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ciation of University Professors, with par­
ticular attention to sections five and six 
on Committee Proceedings and Consider­
ation by a H earing Committee.

4. T hat the detail chronology and documen­
tation assembled by the fact-finding in­
quiry be made available to th e board for 
use in such a hearing and that, subject to 
th e approval of the witnesses, the tran­
scriptions of the interviews also be made 
available. W hen a hearing committee is 
appointed, all documentation is to be 
made available to the principals.

The fact-finding subcommittee was composed

of Robert Donahugh, Gerald R. Shields, and 
Myrl Ricking, chairman. The subcommittee was 
appointed by the ALA Staff Committee on 
Mediation, Arbitration and Inquiry, under the 
provisions of the Program of Action for Media­
tion, Arbitration and Inquiry. Upon receipt of 
the Request for Action from Doiron, SCMAI 
members J. Donald Thomas and David H. 
Clift, chairman, removed themselves from con­
sideration of the case because they were named 
as principals in the dismissal. For this inquiry, 
SCMAI m et under the chairmanship of Ruth 
Frame, w ith Judith F. Krug and Gerald R. 
Shields present and constituting a quorum. ■ ■

ALA / ACRL Representatives at Academic Ceremonies
Throughout the year the American Library 

Association and the Association of College and 
Research Libraries receive invitations to a vari­
ety of academic ceremonies. In recent months 
members have been asked to represent A LA / 
ACRL at inaugurations of college presidents, 
anniversary celebrations, and dedications of 
new libraries. On Jan. 20 Mrs. Olive D. Brown 
attended the inauguration of Bobby Eugene 
Parker as the tw entieth president of Mary H ar­
din Baylor College in Belton, Texas.

William Graydon Tanner was inaugurated 
president of Oklahoma Baptist University in 
Shawnee, Oklahoma on Feb. 23. Clarice French 
attended the event for ACRL. John Zimmer­
man represented ACRL at the Centennial 
Founders D ay ceremony of Shepherd College, 
Shepherdstown, W est Virginia on Feb. 27.

John W. Schwoda became the twentieth 
president of Arizona State University on March 
10. Robert K. Johnson was the ACRL repre­

sentative at the ceremony in Tempe. The dedi­
cation of the new library at Valdosta State Col­
lege, Valdosta, Georgia took place on April 11 
w ith W. Christian Sizemore in attendance.

Kilborn L. Janecek and Kenneth G. Peterson 
attended the inaugurations of Thomas J. Clif­
ford and Richard Logan Irby respectively. Mr. 
Clifford became the eighth president of the 
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, 
North D akota on April 14 and General Irby 
was inaugurated superintendent of the Virginia 
Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia on April 
15.

An inauguration ceremony held in honor of 
Ivan E. Frick, recently named president of 
Elm hurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois, took place 
on April 23. Representing ACRL was Kenneth 
Kirkland.

Keith W. W arne attended the dedication of 
the Raugust Library at Jamestown College, 
Jamestown, North Dakota on May 26. ■ ■