Letter to Professor Elie Wiesel regarding an Honorary Degree

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Letter to Professor Elie Wiesel regarding an Honorary Degree

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April 13, 1988

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Ping, Charles J.
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Wiesel, Elie

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This letter, dated April 13, 1988, from Charles J. Ping, President of Ohio University, informs Professor Elie Wiesel that the Ohio University Committee on Honorary Degrees and the Board of Trustees have approved the conferral of an honorary degree upon him. The nomination was made in recognition of his distinguished career, and the Board of Trustees unanimously approved the recommendation on April 9. The honorary degree is scheduled to be awarded on May 9, 1988, at Ohio University, coinciding with Professor Wiesel's delivery of the Kennedy Lecture. Mr. Richard Campbell, the incoming Chairman of the Board of Trustees, will confer the degree. Charles J. Ping expresses his pleasure at the opportunity to honor Professor Wiesel but regrets that he will be out of the country serving as a visiting professor during Wiesel's visit.

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Athens, OH, USA
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515 Madison Avenue, Suite 1130, New York, NY, USA
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