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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[February 14

Wall, treasurer; and Dr. Michele M. T h o m p s o n , secretary. (Dr. Robert M. Berdahl, vice chancellor for academic affairs, Urbana-Champaign campus, attended the meeting for Chancellor Morton W. Weir.) In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. EXECUTIVE SESSION1 President Wolff, referring to Section T w o of the O p e n Meetings Act, stated: " A motion is now in o r d e r to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, to discuss campus security, and to receive legal advice from counsel." T h e motion was made by Ms. Reese and approved unanimously. Student Disruptions, Chicago Campus Interim Chancellor James J. Stukel and Vice Chancellor T h o m a s Beckham r e p o r t e d on several incidents of conflict between groups of students that had occurred in the previous two days. T h e basis for the disruptions seemed to be racial. Dr. Stukel reported that he had met with all of the students involved on two occasions in the preceding two days and that he had appointed a special task force to review the events and r e p o r t to him by the end of March 1991. Dr. Stanton Delaney, associate vice chancellor for student affairs, and Dr. Clarke Douglas, dean of students, joined the meeting for brief reports to the board members on these incidents. Request for Settlement Authority Mr. Higgins asked for approval to settle the Elsie Chris case, a medical malpractice case involving removal of adipose tissue from a patient that resulted in considerable scarring. T h e request was for settlement approval of $200,000. O n motion of Mr. Grabowski, this was approved unanimously.

1 Prior to the executive session, the Committee on Finance and Audit met to receive a report from Richard L. Margison, associate vice president for business and finance, and Douglas E. Beckmann, director, University Office of Cash Management and Investments. This included an overview of University investments and a summary of the compliance audit required by the State. Mr. Margison reported that the University had hired a consultant for a fee of $45,000 to help the staff of the University and the Foundation select short-term investments and a manager to oversee these. (A report distributed to the board for this committee meeting is on file with the secretary of the board.) Also, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds met and received a presentation from Vice President Craig S. Bazzani on the plans to select an underwriter and bond counsel for the refinancing of the Auxiliary Facilities System projects. Mr. J. Frederick Green, associate vice president for capital programs, then presented plans for several capital projects to the board and sought approval to proceed. These included: remodeling for the Chemical Engineering Building in Chicago; design of the Chemistry and Life Sciences Building in Urbana; design of the Superconductivity Center, Urbana; and site approval for a new building for the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Urbana. Approval was given for these. Approval of the design submitted for the Molecular Biology Building, Chicago, was deferred until the March meeting of the board.