Plans for a proposed Jewish University in Connecticut have been approved by the Legislature’s Committee on Incorporation and the Connecticut State Board of Education, backers of the idea reported today.
Harold B. Yudkin of Derby, who originated the idea, appeared before the committee which made its favorable report to the Connecticut General Assembly conditional on approval by the State Board of Education. The board gave its unanimous approval after Mr. Yudkin and Rabbi Theodore Gluck of Derby outlined plans to the board.
Mr. Yudkin told the committee that passage of a bill introduced in the legislature and approval by the Governor of the bill would clear the way for backers to start raising some $25,000,000 to establish a liberal arts college and graduate school facilities. He said he did not expect any student enrolment before five to 10 years after approval by the state.
In the bill, the name of the proposed institution was changed to Jewish University of Connecticut. The bill also provided that in event of dissolution of the proposed university before January 1, 1980, the university’s board of directors would have to convey its assets to Brandeis University, Yeshiva University of New York, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the Technion in Haifa.
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