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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958
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1957] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 215 MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE On call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Office of the Dean of the Chicago Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16, 1957, beginning at 12:00 noon. The following, constituting all members of the Committee, were present: Mr. H . B. Megran, Chairman, Mr. P a r k Livingston, and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board, was also present. The Secretary presented the following item of business. T h e Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees on April 25, 1956, made an initial appropriation of $7,500 for the expenses of the Installation of the President. An additional appropriation of $9,000 is needed to complete the balance of expenses. An analysis of the expenditures prepared by the Chairman of the Committee on the Installation is submitted herewith, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, an appropriation of $9,000 was made from the General Reserve Fund for this purpose by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston, Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Megran; no, none; absent, none. The Committee adjourned. A. J. JANATA H . B. MEGRAN Clerk Chairman MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS On call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds was held preceding and following the Board of Trustees meeting, at the Chicago Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16, 1957, to consider reports and recommendations from the President of the University relating to the following items of business: Governor's Proposed Ten-Year Building Program and Bond Issue Selection of Sites for New Buildings: Auditorium-Gymnasium, Physics Building, Residence Halls for Women, State Natural History and Geological Survey expansion Digital Computer Laboratory: change in plans from remodeling to a new building; selection of site; and architectural services Borrowing Funds for Land Acquisitions Prospective grant of funds for a new building for Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations Site for Chicago Undergraduate Division (the Committee on General Policy also participated in the discussion of this subject). New Bidding Practice: change in the University practice of taking all-inclusive bids from general contractors on major construction projects instead of separate bids on the several divisions of work; communications from mechanical trades contractors objecting to this practice; and a report from the Director of the Physical Plant Department on a meeting he had with representatives of several contractors. A copy of the minutes of this meeting have been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. MEETING OF C O M M I T T E E ON T H E CHICAGO D E P A R T M E N T S On call of the Chairman, the Committee on the Chicago Departments met at the Chicago Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16, 1957. beginning at 2:00 p.m., to consider matters relating to the Chicago Professional Colleges, and particularly to the policies and practices governing admissions to the Research and Educational Hospitals. A copy of the minutes of this meeting have been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.
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