MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
May 29, 1974
A special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University was held on Wednesday,
May 29, 1974, at 2:00 p.m. in the conference room at 910 West Franklin
Street.
Present were Drs. Blanton and Gwathmey, and Messrs. Obenshain,
Scott, Sheffield and Turnbull. Mr. Dabney was absent. Also present
were Drs. Brandt, Grove, and Neal; Messrs. Holmes, Imirie, Perrin and
Temple, and Miss Cosby. Mr. James Reynolds and Mr. George Cate were
present from Booz, Allen & Hamilton.
There was a lengthy discussion on the recommendations of Booz,
Allen & Hamilton for the hospitals. It was agreed by the administra-
tion and the consultants that they would work together to come to a
mutual understanding on specific recommendations for financial manage-
ment, accounting and admitting to present to the Executive Committee.
This will be accomplished within three weeks.
With reference to the recommendations and discussions concerning
the data processing system, Booz, Allen & Hamilton advised that they
would withhold conclusions until after the month of July during which
observation of the in-house system in operation would be carried out
against predetermined criteria.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
