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1957] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 275
sacrifice of much time taken from your personal and business life. It should be
recorded that your work as a Trustee has included such important assignments
as:
Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, 1951-54;
Chairman of the Finance Committee, 1953-54;
Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1954-57;
Member of the Committees on Agriculture, General Policy, 1951-54,
and the
Committee on the Chicago Departments, 1951-53;
Representative of the Board of Trustees on the Board of the
University Retirement System of Illinois, 1951-54;
Chairman of the Committee on the Selection of the President
of the University, 1953-54; and
President of the Board, 1954-57.
Your other services to the University are also noteworthy; and they have
been no less distinguished than your work as Trustee:
Member of the University of Illinois Foundation from 1944
and a Director of the Foundation from 1947 to the present
time; and President of the Foundation, 1947-50. Your leadership
gave the Foundation Board and Members inspiration
which is reflected in the progress made by the Foundation during
your three years as its President, progress it has continued
to make in serving the University.
A note of appreciation should be accorded the Officers and Directors of
Ptarline, Incorporated, for the contribution made by your Company in the time
you have taken from its affairs to serve the University.
And, finally, this testimonial would be incomplete without a salute and
special tribute to Mrs. Megran who has shared the personal sacrifices you have
made to serve the University so well and beyond the call of duty.
For all of this the members of the'Board of Trustees are deeply grateful.
They take this occasion to express to you and Mrs. Megran best wishes for
many years of happiness, good health, and reminiscences of the good deeds
which have enriched your lives and the lives of those who have had the good
fortune to be associated with you.
The President and other administrative officers of the University have
requested the privilege of joining in this tribute.
This resolution will be incorporated in the minutes of today's meeting as a
part of the official public record, and a suitable copy will be prepared for you
as a permanent reminder of the esteem and affection of your colleagues.
Given at Chicago, Illinois
On the Fourteenth day of February, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fiftyseven,
and in the Ninetieth Year of the University of Illinois.
This resolution was adopted by unanimous vote.
President Megran responded to the resolution with a short address
of appreciation and thanks to the members of the Board for their
cooperation with him as President. He also expressed his appreciation
to the members of the press who were present at the meeting.
DEGREES CONFERRED
The Secretary presented for record the following lists of degrees conferred
at Urbana on February 9, 1957, upon recommendation of the
University Senate.
Summary
Degrees in the Graduate College:
Doctor of Philosophy 49
Doctor of Education 5
Master of Arts 29
Master of Science 124