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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 29

Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

APPROPRIATION FOR NUCLEAR REACTOR (12) T h e Atomic Energy Commission provides financial aid to engineering colleges for nuclear engineering educational facilities. Grants are limited to $350,000 for any one institution and are made on the merits of nuclear engineering educational programs. The College of Engineering has requested and received an allocation of $113,800 for facilities in certain areas. A request was also submitted for $235,000, including $210,000 for an Argonaut-type training reactor. The Atomic Energy Commission has stated it can provide only $150,000 at this time, and while the University can refuse this offer and continue its request for the full $210,000, there is no indication that it will secure a grant in excess of the $150,000 in the future. In the meantime, the College of Engineering needs the reactor to fulfill its obligations to staff and students in nuclear engineering. It is proposed, therefore, to assign $90,000 from indirect cost funds to supplement the grant of $150,000 for the acquisition of the reactor at an estimated cost of $210,000 and for the construction of a temporary building (at an estimated cost of $30,000) in the area designated for future College of Engineering buildings. T h e Dean of the Graduate College, the Vice-President and Provost, and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend an assignment of $90,000 from indirect costs funds for this purpose. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Swain, these assignments of funds were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Johnston, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Williamson; no, none; absent, Mr. Stratton.

IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AIRPORT (13) The Federal Civil Aeronautics Administration has tentatively allocated $80,000 as one-half of the cost of enlarging the apron and providing roads, walks, parking, and fencing at the University Airport. T h e State Department of Aeronautics has agreed to provide the remaining $80,000 in matching funds from funds appropriated to it by the Seventieth General Assembly. T h e Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Board authorize the filing of an application for the federal funds and the execution of an Agency and Participation Agreement with the Department of Aeronautics which will set forth the respective responsibilities of the University and the Department and which is necessary to comply with the state and federal laws to secure allocations of funds. The University will award the contracts and supervise the construction. The Director of Aeronautics will provide the $80,000 of state funds, will disburse the federal funds, and will have the responsibility for compliance with state and federal requirements and for general policy supervision. T h e engineering services will be performed by the regular staff of the Institute of Aviation. These costs will either be reimbursed by the Department of Aeronautics from the total project funds, or, if it becomes desirable to increase the total amount of the project, these funds will serve as matching funds for an additional federal grant in excess of $80,000. T h e Director of the Institute of Aviation and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend that the Secretary and the Comptroller of the Board be authorized to execute a project application to the Federal Civil Aeronautics Administration, an Agency and Participation Agreement with the Department of Aeronautics of the state of Illinois and, if necessary, an agreement with the Department of Aeronautics for the architectural services. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Bissell, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr.