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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

June 15,1977

The June meeting of The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the General Lounge, Ulini Union, Urbana, Illinois, on Wednesday, June 15, 1977, beginning at 10:30 a.m.1 President George W. Howard III called the meeting to order and asked the secretary to call the roll. The following members of the board were present: Mr. William D. Forsyth, Jr., Mr. Ralph C. Hahn, Mr. George W. Howard III, Mr. Robert J. Lenz, Mr. Park Livingston, Mrs. Jane Hayes Rader, Mrs. Nina T. Shepherd, Mr. Arthur R. Velasquez. Mr. Earl Langdon Neal and Governor James R. Thompson were absent. The following nonvoting student trustees were present: Mr. David G. Matthews, Chicago Circle campus; Mr. Keith A. Volgman, Urbana-Champaign campus. Mr. Robert K. Conlon, Medical Center campus, was absent. Also present were President John E. Corbally; Dr. Eldon L. Johnson, vice president for academic affairs; Chancellor Joseph S. Begando, Medical Center campus; Chancellor J. W. Peltason, Urbana-Champaign campus; Chancellor Donald H. Riddle, Chicago Circle campus; Mr. David Landman, university director of public information; and the officers of the board, Dr. Ronald W. Brady, comptroller (also vice president for administration for the University); Mr. James J. Costello, university counsel ; and Dr. Earl W. Porter, secretary.

1 Prior to the convening of the meeting, the board met as a Committee of the Whole to receive a presentation preliminary to the development of the operating and capital budget requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 1979. Vice President Brady and his staff presented documents and slides outlining the budget situation and the needs as advanced by campus officers. A similar meeting will be held in July, at which time the board will receive preliminary recommendations with regard to the budgets for 1979. Formal action on the budget requests is anticipated at the September meeting. (The early presentation of materials was made in response to trustee interest in contributing to such budget development prior to the submission of recommendations by the administration.)

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