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December 3, 1992                                       
Medal of Merit                                         
                                                       
     University of Delaware President David P. Roselle (right)
presents the University's Medal of Merit to the Rev. Lloyd Stuart 
Casson, vicar of the Parish of Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel in
New York, as University trustee Ruth Oates-Graham (left) and Mrs. 
Casson look on. A Dover native, the Rev. Casson is a 1961 graduate of
the University. He was associate rector of St. Andrew's Episcopal 
Church and rector of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wilmington and
served as president of the Wilmington School Board, the Council of
Churches of Wilmington and New Castle County and the Delaware
Opportunities Industrialization Center, which he founded. In 1985, he
was voted canon and subdean of St. John the Divine in New York, and he
was named to his current post in 1988. The University's Medal of Merit
is given in recognition of contributions to human progress, primarily
through sustained service to others. The presentation was made Nov. 12
at a program honoring African-American students of promise at the 
University.