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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 1

RESOLUTION

DEAN DAVENPORT

Eugene Davenport, full of years and of honors, has passed away. He served the University of Illinois well as Dean of the College of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and Professor of Thremmatology from January 1, 1895, to his retirement on September 1, 1922. From 1920 to 1922, Dr. Davenport served as VicePresident of the University. He was always a leader, and the highest type of Christian citizen. In his retirement he was active as an author of books and in writing for farm journals, and as a practical farmer. From his retirement he was recalled to active service to assist the President of the University of Illinois for a period of several months in the year 1929. He was granted the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the University of Illinois in 1931; other institutions conferring this degree on him were Michigan State College and the University of Kentucky. Iowa State College gave him the degree of Doctor of Science. In noting Dean Davenport's death on March 31, 1941, the Board of Trustees makes record of its sense of loss and of its appreciation of the value of his services to agriculture, education, and society, and directs its Secretary to send a copy of this resolution to Dean Davenport's family. On motion of Mr. Jensen, this resolution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote.

BIENNIAL BUDGET

President Cleary, President Willard, and Mr. Morey reported on a conference with the State Budgetary Commission in Springfield on March 31, 1941, at which time the Commission indicated that the budget of the University must be reduced to a point allowing a total increase of seven per cent over the appropriations for the current biennium. President Cleary read the following letter from Mr. George B. McKibbin, Director of Finance:

March 27, 1041 Dr. Arthur C. Willard, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.

DEAR D R . WILLARD:

President,

Confirming my telephone conversation with you, this is to advise you that the Budgetary Commission, at its executive session last night, agreed that it would recommend that the operating budget of the University of Illinois be increased by 7%, from $11,256,536.00 to $12,044,493.00. No change was made in the request for permanent improvements, and it was agreed to recommend the requested amount of $885,000.00. T h e request contained in your letter of March 10, for $946,000 for the Research and Educational Hospital in Chicago, was considered and the cost of the purchase of the land and the remodeling, totalling $379,000.00, was recommended and the addition, at a cost of $567,000.00, not recommended. This, of course, is all conditioned upon the hospital being transferred to the University of Illinois. In the event that you or anyone else representing the University of Illinois desires to discuss this matter further with the Budgetary Commission, a limited amount of time, say one-half hour to an hour, should be arranged for at the