American Association of University Professors

Missouri Conference

Tom Guild, Chair

Assembly of State Conferences

American Association of University Professors

1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite #500

Washington, DC 20005

March 24, 2005

Dear Eileen:

At our annual meeting in Columbia, MO on March 5^th, the Missouri Conference voted unanimously to nominate David F. Gruber for the Tacey Award. As President of the Conference, I am formally submitting his nomination to the national office. You may be interested to know that the Conference also established The David F. Gruber Leadership Development Award which will work much like the Hopper award. As I am sure you are aware, David has cancer and has had to give up all of his academic duties. We at the Missouri Conference are doing all we can to make sure David’s fine work throughout the years is recognized. He certainly is a deserving candidate for the Tacey Award. Accompanying this cover letter is a summary of David’s contributions to the AAUP prepared by his colleague, David Robinson.

Sincerely,

John B. Harms

President, Missouri Conference AAUP