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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 19

M E E T I N G O F E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E O N J U N E 19, 1958

On call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on Thursday, June 19, 1958, beginning at 1:30 p.m. The following, constituting all members of the Committee, were present: Mr. Park Livingston, Chairman, Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Also present were Mr. Cushman B. Bissell, Mrs. Doris S. Holt, Mr. Vernon L. Nickell, Mr. Timothy W. Swain, and Mr. Kenney E. Williamson of the Board of Trustees; President David D. Henry, VicePresident and Provost Gordon N. Ray, Dr. H. E. Longenecker, VicePresident in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, Executive Dean C. C. Caveny of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, Mr. Ralph F. Lesemann, Legal Counsel, Mr. C. E. Flynn, Director of Public Information, Mr. Morris S. Kessler, Assistant Comptroller; and Mr. H. O. Farber, Comptroller, and Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board. The Committee considered the following reports and recommendations submitted by the President of the University.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE (1) The University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendations relating In inventions by members of the staff. 1. Functionalizing steroids at G 8 — Elias J. Corey, Professor of Organic Chemistry, and Walter R. Hertler, graduate student (Ph.D., 1958), inventors. This invention essentially is a method for the synthesis of certain types of steroids, which were not readily accessible previously, and which may in some cases possess desirable and useful physiological activity. None of the specific compounds synthesized so far are physiologically active, however. The Patent Committee believes that at present the invention has no commercial value and that the development of this invention would be very expensive. However, it might be possible to arrange with a company to do the development work with some chance for future royalty payments to the University. For these reasons, the Committee recommends that the invention be released to the University of Illinois Foundation for investigation of its commercial value and that, if the Foundation finds that no commercial value exists, the invention be released to the inventors. 2. Controlled contact cutting tool — B. T. Chao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and K. J. Trigger, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, inventors. This invention concerns a new method of cutting tool preparation which restricts the contact between the chip and the tool so that the temperature there is minimized. It results in a substantial reduction in power consumption, an increase 11 1 tool life, more efficient utilization of cutting fluids, and improved surface finish on the machined work piece. After investigation by the University of Illinois Foundation, the Committee finds that this invention has no commercial value and most likely can not be patented. Therefore, the Committee recommends that the invention be released to the Chicago Ordnance District, Department of the Army, sponsor of the research project which produced this invention. 3. Planar logarithmically periodic antenna structures — R. H. DuHameL former Research Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, inventor. This invention concerns antenna structures for which the input impedance and radiation patterns vary periodically with the logarithm of the frequency. The antennas are approximately linearly polarized, and bi-directional beams of equal principal plan1 beamwidths are obtained. T h e beamwidth may be controlled to a considerable extent by the geometry of the structure. , T h e Committee believes that consideration of a patent application would