Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1939-1942)

512

DECEMBER MEETING, 1940

years on October 23, 1940, and has thus become eligible for retirement at the
close of the present semester, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Regents of the University of Michigan confer upon
Dr. Williams the title Professor Emeritus of Physics and recommend him for the
usual retiring allowance, as of February 14, 1941, and further
Resolved, That the Regents express their deep appreciation of Professor Williams' long period of fruitful activity, and extend to him a cordial invitation to
continue to make use of the library and laboratory facilities of the University
in the pursuit of his personal studies.
On recommendation of the President the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted (p. 505):
WHEREAS, Harrison McAllister Randall, a graduate of the University of
Michigan (Ph.B., 1893, A.M., 1894, Ph.D., 1902), for forty years a member of
its faculty, and for the past twenty-two years Chairman of the Department of
Physics, will attain the age of seventy years on December 17, 1940, and therefore become eligible for retirement from his active duties at the end of the
present semester, and
WHEREAS, Professor Randall's abilities as a scholar, his wise judgment, unusual administrative ability, and fine personal qualities have combined to increase
greatly the prestige of the Department of which he has so long been the administrative head, and to win for it an enviable standing among scientists in this
and other countries, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Regents of the University of Michigan extend their
sincere thanks and congratulations to Professor Randall for his distinguished
service, and that they confer upon him the title Professor Emeritus of Physics
and recommend him for the usual retiring allowance, as of February 14, 1941,
and be it further
Resolved, That Professor Randall be invited to continue to make use of the
University's library and laboratory facilities in carrying forward his personal
researches.
The Board accepted with thanks a contribution from Mr. James
Baird, at present in Tucson, Arizona, in the amount of $1,448.70, to
bring the total of the James Baird Endowment fund up to $23,000
(R.P. 1929-1932, p. 602 and p. 96).
The President reported that Mr. Charles Baird had again made a
contribution of $100 toward defraying expenses for the children's
Christmas at the Hospital. This gift, continuing the Charles Baird
Christmas fund, was accepted with thanks (p. 176).
The Board accepted with regret the resignation of Dr. Lloyd F.
Catron, Assistant Professor of Pathology, in order that he might accept
another position in Akron, Ohio. The resignation becomes effective
December 31, 1940.
Professor Ransom S. Hawley was appointed Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the College of Engineering,
effective with the beginning of the second semester of the present
University year, in addition to his duties as Professor, to succeed the
late Professor John E. Emswiler (p. 432). The salary of Professor
Hawley was increased, beginning with the second semester, from $4,500
per year to $5,500 per year. This salary change is met out of money
remaining in the budget following the death of Professor Emswiler.
Leave of absence with pay, due to illness, was voted to Professor
John A. Van den Broek from November 25, 1940, to January 6, 1941.
Leave of absence with pay, due to illness, was voted to William
Telfer, Instructor in the Working, Treating, and Welding of Steel in
the Department of Metal Processing, from December 4, 1940, to
January 13, 1941.