 24 219 1 25 26 64 135 85 68 36 116 23 46 8 1 30 25 637 883

(Conferred

CARL SANDBURG

16, 1953)