Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994
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588 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 9 the Board of Trustees' share of that settlement being $733,333. The plaintiff alleges that our defendants failed to diagnose an intracerebral hemorrhage which resulted in the death of plaintiff's descendent. The vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend approval. By consensus, the trustees approved of this recommendation as submitted, formal action to be taken subsequently when the board convenes in open meeting. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED There being no further business, the executive session was adjourned and the board reconvened in regular session at 3:30 p.m. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Stukel recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference.1 President's Report The president reported to the board on the hearings that had taken place in the House of Representatives of the General Assembly on the University's budget for Fiscal Year 1997. These hearings had occurred between the April and May meetings of the board. Dr. Stukel then remarked on the progress of State legislation concerning the University and referred the trustees to the report on the status of pending legislation that had been provided them. He noted that the bill to permit the University to retain its income from tuition had passed both chambers of the General Assembly and was now on the governor's desk, awaiting approval, it is hoped. Accomplishments on the Campuses President Stukel commented on the recent commencement at UIC, noting that it was the largest ever and thanked those trustees who attended. The president then reported on a particular item of accomplishment at the campus. He mentioned the work of Professor Anna Roosevelt of the Anthropology Department at the Chicago campus. He said that Professor Roosevelt has produced evidence that offers a challenge to conventional thinking about the origins of the first human inhabitants of the New World. He noted that her research in Brazil has led her to conclude that a separate Indian civilization existed in the Amazon Basin whose culture was unrelated to the Indians who crossed over the Bering Strait. 1 University Senates Conference: Geneva G. Belford, professor of computer science, Urbana; Chicago Senate: Gerald S. Strom, professor of political science; Springfield Senate: Ronald E. Ettinger, professor, experimental studies; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: H. George Friedman, Jr., associate professor of computer science and director of undergraduate programs in computer science and Nancy Patricia O'Brien, educational and social sciences librarian and professor of library administration, University Library.
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