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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1972
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56 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [September 16 BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORT President Henry presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. CITATION FOR GERALD SMITH On motion of Mr. Swain, the Board of Trustees conferred the following citation on Dr. Gerald W. Smith, Executive Secretary of the Illinois Junior College Board. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois officially records its deep appreciation of Gerald W. Smith's services to higher education in Illinois and his contributions to the development of a state system of public junior colleges in particular. As the President of the University said in 1960, the University has confidence "that the expansion of the junior college movement in Illinois will be one of the significant developments in this state during the next two decades." The record of the first decade is an impressive one, much of it attributable to the work of Gerald Smith. Mr. Smith has served the Illinois Junior College Board as Executive Secretary since its establishment in September of 1965 when there were twenty-one junior college districts operating twenty-eight campuses enrolling approximately 65,000 students. During his tenure, all of the original districts were reorganized and sixteen new districts were established, making a total of thirty-seven Class I districts operating forty-six campuses enrolling 148,000 students in the fall of 1969. The University of Illinois congratulates Mr. Smith and the Junior College Board for their accomplishments in the development of a dynamic state system of public community colleges. More than eighty-five per cent of the Illinois population is presently included in the public junior college districts and approximately three-fourths of the geographic area of Illinois is served by public junior colleges. The Board of Trustees directs that this resolution be made a part of the official public record of today's meeting, and that a suitable copy be given Mr. Smith as permanent reminder of this occasion. T h i s resolution was adopted by a standing vote. REPORT OF T H E FINANCE COMMITTEE (1) Mr. Steger, for the Finance Committee, presented the following statement in reply to a request from the Student Government Legal Rights Commission at Chicago Circle: The Board of Trustees has received your request that proxies on Universityheld stock be given over to student or campus organizations. Our committee recognizes and appreciates your objectives of learning about and influencing corporation procedures, but we feel that alternative avenues would constitute more rewarding and effective means of accomplishing these goals. The University's administration and governing board share with all responsible citizens a strong desire to reduce all forms of pollution in our cities. Such a reduction requires the setting and enforcement of effective standards and the acceptance by industry and consumers of those costs which will arise from attempts to mitigate the by-products of an industrialized society. New legislation, public interest, private plans, and debate among all constituents of the academic community should lead to considerable progress. The University has acted to reduce the emission of pollutants from its own facilities and will continue to improve its own physical and social environment. The voting of stock in individual companies rarely proves to be an effective or appropriate method of meeting the University's institutional obligations to improve the cultural or social values or performance of our society. Our strength and influence is not based upon such financial holdings. We stand upon the qualities of
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