Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees
University of Kentucky
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met on Tuesday, December 17,
2013 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower, Lexington, Kentucky.
A.

Meeting Opened

Dr. E. Britt Brockman, chair of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 1:20
p.m. Chair Brockman asked Trustee Sheila Brothers, secretary of the Board, to call the roll.
B.

Roll Call

The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: C.B.
Akins, Sr., James H. Booth, William C. Britton, E. Britt Brockman, Sheila Brothers, Mark P.
Bryant, Jo Hern Curris, Angela L. Edwards, William S. Farish, Jr., Oliver Keith Gannon, Carol
Martin (Bill) Gatton, Kelly Sullivan Holland, David V. Hawpe, Terry Mobley, Roshan Palli, C.
Frank Shoop, James W. Stuckert, Irina Voro, John Wilson and Barbara Young. Secretary
Brothers announced that a quorum was present.
The University administration was represented by President Eli Capilouto, Provost
Christine Riordan, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Michael Karpf, Executive Vice
President for Finance and Administration Eric Monday and General Counsel William Thro.
The University faculty was represented by the Chair of the University Senate Council
Lee Blonder, and the University staff was represented by the Chair of the Staff Senate Jeff
Spradling.
Guests, other administrators and members of the news media were also in attendance.
C.

Consent Items

Chair Brockman called attention to the ten consent items on the agenda. The items were
the minutes for the Board of Trustees Retreat on October 25-26, 2013 and the Board of Trustees
meeting on the morning of October 26, 2013; PR 2, Personnel Actions; FCR 1, Davis and
Beverly Marksbury Foundation Pledge; FCR 2, Terry Woodward Pledge; FCR 3, The Estate of
Dr. Judith M. Janssen Gift; FCR 4, The Estate of Maywin S. Lauderdale Gift; FCR 5, The Roger
E. Mick Gift; FCR 6, The Estate of Joy R. Wills Gift; and FCR 7, Multiple Gifts to the East and
Environmental Sciences Endowed Alumni Professorship to Replace unfulfilled Pledge to
Research Challenge Trust Fund. Trustee Stuckert moved approval of the consent items and
Trustee Farish seconded the motion. Chair Brockman called for the vote and it passed without
dissent. (See consent items listed below on the Board of Trustees website,
www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)

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