Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1972 [PAGE 41]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Women's Residence Halls o) 1956 $

30 000 U.S. Treasury bills 9/24/70 7.02 $ 29 269 33 This report was received for record. RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Living Quarters for the President of the University (46) Following discussions with the President and with the Vice President and Comptroller on various aspects of the transition to a new administration, including the need to recondition the property at 711 Florida Avenue, Urbana, it appears desirable for the University to arrange alternate living quarters for the President for 1970-71. Such quarters have been procured at 311 West University Avenue, Champaign, and I recommend that these arrangements be approved for the convenience of the University. The phasing of the move will commence in the late summer or early fall. There will be no additional expense to the University arising from this action. On motion of Mr. Grimes, this recommendation was approved.

RESOLUTION O F SYMPATHY AND RESPECT. DEATH OF J O H N W. METZGER

The Trustees took note of the recent and untimely death of John W. Metzger, Associate University Counsel and Urbana Campus Legal Counsel, and the individual Trustees expressed their personal and official sense of loss. On motion of Mr. Swain, the Secretary was directed to convey these expressions to Mrs. Metzger and family, and the motion was approved by a standing vote and a moment of silence.

COMMUNICATION FROM T H E LINCOLNSHIRE REALTY COMPANY, CHAMPAIGN

President Hughes reported the receipt of documents from the Lincolnshire Realty Company in Champaign concerning the following subject as stated by the company: "University of Illinois Athletic Association, Engagement in Proprietary Business." He recommended that this subject be referred to the Committee on Athletic Activities, and on motion of Mr. Swain the subject was so referred.

PRESENTATION, W O M E N ' S LIBERATION CADRE, URBANA: CHILD CARE WORKSHOP

A request by this group to be heard was presented by President Hughes, and on motion of Mr. Clement approved for the next meeting of the Board. Subsequently, by appeal from the floor and on motion of Mr. Swain, the Board agreed to hear a brief presentation immediately. Mrs. Leigh Kennedy spoke on the subject of institutional financing and provision of space for a child care center to serve the pre-school children of the University community at the Urbana-Champaign campus. (The text of the proposal and documents in support of it were sent to the Trustees in advance of the Board meeting.) President Henry and Chancellor Peltason spoke in general support of the idea but without endorsement of the feasibility of institutional support. The President indicated that further administrative study (as well as of the policy question of institutional responsibility in this field) was required and that in no instance would it be feasible to undertake institutional support to implement the program in September as requested. Chancellor Peltason emphasized that considerable university