Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944 [PAGE 121]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 17

4. Administrative Leadership at the University of Illinois T h e principal reason given by Booz, Fry, Allen, & Hamilton in support of their proposal to add three new executive officers of high rank is based on the assertion that "the driving force of the profit motive which characterizes American industry is lacking, and no driving administrative leadership has taken its place." In view of this assertion, it seems important and appropriate to present certain facts about what has been done at the University during the eight years since the present administration went into office on July 1, 1934. This comparative factual record covering important phases of University activities is as true a measure of administrative accomplishments or otherwise as can be secured from objective data. T h e order in which the items are presented has no significance as to their relative importance. Nor is the list exhaustive; it is merely representative, and confined to essential facts, all of which are fully supported by detailed data and complete information. 1. Student Enrollment (Urbana and Chicago): 1933 9.996 2,382 12,378 194' 13,060 4,320 17,380

Winter Session (Nov. 1) Summer Session Total 2. Faculty and Staff

Urbana Chicago Total

(not including laboratory and temporary employees) : Oct. 25 Nov. 1 1934 i94i 1,417 2,025 470 813 1,887 2,838

3. Biennial Appropriation (including both Urbana and Chicago divisions): $11,594,902 for 1933-1935; $19,339,127 for 1941-1943 (of this total for 1941-1943, $1,871,938 was transferred from the Department of Public Welfare as part of the reorganization of the program of the College of Medicine in Chicago). 4. Current University Income for Biennium (including all sources): $11,787,169 for 1933-1935; $22,160,179 for 1941-1943 (estimated for 1942-1943). These amounts include Federal funds received directly by the University, gifts, and trust funds, in addition to the biennial appropriations indicated in the preceding paragraph. 5. New Buildings and Other Capital Improvements Since 1934: In addition to the major items listed below, totaling $7,868,974, minor capital improvements, such as remodeling and modernization of existing buildings, a new telephone system, and improvements in the water system, have cost approximately $450,000 during this period. A State appropriation of $125,000 for a Band Building was made for the 1941-1943 biennium, but construction was postponed on account of war priorities. Metallurgical Laboratory addition $ 49 998 Dentistry, Medicine, and Pharmacy Building (Second Unit) 1 818 836 Library addition 222 216 McKinley Hospital addition (South W i n g ) 181 101 Gregory Hall 888 713 Illini Union Building ( U r b a n a ) I 483 004 Abbott Power Plant and Distribution System 1 685 934 Men's Residence Hall 690 563 Chicago Illini Union Building 101 274 Total from University Funds $7 121 639 Natural Resources Building 582 3351 Natural Resources Garage and Service Building 70 ooo1 Geological Survey Laboratory 95 ooo1 Total $7 868 974

'State appropriation made to the Department of Registration and Education.