Office of the President
                                                         April 5, 1966



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Members, Board of Trustees:

      ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

Recommendation: that (1) a University of Kentucky Development Council be established to
serve in an advisory capacity to the President, and through him to the Board of Trustees,
forallprivatefund development for the entire University; and (2) that the Board of
Trustees appoint. to membership on the University of Kentucky Development Council, the
persons whose names appear on the attached sheet.

Background: In order for the development program of the University to become a major
contributing factor to the satisfactory financial support of the University's effort toward
higher quality in its program, it is necessary to involve volunteer leadership at the high-
est level--rnen and women, alumni and non-alumni, residents of Kentucky and non-
residents. Their basic qualifications should be threefold: (1) positions of leadership in
their chosen communities whether regional, state, national, or professional; (2) a com-
mitment to the University of Kentucky's aspiration. to develop into one of the nation's
strongest universities; and (3) a willingness to support this aspiration. The University's
recognition of their importance to its task lies in their involvement in certain areas of
policy formulation and execution.

It is proposed that a University of Kentucky Development Council shall have as many as
twenty members, two of whom are trustees, appointed by the Board of Trustees, and
five ex-officio members: the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, the President, the Vice President-
University Relations, and the Director of Development.

The basic support of an institution such a:s the University of Kentucky must come fr-om
the state and we are deeply encouraged with the growing support from the Common-
wealth of Kentucky. This is enabling the institution to meet the demands of growing
enrollments and the growing demands placed upon it for additional research and ser-
vice. The difference between meeting obligations and developing enriched programs,
commonly referred to as the "'margin of excellence", must come increasingly from
the gift dollar. As has been done so effectively by our sister institutions, we must
move beyond necessity into enrichment by establishing a development program for the
total University.