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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 20

Possession of the property at 130S West Stoughton, Urbana, will be delivered to the University on or before July 15, 1962, and taxes will be prorated. Possession of the property at 1304 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, will be delivered to the University on or before October 15, 1962. A lease will be offered the owner for the premises at 1304 West Springfield Avenue, Urbana, until and including June 30, 1963, at no rental charge but he will assume all expenses such as utilities, taxes, insurance, and will maintain the property in its existing condition. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University for 1961-63 from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . P o g u e , p u r c h a s e of t h e s e p r o p e r t i e s , a t t h e prices a n d o n t h e t e r m s i n d i c a t e d , w a s a u t h o r i z e d , b y t h e f o l l o w i n g vote: A y e , M r . C l e m e n t , M r . H a r e w o o d , M r . H u g h e s , M r , J o h n s t o n , Mr. P o g u e , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s , M r . W i l k i n s , M r . W i l l i a m s o n ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Dilliard, M r . K e r n e r . CLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT RESEARCH SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR TRUSTEES (3) The Board of Trustees has declared, and has made this a matter of record, that its Executive Committee shall act for the Board on any contracts, and business incidental thereto, dealing with classified material relating to government research, so that only the members of the Executive Committee will be required to have security clearances and to avoid the necessity of securing such clearances for all the members of the Board. In order to make this certification acceptable to governmental authorities, it is necessary to adopt the following supplementary declaration: The Board of Trustees further declares that only Trustees Wayne A. Johnston, U.S. Citizen, Mrs. Frances B. Watkins, U.S. Citizen, and Howard W . Clement, U.S. Citizen, who are the present members of the Executive Committee, will have access to classified security information, and that Trustees Otto Kerner, U.S. Citizen, George T. Wilkins, U.S. Citizen, Earl M. Hughes, U.S. Citizen, Timothy W. Swain, U.S Citizen, Richard A. Harewood, U.S. Citizen, Harold Pogue, U.S. Citizen, Irving Dilliard, U.S. Citizen, and Kenney E. Williamson, U.S. Citizen, will not have access to classified security information. The Secretary of the Board requests adoption of this supplementary declaration and that he be authorized to send certified copies to the government agencies concerned. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d . RECOMMENDATION OF THE UNIVERSITY PATENT COMMITTEE (4) The University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendation relating to an invention by members of the staff. Coprophagy-preventing animal cage — B. Connor Johnson, Professor of Animal Biochemistry, Louis Nash, Junior Laboratory Attendant in the Department of Animal Science, and Ryland E. Webb, Graduate Student, inventors. The invention consists of an animal cage having the form of a continuous tunnel which permits the animal to move forward without obstruction, but does not permit movement in a vertical or horizontal direction. It is so constructed that at least the floor ot the cage is perforated or slotted to permit fecal material to fall out of reach ot the animal. The University Patent Committee has voted to recommend the release of the rights to this invention to the inventors if they indicate an interest in obtaining a patent and the release of the rights to the sponsoring agency, the United States Office of the Surgeon General, if it is the decision of the inventors not to file for a patent. I concur in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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 .