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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 21

of Higher Education, and the Bureau of the Budget as "funds in support of higher education" and that such funds continue to be sought in cooperation with other agencies, State and Federal, such as the State Department of Transportation. I concur. President Corbally, in presenting the recommendations, emphasized the significance of the precise language employed, indicating that the recommendations were not meant to imply a commitment to implement specific portions of the master plan, or to suggest acceptance of the projection of need, or to indicate that final conclusions had been reached with regard to financing. Rather, he noted that the ongoing, smaller University improvement plan would continue, and the recommendations were meant to emphasize that point and the immediate need for meeting Federal Aviation Administration standards for commercial operation. At the request of President Neal, the Secretary reported receipt of letters from M r . Wesley Schwengel, Chairman, and Mrs. Jeanne-Marie Wyld, member of the Champaign County Board, each of whom requested that the Board defer taking action on the master plan until the County Board had an opportunity to review and make comment upon the document. Mr. Neal also recognized Mr. Bruce Wood of Tolono, who expressed general opposition to the plan on a number of grounds. Among them were a need for regional rather than completely local emphasis in planning for commercial air service; the failure to explore fully other alternatives in location; the scope of the plan (indicating the projections were much too large in his v i e w ) ; and a complaint of the lack of environmental impact studies. H e asked that no further commitment to expand Willard Airport be made and that the Board take n o action at this meeting. Following extended discussion by the Trustees of the recommendations and their significance, Mrs. Shepherd suggested the inclusion in the motion of language indicating that no implementation of the general planning guide would be undertaken without action of the Board of Trustees. Thereupon, on motion of M r . Livingston, the recommendations were approved as presented, with the understanding that there would be n o implementation of the master plan as a general planning guide without action of the Board. Recommendations of the University Patent Committee (11) 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. Effect on Reproduction by Methyl Xanthine Compounds— Paul S. Weathersbee, Graduate Research Assistant in Dairy Science, and J. Robert Lodge, Professor of Physiology in Dairy Science, Urbana, inventors.