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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[October 20

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr. Watson; no, none. On motion of Mr. Livingston, this amendment was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson.

Contract for Educational Services with Illinois Cancer Council, Medical Center

(14) T h e School of Public Health at the Medical Center has recommended the renewal of a contractual relationship with the Illinois Cancer Council which will make available to the school's educational programs the professional skills of the council along with its extensive data base. T h e contract, for an amount not to exceed $12,000, will extend from July 1, 1978, to June 30, 1979. Funds are available in the operating budget of the School of Public Health for FY 1979. T h e Illinois Cancer Council will provide to the School of Public Health: (1) instruction for graduate students in the epidemiology of cancer through two scheduled courses given at the Medical Center; (2) counseling for graduate students in cancer research methodology; and (3) consultation for students and faculty in the design and execution of epidemiological studies in cancer. T h e chancellor at the Medical Center has recommended approval of the contract. The vice president for academic affairs and the vice president for administration concur. I recommend approval.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, Mr. Watson; no, none. On motion of Mr. Neal, diis contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. Mrs. Rader asked to be recorded as not voting.

Establishment of Bank Accounts in India

(15) The Smithsonian Institution offers grants using "excess" U.S.-owned foreign currencies, requiring that funds be drawn from the U . S . Embassy located within the country involved and disbursed within that country. Financial reports must be submitted in which the University must certify the funds have been expended in accordance with the terms of the grant. Funds not expended must be returned to the U.S. Embassy. Officers of the Urbana-Champaign campus recently submitted two grant applications, totalling $55,000, which have been approved by the Smithsonian Institution and conditionally accepted subject to board approval. In b:;th cases, the grants are for travel funds to be used in connection with an international congress on anthropological and ethnological sciences to be held in India in December 1978. T h e principal investigators, Dr. Demitri Shimkin and Dr. Clark E. Cunningh a m , are faculty members in the Department of Anthropology. In order to facilitate the handling of financial transactions pertaining to these grants, the chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the vice president for administration be authorized to establish separate bank accounts in the State Bank of India, New Delhi, for the grants described. T h e funds are to be disbursed in accordance with the terms of the grants and in accord with University policies and procedures. I concur.