(The following resolution was excerpted from the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Auburn University held on December 11, 1959.)

     Upon motion by G. H. Wright, seconded by John Overton,the following resolution was unanimously adopted:

RESOLUTION NO. 5
OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE UNIVERSITY

WHEREAS, in accordance with Act No. 332 of the Alabama Legislature, as signed by Governor John Patterson on October 30, 1959, the name of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute was changed to AUBURN UNIVERSITY, and

WHEREAS, the year of the granting of the Charter of the East Alabama Male College, 1856, will be carried as the year of origin of AUBURN UNIVERSITY,

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of The Alabama Polytechnic Institute:

1. That the Board hereby adopts as the official seal of the institution the design as set forth on the attached sheet to be used in all documents, diplomas, business letters, and wherever the seal of the institution is used.
   
   

That the attached design be made a part of the minutes of this meeting.

Official Seal of Auburn University