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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 18

served as Chairman of the Executive Committee administering t h e Chicago Professional Colleges. During World W a r I he served in the Chemical Warfare Service and in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. In 1917 he married Daphne Chapman, who survives him. T h e Board of Trustees directs that this memorial be included in the minutes of today's meeting as an official public record, and that a copy be sent to Mrs. Series as an expression of sympathy in the loss she has suffered and of the Board's appreciation of the services of a devoted professor and administrator. Chicago, Illinois April 18, 1957

This resolution was unanimously adopted.

MEETING OF BOARD COMMITTEES

The Secretary stated that he will file with the records of today's meeting minutes of the following meetings of Board Committees: General Policy, March 12, 1957; Buildings and Grounds, March 28, 1957; Nonacademic Personnel, March 28, 1957.

MAY A N D JUNE MEETINGS OF THE B O A R D

The Secretary called attention to the decision of the Board of Trustees, made at a previous meeting, that the May meeting of the Board will be held in Urbana-Champaign on Tuesday, May 28, 1957. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the June meeting of the Board was scheduled for Thursday, June 20, 1957, to be held in Chicago, at an hour and place to be determined by the President and Secretary of the Board. EXECUTIVE SESSION An executive session was requested and ordered for the consideration of the following matter of business presented by the President of the University relating to the acquisition of properties.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE CERTAIN PROPERTIES It is possible that prior, or even subsequent to the institution of the suits to condemn the properties at 204 South Goodwin Avenue, 1012 West Green Street, 1102 West Green Street, and 1106 West Illinois Street in Urbana, Illinois, the institution of which has been authorized by the Board of Trustees today, University officers may receive an offer from the owner or owners of one or more of said properties to sell the same to the University at a price which University officers may not consider unreasonable and may believe the University should pay for said property or properties in order to avoid the expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of the outcome of a suit or suits to condemn the same. In the event any such offer is received, it is desirable that means be provided whereby University officers will be in a position to obtain authority to accept the same without being required to defer action thereon until a meeting of the Board of Trustees. It is recommended, therefore, that the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees be granted authority to authorize the acceptance of any offer or offers for the sale of any one or more of said properties to the University which may be received prior to a meeting of the Board, the acceptance of which may be recommended by the President of the University, and which the members of the Executive Committee may deem reasonable and which they may find it to be in the best interests of the University to accept in order to avoid the expense, inconvenience, and uncertainty of the outcome of a suit to condemn the property or properties as to which such offer or offers may be received. I concur.

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