Evening star., 1953-12-10
$50 Alumni Show
Honor 10 Byrd With
Portrait and Cadillac
By Gene Goodwin
Stoy Stoff corrssnordsn,

6Ab L 4MOtCE, dec. 1O.-If DR..
H. c. Byrd achieves his ambition
to be Governor of Maryland, he
won't need the sleek Cadillac
car that goes with the job.
He has one of his own today
"a gift of the University of
Maryland Alumni Association
which gathered 750 strong last
night to pay tribute to his AZ
years service to that institution.
DR.. Byrd. who is retiring as
president of the university the
end of the month to seek
the Democratic nomination for
Governor. also was given a large
portrait of himself, painted by
D. w. Stokes.
In accepting the Cadillac
which somehow was transported
to the second floor of the Lord
Baltimore Hotel where the trib-
ute banquet was held-Dr. Byrd
remarked:
This is quite a milestone, be-
cause apparently the alumni as
sociation thinks as much of the
president as they do the foot
ball coach"
Refers to Tatum Gift.
He referred to similar auto
motive presentation made to
Coach Jim Tatum two years ago.
In addition to the gift, DR..
Byrd was highly praised by sew
eral speakers and in an elab-
crate 46-page pamphlet pub
lished for the occasion.
The pamphlet was jammed
with letters of tribute, including
a message from President EiSen-
hover, which stated:
''It is a privilege to join in the
tribute being paid you by the
University of Maryland Alumni
Association. It awakens pleas
ant memories of three decades
ago. when we were both football
coaches-you at the university
of which you later became pres
1dent. and I at Fort Meade.
please accept my warm con-
gratulationS on receipt of an
honor that I know means much
to you"
The main speaker was the
Very Rev. Edward B. Bum,
S. j., president of Georgetown
University and long time friend
of the man who is winding up
II years as president at Mary
land after serving for many prior
years as teacher, football coach
and assistant president.
Called University's Creator.
Father Bum termed DR.. Byrd
the ingenious creator of the
University of Maryland"
His astounding feat in father
ing the university's growth from
small agricultural COLLEGE,
Father Bum said. was all the
more unusual because it was
done mot in the Midwest where
States traditionally build large
universities, but in conservative
Maryland"
DR.. Byrd made only one fleet
ing reference to his political as
pirations when he said he hoped |
"in the future that conditions
will be such that I can do as
much for the university as has
been done in past years."
DR.. Byrd has promised the
Board of Regents he will not
campaign actively" until after
his retirement. He has not yet
officially announced his candi-
dacy in the Democratic guber-
material primary next June, but |
has conceded informally that he
will be in the race.
He singled out several persons
in the audience, including many
Democratic politicians, who he
said helped him make the uni
verSity grow. Those he recog-
nized include:
Former Senator Millard Tyd-
ingS. State Senators Louis
Phipps. Democrat, of Anne
Arundel County, and Louis
Goldstein, Democrat, of Calvert
County; State Delegate John
McNulty, Democrat, of Anne
Arundel County; State Dele
gate Richard A. Lankford,
also of Anne Arundel County,
who is seeking Democratic NOM
ination to Congress from the
5th District; State Controller
Millard TaWeS, Montgomery
County Democratic Leader E.
Brooke Lee, DR.. T. B. SymonS,
retired dean of the Maryland
College of Agriculture; Coach
Tatum and members of the
Board of Regents.