Dean  Richards   served  as  Director  of  the  Aiaerican  Society  of  liechanical   Engi-
neers  during  19lS-c?0.      He  was   av/arded  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Engineering
by  the  University  of  Nebraska  in  I920.      Ko  resigned  from  the  University  of   Illinor


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September  1,  1922,  to  become  President  of  Lehigh  University.   All  connected  with

the  University  were  exceedin^^ly  sorry  nhen  he  resigned,  nnd  as  a  measure  of  its

esteen,  the  College  of  Engineering  at  a  fare^^ell  dinner  given  in  his  honor,  on

June  6,  1922,  presented  to  him  the  following  testinonial  to  which  every  member  of

the  staff  in  the  College  had  affixed  his  signature:

To  Charles  Huss  Richards:

"As  you  leave  the  University  of  Illinois,  we  wish  to  expresr.  the  pleasure
we  hnvc  had  in  our  au-sociation  with  you  and  our  regret  that  it  must  now  be  in-
ternaptod.
"In  our  dealings  vith  you  as  Dean  of  the  College  of  Engineering  wo  h^ive
prized  csioecially  the  sjTnpathctic  cooperation,  the  frajikness,  the  impartiality  up-
on which  we  have  all  cone  to  rely.  T7e  have  felt  ourselves,  as  a  faculty,  safely
and  adequately  and  vigorously  represented  both  within  and  without  the  University.
We  shall  alwa,ys  remomb'ir  the  cordiality  and  sincerity  that  have  marked  our  person-
al as  well  as  our  official  relations.
"'<lo   assure  you  of  our  appreciation  of  the  important  contribution  you  have
made  to  the  progress  of  the  College  of  Engineering  through  the  sound  judgment  and
vision  with  which  you  have  administered  its  affairs.
