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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 10

2. The Nobel Medal for physics, awarded in 1972 (for research on superconductivity). 3. The Franklin Medal of The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, awarded in 1975 (for research on semiconductors and superconductivity). 4. The Lomonosov Gold Medal of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, awarded in 1988 (the highest award given by the Soviet Union). Elizabeth A. Bardeen Greytak then commented on the rich life John Bardeen had at the Urbana campus because of the quality of the people he found here. She said she was particularly pleased that her father's papers could stay at this campus that he valued so much, because of his associations. Mrs. Jane M. Bardeen then shared with the trustees her sense of pleasure at coming to the University in 1951 and how much this campus and the many friends they found here have meant to her and her family. President Ikenberry then thanked Mrs. Bardeen, William Bardeen, and Elizabeth Bardeen Greytak for this most generous gift to the University and accepted the medals with great pleasure and conveyed them to Chancellor Weir for safekeeping. Chancellor Weir received the medals on behalf of the Urbana campus and expressed his deep appreciation and affection to the Bardeen family. Further, Chancellor Weir remarked on a lesson that might be taken from the life and work of John Bardeen saying that *'people can take a lesson from what John Bardeen did here. That lesson is that those who are looking for a 'quick fix' or an immediate outcome for research should understand that some things of fundamental importance can in the long run lead to more important advances for our society than those things that emphasize just tomorrow's bottom line." Chancellor Weir then stated: "these medals and other memorabilia will be displayed in the World Heritage Museum on the Urbana campus and when that becomes the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures there will be a special permanent exhibit there. The papers are already in the library and in the archives and will serve as a wonderful monument and as a continuing source of scholarship in the years to come." Mrs. Gravenhorst then thanked the Bardeen family on behalf of the board and told them that the board was deeply honored at the receipt of these very important medals.

BOARD MEETING RECESSED

The board recessed at 12:30 p.m. for luncheon. Following a meeting of the Committee on Student Welfare and Activities,1 the board reconvened in regular session at 2:15 p.m.

1 Dr. Stanley R. Levy, vice chancellor for student affairs at the Urbana campus, and members of his staff presented reports on special programs within student affairs designed to bring students into contact with faculty members in ways that will enhance the usual curricular contact.