Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 411]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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The first of the achievement awards to be known as the "Alumni Achievement Award" will be made at the commencement exercises on June 15, 1957, to Clifford F. Hood, Class of 1915, President of the United States Steel Corporation; William E. Levis, Class of 1913, Retired Chairman of the Owen-Illinois Glass Company; Charles B. Shuman, Class of 1928, President of the American F a r m Bureau Federation.

On motion of Mrs. Holt, this program was approved.

M E N ' S RESIDENCE HALLS REVENUE BONDS OF 1 9 S 7 (10) The Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the adoption of the following resolution, and I concur. Resolved, that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby ratifies all acts, conditions, and things done at the meetings of the Board of Trustees held on January 16, 1957, February 14, 1957, March 12, 1957, and at all other meetings during the period from January 1, 1956, up to the present date, and also ratifies all acts done and performed by the officials of said Board all in connection with the issuance of $6,750,000 Men's Residence Halls Revenue Bonds of 1957 of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois dated April 1, 1957. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , t h e f o r e g o i n g r e s o l u t i o n w a s a d o p t e d . SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (11) T h e Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments of funds from the General Reserve for the following purposes: 1. College of Agriculture, remodeling in the Old Agronomy Storehouse. .$ 15 000 2. Chicago Professional Colleges, purchase of forty-five microscopes for microscope rental pool 13 750 3. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Speech, air conditioning and lighting in Illini Hall I 295 4. School of Journalism and Communications, repair and rebuilding of television cameras 3 600 5. Library, acquisition of books 15 000 6. Physical Plant Department, air conditioning in the Administration Building 31 400 7. College of Agriculture, alterations in Mumford Hall 9 000 8. Armed Forces, Department of Air Science, expansion of supply facilities 5 000 9. College of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Art, purchase of equipment 3 770 10. College of Engineering, conversion of attic space in Ceramics Building to laboratories 4 720 11. College of Engineering, Department of General Engineering, improved lighting and purchase of drawing tables 4 500 12. College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, expansion of laboratory facilities 5 600 13. College of Fine and Applied Arts, dedication of new Band Building.. 4 000 14. Physical Plant Department, comprehensive traffic study 9 000 Total $125 635 The Committee further recommends that assignments for Items 1-6, inclusive, be made from the funds available in 1956-57, and that assignments for Items 7-J4. inclusive, be made from funds in 1957-58 if funds are not available in the 1956-57 General Reserve. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e b y the following v o t e : A y e , M r . H e r r i c k , M r s . Holt, M r . J o h n s t o n , Mr. L i v i n g s t o n , M r . S w a i n , M r s . W a t k i n s ; n o , n o n e ; a b s e n t , M r . Bissell, M r . H u g h e s , M r . Nickell, M r . Stratton, M r . Williamson. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS (12) T h e amounts appropriated for wages, expense, and equipment in several departments for the year 1956-57 have proved inadequate. T h e Vice-President and