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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1950
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226 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 13 Green the appreciation and good wishes of the Board and of the President and the Executive Staff of the University of Illinois. O n motion of M r . Williamson, this resolution was adopted, by unanimous vote. REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY The Secretary presented the following lists for record, as printed in the Appendix. 1. Appointments made by the President of the University (page 229). 2. Graduate fellows (page 231). 3. Resignations and declinations (page 231). The Board adjourned. H . E. C U N N I N G H A M J O H N R. FORNOF Secretary President EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING J A N U A R Y 18, 1949 T h e Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois met at the President's House, in Urbana, on Tuesday, January, 18, 1949, at 3 p.m. Present: M r . Fornof and Mr. Livingston, members of the Committee, M r . McKelvey and Mr. McLaughlin, members of the Board, President Stoddard, and the following University officials: Provost Griffith, Dean Rusk, Dean Bowen, M r . Janata, Director Havens, Professor Scheick, Comptroller Morey, and Secretary Cunningham. REPORT OF MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND G R O U N D S , JANUARY 1 8 , 1 9 4 9 T h e Secretary presented the following report of a meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds. The Committee on Buildings and Grounds met at n a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 1049, in the Mini Union Building, in Urbana. Present: Mr. McKelvey, Mr. Livingston, Mr. McLaughlin; also Mr. Fornof, President Stoddard, and the University officials listed above as attending the meeting of the Executive Committee. Purchase of Land for College of Agriculture The Committee considered the recommendation for the purchase of 320 acres of land south of the horticultural tract (see above, page 196). Mr. Morey, Dean Rusk, and President Stoddard commented on this matter. On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, the Committee voted to recommend the purchase of this land at $600 an acre, and authorized the necessary down payment to make the transaction legal. The Committee saw no objection to making the purchase through the University of Illinois Foundation on terms mutually agreeable. Staff Housing Research Project The Committee considered also the Staff Housing Research Project (see above, page 196). President Stoddard, Professor Scheick, and Mr. Morey commented on this matter. On motion of Mr. Livingston, the Committee voted to recommend to the
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