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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[April 16

Public Health at the Medical Center. T h e total estimated project cost agreed upon is $4,867,300 categorized as follows: Construction (includes architectural fees) — $3,795,300; Equipment — $1,023,000; Funds to Complete (moving and telephones) — $49,000. T h e Capital Development Board plans to amend Senate Bill 136 to increase the General Service Administration request from the estimated amount of $2,500,000 to $3,795,300 for remodeling the uncompleted portion for the School of Public Health at the Medical Center and to change the $159,000 for remodeling in the University of Illinois request to $159,000 for equipment. I recommend approval, subject to approval by the Board of Higher Education and further action by the Illinois General Assembly.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker.

Continuation, Method of Selection, Nonvoting Student Trustee, Urbana

(33) O n September 12, 1973, the Board approved recommendations providing for a general framework for required referenda as well as a specific format for the Urbana-Champaign campus (as described in the September and October 1973 actions) — i n the selection of student trustees. T h e method selected was approved for the 1973-74 and 1974-75 terms. As noted, the proposition selected at Urbana (No. 1) was: "Elected through an at-large election following the usual student election procedures in effect on the Urbana-Champaign campus." T h e Chancellor at Urbana now recommends that the method of selection of the student trustee at that campus (Proposition No. 1) and the general procedures (as approved by the Board in September 1973 and as reported to the Board in October 1973) be continued until further action by the Board of Trustees. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, this recommendation was approved.

Settlement of Claim on Inventions

(34) Dr. David M. Long, Jr., was a full-time member of the faculty at the Medical Center campus from September 1, 1967, to June 30, 1973. During that period Dr. Long filed with the University certain disclosures of inventions relating to the use of radiodense fluorocarbon molecules as X-ray contrast material and relating to an emulsion system of perfluorocarbon compounds. At its meetings on March 18, 1970, and January 19, 1972, the Board of Trustees authorized the assignment of the University's rights in the inventions to the University of Illinois Foundation. Pursuant to a Servicing Agreement between the Foundation and University Patents, Inc. ( U P I ) , under which royalties are divided 60 per cent to the Foundation and 40 per cent to U P I , the inventions have been patented, or patent applications have been filed, at U P I ' s expense. At its meeting on September 12, 1973, the Board of Trustees authorized the payment of 20 per cent of any net income from the inventions (20 per cent of the Foundation's 60 per cent share of royalties) to Dr. Long in recognition of his contribution to the inventions. Dr. Long has taken the position that the inventions were in existence and were his property prior to his affiliation with the University. He maintains that his assignments of them to the Foundation, made at the direction of the University, are void. T h e University, the Foundation, and U P I have taken the position that the inventions belonged in the first instance to the University and that the assign-