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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 13

those individuals whose completed projects were judged to be the most outstanding in terms of probable contribution to undergraduate education. A total of $6,000 has been made available for this purpose by the Standard Oil (Indiana) Foundation — $2,000 of which will be used for special awards for projects during the summer of 1969, with $4,000 reserved for projects during the summer of 1970. The Chancellors at the Chicago Circle and the Urbana-Champaign campuses each appointed a special committee to review the reports submitted by the grantees following the completion of their projects last summer. The committees were asked to select the most meritorious projects for recommendation to their respective chancellors. The Chancellors reviewed the recommendations and forwarded those endorsed to the Executive Vice President and Provost. As a result of these procedures of review and evaluation, the Executive Vice President and Provost recommends that special awards of $1,000 for each of the following projects be made: Chicago Circle Campus Charles A. Moore, Assistant Professor of Physical-Chemical Soil Engineering in the Department of Materials Engineering — Use of the IBM 1800 process control computer in instructional exercises for closed loop inter-relationship of physical and mathematical models of soil engineering problems. Urbana-Champaign Campus Mohamed I. Dessouky, Visiting Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering — Development of undergraduate operations research program in industrial engineering. I concur. On motion of Mr. Clement this recommendation was approved.

APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF FACULTY FOR UNIVERSITY REFORM (URBANA)

Professor Thomas A. Krueger, President of the "Faculty for University Reform," an organization at the Urbana campus, distributed and spoke to a brief statement in which it was suggested that the Board set aside time for "an open forum" at each meeting "for statements by faculty, students, and interested persons concerning general problems facing the University and the surrounding community," and to answer questions from the floor. Professor Krueger stated that he was not asking the Board to act at this time, but to consider the suggestion for the future. SECRETARY'S REPORT T h e Secretary presented for the record the following lists: appointments to the faculty made by the President; cancellations, declinations, and resignations; leaves of absence; cancellation of leave of absence; retirements. A copy of the report is filed with the Secretary. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E BOARD President H u g h e s called attention to the schedule of the next three meetings of the Board: December 17, 1969, Urbana-Champaign campus; J a n u a r y 21, 1970, Medical Center campus; F e b r u a r y 18, 1970, Chicago Circle campus.

ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

President Hughes announced that he will be in India as an Executive Visitor during December and that he will be absent from the December 17, 1969, Board meeting. H e suggested that the Board elect a President Pro Tempore to chair that meeting.