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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958
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274 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [February 1 4 ILLINOIS BUDGETARY COMMISSION HEARING O N BIENNIAL BUDGET AND BUILDING PROGRAM FOR 1 9 5 7 - 5 9 (21) Presidents Megran a n d H e n r y reported informally on a hearing by the Illinois Budgetary Commission in Springfield, on January 30, 1957, on the University's Operating Budget and Building Program for 1957-59 a t which the following University representatives appeared: Members of the Board of Trustees University of Illinois Officials H . B. MEGHAN, P r e s i d e n t P A R K LIVINGSTON, C h a i r m a n of the DAVID D. H E N R Y , President H E N N I N G LARSEN, Vice-President and Finance Committee DORIS S. H O L T , who also represented Provost H. O. FARBER, Vice-President and the Merit Board of the University Civil Service System of Illinois at a hearing on its budget held the same day Comptroller MORRIS S. KESSLER, Assistant to the Comptroller W I L L I A M H. RICE, Administrative A. J. JANATA, Secretary Assistant in t h e President's Office T h i s report w a s received for record. SITE FOR CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION (22) President H e n r y presented the following report: In response to a question asked at the Illinois Budgetary Commission meeting on January 30, I stated that the University did not plan to request special legislation to acquire Miller Meadow over the objection of the Forest Preserve District. On that day, a statement was released explaining the University's position. Copies of the statement were subsequently sent to all of the Trustees and a copy is hereby filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. In the light of subsequent discussion, it is well to summarize the matter as it stands n o w : Miller Meadow is the choice of the Board of Trustees as the site for the Chicago Undergraduate Division. T h e University has no alternate site to propose. T h e University still hopes that Miller Meadow will be made available. However, the University has decided to rely on the cooperation of Chicago area authorities and others concerned for acquisition of the site, rather than tu ask legislative action. T h e Trustees have also agreed to consider alternate sites if these meet University specifications as to size, cost, setting, accessibility, and availability. Although the Trustees do not plan to initiate the study of an alternate location, they will welcome the cooperation of city, county, school district, and others, in making a unified approach to an early solution of the problem. As a part of its capital budget, the University has requested the sum of $2,000,000 for site acquisition and building plans for the Division. T h e University hopes t h e General Assembly will grant this request, even if at this time the specific site can not be designated. O n m o t i o n o f M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s s t a t e m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d a s the official p o s i t i o n o f t h e U n i v e r s i t y . MR. B1SSELL DESIGNATED ACTING CHAIRMAN A t t h i s p o i n t M r . J o h n s t o n a s k e d P r e s i d e n t M e g r a n t o y i e l d t h e chair a n d d e s i g n a t e a n a c t i n g c h a i r m a n f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n of a s p e c i a l order o f b u s i n e s s . P r e s i d e n t M e g r a n d e s i g n a t e d M r . B i s s e l l w h o t o o k the chair. T h e r e u p o n M r . L i v i n g s t o n offered t h e following resolution. T o Herbert B. Megran The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois today records its grateful appreciation of your distinguished public services as a member of this Board since March, 1951, and as its President during the past three years. T h e tradition of I L L I N O I S L O Y A L T Y has been nobly exemplified by your generous, unselfish services to the University for many years, often at the
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