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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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3. Provide planning funds for structures and facilities to house and conduct the programs of the institute as provided in SB 1344. (A specific program to provide the budget details for implementing this plan is now being prepared for inclusion in the FY 1981 Operating Budget Request.) Accordingly, the vice president for administration has recommended that: (1) the operating budget request be increased to provide operating and maintenance funds for the Formfit Building as stated above; and (2) the plan as described be approved for the funding of the Fire Service Institute and appropriate adjustments be made in the budget requests for FY 1981. I recommend approval.

Leigh F. J. Zerbee Scholarship

(15) The will of Leigh F. J. Zerbee 1 created a trust with the Farmer's Bank of Delaware by which the income was paid to his brother during the brother's lifetime. Upon the brother's death (which occurred on December 4, 1958), the income from the trust was to be paid to the University of Illinois: . . . for the purpose of establishing a civil engineering scholarship for needy students specializing in military science; said scholarship to be known as the "Zerbee Scholarship." This scholarship to be awarded under the rules and regulations to be established by said University and it shall go to one student every four years unless the fund becomes large enough to entirely finance more than one student. T h e first scholarship was awarded in 1960-61. Between 1961 and 1971, twenty-three undergraduate students received scholarships, some for more than one year. From 1971 to 1973, three graduate students were awarded fellowships from the fund. However, since 1973, no awards of any kind have been made because of the lack of students meeting the requirements. Over $20,000 has accumulated. The requirements and restrictions contained in the will appear to be: (1) the scholarship must be in civil engineering, (2) the recipient must be "needy," and (3) the recipient must be a student "specializing in military science." It is desirable to use the fund to provide scholarships to those students meeting the requirements of the will and to use excess funds to provide scholarships to students most closely meeting the criteria. The proposed use of the excess funds makes it desirable to obtain a construction or reformation of the trust created by the will. The president of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the university counsel be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to obtain the utilization of the funds available.

Employment of Architect and Engineer, Repair of the Patio, lllini Union, Urbana

(16) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the employment of Richardson, Severns, Greene, Rishling & Associates, Champaign, to provide the professional architectural and engineering services required in the planning, design, and construction for a project to repair the patio of the lllini Union building at the Urbana campus. T h e firm proposes to do the work for a lump sum fee of $14,000 plus reimbursements authorized by the University (estimated to be $2,500).

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Mr. Zerbee was a 1911 graduate of the University in civil engineering;.