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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e Edward and Cookie Beck Fund and the Benjamin J. Goldberg Foundation Fund (presently valued at $741,000) have been held as temporary endowments, pending final decision by the president as to their specific application. The chancellor at the Medical Center campus now recommends that $500,000 of the Edward and Cookie Beck Fund endowment be set aside as a temporary endowment fund to establish and support the Benjamin J. Goldberg Professorship in the College of Medicine. The income from this fund will furnish support for the salary of the person appointed as the Benjamin J. Goldberg Professor. A recommendation for the appointment will be made in accordance with the University's regular procedures. T h e executive vice president and the vice president for academic affairs concur. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of D r . D o n o g h u e , 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 .

Establishment of Advanced Environmental Control Technology Research Center, Urbana

(17) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of an Advanced Environmental Control Technology Research Center in the College of Engineering. It will be a multidisciplinary research unit which will address the technology associated with the control of environmental pollutants. The work of the center will be funded by a $1,946,103 Cooperative Agreement (contract) with the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the period September 15, 1979, through January 14, 1983. At the expiration of this period, the center may apply to the EPA for an additional contract for support. State funds will not be used to fund the center. There is a critical need for a comprehensive, long-term, fundamental research program if our nation is to enhance and maintain the quality of our natural resources, i.e., the air, the land, and the water. Through the years many research studies related to these areas have been conducted at U I U C . However, this research would be more productive and cost-effective if it were more closely integrated and coordinated to make full use of the expertise and facilities available at U I U C . The overall mission of the center will be to provide a stimulating climate for long-term fundamental research which will address the relevant problems associated with technology of environmental control. T h e chancellor and the vice president for academic affairs concur with this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of D r . D o n o g h u e , 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 .

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(18) T h e University Patent Committee has submitted the following recommendations relating to discoveries and developments by staff members. Background material concerning these recommendations has been sent to the Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees. 1. Reversible Vas Deferens Blocking Device — Lourens J. D. Zaneveld, professor and acting head of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics; James W. Bums, research assistant in physiology and biophysics; and Stan A. Beyler, former research associate in physiology and biophysics, Medical Center, inventors; developed with support from the Program for Applied Research on Fertility Regulation at Northwestern University. 2. Anti-inflammatory Agents as Contraceptives — Lourens J. D. Zaneveld, professor and acting head of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics; Cathy Joyce,