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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The Dean of the ROckford School of Medicine now recommends that the University enter into a contractual agreement with the Rocfcford Medical Education Foundation, a group incorporated for the purpose of promoting education in the health-science fields and conducting training programs for graduate medical education (residency programs). The_Foundation is the accredited institution for the residency program in family medicine in the Rockford community. The Foundation, the Rockford School of Medicine, and its associated hospitals jointly conduct the residency program in family medicine. The residency program is a three-year program with the first eighteen months being primarily hospital in-patient oriented and the. remaining eighteen months being ambulatory care oriented in a medical office setting. Under a proposed contractual arrangement, the Foundation will provide 10 per cent of the time of seven First Year Residents, 30 per cent of the time of one Second Year Resident and 90 per cent of the time of two Third Year Residents for service and education in the University's Office for Family Practice. The University will pay the Foundation the comparable percentage of the salary and fringe benefits paid to these residents by the Foundation at a total cost not to exceed $36,725.00. Funds are available in the fiscal year (FY) 1972-73 operating budget of the Rockford School of Medicine, Medical Service Plan account. The Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus recommend approval of the above contractual agreement for FY 1972-73. I concur. O n motion of M r . Forsyth, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , Mr. Hughes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr, Steger; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Swain, Governor Walker.

CONSULTING SERVICES O F ACADEMY FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. INC.

(13) The University is reviewing existing procedures and arrangements for University-community communication and interaction in the metropolitan Chicago area and is developing recommendations with respect to them. In addition, studies are being made concerning the establishment of University extension centers in the Chicago metropolitan area outside of the city proper. In these connections it is desired to engage the consulting services of the Academy for Educational Development, Inc., for the calendar year 1973 at a monthly rate not to exceed $1,025 and the provision of office space and secretarial service for one individual. Chancellor Emeritus Norman A. Parker has recently become associated with the firm as director of its Chicago office and would be available for part-time assignment on the proposed arrangement. Accordingly, I recommend approval of a contract with the Academy for Educational Development, Inc., on the above terms. O n motion of M r , Neal, this contract was awarded by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Mr. Swain, Governor Walker.

RECOMMENDATIONS OF T H E UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE

(14) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. I concur in these recommendations. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recommends approval, 1. Seven inventions: Method of Constructing Tips for Field Emission Devices, Detector for Liquid Chromatography, Ion Source for Producing High Current Ion Beams of Organic Materials for Mass Spectrometry, Ion Source for Producing High Current Ion Beams of Conducting Liquid Metals or Metallic Alloys for Analytical Purposes, Source for the Production of Neutral or Ionised Beams of Large Molecules, High Current Electron Source, and Ion Source for an Ion