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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S I08 3 they were then, and the fourth one, that of chemistry, was rated as being better. Of the remaining eight departments selected by the Commission, two (agronomy and psychology) were judged better than they were ten years ago, while the other six (bacteriology, economics and business, education, history, mechanical engineering, and zoology) were rated as about the same. The above ratings really constitute indices of the graduate standing of the departments named as judged by a limited number of persons. There are two well-established and highly regarded publications of biographical sketches of individuals who for one reason or another are considered to be of national reputation: Who's Who in America and American Men of Science. In so far as listing in these volumes can be regarded as an index of reputation on a national scale, listing in them of the members of the faculty of the University of Illinois may be used as one criterion by which to compare the faculty of 1934 with the faculty of today. In 1934-35, out of 323 persons of professorial rank on the Urbana campus, 118 or 36.5 percent were listed in Who's Who in America. In the current edition, of 437 persons of professorial rank, 134 or 30.7 percent were listed. There have been six editions of American Men of Science published between 1906 and 1938. In this publication names of especially prominent persons are starred. Of the 25 University of Illinois faculty members on the Urbana campus starred in the 1933 edition: 5 were listed in 1906; 4 in 1910; 5 in 1921; 4 in 1927; and in 1933 there were 2 5 ; in addition, there were 175 simple listings in 1933 making a total of 200 listings in that year. In the last edition (1938) there were 174 simple, unstarred listings from the staff of the University and 32 starred, making a total of 206 listings. The size of the faculty, however, has increased approximately one-third since 1934. Therefore, the relative number of faculty members listed from that date to 1942 in Who's Who in America has decreased appreciably. And, although the absolute number listed in American Men of Science from 1933 to 1938, the latest edition of that volume, has increased [A.C.E. Report —65]
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