Milford chronicle., 1962-06-15
James M. Tunnel, Jr.
Heads UofD Trustees
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special professorships, naming o
the new library, announcement of
a doctoral program in English, a
change in the bylaws with regard
to the position of provost and a
modification of the student o n
program.
Also confirmed was the es-
Establishment of an eighth university
division, the Division of Urban AT.
fairs.
The new board president is a
member of the firm of Morris,
Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell. A
native of F'rankford, Del, he at
tended the public schools Of
Georgetown and was graduat-
ed from Mercersburg Academy. He
received his B. A degree summa
cum laude from Princeton Univer-
sity and won a Rhodes Scholarship
for study at Oxford where he re-
ceived his B. A. in Jurisprudence.
He received the degree of Bachelor
of Civil Law at Oxford in 1885.
In 1886, Mr.. Tunnel was admit
ted to the Delaware State Bar. He
practiced in Georgetown from that
time until 1851 From 194S to 1851
he also served as president of the
Sussex Trust Company and in 1850
81, as chairman of the Revised
Code Commission of the State f
Delaware. From 1851 to 1854, he
was an associate justice of h e
State Supreme Court.
Mr.. Tunnel has been active n
the affairs of the Presbyterian
Church, having served as am elder
in the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church, president of the board of
trustees of the New Castle Presby-
terry and as moderator of the New
Castle PreSbytery He also h S
been moderator of the Permanent
Judicial Commission of the General
Assembly Of tn e Presbyterian
Church in the U.S.A.
He is a member of the Delaware
and American Bar Associations and
the Society of Colonial Wars. Mr..
Tunnel holds the distinction
having represented both Sussex and
New Castle Counties during h s
tenure as board member. He was
first elected in 1854.
Included in the endowed chairs
were five H. Rodney Sharp pro
fessOrships in the humanities a n d
social sciences and seven H. Flet-
cher Brown prOfeSSorShips in the
sciences and mathematics. Also an
nounced were a Willis F. Harring-
ton Professorship in the Sciences
or Mathematics and a special chair
in engineering.
All those to be appointed to the
endowed professorships are already
members of the university faculty.
They are persons whose scholarly
and scientific regulations and con-
tributions to learning are bringing
distinction to the university n d
embellishing the education of Del
aware's young people.
President John A. Perkins ex-
planned that faculty of such high.
quality cannot be attracted or re
tanned by the University of Della
ware unless their salaries are
supplemented from endowment IN
come. Such supplements have been
provided for years through the
benefactiOns of the late II. .Fletch-
er Brown and H. Rodney Sharp, an
alumnus and trustee of the univer-
sity.
The use of endowment income
for this purpose is in keeping with
the wishes of the donors that their
gifts be used to enrich the univer-
sity over and above the support
which can reasonably be expected
from public sources, Dr. Perkins
said.
The library building, now under
construction on the central campus
between Hullihen and Robinson
Halls on South College Avenue,
will be known as Morris Library
in honor of Hugh NJ. Morris, alum
nus, former chairman and present
ly honorary counsellor to h e
board of trustees.
An 1898 graduate of Delaware
College, Morris has enjoyed a dis
tinguished career as am attorney
and Federal judge. He served as a
trustee from 1929 to 1859, and for
20 years was president of the board.
He retired from active trusteeship
in 1859, but was retained as hon
orary counselor through a. special
trustee resolution.
The present Memorial Library
will be renovated to provide much
needed classroom and office space
for the school of arts and science
1t will be known as Memorial Hall.
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