MINUTES OF THE MEETING
of the
FINANCE COMMITTEE
October 17, 1969
Recommendation of the Ann Arbor Trust Company for the University
and the Michigan National Bank to arrange a one year's extension
on the MSU-Oakland Loan of approximately $3,848,000 which
is identified as Trust 5942.
On motion by Mr. Nisbet, seconded by Mr. Huff, it was
unanimously voted to approve the above recommendation.
Communication from Acting Vice President Wilkinson:
On August 28, 1969, Mr. Benjamin H. Anibal gave 1,000 shares
of General Motors common stock to Oakland University. The
value of the stock on the date of the gift was 71.9375 per
share and totaled $71,937.50. Half of the donation is to be
used for the purchase of books for Kresge Library and half
for the Mary Fogarty Anibal Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mr.
Anibal wishes no public announcement to be made of this gift.
It is recommended that the Board of Trustees accept this
gift and authorize the sale of the securities at its October
meeting so that the proceeds may be used for the intended
purpose.
Chancellor Varner submitted the following resolution which
had been unanimously adopted by the Oakland University Senate
at its meeting October 16, 1969:
Whereas, Oakland University is now observing its tenth
anniversary; and
Whereas, Oakland University, in its first decade, has been
substantially benefited by the support of the Board of Trustees
of Michigan State University and by the generously given
guidance and counsel of the members of the faculty and staff
of Michigan State University; and
Whereas, Oakland University has developed into a major,
complex university with an enrollment of nearly six thousand
and has added a vigorous graduate program to its original
offerings; and
Whereas, Oakland University has been permitted in the course
of these ten years to conduct its own affairs as an essentially
autonomous institution under the guidance of the Trustees
of Michigan State University; and
Whereas, Michigan State University is now in the process
of naming a new president, who will of necessity have demands
on his time of greater priority than the problems and concerns
of a rapidly expanding affiliate campus:
Now be it hereby resolved that the University Senate of
Oakland University representing the faculty, students, and
staff,
First, expresses its deep gratitude to the Board of Trustees
and to the faculty and staff of Michigan State University
for their guidance, their counsel, and their assistance
in uncounted ways in these ten years, and
Second, respectfully requests that the Board of Trustees
take the appropriate and necessary action to authorize Oakland
University to become an independent member of the system
of state colleges and universities serving the citizens
of Michigan, effective at the earliest possible date, and
hopefully not later than January 1, 1971.
On motion by Mr. Stevens, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it was
unanimously voted to refer this resolution to a committee
composed of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, the University attorney, the Executive Vice President
and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, and the Chancellor
of Oakland University for study and recommendations to the
Board as a special order of business at the December meeting.
PERSONNEL CHANGES
Resignations and Terminations
Edward L. BUOTE, Asst. Prof., Mod.Lang.& Lit., term.
eff. 8-31-69.
Leaves--Other
Karl D. GREGORY, Assoc. Prof., Asst. to Chancellor, Econ.
& Urban Affairs, eff. 10-1-69, term. 9-30-70. Work in
inner city bus. developments. (p.377)
Transfers and Changes in Assignment
Fred William SMITH, Asst.Prof.; Assoc.Dean of Students, Arts
& Sci.; Student Affairs, term. 8-31-69 to Asst. Prof.,
Assoc.Dean for Stud. Affairs; Assoc. Dean of Students, eff.
9-1-69.
Howard CLARKE, Prof. & Chm., Classics, term. 8-31-69,
Ch. Term date from 9-14-69.
Richard J. BURKE, Assoc. Prof., Philosophy, term. 8-31-69,
to Assoc. Prof. & Act. Chm., +$100 mo eff. 9-1-69, term.
4-30-70.
Donald C. HILDUM, Assoc. Prof., Psychology, to Assoc. Prof.,&
Act. Chm., +$100 mo., eff. 9-1-69 term. 4-30-70
Nahum Z. MEDALIA, Prof., Soc.& Anthro. to Prof. &
Act. Chm., +$100 mo., eff. 8-31-69, term 4-30-70
Thomas F. WATERS, Instr., Educ. at $12,000 to Vis Lect.
at $4,000ftp, eff. 9-1-69, term. 4-24-70, from 12571 and 10911
to 12571
Keith R. KLECKNER, Assoc. Prof., Engineering, to Assoc. Prof.
& Asst. Dean, Engineering, eff. 11-1-69 .
Donald R. BRITTON, Ticket & Bus. Mgr., Meadow Brook Theatre,
to Gen. Mgr., from $12,200 to $15,000, eff. 10-1-69
Salary Changes
David STAFFORD, Asst. Dir. Residence Halls from $10,300 to
$10,800 - eff. 10/1/69
John B. FERNALD, Prof. & Dir. Academy of Dramatic Art
from $27,500 to $26,500, eff. 10/1/69
Promotion - academic:
Michael BRAND, Instr. in Math at $10,200 to Asst. Prof. -
Math at $10,800, eff. 10/1/69
Appointment
Jeffrey A. GREENHOUSE as Asst Prof - Chemistry at $10,000,
eff. 8/15/69
Recommendations from the Director of Personnel
Reclassify an Account Clerk CT3 to a Senior Account Clerk
CT5 position for the Business Office.
