Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky, Tuesday,
April 4, 2000.

       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time)
on Tuesday, April 4, 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 Ted Bates.

       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 HI, Mr. John
"Jack" Guthrie, Dr. Loys L. Mather, Dr. Robert P. Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles  
(Chairperson), Dr. Elissa Plattner, Mr. Steven S. Reed, Dr. Daniel R. Reedy, Mr. C. Frank
Shoop, Ms. Alice Sparks, Dr. W. Grady Stumbo, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, Mr. Russell Williams
and Ms. Elaine Wilson. Absent from the meeting were Mr. Merwin Grayson, Jr., Ms. Marian
Moore Sims, and Mr. Billy B. Wilcoxson. The University administration was represented by
President Charles T. Wethington, Jr.; Chancellors James W. Holsinger and Elisabeth Zinser;
Vice Presidents Fitzgerald Bramwell, Joseph T. Burch, Ben W. Carr, Edward A. Carter and
Eugene Williams; Dr. Juanita Fleming, Special Assistant for Academic Affairs; 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 March 7, 2000 had been
distributed and asked for any additions or corrections. Mr. Shoop moved that the Minutes be
approved as distributed. Dr. Meriwether 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 groundbreaking ceremony for the Linda and Jack Gill Heart Institute and the
         Center for Advanced Surgery building was held on March 8th.

      2. The Gail Robinson Award for Excellence has been established by the Metropolitan
         Opera National Council of New York, honoring the endowed chair in music at UK
         for her career at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

      3. Thirteen representatives from the University of Burgundy in France as well as other
         French delegates are on campus this week to visit our colleges and get better
         acquainted with the University of Kentucky.