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The board of trustees offered to turn Throop over to the state, but the presidents of Stanford University and the University of California successfully lobbied to defeat the bill, which allowed Throop to develop as the only scientific research-oriented education institute in southern California, public or private, until the onset of the World War II necessitated the broader development of research-based science education.
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Under the proposal the members of the board of trustees of a county college will be appointed ; ;
The trustees will prepare an annual budget for the college and submit it to the board of school estimate.
This board will consist of two of the trustees of the college, and the director and two members of the board of freeholders.
In general, it appears that trustees and board members attempt to represent the public interest in their administration of educational policy, and this is made easier by the fact that the dominant values of the society are middle-class values, which are generally thought to be valid for the entire society.
Two millions were added to what had been set aside for it in Mrs. Meeker's lifetime, and the proviso made that as long as Brian Thayer continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund to the satisfaction of the board of trustees ( hereinafter appointed by the bank administering the estate ) he was to be retained in his present capacity at a salary commensurate with the increased responsibilities enlargement of the fund would entail.
She now serves on the board of directors of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Theater Center and on the board of trustees of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
The system itself is governed by a board of trustees, geographically representing its membership.
" The charter required that the makeup of the board of 36 trustees include, 22 Baptists, five Friends, four Congregationalists, and five Church of England members, and by 12 Fellows, of whom eight, including the President, should be Baptists " and the rest indifferently of any or all denominations.
A board of 25 trustees ( with the Director as their accounting officer for the purposes of reporting to Government ) is responsible for the general management and control of the Museum, in accordance with the British Museum Act 1963 and the Museums and Galleries Act 1992.
Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors.
Focus groups convene at the conference to serve as a " think tank " to inform practice of community college board of trustees, presidents, and policy makers.
He joined Throop's board of trustees in 1907, and soon began developing it and the whole of Pasadena into a major scientific and cultural destination.
Caltech is incorporated as a non-profit corporation and is governed by a privately appointed 46-member board of trustees who serve five year terms of office and retire at the age of 72.
The University now operates under a 1787 charter that places the institution under a private board of trustees, and in 1896 it was further renamed Columbia University.
Guest holds an honorary doctorate from and is a member of the board of trustees for Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Members of the Board of Education, chaired by the President of the board, served as ex-officio trustees.
For the next four decades, the board members continued to serve as ex-officio trustees of the College of the City of New York and the city's other municipal college, the Normal College of the City of New York.
Dartmouth is governed by a Board of Trustees comprising the College president ( ex officio ), the state governor ( ex officio ), 13 trustees nominated and elected by the board ( called " charter trustees "), and eight trustees nominated by alumni and elected by the board (" alumni trustees ").
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Community Memory allowed the user to type messages into a terminal after inserting a coin, and offered a " pure " bulletin board experience with public messages only ( no email or other features ).
CFO Mason, who had previously been offered the job of chief executive of a company outside the personal computer industry, informed Compaq's board that he accepted the offer.
Each subject was presented with the evidence of guilt and offered a choice between facing an academic ethics board and potentially a heavy penalty in terms of extra courses and other forfeits, or admitting guilt and accepting a lighter " sentence ".
After drawing the name, the contestant took one spin on a modified board that showed only cash values and directional squares ( no whammies, prizes, or squares that offered additional spins ), with the value landed on multiplied by the total number of spins earned by the three contestants in the second question round.
The trustees offered to name the university after Einstein in the summer of 1946, but Einstein declined, and on July 16, 1946 the board decided the university would be named after Louis Brandeis.
Trainer kits composed of a printed circuit board, 8085, and supporting hardware are offered by various companies.
Harken Energy offered Mr. Bush a seat on the board of directors along with stock worth about $ 500, 000 at the time.
Students came from towns all over western Arkansas to board with Booneville families and attend a school that offered an advanced curriculum, including Latin, German, advanced mathematics, literature and music.
Joppenbergh was put up for sale in 2009, and, in March 2011, the Open Space Institute offered to purchase the entire property and sell it to the town ; the following month, Rosendale's town board agreed to the deal.
When passing through London he was greeted cordially by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who offered him transport on board a British cruiser on his way to Halifax.
They provided the S-100 bus CUTS Tape I / O interface board which offered both CUTS and Kansas City standard support to any S-100 system.
In 1888, the residents of Cullowhee desired a better school for the community than was offered in public schools of that day, organized a board of trustees
She offered to answer questions about her political views and associations, but the board only allowed her to describe her relationship with Melby.
SLI capability was not offered in subsequent 3dfx board designs, although the technology would be later used to link the VSA-100 chips on the Voodoo 5.
He then moved to Seoul in 1956, where director of Five Fingers of Death ( 1972 ), Jeong Chang-hwa offered him room and board for work as a production assistant.
Continuing education courses are also offered by the board at its Father Patrick H. Fogarty Learning Centre within the city.
PetSmart offered less than the net cash value of the company, and Pets. com's board turned down that offer.
MITS offered a complete Altair system with two MITS 4K Dynamic RAM boards, a serial interface board and Altair BASIC for $ 995.
The Israeli captain and crew immediately offered food and water and decided to bring the passengers on board and transported them to Israel.
The passengers can buy food on board ( from Monday to Friday ), the 1st class passengers are offered food free of charge.
Saad, as a union representative ( and not the mayor of Sidon at the time as many erroneous sources claim ), was offered a place on the company's board too.
The line calls its ships The Fun Ships, and there are a wide range of activities offered on board.
Crawford was offered an opportunity in the spring of 1899 to play for the Chatham Reds of the Canadian League for $ 65 per month, plus board.
The further contestants advanced along the board, the better the prizes that were offered.
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