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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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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 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. O n motion of Mr. Howard, the resolution was adopted unanimously. ELECTION OF CIVIL SERVICE MERIT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. Day, Mr. Madden, and Miss Smith were elected to continue to serve on the Civil Service Merit Board on motion of Mr. Forsyth. STATE UNIVERSITIES RETIREMENT SYSTEM REPRESENTATIVES O n motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, the incumbent University representatives on the State Universities Retirement System Board, Mr. Forsyth and Mr. Howard, were reelected. RECESS T h e board recessed to permit the taking of photographs of the officers and members of the board. A meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee followed. T h e Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session a t 10:20 a.m. 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 Action, Board of Higher Education, Budget Request, Fiscal Year 1987 T h e president reported that if the recommendations of the Board of Higher Education were adopted, the momentum of support for higher education would continue, if not at the pace of the previous year. H e emphasized that a n 8 percent increase in compensation was recommended

1 University Senates Conference: Charles L. Cruder, professor and chairperson of the Department of Psychology, University Center; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: Kenneth W. Andersen, professor of speech communication and associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: Chicago campus Senate: Stanley K. Shapiro, professor and head of the Department of Biological Sciences, University Center.