SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Room 304, Purdue Memorial Union        October 13, 1989
I. NOTICE OF MEETING.
The Board of Trustees (the "Board") of The Trustees of Purdue University (the "Corporation") convened in special meeting at 3:03 p.m. on Friday, October 13, 1989, in Room 304, Purdue Memorial Union, pursuant to the following Notice mailed to each member of the Board by the Secretary on September 20, 1989:
Pursuant to call of the President of the Board of Trustees, there will be a special meeting of the Board of Trustees of The Trustees of Purdue University convening at 3 p.m., Friday, October 13, 1989 in Room 304, Purdue Memorial Union Building on the West Lafayette Campus, in order to:
1. Consider and act upon the University's group medical insurance plan.
II. ROLL CALL.
President Powers called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. All members of the Board were present as follows: Dr. Ecker, Ms. Haber, Mrs. Ingle, Messrs. Anderson, Jesse, McGinley, Powers, Ringoen, Stewart and Townsend. Also present were: Dr. Beering, President of the University; Dr. Ford, Treasurer of the Corporation and Executive Vice President and Treasurer of the University; Dr. Tyler, the University's Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Board Secretary Pearson; Legal Counsel Bodle; University Vice Presidents Bennett, Burns, Fruitt, Grace, and Lyon; Chancellors Combs (Calumet) and Lantz (Fort Wayne), and Ryan Polk, Student Body President, Purdue Student Government.
III. REMARKS BY PRESIDENT BEERING.
President Beering spoke of the continuing escalation of health care expenditures throughout the nation, noting that, fortunately, Indiana's yearly premium increase has been less than that of the surrounding Midwestern states. He pointed out that the administration wanted to make