Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky,
Tuesday, March 7, 2000.

       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington
time) on Tuesday, March 7, 2000 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson
Office Tower.

       A.    Meeting Opened

       Billy Joe Miles, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m., and the
invocation was pronounced by W. Grady Stumbo, M.D.

      B.    Roll Call

      The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll:
Mr. Ted Bates, Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Mr. Paul W. Chellgren, Mr. James Glenn
III, Mr. Merwin Grayson, Mr. John "Jack" Guthrie, Dr. Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P.
Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles (Chairman), Dr. Elissa Plattner, Mr. Steven S. Reed, Dr.
Daniel R. Reedy, Mr. C. Frank Shoop, Ms. Marian Sims, Ms. Alice Sparks, Dr. W. Grady
Stumbo, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, Mr. Russell Williams and Ms. Elaine Wilson. Absent
from the meeting was Mr. Billy B. Wilcoxson. The University administration was
represented by President Charles T. Wethington, Jr.; Chancellors Elizabeth Zinser and
James W. Holsinger; Vice Presidents Fitzgerald Bramwell, Joseph T. Burch, Ben W.
Carr, and Edward A. Carter; Dr. Juanita Fleming, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs;
Mr. C. M. Newton, Director of Athletics, and Mr. Richard E. Plymale, General Counsel.

      Members of the various news media were also in attendance. A quorum being
present, the Chairperson declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business
at 1:04 p.m.

      C.    Approval of Minutes

      Mr. Miles said that the Minutes of the Board meeting on January 25, 2000 had
been distributed and asked for any additions or corrections. Mr. Shoop moved that the
Minutes be approved as distributed. Mr. Guthrie seconded the motion, and it carried.

      D.    President's Report to the Board of Trustees (PR 1)

      President Wethington called attention to the following items in PR 1:

      1. The University of Kentucky Public Relations and Marketing received eight
          awards for communications materials at the National CASE (Council for the
          Advancement and Support of Education) Conference and five honors at the
          Lexington Advertising Club's "Addy Awards."