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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1968
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948 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ology and Hygiene, in the College of Veterinary Medicine, and in Dairy Science, in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Arnold Ray Smith, Post-D.V.M. Trainee, inventors; developed under the sponsorship of the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease and the National H e a r t Institute. An antigen was extracted from the serum of animals acutely infected with malarial parasites. When this antigen was freed from most of the native serum components, it was found to be useful in a tube latex agglutination ( T L A ) test for diagnosis of various malarias, including that of man. Preliminary trials with this antigen indicate that it is immunogenic and that it may be used for prevention of malarial infections. A patent application has been filed. T h e Committee recommends that assignment be made to the University of Illinois Foundation, subject to the rights of the sponsoring agencies. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL (33) At its meeting on September 20, 1967, the Board of Trustees authorized the Legal Counsel to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to defend the University and its employees in a suit filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (67 L 13177) by Howard S. Chapman, one of the passengers in a University plane which crashed November 28, 1966. In connection with the same transaction, Howard S. Chapman filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division (Civil Action No. 66 C 2335) against the United States of America. The Amended Complaint in the Federal suit seeks damage from the United States of America in the amount of $850,000 for the alleged negligence of the United States in the matter. T h e United States of America has now filed in the Federal action a T h i r d - P a r t y Complaint against the University and its same representatives and agents who were named as defendants by Howard S. Chapman in the State court action. T h e T h i r d - P a r t y Complaint seeks to require the University and its representatives and agents to indemnify the United States for or, alternatively, to contribute a prorata share of any liability assessed against the United States of America in the Federal Court action. Each of the University employees named as a defendant in the Third-Party Complaint is alleged to have been performing his University duties on the occasions referred to, and each has requested the University to provide representation for him in the matter. T h e Legal Counsel recommends that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to defend the University and its employees in the Federal proceedings. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . PENDING LITIGATION The Legal Counsel reported on the status of condemnation cases, including the pending condemnation of the W i n s h i p Property at the University of Illinois-Willard Airport. At the request of the Legal Counsel and on motion of Mr. Grimes, the Board granted the officers of the University authority to settle the condemnation at a price up to £1,200 per acre plus damages to land not taken, if such settlement is indicated by the progress of the litigation. On motion of M r . Grimes, the Board adjourned. EARL W. PORTER TIMOTHY W. SWAIN Secretary President
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