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MINUTES OF THE MEETING
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MICHIGAN  STATE UNIVERSITY

December  12, 1985

Held  in the Board Room of the Administration Building, December  12, 1985.

1.  The meeting was called  to order at 9:20  a.m. by President John A. DiBiaggio.

Trustees present were:  Malcolm G. Dade, Jr., Carole Lick, Dean Pridgeon,
Thomas Reed, Barbara J.  Sawyer, Kathy Wilbur, and Patrick J. Wilson.
Trustee Lawrence D. Owen was absent.

University  staff members present  included:  President DiBiaggio, Acting
Vice President Wilkinson, Provost Winder, Vice Presidents Cantlon,
Dickinson, Stewart, Schonbein, and Turner, Senior Consultant Breslin,
General Counsel Carr, and Secretary Kimball.  Faculty Liaison repre-
sentatives present were:  Professors Greene, June, and Rogers; Student
Liaison representatives present were:  Beckett, Jones, Kibble, and Selke.

All actions  taken were by unanimous vote of the Trustees present, unless
otherwise noted.

2.  On a motion by Mr. Dade, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED  to approve
the agenda with  the addition of one item to the Gift, Grant  and  Contract
Report.

3.  On a motion by Ms. Sawyer, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED to
approve the Board Minutes of the meetings of October  4, 1985 and
October  25, 1985.

4.  President DiBiaggio and Chairperson Dade recognized and  congratulated
Megan L. Galbreath, Susan L. Appleman, Eric L. Krupka, and Rebecca S.
Poupard, as student recipients of the Trustee GPA Awards  for Fall term,
1985.

5.  The following persons addressed  the Board on the topics noted:

John Masterson
Professor of Mathematics
Subject:  CIA-Administered  Grant  to Mathematics Department

Kimberly Marie  Zick
Student
Subject:  Moped Use on Campus

Andy Lutsch
Student; President, MSU Marching Band
Subject:  New Uniforms

Robert  Ziegler
Student; Cochair, Class Gift Committee, Senior Class Council
Subject:  1985-86 Senior Class Council  Gift

Thomas E. Borton
President, MSU Urban Planning Alumni Association
Subject:  Changes  to the Structure of the School of Urban Planning

and Landscape Architecture  (merging with  Geography)

Paul H. Baerman
Graduate of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Subject:  Reorganization of the School of Urban Planning and

Landscape Architecture and the Department  of Geography.

6.  The Report  of President DiBiaggio  included  the following items:

President's
Report

a.  The President  asked Provost Winder to report on the status of

institutional  reaccreditation.  The Provost reviewed  activity to
date, noting  that a three-day  site visit by outside reviewers and
a major  institutional  self-study  document are key components of
the process.

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b.  The President called  to the BoardTs attention the  administrative
decision to effect  the joint administration of Instructional and
Public Television  (IPTV) and radio station WKAR Radio, effective
January  1, 1986.  The President noted  that the bylaws require the
Board  to be informed  of this administrative  decision.  The action
is described more  fully in an attachment  to the file copy of the
Board Minutes.

c.  The President reported  on the status of the Provost  Search Advisory

Committee.

d.  The President  conmiented on his positive experiences and  impressions

during the first months of his tenure.

e.  Noting that he had pledged at a prior meeting  to bring to this

Trustees1  meeting a recommended name for the new all-events  facility,
President DiBiaggio recommended  to the Board  that the facility be
named the Jack Breslin Student Events Center.

The President also noted  that he would be recommending  to the Board
of Trustees a committee  structure to advise him on the naming of
buildings.

The full text of the President's recommendation  as well as
Mr. Jack Breslinfs  informal response are appended  to the Board
Minutes in the Office of the Secretary of the Board  of Trustees.

7.  On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Chairperson Dade expressed his

warmest wishes of the season, and for the New Year to all members of
the University  community.

Affirmative
Action
Committee

8.  On a motion by Mr. Reed, supported by Mr. Dade, THE BOARD VOTED to

approve the agenda of the Affirmative Action Committee.  Following an
introduction by Dr. Bonner, reports were given by Drs. Hamilton,
Moses Turner, and Cantlon.

Committee Chairperson Lick requested  that the Affirmative Action
Committee meet again in February.

