Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1948
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326 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 27 additional word could be secured from the Director of Finance. Further efforts on the part of the President to secure a conference with the Governor thus far have been unavailing. Following the letter from the Architect and the Comptroller the contractor has moved his equipment on the site, moved the Health Service Building, started excavating, and done other work. Costs amounting to $228,000 have been incurred to this date. Unless the release of funds can be secured, it will be necessary immediately to request the contractor to cease work. Every day's delay in the construction work on this building reduces the certainty of its completion by September, 1948, at which time the building is absolutely required for the necessary instructional work in electrical engineering for students (largely veterans) now registered in that curriculum. Much the same situation applies to the other three buildings mentioned, one of which, the Mechanical Engineering Building, is before the Board for consideration and award of bids at this meeting. This report was received for record, and the matter of securing the release of funds was left in the hands of the President of the University. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON INSTALLATION OF PRESIDENT STODDARD President Livingston reported the appointment of the following special committee of the Board, to cooperate with the general committee on arrangements for the installation of President George Dinsmore Stoddard: Dr. Karl A. Meyer, Chairman, Mr. John R. Fornof, and General Chester R. Davis. President Livingston stated that Dr. Meyer would be active 011 matters pertaining to the ceremonies in Chicago, Mr. Fornof at the University, and General Davis at the Robert Allerton Park. MR. FORNOF APPOINTED TO RETIREMENT BOARD After the meeting, President Livingston notified the Secretary that he had designated Mr. John R. Fornof to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University Retirement System of Illinois for the duration of his present term as Trustee of the University (1947-1953). SECRETARY'S REPORTS T h e Secretary presented also the following lists for record, as printed in the Appendix: 1. Appointments made by the President of the University (page Z27) • 2. Resignations, declinations, and cancellations (page 332). The Board adjourned. H. E. CUNNINGHAM PARK LIVINGSTON Secretary President
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