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PAGE 1 COLLEGE NEWS RELEASE NEW COLLEGE, SARASOTA, FLORIDA FURMAN C. ARTHUR INFORMATION FOR RELEASE: After 6 p.m. Saturday, February 4, 1967, and for Sunday papers of February 5, 1967 STATE RELEASE FOR FEBRUARY 5, 1967 SARASOTA--Sir Patrick Dean, British Ambassador to the United States, ,.;rill be the honored speaker at the inauguration of College President John Elmendorf on February 22. The first inaugural ceremony held by the college since its founding in 1960 will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the formal courtyard of the state-o,.,ned John and Mable Ringling Huseum of Art, adjacent to the colleee campus. Sir Patrick ,.;ras formerly an educator as a FelloH of Clare College, Cambridge and later teaching there. He joined the British Foreign Office in 1939 and was United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations before being appointed to the ambassador's post. The narks the first full ceremonial scheduled by the colleee since its inception. College spokesman said that the inauguration of a president had been delayed because of the of establishine the academic now in full operation. -more- PAGE 2 NEH COLLEGE INAUGURATION -Page 2 Dr. Elmendorf was formerly vice president of Brmvn University and prior to that had been vice president and dean of the faculty of City College. Attending the ceremonies will be educational leaders and delegates from many colleges, universities, and learned societies in this country and abroad. Several thousand invited guests are expected to attend the ceremonies in the formal setting of the museum courtyard. A full academic procession will precede the actual investiturG of the president by the chairman of the college's board of trustees. -30- |