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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES APPROVED

[September 18

The Secretary presented the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees on September 20, 1967, October 16, 1967, November 10, 1967, December 9, 1967, and December 20, 1967, press proof copies of which had previously been sent to the Board. On motion of Mr. Williamson, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 689 to 852 inclusive.

REPORT OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee submitted the following report and minutes of its meeting of August 20, 1968. On call of the Chairman, the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Illini Center on the twentieth floor of the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, August 20, 1968, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The meeting was called for consideration of reports and recommendations from the President of the University on matters of business requiring approval by the Board of Trustees on which action should not be deferred until the regular meeting of the Board in September. The Board at its meeting on July 24, 1968, authorized the Executive Committee to take action at any time prior to the next regular meeting of the Board on transfers of jurisdiction to and leases from the Illinois Building Authority and any other matters relating to the lease, sale, purchase, or other acquisition, by or for the University, of real estate, including authority to exercise the right of eminent domain and to institute condemnation proceedings. The Chairman asked the Secretary to call the roll, and the following, constituting all members of the Committee, were present: Mr. Timothy W. Swain, Chairman, Mr. Howard W. Clement, Mr. Earl M. Hughes. Also present were: Mr. Kenney E. Williamson, a member of the Board of Trustees; Mr. H. O. Farber, Vice President and Comptroller of the University and Comptroller of the Board of Trustees; Mr. C. S. Havens, University Director of Physical Plant Planning and Construction; Mr. James J. Costello, University Counsel; Mr. John W. Metzger, Legal Counsel for the Urbana Campus and Associate University Counsel; Mr. Grover Shipton, Director of Public Information for Chicago Circle; and Mr. R. C. Wicklund, Assistant Secretary of the Board and Clerk of the Committee. The Committee considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

PROPOSED FINANCING OF THE INTRAMURAL-PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING, URBANA

(1) Recommendations concerning proposed changes in the financing of the Intramural-Physical Education Building, Urbana, were submitted to the Board of Trustees at its meeting on July 24, 1968. As a result of subsequent discussions, it has been determined that financing through the University of Illinois Foundation is preferable. Accordingly, the President of the University with the concurrence of the appropriate administrative officers recommends that: 1. The Illinois Building Authority be requested to: a. Terminate the interim lease dated December 1, 1967, on Project IBA-75-15. b. Assign to the University of Illinois Foundation all contracts relating to this