Charter Amendment of 1967

Amendment to the Charter of Incorporation 
October 10, 1967

At a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors of Southwestern at Memphis held on October 20, 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee, the following resolution relating to the amendment to its Charter of Incorporation, as heretofore amended was adopted by said Board of Directors:

  • A petition from the Board be transmitted to the Synods of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee at their next subsequent annual meeting respectively for the revision of the Charter recorded under laws enacted by the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, which Charter recorded in Corporation Record Book A, pages 34 and 35, May 31, 1875, and registered in the Register’s Trust Deed Book No. 2, page 575, Clarksville, Tennessee, together with all amendments to that Charter:
  • to wit, Amendment to Charter, Southwestern Presbyterian University, recorded April l, 1924 in Charter Book No. 2, page 369, at Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, and registered and certified to by the Secretary of the State of Tennessee April 3, 1924, and recorded in Record Book No. 30, page 548, at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, December 9, 1924;
  • Amendment to Charter, filed for registration and recorded in Record Book No. 35, page 79, at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, November 28, 1927, and filed and recorded by Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee in Corporation Record Book P-19, page 247, November 29, 1927;
  • Amendment to Charter of Incorporation filed and recorded by Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee in Corporation Record Book P-26, page 367, February 15, 1945, and filed for registration and recorded in Record Book No. 44, page 404, at Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, February 21, 1945; together with any amendments otherwise applicable.

Such petition shall seek the consent of the Synods of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee to revise the provisions of the Charter and its Amendments, in particular the Amendment enacted March 25, 1924, as they relate to the constitution of the Board of Directors of Southwestern At Memphis, by providing for the election by said Board of Directors of eighteen additional directors, at least three of whom shall be alumni of Southwestern At Memphis. The eighteen directors shall be elected by the Board of Directors to four-year terms, or as otherwise provided by the bylaws of the Board of Directors.

We, David Alexander and Ross M. Lynn, President and Secretary, respectively, of Southwestern At Memphis, certify to the adoption of the aforesaid resolution by the Board of Directors for the purposes set out therein, and further certify that the Synods of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee have concurred in the recommendation of the Board of Directors to amend the Charter of the corporation, as previously amended, for the purposes set forth in said resolution, and have consented to said amendment, and the Charter of the corporation is hereby so amended.

NOW THEREFORE, we hereby certify to the adoption of the aforesaid resolution by the Board of Directors for the purposes set out and certify to the concurrence therein by the Synods of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee to the end that this certificate may be duly recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State.

WITNESS our hands this the 10th day of October, 1967.

(Signed)
David Alexander
President

(Signed)
Ross M. Lynn
Secretary

Amendments to this information requires approval of the Rhodes Board of Trustees.