Veritas, Vol. 02, No. 18, January 29, 1962

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January 29, 1962	Office of Public Information	Vol. 2 No. 18
PEARSON TO CONFER TWO DOCTORAL DEGREES; Top features of commencement exercises for 425 CAPTAIN EDDIE TO GIVE ADDRESS	candidates for UM degrees in Dade County Audi-
torium at 10:30 a.m. Tues., Jan. 30, will be
conferring of two doctoral degrees by Dr. Pearson and'an address by Captain Eddie Ricken-backer, chairman of Eastern Air Lines. A Ph.D. in chemistry will be conferred upon Basil Dimitriades of Thessaloniki (Salonica), Greece, first foreign student to complete doctoral work at UM. Another precedent setter is Edwin H. Smith, assistant director of the UM Reading Clinic, who will receive the first Doctor of Education Degree. A third first will be the initial appearances on the program of Dean Wesley A. Sturges and Dean Clark E. Myers to present candidates for bachelor of law degrees (27) and for bachelor of business administration (120) respectively, and Dean Darrell J.Inabnit who will hand diplomas to Dr. Pearson to be given to the candidates. Although it is customary to award a degree to the speaker, Captain Rickenbacker already has been honored by UM. America’s WW1 Ace of Aces in 1941 received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science in Aviation.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REAFFIRMS	Last week the Executive Committee of the Board of
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES	Trustees reaffirmed the understanding which UM has had
for many years that faculty and staff members may speak as individuals on controversial matters. The Executive Committee adopted and recommended to the full Board a resolution which went farther than a mere reaffirmation by emphasizing the value to the community of the expert knowledge of faculty and staff members. Text of the resolution follows:
"Whereas, the University of Miami is a private corporate citizen of the state of Florida, and
"Whereas, such corporate citizenship permits it to express corporate opinions and attitudes, and
"Whereas, it may occur on occasion that differences of opinion and attitudes are expressed on the part of individuals and the corporate entity; Now therefore be it
"Resolved, that any officer, professional staff member, or other employee or representative of this University be permitted and encouraged, when appropriate, to give such testimony as he is qualified by training and experience to give, and be it further
"Resolved, that no individual will represent testimony, attitudes or opinions as being those of the corporate entity of the University of Miami or its Board of Trustees without the specific approval of that Board of Trustees or its Executive Committee."
When the resolution was reported to the University Administrative Council’s January 23 meeting, it was enthusiastically received. The Council felt it might be wise that whenever there appeared to be a possibility of misinterpretation the individual emphasize that the opinions expressed were his own and not necessarily those of the University.
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL TAKES ACTION To prevent recurrence of embarrassment such as that TO ASSURE ACCURATE INFORMATION	caused by unauthorized public reporting of deliber-
ations of the Student Honor Council by a member of that Council, the University Administrative Council last week adopted and recommended to the President, a resolution of policy regarding information. Text of the resolution which was included in a report to the council by William S. Howland, assistant to the President and director of public information, is:
"It is the established policy of the University of Miami that the proceedings and findings of any administrative, faculty or student board, committee or council are to be considered private and confidential matters and that any information regarding such shall be given out to any media of communication only by the responsible head of such board, committee or council through the public information channels established by the University."
No intention of any line of censorship is implied; the Resolution is an attempt to assure accurate and complete release of information so as to avoid in the future the kind of embarrassment suffered by the University via the Honor Council leak.
MED WIVES HOLD "MARDI GRAS" UM’s Medical Faculty Wives will hold their second annual TO HELP STUDENT LOAN FUND "Mardi Gras" dinner dance in the Dupont Plaza Sky Room at
6:30 p.m. Sat., Feb. 10. Tickets are $6 single, $10 couple. Proceeds go to the Student Loan Fund to help needy med students. The Federal Government matches each dollar raised with nine dollars. Last year the Med Wives put $10,000 into the fund. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Franklin Evans, 4305 Toledo St., Coral Gables, Phone MO 7-1485. Mrs. Ulfar Johnson and Mrs. William‘Shaver are co-chairmen for the affair, Mrs. Eugene Flipse is president of the Medical Faculty Wives.