DePaul University - Depaulian Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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The Very Reverend C. J. O'Malley, John F. Mannion, Senior Rev. Albert L. Dundas, C.M., S.T.D., LL.D., Vice-President Continental Illinois C.M., A.M., Vice-Chairman Board of Trustees National Bank and Trust Company Secretary-Treasurer Board of Trustees Chairman of the Board of Lay Trustees Board of trustees FOR THE SUCCESS AND BETTERMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY John G. Sevick Wallace E. Carroll Joseph D. Shelly President, Burton-Dixie Corp. President, Simpson Electric Co. Vice-President, Chicago Title Vice-Chaitman of the Board Treasurer of the Board of Lay Trustees and Trust Co. of Lay Trustees Secretary of the Board of Lay Trustees l7

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The Very Reverend James W. Stakelum, C.M.V., Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of Trustees Board of trustees In September, 1898, the Vincentian Fathers, in answer to a request made by Arch- bishop Feehan, opened St. Vincent's College, a college for men: Nine years later, in December, 1907, a new charter endowed the college with the status of a legally organ- ized corporationf making the school the first Catholic university in the State of Illinois, and the name was changed to DePaul University. At the Corporations inception, a Board of Trustees was set up to control and manage all of its affairs. This Board of Trustees, under the direction of a chairman and With the advice of a Board of Lay Trustees, has as its duty the governing of the University by the establishment of laws which are commensurate with the charter granted it and those laws ordained by the State of Illinois and the Government of the United States, and to manage all University affairs, educational and fiscal. It is the Board of Trustees which reviews and ratifies all applications for degree and diploma made to any school within the University.

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130ml of Admmistmtors For every end sought there must be a means. The aims and purposes of DePaul are the end being sought, and the efficient means is the adminstration of the Uni- versity. The cooperating efforts of the administrative officers have been an influential factor in the successful fulfillment of the aims and purposes. Throughout its sixty-two years DePaul has been fortunate to have a capable staff and as a result, the University has gained prestige in the eyes of the general public and provided greater facilities. It is through their efforts that she holds her head high as a tower of learning in Chicago and in the United States.