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MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
May 28, 1957
The May meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
was held in the State Office Building, Springfield, Illinois, on
Tuesday, May 28, 1957, beginning at 1:15 p.m. By vote of the Board,
the meeting was originally scheduled to be held on May 28 in Urbana,
Illinois, but pursuant to the authority vested in him in the By-Laws of
the Board of Trustees, the President of the Board ordered a change in
the place of the meeting from Urbana to Springfield because a hearing
on the University's appropriations bills for 1957-59 by the House of
Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Seventieth General Assembly
of Illinois, had been scheduled for the same afternoon and both
the hearing and the Board meeting required participation of several of
the same University officials, including some of the Trustees.
The following members of the Board were present: Mr. Wirt Herrick,
Mrs. Doris S. Holt, Mr. Wayne A. Johnston, Mr. Park Livingston,
Mr. Timothy W. Swain, Mrs. Frances B. Watkins. Mr. Cushman
B. Bissell, Mr. Earl M. Hughes, Mr. Vernon L. Nickell, Governor
William G. Stratton, and Mr. Kenney E. Williamson were absent.
Also present were President David D. Henry, Vice-President and
Provost Henning Larsen, Dr. H. E. Longenecker, Vice-President in
charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, Director C. S. Havens of
the Physical Plant Department, Mr. Ralph F. Lesemann, Legal Counsel,
Mr. C. E. Flynn, Director of Public Information; and the officers
of the Board, Mr. H. O. Farber, Comptroller, Mr. C. W. Weldon,
Treasurer, and Mr. A. J. Janata, Secretary.
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