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appointment is on a twelve-month service basis and at an annual salary of $133,600. Dr. Stukel will continue to hold an appointment as professor of mechanical engineering on indefinite tenure. He will also hold an appointment as professor of environmental and occupational health sciences in the School of Public Health on indefinite tenure. Dr. Stukel came to UIC in the fall of 1985 as vice chancellor for research and dean of the Graduate College. In 1986 he was appointed executive vice chancellor and vice chancellor for academic affairs. He was named interim chancellor in July 1990. Prior to his appointments at the Chicago campus, Dr. Stukel had been a faculty member and administrator in the College of Engineering at the Urbana-Champaign campus. He was appointed as an assistant professor in 1968, he became an associate professor in 1971, and was then named professor in 1975. During these years Dr. Stukel also served as a CIC Biometeorology Fellow, a Traveling Scholar at the University of Wisconsin, director, Office of Coal Research and Utilization and director, Office of Energy Research. He also served as director of the Office of Interdisciplinary Projects, and as director of the Public Policy Program in the College of Engineering. In 1984, Dr. Stukel was appointed director of the Engineering Experiment Station, the research unit of the college, and as associate dean. Dr. Stukel is a past recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers, "State of the Art of Civil Engineering," award. He is listed in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the Midwest (1978-present), Who's Who in Engineering (1982-present), Who's Who in Technology (1982-present), and Who's Who in America (1982-present). T h e search for a chancellor of UIC has been led by the Search Committee to Advise the President on the Appointment of a Chancellor, UIC. 1 This committee was made up of eight faculty members nominated by the senate of the Chicago campus, two deans, one academic professional staff member, one support staff member, one graduate student, and one undergraduate student. T h e constituent groups representing the deans, the academic professional staff, the support staff, and the student groups nominated their representatives. I am pleased to recommend to you the appointment of James J. Stukel as chancellor of the Chicago campus.

O n motion of Mr. Grabowski, this appointment was approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Boyle, Governor Edgar, Mr. Grabowski, Mrs. Gravenhorst, Mr. Lamont, Ms. Reese, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Wolff; no, Dr. Bacon; absent, none. (Mrs. Calder asked to be recorded as not voting on this item.) ( T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Forbes; absent, Ms. Kelly.) Budgets for 1991 Summer Sessions, Chicago and Urbana

(2) T h e chancellors at the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campupses have recommended the following budgets and appointments to the faculty for the 1991 summer sessions. (Copies of the budget documents are filed with the secretary of the board.)

1 Sidney B. Simpson, Jr., professor and head, Department of Biological Sciences, chair, Reinaldo Ayerbe-Chaux, professor and head, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; Bernard H. Baum, professor of health resources management, School of Public Health; David C. Broski, dean, College of Associated Health Professions; Catherine Caporusso, undergraduate student, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Wai-Kai Chen, head and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Carmel U. Chiswick, associate professor, Department of Economics; Patricia Bielick, administrative assistant, College of Dentistry; Eloise H. Cornelius, associate professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work; Nancy A. Hirsch, director, Administrative Planning and Support; Richard M. Johnson, professor and chairperson, Department of Political Science; Susan E. Kovacs, graduate student, College of Business Administration; Jay A. Levine, dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of English; Beverly J. McElmurry, associate dean of international studies and professor of public health nursing; James J. Schuler, associate professor and chief, Division of Vascular Surgery; John Solaro, professor and head, Department of Physiology and Biophysics.