| Show Dr Wilkinson Will Resign as BYU Head The resignation of at Dr Ernest L L. L Wilkinson as president of at the Brigham Young University was announced today at the monthly meeting of ot the tho Board of at Trustees held at Salt Lake City Dr Wilkinson also announced that he lIE would resign as Chan of or the Unified Church School System of the Church of or Jesus Christ of qt Latter day Saints Termination of both bolh positions will be made as soon as satisfactory tory arrangements can be made and successors named for the posts it was reported This Is not an easy step for forme forme i me to t take ke I have received tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre-I tre satisfaction from my I work at the BYU and also with the Church School System assignment assign ment but new new challenges challenges and responsibilities re re- have developed which call for tor decisions in the near f near tur Dr Wilkinson 1 s said ld Thanks to Board As to the BYU I am grateful to an understanding Board of at Trustees and to a competent and faithful faculty for the full tull measure meas mean I ure of support they have given mo me Without the support of at the Board we would not have been able to build one of at the most functional and beautiful campuses ithe I In America To the faculty goes the honor and nd credit for tor training students of at strong character and high scholarship whose services s are sought throughout t. t the e world I am equally proud of ot the advancements advancements ad ad- I made and the com corn and spirit of at service of ot I the faculties of Ricks College the tho Institutes and Seminaries the the i Business College Juarez I Academy and over 20 elementary I schools in Mexico My heart will always abide with all of them Dr Wilkinson continued I The dynamic BYU leader is a I senior partner in the law firm of ot Wilkinson Cragun and Barker in Washington DC D.C. a firm that he organized in 1940 and in which he has still retained an an interest Dr Wilkinson was appointed president of ot the Brigham Young University in 1950 and became Chancellor of ot the Unified UnWed Church I School System in 1963 Under his his his' leadership BYU has became the largest institution of higher learning in the Great Basin and I the largest related church university sity in the nation Fine Fino Leadership During his tenure the BYU enrollment has grown more than I per cent to a present cut total ot of and more than 80 major permanent buildings have been on the campus As Chancellor he be has hM been administrator ad of ot one university one Junior college institutes of at religion at universities and colleges col col- leges loges and 1958 seminaries of at re re- ligion Under his guidance enrollment en In these institutions has haa increased from around to I Dr Wilkinson was born bom In Ogden Og Og- Ogden den and attended Weber College He ne received his BA degree at BYU in 1921 and the at George Washington University In 1926 doctor of ot Juridical Science degree at Harvard University in Jn 1927 1921 and honorary doctor of laws degree at BYU in 1957 Famous Law Cafe Ca e eHe elie He ne served as as faculty member at the New Jersey Law School for tor several everal years ears before being em by the law firm headed by Hon lion Charles Evans Hughes in New w York City In 1935 he joined In a law partnership with Walt Walter r Gladstone Moyle Mole and organized t i I his own firm in Washington DC D.C. In 1940 |
