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408 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 28
The first of the achievement awards to be known as the "Alumni Achievement
Award" will be made at the commencement exercises on June 15, 1957, to Clifford
F. Hood, Class of 1915, President of the United States Steel Corporation; William
E. Levis, Class of 1913, Retired Chairman of the Owen-Illinois Glass Company;
Charles B. Shuman, Class of 1928, President of the American Farm Bureau
Federation.
On motion of Mrs. Holt, this program was approved.
MEN'S RESIDENCE HALLS REVENUE BONDS OF 19S7
(10) The Vice-President and Comptroller recommends the adoption of the following
resolution, and I concur.
Resolved, that the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois hereby
ratifies all acts, conditions, and things done at the meetings of the Board of
Trustees held on January 16, 1957, February 14, 1957, March 12, 1957, and at all
other meetings during the period from January 1, 1956, up to the present date, and
also ratifies all acts done and performed by the officials of said Board all in connection
with the issuance of $6,750,000 Men's Residence Halls Revenue Bonds of
1957 of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois dated April 1, 1957.
On motion of Mr. Swain, the foregoing resolution was adopted.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES
(11) The Committee on Nonrecurring Appropriations recommends assignments
of funds from the General Reserve for the following purposes:
1. College of Agriculture, remodeling in the Old Agronomy Storehouse. .$ 15 000
2. Chicago Professional Colleges, purchase of forty-five microscopes for
microscope rental pool 13 750
3. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Speech, air conditioning
and lighting in Illini Hall I 295
4. School of Journalism and Communications, repair and rebuilding of
television cameras 3 600
5. Library, acquisition of books 15 000
6. Physical Plant Department, air conditioning in the Administration
Building 31 400
7. College of Agriculture, alterations in Mumford Hall 9 000
8. Armed Forces, Department of Air Science, expansion of supply
facilities 5 000
9. College of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Art, purchase of
equipment 3 770
10. College of Engineering, conversion of attic space in Ceramics Building
to laboratories 4 720
11. College of Engineering, Department of General Engineering, improved
lighting and purchase of drawing tables 4 500
12. College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, expansion
of laboratory facilities 5 600
13. College of Fine and Applied Arts, dedication of new Band Building.. 4 000
14. Physical Plant Department, comprehensive traffic study 9 000
Total $125 635
The Committee further recommends that assignments for Items 1-6, inclusive,
be made from the funds available in 1956-57, and that assignments for Items 7- J 4.
inclusive, be made from funds in 1957-58 if funds are not available in the 1956-57
General Reserve.
I concur.
On motion of Mr. Johnston, these appropriations were made by the
following vote: Aye, Mr. Herrick, Mrs. Holt, Mr. Johnston, Mr.
Livingston, Mr. Swain, Mrs. Watkins; no, none; absent, Mr. Bissell,
Mr. Hughes, Mr. Nickell, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Williamson.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
(12) The amounts appropriated for wages, expense, and equipment in several
departments for the year 1956-57 have proved inadequate. The Vice-President and