Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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1956] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS I069 EXECUTIVE SESSION At this point, on request of Mr. Livingston, an executive session was ordered. SITE FOR THE CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION Mr. Johnston, Chairman of the Committee on General Policy and of the Special Committee on the Chicago Undergraduate Division, and President Henry reported on the consideration which has been given by these committees to the selection of a site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division. Early action on this is necessary so that the University's planning studies may go forward and the necessary estimates of capital costs be included in the biennial budget for 1957-59. Maintenance of public interest and of the morale of the Chicago Undergraduate Division faculty also require an early decision. Mr. Johnston also reported on informal conferences he has had with key public officials of the city of Chicago and Cook County. Formal conferences are now in order with such public officials, specifically with the Governor, the Mayor of Chicago, the President of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County and of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. It was the consensus of the Board that members of the special committee should conduct these conferences. At this point, on motion of Mr. Livingston, the Board recessed to meet as a Committee of the Whole. MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE All members of the Board, as recorded at the beginning of these minutes, were present at the meeting of the Committee of the Whole. President Megran called the meeting to order. Mr. Williamson moved that members of the Committee of the Whole agree that (a) when the Board of Trustees takes formal action on the selection of a site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division the members of this Committee will support the selection of the "Miller Meadows" site; and that (b) all official statements on this matter shall be made only by the Chairman of the Special Committee on the Chicago Undergraduate Division and the President of the University. This motion was unanimously adopted. The Committee rose and the Board reconvened. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Board adjourned. A. J. JANATA H. B. MEGRAN Secretary President
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