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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 17

Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker;

Agreement with Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, to Provide Housing and Meals for Participants in the Police Training Institute

(27) T h e President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the University of Illinois enter into an agreement with Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, Illinois, to provide housing, meals, parking space, office and storage space, and certain classroom space for participants in the Police Training Institute and faculty/staff of the Police Training Institute for the period September 1, 1975, through August 3 1 , 1976. Under the terms of the proposed agreement, Illinois Benedictine College would provide eighteen rooms capable of accommodating a maximum of seventy people. In addition, they will provide towels, linens, and meals for the registrants, as well as certain parking spaces for the participants. They will also provide two classrooms (capacity of seventy-five students), ten offices, and two additional rooms for storage space. With average enrollments, the above agreement will total $146,000 per year. Other facilities were not available in the area to meet the need. The entire cost of the contract will be recovered through charges to the registrants.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, 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.

Rescission of Authorization for Agreement to Participate in Upper Embarras River Basin Drainage District

(28) At its April 17, 1968, meeting the Board of Trustees authorized the University to enter into an agreement with the Upper Embarras River Basin Drainage District to share in the cost of a project for improving the Upper Embarras channel within the boundaries of the District. As a result of litigation between the District and the landowners downstream, the project was not finalized and has been inactive since 1968. The funds were not reappropriated to the University in FY 1976. The President of the University, with the concurrence of appropriate administrative officers, recommends that the previous action by the Board of Trustees be rescinded.

On motion of Mr. Howard, the previous action by the Board of Trustees was rescinded 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.

Recommendations of the University Patent Committee

(29) The University Patent Committee submits the following recommendations relating to patentable inventions by members of the staff. I concur in these recommendations. The Committee on Patents of the Board of Trustees has examined the disclosure documents and other background materials related to these inventions and recommends approval. 1. Catalysts for Oxidation of Organic Materials — Clifton G. Bergeron, Professor of Ceramic Engineering and in the Materials Research Laboratory, and L. Wynn