Anniversary party draws leaders of U and UMD to D.C.

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Updated: June 22, 2012 - 11:28 PM

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Two University of Minnesota leaders, in full academic regalia, will join in a ceremony Monday marking the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which led to the establishment of public, land-grant universities.

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Lendley Black, chancellor of the Duluth campus, will be among more than 75 college presidents to participate in a wreath-laying at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The U has been doing its own celebrating of the Morrill Act this year, through lectures and events. This spring, Regent Dean Johnson asked Kaler how he would rewrite the Morrill Act today, if given the opportunity.

"I would not change a single word," Kaler said.