Oakland Univ. 

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY, continued 

October 17, 1969 

D.  MISCELLANEOUS 

Expense acct 
established for 
Academy of 
Dramatic Art 

1.  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Director of the Academy of Dramatic Art, for the 1969-70 fiscal year be rescinded 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. 
recommendation. 

Thompson, it was voted to approve the above 

Meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m. 

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Acting President 

Secretary 

Informal Meeting 
Nov, 20, 1969 

Minutes of the Informal Meeting 

of the 
BOARD OF TRUSTEES 
November 20, 1969 

The Trustees convened in informal session at Kellogg Center at 6:30 p.m. 

Present:  Chairman Stevens, Vice Chairman Merriman, Messrs. Hartman, Martin, and Thompson; 
Acting President Adams, Acting Vice President Wilkinson, Executive Vice President 
and Secretary Breslin, President-elect Wharton, Provost Cantlon, Chancellor Varner, 
Assistant to the President Ballard, Attorney Carr. 

Absent:  Trustees Huff, Nisbet, and White. 

Recommendations 
for $4,000,000 
Oakland construc 
tion loan 

1.  Mr. William Broucek of the Ann Arbor Trust Company reported on their recommendations 
for the financing of a $4,000,000 construction loan for Oakland University.  The 
official action on this matter will be handled at the November 21 finance meeting of 
the Board. 

Scudder, Stevens  2.  Mr. James Baxter of Scudder, Stevens & Clark presented their annual report to the Board 
& Clark annual 
report 

relative to the management of certain University funds.  A copy of their report is on 
file in the Secretary!s Office and is made a part of the official minutes of the 
November 21, 1969 Trustees meeting. 

Progress report 
on Basketball-
Events Building 

3.  Mr. Kenneth Black presented a colored-slide progress report on the Basketball-Events 
Building.  The Trustees indicated their satisfaction with the overall design of the 
facility and expressed their hope that construction might start by September 1971. 

Following the informal session, the Board of Trustees met with President-elect Wharton to 
discuss the Presidents salary, the President's home, and other expense items relative to 
the President's Office.