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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Dismissal Proceedings, Associate Professor Edward J. Wawszkiewicz Chancellor Langenberg and University Counsel Higgins reported that actions leading to dismissal are now being taken in the instance of Edward J. Wawszkiewicz, associate professor of microbiology and immunology in the College of Medicine at Chicago, who has not appeared for work nor been paid for several months over the past year. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED1 There being no further business, the executive session was adjourned. T h e board reconvened in regular session at 9:15 a.m. PRESENTATION, EMERITUS AWARDS T h e board had invited ten former trustees of the University to receive the Trustee Emeritus Award, a recognition conferred upon former trustees who have retired from the board and who wish to accept such a designation. Present for the occasion were the following former trustees: Mrs. Galey S. Day of Belvidere, Dr. Edmund R. Donoghue of Wilmette, Mr. Robert J. Lenz of Hudson, Mr. Park Livingston of L a Grange, Mr. Dean E. M a d d e n of Decatur, Mrs. Jane Hayes Rader of Cobden, Mr. Paul Stone of Sullivan, and Mr. Arthur R. Velasquez of Palos Hills. (Former trustees Earl L. Neal and Russell Steger, both of Chicago, were unable to attend and will be presented their awards at a subsequent meeting.) Each of the emeriti was introduced and presented the award by the trustee noted below. 2 Each received a certificate and a gold medallion of the University Seal, engraved and mounted. T h e presenting trustees described the work of the trustee honored and his or her service on the board. I n turn, each trustee emeritus spoke briefly expressing the personal pleasure and satisfaction the work had given him. All were greeted with a standing round of applause by the trustees and by the audience. 3 MINUTES APPROVED T h e secretary presented for approval the press proofs of the minutes of

1 On the previous day, March 9, the Board of Trustees, several former trustees, members of the University Senates Conference and others met with the president and general officers at AUerton House, Monticello, Illinois, in a one-day retreat devoted to discussing the long-range objectives of the University and its relationship to the society it serves. 1 Trustee Presenter Galey S. Day Ralph C. Hann Edmund R. Donoghue Charles P. Wolff Robert J. Lenz Judith Ann Calder Park Livingston Susan L. Gravenhorst Dean E. Madden Ann E. Smith Jane Hayes Rader Nina T. Shepherd Paul Stone William D. Forsyth, Jr. Arthur R. Velasquez Albert N. Logan * Meetings of the Buildings and Grounds and Student Welfare and Activities Committees followed the emeritus ceremony. In the course of the Student Welfare Committee agenda, preliminary presentations were made with regard to student fees and i other charges projected for 1988-89 and testimony from student speakers was received, especially with regard to the increase in the computer fee at the Urbana campus. No final recommendations were presented at this meeting; such recommendations will be on the Board of Trustees' agenda at the April meeting.