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260 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [March 30 A P P O I N T M E N T O F CHAIRMAN O F D E P A R T M E N T O F BOTANY (7) The Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Dr. John R. Laughnan, a former member of the University of Illinois faculty and now on the faculty of the University of Missouri, as Professor of Botany on indefinite tenure and Chairman of the Department of Botany for the period beginning July I, 1955, and continuing through August 31, 1957, at a salary of $10,500 a year on " A " and " B " basis. This appointment has been recommended after consultation with the Executive Committee of the Department of Botany and the Executive Committee of the College, which unanimously concur, and is to replace Professor Oswald Tippo who is leaving the University at the end of the current academic year. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . L i v i n g s t o n , t h i s a p p o i n t m e n t w a s a p p r o v e d . A P P O I N T M E N T S T O T H E FACULTY (8) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of Assistant Professor and above, and involving tenure, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. 1. ADOLPH J. ACKERMAN, George A. Miller Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, for one semester beginning September I, 1955, at a salary of $7,500 (for the semester). 2. MAXWELL D. FLANK, Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, beginning March 28, 1955, without salary ( D Y ) . 3. WILLIAM M. LEWERS, Assistant Professor of Law, beginning September i, 1955, at an annual salary of $7,200 ( B ) . 4. WILLIAM J. RUTTER, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, beginning September 1, 1955, at an annual salary of $5,500 ( B ) . 5. VICTOR J. STONE, Assistant Professor of Law, beginning September I, 1955, at an annual salary of $8,000 ( B ) . A p p o i n t m e n t s t o N o n a c a d e m i c Staff The Director of Nonacademic Personnel reports the following appointments to supervisory positions of upper level responsibility. 1. LILLIE B. COROTHERS, Food Production Manager, Chicago Illini Union, Chicago Professional Colleges, beginning January 3, 1955, at an annual salary of $4,000. 2. ORPHEUS L. FAIRCHILD, Fleet Dispatcher, Physical Plant, beginning December 1, 1954, at an annual salary of $4,800. 3. RALPH E. FLETCHER, JR., Supervisor of Insurance, Business Office, beginning February 15, 1955, at an annual salary of $5,700. 4. GERALDINE MIDGLEY, Supervisor of Physical Therapy, Research and Educational Hospitals Respiratory Center, Chicago Professional Colleges, beginning December I, 1954, at an annual salary of $4,080. On motion of Mr. Nickell, these appointments were confirmed. SABBATICAL LEAVES O F A B S E N C E , 1 9 5 5 - 5 6 (9) I recommend that the following members of the staff be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1955-56 in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes and on the terms and for the periods indicated. The programs of research, study, and travel for which these leaves are requested have been examined by the University Research Board which advises the President in such matters. The Research Board's report to the President includes an evaluation of the program in terms of benefits to the University and to the individual and constitutes a part of the record of each case. College of Agriculture ROLAND W. BARTLETT, Professor of Agricultural Economics, six months beginning June I, 1955, full pay GLENN W . SALISBURY, Professor of Dairy Science and Head of the Department, full year, half pay (was granted leave on full pay for the second semester of 1954-55; on his request it was cancelled for the University's convenience)
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