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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

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d a t e Professor of Nursing on indefinite tenure, effective March 1, 1956, and Dean of the School of Nursing from March I, 1956, to August 31, 1957, at a salary of $11,500 a year on a twelve months' service basis. T h e Provost and the Dean of the Graduate College concur in these recommendations. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , t h e s e r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s w e r e a p p r o v e d . APPOINTMENT O F ADMINISTRATOR OF T H E RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL HOSPITALS (5) T h e Medical Director of the Research and Educational Hospitals and the Vice-President in Charge of the Chicago Professional Colleges recommend the appointment of Mr. H a r r y G. Higgins, Jr., presently Assistant Administrator, as Administrator of the Research and Educational Hospitals effective as of February 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $10,000 on a twelve months' service basis. All other recommending officers concur. This appointment is to replace Mr. John E. Millizen who retired from active service as of February 11, 1956. The position of Administrator of the Research and Educational Hospitals has heretofore been in the category of principal administrative positions which, along with academic positions, have been exempt from the University Civil Service System of Illinois, and it is recommended that this status of Administrator be maintained. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r s . W a t k i n s , 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 . APPOINTMENTS TO THE FACULTY (6) 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. W Y L I E H . DAVIS, Professor of Law, beginning September 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $11,700 ( A ) . 2. RICHARD M. H I L L , Assistant Professor of Marketing, beginning September 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $5,500 ( B ) . 3. ROBERT W. ORAM, Circulation Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Science, beginning July I, 1956, at an annual salary of $7,000 ( B Y ) . 4. CECIL H . PATTERSON, Associate Professor of Education, beginning March 1, 1956, at an annual salary of $8,250 ( D Y ) . 5. WILBUR H . TAMMEUS, Associate Professor of Agricultural Extension, assigned to Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, India, for two years from March I, 1956, at an annual salary of $11,000 ( G Y ) . O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e c o n f i r m e d . SABBATICAL LEAVES OF ABSENCE, 1 9 5 6 - 5 7 (7) I recommend that the following members of the staff be given sabbatical leaves of absence during the academic year 1956-57 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. T h e 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 JOHN E. GIESEKING, Professor of Soil Physics, Department of Agronomy, six months beginning June 15, 1956, full pay SIGURD W . MELSTED, Professor of Soils, Department of Agronomy, full year, half pay; leave contingent upon receipt of Guggenheim fellowship ALVIN L. NEUMANN, Professor of Animal Science, six months beginning February 1, 1957, full pay