ILLINOIS - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees

19801 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 5%
MINUTES APPROVED
The secretary presented for approval the press proof of the minutes of the
Board of Trustees meeting of February 21, 1980, copies of which had
previously been sent to the board.
On motion of Mr. Stone, these minutes were approved as printed on
pages 5 19 to 549 inclusive.
INTRODUCTIONS
President Forsyth introduced Acting Dean Jerry I. Newman, Peoria
School of Medicine, and expressed the thanks of the board and the stafF
for the assistance of Miss Barbara White, Dr. Newman’s secretary, for the
arrangements for the meeting.
BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
President Ikenberry recognized and introduced observers from the campus
senates and from the University Senates Conference.’
President’s Reports
President Ikenberry presented a report on selected topics of current in-
terest, copies of which were distributed at the meeting, and a copy was
filed with the secretary of the board.
The president also reviewed briefly the current status of the Univer-
sity’s appropriation bill and other matters.
Resolution with Regard to Iranian Students,
Illinois House of Representatives
At the request of the president, the university counsel presented a review
of the legal implications of House Resolution 694, recently adopted by the
House of Representatives of the 81st General Assembly. The resolution
states :
that for summer session 1980 and thereafter, until the American
hostages are released, all Illinois state colleges and universities
shall not enroll Iranian students for. . . and
that this Body urges the . . . University of Illinois Board of Trustees
. . . to immediately revoke the right of Iranian Student Organiza-
tions to have office facilities on the grounds (thereof) . . .
Mr. Costello expressed his view “that any action by the University to deny
admission to persons who are lawfully in the United States on a non-
immigrant alien status on student visas solely because they are Iranian
nationals would involve substantial risk. A court could well find the action
to be inconsistent with federal supremacy and beyond the power of the
* University Senates Conference: Rose Ann Grundman, associate profesor of mathematics in
medicinal chemistry at the Medical Center; Chica o Circle Senate: Leonard D. Eron, professor of
psychology and dmctor of Ap lied Psychologicaf Services; Urbana-Champaign Senate Council:
Robert J. Mosborg, professor of ad engineering. There waa no representative from the Medical
Center Senate.