LETTER TO MR. HAROLD P. RODES FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Document Release Date: April 29, 2003
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• Publication Date: April 3, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

i%prii 3, 1959
tr. Harold P.
President
Bradley Univer
I deeply appreciate your letter of ~Aarch 0,
and to the Bradley University Commence-
"ocation next may 31et.
y sincere regret that I have
to tell you that I cannot arrange aly plans so as to
be at the U versity at the time itk icated. Un-
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u thought of me in coecti with a degree.
ly. I have certain complicated commit-
rr;ents over the week and in q ,ation, which make
it impossible for roe to accept this kind invitation.
many thanks for your thoughtfulness,
. i cerely,
Allen yy . Dullea
~)iroctor
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OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
PEORIA, ILLINOIS
Mr. Allen W. Dulles
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street
Washington, D. C.
March 17, 1959
The Faculty and Board, of Trustees of Bradley University would greatly
appreciate the privilege of conferring upon you an honorary doctor's
degree at our Commencement Convocation on Sunday, May 31.
In recent years, it has been our pleasure to confer Bradley's highest
honor upon such outstanding Americans as Charles F. Kettering, Neil McElroy,
Richard M. Nixon, and Adlai Stevenson. We believe that you are equally
deserving of such recognition because of your outstanding contributions to
our security and way of life.
In addition, the Bradley National Alumni Association has requested me to
invite you to be the speaker at their annual banquet on Saturday evening,
May 30, in the Bradley University Field House. The subject of the 20 to
30 minute talk would be left entirely up to you.
We recognize that it is difficult for you to leave the nation's capitol
for an extended period. Your presence would be required here only from
6 p.m. Saturday evening, May 30, through 10 p.m. Sunday, May 31. We could
make arrangements both on campus and at the Hotel Pere Marquette in Peoria
for you to be reached at any moment. We would, of course, provide an
honorarium which would more than cover your travel expense.
On behalf of the Students, Alumni, Faculty, and Board of Trustees of Bradley
University, we sincerely hope that it will be possible for you to accept
either or both of these invitations.
Cordially,
Harold P. Rodes
President
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20 March 1959
Bradley University was established in 1897. It is coeducational.
It has 2888 students and 157 teachers.
As all readers of sports pages know, every year it has one of the
Nation's best basketball teams.
It gives to Peoria, Illinois, a good academic atmosphere which
overcomes, in part in some minds, the linking of Peoria with whiskey
and crime; it is a great distilling town.
I would think that this recognition by an accredited university
like Bradley would be acceptable to the Director. Should the Director
accept, the letter should state, as always, that he will not accept an
honorarium to cover his expenses.
RECOMMENDATION: That the Director accept this honor and that he
deliver the principal address at the Bradley National Alumni Association
banquet on Saturday evening, May 30, 1959.
'alaulay J. GE
Assistant to the Di ector
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles
Attached is a recent newspaper article on
Bradley's Basketball Team.
A check of your calendar reveals that you
do not have anything scheduled for 30-31 May.
STAT
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FORM NO. lol REPLACES FORM 10.101
1 AUG 54 WHICH MAY BE USED.
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 John's
ove Into NIT, Finals
NEW YORK, March 20 (UPI)-Bradley and St. John's, old hands at winning tourneys, are
set for a showdown re-match in the final round of the National Invitation Basketball Tourna-
ment now that the "Cinderella" teams have been sent packing with their pumpkins, glass slip-
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pers and. hook shots:
And the title iii tomor-
row's nationally televised
(Channel .4 in D.- C., 4
p. M.) battle hinges. on one
question-can Bradley re-
peat its 71-66 regular sea-
son win over -the., New
York Redmez,
?-
Top-seeded Brat
die3;anxious
for its second Nlr ,, crown in
three years, reacld the finals
as expected ;-Vlth g_ 59-57
thriller over .New York U.
last night n Mike ?wens'
late lay-uasket.
And St11lti;g, seeking to
become`fl a t'team to win
the l'T times, ad.
vaned' s ; 76.55 romp
over =a _ ee_ College
pressure of St. Joan's accu-
racy (49.1 per cent in three
tourney games), this time
after 20-20 and 22.22 ties mid-
way in the first half.
Hulking Louie Roethel,
whom 'the Friars could not
contain under the boards, led
the Redmen with 22 points
added 20. Len Wilkens had
17 for Providence but the
Friars' ace soph, John Egan,
was held to six by Alan Sei-
den's close guarding.
rovidence's tricky zone
Anse collapsed under the
rt gained possession with 33
seconds left.
"We planned to give the
ball to Russ Cunningham for
him to drive for a shot against
Owens, who had four personal
fouls against him," disclosed
NYU coach I,ou Rossini. "But
Bradley surprised us by going
into a-zone defense and we
never did maneuver for a good
shot."
Owens led Bradley with 16
points while Cunningham had
ahead, 59-55, Cal Ramsey hit
a jump shQ for-the Violets
with one ti$nute left. And
NYU got'at_Ghanee,to tie when
y
Orsborn. After Owens' driv-
ing lay-up thru a hole in the
NYU's Ia
Bradley was
as thwar en--,._-
night by some slick strategy 1
masterminded b
coach Chuck