Caption: Dedication - Beckman Institute
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Nina T. Shepherd President U of I Board of Trustees I t's a personal privilege for me to represent the Board of Trustees at this ceremony today. As a trustee, I have watched the business of this University for almost 12 years, and I cannot recall a single event in that time that has generated more excitement or more pride than the announcement last year of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. Each of us has come to realize that the Beckman Institute is a unique idea for science and industry that will gready influence the future of the University of Illinois. So on behalf of the trustees of the University I want to publicly acknowledge all the untiring efforts of hundreds of people—both within and without the University—who brought about this day so quickly. While today's ceremony will symbolize the construction of an extraordinary building, it will also symbolize the maturation of extraordinary vision. William T. Greenough Chairman Program Committee for Biology, Behavior and Cognition T would like to give special thanks to Ted Brown, who is now serving as Acting Director of the Beckman M Institute. Ted has been the faculty member who has worked the hardest to turn the concept of the Beckman Institute into the architectural blueprints we have today. Ted is unable to be with us today, and I think the faculty owe him a debt of gratitude for his truly tireless service in working with the architects, the faculty, and others to coordinate a design and layout we are all very enthusiastic about. Dr. Beckman's donation and the State's contribution make an excellent example of cooperation between state and private sources of funding of university research. There
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