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1970] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 33 Accordingly, the Board condemns the issuance of the original statement and rebukes the thirteen signatories for what it considers to be unprofessional expression. On the second and more significant issue, the Board accepts the declaration of intention as given by the respondents — that they intend to conduct their classes in accord with the standards described by the Head of the Department, endorsed by the Dean and Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and approved by the faculty Senate. The Board has been assured by the Head of the Department and the Dean of the College that such standards have been observed since the issuance of the statement. The Board will expect that any infractions of the declaration as submitted in the performance of University duties will receive prompt and appropriate attention by the responsible administrative officers and faculty committees. SECRETARY'S REPORT The Secretary presented for record the following lists: appointments to the faculty made by the President; resignations; declinations of summer quarter and declinations and resignations of summer session appointments: leaves of absence; and retirements. A copy of the report is filed with the Secretary. F U T U R E BOARD MEETINGS President Hughes announced that, as previously determined by the Board, the meetings of the Board for the remainder of the calendar year would be held as follows: August 12, Urbana-Champaign campus; September 16, Chicago Circle campus; October 21, Medical Center campus; November 13, Urbana-Champaign campus; and December 10, Allerton Park. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION President Hughes stated that an executive session had been requested and was being ordered for consideration of recommendations relating to patentable inventions and personnel items. On motion of Mr. Clement, the Board recessed. When the Board reconvened in Executive Session following lunch, the same members and officers of the Board, and officers of the University as recorded at the beginning of these minutes were present. The Board considered the following reports and recommendations. R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S O F T H E UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE (48) The University Patent Committee, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. 1. Synthesis of a self-propagating and infectious nucleic acid — Solomon Spiegelman, former Professor of Microbiology and Ichiro Haruna, former Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Urbana, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. The Committee recommends that twenty per cent of net income received be distributed to the inventors. (On November 18, 1965, the Board of Trustees approved release of the University's rights in this invention to the University of Illinois Foundation with the request that no steps be taken at that time that could be construed as exploitation of the invention for financial gain, that no major step be taken by the Foundation in the administration of the patent without prior consultation with the Board of Trustees, and that any licensing arrangement proposed should be subject to Board of Trustees approval.) 2. Attenuated vaccine for bovine anaplasmosis — Miodrag Ristic, Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Hygiene and of Veterinary Research, Urbana cam-
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