Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960 [PAGE 7]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 29

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Professor of Political Science, beginning September I, 1958, at an annual salary of $10400 (BY59; AY41). BENJAMIN A. RASMUSEN, Associate Professor of Animal Genetics in the Department of Animal Science, beginning September I, 1958, at an annual salary of $10,300 ( A Y ) . ANTHONY J. SCHMIDT, Assistant Professor of Anatomy, in the College of Medicine, beginning September I, 1958, at an annual salary of $7,5 I o ( B Y ) . ENRIQUE SCHWARZ, Assistant Professor of Radiology, in the College of Medicine, beginning June 16, 1958, at an annual salary of $11,900 ( D Y ) . JOSEPH A. T I H E N , Assistant Professor of Zoology, beginning September 1, 1958, at an annual salary of $5,8co ( D ) . LUCTEN W . W H I T E , Associate Director for Public Service Departments in the Library, and Professor of Library Science, beginning September 1, 1958, at an annual salary of $12,000 ( B Y ) . ROBERT W . WHITENER, Assistant Professor of Mental Hygiene and Psychiatrist in the Health Service, beginning July 1, 1958, at an annual salary of $12,000 ( D Y ) .

On motion of Mr. Swain, these appointments were confirmed.

DEAN OF LIBRARY ADMINISTRATION (5) I recommend that the position of "Dean of Library Administration" be created to replace the present position of Director of the Library, and the appointment of the present Director, Robert B. Downs, as Professor of Library Science on indefinite tenure, and Dean of Library Administration and Director of the Library School for one year from September 1, 1958, at a salary of $18,000 on "Y" basis. The change in title to an administrative deanship is in recognition of the all-University responsibilities of the office and the increase in those responsibilities in recent years. The head of the University library system is in charge of not only the main Library at Urbana-Champaign but all departmental libraries and the libraries at the Chicago Professional Colleges and at the Chicago Undergraduate Division. It should be noted that this action does not affect the title of the Director of the Library School, a separate position which, at Illinois, has traditionally been held by the University Librarian.

On motion of Mr. Nickell, this recommendation and appointment were approved.

SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE

(6) I recommend that the following members of the staff be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1958-59, in accordance with the University of Illinois Statutes and for the period indicated in each case: DANIEL CURLEY, Assistant Professor of English, first semester (September 1, 1958-February 28, 1959), on one-half pay; second semester (March i-August 31, 1959), without pay; with the option of changing to leave without pay the first semester, and leave on one-half pay the second semester. RAYMOND P . STEARNS, Professor of History, second semester, full pay. As a general rule, recommendations for leaves of absence for an ensuing year are presented to the Board of Trustees the preceding March or April, so that all of them may be considered at one time. In the two cases here recommended, the circumstances justify consideration at this late date. Professor Curley has recently been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship which makes it possible for him to be absent from the University for a full year. H e did not apply for leave with pay at the time other applications for sabbatical leaves were submitted because he had not been notified of the Guggenheim Fellowship. H e plans to spend the year in writing and experimenting with narrative techniques. Professor Stearns has recently received an invitation to lecture in history at the University of Ghent in Belgium on a Fulbright Grant which will cover his personal travel expenses and provide some maintenance funds. H e did not apply for this, and the invitation has come as a surprise. It is a distinct honor for him and to the University that he was invited directly and that he was proposed for this appointment by the American Historical Association.