Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of
Kentucky. Tuesday, December 12, 1972


       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in regular
statutory session on Tuesday, December 12, 1972 at 2:00 o'clock (Eastern
Standard Time) in Room E on the 18th floor of the Patterson Office Tower
with the following members answering the call of the roll: Mr. Thomas P.
Bell, Mrs. Rexford S. Blazer, Mr. Stanley Burlew, Mrs. Robert 0. Clark,
Mr. Albert G. Clay, Mr. Richard E. Cooper, Mr. Jacob H. Graves, Mr.
George W. Griffin, Mr. Garvice D. Kincaid, Professor Paul Oberst, Mr.
Zirl A. Palmer, Mr. James H. Pence, Professor Paul G. Sears, Mr. William
B. Sturgill, Mr. Scott Wendelsdorf, and Dr. John R. Woodyard. Absent from
the meeting were Mr. Jesse M. Alverson, Mr. Eugene Goss, and Mr. Floyd H.
Wright. The University administration was represented by President Otis A.
Singletary; Vice Presidents Alvin L. Morris, Lewis W. Cochran, Glenwood L.
Creech, Robert G. Zumwinkle, Peter P. Bosomworth, and Lawrence E. Forgy;
Dr. Charles Wethington, Assistant Vice President of the Community College
System; Dr. Donald B. Clapp, Director of the Budget; and Mr. John C. Darsie,
Legal Counsel. The various news media also had representatives present.



       A. Meeting Opened

       Mr. Clay called the meeting to order at 2:10 p. m. Following the
invocation pronounced by Mr. Graves, the Secretary reported 16 members
present with three absent. Mr. Clay declared the meeting officially open for
the c onduc t of bus ine s s at 2: 13 p. m.



       B. Minutes Approved as Amended

       Mr. Bell moved that certain technical corrections be made on pages
3, 4 and 7 of the November 21, 1972 Minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting
and moved that the reading of the Minutes of the meeting be dispensed with and
that the Minutes be approved as amended. His motion was seconded by Mrs.
Blazer, and passed without dissent.

       The corrected portions of the November Minutes are given at the end
of the Minutes. The Secretary was instructed to prepare and distribute to the
members corrected copies of each page.



      C. President's Report to the Trustees

      President Singletary called attention to certain items in PR 1, President's
Report to the Trustees, and recommended more careful reading of the report by