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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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The option to purchase is for a price of $450,000 for the existing buildings and approximately 18.75 acres of land at the Sanitarium. It extends to September 1, 19/5. Funds have been requested in the University's FY 1973 capital budget for this purchase. On motion of M r . Swain, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, M r . Grimes, M r . H a h n , Mr. H o w a r d , Mr. Hughes, M r . Neal, M r . Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, D r . Bakalis, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger.

ESTATE OF MARGARET W E L D O N W H I T E

(11) Under the Will of Margaret Weldon White, the sum of $19,606.37 was received in full settlement of a bequest described as follows: " . . . I direct the Trustee to convert all of the assets of the trust to cash and pay and transfer the proceeds thereof, less its usual commissions and charges, in equal parts and shares to the following three educational or charitable organizations: University of Illinois Medical School to be used for psychiatric research. . ." The Executive Dean of the College of Medicine has recommended to the Chancellor at the Medical Center campus that the sum thus received be held as a temporary endowment and the income used by the Department of Psychiatry with the option that the principal be used for departmental purposes as required. The Chancellor at the Medical Center and the Vice President and Comptroller approve this recommendation. I concur. On motion of Mr. Forsyth, this recommendation was approved.

PREPARATION O F CATALOGUE, KRANNERT ART MUSEUM COLLECTION O F PRE-COLUMBIAN ART. URBANA

(12) The Krannert Art Museum's Pre-Columbian collection consists of more than six hundred items of pottery, weaving, and jewelry, some of them dating from 1200 B.C. The University of Illinois Foundation, through a contribution campaign, purchased the collection in 1968 for the University. However, the collection has never been catalogued. The University has recently been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to cover the costs of cataloguing the collection. The Director of the Museum, with the concurrence of the Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus, has recommended that a contract be entered into with Mr. Alan R. Sawyer for the preparation of a catalogue of the collection for a total fee of $8,000. Mr. Sawyer, who formerly directed the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., has catalogued similar collections for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum, both of New York. The costs of these services will be charged to the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Grimes, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Neal, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Dr. Bakalis, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Steger.

APPLICATION FOR GRANT F U N D S UNDER TITLE I OF T H E HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES ACT O F 1 9 6 3 . CHICAGO CIRCLE

(13) Under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963, the United States Commissioner of Education is authorized to grant funds for the construction, rehabilitation, and improvement of academic and related facilities. The requirements of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the submission of an application for a grant under this Act necessitate the adoption of a formal resolution by the governing board of an institution authorizing the filing of the applica-