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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 20

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EXECUTIVE SESSION W h e n the B o a r d convened, an executive session w a s requested o r d e r e d f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n of t h e f o l l o w i n g i t e m s o f b u s i n e s s . INQUIRY FROM STATE S E N A T O R DAVID DAVIS O F T H E G O V E R N O R S COMMISSION ON H I G H E R EDUCATION President M e g r a n presented the following letter:

BLOOMINGTON,

ILLINOIS

July 18, 1955

PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

University of Illinois Urbana, Illinois

DEAR S I R :

I am Chairman of a sub-committee of the Higher Education Commission which is currently studying the problem of whether there should be some reorganization of the control of the publicly supported colleges and universities of this state. W e would like to have information on the following items and would appreciate either any official expression of opinion which you or your Board of Trustees might wish to make, or any personal suggestions which you or your Board of Trustees might wish to make, or any personal suggestions which you or any member of the Board might wish to make. The items to be covered include the following: 1. In your opinion, is it desirable to reorganize the control of the public colleges and universities of Illinois, and your reason, or reasons, for such opinion ? 2. If your answer was "yes," then what form of control, or controls, would you deem best suited for the management and control of the institutions of the state, taking into consideration not only the welfare of the students and faculty, but also the desirability of maximum efficiency and economy in operation and any other factors which are pertinent? Your comment upon the above, with any related comment you might care to make, will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours,

DAVID DAVIS

Senator, 26th

District

T h e c o n s e n s u s of t h e B o a r d w a s t h a t t h e a n s w e r t o q u e s t i o n 1 should b e in t h e n e g a t i v e . P r e s i d e n t M o r e y s u g g e s t e d t h a t t h e r e b e added s o m e e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e difficulties a n d p r o b l e m s in t h e p r e s e n t system of t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n of t h e c o n t r o l of i n s t i t u t i o n s of h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n in I l l i n o i s . T h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e B o a r d s t a t e d t h a t h e w o u l d submit a d r a f t of t h e p r o p o s e d r e p l y t o all of t h e T r u s t e e s f o r t h e i r approval b e f o r e s e n d i n g it. B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E UNIVERSITY

The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S O F T H E UNIVERSITY P A T E N T COMMITTEE (1) T h e University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendations relating to inventions by members of the staff. 1. "Save-time cage" — August Kosowski, Senior Laboratory Mechanic in w Department of Zoology, inventor. This is a cage for housing laboratory animals and is superior to any known existing cage for this purpose. The Committee requested the University of Illinois Foundation to investigate this development and the Foundation's patent attorney has reported that in his opinion the commercial possibilities are so limited that the University would not be justified in spending