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will provide seven dark rooms, an electronic laboratory, a wet laboratory, three offices, lecture and seminar rooms, and separate prep growth and cold rooms. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Madden, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Lamm, Mr. Pittman; no, none.)

Contract for Chimney Repair, lllini Union, Urbana (36) T h e president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of a contract for $98,550 to Barber & DeAtley, Inc., Urbana, the low base bidder, to rebuild four brick chimneys in the center portion of the original lllini Union building at the Urbana campus. Funds are available in the Fiscal Year 1985 Auxiliary Facilities System Repair and Replacement Reserve Account. T h e original lllini Union was constructed in 1939. Over the years, the chimneys have deteriorated and now are beyond normal repair. The project includes removing the chimneys to the stone coursing above the roof and rebuilding them. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Mr. Madden, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Logan, Mr. Madden, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Mrs. Shepherd, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Lamm, Mr. Pittman; no, none.)

Employment of Architect/Engineer for Addition to Swanlund Administration Building, U r b a n a (37) T h e Swanlund Administration Building was dedicated in June 1983. The project was financed from gifts to the University of Illinois Foundation from Mrs. Maybelle Swanlund in memory of her late husband, Lester H. Swanlund. The completed building has three floors and a partial basement and was designed to accommodate two additional floors, each with 5,700 gross square feet. Mrs. Swanlund has expressed her intention to make additional gifts, and additional gifts have been received. T h e Swanlund Building Fund has a balance in excess of $820,000. T h e University of Illinois Foundation and the Urbana campus have requested that an architect now be employed to develop the contract documents. (The project is estimated to cost $1,700,000.) The president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University of Illinois Foundation be requested to employ the firm of Unteed, Scaggs, Fritch, Nelson, Ltd., Champaign, the architect for the original building, for the professional services required through the development of contract documents at a lump-sum fee of $55,000, plus $2,500 for reimbursable expenses authorized by the University. T h e cost of employing the architect is to be financed from gifts (including earnings thereon) from Mrs. Swanlund.

On motion of Mr. Madden, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr.