Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of
Kentucky, Tuesday, December 9, 1980

     The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in regular
statutory session at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Lime) on Tuesday, December
9, 1980 in the Board Room on the 18th floor of the Patterson Office Tower
on the LexingTon campus.

     A. Meeting Opened and Oath of Office Administered

     Mr. Sturg-ll, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 2 p.m. and
the invocation was pronounced by Mr. McBrayer. Mr. Sturgill welcomed
Professor Onal Conley, the newly elected Community College faculty member
who will serve on the Board of Trustees for a term ending June 30, 1983.
Mr. Darsie administered the oath of office to Professor Conley.

     B. Roll Call

     The following members answered the call of the roll:  Mr. William B.
Sturgill, Chairman, Mr. William R. Black, Governor Albert Benjamin Chandler,
Mrs. Betty Pace Clark, Professor Opal Conley, Mr. Tracy Farmer, Mrs. Edythe J.
Hayes, Mrs. Sally Hermansdorfer, Mr. Thomas B. Kessinger, Mr. W. Terry
McBrayer, Mr. A. Stevens Miles, Mr. Frank Ramsey, Mr. Homer W. Ramsey,
Mr. Brad Sturgeon and Professor Constance Wilson. Absent from the meeting
were Professor Michael E. Adelstein, Mr. Albert G. Clay, Dr. David A. Hull,
Mr. W. B. Terry and Mr. William T. Young.  The University administration was
represented by President Otis A. Singletary; Vice Presidents Jack C. Blanton,
Peter P. Bosomworth, Donald B. Clapp, Lewis W. Cochran, Raymond R. Hornback,
John T. Smith, M. Stanley Wall and Robert G. Zumwinkle; Dr. Art Gallaher,
Vice President-Designate; Dr. Wimber'y C. Royster, Dean of the Graduate School
and Coordinator of Research; Mr. John C. Darsie, General Counsel; and Dr.
Charles T. Wethington, Assistant Vice President for the Community College System.
Members of the various news media were also in attendance.   The Secretarv, Mrs.
Clark, reported a quorum present and the Chairman declared the meeting officially
ooen for the conduct of business at 2:04 p.m.

     C.  Minutes ADoroved

     The Minutes of the October 14, 1980 meeting of the Board of Trustees were
approved without objection.

     D.  President's Report to the Trustees (PR 1)

     President Singletary reviewed briefly the items in his monthly report
to the Trustees, calling particular attention to (1) the election of Professor
Opal Conley as the Community College representative on the Board of Trustees
who is Chairman as the Division of Biological Sciences and Related Technologies
at Ashland Communitv College and a recipient of the Great Teacher Award, (2)
Governor Brown's announcement that the State freeze on three capital construction
projects (Primary-Ambulatory Care Center, Sanders-Brown Research Center, and the
Student Center addition) has been lifted, (3) the reaccreditation of the bachelor
of arts and master of social work degree programs in the College of Social Work,
and (4) the first place finish of the Debate Team in the Kentucky Thoroughbred
Round Robin tournament.