Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956 [PAGE 309]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

306

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Asychronous boxcar generator — H . W . Knoebel, Research Associate, inventor. Ranger delay generator using diode gating of Miller rundown — H . W . Knoebel, inventor. Constant incremental gain video limiter — H . W . Knoebel, inventor. Projection plotter, E. E. Miller, Consultant to the Laboratory, inventor. New type of electric delay line — Leo S. Lavatelli, Research Assistant Professor, inventor. Inventions classified as secret — Andrew Longacre, Research Professor, and H . W . Knoebel, inventors. Inventions classified as confidential — C. W . Sherwin, Professor, E. M. Lyman, Ira Weissman, B. D . Kirkwood, Jay Gooch, Research Associate, Willis 0 . Unruh, and Paul E. Harris, inventors. All of these are the results of research work, much of it classified as secret, carried on by the University for the United States Government. In the opinion of the Director of the Control Systems Laboratory, these inventions a r e of primary interest to the Armed Forces and have little or no commercial value. It is recommended that all of these inventions be released to the United States Government. I concur in these recommendations. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . APPROPRIATION FOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE PUBLIC FUNCTIONS A special appropriation of $2,500 from the General Reserve Fund for the President's Office public functions account is requested, partly for the expenses of the biennial visit of the General Assembly of Illinois for the purpose of inspection of the University which will take place on May 12 and 13, 1955, and partly for other expenditures on official functions. Since the visit of the General Assembly is not an annual expenditure, provision for it was not included in the regular budget of the President's Office for 1954-55O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e b y t h e f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . M e g r a n , M r s . W a t k i n s ; no, n o n e ; absent, none. APPROPRIATION FOR BOARD O F TRUSTEES The appropriation made for the operation of the Board of Trustees Office for the current year will not be adequate to cover expenses. The items of expense include ( a ) printing of the Board minutes and publication of the Transactions of the Board of Trustees or Biennial Report; (b) annual audits of University accounts by outside certified accountants employed by the Board; (c) expenses of holding Board of Trustees meetings; ( d ) travel expense of Trustees; ( e ) fees paid investment counsel and for servicing University securities representing investments of trust funds; ( f ) fidelity insurance premiums; and ( g ) the business operations of the Secretary's office. The Secretary requests an addition of $5,000 to the budget for the current fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, for general expenses. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n w a s m a d e b y the f o l l o w i n g v o t e : A y e , M r . L i v i n g s t o n , M r . M e g r a n , M r s . W a t k i n s ; no, n o n e ; absent, none. The Executive Committee adjourned.

A. J. JANATA Clerk

M R . H. B. MEGRAN, Chairman MR. PARK LIVINGSTON

MRS. FRANCES B. WATKINS