Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of
Kentucky, Tuesday, January 21, 1997.

      The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m.
(Lexington time) on Tuesday, January 21, 1997 in the Board Room on the 18th
floor of Patterson Office Tower.

      A.   Meeting Opened

      Governor Edward T. Breathitt, Chairperson, called the meeting to order
at 1:10 p.m., and the invocation was pronounced by Mr. Ted Bates.

      B.   Roll Call

      The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the
roll: Mr. Alan Aja, Mr. Ted Bates, Mrs. Kay Shropshire Bell, Governor Edward
T. Breathitt (Chairperson), Mr. Paul W. Chellgren, Mr. Robert N. Clay, Mr.
Merwin Grayson, Mr. John "Jack" Guthrie, Mr. James F. Hardymon, Professor
Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P. Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles, Professor Jim
Miller, Dr. Elissa Plattner, Mr. Steven S. Reed. Absent from the meeting were
Professor Deborah Powell, Mr. C. Frank Shoop, Mrs. Lois C. Weinberg, Mr.
Martin Welenken and Mr. Billy B. Wilcoxson. The University administration
was represented by President Charles T. Wethington, Jr.; Chancellors Ben W.
Carr, James W. Holsinger, and Elisabeth Zinser; Vice Presidents Joseph T.
Burch, Fitzgerald Bramwell, Edward A. Carter, George DeBin, and Eugene
Williams; John J. Piecoro, Assistant to the President for Administrative
Affairs; 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 1:12 p.m.

      C.   Approval of Minutes

      Governor Breathitt said that the Minutes of the Board meeting on
December 10, 1996 had been distributed and asked for any additions or
corrections. Professor Jim Miller moved that the Minutes be approved as
distributed. Professor Loys L. Mather seconded the motion, and it carried.

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

      President Wethington stated Dr. Deborah Powell, faculty trustee,
recently announced that she will be leaving the University in mid-April. She
has been chosen to be the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine at the