Minutes of Called Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University
of Kentucky, March 4, 1963.


       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in the President's
Office on the campus of the University at 11:00 a m. , EST, with the following
members present: Governor Bert Combs, Chairman; Dr. Ralph J. Angelucci,
Robert H. HIillenmeyer, Dr. H.B. Murray, Gilbert Kingsbury, Dr. Harry
Denham, Judge James A. Sutherland, Emerson Beauchamp, Sam Ezell and
Clifford E. Smith: Absent, W. F. Foster, Floyd H. Wright, Dr. R. W. Bushart,
Smith D, Broadbent, Aubrey Brown, Lewis Cochran and Wendell P. Butler.
President Frank G. Dickey, Frank D. Peterson; Secretary of the Board, and
Mr. David Pritchett, Commissioner of Finance, were also present.


       A, Meeting Opened.

       A quorum of members of the Board being present and the meeting opened
to the press, Governor Combs asked the Reverend Albert N. Cox, Minister to
Students at Central Christian Church, to open the meeting with prayer.


       B. Mr. Smith Appointed Board Member.

       Mr. Clifford Smith stated that he had been reappointed a member of the
Board of Trustees and was ready to take the oath of office. Governor Combs
administered the oath and this fact was noted on Mr. Smith's certificate of
appointment,


       C. Purpose of the Meeting.

       The meeting was called at the request of the Chairman. Governor Combs.
He stated that the most pressing problem was the election of a new president.
He asked Dr. Ralph Angelucci, chairman of the screening committee, and Judge
James Sutherland, secretary of the screening committee, to make such report
as they might have available for the members of the Board of Trustees,

      Dr. Angelucci and Judge Sutherland reported on progress being made by
the screening committee. They agreed that the list of prospective persons for
presidency of the University had been reduced to about ten to twelve names,
They stated that it was the plan of the screening committee to submit a list of
four to six names of persons to the Board of Trustees at a later date, Dr.
Angelucci suggested that members of the Board might want to interview and talk
with some or all of the pecple who might be brought to the campus if they are
available for interviews,

      Dr. Angelucci stressed the point that interviewing a person should not be
taken as meaning that the person is a candidate for the presidency of the