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Special Meeting
March 10, 1959

Re-authorize signatures on grain storage bldg, contract

From the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Dean W. V. Lambert, comes information that the Agreement between the B & C Steel Corporation, Rolfes Grain Aeration Company and the Board of Regents, for the erection of a grain-drying storage building at the Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, approved by the Board on August 1, 1958, has been lost in the mails.

It was moved by Regent Greenberg, seconded by Regent Elliott, motion put to vote and carried, directing the president and corporation secretary of the Board of Regents shall be authorized to sign in behalf of the Board a duplicate agreement with the B & C Steel Corporation and Rolfes Grain Aeration Company for the erection of a grain drying-storage building at Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, the original agreement having been lost in the mails.

Distinguished Service Awards 1959

From the Alumni Association office comes nomination to the Board of Regents for recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards to be made at the time of the June Alumni Round Up.

It was moved by Regent Elliott, seconded by Regent Welsh, motion put to vote and carried, directing the following recommendations of the Alumni Association be approved for distinguished service Awards for 1959:

RECIPIENTS: Dr. Norman C. Carlson, '30, Lincoln, Nebr.
Matthew G. Herold, '16, New York, N. Y.
Dr. Arthur W. Sampson, '07, Berkeley, Cal.
Charles Y. Thompson, '97,West Point,Nebr.

ALTERNATES: Ralph O. Canaday, '15, Hastings,Nebr.
(Alternate for Dr. Carlson)
Merle S. Jones, '29, New York, N.Y.
(Alternate for Mr. Herold)
Dr. Elizabeth Mason-Hohl, '15, Hollywood, Cal.
(Alternate for Dr. Sampson)

Consider honorary degree for Charles Y. Thompson

It was further recommended by the Alumni Association that in the event Mr. Charles Y. Thompson is to be given either a Builders Award or an honorary degree that his name be deleted from the recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards are to be presented.

Resolution favoring Univ. Retirement Bill L. B. 130

From the Chancellor's office comes a Resolution in reference to Legislative Bill 130 presently pending in the Nebraska State Legislature in reference to a proposed retirement law for University of Nebraska employees.

It was moved by Regent Greenberg, seconded by Regent Elliott, directing the following Resolution be approved:

RESOLUTION

WHEREAs, the present retirement law of the University of Nebraska, authorized by the State Legislature in 1949, has been shown to be inadequate in the light of conditions now existing among the various colleges and universities of America; and

WHEREAS, at the current session of the Legislature there has been introduced a proposal known as Legislative Bill 130 which would permit the University of Nebraska to establish a contributory retirement plan; and

WHEREAS, said contributory retirement system would provide more adequate retirement benefits for the faculty of this institution, significantly raise the morale of these employees, and in the long term substantially reduce the cost of this important attribute of academic employment;

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Special Meeting
March 10, 1959

Re-authorize signatures on grain storage bldg, contract

From the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Dean W. V. Lambert, comes information that the Agreement between the B & C Steel Corporation, Rolfes Grain Aeration Company and the Board of Regents, for the erection of a grain-drying storage building at the Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, approved by the Board on August 1, 1958, has been lost in the mails.

It was moved by Regent Greenberg, seconded by Regent Elliott, motion put to vote and carried, directing the president and corporation secretary of the Board of Regents shall be authorized to sign in behalf of the Board a duplicate agreement with the B & C Steel Corporation and Rolfes Grain Aeration Company for the erection of a grain drying-storage building at Scotts Bluff Experiment Station, the original agreement having been lost in the mails.

Distinguished Service Awards 1959

From the Alumni Association office comes nomination to the Board of Regents for recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards to be made at the time of the June Alumni Round Up.

It was moved by Regent Elliott, seconded by Regent Welsh, motion put to vote and carried, directing the following recommendations of the Alumni Association be approved for distinguished service Awards for 1959:

RECIPIENTS: Dr. Norman C. Carlson, '30, Lincoln, Nebr.
Matthew G. Herold, '16, New York, N. Y.
Dr. Arthur W. Sampson, '07, Berkeley, Cal.
Charles Y. Thompson, '97,West Point,Nebr.

ALTERNATES: Ralph O. Canaday, '15, Hastings,Nebr.
(Alternate for Dr. Carlson)
Merle S. Jones, '29, New York, N.Y.
(Alternate for Mr. Herold)
Dr. Elizabeth Mason-Hohl, '15, Hollywood, Cal.
(Alternate for Dr. Sampson)

Consider honorary degree for Charles Y. Thompson

It was further recommended by the Alumni Association that in the event Mr. Charles Y. Thompson is to be given either a Builders Award or an honorary degree that his name be deleted from the recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards are to be presented.

From the Chancellor's office comes a Resolution in reference to Legislative Bill 130 presently pending in the Nebraska State Legislature in reference to a proposed retirement law for University of Nebraska employees.

It was moved by Regent Greenberg, seconded by Regent Elliott, directing the following Resolution be approved: