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THE pro-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, Mr. Edmund. P. Beale, is retiring after having held office since 1939. Mr. Beale, whose father was the first Vice-chancellor of the University, became a member of the University Council in 1924 and was treasurer from 1930 until 1939. To commemorate his services, Mr. Beale has been presented with a portrait of himself, painted by Mr. A. Middleton Todd. The chancellor of the University, Mr. Anthony Eden, who made the presentation on behalf of the subscribers, paid a warm tribute to the work done by Mr. and Mrs. Beale for the University. The success of the recent appeal for funds, in response to which more than £1,000,000 has already been subscribed towards the £1,500,000 asked for, owes much to Mr. Beale's personal efforts. The vice-chancellor, Dr. Raymond Priestley, said that when he came to Birmingham he was somewhat prejudiced both against a lay element in a university council and lay honorary officers; but he now believes it to be the best possible system for a university like that of Birmingham. Mr. Beale, he said, typified integrity, loyalty and grit, and “one who can appreciate—as not all laymen do—academic standards and ideals. He has stood for a university of national and international standards both of teaching and research.”
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University of Birmingham. Nature 158, 868 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158868b0
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