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Lincoln University, PA
RESOLUTION 138
Thursday, April 3, 2003
| DEAN EMERITUS OF LANGSTON HUGHES MEMORIAL LIBRARY |
WHEREAS, The Faculty and University Administration wishes to recognize Mr. Emery Wimbish, Jr. for more than fifty years of dedicated service to the University Library and for his auspicious development of its special collections on African American heritage; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wimbish will bring to bear his knowledge of African American personages and his extensive contacts in the higher education community to such vital projects as its Special Exhibits, Special Collections, and the University's Sesquicentennial celebration; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wimbish has asked to relinquish the day-to-day management of the Langston Hughes Memorial Library and be reassigned to regular faculty duties as special projects librarian; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wimbish will continue to devote full time as a faculty member to the Langston Hughes Memorial Library; and
WHEREAS, The President has recommended an appropriate change of title to reflect Mr. Wimbish's new status and outstanding contributions to Lincoln University; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of Lincoln University accord to
Mr. Emery Wimbish, Jr. the title Dean Emeritus of Langston Hughes Memorial
Library.
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