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1994]

U N I V E R S I T Y OF ILLINOIS

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The recommendations were individually discussed but acted upon at one time. (The record of board action appears at the end of each item.)

Honorary Degrees, 1994, Chicago

(2) The senate at the Chicago campus has recommended that honorary degrees be conferred on the following persons at the Commencement Exercises on May 8, 1994: CHARLES A. BOWSHER, comptroller general of the United States and director of the General Accounting Office — the degree of Doctor of Science. DUDLEY HERSCHBACH, professor, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University — the degree of Doctor of Science. LEON C. HIRSCH, chairman and chief executive officer, United States Surgical Corporation — the degree of Doctor of Science. MERTON H. MILLER, Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago — the degree of Doctor of Science. The chancellor concurs in the recommendations. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Grabowski, these degrees were authorized as recommended.

Honorary Degree, 1995, Urbana

(3) The senate at the Urbani-Champaign campus has recommended that an honorary degree be conferred on the following person at the Commencement Exercises on May 14, 1995: EDWIN G. KREBS, research scientist and educator — the honorary degree of Doctor of Science. The chancellor concurs in the recommendation. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Grabowski, this degree was authorized as recommended.

Appointments to the Faculty

(4) 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. A — Indefinite tenure N — Term appointment not eligible to be appointed for an indefinite term and not credited toward probationary period Q — Initial term appointment for a professor or associate professor Y — Twelve-month service basis 1-7 — Indicates the number of years of service which will be credited at the end of the contract period toward completion of the probationary period relating to tenure. Figures following a symbol indicate percentage of time if the appointment is on a part-time basis (e.g., N75 means one year on three-fourths time).

Chicago

MUN Y. CHOI, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, beginning January 1, 1994 (1), at an annual salary of $48,000.