Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky,
Tuesday, October 29, 2002.

      The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington
time) on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 in the Board Room on the 18th Floor of Patterson Office
Tower.

      A.    Meeting Opened

      Mr. Steven Reed, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m., and Mr. Tim
Robinson gave the invocation.

      B.    Roll Call

      The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: Mr.
Paul W. Chellgren, Ms. Marianne Smith Edge, Professor Michael Kennedy, Dr. Robert P.
Meriwether, Mr. Billy Joe Miles, Dr. Elissa Plattner, Dr. Claire Pomeroy, Mr. Steven S. Reed
(Chairperson), Mr. Tim Robinson, Mr. C. Frank Shoop, Ms. Marian Moore Sims, Ms. Alice
Stevens Sparks, Dr. W. Grady Stumbo, Ms. Myra Leigh Tobin, Ms. JoEtta Y. Wickliffe, Mr.
Billy B. Wilcoxson, Mr. Russ Williams, Ms. Elaine A. Wilson, and Ms. Barbara S. Young.
Absent from the meeting was Ms. Pamela R. May. The University administration was
represented by President Lee T. Todd, Jr., Acting Provost Michael Nietzel, Acting Senior
Vice President Jack C. Blanton, Senior Vice President and Chancellor of the Medical Center
James W. Holsinger, Jr., Acting Vice President for Research James Boling, and Acting
General Counsel, Mr. Paul Van Booven.

      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
1:08 p.m.

      C.    Consent Agenda

      Mr. Reed asked for a motion for approval of the following consent items on the
agenda.
             Approval of Minutes - September 17, 2002
             PR 2 - Personnel Actions

      Ms. Smith Edge moved approval. Her motion, seconded by Ms. Young, carried
without dissent. (See PR 2 at the end of the Minutes.)

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

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

      1.          The University of Kentucky won a $22.3 million grant for math and
                   science education. Paul Eakin and Wimberly Royster were two of the