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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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property at 1210 West Green Street, Urbana, and certain properties in Chicago, fronting on the Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Building property, on the east side of South Wood Street between Polk and Taylor Streets. The Committee has considered this proposal, and its members have inspected the properties. Other than a filling station at the west end, which is not now available, the property in question is the last parcel fronting on Green Street between Mathews and Goodwin Avenues not owned by the University. Its acquisition is desirable, and it is available at a satisfactory price. The University needs additional land in Chicago for future development, especially for nurses and student housing. T h e condition of the properties under consideration is such that their acquisition and assumption of care by the University would be an advantage, and it is believed that they could be acquired on a satisfactory basis at this time. Director Havens recommended the acquisition of eight different properties at a total cost estimated between $51,000 and $75,500. Because of limitation of funds, it appears that not more than $50,000 can be made available for these purchases at this time. The Committee recommends that an appropriation of $50,000 be made from the General Reserve Fund for the purchase of the property at 1210 West Green Street, Urbana, and for the purchase of such properties on South Wood Street between Polk and Taylor Streets, Chicago, as can be secured within this total and within the range of prices indicated in the report of Director Havens. It further recommends that F a r r & Company, who have served the University in the purchase of other properties in this section, be retained as the agent of the University for negotiating these purchases, under the same terms as in the past.

F R A N K H . MCKELVEY, JOHN R. FORNOF KARL A. MEYER M A R T I N G. L U K E N Chairman

O n m o t i o n of M r . M c K e l v e y , t h e s e p u r c h a s e s a n d t h e e m p l o y m e n t of F a r r a n d C o m p a n y w e r e a u t h o r i z e d , a n d t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s made by the following vote: Aye, M r . Davis, M r . Fornof, M r . Livingston, D r . L u k e n , M r . McKelvey, D r . Meyer, M r . Nickell; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Green, M r s . Grigsby, M r . Jensen, M r . K a r r a k e r . A t this point, M r . J e n s e n took his place w i t h the B o a r d . O n m o t i o n of M r . D a v i s , t h e i n s t i t u t i o n of c o n d e m n a t i o n p r o c e e d ings a n d t h e e m p l o y m e n t of o u t s i d e c o u n s e l w a s a u t h o r i z e d a s m a y be n e c e s s a r y t o a c q u i r e title t o c e r t a i n p r o p e r t y . MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD T h e Board considered the following matters presented by the President of t h e U n i v e r s i t y . APPOINTMENT OF DEAN O F THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (1) Under the University Statutes, Dr. David J. Davis will retire from active service as Dean of the College of Medicine, Professor of Pathology, and Head of the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology, and Public Health, on September

1, 1943-

The appointment of his successor is an important matter, affecting as it does the future development of the College of Medicine. Doctor Davis holds the dual position of Dean and Head of one of the large departments in the College of Medicine—the Department of Pathology, Bacteriology, and Public Health, which in some institutions consists of two or three separate departments. A special committee of the faculty has been studying qualifications of candidates for the headship of a Department of Pathology, and its studies thus far indicate that it will be highly desirable to create two departments out of the present combination, (1) the Department of Pathology, and (2) the Department of Bacteriology and Public Health. Prior to his appointment as Dean of the College of Medicine, Doctor Davis was Head of the Department of