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1987] UNIVERSITY OF I L U N O I S 215 Funds for these awards have been included in the appropriation bill of the General Assembly to meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the University for Fiscal Year 1988. These awards are subject to the availability of such funds. The chancellor at Urbana concurs in these recommendations as does the vice president for academic affairs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , these r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e approved. Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1987-88 (8) The chancellors at each campus have recommended members of the faculty to be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes. The programs of research, study, and travel for which leaves are requested have been examined by the research boards at the campuses. The vice president for academic affairs has reviewed the applications for the leaves and recommends approval of 185 leaves for Urbana-Champaign, 76 leaves for Chicago, and 1 leave for central administration. (A list of those recommended has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) (For the record and to provide an annual compilation, in 1986-87, 171 leaves were taken at Urbana-Champaign, 79 leaves were taken at Chicago, and 1 leave was taken by central administration.) I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , these leaves w e r e granted as r e c o m m e n d e d . Redesignation of the Adler Zone Center, Urbana (9) In September 1986, the Illinois State Water Survey moved from the Water Resources Building at 605 East Springfield Avenue to the Adler Zone Center building complex at 2204 Griffith Drive, Champaign. The Water Resources Building has since been renamed the "Computing Applications Building" by board action of September 11, 1986. The chief of the Illinois State Water Survey, Richard G. Semonin, now has requested that the Adler Zone Center building complex be renamed to reflect the new use of the building complex, and the name "Water Survey Research Center" has been proposed. The staff of the State Water Survey agrees with the proposed designation and the chancellor at the Urbana campus has recommended approval. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved. Designation of the "David Dodds Henry Administration Building," Urbana (10) On February 19, 1987, in Naples, Florida, I delivered the following statement regarding the significance of David Dodds Henry's leadership: David Dodds Henry, the 12th president of the University of Illinois, is among a handful of strong, insightful national leaders who have helped shape higher education in America as we now know it. The name of David Henry stands along with those of Clark Kerr, John Hannah, and others who provided the vision essential to transform the American land-grant universities into the towers of strength we know today. David Henry and his peers were central actors during the decades following World War II, a period of unprecedented growth and creative fervor. This was a time when the programs of universities were trying
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