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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1996] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 543 He stated that most of the three percent increase will go for salary increases for faculty so as to stop the loss of good and experienced faculty at the campuses. Good News from the Campuses President Stukel noted that he was pleased to tell the trustees that Professor Ronald Adrian, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Urbana, was elected to the National Academy of Engineers, the highest distinction for an engineer. Dr. Stukel also said that Professor Adrian was cited for developing measurement techniques to characterize single and multi-phase turbulent flows and for the interpretation of turbulence measurements. The president also announced that Professors Joe Lyding and Carl Hess, Urbana, have discovered that using deuterium instead of hydrogen in the coating of silicon microchips can dramatically extend their lifetime and improve their performance. Dr. Stukel reported that this new process can extend the lifetime of a silicon microchip 10-50 times. Next, President Stukel reported that Dr. Dharmapuri Vidyasager, professor of pediatrics and head, Department of Neonatology, Chicago, was honored for his achievements by the National Council on Medical Affairs of the Association of Indians in America. Legislative Report The president asked Mr. Kirk Hard to report on the status of pending State legislation pertinent to the University. Mr. Hard discussed what was occurring with several bills before the legislature. Among them was the appropriation bill for the University of Illinois. Mr. Hard reported that a hearing before the Senate Appropriation Committee was scheduled for March 27, 1996. Another bill discussed was the bill to permit the University to retain its income fund. This is strongly supported by the University. Mr. Hard then told the trustees of a pending bill that would transfer the budgetary responsibility for funding the Cooperative Extension Service to the State Department of Agriculture. Next, he described a bill that would provide a grant of $500 to any student whose family did not contribute to his/her college expenses. He explained that this is a bill the University also supports. Mr. Hard then discussed the bill for an optional retirement program for public universities. He explained that no adequate funding provision had yet been proposed for this and the University would need to see this before determining support for it. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD Mr. Lamont noted that Governor Edgar visited the Beckman Institute for the first time in the past week. He mentioned that the governor spent most of one day on the campus viewing and hearing about the
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