Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 51]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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EXECUTIVE SESSION President Forsyth, referring to Section T w o of the Open Meetings Act, stated: "A motion is now in order to hold an executive session to consider information regarding the appointment, employment, or dismissal of employees or officers, and to discuss pending, probable, or imminent litigation against or on behalf of the University and to discuss the acquisition of real property." T h e motion was m a d e by Mrs. Day and approved unanimously. T h e university counsel, Mr. Costello, reported briefly on two items of pending litigation: (1) a complaint by members of the University police at the Chicago campus, claiming rights to overtime and extra-time service as security guards at the Pavilion; and (2) a complaint from Illini Media, Inc., Urbana, seeking, through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, documents concerning the NCAA investigation of the University's football program. President Ikenbeny reported on the personnel involved in an item on the September agenda (Establishment of Center for Supercomputing Research and Development, U r b a n a ) . H e reviewed the efforts to retain the services of Professor David Kuck in this research activity, noting as well that announcements would be forthcoming of grant support from the AT&T Information Systems ($3.2 million) to the Department of Computer Science at U r b a n a and that there is the possibility of an additional $14 million or more over the next several years for joint research and development in supercomputing at both campuses. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED FOR MEETING OF THE BOARD AS A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Mr. Forsyth announced that the executive session would be adjourned for a meeting of the board as a Committee of the Whole. T h e board reconvened in regular session at 11:05 a.m. NOTE: After the executive session, the board met as a Committee of the Whole to receive presentations from deans and other senior staff members from the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences at each campus: from the Chicago campus Dean Philip Dwinger, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Lawrence S. Poston, and Associate Dean Jay A. Levine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; from the Urbana-Champaign campus Dean William F. Prokasy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Director Nina Baym, School of Humanities, and Director Samuel Kaplan, School of Life Sciences. They presented information regarding the two colleges and current roles of service throughout the two campuses. Similarly, they reported on the difficulties raised by recent budget limitations, now compounded by increased demand in certain liberal arts areas, and related these problems to the fundamental missions of these two colleges within the University. President Ikenbeny noted the need in both colleges for additional facilities and equipment as well as general support. (Special appropriations are being requested by the University in the coming legislative session.)