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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 19

ston, Chairman, Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Also present was Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board. T h e Secretary of the Board presented the following recommendation on behalf of the President of the University. R e c o m m e n d a t i o n of t h e U n i v e r s i t y P a t e n t C o m m i t t e e T h e University Patent Committee submits, with the concurrence of the Chairman of the University Research Board, the following recommendation relating to an invention by members of the staff. The President of the University concurs, Metal chelates with fungicidal activity-—Carl S. Marvel, Research Professor of Organic Chemistry, inventor; S. Alan Aspey, former Research Assistant in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Nicholas Tarkoy, Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, co-inventors. A number of metal chelates were prepared by the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering for use in making heat-resistant polymers. T h e compounds did not prove to be as heat resistant as desired; however, it appeared that they may have fungicidal activity. Tests were made for such activity by the Air Force, and it now appears that some of the materials thus developed may have fungicidal activity. T h e Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, however, has recommended that these discoveries be released to the United States Government because the Government would have some claim on them since it tested the compounds, and because it appears that these discoveries have doubtful commercial value. The Patent Committee concurs and recommends that all interest of the University in these discoveries be released to the United States Air Force. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved. R E P O R T O F EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees reported the following actions it has taken on recommendations submitted by the President of the University:

P u r c h a s e of B a n d U n i f o r m s A u t h o r i z e d by t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e A u g u s t 14, 1957

Item 200 band uniforms to be made to University design and specification, each uniform to consist of coat, two pairs of trousers, caps, ties, spats, gloves, and pompons Department University of Illinois Bands Vendor DeMoulin Bros. & Co., Greenville

Cost $22 030 00 f.o.b. delivered

C o n t r a c t for C o n s t r u c t i o n of S a n i t a r y Sewer for Biology Building Authorized by the Executive Committee August 29, 1957 T h e award of a contract for $149,000 to Joseph Clancy, doing business as Joseph Clancy Construction Company, Urbana, the lowest bidder, for the general work on the construction of a sanitary sewer on Mathews Avenue to serve the Biology Building. T h e Committee had previously authorized awards of contracts for electrical work, pipe work, and pump installations for this sewer and the Committee's action in awarding these contracts is included in its report of a meeting held in Chicago on August 8, 1957. Funds arc available in the state capital appropriations for 1957-59. C o n v e y a n c e of L a n d t o t h e M o r t o n A r b o r e t u m Authorized by the Executive Committee September 4, 1957 T h e Board of Trustees on J u n e 20, 1957, authorized the execution of a quitclaim deed conveying to the trustees of the Morton Arboretum a small strip ot land, approximately 1.098 acres, a part of the University's D r u g and Horticultural Experiment Station in D u P a g e County, so that the trustees of the Morton Arboretum might convey this tract together with other land owned by them to the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission. The conveyance of this strip ot land, presently used as a private driveway connecting the experiment station