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Raleigh, North Carolina
Hall of the House of Representatives
June 12, 1953

The Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina met in Special Session, at the call of the Governor, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, on June 12, 1953, at 11:00 A.M., Governor Umstead presiding, Arch T. Allen, Secretary.
On roll-call the following members answered present:
H. D. Bateman
Wilbur H. Currie
Ben E. Fountain
A. H. Harris
John H. Kerr, Jr.
M. C. Lassiter
L. P. McLendon
Wm. D. Merritt
Rudolph I. intz
Mrs. Rosa B. Parker
Clarence Poe
George M. Stephens
John W. Umstead, Jr.
B. B. Everett
Mrs. R. S. Ferguson
Harry A. Greene
R. L. Harris
Mrs. Virginia T. Lathrop
R. E. Little
Kemp B. Nixon
G. N. Noble
Thomas J. Pearsall
H. L. Riddle, Jr.
Roy Rowe
C. Wayland Spruill
Mrs. MAry MCIver Stanford
John P. Stedman
H. P. Taylor
W. Frank Taylor
F. E. Wallace
D. L. Ward
Arch T. Allen
Wm. C. Barfield
Kemp D. Battle
A. H. London
J. Hampton Price
Claude W. Rankin
Wm. P. Saunders
Fred I. Sutton
Herman Weil
R. Lee Whitmire
Hill Yarborough
J. Robert Young
Wade Barber
Victor S. Bryant
John W. Clark
W. Lunsford Crew
R. Floyd Crouse
Horton Doughton
A. C. Edwards
Henry A. Foscue
Judge W. C. Harris
Dr. L. J. Herring
Mrs. J. B. Kittrell
C. Knox Massey
Reid A. Maynard
Glenn C. Palmer
Grace Taylor Rodenbough
A. Alex Shuford, JR.
Mrs. Gladys Avery Tillett
J. Shelton Wicker
Charles F. Carroll

Messages of regret for their inability to be present were received from the following:
Mrs. May L. Tomlinson
O. Max Gardner, Jr.
John D. Larkins, Jr.
Ben F. Royal
W. G. Clark
Edwin pate
Carl V. Venters
John G. H. Geitner
Ira T. Johnston
F. J. Blythe
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson

Minutes
On motion made and duly seconded, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes.

APPOINTMENT OF CHANCELLOR FOR STATE COLLEGE
President Gray presented a recommendation for the appointment of Dr. Carey H. Bostian as Chancellor at State College. He reviewed the long and tedious work of the various committees appoined to make recommendations for this appointment and told of the many interviews and meetings which he had held in this connection. (A complete transcript of Mr. Gray's oral report is on file in the office of the