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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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the field. He was recognized for his contributions to the design of earthquakeresistant structures and for the development of widely-used methods for the analysis of complex structural components. H e was a founding member of the National Academy of Engineering, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the National Medal of Science. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science upon recommendation of the Urbana-Champaign Senate in 1978. The Civil Engineering Building was constructed during Dr. Newmark's tenure as head of the department and accordingly the faculty of the department believes that it is especially appropriate for the building to be named for him. The dean of the College of Engineering and the chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Agreement with Illinois Swine Progeny Testing Association, Urbana

(9) The Illinois Swine Progeny Testing Association, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois, has offered to construct and give the University an agricultural building suitable for testing boars as part of a program designed to increase production efficiency in swine. T h e testing facility will benefit swine producers in the state and increase the research capability of the Department of Animal Science in both reproductive physiology and genetics. The facility will enable the department and the Agricultural Experiment Station to offer a more complete program to students and to provide the means and expertise necessary to maintain quality control in terms of preventing the transmission of most major diseases through semen transfer. It is recommended that the University enter into an agreement with the Illinois Swine Progeny Testing Association for construction of the building, the development of a cooperative program, and the selection of swine to be tested for a period of three years after the building is completed. Under the agreement, the University will conduct tests only on those boars recommended by the association which are acceptable to the University, and the association will be allowed to charge a fee to swine producers who participate until August 31, 1984, or until the association receives fees from the program equal to the capitalized value of the building, whichever occurs first. The chancellor and the executive vice president have recommended that the comptroller and the secretary be authorized to enter into an agreement with the association which incorporates the provisions described. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d a n d a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d .

Royalty Income Distribution to Inventors of Electrophoretic Light Scattering Apparatus

(10) On December 20, 1972, the trustees approved the transfer of rights to the University of Illinois Foundation in a discovery by Willis H. Flygare, professor of chemistry, and Bennie R. Ware, formerly a graduate teaching assistant in chemistry, Urbana-Champaign campus. The discovery is described as an "Electrophoretic Light Scattering Apparatus" and was subsequently patented by the foundation in 1973 and 1975. University Patents, Inc., was unsuccessful in developing licenses for the patent, abandoned its efforts, and returned the licensing function to the foundation on August 6, 1976. The foundation's board of directors, on August 3, 1978, approved entering into a license agreement on the patent with Beckman Instruments, Inc. The University's General Rules provide a formula which will "generally" fix the portion of net income which is to be paid to inventors.