Ingebrigt L. Lillehei

April 6, 1962 To: Members of the Faculty, State College of Iowa From: J. W. Maucker, President Dr. I. L. Lillehei, a member of the staff of this college from 1918 to 1954 as Professor of Romance Languages, and Head of the Department of Languages following the retirement of Dr. F. I. Merchant, passed away Thursday night, April 5, at Homewood, Illinois, where Dr. and Mrs. Lillehei were currently living. Funeral services will be held at the Dahl Funeral Home at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 9, with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Members of the faculty who wish to attend the funeral service will be excused for this purpose. The flag will be carried at half-mast during the half-day of the funeral and the Campanile will be played at 11:00 o'clock on Monday morning as an expression of our respect and admiration for the loyal and devoted services rendered by Dr, Lillehei to the college over a long period of time. The Faculty Senate met at 4:00 p.m. Monday, May 21, 1962, in the Faculty Room, Brune presiding. 1. Stageberg read the following resolution: IN MEMORIAM Dr. Ingebrigt L. Lillehei, after a distinguished teaching career of forty-one years at this college, died on April 5, 1962, in retirement at his home in Homewood, Illinois. He is survived by his wife, Olive, and by his three daughters, Olive, Ingrid, and Margot. He came to our college in 1918, as Professor of Romance Languages, after a period of study at the Sorbonne and directly after receiving his doctorate from the University of Illinois. In 1934 he became Head of the Department of Languages, a position he held until his retirement in 1953. Upon retiring, he realized a long-cherished dream of visiting Norway, the country of his birth. Returning to this country, Dr. Lillehei moved to Springfield, Missouri, and thence to Homewood, Illinois. Dr. Lillehei was broad in his intellectual pursuits. A scholar of diversified interests, he ranged outside the bounds of his special field to read in many languages. He was able, for example, to take a word back to Old Saxon as easily as to Old French; and he used this wide knowledge to enliven and deepen his classroom work in philology. His many friends here still remember his ever-youthful outlook, his debonair manner, and his kindly ways, and feel a deep sense of loss at his departure. Edna 0. Miller Norman C.. Stageberg Josef Schaefer, Chairman O. Thompson moved that the resolution be made a part of the permanent minutes of the faculty. Dean Lang seconded. Motion carried.