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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

May 9, 1996

The May meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Pine Lounge, Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois, on Thursday, May 9, 1996, beginning at 12:05 p.m.1 Chair Thomas R. Lamont called the meeting to order and asked the secretary to call the roll. The following members of the board were present: Dr. Gloria Jackson Bacon, Mrs. Judith Ann Calder, Mr. William D. Engelbrecht, Dr. Jeffrey Gindorf,2 Mrs. Susan L. Gravenhorst, Mr. Thomas R. Lamont, Ms. Ada N. Lopez, Mrs. Martha R. O'Malley, Ms. Judith R. Reese. Governor Jim Edgar was absent. Mr. Roy Mathew, nonvoting student trustee, Chicago campus, was present. The following

1 Prior to this, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds met to receive reports on several recommendations to be presented to the board for a vote later in the meeting. These included a contract for a J o b Order Contracting System, a means for reducing costs of estimates of minor construction jobs, a recommendation for selection of a landscape architect for several projects at the Chicago campus, and a recommendation for selection of an architect/engineer for the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Laboratory at Urbana. A status report on all capital projects underway was also presented. T h e Committee on the University Hospital and Clinics also met to discuss recent developments in the process of requesting a Certificate of Need for the construction of the Ambulatory Care facility in Chicago; an update on deliberations within the Veterans Affairs Department concerning continuation of certain patient services at the Westside V.A. Medical Center; a recommendation for an agreement with the city of Chicago to manage the Mile Square Health Center; and a performance report for the University Hospital for the third quarter, Fiscal Year 1996. 2 Dr. Gindorf joined the meeting at 10:55 a.m.

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