Board of Trustees meeting minutes, June 20, 1966

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THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
March 11, 1966 Cairo, Egypt
Meeting of the Board of trustees of The American University
in Cairo was held at the office of the University In Cairo on March II,
1966 at 10 A.M.
Present: Dr. Dirks, Chairman, Messrs. Bartlett, Bickford,
Cole, Dodds, Dohm, McLain, Pendleton, Thorne, Van Vleck and Mrs. Lloyd.
Absent: Messrs. Badeau, Barco, Crary, Dorwin, Harbison,
Newsom, Payne, Rentz and Roper, Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Sanders and Mrs. Hammond.
Dr. Dirks acted as Chairman of the meeting and Mr. Cole
as Secretary.
The Chairman stated that minutes of the meeting of the Board
held on December 3, 1966 had been sent to all Trustees. On motion duly
made and seconded, such minutes were approved with a correction to
indicate that Mr. Roper was present at the December 3rd meeting.
After introductory rew.rts by Dr. Bartlett, Dr. Marion
Shane, Dean of the Faculties and Mr. Frank Blanning, Dean of Students,
were Invited to join the meeting. Dean Shane gave an interesting and
detailed report on the academic program and the problems in staffing
the several departments. Dr. Bartlett commented on the problem of
staff salaries because of the need for staff of improved quality.
Mr. Blannlng then reported on student activities and student involve-ment
In non-study programs. The Trustees expressed their appreciation
to Dr. Shane and Mr. Blanning of their interesting and informative reports.
Dr. Bartlett then made a detailed survey of current operations
and programs including the status of major development and research