Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1984
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324 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 15 EXECUTIVE SESSION President Forsyth, referring to Section Two 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." The motion was made by Mr. Madden and approved unanimously. Resignation, Chancellor John E. Cribbet President Ikenberry had sent the trustees letters from Chancellor Cribbet and from himself with regard to Mr. Cribbet's intention to resign at the end of the 1983-84 academic year. (Copies of the letters are filed with the secretary of the board for record.) Mr. Cribbet reviewed briefly his letter and persona] plans. The president reported he had taken steps to establish a search committee for a new chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and hoped to have it formed and in operation by the next meeting of the Board of Trustees. Settlement, R. Thomas Meyer Mr. Costello, university counsel, reported on the general nature of a settlement agreement made with R. Thomas Meyer concerning his relationship to the University. In accord with the agreement, he has now resigned and all parties have signed the agreement. Collective Bargaining President Ikenberry reported on a meeting of officers in higher education in Illinois with the governor, indicating that the governor is reviewing collective bargaining legislation but has not made a final decision as yet. Bills that have been passed and are now before the governor would apply both to the academic and nonacademic staff of the University. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS Mr. Forsyth announced that the executive session would be adjourned for a meeting of the board as a Committee of the Whole. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE: RESIGNATION, CHANCELLOR CRIBBET The board recessed to convene as a Committee of the Whole and to receive formal notification of Chancellor Cribbet's intent to resign at the end of the current year. President Ikenberry expressed his deep personal and professional regret that the chancellor had come to this decision but expressed his understanding and sympathy with the personal considerations that lay behind it — namely, his desire to return to the law faculty for the years prior to his retirement. President Forsyth extended the board's appreciation and respect for Mr. CriLbet's service to the University and for his leadership of the Urbana-Champaign campus.
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