Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 304]

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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE

UMVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

June 2 0 , 1 9 7 9

T h e J u n e meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in Room 509-10, Chicago Circle Center, Chicago Circle campus, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, J u n e 20, 1979, beginning at 10:00 a.m. 1 President William D. Forsyth, Jr., called the meeting to order and asked the secretary to call the roll. T h e following members of the board were present: Dr. E d m u n d R. Donoghue, Mr. William D. Forsyth, Jr., Mr. Ralph C. H a h n , Mr. George W. Howard III, Mr. Robert J. Lenz, Mrs. Nina T . Shepherd, Mr. Paul Stone, Mr. Arthur R. Velasquez. T h e following members of the board were absent: Mr. Earl Langdon Neal, Governor James R. Thompson. T h e following nonvoting student trustees were present: Mr. Paul A. Sobotka, Medical Center campus; Mr. Charles S. Watson, Urbana-Champaign campus. Miss Venus D. Kooper, Chicago Circle campus, was absent. Also present were President John E. Corbally; Dr. Peter E. Yankwich, vice president for academic affairs; Chancellor Joseph S. Begando, M e d i cal Center campus; Chancellor William P. Gerberding, U r b a n a - C h a m paign campus; Chancellor Donald H . Riddle, Chicago Circle campus,' and the officers of the board, Dr. Ronald W. Brady, comptroller (also vice president for administration for the University); Mr. James J. Costello, university counsel; and Dr. Earl W. Porter, secretary.

1 On May 15 and on June 19 and 20 before the regular meetings, and at scheduled meetings. of the Board as a Committee of the Whole, the trustees received preliminary background information on the Capital and Operating Budget Requests for Fiscal Year 1981. As in past years, this, procedure was designed to enable the trustees to familiame themselves with the development of the budget requests and to make judgments with regard to the final recommendations.

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