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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1954
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1952] UNIVERSITY OF I L L I N O I S M E E T I N G OF T H E E X E C U T I V E D E C E M B E R 22, COMMITTEE 503 1952 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in a conference room of the First National Bank of Chicago, Illinois, 38 South Dearborn Street, on Monday, December 22, beginning at 2:00 p.m. Mr. P a r k Livingston, Mr. Herbert B. Megran, and M r s . Frances B. Watkins, members of the Executive Committee, were present. Also present were President George D. Stoddard, Mr. Ralph F . Lesemann, Legal Counsel, and Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board, who acted as Clerk. ESTATE OF GEORGE A. MILLER At the request of President Stoddard, Mr. Lesemann reported that a suit pending in the United States District Court at Danville, Illinois, by one Ralph E. Schellhamer, a nephew of the late Professor George A. Miller, against the latter's estate, and the University, in which Mr. Schellhamer claims a fourth of the estate by virtue of an alleged agreement between the two, is set for trial on January 12, 1953. Mr. Lesemann stated that there is a possibility of settling the alleged claim of the plaintiff for a sum of money which will not exceed, and very likely will be considerably less than, the estimated costs of the litigation should the case go to trial. Before agreeing to a settlement upon such a basis the Executor of the Estate needs the authorization of the University since it is the sole beneficiary under Professor Miller's will. On motion of Mr. Megran, seconded by M r s . Watkins, the Executive Committee voted to authorize the Executor to pay the sum of $4,000 from funds of said estate to Ralph E. Schellhamer in settlement of his claim and suit, and authorized the Comptroller and Secretary of the Board to execute and deliver to the Executor a receipt for partial distribution to the University in that amount upon said sum being so paid to Ralph E. Schellhamer by the Executor. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, the Executive Committee adjourned. A. J. J A N A T A PARK LIVINGSTON Clerk Chairman
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