stadium included a rubberized track, a press box on the west side, athletic offices and team dressing rooms under the west bleachers. On October 14, 1954, a white marble statue of Louis F. Moench had been accepted by the college as a gift from Moenchs son Wilford. Members of the Moench family had expressed dissatisfaction with the appearance of the statue suggesting that it did not resemble their father. Wilford Moench engaged the services of Dr. Avard Fairbanks, noted Utah artist and sculptor, to prepare another statue. Fairbanks completed a nine-foot tall statue which was approved by the family and then taken to Italy where it was cast into bronze. The new bronze statue replaced the marble statue, and a dedication service was held for the new statue on campus on October 22, 1964. The marble statue was moved to the grave site of Louis Moench in the Ogden City Cemetery. The bronze statue was eventually placed at a prominent crosswalk on a mall memorialized in his name where he can symbolically watch over the students at his institution. On April 20, 1965, the Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to award the first honorary degree from Weber State College to David O. McKay, former Weber principal and trustee and president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over the past several months the Trustees had formulated the honorary degree policy. The award to McKay was made at the Commencement Exercises held on June 5, 1965. David Lawrence McKay accepted the honorary Doctor of Humanities degree for his father who was suffering failing health. The second honorary degree, a Doctor of Humanities Degree, was awarded to Aaron W. Tracy, former Weber College president, on June 10, 1966. Tracy died shortly after on August 6, 1966 at age 81. The musical My Fair Lady had been presented during the 1964-65 school year and was a major success, and the college basketball team under the direction of Coach Dick Motta won the Big Sky Conference championship. During the fall of 1965, the Weber football team became the co-champions of the Big Sky and during winter quarter of 1966, the basketball team shared the conference championship. The Federal Communications Commission gave permission for the College to operate a 10-watt non-commercial educational FM radio broadcasting station on the Weber State College campus during the summer of 1965. The radio station was located on the top floor of the Fine Arts Building and was placed under the direction of the Department of Speech. During winter quarter of 1966 as the Music Department presented The Sound of Music to audiences in the Fine Arts auditorium, the Baroness Von Trapp visited the campus on January 24, 1966, and spoke to a standing-room-only audience in the auditorium. On October 19, 1965 the Board of Trustees approved the creation of the Weber State College Development Fund to solicit gifts and donations for the college. The initial eleven member board for the fund was chaired by Richard E. Myers. Dean W. Hurst was subsequently employed as executive secretary of the Alumni Association with duties to include executive director of the Development Fund with James R. Foulger appointed as treasurer. In 1969, Hursts title at the college was changed from director of Alumni Relations to director of College Relations. During the Fall of 1965, Hayle Buchanan of the Botany Department was notified that he was the recipient of a 2,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. This was the first grant of this type to be received at Weber State College. In May of 1966, Darrell J. Graff from the Zoology Department was awarded a research grant from the National Science Foundation of 8,600. The first grant from a private foundation to a Weber faculty member was made during May of 1966 to E. Park Guymon of the Chemistry Department. The award of 2,500 was made by the Research Corporation of New York City. In May of 1966 a grant of 52,704 was made to the college by the Utah State Welfare Commission for the purpose of financing additional training for social welfare workers at the baccalaureate level. This grant was administered under the department of Sociology and was renewed for several years. The Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools sent a team to Weber to evaluate the school during the fall of 1965. After evaluation by the visiting team and action by the Association, the College was given a three-year accreditation with 1968 set as the re-evaluation date by the Association. Weber College students and faculty members had often traveled by automobile for activities and athletic events. On April 13, 1966, three members of the local community were killed in a tragic automobile accident which occurred in Lovelock, Nevada. Members of the college debate team were returning from a debate meet held at the University of Nevada in Reno when a pick-up truck driven by a seventeen-year-old girl crossed into the lane of approaching vehicles and hit the Weber car head-on. Debate coach Robert Mukai, a faculty member in the Speech Department and driver of the Weber car was killed. Weber students Clifford Paul Hughes of Farmington, Utah, and Mary Clarke of Ogden (daughter of Robert A. Clarke, Dean of Faculty at Weber) were also killed in the accident. Two other Weber students were seriously injured in the crash. During the 1965-1966 school year, the college rented a warehouse building located on Stephens Avenue and 20th Street to use as a teaching facility for students enrolled in Aircraft Instrument Repair courses and Aircraft Sheet Metal courses. These were one year programs and the administration at Hill Field agreed to employ those who completed either of the programs. More than 1000 workers were trained in these programs which resulted in Hill Air Force Base retaining a special mission for the United States Air Force. With the change from junior to a senior college, faculty and staff at Weber discussed needed changes in the administrative structure of the college. In December of 1965, a committee to study organization patterns and changes was appointed by President William Miller. The committee studied needed changes and received faculty input, and by September of 1966 the committee made its recommendations to the Board of Trustees after receiving a vote of support from the faculty and with the approval of the administration. The recommendations of the committee concerning reorganization included the following: 1. The development of an Academic Council which was to be composed of faculty and administrative officers to be concerned primarily with matters of curriculum and instruction. 2. The development of an Executive Council