Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974
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238 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [April 18 STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1973-74 The President of the Board announced appointments to the standing committees of the Board, to serve during the year 1973-74, or until their successors have been appointed following the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees in March, 1974. A list of the committees has been inserted in the minutes of the annual meeting of March 21, 1973, in accord with the By-Laws of the Board of Trustees. As provided by law, the President of the Board serves as principal representative on the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Mr. Hughes announced that he had again designated Mr, Timothy W. Swain as the Alternate Representative. He indicated that the present membership from the Board of Trustees on the Board of the State Universities Retirement System (composed of Messrs. Hughes, Neal, and Swain) would continue, with the exception of Mr. Neal who has asked to be relieved of the assignment Subject to continuing discussion as to the amount of representation from each of the several systems, the Board would be expected to elect a representative to replace Mr. Neal at the May meeting. MINUTES APPROVED The Secretary presented for approval, the press proofs of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings of May 17, 1972, June 21, 1972, and July 19, 1972, copies of which had previously been sent to the Board. On motion of Mr. Swain, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 613 to 674 inclusive and 1 to 35 inclusive. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORTS President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was riled with the Secretary of the Board. President Corbally also announced that appropriation bills for the University had been introduced by Senator Stanley Weaver and that the bills essentially reflected the needs of the University based on the actions of the Board of Higher Education. He added that no hearings on the bills had been scheduled as yet, but that it was anticipated they would be held in late April or early May. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS AIRPORT SECURITY AT W1LLARD AIRPORT The following item was presented for action at the March 21 meeting, but by action of the Board, was deferred until the meeting of April 18. (1) In an effort to meet continuing threats of hijacking and extortion, the Federal Aviation Administration recently announced new airport security requirements. The essentials of these requirements are: 1. All passengers must be electronically screened and all carry-on luggage searched. If metal detectors are not available, passengers must submit to consent search. The screening and searching operations are to be performed by airline personnel, with the support of local law enforcement personnel.
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