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The Board of Regents represents the governing body of the University. "(They) possess all the powers necessary
or convenient to accomplish the objects and perform the duties prescribed by law ...",as stated by the charter
of the University. Working under this general grant of authority, the Idaho Regents serve as an executive body
charged with the responsibility of determining general policy and carrying it into effect.
President of the Board, Judge W. F. McNaughton, has served on the Board since 1939. He is a lawyer by
profession and his home is in Coeur d'Alene. J. L. McCarthy is well known to the people of Idaho as a prominent
leader in business and industry. Mr. McCarthy is Vice-President of the Board, and his present term expires
April, 1954. Serving in the capacity of Secretary, Emory A. Owen has permanent residence in Idaho Falls
where he practices law. The only woman on the Board is Mrs. Marguerite Campbell of New Meadows who
was appointed to the Board, replacing Mrs. Maude Cosho Houston, whose term expired this year. Representing
the farming interests of Idaho, John D. Remsberg will help determine the University policies until 1955. The
Ex-Officio member of the Board of Regents is Alton B. Jones, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Both the newly-elected Governor Len Jordan and President Buchanan of the University contributed their
knowledge in the promotion of the University interests during the past year, while attending Board meetings.
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