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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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corporation's name, including those drawn to the individual order of any person or persons whose name or names appear thereon as signer or signers thereof, when bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signatures of the two following: president and secretary; and the First National Bank (including its correspondent banks) shall be entitled to honor and to charge this corporation for all such checks, drafts, or other orders, regardless of by whom or by what means the facsimile signature or signatures thereon may have been affixed thereto, if such facsimile signature or signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the First National Bank of Chicago by the secretary or other officer of this corporation. And Be It Further Resolved that the state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to honor vouchers bearing facsimile signatures of the president and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois if such facsimile signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the state comptroller by the secretary. These authorizations are to continue in effect until the state comptroller has been supplied with specimen signatures of succeeding officers of this board. RECESS At this point, the board recessed briefly to permit the taking of photographs. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 President's Reports T h e president presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed witfi the secretary of the board. Budget Requests for Fiscal 1981 President Ikenberry reviewed the actions of the Board of Higher Education at its January 1980 meeting emphasizing the degree to which the University's request for compensation was supported, as well as the "energy package." H e noted that the suggested increase in tuition of $48 per year was consistent with a general belief in the relationship between shared benefits and shared costs. He expressed concern that the recommendations were deficient in support of new programs but was encouraged by the status given to the Library addition at UrbanaChampaign in the capital recommendations. H e also reported on a meeting with the governor, from which he drew the general view that the governor shared the University's concern and position with regard to the high priority to be given to compensation and to energy.

1 University Senates Conference: Rose Ann Grundman, associate professor of mathematics in medicinal chemistry at the Medical Center, and Robert G. Spitze, professor of agricultural economics at the Urbana-Champaign campus; Medical Center Senate: Dr. Ruy V. Lourenco, Edmund F. Foley Professor of Medicine; Urbana-Champaign Senate: Bernice Lord-Hulsizer, physics librarian and associate professor of library administration. There was no representative from the Chicago Circle Senate.