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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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As indicated in the revised report, the anticipated deficits in funds available compared with need are as follows: Chicago Circle Medical Center Urbana Total $1 087 710 2 353 $4 151 198 260 787 245

I present this revised report to provide a current appraisal of a serious financial problem for the coming year. T h i s report w a s received for record. CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF TUITION WAIVERS IN THE COLLEGE OF LAW (34) Since 1906, by authorization of the Board of Trustees, the College of Law has awarded a number of tuition waivers to students on the basis of scholarship. At present six such awards are made annually. In line with a national trend in university policy toward relating aid more closely to financial need, the Chancellor at the Urbana campus, at the request of the Dean of the College of Law, proposes that the College be authorized to grant the existing six tuition waivers on the basis of financial need as well as scholarship. The Executive Vice President and Provost supports this proposal. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

ASSIGNMENT OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR REMODELING IN THE COLLEGE OF PHARMACY BUILDING, MEDICAL CENTER (35) On March 19, 1969, the Board of Trustees awarded a contract for ventilation work in connection with remodeling in the College of Pharmacy Building (East Dentistry-Medicine-Pharmacy Building) at the Medical Center campus to the low base bidder, H . S. Kaiser Company, Elk Grove, in the amount of $11,500 and authorized the assignment of this contract to the general contractor, Mutual Contracting Company, Chicago. Subsequently, the H. S. Kaiser Company made an assignment for the benefit of creditors and ceased operations before commencing the work and before it had secured and furnished to the University the required performance and payment bond. The Assignee for the benefit of creditors has requested that the University consent to the assignment of the contract with the H. S. Kaiser Company to the E. B. Rovin Co., Chicago. The E. B. Rovin Co. is willing to accept the assignment of this contract at the same amount and upon the same terms and conditions as the original contract awarded to H. S. Kaiser Company. The E. B. Rovin Co. has not previously done work for the University, but an investigation of this firm indicates that they should be able to satisfactorily perform this work. Mutual Contracting Company, the general contractor, has agreed to the assignment of the contract for ventilation work from the H. S. Kaiser Company to E. B. Rovin Co. Accordingly, the President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the request of the Assignee for the benefit of creditors be granted and this assignment be consented to.

On motion of Mr. Clement, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, Mr. Grimes, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Mr. Jones, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Dr. Weatherly.

CHANGES IN DIGITAL COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, URBANA (36) The service computer systems, operated by the Department of Computer Science for scientific research and instruction, are currently leased from International Business Machines Corporation. Operational programs are oriented to the IBM 360 systems.