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      Minutes of the Special Called Meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the University of Kentucky, Sunday, October 9, 1988.

      The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in a
Special Called Meeting in the Board Room on the 18th floor of the
Patterson Office Tower on the Lexington Campus at 2:00 p.m. Lexington
time on Sunday, October 9, 1988. The call for the Special Meeting had
been issued by the Chairman, Mr. Robert McCowan.

      A.   Meeting Opened and Roll Called

      Mr. Robert T. McCowan, Chairman, called the meeting to order at
2 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. Robert T. McCowan (Chairman), Mr. Ted B. Bates,
Professor Raymond F. Betts, Mr. Albert G. Clay, Professor Mary Sue
Coleman, Professor David R. Driscoll, Jr., Mr. Tracy Farmer, Mr.
Lawrence E. Forgy, Jr. Mrs. Edythe Jones Hayes, Mr. Henry E. Hershey,
Senator Walter D. Huddleston, Dr. Nicholas J. Pisacano, Mr. James A.
Rose (James), Mr. James L. Rose (Jim), Judge Robert F. Stephens, Judge
Julia K. Tackett, and Judge Henry R. Wilhoit, Jr. Absent from the
meeting were Governor Albert B. Chandler, Mr. Jerome A. Stricker, and
Mr. Billy B. Wilcoxson. The University administration was represented
by President David Roselle; Mr. Edward A. Carter, Vice President for
Administration; Chancellors Peter P. Bosomworth, Art Gallaher and
Charles T. Wethington; Legal Counselors John C. Darsie, Joseph T.
Burch, and Robert Lawson.

       Mr. James Park, Jr. of Brown, Todd and Heyburn, and members of
the news media were also in attendance. A quorum being present, Mr.
McCowan declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of
business at 2:03 p.m.

       C.    Closed Session

       Mr. Clay moved that the Board go into closed session to discuss:

       1. Matters which may lead to the discipline or dismissal of
           individual students.

       2. Matters which might lead to the discipline or dismissal
           of individual employees.

       3.  Matters constituting confidential communications between
           attorney and client.

       His motion was seconded by Professor Coleman and carried
unanimously. Thereafter, at 2:15 p.m. the Board went into a closed
session.




 




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       D.    Meeting Reconvened and Resolution Adopted

       The meeting reconvened at 5:35 p.m. in public session and Mr.
McCowan read the following Resolution:

       It has been and continues to be the intention of the
       Administration to have a thorough investigation of allegations
       about the UK basketball program. This investigation should be
       free of influence by the University President, the Board of
       Trustees, and other interested parties in order that it can
       serve as the basis for a defense of the basketball program
       against unsubstantiated allegations.

       When the allegations have been received and the investigation
       is completed, it is the intention to use the information gained
       to defend the program, employees and student-athletes against
       any unsubstantiated charges of wrongdoing. On the other hand,
       if violations of NCAA regulations are judged to have occurred,
       the institution must accept responsibility for these violations
       and act accordingly.

       The Board of Trustees continues to wholeheartedly support
       President Roselle in his objective of having a thorough
       investigation of any NCAA allegations and his intention of
       defending the program, employees and student-athletes against
       any unsubstantiated allegations. The Board also expects
       President Roselle to take all actions necessary to deal with
       any infractions that may be judged to have occurred.

       This Board of Trustees and President Roselle stand on the
       highest principles in these matters, and will proceed in such a
       way as to protect the integrity of this great institution.

       On motion made by Mr. Hershey, seconded by Senator Huddleston
and unanimously carried, the Resolution was adopted.

       E.    Meeting Adjourned

       There being no further business to come before the Board, the
Chairman adjourned the meeting at 5:40 p.m.

                                        Respectfully submitted,



                                        Edythe Jones Hayes
                                        Secretary
                                        Board of Trustees



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