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BOARD OF TRUSTEES DEATH OF SENATOR EVERETT R. PETERS

[July 19

Mr. Hughes took note of the death on June 25 of Senator Everett R. Peters, "a great and true friend of the University throughout his entire fifty years of public service in Champaign County and in both houses of the State Legislature." Mr. Hughes stated that he was appointing a committee, composed of Trustees Swain and Steger, to draft an appropriate tribute to Senator Peters to be presented to the Trustees at the September meeting. On motion of Mr. Swain, the Trustees concurred in the sentiments expressed and in the action to be taken.

RESOLUTIONS IN RECOGNITION OF T H E RETIREMENT OF MISS KATHRYN HANSEN. LYLE H. LANIER. AND NORMAN A. PARKER

The following resolutions were presented and unanimously approved by the Trustees. In each case a printed copy of the resolution will be prepared by the Secretary and presented to each recipient. To Kathryn G. Hansen In 1952 Kathryn G. Hansen left the staff of the University of Illinois, where she had worked several years, to become the first Executive Secretary of the University Civil Service System of Illinois. She was later made Administrative Officer of the System and Secretary of the Merit Board and, in October 1968, was appointed Director of the System. She retired from the latter position July 1, 1972. In the course of her career, she has been active in numerous business and professional organizations, including the College and University Personnel Association, which she served as President in 1967-68; the American Society for Public Administration; the American Management Association; the American Society for Personnel Administration; and many others. It is, however, for her career of service to the University Civil Service System of Illinois for which the Trustees now convey their appreciation and best wishes for the future. To Lyle H. Lanier Over more than twenty years, Lyle H. Lanier has served the University of Illinois in important administrative positions. For the last twelve of those years, he was the Executive Vice President and Provost. In that position he was the senior officer under the President and the University's chief academic officer. The years of his service have seen great growth and lately a slowed pace, each phase containing its own problems. The University's capacity to face the challenges presented has been heavily dependent upon the talents of Lyle Lanier. His skills in analysis, planning, and innovation, when combined with a seemingly limitless capacity for hard work, have kept the University a center of scholarship and service. Of special note has been his leadership in developing the imaginative and far-reaching plan for medical education for the University, and indeed for the State. Although his role has not always been obvious to those outside the University, his colleagues and the Trustees know and value his counsel as an educator, a craftsman, and a statesman. The Trustees convey to Lyle H. Lanier their deep gratitude for his dedication, leadership, and service to the tradition of excellence at the University of Illinois. To Norman A. Parker Early in his career in education Norman A. Parker assumed administrative duties as the Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Colorado. For more than thirty years at Colorado and at the University of Illinois he has combined his abilities as educator and administrator in addition to serving as engineer and consultant to many companies. His professional colleagues have honored him with selection as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and his alma mater, the University of Colorado, has bestowed upon him an honorary degree of Doctor of Science. To the University of Illinois, however, Norman Parker's outstanding contribution to the development of the Chicago Circle campus is of first importance.