Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964 [PAGE 629]

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was held. Notice of such filing of charges shall be delivered to the appointee personally or shall be mailed to him by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees by registered mail -within five days after such filing. Within ten days after such delivery or mailing of notice of the filing of the charges with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees the appointee may file with the Secretary of the Board a written request for a hearing before the Board of Trustees. Notice of the time and place of the hearing, which hearing shall be not less than twenty days after the date of the filing of the appointee's request, shall be delivered to the appointee personally or mailed to him by registered mail. The date of the hearing shall be not less than fifteen days from the date of such delivery or mailing of the notice of hearing to the appointee. The appointee shall have the right to appear at the hearing, with counsel, if he desires, to reply to the charges and to present evidence in his behalf. Counsel for the University shall represent the University administration at the hearing and shall have the right to present evidence in support of the charges. The Board shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence in hearing and deciding the case. The Board will give due consideration to the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, and in all cases where a report was made by the Committee will invite a member of the Committee designated by its chairman to attend the hearing before the Board and afford him an opportunity to make a statement. If the Board concludes that the appointee should be dismissed or asked to resign, in designating the effective date of dismissal or requested resignation, the Board will give due consideration to the time reasonably required for the adjustment of the appointee's personal affairs. If a hearing is requested before the Board of Trustees, the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure may make at its discretion an appropriate report to the Senate. (8) Suspension. An appointee may be suspended only under exceptional circumstances and with pay subject to the following provisions: a) The President may suspend before the filing of any charges only after giving notice to the chairman or, in the absence of the chairman from the Uni-