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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e board reconvened in regular session at 1:15 p.m. Mr. Neal was unable to be present for the remainder of the meeting. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS Mrs. Shepherd, chairman of the Finance Committee, presented a communication she had received from the Champaign-Urbana Coalition Against Apartheid again asking to appear before the board, in this case at the June 18 meeting. She recommended that, in lieu of arranging for such a meeting, Executive Vice President Brady's office be asked to respond to the various comments and analysis presented by the coalition. T h e board unanimously agreed with this procedure and the secretary was directed to so reply to the coalition. REGULAR AGENDA T h e board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 2 through 21 inclusive. T h e recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. ( T h e record of board action appears at the end of each item.) Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates (2) The Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of certified public accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to sixteen candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked certified public accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law. The names of the candidates are filed with the secretary. I concur in this recommendation. O n motion of Mr. Forsyth, these certificates were awarded. Appointment to Board of Examiners in Accountancy (3) The Committee on Accountancy recommends the appointment of Paul L. Freter, a partner in the law firm of Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, as the "law" member of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy for a three-year term beginning with the November 1981 certified public accountant examination and continuing through the May 1984 examination. He will succeed Larry D. Blust whose term will expire with the completion of the grading of the May 1981 examination. O n motion of Mr. Forsyth, this appointment was approved. Industrial Advisory Board, College of Engineering, Chicago Circle (4) The chancellor at Chicago Circle, on the advice of the dean of the College of