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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960
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I264 BOAIU> OF TRUSTEES [April 20 Alumni Association (including its retirement system) $ 500 University Retirement System of . Illinois 2 000 Under the present state law the Auditor-General of Illinois is responsible for auditing, or causing to be audited, the records of the University. The AuditorGeneral, Mr. Frank H. Whitney, has followed the practice of earlier years in which the Auditor-General is consulted concerning the employment of the auditing firm, and the firm employed by the University submits copies of its reports directly to him, as well as to the Board of Trustees. Any additional work which the Auditor-General may require is at the expense of his office. The firm of Ernst and Ernst is acceptable to the Auditor-General. The Finance Committee recommends the employment of Ernst and Ernst for the audit of University accounts for the fiscal year ending June 30, i960. O n motion of M r . Swain, this recommendation was approved, PURCHASES (17) The Director of Purchases has proposed and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the following purchases. Unless otherwise specified, the purchase in each case is recommended on the basis of lowest bid. I concur. Item Contract services for six months of the Shawnee Farm Bureau Farm Management Association One counter-current distributing instrument containing 200 15 mm. O.D. tubes, each holding 10 ml. of either phase; with driving mechanism, fraction collector, and 95 in. x 33 in. x 37 in. fume hood One amino acid analyzer for rapid automatic quantitative analysis of unknown mixtures of amino acids, with micro scale One spectrophotometer, infrared, double beam, with prism grating, recorder, and three cells, range 650 to 4000 cm-1 One spectrophotometer, double beam infrared type, wave length linear in microns 2.5-15U, recording, self-contained, u s volt, 50-60 cycle One spectrophotometer complete with photo multiplier, line operated, 115 volt, with accessories One lot laboratory supplies, including tubing, beakers, stirring bars, and plastics One portable DC high-voltage power supply 0-250 K volts, maximum ripple voltage 3.5 per cent at maximum current and voltage, one MA maximum current at 250 K volts 10,800 Dalohm wire-wound resistors, 3 watt, 1 per cent tolerance One Hewlett-Packard 524C frequency counter with video amplifier and two frequency converters, ranges 10 cps10.1 MC, 10 cps-100 MC, and 100 MC-220 MC One H-P 606A high-frequency signal generator 50KC to 65 MC One Lee-Kramer shear press qualitator, including basic hydraulic unit, one shear test cell but not the succulometer cell, and one recording attachment complete with its own threerange proving ring Department Agricultural Economics Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Vendor Shawnee F a r m Bureau Farm Management Association, Johnston City H . O . P o s t Scientific I n s t r u m e n t Co., I n c . , M i d d l e Village, N . Y . Cost $ z 600 00 6 895 71 f.o.b. delivered Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Engineering General Chemical Stores Beck m a n I n s t r u m e n t s , Inc., S p i n c o Division, P a l o A l t o , Calif. Beck m a n I n s t r u m e n t s , I n c . , Chicago Perkin-Elmer Corp., Chicago 12 692 00 f.o.b. delivered and installed 16 109 50 delivered and installed 4 481 00 f.o.b. delivered 2 995 00 delivered and installed E. H . S a r g e n t & Co., Chicago Coordinated Science Laboratory Digital Computer Laboratory D e l Electronics C o r p . , M o u n t Vernon, N . Y. 5 975 00 f.o.b. delivered 4 382 00 f.o.b. Columbus, Neb. 4 264 31 f.o.b. delivered Dale Products, Inc., Columbus, Neb. H e w l e t t - P a c k a r d Co., c / o Cross ley Associates. I n c . , Chicago Electrical Engineering Food Technology L a b o r a t o r y of E l e c t r o n i c E n g i n e e r i n g , Inc., Washington, D.C. 3 557 37 f.o.b. delivered
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