Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960
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1138 BOARD OF TRUSTEES COMMITTEE MEETINGS [January 20 Meetings of the Board Committees on General Policy, Buildings and Grounds, and Nonacademic Personnel were held in the forenoon, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ADDRESS BY DOCTOR EDWARD F. LIS During the Edward F. Division of cussing the luncheon recess, following Board committee meetings, Dr. Lis, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Services for Crippled Children, addressed the Board, disprogram and operations of the Division. B U S I N E S S P R E S E N T E D BY T H E V I C E - P R E S I D E N T AND PROVOST OF T H E UNIVERSITY In the absence of President David D. Henry, Vice-President and Provost Gordon N. Ray presented the following reports and recommendations. APPOINTMENT OF ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ADMINISTRATION AT CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION (1) Upon recommendation of the Executive Dean of the Chicago Undergraduate Division and after consultation with the Executive Dean's Advisory Council, I recommend the appointment of Arthur D. Pickett, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, as Associate Dean of Administration of the Chicago Undergraduate Division beginning February I, i960, at a salary of $13,000 a year on a twelve-month service basis. H e will retain his rank and indefinite tenure as Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. This will be a new position, made necessary by the increasing administrative load at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this appointment was approved. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY (2) Professor J. W . Swain, Chairman of the Department of History, will retire from active service at the end of the current academic year. The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Professor Chester G. Starr as Acting Chairman of the Department for one year from September 1, i960, and Professor Norman A. Graebner as Chairman of the Department for two years from September 1, 1961. The salaries will be determined when the budgets for 1960-61 and 1961-62 are submitted to the Board for approval. These appointments are recommended after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Department. The Vice-President and Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College have also been consulted and concur. Professor Graebner's appointment as Chairman is being deferred for one year on his request. During the past year or two he has assumed numerous responsibilities outside the Department of History, including special University service on committees and other assignments, which have interrupted his historical writings, and he desires time off to catch up before taking over the chairmanship. He will be an Associate Member of the Graduate College Center for Advanced Study during 1960-61. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Swain, these appointments were approved. The Secretary was instructed to send Professor Swain a letter expressing appreciation of the Board of Trustees for his many years of faithful and devoted service to the University. APPOINTMENT OF PETER R. ELLIOTT AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH (3) T h e Board of Directors of the Athletic Association and the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics recommend the appointment of Peter R. Elliott, formerly
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