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the students there not to settle for mediocrity, and to do nothing but the best. I would like to add one thing more to that. "Do nothing but the best" is a good slogan, but with this Institute let's try also to make the best even better The evening of October 1(1 1986, during the University of Illinois Foundation's 51st Annual Membership Dinner, U ofI Board of Thistees President Nina T. Shepherd awarded Dr. and Mrs. Beckman with Board of Trustees Distinguished Service Medallions. The text of the award citation follows.

The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois To Mabel and Arnold Beckman

m J our years ago, when the University of Illinois conferred upon Arnold O. Beckman the degree of M Doctor of Science, we recited only a few of his accomplishments in American science and industry. The faculty of the University honored a "chemist, inventor, industrialist, leader in public affairs, and a patron of higher education." As impressive as his many accomplishments have been, it is the Beckmans' creative and judicious philanthropy in aid of the University of Illinois which we honor this day. Together, in their stewardship of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, they have supported programs which met a strict standard: promise of great benefit for mankind through application of knowledge. Applying this criterion, they have led this University in the establishment of a fund to support promising young scientists. Moreover, others have been beneficiaries as well: for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, a West Coast study center was made possible; for Stanford University, a Center for Molecular