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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1972
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406 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 15 PerCent 5.48 5.17 $ 19 870 56 72 210 94 Women's Residence Halls Revenue Bonds of 1956 Purchases: $ 20 000 U.S. Treasury bills due 9/23/71 75 000 TJ.S. Treasury 2 ^ per cent bonds due 9/15/72 This report was received for record. REVISION O F STATUTES RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT OF ACADEMIC A N D ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS (20) The present provisions in the University Statutes dealing with employment of relatives and other criteria for employment, which have been interpreted internally in widily different ways, have increasingly come to be regarded as a possible obstacle to equal employment opportunity. To minimize inconsistencies and to clarify the University's commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity, the University Council on Equal Opportunity has proposed the changes in the language of Sections 33 and 34 as set forth below. At the same time, the Senates have been considering similar approaches to the problem. In order to proceed as efficiently as possible, I recommend provisional approval of these revisions, with the stipulation that the Trustees defer final approval until the present action has been reported to the Senates and to the University Senates Conference for their information and further advice. On motion of Mr. Grimes, this recommendation was approved. Criteria for Employment and Promotion Sec. 33. The basic criteria for employment and promotion of all University staff, whether or not subject to the act creating the University Civil Service System of Illinois, shall be appropriate qualifications for and performance of the specified duties. The principles of equal employment opportunity are a part of the general policy of the University. Unless otherwise provided by law, employees are to be selected and treated during employment without regard to political affiliation, relationship by blood or marriage, age, sex, race, creed, or national origin. Employment of Relatives Sec. 34. No individual shall initiate or participate in institutional decisions involving a direct benefit (initial employment, retention, promotion, salary, leave of absence, etc.) to a member of his immediate family. "Immediate family" includes an individual's spouse, ancestors and descendants, all descendants of the individual's grandparents, and the spouse of any of the foregoing. Each Chancellor shall develop, for the approval of the President, campus procedures to insure against such conflict of interest. PATENT POLICY, WARNER ELECTRIC BRAKE AND C L U T C H COMPANY (21) The Warner Electric Brake and Clutch Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, is financing research in the Department of Electrical Engineering on the Urbana campus on stepping motors and motion control system. The contract signed with the company at the outset provided that the University would have control of all patentable inventions resulting from the research and would give the company preferential treatment. Such preferential treatment was not fully described, however. The company has requested that, if it continues to support the research, the contract be amended to provide that the University shall hold all patent rights for six months after the disclosure of the invention to the Patent Committee, but that after the lapse of such six months if the University has not applied for a patent, the rights of the University be assigned to the Warner Electric Brake and Clutch Company. This request is believed to be reasonable, and the Vice President and Comptroller has requested authorization to incorporate it into this contract. I concur. On motion of Mr. Swain, authorization was given as requested. UNIVERSITY POSITION RELATIVE TO SALARY A N D WAGE INCREASES D U R I N G 1 9 7 1 - 7 2 (FY 1 9 7 2 ) (22) The President of the University, in the light of extensive consultation with
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