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Show C. Homer Durham To Speak at U. Founders Day Dr. G. Homer Durham, former Academic Vice-President of the University of Utah and presently President of Arizona State University, Uni-versity, will be speaker at the annual Founders Day banquet March 15 at the U. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Union ballroom, according to Brigadier General Maurice L. Watts, president of the University Univer-sity of Utah Alumni Association. A reception honoring recipients recipi-ents of Distinguished Alumni Awards will being at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Durham served on the fac ulty of the university for 16 years, seven of them in the capacity capa-city of Academic Vice-President. He joined the faculty in 1944 as a visiting lecturer in history and political science and was raised to the rank of professor in 1947. He was named director of the Institute of Government in 1946 and became head of the Depart-I Depart-I ment of Political Science in 1948. i He assumed his present post at Tempe, Arizona, in September, 1960. Dr. Durham is himself an alumnus of the University having earned his B.A. degree in 1932. He went on to take the first Ph.D. degree in political science to be awarded by the University of California at Los Angeles. Active in affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dr. Durham is the author of several church publications. He contributes a monthly article to "The Improvement Era," official offi-cial magazine of the LDS church. A native of Parowan, Iron I County, he is married to the former for-mer Eudora Widtsoe. They are the parents of three children. "Few men have brought more honor to their alma mater than has Homer Durham," General Watts said. "The Alumni Association Associ-ation is pleased that he could return 'home' for this occasion that always had his support and interest." Alumni, faculty, students and the public are invited to the ban quet. Reservations can be made through the Alumni Office, 217 Park Building, DAvis 8-9011 Extension Ex-tension 2233. Preston G. Adams is chairman of banquet arrangements. |