Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1946
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1946] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IOO7 ized to make such changes in the program as may be recommended by the President of the University. On motion of Mrs. Grigsby, the following resolution was adopted. Whereas, the Secretary of War has offered to assign certain barracks and equipment at Chanute Field to the University of Illinois for the housing of veteran students; and Whereas, at a meeting on February 14, 1046, the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois voted to authorize the President of the University to accept the offer of the Secretary of War; Therefore, be it resolved that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be and the same are hereby authorized to execute a contract with the War Department or other appropriate Federal agency covering the use of such barracks and equipment at Chanute Field or on the campus of the University of Illinois. On motion of D r . Meyer, the Secretary w a s instructed to send to Governor Dwight H . Green and Senator Scott W . Lucas an expression of the deep gratitude of the Board for their cooperation a n d assistance in securing additional housing for veterans. COMMERCIAL SPONSORSHIP O F BROADCASTS Mr. Fornof presented a recommendation of the special committee appointed January 31, 1946 (Minutes, page 998), to consider the request of radio stations to be permitted to broadcast athletic events at the University, that the following resolution be adopted. Be it resolved that the Board of Trustees authorize the Athletic Association to permit the broadcast on a commercial basis of any athletic event held at the University and that it be permitted to extend the same privilege on a similar basis to organizations using its facilities. This is with the understanding that the University will be responsible for both the type of sponsor and his message. O n motion of M r . Fornof, this resolution w a s adopted. It was the sense of t h e Board that the President of the University should be responsible for all matters pertaining to broadcasts of events. DEGREES CONFERRED FEBRUARY 2 , 1 9 4 6 T h e Secretary presented for record the following list of degrees conferred F e b r u a r y 2, 1946, in Chicago. COLLEGE O F MEDICINE Degree of Bachelor of Science In Occupational Therapy SHIRLEY JEAN BUNCH MARGARET ANNA EARLENBAUGH ANGELINE ALIVA HOWARD PATRICIA JEAN HUTTON DOROTHEA PEARL MOORSHEAD PHYLLIS BUSHNELL MUGGE PATRICIA ANN SHEPPARD GRADUATE FELLOWS The Secretary presented also for record the following appointment of a graduate fellow by the President of the University. OPPEGARD, ALFRED L., Standard Oil Company Fellow in Chemistry, for seven months beginning February 1, 1046, at a stipendium of eight hundred seventy-five dollars ($875) for the period. (February 13, 1046)1 1 The date in parenthesis is the date on which the appointment was made by the President.
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