Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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6 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 19 MINUTES APPROVED The secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of March 15, 1978, copies of which had previously been sent to die board. On motion of Mr. Forsyth, mese minutes were approved as printed on pages 551-579 inclusive. INTRODUCTION, STUDENT TRUSTEES President Howard introduced the student members for 1978-79 who were officially attending their first meeting of the board: Miss Kooper, Mr. Sobotka, and Mr. Watson. Mr. Howard spoke briefly, welcoming the students to service on the board and indicating die character of service provided by the trustees and their general expectations and attitudes concerning that service. He also assigned die student members to board committees as follows: all three were assigned to die Student Welfare and Activities Committee and to the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Committee. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President's Reports Report on Selected Topics of Current Interest President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed widi die secretary of die board. Legislative Session We in the University of Illinois community are deeply grateful for the strong support given the University, its people, programs, and services by the state's public officials in recent months, and particularly during the legislative session just ended. In March, Governor Thompson announced a budget which allocated to higher education a major portion of the state's total new resources and which provided the largest annual increment ever received by the University. The higher education recommendations in the budget were subsequently approved by both chambers of the General Assembly in an atmosphere which was more supportive of the University than I have witnessed since assuming presidency in 1971. At the same time, the University also received appropriation approval for capital expenditures to maintain the older facilities of our physical plant and to begin construction of a major phase of Food for Century Three. The leadership of both parties in both houses of the General Assembly deserves our thanks, with special commendation to Senator Stanley Weaver and Representatives Virgil Wikoff and Helen Satterthwaite, who sponsored our appropriations legislation. We will do our best to continue to merit the support of these and other special friends. REGULAR AGENDA The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University.
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