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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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368 BOARD OF TRUSTEES LEAVES OF A B S E N C E BAILEY, LAFORCE, Professor of Art — leave of absence with pay from April 7 until the end of present semester because of illness. CRANK, FLOYD, Assistant Professor of Business Education — leave of absence without pay from September 1, 1955, through August 31, 1956, so he may complete his work for the doctorate at Northwestern University. DONOVAN, MRS. MARGUERITE H., Instructor in Radiology, in the College of Dentistry—extension of leave of absence with salary for two months beginning April 16, 1955. GOVE, SAMUEL K., Research Assistant Professor in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs — leave of absence without pay for eleven months beginning October 1, 1955, so he may work as a staff Fellow of the National Municipal League. MADOW, WILLIAM G., Professor of Mathematical Statistics, in the Department of Mathematics — leave of absence without pay for the academic year 195556, so he can accept the position of Visiting Professor of Statistics at Stanford University. ADDRESSES BY DIRECTORS L. B. HOWARD A N D L. M. DYKE A t the conclusion of the business meeting, President Morey presented Dr. L. B . H o w a r d , Dean of the College of Agriculture, Director of the Agricultural E x p e r i m e n t Station, and Director of t h e Extension Service in Agriculture a n d H o m e Economics, a n d Dr. L. M. Dyke, Director of the Health Services, who addressed the Board on the state of their respective divisions. EXECUTIVE SESSION At this point an executive session w a s requested for consideration of the following item of business presented by the President of the University a n d the Legal Counsel. SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AT 1 2 0 8 WEST ILLINOIS STREET, URBANA Due to the large volume of work in the Legal Counsel's Office, it will not be feasible for him and his staff to devote all of the time required to the condemnation proceeding, authorized b y the Board of Trustees, to acquire the property at 1208 W e s t Illinois Street, U r b a n a , as part of the site needed for the construction of a new Biology Building. Accordingly, it is recommended that the Legal Counsel be authorized to employ the firm of Thomas, Mulliken, a n d Mamer, Champaign, to institute a n d prosecute the proceeding for the acquisition by the University of this property, subject t o the supervision of the Legal Counsel and with such assistance as he may be able to give. It is also recommended that the Director of the Physical Plant a n d the Legal Counsel be authorized to employ appraisers a n d other real estate experts as may in their judgment be necessary or desirable in connection with the institution a n d trial of this proceeding. O n motion of M r . Livingston, this authority was granted. O n motion of M r . Bissell, the Board adjourned. A. J . J A N A T A H . B . MEGRAN Secretary President
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