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1957] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 449
SALE OF SECURITIES
Mr. Swain, for the Finance Committee, offered the following and
moved its adoption:
WHEREAS the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is the owner of
the following described common stock
SCO shares of American Can Company
150 shares of Northern Illinois Gas Company; and
WHEREAS it is the decision of said Board that these securities should be sold
and disposed of,
Now, therefore be it resolved that H. O. Farber, Vice-President and Comptroller,
and A. J. Janata, Secretary, be authorized to sell such securities and to
execute all documents necessary in order to complete such sale.
This resolution was adopted.
TRIBUTE TO ALBERT JAMES HARNO
At this point, Mr. Swain offered the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
On September I, 1957, Albert James Harno will bring to a close a period of
service to the University of Illinois of thirty-six years as Professor of Law and
thirty-five years as Dean of the College of Law, a service remarkable not only for
its length but for its accomplishments. Under his stewardship the College of Law
has grown into one of pre-eminence in the field of legal education. In this process
he has himself become a national figure as a scholar, teacher, and law-school
administrator. To his colleagues on the faculty of the College he has been the
inspiration, through example, of the university teacher who, while being ever
vigilant to keep a close contact with the non-university world, yet is able to see the
problems of that world with the long-range vision and objectivity of the scholar,
and is devoted to the task of imparting that vision to his students. To thousands of
law-school alumni throughout the nation, he is already a living legend. To all of
his colleagues in the University, his name is synonymous with tolerance, judiciousness,
and fair dealing.
Dean Harno's service to the University has not been limited to the College of
Law. He was Chairman of the committee, appointed by President Chase in 1930,
to study all aspects of the University administration and procedure, and bring recommendations
for changes in the administrative structure, including a definitive
statement of the statutes of the University. He served as Provost of the University
from 1931 to 1944, under two presidents and one acting president, and many of
the present functions of that office were outlined during his term. He has been, at
one time or another, a member of or chairman of almost every University committee.
His interests have been as broad as the University itself, and he has
brought to his many assignments the qualities of unswerving honesty, good judgment,
loyalty, and warm sympathy which have won him the respect and confidence
of all friends of the University.
In this period he has also become a leader of the legal profession, at both
state and national levels. He has, for example, been President of the Illinois State
Bar Association, of the American Judicature Society, of the National Conference
of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and of the Association of American
Law Schools. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois
State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Council of the
American Law Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has been a member of
the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association and a member of the
Hoover Commission Task Force. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Past
National President of Order of the Coif. He is the author of: The Supreme Court
in Felony cases (Illinois Crime Survey), Cases on Criminal Law and Procedures,
fourth edition 1957; Legal Education in the Lnited States; and co-author of:
Parole and the Indeterminate Sentence; and a contributor to many legal periodicals.
He has been widely and favorably known in the profession, and has done
much to bridge the gap between the practicing profession and its academic branch.