Tinkham Veale II received the University's Medal during Case Western Reserve University's May 18 commencement convocation.

photo by Susan Griffith From left to right: CWRU Board of Trustees Chair Charles P. Bolton, Tinkham Veale II and CWRU President Edward M. Hundert

The medal is the University's highest form of recognition for leadership, dedication and service to the University, to higher education and to society.

As an undergraduate at the Case Institute of Technology, Veale earned three letters in basketball and proceeded to earn his bachelor's of science degree in chemistry from the Case Institute of Technology in 1937.

He has been an active and generous alumnus. He is a member of the Case Reserve Athletic Club, and has served on the Honorary Committee for the Case Centennial in 1980 and as an honorary member of the Board of the Michelson-Morley Centennial Celebration in 1986-1988.

He has supported new facilities for athletics and physical education at the University including the Veale Convocation, Recreation, and Athletic Center, which opened on the campus in 1997.

A committee of University faculty, trustees and the president select medal recipients.

The solid silver medal bears the University seal on one side, while the reverse cites the recipient's name and the date the medal was awarded.

The CWRU Board of Trustees established the medal in 1971. It has been awarded 18 times.

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