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THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO Minutes of the Meeting of The Board of Trustees February 9, 1971 The Board of Trustees of the American University in Cairo held a meeting on Tuesday, February 9, 1971 at 10:30 at the Recess, 60 Broad Street, New York City. Present were: The Chairman, Mr . Payne; Vice-Chairman, Mr . Barco; Recording Secretary, Mr. Crary; Dr. Dirks, Mr. Pendleton, Mrs. Sanders, Dr. Simpson, Mr . Thorne, President Thoron, and Mr . O'Connor as Executive Secretary . 1. Adoption of the Agenda The agenda was adopted unanimously without modification. 2. Adoption of Minutes of Previous Meeting The Minutes were adopted unanimously without modification. 3. Re-election of Trustees Whose Terms Had Expired Mr . Barco, Mr. Bickford, Mrs . Lord, Dr . Van Vleck, and Mrs. Harmon were re-elected by unanimous vote. Mr . Barco respectfully requested not to be proposed for re-election as Treasurer on the grounds that his work in the New York office and his involvement in budget preparation might create a conflict of interest, and on the grounds that he would like the Board to become more involved in the operations of the University