ILLINOIS - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

168 BOARD OF TRUSTEES February 2 1
with the First National Bank of Chicago by the Secretary or other officer of this
corporation. And be it further
Resolved that the State Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to
honor vouchers bearing facsimile signatures of the President and Secretary of The
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois if such facsimile signatures re-
semble the facsimile specimens duly certified to or filed with the State Comptroller
by the Secretary.
These authorizations are to continue in effect until the State Comptroller has
been supplied with specimen signatures of succeeding dcers of this Board.
Election of Members to the Merit Board
Mr. Velasquez nominated Mr. Stone and Dr. Donoghue to serve as mem-
bers of the Civil Service Merit Board, succeeding Mrs. Shepherd and Mr.
Velasquez. (Mr. Lenz will continue to serve.)
The nominations were closed, and the secretary was instructed to cast
a unanimous ballot of the board for the election of Mr. Stone and Dr.
Donoghue to the Merit Board. The ballot was so cast, and Mr. Stone and
Dr. Donoghue were declared elected members of the Merit Board.
At the request of fhe press, the board recessed briefly to permit the taking
of photographs.
Mr. Neal left the meeting at this point, to return later as indicated
below.
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.
Kane-Edgar Proposal on University Governance
President Corbally reported on a proposal for the reorganization of the
governing structul-, of higher education in Illinois as proposed recently
by Representatives Douglas Kane and Jim Edgar. He said that the pro-
posal reflected misunderstandings, not unworthy motives; and that he
assumed the board would want the administration to try to dissuade the
two legislators from pursuing their proposal. Mr. Howard made the fol-
lowing motion, which was approved without dissent: That the Board of
Trustees express its firm belief that the suggestions for change in gover-
nance of the University of Illinois, as made to members of the House
Committee on State Government Organization recently, are contrary to
the best interests of the University of Illinois and of the people of the
state; and that the president of the University and his staff cooperate