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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 20

CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN STUDY OF CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION DEVELOPMENT (22) The Board of Trustees appropriated $15,000 for building studies, including outside professional services necessary in studies of any new construction for a permanent undergraduate division in Chicago. Such services are required to provide information on the following: 1. Development of criteria for analysis of sites according to University requirements. It is proposed to establish three separate sets of criteria for evaluation of a. High density sites for high rise buildings. b . Compact sites for medium density. c. Low density sites. 2. These criteria will be applied in considering a category of sites selected in cooperation with the Chicago Plan Commission to give a preliminary rating and an outline of relative merits to a variety of sites in each of the categories in (1) above. 3. Estimate of time required to acquire and vacate each of the three types of sites. 4. A range of land cost estimates for each of the three types of sites. (In the preparation of such figures, appraisals will not be undertaken and only unit costs will be applied to land areas considered by the University.) 5. A range of construction costs for each of the three site types, including costs of a. Site development. b . Buildings and equipment. The Director of the Physical Plant and the Comptroller recommend authorization of a contract with the Real Estate Research Corporation of Chicago for these services and a written report to be submitted not later than June I, 1954. Since the University is a public institution, the corporation has offered to do this work at a charge which is 30 per cent below normal billing rates and not to exceed a total fee of $6,600. The work will be closely supervised by the two senior officers of the Corporation, Mr. James C. Downs, Jr., President, and Mr. Richard Lawrence Nelson, Executive Vice-President. The maximum fee is within the estimate included in the appropriation previously made by the Board. I concur. O n m o t i o n o f M r . J o h n s t o n , t h i s c o n t r a c t w a s a u t h o r i z e d a s recomm e n d e d , a n d t h e C o m p t r o l l e r a n d t h e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e B o a r d were authorized to execute the same. APPOINTMENT OF CHARLES A. KNUDSON AS HEAD OF T H E DEPARTMENT OF F R E N C H (23) On recommendation of the Dean and with the unanimous concurrence of the Executive Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, I recommend the appointment of Professor Charles A. Knudson as Professor and Head of the Department of French at a salary of $10,000 per year on A basis. This appointment is to fill the position formerly held by Professor James R. Smiley who is now Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Professor Knudson has been Acting Head of the Department of French since September 1, 1 953- (Professor Smiley, former Head of the Department, was on sabbatical leave from September I, 1953, until March I, 1954, when he became Dean of the College.) I am recommending that Professor Knudson's appointment as Head be effective April I, 1954. This nomination is concurred in by the Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College.

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

APPROPRIATIONS BY T H E ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (24) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has made the following assignments of funds which represent changes in its budget and are, therefore, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees: For Southern baseball trip $2 500 00 Purchase of chairs to replace stadium box seats 2 231 17 Purchase of multilith machine for publicity office I 000 00 Spring football coaches clinic 2 000 00 $7 731 I?

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, these assignments of funds were approved.