RESOLUTION



       WHEREAS, a new Vice President for Student Affairs has been
named and xvill assume office on July 15, 1970, and

       WHEREAS, Dr. Stuart Forth willingly and graciously consented
to serve as Acting Vice President for Student Affairs during the academic
year 1968-69, and

       WHEREAS, Dr. Forth agreed to continue to serve in this capacity
for an additional year to allow President Singletary time to seek a perma-
nent replacement for him, and

       WHEREAS, the Office of Student Affairs has made steady progress
under his able leadership, and

       WHEREAS, the University of Kentucky has been relatively free
from major campus disturbances during his tenure, and it is deemed that
this is in large measure due to the understanding and sympathetic manner
in which Dr. Forth and his staff have handled student problems, and

       WHEREAS, Dr. Forth has been a staunch supporter and defender
of the students and has encouraged the involvement of students in the
decision-making processes to the extent that the University of Kentucky
is now one of the leading institutions in the country in student participation
in university affairs: Therefore, be it

       RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the University of
Kentucky in regular session on Tuesday, April 7, 1970. commend Dr.
Stuart Forth for his leadership as Acting Vice President for Student
Affairs during the period beginning August 1968 and ending July 1970;
acknowledge its debt to him for his willingness to assume this role at
the expense of his own personal interests; and wish him well as he re-
turns to his former position as Director of Libraries for the University
of Kentucky; and be it

       RESOLVED further, That this resolution be adopted, ordered
spread upon the Minutes of the April 7, 1970 meeting of the Board of
Trustees, and a copy sent to Dr. Forth.