Establish an Assistant to the Dean AP6 position for the School
of Engineering
For Student Affairs:
Establish a Staff Assistant in Student Aid AP4 position Establish
an Assistant in Physical Education AP1 position
Establish a Foreign Student Advisor and Counselor AP1 position
Establish a Head Resident, Vandenberg Hall, (Men) position
Establish a Head Resident, Vandenberg Hall, (Women) position
Establish a Hall Coordinator, Vandenberg Hall, position
Establish a Hall Coordinator, Hamlin Hall, position
Establish a Head Resident, Hamlin Hall, (Men) position
Establish a Head Resident, Hamlin Hall, (Women) position
GIFTS AND GRANTS
Gift of 1 RCA color television, 1 Kimball spinet piano, and
1 General Electric refrigerator with a total value of $ 465
from Dr. G. H. Brown, Washington, D.C., for Oakland Center.
Grants to be used for scholarship purposes, as follows:
--$ 960 from the Detroit Edison Co. for the Scholarship Account,
29727
To aid specified students:
--$ 600 from the Campbell-Ewald Company Scholarship, Detroit
-- $ 500 from the Detroit Optometric Centers
--$ 345 from the Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawaii
$1,000 from the Hershey Scholarship Program, Hershey, Pa.
$150 from the Lions Club of Fraser
$ 500 from the Mannheim Officers & Civilians Wives Club,
New York
$ 400 from the Oakland County Community Trust, Detroit
$ 250 from the Peoples Bank, Trenton
$ 62.50 from the Polish Women's Alliance of America, Chicago,
Ill.
$150 from Pontiac Northern Senior High School
$1,437 from the PTA Council Scholarship, Pontiac
$ 300 from the Rochester Junior Woman's Club
$ 300 from the Royal Oak PTA Council
$ 250 from Southfield High School (Jessie Davenport Scholarship)
$ 200 from Upper Teens Inc., Southfield
$ 50 from WOCL Student Council Scholarship, Brighton
$ 9,300 from Nat'l Science Found for Chem. Dept., Kenneth
Harmon, Director for Research synthesis of Polymers prepared
from tropenylium, carboranes, borane anions
$ 25,170 from Pontiac Motors for Dept. of Educ., T. Dutton,
Director, for Scholarship support.
$ 50 from First United Meth. Church, for Spec. Proj., M. Pierson,
Director, for Support Upward Bound Project
$ 25 from St. James Episcopal Church, Episcopal Young Churchmen,
for Spec. Proj., M. Pierson, Director, for Support Upward
Bound Project.
$ 1,000 from Matilda R. Wilson Fund, for Cont. Ed. Dept, Dean
Eklund, Director, for support of Meadow Brook Estate
$ 2,000 from Dr. Leon Fill Found., for Meadow Brook Theatre,
John Fernald, Director
$ 5,000 from Ford Motor Co. Fund for Meadow Brook Theatre,
John Fernald, Director, for trans. needs of Meadow Brook Theatre
$ 1,000 from Harold A. Fitzgerald for Chancellor's Office,
D. B. Varner, Discretionary gift
$ 1,000 from L. C. Goad for Chancellor's Office, D. B. Varner,
Discretionary gift
$ 1,000 from Louis H. Cole for Chancellor's Office, D. B.
Varner, Membership in Chancellor's Club
$ 250 from Wm. G.Shaw Charitable Trust for Chancellor's Office,
D. B. Varner, Membership in Chancellor's Club.
On motion by Mr Nisbet, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it was
voted to approve the Oakland University Personnel Changes
and to accept the gifts and grants. (p.378)
BIDS AND CONTRACT AWARDS
On October 6, 1969, bid proposals were received and opened
at Oakland University for the expansion of the internal road
system. A tabulation of the bids is submitted as follows:
| Construction |
|
| M & B Construction Company |
$185,170.86 |
| Walled Lake Equipment Company |
213,347.09 |
| Ben Fyke & Sons, Inc. |
214,300.00 |
| E. T. Cooke, Incorporated |
234,774.60 |
| Lind Asphalt Paving Company |
235,175.59 |
| E. N. Garlick Company |
235,437.12 |
| Maraldo Asphalt Paving, Inc. |
239,900.00 |
| T. A. Forsberg, Incorporated |
245,935.00 |
| Groleau Brothers, Incorporated |
266,352.68 |
The bid proposals have been examined by the architect and
staff, and it is recommended that the low bidder be accepted:
It is recommended that the following project budget be approved:
| Construction |
$185,170.86 |
| Architect |
11,110.25 |
| Supervision, borings, and inspection |
11,500.00 |
| Contingency |
92,218.89 |
| Total |
$300,000.00 |
This project will be financed by the enrolled State Senate
Bill 168, passed in 1967 ($50,000) and enrolled State Senate
Bill 841, passed in 1968 ($250,000).
On motion by Mr. Huff, seconded by Mr. Nisbet, it was
voted to approve the above recommendation.
MISCELLANEOUS
Request that the $1,000 salary increase awarded to John B.
Fernald, Professor and Director of the Academy of Dramatic
Art, for the 1969-70 fiscal year be rescinded and
that an expense account in the amount of $1,000 per year,
to be paid in quarterly installments be established for the
Director of the Academy of Dramatic Art. (See related item
under Personnel Changes, Salary Changes, item 2.)
On motion by Mr. Nisbet, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it
was voted to approve the above recommendation.
The proposed budget requests for 1970-71 for Michigan State
University, Oakland University the Agricultural Experiment
Station, and the Cooperative Extension Service, including
the MSU and Oakland University capital outlay requests, were
presented by Acting Vice President Wilkinson.
After discussion, on motion by Mr. Nisbet, seconded by Mr.
Huff, it was unanimously voted to approve the 1970-71
budget requests as presented. (Copies of the budget requests
are filed with the materials pertinent to this meeting.)
Meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m. (p.379)