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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968
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1967] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 423 Adjourned Session, February 28, 1967 When the Board met at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28, 1967, in the Governor's Office, Springfield, Illinois, the following members were present: Mr. Howard W. Clement, Mr. Irving Dilliard, Mr. Earl M. Hughes, Mr. Theodore A. Jones, Governor Otto Kerner, Mr. Ray Page, Mr. Harold Pogue, Mr. Timothy W. Swain, Mrs. Frances B. Watkins, Mr. Kenney E. Williamson. Mr. Wayne A. Johnston was absent. Trustees-elect Mr. Donald R. Grimes, Mr. Ralph C. Hahn, and Mr. James A. Weatherly attended as guests. Also present were President David D. Henry; Executive VicePresident and Provost Lyle H. Lanier; Chancellor Norman A. Parker, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; Chancellor Joseph S. Begando, University of Illinois at the Medical Center; Mr. George H. Bargh, Executive Assistant to the President; Mr. James J. Costello, Legal Counsel; Mr. Charles E. Flynn, Assistant to the President and Director of Public Information; Mr. A. J. Janata, Staff Associate, President's Office; Mr. F. H. Turner, Director of the University Centennial and University Dean of Students; Mr. W. H. Rice, Administrative Assistant (Legislative Relations), President's Office; and the officers of the Board, Mr. R. R. Manchester, Treasurer, and Mr. Earl W. Porter, Secretary. Mr. H. O. Farber, Comptroller, was absent. HISTORICAL SETTING Mr. Howard W. Clement, President of the Board, and Dr. David D. Henry, President of the University, spoke briefly to set the historical environment of the occasion. It had been one hundred years since Governor Richard J. Oglesby signed the law creating Illinois Industrial University (as the University of Illinois was known until 1885). Governor Kerner read the following proclamation requesting an appropriate observance of the occasion setting aside the period from February 28, 1967, to March 11, 1968, for the Centennial Celebration. On motion of Mr. Swain, the Board adjourned. EARL W. PORTER HOWARD W. CLEMENT Secretary President
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