Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees on Tuesday,
March 18, 1969


       The Board of Trustees of the University of Kentucky met in special
session on Tuesday, March 18, 1969 at 2:00 p. m. in the Board Room of the
Administration Building with the following members present: Governor Louie
B. Nunn, Mrs. Rexford S. Blazer, Mr. William R. Black, Mr. Albert G. Clay,
Mr. Richard E. Cooper, Dr. Harry Denham, Mr. George Griffin, Mr. J.
Robert Miller, Mr. Hudson Milner, Dr. N. N. Nicholas, Mr. James H. Pence,
and non-voting members Professor Paul Oberst and Dr. Robert W. Rudd.
Absent were former Governor A. B. Chandler, Mr. Wendell P. Butler, Mr.
Robert Hillenmeyer, Mr. Floyd Wright and non-voting student member, Mr.
Wallace Bryan. Members of the University's administrative staff who were
present were Acting President A. D. Kirwan and Vice Presidents A. D. Albright,
Robert F. Kerley and Lewis W. Cochran. Members of the various news media
were in attendance.


       A. Meeting Opened

       Governor Nunn called the meeting to order at 2:00 o'clock. Following
the invocation given by Mr. William R. Blac k, the Secretary reported a quorum
present and the Governor declared the meeting officially open for the conduct
of business at 2:05 o'clock.


      B. Minutes Approved

      On motion duly made, seconded, and carried, the reading of the Minutes
for the January 29 and February 18 meetings of the Board of Trustees was dis-
pensed with and the Minutes were approved as published.


      C. President's Report to the Trustees

      Before giving his report on activities of University personnel since the
last meeting of the Board, Dr. Kirwan indicated he had received a letter from
President Carl Hill of Kentucky State College expressing his appreciation for
the resolution of sympathy on the death of Mrs. Hill adopted by the Board of
Trustees at the February 18 meeting. He then discussed some of the more
important items contained in the report and asked Dr. Albright to amplify the
report on the activities related to equal opportunity at the University of Kentucky
during the fall term 1968. Dr. Albright placed particular emphasis on the
University's efforts in the recruitment of faculty and students from minority
groups.