MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
HELD ON NOVEMBER 21, 1968
A regular meeting of the Board of Visitors of Virginia
Commonwealth University was held on the 21st day of November,
1968 at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon in the Board Room of Sanger
Hall, Health Sciences Division of the University in the City of
Richmond, Virginia, pursuant to due notice.
Present were all of the members of the Board of Visitors
except Messrs. Hunton, Michaux, Sheffield, Turnbull and Wilson.
Present by invitation were Messrs. Wygal, Brooke, Heil,
Crooks, Holmes, Bailey and Mrs. Hodges.
The minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Visitors
held on September 26, 1968 and the minutes of the special meetings
held on October 31, 1968 and November 7, 1968 were on motion duly
made, seconded and unanimously carried, approved in the form dis-
tributed to all of the members of the Board.
Proceeding to the second item on the Agenda, the Chairman
asked Mr. Wygal to present his report; whereupon, Mr. Wygal
referred to the "Statement of Purposes and Objectives of Virginia
Commonwealth University" which had been distributed to all of
adopted. After a discussion thereof, on motion duly made, seconded
and unanimously carried, the Statement was amended by striking the
the Visitors and which the Executive Committee recommended be
words of the youth" from Paragraph 7 thereof, and as amended was
approved. The Chairman directed that a copy of the Statement as
amended be attached to the minutes of the meeting.
Continuing his report, Mr. Wygal then stated that representa-
tives of the Council of Higher Education were presently at work
in connection with the physical facilities study and that a repre-
sentative of Cresap, McCormick & Paget had recently conferred with
them and Administrative Officials of the University with a view to
modifying the proposal submitted by that firm sometime back. In
view of the assistance being obtained from the Council of Higher
Education, Dr. Brooke pointed out that the new proposal might
either result in a saving of funds or in additional services being
rendered.
Reporting for the Health Sciences Division, Colonel Heil
thereupon stated that the Administrative Council of that Division
recommended that a School of Allied Health Professions be estab-
lished within the Health Sciences Division. The School initially
would include, he said, the existing programs of hospital adminis-
tration, medical technology, physical therapy and radiologic
technology. In the future other courses from both Divisions might
be added to the School as circumstances at such time or the studies
now under way might indicate. In conclusion, he said that the
Executive Committee had considered the matter and recommended
approval. After a discussion thereof, on motion duly made, seconded
and unanimously carried, the establishment of a School of Allied
Health Professions in the Health Sciences Division was authorized.
Colonel Heil then explained the function served by the
Hospital Privileges Committee and stated that it was recommended
that a member of the Board of Visitors of the University be
appointed to serve on the Committee which would continue the custom
heretofore followed by the Medical College of Virginia. The
Rector stated that he proposed to appoint Dr. Michaux to the
Committee and was hopeful that he would serve.
The Chairman then directed attention to the "Capital Outlay
Synopsis, Virginia Commonwealth University, General Academic
Division 1970-76" and the "Proposed Capital Outlay Requests for
the Next 5 Bienniums 1970-1978" with respect to the Health
Sciences Division (both Hospital and College) which he stated had
been prepared at the request of the State in order to assist in
future planning. He pointed out that both estimates of future
requests were preliminary and would be refined from time to time.
In connection with the General Academic Division, Dr.
Brooke explained that an urgent need existed for a Student Union
Building in view of the large number of students who commute.
This need, he stated, hopefully could be met through an issue of
revenue bonds which appeared to be the most practical means of
obtaining the necessary funds. The Property Committee, he pointed
out, was giving the matter attention. He continued and said that
he felt that an explanation was necessary as he did not want the
Visitors to obtain the impression that it was not considered an
important matter by the Administration in view of the fact that it
was not listed among the priority items requiring an appropriation
of State funds.
After a general discussion, on motion duly made, seconded
and unanimously carried, the Capital Outlay Requests of both
Divisions as presented to the meeting were approved and the
Rector was authorized to cause the same to be forwarded to the proper
office of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Moving to consideration of the Maintenance and Operation
Preliminary Budget Estimates for the 1970-72 Biennium, Dr. Brooke
with the assistance of Mr. Holmes presented the estimates related
to the General Academic Division and Mr. Crooks the estimates
related to the Hospital and College Divisions of the Health Sciences
Division. The nature and content of the Budget Estimates were
explained and reviewed in some detail, after which on motion duly
made, seconded and unanimously carried, the same were approved,
with the Rector being authorized to cause the same to be submitted
to the Commonwealth.
The meeting thereupon suspended for lunch, following which
Mr. Turnbull joined the meeting and a presentation was made by
Representatives of Schechter & Luth, Inc. of proposed nomenclature.
Upon conclusion of the presentation, a discussion was held with
respect thereto, with general approval of the proposals developed
being expressed.
It was then determined that the next meeting of the Board of
Visitors would be held on January 9, 1969 at 10:00 o'clock in the
forenoon in the Board Room of Sanger Hall, Health Sciences Division
of the University, at which time Schechter & Luth, Inc. would
present the design portion of their study. Colonel Heil stated that
he would be happy to arrange for lunch to be served.
The meeting then went into Executive Session with Colonel
Heil, Dr. Brooke and Mr. Wygal being asked to remain.
The Chairman thereupon reported on the status of the search
for a President, after which on motion duly made, seconded and
unanimously carried, the meeting adjourned.
