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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[November 19

President Stone announced that an executive session was requested and ordered for consideration of pending litigation and personnel matters. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Due to time limitations, the executive session was held in two sessions, at the beginning of the meeting and at the end of the board's consideration of the regular agenda.) Report of Defalcations, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago Executive Vice President Brady reviewed in some detail the discovery of unaccounted-for funds in the hospital patient accounts at the University Hospital, totaling some $418,000 over a period of twenty-two months. The case has been turned over to the state's attorney for review and reported to die Illinois auditor general. T h e latter has indicated that there appears to be no need for a special audit. Meantime, the University's internal auditors and administrators are continuing to investigate and to appraise procedures and management problems. Mr. Brady reported on a new program of internal audits which will attempt to eliminate such difficulties in the future. T h e trustees discussed the general management problems at the hospital and President Ikenberry indicated that continuing steps would be taken to deal with this problem. Search Process, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago With the action of the Board of Trustees to unify the two Chicago campuses, initial procedures for the search for such a chancellor have been developed and the trustees reviewed these in a preliminary way. T h e board will be kept informed of the procedures and will be involved in the search process throughout its course. Coopers and Lybrand Study Mr. Brady discussed briefly a study of his office recently completed by the firm of Coopers and Lybrand, copies of which have been sent to the trustees. Due to time limitations, there was no opportunity for extended discussion of this matter or its implications for organization or the appointment of new personnel. This will be scheduled for a subsequent meeting. EXECUTIVE SESSION ADJOURNED FOR COMMITTEE MEETINGS Mr. Stone announced that the executive session would be adjourned for a meeting of the Buildings and Grounds Committee and a meeting of the Nonacademic Personnel Committee. 1 T h e Board of Trustees' regular meeting reconvened at 10:15 a.m.

1 The Committee on Nonacademic Personnel convened to provide an opportunity for a brief session with the University Nonacademic Employees Advisory Committee. Each of the committee members was introduced and spokesmen discussed briefly the current work of the committee and some of the matters before it. (The committee members were guests of the board at luncheon following the meeting.)