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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1956
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I956] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 993 JOHN A. HOBART, Class of 1938, Vice-President, C. J. Duffey Paper Company, Rock Island, Illinois; residence, 2320 13th Street, Moline, Illinois (new appointment) Professor Trigger will replace Professor Dilman W . Gotshalk, Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, and Mr. Hobart will replace Mr. Robert Reitsch, Class of 1928, Rockford, both of whom have served on the Board since March, 1952. The other nominations are for reappointments. Professor Trigger has been a member of the University faculty since 1938 and is a member of the University Senate. H e has served effectively on numerous committees and other special assignments. H e is an alumnus of Michigan State University and served on the faculties of that University, at Swarthmore College, and at Lehigh University before coming to the University of Illinois. Mr. Hobart is a graduate of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. While an undergraduate student he was on the University golf team for three years and captain in his senior year. H e has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association and has for many years taken an active interest in alumni affairs in the Moline and Rock Island area. Mr. Trigger and Mr. Hobart have been highly recommended by all University officers consulted. In my judgment, they will be excellent members of the Board of Directors. O n m o t i o n of M r . W i l l i a m s o n , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s a n d r e a p p o i n t ments w e r e a p p r o v e d . HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING PROGRAM FOR 1 9 5 7 (9) The following student housing projects are scheduled for completion and at least partial occupancy by September, 1957, in accordance with the housing program approved by the Board of Trustees on January 28, 1956: Addition to Lincoln Avenue Residence, a unit for 636 unmarried undergraduate women Men's Residence Halls, three additional units, each for 444 unmarried undergraduate men Residence hall for unmarried graduate and law students, first unit for a minimum of 250 Residence apartments for 250 married students Contracts for architectural services on all but the apartments for married students have been awarded. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend authorization of 1. An application to the Housing and Home Finance Agency for a loan under the Federal College Housing Loan Program. 2. Advertisements for the bids for the construction of these projects. 3. Employment of the law firm of Chapman and Cutler, Chicago, as counsel for the bond issues. 4. Execution by the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of a preliminary loan agreement upon approval of any application by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. 5. Advertisements for bids on bond issues. Authorization of all these steps is required by the federal government and the bond counsel before final approval of loans. A complete report on each project will be submitted to the Board along with recommendations for the awards of construction contracts. Adoption of a formal resolution by the Board of Trustees authorizing each bond issue will also be required, and such resolutions will be submitted to the Board in connection with the sales of the bonds. I concur in these recommendations. On motion of Mr. Livingston, authority was given as recommended. SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (10) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General 'Reserve as follows:
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