Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976
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1976] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 547 (including its correspondent banks) is hereby requested, authorized, and directed to honor checks, drafts, or other orders for the payment of money drawn in this corporation's name, including those drawn to the individual order of any person or persons whose name or names appear thereon as signer or signers thereof, when bearing or purporting to bear the facsimile signature of the two following: President and Secretary; and the First National Bank of Chicago (including its correspondent banks) shall be entitled to honor and to charge this corporation for all such checks, drafts, or other orders, regardless of by whom or by what means the facsimile signature or signatures thereon may have been affixed thereto, if such facsimile signature or signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the First National Bank of Chicago by the Secretary or other officer of this corporation. And be it further Resolved that the State Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to honor vouchers bearing facsimile signatures of the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois if such facsimile signatures resemble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the State Comptroller by the Secretary. These authorizations are to continue in effect until the State Comptroller has been supplied with specimen signatures of succeeding officers of this Board. On motion of Mr. Neal, the foregoing resolution was adopted. The special order of business having been completed, Mr. Neal took the chair. TRUSTEE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE ILLINOIS BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Mr. Neal indicated that he had asked Mr. Howard to serve again as the alternate member of the Illinois Board of Higher Education and that Mr. Howard had accepted. Mr. Neal further indicated that Mrs. Rader had agreed to serve as a representative from the Board of Trustees on die Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. REMARKS, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD Mr. Neal briefly expressed his appreciation for the support received from the Trustees during the past year and reviewed the various and individual services provided the University and the Board by each Trustee. He expressed his satisfaction and pride in serving the University and his pleasure in the progress that has been made. He was particularly moved, he said, by the contrast in services, opportunities, and sensitivities of die University today as compared with the situation years ago during his student days. Finally, he stated diat there would be no changes in die committee structure of the Board and diat a new list would be provided by the Secretary for reference. RECESS At the request of die press, die Board recessed briefly to permit die taking of photographs.
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