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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May IS

Illinois, at a price of $20,000, required as part of the site for construction of the new Civil Engineering Building. The property consists of a lot 50 feet by 132 feet (6,600 square feet) and is improved with a one-story and basement frame dwelling. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds has been consulted regarding this purchase and recommends approval. Funds are available in the state capital appropriations to the University from the Universities Building Fund and have been released. I concur. On motion of M r . H u g h e s , the purchase of this property at the price recommended was authorized by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Clement, M r . Dilliard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Pogue, Mr. Swain, M r s . Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Kerner, Mr. Page. At 3:00 p.m., on motion of Mr. Hughes, the Board recessed until 7:30 p.m. EVENING SESSION P u r s u a n t to the schedule announced in the official notice of today's meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board reconvened at 7:30 p.m. in the Illinois Room of the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago. This session was held at the LaSalle Hotel for the convenience of the public and especially representatives of the contractors interested in the awards of the Congress Circle construction contracts. T h e following members of the Board were present: M r . Howard W . Clement, M r . Irving Dilliard, Mr. E a r l M. Hughes, Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, Mr. Harold Pogue, Mr. Timothy W . Swain, M r s . Frances B. Watkins, M r . Kenney E. Williamson. Mr. Ray Page and Governor Otto K e r n e r were absent. Also present were President David D. Henry, Executive VicePresident and Provost Lyle H . Lanier, Vice-President N o r m a n A. P a r k e r of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, Vice-President Joseph S. Begando of the Medical Center, Director C. S. Havens of the Physical Plant, Mr. C. E. Flynn, Assistant to the President and Director of Public Information, Mr. James J. Costello, Legal Counsel, M r . E d w a r d S. Sefcik and M r . Donald C. Neville, Assistants to the Director of the Physical Plant, Mr. Richard Kreutz of the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, Architects and Engineers, Chicago; and the officers of the Board, Mr. H . O. Farber, Comptroller, and Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary.

CAPITAL BUDGET AND BUILDING PROGRAM FOR 19 6 3 - 6 5

President Clement announced that Mr. Williamson as Chairman of the Finance Committee desired to present a resolution with respect to the University's capital budget for 1963-65 in the event that some action m a y need to be taken prior to the J u n e meeting of the Board of Trustees and it is not feasible to call a special meeting of the Board. M r . Williamson offered the following: Resolved: That the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees is empowered to take whatever action it deems necessary to modify the form of the University's capital budget request for 1963-65, as heretofore approved, to adjust the capital needs expressed in that budget to any funding arrangement which