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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 26

CANCELLATION OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE Medical Center H a r r y F . Dowling, Professor of Medicine and Head of the Department, and Chief of Medicine, Research and Educational Hospitals — cancellation of leave of absence granted him for the period J u n e 16, 1967, through December 15, 1967, as the University will administer the grant in support of his research. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION President Johnston announced that an executive session had been requested and was being ordered for consideration of reports and recommendations relating to property acquisitions. On motion of Mr. Swain, the Board recessed.

GUESTS OF T H E BOARD

During the luncheon recess, President H e n r y introduced as guests of the Board: President William M. Staerkel of the new Parkland College; Mr. William Froom, President of the Board of Parkland College; Dr. Norris Brookens, Chairman of the Board of Regents for N o r t h e r n Illinois University and Illinois State University; and R. A. Stipes, President of the Universities Retirement System of Illinois. W h e n the Board reconvened in executive session, the same members of the Board, officers of the Board, and officers of the University were present as recorded at the beginning of these minutes, except Mr. Page who asked to be excused. T h e Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University:

ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR RUNWAY EXTENSION AT UNIVERSITY O F I L L I N O I S - W I L L A R D AIRPORT

(47) Representatives of the University have conducted negotiations with the owner of the land at the northwest end of Runway 13-31 of the University of IllinoisWillard Airport in an effort to arrive at a fair price for the land required for a "clear zone approach" and runway extension to 6,500 feet (from the present 5,300) as specified by the Federal Aviation Administration. However, the owner has refused to sell for a price which the officials of the University consider fair and reasonable and representative of its present market value. Therefore, the Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the necessary land be condemned by exercise of the power of eminent domain and request the adoption of the following resolution. I concur. Resolution Authorizing Condemnation of Property Adjacent to Northwest End of Runway 13-31 University of Illinois-Willard Airport Be It, and It Hereby Is Resolved, Found and Declared by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, a body corporate and politic and a public corporation of the State of Illinois, that the following-described property situated in the County of Champaign, in the State of Illinois, to-wit: A parcel of land situated in the State of Illinois, the County of Champaign and being a part of the West One-half (W i/£) of Section Three (3), Township Eighteen North (T-18-N), Range Eight East (R-8-E) of the Third Principal Meridian (3rd P.M.) and being more fully bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of the Northwest 14 of said Section 3, said corner being marked with a corner post; thence Northerly along the East line of said Northwest 14 a distance of 1,236.34 feet to a corner, said corner being marked with an iron pipe monument; thence Northwesterly along a line parallel to the centerline of runway 13-31 (extended) a distance of 1,986.18 feet to a