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1 el i,11N U 1 L, úiß THE TV EN TY-J IXTH ANNUAL MEETING of THE BuARD OF TRUSTEES of THE AMERIU_av UNIVERSITY AT CAIRO New Yuri, City November lU , 194í 489. ORGANIZATIUN The twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the American University at Cairo was called to order by the Chairman, Dr. John H. MacCracken at 10 a.m. on Friday November 10, 1944, in the University Club, 54th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York City. Dr. George L. Robinson led in the opening prayer. 490. ROLL CALL The following Trustees were present: Messrs. J. T. Addison, R. J. Dodds, T. J. Gillespie, Jr., R. W. Harbison, D. Horton, G. F. Jewett, A. B. Lisle, F. M. Potter, G. L. Robinson, J. R. Sizoo, S. Thorne, and F. K. Weyerhaeuser; and, in addition, Dr. Chas. C. Adams, Dr. John S. Badeau, Dr. R. S. McCienahan and Hermann A. Lum. Messrs. Calverley, Craig and Steele were absent. Dr. Calverley was in Cairo; Iir. Craig was ill; and Mr. Steele was not well enoubh to make the trip to New York. Messrs. C. P. Erdman; Harrison Garrett, George Lockhart, and R. Wallace McCienahan, all in the armed forces of the United States, are inactive as Trustees for the duration. A letter from Dr. Calverley from Egypt expressing utmost confi-dence in the University and its future possibilties, was read (Appendix A). 491. MINUTES The Minutes of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Board held APPROVED in New YorK City on November 5, 1943, were approved as circulated. 492. APPROVAL OF CIR- The following action by circular taken by the Board in May 1944 cu „.,,,a ACTION was approved THAT Dean John S. Badeau be granted a leave of absence, without salary and allowances, as a member of the Faculty of the American University at Cairo from approximately August 1, 1.944 to February 1, 1945 in order that he may accept a position in America with the United States Government in the Office of VVti ar Information. It is further understood that about January 1, 1945, the Trustees in consul-tation with Dean Badeau will give this matter further consideration and de-termine whether Dean Badeau should continue with the Office of War Information, return to Egypt with his family, serve the University in some phase of its financial program in America, or follow some other course not discernible ut the present time.