Box# 31

Folder# 609
Word's Fair: Hall of
Science - Special
Meeting of Trustees
Apr 01,1965
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HALL OF SCIENCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. 113RO
AGENDA
SPEC II\L OF THlJSTEE.S
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AGENDA ITEJ'IJ ?. .
AGENDA ITEril 3.
AGENDA ITEM 1+.
AGENDA ITErl! 5.
AGENDA ITEM 6.
AGENDA ITEM 7.
AGENDA ITB'-1 8.
'l'EHTIACE CLUB
Hernrtrk:; hy H<m. I';_ml H. ;-;creJnnP..
Approval of' minutes of Dpccial Meeting
or January 25, 1965.
Statement by C8mm i ssloner Robf "'t
Statement by Dr. vllll tan1 L T,aurcnce,
Science ConGultant of World's Fulr,
on results of vdth
scntatlvcs of agencies of Federal
government wlth respect Sp8ce rark.
General Dtscusslon.
Statement hy Mr A. Martino,
of Committee to nominate
permanent Pres \dent; Execut \.ve Committee;
and. Scope Committee.
Other business.
Cons l de rat 1 on of time and place for
next rnectinr:; of Truntces.
Adjournment.
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HALL OF SCIENCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. 11380
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, pursuant to the order
of the President, a SPECIAL MEETING of the Board of Trustees
of the HALL OF SCIENCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK will be held
at the Terrace Club, New York World's Fair, Flushlng Meadow,
New York on the 1st day of April, 1965 at 11:00 a.m. for
the purpose of transacting such business as may come before
the meeting.*.
Dated: March 25, 1965
* The meeting will be ~ a l l o w e d by luncheon at noon on Thursday.
HALL OF SCIENCE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
WORLD'S FAIR, N.Y. 11380
Hon. Paul R. Screvane, President
City Counc 11
City Hall
New York 1, New York
Dear Mr. Screvane:
February 9, 1965
At the Special Meeting of the Board of Trustees held
on January 25th, it was pointed out that the Corporation's
By-Laws provide for a Regular Meeting of the Board to be held
on the third Tuesday in March {March 16th, in 1965}, and that
Special Meetings may be called upon order of the President at
any time. Although no formal vote as to the time, date and
place or the next meeting was taken, it appeared to be the
sense of the meeting that, if feasible, the next meeting of
the Board be held during the third week in February.
Since the January 25th meeting, I have been inform-
ally advised by a number of the Trustees that they will be un-
able to attend a meeting during the week commencing February
14th. In addition, Mr. Joseph A. Martino, Chairman of the
Nominating Committee, has advised Mayor Wagner that, in view
of the additional responsibilities given the Committee at the
last meeting, he will require additional time for the Committee
to be in a position to present to the Board its nominees for
President, members of the Executive Committee, and members of
the Scope and Planning Committee. Under the circumstances, it
is apparent that no useful purpose would be served in having
another meeting prior to the Regular Meeting of March 16, 1965.
Accordingly, the next meeting of the Board will be
held on that date. I trust that this change in the Board's
tentative plans will not inconvenience you, and hope that you
will be able to attend on March 16th, which is expected to be
an especially productive meeting. You will, of course, re-
ceive formal notice as to the time and place of the March 16th
meeting.
Hon. Paul R. Screvane
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February 9, 1965
I have enclosed for your information a copy of
the minutes of the Special Meeting of January 25th.
Sincerely,
Enclosure
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HALL EJCIEtlCE OF THE CITY OF NE\v 'fORK
MJnutes of Special Veetlng
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DOARD or
A Spec Ja] Meeti nr; of' the l1oard of Tru.-;tA0e of
the E:1ll of of 'l'he r:ity ot' New Vork was duly held
Glub, rcvl Yor!r ilorlrl':J F::tir, York.
Hon. Robert F. Wagner
t;on. P::J.u1 Screvane
1-Jrm. !:)arlo .T. rarjello
'Ion. rJevlr)O l d rr t s
Or. Detlcv W. Eronk
Seth 9.
Dr. John l'L
Hon. Daniel rJiJmat
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Jlon. not)rJrt
Cl11'ton VI. i'i1alen
Gharles Preusse, Esq.
nr. Isidar Tsaac Rnbi
Hrm. Ra lnh I. Strnu3
:1P:J. !1artctta 'rre0.
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t;harles E. Eblc
!Jr. r:rny:3on K1rl<
!!on. Frank Pace, Jr.
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Mayor Robert F. Hagner, President of the Corpora-
tion, presided, and Charles F. Preuose, Esq., Sccretai"J,
acted as cecretary of the meeting.
Mr. preocntcd to Mayor Wagner the original
of the of .:,nec:lal r.Ject:tng dated 15, 1965
(together w:t th h:to arfldnv:lt of the ma:U:tng of ::>aid Hotlce
to each member of the Board or Truntcca), and \'!an requested
by Mayor Wagner to file snld Notice and affidavit with the
minutes 0f the
Mayor Wagner potnted out that each momber of the
?oard ha1 previously been furnished with a copy of the
minutes or the Mcettng or the Board held on December
8, \Tbe!'e,won, upon mot ton duly made, seconded and
unan:i.mously anprovccl, the minntcs of satd Special r1eeting
Nerc unan1mous1y approved
.1\t f1ayor i'Jarjner' n requcat, Han. Paul R. Screvane,
P .rcslclcnt of the C1 ty Council, then made a brief presenta-
tion to the Board, 0'-.lt, o.monr:; other things, the
funct:ton of the Hall of Scicnr::e unt:i l nur::h time as the
clo::rtne; of th0 Horld
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Hall of probable neceasi ty .for additional
space after the Falr'n closinG and the ready access to
Flu::;:11nc; r1cadmr by pul>Uc trannportatJ.on.
M:-'. !\Jones then add!'(: ;::-.;eel the: floa.,_ ... d, expressing
his to the me:nc;er>s for tl':eJr interest :i:1 the
Hall :d' Scjcnce and :; the back;srouncl and
been rctnined a :o i!all '11'
and tlte ::'loti vat:i v bl tor:; ex:' l bit of ti:is
nature.
A dl::;cuss ion e:!sued iurl nrc Hh"l('h Mr.
number of exhlh.lts whi.cil m:illt u1t,Lmatcl'; 1e di.;:;pla::,red lr. the
permarent Ball of Sr1crce.
the Port rf' '{nr){ J',uth0rltv. cil:iCilSSei hJ;, pnrtlcipa-
tjon ln as::;i::.;ti.n;.s ln the ;ls[;rmol.y of' :10\'1 contained

