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322 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 11 Change in Name of the Undergraduate Major and the B.A. Degree in Russian to Russian Language and Literature, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana (11) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended a change in the name of the undergraduate major in Russian to Russian Language and Literature. This major is administered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. This change is also proposed to affect the Bachelor of Arts degree as well. T h e reason for this change is to further differentiate the Russian major from the major administered by the Russian and East European Center, titled "Russian Language and Area Studies." There is no new cost involved in this proposal. T h e chancellor at Urbana and the vice president for academic affairs recommend approval. I concur, subject to further review by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Establishment of Quasi-Endowment, Urbana (Virgil R. Sullivan Estate) (12) Virgil R. Sullivan, an alumnus of the University of Illinois,1 died on August 10, 1990, leaving a will naming the University of Illinois as beneficiary of a remainder interest in his estate. T h e amount of the bequest is expected to exceed $750,000. T h e purpose of the bequest designated by the donor is for use by the Beckman Institute of the University of Illinois. T h e director of the Beckman Institute has proposed the establishment of a quasiendowment with all of the funds from the Sullivan estate. T h e income would be used to support various programs or initiatives at the Beckman Institute. T h e chancellor at Urbana recommends approval and the vice president for business and finance concurs. I recommend the establishment of the quasi-endowment for the purposes described. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Amendments to Senate Constitution, Chicago (13) T h e University of Illinois Statutes require that amendments to the senate constitution be approved by the Board of Trustees. Proposed changes to the Chicago senate constitution are presented below. (Changes to the Chicago senate bylaws are reported elsewhere in these minutes.) (New material is in bold; deleted material is in brackets). ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 1. Presiding Officer. [The Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago shall serve as Presiding Officer of the Senate.] The Presiding Officer shall be an elected faculty senator whose election as Presiding Officer is prescribed by the Bylaws. a. T h e Presiding Officer shall chair all Senate meetings. b. T h e Presiding Officer shall provide for the regular transmittal of Senate actions to appropriate officers and agencies within the University of Illinois and, where appropriate, to external agencies. [c. To enable the Senate to conduct its affairs, the Presiding Officer shall cause support services to be provided, including the dissemination of materials and the provision of adequate resources for Senate use, by an Office of the Senate. This l Virgil R. Sullivan earned B.S. (1921), M.S. (1936), and Ph.D. (1939) degrees in chemistry.
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