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1957] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 215
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
On call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Illinois was held in the Office of the Dean of the
Chicago Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16,
1957, beginning at 12:00 noon.
The following, constituting all members of the Committee, were present:
Mr. H. B. Megran, Chairman, Mr. Park Livingston, and Mrs. Frances B. Watkins.
Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary of the Board, was also present.
The Secretary presented the following item of business.
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees on April 25, 1956,
made an initial appropriation of $7,500 for the expenses of the Installation
of the President. An additional appropriation of $9,000 is needed to
complete the balance of expenses.
An analysis of the expenditures prepared by the Chairman of the Committee on the
Installation is submitted herewith, and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of
the Board for record.
On motion of Mrs. Watkins, an appropriation of $9,000 was made from the
General Reserve Fund for this purpose by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Livingston,
Mrs. Watkins, Mr. Megran; no, none; absent, none.
The Committee adjourned.
A. J. JANATA H. B. MEGRAN
Clerk Chairman
MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
On call of the Chairman, a meeting of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds
was held preceding and following the Board of Trustees meeting, at the Chicago
Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16, 1957, to
consider reports and recommendations from the President of the University relating
to the following items of business:
Governor's Proposed Ten-Year Building Program and Bond Issue
Selection of Sites for New Buildings: Auditorium-Gymnasium, Physics Building,
Residence Halls for Women, State Natural History and Geological Survey
expansion
Digital Computer Laboratory: change in plans from remodeling to a new building;
selection of site; and architectural services
Borrowing Funds for Land Acquisitions
Prospective grant of funds for a new building for Institute of Labor and Industrial
Relations
Site for Chicago Undergraduate Division (the Committee on General Policy also
participated in the discussion of this subject).
New Bidding Practice: change in the University practice of taking all-inclusive
bids from general contractors on major construction projects instead of separate
bids on the several divisions of work; communications from mechanical
trades contractors objecting to this practice; and a report from the Director of
the Physical Plant Department on a meeting he had with representatives of
several contractors.
A copy of the minutes of this meeting have been filed with the Secretary of
the Board for record.
MEETING OF COMMITTEE ON THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENTS
On call of the Chairman, the Committee on the Chicago Departments met at the
Chicago Undergraduate Division, Chicago, Illinois, on Wednesday, January 16,
1957. beginning at 2:00 p.m., to consider matters relating to the Chicago Professional
Colleges, and particularly to the policies and practices governing admissions
to the Research and Educational Hospitals.
A copy of the minutes of this meeting have been filed with the Secretary of
the Board for record.