Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees
University of Kentucky
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. (Lexington time)
on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower.
A.

Meeting Opened

Dr. E. Britt Brockman, chair of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 1:00
p.m. Chair Brockman asked Trustee Sheila Brothers, secretary of the Board, to call the roll.
B.

Roll Call

The following members of the Board of Trustees answered the call of the roll: C.B.
Akins, Sr., Stephen Bilas, William C. Britton, E. Britt Brockman, Sheila Brothers, Jo Hern
Curris, Williams S. Farish, Jr., Oliver Keith Gannon, Carol Martin “Bill” Gatton, Kelly Sullivan
Holland, Pamela T. May, Terry Mobley, Charles Sachatello, C. Frank Shoop, James W. Stuckert,
Irina Voro, John Wilson, and Barbara Young. Mark Bryant and Billy Joe Miles were absent
from the meeting. Secretary Brothers announced that a quorum was present.
The University administration was represented by President Eli Capilouto, Interim
Provost Tim Tracy, Vice President for Health Affairs Michael Karpf, Vice President for Finance
and Administration Eric Monday and General Counsel William Thro.
The University faculty was represented by Chair of the University Senate Council Lee
Blonder, and the University staff was represented by Chair of the Staff Senate Mike Adams.
Guests and members of the news media were also in attendance.
C.

Consent Items

Chair Brockman began by reporting that there had been no requests since the last meeting
to speak or appear before the Board.
Chair Brockman called attention to the nine consent items on the agenda. The items
included the minutes, with a revision, for the Board of Trustees meeting on January 29, 2013, PR
2 which deals with personnel actions, AACR 1, candidates for degree December 2012, and six
FCR’s. The six FCR’s include FCR 1, Donald L. Jacobs, Sr., gift and pledge; FCR 2, Don L.
Jacobs, Sr., pledge to the Gatton College of Business and Economics Capital Campaign; FCR 3,
Geoffrey H. Rosenberger Pledge; FCR 4, Haymaker Foundation, Inc., Gift; FCR 5, Howard L.
Lewis Pledge; and FCR 6, William E. Seale Family Foundation Pledge.
Trustee Stuckert moved approval of the consent items. Trustee Akins seconded the
motion and it passed without dissent. (See consent items listed below on the Board of Trustees
website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)

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