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that as the institution was changed very recently from a two-year, and then
a four-year college of community type to one of University status, the chancellor
we considered should be a person of national stature in the field of education
from the standpoint of scholarly attainment and demonstrated administrative
capability. One whose stature is such as to attract an outstanding faculty; a
person experienced in the development and operation of a university; a person
fully capable in every respect of leading the institution to the realization of its
vast potential in graduate as well as undergraduate curriculum. And finally,
a person young enough to serve in the capacity as Chancellor for at least ten
years before reaching the mandatory requirement age of 65 years. Our efforts
have been richly rewarded. We have been most fortunate in finding a person
who meets all of the requirements and who is willing to accept the challenge of
developing the Charlotte campus into a vital part of the University to the end
that ultimately it will be on a level with the campuses at Chapel Hill, Greensboro
and Raleigh.

"We now yield to President Friday so he may present his recommendation
to the Board."

President Friday:

"Mr. Chairman, after receiving the report of Mr. Heath's Committee,
I conferred with the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees and I am
pleased to recommend with the approval of the Executive Committee the appoint-
ment of Dr. Dean W. Colvard as Chancellor of the University of North Carolina
at Charlotte.

"Dr. Colvard is a native North Carolinian. He was born in Ashe County
on July 10, 1913. He is well-known to many people in this state through his
long and highly significant service to North Carolina, and particularly N.C.
State which he has served as a professor, department head, and dean between
1947 to 1960 when he became the President of Mississippi State University,
the position which he now holds.

"He was educated in the public schools of North Carolina, at Berea College,
the University of Missouri, and Purdue University where he received the Ph.D.
degree in 1950 and an honorary doctor's degree in 1961.

"Dr. Colvard is a national figure in higher education. He is Chairman of
the President's Council of the National Association of State Universities and
Land-Grant Colleges, and he has been a member or officer of several of the
major committees of this Association. He has been active in the work of the