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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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M E E T I N G O F A P R I L 17, 1941 T h e April meeting of the B o a r d of T r u s t e e s of the University of Illinois was held in the Illini Union Building, at the University, in Urbana, at 10 o'clock a.m. on T h u r s d a y , April 17, 1941. T h e following members were present: President Cleary, Mr. A d a m s , M r . Davis, M r . Fornof, M r s . Grigsby, Mr. Jensen, Mr. K a r r a k e r , M r . Livingston, D r . Meyer. President Willard was p r e s e n t ; also M r . A. J. Janata, Assistant to the President, Professor Lloyd Morey, Comptroller, and Mr. H . E. Cunningham, Secretary.

MINUTES APPROVED

T h e Secretary presented the minutes of the meeting of March 11, 1941. On motion of M r . K a r r a k e r , the minutes were approved as printed 011 pages 209 to 234 above.

ADMISSION OF NEWSPAPER REPORTERS

President Cleary stated t h a t t h r e e representatives of newspapers had asked to be admitted to the meetings of the Board of Trustees. Mr. Livingston offered a motion that representatives of the press be admitted to the regular meetings of the Board. D r . Meyer moved as an amendment that the Board go into executive session to consider this matter. T h e amendment prevailed by unanimous vote. T h e President of the Board requested all persons to withdraw except the members of the Board, the President of the University, and the Secretary. After full discussion, and on motion of M r . Fornof, this matter was referred to the Committee on General Policy for consideration and report at the M a y meeting. At this point, President Cleary withdrew for a short time, after requesting M r . Davis to take the chair.

MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD

T h e Secretary reported that he had received from the members of the Board expressions of approval of the recommendations of the President of the University contained in the following items of the agenda, covered by memoranda sent to all the members of the Board in advance of the meeting. O n motion of Mr. Jensen, the following items numbered 1 to 7 were approved and the appropriations were made by unanimous vote of record. APPOINTMENT OF DR. CARL G. HARTMAN AS PROFESSOR A N D HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF Z O O L O G Y A N D PHYSIOLOGY (1) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends, and I concur therein, the appointment of Dr. Carl G. Hartman of the Carnegie Institution of Washington as Professor of Zoology and Head of the Departments of Zoology and Physiology on indefinite tenure beginning September I, 1041, at an annual salary of $7,500. This appointment is recommended on the condition, which will be expressly stated in Doctor Hartman's contract, that he will not be eligible to participate in the present system of retiring allowances. However, he would be under the new contributory system which is now under consideration if it is established.