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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 16

lease of an additional $40,000 from the State appropriation for building remodeling as an advance for this construction work. Under its contract with the Navy the University will secure reimbursement, and it is estimated that this advance will be liquidated in approximately a year.

On motion of Mr. Wieland, this release of funds was authorized as recommended.

EMPLOYMENT OF STUDENTS W H O ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES (22) T h e Board of Trustees on J u n e 28, 1040 (Minutes, page 978), adopted a policy as follows: "No individual will be appointed to the faculty of the University of Illinois (with the exception of temporary appointments of distinguished scholars, scientists, and lecturers, or to visiting professors who are on the campus for definitely limited periods), or employed in other capacity who is not a citizen of the United States, unless he has declared his intention to become naturalized and formally takes the necessary steps to acquire citizenship. Any such appointment shall be on an annual basis and will be renewed only if the individual is making satisfactory progress toward becoming naturalized." Under this policy no foreign student who is not becoming naturalized may be employed by the University. T h e Department of State has announced that as a result of abnormal war conditions and the fact that approximately 950 Chinese students now in the United States are unable to continue their studies (because of lack of funds) or to return to China, arrangements have been made with the Department of Justice to permit such students in need to accept employment. T h e announcement includes the statement: "A few Chinese scientific and technical students have already been employed by American industrial, transportation, and scientific organizations. It is hoped that additional students may be placed in American industry, and that other Chinese students may find employment in educational institutions, libraries, foundations, hospitals, publishing houses, et cetera." I am bringing this to the attention of the Board for its consideration.

On motion of Mr. Cleary, the policy adopted in 1940 was amended to permit, for the duration of the war, the employment of students who are citizens of countries with which the United States is allied.

PATENT FOR MANUFACTURE OF LEVULOSE FROM JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE (23) Dr. Ulrich Heubaum, Research Assistant in Chemistry, 1929-1932, developed a process for the manufacture of levulose (fruit sugar) from the Jerusalem artichoke. H e secured a patent on this process on September 4, 1934, which he assigned to the University. T h e Bowen Research Corporation of Garwood, New Jersey, has been experimenting with the production of levulose syrup and has inquired on what basis it could secure a license under the Heubaum patent. Within the last few weeks Dr. Duane T. Englis of the Department of Chemistry has prepared for publication an article describing the process on which he will apply for a patent, which he believes superior to that formerly used and patented by Heubaum. Consequently, the Bowen Research Corporation may be more interested in that process than in the Heubaum patent. I recommend that this be referred to the Committee on Patents with power to act after consultation with members of the Department of Chemistry and University officials concerned.

On motion of Mr. Adams, this recommendation was adopted.

INTERIOR PAINTING A N D DECORATING IN N E U R O P S Y C H I A T R Y INSTITUTE (24) Under the agreement with the Department of Public Welfare, the University provides the building operation and maintenance for the Neuropsychiatric Institute, the Department reimbursing the University for the actual cost of such service. The Department has requested that the interior of the Neuropsychiatric Institute be painted and decorated, the work to be completed by May 31. The