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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 10

T h e recommendation is made after extensive consultation with various campus groups and with the advice of a search committee. 1 T h e acting vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, this appointment was approved.

Director, School of Music, Urbana

(5) T h e interim chancellor at Urbana, after consultation with the dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, has recommended the appointment of Don V. Moses, presently professor of music, as director of the School of Music, beginning August 2 1 , 1988, on a twelve-month service basis, at an annual salary of $75,000. Dr. Moses will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Professor Austin J. McDowell who is retiring. T h e nomination is made after consultation with the faculty of the school. The acting vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, this appointment was approved.

Head, Department of Finance, Chicago

(6) T h e chancellor at the Chicago campus, after consultation with the dean of the College of Business Administration, has recommended the appointment of Stanley R. Pliska, presently professor of finance and information and decision sciences, as head of the Department of Finance beginning September 1, 1988, on an academic year service basis at an annual salary of $90,000. Dr. Pliska will continue to hold the rank of professor on indefinite tenure. He will succeed Dr. Michael Long who has served as acting head of die Department of Finance since September 1, 1985. The nomination is made after consultation with the Executive Committee and the faculty of the department. T h e acting vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Wolff, this appointment was approved.

Head, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Chicago

(7) T h e chancellor at Chicago has recommended the appointment of Reinaldo Ayerbe-Chaux, currently professor of Spanish at Syracuse University, as professor of Spanish on indefinite tenure and head of the Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese beginning September 1, 1988, on a academic year service basis at an annual salary of $70,000. Dr. Ayerbe-Chaux will succeed Jerry R. Rank who has served as head of the department since January 1984. Dr. Rank will return to full-time teaching. This recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee, 2 and after consultation with the dean of the college and members of the departmental

1 Almera Lewis, associate professor and associate dean of the Jane Addams College of Social Work, chair; Renato Barahona, associate professor of Latin American Studies; Gilbert Bassett, associate professor of economics; Mary Desler, associate dean for student and alumni affairs, Honors College; Melvin Heard, associate professor of mathematics, statistics, and computer science and assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Rafael Nunez-Cedeno, associate professor of Spanish; A. LaVonne Ruoff, professor of English; William Wallace, associate dean of student affairs, College of Medicine at Chicago, and_ director of urban health programs, College of Medicine; Karen Williams, assistant dean for admissions and records in the Graduate College. . . . 2 Ruth El Saffar, research professor of Spanish, chair; Antonio Mastrobuono, assistant professor of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese; Klaus Muller-Bergh, professor of Spanish; Rafael Nunez-Cedeno, associate professor of Spanish; Gradela Reyes, associate professor of Spanish; A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff, professor of English; and Leda Schiavo, associate professor of Spanish.