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I I I 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 researc