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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 17

University officers, the foundation and alumni offices and other sources. T h e board office will assemble background information about each of the nominees for review by the Trustee Special Committee. At least once a year, the special committee will meet to review and discuss nominations, to suggest other names, and ultimately develop recommendations to the board no later than January of each year. These guidelines are intended to assist in the interpretation of present policy and do not alter that policy. Existing restraints and restrictions remain, that is, the award will not be conferred upon University employees prior to their retirement or t o holders of political office prior to their retirement. T h e Board of Trustees reconvened in regular session at 1:30 p.m. MINUTES APPROVED T h e secretary presented for approval the press proofs of the minutes of the Board of Trustees' meetings of M a r c h 19, April 16, and May 2 1 , 1981, copies of which h a d previously been sent to the board. O n motion of M r . Forsyth, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 191 to 272 inclusive. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Tribute to George H. Bargh President Ikenberry m a d e the following comments: I t has been less than two years since this Board regretfully accepted George Bargh's decision to retire from the University. At that time, you recognized George's "unique and valuable" service to the University and his highly significant contribution to "its efficiency, its sensitivity to human needs, and its relationship with its many constituencies." As you know, George Bargh died on July 9, 1981. We all hoped and expected that he would have many useful years in which to build a new career. But he was to have little time to give to his new interests that thoughtful dedication for which we valued his presence and service in the University. I know that you share my conviction that the University has lost a staunch supporter and that each of us has lost a respected colleague and friend. Tribute to Robert D. Heath T h e president also reported the sudden death on the previous day of M r . Robert D . H e a t h , the immediate past president of the University of Illinois Alumni Association. ( T h e Board of Trustees paid tribute to M r . Bargh and M r . H e a t h by a standing m o m e n t of silence.) President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus senates and from the University Senates Conference. 1 President's Reports President Ikenberry presented a report on selected topics of current in1 University Senates Conference: Arthur R. Robinson, professor of civil engineering, Urbana; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council: H. George Friedman, associate professor of computer science; Medical Center Senate: Ruy V, Lourenco, Edmund F. Foley Professor of Medicine and head of Department of Medicine, Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine; Chicago Circle Senate Committee: Frank Tachau, professor and chairperson of Department of Political Science.