Correspondence from Porter to Judge Roth

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June 20, 1972

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  • Case Files, Milliken Hardbacks. Correspondence from Porter to Judge Roth, 1972. 6615aa3d-53e9-ef11-a730-7c1e5247dfc0. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/aaf5346f-c04a-4906-89be-7369c2d64119/correspondence-from-porter-to-judge-roth. Accessed May 13, 2025.

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    JOHN W. PORTER
Superintendent of 
Public Instruction

—  STATE OF MICHIGAN

D E P A R T M E N T  O F  E D U C T I O N
Lansing, Michigan 48902

June 20, 1972

The Honorable Stephen J. Roth 
Judge o f  the U. S. D i s t r i c t  Court 
Southeastern D iv is io n  
802 Federal Building 
D e tr o i t ,  Michigan

STATE DOARD OF EDU CAT ION  

E D W IN  E. N O V A K ,  0.1). 
President

. MICHAEL J. DEEB 
Vice President

DR. GORTON K1ETHMILLER 
Secretary

THOMAS J. IiRENNAN 
Treasurer

MARILYN JEAN KELLY 
ANNETTA MILLER 

DR. CHARLES E. MORTON 
JAMES F. O 'NEIL 

G O V . WILLIAM G. M1I.L1 KEN 
Ex-Otftcio

Dear Judge Roth:

Consistent w ith  your Order f o r  the development o f  a Plan o f  
D esegregation  dated Wednesday, June 14, 1972, as State Superintendent 
o f  P u b lic  In s tru c t io n  f o r  Michigan, I am, on th is  date , June 20, 1972, 
d esign atin g  Dr. William F. P ie r ce ,  Deputy Superintendent o f  P u b lic  
In s tr u c t io n ,  as my designee  to  the nine-member panel d escr ibed  in 
sa id  o rd e r .

JWP:fc

c c :  The Honorable William M il l ik e n ,  Governor
The Honorable Frank J . K e lley ,  Attorney General
Dr. Edwin L. Novak, Pres ident, State Board o f  Education

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