Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

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SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1939

Miechanical Engineering, as a member of important committees, and more recently
as Director of Student-Alumni Relations and as Dean of the College of Engineering, served the University in a way which can be measured by no ordinary methods
of estimation, since all his words and acts were infused with the serenity of a
great and forceful character and were guided by the wisdom of a talented and
cultured mind. His gentle spirit made him the friend of all whom he met; his
high sense of honor led others to place implicit trust in him; his professional attainments gained him respect among colleagues everywhere. It was inevitable
that he should be singled out as one to whom the University might confide great
responsibilities in full confidence that the burdens would be carried and the duties
performed with tact and skill. By his sudden death this institution has suffered
irreparably, and has lost an officer whose presence on this campus, as an inspiration and an example of noble, purposeful living, can ill be spared. To Dean
Anderson's surviving family The Regents of the University of Michigan offer their
heartfelt condolences.
The Regents received from Mr. Henry M. Wallace, of St. Petersburg, Florida, as one of the executors of the last will and testament of
William H. Hill, deceased, a request for further services of Professor
Emeritus Edwin C. Goddard. Professor Goddard appeared in the proceedings in the Sixth Judicial District of Florida, and his construction
of Mr. Hill's will was upheld by the Court. An appeal has been taken
from the decision of this Court to the Supreme Court of Florida, and
the action of The Regents is intended to continue Professor Goddard's
participation through the appeal proceedings.
The Board referred to the President and the Secretary with power
questions that may arise between the Alumnae Council and the University with respect to a site for the proposed co-operative dormitory
for women to be known as the Mary Bartron Henderson House, or
with respect to the erection of such building in due course (R.P. 1936 -1939, p. 851).
All of the above actions were by unanimous vote.
The Board adjourned to the date of the next regular meeting, November 11, 1939, at 10:30 A.M.
SHIRLEY W. SMITH, Secretary