Dedication of the 

 Institute of Microbiology 



By LEWIS WEBSTER JONES 

 President, Rutgers University 



We are met here to dedicate a building, this 

 magnificent Institute of Microbiology, and to rededicate 

 this university to the high purposes which this building 

 symbolizes. 



For Rutgers University, this is a proud and solemn 

 moment. We recognize gratefully the work and achieve- 

 ments of one of the great creative personalities of our age 

 and Rutgers' most distinguished son. Dr. Selman A. Waks- 

 man. He was educated at Rutgers, and most of his scien- 

 tific work has been carried on here. His great abilities, his 

 long and patient investigations, his skilled and inspiring 

 leadership have brought honor to his university and untold 

 benefits to humanity. He has used the material rewards 

 of his discoveries, with characteristic unselfishness, to fur- 

 ther the scientific work to which he has devoted his life. 



This university gains immeasurably from the presence 



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