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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 21

Hughes, Mr. Jones, Mr. Steger; no, none; absent, Governor Ogilvie, Mr. Page, Mr. Stone, Mr. Swain.

AUTHORIZATION FOR PURCHASE OF W1NSH1P FARM FOR WIULARD AIRPORT (33) The Winship farm which is adjacent to the Willard Airport west of Savoy has been offered to the University at a price of $1,000 per acre. The farm consists of approximately 171 acres, of which 155 are tillable, and is improved with two houses and several outbuildings. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that authorization be given to continue the negotiations for the purchase of this property, and if a price can be established within appraisals received by the University, that the University of Illinois Foundation be requested to purchase the farm and lease the property to the University at a rental sufficient to enable the Foundation to pay the interest cost on the loan secured to finance this purchase. It is contemplated that this land will be needed for future expansion of the airport and related facilities.

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

REPORT OF T H E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee submits the following report:

Meeting of the Executive Committee of T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois December 17, 1969 A meeting of the Executive Committee of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Faculty Lounge of the Illini Union, Urbana, Illinois, on Wednesday, December 17, 1969, beginning at 12:15 p.m. The meeting was requested by two members of the Executive Committee to consider business which was urgent and on which action should not have been deferred until the next regular meeting of the Board in January. The meeting was called during an Executive Session of the Board when it was determined tbat a quorum was not present. When the Committee convened in executive session, the following members of the Committee were present: Mr. Timothy W. Swain, Chairman pro tem, Mr. Howard W. Clement. Also present w e r e : Mr. Donald R. Grimes, Mr. Russell W. Steger, Mr. W. Clement Stone, members of the Board of Trustees; President David D. Henry; Executive Vice President and Provost Lyle H . Lanier; Chancellor Joseph S. Begando, University of Illinois at the Medical Center; Chancellor J. W. Peltason, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Chancellor Norman A. Parker, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; Dr. Eldon Johnson, Vice President of the University; Mr. C. S. Havens, University Director of Physical Plant Planning and Construction; Mr. C. E. Flynn, Assistant to the President and University Director of Public Information; Mr. James J. Costello, University Counsel; Mr. George H. Bargh, Executive Assistant to the President; and the officers of the Board, Mr. H . O. Farber, Comptroller; Mr. R. R. Manchester, Treasurer; and Dr. Earl W. Porter, Secretary and Clerk of the Committee. The Committee considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE (1) The University Patent Committee, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, submits the following reports and recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. 1. Intermittent administration of the synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol ( D E S ) , for the improvement of animal gains — Steven Lewis Davis, former Research Assistant in Animal Science, Urbana, and U. S. Garrigus, Professor ot