Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960
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io68 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [October 21 Resolution WHEREAS the various organizations indicated below are concerned with the development of Metropolitan Chicago in the best interest of all of its citizens, and its future potential, in order that it may continue to serve the community and the State of Illinois socially and economically, and WHEREAS a branch of the University of Illinois is to be constructed in Chicago on a site to be selected by the University Board of Trustees, and WHEREAS these organizations deem it in the best interest of the students, the community, and its taxpayers to have the University Campus located on the South Loop site, as recommended by the City of Chicago's Central Area Plan, now therefore Be It Resolved That: i. T h e South Loop location is unanimously endorsed as the most desirable site for the new Chicago Campus of the University of Illinois, in view of its availability to the greatest number of students; its access to the total Metropolitan area housing supply; its proximity to cultural, training, and employment facilities; its function in the effectuation of the official city plan; and its contribution to the reclamation of a vast area which is vital to the economic and social welfare of the state. 2. T h e President of the University of Illinois and the Board of Trustees be advised of this action without delay. American Institute of Architects (Chicago Chapter) WILLIAM J. BACHMAN, President American Institute of Planners (Chicago Chapter) MATTHEW L. ROCKWELL Association of Community Councils F R A N K G. SULEWSKI, President City Club EDGAR BERNHARD, President Cook County Industrial Union Council, C I O ALBERT TOWERS, President Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council J O H N W . BAIRD, President Building Managers Association MURRAY E. RANDELL, President Michigan Boulevard Association Ross J. BEATTY Central Area Committee K. V. ZWIENER, President Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry P A U L W . GOODRICH National Association for the Advancement of Colored People THEODORE A. JONES, President South Side Planning Board FERD KRAMER Chicago Mortgage Bankers Association EDWARD W. ASMUS, President State Street Council C. VIRGIL M A R T I N , President Chicago Real Estate Board GEORGE W . K E M P , J R . , President Wabash Avenue Association F R A N K M. W H I S T O N , President Citizens Schools Committee RUSSELL B. BAECOCK, President West Central Association DAVID C. MEYERS, President M r . B o e m i , a s s p o k e s m a n f o r t h e g r o u p , m a d e a s t a t e m e n t o n behalf of t h e J o i n t A c t i o n C o m m i t t e e of C i v i c O r g a n i z a t i o n s , a c o p y of which w a s a l s o filed w i t h t h e S e c r e t a r y of t h e B o a r d f o r r e c o r d . T h e other r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s p r e s e n t a l s o s p o k e briefly i n s u p p o r t o f t h e resolution. A t t h e c o n c l u s i o n o f t h i s p r e s e n t a t i o n , P r e s i d e n t W i l l i a m s o n inf o r m e d t h e m e m b e r s of t h e J o i n t A c t i o n C o m m i t t e e t h a t t h e B o a r d of T r u s t e e s w o u l d g i v e t h e i r r e s o l u t i o n a n d t h e s u p p o r t i n g s t a t e m e n t s due consideration. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION SITE DEVELOPMENT T h e Secretary of the Board presented two communications received by him: one from t h e Secretary of t h e Chicago Undergraduate Division Senate urging that the Board of Trustees adhere to the timetable which contemplates occupancy of the new campus for the Chicago Undergraduate Division by 1963, a n d t h e other from a g r o u p of Community Civic Leaders of N o r t h e r n Illinois and t h e Chicago Metropolitan Area
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