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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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rifled as the official representative of the applicant to act in connection with the application and to provide such additional information as may be required. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the Board of Trustees adopt the resolution submitted herewith which authorizes the filing of an application for a grant to help finance the construction of the replacement hospital at the Medical Center campus. Resolution Authorizing the Filing of Application f o r Grant Funds under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act Whereas, the Public Health Service Act authorizes Federal grants to assist in the construction of new facilities and the expansion, replacement, or rehabilitation of existing schools of nursing; and Whereas, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the governing body of the University of Illinois, hereinafter called the Applicant, is cognizant of the conditions under which such grants are made available and approved for payment to an applicant; and Whereas, it is the sense of the governing body of the Applicant that it is desirable to apply for a construction grant under the aforementioned Act for the project described as follows: Replacement Hospital Facility Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that an application for the project described is authorized and directed to be filed with the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, United States of America; and be it further Resolved, that T h e Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois designates A. W. Catrambone, Director of Business Affairs of the University of Illinois at the Medical Center campus, as the officer authorized to file the application and act as the representative of this Board in connection with said application. Earl M. Hughes President of T h e Board of Trustees, University of Illinois February 19, 1975

On motion of Mr. Swain, this resolution was adopted by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mr. Steger, Mr. Swain; no, none; absent, Governor Walker.

Application for Grant Funds for Remodeling 2121 West Taylor Street, Medical Center (14) Discussions now in process with various agencies of the State may result in the University's obtaining the right to use portions of the State Department of Public Health building at 2121 West Taylor Street, Chicago, for the School of Public Health. 1

1 The building was constructed by the Illinois Building Authority for consolidation of the State Department of Public Health Laboratories. The east half of the basement and lower four floors, and the entire fifth floor were completed only as a shell structure, and the State has not developed an appropriate use of the space. For several years this building has been considered for the use of the School of Public Health by both the University and various agencies of the State as opposed to the construction of a separate facility.