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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

MINUTES APPROVED

[July 26

T h e Secretary presented the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees on F e b r u a r y 24, March 16, and April 20, I960, press proof copies of which h a d previously been sent to the Board. O n motion of M r . Johnston, the minutes were approved as printed on pages 1161 to 1274, inclusive. BUSINESS PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT OF T H E UNIVERSITY

The Board took up consideration of the following reports and recommendations from the President of the University.

APPOINTMENT OF DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

(1) Following the death last year of Dean B. L. Dodds of the College of Education, a search committee was appointed to make recommendations for the deanship of the College. In the meantime. Professor Charles M, Allen, Coordinator of the Council on Teacher Education and Associate Dean of the College, has been serving as Acting Dean. The Committee is not prepared to recommend a continuing appointment at this time and prefers to suggest for a two-year term a nationally known and experienced administrator who is near retirement. This arrangement will make possible the handling of the immediate business of the College with dispatch and confidence and the initiation of preliminary steps in long-range planning, pending the renewal of the search for a long-term appointee. Accordingly, on recommendation of the search committee and after consultation with the Executive Committee of the College, the Vice-President and Provost, and the Dean of the Graduate College, I recommend the appointment of Dr. Alonzo G. Grace, presently Associate Dean of the School of Education of New York University, as Dean of the College of Education for two years from September 1, I960, at a salary of $22,000 a year (of which $2,000 represents additional compensation to be paid in lieu of his participatkm in the University Retirement System of Illinois) on "Y" basis. Dr. Grace was scheduled to retire from New York University in August, 1961, at age sixty-five. The appointment here will prolong his professional service in a position of leadership and importance to higher education as well as to the University of Illinois. O n motion of Mr. Johnston, this appointment was approved.

ACTING VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE O F THE CHICAGO PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES

(2) Pending a permanent appointment to the positiou of Vice-President in charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges, Joseph S. Begando, Assistant to the President, has been designated to serve as Acting Vice-President in Chicago effective as of June 20, I960, and continuing until further notice. Official confirmation is requested. On motion of M r s . Watkins, this appointment was confirmed.

HEADSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY

(3) Professor Robert E. Johnson, Head of the Department of Physiology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has asked to be relieved of the headship of the Department in order that he may devote more time to his work as Director of the University Honors Program. It is recommended that his request be granted. A search committee on the headship of the Department and the Dean of the College of Libera! Arts and Sciences recommend the appointment of Professor C. Ladd Prosser, a member of the Department faculty for many years, as Head of the Department of Physiology beginning September 1, 1960, at an annual salary of $15,000. This recommendation has been made after consultation with all members of the Department of professorial rank, the Executive Committee of the School of Life Sciences, and the Executive Committee of the College, all groups en-