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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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1996] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 585 President Stukel added that the Civic Committee in Chicago was supporting the Ikenberry Report. Dr. Ikenberry then briefly summarized other projects he has worked on for the past nine months. These included work for the Carnegie Commission for Higher Education on topics ranging from a study of retirement for TIAA/CREF to a report on school reform in Great Britain. He also told the board of his work on a national study of accreditation in U.S. higher education. BOARD MEETING RECESSED At this time, the board recessed for lunch. BOARD MEETING RECONVENED When the board reconvened at 1:50 p.m., attendance included the trustees and general officers as recorded at the beginning of these minutes. Also present was Student Trustee Chapin Rose. EXECUTIVE SESSION Chair Lamont, referring to Section Two of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order 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." The motion was made by Dr. Gindorf and approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Bacon, Mrs. Calder, Mr. Engelbrecht, Dr. Gindorf, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Lopez, Mrs. O'Malley, Ms. Reese; no, none; absent, Governor Edgar. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Mathew, Mr. Rose; no, none; absent, Mr. Malone.) Report from Chancellor, Chicago Possible Real Estate Acquisition Chancellor Broski told the board members that the campus would like to purchase a building for use by the School of Public Health in the vicinity of the UIC campus. He introduced Dean Susan Scrimshaw of the School of Public Health who gave the board members details of the school's needs and the characteristics of the building. Vice President Bazzani added information about the location of the building and the steps that would need to be taken to acquire it. Chancellor Broski indicated that the cost for purchase of this building would be approximately $2.5 million. He expanded on Dr. Bazzani's comments by describing several agreements and trades of space with other State and Cook County agencies that would need to occur in order to make this purchase possible.
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