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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 14

Commissioning of Sculpture of Arnold O. Beckman

(31) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends the commissioning of a sculpture of Dr. Arnold O. Beckman to be located in the rotunda at the main entrance of the Beckman Institute at the Urbana campus. The sculpture is to be a bronze, of museum quality, and traditional in artistic style. It will be a life-size rendering and will be mounted upon a pedestal. It is recommended that Dr. Peter Fagan be employed for the artistic services required in an amount of $75,000. Dr. Fagan is professor of art in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the Urbana campus and a distinguished sculptor,, the creator of a number of outstanding works. Funds for this purpose are available from private gift funds available in the Office of the President. O n m o t i o n of Miss S m i t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d by t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : Aye, Mrs. Galder, M r . Forsyth, M r s . Gravenhorst, M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L o g a n , M r s . S h e p h e r d , Miss S m i t h , M r . Wolff; n o , n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n . ( T h e student advisory v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . Filip, M r . Starkeson; n o , none.)

Conveyance of Douglas County Property to State of Illinois

(32) In February 1966, the Board of Trustees authorized the purchase of 82 acres in Douglas County for the use of the Department of Astronomy as the site of an optical telescope; and for the relocation of the South Observatory from Florida Avenue at the Urbana campus. With the help of a Federal grant, the University constructed two separate buildings on the site to house the telescope and related observational equipment. The Department of Astronomy utilized this facility through the spring of 1981 at which time the 40-inch optical telescope was relocated to the Mount Laguna Observatory in California where it is now operated under a joint arrangement between the University of Illinois and San Diego State University. All other operations at this site were discontinued. The University has no further need for this property. The Illinois Department of Conservation operates Walnut Point State Park which is separated from the former telescope site by four small strips of land which the department is acquiring, and it has expressed interest in acquiring the University tract to allow for further expansion of the park. Since the University has no further use for the property, the chancellor at Urbana has recommended that the property be conveyed by a quit-claim deed to the Illinois Department of Conservation. I concur and request that the following resolution be adopted to implement the conveyance.

Resolution Authorizing Conveyance of University Property in Douglas County, Illinois, to State of Illinois

Whereas the State of Illinois desires to utilize the following described property for certain public purposes; and Whereas the State of Illinois through its Department of Central Management Services has requested that title to the hereinafter described property be conveyed to the State of Illinois by this public corporation for use by the State of Illinois Department of Conservation; and