The Michigan Alumnus, Volumes 89-90

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Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, 1982
In volumes1-8: the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

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Page 27 - Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free. For us of the minority, the opportunity to see geese is more important than television, and the chance to find a pasque-flower is a right as inalienable as free speech.
Page 24 - As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at the peril of being judged not to have lived.
Page 34 - Board hereby directs the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to take prudent action to replace equity investments in any organizations operating in the Republic of South Africa with alternative investments selected to provide, as nearly as possible, a substantially equivalent level of portfolio diversification and quality.
Page 16 - Engineering and Head of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), received his BS in 1972, MS in 1973, and Ph.D.
Page 23 - ERIM is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, adjacent to the University of Michigan campus. The area has exceptional cultural, academic, recreational and entertainment opportunities, both for individuals and for families.
Page 13 - Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
Page 34 - ... replace equity investments in any organizations operating in the Republic of South Africa with alternative investments selected to provide, as nearly as possible, a substantially equivalent level of portfolio diversification and quality. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer to make no further investments in shares of corporate stock and other equities of organizations operating in the Republic of South Africa, and to take appropriate action...
Page 28 - It isn't much, really, in dispute — only the land we live on, the water we drink, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the energy that supports us. Chicken Little is alive and well in America.
Page 12 - He who despises music, as do all the fanatics, does not please me. For music is a gift and largess of God, not a gift of men. Music drives away the devil and makes people happy; it induces one to forget all wrath, unchastity, arrogance, and other vices. After theology I accord to music the highest place and the greatest honor.
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