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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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194 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 14 Mr. F r a n k E. Hodek, Jr., General Porcelain Enameling and Manufacturing Company, 2700 North Karlov, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Fred L. Steinhoff, Industrial Publications, 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Joseph W. Wright, Owens Illinois Glass Company, Alton, Illinois. Mr. E. H . Van Schoick, Chicago Retort and Fire Brick Co., Ottawa, Illinois. Mr. Fritz Wagner, Jr., American T e r r a Cotta Corporation, Builders Building, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Wm. F . Schlake, Illinois Brick Company, 228 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois. On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this committee was appointed as recommended. LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR DEAN T. E. BENNER (11) A request leave of absence mittee which is for the Division Interior. O n motion from Dean T. E. Benner, of the College of Education, for a for a period of three weeks in April, 1939, to serve on a comto make a ten-day survey of the University of Puerto Rico of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the of D r . M e y e r , t h i s l e a v e w a s g r a n t e d a s r e q u e s t e d . AWARD O F F O U N D A T I O N CONTRACT FOR ILLINI U N I O N BUILDING (12) Bids will be received at 2:00 p.m. on January 30, at the University at Urbana, for the construction of a foundation for the Mini Union Building. It will be necessary to award the contract and begin construction immediately thereafter in order to comply with the requirements of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, so that either the Board of Trustees or its Executive Committee should meet on that day to make the awards, or authorize the President of the Board or the President of the University to do so. Accordingly, the following resolution is offered: Whereas, the United States of America, through the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, has made a grant of funds to the University of Illinois to aid in the construction of a Student Center Building (Mini Union Building), P W A Project No. 111. 1745-F; and Whereas, bids for the construction of the Mini Union Building will be received prior to the next meeting of the Board of Trustees, and construction thereon should begin before February I, 1939, in order to comply with the requirements of the Federal Emergency Administration of Public W o r k s ; now, therefore, be it Resolved, that the Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the President of the University to award the contracts to the lowest responsible bidder; and be it further Resolved, that the Board authorizes its President and Secretary to execute such contracts as are awarded. I also recommend that the Board designate one of its members to be present at the opening of the bids as required by the University Statutes. On motion of Mr. Karraker, this resolution was adopted, by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Adams, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Karraker, Mr. Mayer, Dr. Meyer, Mr. Moschel, Mrs. Plumb, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Wieland; no, none; absent, Mrs. Freeman, Mr. Horner. President Mayer designated Mr. Adams to be present at the opening of bids. AWARD O F CONTRACTS FOR T H E CONSTRUCTION OF GREGORY HALL (13) The following resolution: Whereas, the following bids were received on December 28, 1938, for the construction of Gregory Hall (general work, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), one of the buildings in P W A Project Np, 111, 1962-F:
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