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NAMING OF A NEW BUILDING IN THE ENGINEERING SCHOOL COMPLEX AS WILSDORF HALL

WHEREAS, Heinz G.F.Wilsdorf and Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, natives of Germany who both took the Ph.D., from Goettingen University, joined the faculty of the School of Engineering in 1963; and

WHEREAS, Heinz Wilsdorf, a metallurgist, became, in due course, the first Chair of the Department of Materials Science and Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, a physicist, the University Professor of Applied Science; and

WHEREAS, Heinz Wilsdorf retired in 1991 and died in 2000, and Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf continues to teach, both of them having had most distinguished careers; and

WHEREAS, Gregory H. Olsen, who took the Ph.D., from the School of Engineering in 1971, has made a generous gift to the University for the construction of a new building at the School of Engineering;

RESOLVED that the Board thanks Gregory H. Olsen for his generosity and designates the building to be constructed with his gift, Wilsdorf Hall in honor of the late Heinz G. F. Wilsdorf and his widow, Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, both of them distinguished former members of the faculty of the School of Engineering.

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