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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 Version B
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266 BOARD OF T R U S T E E S [May 16 MEETINGS OF BOARD COMMITTEES President Hughes announced there would be no meetings of the Board Committees this month. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY T H E PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. PRESIDENT'S REPORTS President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. University Budget, Fiscal Year (FY) 1974 President Corbally reported that, at its meeting of May 1, the Board of Higher Education reaffirmed its earlier advice to the Governor and General Assembly with regard to operating and capital budgets; that it approved an allocation plan within the total funds declared by the Governor to be available — noting, however, the serious effect if the Governor's total figure is accepted as final; and, finally, that it reaffirmed its support for full funding of the Universities Retirement System. At the same meeting, it was agreed that representatives of the Board and of the Systems should meet with the Governor to discuss support for higher education. President Corbally also reported on the meeting with the Governor, held on May 11, with representatives of the Board of Higher Education, Systems Heads, and members of governing boards, including, in the case of the University of Illinois, Mr. Hughes. He noted that there was a mutual explanation of budget problems, from the Governor's point of view and from that of the universities, but that no decision or consensus was reached. Mr. Hughes called on Chancellor Peltason who presented Professor John Haltiwanger, Chairman of the Urbana-Champaign Senate Council, who presented the following resolution adopted by the Urbana-Champaign Senate on May 14, 1973, on the subject of the University budget. The Urbana-Champaign Senate of the University of Illinois hereby expresses its strong support of President John E. Corbally Jr. for his vigorous and courageous leadership to obtain adequate financial funding of higher education in Illinois in general, and the University of Illinois in particular, with special recognition of his statement at the May 1, 1973, meeting of the Illinois Board of Higher Education. It is our considered judgment that we cannot maintain, much less continue to improve, this University's present level of excellence and capability for serving higher educational needs desired by the citizens of this state, unless the budgetary requirements outlined in the President's statement are met for Fiscal Year 1974. This Senate further urges the President and his staff, the Board of Trustees, and our Urbana-Champaign campus administration to continue all possible efforts to obtain this urgently needed state support, and to call upon this faculty for appropriate assistance. Finally, it is proposed that the substance of this resolution be communicated by the Senate Council to persons and official bodies both within and outside the University. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS President Hughes presented the following resolution: DEDICATION OF JAMES W O O D W O R T H PRAIRIE PRESERVE A N D INTERPRETATION CENTER. CHICAGO CIRCLE (1) The Board of Trustees wishes to call attention to the dedication on this date of the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve and Interpretation Center, named in
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