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1953]

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

M E E T I N G OF T H E E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E M A R C H 25, 1953

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A meeting of the E x e c u t i v e Committee of the Board of T r u s t e e s of the U n i v e r s i t y of Illinois w a s held in the LaSalle Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, on W e d n e s d a y , M a r c h 25, 1953, at 1:30 p.m. M r . P a r k Livingston, Chairman, and M r s . F r a n c e s B . W a t k i n s were present. M r . H e r b e r t B. M e g r a n was absent. Also present was M r . A. J. J a n a t a , S e c r e t a r y of the Board and Clerk of the Committee. T h e S e c r e t a r y of the Board presented the following recommendation from the President of the University. On September 24, 1952, the Board of Trustees made an assignment of $86,545 on recommendation of the Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations for the purchase of equipment basic to television operations and the motion picture unit. The Committee now recommends a supplemental assignment from the General Reserve of $15,022 for the purchase of additional equipment which is needed for educational and experimental work and can be used regardless of when the University begins to operate a television station. An itemized list of the equipment to be purchased with an explanation of its use is submitted herewith. I concur in the Committee's recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of $ 1 5 , 0 2 2 w a s m a d e by t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . Livingston, M r s . W a t k i n s ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . M e g r a n . The Committee adjourned.

A. J. JANATA

P A R K LIVINGSTON

Clerk

Chairman