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AWARDING OF HONORARY DEGREES



(Board of Trustees Meeting, July 11, 1971)

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The Board was asked...to establish College policy with

regard to the awarding of honorary degrees. The President out—

lined the problem in terms of the desirability of reaching a

policy decision before the question was raised in terms of

individual cases. He also indicated that he believed the College

was now in the position to consider awarding honorary degrees if

the Board of Trustees felt that this would be appropriate. The

Board of Trustees considered this matter in some detail. It was

the consensus of the Board that the College should not presently

award honorary degrees, but that the matter could be reopened

for discussion at a later date. For the present, it was the

opinion of the Board that the College should consider instead

the awarding of a medallion in recognition of service to the



College or the community.