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Minutes of the stated meeting December 21, 1960
THE FRANKLIN I N S T I T U T E Minutes of the Stated Meeting December
21, 1960
The Stated Meeting of The Franklin Institute was held at 8:15 P.M. in the Lecture Hall, preceded by a dinner in Franklin Hall at which Silver Members of 1960 were honored. Wynn Laurence LePage, President, called the meeting to order with approximately 120 members and guests present. The President stated that the minutes of the Stated Meeting of October 19, 1960 were published in the November issue of the JOURNAL. There being no corrections, the minutes were approved as published. He stated the minutes of the Stated Meeting of November 16, 1960 will be published in the next issue of the JOb~RNALand will be presented at the Annual Meeting in January 1961 for approval. The President announced that at the Ammal Meeting of The Institute to be held on January 18, 1961, ten members are to be elected to the Board of Managers for a term of three years beginning in 1961, and that the Secretary had informed him that eleven nominees had been named and nominations were closed fifteen days before the Stated Meeting in accordance with the By Laws. For the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, the Secretary read the following report : "Under the provisions of Article VIII, Section 3 and Article IV, Section 5, of the By Laws, the following eleven names have been properly placed in nomination to fill the ten vacancies on the Board of Managers which will occur at the Annual Meeting of The Institute on January 19, 1961. Morton Gibbons-Neff 1944" Henry B. Bryans 1951 Emery W. Loomis 1954 Rupen Eksergian 1945 Wynn Laurence LePage 1953 Henry M. Chance, II 1958 Francis J. Chesterman 1949 Gaylord P. Harnwell 1954 Joseph A. Fisher 1959 James Creese 1950 Kenneth Robert Atkins . . . . ll-Fh e Nominating . . . . Committee is reqmred by. the By. Laws to submit to the membership at this meeting its recommendations with respect to the candidates. "Accordingly, the Nominating Committee recommends to the membership that the following ten gentlemen be elected to fill the vacancies which will exist. All the recommended ntnninees are currently members of the Board of Managers: Morton Gibbons-Neff James Creese Emery W. Loomis Rupen Eksergian Henry B. Bryans Henry M. Chance, 1[ Francis J. Chesterman Wynn Laurence LePage Joseph A. Fisher Gaylord P. Harnwell "The ballot will include all the nominees and the recommendations of this Committee will be indicated." The President approinted the following Tellers of Election, in accordance with the By Laws, who are neither officers nor nominees : Alfred W. Duerig, Dr. Joseph S. Hepburn, John H. Neher. Mr. LePage spoke briefly of some of the things that are in prospect for The Franklin Institute. Taking seriously the announcement of the President of the United States some eighteen months ago that science education was a national policy, and giving serious thought to the part The Institute has played in science education during the past 136 years, the Managers requested a survey be made to appraise the work of the Institute in this field. This was made possible by a grant from the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation. Using this survey, a • long-range program for science education was developed. To give financial support to carry out this program, we have the assistance of leading citizens of the Philadelphia area, including one of our own members, John A. Diemand, President of The Insurance Company of North America, who has consented to be General Chairman of the Drive for funds for The Franklin Institute Development Program. But The Franklin Institute is more than a science museum and planetarium. Here we conduct research and development work for industry and the government. We have launched a program to procure long-needed facilities for The Franklin Institute Laboratories for Research and Development and we will enter into a long-term lease for a research center to be built in an area adjacent to The Franklin Institute's main building. In presenting the speaker of the evening, Miss Beth Peterson, Home Economist for the Extension Division of the E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Mr. LePage commented that he believed Miss Peterson was the first lady speaker to grace our platform. Miss Peterson's talk on "Fibers, Facts and Fashions" was a fascinating description of the newer fibers and fabrics and the research required not only to manufacture the fabrics but to determine consumer requirements. Following the talk, members and guests were invited to inspect the samples of fabrics which were beautifully displayed in the front of the hall. The President expressed warm thanks to Miss Peterson for her delightfully interesting talk, and adjourned the meeting at 9:50 P.M. W I L L I A M F . JACKSON, JR.
