SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS:
NOMINATIONS FOR NAMING OF BUILDINGS
(revised 8/2000)

University buildings, parts thereof, and grounds may be named to honor an individual or individuals. Buildings should be named after people who have achieved prominence in their fields of endeavor. The University's tradition is to limit the naming of buildings as Hall or Library to the names of people who were associated with the University. A building should not be named for a person who is currently on the regular faculty or staff of the University, but may be named for a person still living who has retired or left the service of the University. Recommendations should first be reviewed by the honors committee of the recommending unit if one exists, and if not, by the Senate All-University Honors Committee. A recommendation sent to and approved by the Senate All-University Honors Committee is submitted to the President and, finally, to the Board of Regents for approval.

The University has a tradition of naming buildings for its past presidents, and encourages the continuance of this tradition. When a president leaves the University, a committee comprising representatives of the Board of Regents and the Faculty Consultative Committee will consider naming a building for that president, and will forward a recommendation to the Senate All-University Honors Committee.

Where individual rooms are to be named after an individual or individuals, recommendations should be reviewed by the honors committee of the recommending unit that occupies the building if one exists, and if not, by a special committee set up by the department head or the dean of that unit. Recommendations need not be forwarded to the Senate All-University Honors Committee.

The format for recommending the naming of a building, its parts, or University grounds to the Senate All-University Honors Committee shall be as follows:

Nominee -- cannot be a current member of the faculty or staff, or a sitting Regent, but retirees are eligible.
Nominator -- must be an alumnus, a current member of the faculty or staff, or a member of the University Foundation. [Board of Regents policy requires that no disclosure is to be made to the nominee, or persons other than those writing supporting letters, until a decision is forthcoming on the nomination.]
Summary of Nomination -- one-page summary of nominee's accomplishments (excluding degrees and appointments).
Letter from Nominator -- should focus, from personal knowledge, on the services of the nominee or the philanthropic activities that justify the nomination.
Supporting Letters -- at least 2, not more than 4, focusing as above on the services or philanthropy of the nominee.
Maximum Length of Dossier -- not more than 12 pages.
Number of Copies -- 25 of each item, collated, stapled and clipped (no binders or folders).
Date of Submission -- at least 6 months before the naming is to take place. Later submission will be considered, but without any guarantee of timely decision.
Submit to -- the honors committee of the appropriate unit that occupies the building, if one exists, and if not, to the All-University Honors Committee of the University Senate, c/o Vickie Courtney, 427 Morrill Hall, 100 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. In the case of gifts exceeding $500,000, proposals should be cleared first with the University of Minnesota Foundation.

Note: Persons writing letters of nomination should know that such letters will be legally available to the nominee upon request, even to an unsuccessful candidate who becomes aware of the nomination. Nominators should also make sure that writers of supporting letters are aware that their letters, too, will be available on request.

A nomination approved by the Senate All-University Honors Committee is submitted to the President and, finally, to the Board of Regents for approval.

Board of Regents policy requires that no disclosure is to be made to the nominee while his or her name is under consideration.