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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Change of Name of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration to the Department of Leisure Studies, Urbana

(13) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended approval of a proposal to change the name of the Department of Recreation and Park Administration to the Department of Leisure Studies, effective immediately. The focus of the department's operations is no longer completely described by the present name. T h e department is organized into the three functional units: the Office of Recreation and Park Resources, Professional Preparation, and the Leisure Behavior Research Laboratory. T h e present name is now inappropriate for the collective identification of these three units. Leisure Studies more fully describes the Department's current role and function. The Chancellor at Urbana and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in the recommendation of the Senate. The Executive Committee of the University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Amendment, Genera/ Rules for Research Contract Formulation and Patents

(14) The General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure regarding research contract formulation and patents on inventions were not amended at the time of the revision of the University of Illinois Statutes in 1972. Specific amendment of the General Rules to conform to the Statutes is filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The basic changes are as follows: 1. The Campus Research Board would replace the University Research Board and would take over the function of t h e 14(f) Committee that relates to review of the indirect overhead. 2. T h e University Patent Committee would be reconstituted to include the Chairmen of the Campus Research Boards and to replace the 14(f) Committee in the interpretation of variations in patent policy for governmental and nonprofit agencies under certain conditions and in the area of preferential treatment recommendations to the President. These changes were reviewed by the University Senates Conference and by the General Officers of the University and are recommended by the Patent Committee of the Board of Trustees. I recommend adoption of amendments as presented.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these revisions were approved. Recommendations Concerning Patentable Inventions

(15) T h e Vice President for Planning and Allocation has recommended that the Board of Trustees transfer its rights in the following two inventions to the University of Illinois Foundation for development. 1. Dark Illini Hot Pink — a Chrysanthemum Plant — John Robert Culbert, Professor of Floriculture in Horticulture, Urbana, inventor. University Patents, Inc., recommended that the rights of the University in this invention be transferred to the University of Illinois Foundation for commercialization.