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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 18

Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Ncal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye: Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none; absent, Mr. Bandala.)

Contracts for Remodeling, Electrical Engineering Building, Urbana

(19) As part of the Campaign for Illinois, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut, has pledged $500,000 to the University of Illinois Foundation, half of which is to be used for remodeling the Urbana-Champaign Electrical Engineering Department's semiconductor and integrated circuit fabrication facility. T h e balance is to be placed in an endowment fund, the income to be used for the facility's yearly upgrading. The gift is to be paid in annual increments of $100,000 over five years (business conditions permitting). An initial payment of $100,000 was received last year and transferred to the University. One of the rapidly developing fields of technology is that of semiconductor devices and integrated circuits, and the pressures on enrollment in this program are heavy. Only a limited number of the qualified students who apply are admitted due to the lack of teaching laboratory space. Accordingly, the president of the University, with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers, recommends award of the following contracts for construction of a teaching laboratory in the basement of the Electrical Engineering Building and the required electrical and mechanical systems to provide for this facility. The award in each case is to the low base bidder: General Johnson-Stirewalt Construction Co., Urbana Plumbing Hart & Schroeder Mechanical Contractors, Inc., Champaign Heating R. H. Bishop Company, Champaign Ventilation Wayne Cain & Sons Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Champaign Electric Central Illinois Electric Company, Pesotum Total Base Bid $ 44 990 49 768 52 812 67 653 43 000 $258 223

In order to underwrite the costs of this project in advance of the receipt of the gift in full, the Urbana campus has assigned $150,000 from restricted gift funds. This assignment will be held in a separate account and restored up to the full amount by funds received from United Technologies in subsequent years under the term of the gift. In addition to the funding provided by the campus allocation and by the $100,000 gift, $8,223 is available in the restricted funds budget of the Department of Electrical Engineering. A schedule of the bids received has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.

On motion of Dr. Donoghue, these contracts were awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mrs. Day, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsydi, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Madden, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. (The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Bettenhausen, Mr. Persons; no, none; absent, Mr. Bandala.)