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President's Report to the Trustees, recommended its acceptance. Mr. Clay
received the report and ordered it filed.


       J. Recommendations of the President (PR 2)

       President Singletary noted that the members of the Board had received
copies of PR 2, Recommendations of the President, in advance of the meeting
and, thus, were familiar with its contents. He added that the recommendations
for appointments and/or other staff changes were more or less routine with the
exception of the recommendation of Dr. J. T. Bryans as Chairman of the
Department of Veterinary Science in the College of Agriculture. Adding that he
did not ordinarily comment on individual appointments, Dr. Singletary said that
because of the amount of public discussion surrounding the appointment of the
chairman of the Department of Veterinary Science, he felt that he should do so in
this particular instance.

       After explaining in some detail the search procedures employed by the
University in screening candidates for a chairmanship he enumerated the following
factors which influenced the recommendation of Dr. Bryans for the position:

          1. The decision was made to remain inside of the department in the
            selection of a new chairman because the former chairman was
            remaining as an active member of the department and there was no
            new position or new money available to bring in someone from
            outside.

          2. Dean Barnhart, although well aware of the differences of opinion
            about Dr. Bryans which centered primarily around the fact that
            he was not a veterinarian and that perhaps he weas too highly
            specialized, reached the decision to recommend Dr. Bryans
            because he felt he was an intelligent, highly motivated, and
            agressive individual who had a deep loyalty to the University
            of Kentucky, the College of Agriculture, and the Department of
            Veterinary Science. In addition, Dr. Bryans is recognized
            nationally and internationally as a distinguished virologist, he
            is widely published with over 50 publications to his credit, and
            has made significant contributions to the solution of several
            very serious animal diseases.

            In concluding his remarks, President Singletary mentioned a
            letter dated August 22 from an official of the Grayson Foundation
            to Dean Barnhart which strongly suggested that support funds
            might be reduced should Dr. Bryans not be named Chairmanr of
            the Department. He reported that this letter was not received
            by Dean Barnhart until after the decision had already been reached
            on August 6 to recommend the appointment of Dr. Bryans. Thus,
            the letter did not influence the University's decision in any way. It
            was unfortunate that such a letter wvas ever written because it
            helped to create a false issue but, inasmuch as it was written and