Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1982 [PAGE 14]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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recommended settlement of both cases for the total payment of $52,015. Under prior Board of Trustees action the executive vice president is to inform the Board of Trustees of any workers' compensation claim in which payment for loss of income and medical expenses exceeds $30,000 and submit to the board for its approval any payment for permanent disability in excess of $30,000. While the amount allocated to permanent disability in any negotiated settlement of each of the two cases might be within the executive vice president's delegated authority, he has recommended that the board approve the settlement of both cases filed by Mr. Petkus in an amount not to exceed $52,015. I concur. On motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Maltese, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Silverman; no, none.) EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS Mr. Forsyth announced that the executive session would be adjourned for meetings of the Finance Committee and the Buildings and Grounds Committee. T h e Board of Trustees' regular meeting reconvened at 11 a.m. INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF STUDENT TRUSTEES President Forsyth introduced the student members for 1980-81 who were officially attending their first meeting of the board: Mr. Joseph P. Maltese, Chicago Circle campus; Mr. Gregory J. Peterson, Urbana-Champaign campus; and Mr. David I. Silverman, Medical Center campus. M r . Forsyth spoke briefly, welcoming the students to service on the board and read a brief installation statement as follows: The Statutes of the State of Illinois provide that there shall be three nonvoting student members of this board, one from each campus of the University. The method of selecting student members has been determined by campuswide student referendum. The student members serve a term of one year beginning on July 1 of each year. In the installation of voting members of the board, we tend to emphasize the duality of responsibility of the trustees: on the one hand, a deep interest and loyal support of the University and, on the other, a stewardship in behalf of the people of Illinois, a difficult interrelationship which as trustee one must define and carry out for oneself — but in no way an incompatible one. It is appropriate that the same duality be kept before us in the role of the student trustee. Inevitably, the student member feels a kinship and accountability to the student body; on the other hand, no less than any of us, the view of the University and its service necessarily must be broader than any one student constituency or any one campus. This is a challenging perspective for us to maintain and a learning process for all of us. As president of the board, I welcome you to this fellowship of responsibility and invite your interest and contribution to the deliberations of this board. H e also assigned the student members to board committees as follows: Mr. Maltese — Student Welfare and Activities Committee and General