Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986
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1986] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 521 students in the audience, presumably members of the Divest Now Coalition. Trustee Forsyth (presiding in the absence of the chairman, Mr. Howard), requested order and issued the conventional warnings. When these were ignored, he directed the room be cleared and security officers took further action as necessary. The committee reconvened and received a request from three students (Joseph Moag, Sterling Sullivan, and Sia Lindstrom) of the Divest Now Coalition, for permission to speak. With the understanding there would be no further disruption, the request was granted and the students presented the following statement. Whereas, Reverend Sullivan has called for institutions to divest from corporations in South Africa by May of 1987 if apartheid is not dismantled, Then, be it resolved ihat the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois agree to begin the divestiture of their investments by May 1987, and to complete this action within two years if the following conditions have not been met in South Africa: (1) the abolition of all pass laws, (2) an end to the segregated living areas known as Bantustans, (3) one person, one vote representation in the government. The students took seats and soon after disrupted the meeting. Security officers removed them from the room, and the committee adjourned to be rescheduled at a later date. The Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session at 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 Report The president spoke briefly on the current state of budget review in Springfield; the new financial obligation to provide funds for coverage, under Medicare, to new employees, now a Federal requirement; and he reviewed the joint efforts of the Colleges of Engineering at Chicago and Urbana in fund-raising and other activities. MINUTES APPROVED The secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of January 16, 1986, copies of which had previously been sent to the board. On motion of Mrs. Day, these minutes were approved. REGULAR AGENDA The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. 1 University Senates Conference: Bruce L. Larson,^ professor of biological chemistry, Department of Animal Sciences, Urbana-Champaign campus; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: R. Linn Belford, professor of chemistry; Chicago campus> Senate: Stanley K. Shapiro, professor and head of the Department of Biological Sciences, University Center.
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