Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees, University of Kentucky,
Tuesday, December 9, 1969


       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in statutory session
at 2:00 o clock (Eastern Standard Time) on Tuesday, December 9, 1969 in the new
Board Room on the 18th floor of the Office Tower with the following members
present: Governor Louie B. Nunn, Mr. William R. Black, Mrs. Rexford S. Blazer,
formet Governor A. B. Chandler, Mr. Richard E. Cooper, Dr. Harry Denham,
Mr. George W. Griffin, Mr. Robert H. Hillenmeyer, Mr. J. Robert Miller, Mr.
B. Hudson Milner, Dr. N. N. Nicholas, Mr. James H. Pence, non-voting faculty
members Professor Robert W. Rudd and Professor Paul G. Sears, and non-voting
student member, Mr. Tim Futrell. Absent were: Mr. Wendell P. Butler, Mr.
Albert G. Clay and Mr. Floyd H. Wright. Representing the administration at the
meeting were President Otis A. Singletary; Dr. Alvin L. Morris, Special Assistant
to the President; Vice Presidents William R. Willard, Glenwood L. Creech, Lewis
W. Cochran, George J. Ruschell and Stuart Forth; Dr. Donald B. Clapp, Coordinator,
Program Budget Planning, and Mr. John Darsie, Legal Counsel. Members of the
various news media were also present.


      A.. Meeting Opened

      Governor Nunn called the meeting to order at 2:10 p. m. Following the
invocation pronounced by Mr. Black and certification by the Secretary that a quorum
was present, the meeting was declared officially open for the conduct of business.
Note was taken of the fact that the Board of Trustees was meeting for the first time in
the new Board Room on the top floor of the Office Tower and gratification was ex-
pressed at the excellent facilities now available to the Board.


      B. Minutes Approved

      On motion by Governor Chandler, seconded by Mr. Hillenmeyer, the reading
of the Minutes of the November 7 meeting of the Board of Trustees and the November
18 meeting of the Executive Committee was dispensed with and the Minutes of these
two meetings were approved as published.



      C. President's Report to the Trustees

      Governor Nunn called on Dr. Singletary for his monthly report on activities
at the University. Dr. Singletary noted that members of the Board had copies of his
report in their folders and said that he would, therefore, mention only a few of the
items in the report. He called attention to the policy recently adopted by the
University which eliminates the filing of high school records by freshman applicants