Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees
University of Kentucky
Friday, December 9, 2014
The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met at 1:00 p.m. on Friday,
December 9, 2014 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of Patterson Office Tower.
A.

Meeting Opened

Dr. O. Keith Gannon, chair of the Board of Trustees, called the meeting to order at 1:03
p.m. Chair Gannon 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., James H. Booth, William C. Britton, E. Britt Brockman, Sheila Brothers, Mark P.
Bryant, Angela L. Edwards, William S. Farish, Jr., Oliver Keith Gannon, Carol Martin (Bill)
Gatton, Cammie Grant, Robert Grossman, David V. Hawpe, Kelly Sullivan Holland, Jake
Ingram, Terry Mobley, James W. Stuckert, John Wilson, Robert Vance and Barbara Young.
Secretary Brothers announced that a quorum was present.
The University administration was represented by President Eli Capilouto, Provost
Christine Riordan, Executive Vice President for Health Affairs Michael Karpf, Executive 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
Andrew Hippisley, and the University staff was represented by Chair of the Staff Senate Michael
Adams.
Guests and members of the news media were also in attendance.
C.

Consent Items

Chair Gannon called attention to the six consent items on the agenda. The items were the
minutes for the Board of Trustees Retreat on October 17-18, 2014 and the Board of Trustees
meeting on October 18, 2014; PR 2, Personnel Actions; FCR 1, Carl F. Pollard and C. F. Pollard
Foundation, Inc. Gift and Charitable Grant; FCR 2, The Bill Gatton Foundation Pledge; and
FCR 3, William E. Seale Family Foundation Pledge.
Trustee Stuckert moved approval of the consent items. Trustee Mobley seconded the
motion. Chair Gannon called for the vote and it passed with 19 affirmative votes and one
abstention from Trustee Bill Gatton. (See consent items listed below on the Board of Trustees
website, www.uky.edu/Trustees, under agenda.)
Minutes, Board of Trustees Retreat, October 17-18, 2014
Minutes, Board of Trustees Meeting, October 18, 2014

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