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ln the Fall of Sctcnce, and poJntcd out that a number
of industrial exhibitors at the ilorld' s Fair had informally
:l.ndlcated to hi.m the.i.r to ac::>lst the pel":TTG.nent Hall
of Science by c<ntr1but1nr; ex i stlnr'; exhl bit;; v;f1J .-;h wo11ld
be comn<1tLbJ e wl tn the u 1 t chaPactcr of t!v: pro,iect.
the plannt nr; rmcl con:;truct ton nf thn FD."Il of ;,r:J bu:t l.d-
inr;, tl1en out11ned :-;mne of the fc:J.turc;; of the
feet, of a mlnlmum of 2S, 000 square feet were available
for offecti ve exhl bit u::>c by the permanent proJect.
Col. John T. 0' Dl rector of Enlsineering
of the World's Fair, then discussed other areas at the Fair
\lhich viould be sni table for pos::Jible cxpan::1ion of the perma-
nent Eall of Sci encc in the fnture. In reply t;o que3tlons
by ;;everal of.' the Tr>HstccD, he l.nrilcatcd a nJJriiber of scientific
exhlblts in pavlllons at the Fair site
vrhich sho,lld be si. vcn :>erlous consideration by the Trustees
for retention by the permanent Hall of Science.
fo1"r'. Hllllam L. laurence, scicnse consultant of

the Horld 1 s Po.lr, o.rldrcssc:l hlo prelir:llno.-ry rc:nnrks to three
brochure:J .::ont11:ined in cnch Trll:Jtec 's nld t", entitled
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at the Fair", "Post Fair Expansion" and "Flus'ling r1eado\'t
and Beyond", emphasizing that the post- I'a:ir planning, as
set forth in these brochures, was not intended in any way
to influence the views of the Truntce::; on thece matters.
He alno stated that correspondence had been had bet,reen
representatives of the Horld' s Fair and several agenr.:ies
of the Federal government wl th resper.t; to retent:l on by the
Hall of ScI en('e or the .Space Park.
At the nf Jl1ayor> .Jo:wph A. Martino,
Chairman or the Comm1ttc0 to nomtnate a permanent Pres1dent
for the Hall of Science to succeed Mayor WaBner and to nomi-
nate 5 Truntees to constitute the Exec'lt:i ve Comm1 ttee of
the Board, reported on thr: of the Committee to
date. He stated that, h'hlle he Nas unable to !)resent a
definite slate of nominees at this tJmc, Sommittee had
given carefn1 connJdemt.lon tn the matter in vle\'r of tile re-
spons:tbllit:tes to be a:::;Gurr.ed by the noMinees. Pe fu:rt!ler
stated that he exnected to be 1n a ponit1on t0 present the
Committce'n report wlth1n Neck::; artr::r r:onferences vTlth
the other membc:rn of the Cor1m1ttcc, r.Jr. Br0nk and Dr. P.aume;artner
. Mayor Wagner then stated that consideration should
be gJ 'Jcn t0 the .:tr1poi ntmcnt of a Comml ttec to make recommenda-
tions to the Board 13 to the of the permanent Hall of
Science, tn vlflVl of th0 vnrlow; alternative::;
outl:i.nccl u.'i r1r. fv'o.cMastcr, and as to the :1eces-
sarily lnvnlved. l\1r. then sw;ge:;tcd t:1o.t tLc
nominating chaired Ly Martino, 3lso glve
cons:idcrat Len t J 1 nrl Lv l w1al:: ::ho be Jn a i tion to
Harr,ncr then r::l Jeri upnn
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also po1nted out that the permanent !laP n C Sc i'iould
be 1mi to :1ll Lclcnt:> of tne metropolitan
Island Hallro:J.d.
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From:
Hon. Paul R. Screvane
President of the Council
The Deputy Mayor
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Attached communication dated Mar.S,l965,
from Rober1: B. Wilson, is forwarded for
your information and to acknowledge.
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ROBERT B. WILSON
Hon.Robert F. Wagner
President
CONSULTANT
144 DRIVE
DOUGLASTON. N. Y. 113b3
212 HA 6.5688
Museum of Science and Technology
Hall of Science
New York World's Fair
Flushing, New York
Dear Mayor Wagner:
5 March, 1965
It has occurred to me that in the development of the
goals and programs of the of and Technology, the
Board might wish to avail itself of experienced management
counsel. Having nearly 20 years' background serving major
corporations, leading institutions and government agencies, we
are in a position to orovide orofessional assistance to the
Board in !reparing basic operating plans and in setting up
administrative practices for the gover!1f'lent of the Museum.
Should such service be indicated, we should like an opportunity
to present our qu0lifications.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Wilson
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