Secretary
* XIear first elected to Board of M a n a g e r s .
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21, 1960
The Stated Meeting of The Franklin Institute was held at 8:15 P.M. in the Lecture Hall, preceded by a dinner in Franklin Hall at which Silver Members of 1960 were honored. Wynn Laurence LePage, President, called the meeting to order with approximately 120 members and guests present. The President stated that the minutes of the Stated Meeting of October 19, 1960 were published in the November issue of the JOURNAL. There being no corrections, the minutes were approved as published. He stated the minutes of the Stated Meeting of November 16, 1960 will be published in the next issue of the JOb~RNALand will be presented at the Annual Meeting in January 1961 for approval. The President announced that at the Ammal Meeting of The Institute to be held on January 18, 1961, ten members are to be elected to the Board of Managers for a term of three years beginning in 1961, and that the Secretary had informed him that eleven nominees had been named and nominations were closed fifteen days before the Stated Meeting in accordance with the By Laws. For the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, the Secretary read the following report : "Under the provisions of Article VIII, Section 3 and Article IV, Section 5, of the By Laws, the following eleven names have been properly placed in nomination to fill the ten vacancies on the Board of Managers which will occur at the Annual Meeting of The Institute on January 19, 1961. Morton Gibbons-Neff 1944" Henry B. Bryans 1951 Emery W. Loomis 1954 Rupen Eksergian 1945 Wynn Laurence LePage 1953 Henry M. Chance, II 1958 Francis J. Chesterman 1949 Gaylord P. Harnwell 1954 Joseph A. Fisher 1959 James Creese 1950 Kenneth Robert Atkins . . . . ll-Fh e Nominating . . . . Committee is reqmred by. the By. Laws to submit to the membership at this meeting its recommendations with respect to the candidates. "Accordingly, the Nominating Committee recommends to the membership that the following ten gentlemen be elected to fill the vacancies which will exist. All the recommended ntnninees are currently members of the Board of Managers: Morton Gibbons-Neff James Creese Emery W. Loomis Rupen Eksergian Henry B. Bryans Henry M. Chance, 1[ Francis J. Chesterman Wynn Laurence LePage Joseph A. Fisher Gaylord P. Harnwell "The ballot will include all the nominees and the recommendations of this Committee will be indicated." The President approinted the following Tellers of Election, in accordance with the By Laws, who are neither officers nor nominees : Alfred W. Duerig, Dr. Joseph S. Hepburn, John H. Neher. Mr. LePage spoke briefly of some of the things that are in prospect for The Franklin Institute. Taking seriously the announcement of the President of the United States some eighteen months ago that science education was a national policy, and giving serious thought to the part The Institute has played in science education during the past 136 years, the Managers requested a survey be made to appraise the work of the Institute in this field. This was made possible by a grant from the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation. Using this survey, a • long-range program for science education was developed. To give financial support to carry out this program, we have the assistance of leading citizens of the Philadelphia area, including one of our own members, John A. Diemand, President of The Insurance Company of North America, who has consented to be General Chairman of the Drive for funds for The Franklin Institute Development Program. But The Franklin Institute is more than a science museum and planetarium. Here we conduct research and development work for industry and the government. We have launched a program to procure long-needed facilities for The Franklin Institute Laboratories for Research and Development and we will enter into a long-term lease for a research center to be built in an area adjacent to The Franklin Institute's main building. In presenting the speaker of the evening, Miss Beth Peterson, Home Economist for the Extension Division of the E. I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Mr. LePage commented that he believed Miss Peterson was the first lady speaker to grace our platform. Miss Peterson's talk on "Fibers, Facts and Fashions" was a fascinating description of the newer fibers and fabrics and the research required not only to manufacture the fabrics but to determine consumer requirements. Following the talk, members and guests were invited to inspect the samples of fabrics which were beautifully displayed in the front of the hall. The President expressed warm thanks to Miss Peterson for her delightfully interesting talk, and adjourned the meeting at 9:50 P.M. W I L L I A M F . JACKSON, JR.
Secretary
* XIear first elected to Board of M a n a g e r s .
67