9.  a.  On a motion by Mr. Wilson, supported by Mr. Pridgeon, THE BOARD
VOTED to approve the agenda of the Land and Physical  Facilities
Committee.

Land and
Physical
Facilities
Committee

b.  On a motion by Mr. Wilson, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED

to approve the minutes of the June  7, 1985 meeting of the committee.

c.  On a motion by Ms. Sawyer, supported by Mr. Wilson, THE BOARD VOTED

to approve the purchase of the Bender Mink Ranch, Wells Township,
Delta County, Michigan.  This action is described more fully in
Agenda Attachment A, a copy of which is attached  to the file copy
of the Board Minutes.

d.  On a motion by Ms. Lick, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED
to approve the sale of Lots 5 and  6, Stoney Creek Subdivision,
Avon Township, Oakland  County.  This action is described more  fully
in Agenda Attachment A, a copy of which is attached  to the file
copy of the Board Minutes.

e.  On a motion by Committee Chairperson Wilbur, supported by Mr. Wilson,
THE BOARD VOTED to approve the'President's  recommendation  that the
planned, new all-events building be named  the Jack Breslin Student
Events Center.

Trustees Wilbur, Wilson, and Lick made statements  in strong  support
of this action.  The full text of the President's  recommendation and
of Mr. Breslin1s response are appended  as Attachment  1 to the file
copy of the Board Minutes.

Personnel
Actions

10.  On a motion by Mr. Dade, supported by Ms. Sawyer, THE BOARD VOTED to

approve those personnel actions displayed  in Agenda Attachment B5  a
copy of which is attached  to the file copy of the Board Minutes.

Gift, Grant
&  Contract
Report

11.  On a motion by Mr. Dade, supported by Ms. Sawyer, THE BOARD VOTED to

approve the Gift, Grant, and Contract Report as amended.  A copy of
the report is attached  to the file copy of the Board Minutes.

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12.  Other Items for Action were approved as follows:

a.  On a motion by Ms. Sawyer, supported by Ms* Wilbur, THE BOARD VOTED

to establish the Barnett Rosenberg  Chair in Biological Science and to
authorize the administration  to assign this position to an appropriate
department or departments and conduct the search for the filling of
this Chair.  This item is described more fully in Agenda Attachment D,
a copy of which is attached  to the file copy of the Board Minutes.

b.  On a motion by Ms. Lick, supported by Mr. Pridgeon, THE BOARD VOTED

to merge the School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture and
the Department of Geography, with the merged unit titled  "Department
of Geography," effective July 1, 1986.  This itrem is described more
fully in Agenda Attachment E, a copy of which is attached  to the
file copy of the Board Minutes.

The Provost was asked to make a subsequent report to the Board
regarding  the name of the merged department.

c.  On a motion by Ms. Sawyer, supported by Mr. Reed, THE BOARD VOTED

by a call of the roll to approve the issuance and sale of the Student
Fee Revenue Bonds, 1985 Series B, in the aggregate principal amount
of $25,000,000, and  1985 Series C in the aggregate principal amount
of $25,000,000.  Prior to the vote, the President ascertained  for
the record  that among the Trustees, himself, Acting Vice President
Wilkinson, Assistant Vice President Terry, and Secretary Kimball,
there was none who had any financial interest in the pending issue.
A  copy of background materials presented  to the Trustees which were
discussed prior to the vote, is attached  to the file copy of the
Board Minutes.

Barnett
Rosenberg  Chair
in Biological
Science

Merge of
School of
Urban Planning
& Landscape
Architecture
and Dept. of
Geography

Issuance and 
;.
sale of Student ;
Fee Revenue
Bonds

13.  Other  items discussed by the Trustees included  the following:

Chairperson1s
Report

a.  Mr. Dade noted that Mr. Owen was excused  from the Board meeting

because of a prior professional commitment.

b.  Ms. Lick reported  on a recent meeting of Trustee  representatives

from the governing boards of Big Ten institutions.

c.  The Board meeting  schedule for  1985-86 and  1986-87 was noted as

an item of information.

14.  No further business appearing, the meeting was adjourned at  12:30 p.m.

David L. Kimball
Secretary

DiBiaggio

y 
President

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