Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976
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126 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [December 18 Mr. Hughes called to the attention of the Trustees that Judge Earl J. Neal, Associate Judge, Cook County Circuit Court, and the father of Trustee Earl L. Neal, had died on Friday, December 13. Mr. Hughes expressed the regret of the Trustees at this family loss of one of their associates and indicated that an expression of sympathy had been conveyed to the family. The President of the Board also recognized and introduced the Trustees-elect who were in attendance as observers: Mrs. Nina Shepherd of Winnetka and Mr. Robert Lenz of Bloomington. Mr. Hughes noted that the third Trustee-elect, Mr. Arthur Velasquez of Chicago, had been present for the committee meetings on the previous day but had returned to Chicago for business appointments and was unable to attend the Board meeting. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY 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 Patents, Incorporated President Corbally introduced Mr. Sid Alpert, Vice President of University Patents, Incorporated, who reviewed in general the work of UPI; viz., a general effort to seek out patentable inventions, to protect them, and to exploit them. Mr. Alpert reviewed in some detail a number of promising patented inventions from the work of University of Illinois scientists, including the PLATO teaching system and related inventions, the soybean beverage base invention, and a number of animal vaccines of promise, as well as hybrid chrysanthemums thought to be of commercial value. REGULAR AGENDA The Board considered the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University. Award of Certified Public Accountant Certificates (1) T h e Committee on Accountancy recommends that the certificate of Certified Public Accountant be awarded, under Section 5 of the Illinois Accountancy Act of 1943, as amended, to twelve candidates who have presented evidence that they are holders of valid and unrevoked Certified Public Accountant certificates obtained by passing a standard written examination in another state or territory of the United States and who qualify in all other respects under this provision of the law. T h e names of the candidates are filed with the Secretary. I concur. On motion of Mr. Livingston, these certificates were awarded.
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