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I recommend approval.

BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[September 13

O n motion of Ms. Reese, these appointments were approved. Dean, College of Law, Urbana

(8) T h e chancellor at Urbana has recommended the appointment of Richard L. Schmalbeck, presently professor of law, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, as professor of law on indefinite tenure on an academic year service basis and dean of the College of Law beginning December 2 1 , 1990, on a twelvemonth service basis at an annual salary of $135,000 with an administrative stipend of $5,000. Dr. Schmalbeck will succeed Professor Roger W. Findley who has been serving as acting dean and Professor Peter B. Maggs who has taken over that role for the 1990 fall semester. T h e nomination is made on the recommendation of a search committee 1 and is supported by the Executive Committee of the college. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

O n motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was approved. Executive Assistant to the President

(9) T h e president of the University recommends the appointment of H. Kirkland Hard as executive assistant to the president. His appointment would be established on a twelve-month service basis effective August 21, 1990, at an annual salary of $82,000. Mr. Hard has been acting as executive assistant to the president and director of governmental relations since January 1990 when David W. Olien left the President's Office to serve as interim associate chancellor for development at the Urbana campus. Mr. Hard has been director of state relations, Office of Governmental Relations, since December 1983. Prior to joining the administrative staff of the University, Mr. Hard held several posts in State government. He was a member of the professional staff of the Illinois General Assembly immediately before assuming his position at the University and prior to that had held positions with the Illinois Department of Human Rights and was associate director of the Great American People Show at New Salem State Park. Mr. Hard received his B.A. degree in speech at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and an M. A. degree in theatre from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign.

O n motion of Ms. Reese, this appointment was confirmed. Head, Department of Information and Decision Sciences, Chicago

(10) T h e interim chancellor at Chicago, after consultation with the dean of the College of Business Administration, has recommended the appointment of Dr. James K. Ho, presently professor of operations management and of management information systems at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as head of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences beginning September 14, 1990, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $90,000. Dr. Ho will hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Dr. Jane N. Hagstrom, who has served as acting head of the Department of Information and Decision Sciences since March 6, 1989.

1 Leigh S. Estabrook, professor of library and information science and dean of the School of Library and Information Science, chair; Gerard V. Bradley, professor of law; William J. Davey, professor of law; Matthew W. Finkin, professor of law; Harry D. Krause, professor of law; Peter B. Maggs, professor of law; Deborah J. Merritt, associate professor of law; Richard H. Surles, Jr., professor of law and director of Law Library and professor of library administration.