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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[October 23

M I N U T E S APPROVED

The Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 19, 1958, press proof copies of which have previously been sent to the Board. On motion of Mr. Johnston, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 1273 to 1670, inclusive. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY The Board took up consideration of the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

BIENNIAL OPERATING BUDGET

(1) Under state law the University must file with the Department of Finance not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year an estimate of the state appropriations it will request for the biennium beginning the following July. The Board of Trustees at its meeting on July 29, 1958, approved recommendations for capital appropriations for 1959-61. I now submit the operating budget estimates for the two-year period beginning July 1, 1959. These estimates have been prepared after several months of study by the University's Budget Committee1 under the chairmanship of the Vice-President and Provost, and have been reviewed with the University Council. Substantial reductions were made in the original estimates prepared by the colleges, schools, institutes and other departments. The budget estimates as now submitted represent the minimum needed for the biennium

of 1950-61.

These estimates have also been carefully considered by the Finance Committee of the Board in a special work session in which the other Trustees participated. I recommend that these budget estimates be approved as a basis for filing with the State Department of Finance and presentation to the state administration and to the Illinois Budgetary Commission.

The recommendations of the President, including the budget estimates and supporting materials, had been sent to all members of the Board of Trustees for study in advance of the meeting, and had previously been considered by the Finance Committee in consultation with the other Trustees. Following President Henry's presentation, President Livingston called for discussion by the Trustees, in which all members present participated. At the conclusion of these discussions, on motion of Mr. Johnston, seconded by Mrs. Watkins, the following operating budget was approved, and the President of the University was authorized to present these recommendations to the Department of Finance. This motion was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Swain. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the President of the Board, the President of the University, and the Chairman of the Finance Committee

1 Gordon N. Ray, Vice-President and Provost, Chairman; Charles A. Knudson, Professor and Head of the Department of French; Herbert E. Longenecker, Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges; Reid T. Milner, Professor and Head of the Department of Food Technology; Joseph A. Russell, Professor and Head of the Department of Geography; Albert J. Schneider, Associate Professor of Accountancy; Henry S. Stillwell, Professor and Head of the Department of Aeronautical Engineering; Frederick T. Wall, Dean of the Graduate College; Dr. William V. Whitehorn, Professor of Physiology, Chicago Professional Colleges; and Herbert O. Farber, Vice-President and Comptroller.