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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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REGULAR AGENDA

At this time, Trustee Bacon assumed the responsibility for chairing the meeting, as President Calder needed to depart. The board considered the following reports and recommendations from the president of the University. By consensus, the board agreed that one vote would be taken and considered the vote on each agenda item nos. 3 through 14 inclusive. The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.)

Reappointment, Board of Examiners in Accountancy

(3) The Committee on Accountancy has recommended the reappointment of Keith H. Berk, CPA and attorney, partner in Horwood, Marcus and Braun, Chartered, Chicago, as a member of the Board of Examiners in Accountancy for a three-year term commencing July 1, 1993, and continuing through June 30, 1996. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Boyle, this recommendation was approved. Head, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine at Chicago

(4) The chancellor at Chicago has recommended the appointment of Herand Abcarian, presently professor of surgery, interim head of the department, hospital chief of surgery, and physician surgeon, as professor of surgery, on indefinite tenure, and head of the department, College of Medicine at Chicago, effective May 14, 1993, on a twelve-month service basis at an annual salary of $313,400.* Dr. Abcarian will continue to hold the physician surgeon and hospital chief of surgery titles. Dr. Abcarian has been serving as interim department head since the former head, Dr. Gerald S. Moss, became dean of the College of Medicine. This recommendation is made with the advice of a search committee 2 and after consultation with the faculty of the department. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Boyle, this appointment was approved. Appointments to the Faculty

(5) The following new appointments to the faculty of the rank of assistant professor and above, and certain administrative positions, have been approved since the previous meeting of the Board of Trustees. Positions in the University are classified in the following categories and are designated in the budget by the symbols indicated.

1 $106,000 from State funds; $40,000 from Hospital Income Fund; $167,400 from departmental Medical Service Plan funds. 2 Ronald F. Albrecht, professor and head, Department of Anesthesiology and hospital chief of anesthesiology, chair; Amelia M. Bartholomew, surgery resident; Virginia C. Fiedler, professor of dermatology; George T. Kondos, associate professor of medicine; James J. Schuler, professor of surgery; Ruth A. Seeler, professor of pediatrics; Mark O. M. Tso, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences; and William E. Walden, associate professor of microbiology and immunology.