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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signatures of the two following: president and secretary; and the First National Bank of Chicago (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.

Appointments of Committees and Election to Other Boards President Shepherd announced that nominations and appointments for these posts would be considered and announced at the next meeting of the board. RECESS T h e board recessed briefly to permit the taking of photographs of the officers and members of the board. T h e board reconvened at 9:45 a.m. Following a report to the Committee on Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, 1 the trustees met as a Committee of the Whole to receive a final report on the Campaign for Illinois from officers of the University of Illinois Foundation. MEETING AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Present were Alan M . Hallene, president of the University of Illinois Foundation, and Lewis W. Barron, vice president and chief executive officer. Mr. Barron reviewed the strategy and the scope of the five-year Campaign for Illinois which ended on December 31, 1984, and announced that the goal of $100 million had been exceeded by a considerable amount, for a final total of $132 million in hand or pledged, received from over 43,000 contributors. H e emphasized that these funds were collected while the University was maintaining its regular annual giving program. Mr. Hallene discussed the importance of the program of 2,500 volunteers in 19 regional centers across the country who called on over 25,000 alumni in conducting the fund-raising effort. He paid special tribute to Mr. Thomas Murphy who served as campaign chairman and whose role was essential to the success of the campaign, in particular to the support received from the business and industrial community. It was m a d e clear

1 The committee met in a second of two meetings to^ receive information on various aspects of equal opportunity and affirmative action programs within the University. Vice President Weir presented Michele M. Thompson, associate vice president for personnel services, who spoke of documents submitted to the trustees in advance (copies are filed with the secretary for record). Chancellor Everhart also spoke briefly on the overall problems in faculty recruitment and emphasized the need for balancing "equity" and "excellence" in the search for faculty members from minority groups and from among women. He identified a variety of programs the University has in process to promote opportunity and affirmative action.