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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 11

business and finance); Mr. Byron H. Higgins, university counsel; Mr. B e r n a r d T. Wall, treasurer; and Dr. Michele M. T h o m p s o n , secretary. In addition, the following persons were also in attendance: Mr. Donald K. Coe, director, University Office of Public Affairs; Mr. Kirk Hard, executive assistant to the president of the University; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, associate secretary. EXECUTIVE SESSION1 President Wolff, referring to Section T w o of the O p e n Meetings Act, stated: " A motion is now in o r d e r to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation, the acquisition of real property, to discuss campus security, and to receive legal advice from counsel." T h e motion was made by Mr. Boyle and approved unanimously. Personnel Matters At the first executive session, attendance was limited to the trustees, the president of the University, the secretary of the board, and the treasurer of the board. During this portion of the executive session President Ikenberry shared information regarding the search for a chancellor at the Chicago campus. H e delineated the procedures followed by the search committee and described the process of review of applicants. T h e president explained that as a part of this search process an executive search firm with experience in higher education executive searches had been hired to aid the committee. T h e president concluded his remarks by indicating to the b o a r d members that he would want them to have a r e p o r t from the chairman of the search committee in the next few weeks, to explain further the work of the committee and that interviews with candidates would commence at about the same time. At 9:35 a.m., the following persons joined the group: Mr. Coe, Mr. H a r d , Mr. Higgins, Dr. Resek, Dr. Stukel, Dr. Weir, and Mr. Wicklund. Litigation Mr. Higgins presented the status of two cases for review: (1) settlement has been offered by attorneys in the Harvis case of $125,000, which involved the death of a student on a marine biology field trip; and (2) m e m b e r s of the Board of Trustees as well as several University of Illinois administrators have been sued by Dr. Ferrier, a former faculty

1 On Thursday, January 10, 1991, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds met to receive reports recommending the employment of a construction manager for remodeling Harker Hall and an architect for planning ana bidding a new building for the Institute of Government and Public Affairs. Both of these projects are at Urbana. In addition, Dr. Bazzani presented a plan for remodeling and building additions to facilities in the Auxiliary Facilities System; together with several bond financing alternatives for funding these projects. Following this meeting, the trustees toured the Rehabilitation-Education Services facility and visited all units within that operation.