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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1978
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118 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 19 MINUTES APPROVED The Secretary presented for approval the press proofs of the minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting of May 19, 1976, copies of which had previously been sent to the Board. On motion of Mr. Howard, these minutes were approved as printed on pages 609 to 635 inclusive. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY President's Reports President Corbally presented a report on selected topics of current interest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was filed with the Secretary of the Board. Cify of Decatur, Water Supply President Corbally made a brief announcement, indicating that he understood the city of Decatur was considering new alternatives and plans for dealing with its problem of water supply. A number of hearings are planned, and Mr. Walter Keith, Director of Robert Allerton Park, will be attending one or more of these hearings as an observer for the University. Memorial to Charles C. Caveny Chancellor Riddle presented the following memorial statement: I would like to present for the record a statement in memory of Dean Charles C. Caveny. Dean Caveny died in Chicago on October 8, 1976, after a long illness. From 1946 until 1962, he was Executive Dean of the Chicago Undergraduate Division of the University of Illinois, and from 1962 until his retirement in 1963, he served as Assistant to the President of the University of Illinois. During World War I I , Charles Caveny served as education officer and executive officer of the Navy's electronics school on Navy Pier. For his service the Navy rewarded him with the rank of Captain, and the University of Illinois made a special request of him: that he remain after the close of the Navy's school to organize a new University of Illinois campus on Navy Pier. Caveny, who was an engineering graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and who had been a member of the faculty at the State University of Pennsylvania, accepted the challenge. Caveny began his task in the summer of 1946. Under his supervision, the Navy moved out, remodeling was begun, faculty and administrative personnel were recruited, and 3,800 undergraduates were admitted, registered, and enrolled in their classes by October 16. Those who remember these hectic days maintain that he enjoyed the whole experience. Charles Caveny was a community leader as well as a leader in Chicago higher education. In his dual role, he became increasingly concerned for the future of state-supported higher education in the Chicago metropolitan area. Caveny spoke frequently and persuasively on behalf of a permanent Chicago campus for the University of Illinois, and in him faculty and students found a realistic and enthusiastic spokesman for their own aspirations. In the late 1950s, the Board of Trustees committed the University of Illinois to a permanent Chicago campus. Caveny was predictably active on behalf of the new campus: he was a member of the site selection and planning task forces, and he campaigned for bond issue referendums to raise money for the proposed campus.
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