Minutes of the Special Called Meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky,
Friday, June 7. 1985.

       The Executive Committee of 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 11 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on Friday, June 7, 1985.

       A.    Meeting Opened and Roll Called

       Mr. Robert T. McCowan, Chairman, called the meeting to order at
11:02 a.m. and the invocation was pronounced by Mr. William R. Black.

       The following members of the Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees answered the call of the roll: Mr. Robert T. McCowan
(Chairman), Mr. William R. Black, Mr. Albert G. Clay, Mr. Tracy
Farmer, and Mr. T. A. Lassetter. Members of the Board of Trustees
attending the meeting were Mr. Thomas P. Bell, Mr. Timothy B.
Freudenberg, Mrs. Edythe Jones Hayes, Mr. Henry E. Hershey, Professor
James D. Kemp, Mr. W. Bruce Lunsford, and Professor Constance P.
Wilson. The University administration was represented by President
Otis A. Singletary; Mr. James 0. King, Vice President for
Administration; Chancellors Art Gallaher and Charles T. Wethington;
Dr. Raymond R. Hornback, Vice President for University Relations; Mr.
Edward A. Carter, Associate Vice President for Planning and Budget;
Mr. John C. Darsie, General Counsel; Mr. Henry Clay Owen, Controller
and Treasurer; Dr. Wimberly C. Royster, Vice Chancellor for Research
and Dean of the Graduate School; and Dr. Paul G. Sears, Special
Assistant for Academic Affairs. Members of the various news media
were also in attendance. A quorum being present, the Chairman
declared the meeting officially open for the conduct of business at
11:05 a.m.

       B.    President's Recommendation to Board Regarding IMMR
Contract (PR :3XT

       President Singletary stated the necessity and purpose of the
Special Called Meeting of the Executive Committee. He reported on his
previous meeting with Secretary of Energy George E. Evans and
explained that the University administration had no prior notice of
Secretary Evans' decision to terminate the Institute of Mining and
Minerals Research (IMMR) contract to operate the Kentucky Center for
Energy Research Laboratory. After expressing the University's
disappointment with the action of Secretary Evans, he requested that
an ad hoc committee be appointed to review the circumstances
surrounding the issue. The Chairman asked for a motion to approve the
President's recommendation. Following a discussion, motion was made
by tar. Clay, seconded by tir. Black, and passed, to approve the
President's recommendation regarding the IMMR contract.